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Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
What Others Say:
PATRIOTISM KNOWS No COLOR

We live civilization in which the courage and Vaor
of Negro often 90 unreeorded AMI unsung
Occasionally exception and the feats of bravery
performed by some Negro hero called to public at
tention, The fact that courage knows color line
recently demonstrated BY TIE exploits of Henry Fletcher
Negro Of the British Merchant Marine, who is
recovering New York hospital from shock and ex-
posHre, after his from torpedped British ship
Fletcher served in the British Merchant Marine dur
ing World VA and four times during that conflict ships
which he sailed terpedoed and sunk by German
submarines Twice during The present war. he has had
similar experiences the last having Occurred only recent
~, but he Is still eager to go to dgain
The shock and nervous strain wi ch he has expert
enced hv having six ships torpedoed Under him in mid
has weakened Fletchtr's heart and his physicians
unwilling for him to leave the hospital until he is suf
feientN reeuperated br this brave Negro is inn
patient under the restraint,
Il ct go back to the Merchant Marine. he pleads
to his physicians And when they remind him that he has
had rve-r lckin9 experience. enough to make him
willing to quit the Fletcher shrugs his broad shoulders
ard replies. Hitler has built submarine made
torpedo that brighten me-
All honor to this brave Negro seaman, who has looked
death in the eye many times and is ready to face again
We have MANY other Fetehers III who love ber
y than life and stand ready to die for their country
and freedom. Detroit Tribune.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
TIE AMERICAN WAY

Ar enthusiastic army officer addressing i company
Of Nero troops recently praised the patriotism and vaor
Of race soldiers citing their bravery and sacrifice in the
past lie finished by saying that fighting today
that might continue to enjoy 1.-The American way of
life -
The statement by this officer is nothing NEW in the
Of the American public The expression "rhe Amer
way CT life and Our fight for democracy are daily
heard in tines like these But time goes and as We
the Negroes, daily forced drink the bitter dregs
from the cup of socaed democracy we ard becoming
more and skepteal about the American hpav as a
pattern by which the people of the world are TO be guild
ed in the future.
If the continuance of the American way means the
continuance OF racial discrimination, Jm-crotlsm, dis
REIMBURSEMENT ana prescription OF the darker Haces not
only IN America but the world then do hesitate
to say that do not subscribe to peace PLANK which has
any OF these things or as hodover from resen way
of life. .
Already the word democracy fast oshlg its popu-
lar appeal with of Allied nations and people Al
ready the AXIS nations using the "Ameran way to
make popular propaganda for themselves to use among
the teerng millions of the darker people in IRa China
Africa etc.
Surely there is better time than today I'd the peo-
pie of America to fcrsake their way of njust to their
feloWman Just because God has, in His wis Dm made
them of different coors.
If the American way pleases the Creator q mankind
then we confess that have msinterpreted LIS Wcrd
Of course. in making this comment we do NIT mean in
any sersc that approve the of the s powers
whose purpose is conquest upon conquest and the sub
CATION ~ all peoples nations who get in tn Dir But
We are calling attention to the shortcomings M the people
OF our own country that they may think th NIX think
-3epia Social!te
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
n THE limited NATIONS LOSE

r. the limited Nations lose the war; will result from
lack of National Unity and the lack of national unity will
he the result If pepeuaed prejudice and today prelu-
dice in America is at it's heights and IS being introduced
to all sections of the United Nations where the American
white man and the American Negro stationed but,
according all reports the Negro in the theatre Of war
is not allowing his prejudice to deter his efforts III dolng
hts part But the real danger seen on the home front
especially IN our southland. 49,
The southcrrer, spurred by unscrupulous polltl-
clans OF the Rankin and Tamadge type has let his preu
dice work him to malice, which presents dangerous sna-
ton especially with the young Negro in uniform who has
been taught that he preparing hmseH 10 saIeEuara
freedom Now the danger les in the fact that the Negro
knows that the freedom stuff is lot of bunk and the real
fight to whip the enemies who out to rule the world
which we feel meets the approval of the Negro and while
he is doing that he doesn't feel that he should be depress
ed and kicked around by those who enjoying the great
est fruits from his efforts.
It is claimed that the Negro is subvnrsive and taking
the advantage of times by asking for full lntegraon
into the war eor but the Negro knows that the Amer
can way of life that is being advertised to protect isn't
making any hit with the countries that America so des
peratey needs and if America fooled to the extent that
she is praccng Democratic principles. she is the only
one who fooled and the Negro wants her to wake and
practice what she breaches the United Nations see
some hope in helping to preserve America
IF we are too win for everlasting peace prein-
dice must he destroyed We may cling to prejudice
and our American practices and emerge victorious from
this present conflict but still there would he signs of
everlasting peace But if the American people dis
,ad racial prejudice white ard black have Nation
al Unity ord have assurance OF everlasting peace
than would have with victory in present stage
IF white America has any conception that she would
niure herself by granting the Negro equal rights she is
mighty low in her estimation
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
RUTH TAYLOR SAYS:
THE REAL GLORY OF WAR


The glory of war lies not in the lines of marching
men, in the stirring music that sets pulses beating and
sraghtons shoulders in pride at the sight of best
and finest
The glory of lies not in the clash of arms in the
screaming rush downward of the bombing plane in the
sivery streak of the torpedo dartng straight to its goal
The glory of lies not in battles the
enemy in victory attained at great cost in lives heart
break and tears.
The glory of lies not in the subiugation of the
conquered in the final conquest Of the aggressor 1t lies
not in the death sentence of the tyrant
The glory of lies not in its destruction but in its
construction.
Such glory as may have lies in the lessons of
in the driving home of the copy book maxims that "or
what take must pay. That "if we don't work. We
die" That "A stitch in time saves nine
The real glory of war lies in its ability to separate
the chaff from the wheat. The sacrifice it entails is like
a clear white light upon lives pointing out what is
essential TO and what is just cluttering up
The real glory Of lies in its power to raise the
focus OF attention fro lives to those of
brothers. What learn in keeping fighting mer
fit will always be barrier to careless indifference tC
our brothers needs.
The real glory Il lies in its cohesion its ability
to make live togeherto forget for the moment pre-
JUDGE, hatred suspicion and Observation-Disclosures fight
for a It teaches of different faiths
and backgrounds to know anotherand where there
understanding there is no hate.
The only glory Of war lies in the lessons that learn
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
Conversation Pfice
BY Marc Moreland

soldiery, for reasons that must be
clear to most men, than among
the professional "Ieaders' or "rul-
ing-clas5 clement" Indeed, there
is reason to believe that the "lead-
ers' andl members of the ''ruling
class lJment' are so painstakingly
concerned, even in the face Of com
mon ruin, to set the common
American soldiery at cross plr-
pose Through applying the techni-
ques of segregation and discrimi-
natory divisionist arrangements, as
to put positive damper on any
tendency to develop a feeling of
kinship and thus, kindness among
the common soldiery. One needs
here hut to recall the official OPP
position to voluntary mixed service
units Of the various army encamp
ments throughout the country and
all along the far-flung battle sta
lions of the world, the persistent
practice of Jim-crow,
I Is Thomas Mann serious. or just
uninformed. when he speaks of
Americanizing the world after this
war? I'm sure that Mr.. Mann,
when he speaks of "Americanizinc
the world" has in mind the basic
moral original promise of the
American ideal Of democracy r.
ing applied to human relations
thru cut the earth, But is Mr.,
Mann SO thankful for his own
personal refuge as free spirit in
this great country" that he does
not sec the practical manifesto
lions Of "Americanization9" Is, in
short, "Amcricanization' to be
terms Of an unrealized ideal and
promise, or is il TO be in terms OF
practical "Amelicari2ation?" I'm
afraid il Is to be the latter.
, NOW ~ THE TIME TO JOIN
oruFRS IN READING TWP
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08

vide price supports needed to en-
courage adequate egg production
% facilitate the acquisition OF
eggs to meet Government needs
and (3) encourage better market
ing methods in the Southern states
The Food Distribution Admins
tration will purchase eggs at an
nounced prices in lots as small as
10 cases. Qualified dealers who
have contracted with the FDA
will purchase eggs from producers
at the designated prices and as
semble them in 10 case lots for
sale to the FnA
Cooperating dealers may sell
the eggs to Army camps, to de-
Tense plants, or to any local trade
that may develop, but the FDA
will stand ready to buy them at
the announced price, plus four
cents dozen to cover costs OF
grading. inspection, packaging,
and storing.
COTTON INSURANCE DEAD
LINE .... .,...,....
Cotton farmers, who want to in
sure their crops this year again
st droughts, floods, boil weevils
and ether unavoidable hazards, in
Guiding military operations or wal
damages have IS days more to APP
ply this year than they had last
according to the Departments
Federal Crop Insurance Corpora
ton.
Cotton crop insurance is available
to all sharecroppers, tenants, anc
owners, with an interest in a cot
ton crop at the time of planting
Applications must be made before
the seed is planted and before the
closing date in the county where
the farmer is located.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
The Peace Maker
BY Wealthy b. Mitchell
Menifee

Years roll by and years may come
you may have friends
Old and new, some will forsake
you yet, some are true.
The Peace Maker.
You may have service for others
to do, but remember
The one who brought you thru
Who kept you safe through storms
and wars. The Peace Maker.
You may have trials and trihu
lations, You may have Pains ant
, sorrows too, but remember wher'
ever you are. and whatever yo'
do, The Peace Maker.
You may 60 far and near; Yol
maybe on Land or Sea.
, Remember the one who watche
over you as on Word you 60
While in Woe. The Peace Make
You may not think Of the one
who are oppressed Nor think o
some in need just let your min'
run back and be friend indeed
The Peace Maker.
= You may not think Of the one wh'
made you, we may not mold our
selves in what He would have u
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
WHAT MEN FIGHT BY

'A'"f F"'F4N itit 1 hI
The things men live by, it seems
to me, have a curious way of turn-
ing out to be the things men fight
by. In sense fighting, though
it fljrts always with dying. is only
a projection on living on a riskicr,
more poril9us plane. 1t is. then,
small wonder that men who have
lived on petty planes of feeling and
thinking and being should on de-
maud, be resigned and, In some IN
stances reasonably content, to die
for theings they have lived by.
1t was ON some reflection that
it was said here before, "This is
a war Of testing, in crisis, of the
settled ways Of peace
Rep, Rankin of Miss, is, any
rate, partly right and, in some
cases wholly right / daresay, when
he says that white boys This kind
Of white boys of course) are not
dying in battle to effect a revolt
ton in our way of life; to give Ne
groes equality with white folks in
this country. There is far toe
little education for democracy I've.
tween civilian life in the various
sections Of his country and the
fighting front whore men die, T.
warrant the feeling that the mar
who dies is apprceiahly different
from the men who lived Just the
other day, back home, in the midst
Of all that "white supremacy am
all that "black inferiority'
And, yet, one knows THAT Otter
fighting in an immediate common
cause gives men a new view q
things, a now prospective SomC
times, being made one Of kint
by the imminence Of danger ant
death tends to develop a feeling q
kindness, among men Of ditferen
origins and planes Of existence
enc for the other. But such a de
velopment is far more likely t,
take place among the common
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
Is GOd=In
This Var?
BY Rev. A. l.. Perkins

Occasionally | hear some great
man say "God is not in this
War ard then | stammer and turn
and try To- aequiese in his idea,
but | have not yet found the 10.
gical, the common sense or theolo-
eical door to such an idea, hence
simply stop and say, "Blessed are
the pure in heart for they shall
see Ged."
Ezekiel sat by the river Chibar
one day saw whirlwind terri
BILE commotion, a cloud, a fire III
folding itself and when he CENTER
ed upon it he saw the Divine.
When Isiah got in trouble over
the lost of Ozzah He saw the
Lord sitting on a throne high and
lifted up.
When Daniel was let down in
| the in the Lions Den the Mas.
| ter was there. When Shadrock,
Meshack and Abednego were cast
in the fire of furnace they were &C
companied by the Lord.
Jesus said, "Not a sparrow falls
without His notice. He counts the
hairs of your head and watches
the dust Ct the sleeping saints un-
J til he shall hid it rise.
Surely His hand is in this war,
How can ! imagine the great tu-
multi among men, the great blood
shed the world shake up without
thinking that God is concerned
end when | read His Holy Word
and scan the field of his promis-
es, | see Him marshalling the east
wind on cotton field, the disease
into the ham of my cattle. | see
Him giving orders to the germs
which eat the vitality from my
children. | see God making the
islands brass and the earth stone
, When | read Gods blessed word,
/ see him riding en- the fierce
, winds and commanding the mighty
pillows and when | read the scrip
lures and hear Haggar quote Him,
! saving, | will shake all nations,
, | feel the tremor of the earth and
at once observe the magnitude of
this great catastrophe where ma
! ton after nation has been pulled
into this fierce malstrom unwlll.
/. ingly. Like America whose Lead
ers pledged as peace and non
/ participation in this war, as they
9 thought of the Orient, but on Dec.
i T, 1941 Japan laid war on our door
steps and we had to take it.
: Russia tied up reservation in a
i guaranteed peace by her treaty or
pact with Hitler, but one day she
S saw the cards that bound her
peace security broken and cast to
r the ground, and war flames leap
| ing irto her quarters ana one by
s one nations great and small find
{ thmselves inwrapt in the swaddl-
4 ings Of warfare because the Eter-
!, nal has declared, 81 will shake all
nations
God is in this war and was
0 in it before Hitler and He has
: his purpose to work out; He is
s Continued on Page y
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
TINE DAY VIZ HOPE FOX

When ~ i've IN peace and harmony with one
aso&Ae-rsspsctvs Of raee, soer creed former seryi
tsde or present position N ife, without mythical toer
aeee but In spirit Of Good Will assured in the convie
tisa Of oar better judgment that will remit to every
man tAs ndornitable rights the admenitior Of his
eooseiencs whatever line Of endeavor he for
h religious material existence When that day arrives
~ will be contented. THEN We all boast Of
DEMOCRACY, and NOT until then. Il. c. BATES
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08

The headlines for making APP
plications for insurance range from
February Is to April Is. During
1912, the first year of federal cot
ton crop insurance, $4,000 farm
ers insured their cotton crops.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08

to be, Nor do the things that is
pleasing to Thee.
/ Who is God. the Peace Maker.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08

War shows nen what they really do 1t spurs them
ON rs personal ambition never could They acquire
sks rev talents, resources i'll themselves which
they VII MT forget IN time Of peace.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-08
mM>
AGRICULTURAL
FRONT ~
with the
us DEPARTMENT XII
II AGRICULTURE @ !
kkkAAA
MRS. MOTION PASSES

with the passing of Mrs. Jen-
ME B. Motion the Department Of
loses one of its ablest
workers. said Secretary of Agri-
culture Claude r. Wickard in a
telegram to the bereaved family,
Mrs. Motion, widow of the late
Robert Russo Motion, successor to
Booker T. Washington as president
of Tuskegee Institute, was a field
representative in the Agricultural
Adjustment Agency. She had
held this position since 1910, travel
ing throughout nine of the South
ern states working with farm
groups to help improve agricul-
tural conditions in that region. .
One of her outstanding efforts was
the mobilization of farm women
toward increased gardening and
canning goals.
I. w. Duegan, director of the
Southern Division Of the AAA,
said in a wire of coincidence, "The
Southern Division and the white
and colored people Of the South
have suffered distinct loss. How
ever, the ideals of Mrs. Motion and
her work will continue to live"
f. A. Miller. white, of the AAA
represented the Department at the
funeral services which were held
Sunday in Memorial Church IT
Hampton Institute, Hampton Vir-
ginia.
MOBILIZATION DAY
Negro farmers are joining in the
Farm Mobilization Day. . obser-
vance proclaimed for Tuesday
Jan, 10 by President Roosevelt. lr
thousands of communities farm
ers of both races will gather to dis
cuss ways and means of achiev.
ing the production goals set fo1
1913. The outstanding feature Of
the days program will be ma.
ton wide all network broadcast.
You know, Mobilization Day il
like getting set for a race; digg
ing your spikes in to get a firm
hold, limbering up your muscles
timing your breathing and makine
the final preparations before
springing into action. Only il
This race, losing doesn't NEAR
simply missing ribbon or a cup
but rather a lack Of supplies fc1
the hcme front and cur allies, anc
a Stacker stomach for our army t.
travel on.
, Following Mobilization Day Al
intensive campaign will he laVncl
ed to get farmers to sign-up, o.
agree to produce their share O
the vital foods and fibers needed
! for the war effort.
South's Egg Market
! Farmers, colored and white. il
IL Southern states who have in
creased their egg production u
help meet wartime requirements
need have no worry ABOUT mark
ct. Through the Food Distribution
Administration, and Cooperating
egg dealers, marketing facilitje
will again he available this yea,
States including in the program
are Ala, Arkansas, Fla Ga. NY
La, Miss, North Carolina, Sout
Carolina, Tenn. Virginia and Yves
| Va, The program will operate du
ing the months Of heaviest produc
ton and will continue as long as /
necessary in 1913.
The marketing program believ
cd to i've more effective than tn
l1o42 plan, is designed to- tl) pro
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