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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
PLEASANT HILL BAPT. CHURCH
30 Waumbeck St, ROxbury
Rev. S. III. Bullock. Pastor

Tomorrow, Easter will be observed
at this church following splendid Palm
Sunday services April 6, participated
in by Rev. Houge, DR.. Natl Handy,
Rev. Posey, Rev. Windsor and others.
April ID, services will begin with a
sunrise service. At II am. the pastor
will speak on Seeing the Risen
Christ" Union services at Pleasant
Hill, Rev. James Tynes preaching in
the afternoon. Recent candidates will
be baptised at this service. A feature
will be an interesting pageant planned
by the young people of the church.
Prof. Ernest O'Banyoun will play the
organ at the afternoon service.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
SCHEDULE OF THE SHELOH
KHALL'S ELECTRIC CHOIR

The Sheloh Khall's Electric Choir
are scheduled to appear as follows
Easter Sunday, April 10, $3.50 PM
special program, Moore's Tabernacle
Columbus Ave. and Greenwich PIX,
Sunday, April 10, 700 pm, special
Easter program at Salvation Army
Citidel, Chelsea, Mass. - Thursday
April 7, 1880 pm, Salvation Army,
Citadel, Malden.-Friday, April 10,
pm, Haverhill Baptist Church.-Sun-
day, April 20, 1880 pm, Warren Ave
A.M.E. Church.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
PORTUGUESE, NEGROES" INDI-
ANS INTEGRATED IN BRAZIL

A large and enthusiastic audience
greeted DR.. Arthur Ramos, distingu-
ished physician and anthropoligist,
when he delivered a lecture on "Social
Conditions in Brazil Today" before the
Pan-American Council in Chicago
Saturday. DR.. Ramos, among others
is visiting the United States as guest
of the U. S. Government for the pur-
pose of improving relations between
the people of the two republics. Al
though Brazilians once held slaves, the
slaves were as a rule well treated and
the racial hate so general in other
countries never existed and the slaves
were emancipated by practically un-
animous vote of the people without
resort to civil war and at once took
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
THE TERN RACE"
is MEANINGL FSS


"The term race" is meaningless
and should be dropped from anthropo-
ligical vocabularies," DR.. M. F.
Ashley Montagu, anatomist at Hahne-
man Medical College, Philadelphia, at
the University of Chicago at the an
nual meeting of the American Asso.
of Physical Anthropologists. He said
the term trace" ignores latest dis
coveries in the modern science of gene
tics. He declared, "When the anthro-
biological concept of race is subjected
to rigorous examination in the light
of modern genetical research, it is
seen that the concept corresponds to
nothing in nature. Anthropologists
have too long avoided facing the con-
sequences of experimental genetics
upon their conception of race; a con-
ception which they have taken for
granted as if it correspondent to ONE
thing real"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
WANT 200 MORE MEMBERS
BY APRIL "a

CONTINUED from Page II
coming in gradually to Secy. Louis E.
Pasco, % Westminster Ave, Roxbury
who asks that the outlying districts
speed up on their quotas.
There is great need for the National
Office to be well supplied with funds
with which to continue it's militant
fight especially for inclusion of col
ored workers in the Defense Program
and the breaking down of all racial
barriers in the army, navy and air SER
vices.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
Easter Greetings
ATTY. & MRS. JOSEPHS. MITCHELL
BOSTON, MASS.

the Rainbow Plantation in Walpole =.
more than four hundred advance reser-
vations have been made =. the Boston
social set has taken this ball to their
heart and plan to make merry in the
grand manner dancing to the new
rhythm of Joe Nevis and the Blanche
Galloway Orchestra Mrs. Bea
Holly of Boston has personally sold
over forty tickets for this affair a
military spirit will pervade the cabaret
this year when the authorities at Camp
Devens will grant leave to some of the
officers of the 366th Infantry Regi-
ment to attend the affair no chart
cred busses will be available but you
may inquire of the New England
Transportation Lines at Park Square
for hourly bus service which operates
past the Rainbow Plantation on Route
la the old Providence highway only
thirty minutes out of Boston
glamorous hostesses under the direc-
ton of Ruby Dixon will greet you at
the door so follow the crowd to the
Women's Service Club Hop on Easter
Monday evening and have ball with
Uncle Paul See you there-Goom
bye-GOO E. DUCK. :.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
CONSIDERED THE MATTER AND
SENT WORD THAT ALEXIS

WOULD NUT DRESS"
81 had no choice in the matter" re-
veals Mr.. Bingham, "Had the game
been played at Cambridge I would
have insisted that he be allowed to
compete"
There is more to this S tory than
many of us know, but the Navy's effort
to place the entire blame on Mr.. Bing-
ham is not very brave.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
Gntng On Tnn1tt
with PAUL JORDAN

Hello folks =. here's wishing each
and every one of you a joyous Easter
:. the next evening Easter Monday,
April IA will witness the largest social
event the Women's Service Club has
ever sponsored when they present their
annual Charity Cabaret and Dance at
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
PRESIDENT PATTERSON OF TUS-
KEGEE DID COLORED GROUP
DISSERXICE

DR.. Frederick D. Patterson did the
colored group a great disservice, says
Charles j. jenkins, prominent attorney
of Chicago and many years a member
of the Illinois legislature, when he de-
clared in recent address chat oppor-
tunity to serve in any capacity is more
important than overstressed matters
as discrimination in the army and
navy" Patterson's speech elected ap-
proval from the totalitarian South; he
is certainly at variance with Northern
group opinion.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
RECEPTION TO
new CITIZENS

To promote better understanding of
foreign born colored Americans, a
unique, inspiring and educational
event is being sponsored by the Massa-
chusetts Colored Women's Democratic
Club, Inc, when free public reception
will be held Thursday, April 81 at
Williams Municipal Auditorium, cor.
Brookline st. and Shawmut Ave. at
8 pm. All persons who have received
their citizenship papers during the
past year are cordially invited to be
present and to take part in the affair.
This organization, under the leader
ship of its president, Mrs. Thomasina
W. Johnson, is making rapid progress
in its political activities and achieve
ments.
In connection with this public recep-
ton, popularity contest is being
sponsored and every citizen regardless
of when he may have become a citizen
is urged to cast a vote for the individu-
al of his respective nationality that he
considers the most popular person,
whether male or female. The indivual
of the nationality receiving the largest
number of votes will be awarded a
prize at the Public Reception to New
Citizens.
Support your candidates and urge
your friends to vote for your contest
ant by filling in the ballot below.
Be sure to state nationality.
Mail not later than April % to:
Miss Ellen H. Williams,
10 Claremont Park, Boston, Mass.
POPULARITY CONTEST VOTE
Sponsored by
MASS. COLORED WOMEN'S
DEMOCRATIC CLUB, INC.
One Vote for Mr.. or Mrs.
Street and Number
Nationality
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12

their place as citizens in all walks of
life. The Portuguese, NEGRO" and
Indian elements are today thoroughly
integrated in the Catholic Church and
by intermarriage, so there is no such
thing as concept of minority"
There is no discrimination of any kind
by the government on account of race
color or previous condition. All Bra
zilians stand on an EQUAL PLANE
OF CITIZENSHIP.
12-YEAR OLD COLORED GIRL
DEFINES AND DEFENDS DEMO-
CRAZY
Speaking before the Achievement
Clubs of Cook County Schools, Illinois.
Haroldine Johnson of District Isl said /:
Democracy is precious gift which
does not give unless we put something
back. Democracy is not great bread
basket but an ideal which permits each
of us to touch the stars at price. The
price is sacrifice, cooperation and
god will. When we aer grown-ups let
us live and work as we do as children.
We ask of the grown-ups that they
leave intact for us the torch on the
Statue of Liberty"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-04-12
CoOred the Real banning Degradation in the USA

RACE" is MEANLNEss ALL BRAZILIANs EQUAL-I2YEARoLD
COLORED GIRL DEFINES DEMOCRACY = PRESIDENT PATTER-
SONS DISSERVCE
By ueweIyn [. Lewis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-10
Male Help Wanted
Pets. Dogs, Birds, Etc.

REGISTERED male Chow puppy. ~
months-old. See ~ Buttons Dos
hospftal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-10

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Evening star., 1941-09-14

minutes after delivery. The insult is remem-
bered, repeated until it becomes classic.
Nobody ever gave boot why chicken
crossed street. The only joke in this Joe
Miller classification that lasted was That
was no lady that was my wife" This was
the first of the modern Insult gags.
Jack Benny owes his great popularity to
his own devised formal in which he pictures
himself as a nickel-pinching cheap skate.
Charlie Mccarthy invariably makes insulting
remarks to his guest stars. Bob Hope rarely
misses an opportunity to insult the Califor-
MIA Chamber of Commerce by none-too-
gentle ribbing of the Hollywood sunshine -
or lack of it. Fred Allen got a terrific howl in
the studio when he said that Jack Benny was
so low he could read by the light of hotfoot.
The radio boys, however, did not devise
the insult as form of comedy. There were
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Once comedians hurled custard pies to get laugh.
Now they hu1l insults. And the audience loves it
by Eddie Cantor

a lot of smart fellows around before their time.
How many classic stories can you think Of
that weren't insults? do not know who it is
who determines which story shall become
classic, but do know that I have my own
Hit Parade of Insult Classics. A great many
of them may be familiar to you, and if they
are it proves my point.
Oscar Wilde's insult at Niagara Falls is
my favorite. He said Every American bride
is taken there, and the sight of this gigantic
waterfall must be the earliest, if not the keen
est, disappointment in American married
life
When James McNeill Whistler got off a
particularly good bon mot, Oscar Wilde
turned to the great painter and said, Il wish
l had said that" Don't worry, Oscar"
answered Whistler, you will!'
Lloyd George was making public speech
Evening star., 1941-09-14
ADDING INSULT TO COMEDY
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4 Yor 50 long ago happened across
III painting that depicted two gentlemen
of honor facing each other with pistols
at forty PAGES An unusually literate friend of
mine pointed out that affairs of this sort were
quite usual on the Continent. A duel was
generally provoked by an ungallant gentle
man who made an insulting remark to an
other gentleman, causing the party of the
second part to slap the party of the first part
across the face with glove.
This was signal for a great deal of activ-
ity On the part of a great many people Smith
and Wesson got an order for guns. The
.uinters got al order for cards, which were
exchanged flriously. Doctors busted off their
stethoscopes and bandages and all this
because of mere insult.
Today, insults pay much better. They are.
for instance, responsible for the prosperity
of the radio comedian. They provide material
for hundreds of coh,mnists. They are high
lighted in the biographies of famous people.
For - believe it or not - insults form the
very backbone of truly good humor.
The reason is simple. The ordinary joke
is thin and perishable and is forgotten ten
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Critics Az WINES, Too

4HE truly great epigrams of the theater
were created by drama critics who depended
more on insult than on constructive sugges-
ton. Eugene Field of the Denver Post" re-
viewed an actors performance in two lines
He wrote: "So-and-so played Hamlet. He
played it until one o'clock" Haywood Broun
was once sued by an actor who claimed that
Broun damaged his reputation by saying his
performance was atrocious. The next time
Broun reviewed the actor he brushed him
off with, "Mr. Ms performance was not
up to his usual standard"
When Walter Winchell was barred from
the opening nights of Shubert plays, he said
he woud wait few nights and 60 to the clos
ings. Recently at night club he was asked
if he had seen certain big shot. No" an
swered Walter, but you'll recognize him
Immediately. He always sits with his back
to the check!
In New York night club called the Club
l8 is a great favorite because Of the terrible
insults heaped on the paying customers by
comedian Jack White. One night when bald
headed man walked into the place, White
yelled at him: Didn't l put you into side
pocket last night?" Once when Make Rosen-
bloom was master of ceremonies in night
club, a customer heckled him with You're
punch drunk" yeah" Make shouted back.
but I've had hundred and fifty fights.
What's your excuse?"
A young author wrote note to publisher
asking him to read a manuscript and COM
ment on it. The publisher replied three days
later. MY dear sir l have just finished your
manuscript. My de0r sir!"
have probably forgotten great many
stories today that were my favorites yester-
day, but know that they will pop up again
credited to different sources. As for myself,
have an insult gag of my own all prepared.
l am waiting for Woolloott to tell me that
things are not going well with him, at which
time shall look Alec right in the eye and
quick as flash say, 'Chins up, old boy!"
The End
Evening star., 1941-09-14

when some heckler shouted, Listen to him!
And his father used to drive wagon led by
donkey!' Lloyd George calmly replied: Yes,
that's right And today my father and the
wagon are gone. But | see we still have the
donkey with US
Some of those who used to go great
guns in the field of witticism and did it by
their beautiful use of the soaring invective
we're Wilson Miner, DeWolfe Hopper,
William Collier and Mrs Patrick Campbell.
remember being in the Brown Derby with
w. c. Fields and Miner one night when an
unpopular actor walked over to our table.
Miner took fast squint at him. turned to
Fields and said, 'Cangrene has just set I'M"
remember. too, when Miner was offered
writing job by producer who said his COM
pany made the best pictures in Hollywood.
I've seen your pictures" was Miners reply,
"and the heroes aren't on the screen. They're
IN the audience"
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Insult Expert Coward

! LOVE Noel Coward's description of one par
ticular novelist. Said Coward, Hes every
other inch a gentleman" -. When Lady
Diana Manners rushed up to Noel and said,
"Mr. Coward, saw you in The Vortex and
didn't think you were very funny" Coward
said, MY dear Lady Diana y saw you in
The Miracle and thought you were
sdeam!"
could relate a hundred Dorothy Parker
stories, as who couldn't? But the one like
best concerns her visit to the country estate
of some friends for the week end. 1t was 50
boring to her that she almost Immediately
sent the following telegram to friend:
please send me loaf of bread - and enclose
a saw and file!'
Tallulah Bankhead, attending very bad
play with Alexander Woolloott, remarked
to him, There's less to this play than meets
the eye" Woollcott, himself a super adroit
word juggler and insulter of the old school,
is reputed to have said about Levant that
there's nothing wrong with Oscar that
miracle couldn't cure"
Fritz Kreisler was engaged for large sum
of money to play the violin at party. When
he arrived the hostess suggested that, since
he was there as an entertainer, perhaps he
had better not mingle and speak with the
guests. "In that case" answered Kreisler.
the fee will be less"
, 1941-08-11
Back pay
for workers
at H-S-P

AS a reward for fighting and
winning the battle for higher
wages the workers of H-S-P re-
ceived back pay checks that
amounted to more than they have
paid into the Union since they
won collective bargaining rights.
This was accomplished because
you, the workers of H-S-P, were
well organized.
Now hat you have won the
second wage increase in a little
over six months, there should not
be any doubt in your mind that
you need the Union, and that you
should support the Union. The
Union has cost you nothing and
has improved your working con-
ditions and added hundreds of
dollars to your income.
There are still greater benefits
to be received through your
Union. You will receive those
benefits only if you build your
Union and give it your full sup
port.
In Union There Is Strength
BE STRONG!
, 1941-08-11
Airtemp unit
making progress

The UE local at Airtemp is
rapidly becoming a leader in
progressive activities. Under the
leadership of a militant COM
mittee, the membership is in
creasing by leaps and bounds.
Robert Galligan, shop committee
man at Airtemp, reports that grie-
vances are being settled to the
satisfaction of the members.
A. A. Ambrose, the Brother in
charge of publicity, asks that any
member who has news about
happenings in the shop, turn the
Information into him or deposit
it in the Dayton Union News box.
This box is located just outside
the Organizers office at the UE
hall.
, 1941-08-11
FiSke'S
ka~'se<sA fairy %lA4
BY Jack FiSke

I am Just a failure, that I
must confess 7 have no little
fable, and its time to go to
press! So instead of really try
ing, to say something bright.
I'll tell you about the big
shots, I hope it sounds alright.
Sing a song of six pence, a
pocket full of rye. Supervisors
don't know a shock from a
brake! Why in the He'll should
I?
Mary had a little lamb, its
fleece was white as snow. The
foreman can't run a simple
machine that the boys all
know!
Humpty Dumpty sat on a
wall, Humpty Dumpty had a
great fall. Supervision cannot
call, us the things they would
like to. That is all!
, 1941-08-11
Rates
at Dinner Fore

The Dinner Fare unit of Local
8O6 is now negotiating with the
company for a straight day rate
instead of the incentive system.
The Union asks that the system of
rating apply at Dinner as that in
effect at General Motors. The
various rate books of plants, do
ing the same type of work, are
being studied In an attempt to
arrive at q decision fair to the
workers and the employer alike.
, 1941-08-11
PUNK FOR !
Go OBJECTS
GAG RULE on
TAX BILL

The C1O has protested vigor-
ously against the undemocratic
procedure of railroading the tax
bill through the House without
permitting amendments from the
floor.
The only exception to this gag
rule was made in connection with
the joint income tax return pro-
posal, which adversely affects only
some 10000 of the wealthiest
families. The parts Of the bill to
which the CLIO objects, on the
other hand, and to which no
amendments were permitted, ad-
versely affect nearly all the rest
of the American people.
In line with the Go tax pro-
gram presented to Congress by
President Philip Murray, the CIO
makes the following objections to
the tax measure reported out by
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee:
% 1t does not provide for
sufficient taxation of excess
profits, and allows many loop
holes for war profiteers. In
Britain there is a 1000 tax on
excess war profits, but here the
very maximum proposed is only
500 of the extra and surplus
swag coined from the slaughter.
(2) Estate, gift and other tax
es that chiefly affect the over
rich also leave too many loop
holes for exemptions.
% On the other hand, an
excessive burden is placed on
the poor through the lowered
exemptions from income tax,
and through increased excise
taxes on consumers goods.
The CLIO has made a number of
constructive proposals to avert
the proposed wage cuts by tax
ation," and to insure that the tax
burden is fairly distributed It
hopes for more democratic con-
sideration of its position in the
Senate. +
, 1941-08-11
LocoI s
moves steadily
forward

Local 753 is rapidly increasing
their membership. The fine job
that the stewards are doing is to
be commended. 753 is well on the
way toward becoming the second
largest local in Dayton.
Grievances are being settled to
the satisfaction of the workers
in all plants. One of the problem
plants is 753, Brown and Brock
meyer. But, they are gaining
members every day due to the
work of a fine committee, who
have to fight for every conces-
sion.
The president of Local 753,
Robert D. Galligan, reports that
satisfactory progress is being
made through out the entire local.
VOTE FOR CROMWELL !!!!
, 1941-08-11
WE FIGHTTO PROTECT
Jul JOBS

Two glazing examples of the maladministration of the
National Defense Program have made themselves evident
in recent weeks. The first was the handling of the aluminium
supply by the OPM which made necessary a nationwide
campaign to collect pots and pans SO we might have more
planes. The second is the order Of the Office for Price Ad-
ministration and Civilian Supply to arbitrarily curtail re-
frigerator production, throwing thousands of people out
of work.
The control of the defense program by monopoly
interests oOho seek only to ectend their monopoly has
brought on this artificial shortage of aluminium. Sufficient
rao materials erist in the United States to more than take
care of the required aluminium supply for airpanes and
increased consumer production. But the aluminium monopoly
has been supported By the Priorities Division of OPM IN
its steadtast refusal to build more plants, nor ooiu the
Government do this, NTH the result that monopoly prices
may be continued IN that important defense product.
The order of oPACs to arbitrarily cutal refrigerator pro-
duction is a plan without rhyme II reason which will permit
the prices O such articles to skyrocket, accompanied by a decline
in the living standards of the people
Both questions are of interest to Daytonians. We want
to see the National Defense program go forward and we
want to protect our jobs against these curtailment orders.
Labor does not regard a new army of unemployed as a
weapon in the fight against fascism. The administration of
such a huge program involving the future security of the
United States as a democracy, demands more consideration
for the welfare of the people.
1t is high time that the people of America took a
hand in their oaon National Defense. 1t is time to demand
that the Government heed the program of the CIO for
Councils of to
administer Defense for the people, not the monopolies.
We, here in Dayton, in the meantime have an
IMMEDIATE job to do. We must protect our workers from
the threatened layoffs. We urge immediate action by every
UE member on the suggestions of the UE NEWS.
L Write President Roosevelt.
2 Write VIM Knudsen of the OPM
3. Write Leon Henderson of OPACS.
4 Write the two Senators from Ohio at the Senate Office Bldg
s. Write Congressman HoTbrock at the House Office Bldg
Get your organization to endorse the Conference being proposed
by Local sol. More than that, get your neighbor, your store-keeper
to write too
We are embarked in this community upon a program
to save jobs. If you are in accord Nth that program, then if
anything has kept you out of the UE up to noaO, THIS is
THE TIME TO JOIN. YOU NEED A UNION NOW
MORE THAN EVER. Your support uiu strengthen our
hand and our program.