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The Phoenix index., 1942-07-18
Atlanta Reds
Win Two Past
Week 9-5, rs
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
The Atlanta Reds defeated the
Atlanta Tigers 9-5 Saturday after
noon on the Reds home diamond
WISE was the winning pitcher, fan
nlng 10 and aiding his own cause
with two hits Watts did the catch
ing. Most timely blows Of the game
tor the winners were a double and
single by Emory Johnny Hid
DIckerson, third baseman.
Sunday, July II, the Reds turn
ed back the Gainesville Barons z
) behind sterling pitching by Ham
mOnd, ace of the Bees hurIings
staff. who struck out ID and hit
three doubles himself Watts again
caught a smooth game.
Anderson Cluster Chatham)
Allen in left made several fine
catches, while Carl Buddy Bates
Ezzard, tielded sensationally at
his position too. Wise, who pitch
ed the first game. played first base
Sunday and did good job as stop
gap for Joe (Jack Bolling) Gillian,
regular initial eaCker. who wounded
his thumb Just before the game.
The winning blow in the Sunday
game YRS q pinch single by Cli2-
lord Gillian WlVn The bases loaded.
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LOUIS TUTOR ENTERS

LOUIS TUTOR ENTERS
Martin, who is Joe Louis golf
teacher, won the Joe Louis open
in Detroit and pulled down $500
in cash last year when he shot
the 72-hole event on Rackham
Municipal course with a score of
292. At Canton, Mass, in the ma
tional open of the United Golfers
associations 10Th annual champion
ships, Martin was second to Ball
in a nip and tuck battle with the
final score being Ball 3O2, Martin
303.
Ball has played in all of the six
teen Negro championships except
one. He is present national cham
pion, was national champion in
1927 whe he scored a 293 at Stowe.
Mass; in 1929 with a 200 at West
field, NJ; in 1884 with a 2a6 in
Detroit. He finished second twice
None of the Negro golfers can come
near matching Balls record. With
the chipping iron, he is most dan
gerouS.
FORMER CHAMPIONS
Wheeler, Dendy and Marshall
have held the national colored
championship.
Searles and Hartsfield tied for
second to Martin in the Joe Louis
open. The 22year-old atlanta pro
lost to Martin by one stroke when
Martin essayed a par 70 On the
third round. Hartsfield was third
in the Canton, Mass. play. ANA
teur Leroy Smith, winner of the
Louis amateur tourney had 800.
Heading the list of the crack
white players who will shoot for
the biggest purse ever offered in
the history of American golf is the
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Tenn-(SNS)- J.

MEMPHIS. Tenn-(SNS)-
The Birmingham Black Barons,
spanked by famed Double Duty
Radcliffe, catcher pitcher, will come
to Memphis Sunday night, July
goth, for their initial and possibly
only game of the season in the
Bluff City. They will meet the
Memphis Red Sox in a BENEFIT
GAME at Martins Park, Iowa and
wellington, under auspices of the
Memphis Negro Chamber of Com
merce.
7. Fl. Hayes, Jr., local mortician
and owner of the BaronS, in a brief
talk before the Chamber last
Thursday night, said that his base
ball clubs schedule has already
been filled for this season and it
Is with considerable sacrifice that
the players will make a jump all
the way from Birmingham, where
they play the Red Sox the pre-
vious Sunday afternoon, to Mem
ph1s for tilt the following night
AS member of the Memphis Ne
gro Chamber of Commerce, and
on behalf of the fifteen young wo-
men who are participating in the
Miss Memphis Scholarship Con-
test" MI. Hayes decided to veer
from his scheduled course in order
to make the contest possible.
proceeds from the game, after
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RAY (SUGAR) ROBINSON MUST Weigh OVER
147 POUNDS FOR C0CHRANE BOUT SEPT. 10
II. S. Navy Reconsidefs, Allows
Mike Jacobs To Promote Fight

share in the profits of the promo
ton.
Cochrane, a specialist, First
Glass in the Navy at San Diego,
California, will be granted a fur
Tough in order to prepare properly
for the match, Cochrane surprised
the fiStiC gentry last summer,
when after being regarded as an
extra touch he handed Frit-
zie Zivie of Pittsburgh, sound
lacing to annex the welterweight
crown. shortly after winning the
title, Cochrane enlisted in the
Navy. AS champion, but not in
title defense bouts, Cochrane has
met three opponents. He whipped
Lew jenkins, the former light
weight king, and Bobby Britton
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Kid Basketeers
OF BTWHS Join
u. ). Marines
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-

ALLAN LA, Gd.-tSNoJ-
Two Of the best known kid bas-
keteerS of Atlanta, both members
of the 1912 varsity squad of Coach
Leslie c.. Baker Of Booker T.
Washington High school, are lat
est enlistees in the United States
Marines, to which they will report
for service the middle of this
week
One of the boys is Oscar dead
Eye) Thomas, 18. of 35 Hilliard
Street, Sc, Apartment 532. in
Henry Grady Homes, who is the
son of Mrs. Effie Thomas and a
graduate of David T. Howard Jun
ior High school where he starred
in varsity and Hi-Y basketball I'M
der Marion (HookS) Curry, former
Clark football and basketball star.
He later played with Joe JohnSon'S
Hi-Y Golden Bears and was whip
ped into a very fine product by the
former Dewitt Clintin High and
Clark College immortal
TRACK LUMINARY TOO
Thomas was anchor man for Bak-
er'S 440 yard relay team and made
an impressive record in track as
we'll as basketball.
The other boys is Albert Gil
Hank Warren, II, of 205 Auburn
Avenue, N. E., who is the son of
Mrs. RebeCca Warren. He had
identically the same basketball
background as did Thomas, having
formerly played under Coach Cur
ry at David r. Howard and various
YMCA combinations under Coach
johnson
Like Thomas, the Warren boy al
so made the BTWHiS varsity squad
and travelled extensively in addi-
ton to playing heavily in the
games of the 1912 schedule.
Both Thomas and Warren rank
among the boys of finest char
acter to be developed at the Butler
Street YMCA, being noted for ply
Sical and mental cleanliness as well
as clean speech and craftsmanship
Their career II the u. g, M7riaoC
will pc watched with interest,
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LEAVE TEMPERAMENT" AT
HOME

NEW YORK-(A N P)--Thou-
sands of white and Negro baseball
fans are looking forward to Leroy
(SatcheD Paige'S coming to Yankee
stadium next month. These fans
regard Paige the "Bob Feller" of
Negro baseball Many 60 so far as
to rate him greater than twirlers
like Mende8, WickWare, Redding,
Rube Foster, Sr., Joe Williams ct
al. Whether he was or is at the
present time, is a moot question
that can't be proven. Personally,
we do not believe him to be as
great as iIendeZ, Williams, Wick
ware or Andrew Rube Foster. How
ever. we do implore the heavy
footed wizard of the raised pitch
in mound to. arrive in New York
minus a display of temperament
one usually associated with Stepin
Fetchit. Baseball can well do with
out such high-jin The thousands
of dyed in the wool fans who pay
prices ranging from SIS cents to
81 .65 are entitled to witness real
baseball. not hippodroming.
BOXING rs LOSING ITS GAINS
John @. Public, the perennial
sucker, the one and the same in
dividuaI that PhineaS T. Barnum
Snowman par excellence, spoke of
as. ever ready to be taken for a
joy ride; had better be on his
guard A lot of johnny-come-
latelyS have arrived on the profess
sional boxing scene. The gains the
dubious industry made while Joe
Louis was a journeyman perform
er,.. are In serious danger of be-
ing. .... lost for the duration, or
longer. Louis picked up where
Dempsey left off and. added some
TO the picture of boxing purity.
Dempsey was a popular idol. Louis
was more than that.
The ex-F'ord motor company en-
pl0To did q cleansing Job far boring
that Qutdid tne fapled cleaning Of
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Zeke HartsfieId, Pat Ball, John
Dendy, Clyde Martin To Compete
In AII-American Golf Tournament

defending champion Byron Nelson
OF Toledo who won $4,000 first
prize money in Tam O'Shanter's
first open in 1941. Also entered
is Lawson Little, former national
amateur and open champion; Lloyd
Mangrup, who recently teamed
with Little to win the Inverness
Invitational, aud Ralph Guldahl.
former holder OF the Western open
and National Open titles.
BEST WHITE PLAYERS
Others who have already paid
their entry fee on the line include
Horton Smith, Jimmy Hines, Chick
Harbert, Chandler Harper, Herman
KeiSer, Sam Byrd, Denny Shute,
Ky Laffoon, Johnny Revolta, Har-
ray Cooper, Toney Penna, Fay
Mangrum, Tommy Armour and two
of the Turnesa brothers, Mike and
joe.
Entries are coming In So
rapidly" President May said, "that
We are concerned with the size Of
the starting field in the qualifying
rounds. We expect to have at least
300 pros try out for the $50 odd
places that will be available in
the open field after spots have been
assigned to the exempted players
and we will not be surprised if at
least 300 amateurs show up to
compete for the "a places available
in the match play amateur tourna-
ment."
The entire net proceeds from
the two tournaments, which are to
be open to the public for a daily
admission fee of one dollar, are
to be turned over to Army Emer-
gency relief.
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the club, and this season is being
assisted in the field by Radcliffe.
He has the reputation of having
developed more stars for the top
colored clubs of the nation than
any other individual in the game.
The Black Barons, first major
club to be managed by Welch. dur
ing the 1941 season displayed tre-
mendous speed and aggreSsiveness
on the diamonds in the North,
East, South and West. Their 81
victory over the New York Black
Yankees Stadium last year will
long be remembered by HarIemites
who witness the game.
RED SOX GREAT
The Memphis Red Sox still rank
high in the American Negro Lea
que, and still carry enough bat
ting power to score victories over
their keeneSt rivals, the Kansas
City MonarchS, They split double
header with the 'Monarchs In
dependence Day at Martins Park.
nlpped the Kansas CitianS at New
Orleans, and dropped one to the
same club at Houston, Texas. So,
the two clubs, as in the case of
the Black Barons, have been Civ
ing the fans plenty baseball thrills
throughout the season.
Memphis own celebrated Larry
Brown, noted catcher, is managing
the club this season. Other familiar
players in the Red Sox uniforms
include Neil Robinson, home run
ace; Jelly Taylor, first base special
lSt; Submarine" Moss, pitching
expert; and Tv Brown.
The game is officially scheduled to
be called at 8:15.
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BY KEN JESSAMY

NEW YORK Co Ray (SugaD
Robinson, undefeated Harlem well
terWeight and generally regarded
as the crowned lat pound cham
pion, will have chance to prove
the validity of his claim when he
tangles with Freddy "Red" Coch-
rane welterweight titleholder in a
10-round, non-title contest at
Madison Square Garden Septem-
ber TO-
Monday, Mike Jacobs of the Goth
Century Sporting Club announced
the sealing of the match after U S.
Navy officials abandoned plans to
promote fights, featuring battlers
now in Uncle Sans sea forces.
United Service Organizations will
The Phoenix index., 1942-07-18
BY FRANK A. YOUNG

CHICAGO-(A N P)-The $4,000
Tam O'Shanter National Open
and the All-American Amateur
championship tournaments at the
Tam O'Shanter Country Nub on
July 20 to 26, will have a star
studded field of players. The Tam
O'Shanter Country club is just
northwest of the city limits. George
s. May, sportsman and president,
is really making this an ALL
American affair.
The Chicago Defenders sports
department and the Citizens Com
mittee which is working in cooper
alton with the club, has named the
outstanding Negro pro golfers and
the nations best sepia amateurs
to compete.
BEST SEPIA PROS
The professionals invited are
Robert Ball, better known as Pat
Ball, now professional at the Palos
Hills course; Clyde Martin, Detroit;
Howard Wheeler, Los Angeles;
John Dendy, Asheville, N. c.; Cal
vim Searles, New Orleans; Edison
Marshall, Indianapolis; Solomon
Hughes, Gadsden, Ale; and Zeka
Hartsfield, Atlanta, Ga.
The amateurs invited are Leroy
Smith, Norfolk, Va, winner of the
Joe Louis national amateur in 1941;
DR.. Remus Robinson, Detroit; Lyle
Jones, Champaign, ILL.,, and George
Hamilton, Bradentown, Fla, said
by Herb Crafts of the Chicago
Times to be the longest hitting
golfers in America. Hamilton is
said to have outdriven Jimmy
Thompson, white, who is national
ly known for distance shots.
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BEATING THE GUN
BY Al Moses [ANP1

the Stygian stables by Hercules, the
strong boy of antiquity. The gamb-
ling fraternity that gained famed
for Det Johnny Broderick Tin Tex
Richards heyday) virtually went
out of business during Joe Louis
pre-war days inside the roped
arena. There is no fighter now
campaigning who figures to do as
much for the fight game as the
droll Alabaman. Boxing had best
look to its house, for we see weeds
sprouting that may require an
other % years until a counter part
of Louis, the great bomber, hoves
into view.
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and dropped decision to Garvey
Young Of the U. S. Marines, the
last time out
This marks the second time
Robinson and Cochrane have
been matched. Early this year the
New York Boxing Commission re
fused to okay the bout because
Sugar" was competing as a light
weight. For the September 10
match Robinson has agreed 10,
weight 148 pounds, one pound over
the welterweight limit
Robinson boasts of one of the
most eye-arresting records in all
fiStiana. He has never been de-
feated either as a amateur or a
professional fighter and has 122
wins to his credit.
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LARGE ATTENDANCE AT
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY

CHICAGO.-(ANP) The larg-
est group Of Negro students ever
to attend the University of Chica-
go summer school is On the CAM
pus this year Heads of colleges
ans in service teachers pursuing
graduate work make up the larg-
est percentage of the group which
exceeds 200 persons. Many are
LIVING ut international house. asl7ne
being quaytered il doIInitories,
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Mexico and some of the leading
clubs in the States. lie is coIorful
in the outFieId, making aIm0st i'm
possible catches as he covers every
foot of centerfieId. He halls from
New Orleans.
Both Double Duty" and Daven-
port will be seen III action when the
Black Barons meet the Memphis
Red SOX in a Benefit game al
Martins park Monday, July Goth.
during the first game of the sea
s0r7 between The t7o ci;sts hrGo-c
iGCaaI fans
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MEMPHIS Tenn-(SNS)-

WEMPHIS. Tenn-ISNS)--
Ted Double Duty" Radcliffe,
left, former manager of the Mem
phis Red Soy, and for several
years member of the EastW
baseball classic squad, is presently
assisting manager WeIch of the
Birmingham Black BarOns on the
PLAYING field. Radcliffe is gen.
eraI behind the plate as we'll as a
captain on the pitching mound.
Lloyd 'Ducky' Davenport. cen
ter field, ;oiacd tho Plaoi- Bar0rc
t@2te la9t season, navi4g piayed iil
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Beau Jack In
kayo Win Over
Pelican Boy
BY KEN JESSAMY

NEW YORK Co Beau Jack. the
former golf caddy from Atlanta,
Ga, added another victim to his
long kayo string when, via the
technical kayo route, he halted
Cosby Linson, of New Orleans. in
2:l7 of the final round of an eight
round contest.
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Quezon Wanted
To Eat, Have Cake

But. as the burdens Of full in
dependence became apparent and
the clack OF Japanese buck teeth
sounded 10 The north, waiting TO
munich tho tasty lid bit the
United States was 10 leave, Que
zon began exploring the chances
Of eating his cake and retaining
it. Remaining a ward Of the
United States had merit in many
ways.
The thought Of Manila Bay
without the United States ASiatic
fleet was now a little terrifying
But for Quczon 10 have expressed
any such feeling at that time
would have been .tantamount 10
political suicide. For il had been
because of his fiery crusading for
complete independence that ne
had become a leader Of his people.
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Converted Island
To a Citadel

So. II was in an atmosphere NJ
great changes in his life that he
began what he called the job Of
changing the Philippines from "a
tempting JUICY morsel 10 a rugged
citadel Of militant freedom
strong enough so that they Will not
he taken without great blood and
sweat and toll. II the work was
tho least biz strange 10 him he
soon felt AT home For 10000
miles away. in Washington. his
perennial critics opened up with a
fresh blast against him.
One charged this bellicose,
SwaShbuckling cX-chief Of staff IS
setting up a military dictatorship
for his pal Quczon. Champions
Of immediate independence for
tho Philippines renewed their at
tack on the 10-ycar plan. and COM
planned that tho American flag
should not he flying over the work
was doing.
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Suffered Blow
In Mothers Death

II was trying period for Mac.
Arthur. HIS mother, who had
hardly left his side from the time
she bore him. IS years before. died
AZ s.. not long after they arrived
in Manila II was a tremendous
blow 10 Macarthur. His love OF
the eternally faithful woman who
had conferred and encouraged him
through triumph and Viclssltude,
was houndlcss. Medicine. sent
dramatically by plane from the
States. failed 20 reach her IN time
10 prolong her LIE.
And Yet powerful forces Of com
pcnSauon were al work. No one
was more sympathetic or helpful
10 him AZ Just this time than Jean
FarCloth, the soft-Spoken, intelll-
gent southern girl he and his
mother had met on the boat that
brought them 10 Manila. The
courtShip and marriage that fol.
lowed dated from the grievous loss
Of his moi hpr
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II Japan Slept.
Let Them 60

A. the end Of 10 years IN 1876
We would SEQ what We would sec.
II Japan slept safely after the
process Of mastiCatnC that enor-
nous bite out Of China II all
went well otherwise. including the
problem Of tho Philippines duty
free sugar and hemp then there
would be absolute independence.
But there were those IN Con-
greSS and throughout the United
States who thought and said that
this period Of transition was one
more hlunder IN ar endless stream
OF plumbers centcring around our
foster-fathering of the orphans
OF tho Pacific
When Douglas Macarthur got
into his work early in 1896 rs
military adviser 10 the common
wealth, "A trace Of the fCrvor be-
gan 10 flee the heightened indie
pendence' oratory OF Filipino
politicians T he commonwealth
was something like the caretrce
ward Of an indulgent uncle, the
morning after the ward has gone
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Con>tantinopIe fell. that center
of pleasure, learning and wealth,
and all the WickcdneSS and cor
ruption that goes with II, n pail
fell over Asia and southeastern
Europe which has never been
lifted. Wars have been fought
for nearly FIVE centuries that
have had for at least one ot
their goals the bringing back
under the cross Of that part of
the world lost 10 a wild horde
Of few thousand Adventures
on horseback whom hunger and
the unkind climate Of their
steppes forced 90 seek more
fertile regions.
Wealth II no protection IN
aggression. II II no more an
sugUry of military and defen-
slve strength In a nation than
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Eternal World Peace
Still Only a Dream

Every reasonable man knows
that war Ia cruel and destructive,
yet. our civilization IL such that
very little of the flavor of war
II sufficient To meet its veneer
OF kindness. We all dream Of
the day when human conduct
shall he governed nv the deca-
logue and the Sermon On the
Mount, hut n vet II II only n
dream. The springs Of human
conflict cannot he eradicated
through institutions, hut only
through the reform Of the indi-
yidual human being. and that IL
task which has baffled the
highest thcologians for two thou
sand years and more.
THE Philippine army Is being
organized solely for the preser-
walton Of peace, or for the reSto-
ration Of peace after IL has been
lost by Others.
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Douglas Macarthur and Manuel
Quezon needed only five minutes
10 seal their bargain concerning
the defense OF the Philippines
The deal between the recent chief
Of staff OF the United States Army
and the dapper little president OF
the new Philippine commonwealth
was arranged shortly after Mac
Arthurs arrival in Manila late in
1895.
But for each mans love OF
pretcntlous phraseology. the deal
could have been consunmated in
one minute. Each had but one
question 10 ask tho other.
Quezon asked Macarthur II the
islands could be successfully forth
fed Macarthur SAID they could.
Macarthur asked Quclon how
much money the commonwealth
was willing 10 spend each year on
building up-llS- dctGn&eS--Q4c
said 100000, plus all the con
scripted soldiers Macarthur could
use.
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Momentous Days
For Philippines

Those middle 1905 were great
DAYS for FilipinoS. After 81 fun
bling years Of trying 10 play the
role OF imperlalStS. We had agreed
10 give the Philippines the inde-
pendence for which their leaders
had been passionatcly shouting
since we replaced Spain as the
overload Of those 70S3 Islands and
is 600 900 natives
But, 20 the di>may of some
rabid isolationStS IN Washington.
y was not 20 be Tho complete
absolute and immediate indep"nd-
ence' for which Quezon had been
crying over since reluctantly Sur-
rendering his .rsurrccto sword 10
the father Of Douglas Macarthur
al the turn Of the century
Under tho terms OF the INdingS-
NcGuffie Act. there was 10 be q
10-year period Of transition. The
education Of the Filipino, in gov
eminent. was 70 continue An eye
was 10 be kept on Japan whose
hot breath had been blowing
southwark for FIVE years This
was the independence Of a yo-yo
top. The top had been flung away,
but a string sun led from u 10
the strong finger Of the thrower.
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II j. an indication Of health In
an individual. Success in war
depends upon men, not money.
NO nation has ever been sub
dued for lack Of II. The ma
tions swept away were sub
merged nv force Of arms. Once,
each was strong and military.
Each rose by military proves,
each fell through degeneracy Of
military capacity, because OF
unpreperedness. The battlefield
was the he'd on which they
were horn into this world, and
The battlefield became the couch
ON which their wOrn-out bodies
finally expired"
Re meant all these things q.
much for the United States as foi
The little brown men who sat Al
his feet, IN swank evening dress
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Macarthur
His Man for Task

Macarthur was a part OF Que
IONS attempt 10 solve Vexing
problem. He knew the general
was a military genius, that he
knew the Philippines better than
any other American, that he was
advanced in the ways OF modern
warfare that his name was with
out parallel in the annals Of the
islands. that his princely bearing
and medals would provide the
snowy front that is so dear - the
Filipino. He know. TOO. that Mac
Arthur was a good friend Of
r ooSeVe and that Roosevelt
would he even more kindly dis
posed toward Quezon and the
commonwealth, with Macarthur
there on loan.
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kind, which time shall neither
annul nor destroy. that those
that have greater strength and
power shall hear rule over those
who have less" Macarthur
Let that sink in. Prom the
dawn Of history To the present
day" he suddenly roarcd." II has
always been the militant agrees
scr taking the place Of the un-
prepared.
where are the empires Of
yesterday? Where IL Egypt,
once a state on a high plane Of
civilization. where a Torn of
socialism prevailed and where
the distribution Of wealth was
regulated? Her high organiLa-
tion did not protect her. Where
are the empires Of the East, and
the empires Of the West. which