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The Poll Tax Senators Are
Frightened

frightened. Last Saturday they
put under House arrest and practically dragged to the
Senate chambers quorum could be gathered to near
debates the measure to abolish Pol-taxes.
The po tax senators are frightened They know that they
stole their seats in Congress by barring million Americans
from voting Federal elections They know that if these
ME Negro and white ever get inside Federal voting BOOTH
the of Southern andlordsm and all the evils
that flow from that system would begin to crumble'
The Doll tax senators frightened. In the antpo tax
BILL they powerful baterng aimed at their own cor
p privileges only nationally but also at home They
derstand that the antpo bill but the first step in long
series struggles ahead and by hook crook they mean to
sabotage and kill the BILL
The poll frightened, and their fright only
mirrors of their constituents who the doWn-trod
den Negro and white slowly rising from the dust prod
ded by the nconovertble facts OF history demanding
fair share of the good things OF life.
The Doll tax senators are frightened They know their only
allies ignorance, indifference brutality and suppression
They know how brbe budoze evade and buster those
are their weapons and they do hesitate them hey
will keep the wheel of history from going forward But
they poweress and the end the poll tax sena
succumb they and their philosophy ana their hoOe
system with them.
The Doll frightened. 1t is job to keep
them frightened We should push them from pillar to post call
ing on the aid of all and regardless OF
creed color of skim help abolish state OF affairs that
similar Facm anything that exists on the face OF the
earth.
The poll tax frightened. Negroes organ
before bring to bear on the IN
assesses of American society The poll tax senators
fearful letter and telegram coming into Washington,
urging stand and be counted the poll tax
issue There unceasng flow of letters and kilograms
to Senators Shipsead Nelson and Ball of Minnesota we'll
as to the President of the United States Everywhere from
Maine to California people who hate be ruled by corrupt
making their heard Is voice joining
this chorus2
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Negroes in Harlem

Negroes in Harlem
You look, and shake your head,
and confess these are not figures to
be proud of. But probably condi-
lions are not so bad in the cities up
North. No, not quite so bad, the
other man agrees. Yet the good
people of New York have no rea-
son to be complacent-have they?
about the following story:
Number of Persons to the Acre
All Manhattan .....-125
10 Harlem Blocks. $3.50
And for the privilege of living in
congestion five times the average
density, the Negro people pay any
where from so per cent to 100 per
cent higher rent.
What is there that one can say
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Negro Balance
Sheet
From N. Y. Times

Why should our Negro people
want to fight for the United
States?
We tell them that this is life
and-death struggle for the Ameri-
can democracy. Thereupon our Ne
gro fellow-citizen asks what real
part has he in our American de-
mocracy that he should be asked to
lay down his life for it.
These are not imaginary ques-
lions and answers. You hear them
from the Negroes own mouth and
more often from his white friends.
Most frequently of all the chal-
lenge leaps out from the pages of
the daily paper.
We read that Negroes are not
welcome in the nations Navy and
air force. The charge is regularly
denied without being disposed Of.
We read that Negroes are not well
come in the defense industries.
They are not welcome in the labor
unions. When the Federal Govern
ment erects model homes for Ne
gro workers in Detroit there are
hostile demonstrations by white
neighbors. State authorities in the
South ask the War Department not
to send Negro regiments to their
part of the country. The request is
denied, but it has been made.
Negroes Down South
The familiar Negro story is a
story of handicaps and discrimina-
lions which are only too real, and
of wrongs which may be real or
imaginary. Nor is it a'question of
indignant protest of the "native
sons" Their wrath against a white
mans world is not particularly eff
fective.
The thing that really gets home
is the quiet voice of your moderate
ly angry Negro fellow-citizen. He
says, dryly, "This is my share of
your American democracy" and he
points to the following picture:
Death Rate in Southern Cities, 1881
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lions has accomplished one of its
detectives. It has brought the mat
ter of treatment of the Negro in
the news to the attention of our
leading local dailies. They have al
ready ceased the practice of identi-
flying Negroes in crime stories. The
Council of Negro Organizations
has other equally important OBJ
jectives which have not been
achieved. It is working, as many
other Negro organizations through
out America are working - to
achieve the full status Of American
citizenship for Negroes, at the
same time making the least among
us worthy of such citizenship. This
is not to say that all non-Negro
Americans are worthy of American
citizenship; but to have as a goal
the making of all those who live
within America good citizens is
an objective worth achieving.
We stand out from the crowd. A
Negro in his association with white
America is never an average indi-
vidual in relationship to the total
population. It is only through con-
slant attack upon those things that
are wrong and persistence towards
the perfection of those things that
are right that we can hope to ar
rive at our goal of full citizenship.
We believe that such goal can be
realized through organization. The
Council of Negro Organizations is
step in the right direction. The
Council deserves the support of all
organizations and individuals.
Watch for the announcement of
the next regular meeting of the
Council.
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Rev. Moore Did
Good Job

Rev. Benjamin Moore, the retir-
ing president of the St. Paul branch
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, de-
serves the community's thanks for
the fine showing of the organization
during his tenure of office.
The presidency of the average
NAACP branch is usually a thank
less, difficult job. We had hoped
that Rev. Moore would accept re-
nomination and continue the splen-
did work that he has with the as
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NEWS OF TWIN CITY CHURCHES

forces: Cpl. o. C. Hall, Jr., at
Camp Crowder, Mo-; Walter C.
Blaney, Hdq. Co., Trenton, New
Jersey; Pvt. F. C. Charles Esk-
ridge, Scott Field, III.
The University of Life at $3.50
p. m. was we'll attended with Miss
I. Myrtle Garden as guest speaker,
also leading the discussion on "Can
the Christian Youth Participate in
Present Day Social Life? Or Can
You Follow the Crowd and Still Be
a Christian?"
Missionary international Service
was observed at 500 p. m. with
Miss Hsueh Wing, Chinese student
at HamEne University, speaking on
mission work in China. She ex-
hibited many articles of interest
from her country. Offering solos
were Hubert Cabell and Gloria Will
liams. Aretus Blaney introduced
the speaker.
The Trustee Rally is nearing its
goal. One more effort will be made
to contact those who possibly have
overlooked this important endeavor
before announcing names and re-
suits.
The University of Life will con-
tinue the discussion on "Can You
Be a Christian and Still Follow
the Crowd" on Sunday, November
%, at $50 p. m. Discussion lead
ers will be Mrs. Josephine Hagan,
head resident worker of the Wei
come Hall, Miss Bernice Allison,
Miss Hattie Light and Rev. B. N.
Moore. Devotions for the meeting
will be led by Mrs. Bertha King,
adviser of religious education
Charles Miller, Reporter.
Pilgrim Baptist Church Notes
Sunday morning services at Pilgrim
Baptist Church was well attended
and two persons became candi-
dates for the sacrament of Bap-
tism. 'Love Is Tough" subject of
Rev. Wares sermon on last Sunday
morning, has caused considerable
comment. Visitors: Mrs. Mildred
Scott, Jamaica, New York, and
Mrs. Erick Green, Monrovia, Calf.
Union services on Thanksgiving
Day will be held at Pilgrim at 1O:45
a. m. Story elsewhere.-Pilgrim
Baptist Church Reporter.
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Mrs. Luce Says a MOuthful

cooperation the keynote of resistance it must be
victory black and yellow the first
aggression What these millions of soldiers who
fight by side fighting for? WE'LL to what
fighting They fighting for the white mans
supremacy anywhere Congressman-elect Claire Luce
By fighting rights American Negroes helping
moral and spiritual arsenal of democracyA
Phillip Randolph.
southern liberals used to want to accelerate Negro
all they the brakesSeeced
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in answer? We do not say what is
the answer, since complete an
swer is not to be had. Yet a per-
son can think of more than one re-
ply that would go part of the way
to give the other side of the story.
For instance, you look at the
somber figures of Negro vital
statistics in the South and of Ne
gro crowding in Harlem, and then
you recall Virginius Dabney's story
in The Atlantic Monthly for last
April, about progress in Negro col
lege education.
They Go to School
Twenty-Five years ago, in 1915,
said Mr.. Dabney, the students in
Negro colleges numbered 2,637.
Last year, in 1871, they numbered
$4,000. In the course of twenty
five years the increase has been
seventeen times. A few months
ago, in concentrating the CEN
tennial of New York City's public
school system, we were reminded
that in the course Of that century
the school enrolment has gone up
twenty times. Negro college edu-
cation in our own time has been
growing nearly four times as fast.
What of the Negroes in high
school? Since the beginning of the
century all the children in high
school have increased twelve times,
but the Negro students have grown
forty times. Out of every thousand
Negro children of high school age
the number enrolled was:
In 1900. Is
In 1920. 45
In 1940....35O
Even today there is big anti
Negro differential in the high
school enrolment. The colored
people are 10 per cent of the pop
ulation, but they are only 5 per
cent in the high schools. They still
get only one-half of their proper
share. But at the beginning of the
century they were getting only
one-tenth of their rightful share.
Ugly Blot Fades
There is one item in the Negro
balance sheet which it does not
come easy to cite. That ancient blot
on the American record is vanish
ing, but the memory is fresh and
bites deep. Nevertheless we live in
times that call for plain speaking.
Anything may be said if it is true
and useful to America. This, then,
is the story of half a century:
Average Annual Number of
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LIMERICKS TO SPENDTHRIFTS

There is a young on Defense
Who spends most of his pay without sense,
Says he'll eat, drink and be merry,
There's o need to be wary,
Why not live like Old Harry?
If he poor once before,
He can be broke some more;
He looks keen but oh my, is he dense!
And there's the gay lass who's forgot
Lean days when she hadn't pot,
She's heard many fable,
But shaped like Miss Cradle,
She must dress in sable,
Thus, her idea of class is
To show off her chassis
She's Miss Astor except for the yacht
There is an old bloke with a job
Whose antics are right off the cob,
Though he tries the hot ticks,
He's the prince of the hicks
AS he rug-cuts with chicks
He's an Ex-W P. A,
Now making hey-hey,
With the poorhouse just over the knob!
But let's not forget the old gal,
Who emulates frivolous Sal,
Though her strut is unsteady,
When the boys call her Hedy,
Watch her money get ready;
Fen though her time here amt long,
She's she'd look good in sarong;
Oh where did she find such morale!
Now each of these four is a moron,
Successful because we've on,
The high pay for work
Has sent them berserk;
Their steps toward imitation increase,
They won't heed suggestion
So, let's make it question,
What will they do when there's peace?
james T. Logan.
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LSGk Here!

Taylor's restaurant will serve a
full course Thanksgiving Turkey
dinner from 1 p. m. on for only IS
cents. Make reservations now, 370O
Fourth Ave. &c., Locust 0885.-
Advt.
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sistance of his membership accom-
plished. However, recognizing the
amount of time and sacrifice such
a position requires we can SYM
pathize with his desire to be re-
lieved of the responsibility, which
he has shouldered so we'll during
the past months.
Rev. Moore exemplifies the newer
religious leaders who serve the
people in the furtherance of their
everyday needs as well as on Sun
day. The St. Paul NAACP branch
certainly should have insisted that
he remain at the helm at least one
more term.
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Such, then, is part of the answer
to the Negro bill of grievances. We
still have far to go in rendering the
colored people full justice, but we
have done great deal. To hear
some people speak of what we are
going to do for the Negro people
after we have defeated Hitler, one
would imagine that up to now we
have done nothing.
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if he consents to be drafted
into the military service and serve
with colored unit.
Not the First
Jones isn't the first man to go to
Jail for his beliefs. In every part
of the world, in every age, men
with advanced ideas have suffered
for them.
John Brown was hanged for his.
Owen Lovejoy and many another
abolitionist were mobbed for theirs.
Quaker and Catholic, Socrates
and Paul suffered for differing
from the crowd in their thinking.
Is Jail the Answer?
Lewis Jones in Jail, instead of
the army, says he is making his
contribution to democracy.
The government doesn't agree.
But this much is certain. We are
not solving the issue Lewis Jones
raises by putting him and his ideas
in jail.
That is the way to dispose of
troublesome individuals, but the
answer to lies is truth; the answer
to wrong is righteousness; the an
swer to Fascism's challenge, we
believe, is real democracy.
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THE MINNEAPOLIS DAILY
TIMES DISCONTINUES OLD
PRACTICE
By HENRY THOMAS
The policy of designating the
race of a person in news stories
has already been discontinued by
the Minneapolis Daily Times.
George Adams of the Daily Times
discussed the matter with a COM
mittee from the Council of Negro
Organizations composed of DR.. W.
D. Brown, Mr.. Raymond W. Can
non, Mr.. C. W. Washington, Wen
dell C. Jones and Henry Thomas in
an interview, October 28th.
At that time, Mr.. Adams stated
that he thought the committee had
a justifiable complaint. He invited
the committee to return again on
November II and present the mat
ter to the staff. Before the COM
mittee met with the staff it could
be observed that the Times had
changed its manner of presenting
news involving Negroes. This
change for the better had been the
primary objective of the commit
tee. Nevertheless, on November II
the committee met with Mr.. Adams
and his staff.
The committee repeated to the
staff essentially the same COM
plant that had been presented to
Mr.. Adams two weeks before,
that the entire Negro pop
ulation suffers through adverse
publicity given to individual Ne
groes when involved in crime and
that through such news articles the
average reader receives the i'm
preston that Negroes do nothing
but violate laws. Such an impress
sion naturally leads to the conclu-
sion that Negroes contribute little
or nothing to the community ex-
cept high costs for police enforce
ment.
During the discussion the staff of
the Daily Times showed interest
and understanding. There was not
complete agreement, however, a
relationship was estab-
lished and at the suggestion of Mr..
Adams weekly conferences will be
held for the purpose Of working
out news stories which tell of some
of the worthwhile activities of
Negroes in Minneapolis.
The Council of Negro Organiza-
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THE GOVERNMENTS ANSWER TO
LEWIS JONES Is JAIL
From Afro-American

From Afr0-American
BUT JAIL DOESN'T ANSWER LOGIC, AND THE
QUESTION JONES RAISES OUGHT TO HAVE A
LOGICAL ANSWER
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40 hC NAozy
Is Lewis Jones crazy? A psy-
chologist who listened to an AFRO
reporter interrogate him for four
hours said "No."
Has he the martyr complex?
The psychologist said Maybe; the
war does that to some people. 1t
makes them either cowed or mill
tant."
Jones, himself, says he is simply
logical and that everyone who has
tiiseuss-u tine subject with him mas
admitted his logic but urged him to
join the colors.
He didn't join. Instead, he is
serving three-year term in a Fed
eral penitentiary with the proviso
that he will be released after three
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-19
Day of Prayer
to be Observed

The World Day OF Prayer will be
observed in Ypsilanu Friday.
Last year. in spite Of war and
air raids. bombed churches. separai-
ed families. 10000 services were
held throughout the world
This year the program has been
arranged by three women-one the
wife OF a German pastor in con
centration camp, one French
woman who is refugee in this
country, and the third a teacher in
China. Early in June copies OF this
program we're sent 10 Christian
groups in 81 countries II Is expect.
ed the observance will begin early
In the morning In New Zealand. and
conclude on st. Lawrence Island,
80 miles from the Arctic Circle.
The Ypsilsnti Council OF Church
Women will hold its observance Of
the World Day Of Prayer at 2:30 in
the Congregational Church. The
Rev Gordon Speer will bring a med
itation on the theme, Il Am The
Way The program to be used has
been adapted from the one prepared
by the international committee by
local committee composed Of Dr.
Ellen Murray Brown, Miss Carrie
Bowen. Miss Minnie Horner. Mrs.
Samuel Toles and Mrs. Gordon
Speer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-19
Red Cross in
Legion Home

Ypsilsnti Red Cross chapter op-
ened headquarters today in the
American Legion Auxiliary rooms
in Legion Home. III S. Huron st.
Mrs. owen J.. Cleary is chairman
OF volunteer services and will be
in charge OF the office Hours will
be 10 N to 430 p. m. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Mrs. Merle Malin Ann Arbor,
Washtenaw County executive sec
rotary Of Red Cross. will be at the
Legion Home Tuesday afternoons.
Mrs. william W Snyder will be
chief Of staff assistants who are
Mesdames George Becker. Simon
r. Fagerstrom. Lucille Walker.
Jesse Magnus. Arne Peterson. Dean
Briggs F A. Schuster and Edward
Sweet staff assistants are now
taking course in Ann Arbor to
equip them selves for work
Corps assistants are Miss Doro-
thy MscRae. canteen; Mrs John
Collin. Ann Arbor. county motor
corps chairman; Mrs Alton Ry-
nearson. production; and Mrs.
Charles Cleary. surgical dressings.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-19
Difficulty Not Sol0ed
House Nears Showdown on
Unified Command For War

fore the committee, but these
members said they hoped to APP
preach showdown" on the is
sue during the secretarys secret
testimony
Although the committee prev
iously voted down proposals 10 in
vestigate the Pearl Harbor disas-
ter, It was regarded as certain that
Knox also would be questioned
closely about the Dec. attack
since at least part OF the cause OF
that defeat was due TO lack OF co
ordination between Army and Navy
commanders in that area
Leader in the demands for a
unified L. S. war command is Rep
Mas (R) MINI. ranking minority
member OF the committee.
we hope today to take the lead
in forming a supreme unified com
mand in this country Mas de-
clared we have set up a gen
eral staff OF various allied com
manders to work with us, but that
certainly isn't going to be very ef-
fective unless we have a general
staff OF our own
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-19
Mayor Bower Says
Ypsilanti Ready
For Action

Ypsilanu has been ready for
months 10 cooperate with the fed.
eral government in solving prob
lens arising from establishment OF
the bomber plant near the city,
Mayor Ross X. Bower told Fred
eriet A. Delanc. Chairman OF me-
tioitl resources planning hoaru
who met Wednesday with represen-
tatives from Ypsilanti bomber plant
districts in Rackham Memorial
Building. Detroit.
City officials have been unsuc-
cessful in securing concrete plans
for solving the problems from eth
err state or federal Offices, Mayor
Bower said. The city hopes that
one man or agency will be named
as a coordinating body through
which the city and surrounding
community groups can work out
solutions TO problems, he asserted.
The plea OF the Mayor was un.
answered at the meeting as no
plan was formulated by those at
tending. who expressed a variety
of opinions on housing and trans
portation Of bomber plant workers.
Want New City
Three men at the meeting cham
pioned building of a concentrated
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-19

Part OF the cast from Rose of the
Danube" Ypsilanti High School OPP
eretta, presented episodes from the
drama to high school students at
10 O'Clock assembly this morning
and the entire cast was to present
a matinee to children at this after
noon.
For several weeks the cast. or
chestra chorus, dancers and solo
lists have been practicing on the an
nual presentation to be Friday at
Sis p. m in the auditorium. Tues
day. the group presented portions
OF the songs and Wednesday. the
entire cast had dress rehearsal.
Roland L. Schafer is directing
the operetta and Mrs. Schafer is
plano accompanist. Ypsilanu High
School orchestra directed by Leland
Randall is playing musical accom-
paniment.
Ypsilanu High School student
council members are sponsoring the
drama and Miss Gertrude Murray
Is faculty adviser. Committees from
this group are dancers Madge Starr
Marjorie DeNike. Norms Wilson.
Martha ogle, Phyllis Hammond and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-19
Hardest Work Yet to Come
For County Highway Crews

The next three months Nj All.
mendlnger predicted. will see near
ly an identical situation develop.
requiring intenf I've repair work by
commission crews.
In addition. the increasing traffic
on road 10 the eastern part OF the
county. caused by the rising con
ceutration Of people brought by the
Ypsilanti bomber plant he declar-
cd. will necessitate added attention
TO the more heavily travelled roads
In that section. Expecting such
trarei-Wcar. he explained. the com
mission last fall strengthened road
surfaces in many parts o. the area.
Although what's usually cOnsid-
cred the worst Of winter is now
nearly over. we expect to pay for
cur comparative easy Job so far
by added work in the next few
months. NJ Allmendinger said
For us. the worst is yet TO come.