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Evening star., 1941-11-16
Botany Bay

By Charles Nordhot and James Norman Hall Little BroWn
& Co, Boston.
This historical novel in excellent
the early settlement England
plausible narrative.
The central figure of the Taant American
stranded
robbery Captured and convicted he poad
England he
pcturng the life of the convctS the land
nhuman existence which only the the
cooru adventure
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Arrest and Exile

By Lillian T. MoUrer. William MorroD & Co., Nep York.
SIX months Siberian prison ackbreaking work the
Russian without clothing
roubeS
Kochnska Chicagobon wife the vonist
Mowrer Mrs MoWTer also the Journalists
Mowers articles The
partition O by
Olga
Polish
the She
Dyntely struck the crowded lack of sanitary fach
slowly
reached
into dirty cabin with another family Nine Kocanska lived
until
back this March Her husband before
Americans Of the Jr.
Evening star., 1941-11-16

in detail hanging. But where She
sticks to her story, the battle against
ignorance and superstition, she does
an interesting job.
MIRIAM OTTENBERG.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
The War Department Takes Action

FROM TWO authoritative sources last week nd-
cations that the War Department has been firmly convinced
that steps must be taken the recurrence of such
racial disturbances cropped up at Fort Bragg in North
Carolina and Camp Robinson in Arkansas.
The of the trouble aired both by General B. O.
Davis Sr whose report of investigation into the Fort
Bragg affair handed the War Department last week and
by Judge William H. Hase civilian aide to the Secretary
of War in delivering address at the dedcaoy exercises
Of the Anacostia Leave Camp near Washington D. c.
General Davis took than 600 pages to it, but
he did not mnce words to express the sound opinion that
the War Department is making serious mistake in not
giving military police equal equipment and equal author
ty' with chose of the opposite
Equally important was his second suggestion that "an
experienced officer trained in police work. be dispatched to
Bragg be provost marshall at the and to train
and organize police force Of white and colored military
police"
Hardly had these proposals reached the War Depart
when Judge Haste acting spokesman Tor the Sece
y of War announced that they would be carried out by
the army without further delay.
This encouraging to those of anxious to see
Negro BOYS wearing the uniform of the United States Army
equal respect and treatment those OF any other
hopeful sign that the Fort Bragg incident will not be
reneaed is the that those empowered as mill
tary police will be given training for these positions that
means white personnel we'll as black.
step further toward reestablshng amcabe relations
would be more careful selection the part of the War
Department of the white officer and police personnel
closer check their beliefs and attitude racial questions
would not be time i'll spent 1t might we'll be the proverba
ounce of prevention that will be worth far than the
pound of
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
Gosh, What a Storm!
BY ROBERT M. RADCLIFFE

A STORM BLEW through the Atlanta Daily WORLD
this week end 1t is annual occasion. 1t great
nuff almost blowing the building apart or twelve
weeks, and then fades out with very little ceremony.
1T doesn't sneak upon anybody 1t gives fair warning
First warning always from the sports department.
When the sports ed goes down town and buys travel
bag and starts writing letters to various colleges mott
flying college officials of his desire to drop and wit
ness homecoming then know the annual storm
route
Another warning is when the and women of the
departments of the start yelling for
the outstanding games of the year
is annual headache for members of the editorial
deparment-and the lady the switchboard They suf
fer most.
The editorial boys ready this year They've already
bought supply of aspirin tablets and other soothers for
this annual windstorm.
One of the ladies of the switchboard drinks the
age of six "cokes hour and eats up box of asprns
during the three hours she sits at the desk Saturday after
Moons telling football hungry fans who and who lost
And after p M, the switchboard ladies are gone and
all the outside calls the desk And they keep
coming in until about That's when the editors start
sweating and cussng But it's all in the job The pubic
first, always.
The sports editor the man who should be IN the Office
weather most of the storm is usually out of town some
where North Carolina Louisiana He's there on good
mission He's reporting the big for the paper Wnlcn
something of task But after his story the wire ne
enjoys himself And you can't blame him for that Or can
you? =.
Well the storm is here. The phones jumping off
their hooks Saturday Crowds poured to glimpse the score
board argue Editors scratched their heads and pufted
tobacco smoke toward the ceiling wishing Tor Quet mo-
ment in which do little work The poor switchboard girl
in her sweetest voice. talked into the telephone Wires
poured in from the SERVICE announcing results OF
games There pictures to be developed and cuts mace
And that deadlne to make
Rut the storm blows through only during the
And usually comes at time when things dull around
the office &c. guess live through it another foot
ball season. Good ole football.
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came over to where he and Jones
were talking to the girl and order
ed them TO put up their hands.
The MP's searched them as the
civilian struck them several times
with a blackjack. They were then
forced into a police car and driven
cut of town.
During the trip the civilian is
alleged to have sale, Il am going
| to show your northern n. =. RS how
to act in the SOUTH He told the
MPs that Hill had called him vile
name, "But when I finish with
him he won't do it anymore >" Hill
denied the accusation, and one OF
| the NTP's told him to shut up. Hill
and Jones were then told by the
MP that they were from the Gath
engineers, and that they were the
, men that the MP'S wanted.
| BEATEN BY CIVILIAN
The car was stopped and Hill Or
dered out; Jones was told to re-
main in the car. Hill than asked
policeman what it was all about
The officer said, "'I don't know;
I'm not with you. Get OUT H,
was forced out Of the car and the
civilian began beating him with Il
Elackjacks as the policeman held q
pistol on him. When he tried to
escape he was told that he would
| be shot if he ran.
The MP then took the officers
gun and held it on him while the
civilian continued to beat him
Finally he was turned over to the
MP's and the six rnen started back
to town. Within a few blocks OF
USO, he and Jones were put out of
the car and told to let that be a
lesson to them. The Ger, LOuiSi-
ana car, bore the license nulnbe,
1878.
Before this disturbance hal time
to cool, what might have been just
as serious an incident threatened
at the evacuation hospital. Ac-
cording to Pvt. G. N. Mitchell of
Saginaw. Mich. who was at the
replacement center awaiting trans
fer to his outfit, the Gay following
the beating of Hill city police
man entered the hospital ware
where were confined several sol.
diers of the Gath and the 48tt
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
BY WALTER r. CHIvERS
LOWER SENSE OF
VALUES

Because of the prohibitive cost
of staging the Sideshow many col
leges in the South lower their sense
of values. In order to make the
game pay for itself they have to
bow to racial segregation and in
suits that invariably result from it..
The reference is to the signs and
advertisements which run in this
manner-"Special reserved seats
for white patrons"
This is definitely wrong Gil
phasis. The S1deshow is used to put
the stamp of inferiority on Negro
college education. I am reminded
here of a white court official whom
I once worked. A Negro attendant
of the court told him one day that
some "niggers" were waiting to see
him. He became infuriated and said
to me IT will say niger but I do
not have any respect for a niger
who will say niger"
Some years ago 1 attended
segregated football game staged by
two Negro colleges of high standing
Ill dIlOUllCI ClCy. hOCtONtCAl1y IlCdl GllS
end of the third quarter a player
noted for fleetness of foot and ar
tistic hip-swinging broke away for
long sensational touchdown
sprint. An over enthusiastic white
fan ION the other side of the
field" struck the silently tense Ne
gro fans by yelling in loud clear
tones RUN, niger run, d-n If
these niggers don't play football
like white folks" Almost spontane-
ously the game lost meaning to
the Negroes but the college by ere
serving seats for white patrons" had
made the game pay.
When the sideshow becomes more
fascinating and interesting than
the show in the big top tent, then
the sideShow has become the main
event.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
Bv WILLIAM PICKENS

IF YOU CAN, GOD for no one
else can save him. Now he has
gone and messed himself up in
the race" nonsense of the
Nazis and the other FaciStS. We
knew that he had contempt for
American Negro citizens. which
contempt he had good chance to
show when black man, by actl
dent. found his kidnapped baby S
body. But now he lies on Jews
and on others. He says: The Brl'
tish. the Jews and the Roosevelt
administration are trying to get Us
into wal, into the Fascist war
Dropping for the moment the con-
sideraticn of the fact that we are
already in the war, and the Fsas-
cistS have forced us into it, let
US consider Lindbergh'S charges
from another angle.
The British are doubtless trying
to make us see that both British
and Americans will be the most
awful losers, if this war is lost to
Hitler forces. What hell for us
Americans, for example, if we had
to have Lindbergh for "F'uehrer"s
The British are to be excused for
any honorable and lawful effort
they may have made and may yet
m ke our Lindberghs and
Wheelers understand their interests
in this struggle.
Suppose, for example, that Hit
Ter was making war on us, on the
USA, and had been so doing for
two years, and had proclaimed his
aim to destroy us and all other
democracies; and suppose that the
British Isles had been overStocked
with Lindberghs who were holding
back Great Britain and trying to
fool the British people into a be-
lief that only the Americans will
lose when Hitler wins this war;
that it was not the affair of the
British empire; that only Ameri-
cans ana Jews and Churchill want
ed Britishers to see eye to eye with
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
OUR CONQUERED COUNTRY

OURS is A conquered coun-
try! The Germans have conquer
ed this country just as truly as
thew have conquered Belgium or
Holland. The Belgians have been
conquered physically and this
country has been conquered splr-
itually. In fact, ours is the more
tragic conquest, for the simple,
reason that no man is captured
completely until his spirit is cap
tured.
The spirit of this country is
CAPTURED and let US make no mis-
take about it. Our libities are as
sailed, our freedom is threaten
ed, our great President is ma
ligned in his high and holy task
of upholding the honor of this
country. Our great and vaunted
democracy is spurned, our way OF
life is jeopardized, our future IS
imperilled.
ENGLISH OUR GUARDIANS
Onlv the valor of our English
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puS activities. The action of ti.
South Eastern Athletic Association
composed Of the leading Negro In
stitutions of that section taken
some time ago against tramp
athletes, and employing of profess
slonal players to win games, is an
encouraging case in point,
CHANGES OBVIOUS
The changes that are taking place
IN our college are obvious not only
to students or education, but to
every citizen concerned with the
absorbing problem of training the
youth of today. The current maga-
zines are filled with articles by
leading educators and publiciots at
tempting to analyze students atti-
tudeS which are forcing in some
cases almost revolutionary changes
to be made in the traditions and
policies of several of our most an
cient and honorable institutions of
learning.
This much is certain. The raw
material upon which OUR colleges
and universities are now called upon
to work is vastly different in both
quality and quantity from what 1t
was even before the World War
number one. The institution then
that fails to adjust its methods and
organization to meet the unm1S-
takeably changing problems thi:
new raw material presents, Is
doomed to failure in its mission
both to youth and to the State.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
God Save Lindbergh

American democracy, what then
would we of America be thinking
and trying to do?
We should try 70 undeceiVe
those Britishers in our own In
terest and in their interest. Who
can blame the British for haviluN
as much sense as we should ceT'
tainly have under similar circuit
stances, with positions reversed?
Now. as to Roosevelt: he has not
tried to get us into war. He h4.s
tried, almost too consistently, To
keep lis out. But he has not been
willing to lay down and wait ana
wish. He has seen the war move
on further and further In our
direction. He has declared against
our participation in it, as long ana
as often as it seemed possible to DO
so. He has tolerated Lindbergns
more than any other powerful ma
tional executive, certainly any Oh
the Fascist executives, would havH
tolerated him.
He has seen the Americans ad-
vanced from the illuSory period OF
Sen. Borah to the present molnenS
where most of them know that Wf
all still live in the world and ina"
there never was any hope OF our
remaining Indifferent to this war,
and really no hope of remaining
outside of it. unless, indeed IL
had been of very short duration.
AS a man. Roosevelt is for democ.
racv and for the fundamentals OF
human equality and freedom. As
an American, he is for the Tree
light of Americans everywhere III
America and Oh the high seas, ana
for their equal rights in all other
countries with any other people.
And it seems plain that he IS WILL
ing to live, and fight, and Gle !os
that. 81. and most of us are WIFI
him.
But as to the Jews: the Jew has
no more interest in this war, oilS
way or the other, than have the
rest of us. One does not have 10
be a Jew to want to see the mons"
| ter of Nazism lose this war. Many
of the rest of us have that mucn
sense in our own account. In TACT.
all of us except the Lindberghs aiIA
the Wheelers. america First -.
that's what ell Of us believe ILL.,
but we are not going to take tic
foolish path from that belief thAc
was taken by Norway First. or
bv Belgium. First, or by Rumanla.
First That sort of first in til"
end means "laSt."
Hitler got desperate and at
tackled Russia. Lindbergh has goG~
ten desperate in his campaign and
makes a cowardly attack upon
race of rre, Only a fool will ever
trv t. indi~t rae" individuals
compose the race, ed individuals
differ and have each n response
H''ity. There 81" dcrNt'oss some
lows who are just &C fo~ wrong on
this question rs IS Lindbergh, who
believe with Lindbergh that we
are rot concerned with war 10
DESTROY freedom. to uproot the
fundamentals of social life called
for in our constitution There are
such Jews. I have met some of
them. Then. how in the. 80. .ov
Name of the Lord does Lindbergl,
even manage to say the Jew this,
or the Jew that? The Devil take
Lindberghi
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
WALTER CHIVERS SAYS:

is too colossal for any small col
lege student body to incur.
THE GREAT CONCERN
AS is the case each year ] find
that the great concern of too many
of the various alumni is What
kind of a football team does the
college have, and what quality of
playing material is available?" They
judge the quality of the players
just as a lover of horses would ap-
praise the worth of race horse.
The prime question of some alun.-
nj of certain Negro college has
been will there be a football team
this year?" This question seem to
them to be more basic than the
new contribution their college is
striving to make to the race in
general and youth in particular.
In spite of the fact that the fu-
ture existence of at least a half
dozen Negro colleges known to me
is dependent upon endowment
campaigns-campaignS to match
money given by white people the
concern OF an appreciable group of
the alumni is on the quality of
football players. 1t is a bit on the
ironic side that Negroes during
their present state of insecurity
should tend to place greater values
on quality of football players than
on the quality of education that
their colleges provide.
It should be clear to them that
the future of Negroes as a minori-
ty group is increasingly dependent
upon more and more varied edu-
cation. The opportunities for
minority race to continue to be tol-
Grated are going to be conditioned
by their ability to contribute to the
reconstruction of a war torn So
clety. Negroes have such a long
and hard road to travel before they
can be so prepared in meaningful
numbers.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04

compatriots had saved us from
physical as well as spiritual de-
feat. Our traitorous Quislings
are heroized; the traducers of our
nation are openly upheld as patrl-
OTIS; our Benedict Arnolds are
safe behind their mask of demo-
cratic immunities; our free
speech ideals have been prostl-
tuted and perverted and the
hands of our greatest President
have been infamously tied by
designing Republicans and molly
coddle Democrats.
Our case for war against Hitler
is as strong as it will ever be; the
time has struck when we must de-
fend our nation with sweat and
tears and blood; a declaration OF
war is long overdue if the honor
of this nation is TO be maintained
And what &c we have? Sabo-
teurs running wild, Quislings ram
pant, Hitlerites scoffing and strikes
abounding labor and capital using
the crisis to further selfish ends,
America First committees springing
up like mushrooms overnight.What
do we have? Subtle campaigns of
Negro batting and race hating,
prejudice taking precedency of
principle, studied efforts to exclude
the Negro from a program that will
fo;I xryitI10t1f LID crrn9t radio
system turned over almost entire
lv to the -Hitlerites with their
Lindberehs and WheelerS to con-
fuse and bewilder people too bent
on money grabbing to save it's soul.
AFRAID TO FIGHT
The role of this nation is playing
today will be the cause of shame
when the history of the present is
written by the historians Of the
future. We are a conquered ma
ton! We are afraid to make war
on an enemy that has his dagger
at our throats. We are living today
not by our own strength but by
the grace of God and the valor of
Great Britain and Russia.
The great America whose record
fer courage in the past, has Sue
cumbed to the siren songs of our
QuiSlings and pro-Nazis and is ripe
for Hitler's prey. We are not saved
by our own courage and valor: we
are being saved by circumstances.
We are just lucky; and that is
all. TIL. nation that is saved by
mere luck is lost. War is at pres
ent necessary and inevitable but
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04

WASHINGTON-(A N P)-Un-
successful in their first formal eff
fort to succeed the Brotherhood OF
Dining Car Employees as repre-
sentative and bargaining agent OF
dining car cooks and walters on
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad,
Local 4g5 of A. f. of l.. Dining
Car Employees union soon will try
egain. Such an issue is determin-
ed in secret elections con-
Quoted by the National Mediation
board, according to terms Of the
Railway Labor act,
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04

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The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
THE CHIEF SIDE-SHOW OF
NEGRO COLLEGE EDUCATION

THIS TITLE HAS peculiar sig
nificance when treated, as it shall
be, in reference to Negro Colleges.
When think of the cost of money,
time, and energy which a season
of football absorbs in relation to the
precarious condition of the racial
group socially, politically, and eco
nomically during the current ma
tional and international crisis 1 am
obliged to characterize intercolle-
giate football and its trappings as
a glamorous parade in the field of
poverty.
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04

I believe fervent-
ly in the values
to be G in e d
through recrea-
ton but I also
believe that these
values should be
extended to all
students by means
OF a program
which requires
less emotional
and mental in
tensity. The time
consumed by such
a program should
be inconsiderably
S m a ller allot-
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04

ONO. Mitchell AYERS that the
and asked the men where they
policeman walked between the cots
we're from. Cne soldier replied
that they were from Ft. Custer
The officer said, ''Well YOU
northern niggers want to under
stand that we got laws here. and
va GOTTA abide by them" He pro-.
ceeded to curse the men. One Of
the men cursed back,
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
SUPPORTS MENTAL HYGIENE
DRIVE

HAMPTON INST, Va.-Dr. NAL
colin S. Mclean, president of Hamp-
ton Institute, in accepting an ap-
pointment to the Advisory Council
of the Committee for the Develop
ment of the MentaI Hygiene Re-
sources for Negroes, said last week
that "While the mental hygiene
needs of our Negroes are the same
as those of the whites, they are
heightened, sharpened, deepened
and more wide-ranging because OF
discrimination and Jim crowism and
all that follows in the wake of these
two damnable practices"
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Civilian, Two
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to get out with a crank in his hand
but was held back by colored man
who was riding with him. The c5r
drove away, and Hill
DRIVEN FROM CITY
The soldiers then met and en-
gagged in conversation young
woman about a block from the col
ored USO. In short while the
white man returned in a car with
a city policeman and two MP's.
According to Hill, the four men
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
BETWEEN THE LINES By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK

we are hindered by subtle lntlu-
ences that even our President dares
not challenge. What we are doing
today is, waiting for our country to
be recaptured. Only war can
save us and we cannot declare that
war because of pro-Hitlerism In
this country. This nation is at the
mercy of this country's henchmen
of Hitler. What a shame! This
country has Deen conquered! Inc
tolerance with which the designs
of Lindbergh are treated shows
this; the seeming reverence and
admiration for Wheeler shows it.
The difficulties that Roosevelt en-
counters in hs efforts to retrieve
our nations shows it. This nation
is in a stupor Of indifference and
ignorance induced by our isolation
lists who knowingly or unknow
inly Eitler's henchmen.
MUST BE PRESERVED
These political perverts would
vacAlate until Hitler has conquer
ed Europe and then he could con-
centrate on this country and con-
uuer it physically as he has con-
ouered it spiritually. When ma
ton gets too proud or too philosop-
hic to fight for its honor and safe
ty it is conquered, Democracy
is a fine thing but it must be pre-
served if need be upon the field Of
battle for there it was first bought
and paid for That there could be
found a Negro-America First COM
mittee to support Negro hating.
jew batting Lindbergh is deplor-
able.
Lindbergh's club foot stuck out
the other night when he tunned on
the Jews. He meant Negroes also
and let us not forget it Negroes
must not so easily forget how ugly
Lindbergh was when he refused to
reward the Negro who found his
slain child. Lindbergh is for Hitler
snd Hitler is against black peo-
pies. Let Our black skin remain
the badge of loyalty and not be-
come symbol of allegiance to our
country's conquererS!
The Phoenix index., 1941-10-04
CHURCH MONEY TAKEN

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
John Clevn'au1, 184 Chapel
Street. SW. has a church debt to
pay Monday Police quoted him e.
saying Sc cash which belonged to
his church was removed fron his
trousers at Pryo: Street address
where he is employed,