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national safety to win its point.
There is a more excellent way.
When the matter is summed up it
must be acknowledged that the
major gains of labor have been
through times of peace and not in
times of crisis.
The growing enlightenment Of
mankind will make it increasingly
difficult for one man or group OF
men to exploit the opportunities
of mankind More and more the
world will look with disdain upon
injustices whether these be racial
or political or economic. The zeal
danger to the future is not merely
in the slowness of the coming OF
the Kingdom but in the retrogres-
sions that come with war and it's
concomitants. In the long run the
under-dog will reach the top. 1t
is true none CT us can make the
long run: but what we cannot do
AS individuals we can do as races
and nations.
These foreign elements that this
nation has taken to its bosom and
set to it's heavy laden tables of op-
portunity-while the Negro had to
wait for the crumbs-is showing
how lit4e it appreciates their high
estate. The Negro, fed on crumbs,
is pressing for an opportunity to
defend these crumbs and the c0un-
try that provided them. The for
eign elements are throwing bombs
and striking and manifesting in
every way their preference for
another country and manner of life.
However inclined charitable men
may be to call it by some other
name, the behavior Of certain ele-
inents in this country is nothing
short of treason. History will be
forced to record the fact that the
Negro stood firm and waited for an
opportunity to defend a country
that in its opportunity has prefer
red others.
The Negro's super patriotism is
| not always to be unrewarded. Just
as during the first World War the
Negro's loyalty won for him great
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-19
WALTER CHlVERS SAYS:

largely matter of "psychologlca!
masSism". The terms masses or
masSism' being more basic than
people We refer to "clots OF
humanity" and these "clots" are
highly maniputable when the man.
ipulaticn is done by practical STU
dents of mass psychology. These
students must De of the people
whom they would lead because
their success is dependent upon
their sensitiveness to the tensions
and pressures among the masses.
No other III ths history of the
1fli2dGrn United States ht,T So ade-
quately fitted in this picture OF
mass economic leadership as has
John L. Lewis, the examiner, who
founded and built the CIO. The
present economic guerilla war
fac" commonly referred to as
strikes is largely waged by the
GO unions. They are more than
strikes, they are forms of econo-
inic warfare. Their force, severity
ana stubboynress are the result of
a long period of an increasing
feeling Of insecurity
The defendants" in these
guerilla skirmishes, commonly re-
ferred to as "big business" have
too often shown a kind of blind.
ness that prevents their seeing the
masses" except as blurred masses
Of incoherence. They cannot dis
Germ the latent tensions alive in
the bosoms of these common
folk. So as Henry Ford, is at
present doing, they have over the
years .done-that is try to press
a covering lid down on the boiling
emotions of their workers. The
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Ry ROBERT M. RADCLIFFE

"Wake up youse guys put my new togs|
and 60 to Sunday School,. ,
Ah, shut up Junior Let ole man catch another|
wink"
"Hey! Mom amt you gonna carry to church? This
is Easter Sunday you know"
"And shouldn't [ know it? My feet amt hurting mel
because was hike with the Girl Reserves. you re-
member, Junior I'm the lady who walked all over town
with you Saturday. trying to satisfy your Easter whms
"But Nom, what goods my new shoes and nat and
suit if can't go Sunday School? And want to show
off my Easter basket and bunny, too"
g" tell you Junior, I'm dead tired After dodgmg traf
tic all day with you, stood hot stove I'll way attef
midnight messing up for your little Easter bas
let tell you boy, had my Easter Saturday.
Listen Pop, gotta go to church.
"Wel, son, if you must CO. guess you just must Bu@
I'm telling you in 'front.' I'm in mood for of your Eas
ter jive."
"You SICK Pop?"
"Pve been sick since the moment | learned your deal
Mother spent all but two dollars of my check buying yo
lot of junk Boy you expensive? If it amt Easter
it's Christmas And if it amt Christmas it's time for yo
start back to school, Geez can't understand why
so happy when you born"
'ts the spirit of the thing, Pop You just don't hav
the right spirit
you're right boy would feel much better inside
had some kind of spirits"
"Ain't you going with us, Nom"
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By DEAN GORDON b. HANCOCK

er respect and reward; SO in this
conflict the Negro is scoring heav-
lily. In this nations mind is often
revolving the dreary thought that
in the crisis the Negro who has
been rejected is a greater help and
credit to his nation than many
who have been preferred before
him. The disgrace of coddling
traitors and spurning loyalists will
Become more and more odiouS as
the generations come and go. The
matter of biting the hand that
feeds us is a matter of character;
the matter of defending the coun-
try that affords us home and haven
is matter of character. In the
last analysis character will have
it's reward. Character like truth
may be crushed to earth but it will
rise again.
The more I see of the treacher-
Gus tactics of Certain elements IN
this country, the prouder I am of
the record and loyalty of Negroes.
This pride Is bound to extend it
self in ways that will be blessings
to the Negroes. Whether the Ne
gro realizes it or not the race is
scoring heavy and substantial
gains in the present crisis.
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result is the same as when one
foolishly tries to force lid to stay
on a boiling pot-eXplosion.
This writer, during an address
delivered before a group of college
men in Detroit last summer, was
rash" enough to suggest to them
that they join the ranks of the
CIO, get jobs in the Ford Plant
and get ready for the imminent
'pay off,. The "pay off" was to
be leadership of the great mass of
Negroes working in Ford's Plants.
They laughed as this advice and
told the speaker point blank that
he did not know what he was
taxing about. They could not con-
ceive of a real and effective battle
being walked between the F'cro
method of manipulating labor and
John l.. Lewis method of manipu-
lating the masses.
The result of this type of blind
ness is typical. The horrible ex-
ample for these young Negro col.
iege men is the brutalization of the
non-union Negro laborers at Ford's
River Rouge plant Negroes are
fighting the strikers, the union
members and tn1ong themselves.
They are reported to be using
clubs, knives and razors. Where
will they be when the strike is
settled? The tensions and pressures
that caused the Ford explosion
were present last summer. This
writer felt them on trip through
the Ford plant and observed them
in the City of Detroit. Not a Single
Ford worker interviewed was a
"contcnted" worker. He was a
frightened" worker.
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full disciplinary action for when
has been promised by Police Com
missioner Lewis j. Valentine.
An accounting of funds collected
the week before revealed that $18o
had been received and the detailed
expenditure of these receipts met
with general approval. 1t was SAID
that costs run to $14 day ana
covers the expense OF fuel fol
private cars begin used on the ave-
nues as an accommodation tor
strikers, a food kitchen at Abys-
sinia church where pickets anu
others participating receive free
meals. and other small Incidental
charges. Many thanks were given
TO those contributing food, labor
and other important items to the
campaign. Withuot any difficulty
$235 was collected at the meeting,
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Strikers Report
Continued from Page u

victory, Rev Powell added that
failure to reach agreement will
also be the sigrtal for a gigantic
mass meeting Saturday afternoon
In Dorrence Brooks Square, a wide
street area in the heart Of Har-
lem. followed by. huge parade Of
pickets and supporters.
The co-chairman took occasion
to -assail, in turn, misleading head
lines, unauthoritative information,
''modernized" Uncle Toms, 'black
stool pigeons, bundles for Britain
when what we heed are bundles
for Harlem. high rents and high
food costs. He promised a roll call
of all the big shots" including
doctors, dentists, lawyers, min
isters,-"yes, even number bank
ers"--at the next meeting to ask
them where they stand. There
shall be no relenting of picketing
and boycotting until th3t docu-
ment is signed and men are work.
ing" Rev. Powell closed.
Both Roger Straughn and Atty
Hope r. Stevens, the other two
co-chairmen Of the committee. ex-
Iorted the audience to continue and
where possible redouble their sup
port by covering others to the
walk and talk" drive for Jobs.
Stevens summoned" the National
THAN league, the YMCA, YWCA
the fraternities and sororities. the
E'is and other secret orders as
VFo,l as all the political parties tc
ccme out and take a position, "ThC
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support Of these organizations will
show he said, that the Negro
reople of Harlem are united in the
struggle
Rev DR.. William Lloyd lines of
st. James Presbyterian church de-
clareo that "as long as we have
100000 suffering daily indigni-
tics and ostracism from jobs that
are the privilege of all Gods chill
dren, this land is not free and not
safe. This is holy week and. it is
an admirable time to put religion
into practice"
Fredi Washington, star of stage
ard screen, pleaded for the wom-
ems support so that the daughters
Of mothers might be able to marry
:ner who could support them. ~
She pointed to the action of many
Of the 1000 delegates to the Amer
ican Peoples meeting at Randall's S
island last Sunday who, learning
Of the boycott of buses by Negroes.
chose to walk across the rainy
andwind-swept Triborough Bridge
rather than break the strike. She
took a whack at the intellectual
and better Negroes" to whom she
attributed a new low in self
reSrect" for remaining aloof to the
fight.
IT was announced that the dis
orderly conduct case Of Mrs. Helen
Harris, 25-yea"-old housewife, had
been postponed until April II. Mrs.
Harris is said to have thrown a
niece of wood at a time when q
hus Was naeeino. Officer Ramsey
the Negro patrolman who arrested
| her. is charged with having struck
her across the back with his billy,
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THE NEGRO SCORES

1t is hard to avoid the conclu-
sion that the Negro is gaining
ground in this county. During
these critical times the searchlight
of common sense is being focused
upon the nation and upon the
component parts thereof. This
nation is being forced to take
stock of it's citizens and their 10y
alties. Our way of life, our hopes
and aspirations are being weighed
in the balance and woe unto us if
we are found wanting.
The threatened tieup of indus
try by elements that are sympa-
thetic towards Hitlerism is one Of
the dark revelations of these peril
Gus times. In an hour when every
thing is demanded if our country
is to survive. we have certain ele-
rlertS who are putting selfish
gains before the safety Of our
common country. There is some
thing reasonable about some of
the happenings in industry. At
first we were confronted with a
series of explosions; today it is
strikes and the threats thereof
that are paralyzing our defense ef-
forts. There can be no objection
to labor trying to get certain gains.
The right of collective bargf Ming
should be preserved by all mtHns
except by such means as will ex-
pose our nation to disaster. The
right to organize is one that labor
has won through sweat and tears
and blood and one that intelligent
men want to see preserved.
But even this right should not
take precedence of the measures
for the nations safety. Wherein
the ab"idgement Of these rights
become necessary for the preser-
vation of the larger liberties of
mankind, they should be abridged.
The safety of the whole is more
important than the safety of some
CT its parts. When this war is won
labor can and will have its rights.
It is not necessary to jeopardize
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WINGS TO RECORD FOR
COLUMBIA

EVELAND-(ANP) - wings
Over Jordan" spiritual choral group
which has attracted nationwide at
tention for their broadcaStS and fol
their work On the concert stage,
Thursday signed a contract for ex-
elusive recordings with the Colum-
bia corporation. Wings Over Jor-
dan will be assigned to the Colum-
bia MasterWorks series according to
Moses Smith, Columbia director of
MasterWorks.
The recording Gate has not been
definitely decided, but it will be
sometime after the choir completes
its next concert tour, April %.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-19
Mass insecurity

The restiveness of labor, that
is organized labor, as il is being
so graphically displayed in the
current multiplicity of strikes is
in large measure the result OF
feeling of mass Insecurity. This
mass fear of starvation is the
continuation of a dynamic move
m6nt which started in Europe
near the end of the nineteenth
century and took on the shape of
Communism and Fascism some
twenty yearSS--3go in Russia and
Italy.
The Phoenix index., 1941-04-19
When POis0nS Slow
kIDN EYS
and Irr;tate Bladder
Flush Them Out for 35 Cents

Go to your druggist today and ger
this harmless diuretic and stimulant
- ask for Gold Medal Haarlem Oil
Capsules and start at once to flush
kidneys of waste matter saturated
with acids and poisons.
That's a prompt and effective way
to help bring about more healthtul
kidney activity and relieve that blad-
der irritation with it's scanty passage
with smarting and burning as well as
restless nights.
Remember the kidneys often need flushing
as we'll as the bowels, and some symptoms OF
kidney weakness may be: getting up often
during the night puffy eyes-backache.
But be sure and get GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules - the original
and genuine $780, the price is small (S5
cents). Just see If your expectations
aren't fulfilled. Refuse substitute.
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Seeing and Saying BY william 4. fo'plke'

THE AID OF colored people. He was no Red-only
an ambitious, we'll meaning new Southerner.
But the forces that be got in the wind of his in
tentions They knew that he knew what he was
talking about and that he well prepared and
ready TO fight them. They feared he would awaken
sleeping Negro leadership. So-they fixed a nice,
lucrative place for him in the conditions that be-.
He is out of the way for while and the ocean OF
good old Southern life is unrippled.
His story is typical of thousands of other young
Southern white men who learn that things are moi
light and that section is of the nations fore
most problems, but who come out of school only to
be fixed well in the setIlp and to grow fat off the
things that they actually abhor inwardly.
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DIT RIAL S
Ford Move
Continued from Page II

| A. F. of l.. unions maintain lily
white unions which shut Negroes
cut of jobs. The UAW-CIO has
conducted itself admirably in try
ing 70 remove the color line in this
strike. 1t needs to do much more
to wipe out dlstrust based On sad
experiences of the past with union
labor which Negroes have had and
in teaching white labor that it will
never be Tree as long as black labor
can be exploited. If the UAW-CIO
wins the right TO represent the Ford
workers, as now seems inevitable,
it has a golden opportunity -
demonstrate to Negro workers
everywhere in the country thai
some labor unions are straight on
the race question.
In view of statements made by
the UAW-CIO in this particular
strike and in view of the stated
policy of the CIO nationally op-
posing racial discrimination, 1 am
confident it will take advantage
of this opportunity.
Immediately upon his arrival in
Detroit, Mr. White conferred Win
CIO-UAW \ officials, newspaper
men and the executive committee
TO the Detroit NAACP branch.
1t was arranged for him TO
speak over loudspeakers placed on
a sound-trick which circled the
River Rouge plant. He appealed to
the men inside, saying:
"Some of you in the plant have
suspicious Of the sincerity of Or
ganized labor. There are numerous
instn easctha
instances that justify such an atti-
tude, but UAW-CTO has pledged
4 through its chief officials, r. j.
Thomas, president; George F.
Adde's, secretary treasurer, and
Michael Widman, Jr., director of
the Ford Organizing committee,
that there will be no discrimina-
ton, and that all opportunities to
work and to hold better paid jobs
will he protected"
White pointed out that those re-
manning in the plant were not
helping themselves, the Negro
group, collective bargaining, or the
situation generally.
Nh White received unequivocal
assurances from union heads with
whom he had conferences that
they would live up to all pledges
to protect Negro workers.
In Detroit daily papers and in
the Negro press of the city JAW
CIO inserted an advertisement
setting forth it's official position on
the question Of the Negro as cover
ed in its constitution and enforced
by its contracts. Points are:
d Under a CIO-UAW contract,
Negro Ford workers will receive
the same pay as other workers do
ing the same work and will share
equally in all other benefits provid-
ed by such a contract. This is
already the case in organized shops.
%. Negro Ford workers will not
lose any privileges or positions that
they have enjoyed at the Ford Mo-
tor Company. On the contrary,
they will enjoy greater privileges,
more job security and more pro-
motions on the basis of the
seniority system"
Enforcement of the policies is
provided in Article two of the
union constitution which carries an
nti-discriminaton clause on ac-
count of religion, race, creed, COL
or, political affiliation or nationali-
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h m d &c en- u
of the GRO w d. A q o ] !
Hitler, arose to their positions as
1ictators because they were and
are practical students of mass
psychology. The evidence Of this
fact is their demonstrated astute
ness in manipulating the masses.
The insecurity discussed here is
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first he ran into the many problems presented by
the Negro question in courts and in the routine Of
his practice
In the of The Georgia law, this ambitious
young white man viewed the practice of al-white
grand and petit uries He expressed his belief that
Georgia, less than other states could not escape
putting colored men its juries or their trials in
every instance. could be declared illegal He looked
upon the separate and unequal conveniences afford
ed colored tax payers and remarked They can't
do it if you carry it to the proper courts"
When Georeda's legislature passed law ir
reality outawing the primary system he was ready
with "oophole attack, which he said would blow
the white primaTy system to bits. He said over and
again, They know it's unfair and undemocrat1c
and true court Of the land will uphold the prac-
tce" He was ready TO fight it
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The years OF
experience with
F'ascislm and Com
munism naturally
forced adjust
ments and pro
duced new lead,
ers, leaders from
among the inse-
cure masses of
people. T h e s e
men, Stain, Mus
solini and then
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CAREFUL TALK, NOW!

We still talk frankly and friendly together, but
ere must not say the wrong thing at the wrong time
in front Of the wrong people, because his job would
be at stake There is thing he sees as the rea-
son for slowness in getting the democracy guar
anteed under the Consttuton-inability of leaders
to organize themselves effectively. Time and time
again he has said in effect that if the group could
organize its potenalities nothing short of accom-
plishnent of every objective would result In gen.
eral it isn't hard to that he knows of what
he has spoken.
Probably an interested and ready leadership
among citizens of color would some of these
ambitious we'll meaning persons to come out OF
hiding and help fight for every guaranteed
right Otherwise, those who might be interested
viii quickly fold up their tents and fly away at the
Indifference the seemingly eternal inability of lead
ers to get themselves and following together to
ntelligently present issue and fight it through to
the end.
It is this writer's observation that most men
will respect truth and righteousness when they are
presented well and that justice CAN prevail II
enough effort is made to have it do so.
NIethinks that we have vet to get together and
side Of the proposition and make others
believe first OF all that merit only the best and
will accept nothing less.
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One of the most interesting talks
and relationships of this kind has
come to this writer in the Gate
City. where the racial groups dom
get together very much in rela
tionship exchanges.
A brilliant law graduate had
just hung up his shingle for prac-
tice. Full of ideals against the
injustices of man to man and am
bilious to make for himself a name
on the sands of time. from the
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The Interested

AT VARIOUS TIMES in this writer's rounds he
has had occasion to talk sincerely and frankly with
apparently fair -outool1ing young white men. Espe
cialy those growing young men Of the other race
whose education and background have afforded them
the opportunity to be broader in outlook and con-
s;Geration for others than the of their SIM
ilarly hued fellowmen. Those who have not been
grounded and tainted in the ideals Of the old
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Meharry Will
Continued from Page u

(ContinTed from Page u
addition, the philanthropic founda-
ton will match, dollar for dollar,
the first 100000 which Meharry is
able to raise over and above the
$1,500,00O figure.
The school is seeking ultimate
Sterilization on basis of $6,oO0,-
600.
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CONGRESSMAN
COMPETE FOR
STRIKE BILL:
Opposition Of Both Labor
and Industry May Soften
Compulsory Measure

WASHINGTON, Nov. 81 - Foul
Congressional committees today
raced for the privilege of sponsor
ing anti-strike legislation which a
spokesman for organized labor
flatly opposed
The Senate Labor Committee
moved into the picture, members
said. when it was agreed to write
compromise measure and report
1t promptly SO it will be ON the
calendar when the Connally Plant
Seizure Bill is brought up, probably
next week.
The Senate Judiciary subcom-
mittee now is holding hearings on
the Connally proposal.
Acting Chairman Robert Pam
speck of the House Labor Com
mittee said in view of strong OPP
position by industry as wcll as
organized labor it is very doubtful
if his group will recommend COM
pulsory labor arbitration for de-
contemplated.
Members of the House committee
said it would hold an extraordinary
night session this evening to COM
plete the measure but Ramspeck
said the meeting had not been
definitely decided upon.