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Evening star., 1942-04-14
U. 5. War Output Hit
By 6. E.-Krupp Pool,
Senators Are Told
BiddIe Aide Cites Lock
Of Metal Hurdener as
Patent Deal Example
By the Associated Press.

A vast patent pool, described as
linking the General Electric Co.
in this country with Krupp inter-
ests in Germany, was pictured
today as a war production bot
tleneck by John Henry Levin,
special assistant to the Attorney
General.
The Government lawyer presented
mass Of 124 exhibits from the
Justice Department antitrust files
before the Senate Patents Commit
tee to support his charges that
General Electric and its subsidiaries
had entered into a patent pool
arrangement with the German in
terests involving cemented tungsten
carbide.
This, Mr.. Levin told Senators, is
notwithstanding material vital to
the machine-tool industry and pro-
duction of guns, shells, armor- plate,
airplanes and many other munitions
of war.
U. S. Shortage Notorious"
"In contrast with the situation in
Germany, the present drastic short
age of this essential material in
this country is notorious" Mr..
Levin said. The need to produce
it, to retool our manufacturing
plants with it, and to instruct work.
men in the use of such tools had
constituted one of the principal
bottlenecks in our present produc-
ton program"
Mr.. Levin, appearing at public
hearings on a bill that would per-
init the Government to take or Ii
cense any patents vital to the war
effort, said his material was COL
lected for an antitrust case re-
sulting in indictments in August.
1910, in the Southern District Of
New York.
Earlier, Francis M. Shea, an As
sistant Attorney General, testified
that "short-sighted business ar
rangements intended to secure
higher profits" had appeared in
many instances of the use of pat
ents to have restricted capacity for
war.
There appears to be substantial
evidence that patents issued by the
United States have, IN some in
stances, been used by our enemies
as a means Of restricting production
vital to our security" Mr.. Shea
testified.
Cites o. r. F. Report.
"A recent report by the Once of
Facts and Figures concerning the
defense program adverts to the
manner in which our enemy by use
of patents and cartel arrangements
has worked for many years to
weaken our military potential.
"A serious injury to our indus
trial and military strength can be,
and in many instances appears to
have been, caused by the restrictive
use of patents in short-sighted busi-
ness arrangements intended to Sc
cure higher profits from curtailed
supply or monopoly, quite uncon-
scious of the damage to the Nation" |"
Mr.. Shea told Senators that
present patent laws and use Of
patents in time of war appear to
have curtailed our industrial ca
pacity for the present war" and
might prove dangerous unless cor
rected.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
1000 Germans Are Slain
In 10 Days, Reds Claim

KUIBYSHEV, Russia, April IA
R.-Soviet forces have slain 5000
Germans and destroyed rs tanks
on the Leningrad front from April
/ to 10 and levied fresh tolls on
Nazi sea and air strength, the Rus
slams said today.
Recapture of a locality of great
importance on the northwestern
front" and occupation of some addi-
tional communities were announced
without detail in q communique
broadcast by the Moscow radio.
Another communique said a
Kalinin front stronghold was seized
by the Russians in fighting which
cost the Germans 900 killed, 8 field
guns, Is machine guns, mortar
battery, tanks and 8 pillboxes.
Red Army men operating behind
(Sae RITSSIA page Al
Evening star., 1942-04-14
ShipbuiIding Record
Of AZ Days Is Set
By TIT Associated Press.

By TIT Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Calf, April IA
shipyard which was . barren mud
nat only year ago has halved the
record for work on . merchant ship
Of the 10,00o-ton Liberty class.
The Richmond Shipbuilding Corp.
was credited today by the Maritime
Commission with commissioning Of
the 8. 8. Zachary Taylor A days
after she was launched, just half
the previous record of 8S days.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
u. :. Wool SHORTAGE
Equals Rubber Crisis,
Guthrie Tells Probe
Former w. P. B. OfficioI
Says Stocks Won't
Lost Beyond>l943
By the Associated Press,

Robert R. Guthrie. former War
Production Board Official. told Sem
ate investigators today that reluc-
tance of certain w. P. B. officials to
curtail civilian production had con-
fronted the Nation with a wool
shortage similar to that existing In
rubber.
Testifying at hearings conducted
by the committee on request of
Donald M. Nelson, w. P. B. chair
man, Mr.. Guthrie said his resigna-
ton on March IA as director Of the
textiles branch Of the agency re-
suited from a basic disagreement"
with other officials as to the speed
with which civilian industry should
be converted to war purposes.
He asserted that since his resig-
nation Mr.. Nelson had done COM
mendable Job of requiring the
conversion of virtually all civilian
durable goods industries to war
work"
Unfortunately" he added, "the
consummation of the all-out pro-
gram which Mr.. Nelson has an
nounced rests in the hands of men
who found it impossible to formu-
late such q policy themselves.
Names Two Officials.
"The type of thinking which al
lowed pin ball and juke box manu-
facture to continue until May is not
Jap-stopping type of approach"
Mr.. Guthrie named Philip Reed,
chief of w. P. BIS industry branches,
and Kenneth Mariner, whom he
described as an ofiicer and owner
of a Boston wool firm and one Of
the directors Of the w. p. B. wool
program, as among those who op-
posed his policies.
Contending that civilian uses of
wool should have been restricted
much earlier, MIR. Guthrie said that
the direction Of the wool program
remains In the hands Of man who
has consistently opposed drastic ac-
ton to conserve wool, who stated in
the presence of several members Of
the textiles branch that he was in
Washington to represent his COM
pany and the woolen industry; who
reported to q congressional commit
tee only three weeks ago that
shortage of wool positively did not
exist, despite the fact that, accord
ing to his own testimony, our as
sured supplies Of wool will fully
clothe an army no larger than
$500, 900 men, and only through
1943, without any allowance what
ever for civilian requirements and
without allowing a pound for the re-
quirements of our Allies"
Same Situation rs Rubber.
This" the witness added, would
leave civilians in the same position
with respect to wool that they are
in with respect to rubber.
Moreover, If q larger-sized army
is to be supplied, Mr.. Mariner says,
the military specifications for WOOL
en- fabrics will have to be adapted
to the available wool and waste
supply.
This means shoddy garments for
soldiers, while wel1-to-do civilians
are allowed to buy unadulterated,
100 per cent virgin wool garments"
Evening star., 1942-04-14

ton of every resident of the area
If we are to come through without
unnecessary loss of life by acci-
dents"
Commissioner Young. In a state
ment issued this morning, remind
ed District residents that tonight's
test really is an exercise designed
to prepare them for the time when
bombs actually fall.
Il have every confidence" he
said, that all of our citizens un-
derstand the purpose behind our
(See BLACKOUT, Page A-50
Evening star., 1942-04-14
Landslide Hits CITY

LONDON, April IA R.-The vichy
radio relayed Bucharest report to-
Jay that 300 buildings were destroyed
by landslide at the Rumanian city
OF Iasi. former capital of Moldavia.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
ThunderboIt Kills 18,
Severely Burns 40
b, tie Associated Press.

Bs II Associated Press.
BOMBAY, India, April IA
thunderbolt which struck q church
at Malayattur killed 10 Indian
Christians and severely burned 40, q
dispatch from the Cochin state
city Of Ernakulam said today.
Evening star., 1942-04-14
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Refugee ship torpedoed, 200 safe in
Charleston. Page A
War Department asks pay increase
for officers and men. Page ALL
Sharp drop in output Of phonograph
records expected. Page B-9
Washington and Vicinity.
Motorists and pedestrians asked to
play safe in blackout. Page Al
New tax collection unit proposed for
D. G. government. Page B-1
Cab cost more than income, hearing
told. Page B-1
Mahon expects D. c. realty tax to
stand at Sits. Page B-1
Grand jury witness purges self Of
contempt. Page B-1
Three deaths bring D. G. trafac toll
to 10 for year. Page B-1
Miscellany
Natures Children. Page BIS
Marriage Licenses. Page BIS
Births and Deaths. Page Bis
After Dark. Page Bio
Evening star., 1942-04-14
Motorists, Pedestrians Urged
To PLAY Safe in BIockout
Public Warned to Take Shelter Tonight
When Sirens Sound in City, Nearby Area

lastminute appeal for motorists and pedestrians play
safe" during Wahingtons total blackou tonight made
by civilian defense officials today.
The city and nearby counties will rehearse
sometime between and 1880 with sounding
the warning the public take to shelter
Evening star., 1942-04-14

(See FRANCE, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1942-04-14

(See RUSSIA, Page A-4)
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(See BLACKOUT, Page A-50
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(See BURMA, Page A-3o
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Miscellony

WsWSssVuy
Natures Children.
Marriage Licenses.
Births and Deaths.
After Dark.
Evening star., 1942-04-14

Late news and sports are covered on
Pages TX and TX Of this edition Of
The Star, supplementins the news Of
the regular home delivered edition.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-31
Cast Your Vote Wisely

TUESDAY, November 8, an important general election
will be held, at which time the voters of Michigan will
elect various state, county and municipal officials Each
voter has the right to choose which candidates he will sup
port whether those candidates be Democrats Republicans
or representatives of other political parties This
sacred privilege which individual free
else for themselves but this privilege carries with
responding obigaton-the obligation to vote.
In too many instances, do not take advantage of
opportunity to vote Thousands neglect register
qualify voters and other thousands who qualified
fail to the polls and cast their ballots Citizens who
fail to exercise their political franchise have only them
selves to blame, when incompetent public officials
elected.
Here in Michigan colored citizens not denied the
right to vote. We should this privilege Millions of
people in the Southern States barred this prv
lege They not permitted to help elect the public
fcas who them but deprived of the franchise
through the vicious poll tax system and other methods of
disfranc hsement Efforts being made to enact
legislation in the s. Congress abolish the poll tax
in the South and give to millions of Negroes and poor
whites in that section the right to vote.
If coored citizens of Michigan denied the ballot
would protest against such injustice everything
in power to gain this privilege We have the ballot
Let us use it and let's vote wisely.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-31
Between The Lines
BY Dean Cord On B. Hancock
(For AMP

'"practice games long enough. He has scrimmag-
ed long enough; and in these scrimmages the Negro
has shown up creditably in every position. The Ne
gro is "rarin' to 60" and even warming up on the
sidelines He Is Just waiting for the mod" from
the coaches. The Negro Is ready.
The game Is not lost II IL true; but II IL also
true that II Is not won. When the better white south
defeats the current Negro.phoblsts, its line Is hold.
Ing but taking the hall on downs Il the pressing
necessity II We going 10 win. The sooner the
Negro reserves are called upon the the ball
goes over; and then the better south can take the
offensive and do something about winning this game
Of political and economic and social security. II n
not enough 10 hold the lines. We want a touchdown;
that Is want Negro called Into the game.
The full participation In the political and economic
life OF the south Il the only thing that Will win this
game. When the heroic efforts Of the better south
are supplemented BY the powers OF It's Negro mill
lions fully utilized then going TO see the ball
Ego over" and sustained offensive that will sweep
all before H. SOUTH hold that line! Your Negro re-.
serves are ready!
1t remains TO be seen whether Blease and Talmadge
are taken out for good whether they will re-
cuperate and return for further trouble 1t Is the
latter possibility that gives Negroes great concern
The out-voting OF Talmadge may not mean the de-
struction OF Talmadgsm which is the emblem OF o
sinister force that the south must destroy root and
branch IL it's highest destiny Is 10 be fulfilled The
fuller participation OF the Negroes in the political
and economic life of the south rs indispensable IN
the south's security against the recurrence OF a
scourge OF demagogery, hitherto so detrimental 10
the Negro. the south and the nation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-31

Peoples Daily Doings
BY ISAAC JONES

AMERICAS Democracy is on trial. the entire world
Is watching with eager eyes. .lynching. racial
the enemies that have 10 be fought on the home
front they distract unit hamper progress In the
EFFORT. and our race suffers the consequences.
| IN THE NORTH. proof Of this Is and felt by
our race through the channels Of discrimination AMI
segregation.
| IN THE SOUTH .coored people expect segrega-
ton and are well acquainted with determinations
but lynching is OF tho south's greatest evils
and here again. the blood OF our race Is spilled al
the hands OF unjust white mobs helpless unprotect-
ed. and unjust they die. but not alone every time
a member OF race dies at the hand OF a white
mob. Americas democracy dies with him.
In PULASKI. Tenn. last Wednesday "a mob Of
about 100 whites sormed the Giles county jail and
decided TO lynch Carl Potter "A 24-year old colored
youth their efforts failed. Sheriff Gordon Tap
the job he didn't want his state plotted with innocen,
blood like the state Of Mississippi. He out-talked
the mob His message to the leader of the mob was
like sermon from the lips OF a messenger OF God.
democracy. Carl Potter is alive today. He was
charged with choking white woman. and her
daughter after breaking into their home.
A LYNCHING WAVE sweeps Mississippi. citizens
black and white aroused the state militia stands
by. the FBI is investigating. have been
made.
GOVERNOR JoHNsON-takes the matter in hand
at Jackson His message to the press stated 81
am opposed 10 mob violence and will do everything
in my power to see that the lynchers prose-
cuted."
THAT is A STEP in the right direction the south
needs more men in the state capitos like Johnson
OF Mississippi
APPARENTLY the State of Louisiana is trying to
keep out OF the souths lynching league William
Hamilton. an ls-year-old colored youth, went on
trial in Shreveport last Monday for an alleged at
tack on a 9-year-od white girl. Twenty armed dep
uties guarded all doors. Every spectator entering
the court room was carefully searched
JIM CROWISM can be expensive. not only In
money. but in time and comfort too. even to the
white folks when they get taste of their own
medicine
On crowded passenger train between Richmond
and Baltimore last week. "A white passenger had 10
stand up. all seats in their section were taken.
Ahead in the colored cars. our rode in com
fort there not enough passengers TO occupy
all the seats. Finally white man deied the soutli's
jim law he came in the colored coach and
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-31
Nazis, Like Negroes, Must Sing

THERE is great potency in song. 1t is universally
recognized that singing exerts profound influence
upon the human spirit especially in times of ibulaton and
in days of fear and depressed moral That why fghen
ed sing whistle in the dark to keep courage
During the days Of American slavery in the South it
customary for white saveowners to compel their
slaves to sing while working in the cotton fields keep
them from thinking and broodng their unhappy
diton. Silent slaves looked upon with suspicion by
their masters and They logged and made
to sing they would not have time for plotting escape and
insurrection.
The present has brought somewhat similar con-
dtions the people of Germany Hitler and his lords
fearing that the millions under their rule growing dis
contented and resentfu have recently made compulsory
for Germans to indulge in lusty singing One of the
they forced to sing is entitled do You See In
The East The Rosy NORM" Another is Towards the
East We Want To Drive
The rank and file of German people are not permitted
to do any Independent thinking for themselves therefore,
this compulsory community singing expected give them
outlet for their mental and spiritual energy 1t also
expected to keep their morale and keep them out Of
mischief.
We imagine. however, that those Germans who can
anything in the East other than the rudy glow
Russian bombs bursting mingled with the blood of slain
Naz the crimson fields of Russia must have good eye
sight indeed
During slavery our ancestors sang spirituals while
they powed and hoed and picked cotton the plantations
Of the South but while they sang they continued
dream of freedom, until their dreams became reality
Hitler may force his millions to sing of the rosy morn
in the East but Hitler cannot fathom what secret
thoughts and aspirations of freedom they hold buried in
their hearts
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-31
Hold That Llne,!.

Hold That Llne!!!
WHEN THE frantic, yelling students began to
W chant Hold That Line" it means that the hone
team is on the defensive. II also means that il the
line holds, the team will soon 60 on the offensive.
The line can hold in mid-held and provoke acclaim
but II when the line holds in the shadow OF its
goal that football affords one Of LIES dramatic
moments.
Let us suppose that the white south is divided
into two football teams with the better element on
one side and the on the other. The aristo-
cratic south has in many ways preferred the Negro
to the poor white man In business and economic
matters. This very predisposition on the part Of
the arisocrat has embttered the lowly whites
against Negroes. In the latter decades OF the last
century politicians hailing from the lower levels OF
the white south came into prominence with their
Hold The Negro Down slogan. Ben Tillman was
chefest OF those.
Speaking In terms Of football II can be said that
sthe ball went over 20 the rabble OF the south
and they have kept the bah these many years. They
have scored some major gains and have given the
touchdown and many first downs.
But fortunately the game Is not over yet within
recent years the opposing lines have stlffened
sIderably. AT Scottsboro the two opposing teams
fought on nearly equal terms. Although when the
chain was called for the ball stu In the hands
Of the rbble south, the better south had gained a
moral victory and great respect for its magnificent
stand The stand at Scottsboro was ms significant
as that which "took out- such men as Blease and
yardaman and Helm and their kind. when the
better white south took this type Of politicians nut
81 the pOiiticai play. they maze memorable gains
In the fight for better south.
Within recent weeks there has been renaissance
OF Negro-phobism led by such men as Tslmadge.
Dickinson and Dixon. To the credit OF the better
south be It said that its line held against this
surgence OF demagogery that had such onfinous Inn
pications. The game Is not lost long as we have
in the south enough moral courage 10 defeat men
OF this stripe What the south needs 10 know Is tina.
on the sidelines they have reserve strength that
could play tremendous part in holding the lines
until "the ball goes over" The Negro has been in
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-31

took seat. notnlnK happened. later ne returned tc
rthe white coach and got two white women. they
all rode in comfort among coored faces. they were
not struck put on the train for violating vir
gina's Jim crow law. you know the reason their
skin white. IL you think i am wrong. try Il
yourself the results will mot be the same Another
one OF those things that puts Americas democracy
on trial.
THOMAS E. DEWEY. the Republican candidate
for Governor OF the State OF New York. seems ~
understand our position when Il comes TO getting a
share OF Americas democracy. Coored people IN
the east climbing on the "Dewey-for-Governor
wagon. In statement to the coored press lasi
week he declared: "Colored Americans are the vic
tins OF too many words. not backed up in action 10
make them effective"
ut is absurd OF talking about sweeping out racial
hatred abroad, asa war aim until We have wiped
them out at home"
TRUER WORDS could not be expressed in any
language. II Mr. Dewey Is elected Governor OF New
York state. .colored Americans will find out
II he really means what he has said His action
against Jim cIowism. and Segregation will speak
louder than words even II they are true words
DOWN IN Baltimore, Maryland, colored people
spend 100000 per year riding the street cars and
buses. They have been lighting to get colored street
car motormen. conductors and bus drivers. the
newspapers there advertising for men to ill
such jobs every day. but their skin must be whiGe.
The white folks OF Baltimore seem to think that
Negroes are not capable Of operating street Car.
driving q bus. collecting fares from passengers
SOME MONTHS AGO. white Americans at the
head OF Los Angeles transportation department
seemed to have had the same idea They refused 20
hire colored motormen and conductors. Finally. !.
they decided to give II a trial. 1t worked success
fully. now Los Angeles has employed number OF
our women on street conductressses. Proof
again that here in America get only what you
fight for. worthwhile things sometimes call for long
hard battles. that's the only way TO win.
IN MIAMI FLORIDA the war seems TO have
brought many changes. Your writer searched the
classified ads OF daily white Miami paper Jew
dox ThaWA man fol.o lin To- a.
or colored. Coored maids in Miami received not
less than ten dollars a week. SQme waitress jobs
for colored in downtown Miami. guaranteed $25
There used to be time. when white southerners
would have thought such pay too much for Ne
groes. Yes. Americas Democracy is on trial from
coast to coast-you bet.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-31

OF which may have its attorneys
office help, and investigations
without number. the total expense
to be borne by the dairy farmer
and the city consumer.
The law legalizes and man
tains all the ineificiencies and
wasteful distributing pratices nov
under fire. II makes impossible nee
essary corrections and reforms
The law will bring sharply boost
ed retail prices and sharply r.
duced milk consumption 10 MICH
igan as Il has done 10 every slah
where such legislation has been
adopted.
For many long years the o.
ficers and members OF the Gre'i'
er Detroit Consumers council "a"
fought unselfishly and cOn'iD-
uously to better conditions 10 ou
milk industry, TO get oe''a
deal for both the farmer ana w
consumer. We believe that maea
has been accomplished We or
lieve that a healthier compe'l'lws
condition exists in our DeIlOa
marketing area than Anywhere
else In our country.
Now however. everything 'n,.
has been gained may be losl' y
Il not to be wondered at tnsi "
cry consumers agency LIE V,a
Maine to California opposes ",
type OF legislation. The vo'eIs
Michigan are confronted WIN
most vital responsibility on ~
vember 3. ,,,,..
The responsibility of dec,u,us
whether economic marketing p..
tices Of human life ana nuni !,
welfare are 10 be paramount A.,
the milk industry Is great. .' oS'
voters can meet that response. ~.
itv by defeating Proposal O. -.
Greater Detroit Consumers 0O, :,
ell recommends y mo vow y
Proposal No. 3.