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The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Therapy Equipment Is
Sold To Warm Springs

from DR.. B. 0. Moore who ope-
rates a hospital at Hopkinsville,
KY, and d similar amount from
the louisiana Industrial Life In
surance company, he said, "Ne-
gro hospitals and insurance COM
panies are converting the nickels,
dimes and quarters received from
their Negro policyholders into
modern equipment costing from
$1,000 to $4,000, purchased from
a Negro manufacturer. That is a
lesson in practical racial econom-
les, for every machine purchased
adds to the employment of Ne
groes."
Mr.. Johnson, who has been en-
gagged in production of his line
for a score of years, makes
shock-proof x-ray, short wave
diathermy, electro-surgical, gal
vanic current, sinusoidal current
artificial fever and colonis-thera,
py equipment and also manufac-
lures mercury quartz lamps, lum-
inious infra-red lamps; carbon arc
lamps, water-cooled lamps, hospi-
tai and YMCA solariums and
physical therapy accessories.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

CHICAGO-(ANP)- Paul E.
Johnson, manufacturer of physi-
cal therapy and X-ray equipment
who operates one of the most
important manufacturing con-
Germs within the race, with his
plant in Chicago, announced
this week that he has fcrnished
therapy equipment to both the
Warm Springs, Ga, infantile
paralysis unit and the new hos
pital of the same type located at
Tuskegee institute
Mr.. Johnson speaking with par
donable pride of the increasing
recognition which hospitals and
physicians are giving to 'the ap-
paratus which he makes complete
ly, said he was especially graft
fled at the support which came
from people within his own
group.
He sells to many white organi-
cations as we'll but as he exhibit
ed photostatic copies of checks
for $3.50 from Tuskegee; 81 $50
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Bv cliff Mackay
The Globe TrOtter .

the refusal of white men to join the union. Union
carpenters required under the government
contract and black men stepped in to earn this one
dollar hour straight time ana p1.5O an noun
overtime.
Fifty are at present working under two Negro
foremen S. L. Vaughn, well known Atlanta con-
tractor and Marion Hamilton, whose father for
wears was an Atlanta builder White Workmen
made a wide path around the two units being
erected by the Negro carpenters, but they are
working and they are being paid the same scale
given white carpenters.
A DISCOURAGING THING
All of this is encouraging. But one very dis
couraging thing popped in this writer's mind as
he watched these black men construct these build
ings to house the army's sick and afflicted
Too large a proportion of these men are we'll
mast the forty-year mark and some are reaching
we'll into the fifties Of the fifty doing skill
ed labor, this writer saw possibly one that could
still claim to be in his thlrues
The young men were all classed as common
laborers That picture told more clearly than any,
thing the writer has seen the penalties young Ne
oroes are now paying for the mistake made by
educators in choosing the CLASSICAL rather than
the vocational path of education.
Very few young men, the writer was told, can
carpenter. Most of those who attended school dur
np the last decade or so took liberal arts and are
now teaching at much less than one dollar an
hour or working the WA.
A TRAGEDY
The plight of these young men, who have been
taught so much about calculus, French and Chau-
GER, that they don't know how to do anything to
earn themselves decent living is nothing less
than tragic.
And this colossal blunder on the part of edI-
Gators is costing us every day millions of dollars
in wages And this is just beginning to what
it will cost the race unless schools make al
about-face and go down the path laid out by Book
er T. Washington. For many of the fifty now
working at Camp Gordon will soon shuttle off the
scene Who will it be that will take their places?
Only one guess is necessary.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Spiritual Diet
Deficiency Gets
Blamed for Ills
Rv SAMUEL A. BoYEA

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-(ANP)
Miss Anne Cooke, director OF
the Atlanta University Summer
theatre, expressed the belief here
last Sunday that the world was
suffering from a spiritual diet
deficiency" Miss Cooke was ad-
dressing an audience which gath
cred in Patterson hall here to OBJ
serve the Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority Founders Day celebra-
ton.
Miss Cooke, who was introduc-
ed by Miss Georgia Smith, said
that religious trends in the drama
we're an indication that the
world was badly in need of some
fundamental faith and was turn
ing to the theatre to find that
ideal.
The program was ushered in by
a two-piano recital by Mrs. Por-
tia Trenholm, wife of President
Fl. Council Trenholm, and Mrs.
Hall the previous evening in Tul-
lbody auditorium. The recital
which included Sonata in d ma
ior (Mozart) and Variations on
a Theme by Beethoven (camille
Saint-Saens) was favoured with
a democratic touch by the intro
duction Of better known valses
qrd serenades.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Oil Painting Of Marian Anderson
Is Barred From ,. c. Galleries
Say Portrait
Does Not Come
Up To Standard

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP
Determined that not even a pic
ture of Marian Anderson shall pe
shown in white spot in this city,
officials of the Corcoran Art gal
lery have ruled out an oil painting
Of the famous colored diva, declar-
ing that it is not good art-and
that their act is not one of racial
prejudice. ''
c. Powell Minnigerode, director
of the art gallery, refused to per-
NIT the painting of Miss Anderson
by Paul Meltsner, internationally
known artist, to be shown in the
gallery's biennial exhibition to be
held in March.
Meltsner declared that the bar
red painting, ''rieh in COLOR had
been exhibited in New York, where
"critics were enthusiastic about it,"
Mr.. Minnigerode on the other
hand charges that it is perfectly
absurd and utterly ridiculous" for
Mr.. Meltsner to charge the Cor
coran Art gallery with being in
fluenced by race prejudice. "
"A portrait Of a Negro minister
is to be shown as a part Of the
very exhibit to which Mr.. Meltsner
charges his portrait was excluded
because of race prejudice. Art is a
question of good painting, not the
subject" he said.
Minnigerode explained that the
portrait of Miss Anderson by Melts-
ner had been examined by Guy
Pene Dubois and Russell Coles OF
New York and by Franklin c. Wat
kins, of Philadelphia, all nation
ally known artists and critics, and
found it did not "come up to Our
standard"
I'VE have exhibited Negro sub
jects on many occasions, and if
Mr.. Meltzner's portrait of Miss
Anderson had been considered UP
to standard, We would have been
happy to exhibit it," Mr.. Mimi
gerode continued.
Told that Mr. Meltsner was
quoted as saying that the Ander-
son portrait was "the best I've ever
done," Minnigerode said, Il am
very sorry"
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Objects To Camp
Being Named After
Klan'S Founder

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-(ANP) -
A resolution demanding that the
name of the camp to which the
Illinois National guard has been
sent for training, be changed from
Forrest" to some name more ap-
propriate, was introduced in the IL
linois legislature by State Senator
Arnold p. Benson, youthful, able
and influential president protein
of the Illinois State senate.
The Illinois soldiers, the white
regiments of the state national
guard, are stationed in Tennessee.
Prior to the Illinoisians going there,
the camp was named Peay after a
former governor of Tennessee.
When the Yankees were sent
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Alabama Proves Races
Will Work Together

NEW YORK-(S (SNS)-The re-
cent settlement of a strike at the
Alabama Dry Dock company at
Mobile, Ala, where Negroes and
whites are employed was cited by
the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored
People as an illuminating refu-
tation of the spurious claim ad-
vanced by many industrialists
who refuse to hire Negroes be-
cause "white employees won't
work with them
The strike, according to the
NAACP, involved $500 members
of the Industrial Union Of Ma
rine and Shipbuilding Workers of
America, CIO affiliate, and
lasted ten days, Negro and white
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

members of the union benefited
from a settlement, which union
officials said involvd general
wage increases.
According to union officials, a
minimum wage of fifty cents
per hour was established which
rneant a fifteen-cent-per hour in
crease for many Of the colored
laborers. The higher classified
tions received an increase Of four
cents per hour.
Officials Of the union describ-
ed the settlement as representing
"the highest minimum wage for
unskilled labor in any large in
dustrial plant in the Gclf.'
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Here's Popular Way
ToWake Lazy lnsides

Just a little of this spicy, aro-
matte laxative by the directions
tonight, a drink of water, and
there you are!
When the easy directions are
followed, BLACK-DRAUGHT u.s.
ually premits good nights sleep,
then acts gently but thoroughly
next morning.
Main reason for the gently ef-
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
SAME OLD STORY

There is large army of Ne
gro workers employed at these twin projects up
on which millions of dollars will be expedend But 1t
is the same old story here that could be told IN
lust about every other defense construction prof.
ect all over the country. The greater majority OF
these men hold the menial jobs They are assigned
to the bitches, the heavy lifting, the common labor
and lowest paid class.
White men were seated atop the delsel-power-
ed graders, Negro men were armed with shovels
on the ground. White men were measuring and
fitting pipe, Negro were carrying 1T from
storehouse White men were laying bricks, Negro
men were mixing mortar and carrying hods. White
men were doing the roofing work. Negro helpers
boiled the tar, etc.
The picture was not very encouraging at first
glance The writer walked further down the long
line of cottages units which are to comprise the
hospital
SO AT WORK
At the very last two under construction diff
ferent picture presented itself. Here fifty black
men were working as carpenters and it was learn
ed upon questioning that they were members of
Atlanta Local 552, AFL, and had just been given
jobs during the past week.
The jobs were the result, it was explained, Of
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
ENGLISH KING
FETES INDIAN
Raj AIRMEN

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS George
entertained "a non-white pilots
at tea in Buckingham palace re-
Gently. The men were all exper-
fenced flyers from India who were
being given special training IN
operating fighter planes.
Eleven pilots from New Zealand,
several of them dark brown SKIN
ned Maoris, were entertained at
the same time. The group spent
more than an hour with the king
and queen and the royal prin-
cesses, each of whom expressed
their delight in having these
men from the empire defending
the shores of Britain.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

Captain Herbert r. Orr of
Washington, D. c., Florida A.. and
M. College faculty member for the
past five years, responding to a
call for active duty with the 366th
Infantry of New England, left the
college campus Monday, February
"a, to report to Fort DevenS Mas
sachusetts. Captain Orr received
his military training in the ROTC
at Howard University and was
commissioned second lieutenant in
June 1890. He advanced to the
rank of captain on January 20,
1941. Captain Orr will begin his
training March 3 for period of d
year along with 80 other Negro re-
serve officers who are responding
to the call.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

Lashing the "too prevalent ten
0ency to exclude Negro contrac-
tors" from work at Negro institu-
ticns, the resolution stated that
millions of dollars have been lit
orally poured into new develop
ments and expansions Of physical
plants of Negro colleges in recent
years. Practically none of this
work has been designed. supervised
or constructed by Negroes"
The appeal against discrimina-
ton against Negro workmen by Ne
go institutions ended with the
statement that finally, in these
trying. turbulent times Willie Ne
groes are calling to the attention
of the officials of the Federal ag-
encies, including the Army and
Navy, the Defense Housing Admin
istration, the awful undemocratlc
tendencies rampant within the ma
ton, the Hampton Institute Build
ers' Conference and the National
Builders Assn feel impelled to
call to the attention of all admins
traitors Of Negro colleges and insti-
tutions the urgent necessity of their
support in helping the Negro archi-
tects, engineers and contractors to
get their fair opportunities to de-
sign, bid and execute on any con-
struction to be built on the grounds
of Negro institutions.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

fectiveness of this purely vegeta-
BILE medicine is it's chief ingredi-
ent. 1t is an intestinal tonic-lax-
ative" that helps impart tone to
lazy bowel muscles. 7
Next time, be sure to take time
tested BLACK-DRAUGHT. It's
economical, too! 25 to 40 doses:
25c.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

It was with some difficulty
that the writer even secured per-
mission to inspect the project, SO
frightened is America over the
spectre of sabotage. But finally
after seeing several officials, the
writer was pronounced okeh and
allowed to traverse down the red
dusty road that led to the con-
struction camp.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
FISHING THROUGH ICE

DETROIT -(ANP)-Members Of
the Great Lake Country club OF
this city have a new addition to
the list of winter sports. 1t is fish.
ing through the ice. On the club
property at Spring Lake, a fishing
shanty has been erected near a
hole in the ice. There perch and
pike are being caught in consider
able numbers according to Howard
Harris, Otis JoSy Cornelius Steph-
ems and James Hodge, young De-
troiters all of whom were recent
visitors at the club property,
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

down the name of the camp was
changed to Forrest, who was the
notorious Confederate general who
founded the Ku KliX Klan. 3!
The implied insult was not lost
upon Sen. Benson or upon other
members of the legislature. The &C
ton of the authorities will be
watched with interest.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
MRS. HOUSTON PASSES

PHOENIX, Ariz-(ANP)-Mrs.
Drusilla Dunjee-H Houston, widely
known writer and teacher, is dead.
Mrs. Houston, who resided in Okla
homa where she was in education
al work for years has been living
in Phoenix for the past six years
Mrs. Houston, who was a SIS
ter of Editor Roscoe Dunjee, was
buried here.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Dollar An Hour Men

DURING THE PAST week the writer was
visitor at the vast Camp Gordon project where
thousands of workers are busily engaged construct
ing a huge General Hospital for the War Depart
ment and an immense naval air station which is
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

When completed, the building
can be said to house one of the
finest library y-auditorium combina-
tions t. be found in the South. II
is believed by campaign officials
that the full amount will be
realized.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
WINS TWO SCHOLARSHIPS

CHICAGO - CAMP Nellie
Gloria Millett who at IA years OF
age graduated from DuSable High
school two weeks ago, has been
offered scholarships to both Fisk
and Howard universities. Nellie
finished grammar school when she
was II. She has not decided
which scholarship she will accept
but says that her final hopes are
pinned upon becoming a physician.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Part Of Belgian
Building Moved

RICHMOND. than months
by administrators and campaign
officials Virginia University shipment of the
Belgium
Tuesday The
engineer the unloading of
he trucks sasedfo trausp
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01

In this first shipment were the
famed bas-reliefs of ceramic sand
stone, picturlrlg Belgium at work.
one. executed by the sculptors Os-
car Jespers and Henry Puvrez, OF
Brussels. is ten feet in length ana
more than seven feet high and is
believed to be the largest of its
type since the celebrated frieze
"Archers" of the, palace OF Darius l
at Suse (Persia) dating from about
500 BIC. Two others by Arthur
Dupagne, also of Brussels, measure
sixteen feet in length and ten feet
in height. These show the Belgium
colonization of the Congo.
CORNERSTONE
PRESENTED
The original cornerstone of gen
uine polished Belgian granite was
presented to Dr.. William j. Clark
of the University on Monday by
the chief engineer, Mr.. Guilmain.
Preparations were Immediately
made for recovering the first
trucks.
Other materials were brought in
almost daily from the fair grounds
in New York and will continue, it
was stated, until the entire section
is on the campus. The breaking
of ground preparatory to beginning
construction is expected to start
during the latter part of March or
first of April. 1t is believed that
the main sections of the building
will be shipped by freight. Official
estimates has placed the number
of cars needed at between 80 and
go.
STUDENTS CHEER
In spite of a piercing wind and
wintry sky, practically the entire
student body of the University as
we'll as members of the faculty
were on hand to witness the un-
loading. Several young men rushed
forward to help with the unload
ing. as the first pieces were taken
from the truck, loud cheers and
yells filled the air. This attracted
others. including several passers-
by. Cameras and kooaks were KEPT
busy as both students and faculty
members sought to get impromptu
"shots" of the various parts.
The erection of the building Is
expected to be completed by Sep
| tember in time for the opening Of
school Dedicatory exercises are
scheduled for october.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
Builders i Charge
Discrimination

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va-.(SNS)-An echo of the
recent meeting of the Hampton Institute Builders Conference
and the National Builders Association heard TODAY when the
officers OF the convention released resolution mailed Negro
college residents boards of throughout the United
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
PROMOTES MISS SALISBURY

TbUNIU IE5 NIHSo f5EAhIHNo "
HAMPTON INSTTTUTE-(ANP)
DIR. Malcolm S. Nolan, presl-
dent of Hampton institute announc-
ed Monday the appointment OF
Miss Thetis Lucille Salisbury as
special counselor in pre-college
guidance.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-01
All Gospel Songs

Send All Orders To
THOMAS A. DORSEY
755 Oakwood Blvd, Dept. C.
Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-12

essential civilians have been rec moved from military establishments.
 The army warned against wasting food or gasoline. Food stores were closed Tuesday for inventory but reopened "Wednesday under orders to sell only to their regular custo- mers and In normal amounts. Gaso- line was Tationed, Q half tank at . time to {. customer.
 "There is no immediate cause for alarm" 9oindexter announced, land if everyone exercises good judgment the food situation can be worked out without causing anyone to suf- fer"
 Praise for their conduct has been heaped on Honolulu's residents by all civilian and military authorities. PoindeXter praised them for "the splendid example they are setting for the mainland in calm, deter mined conduct"
 Instances of valor are SO great In number they are too many to enumerate," Admiral Husband Kim mel said. "The same sort of selfless courage was displayed then (during the bombings) that will win thlS war"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-12
MINSTREL, DANCE
 BY HOLY NAME
SS. Peter and Paul Mem bers Select Joseph Le-
 zOtte tO Direct It

At Q meeting of gts. Peter and Pauls Holy Name Society lest eyen- ing it was voted to present Q min- strel and dance gt. Patrick's night with the children of Mary, under the direction of Joseph Lestte, church organist.
 A meeting of committees from both organizations will bO held sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock to make further arrangements and tc pick the cast.
 The card tournament under the direction of Frank McWeeny, chair- man, continues to hold the interest of te men. The captains Of the teams are: William Keaveney,. Er. Edgar Dwyer, George Daly, Carl Deeley, Joseph T. Phelail, Eugene Sullivan, John slavill, Nelson SQulrea Alfred Wiehn, John Murphy, John Cavanaugh, Adrian Donahue, Edwin Bolger, George Corden, John Cody and Edward Bergin.
 This coming Sunday 1s regular Communion Sunday for the Holy Name Society. Chaplain Sullivan re. quests all men of the parish to at' tend the g o'clock Mass in a body
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-12
Market Irregular As
 Trading Slackened
SteeIs Started We'll, But Slipped Back to Small Net
 Losses; COppers Mixed; Rails Were Very Steady
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 New York, Dec. a - (UPJ - Stocks turned irregular today after Q firm opening. Trading was slightly under yesterday.
 Steel shares, firm ct the opening, slipped back % small net losses Around noon Q. s. Steel was ct 60 oB Ia and Bethlehem 68 3-D oR 3-e. Copper shares were mixed. Anacon. da, the active feature, lost i-e, Phelps Dodge rose nearly 6 point,
 Railroad Issues were steady Co firm and Utilities were holding well. AircTRfts and oils held small cd. vances. Chemicals had strong and weak spots. Allied Chemical made Q new low at l4l 3-8 of l-e while Monsanto gained 2 3-4 to ei 3-A.
 Universal Leaf Tobacco rose 3 points and American Sugar 2 i-2 points. General Gas and Electric Q per cent convertible preferred awa up { points on one sale. Gains of e point and more were noted in fn- land Steel, Du Pont, Jotns-AKanville Mcintyre porcupire, Mohawk Car- pet and A. o. Smith. Republic Steel preferred lost 2points and declines of Q point and more were noted in several Isolated issues. Chrysler equaled it's low ct 4e Ia O: I S-a while General Motors held near the previous close.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-12
State Prepares For
 'Blackout' Rehearsal
Special Committee to Be Named in Various Sections;
 State Guard to Prevent Mass Sabotage

Hartford, Conn, Dec. i2-(UP)-. State Defense Administrator Sam uel II. Fisher today ordered black out preparations made in ell Con- nectlcut cities and towns.
 Col. Fisher asked au communities in the state to appoint special black out committees to handle this phase Of defense work, A state blackout committee also was appointed. It included:
 Sidney D. MacLean, New Haven, official of the United Illuminating O.: Richard E. Simpson, Hartford retired lighting engineer of the Travellers Insurance O.; Calvin T, Hughes, Waterbury, employed by the Conn. Light and Power O., and Prof. Stanley McCandiesS of Yale university
 Col. Fisher said any test black outs in the state must Do conduct cd according to instructions Issued by the Office of Civilian Defense ct Washington.
 Meantime, tho Connecticut state guard, which has been mobilized to prevent "mass sabotage" was ufl- dcrstood to have passed under the direct orders Of the First Corps area army command ct Boston. All as- Signments, 1t was said, were made on orders from the army.
 Gov. Hurley made . tour of var- lous guard dispositions throughout the state late yesterday and was rec ported pleased with the manner in which the assignments were han- dled. His tour included the heavy manufacturing centers of New Hs- ven and Bridgeport.
 Connectlcut's blackouts will be CO., ordlnated with those of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 1t was voted yesterday ct c meeting of tho newly-formed state blackout com- mittee at Hartford.
 Study was given to instructions contained in Q blackout snanua. prepared by tho Office of Civilian Defense.
 During blackouts, according to the manual. the following orders would Do in effect:
 T, All occupants of premises used after dark are required to mask oil windows, skylights and doors A' night with dark blinds, curtains or other means, so that no light inside such premises is visible from out.