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Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20

| When we ought to be selecting
mtn for service upon the has S Of
Their qualifications, we are select
ing them upon the basis Of color.
But this nation is going to pay
deadly for the luxury of race IRE
! judite. The billions IN TREASURY
we gre expanding today and the
burdn of taxes that will afflict
I the coming generations all might
have been most probably evaded
Lad common justice and not preju-
dice ruled at Versailles.
When these billions ir money
have been parallelled in the mill
lions Of slain youth and the hun
dreds of millions Of suffering and
Borrowing souls Of many nations,
we get some idea Of what a high
price the nations are paying for
Il cir race prejudices. When we con-
template how deep-smted preju-
dice is il the world Of the goth
, century we got some notions of the
suffering and sorrows that are most
certainly to be visited upon man
kind, 1t is quite possible that man
kind may let prejudice destroy all
civilization.
The Pearl IIarbor tragedy was
wrought in race prejudice. The
japanese were held in contempt rs
inferior in intellect in ingenuity
Nothing but race prejudice could
Lave blinded tbs country to the
strength Of japan! The world and
this country IN particular are sc
accustomed to discounting men on
the score of their race that the
abilities and capacities Of Japan
were discounted. Pearl Harbor anC
Singapore are the trag results
This is hut the beginning.
We are going to triumph in tht
end in all probability if we car
forget our race prejudice long en-
ough to get in dead earnest ant
f ght as we can. But an ultimat
triumph in no way can erase gu
immediate dangers and humiliation
and losses. Prejudice blinded ou
navy and army officials in the Fa
East and we are called upon there
fore to pay an awful price. Let tn
Negro get in this. war and fief
! for the opportunity to help this ma
tion live down the awful curse q
4. race prejudice which is the ri
= mary tragedy Of this awful wal
@ Brotl oihood and not race-hood
e he answer Of this horrible que'
j tion Of war,
Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20
9 glue it
z get it.
By Emory o. Jackson

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-lt was
in the Summing part the night
that hit in here. Soldiers could
be seen making for their keeping
places. Streets were emptying fast.
Two lobo-looking men came up
to me. One said, Hello, neighbor.
Would you give a man a dime to
help get him a place to lay his
head"
That sounded new. 1t was the
"hello ncigl Dor" that fascinated
me. That sounded so much better
than, "hello n " which I've
heard from their skinkind
think it 50 much better saying
ing hello neighbor" than saying
"hello hoy" to men who have
reached draft or voting age.
hear grown people in such profess
sions as teaching addressed by their
first name when at least they could
Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20
Conversation
Piece
BY Marc Moreland, Phi d.
Democratic Catchpennies

Democratic Catchpennies
The -Four Freedoms" of which
Mr.. Churchill and President Roose
welt spoke so approvingly after
their Atlantic Conference, and
such stunning resolves as those
that speak Of neither race nor
color nor national origin" affect
ing the mob lization Of American
man-power, are attractively got
ten up catchpennies to be viewed
on the democratic rialto. They are
fairly arresting Idols of the Mar
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES peddlcd
casually in the democratic Agora
Of the day, which glitter for a time
then give the life to themselves.
Nobody is fooled for long tE
catcl pennies; the linsel and fus.
tian lose their shine and appeal
all too easily. Moreover, there i:
Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20

The Tragedy of Race Prejudice
Stuart Chase's book THE Ira
gedy Of Waste" could easily be
matched by another entitled, "The
Tragedy Of Race Prejudice" When
race prejudice has been psycholo-
gically explained, when its intri-
cacies and fallacies have been ex-
posed. and wien its ubiquitous
ramifications heve been explored.
the stark fact remains that it is
a great tragedy, a colossal Gala
nifty! 1t is just as detrimental and
disastrous when found among Ne
groes as when found among
whites.
II. G, Wells was right when lie
said few years ago that race
prejudice is the most sinister and
appall ng thing in the life of man
kind today. The sooner We face
this solemn fact tie sooner we
can lay the foundation of a lasting
peace. The tragedy Of the devas-
Eating war that is upon US is only
surpassed by the tragedy Of the
race prejudice Of which it was born.
AT the conclusion Of the World
War |, the spokesman from many
nations sat around the peace con-
ference table in Versailles witt
| Woodrow Wilson occupying thu
seat Of greatest prominence. Thu
war to make the world safe fol
! democracy had just been conclud
ed with victory for the allies. I'm
fortunately for the world and Thu
coming generations Mr.. Wilson
was prejudiced to the extent tina
he suffered Japan to be left out O
the deliberations of that momen
tous episode in history.
japan recalled her emissarie
from Paris and got busy with he
hands and head nursing the Will,
a grievance--a just grievance a
her heart. Very shortly our owl
United States was enacting i'm
migration laws that slapped Japa
in the face ard wounded her pride
The race prejudice Of a grea
statesman and a great country ha
laid the foundation Of this ter
rible war. It's foundation was lai
| in Paris in 1918 with our Pres
dent Wilson shaping the destinit
5 by pattern Of prejudice.
8 Strangely enough we look upo
the day Of our calamity as the da
, of our failure. This is not tru,
, We fail not the day Of Our calls
nifty and collapse but the day "
decided upon the wrong course. Tt
man who built his house on san
foundation failed not the day whe
"the rain desc .nded and the foot
came and the winds blew and bel
upon his house but rather the da
Y he selected the wrong foundation
SO the stage for tho Pearl Ha
Dor debacle was not set in Toky
but in Paris in 1918. Even toda
race prejudice is playing an all &c
important part in the preparatic
; cf this country fer one Of tn
mightiest conflicts that it has q
gagged in If we fail, VIC can la
our failure TO race prejudice. Toda
when safety first" should be Il
slogan Of orr grimly beset natiol
our slogan is prejudice first
Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20

b. addressed az @leaea,t. Ae'
don't like hearing men addlesaS'
as preacher who are not them
selves preachers.
Those who want something can
forget using offending things when
seeking such. Even a tramp knows
| this Some way should be found 10
! teach others ut least the courtesy
Of n tramp, or hobo.
| find some encouraging infor-
nation in the bulletin, "The CO
and the Negro Worker Together
for Victory" 1t speaks of their
examples of regardless of race,
creed, color or nationality in work
ing together fer the common cause,
That creed il the seldom used for
mula for winning the war There
must be a unity that blends all OF
US 'regardless of race, creed col.
or on nationality" into an unbeat-
able force.
!" ~. *s
"America's 10th Man" published
by the Conference on Education
and Race Relations. and "News-
published by the same organization
PUBLISHED by tie same organization
are worth ones reading. The latter
is a desk guide for those charged
with printing the news. Either MY
be Lad by writing the organization
at ITO Standard Building, Atlanta,
Ga.
Newsweek magazine (Mar2h Is,
1942) is claiming that Washir =
ton is worried over the race pro
lem" because Of Comunistic agi-
tation for "social equality" and
Jap propaganda. The magazine re-
ports that the FBI has uncovered
a Jap-sponsored Negro 9Th column
in St. Louis.
1t has been reported that the Japs
are exploiting the Detroit race
riot as an evidence of the treat
ment dark people may expect from
tn U. S. a. and the Allies.
To all tihs, it seems to me, VIC
in America must decide which we
treasure most. real democracy OF
racial discrimination. Democracy
VS.. discrimination in America rs
well as democracy vs. dictatorsh p
outside America. That's another
way of explaining the double w
campaign being waged by the Pitts
burgh Courier.
Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20

or Il least minimize the eonstfae-
tive importance Of the good that
is being accomplished in our be.
half.
We have looked so long at the
dark side Of the picture that We
are in tie habit of thinking that
everything is wrong and that
nothing is right, The New Deal n
1888, inaugurated national social
reforms with a long view and the
Negro gradually began for the
last tine to enjoy economic and
social benefits which he had come
to feel he would never recey We. 1t
is true, of course, that people who
were unjust to the race by tradi-
ton did everything possible to pre-
vent the national benefited from
reaching the Negro. But the fact
remains that it was and is the
policy of the Federal Government
to benefit all Of tie people With
out regard to race, creed or color.
Old Aunt Sally
If Booker T. Washington were
alive today, lie would feel highly
complimented in seeing the New
Deal exploiting among both the
white and colored population, the
very IDEAS which he originated for
the benefit Of the Negro when he
founded and maintained his ia
nous Tuskegee Institute.
For instance. the Survey Ora
phie Magazine (March l942) men,
tions an isolated Negro settlement
in Southern Alabama called Gees
Bend is an example Of what the
Government is doing for the inn
provement Of health of economic
conditions among the very poor,
who were formally forgotten. Prior
to the New Deal, the only doctor
or nurse this little community had
ever heard Of was an old midwife
called Aunt Sally. The families in
Gees Bend are descendants Of
slaves WHO remained on the large
plantations after the white land
owners moved away.
For decades, they depended on
one crop, cotton and ate meat, meal
and molasses, if they could get it
and lived in ramshackeled cabins.
Their chief enem es were malaria
and pellagra.
Today, however, thanks to the
Governments Rural rehabilitation
program, these people have receiy-
ed loans and expect advise on
farming and diet. They are now
able to grow fruits ard vegetables
for their own use, canning the
surplus for the winter and they
are t,ildmg snug frame houses
with screens and other sanitary
cond lions. They pool their funds
to pay two county doctors to hold
a weekly clinic right there IN their
community center, where a full
time nurse is n charge. They even
have a brand new school where
the children and adults are taught
anatomy in hygiene.
Remember THIS
In this country more enllghteh-
ed society is beginning to pay ms
debt to the poor and among TINS
class of poor are included millions
of Negroes. 1t seems to me tfat
these social gains have gone 700
far to be stopped and that at long
last, we have firm grasp upon
our economic emancipation. Whiie
fighting for the fullest participa-
ton in American citizenship and
American life, we SHOULD also strive
to maintain a constructive appre-
citation of the economic and social
gains Of the hour.
Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20

something cheap and tricky about
catehpepnies. and democracy des-
pises and disowns the cheap and
tricky.
Democracy and its effective dis
eiplines-liberty, equality and fra
ternity--demand an irreddcible
min mum Of intelligence and cl ar
4cter OF people who would appre-
ciate and practice them. And it is
both miseoneeption of democracy
and false formulation of its prob
lens which hold that Democracy
dies five miles from pump" For
q Democltey which extends NO
farther than FIVE miles from the
town pump, can hardly be said to
have established itself.
Nor can democracy I've said to be
any more a matter Of distance than
Of color or race.
Given q democratic social, re-
lationship or political context, dis
lance and race and color are as
nothing. Yet there can be nc
democrat c Relationship " pom4~
cal context that is not founded
in disciplined devotion to law which
postulates an equality Of persons
and Of opportunity for growth,
the community fe.
While it is true that a democrat
ic society is, when it exists, an
achievement of men living anc
working together, it is also true
that, when it is in the making, it
is a society which consciously &C
cepts liberty equal ty and frater-
nifty as absolutely indispensable
regulative disciplines, Indeed, it is
this conscious acceptance which al
ways remarks and Identifies any
functioning democracy.
Without this acceptance, then
surely Democracy dies five miles
from the town pump just as it
finds race and color insurmount.
able barriers.
Nothing, it seems to this depart
ment, is mere important for the
people Of the United States to
realize today, WREN the dream of
democracy they have nutured, how
ever imperfectly, so long is nigh
on to turning into horrible night
mare, than the true nature of tie
democrat hope and it's meaning
in terms of peoples and races and
social conventions and mobilizinl
to win war.
Men simply do not pass beyond
the point where their minds stop
thinking: Or, as DIR. Harry Elmer
, son Fosd,ck uts it, "Man's faith
is always the limit of his bless
ings; he never attains more than
( he believes in."
Are the American people cana
bic of establishing a real function
ing democracy, one asks? Do we
have the irreduc ble minimum Of
intelligence and character requir-
ed7
Meanwhile, the American people
90 without the benefit of the d.
receive and productive power of a
functioning democracy. Meanwhile
we have too tile of democracy ant
are, one fears, too late in realiz
ing it.
Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20
THE DAY WE HOPE FOR

When live in peace and harmony with o0s
anothrrrespecve Of race, color, creed, former serv
tude present position In e without mythical toler
ane,. but in spirit Of Good WILL assured N the eonvc-
ton Of better judgment, that will remit 10 every
the indomable rights 10 the admonitior d his
conscience In whatever hne d sndeavor he pursues Tor
his religious material existence When that day arrives
viii be eontcnted. THEN. all boast Of
DEMOCRACY, and NOT until then Il. c. BATES.
Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20
CALVIN'S
DIGEST
BY Baynard Whitney
A Two Sided Story

Because greVious wrongs have
so long occupied the nations head
lines, we are inclined to overlook
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Henderson Reported
Easing Regulations
On New Auto Sales
40 Per Cent of Dealers
Quotes Moved, Letter
To Woodrum Reveals
PN the Associated Press.

PN the Associated Press.
Price Administrator Henderson
was disclosed yesterday to have
said action was being taken Ito
ease the regulations" on the pur-
chase of new cars" so that deal
erS will sell something like their
quotas in the near future"
In a letter to Representative
Woodrum, Democrat, of Virginia
dated April IS and released yester-
day by the Virginian, the price
administrator declared that the
changes in regulations have been
under study for several days now
and will go out in a few days"
simultaneously, Mr.. Henderson
wrote that plans somewhat SINH
lar to the tire return plan to relieve
the financial stress on the individual
car dealers have been developing
for several weeks and will be an
nounced within 10 days or earlier"
Under the tire return plan, tire
dealers were permitted to sell their
frozen tire stocks back to the manu-
facturer who in turn sold them to
the Government.
Mr.. Henderson said In his letter
to Representative Woodrum that
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
had been extremely responsive" in
working out the car program which,
he said, should prove materially
helpful to the dealers "on at least
two fronts and perhaps three
The decision to ease the regula-
tions for purchase Of a car had re-
suited, Mr.. Henderson wrote, from
a summary of the first months op-
Grafton of auto rationing, which
showed that cars we're moving only
at about 40 per cent of the quota
rate.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
10 Hurt in Crash
OF Bus and Truck
On Richmond Road
All but Two Discharged
From Hospital in
Fredericksburg

Sixteen passengers were reported
recovering today from injuries re-
ceived when a Greyhound bus
Southbound from Washington and a
truck crashed on the Richmond
highway yesterday three miles
south of Woodbridge, Va.
The injured were treated at a
hospital in Fredericksburg and all
but two were discharged, according
TO the Associated Press. Those re-
naming in the hospital were Miss
Malley Green. Winston Salem, N.
c., who received an injury to her
back. and Edward Wright of Brook
lyn, whose back and shoulder were
hurt.
Local residents said the bus,
loaded to capacity, rammed the rear
OF a large truck moving slowly UP
hill. The front of the bus was
smashed tines : 3
The fredericksburg hospital listed
the following persons as treated and
released:
Miss Doris Kisling, Brooklyn; DR.
Hester Brawn, Belfast, Me; Mrs
Alice Fay, Brooklyn; Mrs. Cora
Cleveland, Cranston, r. l.; Mrs
Lillian Estes, North Darlington, r
L: Mrs. Ruth Swanson, Cranston
r. l.; Ida Bellamy and Lillian Bel
lamy, Holland. Va: Theresa Slater
New York City; Rose Lee Floyd and
Jessie Floyd, New York City; Mrs
Maria Jakowski, Baltimore; Mrs
Harriette L. Philen, Arlington. Va.
and Mrs. Agnes Yanchesti, Balti-
more.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Bross Mills Reduce
Price | Cent q Pound
q, tht Assoclated Prrkk.

By the Associated Press.
Thirteen companies, manufactur-
ing more than 95 per cent of the
brass materials used for small arms
ammunition, have agreed to reduce
prices on their products cent a
pound, Leon Henderson, price ad-
ministrator announced yesterday.
Declaring the reduction, effective
tomorrow, was only a preliminary
and partial step in dealing with this
whole question" of brass mill profits,
the administrator said the voluntary
agreement would result in substan-
tial savings 10 the Government
which would increase steadily as
production expanded.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Georgetown U. Mass
To Honor Il. Lewis

Military mass will be said at p
o'clock this morning at Georgetown
University in honor OF First 1t.
Thomas MacGuire Lewis, George
town graduate in the class OF 1910
who was killed February 26 in the
crash OF an Army observation plane.
1t. Lewis was captain of the Uni
versity rife team and won fourth
place in the National Rife Cham
pionship competition his senior
wear. His home was in Garden
City. Long Island.
An accomplished amateur pho
tographer. 1t Lewis was assigned
to the l26th Observation Squadron
at Fort Dix, N. j.. at the time Of
his death. He was killed when the
plane in which he was a passenger
burst into flame shortly after the
take-off.
Another Georgetown graduate
George Anderson Wolfe, was killed
in the japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Corregidor Marines
Contribute Pay to
Buy War Bonds

Py the Associated Press.
Shells and bombs dropping
on Corregidor haven't stopped
the United States Marines on
the island stronghold from
adding financial aid to their
war efforts.
The Marine Corps announced
Yesterday that cablegrams hava
been received in the last week
from five officers and men of
the Fourth Regiment on Cor
regidor asking that their pay
checks be used to buy war
bonds.
The Fourth Regiment went
to the Philippines from Shang-
hal five days before the Decem-
Der 7 attacks on United States
islands in the Pacific.
Evening star., 1942-04-19

of 40 hours weekly. Regarded as
one Of laborS StancheSt friends
she has consistently urged reten-
ton OF this law, despite pressure
for its revision as q means OF step
ping up war production.
Representative Smith Will explain
the details of his bill. which would
also restrict the unions efforts for
the closed shop and would set linn
itation on wartime profits. A cham
pion of "all-out" war production
Mr.. Smith contends that the full
force of American industry cannot
be mohilized with the 4o-hour week
in effect
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Stote Tree Seeding
Planted at u. of M.

A seeding from the Wye Oak tree.
State tree of Maryland. was planted
on the campus of the University
of Maryland at College Park by the
Hyattsville Horticultural Society yes
terday.
DR.. H. c. Byrd. president of the
school, accepted the seeding from
w. r. Ballard, president Of the So
ciety. The seeding was planted
near the Rossborough Inn after
brief ceremonies.
Mrs. w. H. Chase of Riverdale
was chairman of the committee in
charge of arrangements. Others at
tending the presentation were R. B.
Bierly. Mrs. H. F. Mitchell, Mrs.
L. L, Power, Mrs Ralph Shelter,
Mrs, Andrew K. Bowie, H. r Mitch
ell and Dr.. II. r. Cotterman.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Remington Charges
False Impressions
Created on Cartel
Aided Government Tests
On Tetrozene,' Company
Wires Senotor Bone
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The Remington Arms Co has in
formed the Senate Patents Com
mittee that testimony regarding the
company's foreign agreements for
the use Of tetrazene, chemical
priming compound for firearms am
munition. had created false i'm
presSionS,
Allen Dobey. aide to Assistant
Attorney General Thurman Arnold.
told the committee Friday that an
agreement between the company
and German concerns had blocked
sales of certain ammunition to the
British Purchasing Commission
early last year.
He added that in fairness to
Remington" Justice Department Of
flcials did not believe the agree
ments had in fact operated to date
as serious impediment 10 the
Allied war effort"
Assisted in u. y. Tests.
In telegram 10 Chairman Bone
of the committee the company said
the agreement with the German in
terests had helped rather than
hinder production OF ammunition
for the United States.
Remington gave the United
States Government full information
about tetra2ane, and even assisted
with tests OF the material IN a
~ hn
agreement with the German COM
pany was signed in 1929, the tele-
gram said. 1T should be remem-
bered that. at that time. the Ger
man company held a worldwide
monopoly on the manufacture OF
this material, and 1t was only by
obtaining the German patent that
the material could be manufactured
in this country at all.
Manufacture at Cost.
Remington has licensed the
United States Government to man
ufacture tetrazene at cost and with
no profit to Remington. Every i'm
provement in use or manufacture
whether developed in Remington
laboratories or obtained from the
German company, was passed or
to the United States Government
without charge
The telegram said that "the Brit
ish Purchasing Commission never
specified nor expressed any prefer
ence for primers containing tetra-
zene for any of the ammunition il
ordered in the United States. .
Evening star., 1942-04-19
hinnigerode Honored
For 5O-Year Service
To Corcoran Gallery
Art Leaders Poy High
Tribute TO Director
At Society's Bouquet

c. Powell MinnigCrode. director
Of the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. who
will have completed so years Of con-
tinuouS service with that inSt.tu-
tion June l. was guest Of honor rt
the annual dinner Of the WaShiEs-
ton Society of the Fine Arts Friday
night at the Cosmos Club,
The unusual and invaluable serv-
ices rendered by Mr.. Minnigerode
during the last half century to the
gallery as well as 10 the cause OF
art were described by speakers rep
resenting the institution, the So
ciety and the world of art. both local
and national. The fact was brought
out that the guest of honor. who lis
past president OF the American
Society OF Museum Directors. has
enjoyed a tenure of service which
exceedS by a wide margin that Of
any other American who holds SINH
lar Office.
Albert w Atwood, president OF the
society and also of the Cosmos Club.
presided George f. Hamilton. presi-
dent Of the Board Of Trustees OF the
gallery, whose employ Mr. Mimi
gerode entered June l, 1892. as
clerk. in paying tribute on behalf
Of the institution. expressed the
thought that its director had faith
fully and efficiently carried out the
plans and thoughts of its founder,
William w Corcoran. Speakers rep
resenting the directors of American
art museums were David E. Finley,
director of the National Gallery OF
Art, and Col. Homer st. GaudenS,
director of the Carnegie Institute
of Pittsburgh.
Representing artists of America.
both outstanding in their particular
line, were John Taylor Arms, etcher
and first vice president of the Ma
tional Academy of Design. and John
C. JohanSen, eminent painter OF
portraits.
Miss Leila Mechlin, secretary Of
the Washington Society of the Fine
Arts and art editor of The Star, In
| troduced the guest of honor, who
was the final speaker.