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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10
That's Funny

Some years apo, let us say
about twenty to be exact, Phil
lip Randolph was associated
with man named Owens.
The two published and edited
magazine known as The
Messenger. This magazine was
widely known for its radical
views 1t was. for the times,
leftist of the extreme order
So radical was this publication
it received condemnation all
over the country. It finally
took up its rightful place in
the limbo of papers unable TO
stem the financial tide.
All sorts Of reports circulat-
ed about the red source Of its.
money, which for some reason
was cut off There We're even
improved reports that t h g
Communists educated these
|, two young men for propa-
ganda purposes.
Now that The Messenger is
gone Randolph has found a
new field of activity. He IS
prominent as labor organi-
ger. But the reason for dis
cussing him at this juncture IS
his recent refusal to accept the
presidency Of the National Ne
gro Congress. He based his
position on the charge that
the Congress was dominated
by Red influence. This IS y
revelation Or is it a trick, to
throw off the suspicious that
labor might entertain shoula
he accept leadership 81 al Of
ganization t ha I is openly
charged with being red Tho.
| situation certainly Is funny
| " hat do you thlnk al il
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10
The A.M.E. General
conference

The African Methodists are
now in session in their Gen
eral Conference in the City OF
Detroit, Michigan. Press COM
ments tell that for the first
time in many years the Bish-
ops have control of the poll
tics Of that body Just how
this happened is not related.
But it is known that such con-
troll means the retention Of all
bishops on the bench, regard
less of the early clan1or for
superannuation. 1t further
means tendency towards
conservative legislation. The
ability Of the Bishops to con-
tinne this direction to the end
Of the Conference will avert
all radical moves.
Already, they have quietly
settled the Ira T. Bryant mat
ter, without the expected dis
turbance. on the floor, that was
predicted. But there are 9th
er stormy problems. Will they
be able to unite the two mis-
sionary societies? Will they
be able to prevent the minis
ters from establishing a new
department for the admins
tration of pensions to worn out
preachers? Will they be able
to prevent the change of the
lAsE &hn& ,N@gR snyNxiaAs an Anaa.
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by the Montgomery County Repub-
lican Executive Committee has been
pledged the active support from al
most every element Of the county's
population.
The people Of the West Side are
very pleased with Atty. Mccarthy s
candidacy for the office Of prose-
cutting attorney. They are very ailx-
ious for representation in that Of
flee and feel that if Mr.. Mccarthy
is nominated he will be the next
prosecuting attorney, and the peo-
pie Of the West Side will have rep
resentation.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10

copal resident for the bishops?
The ministers complain that
this law leads to the spoil
system. How long and how
far may the Bishops go2
Wherever their power stops
they certainly may say that
they held the whip hand in
some trying moments.
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GOODRICH
1Continued from page -.

FContinued fToW page
everyone needs Yep you can pay
cash, of course or, If you prefer
make your own, long, easy terms on
their Budget Plan You Just picf
out what you want and withouf
red tape, u delay, YOU get installs
tion of your purchases ! know
you'll want 70 stop there 50 III
repeat the name and address
It's Goodrich Silycrtown stores, ,362
South Broadway. See them tomor-
row. Just ask for Bob!
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FEA 7 U r ES

concern It does not seem a
bad conclusion to assume that
God was not pleased with the
new purpose TO which His
house Of worship was put. Is
it not written, MY house shall
be called a house Of prayer?
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10
RICHMOND
N E w S

Rev. w. p. shannon, pastor Of
Bethel AM.E Church, left for the
general conference in Detroit, last
Tuesday.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-05-10
CO M nj E N I S

FOR RENT Office space available,
steam heat. Ideal location for In
surance office. Phone AID. 0029.
Askov American., 1940-05-30
Trucks For Lighter
Shipments

The hauling of freight in less-than-
carload lots and for shorter distances,
by truck, has been developing much
of late years. Between and
per cent of all freight throughout the
country is now hauled by truck.
The first truck made its appearance
in the city of Detroit in 1902. 1t was,
of course, crude affair, and aside
from the body was practically like
touring car, the same weight and
dimensions.
However, about the time that
America entered the World war in
1917, freighting by truck became ex-
tensive, and from that time on has
developed.
Approximately go per cent of all
livestock hauled to market through
out the country is transported by
truck. In the state of Minnesota,
however, the percentage is higher,
the livestock hauled by truck here
being IS per cent.
Freighting by truck has developed
not only because of convenience but
because the railroads are unable to
make profit on less-than-car-load
tonnage.
Askov American., 1940-05-30
Testing OratOrical Powers

One of the longtime Republican
leaders of Minnesota, State Senator
Elmer E. Adams of Fergus Falls, ap-
parently is not so enthused over the
fact that the job of keynoter of the
Republican national convention went
to Minnesotan. Mr.. Adams states
that the keynoter and permanent
chairman will speak guardedly, so
that there will be no chance for come
back. In other words, it will be a
lot of words. The Senator puts it
this way:
'The keynoter does not cut loose
and say whatever he may happen to
think. His address is very carefully
edited by the party leaders and the
keynoter is selected because of his
oratorical powers and ability to en-
thuse and inspire the delegates. The
permanent chairman is more likely
to put before the convention the is
sues of the campaign and what he
says is carefully checked in advance
Askov American., 1940-05-30
Fire Prevention
Ask Youngsters !

The following article appeared
recently in "The Messenger" is
sued by the Etna Insurance
Company of Hartford, Conn. 1t
was written by six-year old
Nancy White of Bloomington,
Ind, and is self-explanatory.
1 am going to tell you about six
things that usuly cause fire in the
home, writes six-year old Nancy,
daughter of c. M. White of the G.. B.
Woodward Co., Bloomington, Indi-
ana. l have some pitures to show
you later but first 1 will tell you some
things not to do that might case fires.
First you must never leave cigerette
burning near selleloyd orticel. Sec
end you must never leave lamp cord
all twisted up with the matiral Off
Thired you must never leave napth
bottel open by an iron or garment
and leave it in the plug. Fhorth
never leave matchs in childs reach
keep in metel contaner. Fifth don't
leave wood mere furnece. Don't
leave ashes in wood containers.
Don't leave ash door open. Do not
leave extinsion cord on nail. Sixth
if fuse would blow out don't use
coin in phase of fuse. Do not leave
fire near open GRACE doors. Keep
all things in their right places.
Askov American., 1940-05-30

so that neither the keynoter nor the
permanent chairman says anything
which will give the opposition party
any chance to come back.
''When Governor Stassen was put
forward for keynoter by his support
ers, there were some rather embar-
RAISING situations, and among these
were his support of his partner,
Elmer A. Ryan, Democrat, as candi-
date for Congress, and the selection
of Mr.. O'Connor, prominent Demo-
crat, as director of personnel in the
Stassen administration which means
the distribution of patronage. How
ever, what feeling there was on this
account was submerged and the gov
ernor was given hearty support for
the position which he coveted, and
which will give him an opportunity
to test his oratorical and declamatory
powers"
Askov American., 1940-05-30
FIFTH COLUMN +!
Editor Askov American:


The newspapers are full of grave
warnings against so-called "fifth col
umns;" this term originated in the
recent civil war in Spain, when Cen
eral Franco boasted that he had four
columns outside Madrid and a fifth
column inside to break down re-
sistence.
In explaining recent reverses of
the Allied armies, part of the blame
has been credited to the fifth column.
The characteristic symptoms of Fas-
cism and Nazism is the drive against
all progressive organizations, whether
they be of political, religious, ra-
cial or economic nature.
The proof of pro-Nazi, pro-Fascist
tendencies in France, England and
the United States is the drive against
all progressive organizations, and so
we witness today the tragic-comical
farce of the democracies abolishing
democracy within their own coun-
tries in order to combat competing
relationships more effectively.
Hysterical persons should know,
that while they are hunting imaginary
ghosts, the real fifth column monster
is growing stronger on every morsel
Askov American., 1940-05-30
LOYAL AMERICANS
ASkOV American:

Editor ASkov American:
Hitler was defeated Such phrase
should never be used in connection
with school election in the United
States. 1 hope that question will
never be raised here.
AS to the Danish language, I never
knew of an instance where the un-
derstanding of more than one Ian
guage hindered one in being thor
oughly American. 1 quote A. w. Con-
away in an expression he once used
at school meeting: 81 deem it an
asset to understand more than one
language" I, and most people, agree
to that.
Monday, May q, it was so years
since 1 came to Clinton, Iowa, direct
from Denmark. It took but a few
years until 1 became citizen of the
United States. I have used the Dan
ish language ever since, and 1 have
not felt that it hindered me in being
loyal to my chosen country in every
respect. I have kept it up for cul-
tural purposes and intellectual pro-
motion.
l doubt that any one can prove that
organizations such as the Danish
church, the Danish Brotherhood So
ciety or any of the different Danish
organizations in the United States
have done any un-American act. II
any Dane has done one such, I doubt
it is of Danish origin. We have
chosen this country and as rule the
Danes are loyal in their attitude.
The community A. M. Simonsen
mentioned as an example of being
"steeped in Danish customs but to-
day this is an American speaking
community, all American" seems to
prove that the speaking of the Danish
language did not hinder those peo-
pie in becoming good Americans. In
fact, the first generation out there
were true Americans.
Two years ago 1 was out in that
country and visited in several of the
homes the young people have made
who were children when l was liv-
ing there and worked as Sunday
school teacher, as clerk of the public
school, gym instructor, etc. They all
spoke Danish and seemed to be thank
full for the work 1 did. They also all
talked American and are true Amer
leans.
A. M. Simonsen seems to inSin-
uate that this community will be the
same! What the people are they
don't have to become to be. It takes
more to be true Americans than to
speak English.
S. CHR. DIXEN.
Askov, MINI.
Askov American., 1940-05-30
Liberals Get Responsibility

On June 4, the new city admins
tration in Saint Paul takes over the
reins of government. 1t is headed
by John j. McDonough, who was
elected mayor over William Fallon
a few weeks ago. The council will
consist of three liberals and three
conservative commissioners, so with
liberal mayor, the majority is labor
minded. 1t is the first time in the
history of Saint Paul that labor has
had majority in its city government.
Looking back to the weeks of furor
before the city election, it is anus
ing to note the silence now on the
part of the conservative press regard
ing the result of that election. Dur
ing the campaign, Mayor Fallon, con-
servative, predicted: eve will win,
because we have been honest and
right, and right always prevails" !"
According to that, right did not pre-
vail.
Mayor Fallon also said in one of
his campaign talks that "city finances
have been so well managed the past
two years that st. Paul can borrow
at LIS per cent interest whereas Min
neapolis must pay per cent" The
mayor further stated that ''new firms
have come to st. Paul in one year
with new payroll of $500,00O while
Minneapolis has been losing pay
rolls"
According to all that, the next job
so far as big municipal elections are
concerned in Minnesota, is to make a
cleanup of Minneapolis. We have
Mr.. Fallon's word for it. Since the
Republicans did not win in St. Paul
we have not heard so much about
the streamlined and revitalized party.
Mr.. McDonough enters upon his
new duties as mayor with the well
wishes of thousands of people. He
is st. Paul product, well known and
respected by capitol city citizens and
many others. He was member of
the State Legislature for many years
and was a leader in sponsoring and
advancing progressive legislation. Mr..
McDonOugh is to be commended for
conducting a clean campaign. He
stuck to his issues throughout.
At recent dinner in honor of him
and the liberal commissioners, Nc
Donough said that st. Paul does not
have the slum quarters of larger
cities like Chicago, Philadelphia and
New York, but there are housing con-
ditions in st. Paul that are not health
full and some people live in places
unfit for human habitation. Mr.. Nc
Donough and his labor controlled
council will bend their efforts toward
good housing program, which is a
commendable step and should be en-
couraged. Success to the new admin
iStratiOn.
Askov American., 1940-05-30
FIFTH COLUMN HYSTERIA MAY
OBSCURE REAL NEEDS
(The Minnesota Daily

Even the most lukewarm Democrat
must feel slight apprehension as he
sees (D growing fear of Fifth
Column" agitation, and (2) Dies
committee.
We have seen Mr.. Dies take we'll
defined word like Communist
which means specifically a member
of the Communist party-and use it
to smear everyone who fails to agree
with Mr.. Dies and his sometimes
strange ideas about democracy.
What he might do with a lovely,
loose phrase like Fifth Column is
both frightening and awe-inspiring.
We hope he never starts. We hope
that this democracy can meet it's
problems without hysteria, without
undermining the system it is purport-
ing to defend. We hope there will
be no such fantastic 'Scare" as
marked the last World war and the
years Immediately following.
So, in the hope that Mr.. Dies will
read this, and the hope that if he
does he will pay some attention to it,
we quote the well-informed column
lists, Drew Pearson and Robert Allen:
'Some of the European reports in
dicate the people of Norway, Den
mark, Holland, etc., surrendered to
Germany because they had no great
faith in their own governmental and
economic system. Many who had been
depressed by low wages or unemploy-
ment, didn't seem to think the system
was worth fighting for"
That is a simple fact, known to
all of us, but now it is being written
in blood. Those democracies which
clutched their purse strings while
unemployment lines heightened now
are paying the bill with their very
lives.
Let us in the United States look to
our ''one-third of nation" our un-
employed, our slums and our Okies,
and we need have no fear of Fifth
Columns. Let us prove that our way
of life works, and we need have no
fear that Americans will turn to an
other.
Askov American., 1940-05-30
Against Gas Tax Reduction

At the animal state convention of
county commissioners in Minneapolis
last February, the convention went
on record against a lower gasoline
tax in the state of Minnesota.
This week, township officers from
out over the state, meeting in Saint
Paul, went on record for a return
to the &c gas tax and opposition to
repeal of the one mill road and
bridge tax unless the gas tax is
raised to SC.
All of which goes to show that
county commissioners and township
supervisors are alert to the fact that
when gas taxes are reduced, it makes
for heavier taxes on general pro-
perty. The wear and tear on roads
today is caused, practically all, by
touring cars and trucks. Therefore,
roads should be built and maintained
principally through gas taxes.
The 1889 Legislature cut the state
gas tax from &c to SC per gallon,
effective September l, 1910. County
and township officers are decidedly
opposed to that move.
If the price of gasoline went down
when the tax is reduced it might be
different, but history tells us that
when there was no tax on gasoline
the price was higher than now with
a tax on it.
Askov American., 1940-05-30
Very Illuminating

To be sure, there are talks given
and articles written on either side
of controversy that are not con-
vincing. But, it is not we'll for the
kettle to call the pot black. Here
is one from a reader in the st. Paul
Dispatch Mail Bag endeavoring to
uphold the homestead lien law:
81 think that the people who
write so much about the lien law
and say so much about how the
old people are abused should get
some education on the subject.
''The old folks are not hurt
bit by it but the chiselers are cut
out and that saves money for the
help of these same old people.
"Better learn about this law
before telling a lot of nonsense
about it. This column should be
educative but at times it is full
of blah about this matter of which
the writer knows almost moth
ing. Better get the facts about
law before writing lot of nom
sense about it."
Yes, facts and education are needed.
1t is what most people are looking
for, but the above does not throw
much light.
The homestead lien law does not
encourage home ownership as laws
have in the past. 1t is poor economy
for if the state acquires many old
homes on account of the law, it will
turn out to be financial loss to the
taxpayers.
Askov American., 1940-05-30
Approach of New Ice Age

The approach of another ice age
was forecast recently by Wilmot H.
Bradley of the United States geo.
logical survey. It's thousands of
years off, however. Mud from the
ocean bottom has shown a fairly
regular sequence of hot and cold
"spells" in the earth's history, Mr..
Bradley wrote in the Scientific
Monthly, and the world is now in
one of its summers of existence. DR..
Charles S. Piggot, geophysicist of
the Carnegie Institution of Washing
ton, provided Mr.. Bradley with cores
of ocean mud, from two to six feet
long, obtained by shooting steel
pipe into the ocean floor at various
places off the Atlantic coast. BY
analyzing the mud, washed down
through countless centuries from the
rivers and the melting glaciers
which once covered the Western
hemisphere north of the Mason and
Dixon line, Mr.. Bradley traced the
climate record for millions of years.
Askov American., 1940-05-30

of red-baiting, suppression of civil
liberties and persecution which is
thrown into its mouth by well mean
ing Crusaders of democracy"
The joke about Communist "fifth
column" is not so funny to us how
ever, for well we know what shall
happen to those who dare speak up
against the drive toward war and
the enslavement of the people which
goes with it.
We shall feel the "iron heep of a
ruthless rotten system which uses
every means of suppression in its
power in order to perpetuate itself.
Already laws have been passed in
Washington to bar Communists and
aliens from WPA and other govern
mental aid and jobs. This is a meas
ure to starve us into silence! AL
ready undesirable elements" are
barred from obtaining work in fac
tories. Already Hoover's "Gestapo"
agents are arresting Communists and
other progressives on trivial charges
of splitting on the sidewalk" as SEN
ator Norris said in the Senate on
May z.
How well we know that this prac-
tice is intended to crush our resist
ance to the real "fifth column" plan
of dragging the United States into
the war and instituting Fascism here.
We Communists, who today are ac-
cused of constituting a fifth column
here in America, are indeed using
strange weapons; our guns and bombs
are made of paper which carry the
printed word of such great Americans
as Jefferson, Lincoln and a score of
other real Americans, whom the
super-patriots of Wall Street would
rather forget, because their words hit
the economic royalist" and "war
mongers" squarely between the eyes.
Soon our guns shall be silenced
unless you, 'The American People, %
speak up to preserve democracy and
civil rights for ALL
Recent events fOreshadoW that YOU
may have to learn your lesson the
hard way, but some day you may
awaken to find that our cherished
democracy has been stolen overnight
and be assured that we shall at that
time stand shoulder to shoulder with
you to overthrow that dictatorship
which we know is liable to come, and
in its place institute a brotherhood
of man, under real democracy of
liberty, equality and peace"
This is our aim! This is our goal!
Talk about our aim being the over
throw of democracy is 'piffle."
LARS P. JENSEN.
Askov, MINI.
Askov American., 1940-05-30
Press Censorship

We have much to be thankful for
living in America with its freedom
of speech, freedom of the press and
freedom of assemblage.
Without further comment we quote
a dispatch from Rome on May 28th
which reads as follows:
"Count Giuseppe Dalla Tore, editor
of the Osservatore Romano, Vatican
newspaper, is no longer permitted to
write editorials as all political news
has been permanently banned from
the paper by the Italian government.
The Vatican City newspaper no long
er prints news of political or inter-
national significance"
Askov American., 1940-05-30
THE DEFENSE TALK
Duluth Herald)

Sunday nights speech sounded
something like the old Franklin D.
Roosevelt-like the man elected in
1882 to balance the budget, like the
man who set out to do so with such
high courage in 1888.
Few men in public life have had
their critics so completely at their
mercy as he had last night when he
discussed the isolationist point of
view. And yet there was no crow
ing in his speech, no ridicule, but re-
peated emphasis on the sincerity of
the men who have seen isolation as
the secret of American freedom from
war and regret that things were not
as simple and safe as the isolationists
thought them month or so ago.
In discussing the present strength
of the navy and army he gave speci-
fic figures and named definite sums
of money. He made it plain that we
are far from defenseless, that, though
our need is great, so is our strength.
Turning to our new defenses, he
said the government would call in
Americans of proven merit to CO.
ordinate the great new defense effort.
He promised to protect the social ad-
vances of recent years from any ten
dency toward reaction in the rearm-
ament period. He warned labor and
business that this was to be no car
nival of power and profit. He put
the nation on the alert against spies,
saboteurs and traitors, but he did
so without frightening his listeners
out of their wits or turning them into
an army of over-excited counter-spy-
ing busy-bodies.
No doubt the President offended
some of his followers and advisers
by not turning the speech into an
attempt to identify his critics with
the Fifth columns of Europe and by
not including several hints that a
third term would solve the problem
for us all. Instead he hewed to the
line of craftsmanship, cutting away
doubts and fears. Such a speech in
so fine spirit sets high example
for the country. 1t was needed badly
at this time. The Presidents sense of
timing and of public mood, which
seemed to desert him at times in re-
cent years, is working at its best
again.
Askov American., 1940-05-30
COALITION CABINETS
Park Region Ech0l

It was announced that President
Roosevelt wants to form coalition"
cabinet such as other countries form
in time of national peril, by giving
cabinet positions to Republicans. Two
of the cabinet members were Repub-
licans when they took their present
positions: Wallace and Ickes. But
Republicans refuse to recognize them
as such, and the same would be true
of any other Republican who took a
job in the cabinet just now, with an
election coming on. The "good of the
nation" means nothing to a profess
sional politician, compared to the
slimmest chance of winning an cleo
ton.