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The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18
Seeing and Saying BY william Il. Fo'plke,

requirement of being able to write
ones name or read a sentence OF
the constitution of state and fed
eral structure has kept hundreds of
thousands, yea, millions, disfran-
chiSed.
In too many instances our people
have expected to receive privileges
without work and qualification.
They were wrong, despite the writ
ten constitutional amendments
which said" many things. Democ-
racy requires many things of in
dividuals living under its supposed
1y good and just wings. 1t requires
that they be able to qualify for
its good. This in no way eliminates
the fact that men should treat
other men living under their COM
mon democracy as brothers and as
they would be treated were they in
the others position.
There also has come from Wash
ington many other gestures towards
helping the man lowest down.
Many have been twisted by au-
thorities of the several states and
the good perverted to the use of
the dominant group, especially in
the South.
In some instances, however,
those directly administering Or
teaching the adult program have
failed to take advantage of the
opportunity given them, using
their positions wholly as jobs at
which to receive monetary pay.
As such, adults in many sections,
who might >e interested in learn
ing to read and write and qualify
as citizens, have not received the
benefits intended under the pro-
gram.
Sometimes, a little something
dropped our way as a duty for pay
has great underlying values. People
serving others under provisions OF
the New Deal measures should
watch and see that they do their
jobs we'll
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more nearly this minority racial
group lifts itself toward these
standards and show signs Of equal
ity the greater fear Of him arises
in the ruling groups, thus leaving
a "beggar's dozen" for the Negro
to cooperate Without enough to
be significantly effective.
Because the ways of life" OF
Negroes and whites have been
growing steadily away from each
other the white men OF the
twentieth century, many of whom
for a variety Of reasons would like
to know Negroes, have less and
less opportunity of so doing. This is
particularly true of the, shall I
say better classes Of the two groups.
So, those white people who claim
to know Negroes are really talk
ing about an attitude which they
have received by social in
heritance from the concept NE
gro being" which their ancestors
had formed On the other hand,
many Negroes have formed their
attitude of white people from the
concept "white people" passed on
to them by ancestors. This means
that when ever the most carefully
selected of the two racial groups
attempt to work on basis of real
interracial cooperation they face
an almost insuperable barrier
that is already formed attitudes
based on unreality.
THIRD PERSON
This same difficulty is present
when the subject Negro is being
handled by friendly disposed white
people in an inter-group meeting,
that is, when no Negroes are ever
present. They have a aSecond party In
their meeting who is discussed but
cannot participate i'll the discus
sion-the second party is "AT'T1-
TUDE ABOUT NEGROES. The
interracia1 group is probably more
dangerous to Negro welfare than
any other group attempting to be
friendly and kindly disposed large
ly because Of the absence of the
flesh and blood Negro. Even though
his presence does not change their
attitude it probably will tend to
socialize their performances.
There is probably no other topic
about which Negroes, particularly
Ghe !ntelligentsia, are more sensitive
than that of color caste. The in
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willing to accept the Negro as be-
ing sufficiently intelligent, emo
tionally stable, and socially ac-
ceptable to make such a movement
possible.
There have been other obstacles
just as formidable among which
are the white mans concept Of i
Negro and the Negro concept,
white man; the widening distance
between these racial groups due to
the maturing rigidity of caste.
HISTORICAL PRECEDENT
If one realizes that historically
a ruling, race has never been willing
to quite accept the subject race as
human then one can see why the
white man finds it difficult to place
the highest value judgments upon
a racial group which is numerical
ly smaller than his and SO recent
ly the slaves of his parents.
You see, one does not think Of
races other than his own Scientifi-
cally or even logically. His re-
actions to the minority racial
groups are those of sympathy
sympathy measured by the dis
tance he feels that they are be-
meath his standards of living. The
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COMMENT

Higgins classes. A change came
over her and her negligence turned
into intense interest. Her family
was SO overjoyed at the change,
they suggested to her that DIR
Higgins be invited to dinner the
fillOwing Sunday. Accordingly DIR.
Higgins accepted the invitation and
on the appointed Sunday appeared
at the Flatbush mansion to keep
the date. The maid answered the
door and was surprised to see the
dark br0wnskinned man faultless-
ly attired. Upon learning his name
she invited him in took his coat
and hat and waved toward the
living room, where several friends
of the family also awaited dinner.
The maid announced him. AS he
walked in and said Good even
ing," everybody looked up, but
covered their surprise with a esurt<
eOus greeting. The young daugh-
ter who was the cause of the in
vitation came rushing down stairs
proceeding her parents and was
all agOg over DIR. Higgins. Came
the introductiOns to ma and pa
and then dinner was served. The
mother accompanied DIR. Higgins
to dinner and all went well-un-
til DR.. Higgins was leaving, when
the mother turned and said to him
"Dr. Higgins, hope you will par
don me for making the statement,
but my daughter had talked so
much of you and was so fond of
you, / had to invite you to dinner,
but 1 never dreamed you were "a
cOlOred man."
They used to call us lots of diff
ferent names from that-eSpeciai-
ly those old timers in the train
ing cadres. We were guests, all
right but what kind of guests?
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18
BY ROBERT M. RATCLFFE

MOUND BAYOU, all Negro
town in Mississippi, is making plans
to organize a voluntary fire COM
pany."
Town officials want to be
be prepared in case they have
another fire. They couldn't even
borrow a fire truck last Mon
day when a 100000 blaze came
along and erased two thirds of
the business section (eight
StOres).
WILLIE LEE, 52-year-old Ala
bama trusty serving a life sentence
killed a woman last Wednesday be-
cause she ignored his romantic ef-
forts. Then he killed himself. rath-
er than go to the electric chair.
One thing about Lee, he made
up his mind not to let somebody
else have what he wanted, but
couldn't get. He couldn't get
the woman, so he killed her.
And rather than allow someone
else the privilege of killing him,
he did it.
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PLATFORM

that they feel PROUD
their views all political social
relig and questions which the
especially in business to the exen
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:. TO and girls in the art of thrift
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enterprise Therefore, realizing these vital
points INDEX respect TO
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published week in which your views
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the of PHOENIX INDEX
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was crowded.
CROWDED DOWN HERE

school on the score that the field
was crowded.
CROWDED DOWN HERE
Deacon Ruff admonished him
thus: "Young man, it is not near
ly as crow ded up there as down
where you are proposing to stop"
He went on. One of the white
boys got married recently and
wanted Uncle Ruff and wife to
"ttend the wedding. They refused
The young man refused to accent
their refusal and so Deacon Ruff
took his wife and baby boy and
drove his T. model a hundred
niles to he wedding. They were
uShered int othe great church
with the other members of the
family and given seats of promise
and invited to the reception. The
brides parents received the dea.
con and wife with open arms.
HE MEN
The he men in the raw are
opening holes for the race in the
hard lines of opposition. God
bless them. -----------a.-.
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with political party OF
all of
completely impaialy and hatred
should office Sun
order to in the
be plainly side
We the Fights
convenience unless the
is paid
money payable to the INDEX, 1914 East Monroe
contributors Or they
be
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Live a Healthier, Happier,
Life

Thousands of men and women
wonder why backache bothers
them-why they have to visit the
bathroom often at night-why flow
is scan.y and sometimes smarts
and burns.
Any one of these symptoms may
mean that your kidneys and blad-
der reed attention now before
these minor symptoms may devel-
o. iiFto serious trouble.
TO flush out EXCESS waste poisons
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18

ANOTHER DRAFT dodger popped
up last week. And he takes the cake.
Carried before a federal attorney
in Cincinnati on a charge of re-
fusing to fill out his QUESTIONABLE
Hobart F. Chipley, 80, was quoted
as saying, the country never did
anything for me and + don't owe
the country anything"
He is alleged to have returned
the blank QUESTIONABLE with an
enclosed note which read:
Il don't need no more Of this
junk, keep it,"
The country is doing some
thing now for Mister Chipley.
"The Country" is feeding him
while he waits in Jail under
S1,5O0 bOnd) til time for his
hearing. al.
SEVEN PERSONS were burned
to death last year in Birmingham
according to a report released by
the "Steel City" fire department.
All of the fire victims were
Negroes. Four of these died in
tenement house blaze.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18

SIllpS III one sea
son. His fac
beaned W j t !
smiles to tllinf
Of the tim
when if he hat
faltered, Morri
B I O w II WOul;
II q V e b e g '
plunged into OBJ
livion, and 'tla
happy man Wa
Bishop w. A
Fountain as ht
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n o n o r NOR
riS BrOwn'b foot
taH team as Il
football { e a IN
Las never 0een
hOnOred before.
All sections Of
the city will he
there and MIR.
Eddie (Fats)
Smith will lead
the faithful fol.
lowers from Au-
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The Bishop Smiled
AS Thousands
Cheered

ATLANTA, Ga.--(SNS)-
AND AL SHOULD ae happy as
thousands cheered and yelled for
Morris Brown as the team swept
like a Juggernaut over Wilberforce
University to win three champion
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these conclusions
is that there has
never been in
this country, a
large scale ef-
fective effort at
genuine coopera-
ton between the
two largest racial
groups white
and Negro. Not
enough W h j t e
people have been
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18
Can There Be
Real Cooperation
Between Races
BY WALTER X. CHIVERS

SEVERAL RECENT experiences
have set the writer to the task of
re-thinking the subject of inter-
racial cooperation. Some new
conclusions are the result. one of
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18

WASHINGTON, CAMP Well.
the New Year is her and it seems
juSet like the old here so far, only
there is lots more war talk
than this time last year-and as
the old saying is, "it won't be long
now" Take any way you choose
too, far be it from me to attempt
to explain it.
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Aid To Domestics

late at night and in many instances
failing to keep employed for Ions
those who have given their life
blood working at the more common
pursuits of life.
Possibly in the future some pro-
vision will be made for those do
mesticS in a sort Of Wage-hour act
that will require an adequate mini
mum wage and decent hours. Un-
der present conditions, some
domestics and common laborerS
are paid wages which make them
akin to slaves on modern scale.
The Presidents assertion in his
"state of the nation speech was
indeed correct when he said that
coverage of the social security act
was insufficient, that large num-
bers of employees were not cover
ed.
The South, which the Chief
Executive long ago termed as the
nations Economic Problem Num-
ber One,' would be helped by sucn
legislation, it is the belief of this
column.
ADULT EDUCATION
For some time, it has been my
intention to point out the merits OF
another bit of administration
sponsored legislation-the act pro-
viding WPA expenditures for adult
education. Under the adult pro-
gram, thousands of the aged have
been taught to read and write. AL
so thousands, whose work has fore
ed them out of school at early
ages have become literate. These
thousands have learned to help
themselves in many ways.
One of the good things done is
the almost complete elimination of
the privilege of some states to
apply certein restri ctions in the
matter of registering ard voting.
In some commonwealths, the mere
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THE DECISION of the U. S.
government administration to at
tempt to have included under the
social security act the nations do
mestic workers comes as encourage
ment to the hundreds of thou
sands of Negroes in our land. 1t
seems that Mr. Roosevelt is con-
tinuing his policy of honestly" at
tempting o
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18
REAL MANOOD

III the matter of manhood we
have the initiates and novitiateS and
the SophiSticates. But it is good
sometimes to view manhood in the
raw, manhood of the Nat Turner
variety {. The Christmas of 1910
will be memorable one the bad
ance of my life; for chanced upon
a man at Union, S. c., named Shel
ton Ruff whose life narrative is one
OF the most dazzling eX3nples OF
manhood in the raw. He repre-.
sentS a type of Negro who has
laid our present foundation and who
becomes such StalWartt challenge to
the younger generation so long on
degrees and big talk and SO short
oftimes on performance.
1 just happened up about din
ner time at Mr.. Ruff'S and when
I saw what was on his table with
out any advance notice and what
he would find on mine after such
notice felt like Sneaking away and
hiding some diplomas upon the
walls Of my home Mr.. Ruff Is The
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o"NC sAlF !PON
lens of the
IN a n lowest
down." In this
respect, even the
opposition must
bend to give him
credit in many
instances.
If the legliSla-
ton contended
for is passed, do
mestics may look
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sat in the Steel Bishop Fountain
Bowl in Birmingham, Alabama,
few days ago. Everybody is with
YOU Bishop, may You keep on sue
ceeding.
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A 75-horsepower. 23,500-pound
endless tread Diesel powered trac-
tor has been deeiened that steers
by manipulating levers that con-
...+0l hydt@llicall-?: Operated chlt-
cheS.
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burn Avenue. This will be a great
celebration and the writer has been
selected to act as chairman. /
know Atlanta is not going to fail
me on that night to do homage TO
this great team.
JUST SOME FUN
Some people are slow to show up
and fast to SLOW up.
A fellow used to twOtime on
nerve, but now to twO-time you
have TO know how to curve.
Years ago girl would look for
a fellow with pride, but today it's
the fellow with pride she takes for
a ride.
Business is picking up"
says MIR. C. S. Cox, but what l
say with his business, as he is
an undetaker is his business
Is laying down.
1t was q great affair that Mrs.
c. M. Pearson proprietor of the
Savoy and Shaw hotels, gave her
employees in the form of a dinner.
The affair was staged in the beau
tiful banquet room of the Savoy
Hotel. In her talk Mrs. Pearson
stressed the point that proprietor
and employe should be as one big
family, as the employees interest
was tied up with the proprietor'S
interest. 1t was a great evening and
the writer was honored to be the
principal speaker.
MORE FUN
Near all the time a fellow
who gets elbow room hasn't got
elbow grease.
A big head sometimes causes you
to be a pain in other peoples
neck.
bug in your friends ear
sometimes turns out to be a
flea in your own collar.
Mrs. Geneva HaugabroOkS says:
II am still picking them up ana
laying them down." She is an un-
dertaker, and she don't mean feet.
The writer's good friend DIR.
Anthony, who is now residing
i'm New York, Is i'm town for a
two weeks stay. / met "Doc,"
pc COIL him. in New York last
year. He says he is CONFLICTING
services at MOreland Funeral
Chapel on Fraser Street, for
the next two weeks. His wife is
a former Atlanta lady. She was
Miss Jeniece BOddie.
Mr.. j. c.. Jennings, the man
who sells dirt, says "a HAPPY
NEW YEAR"
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18

I don't dgn.. >. :. 80. E. :.
I don't know Gen. Rose, who is one
of the highest ranking officers at
Camp Dix, hut heard enough of
him from one of his cOlOred re-
tinue employed in the generals
mansion just outside of Trenton,
n. j., to make me understand
that the general is one of the
army's finest.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18
EDDIE (FATS) SMITH WILL
HELP ME LINE UP THE
AVENIrE

Thursday night, January 80. At
lanta will gather at Big Bethel 10
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Seeping down to D. G. is the in
formation that our old friend DR..
Willis Higgins has been missing
for several days and no one seems
to know where he is. Quite a
n1ysaery, this cudGen disappeaf-
ance of DR.. Higgins who was a
noted historian and teacher of
history in the Brunswick high
school in Brookyln-one OF the
few Negro high school teachers in
the New York system
A favorite story of DR.. Higgins
comes to mind. The majority of
his pupils, or practically all of them
were white. They came from Jewish
social discipline.
families comfortable fixed in the
famous Flatbush sectin of Brook
lyn. One of these young ladies had
been negligent in her studies, much
to the disgust of her parents, un-
til one day she got in one of DIR.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18
BETWEEN THE LINES

songs. But to those of us who have
heard these songs in the raw, these
college performances always leave
something to be desired.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18
This Is Our America!

"BrcdtheS there man aeiH soul so dead,
Who nevey to himself has said
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18

Business is picking up,"
says Mr.. c. S. Cox, but what
say with his business, as he is
an undetaker is his business
is laying down.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18

This is nv o7e7, nv native land"
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Years ago a girl would look for
q fellow with pride, but today it's
the fellow with pride she takes for
ride.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18

Mrs. Geneva HaugabrookS says:
II am still picking them up ana
laying them down. She is an un-
dertaker, and she don't mean feet.
The Phoenix index., 1941-01-18
EDITORIALS

Editor and Publisher
Associate Editor
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-08-01
Page Eight

Look, Mamma, Sidney's an
actor! Cclunnnist Skolsky becomes
a member in good standing
(standing feet in socks) of the
Screen Actors Guild. Thespian
recognition resulted from a bit
part in "1om, Dick, and Harry"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-08-01

on can't down a clown: After
pc and George Burns had been
erely put on the carpet for
ing golf without shirts at an
usive Jewish club, they march
off to the lOcker-rOOm &.
returned wearing shirts and
shOrts!. Club neglected to rule
against pantsless players!
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-08-01

Alfred A. Benesch, president of
the Cleveland board of education,
noted civic leader and attorney,
who has been appointed national
chairman of the administrative
mittee of the B'nai Birth Vo-
onal Service Bureau.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-17

Dr.. CIendenIng will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-17
Doctor Should Diagnose

The bugaboos of teethiug may
stand in The way Of really finding
out what is the matter with a sick
baby. The baby is sick, and the
doctor is in a hurry, and somebody
says the baby is ~teething. so the
examination is over and every
thing is blamed on the teetning.
The real trouble may be a urinary
Infection. or ear infection, or
something in the throat, or need
of sunshine and a Encouragement
of diet; 1t may be ricketts, or tet-
any. But the "teething' legend is
accepted and a more thorough ex-
animation is put OFT.
The dentition rash of the skin
often mentioned is, in the expert
cnce If good children's specialists,
a myth. 1t may be due to too much
clothing, or improperly Numbered
clothing, or an irritating soap, or
Just plain uncleanlincss
Rubbing the gums where the
tooth is erupting doesn't hasten
the eruption Of the tooth any more
than rubbing an egg will hasten
the Matching Of a chicken.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
H. j.: "What is the difference
between ph!e5itis and throm-
bosis?!"
Answer - Ph!@f;tis IS throm-
bosis of a vein. lbrrrHrsis sim
ply means the c,o,tin~ g. G!ooI in
side a blood vessel.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

EDITOR NOTE Or. e. ing has
seven pr tfnietS which '"H "a u
reader. Each pamphlet 20 : Tor 40 cents
cor ANY one pamphle. .tair,d send l.
cents IN coin. and a se'f-uIdre ed enVe'or'
taaued with a tnr. e,snt 7.a"r1. 10 If
Ian C~lendening. in care Of this PAGER
ne pamphlets are: Three Woes lseduc.
n Diet. 'Indt2 1stiun aiI III i''a ION
Reducing and Gaining. infant Feed
ing, Constructions fer the Treatment Of
Diabetes. Feminine Hygiene aAa The
Care Of the Hair and Skin.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-17
Cross Baby

The baby is r..Gss and fretful.
Well, all right. SO what? The 525y
is also teething. so the ~cros5nesS
and fretfulncss must be due 10 the
teething. Well, suppose the baby
is cross and fratful and 1t isn't
teething? What r these perfect
ly natural reactions due to then?
l would like to see the baby that
wasn't cross and fretful some Of
the time.
The baby drools all the time.
Isn't that terrible? It's because
the teeth are coming in. 1t is not
because of my such thing. 1t is
because the s~alivary glands come
to full development Just as the
teeth are coming in. That Is when
they are nlcd2d-nature planned
it that way The baby hasn't yet
learned to control It's saliva, so 1t
drools. Some people Ecver learn to
control it, even after tney get a
full set Of teeth, inclu.,rg the
back ones.
Then give it teething rirs. So
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-28
Sub Committee Appointed By Sen.
Ebert Thomas To inquire Into
Negro Participation In Natl. Defense

troll committee.
Walter White, NAACP seere-
tary. who has been here most Of
the week working on the above
steps, again urged that authentic
information regarding discrinlirla~
ion, particularly in industrial
plants filing contracts from the
federal government for the de-
femse program, be sent TO the ma
tional office Of the NAACP, 50
Fifth Avenue, New York.
I'VE are convinced that II the
American people only knew what
Il going OF iii the national de-
Tense program and fully under
stood how vicious is the discrim-
nation the Negro is encounter
inc. there would be country-wide
indignation against those who arc
holding III, defense because OF
their anti-Negro prcjudices. The
arrogance Of such persons as J.
II. Kindelberger. president and
general manager of North Amer
lean Aviation, Inc, in stating
that under no circumstances will
Negroes be employed as aircraft
workers Or mechanics in tbs
North American Aviation Com
pany's plants is insufferable
When Negroes pay income, dc