davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-30
AZ ELSO FECSKE

Valarni t0rtent Washington
ban, amit ugyan megirtak az
ujsjagok, de arninek a jelen.
t6sege mellett sietett elsiklan
mindenki.
Glenn Martin repiil6gep gya
rost hallgatta XII egy kongresz
szusi bizottsag es 6 mondta k.
ezen a kihallgatason el6szor
hogy a munkasokat is, a GYA-
RAKAT is, sz0vetsegi kontro
ala kellene helyezni.
Arr6l a gyaros urak idaig is
eleget beszeltek, hogy 'tenni
kellene valamit a munkasok.
kal, hogy ne lehessenek sztraj-
kok" a fegyverkezesi iparban
de egyetlen sz6val sem emlitet.
tex idaig, hogy ugyanezt a
gyaros urakkal is meg lehetne
s6t meg kelle csinalni.
$50 Sc rola, voltak es van
max sztrajkok a fegyverkezesi
iparban, amelyeket feltetlenul
el kellene keriilni, de eek a
sztrajkok idaig sok kesedelmet
mem okoztak a nemzeti pro-
gramban.
Ernleksziink ellenben azokra
a napokra, s6t hetekre es h6-
napokra, anikor a kormany
tavaly keptelen volt a rende-
leseket a gyaraknak kiadni,
inert a gyaros urak alkudni
probaltak es rajuk nezve Macy
sikerrel alkudtak is a nern-
zettel.
El6sz0r ait csikartak XII,
hogy mennyi profitr6l biztosit-
jak oket a hadi rendelesekkel,
azutan AIT, hogy a befektete-
seikb0l mennyit irhatnak le
kopas cimen evente.
Hosszu hetekig huzodott a
vita, inert kiil0n t0rvenyeket
volt kenytelen az erdekikben
es a t0kejiik vedelmeben hoz-
nj a kongresszus S csak mikor
mindent megkaptak, akkor
voltak "a hajland6k, hogy a
kormany rendeleseit elfogad-
jak S hozza fogjanak a mum
kahoz.
Ez a huza-vona elhuzta, il
letve hatraltatta legalabb tiz
hettel a nemzet fegyverkezesi
programjat.
Mem allitjuk, hogy a gyaro-
sok k0vetelesei telesen mel
tanytalanok voltak, de igenis
allitjuk, hogy egesz nyugodtan
hozza foghattak volna a mum
kahoz addig is, amig kivansa-
gaikat a kongresszus targyalta.
Vegre a gyaros urak sem
mereszelik allitani, hogy min
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-30
ICY NEzNEK KI

A new york; sz0vetsegi biro-
sag tobbszor0s utlevelcsalaS
Matt elcsukott egy Izidor La
zarus newt embert, aki a tar
gyalasok soran erdekes kepet
festett a nemet nazikrol.
Mem a kis nazikrol, az elbo-
londitott, megvaditott szegeny
emberekr6l, hanem a nagy We
zerekr6l, akik Hitlerrel egyutt
VERDE boritottak a vilagot.
Mr.. Lazarus elmondta es
bebizonyosodott felole, - hogy
1888 ota, tehat miota a nazik
tartjak nemet nep nyaka11
a sarcs-veres csizmakat, allan
doan es szabadon utazgatott
Nemetorszagban, es minden
amerikai orszagba.
Ezeknek az utazasoknak az
volt a celia, hogy Lazarus ba-
ratunk oriasi osszegeket, mil
liokat csempeszett XII Nemet-
orszagbol S ezeket az osszege-
ket elhelyezte jo es biztos anne
rikai bankokban (nalunk es
latin Amerikaban) nazi veze-
rex nevere.
Hess, Goehring, Goebels es a
naluknal kisebb nagysagok
kuldtek vele penzeket, hogy ha
futniuk kell valamikor, ne
nincstelen foldonfutok, hanem
jomodu, milliomos emigransok
legyenek bel6liik.
Mikor tehat a nemet biroda-
lombol tilos volt egy fillert is
kivinni, mikor az apacak es
szerZetesek szazait zartak a
b0rt0nbe, inert kulf0ldi tartoza
saikat megprobaltak fizetni,
Ok maguk a nemzettol lopott
milliok tucatjait csempesz-
tettek jo es biztos ktilfoldi ban
kokba.
Lazarus urnak nemi mellek-
foglalkozasa is volt, kemkedett
a nazik javara azokban az or
szagokban, amelyekben meg
fordult.
A nemetek egy szot sem fe-
lelnek ere a remregenyre,
inert mem tudnak felelni.
Sem a nemet kormany, sem
az amerikai nemet kovetseg-
mex mines egyetlen magyarazo
szava a dologhoz, inert ant
mem tudjak sem magyarazni,
sem tagadni.
Hitler az egyetlen k0z0t-
tuk, aki Lazarussal mem kill
dott penz kiilf0ldre, valoszinti-
leg azert, inert 8 tudja, hogy
hiaba kelle1le menekiilnie, ha
egyszer a nemet nep felebred,
egyetlen nemzet sem nyitna
kaput el6tte.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-30

den esetben igaztalan a mum
kasok ujabb, meg ujabb k0-
vetelese, hanem AIT mondjak,
hogy mialatt a k0veteleseket
targyaljak, maradjanak az en-
berek a munkaban. Els bizza-
max abban, hogy meltanyosan
intez6dik ell minden kivansag.
Ha a gyaros urak megtettek
volna ugyanezt, ha Ok szinten
hozzalattak volna a munkahoz,
bizva a kongresszus igazsag-
erzeteben, akkor ma mar ha-
rom honappal k0zelebb lehet-
nenk a haboru vegehez. Es ak
kor sokkal t0bb joggal es jobb
arccal kerhetnenek ilyen BIZ
zalmat a munkas reszerr6l.
Lehetseges, hogy - ha sok
zabolatlan sztrajk all a nem-
zeti program utjaba - tenyleg
megszoritja a sztrajk lehet6-
segeit a kongresszus.
De a munkasok semmi eset-
re mem fognak ilyen megszori-
tasokat eltJrni, ha hasonl6
megszoritasokat mem alkal-
maznak a munkaadokra.
Glenn Martin mem tudta,
hogy van mar torveny, amely
megengedi, hogy a kormany
atvegye a gyarakat, vagy azok
egy reszet, ha ARA a nemzet-
vedelem erdekeben szikseg
van.
De mindenkeppen nagyon er
dekes, hogy ennek a kivanatos-
sagat egy GYAROS vegre XII
mondta.
K0zelebbr6l nem ismertiik a
Glenn Martin gyarakat es azok
ban a munkasok helyzetet, de
valoszinunek tartjuk hogy
meglehet6s igazsaggal bannak
oft a munkassal.
S val6szinii, hogy eppen
azert azokban a gyarakban
lizemzavarok nincsenek es
azoktol mem felnek, maskiil0n-
ben Glenn Martin mem inert
volna ilyen ajanlatot tenni, ha-
mem csak a munkasra nezve
kerte volna a megszoritasokat.
Minthogy a t6kes osztalynak
is vannak ertelmes tagjai, akik
mem vakok eS akik az eseme-
nyekb6l tanulffak, val6szinii,
hogy tobb hasonlo hangot TO-
gunk hallani a j0v6ben.
Mlndenesetre nagy konnster-
nacio lehetett a tokeSek k0zt,
mikor egyik kepviselojuk ilyen
'radikalis" ajanlatot mereszelt
nyilvanosan tenni a kormany-
max.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-30
EFT AZ ELSzAMOLAST
KELLENE KOzOLNI

Minthogy a kommuniSta
szennylapot mem igen vesszuk
a keziinkbe, csak masoktol
halljuk, hogy a Magyar Jovo"
mostanaban a vilaghaboru
alatt alakitott "Hiiseg-Liga"
elszamolasait k0zolte.
Mem tudjuk, hogy mennyire
hamisitottak meg az elszamo-
last, (mert ait termeszetesnek
tartja mindenki, hogy hami-
silva k0z0ltek), inert mi csak
ARA emleksziink, hogy a Ma
gyar Banyaszlap annak idejen
Konta Sandort tamadta, ami
ert SOKAT HIRDETTEK a la
pokban.
Konta Sander valasza az
volt, hogy a Husegliga vezete.
sere az utasitast a Creel-iroda-
tol kapta, abban az volt,
hogy a liga beveteleit propa-
gandara k0ltse ell.
Eek azonban husz ev el0tti
dolgok S majdnem mindegy,
hogy a penzt mire es hogyan
koltottek, inert az a f6, hogy
ELSZAMOLTAK a bevetelnek
minden centjer6l.
Az elszamolas is erdekelhet
mlndenkit, csak eppen a Ma
gyar Jov0eket mem, inert a
kommunistak egesz biztosan
mem tartoztak a Hiisegliga-
hoz, az 8 centjeiket tehat Kon-
ta Sander semmire mem kol-
tOtte.
Vannak azonban bizonyos
ELSZAMOLASOK, amiket So
HA MEG MEM EJTETTEK, S
amiket aztan igazan illene a
Magyar J0vonek kozolni.
Jo lenne, illene es sziikseges
lenne peldaul kozolni vegre,
hogy mennyit gyujt0ttek negy-
ven ev alatt a kommunista vi
sagra, amely Elore, vi Elore,
Magyar Vilag es Magyar J0v6
neveken t0bb szazezer dollart
vagott XII a hiszekeny elvtar-
SAX zsebeb6l.
Ezekrol a penzekrol SOFIA
Ell MEM SZAMOLTAK, pedig
epen a Magyar Jovo olvasoit
bizonyara erdekelne, hogy
mint gazdalkodtak a penziik-
kel.
Mikor peldaul Magyar vi
lag "penzhiany'" miatt meg
szunt, a sajat szamadasaik
alapjan mutattuk XII, hogy az
osszegyiijtott penzekbol egy
haromszor olyan nagy lapot is
adhattak volna naponta, S mem
kellett volna meg sem meg
bukni.
A Magyar Vilag: - Magyar
J0voek azonban csak a bevete-
leik egy reszet mutattak XII, a
kiadasaik fel6l azonban SOFIA
Ell MEM SZAMOLTAK.
Observation-Disclosures regebbre.
Observation-Disclosures azokra az
idokre, mikor nyomdakra,
hazakra, palotakra szazezreket
gyujt0ttek, mikor a Munkas
Retegsegelyzo es Onkepz6 egesz
vagyona sikkadt ell a keziikon,
S elszamolast soha mem adtak.
Csak gyiileseken vadoltak al
landoan lopassal, nagy lopa-
Sokkal a vezereket.
De mem kell olyan messze-
multba faradnunk, hogy elsza-
molasokat hiaba keressiink.
Talan szivesen vennek az
"elvtarsak" kulOnOsen a ma
mar kij6zanodott "elvtarsak"
ha a Magyar J0voek szivesek
lennenek azzal elszamolni,
hogy NIT csinaltak mondjuk
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-30

Csak az az ember unatkO-
xix, akinek nincsenek condo.
latai.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-30

Sokszor a legnagyobb tar
sasagban is lehetiink maya
nosak.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-30

AVILAG-HET STRoFABAk
Irja: szegedy Laszl6
HETI ROvAs RAGYOG KULTURA
Botorkalunk egyre az eletutakon;
minden irany nekil s6t t0bbnyre vakon
Legalabb is ritkan jarunk nyitott szemmel
meg ritkabban tszta emberertelemmel
De hany milj6 van XII, ha lat is: csak butan
meg tobb XII ketlabu emeszt6gep csupan
Vaktlk0r a lelkink ;. etink EFT mutatja
ezen sziir6dik at lelkiink gondolatja.
Megis ait veljuk, hogy egekbe latunk
listen nemcsak listen, hanem - jobaratunk -
RagyOg kultura, mint aranylo vegyszer:
etunk utjan megis: megbotlunk ezerszer!
VASARNAP: CSAK EGYET MEM TUDTUNK
Megoldunk mindennap szaz modern problemat
egyik viagcsoda maskba men at
Hangunk radon egy pilanat alatt
sok mertf0det k0nnyeden beszalad.
Eget, vizet f0ldet fogunk az igankba
gyakran mar ugy latszik eltunk hiaba.
Ragyogon rennekul dogozk az cline
mi vagyunk nagysag tudas fejedelme ;.
Mines mar lehetetlen egyre t0bb a meres>
Egbo is rank hull mar nagy "elsmeres ;"
Csak egyet mem tudtunk sohasem eern
hogy lehet F0ld0n boldogsagban emil?
HETF0: HOGY is VOLT, MIKOR MEG q?
vaksi szemenkke kemleljuk az Eget
szeretnenk meglatni, NIT latni ehet.
Kozmikus k0d0kkel hogy jatszk listen
hogy lett kod0kb6 Fold - es ember lit lenn?
Hogyan lett ven Fold S mi, xix rata eliink?
hogy szuetett rata sok allat-testverink?
Hogy lett fu, ia, virag s mar ezernyi csoda?
- Messze nagy titok athatunk odal
Ho F. mikor kezd6dott titokzatos etink?
emberre lette mar osi allatverink ;?
Hogy is VOLT mikor meg myers allathust ettiink.
csak kozmkus k0d orkodott felettink :?
KEDD sEJTELMUNK SEM VOLT MEG 49,
Hogy is volt mikor meg barlangokban laktunk
sa 'kultura fee' bunkoval haladtunk :?
Mly "divat" lehetett nyersb6r ruhaban,
sok korszak el6tti barlang kulturankban?
Vala-e mar lelkink? Vagy csak allatparank?
almodtuk-e vajjon, mily 'haladas" var rank?
Mem ismertiink mast csak allat- -gerjedelmet
lekunk htvilaga tovabb mem is terjedt
Kit akkor meg0tiink vegleg meg volt olive
halalaval sorsa vegeg be volt totve
Ak meghalt: mem el . EFT tudtuk etr6;
setelmiink sem volt meg tulvilagi letrol
szERDA HIsz HA MEGHALUNK is
De most mar van htink . okozatban okban
hiszink Egekben es Angyalokban /. :. +.
nehogy tan vaak szemtnkre lobbantsa
hogyha tan meghalunk diktator parancsra:
hitJnk mar eOre szazszor meggyoz mnket,
hogy varjak Egben hos lelkeinket
pap mar eel6re megalda zaszlot,
sot sirunk felett is elmor1no egy par szot
Meg szentet viz is hull olykor nagy sirra
anyank gOndolatban raborul sirra
Harcteren meghani ICY hat miert feljink?
Hisz ha meghaunk is: ugyis tovabb eltnk
CsuToRToK: KEREszTENYEK vAGYUNK
Miyen kuonbseg volt regi barlang voltunk!
Hisz akkor meg felig allatsorban voltunk
Mem volt hitink elkiink - legaabb ICY mondtak
felig allat-eltink ezzel indokoltak
Mert hiszen NIT lehet allattol varni :?
Ktelk duhet0l gyikossag akarmi!
Persze: mar van hitunk persze mar van lelkink
minden tetttnkert Egben kell felelnink -.
Lelkink tiszta ether mines sulya, mines fontia
lelkink eg votat salak meg ronta!
Keresztenyek vagyunk Hisziink az Istenben,
hisziink Jezusban es sok glorias szentben!
PENTEK: HALADAS FENYET0L
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-30

RoSsZ tanulokbol is lettek
mar sikeres emberek.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-01-30
szoMBAT: vALTOzOTT A FORMA

Lelkiink egig szarnyal mem valtozunk megs
mem valtoztal te sem; mem valtoztam en- sem.
Valtozott forma; megmaradt lenyeg:
megmaradtunk vegig felallati lenynek.
Barmit hitettiink el az egesz vilaggal:
"zabi' hitben eliink fenyes kulturankkal.
barmily messze tartunk mar "haladasban":
Semmiben oily messze: mint a gyilkolasban!
Kozmikus k0d0kkel jatszadozik listen:
S minden vilagon ebb6l tamadt lit lennl
K0lteszet miiveszet, eszmek idealok:
Hit :. amelyel biiszken listen ele alok.
De milzor lelkemben val6di feny tamad:
Szegyenkezik bennem huszadik szAzad!
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-11
ILLINOIS TRAIN PORTERS
NEGOTIATE AGREEMENT

Conferences to negotiate tie
revision of the existing agreement
concerning rates of pay and rules
governing working conditions for
Train Porters in the employ of the
Illinois Central Railroad will be-
gin in Chicago, January 9Th, in the
offices of the Carrier, states A.
Philip Randolph, international
President of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters.
M. P. w ebster, LIST International
Vice President will lead the Agree
ment Committee composed of Sam
Johnson, local grievance commit
tee chairman of the Chicago area
and Train Porter representatives
from other division of the Illinois
Central System.
Train Porters of this railroad
were transferred to the jurisdlct-
ion of the Brotherhood by the A
merican Federation of Labor IL
1899.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-11
RACE GROUP
MUST EQUAL
Or Be Superior To The
Majority Group If They
Would Solve Their
Problems Says Shaw

In recognition of the week of
prayer, Rev. Alexander P. Shaw,
resident bishop of the Baltimore
area of the central jurisdiction of
the ME. church gave two address
es Thursday night in this city.
His first address was given at
the First Methodist Church at goth
and Davenport street, where he
delivered a stirring lecture on the
subject Thy Kingdom Come"
In his second address of the ev-
ening at the Clair Chapel ME-.
Church, 22nd and Miami streets,
the eminent bishop told a repres-
entative race group that the best
and surest way that he knew of
for the Negro race as a whole to
solve their problems was to heed
the council of a jewish speaker
whom he had once heard to say:
THAT the only way that a minor
ity group, living within a majority
group, could ever hope to have
equality. was by the minority
group rising above the average of
the majority group by their sheer
excellence of superiority.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-11

q 81 81

In this great national effort there can be no failure. The
thought cannot be tolerated that Democracy here has fallen on such
evil days that it cannot compete with the dictators. In England w,
have a magnificent example of what free men, fighting to retain
that freedom, can accomplish against heartbreaking odds.
1t was Winston Churchill who said on taking office that he
could offer his people nothing save sacrifice and sweat and toll Here
we must absorb an ample measure of that spirit No one else can
make our sacrifices for US. The responsibility for the perpetuation OF
our way of life falls squarely and irrevoeaby on the shoulders of US
all. No one can avoid it.
To say that we have now entered on the most critical years mo.
dern Western civilization has ever known. is to simply state the o5v-
ious. We do not know how much time we will have to make OURSELVES
secure to guarantee peace in the only way possible in this disrupted
modern world, which is by making ourselves so strong that no aggres-
scr or possible combination of aggressors will dare to try our strength
We do not know that time, most precious of all elements, must no
longer be lavishly wasted.
To stay at peace-to become strong. Those are our national
detectives. We have the great industres-we have the men-we have
almost limited resources. To attain those vital goals demands the full
and friendly cooperation of government, of labor, of industry, or agri-
culture, of all. We must not be tried and found wanting.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-11
SHORTAGE OF
SKILLED
WORKERS
REVEALED

Washington, Jan. 10 (ANP) -
the supply of available workers in
q number of skilled defense occu-
pations almost exhausted in some
localities, Paul V. McNutt, FSA
administrator, admitted that there
was a scarcity of machinists. tool
and die makers, skilled metal
workers and aircraft and shipbuild
ing craftsmen. Semi-skilled and
unskilled workers were reported
to be adequate in most localities
where huge defense programs are
under way.
Significant indeed was tho re-
port which showed a general shift
ing of workers to centers of de-
Tense activity; development d
housing shortages in communities
where there has been a great in
flux of workers; and some delays
in production because of inability
Continued on pagesS'2
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-11
MAYBE ROCHESTER SHOULD
BE CARMICHAEL

Hollywood, Jan. 7 (ANP) Clad
in a raccoon overcoat, Eddie Ander
son, screen and radio comedian
better known as Jack Benny's man
Rochester, emerged from a trap
door on a Hal Roach set. He was
dripping wet.
Eddie was supposed to be com
ing out of the sea, and before each
take of the scene the coat was
soaked in water.
Lets get it this time, said Roy
Del Ruth, director. 'We don't
want to ruin that coat.
Don't worry about the coat,
Eddie said. Worry about me.
You never heard of a raccoon car
rying an umbrella.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-11
ID.WESTERN CONFERENCE
ON BUSINESS, NATL DEFENSE
TO BE HELD IN OMAHA, JANUARY 10Th

speeding the defense program
and preserving a sound economy
is the double-barrelled theme of q
Mid Western Conference on Bust
ness and National Defense which
will be held in Omaha January 30,
under auspices of the United Stat
es Chamber of Commerce.
Three forum sessions, led by of
ficials of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce, Washington, will
highlight the conference.
The first will be devoted to
agriculture, live stock and agricul-
tural legislation. Elmer H. Sex
auer, Bookings, S. D.. a director
and chairman of the U. S. Cham
ber's agricultural committee, will
serve as chairman. Delos L. JAM
es, Washington, d. c., manager of
the agricultural department, Uni
ted States Chamber Of Commerce
will serve as discussion leader.
President L e. Hurtz. Fairmont
Creamery Co., Omaha, will be
chairman of the second forum on
manufacturing and food process
ing. Discussion leader will be
Henry P. Fowler, Washington, D.
c., manager, manufacturing dep
artment, U. S. Chamber of Com
merce.
With Francis P. Matthews,
board chairman, Securities Accep-
lance Corporation, Omaha, presid-
ing, the third forum will consider
problems of fiscal policy, taxation
and finance. Finance Manager
John J. O'Connor, Washington,
u. S. Chamber of Commerce will
be discussion leader.
Sponsored by the Omaha Cham
Der of Commerce and the u. S.
Chamber, the conference will open
with an address on "A Concept Of
National Defense, by John w. o.
Leary, chairman executive com
mittee, U. S. Chamber.
James S. Kemper, Chicago, pres
ident of the National Chamber,
will be featured speaker at a lun-
cheon meeting. His subject will
be whats Ahead for Business "
Winding up the days activities,
Secretary Ralph Bradford of The
U. S. Chamber of Commerce, will
address a dinner meeting on "The
Challenge to Business.
Business men and farm repres-
entatives from four states are in.
vited to attend the January 29tl
! meeting in Omaha.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-11
ALL IN FUN STARRING BILL
ROBINSON FOLDS UP

New York City, N. Y. (C) The
Bill Robinson show "All in Fun"
did a complete fadeout at the Ma
jestic theatre after only 3 perfor-
mances. Theatre goers and crit
les alike were not in the least sur
prised over the foldup as the COM
edy was really no good. The plot
was flimsy and not a bit humorous
though the cast did their best to
see it through. Bill Robinson was
the only thing of the Leonard Sill
man production worth paying $3.50
top price for.
An expensive investment, the
show represented about $65,0O0
being twice financed. Now with
only three showings to its credit,
"All In Fun" ties with two other
vehicles as 1910 briefest Broadway
runs.
The Omaha guide., 1941-01-11
MARIAN
ANDERSON
CHOSEN
AS l Of 10 Outstanding
Women of 1910

Babson Park, Fla, Co Marian
Anderson, number l songbird, had
another honor bestowed upon her
when she was chosen here this
week as one of 1940's 10 outstand-
ing women by a committee of ed
ucators headed by Dean Helena
Watts of Weber College, a fin
ancial school for women. Without
betraying ages, the lists included
such headliners as Deanna Durbjn
motion picture actress; Clare
Boothe, author; Helen Hayes, act
ress; Alice Marble, tennis player
Carson McCallers, whose debut
book had a Negro as the main
character; DR.. Helen Dunbar, of
the Columbia U. faculty; and tie
President of Wellesley, a%ristocrat-
ic school for girls; DIR. Mildred Nc
Afee; and Anne Lindbergh.
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A journalist, looking back upon the year which has just closed,
finds an infinitv of matters about which to write. A great war, which
is in essence a titanic struggle between two irreconclable PHILOSOPHERS
of life has steadily spread. A whole continent has felt the boot of q
new conqueror with a plan for world dominin as vast as that OF Nap
oeon. The worlds economy has undergone violent change, and stab
ilty has been replaced by chaos.
Here in our own country W e have recently gone through the
most MISUNDERSTANDING election in our history. The great issues of
that election were threefold. First, whether to elect a president for
a third term. Second, how to keep America at peace, while aiding
England with all steps short of war. Third, how to best build a mil
itary and naval establishment unprecedented in our history.
The second and third issues are the most vital this country fac
es today. They are not partisan issues.
1t is obvious to anyone not blinded by false and baseess optin-
ism that the great plans of last summer for building an impregnabe
defense at once ae not being realized. 1t is easy to appropriate gu
gantic sums of money. 1t is easy to make blueprints of tanks and air
planes and fighting ships. 1t is easy to have a great defense estab-
lishment ION order" But dollars and bueprints do not worry potent
ial invaders. The forces which have again brought the world TO
Armageddon have respect only for preparedness. The weak are given
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no quarter. Moral principles, Christian teachings, are scoffed at
That is not pretty. But it is true.
This America we know cannot be sure of existence unless it
solves the problem of how to swiftly build our defenses-and to build
them in keeping with the democratic tradition which they are design
ed to protect and to save. ALL the produettvensss of this nation IS
needed now-of capital of industry, of government, of labor. The in
dustrmist who seeks outrageous profits; the official who plays polt-
les in time Oh danger; the labor leader who foments unjustifed strikes
in vital defense industries-cannot be tolerated We must never for
get that we can be destroyed from within no less than from Without
The American people cannot accept failure from any man
whether the man who fails holds a great title or IS a lowly worker I'm
a factory. There is n excuse for failure. No nation in the world is
potentially so productive as ours. None has a 1.-THE of our riches
riches of manpower no less than riches of wealth and OF natural re-
sources. In this crisis, we shall really learn the calibre of our people
and our public men.
1t is said of France that, in preparing to resist aggression, her
government, her industries and her workers did too lttle-and did it
too late" We too are doing too little. But let US hope that we cor
rect our errors before it is too late. When the head of our Navy OBJ
served that dollars cannot buy yesterday" he stated a grim truth
that every American must realize.
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NATCHEZ FIRE WORST IN
194I

Natchez, Miss, ina. 6 CAMP
The Safety Research Institute, re-
porting on the fire losses through
out the nation during 1910, declar.
ed last week that the worst holo-
caust of the year was the dance
hall fire in which POT Negroes
were burned to death here last
April. Total fire losses in the
country were more than 300 mil.
lion. No figure has been announC
ed on the monetary loss in the
Natchez fire. Most of the victims
were not covered by insurance.