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Reminiscing With Dabney

hell. Extending his hand TO each
pa3erby. he'd say. do you know
anything about God!" II the one
stopped. shook his head. he'd
roast" him for his sins here and
prophecy . further roasting down
below. H. however, his hand was
grasped when the question wal
asked. the young convert would
cry with all the fiery intensity of
soulfulness, Thank God. thank
God. the Lord took my feet out
Of the mlry clay. placed them on
the Arm rocks OF age. where the
winds may blow. the storms may
rise. but the very gates OF hell shall
not prevail against you Thank God
thank Jesus too. God face me
a little white stone, in that stone
brand new name. none can read
IL but those who receive H."
That over. In a few days. the
convert had to talk before. and be
questioned by. "the people" and
later the deacons. Previous 10 these
ordeals however. he was given .
friendly "quir" by his relatives or
associates. who had survived the
tests Then. when he faced the
holy tribunal. these stern faced
examiners Of his fitness for the
realms above. he knew all the ques-
tons and answers Here are some
Of them:
"How many rounds has Jacobs
LADDER
Three
what are they"
Faith. Hope and Charity"
-How should you worship CODY"
an spirit and truth"
"How do you know you are con-
verted,"
"Love!" Baptism soon followed
He became one OF the Lords
anointed.
Dancing was a cardinal sin. that
Is, terrible violation OF Chris
tisnity. although round dancing
or hugging matches with music.
jitterbugging. etc. were unknown
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Negro press and PM. The Negroes
in Paradise Valley In Detroit were
never dubbed and shot: that just
happened In their imagination.
Hillburn Never Happened
II isn't true in Pegler's world that
Negroes are badly housed. are
kicked around in most industries
and some trade unions. live in seq
regated slums, get little chance at
medical attention or education. are
Jim-Crowed even in the Army. In
Pegler's world Hillburn. NY. never
happened either. Negro children are
welcomed into the same schools as
the whites.
In Pegler's world the Jewish kids
on the streets of Dorchester were
never bounced on by organized
hoodlums. Nor has II been true
that Jewish gravestones have been
desecrated. and even the democracy
Of the dead Haunted. In Pegler's
world there Is no anti-Semitism.
except in the New Deals imagina-
ton. There was no anti -Semitisn
In Germany either. There have
been no lynchings in the South.
All is sweetness and light in Peg.
ler's world. All Pegler's chillun'
got wings-even the racists and
the fascists.
As for us on PM. we don't like n
go In, for such msrijuana dreams
You don't dispel rscism by the
magic formula OF blaming Com.
munists and Negroes and liberals
for II That has been the time.
honored custom Of the defenders of
lynch law. but IL won't work. You
don't dispel anti-Semitism by re-
fusng to recognize that II exists.
PM believes that the American
people are adult and ought to know
the facts Of life. We believe that
only an adult people can save itself
from the fascist corrosion.
II there were ever any doubt Of
this in my mind. Pegler's disagree.
ment has fortified me.-Max Ler.
ner.
(cepyrisht. is4s. BY Field Publications,
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ALL PEGLER'S CH|LLUN GOT WINGS

Every now and then. whenever I
feel my democratic impulses flag
ging. I pick UP Roy Towards paper.
the World-Telegram. and read the
writings OF Westbrook Pegler. That
generally works to restore me to
myself I figure that any nation
that can produce such drivel, and
still survive as q nation. must pos
sess-hidden away somewhere to
compensate for it--a deep fund Of
wisdom and strength.
The latest example OF Pegler's
views on civic affairs Is a piece on
"the frictons between whites and
Negroes, sentiles and Jews" Pegler
says Attorney General Biddle
doesn't know what he is talking
about when he suggests that local
groups be formed to study and cope
with such frictions. The real causes
OF prejudice, he says, are three:
the Communists. the Negro press.
and Marshall Field Up. S. In Peg
lCICSC, III GoSC yOu uOii huOW ~,
this last reference generally means
Pm. And all three. he says. are
merely aspects OF "the New Deal
party"
What The Postman Brought
must pause here for a moment
because Pegler's magisterisl SIM
plicity Is pretty bresth-tsking. II
happens that some weeks ago on
this page devoted all too much
space 10 an analysis OF Pegler and
Of what made him tick My mail
on the subject was fascinating. In
addition to the usual cuss letters
and some praise letters. there were
Q stable number that did neither
They said my piece was off the
point.
They said that you could not an
alyze Pegler as you might any other
writer: you had 10 psychosnalyze
him They said be was not a SUBJ
ject for an essayist or a social his
torian. but for a psychistrist
was struck by how widespread
this impression seemed. have
mulled over II earnestly. and I must
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report that am an unreconstructed
dissenter. A paranoisc or schizo-
phrenic or dementia praecox case
could not have written the piece
am talking Of now. II took a pretty
cold-blooded fellow. who knows
just what distortions he wants to
achieve in the American mind, and
how best to set about II. II Peg
Ter seems frenetic and apoplectic in
his columns, II 10 my considered
opinion that the red-hot pose has
been struck with icy deliberation.
Pegler's Magic Formula
Pegler on the subject Of racism IL
a case In point. Here Is something
that scholars and statesmen. lead
ers in labor and industry have been
struggling with for years. But
their trouble was that they never
hit on Pegler's magic formula. And
the reason was that they never
started with Pesler's purposes.
For Pegler wants to do several
things at once. He doesn't want
Americans TO be too alert for evil
dences Of fascist beginnings in their
thinking. He wants to lull them
on the subjects Of Negro batting
and Jew-hating. He knows that in
the effort to stamp these out, a peo-
pie becomes aware Of its democratic
strength and OF the radical meaning
OF democracy as human brother
hood. He wants to divert attention
from the real infection sources from
which rscist feeling spreads. And
he wants TO set up the New Deal
as the real source Of race preju-
dice.
Once you state these purposes.
Pegler's formula seems . stroke of
inspiration. That he has not the
slightest evidence for IL doesn't
matter: who would expect IL Of
him. But what fascinates me Is the
picture this gives US OF the world
Pegler lives in
I go back In my memory over the
past year alone. In Pegler's world.
the Detroit riots never happened
They were just thought up by the
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EXPAND NAVY rRATNTNG

GREAT LAKES, III. (ANP) - A
new service school building foi
Great Lakes Naval Training school
has just been authorized, II was
learned this week. A total Of Si5s..
600 has been appropriated for the
building which will be devoted &c
teaching skills TO Negro trainees
II is expected that the training pro.
gram will be greatly enlarged n
this camp by the new facilities with
the number OF men sharply In.
creased The new building Is to Be
ready in % days.
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POETS CORNER
MADAM TO YOU

mhDhM Az NV
BY Langston Hughes
For AMP
You say ! O.K.ed
LONG DISTANCE
O.Ked II when?
My goodness. Central,
That was then!
I'm mad and disguised
With that Negro now.
don't pay no Reverse
Charges nohow.
You say ! will pay IL
Else you'll take out my phone?
You better let
My phone alone.
I didn't ask him
To telephone me.
He knows darn we'll
LONG DISTANCE
Amt free.
II I ever catch him.
Lawd. have pity.
Calling me UP
From Kansas City.
Just to say he loves me!
knowed that were SO.
Why didn't he tell me
Something I don't known
For instance. what can
His other woman do
That Alberta X. Johnson
Can't do-and more. too?
What's that. Central7
You say you don't care
Nothing about my
Private affair?
Well. even less about this
PHONE BILL DO ! carel
= Um-hummm! 80. Yes!
You saw ! gave my OK?
That OK. you may keep
But I amt gonna pay.
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Cuba Gives Lescot
Welcome OfRoyalty

OF his mother.in-la and a nephew
Russia
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While you do IL. 80
And laugh!
For dockwork's everythin'
To Q stevedore
Who has q good woman
And a home with . soft bed
To lie down In.
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THE OPEN ROAD
BY John Henry Owens
IT, NDN


tFsr AMP
Let Us lie meath the stars at night.
prowsy lulled by the seas soft
roar
And wake with the dew on blades
OF grass,
Like . rsish's Jewels from Mysore.
Through the fields Just freshly
plowed.
With their rows OF upturned sod:
Well steer our course by the robins
note.
And Gods gentle Christening rod.
Let US rest At the MONDAY sun.
In the shade OF the friendly trees:
And hear the song OF the cumming
birds
And the busy. buzzins bees.
Let US 60 down the open road.
To where the greenswsrd meets
the blue
For that's the place where happi-
ness lies.
And the land where dreams come
true.
STEvEDORE
BY Ricardo Weeks
For AMP
Hey. Big Matt,
Smelling strong with sweat,
Pick up that load
And put in on the boat:
And never you mind the heat!
For you never do
When Liza brings your lunch
And helps you eat II in the sun
Lift II like you lift her
Each evenin'.
When your work Is done.
And rest II down
Life you rest her down
After your kiss.
Lift H. boyi
Lift II like your nanny lifted you
When you was chile.
And sing like you do with Liza
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Luck and Sportsmonship Aid
St. Mury's to Boxing Crown
Navy Gives Poole Liberty, Rivo| Coaches
Allow Uneorned Points in AAU Tourney

Thirty-two ounces Of leather, a
pinch Of luck and a handful of
good sportsmanship were the in
gradients that went into the AAU
team championship cooked up by
st. Mary's Boys Club of Alexandria
in sizzling ring last night at Tur-
ner's Arena.
Max Walters first-round kayo of
Tom Poole put the clincher on it for
Naiman Massey's maulers. Had
Poole won the trophy would have
gone to Boys Club Of Washington
with st. Mary's second and Max
was a lucky boy even to be at the
fights much less fighting. A few
hours before he was in the Navy's
bad graces for a minor infraction
OF rules and his appearance was
highly conjectural. But the pow
ers that be relented and Make was
on deck and soon had Poole there.
Coaches Good Sportsmen.
But st. Mary's still wouldn't have
won II the rival team coaches had
not agreed to allow 10 points-a
winners score, for Lew Pavone,
newly-crowned middleweight cham
pion. Lew took the title by for
felt, having no opposition in the
class, and the point was raised
whether it could be counted in the
team score. What might have been
long, drawnout argument was
averted by the several coaches
sportmanship.
Pete Celinski accounted for the
Saints third win, scoring handily
over Jimmy Hubbard. Pete's per-
Evening star., 1943-03-06

formance was impressive enough to
cop the outstanding senior trophy
awarded by Joe Turner. It also gave
him double for the year, having
won the Golden Gloves crown last
month.
Another doubles winner was
Jimmy Caraway, barrel-like 112-
FOUNDER. who whipped Billy Kerge,
while John (Cotton) Corbin, 1866
pound champ, captured his second
consecutive AAU title. He was the
118-pound victor last winter.
King Wins Novice Honors.
Novice honors went to Puggy King,
clever flyweight who outpointed
Benny Padgett, and Bill McKeever's
National Training School team
dragged down the team title.
The champions and runner-up:
Novice Division.
decisioned Benny Padsstt w. B. c.. '
- 12e.pound elass-.Charley Pei IVY. B..
Rsss Eason az w 5
decisioned Marvin Bailey lst. Mary's.
d.l;. l;45;.poqnd classlJewen HSn. IN. T. 81
aef!s!o1ss ass s:nesgi N run II a.
decisioned John Buckler IN. T. 81
175-pound Clash. Vaughn IN. T 81
knocked out Leonard Barnes IN. T. 81 in
1:O3 Of hrst round.
Senior Division.
112-pound class-Jimmy Caraway (W.
b e. decisioned Billy Kerge tApollo).
118-pound class-Dominick Ortiz IN. T..
81 decisioned Henry Rassdale (Apollo).
126-pound class-John Cotton Corbin
tW. 3. g. deeisioned Marvin Marshall
135-pound class-Pete celinski (st
Ms1ary';s, n 1nS,;o, decisioned Jimmy Hubbard
. 147-pound class-George Espina (Mer-
rick scored TKO over Joe Cannon (Apolio)
in 20 of second round.
175-pound class-Max Walters (St
Mary's> scored TKO over Tom Poole w.
B. CO. in 1:42 OF flrst round.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Maryland Crown Hopes Blasted
With Eastern Boxing in Finals
Only Three Old Liners Gon Last Round
As Schwartz, Bobenko Take Beutinqs

terday in a brace of defeats. Ben
son Schwartz, junior middleweight,
succumbed to the lethal left welded
by Johnny Doolittle of West Point,
son of the Army's famed flying gen.
eral, who flattened the Marylander
In two rounds. Alex Bobenko, Terp
welterweight, was outpointed by
Harold Wells of Syracuse.
Johnny McCardle, Syracuse light
heavy, scored the only other kayo on
the opening card, flooring orient
Martella of Penn State with potent
right to the jaw after 1:50 of the
second round.
Army had four men in the running
and was conceded a good chance of
picking up team honors with Syra-
cuse and the Coaost Guard Academy
each with three survivors. breathing
on its neck. Penn State had two
men left and Western Maryland one.
Other Tourney Winners.
Last nights other winners were:
For West Point-Larry Fitzpatrick. 1875
over George Sohm. Coast Guard, and Bill
McGIothin, 175, over Paul Morosky. Coast
For the Coast Guard-Brian oHara. 100
Poanafi Poamsi OYER Bob Debottis; Syracuse: Bill
and Dan oysc scaaSrn, n Msnni ss
For syraeuse9vince syrne. 1877. owe,
Glenn Hawthorne, Penn State. o~'
pave Fink Vest Point snd Gsf' TED aio Ms.r oSsl
Ioo' over julius Kuno, Syracuse.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Bennie and Thomas, Mates
Of Old, Clash on Court

Teammates three years ago when
the Heurich Brewers competed in
the American Basket Ball League.
Knocky Thomas and Ralph Bennie
will be opponents tomorrow when
the Brewers tangle with an all-star
team culled from Heurich League
ranks at the brewery gym for the
benefit of the USO.
A preliminary game will open the
program at 2:15 and men from Fort
Belvoir, Va, will provide additional
entertainment.
Rennie, perhaps the oldest player
in point of service on local courts,
was charter member of the Brew
ers when the club was organized a
decade ago, while Thomas is a COM
parative Johnny-come-l lately, Join
ing up after leaving the University
of Maryland. Thomas is one of the
leagues high scorers and an expert
f1oorman, but tomorrow will find
himself up against a pretty good
man in old war horse Bennie.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Stars in {. U. Meet Hoping
To Test Track Tomorrow

Greg Rice, Joe McCluskey and
other topnotch trackmen entered in
the Catholic University games Mon
day night at Uline Arena are ex-
pected in town tomorrow, but If
they hope to have a workout, arena
oh1cials will have to be more efii-
cient than in the past.
Rice will be shooting at his own
mile mark and likes the light
ming Uline strip, but he also likes to
jog around track a couple of times
before going out to race to ia
miliarize himself with its turns and
residence. Heretofore, workmen
have been hammering away until
the final minute getting the track
ready. and with hockey scheduled
tonight prospects for having 10
ready tomorrow are slim.
Most of the competitors are. not
due until Monday. although Ford
ham, Penn and Villanova have in
dicated they'll have their mile relay
teams on the grounds tomorrow for
sightseeing tours If workouts are
not in order.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Fight in Garden

ponderous Green Bay Packer,
who failed to pass a marine ex-
animation, has turned up in boot
camp there. Christy Mathew
son, son of the famous Giant
pitcher, has been promoted from
captain to major and is director
OF Chinese pilot training at Luke
Field, Ariz. George w. (Mike)
Murphy, stroke of the 1922 U. of
Washington crew, and Ted Gar
hart, who had the same lob 20
years later, recently received
their commissions as Marine off,
GERS In the same class at Guam
tico, Va. Sergt. Paul Worthy,
Negro boxer from Clinton, N. c.,
received a commentator from
his regimental commander for
failing to polish off an opponent
In the Fort Monmouth, N. j.,
golden gloves tourney. He dem
onstrated that he preferred to
fight clean with his 'buddies' and
save the dirty work for our en-
emies," the commander said.
Evening star., 1943-03-06

games this summer for the bene-
f1t of war worokers. That Au-
burn-Florida jinx apparently
holds good The Tigers won only
one basket ball game all season
and that was over Georgia's
Crackers.
In the bag-An officer at the
Iowa Pre-Flight School recently
stopped at the transportation
office looking for 1t. q. g.
Whitley Wilshere, former Ath-
letics pitcher. The yeoman on
duty answered the inquiry by
opening a locker door, looking
inside and reporting, Hes not in,
sir" Whitley probably still is
trying to convince fellow officers
that he doesn't have a hideout
from undesired visitors, but that
the yeoman figured he wasn't
present when his hat wasn't there.
Service dept.-The Great Lakes
Naval Station seems sure to have
at least one good guard next foot
ball season. Russ Letlow, the
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Basket Ball Scores

George Washington. A.; Davidson, 40,
nn.iiisudet' n.ia =; .9sai,a American u 40.
FrienEal 10: Baltimore Friends, 40,
Manhattan. 50; City COLLEGE, 46.
Siena. 40; Ithaca, 40.
st. Bonaventure. A; Canisius, SO.
Hanover Ind0. rs; Earlham, IS.
Duke. SO: The Citadel, 81.
Denver. ~: Colorado Mines. II.
Wasnlngton. o3: Oreson State. 33.
Stanford, SO; California. 46.
Washington State, 40; Idaho. 80,
Whittier, 81: Redlands, a.
q. c. l.. A.. AZ; Southern California. 81.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Big Ten Seeks 10 Fit
In Service EIeyens
Several lntersectionuI
Games Likely to Go
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 6.-Western
Conference athletic directors popped
out of bed early today for another
go at revamping 1943 football sched-
ules when Maj. John L. Griffin, Big
Ten athletic commissioner, called
the group together at 10 am.
With valuable groundwork laid by
yesterdays eight-hour session, di-
rectors sought to fit in games with
three Midwest service teams-Camp
Grant, Great Lakes and Iowa Pre-
Flight-and with four college inde-
pendents - Marquette, Michigan
State, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh,
who had representatives at yester-
days session.
1t was likely several intersectional
Tits now on the nine-game cards
drawn up two years ago would be
dropped to make room for the Army
and Navy teams. The limit on grid
contests was expected to be upped
to 10, as last years were, to accom-
modate these seven athletic institu-
ticns.
A proposal to delay spring foot
ball practice until summer was dis
cussed and then discarded by the
expedient of shelving the motion
until the May meeting. This means
conference schools will go ahead
with an outside chance the opening
of fall drills might be moved up to
give coaches a longer look at in
coming freshmen. First-year men
were made eligible for varsity COM
petition at a special meeting Of Big
Ten faculty representatives two
weeks ago.
The conference men did get
around to approving a plan to CO.
operate with the National Collegiate
Athletic Association, which has sus-
pended the freshman rule to in
clude winter sports. This would
make Big Ten frosh eligible to par
ticipate in the NCAA indoor SWIM
ming and wrestling meets.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
SchooIboy Thrills 20, ,624 Ring
Fans With Chicago Title Win

in SO seconds to win the 147-pound
championship. Corona had his op-
ponent on the floor three times.
The Barney Ross Trophy, an
nually presented to the boxer dis
playing the best sportsmanship, was
awarded to Busalacchi. Ross, hero
Of the marines because of his fight
ing in Guadalcanal, was unable to
be present to make personal pres
entation.
The other winners In their re-
spective divisions:
112 pounds-Rarry Darby, Fort
Sill, Okla.
118 pounds-Earl "Jeep" ONeal.
Fort Sill, Okla.
135 pounds-Chuck Hunter, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
100 pounds-Sa q m son Powell,
Cleveland, Ohio.
ITS pounds-Reedy Evans, Chi
cago.
Heavyweight-Walter Moore, Chi
cago.
The victorious representatives Of
the Chicago team will engage win
ners Of the New York tournament
here March II.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Dive LaureIs al Stake
IN Capital AAU Meet
Swims on Program Draw
Entries From Services

Entries from servicemen stationed
In and around Washington have
added lot of class to tonight's
swimming meet at the Ambassador
Hotel pool at which the District
AAU lowboard indoor diving cham
pionship will be decided.
Nick Sheridan is defending the
diving crown, with Bill Tarbett
rated as a serious contender. John
J. Coffey, marine from Quantico,
also may prove troublesome.
The women's diving event ap-
pears wide open with Patsy Palmer,
former titlist, and Jackie Richards
expected to make the strongest bids
for the title won last year by Judy
Helmick, who is not defending.
= Ten other swimming events are
on the program opening at o'clock.
Among the servicemen who have
entered are Ed Pope. member of
Yales swimming team last year
and now an ensign; Ensign Bill
Howell of Ohio State and Marine
Esko E. Hallila. Numerous top
ranking local water experts also
will compete, among them Joe La
Sale, Bill Bruce, Gene Quincy
Bob Benson, Leo Jarboe and Buddy
Roland.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,

hssOCldleu f1eSs opOllS WIIlt.
NEW YORK, March 6.-Talk
about your wartime sports trou-
bles. Only the kind-hearted In
tervention of a track fan who
had 1000 safety pins saved to-
nights I. c. "A meet from dis
aster. 1t had appeared the ath-
letes would have to run without
numbers or else deprive a lot OF
babies Of their means of support.
And Virginia's Tom Dodd gets to
defend his high hurdles title
only because he doesn't have any
examinations scheduled today.
When Fritzie Zivic won the well
terweight title from Henry Arm
strong three years ago, the fight
drew smaller gate than Johnny
Greco, q just graduated prelimi-
nary kid, attracted last week.
Today's guest star-Johnny
Mooney, Salt Lake Telegram:
Kenny Sailors, Wyoming's cam
oidate for top basket ball honors.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Delaware
In Basket Final
A.U., Cords Nosed Out
In Moson-Dixon PIoy
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 6.-Dela-
ware and Gallaudet, the teams that
finished seventh and eighth in the
regular conference series, are shoot
ing 1t out here tonight for the
Mason-Dixon Conference basket
ball championship In the final Of a
tournament that has been one long
succession Of upsets.
Both won in last nights semi
finals by staging late rallies after
trailing most of the way, Gallaudet
defeating American u, 45-4O, and
Delaware downing Catholic u, A.
40. These two mild upsets were In
line with the four first-round games
that saw every seeded quint showed
out OF the tournament.
Blues Tie Twice, Then Win.
Gallaudet appeared overmatched
IN the opening game of last nights
semiflnals and, after scoring the
first points, quickly fell behind as
American University's George Zuras,
conference scoring leader, took COM
mand for the Eagles. He connected
with six of the first nine shots he
made to head American into a 22-8
lead in the first 10 minutes.
The expected rout didn't take
place. however. American had a
26-20 edge at the half and early In
the second half lost Zuras through
personal fouls. The picture changed
after that as Hal Weingold and Earl
Roberts started connecting with
hook shots for the Blues. Four
minutes before the end, Weingold
knotted the score at 37-37. The
Eagles got momentary lead after
that, but Roberts again tied the
count and the Blues went on to
victory.