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Evening star., 1941-02-16
Gun>Shy First>Nighters
Get Another Shock
Latest to Send Playgoers Back
To Their Unfinished Dinners
Is'Out of the Frying Pan
By Ira Woltert.


little past time died
becoming shy.
When the curtain went the first Of anything all
body sat forward the edge Of the good the aisle
revealed
yet off certain folks already the doors order
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Hollywood's in a Dither
Over Imminent Awards
Ballots Are Being Marked Even Now,
AS All Filmdom Speculates
Where Oscars Will Fall
By Harold Heferndn.
HOLLYWOOD.


That gala oscar" awarding for 1a41
these fairly quveng with
wood!
the Motion Picture Arts
all the ceuod crafts biting Of
Evening star., 1941-02-16

C1le CNtdCeT, CNeV Ndu IeIC NdII =
eaten dinners. half-drunk coffee,
half finished brandies. perhaps
half smoked cigars on restaurant
tables in the neighborhood and
were now trying to get back be-
fore the walters could clear the
stuff away.
Others waited until an actress
wringing her hands. had said. But
he can't, simply can't" or an actor,
Evening star., 1941-02-16
There's a Time for Leaving
And a Time for Staying
And Many a Present Star Has Found
That Hollywood Calls Are Loudest
After It's Been Deserted
By Sheilah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.

staying Hollywood It's
And Rutherford this
T the breaks don't the beginning should away from
something will lime
at alb there long
last picture.
Falkenbrg Holly
Evening star., 1941-02-16
Gargantua Is Still Bored
BY Those Who Stare at Him.

Continued on Page F-2, Col. -
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Harlem Provides
The Cue
clanation

Z TARLEI has scored another victory IN its
4 4 fight for jobs for colored workers. This
time it was for drivers and mechanics in the
bus companies Of New York.
After few buses were overturned and the
bus companies were given to understand that
Negroes meant business, ITO jobs were given
to them Immediately with the signed agree
ment that the number would be increased to
500 of the 5000 jobs provided by the COM
panies.
The cOlored people in New York took their
cue from Negroes in Chicago who provided
them with the idea that where ones money
is spent it aids in supplying employment and
he should have something to say over the
complexion of those who are so employed.
Chicago Negroes made a certain degree Of
success with their ideas, drifted into an atti-
tude Of dissatisfaction and proceeded to
pull their punches New York Negroes pur-
sued their ideas according to the best tech
niques of labor and business. They got sig
natures ana agreements Of employers.
1t would seem that Harlem has taken the
idea away from us, added to- it and is reaping
considerable benefit in the acquisition Of new
positions.
! Chicago Negroes launched a campaign to
secure jobs from the street car and bus COM
panies. Something happened and the cam
paign exhausted itself. Perhaps the proper
techniques were not used. Maybe Harlem
should be called upon to provide US with the
newest techniques in obtaining positions
which we help maintain but fail to secure
Harlem appears to have gone professional in
that respect.
There is no reason why Negroes should not
have more CT the jobs on the street cars, ele-
waited trains and buses in this city. After al
our money is responsible for a good many Of
the employees salaries It doesn't seem al
| together logical for one to maintain jobs for
others while he himself is in need Of one
That is what the colored people are doing
in Chicago. They are providing white en-
ployees Of the several transportation COM
panes with jobs but are not employed eX-
cept as flunllies. AS matter Of fact, Negroes
ought to be employed in every department q
these concerns. They should be employed If
the offices, on the buses, street cars, elevated
trains, in the barns and in the garages.
Is is possible to obtain such employment
It requires little effort. It requires little
hip-uncompromising, persistent anc
earnest.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Jim Crow Union

TT%HE Lower House Of the General Assem-
i bly, passed the Jenkins anti-jim crow
labor-union bill last week by a vote Of ia
to 0. The measure now goes to the senate
for action.
The bill proposes to prevent discrimination
against persons seeking to join labor unions
on account of race, color or religion.
The bill ought to be passed by the senate
There is no good reason for its defeat. Il
will only hurt those unions that are violating
the spirit Of democracy.
Strange as it seems some Negroes are
against the proposal. We can see no good
reason for such an attitude They say thai
labor unions should be permitted to drop
their color bars without coercion and by the
simple process Of education They forget
that labor leaders are slow about becoming
educated. Some Of them do not want to
While they are making up their minds as t
whether they desire to become enlightened
Negroes may starve. Then what?
With the rapid strides that labor unions
have made within the last few years it is
absolutely necessary that Negroes have ar
unconditional right to join any labor unior
which their qualifications allow them. L
they cannot Go this it means that good many
jobs will be taken from them simply because
they can not join the unions. Unions dictate
the persons to be hired in close-shop agree
ments. If a man can not join the union he
can not work in a good many trades.
1t is obvious that if free competition is tc
exist in the labor market every working per
son must be given the unlimited privilege Of
becoming affiliated with the union in which
his ability aid interests qualify him.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Ally Racketeers

Ut would appear that the city officials, includ-
the remarkable discovery that gambling eX-
lists on the Scuthside and something ought to
be done about it. This is the logical conclu-
sion one would deduct after observing that
for years nothing was done to curb the grow
inc menace that has shared hundreds Of our
young men and women into its network and
all of a certain the walls Of jails began to
bulge with the arrests Of several hundred
policy players.
Whether this is serious attempt to rid the
Southside Of the evil or whether it is simply
an official warning to show the degree OF
wrath that can be brought upon the gamblers
when politicians disagree is a matter left to
the development Of subsequent events. At
least one can not become too confident over
the probable continuity Of the raids for the
unholy alliance between the law and law
breakers may still be in force and effect.
Until the 5lliance is dissolved there can be no
effective eradication Of gambling on the
Southside.
At the same time there is still another
powerful ally in this unholy set-up whose
present status and interest are obscured with
a degree of suspicious. It is the political ally.
1t is wondered if the politicians will long per-
NIT these raids to continue to interfere with
their heavy campaign contributors. The pol
icy rackets also supply a good many Of the
jobs that are distributed as political patronage
for deserving party workers.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
BETWEEN THE LINES
BY DEAN GORDON HANCOCK

labor. There are some perni-
cious influences at work in our
defense efforts; but these should
not blind us to the just claims OF
labor to living wage. This is
just as fundamental as winning
the war. To win the war in Eu-
rope and lose the cause Of social
justice is not so profitable after
all. Let's win the war by all
means; but let us also win the
points that labor has fought for
through many generations.
What does it profit a nation to
win wars abroad and lose its sense
Of obligation to the forgotten man
the man farthest down? Great
Roosevelt was not the stampede
type Of president; and so the la
boring man has been saved from
the ruthless exploitation that is
SO often hidden under the fair
cloak Of national safety" 1t is
true the soldiers in the front
lines must sacrifice; but they
sacrifices for the national good and
not for any special classes. The
sacrifice that the 1aborers are
called upon to make are often
merely to fill the already bulg-
ing Golfers Of plutocracy.
The Negro must ever bear in
mind every concession the sub
merged man gains makes it easier
for this nation to concede the
Negroes right to live and achieve
in this country. In other words,
labor's victory in this crisis will
rebound to the advantage Of Ne
groes everywhere. Isolation is
thing Of the past and the adVan-
tages Of the Negro worker and
white worker cannot be mutually
exclusive. Just as Negroes eV-
erywhere are reaping in greater or
less degree advantages which ac-
crued from the struggles of orga-
nized labor that often denied them
privileges Of organization, so the
present gains of labor are going
to help the Negro. A politician
IN the White House might have
been stampeded; but a statesman
in the White House has had d
steadying influence in the labor
capital situation.
The war between labor and cap
ital is just as real as the one be-
tween Hitler and the British.
The United States congress as a
third party to the old conflict
cannot ignore the weightier mat
tiers Of social justice even though
it looks like temporizing with
communism and HitleriSm. Hail
cur MIGHTY ROOSEVELT FOR
THESE MIGHTY TIMES!
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Naval Discipline

a N example Of tail wagging a dog is
"a found in the answer released by a Navy
department official regarding the status of
Negroes IN his department. He did not bite
his tongue in explaining that Negro sailors
were not 70 become officers. He explained
that
"Colored men are now enlisted in the Navy
for the messrnan branch and in that branch
they are given every opportunity for advance
ment to cooks and stewards, which while not
petty officer ratings, receive the pay and al
lowances Of such ratings. Experience Of many
years in the Navy has shown clearly that men
Of the colored race, if enlisted in any other
branch then the messman branch, and pro-
NOTED to the position Of petty officer cannot
maintain discipline among men Of the white
race over when they may be placed by reason
Of their rating. AS a result, teamwork, har-
nony and ship efficiency are seriously handi-
capped"
Of course, the naval official cited no cases
in point He had none, we suspect. He
would, no doubt be enlightened to know that
in the 18th century and long before Negroes
have been officers on ships and were able to
maintain discipline. AS matter Of fact, no
one ever thought of that one. Columbus, in
1892. made the most important voyage this
world has known If he had used the argu-
ment our Navy is now using perhaps Ameri-
ca would not have been discovered at that
time and thus, would not have been the great
country that it is. One Of Columbus ships
was piloted by Pedro Alonzo, Negro. That
was about the most important voyage this
country knows anything about That was its
birth or discovery. Now we are entering into
the next most important stage OF our history
It is our continuity as a democracy. This
time things are little different discipline
is the word that thwarts democracy.
The whole nation is afraid that a few
white boys might resent Negro officers the
naval official would have us believe. What
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04

if they did? How about Negro boys resent
ing all white officers? Is there any parallel
in that?
1t is unfortunate that our entire defense
program must be dominated by the ideologies
of the South that are so much at variance
with democracy and are SO closely allied with
the ideals of those nations whom we propose
to be at daggers' points. It's pure hypocrisy.
1t is nothing less. Our government opens
IT'S army to any alien that manages to get
across the pond. 1t provides him with every
convenience that this nation can afford It
even tells him its secrets. Put him into its
munitions factories. OF course, few de-
tense factories are blown up and a multi
plicity of strikes are called to sabotage the de-
tense program but that is democracy work
ing, it is said But Negroes are held back.
Told they cannot do this, or they cannot do
that for fear that the aliens may not like the
association. In doing thus the government
scorns its most loyal and useful citizens. 1t
insults a race that has done more for this
country than any other race. 1t insults a
race Of people whose ancestors worked for
nothing under blazing suns with bleeding
backs that this republic may Ions endure
Now that same race is scorned, is insulted
is belittled and told it is not wanted except as
a servant. Lincoln offered that race more
than that il his immortal Emancipation Pro
clamation.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
PROGRESS OF MANHOOD

The day of manhood strength is gone
The monster strength Of blood and bone,
Of slave and vassal. Not its mind
That must avail; you lag behind
And with the crowd must hating stay
Unless you overhaul your way
Today is Lived by super-plan
Conducted by the super-man.
In other years Strength was thing z
That blew the whistle, made the bells ring
But thought has come to regulate
The better world Of the minds estate
The book has brought man to depend
On science and art, his better friend,
And learning castles the plot
dwelling difficulties and spot
A thousand hopes for greater power
TIL noble thinking is mans dover.
His legacy wrought by the scene
Of weaker years when strength was keen,
Philosophy has multiplied
The forces of the world. The guide
Is in the brain, and not the hand
The muscle is at the minds command
DIR. M. A. Majors,
Monrovia Calf
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
Orientation Towards Craftsmanship
BY LESTER e. BROWN

We salute Harvard for this
splendid guesture of militant hu-
maneness. SDoubtless this will
have a favorable repercussion,
widely. For an institution Of Har-
wards prestige and traditions can
afford to lead the way in demo-
crathing illiberal American insti-
tutions of higher learning. In
fact, Harvard has missionary work
to do among men and institutions
which called themselves learned
and then react like barbarians
when faced with another human
being who happens not to be
white.
This Harvard incident ought to
be dramatized for another reason.
1t was the U. S. Naval Academy
that objected to the presence Of
Lucien V. Alexis, Negro Ia crosse
star. The Navy additionally is
supposed to be our first line Of
defense against foreign invasion.
But it is about time that the Ma
val Academy should learn some
thing about the invasion Of those
sacred and homely PHILOSOPHERS
Of Lincoln and Franklin
The southern clique which domi-
mates naval policy both in the
House and Senate, not to speak
of it's admiraltieS, must learn now
or never that America is at mid
passage, that it is precariously
poised in its niche of the fast
expiring family Of nations. This
is brought about by the creation
of racial animosities within this
and other countries. The Axis
Juggfernaut thunders on by dis
rupting nations within and with
out. Inwardly, by race batting
and sabotage; outWardly, by the
use of one of the finest military
machines the world has ever seen.
Harvard with keener perception
acquired from its myriad Schol-
ars and professors, sees the danger
signal clearer than some men and
institutions which feel that racial
discrimination and insults are
criterion Of "aristocracy." Pity
them if they failed to heed Dalai
der when France capitulated:
France lost because her classic
concept Of war faced a new con-
ception." Pity also the United
States if it fails to recognize that
Negroes have and are exercising
a new concept Of manhood based
upon full recognition Of their
rights, first, as men, and second,
| as Americans.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04

ority is superiority Of brains, of
concentration, of Willingness to
work. They have to learn to get
along with other children-whlch
IS the best training for getting a.
long with people when they go
cut into the world. AS in life,
if they can't keep up-no matter
what the reason-they drop back
into another class. Rain or shine
they are expected to be at school
IN their appointed places at their
appointed time. They learn that
there are certain things that one
can't get out Of
Hate and prejudice are the ali
bis of adults-they must not be-
come a habit with children. Il
a hatred Of any group or class is
traced back to its source it Will
prove to be an alibi-for some
lack or neglect or lazfness. a
child who has learned to suffer,
though it may lose self-confidence
and courage, may be brought out
Of its fog-but child who has
learned to hate is Scared for life.
Hatred is an acid, corrosive, pene-
trating-leaving great scars which
never again will be normal.
The great tragedy Of the per-
secutions abroad is not so much
what those who have been ply
sically hurt by them have endur-
ed, great as their sufferings may
have been, but what the persecu-
tons have done to the prosecutors.
How can children trained in ha-
tired, to betrayal, to calumny from
their earliest days ever become
honorable men and women, or
citizens of any decent world?
The utter damning Of the child
rem of the totalitarian states is not
only the greatest tragedy Of today
but the greatest menace to the
world Of tomorrow.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
OUR MIGHTY MAN

These mighty times call for
mighty men. President Roosevelt
is without doubt the answer to
this nations prayer for a mighty
man in these mighty times. He
has whipped all opposition and
sits serene in his power which is
dedicated to the overthrow Of Hit
Ierism in the earth. The over
throw Of Hitlerism will mean the
enforcement once more Of that
idealism which makes nations
great and civilizations splendid.
The Presidents victory for the
Lend-Lease bill will 60 down in
history as one of the mightiest
political victories Of modern times,
and second only to the third term
victory Wrested from designing
republicans humpty-dumpty dem
ocrats. In these times Of great
excitement there is danger Of a
stampede psychology that will
enervate the nation. The calm
spirit in tumultous times is an
unparalleled blessing. Such is
President Roosevelt.
All Of us have been depressed
by the strike situation and many
Of us have wanted the power Of
congress invoked to remedy the
situation. Roosevelt has been
calm and gradually the strike
situation is being taken in hand,
and there is every reason to be-
lieve that this ugly situation is
going to clear up right away, and
that is not by governmental force,
but by an understanding that
will Outlast the current war. Our
minds have been centered on the
disaster which will ensue if the
wheels Of industry are "scotched"
Roosevelt is troubled also about
the disaster which will befall the
working classes if they are de-
MED a living wage. The increase
in wages amount to noting, if
there is a corresponding increase
in prices. The "so-many-dollars-
the-hour" we hear that labor is
getting amounts to little or moth
ing when the staples of existence
are mounting daily. All Of our
rage has been centered about the
strikes Of labor; but we have not
taken the time to examine Ia
bor's grievances which made them
strike. Roosevelt has looked into
both and has been calm in the
face Of an attempt to stampede
this country into overlooking the
rightful claims Of labor
The mere act that there are
some communists in industry does
not justify the exploitation of all
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04

The N. A. A. g. P. accomplish
ed a feat of far-reaching signif-
canoe when it prevailed upon Har-
ward university to publicly state
lis attitude toward schools which
disalloW Harvard's Negro ath-
letes to participate against them.
Harvard, through its director Of
Athletics, Bingham, in firm, pre-
else terms stated that any school
which was on the current schedule
or expected to schedule games or
events against Harvard, must meet
any team Harvard designated for
the opposition or cancel the en-
gagement. Obviously this is a
blow against the all too prevalent
vermin Of racial discrimination.
Harvard's stand is commendable.
This most recent controversy
over the problem Of what to do
with Negro members of teams
when facing opposition hostile to
their presence finally came to the
boiling point in the right place.
Navy refused last week to COM
pete against a la crosse team with
a Negro in the lineup, Lucien v.
Alexis. Harvard objected but
acquiesced, reluctantly, to remove
its Negro star from the lineup.
Then the storm came-thunder-
ous-ly. All liberal Boston and
Cambridge protested vehemently,
with the NAACP taking the or
gained leadership. By now the
story is familiar to most Of US.
We are concerned here with the
far reaching effects of Harvard's
! action. No school in the world
today enjoys the prestige Of Har-
ward in as many departments Of
learning. It has more distinguish
ed professors than any faculty in
any single institution Of the
world. Formerly this could have
been contested by Oxford, but not
today.
! Since 1910, a magnificent array
of alumni have been eXerting a
tremendous impact on American
and world society. We all know
the Lowells, Cabots, Emersons,
LongfelloW - liberals all. But
closer to our cause have been
Wendell Phillips, great abolition
ist, and the distinguished Negro
alumni, among whom are w. E. B.
Dubois, Monroe Trotter, Carter
c. Woodson, Charles Wesley, Ray
ford Logan, Ralph Bunche, A. L.
Jackson, Charles Houston, VIM.
HASTE, Louis Wright and Hin
ton.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
CURRENT OPINION

with a student pilot doing his first
solo, or in a huge skysleeper with
4 transport pilot-navigator with
million hours flying time to his
credit, every single trip in a plane
constitutes a risk Of life. Yet,
knowing this, Mrs. Roosevelt took
her conidence-inspiring trip be-
hind the Negro pilot with her
usual smiling nonchalance. And
after landinp on good old terra
firma, she graciously compliment
ed the pilot upon his flying abil-
ity.-L. Baynard Whitney.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
SHE is IN EARNEST!

Mrs. FDR paid Negroes Of Am
erica one Of the highest possible
compliments recently when she
flew with a colored instructor
pilot at the Government flying
school in Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
More than this, Eleanor Roosevelt
proved beyond any shadow OF
doubt her sincerity Of purpose in
making democracy in America a
thing alive, breathing the spirit
Of equality.
Whether it is in a single scatter
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
GOT SOMETHING THERE

George was worried. His wife had just
had an operation.
"You see," he was telling his friend, ''I don't
mind the fifty dollars much. It's the terrible
danger"
'Dont be silly" replied the friend, "what
kind of dangerous operation could you get
for twenty-five dollars?'
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
PIED TYPE
by THE PIPER
"A Column of HumOr Satire and
Thought for Everybody
AT CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME

AT CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME
I like the rose of Tennessee,
I like the scent of thyme
But give, 0, give me Washington
At Cherry blossom time
like the big magnolia bloom
With stamen whites as now;
In Georgia they are found galore
Wherever one may go.
Immortaliized in literature,
In prose as well as rhyme
But give, Q, give me Washington
At cherry blossom time!
William Henry Huff
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
900
REMEMBER

Seek not to know what must not be revealed,
Joys only flow where Fate is most concealed;
Too busy man would find his sorrows more
If future fortunes he should know before;
For by that knowledge of Destiny
He would not live at all but always die.
Dryden.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1941-05-04
THAT'S THE WAY TO KEEP M

Jones: Our cook stayed with us nearly a
year.
Brown: How did you manage to keep her
so long?
Jones: Well, she broke her leg in three
places about an hour after she arrived and
the doctor wouldn't allow her to be moved