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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15
FIRE! FIRE.
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by STANLEY CORDELL
ASSOCIATED Newspapers.)
WNU Service.

A I THE same moment when
IN Bob Terrill picked up the
1 \ telephone receiver, his sense
of smell was repulsed by the
door OF burning copy paper min
Cling with the hot lead on a matrix
sheet. Black smoke trailed lazily
through the door that opened on
the stairway leading to the base
ment where was located the limo
type machines, casting box, press
and other minor equipment connect
ed with small newspaper estab-
lishment.
Fire! Fire!" Bob slammed up
the receiver and raced for the stair
way. At the door he met Kent
Locke, who constituted the Tele-
grams editorial staff.
Keep your shirt on, Bob. There's
no fire and you know it"
of course l know it, you idiot!
But if we can stir up a little ex-
citement we might create a story.
Besides, it'd give those poor devils
down below chance to get breath
of fresh air"
Yeah! And have Percy on our
necks for corrupting the routine of
his shop. Bob, we gotta think of
something else to solve the problem
besides yelling 'fire!' every time a
Whit of smoke trails up the stairs. :"
Kent led the way back to his desk,
Bob following. En- route they passed
Miss Lucille Swift, stenographer. At
the moment, Miss Swift's attractive
visage was partly obscured in the
folds of a dainty handkerchief,
which she held still more daintily to
a cute nose, while layers of i'll
smelling smoke eddied about her.
Editor Locke topped deiectedly
into his chair, set fire to a cigarette
and stared morosely at his partner
of the newspaper world.
''Bob, old sock, we're stuck and
we ought to admit it with good
grace. When We moved into these
quarters two weeks ago we were so
ALFRED concerned with saving mon
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15


mOtiOned Bob beside him. Uninvit-
ed Miss Swift sat down on the other
side.
ey because of the reduction of rent,
it never occurred to us to give a
thought to minor details. AS a re-
suit we discovered the basement
lacks in ventilation facilities, which,
in turn, results in an unhealthy at
mosphere below and above stairs
whenever Percy has the casting box
in operation.
Which means that once or twice
a week we're smoked out of the
joint. And the minute we set up a
yowl to the landlord, he flashes the
lease we signed in our faces and
yowls right back at us about the
low rent we're paying"
(Which by now," Bob Terrill
snapped, "is all very old story
and doesn't get us anything at all.
Look at the smoke trailing up the
stairs. Think what it'll be in real
cold weather when we can't Keep
the doors open! Kent, there must
be an answer"
Bob broke off abruptly. Outside
there was a sudden changing of
bells, whining of sirens.
What the" Men in rubber coats
and hats, carrying axes and drag
ging behind them a heavy hose,
were rushing in through the front
door. They didn't see the occu-
pants of the place at first, because
of the density of the smoke. And
before Kent and Bob could reach
the doorway, the hose nozzle had
begun to spout water.
Hey! Hey, you blokes, lay off"
Bob came cropping through the
smoke layers, grabbing the fire.
mans arm. The stream of water
was discontinued. The fireman
looked at Bob in some alarm.
"Hey, you better get out of here,
buddy! How many more are inside?
Anyone overcome? Bill, put on your
gas mask and look around before l
start the water"
wait minute! Wait a minutel"
Bob was Juggling at the mans rub
ber-sleeved arm. 'There isn't any
fire. It's just smoke coming from
the casting box downstairs. Don't
turn on that water again. You'll
wreck the joint"
"Huhl No fire? Say, what is this?
Listen, buddy, who was it yowled
over the phone ten minutes ago and
then dropped the receiver like he
was in an awful hurry to get out of
the place? Whatta yuh mean, no
fire? Looks to me like the damned
place is ready to exploded"
Other firemen had crowded in,
one, short fat man, appearing to
possess some sort of authority. Miss
Swift had escaped to the street,
dainty handkerchief and all. Kent,
who seemed to have grasped the
significance OF what it was all about.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15
OFFER STUDENTS $500 IN
SHARECROPPER CONTEST
Continued from Page II

Theresa Wolfson, Arthur Raper, W.
E. B. Dubois. The Committee agrees
with President Roosevelt that the South
is the Nations No. l Economic Prob
lem, and feels that the educational
process is one of the best ways of
focusing attention on the plight of
100000 sharecroppers of the South
who make up the lowest stratum in
America.
National Sharecroppers Week is I'M
der the joint auspices of the Southern
Tenant Farmers Union and the Work
ers Defense League.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15

Celestial Lodge holds its regular
communication Feb. II and will vel
come visiting brethren.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15

plucked the short, fat mans arm
and led him outside. The man
with the hose stood uncertainty be-
side Miss Swift's desk, looking like
a man whose dying wish was to
squirt water all over the kilograms
new furniture. Others of the bri-
gade disappeared below
The hunor of the thing suddenly
struck Bob and he began to grin.
Listen, chief, it was all a mis-
take. l didn't mean to yell over the
phone. I was calling Miss Mary
Lane to get the church notes. Well,
at the exact moment I picked up the
receiver / saw smoke trailing up the
stairway and yelled 'fire!' a couple
of times. Didn't realize l still had
the phone in my hands. Say, those
operators are on the job all right,
trailing a call as quick as that.
Make a good news story. Anyway,
l discovered there wasn't any fire
at all. Percy, the foreman of the
print shop downstairs, was merely
casting some mats. You see the
place isn't very well ventilated.
Have cigarette, chief"
The man with the hose looked du-
bious. Followed by the short, fat
man, Kent had returned to the Of
fee. He led the way to the cellar
stairs and dived below, the fat man
following.
Bob hesitated, glanced once more
at the man with the hose, decided
that the Telegram furniture was safe
from a sprinkling for the time be-
ing, and started for the stairs.
Halfway down he collided with
someone coming up. Visibility was
poor, and so Bob turned and re-
turned upstairs again. Behind him
came Kent, the short, fat man, Per-
cy and his two helpers. All were
gasping.
The entire gathering adjourned to
the street, the man with the hose
fondling the heavy nozzle.
The short fat man was watching
Kent and looking serious. Kent
looked rather oratorical as he stood
there, supplementing rapid fire
conversation with gestures.
Presently the short, fat man nod
ded s0iemnly, made few notes in
| a book, summoned his brigade and
climbed aboard the big red truck
that was parked at the curb.
Kent sat down on the curb and
motioned Bob beside him. Uninvit-
ed Miss Swift sat down on the other
side. She no longer held a dainty
handkerchief to her nose, a fact
which improved her appearance ire
mendously.
Bob, old son, the problem is
solved. That was the fire chief 1
was talking to. l took him down.
stairs and pointed out the reason for
the false alarm. At first he was
ugly, but when I explained that our
landlord had refused, despite our
| constant demands, to remodel the
place, he became indignant. Bob,
within weeks time, the whole
building is going to be remodeled by
order of the fire commission, which
means We'll have an up-to-date
plant"
Bob grinned, and got to his feet.
Mister, excuse me a minute.
got to write a swell story about tele-
phone operators that trace calls in
record time. The church notes will
have to wait
Kent looked up and grinned back.
Hop to it, old son. l got a date to
buy our stenographer a flock of
dainty silk handkerchiefs that she
can apply to her nose for other pur-
poses than obliterating her sense of
smell
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15

A T THE same moment when
N Bob Terrill picked up the
L \ telephone receiver, his sense
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15
HA r IA
Race Capitol of the Nation"
By FLOYD 6. sNELsoN

By FLOYD G. sNELsoN

Ill at home here's hoping for a
speedy recovery, John Margaret
Wood, the Dead End Kid celebrated
her birthday Sunday night by going
out with Kenneth of the Tan Man
haitian troop. How old are you, Mar
garet, or won't you tell?
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15

by my assisantant and collaboration,
Miss Cecie R. Jenkins, without whose
devoted service and continuing enthu-
siasm this effort might not have been
achieved.
Sincerely yours,
CHARLOTTE HAWKINS BROWN
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15
THANKS TO UTTER"

Marie Glitter" Griffin is crazy about
one OF the Cats or is it the Fiddle? 1t
seems that they left town after they
closed at the Apollo, and the face that
was once all smiles, has look of utter
boredom these days i. when asked if
1t was love at first sight or love at all
she merely shrugged her dainty shout
ders =. what has Lonnie Simmons to
say about this?
John Lee of 500 Edgecombe Ave. is
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15
NEWS TO ME

Anne Virgins Brown, noted sop
rano, wife of DR.. Jack Petit, was
telling me the other day of her concert
at the Departmental Auditorium at
the Inauguration, in Washington, D. G,
There was group headed by DR..
DoTev Wilkerson, of Howard Univer-
slty, who asked the artists not to per-
form at the concert because of the gen
araI segregation of the Inaugural af-
fairs.
Miss Brown felt that the committee
was unfair in selecting that occasion to
ask the participating artists to bear
the burden of refusing to live up to
the contracts they had made. She also
teLt that she would be willing to sup
port any movement that fought jim
CroWlsm with all her heart if a real
program were begun and supported
and carried out to its logical end. But
these spasmotic movements, Miss
Brown said, were unfair to all con
cerned.
At the concert, Miss Brown noticed
mat there was an equal number of col
ored and white people who were most
appreciative of the colored artists. Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt was there and sat
IN the first row.
The Inaugural Committee, sponsors
OF the program, paid all expenses.
While in Washington, Miss Brown was
the guest of her two sisters, the Misses
Henrietta and Mayme Brown. Her
young daughter, Miss Paula Petit, ac-
companied her mother in her plane
trip to and from Washington.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-15
BEAUTY PARADE

BEAUTY PARADE
Your cruising reporter has been
chosen campaign manager for the Viii
liam A. Woodbury., Inc Toiletries-Cos-
metics, of Fifth Avenue. This is the
first crusade for the famous beauty ex-
perts that is destined to beautifv the
Harlem fair sex, in a near future
short time
About 500 lipstick pencils were given
away, in various shades, to determine
the most appropriate blend desired by
the hot gals. The raspberry dark
is a new novelty that is so different
while the red Devil (ight) blazee
seems to click very nicely. The aIlur-
ing rouge compact blended with the
Harlem tan face powder gives a new
imposing glamour to the fascinating
complexion
Chosen for the role of Demonstra-
TORS, Mr.. Snelson has selected three oor-
geous gals who will give the public the
finest illustration of sepia beauty. car
rying personality and charm in their
pocket books.
ETHEL MOSES -. movie star, ar
6Stio dancer. considered one of the
choicest maidens who ever dazzled a
stage with the art of the fantastic toe
.. who will dispense her loneliness
and charm irresistible.
CAROLE WHITNER society
editor, literary critic, social mentor
and a daughter of the Tar Heel, North
Carolina has been assigned Chief
Demonstration for Woodbury., and un-
der the direction of Mr.. Snelson. will
supervise the beauty parade in Har-
lem watch this column for results.
IRIS WYNNE . F.. 1.-the damsel of
athletic posture, legant to glance upon.
is my guess to be the glamour gal that
will please you, one and all. You will
find her at one of the drug markets,
and She will be glad to serve you, with
p glistening smile.
Evening star., 1941-07-27
An Alpine Classroom in the Rockies

Conodion youngsters never
ploy hockey from this Gloss in
mountoin climbing thot is being
conducted in Conodo's Rocky
Mountain Pork at Jasper, A.
berto. Under the direction Of
Ernie Niederer. Swiss Alpine ex-
pert, school children Of the pork
region ore being fought the
bosic principles Of rope hon-
ding in scoIin9 ond descending
mountoinsides. They ore being
fought about the structure Of
snow and glacier formations. A
35-foot rock is used as q climb
ing "cIossroom." and when the
youngsters master thot they
will ottempt port-woy oscents
on Mount Edith CoveII.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-16
Loqqed-of Lands
Waterfront Property

BROWNS POINT - TAO waterfront
lots Cal - 1877 South 4
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ORDER YOUR WOOD. COAL. FUEL OIL-TODAY
You'll Find the Best Buys in Fuel Here Daily

ALL WOOD o C. YELLOW FIR
ALL GREEN WOOD Il" OR IS"
LENGTHS
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-26
Rabbis Score
Discrimination
Against Race
Urge Speedy
Rectification
Of Justice

NEW YORK. n Y.-CSNSl- A
resolution condemning discrilnina
lion against Negroes in the ma
tional defense program was passed
at the recent SIND annual meeting
of the Central Conference of Amer
lean Rabbis in Atlantic City. N. j
The resolution proposed by the
Committee Of SCcial Justice
through Rabbi Edward I. Israel
of Baltimore reads as follows:
Rare discrimination in en-
rolyment in defense industries, re-
sulting in some points in the utter
exclusion of Negroes from labor
opportunities has been SO fragrant
that the president has been forced
to refer publicly to it.
Our commission with the en-
dorsement Of this conference has
frequently declared it's opposition
TO Jim Crow tactics in economic
life. It is highly essential that ir
a nation dedicated to the presecva-
ticn of democracy, essential princi-
rles of democracy should be OBJ
served in Our economic life ana
especially in those industries pre-
pairing for national defense. We
deplore the economic discrimina-
tion that exists against Negroes
and urge a speedy rectificaton OF
this injustice"
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-26
WHAT Is THE OBJECTION?


Just what has this great foundation, started in
1913 by Julius RosenWald, done to engender this Bit
ter hatred of those small elements, who So in
tent on keeping the Negro down" that they would
willingly to sacrifice benefits to Themselves,
if they believed in taking these benefits the black
brother would in any Way be given "break'?
That the Rosenwald Fund, not Mess1S. Cooking
and Pittman the real defendant in the hearing
last Monday, is the logical conclusion one would
draw after careful perusa of the evidence Dr.
Cooking was kicked out not on anything he had
written but after the written statements of DR.. Ed
win r. Embree president of the RoserwaId Fund
contained in his book, ''Brown America, had been
read into the record Then efforts wee made to
make it appear that DR.. Cooking belie7ed in thai
doctrine.
Vice Chancellor J, c. Dixon of the Georgia
University System was given his Swalkng papers
because it discovered that he had served
on the Rosenwald Funds Council On Rural Edu-
cation. Efforts were even made to Ink UP DR..
Marvin 5. Pttm2n, who was ousted 8 president
of the Georgia Teachers College with the Rosen-
Wald Fund
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-26
Telegram Reply
To Query Termed
Vague by NAACP

WASHINGSTON,D D. c. - (SNS)
despite recent assertions in thu
press, the feeling is growing here
that the Senate committee headed
by Senator Truman, of Missouri.
does not plan to make any real
and effective investigation into the
discrimination against the Negro in
the national defense program.
The Truman committee has nev-
er asserted that it would not in
vestigate the matter, but it has yet
to indicate that it would devote
the time and funds. necessary to
make an investigation of any real
value.
A detailed telegram to Hugh A
Fulton, chief Counsel of the commit
tee, asking how broad the inquiries
would be, drew from the commit
tee, asking how broad the inquiries
would be, drew from Mr. Fulton
an evaSiVe reply: Committee
hearing on race discrimination has
been postponed and no defenite
date has been determined for hear
ing" This telegram was sent to
the NAACP, which has contended
all along that the Truman COM
mlttee did not intend to hold eff
fective hearings on the question.
Further indication that the COM
mittee is not considering a thor
ough probe is contained in the re-
marks of one of the lawyers of the
Truman committee to a delegation
that called upon him. When it was
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-26
PUZZLING OPPOSITION

Checking back through numerous eports and
releases cbming from the Rosenwald Fund, the
writer is puzzled over just what all the sudden
opposition to this great phlanthropic organization
springs from.
The early history of Julius Rosenvald, during
an era when racial relations were supposedly not
developed on the high plane that they are today
there organized effort to halt the good work
that was being done.
From 1918 until 1892, when the fl1nl entered a
different phase of philanthropy Mr.. Rosenwald
erected 5357 Negro school buildings in 93 counties
of fifteen states. Not single voice was raised
AGAINST construction of these buildings Pcause tax
payers of these counties realized that tls was
1ieving them of responsibility that in most cases
was either forgotten artfuIly dodget
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-26
FDR Praises NINA
For Defense Move

DURHAM. N. c., - CAMP -
Through a recent exchange of cor.
respondence between the White
House and A. T. Spaulding, presi-
dent of the National Negro Insur-
ance association. President Roose-
velt's deep appreciation was ex-
pressed for the associations spirit
of devotion to the nations well
| fare"
Mr.. Spaulding's letter expressed
gratitude for the Presidents exc
cutive order of June 25, instructing
official agencies of the government,
labor organizations, and the de-
fense industries of the country to
practice in America the democracy
which we have pledged ourselves
to defend abroad.
In this letter to Mr.. Roosevelt
attention was called to the fact
that at the annual meeting of the
association, held in Savannah,
June 24-27, appropriate resolutions
were adopted endorsing the PreSi-
dents valiant leadership during
these trying times" and pledging
full support of the more than so
companies, societies and asSocia-
tions comprising the membership
of the association, and represent
ing more than 100000 policyhold-
ers, lin the defense of our beloved
America and the noble things for
which she stands"
The Presidents special gratifi-
cation was expressed for the good
will of the association as indicat-
ed in the following thought which
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-26
Race Succeeds In
Every Endeauor

WASHINGTON, D. Clamp -
William H. w. Wilkinson, colored
manager of the Jamaica office of
! the New York State Employment
service, writing on Placing the
Negro worker" in the June issue of
the employment Security Review,
says:
Negroes have succeeded IN virtu-
ally every known occupational and
professional field. Too often they
are considered in terms of tradi-
tional jobs for colored'-porters,
lanitors, bootblacks, maids, cotton
pickers. or domestic cooks. of
course, everyone agreed that there
are a few exceptions-to make a
rule.
Tn California-an aircraft en-
gineer; in New Jersey, leading
electrical contractor; in MaSSachu-
setts, a tester of big new ships; in
Ohio, an expert maker of printing
inks: in the District of Columbia,
an eminent sociologist; in New
York, an expert chemist; in Ala
barna, an internationally famous
agricultural scientist. Many people
also realize that in some communi-
ties there are expert Negro auto
mechanics, or carpenters, or cleo
tricians, OF tailors or painters.
1T should be realized that those
are not the xceptionS-they are
the rule. They are the living testi-
mony to the established fact that
the Negro is capable of mastering
any occupation in which he re-
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-26
Reqion Advisers
Named By USHA

WASHINGTON, d. CLAMP
Appointment of racial relations adj
viserS to three of the regional Of
fices of the United States HouS-
ing authority was announced this
week by Administrator Nathan
Straus. Representing the office OF
racial relations, headed by DR.
Frank S. Horne. acting special as
sistant to the administrator, the
new employees will advise and as
sist the regional directors in carry
ing out USHA racial policies in
the field
The appointees are William E
Hill of Pittsburgh, Henry Lee Moon
of New York; and Herman A
Washington of New Orleans. j
Arthur Weiseger of Seattle was ap-
pointed associate racial relations
to work in the central office.
At the time of his appointment.
Mr.. Hill was manager of Bedford
Dwellings, USHA- aided project in
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-26
Catholics OF Nation Urged To Give
Full Support To Defense JOB Drive
Newspapers Back
Executive Order

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(SNS)-
The 21,000,000 Catholics in this
country have been urged to give
full support to the efforts of the
Office of Production Management
and of the President of the United
States to integrate Negroes into the
employment and training of the
national defense program, officials
Of OPM were informed this week.
The admonition was contained in
a series of editorials in leading
Catholic publications throughout
the country. A digest of editorials
was forwarded to the Negro employ
ment and Training Branch of OPM
by George K. Hunton, Editor OF
the Interracial Review in New York
City.
Typical comments from outstand-
ing Catholic publications, including
four editorials on the subject in
the publication edited by Mr.. Hun
ton, declared;
= INTERRACIAL REVIEW" -"The
present emergency demands an
immediate reform The age-old pat
tern OF anti-Negro prejudice must
not become a part of our national
defense program. To allow this
would be grave injustice to
loyal Americans; it would endanger
national unity; it would seriously
impair the international influence
and prestige of American Democra-
cy. Democracy must function demo-
cratically!"
PROVIDENCE (R. T. VISITOR
"A mans only qualification for
job in defense industry today is
his ability to do the work the gov
ernment wants done. If man has
the technical skill which defense in.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-26
Navy Adamant
In Barring Of
Negro Sailors
Discrimination
Is Defended Bv
Stilnson Group

WASHINGTON. D. C.-(SNS)-
representative of six national
organizations financed and officer.
ed State Navy when thsy lodged
nowhere" in a recent interview
with representatives of the Unit
ed States Navy hwen they Lodged
a strong protest against the virtual
exclusion of Negro Americans from
the Navy.
The delegation. which called upon
both Army and Navy officials was
composed of representatives of the
Union for Democratic Action,
Friends of Democracy. Council for
Democracy. Student Defenders OF
Democracy. and the Committee to
Defend America BY Aiding the
Allies. Not represented in person.
but 100 per cent in support Of the
protest, was the Fight for Freedom
Committee.
The Navy interview is reported
as follows:
compared with the satisfactory
and friendly character of the in
tervieW with representatives of the
War department. our interview
with the representatives of the
Navy department got exactly no.
where They admitted the existence
of discrimination, defended it, and
insisted that they would continue
the policy. Despite long and
sometimes slightly heated inter
view. the only thing we could get
from them was a grudging state
nent that they might reconsider
their policy in view of the Presi-
dent proclamation against dis
in employment in the
defense industries.
''We pointed out specifically
that continuation of discrimina-
5ion in the Navy meant that the |
as commander in chief |
of the Navy was setting bad ex-
ample to the employers in the
1sfense industries, but even that |
argument did not Change their
attitude"