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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-02-21
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man as he spent showing the Negro his
duty and responsibility in the premise,
Negro leadership is severely afflicted
with the notion that when the white man
has been properly cursed and his short
comngs exposed, the task Is finished.
There was never greater mistake. Ne
groes need some straight-from-the-sh
der talk by men who know.
This is one reason am more and more
inclined to favor less large interracia
gatherings White and Negro speakers
thrust and parry in such way that the
whole ugly truth IS more often left un-
told Congressman Mitchell made it
plain that what becomes Of the Negro
and his future is largely a matter for
the Negro himself to settle He made il
clear that character was in the last anal
ysis the only thing that merits respect;
and that to attempt to build great race
without building foundation of sound
character was like building ones house
on the sand =
The inspired congressman dared to
state that working with the hands was
one way to lay sure foundations. When
il Negro leader comes before a learned
audience with such common-sense mes
sage we are behoding the dawn OF a
new day. But quite as remarkable as
the message itself was the way it was
received. Students applauded and called
for more. Staid old professors sat IN
solemn meditation; while townsmen
seemed beWildered at what was transpir-
ing before their very eyes For two and
half hours the Congressman laid it
on and for two and half hours stu
dents and faculty cried for more; and at
the end they were still crying.
Something is happening IN the thinking
Of the Negro race, and the race is about
ready for frankness, and truth however
ugly. The day of the popularity seeking
leader is passed. Congressman Mitchell
il the major phophet Of the Negro race
tody. We had better hear hml
BY Dean Gordon b. Hancock CAMP
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EDI 7 Q RIAL S
With a Buckeye
In Congress.
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lars to meet the expenses OIL the
Committee has been appropriated.
Action on the matter came "a the
House last week after a dramatic
and unusual scene on the House
Floor. Fer months Samuel Dick
stsin Of New York. representing
fAe smallest congressional distT let
in the United States, with but
seventy thousand population,
many Of whom are aliens, has
been lighting continuation Of the
Dies Committee and its work.
Taking the Floor before the
House. Dickstein charged that
one hundred and ten Nazi and
Eacist organizations had keys to
The back door Of the Dies Com
mittee. : Immediately John Ran
Kin. fiery Mississippi Congress
man. Jumped to his feet and de-
manded that Dicksteln words be
taken down as language impugn-
inc the motives Of the House
Committee. Speaker Rayburn up
held Rankin's contention anc up
on motion to expunge from the
record an hours debate followed,
during which Congressman Dies
took the Floor to defend the work
OF his Committee and to refute
the charges made by Dlcksteln.
The House voted unanimously to
expungc from its records the
words spoken by Dickstein-one
Of the most drastic robukes given
any Member of Congress IN years.
| Then by a vote Of 353 to 6 the
| House voted TO continue the Dies
Committee and its work Of IN
| vestigating subversive activities
against oul. government,
Last week the House passet
the Doughton bill raising the limi
Of the national debt from forty
/ nine billion dollars to sixty-hv'
billion dollars, and providing fo
/ The Federal taxation Of bonds ant
other interest bearing securitic
that will be issued III the futur,
by the United States government
II is estimated that at the pres
ent rate Of public expenditure
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GENERAL DAVIS ARRIVES :
Continued from paat u

eavalries have been proved woe
fully misinformed. Many persons,
both in military and civilian life,
have expressed the view that
Gen. Davis promotion to the
high army rank was merely po-
litical move and that il was never
meant that bic should actually as
sumo command Of the cavalry bri-
gade.
The general is now command
ing that brigade.
IN January, the general asked
foi. a months leave Of absence
to give him time to adjust his
affairs in the East. He remain
ed on duty with the 369th coast
artillery aLti-aircraft regiment Of
New York until his leave was
granted Two weeks ago he
started OH his trip west, travel
Ing casually ana stopping with
friends at vafious points en- route.
Gen. Davis arrived here to find
the Ninth cavalry no longer do
ing school or dog -robber"
duty, the army term for acting
rs servants for officers. Both the
Ninth here and the Tenth at
Leavenworth have been activatcd
and for the first time since 1881
are soldering" Negro soldiers
are being trained to use anti-air.
craft equipment and to operate
the radio sets in scout cars Will
which both cavalry regiments arc
equipped.
The headquarters Of the gen
eral will be in the Ninth cavalry
headquarters temporarily unit
the new quarters are completed.
Gen. Davis reaches letiremen
i age, Cd, in June. Asked wheth
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-02-21

The Lease-Lend Bill will soon
be under debate on the Floor OF
Tic senate. the Foreign Relations
Committee Of that body having
completed hearings on the bill
late last week. On Wednesday q
last week Wendell Willkie ap-
reared as witness before the
Senate Committee and urged
passage Of the bill with several
suggested amendments to fnrth-
er limit the unusual powers con-
ferred upon the President by the
measure. In his testimony Wilt
lsic pointed out That the greatest
need Of Great Britain at the pie
sent time was ships, and especial
/ II Of the destroyer type, and urg-
al that United States begin TO
turn over 20 Great Britain from
lipc TO ten dcstroyers month
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Our Major Prophet:
CONGRESSMAN Mitchell.

some weeks ago the GI.A A., an o.
.aniz.tin, governing the athletic actvi-
ties of the Negro colleges o. the SCUM
Atlantic states met at Virginia Union uni
versity in Richmond. They presented as
their main speaker Congressman A1hui
w Mitchell Students and toWnsmeh
turned out in large numbers 70 ge'
closeup Of the congressman from lillllolS.
Ii may be remembered that critics were
rather caustic IN their eNalaatloH ~
Congressman Mitchell during the early
months Of his solourn III Washlh9loh
They had tried in vain 70 chart MS course
for him. and dictate TO hlm Nhen aia
how Ia proceed Congressman Mitchell
refused to BE the rubber stamp type ol
representative many enormously had
supposed.
il Was true that he was following
strong man III DePriest, and II II equally
true MANY had wanted him TO be Just
another DePriest But Mitchell saw
It otherwise. lie decided right early that
he was going to be himself, and although
he got himself severely criticised by Ger
tain sknoW-t-alls" he stood by his guns
and Won for himself i renoWn that Is go
ing to Sc lasting The best baseball
pitchers are those who start rather sioN-
III and warm up. Il was once sald ~
the immortal MatheWson, that opposing
teams had TO hurry and get their runs
before Mathewson warmed up, Tor
once he was warm, the case OF the op-
position was hopelessl Mitchell was not
so spectacular Immediately after he took
up his abode in Washington; but he grad
ually warmed up" and it is safe 70 say
at present he is right and ready. ANY
way, Negro Richmond was mighty glad
to get frst-hand performance of oui
only distinguished congressman.
For TWO hours and so minutes Con
gresham Mitchell held vast audience
spelbound Even the dinner gongs could
not divert the attention Oh the students
from the train Of thought that Arthur W
Mitchell was pulling over the main line
OF course, there are good and bad day
III the life 1T every public speaker. but il
the congressman ever has better days
than the one he had at Virginia Union, i
IS hard to imagine
Without doubt Congressman MtichelFs
Is the most positive voice of the Negr,
race today! He has the vision. he ha.
the experience, he has the prestige, hs
has the heart and he has the message II
other words, the Negro race has III Con
gresham Mitchell the leader it need.
for this crisis in the affairs Of the world
and the Negro race.
The most overwhelming point III hi
favor is his brutal frankness He did no
spend as much time cursng the Whit
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the new sixty-fiye billion dollar
national debt will be reached
within eighteen months. Accord.
ing to figures just received, APP
proximatcly twenty-five million
dollars per day was paid out of
the Federal Treasury during
items purchased for the Army and
Navy These daily expenditures
will increase materially during
the next few months as defense
industries swing into full produc-
ton. Other daily expenditures
Will be necessary to provide for
any aid or war materials furnish,
"a Gralt Britain.
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er he thought he might be con-
tinued in service after that time,
he said he had an open mind
OH the subject. When he reach
es retirement age, he will have
served 43 years in the army i
think I've done my share he
said, "but if the war department
desires me to continue to serve
in the national emergency, | will
have en- open mind
General Davis expressed the
belief that the preparedness pro
gram now being developed III
this country offers a great OPP
portunity TO the Negro, botl IL
military ard civilian life. He ia
vors the intesration of Negro .sl,
diers into all branches OF the
army. rather than the establish
mcnt Of SEPARATE Negro units and
is optimistic in tie belief that
such integration Is not far dis
tant.
The brigadier general is moi
entirely stranger in the west.
He served his first enlistment as
a private Mt Fort Leavenw orth,
He il a former member OF the
Ninth cavalry and many Of thc
men in that regiment fought with
him and under him IN the Phil
lipines and in Mexico. Many =.
the white officers here have
!, served with Gen. Davis when h
| was captain lieutenant. maio
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position to the further transfer
Of American destroyers TO Great
Britain, that the United States
needed all Of her destroyers for
her own defense and for the
maintenance Of Il well balanced
Navy Previously Knox and 9th
or Cabinet officials, supporting
the I.ease-Lend Bill, testified that
while the measure would confei
power upon the President To give
away or otherwise transfer Amer
.can naval vessels To Great Bri-
tain and other foreign powers
hat such action was not being
ontemplatcd, and that anyone
/ Nho even suggested the President
/ Noald 90 such a thing was being
absurd.
Analyzlng the hundred and
ixty-live votes cast against the
j Leasc-Lend Bill in the House, it
i is found that practically all OF
those who voted against the mea-
a.e favor American aid to Grea,
sritain, but were opposed to con
efriag upon the President the
aictatorial powers granted to hin
by the provisions Of the bill prac
tically all of those who oppose
the Lease Lend Bill in the House
voted for substitute bill, ans
for amendments, that would hav,
given direct aid To Great Britain
as completely, as quickly. and a
efficiently as can possibly be cx
tended under the operation Of tn,
Lease-Lcnd law Many Of thos
who voted mo- on the AGminis
Cration measure pointed out tha
while 4 great majority OF Ameri
can people want this country t
aid Great Britain and an evel
greater percentage of the Unite,
States citizens want to keep thi
country from becoming involve,
n actual warfare, as representa-
tives Of the people they do be
iieve that the passage of tn
Lease-Lend Bill in the form tina,
~ presented to the House. woul
BRING grave danger Of America
involvement IN the conflict ovel
seas. Sincere and patriotic me
san differ IN their opinions an
judgments. Unquestionably ever
Member Of Congress voting on tn
4easc-Lend measure-the mos
ul.lroversial measure that ha
oeen before Congress in man
gears-voted as his or her cor
'cience and judgment told ther
was for the best interests Of thei
country Only the future hold
the answer as to whether thos
who voted Yea or those VIII,
voted Nay wel'e right.
The life of the Dies Commit
! tee, officially known IS Tie Hous
Committee to Investigate IN
: American Activities, las been Ok
tended for fifteen months and
hundred and fifty thousand dol
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from our present
naval forces and
from new con
struction. Soon.
thereafter Col
q il { | Fra n k
Knox. Secl etaiy
Of the Navy, re
iterated his OPP
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T. NJ. Campbell
o Serve On Ala.
Committee On
National Defense
Training

TUskEGEE CAMP IT. NJ.
Campbell, field agent Of United
vice, has accepted the invitation
States agricultural extension SER
to serve as member Of the
group Of consultants connected
with the newly established Com
mittee Of National Defense Train
ing in Alabama.
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and colonel. The generals son
will be the only Negro commits
stoned officer serving with him.
The father and son are the only
Negro commissioned officers in
regular army.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-17
WfLby Varsity And Reserues Score 13O Points A
WILDCATS HAVE. GREATEST NIGHT
 AGAINST RIVALS
Lee Squad Surprises Its Backers With 2l Point
 Win; Crosby Loses

Crosby and Leave11worth We'd nesdRy night at the Wilby gym, is the local high school basketball at- traction this week, while the win ming Wilby Wildcats, impressive 68-47 victors over Naugatuck Sat- urday night, will head for Hartford Saturday afternoon to meet the St. Thomas Seminary boys in the lat ter'S new gymnasium at Bloom field.
 Wilby had everything Saturday night against the team that 1t wanted to defeat most, aside from Crosby for there was a score to settle dating from the borough, where Wilby was set back rather handily earlier in the season, the score at one time reading II to 1. Last Saturday Wilby was II points to the good at half time, 35 to 24, and then instead of faltering bit, got hotter than g firecracker in the third and fourth periods, to go ahead, 54 to B, before the final eight minutes of play. Wallen and Roach scored 46 points between them, 26 for the red-head, and 20 for Roach.
 Not until the middle of the final heat did Coach Jim Lee remove his regulars who finished the game with g. margin of q points more than Naugatuck team which was a 2 to pre-game favorite. Sum- mary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-17
GENERALS
 UNBEATEN CHAMPS

Naugatuck, Feb. 17-The Central avenue grammar school hoop team completed an outstanding season re- gently. winning l2 straight games in the local grammar school basketball league without meeting single de- feat. The east side boys won both halves of the league and replaced Hop Brook as league champs.
 They ended the season In e blaze of glory. submerging st. Francis under c 6l-7 score. The regulars iri- cluded: Captain Kenneth Churchill, Manager Anthony Tangredi. Francis Zuccareli, Paul Rossini and Ralph Doniano
 The seconds. who came through in many games and who deserve credit for their work also. are: Ed- mund Yeaton. Fred Radcliffe, VII. liam De Carlo. James Mezzi0, Thoma Ashmore, William Mastrang-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-17
TORONTO LEAFS CROWD LEADERS
(By Unitd Press)

The Toronto Maple Leafs scored two goals each in the final two periods to defeat the New York Rangers, Al and move within onne point of first place in the National Hockey League last night. Dave Schriner scored a pair of goals to pace the Toronto assault.
 Defense Man Jack Stwart's sec ond goal of the season, a 60-foot shot from just inside the blue line, gave the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 edge over the Montreal Canadiens. Center Don Crosse scored the Wings initial goal.
 The Chicago Black Hawks climb ed into tie for fourth place with the Rangers by defeating the last place New York Americans. 5-4 in overtime. The Americans lost the services of veteran Defense Man Willie Field who suffered frac- tured right ankle in the first min- ute of play. Doug Bentley scored the winning goal at 8:20 of the over time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-17
The Broadway
 Bugle
 . By DAN PARKER

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-17
YALE FOOTBALL

New Haven. Conn, Feb. l7--(Up) Yale university's new football coach. Dr. Emerson ". Spike" Nelson. announced today spring training would begin in the gym nasium tomorrow.
 All football candidates have been summoned to the gym drill. which will last a half-hour. The length of the daily programs will increase daily. it was said. until outdoor drills begin about March 3i. Nelson succeeded "Ducky" Pond as head football coach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-17
BY PO-KuM

After four complete rounds the New Dealers are still leading the league by the Scant margin of one game, closely followed by the hard pressing Trailers and G-Men. This weeks schedule calls for the G-Men and the New Dealers in a crucial three games, and should the G-Men defeat them two or three games their position, will sure be a dan- gerouS one.
 I believe that the Senators would find themselves in a much brighter position if they had their present lineup at the start of the sesaon, but as it now stands, they must be satisfied at the bottom of the pack, just nineteen games behind the leaders, just like "the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder", "at the bottom of the pot!"
 In the second game between the G-Men and Trailers last week Father McVerry pulled one of the greatest hero roles that any one would want to see, with his team several pins behind he came up in the last two boxes to pull spare, strike and another spare to pull his Trailers one pin up, and it took him just about hal hour before he was able to talk again. What a man!
 There seems to be quite a feud as to who must the hoonrs go for be- ing the biggest gas pipe in the league, first it was Timber" Dan Briottl, then Hottie" Chellini who has hbit of throwing balls around, and now its Senator" Johnny Festa. s othe league had adopted a rule that smoking shall not be al- lowed in fear of a mighty explo- sion.
 Lefty Spagnola walked into the alleys last week with a determined look on his face, and it wasn't long before they all knew that when Lefty" looks that way he means business, and boy did he hit them.
 Sal Lolla of the G-Men has habit to stand at the foul line for several seconds after he throws the ball, and if he gets a strike he'll always say, "Is that all I got?" Why don't you stand there a few more seconds Sol?" maybe the pins will do little Polka for you!" the beer barrell polka"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-17
The Standings

The schedule: Tuesday, Rangers at Americans; Toronto at Boston; Thursday, Chicago at Americans; Montreal at Toronto; Saturday Chicago at Montreal, Detroit at Toronto; Sunday, Chicago at Rang CTS, Americans at Boston, Toronto at Detroit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-17
Records galore smashed!!

Deuces high team 539, Ciresi high three APO. Ciresi in second game last two boxes, strikes. Boy, gosh, you should have seen this match. The best match of the season was Jacks vs. Duces. Boy, oh boy, talk about bowling.
 The Aces put firm hold on 1st place by defeating the Spades for 3 games, the JOkerS sank 8 little, losing 2 to the Diamonds, while the Deuces went out and had hard time beating the Jacks two games.
 Capt. Pesce gave Wee Will Will Hams a bowling lesson by these scores, 109, IA, 131.
 Proxy Magg is vacationing down in Miami. Got 8 card from him he is going to the races. Have a good time, Proxy.
 Colucci of the Diamonds was so angry in the second game, he was going to join the Weeping Willows A. s. Stop. Third game 133. He's happy.
 Minerivini laid up with the grippe. Quick recovery, kid, you're as tough as they make 'em.
 Absent: Minerivini, Manganaro, Pettine.
 Attendance: 97 per cent. Not so good.
 Thanks, Brownie, for repairing Alley No. 2 and spotter No. 2. The boys appreciate those things. It's the small things in life that count" :"
 Adv. Joe Curly" Fabiano is locking for an old derby hat. You know he is in a minstrel and any body having an old derby to throw away, see Joe.
 Meeting Feb. 20, Room 2. No lend-leasing, cash. Banquet com- mittee to be picked.
 Proxy Magg promies to write to all the boys. Well, here's hoping.
 P. s. "C" Masone also rolled three good games, 159, 94, 123.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-17

ell, Francis Angiolillo and James Aquavia.
 Lemuel Creddo coached the team to It's most successful season in several years.