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Evening star., 1940-08-25
SCHOOLGIRL

"My! How far have you got in it,"
. well. I've hit hard place. Ac-ac-
acceleration. It's about how things
speed up But it doesn't read fast"
You're certainly becoming quite
scholar. with all this encyclopedia
business"
"Oh.' said Shirley, Il read little
in it every day. but it's not what |
spend the most time on
What do you read most?'
Mysteries.
BY ratio of five to one, letters
Evening star., 1940-08-25
Continued from page seven

received by Mrs. Temple have ex-
pressed regret at Shirley's leaving
the screen. She hasn't left it. Young,
People" which she made With,
Charlotte Greenwood and Jack Oakie,
and which brought her contract to an
end, will not be her last picture. The
plan is for her to do one picture a
year, or three in two years, but only
if. and as long as. she Wants TO. The
first will not be until after January.
Fabulous stage offers have been firmly
declined THE hours" said Mrs.
Evening star., 1940-08-25

hot syrup and stir until dissolved.
Cool, and chill. When slightly jellied
and beginning to set. whip until light
and fluffy. Fold in crumbled short
bread, whipped cream. and favoring.
Place the apricot halves in bottom of
mold: pour in gelatin mixture and chill
until firm. Yield: 6 portions.
Fruit Crisp
4 medium apples or large peaches.
peeled and sliced
" teaspoon cinnamon
Dash of nutmeg
l cup brown sugar
u cup hot water
lcupfinelycrushed zwieback crumbs
"A cup softened butter
Place fruit slices in a buttered
Evening star., 1940-08-25

biscuits and crackers of various types.
AS is the case with many other food
products, we are learning today to use
these popular crackers and biscuits in
new ways, to create unust,al and often.
very easily prepared dishes. Some of
our own favorite cooky recipes and
also some time-saving suggestions for
other uses are given here.
Apricot Whip
n tablespoon plain gelatin
3 tablespoons cold water
l cup hot canned apricot syrup
q cup crumbled shortbread
l cup whipping cream
l tablespoon lemon juice
6-8 canned apricot halves
Soften gelatin in cold water; add to
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
The New Form Of Tenant Eviction

Of rubbish rampant vagant labor left the farms
is insecure than the tenant farmer
The government land retirement policy and the payment OF
checks retired cotton meant control production
two-edged sword that both ways.
In of many rural sections where many land
freely discussed farming conditions many occasions
proval expressed getting rid of the share croppe While
they welcomed the idea of suppanng these farmers with
hands this would take of farmers and their
large families
Upon the advent of the A. A. A highly noticeable how
sought deprive of their retirement benefits
They held while the rented the land unfair for them
to enjoy the benefits rented land they did not own.
With the coming of the lean years. land are lifting
themselves of the dilemma by gradual but certain method OF
tenant eviction
The land owner feels that there is profit in farming. lie
has the conclusion that his money dairy cattle, beet
cattle poultry timber and food stufS He he take the
checks formerly enjoyed by tenant farmers and
off hands and dav boers and thereby get his land worked
and harvested FREE This however, in keeping with the ethical
business practices of the day.
Big CORPORATIONS industrial institutions longer keep
ing the help they once used before advent of the machinery
age They have turned these people loose in the streets
The modern way of thinking that not good business to
carry farming anything else that is not profitable
The farmer feels that he afford keep tenants order
to furnish them work and then break lose money
farmer contends that he has fed the nation at loss Tor
generations instituted his hooks form OF
sened eviction.
This is bound however backfre in the bounce OF these
evced farmers and their families the backs of the taxpayers
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
WHITE HEAT OF PRESS

A very important weapon which is reducing law
lessness and un-Americanism was pointed out by the
Dies committee. This weapon. the committee de-
clared is the white heat of publicity This finding
of the Dies committee should inspire the Negro press
which already has helped the Negroes cause more
than any other agency It is the Negro press, in this
writer's opinion that has been the main force IN re-
ducing lynchings TO the minimum total for the year,
1895 to three, according to 1uskegee Institute.
The blood hound work of the National Assocla-
ton for the Advancement of Colored People concern
ing the atrocities of lynchng could never have ceen
effective without the bold exposure of the white and
colored press When the light is flooded on states,
officials and members of mobs they will cease thei
negligence of enforcing or dsregarding the laws be-
of fear of prosecution
The task of our newspapers should be serious
and sacred one There are millions of men, women
and children, hoping that life may hold somethins
worthwhile for them. Old men and young men
old women and young women, bound by the SnacKieS
of ignorance crime, disease, domestic slavery pow
erty and despair With no one to point the way or
to lead them into an abundant life, editors and pun-
fishers should stop look and listen
The press has the medium to point the
way to an anxious mass With these facts II wsHas
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
Will Get $4,000
Continued from page y

La Guardia was introduced by
Richard E. Carey, a former assist
ant district attorney and fraternity
member, who described the mayor
IS "a champion of human rights. 4"
Mr.. LaGuardia in his talk said he
did not consider the situation OF
Negroes a Negro problem" that
should have any different consider
alton than any other racial situa.
tion.
Il have not and will not ap-
point any one just because he is a
Negro" he said. That won't help
the group. Every appointment I've
made I'll stand by, because 1T was
made on merit, and that reflects
to the benefit of the group"
The speaker also said he had
Just left a conference on dependent
Negro children and because the city
could not find enough foster homes
he would appeal to Harlem min
listers to encourage an interest in
5uch children. The mayor also urged
hat the race marshal its best
-hought and leadership since the
time had passed when any group
could be satisfied with happy cpl
grams and laudatory statements.
In addition to the appointment
Of Mr.. Paige first as magistrate and
then as justice, Mayor LaGuardia
last year also named a woman,
Miss Jane Bolin to the domestic
relations court as judge. Miss Bolin,
now serving, is the first Negro wom-
an in the nation to be elevated
to the bench.
thrust down his throat. A sane
American. who has not been cor
rupted by Goebbels and Goering,
does not have to love the British
and the French (Anne Morrow
Lindbergh almost processes to do),
in order to hope to high heaven
that Britain and France will not
be the losers. They are better
civilizations than that which Ger
maay offers VS. now, Those Gers
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
1910 Resolutions

Within few hours the year of 1889 will have revealed to us
all of its the future hangs us like mist IN the morn
ing present distinct the midday sum-
say good bye 1889 and good morning l94O may
of order to look back the dying year OF 1857 to
see whether Negroes have gained or suffered loss
AS we examine records of 1889 find noticeable nl
provement in the unemployment suatio especially among Ne
groes
Millions of Jobs time designated Negro jobs such as
iantors operators bell boys ditch dgge cooks
poers truck drivers and Others have been lost to members
racial groups which distinct set back tor the Ne
gro.
When consideration that the vast majority OF Ne
gro security depends and that the loss of Ne
groes reflects the Negro business cash registers thus enda
gering than their economic security.
Division among Negroes has contributed to much of their suit
eng Mlories can afford divide Division destroys its
usefulness.
laudabe resolution for Negroes for the New Year would
be unite their forces forget their petty preudes and dtter
eces and support Negro programs that advancement for the
entire racial group. -
Nav hope that 1910 will stimulate the hope and ambitions
of the Negro the point that they will battle together to regain
lost Jobs build and bigger Negro businesses to acquire
the habit of together large numbers eliminate the dis
graceful practice of taking human lives without due of law
fight for Negro Jurors fight reduce the alarming sgacefu
among Negroes fight place Negro policemen al
police forces fight for Negro supervisors IN educational de-
and support political parties whose records show i'll
terest in Negro welfare.
May hope that the national government will stop picking
America apart the wheels round stop spending more
money than they taking stop going into private business and
give them chance expand and absorb the unemployment II
America.
. This is our hope for the New Yeag4 --r4 ---,---S
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
The Globe Trotter @2r By cliff M9ekey

about should be commended. AS much as il is ap'
preciated however, it should not be sufficient pay
ment for the service you are now in position 10
render
There are too many other more important issues
and problems facing you. Your delegates attending
both major national conventions should go there
with the thought in mind of working to have en-
counched in the platforms of both these parties
pledges to support those things that would mean
greater political and economical freedom for that
group OF the American body polite they represent
You should be assured first that any party or
candidate who obtains your support should not be
silent, but active foe of lynching and ardent
backer Of federal antilynching law.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
EDITORIALS
Youth Wins

Continued from Page u
the Sham okin parade that the
youth was sent Immediately to
Wilson, N. C. There he created
another outstanding float which
received praise from expert float
makers. His creation was an an
imated sail fish, driven by beaut,
full young woman. The giant fish
fluttered his huge sails and was as
realistic in papier-mache waves as
his ocean brothers in South Sea
waters.
Recently Mr.. Richie came hack t.
Terre Haute for short visit al
the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary
Richie. It was learned that his
next trip will be to Springfield, r.
T., then to Huntsville, Ala, where
a cotton and tobacco festival viii
be held. Then he will journey TO
Bismark, N. D., and later to Tam
pa, Fla. On New Years Day his
creations will be viewed by the
thousands of visitors at the Fes-
tival of Roses in Pasadena, Cali
fornia.
Home town folk" are proud OF
young Harold Richie, the genius
in papier-mache sculpture. During
his recent visit one of the TeI%e
Haute papers commented editor
tally:
Harold Richie has a natura'
talent which promises to carry him
far, for while he is using it IN
building the beautiful as well as
the grotesque in clay and papier-
mache for parades. he has never
lest sight of his desire to be a
real sculptor, to reflect in clay ana
bronze some piece of sculpture thai
will make him na<e. He is earr-
ing and making success, however,
in this trade and it offers him an
opportunity and place to carry OF,
his given work.
WPA officials in Indiana arc
proud of Mr.. Richie, too. They feel
that they played part in "discov-
ering" him.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
PLATFORM


their views all political social
and questions which face the
especially in business to the extent
become job makers well as job seekers
To boys and girls in the art Of thrift
FatherhO0d God and the brotherhood or man
TO build a frmer racial foundation for posterity.
the cOIored must eompe
the technique other races
dealing all render dependable ef
tmes that alone will be able
business enterprise Therefore realizing these Vita
give heed respect
eesons regard rendering better service
published in which views
question local national Such views
opinions and shall not reflect any
way the opinion of PHOENIX INDEX.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
Seeing and Saying BY william H. Foalke,

fellowship to "a promised lande allegedly guaran-
teed in what we call democracy, with the possible
exception of singing for ball or for the mere en-
tertainment of friends"
still remember the programs of our leading IN
stutons that enveoped the lives and swallowed the
earnings and labprs of the many for the selfish
advantage of the few and for the "glorification OF
the institution"
can't forget that colored Atantas vote didn't
count for much" in 1889. These are but few things
than linger in my memory about year 39
The question is: What will we do with 4U?
Emancipation Day should prove an awakening OF
group from the state of laxy and docilenesS that
characterizes us The places of assembly designated
for programs that day should be overtlowlng with
people eager to hear the truth about our accomplish
ments and our real opportunities against injustIces
and discrimination since Lincoh1s proclamation went
into effect Those designated speakers on that
date should make it their business to tell the truth
and to tell with such force and effect that fire
for living freedom would start burning in the hearts
of colored Atantans and Americans and never cease
burning till it had consumed every bar and every
proponent of injustice against them
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
Between TheLines

through with racial hatreds and
prosecutions. Communism claims
at least chat these hatreds and
animosities are foreign to its ten
cts. Of course, we who have fele
the bitter pangs of prejudice ia a
thousand forms, are against any
"ism" that threatens to further
aggravate racial antagOnisms ana
stir anti-racial feelings. Natural
ly as between Nazism and Com
munism--twO impending evils of
the hOur-the Negro would choose
Communism.
AS uetween communism and
democracy I choose democracy adj
mitting the while that it is not
total good as we have it today.
There are many drawbacks and
shortcomings found in democracy,
But with all its faults it is highly
preferable to communism with its
regimented systems of social and
economic control. Most of all I de-6
test the godlessress of commun-
1olli. i AOVC ACo PAONCAo Va pAOuAAS3
hood but its godlessness makes me
skeptical of its ultimate BENEFITS.
The religious instinct is SO deeply
implanted in human nature that 7
look askance at anything that vic-
lates its implications. Communism
can never soar in the upper regions
of human spirits for its wings are
clipped by its vaunted godlessness.
Religious freedom is one of the
predicates of democracy and the
brotherhood of which the commune
ist boasts is not excluded from the
purvey of democracy
In choosing an imperialistic re-
gime in Europe, I choose Britain
and France over Russia or Ger
many, but if the sceptre CT power
must pass from the British French
combine, 1 would rather see Rus
sia succeed to hegemony of Europe,
just as I would rather see Finland
conquered by Russia than by Ger
many, by whom it would ultimately
be conquered anyway. I am glad
that Russia has served to limit che
advancing tide of Hitleris1n. If
China must be conquered I would
rather see it conquered by Japan
VINO needs it than by the French
and English who have now more
than they can handle. Choosing
Evilsl
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
THREE TOO MANY

True the passing of the years have seen lynch
ings reduced from twenty in 1885 to only three in
1885, but your contention should be that those three
three too many; that you must have concrete
that the toll will never again rise, that
this disgrace on American civilization will be COM
pletely and totally wiped out.
And then the party and you support should
be active enemy of the hangover from the medic
val feuda era the poll tax. Nothing has done mora
rob you in certain states of your rghtfu privilege
of the ballot than this very undemocratic system Of
putting the price on the ballot
In your fight for a federal statute outlawing
this ancient barrier to political freedom in force now
in only seven Southern states, you no doubt would
have plenty of support from the other side,
Designed to keep Negroes from the polls, many
white people have suddenly discovered that it forms
just as an effective barrier in keeping them from e-
ercising their franchise.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
When Poisons Slow
KIDNEYS
and Irritate Bladder
Flush Them Out
For 35 Cents

Go Ia your druggist today and get
this safe, swift and harmless diuretic
and stimuiant AS. for Gold Medal
Harlem oil Capsules and start at once
to flush kidneys of waste matter sat
urated with acids and DOisOns.
That's quick and effective way to
heID hiring ahOut more healthy kidney
activity and relieve that bladder irrb
tatiOn with Its scanty passage with
smarting and burning as well as restless
nights.
Remember the Kidneys often need
flushing as well as the howels, and
some symptoms of kidney weakness may
be: getting up often during the night
puffy eyes--backache--- Shifting pains.
But ha sure and get GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM oil CAPSULES the ORIGINAL
and genuine - right from HARLEM I'm
Holland.--the price is small (35 cents),
the good results will fulfill yOnr exs
pectations, Don't accept substitute,
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK
FOR AMP

FOR AMP ....
However much We may dream
and long for the ideal world, or the
world that is to be, we are forced
TO live in the world that is. How
ever free the world that is to be
may be OF prejudice and sin and
evil and segregation, the world
that is most surely abounds in
these. The great difference be-
tween the optirnist and the pessi-
mist is largely one OF trying to live
in an ideal or real world. This ideal
dream world is fascinating in pros
pect, but unfortunately we cannot
gear our lives to this world. We
are forced to live in a hard, I'M
yielding, relentless world of mixed
good and evil.
The difference between the Ne
grOes of Boston and those of New
York is, the former are slow to
realize they live i'm a world of
prejudice and segregation and
they have persisted in refusing a
Negro YMCA. while the New
York Negroes reluctantly accept
ed segregation because they
ed segregation because they
would live in a world Of reality
instead Of the dream world the
Boston Negro cOnJures up In
his hopes and imagfnatiOns. The
Negro in the South is 0utstrip-
stripping his Northern BROTH
er largely for the same sea-
son. The Negro of the South lives
not In an ideal dream world, but
in the actual world of reality
which is one of segregation and
prejudice.
Strangely enough, the races only
daily paper is not found in Harlem
but in Atlanta. The Negroes who
rule Harlem are Southern Negroes
or Negroes of Southern antece-
dents. Southern Negroes have long
since been forced to conclude that
the very best way to fight segre-
cation is by making the most OF
segregation. The best way to get
better things is to make the very
most Of good things. The doctrine
of the double Duty Dollar is based
upon the stern realization Of this
fact. This is true not only raciallY
but personally and individually
Life must be lived in the world
that is, and not in the world that
is to be, the ideal world Of the fu-
ture. That is why I do not abuse
and criticize adversely the young
people; that is why do not abuse
drinkers and thieves and sinners in
general. That is why I am tolerant
towards the failures and foibles Of
huma mature. Human nature it,,
and no amount Of moralizing and
theologizing can change 1t. Being
forced as we are then to live in
world of mixed good and evil, life
consists not alone in choosing be-
tween good and evil but between
two evils.
Someone has said that the pes
simist is one who being given the
choice between two evils, chooses
both. However this may be, we
know that from day to day we
are forced to choose between
evils. AS between Nazism and
Communism J choose the latter.
The choice is pr01icated upon the
underlying ideolOgies of the two
PHILOSOPHERS. Na1isnl is shot
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06
Shipwright Job
Open In Navy,
Pays So Daily

The United States Civic Service
Commission announces an open
competitive examination for filling
the position of SHIPWRIGHT
$3.50, $7.68, $8.16 PER DIEM (40-
Hour Week. in the United States
Navy Yard, Charleston, S. c., for
which the receipt of applications
closes January 18, 194O. Applica-
tions must be on file with the
Recorder, Board of Labor Employ
ment, u. S. Navy yard, Charles
ton, South Carolina, on or befors
that date.
Applicants must snow that they
have completed regular four year
apprenticeship as Shipwright or
have had four years of practical
experience as Shipwright, the SUBJ
stantial equivalent of such COM
pleted apprenticeship.
Full further information and ap-
plication blanks may be obtained
from the Recorder, Board of Labor
Employment, u. S. Navy Yard,
Charleston, South Carolina; the
Secretary, Board of U. s. Civil
Service Examiners, Post Office,
this city; or from the office of the
Manager, Fifth U. S. Civil Servi;e
District, New Post Office Building
Atlanta, Georgia.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-06

1VyuVV w GAeS
Ten thousand registered colored
voters were called for by AleXan-
der, who said the use OF the ballot
would put teeth into maiIv Of the
efforts for Justice By The Atlanta
o; ganizatfon.
Charles L. Harper, principal OF
the Booker T. Washington High
S hoo, was presented the ''27"
Club Achievement Award for his
accomQlis' ments during the past
a d previous years. Forester 3.
Washi gton, head Of the Atlanta
Univeys iy School of Social Work.
maze the pres sptation or behalf
of the club, pointing out the
may projects at the high school,
inclu irg tne athletic plant nam
ed for hin., which have come
through the efforts of Principal
Harper.
Responding to the presentation,
the principal said it wes his lfe-
lorg ambition to work to improve
the fibre of the youth his race
and that if he mad accomplished
anything it was cue to his Low.
of the wJ:k and his desire to pe
in contact with and to help the
masses.
Pref. E. Luther Brookes, presi-
delt Of the Atlanta Branch of
the NAACP during 1889, reviewed
the voik of the yer. The branch
had = membership of 800 during
that period, he said, and raised
81, lit in the financial drive, $811
of which was sent to the ma
t ih7al office giving the Atlanta
unit place on the honor roll, and
SLIT of which went to the legal
defense fund. Highlights of the
branch's work was the James Nash
police brutality case, which was
focght and appealed to a higher
court; the Fairburn flogging cases,
which are being investigated by
the FEDERAL Bureau OF Investiga-
ton and the consideration of the
married teacher situation in the
Atlanta colored public schools.
A. T. WALDEN made the finan-
cial appeal for the branch and
secured a number of S., So, 50 and
81 memberships for those present.
John G.. Long, teacher Of the
VIZ shingtCn High S;hooI, read the
Emancipa ion Proclamati ton which
bee me effective January !, 1853,
freeing the slaves.
Fa her H. j. G, Bowden, cf st.
P ul's E iscopa! chuich, read
scri ture, while the Rev. John c.
Wright, OF First Congregational
c.. urch, delivered invocation.
Muse for the occasion was fur
mis- ed by Kemper Harreli, of At
lanta University, MoIehouse and
Spelman stLdentS and dlle audi
ence.
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mans sink their own ships when
there is a risk of losing them q,
the opposition; and they take their
own lives to run away from their
own lack of heart. The British are
a stouthearted people: they viii
fight and die, and even III defeat
they will not run out on them
selves"
Mrs. Lindbergh's article is
very cunning pro- Hitlerism. It
will appeal to a lot Of senti-
mental people, but it will not
make a dent in this war Situa-
tion in Europe. 1t is not as
openly rascisttc as her hus-
bands foolish speech last fan,
but it is wishy -washy and
bOggy of the questiOn,-like the
words of woman who does not
dare to say plainly and short
ly what she really wants to
say. She hates to see Germany
go down and so do many of us.
But We cannot wisely wish Ger
many success in this war,-not
now.