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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-28

THE QUESTION WHICH
HAUNTS me more than any other,
as l witness the finest Of our Negro
youth leaving 10 drench foreign
battle fields with their blood. sweat,
and tears. is.--what will America
do. by way Of extending to its col
ored citizens complete freedom and
opportunity when this great sacri-
fee is over? Perhaps America
does not know it-but this question
haunts not me alone: j. Is upper
most in the minds of every Negro
including our boys who are scaling
the mountains OF Sicily and crawl
ing through the swamps Of the Far
East 81.
We are not making TOO big fuss
about the answer now. for We are,
as We have always been, loyal 70
our country and our flag We
realize that though We are now
treated as second class members,
we are nevertheless, members Z.
of this great nation. and as nation
we have but one job to do-that
Job is, win this war This must
come before anything else De-
feat is unthinkable to any Of us
Only il we win this war. can
we return TO the way Of life we
want to live-to the full enjoyment
of the advantages and happiness OF
democratic living Only after
we have achieved victory can our
factories revert 10 the production
of those things which make life
easier and more enjoyable and our
boys come home to their families
free again to plan for the future
No. nothing must hinder our
winning this war.
D.: x X
A NATION. however, is strong
only by union; is happy only by
peace-And there can be neither
union nor peace unless there is
freedom for all. opportunity for all
protection for all Lest. there
fore, we make this great sacrifice in
vain-America must start now open
| ing the doors Of full and complete
citizenship TO each and every
American Programme to
achieve for its Negro citizens COM
plete and equal enjoyment of all
the rights and obligations of citizen
ship, is as vital to the future and
security Of America as any postwar
planning we are now doing.
I make no threat when ! say that
Americas black citizens are not CO.
ing to be content with seeing de-
mocracy granted freely TO those
who are now the enemies OF de-
mocracy and at the same time de-
MED those who have staked their
all to save il After this war
the same German and Italian MUIR
derers. rapists. and pillsgerS. who
are doing their level be- 10 destroy
our country, will be welcomed to
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-28
We, The~
\ Negro /
or WILLIAM L. SIZE aalLt.

our country with open arms and
accorded all the blessings OF de-
mocracy and this IS as it
should be But are there any so
foolish as to believe that Negroes
will sit quietly by while the good
things OF their country are given
their enemies and denied them?-
Those who do, know nothing of
what is taking place in the mind OF
Negro America.
y: y *
NEGRO AMERICA TODAY. has
a new sense, OF its dignity and re-
sponsibility as an American citizen;
It is becoming conscious OF itself
and the place in American life 10
which il is Justly entitled The
present war. coupled with exper .
ences OF last war, has cleared the
Negroes thinking and given him a
point of view in complete harmony
with the professed aims and ambi-
tons OF the. opponents Of the demo-
cratic ideal.
He has a feeling that he is duty
bound to help see to it that the
things his government. says II
| fights for. are achieved Out OF
the crucible OF disappointment and
despair has come the conviction
that America is as much his coun-
try as it is anybody's . He has
bought and paid for the right TO be
an American and to enjoy every
right OF an American, with his
sweat, blood and tears He &C.
fuses 10 take anything less.
~ X X
TODAY, from every port OF our
nation, black husbands and fathers
-sweethearts and brothers. sons
and daughters are headed straight
for the pits OF hell Some will
come back and some will never re-
turn They are willingly
gambling their lives because they
think they are sure OF what they
are fighting for They are MOI
fighting for the right to ride in
! filthy jim-crow car They are
not flinging their lives away lover
there for somebody to tell their
1--WE don't hire Negroes They
are not crawling through swamp:
and charging machine gun nests
for somebody TO tell them that they
can't vote, can't live in this or that
ncighborhood, can't eat here OF
there :.
Black America fights today fol
real freedom true democracy
new America We dare not dis
appoint them Don't anybody
dare tell them when they return
that they have returned 20 the same
"old order" The same discr
nation the same old segrega'
ton the same second elias:
citizenship God forbid. thai
America, my country, will be sc
stupid.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-28
TELLS OF NEGRO WOUNDED

Observation-Disclosures
ing on his adventures in Sicily,
Ernest Pyle. noted syndicated col
umnist whose articles have won
commentator throughout the coun-
try, says that during his sojourn in
that island, thousands Of wounded
men were treated at medical bases
located there. among whom were
many Negroes. He also named In
dams, Italians and Puerto Ricans
and Mexicans fighting for the
United States as being among those
receiving treatment al the station
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-28

mented; the author lists names and
places. The facts that he has un-
covered should be a challenge to
those who wish TO see democracy
preserved. UNDER COVER is al
ready on the best seller lis. in Dc
troll; it should stay there indcfi-
nite.y.
y y e
In last weeks review Of AN1ERI-
CAS- ROLE ~ ASIA the word "ot'
appeared in the sentence which
should have read "Korea's betrayal
by the Western Powers changing
the meaning completely. We Il
blame it on the gremlins until re
have more accurate information.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-28
DOOM Projectors" FOR
NEGROES AFTER THE WA

II is interesting to listen to the
numbers Of. people. who predict
doom for the American Negro. AZ
ter the war. These doom predic-
tors" say the lot of the American
Negro will be unbearable after the
war. They point out that pre- JUDGE
Is becoming more stubborn. and
that discrimination is cropping up
everywhere. Because of this. they
say. we can look for q concentrated
drive to push the Negro further and
further back in the onward rush OF
American life. II these doom pre-
dictors" were not sincere and iG-
nersnt. one would hesitate TO deal
with what they say. Their sinceri-
ty about the plight Of their race
after the war. causes one 10 re-
examine history and 10 tie il in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-28
HOODLUMS

A very simple fact which is worth repeating at
this time is that hoodlums regardless OF their color,
are not born They are made. One does not inherit
hoodlumism but i, is acquired from an environment
Of poverty and ignorance. 1t follows very logically
that the sures way to eliminate the hoodums is to
correct the conditions which produce them Our pro-
fessona do-gooders too often led to believe that
hoodums may be cured by moral shot-in-the-arm
and that upright propaganda can take the place OF
a wholesome environment and decent living stan
dard Such thinking is sheer folly and any student
of social problems knows it.
Following the reports of the riot causes IN De-
troit, the consensus seems to be that ood u m
participated in the actual rioting and therefore
something must be done about these hoodlums The
fact that these youths were born in the depression
wears and reared in the fouest slums imaginable
should serve to stimulate profound interest in the
rehabilitation of our blghted areas and providing
~ decent environment for our youth. Most Negro
children in our great cities concentrated IN Stun
areas where they fall victim to what Roi Ottley,
author of New World A-Comng," calls "slum-
shock" One way to get rid Of "sum-shock' is to
get rid of the Sums
we are ndppy W IcPoie 'h"S +" SAN"P W $500
nrisinp Negroes have formed an association which
has petitioned the Federal Housing Authority for
subsidy to help promote new housing develop
ment in the slum area. Whether financed by private
capital or public funds, the immediate need for clear
ing the slums Of Detroit cannot now be questioned
Such development will even contribute to greater
production in the war effort and pay fabulous divi-
dends in better morale.
It is an old adage that runs if you treat human
being like dog long enough, he will eventually learn
to bark. 1t may be added that such human being
under intense provocation will also learn to bite We
who are concerned about the welfare of the Negro
community and who are working to promote good
will between the races can make splendid start by
helping to eliminate these kennels and erect decent
housing AS matter Of fact the damage in dollars
and cents which was done in the June 20 riot ex-
ceeded the cost of all the civic improvements which
are needed to redeem our blighted areas. While
decent housing is not enough it is basic need and
the time has come when we should begin to con-
slider things that basic and not merely Incidental
to the social unrest Of this period .....
Evening star., 1943-09-26
NEW YORK.


Anne Nichols, ex-vaudevillian
wrote "Abie's Irish Rose" in three
days and three nights, and then
sagged into nervous decline.
Whatever discomfort she endured,
it is said to conclude now that the
returns were worth it.
1t is 81 years since that fevered
session at her typewriter and the
homely drama of the Jewish boy
who marries an Irish Catholic girl
is in the process of amassing a sec
ond fortune for its very rich
author.
Since May, "Abie" has been back
in the flesh, not in New York, but
in the smaller, tougher cities,
Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Detroit, max
ing new generation roar with
laughter.
Miss Nichols, middle -aged, with
red hair which she keeps tractable
in an old-fashioned net, and clear
green eyes, settled into a big arm
chair in the floWer-filled living
room Of her apartment to review
her own and Abie's record.
Il netted 100000 on Able the
first time (the new radio and revival
gross so far is about one. half mil
lion) and paid out millions in actors
salaries besides. There were 16 road
companies in this country alone
a half dozen more in Europe. The
last royalty / got was from France
in 1899"
The author gets dry amusement
out of the fact that the plays long
est and most successful European
run was in Berlin. (Hitler mentions
it in "Mein Kampf.")
(The late Will Rogers saw it in
China one time with an all Chinese
cast.)
1t was two years ago that Anne
decided the time was ripe to put
Able" on the air. She did. When
the original plot played itself out
she advanced new story lines.
Her collaboration is Rip Van Ron
kel, who also directs the radio show
but hers is the dominating finger
| in the pie. The first three days
OF the week they both grind out
| the script.
And then, wrapped In long silver
fox cape with an incongruous gold
watch on wide leather band
strapped to her wrist, Anne clocks
Evening star., 1943-09-26

London. Three times it's been made
into motion pictures
AS wise about business as she is
about drama, Miss Nichols made one
of the most high-handed deals
with the motion picture industry on
record when Paramount leased the
"Abie's Irish Rose" rights for nine
years at the unheard of sum of
$350,000 plus SO per cent of the net.
The picture (Which wasn't very
good crossed $4,0OO,OOO and, after
nine years, reverted to the author.
She can and probably will lease it
again sometime-but only if she and
Van Ronkel do the scenario.
A Southerner by birth, the au-
thor's accent or political views
don't show it Except when she is
with other Southerners, and then her
accent sweetens up, Her mother
was Irish; her father Russian. She
learned to know and understand the
Jewish people when she was in
vaudeville on Delaney street on
New York's lower East Side. Her
own religion is Catholicism-by
adoption.
Anne may bring "Abie's Irish
Rose" back to New York. 1t hasn't
been decided. The last time the show
was on Broadway it ran five and a
half years.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Annie's Munificent Able
By Jean Meegan.

the laughs at an audience preview
on Thursday. If the show isn't pre-
cisely the way she wants it then,
it is by the time of the broadcast
two days later.
Wherever she goes there are affec-
tionate demonstrations. 1t takes
her an hour to get out of the studio
after the show. A steady stream
of callers twists through her apart
ment-actors, directors, agents, rela-
tives, writer's. She throws back her
head and says: They're my
people"
She has had two careers. In her
early years she was in vaudeville
with her former husband, Henry
Duffy. When their act was costing
more than they could afford, Anne
economically devised her own. 1t
was the first and last time she ever
wrote tense drama. The audience
screamed.
A little later she became Fiske
O'Hara's leading lady and she wrote
a play for him, Hearts Desire"
That settled her acting career. She
turned to playwriting in earnest.
There were six more for OHara and
then "Linger Longer Lefty" for
Charlotte Greenwood Years later
under the title II Want a Sailor" it
became Bob Hopes first starring
vehicle.
Another of her comedies, Gust
Married" broke all stock company
records in New York, Chicago and
Evening star., 1943-09-26
sl1134

IL certain songs have lived in your men,
ory through the years! If you have saved
some bit of verse or quotation because it
reminds you of some great event in your
life or of some loved onei Then, you will
want to listen tonight to "Keepsakes."
You'll hear the songs you've always
loved, beautifully sung by those singing
discoveries of 1943-Dorothy Kristen
and Mack Harrell-supported by large
chorus and orchestra.
Now, if yoa have tkeepsake"-a bit
OF verse, sentiment, few words that
you cherish az a memory, share yoax
keepsake" with others. Listen tonighA
to "Keepsakes" for full details on how
your keepsake" may bring you not only
a memory reIived, but also $500 from
the sponsors.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Evening Stor Features

Star FIashes-laiest news, WMAl at $50
am. daily. Analysis Of weeks news by Loihrop
Noddard, Sundays at 1t;30 am.
National Radio Forum-DiNussions Of cur.
rent affairs by public officials; WhAL. Wednes,
day al 1890 pm.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
This Is Official
Lets Officialdon
Supply Answers

Last Sunday, shortly after I2:15
pm, Col. Bradley Dewey, new head
OF the Office of Rubber Director.
made his first public utterances to
the largest audience ever to attend
Washington press conference.
Millions attended-from coast to
coast-through the medium of
WMAL and the Blue Networks
weekly This Is Official"
OF course, This Is Official Is
not precisely the kind of press con-
ference that is glamorized in the
press and movies. This Is Official"
is a grass roots conference. At the
long table in WMAL studio are
seated three or four and sometimes
five, spokesmen of our great war
agencies, who answer the questions
that come from Americans in every
State, on every conceivable phase
OF wartime living.
The same officials who make
headline news in metropolitan
papers from week to week made the
headlines for the radio conferences
audiences as well. Donald Nelson
and William L. Bait of the War
Production Board have appeared re-
Gently to report to America on the
production front as it affects us in
our homes and overseas. Paul ".
McNutt appeared on the premiere
program to answer some little oues-
tions of some little people-the es-
sence of the reason why" of the
manpower program.
In five months ''This Is OfficiaT'
has become a feature in millions of
American homes because it actually
solves the problems by accurately
answering the questions of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Average.
John Heiney, originated the week
ly Washington News conference"
by radio. Sylvia Milrod, known to
the Washington public for her two
year daily show, Victory Starts at
Home" works with Mr.. Heiney.
They read every letter carefully, Sc
lect those that seem to have the
widest appeal for air use and do the
actual work of going after the off,
clal answers and signing up the
official spokesmen.
If the subject seems to be par
ticularly timely and of more than
usual interest, we ask for spokes-
man of unusual Importance, says
Mr.. Heiney. "Dr. Martha Eliot of
the Children's Bureau reported on
maternity care of soldiers wives.
When the uncertainty of additional
| gasoline for Eastern cars came up
late in August, Richard C. Harri-
son, the OPA's gasoline rationing
chief, answered our listeners ques.
tions. When mothers wanted to
know whether their boys were re-
ceiving educational training for their
peacetime futures, Col. F. T. Spauld-
| ing, chief of the educational branch
OF the Army gave them the whole
story. j. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief
DR.. Thomas Parran of Public
Health; Maj. Gen. w. C. Styer,
chief of staff, Army Service Forces;
Chester Davis (when he was ad-
ministrator of War Food Admins
tration), Joseph Eastman, director
of defense transportation; Timothy
Mooney, income tax commissioner
are just few of the max
ing Government officials who have
been spokesmen recently"
This Is Official bears the bless
ing of the Office of War Information
and usually representative of the
Owl sits at the weekly conference
table to answer miscellaneous ques-
tions.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
FEATURES on The AIR To-Day

WT0P, ti:30 a,m.-Inviiation TO Learning:
Robert Burns poetry discussed by John Hall
WheeIoek, Peter Munro Jack and Padrae coIum.
WhAL, 12:t5-Ths Is Official: Answers 10
queries on ths merchant marine.
WRC. 17:30-That They Might Live: A psy-
biological drama probing the mental processes
Of wounded soldier.
WMAL, 12:3O-Hoi Copy: A siren almost
wrecks the career Of war ace.
WT0P, f230-TransA'Ianiic CALL Seafaring
Cornwall tells about itself for the benefit Of
Americans.
WhAl, i:55-The Redskins vs.. ihe Chicago
Cardinals in an exhibition game al Buffalo, n. Y.
Wc, 2:00-Chieago University Round table,
The Challenge Of 6ovsrnment-0wned War Plants
and Supplies" discussed by A. 6. Hart and
Maynard C. Kruger. 7*
W10P. 3:00-New York Philharmonic: VIad-
mir 6olsehmann conducts GretTs "cephae OF
proeris" suite, Brahms Symphony No. T. and
Saint-Saens Concerto in A Minor" Uossph
Sthuser, cello sooisD. Clifton Fadiman is
American Scriptures" guest.
WpC, 800 - Raiioning Report: Chester
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Monday Roundup

WMAl-News and recorded music with Nor.
man Brokenshire, So; Breakfast Club. 9.iO;
Isabel Manning Rewson, 10-i0:t5; Breakfast
at SardTs, ii.ii:30; Baby Institute, 1t:45.12
noon.
WRc-News and recorded music with Bill
HeDon, So; Everything Goes, 1915; serials,
1912 noon.
W0L-News, recorded and organ music with
Art Brown. 6:30-9:30: Home Forum, $50.
1918; This Is Our Enemy" tt:t5.tt:45.
WlM-News and recorded music with Jerry
Strong, $3.50; Mrs. Northeross, o:35-t0;
Traffic eoud, t0:30-ti; Symphony Hour, ito5.
Il noon.
WWDc-News and recorded music with "Mr.
and Mrs." 50; Minute Men, 9;05.9:30; Alice
Lane, 10:35-if; recorded music, 11.t2 noon.
WT0P-News and recorded music with Ar.
thur Godfrey 7-9:45; Home Service Daily,
Evening star., 1943-09-26

ing TOR new season,
with Paul Whiieman
conducting Grofs' S
DaYbreak for the
OCCASION.
VOL, $50 The
Shadow: Returning for
The season, with The
5ibbering Things"
WT0P, 6.00-sil-
yer Theaier: Loretta
foung in Lost Yes.
lerday"- Of two
paris.
WNAL, 7:3 o.
Quiz Kids: The mop.
,eis are heard from
Richmond, Va.
People: Eddie Cantor
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Dowelrs Indian Suite" Guion's Two Ameri.
ian Folk Tunes."
WT0P, 5:00IFsmiIy Hour: Theodore Gamble,
national director Of the War Finance Division
Of the Treasury Department, is intermission
speaker
WMAL, 5:30-MustaI Sfeelmakers: Return
Evening star., 1943-09-26

ViNA - v }
iY m p hony Hour:
Brahms symphony
No. l." recorded.
WMAL, 9:i5--Ba.
sin Street Music So.
:ieiY: Before tn e
coast 6uardsmen Of
Manhattan Beach
Training Station.
WRC, f0:00-Hour
Of Charm: Before the
men at Walter Reed
Hospital.
WRC, fi:30-Pa.
tifie Story: Dram .
sti1ation Of the in.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Tells Of humanifarsnism; a girl tells how her

rowing and skating
aid the war effort.
WRc, 7:30-Band.
wagon: Alvino Rey on
board.
VOL, 7:30--stars
and Stripes in Britain:
iir Harry Lauder
breaks a long silence.
WRc, 800 Ber.
Jen and hecarihy:
AedY Lamar dates
Charlie.
.,,aMA, 8:3 O.
Seepsakes: Mack Rar-
'ell sings "0n the
Road 10 kandaIay,"
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Bowles, senior deputy
administrator Of 0pA,
is interviewed by Mr..
.indley.
VOL, 800 - This
Is Fort Dix: Inter.
views with wounded
veterans.
WT0P, 4:3 o.
Pause That Refreshes:
Eleanor Sfeber and
The DON cossaeks
thorus in the feature
spot.
WNAl, 5: 0 o.
Where Do We Stand:
John Guniher, back
Ernr 4h. ,.,,r ,..s
Evening star., 1943-09-26

helps answer questions Of The public.
WRc, 5:00-Symphony Of Air: World pre-
miere Of Russell Benefits -Four Freedom"
symphony, Chadwitks Jubilee Overture" Mac.
Evening star., 1943-09-22
US. Munitions Output
Rose 4Pct. in August,
WPB Report Shows
BY the Associated Press.

/ BY the Associated Press.
Munitions output spurted ahead
in August, scoring its biggest
gain since April, the War Pro-
duction Board reported today,
and now appears to be getting
its second wind
Chairman Donald M, Nelson's
| monthly report said overall arms
production went up per cent over
July. while the total OF warplanes
delivered jumped from 1873 to 1872
Heavy bombers gained II per cent
and fighters, per cent
Deliveries of naval vessels hit a
new all-time record, climbing 40 per
cent over July, and total work done
on naval ships. ordnance and equip
ment passed the one-billion- dollar
mark for the first time Destroyer
escort deliveries ran 20 per cent
ahead of schedule.
Mr.. Nelson arrived in London yes
terday and conferred with Diver
Lyttelton, British production chief.
IN an effort to further the integra-
ton of American and British pro-
duction. The production report was
drafted before MI Nelson's depar-
ture, but was not made public until
today, repeatedly because of Army
objections to its optimistic tone.
Aircraft output, while gaining only
3 per cent in number during the
iy, l,,n
and weight-a fact which Mr.. Nelson
said ''dramatizes the trend toward
heavier models, especially bombers."
production would have climbed
even higher but for design changes"
Mr.. Nelson said. However. he added,
"our production rate has now grown
to a point where Interruptions for
design changes can be made without
seriously threatening the flow of
planes to the fighting fronts
Mr.. Nelson said plane producers
have achieved what is of para
mount Importance to the fighting
forces. improved quality" The most
urgently wanted planes-those carry
ing top priority rating-have nearly
doubled in production volume in the
last five months. Last summer such
models were one-fourth of total
output by weight, he added, and now
are more than one-half.
A cautionary paragraph-perhaps
inserted because of the reported
Army protests against overoptimism
noted that I'VE are still short of
current aircraft schedules"
Employment shortages continued
to hamper production" the report
continued.
Despite the manpower pinch,
overall production gained rs points
in August on the WPB munitions in
deX. the largest gain since April
and one which compares with per
cent increases in May and June. The
index reached 6l8, with production
in November, 1941, rated at 100.
Evening star., 1943-09-22
Auto Union Head Plans
Test of Texas Law
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Sept. Or. J. Thom-
as, president of the United Auto
mobile Workers, C1O began a cross
country jaunt to Texas Yesterday
with the avowed purpose of getting
himself arrested
The union Official explained that
his object was to test recently-en-
acted Texas legislation which he
said makes it misdemeanor, pun
ishable by 60-day Jail term, a $500
fine or both, to solicit union men,
bership without a license.
Mr.. Thomas said he would ad-
dress mass meeting tomorrow eve
ming in Goose Creek, Tex, a Hous-
ton suburb, and would appeal to his
whole audience to join the union
Ernest Goodman, UAW attorney,
said such an appeal should be con-
strued as a violation of the legis-
lation Mr.. Thomas desires to test.