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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-06-13
NATIVE son
By RICHARD WRIGHT

81 just know she Wont's."
Bigger, you know something
about that girl. You know where
she it?"
That's all right about where sh1
is. / know we won't have to worry
about her showing up, see."
"Oh, Bigger, this is crazyp'
Then, hell, we won't talk about
it no more!"
ooh, I don't mean that.
"Then what do you mean?"
IT mean we got to be careful"
1--WE can get ten thousand dol
lars"
"How?"
eve can have 'em leave the
money somewhere. They'll think
they can get the girl back. -
Bigger, you know where that
girl is" she said, giving her voice
tone of half-question and half
statement.
"Naw.'
Then it'll be in the papers.
She'll show up"
"She won't"
How you know?
"She just won't"
He saw her lips moving, then
heard her speak softly, leaning
toward him.
Bigger, you amt done nothing
to that girl, is your"
HE stiffened with fear. He felt
suddenly that he wanted something
in his hand, something solid and
heavy, his gun, knife, a brick.
IF you say that again, I'll slap
you back from this tablet"
"Oh!"
Come on, now. Don't be a fool
Bigger, you oughtnt've done it"
You going to help me? Say yes
or no."
Gee, Bigger
You scared? You scared after
letting me take that silver from
Mrs. Heard'S home? After letting
me get Mrs. Mays radio? You
scared now?"
II don't know"
you wanted me to tell YOU: well
I told you. That's a woman, al
ways. You want to know some
thing, then you run like rabbit"
But we'll get caught"
mot if we do right"
"But how could we do it, Big
ger?"
"I'll figure it out"
But ] want to know"
::It'll be easy"
But how?"
II can fix it SO you can pick up
some money and nobodyll bother
you"
They catch pepole who do things
like that"
IF you're scared they will catch
YOU"
How could 1 pick up the mon
ey?"
We'll tell 'em where to leave
it,"
"But they'll have police watch
ing"
mot if they want the gal back.
We got a club over 'em, see? And
I'll be watching, too. / work in
the house where they live. If they
try to doublecross us, I'll let You
know.
"You reckon we could do it?"
I'VE could have 'em throw the
money out of a car. You could be
in some spot to see if they send
anybody to watch. If you see no
body around, then you don't touch
the money, see?" But they want
the gal. they won't watch"
There was a long silence, big
ger. I won't know" she said
1--WE could go to New York, to
Harlem, if we had money. New
York's a real town. We could lay
low for while"
But suppose they mark thu
money!"
"They won't. And if they do
I'll tell you. You see, I'm righ
there in the house."
"But if we run off, they'll thinl
we did it. They'll be looking fol
us for years, Bigger
I'VE won't run right away. Wei
lay low for a while. ',''......A.sss.ss
at don't k54nW 73lpB&y ~ 81
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INsTALLMENT TWENTY THREE


1.-The police?"
Maybe"
What you do?"
I'm planning to do it now"
But where you get that money!"
Look, Bessie, if I had to leave
town and wanted dough, would you
help me if I split with your"
IF you took me with you, you
wouldn't have to split"
He was silent; he had not thought
of Bessie's being with him. A wo
man was dangerous burden when a
man was running away. He had
read of how men had been caught
because of women, and he did not
want that to happen to him. But,
but if he told her yes, just
enough to get her to work with
him.
20. x" he said.
"T1l say this much; I'll take
you If you help me-"
you really mean that?"
"Sure".
"Then you going to tell me?"
Yes, he could dress the story
up. Why even mention Jan? Why
not tell it so that if she were ever
questioned she would say the things
he wanted her to say, things that
would help him? He lifted the
glass and drained the liquor and
set it down and leaned forward and
I@n oir 70 h c
fingers. He spoke with bated
breath. Listen, here's the dope,
see? The gal where I'm working
the daughter of the old man, who's
rich, a millionaire, had done run
eff with a Red, see?
'Eloped2"
HUM? Err. Yeah. eloped."
With a Red?"'
yeah; one of them Communists. -
ooh; What's wrong with her?''
Jaw, she's crazy. Nobody don't
know she's gone, So last night I
took the money from her room,
see?"
"Ohl"
"They don't know where she is"
But what you going to do?"
They don't know where she it,
he said again.
But what you going to do?"
He sucked his cigarette; he saw
her looking at him, her black eyes
vide with eager interest. He liked
that look. In one way, he hated
to tell her, because he wanted to
keep her guessing. He wanted to
take as long as possible in order
TO see that look of complete alb
sorption upon her face. It made
him feel alive and gave him q
heightened sense of the value of
himself.
Il got an idea," he said.
"Oh, Bigger, tell mel"
Don't talk so loud!'
swell, tell mel"
They don't know where the
girl is. They might think she s
kidnapped, see?" His whole body
was tense and as he spoke his lips
trellbled.
"Oh, that was what you was
SO excited about when ! told you
about Loeb and Leopold -"
Well, what you think?,
Would they really think she's
Kidnapped"
We can make 'em think it,"
She looked into her empty glass
Bigger beckoned the waitress ans
oroered two more drinks. He TOOK
a deep swallow and said, "The gals
gtne, see? They don't know where
SIZE is? Don't nobody know. Blu,
they might think somebody did Il
they was told, see?s
You mean :. You mean WI
could say we did it? You NEAR
write to 'em -" and ask fol
money, sure, The said. "And get it
too. You see, we cash in, cause no.
body else is trying to-"
But suppose she shows up?"
She won't"
How you know?"
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come with him. She was afraid and
he could handle her through he,
fear. He looked at his watch; II
was getting late. He ought to &c
BACK and have look at the fur
mace. Listen, I got to CO."
He paid the waitress and they
went out. There was another way
TO bind her to him. He drew forth
the roll Of bills, peeled off one for
himself, and held out the rest of
the money toward her. Here" he
said. Get you something and save
the rest for me-"
"Ohi" She looked at the money
and hesitated.
Don't you want it?'
YEAH" she said, taking the roll.
II you string along with me
you'll get plenty more.
They stopped in front of her
door; he stood looking at her.
Well" he said. What you
Bigger, honey. II don't know
she said plaintively.
"You want me to tell YOU"
I'm scared"
Don't you trust me?"
But we amt never done nothing
like this before. They'll look every
where for us for something like
this. 1t amt like coming to where
l work at night when the white
folks is gore out OF town and steal
ing something. 1t amt >
ITS up to you"
I'm scared, Bigger"
who on earthll think we did
it?"
II don't know. You really thinfl
they don't know where the girl
iS?''
Il know they don't"
YOU know"
NAV"
She'll turn up"
she won't. And, anyhow, she's
a crazy girl. They might even
think she's in it herself. just to get
money from her family. They
might think the Reds is doing il
They won't think we did. They
don't think we got enough CUTS to
do it. They think niggers is too
scared
IT don't know"
did I ever tell you wrong?"
Nav but we amt never done
nothing like this before"
well, I amt wrong now"
when do yuo want to do it?"
Soon as they begin to worry
about the GAL"
"You really reckon we could?"
Il told you what I think
Nav; Bigger! / amt going to
do it. / think you Z"
He turned abruptly and walked
away from her.
"Bigger!"
She ran over the snow and tugged
at his sleeve. He stopped, but die
not turn around She caught his
coat and pulled him about. Under
the yellow sheen of a street lamp
they confronted each other silent
ly. All about them was the white
snow and the night; they were cut
off from the world and were con-
scious only of each other. He look
ed at her without expression, wait
ing. Her eyes were fastened fear
fully and distrustfully upon his
face. He held his body in an atti-
tude that suggested that he was
delicately balanced upon a hairline,
waiting to see If she would push
him forward or draw him back. Her
lips smiled family and she lifted
her hand and touched his face with
her fingers. He knew she was
fighting out in her feelings the
question of just how much he meant
to her She grabbed his hand and
squeezed it, telling him in the pres
sure of her fingers that she wanted
him.
But, Bigger, honey IS. Let's
don't do that. We getting along
all right like we is now =" He
drew his hand away.
I'm going,' he said.
when I'll see you, honey?"
IT don't know"
She started off again and she
overlook him and encircled him
with her arms.
Bigger. honey
Come on, Bessie. What you 60
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To BE Continued
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Evening star., 1942-03-23
M'Arthur Voices
Confidence in
Full Victory
Southwestern Pacific
Chief Maps Plans
For Counterdrive
By VERN HAUGLAND,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
UNITED STATES ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS. Australia, March 23.-
Gen. Douglas Macarthur spent his
first Monday on Australian soil to-
day conferring with military leaders
and whipping up plans for the de-
Tense of this continent and the ulti-
mate counteroffensive.
He spent much of the day with
Australian Army Minister Francis
M. Forde, 1t. Gen. V. A. H. Sturdee,
chief of the Australian general staff,
and other ranking officers
After the long discussion. Mr..
Forde told newspaper correspondents
he was greatly impressed by Gen.
MacArthur's ready grasp of the COM
pleX situation.
I'VE discussed matters of import
ance concerning the war" Mr.. Forde
said after the hour and Is minutes
conference, Il am satisfied that Gen.
Macarthur is not only diStin-
guished military leader but a man of
outstanding intellect and a great
breadth of vision.
The subjects We discussed in
cluded the present position of the
war and Australian war prepara-
tions, the extent of United States
aid and the policy that will have to
be adapted by the United Nations
to achieve success against the Axis.
tSee MACARTHUR, Page A-30
Evening star., 1942-03-23
II Seamen Reach
PORT After II Days
InLeakyLifeboats In
Merchant Ship Was
SheIIed and Sent Down
or Coast on March 5
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. March GA crew
of % men and 4 officers who
spent II days on the ocean in
two rickety lifeboatS after an
enemy sub torpedoed their ship
arrived in Brooklyn Saturday
safe, we'll fed and. as one weary
seaman said, happy as hell"
A Navy ensign authorized this
statement by JON Brevet. third Off
Ger aboard the ship, the 66th Off
clally announced victim of enemy
submarines off the Atlantic coast
since January IA:
AT 1925 pm. the night of March
was on the bridge when we were
attacked by shell fire. The sub ma
chlne-gunned us, the captain sound
ed the alarm bell and We put on full
speed ahead on zig-zag course for
10 minutes. After the captain sent
out an SOS the two boats, one of
the sub fired shell from so yards
away and the ship rolled over.
Il jumped into the leaky boat
for IL days We alternated in bailing
out water. The two boats kept close
together most of the time. The
third day out we signaled a plane
overhead. We got no answer For
a three-day period there was no
wind. We were fortunate as to
food-six biscuits day, some milk,
three cups of water, pork and beans.
"On the 11th day we saw smoke,
and the ship picked us up. 1 guess
we could have stood it for another
three days-after that, no food"
Evening star., 1942-03-23
u. S. Sub Hits japanese Plane Carrier Twice
With Torpedoes in Moonlight Off Isle Of Bali

announced the discovery with these
undreamlike words:
C, captain, that's an aircraft
carrier! Look at her"
1t was a few moments before
Comdr. Voge, whose eyes had been
slightly dimmed by the bright lights
inside the sub, could see the long
profile stealing in toward Lombok
Strait. 1t was far away and almost
on the horizon.
A few hours before the submarine
had attacked Jap destroyer and
missed. After that, it was bombed
by two seaplanes. Comdr. Voge's
position was dangerous. His batter
les were low and it was necessary to
keep moving because the tremendous
depth made it impossible to rest on
the bottom. With a destroyer al
ready searching for him with sound
devices, it was extremely hazardous
to attempt attack.
A quick survey showed the carrier
was preceded by destroyers. All were
stealing along at extremely low
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Bataan Defenders
Assure Macarthur
They'll Hold Firm
Jop Attack Awaited After
Wainwright Refuses
Demand to Surrender

BY the Associated Press
The War Department an
nounced today that American
Filipino troops in the Philippines
had assured Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur in a message that they
would continue their defense of
the islands with the same zeal
and courage that they showed
under Gen. MacArthur's personal
command.
A communique said that the
message. dispatched to Gen. Mac
Arthur in Australia, expressed con-
fldence that under his leadership OF
the United Nations forces in the
Pacific the aggressor would be de.
/ feated.
The message also sent Gen. Mac
Arthur their affectionate greetings.
The communique made no men.
ton of any military activity on the
Bataan front as the embattlec
troops there dug in deeper to meet
the consequence" of their refusa
to consider japanese demand fol
immediate and unconditional sur
! render.
The Berlin radio. quoting
Toxic dispatches, said today the
Japanese had broken through
American defense lines on the
! Bataan Peninsula Several
| American units we're said to be
isolated)
Ultimatum Ignored.
1t. Gen. Jonathan M. Vain
wright. hard-bitten successor tc
Gen. Macarthur on Luzon Island
refused to dignity the enemy sur
render ultimatum with a reply. but
! there were signs that the demand
might precede the long expected
Japanese offensive to emo major
resistance in the Philippines.
/ mo reply was necessary and none
was made" the War Department
! said. announcing the enemv de-
mand for surrender, which fixed
noon yesterday as the deadllne for
the capitulation unless Bataan's de-
tenders were prepared to suffer
the consequences"
However, the same communique
yesterday told of intensified patro
and skirmishing activity along the
Bataan front - operations whici,
seemed preliminary to developing
big offensive to crush the resist
ance which has upset the Japanese
time table. pinned down an i'm
portant number of her troops and
left potentially dangerous Tcbruk
on the flank of Japan's long COM
See PHILIPPINES, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Capt. Hoeffe| Thought Safe;
Not on Lost Gunboat

The Navy announced today that
Capt. Kenneth Mortimer Hoeffel,
thought to have been in command
of the gunboat Asheville, when it
was lost in the battle of Java, was
not on board at the time. From
latest information, the Navy said,
he is alive and we'll.
The Navy said Saturday the Ashe-
vile had been attacked south of
Java early in February, had been
missing for some days and must be
presumed lost 1t listed Capt.
Hoef1el of Cambridge, Mass, as
commanding officer with additional
duties as inshore patrol commander.
The Navy gave no indication as to
where Capt. Hoeffel was at the time
of the battle. but his duties as COM
mander of the inshore patrol may
have taken him aboard any of sew
eral vessels in the battle area.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Summary of Todoy's Star

Nelson pledges protection for labor's
rights. Page Al
Senate nears showdown on labor
Legislation. Page Al
Vocational information sought in
draft QUESTIONABLE. Page Az
Rail line formally taken over by
Government. Page AS
U. S. and Vichy near "full agree
ment," Darlan quoted. Page AS
Army Gusts 300 Japs from vital
area. Page Al
w. P. B. aide backs Guthrie's wool
charge. Page Ais
McKellar calls N. Y. A. and c. c. C..
indefenslble now. Page Ais
Washington and Vicinity.
New hours begin for senior and
junior high schools. Page B-1
D. c. traffic deaths in 1912 reach
81. Page B-1
House action sought today on police
f1remen pay boost. Page B-1
Evening star., 1942-03-23

speed, evidently because the other
destroyer had signaled the American
submarines presence The Jap hope
was, evidently, that by quieting their
own engines it might be possible to
hear the American submarines.
Then by sending a destroyer to at
tack, it might be possible to slip the
carrier through Lombok Strait into
the Indian Ocean where its mission
was evidently to aid the cruisers
submarines and another carrier al
ready attacking the Dutch. British
and American ships escaping from
Tjilatjap.
Comdr Voge kept 1t. Sisler, who
is known amid the submarine fleet
for his remarkable catlike night
vision, on watch until the carriers
profile was fully disclosed. Then,
after making calculations, he
launched the torpedoes. But, al
though the whereabouts of the de-
stroyers was now less clear, Comdr.
Voge remained watching. The en-
(See CARRIER, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1942-03-23
R. A. F. Flying Boat Saves
Sc From Ship in One Trip

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March pa great
four -motored Sunderland flying
boat of the R. A. F.. has rescued 56
British seamen who were drifting
off the African coast after their ship
was torpedoed, the Air Ministry dis
closed yesterday.
The pilot on locating the seamen,
who had been adrift for l6 hours,
decided to try to take them all in.
He already had aboard his own crew
of II.
The big plane. which has a wing
spread OF 112 feet and whose four
Bristol engines develop 1,0l0 horse
power at $500 rpm. at the take-off
roared across the water for full
five miles before it gathered enough
speed to take the air.
The 68 men aboard at an average
weight of $50 pounds would have
weighed 10000 pounds. A normal
Sunderland service load is only
5,180 pounds, but this is with a fuel
load of II 400 pounds. In this rescue
the extra load apparently was pos
sible because of low fuel supply.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Nelson Assures
Labor It's Rights
Wi||BeGudrded
Pledge Drows Cheers
orc. |. o. Heads, Here
For Special Meeting
By !. A. FOX

Donald M. Nelson, head of the
War Production Board, was
cheered by 400 C. I. o. delegates
attending an extraordinary ses-
sion here today, when he told
them that none of your essen
tial rights will be taken away
from you unless the need of the
country for victory demands it."
Mr.. Nelson spoke at the first ses-
sion of a two-day meeting called by
President Philip Murray to enable
the C. I. o. to plan counterattack
on anti-labor legislation pending in
Congress and to stimulate activities
of joint worker management coun-
cils in war industries. The partic-
ular target of the labor group is a
bill which would suspend the 40
hour week for the duration of the
war. The House is due to take a
vote on this measure right after the
Easter recess.
Mr. Nelson. who told Congress last
week that there was no need to
suspend the 40-hour week. was
cheered as he appeared before the
delegates at the National Press Club.
and applause several times inter-
rupted his brief speech.
Councils Task Explained.
Were going TO see to II that
nobody pushes you around and that
labor doesn't push any one around
nv Na1coy, told hiS aIHienpe
Discussing the formation Of the
MANAGEMENT worker councils. which
he himself suggested to speed in
dustrial production. Mr.. Nelson as
serted that these committees are
not being set up to put labor into
MANAGEMENT or management into
labor" He added that their one
lob was to make certain that the
country has maximum war produc-
ton in the shortest possible time.
Il know he continued. that
there are some in this country who
would like to use this situation TO
Whittle down labors rights and
privileges. AS long as I have any,
thing to do with it. the War Pro-
f oOdId 10 iIOt sOiA'e w ~
used IN this way"
Mr.. Nelson. who had promised at
the outset to speak frankly" con-
graduated the c. I. o., for pledglng
no strike" policy during the war,
but he reiterated he believed that
labor should waive claims to double
time for, Sundays and holidays and
that they should be considered as
any other work day when they were
included in the regular tour of duty.
Labor's Stake in War Cited.
He said that steps were being
taken as quickly as possible to gear
industry to a three shift, seven-day
week.
Mr.. Nelson scored selfish en-
ployers" and short-sighted labor
leaders who preach isolationism and
said that nobody had a heavier
stake in the war than labor. Where
the Nazis have been successful, he
continued. labor has been the first
to feel the heel of the oppressor.
/ Observers recalled that John l..
Lewis. head of the United Mine
Workers and the founder of the
/ C.I. O.. had split with the present
leadership of the organization when
support was pledged to President
Roosevelt's war policies. Mr.. Lewis
was a notable absentee today, al
though he had been announced as
one of the mine workers delegates.
CONTINUED on Page AS. Column -
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Oslo Orders Morse Ships
To Go 10 Jap-HeId Ports
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. March 23.
An order for Norwegian ships to
sail to japanese occupied harbors In
the Pacific and the Orient was
broadcast seven times yesterday by
the radio in German-occupied Oslo
to Norwegian ships at sea.
The radio specified that the ships
should put in at Kusaie Island,
Rabaul, New Britain, Penang and
Saigon.
1t was reported that Norwegian
Japanese agreement would permit
Japan to use the ships. The crews
would not be interned and would
receive humane treatment it was
said. Ship owners were reported
ordered to promise every man aboard
the ships a cash reward and tripled
wages.
The Norwegian government In
exile in London said the broadcast
represented a new Axis attempt to
seize Norwegian shipping.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Foreign.

Foreign.
Cripps reaches New Delhi; mo time
to lose" he says Page Al
Japs rush heavy air reinforcements
to Burma Page Al
Troops on Bataan dig in for Jap
offensive. Page Al
Serious raids" made on Allied air
drome in Burma. Page Al
$4,000 Nazis slain in Kalinin sector,
Russians claim. Page Ar
Philippine Commissioner Sayre ar
rives. Page AZ
Japs plan Siberian attack. Chinese
paper says. Page AS
Four more survivors of Uruguayan
ship reach Trinidad. Page Al
Bulgarian King reported on way to
Berlin to meet Hitler. Page AS
British, Axis prepare to renew large
scale warfare in Libya. Page AS
Jap defense chief warns of air raids
on homeland by U. S. Page Al
Notionol.
Sub toll in Atlantic IS In two
months. Page Al
Evening star., 1942-03-23
30 Japanese WorpIones
Attack Allied AirfieId

CHUNGKING. March % P).-One
of the biggest air battles yet fought
in Burma occurred Saturday when
a swarm of 80 Japanese planes at
tempted a mass attack on an Allied
airfield and was met by combined
force of American Volunteer Group
and Royal Air Rorce pilots.
The so japanese bombers and 20
fighters which made the attack
(See BURMA, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Officer Shot With Own Gun;
AssaiIont Wounded in Chase
Two Other Suspects in Attack Held;
Another Policeman Is Fired At

Moving Quickly to apprehend
thugs who beat and shot a police
man with his own revolver here
early today, police shot and seri-
ously wounded one man attempting
to escape and took two other
suspects and four witnesses into
custody within a few hours after
the shooting.
The hunt for the colored men
who wounded Pvt. Frank H.
'Ducky" Hoffman, As. well-known
sandlot baseball player for num-
Der of years, spread over three pre-
cincts. The policeman's condition
was said to be satisfactory.
Police believed they had the right
men because one of the men turned
Pvt. HoffmanS gun on another
policeman while attempting to
escape capture several hours later.
Taken into custody and being