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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15
Harry Ferguson
Gets Promotion

NEW YORK. Dee. IS tUe --
Harry FruG5on. Sports rdIsor col
mnnist and .jaT feature writer. to-
day became assistant general news
uauaacr Of the United Pres.
Ihe appointment was announce
hN Earl j. Johnson, ylce-president
in char" Of United Press news de-
paltmenlS.
Assistant General news manager
j. NV post made necessary by
the increasing responsibilities Of WM
cc}cr;@r. johnson said The position
u! .Dorla editor vii not be iillct
unuca.atrN Ihe suorts taft vii.
WCr; lander !.e direction ol d.r
,nd mint a"#s desks.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15
Newspapers Feel
Financial Pinch

Newspapers Monday Degan feel
ing the first financial pinch of the
war effort when a SO per ton in
crease was reported on the price Of
neWsprint.
The increase marks another step
in the steady rise of prices for white
paper paid by newspapers. IN the
last several months the price has
risen from $45 to $53.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15
LET ONE or THESE ADS SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS
Personals, Special Notices

2-PersonaIs, Special Notices
CHRISTMAS CARDS. We again Of
fer the line THAT is different from
all others. BuZZa CardOZo, man
ufaCturcd right in Hollywood.
Other lines of cards also. Christ
mas greetings from G0c for so
cards.
McCOY'S OFFICE EQUIP. co.
673 Main next to Western Auto
Supply FL Centre.
THOROBRED Fo% Terrier puppies
for Christmas gifts block north
p. O. in Heber Nice pets 12-I7
II YOU WANT TO Make your boy
or girl a good Christmas present
buJ them Il NICE Pinto pony. I
have all ColCr5 and all sizes. and
Very Reasonable picl. ~our choice
See Joe Oacrmatt T. mi no. MclO-
land store.
EMERGENCY MONEY. Get an
auto loan quickly. easily and con-
fidantia!Iy n Robertson & Dur
necr's Buick Agency, 7th & Main
FL CcntrO.
ChNARIES for Christmas gifts.
Rollers, al GOOD singers. Priced
reasonably. Gl7 30. 10Th 12-lG
HAVE YOUR Christmas money by
getting an auto loan from Ro-
bcnSOn d; Duringrr's Buick Agen-
cy. 7th N Main. FL Centro.
WANTED: Party with .Han tractor
and drill 10 drill flax Arthur
Johnson, = mi. no. Jasper store.
east OF canal. l2-l8
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RADIO BARGAIN. One used radio
each day priced below value
Saario's Radio Shop, next to
Kings. l2-5-tf
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WESTINGHOUSE Electric range.
$50. Gas range $40 Tables, chairs
soc and 81. Othcr articles. 120 50.
3th.. i2-17
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l-LOST. FOUND, ESTRAY

LOST Last Friday afternoon. Girls
purse containing shell rim glasses.
Reward. Return 582 Adams. l2-1G
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INDEX
Where to Find
What You Want

Apartments for Rent ....... II
Auctions ..-...-... "2
Auto Loans ..............--..a2
Beauty Aids -. ........... q
business Services ...........
EusincsS Opportunities ...... 10.
business Rentals ........ is
CarG Of Thanks ........... -
Country Property L"a,a -. ~
Country Property for Sale 80
city Property for Sale 80. 2G
Death Notices ..............
Furniture for SAir ......... %
Farm ImplcIn, . ...... so.
Farm PrOduCts ...........#... @l
Funeral Notice. ..........-.
Help Wanted Observation-Disclosures. 10.
Houses for Rent ............ Is
instruction ................. II
In MrmOriam ..... "
Lodge Notices .............
Lost, Found, Estray ........ =
1t swap ...... ......... 2V
llN'SiO' J. ....-. ....-...... .......#.-.. -
Miac, ,ilaucuus for Sale ... @G
Personals. SprriaI Nutircss 6
PasturuEr .... .......-.. "o.
Poultry .................. ........ 80
Rooms for Rent ............ II
Situations Wanted ........ L.
summer IIomce Sal"-Hrut 10
Transportation ............. S
Truck, Tractors, Trail"rs . 80
Auto Parts. Tircs, Accc:suIies "n
I'D Cars .......-..... .... -
Wanted Eca! Estut" ........ 2'
Wanted MisceIiancou. ....=. y
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Flood ] Takes HEAVY
7 Toll in p ~

LIMA I' lA-
tGil u ac-
,toted al 'lI
.Cgllon T.. .#... .tp!
capital Ha, .lM,
lrom l.' .tl...#. ..a area
Gisclosod tod.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15

FOR SALE. Bedrooms and sleep
ing porch. Good condition, south
side of town $1,000. Terms.
TYLER INSURANCE AGENCY
$50 Main Phone Geo
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15
2l-FURNlTURE FOR SALE

GET DAD a comfortable easy chair
for Christmas. New Christmas
shipment living room furniture
just arrived.
DELOZIER FURNITURE
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15

ALL BLACKOUT MATERIAL
Types of Wall Boards. etc.
WHITING MEAD co.
273 Main Phone 1872
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15
764 MAIN, FL CENTRO

WAR SPECIAL. viii sell equity il
1898 Chevrolet. Two door, orig
inal black finish. Top mechanical
condition. excellent rubber and
spare. KXO radio. 4 good eco
nomical car. See Sam, Post-Press
office.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15
z3-MisceII eIIaneous for Sale

FOR SALE: $1,000 lba alfalfa seed
Meets quarantine regulations. 25a
per ID. r. E. Whltmor5. Bard, Cal
Box 644 1915
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15

WANTED: Clean rags, free of but
tons, &c per ID. No overalls or
heavy material. PoSt-PreSS.
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APPLIANCES

Crawford elec. range ......... $1,000
Maytag Washer, Al cond. $150l,
Westinghouse Rance ....- $3.50
IMPERIAL, HARDWARE,
Basement Department
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15

FOR A REAL CHRISTMAS Gift
give Audubon'5 Birds of America
Formerly $3.50 NOW SPECIAL
at 81 95
OFFICE SUPPLY co
52I Main Phone -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15

FOR SALE. Used flooring 4, YER
reasonable prices, Used railroad
ties, used lath and stakes tor
,.aant q lN1aC
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-15

Ell CENTRIC LUMBER & TRADING
1909 Adams COMPANY Phone 1892
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Sper'ry Hires
First Crew OF
Negro Workers
Assemble Sound
Locator Horns At
Brooklyn Plant

WASHINGTON, D. C-(SNSO =
Following notification to the Negro
Employment n d Training
Branch of the Labor Division of
OPM that it had altered it's en-
ploymert policies, the Sperry Gyro-
scope Company, Inc, of Brooklyn,
hired its first crew of skilled pro-
duction workers last week.
At the same time, the Brooklyn
firm, which manufactures sound
locaters. anti-aircraft searchlights,
fire control equipment and other
instruments for the nations armed
forces, instituted an upgrading pro-
gram for the Negro shipping clerks
platform workers and maintenance
employees already at work in the
plant.
These developments were report
ed to Sidney Hillman, Associate
Director of OPM, by DR.. Robert c.
Weaver, Clrief of the Negro EN-
ployment and Training Branch
following CO conferences between a
field representative of DR.. Weav-
er's staff and officials of the COM
pany.
"Sperry Ciyroscope's new policy
will extend to the Ford Instrument
Company" DR.. Weaver reported
"This subsidiary of the Sperry
Corporation. hired it's first six Ne
gro employees last week, and skill
ed colored workers will be hired
within a week or ten days"
Implemerlting it's new non-diS-
elimination policy, the Sperry Gy-
roscope Company summoned five
Negro skilled workers to the plant
last Monday. The four who report
ed were put to work Immediately
assembling sound locator horns
Officials of the Company said that
additional crews of five Negro
skilled workers each will be offered
employment.
Skilled employment will be of
fered also to number of shipping
clerks and loading platform work
erS now employed in the plant.
Many of these employees are high
ly skilled workers, the officials
stated, and others will be given an
opportunity to learn to operate the
machines in the plant.
The Ford Instrument COMPANY,
also of Brooklyn, hired a Negro ele-
vator operator and five mainte-
nance workerS-the first colored
employees in the history of the
Company; but announced that Ne
gro skilled workers and helpers
would be given employment within
the next two weeks.
At the same time, employment
officials there announced that Me-
gro toolmakerS and casters would
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

merely stated that he was bound
by law to refuse Negro admission.
Sen. A. B. Happy) Chandler, gov
ernor of Kentucky at the time,
sought to calm the situation tenn
porarily by Immediately transfer
ring money from his emergency
fund and making it available for
the expenses of Negro students
studying out of the state.
With the retirement of DR.. Nc
Vey from the presidency of the
University of Kentucky and the
election of DR.. Herman L. Donovan
as its head, the question of admit
ting Negroes there has arisen with
new vigor. Thus the president-elect
at the very outset of his tenure will
be faced with one of the most i'm
portant issues of his career, and
one which may set a precedent fu1
the whole south, if carried through
as now planned by the group re-
Gently organized.
Kentucky needs no new -preced-
ent for the admission of Negro
students to its institutions of high
er learning. Long ago Berea col
lege listed many Negroes in its en-
rollment who enjoyed the thorough
training of that pioneering school.
However, shortly after the turn of
the century. with the passage of
the Day law in 1904, Berea was
forced to yield to the separation of
races.
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SHOULD REALIZE CONSEQUENCES

Surely they realize the dire consequences Of
this not SO subtle attempt to sabotage this nations
foreign policy, Never in history have black men
been led, by word deed, to betray their country
This is certainly time to that spotless rec
ord
The Republicans have already been charged
with being the party of the appeasers. This charge
is supported by the fact that most of the big bus
mess men. who are quite willing to do business
with Hitler, are members of that party
Partisan politics, however. should be laid aside
during this emergency when both country and race
Sre threatened The writer chooses to believe that
Messrs Howard and Wilson have Just been misled
that thev actually Go not believe the type of propa-
ganda that Lindbergh is eXpounding and that thew
will quickly see the error of their ways and re.
pudiate this obnoxious lineup.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

Among the firms suggested in
the NAACP memorandum are Con-
solidated Aircraft Corporation, San
Diego, Cal; Glenn l.. Martin Com
pany, Baltimore, Md; Baldwin Lo-
comotive Works, Eddystone, Pa;
North American Aviation, Ingle-
wood, Cal; General Motors Corp
oration; Sperry Company, Brook
lyn, N. Y; Colt Firearms Company,
Hartford, Conn.,; Vultee Aircraft
Corporation; United Aircraft Cor
poration, Hartford, Conn; Boeing
Aircraft Company, Seattle, Wash
ington, Spartan Aircraft Company,
Tulsa, Okla
The NAACP memorandum de-
clared I'VE believe that such an
approach to these firms would
be most salutary and that investi-
cation of and corrective action
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Negro Students
Now Receiving
Scholarships
To Seek Admission
To University Of
Kentucky Classes
BY LEON TAYLOR

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ANP) -
Negroes are anticipating a show
down on the momentous question
of higher education for the Negro
as provided by the state.
A group of energetic leaders in
this city recently drew up plans to
inaugurate proceedings against the
commonwealth by first having
qualified students apply for pro-
fessional courses at Kentucky State
College in Frankfort.
1t they are unable to obtain such
| there, and this state school offers
few, applications for entrance will
then be made at the University of
Kentucky in Lexington. Admit
tance refusal there as authorized
by state law-will furnish grounds
| for court action which ultimately
will decide once and for all the
educational guarantees of Negroes
as defined under the laws of this
state and by decisions of the su-
preme court.
WAIT TRAINING
According to a member of the
sponsoring body, Our aim is to
obtain broadened fields for life
pursuits -. We want all profess
sional training for our youth that
is provided for others by law"
Though a single fundamental OBJ
jective is sought, it can be attained
in only l of 3 ways as outlined
by the committee: first, admission
to all state-supported schools with
out regard to race or color; second
appropriation of several millions of
dollars to establish complete pro-
fessional schools at Kentucky State
College in Frankfort third, pro-
vide ALL necessary funds to en-
able Negro students to complete
four-year courses in northern in
StitutionS
The first method Will necessitate
repeal of the Day law which sep
arated races in public schools the
second and third would call for
huge appropriations, many times
more than now apportioned in the
feeble and abortive gesture aimed
at easing over troublesome bump.
NOW GIVEN DOLE
Under the present SeJup, Negro
students seeking a course not Offer
ed at Kentucky State are given
dole from the state treasure. an
amount far insufficient to begin to
meet necessary expenses.
When the question of admission
to the University OF Kentucky first
came into prominence several years
ago, President Frank L. McVey
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
KNOW HTTLER'S DOCTRINE

Negroes to well know what their fate will he in
a Htler-controlled world The Austrian paper
hanger has clearly stated his low opinion of al
human beings whose faces are black. How coulc
ing of the American slaves was one of the collossa
blunders of modern civilization?
Who is it that hasn't heard his description oi
Negroes as "halfapes" his oft-repeated intention ~
denying to the worlds black population a chance
to obtain education enjoying any of the other
things that make life worth living?
And yet Messrs. Howard and Wilson, ct al
would lead their followers down the road that would
carry them inevitably into the arms of this avowec
hater of Negroes.
The writer finds it hard to believe that these
leaders whose good work in the past is unquestioned
actually serious about this "America First b,c
mess.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Lie 0lODe 1rOtteT ~ Bv cliff Maekay

Four years later in 1910 they were still against
Roosevelt and were out preaching ithe doctrine of
Wendell WIllkie
Looking ahead, you see which way the wind
will blow In 1914. The Republican bosses have
cracked their whips, and the darker satellites are
rapidly falling into line. The Republicans will
probably put Lindbergh up as their candidate on the
platform that he will keep out of war;, that is
If we are not already in by that time In that case
Linobergh will become the great missionary of peace
Backed by unlimited funds the American First
Committee, emerging now as the child of the Re-
publican Party. doubtless had little difficulty in
lining up this crowd Of black Lndberghs. The Job
ahead of selling this Hitler-endorsed program to
their followers, though, is certainly one to be
enVed
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Girl Dies From
Kerosene Burns

PINE BLUFF, Ark.-Ersalene ia
cobs, II died at the United Links
hospital of burns received when
gallon kerosene can exploded
as she was pouring oil on a fire
in the backyard of the B. F.
Daniels home on East 18th Avenue
The girl was starting a blaze
under a wash pot when the ex-
plosion occurred. She was sprayed
with burning kerosene and suffered
serious burns over the entire BODY
Mrs. Daniels who was sitting on
the porch when the accident hap
pened, was burned about the
arms, when the girl with burning
clothes, ran into the house.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Natl Bar Ass n
Opens Sessions
Next Thursday
$50 Lawyers Are
Expected To
Attend Meeting

ST LOUIS (SNS)- According
to the response and interest being
shown on the part of lawyers IN
tu sections of the country, an at
tendance Of fully $50 lawyers at the
l94l sessions of the National Bar
Association, is predicted by Attor-
ney' S. r. Redmond, presient of
The national group, when the ses-
slcns get underway, Thursday
morning, August seventh at Little
Rock, Ark.
Cne OF the highligl1ts of the
meeting will come Friday morn
ing when the session will be held
at the Supreme Court Building of
the State of Arkansas with the Hon.
Griffin Smith, chief justice of
Arkansas. delivering a special ad-
oress to the visiting barristers.
Other features of that morning
session, which will be presided
over by Vice President Thomns
Campbell Cf Denver, will be ad-.
dresses by Prof. Scovel Richard
son of the Lincoln University Law
School faculty on Trends in u.
5. Supreme Court Decisions" and
Attorney q Alexander LOBBY of
Nashville on New Slants ON the
Ballot"
Registration Will be Thursday
morning at Dunbar High school
with the convention banquet at
the cafeteria that same night,
Perry Howard of Washington, D.
G., presiding. The public meeting
that night will feature an address
on Jim Grow Laws and Travel in
The United States by Congressman
Arthur w. Mitchell himself law
yer.
FRIDAY will be marked by tn
election Of officers with entertain
nlent at Club Aristocrat that night
Saturday. under the direction o
Attorney Richard D. Westbrooks OF
Chicago the meeting will come to
IN informal close with relaxation
at famed Hot Springs.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
DR.. Corne|y On
Medical Council

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP
DR.. Paul B. Cornely, of Howard
University Medical school, has been
appointed to the medical advisory
council of the selective service sys-
tenn, National SeleCtive Service
headquarters announced Thursday.
The duties of the council are to
provide liaison between national
headquarters selective service sys-
tenn, the American Medical ASSo-
citation, National Medical Associa-
ton, as we'll as the medical pro-
fession at large, and to aCquaint
these organizations with the medi-
cal needs for the most effective
administration of selective service.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
First Drafted Medic
Is Given Commission

degree from Johnson G. Smith
university in 1881, he studied medi-
cine at Howard university in Wash
ington, graduating in 1885.
Pvt. Henderson spent his first
year of interneship at Freedmens
hospital, Washington, and his sec
ond year with the Harlem hospital
in New York City.
He started private practice, in
medicine and surgery, in Charlotte
N. G. in 1897 and 1938-continued
in New York City until March IL,
when he was drafted under the
Selective Service act:
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Son Is Born To
Judge Jane BoIin

NEW YORK-(ANP)-
Judge Jane e. Bolin gave
birth to a seven-pound son
Tuesday night at Flower
Fifth hospital. The baby
is the first child born to
.'ndge Bolin and Atty.
Ralph E. MizelIe. She is
IN appOintee of Mayor La
~Guardia and the first Ne
gro woman Judge in Ameri-
"a. Atty. MizeIle is an as
fistant solicitor in the post
office department in Wash
sltgton, ID: C.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Perry Howard,
Others To Aid
Col. Lindberg1
Form Race Unit
OF America First
Committee

WASHINGTON, D. c. (ANP)
Apparently looking ILrward tc
the Republican presidential cam
pa1gn of 1914 instead of the world
crisis of today, Exalted Ruler J
Finley Wilson of the ElkS and
Republican National Committee
man Perry w. Howard of Missis-
slppi have launched campaign to
secure Negro members of a sepa-
rate section of the American First
committee to be known as the
"CharleS A. Young division"
The America, First Committee is
the most important of the isola-
tionist group and has nc particular
political complexion being compos-
ed CT outstanding Democrats and
Republicans along with such per-
sons as Col Iindbergh.
However, Sen. Taft of Ohio is
also a leading committee member
and in 1910 he was a prospective
Republican presidentitl CANDIDATE
with Perry Howard his leader
among Negroes. Although losing out
to Wendell Willkie. he is known to
have aspirations for 1914.
Mr.. Howard is secretary of the
Negro division of the America First
Committee and his committee is
composed of Republicans who ordi-
in the campaign of 1914.
In addition to j. Finley Wilson as
chairman and Perry Howard as
secretary, other members" are
listed as Bishop j. A. Gregg, AME
Bishop A. p. Shaw, ME-; Bishop
w. j. Walls, AME Zion; Atty.
Sidney r. Redmond, president OF
National Bar Association; Bishop
David H. Sims, AME; DR.. w. H.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Two Drowned

EUDORA, klk.-Leroy Leonard,
Is and Jesse Goulden 20, tenants
on the MeriWether plantation west
of Eudora, were drowned in Boueft
r,Eer, when the boat in which they
were riding turned. The
youths were riding with four others,
two Of the boys could swim, each
rescued one, but Leonard and
Goulden sank before the swimmers
could return to them.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

plOyment of Negroes, and, as
matter of fact, there are num-
Der of Negroes in the employ of
this Bureau at the present
time. With regard to your ques-
ton as to the positions in
which these persons are employ
ed, you are advised that they
are employed in both investiga-
tive and clerical capacities. !"
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Negroes Already Working
In FBL Asserts Hoover

NEW YORK, n. Y.-(SNS)-
I'm answer to an inquiry by the
NAACP, J. Edgar Hoover, direc-
tor of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigatiOn (G-Men) of the De-
partment of Justice, writes stat
ing:
please be advised that this
Bureau has no ban on the en-
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

FORT DIX, N. J.-(ANP)-The
first colored physician to be draft
ed, Pvt. Herbert Bernard Hender-
son, has received his commission in
the army of the United States and
will soon report for duty with the
372nd infantry which is stationed
at Fort Dix.
Pvt. Henderson will be discharg-
ed from the army on July 81 and
will then report to Fort Dix fol-
extended active duty as a first lieu
tenant in the medical corps re-
serve.
After receiving a bachelor of arts
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

That America First is liable t
fool YOU unless you are aware OF
the activities being conducted BY
the group bearing this misnomer
This group, whose loudest and most
prolific spokesmen, are Charles A
Lindbergh and Senator Burton K
Wheeler, is to all intents and pur-
poses dedicated to the under
handed proposition of knitting the
foreign policy outlined by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

Jernagin, BYPU Congress; Dr.. E.
E. Howard; Judge Edward w.
Henry, Marse Galloway, DR.. B. G..
Key, j. Anthony Josey, j. G..
Brown, Henry Lincoln Johnson
DR.. j. H. Branham. Charles H.
Mahoney snd Hobson r. Reynolds.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Urge Probe Of Most F|agrant
Firms In Denial Of Positions
List of Companies l. Given
''Fair Labor" Group Of OPM

WASHINGTON. D C.--(SNS)--In a memorandum to
the committee fair practices created under the
Presidents executive order banning racial discrimination in
defense employment it has been suggested by the NAACP
that eight ten firms known to be most flagran in the
discrimination against Negro workers be investigated at the
outset.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

be hired Immediately if they can
show the required experience.
According to the new employ
ment policy, Negroes will be hired
in any position for which they are
trained.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Black Lindberqhs

INTERESTING YET sad, to this writer was the
lineup of big names" a letter announcing the
formation of Charles A. Young Division" of the
America First Committee, which reached the desk
this week.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
EXTREMELY PUZZLING ACTION

That's why it becomes all the more puzzling
how Negroes who call themselves leaders. can CON
sent to lend themselves as tools of crowd whose
members working ardent1y for the man. whose
life is dedicated to crushing the only philosophy of
government in the world, which gives members of
their a chance.
Look over this list of names and weep over the
short-sightedness that many of group who try
to lead to possess: J. Finley Wilson. grand
aled ruler of the Elks; Perry w Howard Republi-
can national committeeman from Mississippi: Sidney
f. Redmond, president, National Bar Association;
DR.. w. H. Jernagin, president, National BYPU Con-
gress; Judge Edward W. Henry Philadelphia; Marse
Galloway realtor and political leader of Maryland;
Bishops J. A. Gregg and David Sims of the ANIF
church: Bishop A. P. Shaw Of the Methodist church,
Bishop w. j. Wall of the ANTF Zion church and
many others.
Those of you who astute students of poll
tics. no doubt have already noticed the one thing
which every member Of this group that would hang
cnto Lndberghs coat-tails, agree upon
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

There some who would go
far to say that Messrs. Wheel
er and Lindbergh actually more sympathetic
to Hitler and his ways than they to the United
States and the democratic way. And their utter
ances and recent actions would tend to bear this
out.