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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

NEW YORk-(S N S)-The war
aims acceptable to Negroes were
outlined by Lester B.. Granger,
Executive Secretary of the National
Urban League, in the July issue of
SURVEY GRAPHIC. His statement
was part of symposium on war
aims which was welded together
and published in an article en-
tiled Answers For a Soldier"
'"The sole ISSUE" stated Granger.
''is, shall we have an opportunity
as free men and women to work
out our destiny, resolve misunder-
standing and hatreds, and help to
build a society based upon the
ideal of human comradeship?" To
his end, Negroes must give their
every effort to make such future
possible. 1t means helping to de-
feat the Axis powers as represent
ed in their armies afield and their
agents here in this country.
"It means the service of Negroes
in all phase of war, even under
conditions difficult for self
respecting citizens to bear. The
challenge justifies our working with
a curious combination of reaction
aries, imperialists, communists-in
fact any one who wants to see
Nazism destroyed. It makes it pos
sible for us to enlist even in a Jim
Grow army or navy; it buoys us up
under the treacherous attacks of
Negro-hating congressman. lynch
mobs in Sikeston, Alexandria or
Detroit, and anti-Negro employ
ers."
Mr.. Granger declared: "Colored
Americans are not interested in
'avenging Pearl Harbor' even
though some of our race lost their
lives in that disaster. We have no
desire to defend American prestige
in the Far East, for this prestige
has been based on the theory of
white supremacy that has debased
Americans at home and abroad and
nullified the Negroes citizenship in
many sections of this country. we
feel no burning urge to go ell out
for a victory that will simply per-
petuate the American way of life
as it has been maintained in our
lifetime. To us, the wars real aims
should include meme of these OBJ
jectives but rather should cali for
their elimination"
Answers for a Soldier" also
included the statements of Profess
sor Eduard C.. Lindeman of the
New York School of Social Work
Reverend Charles w. Gilkey.
Dean Of the Chapel, University Of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

lurpelClEe ana rOSln, called naval
stores, are strategic materials for
a nation at war. Ir addition to
various vital military uses, they
are needed In the manufacture of
scores of items for civilian use
Among the NEST important are
paint, paper, linoleum, roofing
varnish, printing ink, shoe polish,
soap, synthetic camphor, adhesives,
plastics. pharmaceuticals, matches
and perfumes.
CRITTERS ALL COLORED
Last year, according to the
Bureau Of Agricultural Chemistry
and Engineering which issues sta
tistical reports on the state of the
industry, 285,000 barrels of gum
trrpentine and $4,000 barrels of
gum rosin were produced. This year
the nation needs 100000 barrels
OF gum turpentine and $500, 900
barrels of gum rosin, or So par
cent increase
Naval stores production for 1912
got underway about February is
when clippers hung cups and made
their first streak on southern pines
to start the flow of gum. The skill
full clippers, largely coicred, will
continue turpentining longleaf and
slash pines until November when
the harvesting season ends.
Negro lebcrers are engaged in
every phase of the industry from
harvesting and distilline to loading
ships at the principal ports for
exporting naval stores, and many
, Negro lard owners have tu1 pentine
farms. Of these n few work their
farms themselves, while the others
lease theirs to large companies
However, with Farm Security Ad-
ministration making leans TO small
produces to buy equipment, more
farmers are beginning to work
their own trpentine crops. In Is
counties of southeastern Georgia
500 white and colored FSA borrow
ers expect an income of $4,000
from naval stores this year.
WORK EXTRA DAY
With the labor supply reduced
and production requirements up
more than so percent. both Negro
farmers and laborers in the tur-
pentine belt are girding them
selves to meet wartime needs.
Some lahorers have ocked tbor
their allotment of faces" be in.
creased and they are now working
an extra day each week. To assist
In increasing the output of these
vital materials, the Department
has hberalized the naval stores
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18
Race Repression
In Need Of Relief

clared DR.. Luccock. There are the
Col Blimps, immortalized by the
cartoonist Low, who with mistaken
complacency, want to see the world
in the precise order it was, as one
would re-arrange a formal living
room after party. There are the
profiteers who want to get all four
feet back in the financial trough
in which they used to walloW.
There are the lip servants Of
democracy, who use the word as a
fighting slogan, but who have no
use for democracy as an equaliza-
ton of economic opportunity, as
more widespread sharing OF the
common wealth, as the lifting of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

NEW YORK lamp - In a
plea for colored people who will Gre
ate a new world after the war rath-
er than to restore the old one with
all its injustices, Prof. Halford E.
Luccock of Yale Divinity school
cited to the congregation Broadway
tabernacle Sunday the repression of
the Negro race in America as be-
ing in need Of post war relief.
To-day in the midst of and be-
hind all the battles going on, there
is the struggle for dominance be-
tween those who want to restore a
vanished past and those who want
TO create a bteter future. The re-
storers include many people" de-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

oest interests of Negroes.
The Sun company, located at
Chester, Pa, is hiring large crew
of Negro workers in a shipyard
which will be separate from the
rest of the Sun enterprises.
The NAACP maintained that the
project is a violation of the letter
and spirit of the Presidents Ex-
ecutive Order, 1902, declaring that
it sets up trade barriers beyond
which the Negro cannot go.
The NAACP also made the point
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18
Say Jim Crow Shipyard Plot
To Keep Negro In His Place

that Joseph Few, president of the
Sun company, in putting Negroes
into a separate unit, divides the war
into parts, and implies that the
Negro is unable to work harmoni-
ously with other people.
1t was again stressed that when
time comes for a reduction in per-
sonnet, the jim-croW unit could
very easily be the first to go.
Finally, the NAACP stated, The
Sun company, by its acts, is define
ating a pattern which is dangerous
to the American way Of life"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18
Complaint Made
By NAACP To
Federal Agency

NEW YORK-(SNS)-The jim
crow, all-Negro shipyard of the
Sun Shipbuilding company is a
wartime application of keeping
the Negro in his place." the NAACP
told the Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice last
week, in answer to a request from
the FEPC to outline the ways in
which the segregated plant hurt the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18
Negro s War Aims
Told In Article

Chicago; Dr. Edward A. Strecker,
psychiartrist, Philadelphia; Rich
ard B. Scandrett, Jr, lawyer, New
York City; Leigh White, foreign
correspondent; Private Richard
Patrick Kellogg, U. S. Army;
Professor w. H. Cowley, Hamilton
College; and Jimmy Hennessy, u.
s. Army.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18
UrqeRaceWorkers ToReport
Emp|oym't Agency Rebuffs
Urban League In
Fight To Better
Bad Situation

NEW YORK, N. Y. (SNS) Negro
workers in all parts of the country
are urged by the National League
to report their experiences in re-
gistering or being referred for war
industry jobs through the USES.
The League has teen conducting
national inquiry into the manner
in which public employment Of
fees have served Negro job appll-
cants since the U. S. Government
last December replaced state adj
ministration of these offices with
direct Federal management
through the U. S. Bureau or En-
ployment Security.
In a letter addressed to John J..
Corson, Director of the Bureau,
Lester B. Granger, executive Sec
rotary of the National Urban
League. summarized reports Of In
adequate service presented by the
Leagues forty-six affiliates in
cities throughout the country.
Granger urged he Bureaus direc-
tor to take prompt remedial steps.
NEGROES NOT SERVED
He declared. 81 have no hesita-
ton in stating that as the Uses
is now being administered in
many states, it would be absolutely
impossible for Negroes to protect
their rights as workers in war in
dustry."
Recognizing Corson's own con-
Germ for correcting unWiSe policies
Granger urged that USES heads
meet representatives Of the Lea
que and other interested organi-
cations to locate and adjust weak
nesses in the Service. The Urban
League executive referred to ''the
dangers that face Negro workers
unless the Employment Service
takes effective steps. There is ur-
gent danger in many states, as the
wholesale recruitment of labo,
for industry and agriculture gets
underway, that Negroes will be
referred to agricultural work re-
gardless of their better preparation
for other types of production"
LIST DANGER POINTS
Other danger points listed in
cluded: unsatisfactory physical &C
conmodations for Negro applicants
in some southern cities: refusal
by state directors in many states
North and South to appoint quail
fled Negro personnel to Service
staffs; handling discriminatory
orders in open violation Of the
Presidents Executive Order; fail
ure of employment officials to in
form their stats of the Executive
Order provisions, and ways by
which it should be carried out.
Since filing of the Urban League
memorandum, several steps have
been taken looking into the con-
dition reported therein. In a
number of states, Service heads
have consulted with representatives
of Negro organizations to obtain an
evsluation of the Employment Ser
vices's policies regarding Negro job
applicants.
Such evaluations, the National
Urban League points out, cannot
be made properly unless Negro
workers who have actually filed
for war jobs report to competent
representatives their experiences
and success or failure in finding
! jobs for which they are qualified
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

the cruel repressions which hold
twelve million Negroes in virtual
economic and social bondage"
1.-THE need today Is for creators
rather than restorers. It is not to
put back old boundary lines be-
cause they once ran in this particu-
lar spot; it il not to preserve any
empires, British or American. It Is
to create a liveable world in which
the already achieved economic in
Independence is matched by po-
ltical order in which the dignity
and welfare of manhood can be
preserved"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

S. T. Jam 1 talented to the
extent that l could make show
business my profession? I have
had dramatics two years in col
lege and intend to major in this
field the ensuing two years.
Ans: Actresses are made as
well as born. IOu have shown
your ability and talent thru
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18
10000 Negroes
Push Production
For Naval Stores

WASHINGTON, D. C.-GSNS)-Nearly 10000 Negro
workers in turpenne camps stretched along thousand
mile front from the Caronas to Texas playing i'm
portant role in helping the production of naval
stores to meet the 1912 goals set by Secretary of Agrcu
ture Claude r. Wickad r
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

conservation program which is
administered by Forest Service. The
new regulations permit mere pine
tree faces to be worked and it
also makes allowance for increas-
ed wages and higher production
costs.
During harvesting season TOO
turpentine camps, principally in
Georgia, Florida, and Alabama,
hum with activity.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

Loving Recently, met a very
eligible man. He has a good job,
a good personality and is we'll re-
educated. The main fault / can
find is that he is a little stout. The
first date we had, 1 allowed him to
kiss me good night. He can't kiss.
l don't believe he has ever been
out with girl before. If he would
learn to kiss and would reduce
a little, / could go for him in a
big way. Do you think he is
worth my efforts?
Ans: If it is a romantic lover
you want, no, he isn't worth
your efforts. His intentions are
honorable alth0 he doesn't
have the art of love making
that more experienced men
have. You may be sure of one
thing no grand passion will
survive on an empty stomach.
Better base your love affair on
something more substantial than
romantic. fancy and a DASH
ing romeo. II you can't accent
this man for what he is, the
way he looks, and his inability
to kiss divinely," best that Won
waste no time on the fellow.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

high school and the past years
in college. You are getting the
best possible training now I'M
der efficient teachers. When
you graduate, my suggestion is
to become associated with good
stock company so that yau may
get actual experience in tn,
theatre.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-07-18

Help! Helpl-Thus far I have
been in love only once. Still in
love, but don't believe he loves me.
1t is talked around that he is
flirting with friend of mine. I
don't know-but in case don't get
the one 1 love, which of the other
two boys must 1 marry? The Lieu
tenant Or the real dark boy?
Ans: 1t would be an injuS-
tice to marry anyone that you
are not in love with. If you
can't sufficiently interest the
man you think yourself in love
with, give up the idea of mar
riage for the present. Neither
of the other fellows would
prove satisfactory substitute
nor would il be fair to them to
win you on the rebound. Mar
riage just to be a-marrying
would afford you nothing but
sorrow.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-15

In the governments campaign to
get women to remodel old clothes
and so save new cloth.
Girl students designed and made
the clothes they themselves wore in
the show: the draft of the original
pattern was their own in many
cases. 8 m art suits for fall and
spring. fashioned of Fathers old
suit ripped apart and re-cut, were
proudly exhibited. The average
cost of each one of these suits was
IS cents. Summer outfits combin-
ing jerkin-like Jackets, again from
Fathers castoffs, team e d with
printed skirts Of rayon picked up
at remnant counter, were on
hand, comparing favorably with
anything on sale at the better
shops.
Coats made from the girls own
designs showed the overwhelming
preference of 'teen-age young Ia
dies for princess or very full boxy
lines in soft blues, tans and grays,
with a sprinkling Of the popular
bright red.
With social life centering more
and more around the home, the
type Of thing women wear in their
own and other women's houses in
creases in Importance. The floor
length house coat or hostess dress
Is appropriate for summer, indoors
or out. It Is, at the moment, best
In decorative cotton print. Such
dresses are nice for neighborhood
parties. When belts are tied instead
Of buckled, one knows at once that
the dress Is new, since fashion is in
q mood to tie everything in knots
or to supply us with such bows as
she can to take our minds of the
beaux that have been called away
Nothing can be too flowery, or
too brilliant, for the entertain-at-
home type Of dress. Why not look
into chintz and other slip-cover
materials with such dresses il,
view, for some Of the most effective
fabrics come from this depart
ment?
If you are the lucky possessor OF
a long skirt you can wear 1t with a
change of blouses. The usual meth
Cd Is to wear plain blouse with a
lowered skirt. or a lowered or
plain blouse with a plain skirt.
Contrasts are encouraged.
We all know with what enthusi-
aSm slim young things have taken
to Stacks, so 1t Is only natural that
designers should think up a follow
upper in the form Of q slim, trim
dinner suit, bit more dressy than
the usual slack suit. Several such
have black Stacks or pajamas
topped by detailed tuck-in tops.
the suit smartly belted to match
the tricky little shoes. wedges or
what have you, designed for trod-
ding terraces or pleasant garden
paths. Footwear, as you must have
noticed, has gone all out to steal
the show from hats and, as a start
er, has decided to be just as gay
and Just as decorative. but surpris-
ingly enough, shoes for any occa-
sion are first Of all comfortable.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-15
Record
Ramblings
BY MICHAEL LEVIN

0NE of Americas top young
~ bands has arrived because Of its
leaders pet peeve. Alvino Rey, who
has been blithely smashing records
wherever he goes, Is a guitarophile.
1t seems that while young man
in high school. he became very
fond Of the guitar. However, one
night at q prom, while whirling
around the floor. he mentioned to
his date his dreams Of some day
becoming a great guitar artist.
Sympathetically she smiled and
said. But Alvino. they'll make you
sit in the back Of the band-and
then I can't see or hear you" The
thought of this barren future at
first discouraged Rey. But then he
remembered Horatio Alger. and got
very mad.
Why, said he, speaking force
fully to himself. should no-account
brass players get all the volume.
and these vapid reed men all the
spotlight? Here Is an instrument
that has color, rhythm, and all
sorts Of tricks. Do I sit In the back
row? Should any guitar man sit in
the back row? No! Wherefore I will
make my instrument SO much In
demand that not only my date will
notice me, but I will be able to OBJ
serve the general feminine situa-
ton as well.
This small" insult, and the in
dignation that resulted thereof.
combined to make Alvino Rey one
Of the best known and most highly
paid musical attractions In the
country.
First he learned really to play q
conventional guitar. Having found
this too easy, he progressed to a
twelve-string instrument Of his
own design. BY this time he was
making musicians sit up and take
notice. but was still In the back
row.
Deciding that more volume was
the answer to his problems, Rey
got an electrician friend to design
an electric guitar. He wasn't
charged for this signal service. the
only hitch being that Rey had to
promise never to 60 In for Hawaii
an guitar effects. which the electri-
clan characterized as sliding
slurphs."
This promise Alvino kept TN
broken until his recent record Of
Tiger Rag" In which he has to
slither up and down to get the
well-known kitty effect.
BY now. Rey was the featured
instrumentalist with the Heidi
band and was not only standing
the musicians on their heads, but
was also getting the desired quota
OF obs and abs from the girls as
well.
Alvino now decided to form his
own band. Adding four more
strings to his guitar, and getting a
first mortgage on the King Sisters
quartet by marrying Louise King.
Rey stepped out on his own.
He still isn't In the first row
he's in front OF Il. And with his
special amplifier. he can blow the
brass right out Of the room.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-15

tried to soothe him, he turned to
his mother. Fearing that the guest
might be hurt by the child's ap-
parently unfriendly action, the
parent responded with a cold,
stop crying. You're behaving just
like a baby" But instead Of going
back to his place beside the guest,
little Richard came and Struggled
next to mother, still Sobbing.
The reason for Richards tears
was the suggestion that he might
become another's little boy. Moth
er's friend, who has no children Of
her own, might not have been ex-
pected to understand the cause OF
the tears. but the parent certainly
should have recognized 1t and tried
to console the little fellow. She
might have assured him that he
was her little boy and nothing
could change that. Instead OF pur-
suing this constructive course,
however, she spoke sharply and
made apologies for him. The child
still didn't have confidence In his
position restored. If the parent re-
peatedly fails to come to the rescue
in these situations, the child is
likely to develop q marked sense Of
inferiority and security.
Both mother and the guest, Of
course, knew that Richard was
secure In his present home. but the
young child does not understand
jokes of this nature. Extremely
literal-minded, he takes us at our
word. In dealing with little people.
therefore. we must make 1t our
business to be obvious.
When strangers MAKE such tact
less remarks. the parent should
leap to the fore with some such
remark as I'VE can't spare Rich
ard: we couldn't get along without
him." No one could take offense at
her attitude and the child's feeling
Of security would remain UNI
shaken. After all, one Of the first
duties Of parenthood is to make
children feel safe and loved.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-15
Sen. Norris, at 81,
Nears Close of
Long Career
BY TALBOT LAKE

CENAIOR GEORGE w. NON.
- RIS, who recently observed his
81st birthday, is still carrying on
the liberal traditions that have
made him one of our greatest Sem
ators. This great independent first
entered politics when he was elect
ed to the House Of Representatives
In 1908. Since that time the silver
named Senator from Nebraska has
been steadily voting against his
conservative colleagues and max
ing them like 1t.
AS a newcomer to the House In
1908, he, as a Republican. voted
with the Democrats to adjourn on
Washington's birthday. Bawled
out for his detection by the party
whip, he said that he felt he was
voting the right way and would
continue to do so, and he has ever
since. In 1899 he stated that when
his term was over In 1943 that he
would retire to private life. How
ever, we shall have to wait till that
time comes before we are able to
tell where he ends up.
The Senator was born In 1851 In
Sandusky. Ohio. and, after moving
to Nebraska, became interested in
politics and won a seat in the Leg
islature. There he hated the BIZ
cameral. or two-chamber system.
and one of his first efforts was to
fight it. Nebraska now has q uni
cameral system.
In 1912 he quit the Republicans
to join the Bull Moose ticket to
vote for Teddy Roosevelt. Never
theleSs, the people Of Nebraska
elected him again. The same thing
happened when he supported Al
Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt
in other elections. Norris is Ne
braska institution. and that Is all
there Is to 1t.
The only time he ever came near
losing was when some opponents
worked smart trick by running a
hitherto unheard Of gentleman
who also bore the name Of George
Norris. The Senator fought that
and won, too.
He voted against the last war,
was one of the little band of will
full men" who held out against the
League of Nations and was against
the Treaty of Versailles. Signifl-
cantly. he hated the idea then Of
ceding Shantung to Japan.
One of the things Norris fought
was the giving up Of Muscle Shoals
to Henry Ford. He felt that 1t
should be owned by the public. To-
day the great Norris Dam at Knox
vile, Tenn, stands as a great mon
ument to his dream come true.
The Senator is an inveterate
user Of tobacco, but one cannot say
that 1t is harmful to him at the
rate at which he has been going all
these years. He Is a great CONVERSE
tionalist and puts across most Of
his ideas that way. rather than by
oratory.