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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-30

ooA3lu8lF slipped al mat % ire
FBf. They were q very hnslcal &C.
tek They sang their square heads
on
And have YOU been reading ahout
Gil the Bundist suicides right here
in New YorR9 And can yon Be gssre
they were sulcldese rots q TIE
Bundlsts are better on dead, e..
pecially since the FBT's roundup.
They had too much 10 tell. In case
the law reached them. 30 they
were found In tho river. Or namvbe
they zen eight stories into Ycfk-
vale. How about you. FgatGi Aaa
YOU, too. Hansa Are you TOO In.
formeda De very careful. S0ne
bosom pal Is going 10 drop n some
night and shoot you right through
the square haircut--and blow all
the data right out Of your head.
Working for Hitler Is q tough way
10 make q pfennig.
But tough as your own spot Is.
you probably can still cl1uckle AZ
the plight q the American dopes
who cuddled you. Remember the
cordial kilograms they used to send
to your meetingsa They're right on
the Western Union and Postal rec.
ords and can be sprung on the
senders any time. Ny goodness,
some Of our most gifted isolationlsts
got dcfenses OF the Bund right IN
TO the Congressional Record. That
Record would make good eating for
lot OF sQulrming citizens right
now. They can't even claim 'lmis-
quote" Documents are the msssiest
things. Chez viz!
But playing with Hitler Is q fools
game. He IS SO inconsidcrate, al
ways embarrassing his helpers.
FTinstance, q guy gets himself down
as a loyal American and-boifo--
Hitler quotes him on the short wave.
Look how Il leaves the guy - his
kisser al red. He's no further use
to maitland. Or Hitler sends eight
singing saboteurs over here. who
give away the whole show.
Anyway you look at It. Its q pretty
sttH price you're going TO pay for
strutting around In brown shirts
and feeling good about being the
Master Race. You can't be very
proud Of your fellow Aryans Cor the
way they welshed. You wouldn't
catch the Czechs doing that. Those
brave people. inarmed and conquer
ed, told your armed DULLES to GO
heil themselves when they were tor
tured for a squeal on who sent
Heydrich 10 hell. More than 600 OF
them died before they'd please q
Maxi. which is heroism Germany
has never eguallea.
And youu squeal too. You Nazis
are a whimpeggng breed. Every
Thing you do proves II. Your leader
rose 70 power on cry-baby mysteries.
the only tactic you squareheads un-
derstand. He's crying again now.
His own cruelties have backlled on
Cologne, Emden and Bremen. His
eight agents Of destruction hoKled
until they were hoafse. You can
oet tney carried many o. YOU along
with them.
And don't expect q lift from lit
Ter. You Bundists are cheap labor.
He can buy you In herds. He uses
you, but the minute you can't take
care Of y0rself he throws You 70
the wolves. What makes you think
sou punks mean anything IN him
when he butchers his own generals
when they fail 10 deliver the goodgg
And look how he left Fatso Fritz
Kuhn out on Q limb. Patio was
dumb. but he worked hard. Worked
like q dog, but the minute things
went wrong what did Der PAlehger
say9 re said: The Reich cannot
concern itself with stupid failure. /"
Eeep re wouldn't even send you
a copy Of Social Justice 70 while
away the time IN jail.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10

This opportunity for voicing Ne
gro opinion was offered by Walter
Lewis, manager of WTNJ. He stated
that the station has a LARGE Negro
audience and he wanted TO pre-
sent a program tnat would shov
the Negro not as a minstrel no.
as the familiar spiritual singer, bu
as an average American either
making a solid contribution tc
democratic life.
Those taking part on the first
broadcast were S. A. Haley, voca-
tional agriculture teacher at the
manual training school in Borden
town, through whose initiative the
program was organized, and Ben
Johnson, world famous sprinter,
who is now teaching at Borden
town and is coach of the track
team there. Mr.. johnson will have
charge of next weeks program
when the discussion will center
around athletics.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
Meet Negro Series
Broadcast In JERSEY

TRENTON N. J.-(ANP)-A new radio SERIES en-
billed "Meet the American Negro" bega Station
VIM Tuesday. The program round table discussion of
Negro life and achievement is the first of this type be
broadcast over a New jersey station.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10

since she was travelling with the
Lunts. but when she appeared and
asked for her room, she was told
by the clerk, 1--WE don't accept Ne
groes here" Miss Rain then IN
formed him that she had reserva-
tions and asked to see the manag-
er. Mr.. Wall, whose name was
signed to the letter. Attempts by
the clerk to discourage her failed,
and after two hour wait in the
hotel lobby she was ushered in to
see him. She met with the same
reception from the manager.
"We can't win the war this way"
she told him, "these are the things
we are fighting to overcome" He
was adamnant, however, and his
only reply was a CRYPTIC I'm sor-
ry, we don't take your kind" In
New York, Miss Rahn's manager
Dick Campbell said it was he who
had made the reservation for her
at the downtown hotel because he
wanted her to be in close proximity
to the theatre. 'The Pirate" re-
quires rehearsals until two or
three in the morning. Campbell
didn't bother to mention the color
of her skin. Miss Rain is a Stage
Door Canteen hostess and has sung
for thousands OF soldiers.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
Hollywood Out
For Him, Says
Paul Robson
Singer Regrets
Role in ct les
OF Manhattan"
By WENDELL GREEN

LOS ANGELES (ANP) II
thought I could change the script
through the strength of my friend
ship with Borres Morres, producer
of ''Tales of Manhattan, but /
found out I was wrong" Thus
Paul Robson explained his parti-
cipation in the picture that evoked
so much criticism of him and in
Los Angeles was the cause OF a
picket line being thrown around
Loew's State theatre.
The time and occasion was a
press conference held by Mr.. Robe
son and DR.. Max Yergan in the
mayors office just prior to their
win the war" mass meeting held
in the Philharmonic auditorium.
Upon questioning about the picture
and Hollywood in general, Mr..
Robson was quite anxious to ex-
plain his position. He stated that
the story carried in the Pittsburgh
in which he attacked he picture was
not wholly factual. Robson stated
that he did read the scrip before
he agreed to make the picture and
that he received only $4,000 for
the picture instead of the $4,000
as originally reported.
Robson gave three reasons for
making the picture.
1. He did it out of friendship for
Morres, Russian born director who
asked him to.
2. He felt that as had been true
in England, he could get the di-
rector to change the script.
3. He felt that the picture might
be stepping stone to better pic
ures for Negro actors.
Robson continued that no
amount of persuasion on his part
could move the directors to remove
the completely ridiculous fantasy
from the picture. The producer
had 100000 tied up in the picture
and would not take "a chance on
losing any of their market, parti-
cularly the south, so that while
they conceded him lone or two,
they continued to show the Negro
in time-honored Hollywood fashion.
Robson said that when the
show opened in New York he went
to see it with Morres, whom he
had told about the picket line, and
attempted to show him how dis
graceful it was, but the producer
was unable to see it.
On the Hollywood characterize
ton of the Negro Robson was very
specific. He refused to make a pic
ture for five years because he felt
that no Negroes on the screen
would be better than the charac-
tiers portrayed. He is now convinc-
ed that as an individual he can
not affect a script very much so
again he is refusing pictures. Robe
son stated that he was offered the
lead in cabin in the Sky" from
which he probably could have
made five times as much as in
'Tales of Manhattan" and he re-
fused the part because he felt
from reading the script that it was
just another fantastic picture of
the Negro. Also he refused to even
discuss "Porgy and Bess," which he
considers worse yet. Several other
offers he has turned down due to
his big disappointment in his af-
fair with Tales of Manhattan.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
MoreCreative
Music Is Desire
OF ". {. Handy
Speaks at Stars
Of Tomorrow
Annual Concert

NEW YORK-(C)-"Next year. I
want to see more creative music
said the famed musician, w. C.
Handy, after the Third Annual
Stars of Tomorrow Concert was
finished.
The concert was presented by the
Woman's Council of the New York
Urban League and w. C. Handy
with Arnold G. deNTille as director,
and was presented at Town Hall
September 9th, as a variety con-
cert.
The program included an original
composition written by two Phila-
delphians, Mrs. Du Trieuille and
Mrs. Harris, entitled Hail We
America" sung by the Young Peo-
pies Choir of Abyssinian Baptist
Church; a native Afro-Cuban num-
Der, Babalu by Ruth Paseur and a
song dedicated to Joe Louis, written
by Ismay Andrews, Brown Soldier
Boy" and sung by Frances Benson.
Another original composition was
sung by Charles Smith, baritone,
called Darling" 1t was written by
Frances Kraft Reckling, music
teacher.
Stars of Tomorrow showed New
York that there are many talented
musicians in the Negro race and
we are looking forward to their
fourth concert next September.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
Singers Mother
Wrote Words To
My Little Prayer

NEW YORK - (ANP)-It has
just come to light that the words
.'My Little Prayer" the recent song
published by Handy with music
by Nine Lillian Evant.., were writ
ten by Mrs. Bruce Evans of WASH
ingtofl, .. G.
Mrs. Evans composed the prayer
while teaching her grandson his
de2otions Mrs. Evans is the wi
dow Of the late Bruce Evans, dis
tinguished Washington educator
and is the mother of Nine. Evan
ii and of Joseph H. B. Evans,
general secretary of the Alpha Phi
fraternity.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10

Several of the soldiers receiving
mechanical training at Hampton
Institute also took par6 in the
Talent Night program, which fea-
tured popular rhythmic numbers
by the Royal Hamptonians and
the Hampton Collegians, as well
as recitations, and song and dance
numbers by a total of II contest
ants.
Miss Mcdaniel won wide APP
plause with an original compost
ton, Its You That l Love, !"
which she played and sang, and
Lilly also was cheered cor his
medley of stormy Monday" and
''On the Outskirts of Town,
shortly before Miss Stevens exc
cuted Tam O'Shanter'', q piano
solo.
Lawson, however, coming at the
very end of the program captivat
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10

stage, tie stars were worn out with
congratulations from wel-wishers.
Almost everyone was going to meet
the show someplace.
Indeed, New York will miss
"Porgy and Bess" for it was the
first really delightful entertain
ment it has had in some time
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
Jim Crow Muriel
RAIN In Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio (CNS) -
Muriel Rain, brilliant young con-
cert soprano from New York, now
on tour with the Alfred Lunt-
Lynn Fontaine play, 1.-THE Pirate"
was refused accommodations at the
Hotel Auditorium, one of Cleve-
lands biggest hostelrys, here this
week, despite the fact she had a
letter from the manager stating
that reservations were being held
for her durign the week of Sep
TENDER 21st while THE Pirate"
was holding forth at downtown
Cleveland'S Hanna Theatre.
1t seems the management had
assumed Miss Rain to be white
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
Big Throng Sees
Final "Porgy y
BY DOLORES CALVIN

NEW YORK &c The Majcs-
tic Theatre is now only a desert
ed alley with memories of a
glorious day echoing through its
cracks, and it doesn't seem that
only Saturday night it was alive
and full of life with George Ger
shWin's immortal 'Porgy and
Bess."
That last night the stars, Todd
Duncan, Eta Moten, Avon Long
md Ruby Ely, sang to a packed
house, many who were seeing it
for the fourth and fifth time.
That last niht concluded it's 281st
performance on Broadway. They
left Sunday morning for long
tour which started i'll Rochester,
New York.
Todd Duncan had to sing 81
Got Plenty of Nothin' " three
times and Avon Long in his loud
purple suit sang and danced ct
Amt Necessarily So" twice. Back
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10

considerable fame in a mixed pro-
duction, "Going Home" a story OF
Negro soldiers in France during the
last war.
Some Of the lines read by him
were SO strong, police officials
asked that they be deleted from
the show. Another production in
which he was starred was I'm
Abraham's Bosom" Several seasons
or Broadway were followed by
work in the famous old Alllambra
stock company, in which Moseley
was stallduut.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
News Of Theatres
Hampton Seaman
Wins Talent Title
PAGE SEVEN
: for thousands of soldiers.

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va.-(SNS)-Paul Lawson of
Chicago vevetvoiced versatile baritone attending the u s.
Naval School at Hampton awarded first prize Thurs
day evening for winning the wide talent contest
sponsored by the Fd Ac Club at the college He received
the prize at party given in Virginia Hall in honor of him
and three other prize-wnners Miss Pauline Mcdaniel COM
poser of Atlanta C who and Wibert Lilly
Buffalo, n Y vocalist and Miss Dorothy Stevens of Cliff
ton Forge pianist who third and fourth place. respec
lively.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
OpenRadioCourse

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE +
s(SNS)-A radio course opened at
sTuskegee Institute August Is as
offering of the Engineering, Sci
ence and Management War Train
ing program has proved extremely
popular. Besides the So students
registered for the course several
faculty members are regular at
pendants as auditors.
Timothy w. Jones, ESMWT
,oordinator, on leave as head of
ahe division of electricity Tuske-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10

gee Institute, announces that in
the next few days there Will be
opened elau,ns IL: Piping be-
sign; IN }ustrial DRAWN" office
management engineering drawing,
and cons. e ,rtior engineering
The urge-l5 need for radio tcrh-
nicians requested daily by the
army through the press and radio
makes this radio train.' G at Tus-
kegee InS5i lie Of especial signliic.
ance.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
NegIeciing Own
For Works OF
Enemy, He Says
Asserts Nation
Should be Proud
Of Own Compose.
BY WILLIAM GRANT STILL

HOLLYWOOD, Calf -Calvin's
Jews Service)-Many changes have
ONE as a direct result of the cur
ent, gigantic war. Some of them
designed to make our nation more
tolerant, are welcome and, we
lope, lasting changes. But there
S one vital subject that has not
'eceived the proper amount of at
ention as yet: that Of American
culture, whether it is reflected in
music or in any of the other arts.
We, as Americans, need to become
proud of our own achievements in
his field and to learn more about
them. We should "adopt" our own
culture in preference to the culture
Of any other nation or nations on
earth. Now is the time to make a
complete swing in this direction.
Since it is patriotic to be Ameri-
can, We should let our American
SIN extend to every field of en-
deavor.
Musical magazines have been en-
0haSizing the present need for
music to bolster morale. They are
right. We, at home, as well as
our boys in the fighting forces, need
music now as never before. But
what kind of music do we hear?
Is our morale to be bolstered with
american music, or with Bach,
Beethoven, and other European
products?
The countries against whom we
are fighting have sent out propa-
ganda praising their own music
over period of many years. Some
Americans believed that propa-
ganda to the extent that now they
will not concede that anyone but
German can write good serious
music, or anyone but an Italian
can write a fine opera or a sing
able melody.
That's just the result our enemies
wanted and expected. They want
ed us to have confidence in their
achievements rather than in our
own. Now that we are allied with
Great Britain and Russia, We are
hearing much of their music. 1t is
good to be acquainted with it, for
in the past we have known all to
little about it in contrast to the
way we have studied and listened
to German and italian music.
On the other hand, we must not
forget that no music in the World
should be so attractive to us tina
we should ignore our own, or give II
minor place in our affections
American music is, after all, a part
of the American people as nc
foreign music could ever be.
Though it is composed OF many
different elements, we may feel
iustifiable pride in knowing that
the Negro has contributed more
than any other race to its develop
ment: both the unknown folk oard
and the known creator and inter
prefer.
We should not have to plead iol
American music, nor to beg people
to play it. Americans should DC
proud to do that at all tlmes'
they should play it in concert nails
on radio programs and In homes as
a matter of course. Yet While some
neonle are working toward that
at every opportunity, by subsutut-
ing cheap variety programs Tor
some of the better American musi-
cal programs on the air, and by
various other means. This is the
sort Of thing we must fight. It IS
worth Just as much to our future
as carrying a gun against the
enemy.
Music for moralel Certainly
B,,t let il be American music!
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10

ed the hearts of the audience and
the judges with his mellow rendi-
ton of the popular hit, For You"
AS in the case of the other sue
cessful contestants, his prize was
cash award. presented by Miss
Mildred Curtis, hostess for the
F'idi Arici, and mistress of cere-
monies during the contest.
Judges for the competition
were: Mrs. Marjorie Motion, Miss
Esther King, Owen Dodson, and
Noah F. Ryder, of the Hampton
Institute faculty. It. was arrang-
ed by the following members OF
the Fidi Am1cl. Theodore Patter-
son, Miss Curtis, Hayes Howard,
Anthony Cotton, Charles Dalton,
Frank Keeling, and Douglas Nc
Quillan.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-10-10
Stage Veteran Is
With USO Review

WASHINGTON, lamp One
of the directors of the entertain
ment units now playing USO
houses for the benefit of colored
soldiers is the veteran of the
stage, Thomas Mosely. Mosely won
Evening star., 1942-10-21
Stars Basket Ball Tourney
Approved by School Board

The Board of Education this
afternoon gave permission to The
Evening Star to hold its annual
basketball tourney just before, the
high school basketball season ends
March /. The stipulation was made
that if Woodrow Wilson High
School was anywhere near the top
of the list of teams at the end of
the season it be given chance to
participate
AS winner of the high school con-
test it was deprived of chance to
play ip The Star tourney last year
because school officials would not
permit holding OF The Star tourney
outside Of the usual high school
season, as would have been neces-
sary.
Evening star., 1942-10-21
Sergeant, Barred
By Club, Plays
Marine Anthem
by the Associated Press.

by tHe hSsOCldLSQ TIeSS.
LEESVILLE, La, Oct. 21.-When
the Marines go into action-Whether
it be in the Solomons or in front
of a snobbish night club-some-
thing has to give.
The Marine Corps sergeant saw
red when he saw the sign For
Officers and Civilians Only on a
night club here He went in and
ordered a drink, but was refused
service
So, after outlining his plans to
the State police and with their
sanction. he pulled UP before the
club in a sound truck last Saturday
night and played the well-known
Marine anthem From the Halls of
Montezuma' SIS times at full blast
audible a mile and a half distant.
After an appeal for Marine enlist
ments, the sergeant played the song
55 more times. then read the Con-
stitution and the Bill of Rights.
When the Marine sergeant left
at midnight the clubs customers
all had departed to more quiet sur
roundings.
Evening star., 1942-10-21
Norfolk Transport Union
Calls Off Brief Strike
Earlier Story on Page A-7.)

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 21.-A
strike of Virginia Electric & Power
Co. bus and trolley operators at
Richmond and Norfolk was termi-
mated quickly today after the Navy
and the War Labor Board called
upon them to return to work.
The strike. which began this
morning, crippled public transporta-
ton at Norfolk and brought an
appeal from Rear Admiral Manley
Simons, commandant of the Fifth
Naval District, for the men to re-
turn to their jobs. The approx
mately 400 strikers were members
of an AFL affiliate seeking to obtain
recognition from the VEPCO as en-
ploye bargaining agent. Other oper-
ators who are members of an inde-
pendent union did not join the
strike.
w. E. Whit, special REPRESENTA-
tive of the AFL's Street Car and
Bus Operators Union, read to strik-
ers here a telegram from II. w
Keeler, assistant secretary of the
War Labor Board, promising the
men quick consideration of their
case and advising them the strike
was handicapping war industries
The walkout ended in mid-after.
noon.
Evening star., 1942-10-21
Nelson Gives Wickart
Authority 10 Control
Livestock Marketing
Provides Legal Bosis
For Permit System to
Handle Hog Supply
By the Associated Press.


Donald M. Nelson, WPB chair
man, issued an order today con-
ferring on Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wickard authority to control
the disposition and marketing of
livestock in the interest of max
imum production of meat for
war needs.
This order would serve as the legal
basis for permit or ALLEGATION sys-
tenn which Secretary Wickard has
said may be necessary to handle a
record supply of hogs to be market
ed this winter.
There has been some question re-
garding the ability of processing IA
cilities to handle the peak move
ment of hogs expected in Decem-
ber and January.
Under a permit system, individual
producers could market hogs-or
other livestock-only at a specific
time for which a permit had been
obtained, either from commission
men operating at stockyards and
packing plants buying direct. or
from marketing committees working
in the areas of production.
Secretary Wickard said recently
that the survey made by the de-
partment and meat packers indi-
Gated that marketing gluts were
likely in some areas. The serious
ness OF such gluts, he said, will de-
pend on weather conditions, prices
and how successful the Government
is in getting farmers to market their
hogs earlier than usual. Secretary
Wickard said he hoped it would not
be necessary to invoke the use of
permits.
Evening star., 1942-10-21
HorseRuce Ration, Bon on Cars
At Tracks Urged by n. Y. Judge

time gambling away their money
ought to be sent to concentration
camps"
Our Government has rationed
gas, rubber. sugar, etc." the letter
continued, "and I firmly believe
that there should be rationing of
horse racing. Why should race
tracks be operated six days week?
Twice a week would be more than
sufficient.
While on this subject" his letter
asked the race official, "do you not
consider. it a public scandal that
thousands use their automobiles
daily to and from the race tracks?
The parking spaces at the race
tracks should be closed"
Mr.. Swope said he had not re-
ceived the letter.