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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21

only for themselves in this one
country-and by so doing they have
limited their own struggle and
robbed it OF size and force and
meaning for the whole human race
You are not SIMPLY group OF peo-
pie in one country-you are part
Of the great war OF the peoples for
freedom. They are not only colored
peoples against white-there are
many white people on your side.
and white people in many parts
of the world who are subject. too.
20 tyrants. You must understand
TIE meaning Of the war. and you
must wage i on its true scale. BY
Linking your particular battle for
your own place in your own coun-
Try 20 the whole war Of freedom
and human equality in The world,
you will enlarge your forces and
strengthen your cause, and hep 20
win the war for democracy.
And you must remember tina. /.
We are really 10 achieve human
equality in the world the war must
not degenerate into war OF the
races or war OF Eas. against West.
S~ch a struggle between preju-
o.ces Will win nothing. Your enc
mics are not OF one race or nation.
your enemies are all those who do
nc: believe IN human equality. who
Judge a man by his skin and not
ov what he IS as an individual.
Your allies are those who believe
N and practice human equality
ard who judge al individual solely
by what he is and what he does.
As far as you are able really to
believe IN your own equality. so far
viii you be able 10 bring about
human equality in our country and
n the world. You will not grow
o!gger than your own feelings, you
VIII not accomplish more than you
ere. This fight for equality begins
n your own soul, and then Il must
spread as wide as the world. The
battle against race prejudice is no
longer family quarrel in our own
house. The great storm that now
sweeps humanity has swept us all
with 4, and our little aght against
discrimination has become part Of
me tremendous struggle for human
freedom upon this globe.
Let US challenge our own minds.
then, lei US increase the space in
our souls, that we may be 1T to
live through these heroic times.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21

sible. Surely Negroes are some
times overly aggressive. A man or
woman acts this way under oppres-
sion and continued denial Of his
rights. Poor whites are overly AZ
gressive where Negroes are con-
cerned, because the poor whites
from the south Are children Of OPP
preston and the denial Of educa-
ton and economic opportunity. Mr.
Biddle seems to ignore this all to-
sether in making his suggestions
to the President.
Some one might feel that south
ern whites should be curbed in
heir migratory efforts. This would
De false solution 10 race tension.
By stopping southern whites from
seeking 70 better their pligh. would
be jus: rs undemocra;ic and fas-
este n nature as stopping Negroes
.con moving as they see fit 20 vari-
Gus parts Of the county.
Germany has demonstrated Toe
well how easily . government can
deal negatively with large sections
Of its population. The Jews have
been the sad victims Of Nazis hand
ling Of . minority problem. II
started In what appeared 70 be q
very apt idea-that Jews were not
IN move from town to town without
permission from the government.
This idea was announced as . way
OF protecting the Jews
The citizens Of Germany took TIA.
suggestion as mildly as We Ameri-
cans are taking Mr.. B!dd.e's sug-
gos.ion ~ stopping Negro mig-a-
ton. My friends, this suggestion
OF Mr.. Biddle's has far reaching
implications. I,his idea OF cu-bins
Negro mig. alton Is put 20 work in
SGy form a form o, slavery will
descend upon about 5000 600 OF Us.
We must Ash. Biddle's idea with
everything in us. Let us start
now TO organize. Write letters 70
the President. Write letters 10
Mr. Biddle. Get every organization
and person you know to oppose
Bidd.e's idea OF curling Negro MI
grafton. The hope OF Negroes 20
Better their condition lies in their
constitutional right 20 90 where /,
can be bettered. This goes for
every American no matter VIA. hli
color.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21
Iotas Cancel Annual
Convention In Detroit

Iota Phi Lambda, national BUSH
ness sorority. will not hold its ma
tional meeting this year, according
to Mrs. Lola NJ Parker. head Of the
organization.
Originally the annual convention
was scheduled to be held the last
week in August in Detroit, with
Zeta chapter. hostess 70 the con.
clsve. The members have decided
that in compliance with a request
from the Office Of Defense Trans
portation and in cooperation with
the general war effort, annual meet.
ings will be postponed indefinitely.
An executive board meeting Will be
called later in the ar.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21
OFF THE RECORD

Prosecutor William F. Downing
doesn't know it but his bsckiraek-
ing OF charges that the MACE,
s.cnr with the Negro press. vas
responsible for the riots here June
co.2l. is no, accepted as a re'raction
hv the NAACP Il Is significant 70
note that Downing vas more than
wiling 10 report through Negro
newspapers that he had no evil
dcnce against the NAACP. but the
NAACP will not accept his re-
faction unless Il Is made through
TIE same daily papers through
which he accused the organization
o. melting to riot.
Unless Bowling retract. or
proves the truth Of his s;atcmons.
he will be sued by the NAACP.
but. according TO information icdN-
irr out OF his Office. the prosecutor
Is more afraid OF a grand jury IN
yes,i CATION than OF suit fo7 libel
Inside sources report that DowiinS
knows that an investigation VIII
ultimately involve his Office as well
as the police department for. ! Is
generally accepted that tho June
20 riot had is genesis in the So
iouYner Truth riot. rot wn'Il
Joseph Bufra openly boosted would
take place II Negroes were moved
into the Sojourner Truth homes.
Bowling could have been arrested
and held Bluffs on the anne charge
that he is now holding Leo Upton.
Actually. charges OF meeting 20 riot
would have been stronger against
Buffa than against Upton. because
Buffa PROMISED the Sojourner
Truth riot, whereas. according to
Bowling Upton melted Negroes
AFTER rioting had started on Belle
Isle.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21
By PEARL S. BUCK
John Day Co., New York; $4,000
EQUALITY"

It was only when | returned 10
my own country 10 live that be-
came aware OF the amazing fact
! that Americans were actually d.
v!6ed into two parts. and that the
two parts were living as though
they were two separate nations. ex-
/ cept that they had the same gov
eminent. This seemed 10 me a very
alarming and dan gerous situation
n a democracy and / al once began
o inquire into i. | listened 20
both colored and white Americans
talk and explain their points o!
v.ow and their experiences Of each
ether, and the division grew deeper
/ daily as came TO understand the
full reality Of race prejudice and
Is effect upon both colored and
white people.
The continued practical state of
!r.erior.ty. however unjust and un-
deserved. does affect very much the
coioced individual and indeed the
whole group. Similarly the false
assumption OF superiority because
ot race affects just as unfortunate
~ the white man and his group.
Race prejudice affects. in short. the
whole life Of the nation. A 10: o.
People are wasting a 10! OF time
and thought and energy and emo
ton on something which .is. Sheer
r5@sense. But there il is Va. art
we gang 10 do about K?
What are you going 10 do abou,
L? You can do one OF two things
yol can accept the situation as il Is
you can consider that i Will be
safest for you 10 stay inside your
own nation the Negro nation OF 2
white America that will gradually
cease 10 develop in rs growth
toward true democracy because Of
is own division. Or you can de.
ter7nine that you are going to helr
America 10 be that true democracy
OF which We dream.
II Is more than a dream-it Ia
now become a necessity-that IL We
are 10 win the war and to achievs
the peace. our country can do sc
only as a democracy and a united
democracy. tell you frankly tha'
since this war has swept the world
mo its blaze ! have stopped think
/ irS about the rights OF the colo-e
people here am asking TO-DAY
or v one quest.on-how can every
citizen n this country fulall his
responsibility as a citizen o. our
democracy? I repeat. I; Is as a
democracy tina; we Will win this
war. II NC cease 10 be democracy
We will not win this war, and there
VIII not be any peace J. we do
not win the war.
/ Therefore !; is not enough n'e.e-
" 70 join the army and me navy
end the air forces il they will
have us. and to 90 nothing II they
VII not; Il IS not enough 20 pour
our swings into war bonds II is
no. enough 10 pat our lives into
factories and war work SO Ear rs we
are allowed. We will not win this
war unless we win il as a nation
where human beings are equal and
human rights are respected. The
peace Will be no peace unless il is
based upon The principles Of human
equality.
Discrimination in our country
must 80. because until Il does, we
VIII not have won the war. We
cann6, fgh; for freedom unless We
fight for freedom for all We are
no better than fascis;s il we fight
for the freedom OF one group and
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21
The Old Con1n1oner
Died IS Years Ago
BY Russ J. COW'ANS
repose In this quiet and secluded

by kt SIS j. COWANS
I repose In this quiet and secluded
spot.
Not from any natural preference for
solitude,
But finding other cemeteries
Limited by charter rules as to race,
I have chosen this that I might
illustrate in
Death
The principles which I advocated
through = long life.
Equality Of man before his Creator.
* \: X
No, the above inscription was no.
tajen from the stone resting above
the grave OF Abraham Lincoln, in
Springfield. III. Instead. Il was
taken from the stone resting above
the grave OF one Of the creates:
benetactors OF the Negro in the
history OF the world-Thaddeus
Stevens.
The inscription was written b.
he Old Commoner himself just a
short time prior TO his death, Aug.
II, 1853. Stevens, man OF SIM
p.icity. and sincerity and deep I'M
Outstanding Of the exploited, had
owned a lot in one Of the most
pretentious cemeteries in the city,
but q short time before his death.
he suddenly discovered that Ne
groes were denied the right Of
burial there. Deeply upset by this
discovery, Stevens, a fgh.er for
equality Of al men. Immediately
disposed OF his lot ard purchased
the one in Schriener cemetery, in
his home town. Lancaster, Pa.
Stevens Persistency
While Lincoln has been glorifed
down through the years as the
Great Emancipator because he
signed the Emancipation Proclama.
ton September % 1862. followed
! on the first Of January. 1853. by
/ the emancipation of all slaves in
he states in arms against the In
I ion. IL was the persistent urgin :
OF Stevens which caused him to 81
the proclamation.
In December. 1861. Stevens intro
diced resolution in the House
in which he set forth tina. the re-
bellion was caused by slavery and
that there would never be any
peace as long as slavery existed.
The resolution also pointed out that
the south was using slave labor to
protract the war. For those rea-
sons he urged Congress 20 request
the President to break the shackles
OF bondage from every slave who
would leave his master.
| To support his request, Steven,
argued that the slaves were raising
cotton, rice. tobacco and grain TO,
the rebels. building barbados ane
giving aid In other ways to helr
the war effort OF the south. The
resolution was defeated.
Lincoln was reluctant to wipe
out slavery. His prime object was
TO preserve the Union.
My paramount object" said Lin.
coin. lis 20 save the Union and
rot TO save or destroy slavery. II
could save the Union without
freeing any slaves, would do it
ard IL could save II by freeing
al. the slaves. I would do it-and
Il I could do /. by freeing some
and leaving others alone, I would
also do that"
They liked Lincoln
But Stevens and his two co-work-
e-s-Sumner and Wilson were
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21
Tn11 INV Second EaNment Of Pearl s. Bucks Book
COE u AA1 Il l. "What America Means To Me-

EDITORIAL NOTE: Pearl Buck
true humanitarian. hater Of race
prejudice. and defender Of the
human rights Of all oppressed
darker races. has written one Of
the great books of time. The
editors are reprinting. with per-
mission. several digested chapters
OF what America Means To Me. Z"
that speaks for the Negro in every
chapter. Millions Of white people
will read this book.
Second Installment From
WHAT AMERICA MEANS
TO ME"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21
TAKES USO POST

ATLANTA. CAD. Hugh NJ.
G.oster. a member OF the English
department OF Morehouse college,
has been granted leave Of absence
20 accept a post az USO director.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21
~ X X
THE DETROIT SCENE

The combination fortune teller.
medicine maker. numbers vendor
on Hastings stree trying to peddle
his wares in spite Of competition
from a street corner religious meet
ing across the street in the very
door OF a tavern Cyrene Bap-
tlst church on Oakland avenue us
Ing the same welcome" sign that
was used by the undertaken who
once occupied the same building.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09

all civilians subject to military or
war service.
The, skills taught in the aqua
tic schools are based upon the
demonstrated needs of modern war
fare in which troops must be trans
ported overseas, are sometimes
obliged to swim great distances or
remain afloat for long periods of
time. and are frequently called upon
to negotiate bodies of water with
full equipment.
Dates and locations of Red Cross
aquatic schools in the Pacific area
are; -Four Seasons Aquatic School,
Lake Washington, June 20-July L.
Como Springs, Morgan, Utah, June
20-July /; Elsinore Military Aca-
DENY. Elsinore, California, June 20
July l.
Persons interested in the posi-
bility Of other aquatic schools in
the Pacific area, communicate with
the Director, First Aid, Water Safe
ty and Accident Prevention, Ameri-
can Red Cross, Pacific Area, Civic
Auditorium, Larkin and Grove
Streets San Francisco, Calf.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
City League
PRINCETON HAS
new GRID COACH

PRINCETON, N j., June 9. =
Whether Princeton University will
play intercollegiate football next
fall will not be decided until this
summer, but in any case the Tigers
have new grid coach-Harry A..
Mahnken, who succeeds Elton E.
TAD Wieman.
Asa S. Bushnell, acting director
of athletics, announces the appoint
ment of Mahnken, who as coach Of
Princetons 150-pound football teams
since 1887 produced five Eastern
intercollegiate ague champion
teams.
Mahnken for eight years before
going to Princeton was basketball
and track coach and assistant foot
Eall coach at Columbia High School,
South Orange.
He will have as his assistant in
his new post Richard F. Vaughan,
who has been junior varsity coach,
hockey coach and assistant baseball
mentor at Princeton.
Wieman, now civilian head of the
physical conditioning section of the
U. S. Armys specialized training
program headquarters in Washing
ton, had been head football coach
at Princeton since 1888.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
AQUATIC
SCHOOLS
FORMING
Red Cross Announces
Training Establishments,
Dates and Locations

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, June
9.-Training of additional thou
sands of instructors to meet UMPIRE
cedented wartime demands for ex-
tension of first aid, functional SWIM
ming, water safety and accident
prevention instruction will. be car
ried on by the Red Cross at its
national aquatic schools during the
summer months, it is announced by
A. L. Schafer, Pacific Area mana
ger of Red Cross
Stressing the Importance of these
training courses to the armed
forces and the civilian population,
Mr.. Schafer urges all Red Cross
chapters, community groups and
other organizations to lend their
support to this phase of the war
effort by sending to the Red Cross
schools as many individuals as
possible.
ITO replace those now serving in
the armed forces and to enlarge the
home front army of volunteer in
structors to the needed wartime
proportions, the Red Cross will be
obliged to qualify additional thou
sands" Mr.. Schafer said. The ma
tional aquatic schools, conducted
each year at suitable camp, school
and resort locations in every sec
ton of the country, are ideally
suited for this purpose" he point
ed out. Operated by the Red Cross
on cost basis, they provide 10
days of purposeful activity in va
cation surroundings. Under h e
guidance of expert instructors the
individuals attending these schools
are trained in the knowledge and
skills of first aid, swimming, life
saving, diving, boating, canoeing
and home and farm accident pre-
vention. They also receive compe-
tent instructor training and are
qualified to conduct courses in these
subjects in their own communities
and to participate in the vital war
time activities Of the Red Cross"
Emphasis in the schools this year
will be placed on qualification of
instructors in the new functional
swimming and water safety train
ing course which is being used with
spectacular success in training
members Of the armed forces and
is now being extended to include
the pre-induction age group and
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
FOOTBALL OUT
AT VANDERBILT
IT IS CLAIMED

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June g.
There will be no varsity football
at Vanderbilt University this fall,
Chancellor o. C. Carmichael dis
closes.
In a report to the University's
board of trust, the chancellor said
wartime exigencies were such that
some football may be played, but
clearly there can be no varsity
team"
only three of the football play
ers of 1912 will be able to return
to Vanderbilt in September" Car
michael continued. The army has
announced that it will not permit
its trainees to engage in intercol-
legiate football.
In the light of all these facts
the executive committee of the
board of trust in April passed a
resolution authorizing the secretary
of the athletic committee looking
to the cancellation of contracts for
1913"
Vanderbilt is a member of the
Southeastern Conference, a twelve
school athletic federation. Three
members already have withdrawn
from intercollegiate athletics for
the duration = Florida, Mississippi
State and the University of Mis-
sissippi
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Carideo
=
':.' In Navy
FL

DIES MONIES, Iowa, June 9. -
Frank lCarideo, backfield coach at
the State University of Iowa the
last four years, has been ordered
to report June 30 at the naval
aviation training station at Quon-
set Point, r. I. Carideo was sworn
into the Navy May as a Lieuten-
ant d.g) and has completed his
physical examination for the COM
mission.
With Carideo's departure, the en-
tire Hawkeye football coaching staff
will have entered the armed serv-
ices. i
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
May
Quit Grid

MOSCOW, Idaho, June 9.-Ru-
mors that football would be discon-
tinued at the University of Idaho
picked up today following the de-
parture of George Green, Vandal
athletic director, for the East tc
enter the Nays midshipman
school at Columbia University.
The mo football report began
circulating sharply after Washing
ton. State College, Idaho's chief RI
val, announced discontinuance OF
football for the duration.
! Officials would neither confirm
nor deny the reports.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
District Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska.
April IL, 1943.

AAAASAAOA o6St AAAeAAofAets
April II, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Ro-
berta West White, has made appli-
cation for a domestic, Anchorage
Serial 010266, under the act of May
26, 1884 (49 Stat. 800 for a tract
of land designated as Lot A, Plat of
US. Survey No. 2492, Smugglers
Cove Group of Homesites, situated
at the end of Fritz Cove Highway
on Auke Bay, containing 1876 acres,
and it is now in the files of the
District Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely any of the above mentioned
land should file their adverse claims
in the District Land Office, at An
chorage, Alaska, within the period
of publication or thirty days there
after or they will be barred by the
provisions of the Statutes.
FLORENCE L. KOLB,
Acting Register.
Date first publication, May 5, 1943
Date last publication, June 80, 1943
adv
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
ROY o. SMITH WILL
LEAVE FOR SEATTLE

Roy O. Smith, with the engineer
ing department in the district Of
flee at Seattle, Army Engineer,
plans to leave today for the States.
He has been in this vicinity for
the past week in connection with
his work
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
General Land Office
District Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska,
April %, 1913.

Anchorage, Alaska,
April %, 1943.
Notice is hereby given that Thorn
Saari has made application for
domestic under the Act of May
26, 1884 (48 Stat, 809) Anchorage
Serial No 010038 for tract of
land situated on Glacier Highway,
IL miles NV of Juneau, Alaska,
embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2570,
containing 376 acres, and it is
now in the files of the U. S. Land
Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely any of the above mentioned
land should file their adverse
claims in the District Land Office
at Anchorage, Alaska, within the
period of publication or thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred
by the provisions Of the statutes.
FLORENCE L. KOLB,
Acting Register.
Date first publication, May II, 1943
Date last publication, July 7, 1943.
adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
ANGELSBEAT
SEALS; OAKS
DITTO STARS
lBy Associated Pressl

Baseball took a day off yester-
day, only two games being played
and these were in the Pacific
Coast League. Los Angeles beat San
Francisco and Oakland trimmed
the Hollywood Stars.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
GAMES TUESDAY
Pacific Coast League

Los Angeles 8; San Francisco l.
Oakland 5; Hollywood 3.
City League
City-St. Louis, postponed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-06-09
ATTENTION REBEKAHs

Regular meeting Rebekah Lodges
Wednesday, June 9. Please attend.
MARY JANE HARRINGTON,
adv. Secretary.
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FUR. apis, easy kept warm. Win
: ter rates SIS mo. Lights, water,
dishes. Seaview Apis.
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FOR RENT

FURNISHED apartment, two bed
r rooms, oil heat. Phone Douglas
70.
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TIDES TOMORROW

Low tide-0:41 am, SIS feet.
High tide.6:22 am, 1913 feet.
Low tide-1:O2 PM, 80 feet.
High tide-7::33 pm, 1873 feet.
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MISCELLANEOUS

GUARANTEED Realistic Perma-
nent, $3.50. Paper Curls, 81 up.
Lola Beauty Shop. Phone 201
315 Decker Way. Fife tiv e
June Is.
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WANTED-1931 Model A Ford.
Phone red $40 after 6 pm.
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WANTED TO BUY-Used Sedan
for serviceman. Will pay up to
$500. Phone red 750.
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LOST and FOUND

FOUND-White gold signet ring
owner may have by proving
property and paying for this
; adv.
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7WANTED-Used furniture. BOG Will
loughby. Phone 1888.