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Evening star., 1942-03-18

Remember when Prince Tokugawa,
Admiral Kato and other distin-
guished Nipponese left town amid
plaudits and compliments after the
great Washington Conference OF
1922? Well, even while bowing,
smirking and sucking in their breath,
they were then probably planning
this little thing.
Evening star., 1942-03-18

equipment which hard experience
has proved to be indispensable for
the successful waging Of modern
warfare. Without those vital pre-
requisites, even military genius is not
eYOlph
Evening star., 1942-03-18

What did you do to help your
country. Uncle Joe?" little Willie may
ask along about 1858, and receive the
reply: "Oh. was a pinboy under the
National Co-ordinator Of Bowling"
Evening star., 1942-03-18

Sometimes it seems to be likely
that when there are but two humans
left on this earth and one of them
has car, he will toot its horn at the
other fellow.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Honey and Some Of Its Uses

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Includes excellent recipes for con-
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Discusses Confusion"
Incident to War Work.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The administration is bringing into
Washington clerks, mostly young girls,
at the rate of $500 per week. These
clerks have no place to work and no
adequate place to live. They draw their
pay and merely report for duty" for
weeks at q time.
Old bureaus are being sent West or
to other parts of the country, thus up
roofing whole families.
Great confusion is caused by this
influx Of young people many Of whom
have not been required to pass an exami-
nation for defense work and uprooting
clerks of old Bureaus from established
homes. A MERE TAXPAYER.
Expresses Confidence in Sports
As . Force for Unity.
To the Editor Of The Star:
It is unfortunate that the function Of
sports and recreatioual activity for
creating fellowship Is 50 badly argued.
Hate being one Of the oldest and strong
est emotions, it is hard to suppress and
easily takes the direction Of race or group
hostility.
Even during the American revolution
class distinctions among the patriots
retarded unity. Rivalries among the
colonies made the Constitution . COM
promise.
Provision for songs, games and sports
Of all kinds, If accepted today could
Offset internal hatreds and create strong
national solidarity.
CHARIES n, THOMAS,
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@. Which city in the world Is most
frequently visited by Pilgrims?-D. G. A.
A. Jerusalem has been visited by more
Pilgrims through the centuries than any
other city on earth.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07

age. During the last war, under
the famous work or fight" edict,
Negroes in the south were forced
to carry cards identifying their
place OF employment. 1t was stat
ed on the cards that If the hold
err did not .epor' for work his
employer was authorized TO not
ify the sheriff or chief of police so
that the offender could be punish
ed.
Married women were not ex-
empted from this edict and there
is on record he case OF one wom-
an who was fined S2575 because
her husband earned enough TO
support his family withou: the
wife working She was forced TO
take a domestic job and pay the
fine.
Whites Became Brutal.
The whites became so brutal in
enforcing this work-or-fight rul-
ing. the War department and coun-
Gil OF defense ruled many Of the
local laws to a large degree were
Illegal
In Kentucky, the legal limit was
IS years. in Georsia 65. All per-
sons under those age limits were
forced TO work as the local au-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07
WAR And MURDERS
By LARRY cHlsM

This is the fifth and last in Sc
ries of articles written in an eff
fort 10 show whether crime. espe-
cially murders have increased
since our nation became involved
in the second World War
This series covers the period
during the six months prior to De-
cember Z, 1871. until six months
after our entry into the war
As disclosed il previous articles
beginning with July of l94l TO.
September 10, last year, there had
been fourteen murders committed.
Ten murders we7a committed from
September 10, last year, 10 De-
cember "a, 1871.
From December OF l94l to June
OF 1912 there were approximately
81 murders liste' as being COM
mitted upon Negroes by Negroes.
However, several. of these deaths
were white men, repeatedly fatal
ly injured by Negroes.
Too. several deaths at first list
ed by police as murder. after
careful investigation by police
were officially listed as excusable
homicides.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07
BY ALVIN E. WHITE.

WASHINGTON. D CLAMP
Frankly annoyed over the attitude
OF the governor @, South Carolina.
whr has ordered the arrest Of all
tabor agents, including federal
employees" government officials are
pondering how the outmoded laws
OF that state may be overcome
wren efforts TO reduce the labor
shortage are put into effect
Harking back to the hectic days
OF World War |, when th7re was
q general exod"s of labor from
the south. several OF the states en-
acted state and local legislation
prohibiting the solicitation Of lab
orers by foreign agents. Licenses
10 operate in some of these states
were set at S1.5Oo per county.
with a license, necessary for each
county. This for a time stopped
labor recruitment but only after
several serious outbreaks. notably
in Savannah anG Tampa. where
scores Of Negroes were placed I'M
derS arrest as they attempted to
board trains.
The net result Of these laws is
that 1t reduces the Negro labor
supply to a state Of virtual peon-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07
South Seeks To Bar Negroes
From Going North To Work

thorities saw fit. Most Of the PEG.
pie effected were colored men and
women.
Now the governor Of South Ca
rolina has issued an order author
izing constables. sheriffs, and 9TH
ers to arrest any labor agent who
solicits men and women to work
out Of the state.
There are nc exemptions and
under the ruling 10 operate and
provide Jobs for III hundreds Of
workers seeking them. both white
and colored United States
government would have 10 pay a
sum OF $4,000 annually in license
fees alone.
The south has always been op-
posed to migration Of Negroes and
immigration OF whites. They have
fought all efforts to infiltrste the
south with foreign-born workers,
declaring thev woulf prefer
keeping the native strain" pure.
On the other hand, the only time
the south ever fostered or encour-
aged emigration o. Negroes was
during the time that JEFF Davis
was governor o. Arkansas, He
pardoned all Negro eonvicts, pro-
vided they left the state and set
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07

Our Woman of the Week" may
be Mary Smith. Susie Jones, or
Carrie Doe. She is the symbol Of
the many Negro women who daily
are leaving their homes and chill
dren going to work in the plants.
factories. and offices for Uncle
Sam.
She, like other American wom-
en- Of many racial groups, are
manning machine for our war
production needs Perhaps she has
had no previous industrial expert
ence, but she can recondiuon used
spark plugs, she can become an
expert operator of testing ma
chimes. She can operate a power
machine, she can make covers for
airplane parts, etc. She can type,
take dictation. and supervise any
ones office.
Were il not for the fact that she
is a black woman, in Detroit she
could work in such plants as the
Ford Motor company, Chrysler,
Packard's, Briggs, etc. She is will
ing to serve her country in any
way She. too. wants 10 make guns.
tanks. airplane parts for her coun-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07
ed in Mississippi.
Man Fined $1,000.

tied in Mississippi.
Man Fined $1,000.
Not to be outdone. Georgia
found itself nired in a labor prob
lem Of similar nature. When
white man from Newark came
down 10 recruit 10 Negro workers
10 take back north. he and his
gang were arrested The man was
sentenced TO pay fine Of $1,000
and a year on a changing.
The judge presiding had invok-
ed a law passed ir 1877. When the
white man returned TO Newark.
he took his -ase to the WPB This
organization in turn sent an inves-
tigstor 10 Georgia TO look into
the matter The investigator was
informed by the irate judge "WPB
isn't running this court"
Some remedy will have to be
discovered TO relieve the situation.
which now threatens to be even
more serious than 1t was in 1918
when the first C. Nese anti-Negro
migration laws were thrust on the
public.
As one Official remarked discus
sing the situation. this proves
that the Negro is Just as bad off
today as he was "a years ago."
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07

II was il:l0 pm, Saturday. Two
young men were strolling along
Ford avenue in Highland Park with
a trio OF girls. As they approached
q dark corner, six boys dressed in
''jiiterbug" clothes with wide hats
or caps pulled down over their eyes
surrounded the group returning
from a pre-Halloween party, Out Of
the group they took a young man
from Conant Gardens. gave him a
sound beating and advised HIM 10
stay out OF Highland Park" The
incident attracted the attention Of
a resident OF the community who
called police, but the youthful gang
fled from the scene and police were
unable 10 make an arrest because
the girls in the party refused TO
identify the young men who at
tackled a member OF their party.
And what has the above incident
10 do with racial disturbances be-
tween high school students? Resi-
dents Of Highland Park say they
are typical Of the Young Negro who
figured in two recent flareups fol-
lowing football games between
Highland Park high school and
other high schools. These same
people say they are typical Of the
average young man in Highland
Park who has been allowed to Just
grow up" without respect for his
community; typical Of the Negro
youth who is daily condemned by
community leaders who are reluc.
tant to admit that they are. IN a
large measure, responsible for the
conduct Of the young people.
A PASTOR TALKS
Rev. S W. Bankhead, pastor Of
Berea church in Highland Park. ex.
plains the cause OF juvenile de-
linquency, a contributing factor to
racial conflicts. in these words:
Our church has made several at
tempts 10 solve this youth problem.
but it is my opinion that we have
not done enough. We have recently
organized a branch Of the Junior
Commands. and our Boy Scout
Troop is ging good but neither Of
these organizations reach the young
men in that age group that is giving
US so much trouble l doubt whether
it is wise to blame young people
for their actions when parents and
community leaders refuse to CO.
operate in the building Of youth
program. The trouble with the
churches in the community is that
they have tried to adjust the young
people to the church program in
stead Of making an effort TO adjust
the program to the needs Of the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07

, try. all she wants is a chance. A
chance 10 show that she too has
a great stake in the outcome OF
this war.
Our Woman Of the Week" is a
ESQ hostess, Civilian De-
tense Worker, a Red Cross Work
er, and a Housewife. mother, all
contributing an playing an i'm
portant part in this vast war ef-
fort.
This woman has been and is
continually being Disseminated
against in her struggle to partic-
ipate in this fight for democracy.
Yet she trudges faithfully on. She
gave her husband in the last war,
today she gives her son. He can't
participate equally with other
boys either. yet it is all she has
TO give the widows mite
and she urges him on. CIV
ing courage to, and inspiring him
with love thst--ealy a Mother
knows.
Our guest is weary with being
turned down at employment Of
fees, at training schools and 9TH
err places, yet she keeps on. Such
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07

faith, such courage. and such de-
termination. the world has never
seen. Sometimes she becomes dis
couraged. but not for long. She
knows that her sta tus is at the
bottom of our -ocial structure, first
because she is a woman, and Sec
ondly. because she is a black wo-
man. but that bothers her not. she
still fights for recognition. Does
she give up? Nope, not this wom-
an. Well, how does she have the
stamina to keep on in face Of the
opposition named here, and many.
many more which could never be
named? Why does she keep on
trying TO come from the bottom
Of the ladder TO be equal with
other women, when she kno
that she is constantly being push
cd back? Why doesn't she out
when she is persistently being
told, I'VE don't hire Negroes" ana
if and when she is hired, she has
che continue 70 civn No. 80 20
die for ber country ,,ban w.
knows +b,t ,boy u,;ii ho shu.,inS
on /, = sorrog,,od 49, NJ,
Marines ,nd o,I,ar so-,.;oa, - - -
,rn,ed forcas9 hrd ~, ~.
d,ugbtor- cop,t sor,,o :, WAvrc
md is discrir,in,toa -. - -
WAAC.s ''N "71-'''' ''' ''s
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07

lion to the suffering that war en-
tails, but little more The reason for
this is that the Catholic is concerned
with its institutionalism. There are
many Catholic clergy who have ex-
pressed themselves as being in favor
Of the war. This group has little
weigh, because they have been con-
sidered radicals anyway As far as
the main stem Of the church is
concerned these radicals can have
but very little Influence.
The Jewish church has passed
resolutions saying that it is behind
the war effort This has not gone
much beyond resolutions There are
many outspoken clergy OF the jew
ish church who are giving every
thing for the war effort
The Protestant leaders give us all
the most concern The Protestant
sentiment is still the dominant sem
timent in the United States. The
Protestant leadership has been the
most vocal against war Before Pearl
Harbor, there was a single nation
ally known clergyman who was
pulling for America to get into the
war against the Axis. Most protes-
tant clergvmen were out and out
iSola;.ouists. In other words the
Protestant clergy were rejecting
the general thinking Of the business
world cd the main kind OF middle
class thinking as far as inter-
national politics was concerned.
Certainly, a warless world is the
hope of every Christian. A warless
world cannot come in the name Of
the Christian gospel. unless the
Christian church. both Catholic and
Protestant, takes some very definite
responsibility. We will never have
a warless world unless some of the
economic, racial and cultural sin is
made to give way TO equity and
humanity This means that a lot Of
people will have TO give up a lot
OF their personal hold on the world
so that the common people Of the
world can live. Until the Christian
church insists upon this, with no
compromise. we will ever have war.
Democracy for everybody means
more than writing a few freedoms
on paper
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07
part FOUR.)

After the 'irst few weeks in
camp. Hepcat willie. now private
Hepcat Willie Goodguy, soon set
tied down. to the business Of be-
coming as good a soldier for INK
Sam as he had been a hepmaster
in Detroit.
Never catch this old Cat slip
pin up on a rlsy while there's a
chance he can latch onto the
rightstuff and do some good for
hisself." Pvt. Willie Goodguy told
himself on the first day he had
arrived at Fort Custer.
"T'aint so tough a play" the
former hepmaster decided. And
put everything he had into be-
coming INK Sans number one
soldier boy.
Up bright and early, clean up
the barrack, go in for chow, back
for the drill routine. then back
10 barracks. then out again for
more chow and then more OF INK
Sans business 70 do. then Off
time for the rest Of the day.
Learns Army Business.
Days came and went. And Pvt.
Hepcat Willie went the way Of all
civilians as the army put them
through a strenuous pace to make
Of them the best fighting men in
the world.
I'm the bestes' Cat what ever
walked the pike aud I'm just ach-
ing for a fight. I'll whip hun till
he can't run and then I'll clean
up the place TO make everything
safe for US all over the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07
THE WAR MANPOwER
BOARD SHAKEUP

For about two months there have
been going on an Washington. dis
cussions about the changes neces-
sary TO make WPB (War Manpower
Board) an effective instrument for
the placing Of labor 10 the best ad-
vantage Of the war effort. Under
the old system all problems affect
ing workers and their relationship
to their jobs were under McNutt,
the head Of the WPB. Under Nc
Mutt was a division headed by DR..
Robert Weaver. This division was 10
see that there was no diScrimina-
ton shown Negro workers in war
jobs and placements. The FEPC
(Fair Employment. Practice Com
mittee) was a general part OF this
setup. Tn. FEPC started out di-
rectly under the President. When
McNutt took over and the FEPC
was put directly under his control
there was great cry from all
liberal sour c. that FEPC had been
stabbed il the back" 1t was said
by some people that the President
had permitted the FEPC TO be taken
from him in order 10 relieve a
somewhat tcklish situation The
employers were complaining that
the FEPC was meddling. There is
no proof that the President had this
in mind. The fact remains that the
FEPC was transferred to the War
Manpower Board Under the War
Manpower Board, FEPC stopped its
vigorous publicizing Of employers
who violated the Presidents execu-
tive order 8802-that there shall be
no discrimination in war plants on
count of race, color. religion or
national origin, Under McNutt, DR.,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07

patronage fleetwood division
Of General Motors is ready 10 hire
Negro women Refusal 10 hire
Negro women at Dodge Brothers
is reported by Luclus Donaby,
chief steward OF local 1874 g.
Presence Of FEPC big-wigs in De-
troit means hearing in this area
on discrimination Is not far off
Detroit Youth Council says
removal Of willis Ward and Dom
aid Marshall from ForG's will ia
cilitate enjoyment Of Negro wo-
men at Willow Run lomber plant
* X =
FREE SPEECH: Detroit World
Echo Nv nat the Hamtramck-
Home Owners proposes today is
but a single step toward the COM
plete turnover of the city govern.
ment to the city of Detroit" g.
Mrs Rosa L. tWomen's Asso. OF
Clubs) Gragg: There will be no
mercy shown the Negro because
he is black" Senator Chas
c. Digs: Somehow. in an I'M
guarded moment, elections are un.
important things when human life
is being snuffed out in great
quantities" Rev S. W High
land Park Bankhead: Negroes
as well as white people from the
south must adjust themselves to
living in the North and Middle
west" Father Divine: IF we
cannot be protected constitution
ally, we had Just as well know the
government is i failure"
X X 4
TOWN TALK: The Ratchet Of
the Hatch Act is hanging over the
head of Snow F. Postal Alliance)
Grigsby Inside sources say
Joe Louis will be sent 10 Liberia
to bolster morale Of Liberians and
Negro troops expected to arrive in
that country soon. S. C..
(Store managerl Gibbons wa in
jured when fire broke out in Cut
Rate Dept. store last Wednesday
afternoon. Horace the's with
the dept. OF educationl is no little
concerned about the youth prob
lem. Barton (YMCAl Beat
ty has received another greeting
from Uncle Samuel. DR.. J.
J. (NAACP) McClendon is off to
New York. Rev. Geo. w. Ba-
ber's itinerary calls for trips
South and Southwest every week.
The Everett Edwards have
planted the tOmahawk So
have Horace White and Chas. c.
Digs The Cole Funeral
Home Tor what used to be it, on
Oakland and Bethune, is now
Christ Temple Church Bldg. D..
The move to make Rev. Chas. c.
Hill president of the NAACP first
itemed in this column has been
formally announced Everett
Watson says he will raise S1O00,-
900 in his war bond drive. q.
Most flat tires to the block
can be found on Euclid avenue
between Oakland and Beaubien.
Most service figs in North De-
troit are display in windows on
Leicester between Brush and Oak
land Most energetic school,
boys in scrap drive can be found
on the West Side Luddie
Morrison of 2l7 Woodland avenue
has been suggested as Miss De-
troit" for the WilberfOrce-West
Virginia football classic June
PettifOrd Of Washington is here on
sick leave and may remain per-
manently Rumors that Stel-
la Stokes had developed a cold
reached her ex-hubby in New
York who long distanced to De-
troit prontO Jim Crow is
trying to land on what clubhouse?
What big business man tcol-
oredl wants TO work a chauffeur
IA hours a day for SI2 a week..
Larry Chism's War Widows club
plan is being copied by other
weeklies USO Girls are al
ready gathering in the presents for
their "no-Servicemap without-a-
g.ft' campaign.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-07

Willie Goodguy ha6 cots next to
each other in the large Fort bar
rack. This threesore had through
their hard work. interest in train
ing and in the 'uriherance of their
ambition to make good in Unk
Sans army had become known as
the Fighting Demons"
Jerry Downs was well built and
long faced. His previous training
as a newspaperman was shown in
his ability to understand difficult
and often complex problems aris-
ing from their army training scs-
sions
Richard Edwards. 2j-year-old
southern born boy, had lived up
north just long enough TO taste
the freedoms he and his kind had
been denied in the south. Edwards
was a sensual creature and was
truly representative Of a majority
Of southern Negroes whose aim in
life was the possession Of any
thing which nigh satisfy any OF
his sensual desires He was slow
witted and devoted 10 his two
pals. Jerry Downs and Hepcat
Willie.
Used to thinking out things for
himself al during a lifetime of
being out in the world on his own.
Willie Goodguy had always had
10 outsmart AMI vancouver tho
other fellow.
But he soon learned that his
kind Of thinking was no good in
the army. For in the army you
had to think Of the other fellows
welfare as well as your own All
Of you sank or swan together.
Together you would win and sep
arate all might go down to defeat.
Fighting Demons
Thus each Of nc threesom- had
some quality which attracted and
held the admiration OF the other.
Hecat Willie was admired by his
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