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Evening star., 1943-11-15

United Lutherans Hear
Presidents Reminder
OF Nazi Persecution

sLutherans of America were asked
BY President Roosevelt to "remem-
Der your co-religionists who have
been the victims of such cruel
persecution in Germany" in letter
read last night at the Church of the
Reformation, 212 East Capitol street,
commemorating the 25th anniver-
sary of the formation Of the United
Lutheran Church.
The Rev. DR.. Frederick H. Knubel,
president, and E. Lawrence Miller,
treasurer of the united church since
its formation, were present. The
church was crowded and the study
hall downstairs was filled with
second audience which heard the
talks over public address system.
History Outlined.
"It is interesting to note" Presi-
dent Roosevelt wrote, that the
United Lutheran Church is a merger
Of three former groups of Lutherans
In this country, the oldest dating
back to the year 1919, when the first
LutheranS came to America.
Through all the generations since
that faraway year Lutherans have
borne an honorable part in Ameri-
can life. Now, happily, three once
separate bodies are unified in one
strong body to make common cause
against the forces of irreligion and
materialism.
In this solemn service of COM
memoration, you will remember. j.
also. your co-religionists who have
been the victims of such cruel
persecution in Germany. From the
bitter experience of oppressed Chris
tians in other lands, we shall learn
. deeper appreciation of the bless
ings of civil and religious liberty
which is ours through the wisdom
and foresight of the fathers OF the
Constitution"
Lectures Planned.
DR.. Walton H. Greever of New
York. secretary of the united church,
announced the establishment of
lecture foundation for Lutheran
theological schools named for DR..
knubel and Mr. Miller.
DR.. Paul E. Scherer, pastor of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the
Holy Trinity, New York, preached
the sermon. He said the anniversary
had been observed during the day
in more than 1000 United Lutheran
Churches throughout the United
States.
The Rev. F. Eppling Reinartz was
hturgist. The Rev. DR.. Gerhard E.
Lenski, president of the Washington
Lutheran Ministerial Association,
greeted the guests. The Rev. DR..
Oscar F. Blackwelder, pastor of the
church, was host.
Evening star., 1943-11-15
S3 D. {. Men Report
For Duty Tomorrow

The armed forces will get 80 men
from the District when they report
for active duty tomorrow.
The men now on their post-induc-
ton furlough include SO going into
the Army, %, the Navy, S, the Ma
rine Corps, and l the Coast Guard.
Names appearing on the list fol-
low:
Evening star., 1943-11-15
5000 Smiths in Marines

Since November 10, ITS, the birth
Of the United States Marine Corps
over 5000 Smiths have enlisted
Close to 5000 Smiths are serving in
the United States Marine Corps to-
day. Over 100 Smiths have been
casualties in this war to date.
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There Is Won for Freedom Going On

Though this country gobal FREEDOM
OF ALL PEOPLES against two powerful they
acay superior all other peoples the EARTH the gbernatora
campaign being waged in Mississippi has had injected into it
issue, the line Herr Goebbels breaches.
sad that while this has its fighting
white dying foreign battle fields against enemies who
believe superiority have aspiring for the highest
position in the state government preaching the racial hate the
gallant of America fighting against
pity that seeking such responsible and respectable
position stoop lowHe veand preach racial hate
in order that they might have chance win 1t must make interesting
reading the South Americans the Africans Indians Chinese Bur-
ese Mecans Fpnos skinned people United
Negro be made the political football the butt
democracy There little doubt that hate spewng
going Mississippi will strengthen the belief of the dark skinned
people Of the world that America the well mentioned democracy she
loudly procams that she is 1t also questionable how much the
many skinned allies who giving valuable assistance United
soldiers China India Africa the Solomon New Guinea and
other places appreciate superiority
They wouldn't be willing give the aid they giving they
thought America believed in the racial superiority theory that
Hitler and TOTO by
Undoubtedly governors injecting
the racial issue have little knowledge of world affairs Surely
they cannot realize the damage they doing both home and
abroad The axis popagand instead of having to think les
Americas spokesman and
proof America does what breaches
but hypocca connvng scheng people who are trying to
ammunition that these narro-mnded
give the propagand won't take them long make
millions of dark skinned allies doubt Americas sincerity
They have had nothing yet convince them conuvy that
All People, Equality
Man.
long people supremacy boys
of Mississippi keep showing their ignorance with their Trades against
the America will continually smaller the the
world America has the opportunity become the leader in world
fairs mung the ball the All the
America the place where fair play democracy equality
opportunity abound However, certain taking place
home front slowly shatterng the beautiful illusions
be revival Of racial religious antpaties
certain sections Of the country which directed against
Negroes Catholics Mxicans and other minores
this action but is fghenngy slow in taking against
people creating and tanning prejudces dangerous
explosive point Some SO or more alleged and indicted seOns
trial This is most difficult understand the ad
rninistraon has idea Of convincing the world that
the democracy loudly breaches then begin pracing
The administration should
religious hatred and also develop plan slowly
out racial discrimination because
much in common with Hiler-Louisiana Weekly.
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Willkie Speaks Out

Wendell Wilkes practice OF re-
garding a straight line as the
shortest distance between two
political, as well as geometrical
points is one of the assets that di-
vides him sharply from the COM
mon run of political speakers.
He used this direct approach Sat
urday in a radio address that pro-
vided the sequel to a broadcast
dramatization of the Detroit race
riots, placing a large part of the
blame for the color problem upon
its oblique handling by both poiti-
cal parties. The Democrats, he
charged, seek to retain political
power by denying Southern Ne
groes the right to vote, while
assuring those in the North of
their special friendship. Repubi-
cans, he declared, are still asking
for the Negro vote as an express
sion of humble gratitude for Abra-
ham Lincoln's signing, 80 years
ago, of the Emancipation Procla-
nation. Both parties, he implied,
are still afraid to touch the real
dynamite in a situation that
threatens internal peace in no I'M
certain way. Unless the fearful
housing conditions forced upon
American Negroes are remedied,
and unless they are accorded full
political rights, the threat will
materialize, said Mr.. Willkie.
He speaks with the authority of
a man in whom millions of Ameri-
cans have publicly registered their
confidence, and his treatment of
this dangerously sore spot in
American life ought to help in
sparkling something like intelligent
action against the ignorance, politi-
cal cowardice, social apathy and
fatuous, Nazi-like sense of racial
superiority that are behind the
steadily growing momentum of
real trouble here at home.
Another American, Undersec-
rotary of State Sumner Welles, re-
Gently threw the same subject into
telling relief when, in an address
to a college audience, he declared
that, in any postwar world worth
fighting for, there twill be no
room for that accursed phrase,
racial and religious minorities."
He is right. 1t is to be hoped that
enough Americans will take his
words seriously before they, too,
find themselves in a minority; for,
as Wendell Willkie also took pains
to point out, two-thirds of the
people allied with US in fighting
this war do not have white SKINS
Pioneer Press.
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Church Notes

CamphOr Methodist Church
Notes: One of the largest audiences
of the year was present last Sun
day morning and was inspired and
thrilled by June Hawkins, the guest
soloist for the service, who sang
two numbers. Miss Hawkins who
is a member of the cast of "Porgy
and Bess" was accompanied by
Mrs. Celestine Douglass. Spiritual
Prosperity" was the subject of a
timely sermon by the pastor, Rev.
Clarence T. R. Nelson. Several Wis
itors were present. The out of town
visitors included Mrs. C. Robert
son, of Toronto, Canada and her
son, Sydney Harris of Jamaica,
B. W. l.; Mrs. Mary Arinwine, of
Oklahoma City, Okla; Mr.. A.
Grigsby, the brother of Mrs. Opal
White, of Somerset, Wis; and Rev.
Elmer Faulkner, of Kansas City,
Kansas.
A very interesting meeting of
the Brotherhood was held in the
evening, with Mr.. John Douglass,
acting president, presiding. The
next meeting of the Brotherhood
will be held on Monday at the
church at 7 pm. All men are in
vited to attend this meeting. "Rea-
sons for the Detroit Riot" will be
the topic for discussion.
Facing the Truth" will be the
subject of the sermon by the pastor
at the II am. service on Sunday,
August 1. The Communion of the
Lords Supper will follow the
sermon. A favorite hymn service
will be conducted at the evening
worship hour beginning at 8 pm.
Come and join in singing your fav-
orite hymn.-Church Reporter.
st. James A M E Church News:
Our anticipation of a successful
Mems Day II a. m. service was
realized. A large congregation was
present. The meeting was spon-
sored by the Mems Club of the
church. Mr.. Ewell Galloway is
president. Mr.. c. B. Archer was
chairman.
Beautiful garden flowers adorn-
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"Of One Blood"
University of
Life Subject

DR.. Winnifred A. Jordan, con-
sidered, by some, an authority on
BLOOD" will be the guest speaker
at the University of Life meeting
at st. James A M E church, st.
Paul, at 8 pm. Sunday, August 1.
His subject will be "Of One Blood"
This will be their final convocation
and the public is urged to attend.
DR.. Jordan who began his formal
training in the Philadelphia pub
lie schools and later attended st.
Pauls Episcopal School at Law
renee, Va, Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Ala, State College of
Washington, Pullman, Wash, and
the University of Utah, Lake City,
Utah, holds BIS, OWN. and MS.
degrees.
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Pilgrim Baptist Chuch News:
Last Sunday morning, Rev. s. E.
Ware, pastor, preached an impress
sive sermon. An appreciative audi
ence was present. Many visitors
were also in the church auditorium.
Next Sunday, August 1, the
pastors subject will be "The Law
of Retribution." In the afternoon
he will preach at Bethesda Baptist
church, Minneapolis, on the sub
ject as Religion Valid" Sunday
evening he will deliver a sermon
cite. An old-fashioned testimonial
service will be the main feature.
The members are urgently re-
quested to attend the Musical De-
luxe" given by the Deaconesses.-
Mrs. C. D. Milligan, Jr.
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less the greater part of his life,
and that when he did work, the on
ly avenues open to him were men,
ial tasks in which, with his obvious
lack of intelligence, he could not
possibly earn more than $40 per
month.
No Contribution
Toward this fight he apparently
contributed nothing either in money
or by joining and supporting mill
tant organizations such as the
NAACP, the Urban League, the
March-on- Washington Committee
or the Committee for Jobs for
Negroes in Public Utilities, or NOR
ally by feeling a sense of RESPONSE
bility toward his job to the extent
that he is willing to sacrifice
momentary pleasure to prove that
colored workers, given the chance,
are capable, dependable and eff
ficient.
He perhaps never heard of the
Presidents Fair Employment
Practice Committee, which has
caused national political repercus-
sions and which is spending a
quarter of a million dollars to
keep his ilk on the job.
Racial AnimOsity
He is undoubtedly unconscious
of the bitter truth that just such
persons as he-zoot-suited, ignor-
ant and arrogant, with more money
than he knows what to do with
is one of the main causes of irri-
tation which fans the smouldering
flames of racial animosity and
precipitates outbreaks.
He is the races No. 1 problem.
He is Americas problem, and his
name is legion. Thousands of per-
sons lacking a sense of values,
possessing no grasp of their re-
lationship to the mass struggle or
their place in the economic scheme,
go laundering through life &C
cepting all good fortune as some
thing which they created as indi-
viduals.
But here they are, grouching
because a rich and powerful ma
ton in struggle for existence
a nation which fed him yesterday
and probably will feed him again
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a share of his
earnings that it might carry on.
Americas problem is not so
much with the zoot-suit wearer, as
atrocious as they appear, but with
the zoot-suit mentality, which is
more prevalent.
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Ralph Matthews
Hits Barber Shop
Gripers & ZOOters
ny As1hA7A II NH AAAV .
In AFRO-AMERICAN:

l was buried beneath a steaming
pile of towels in a BARRIERS chair
in Baltimore shop, when I heard
him talking-who he was 1 could
not see.
"This Withholding tax is hell"
he griped. II only drew SAB in my
envelope this week after working
two and half days. At this rate,
I might as well quit. I'm not doing
anything but working for the gov
eminent"
"Forty-three dollars for two and
a half days?" asked the barber.
"How much would you have drawn
had you worked all week."
"Oh, I don't know" replied the
groucher, "around ninety or a
hundred dollars, I guess, including
overtime, but what's the use
of working all week. The income
tax people would only take out
more. This country is in a heck of
fix. You work for your money and
somebody takes it away from you"
When the towels were removed,
I sat up to get good look at the
loquacious capitalist.
He wore a wide-brim, ten-gallon
hat which rode lightly over his ears,
a loud canary yellow sport shirt,
a pair of zoot suit trousers, peg
ged at the ankles.
His belt was drawn tightly
about his hips, leaving the upper
part of his trousers bullying around
his waist. The portion of his hair
that I could see was slick and
plastered. A long chain dangled
almost to his knees. He was in his
early twenties.
A Peculiar Specimen
Here was a peculiar specimen
of American life, a product of the
dark days of depression, when
youth sought an escape from frus-
tration through the exuberance
of swing bands and jitterbug fren-
zy and the sudden opulence of a
war boom.
Here was a young man who had
no conception of the forces at work
about him. He actually believed,
somewhere deep in his being, that
he was worth 500 a week to some
body, and that when the govern
ment imposed a tax on his envelope,
he was being robbed.
Forgotten, too, was the fact that
he himself had probably been job
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ing the altar were placed there by
Mrs. Gertrude Boldly. Music by a
mems chorus was directed by Mr..
John H. Hickman who was also
guest soloist. The Reverends M.
Boyd Patrick and Calvin Parker
conducted the regular order of SER
vice. Mr.. Sidney Williams was at
the organ. Introduction of the
guest speaker, Governor Ed. ].
Thye, was by Major Samuel Ran
som.
Mr.. ]. E. Johnson presented the
Mayor John J. McDonough, Com
missioner Milton Rosen, Com
mander elect, Fred P. Jord-
an of the Fourth Dist. Ameri-
can Legion and other visitors:
Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Boyd, Des
Moines, Ia, Rev. and Mrs. A. j..
Parks, Cedar Rapids, Ia, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil E. Newman, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. B. Walker, Major and Mrs.
S. L. Ransom, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Mitchell, Los Angeles, Calf, Mines.
]. Mitchell, N. Y. City, Ermia
Shamwell, Washington, D. c., Es-
tella Houghton, Waterloo, Ia,
Mamie Tucker, Des Moines, Ia,
Frances PEBBLES, Minneapolis,
Misses Carolyn Palmore, Okla
homa City, Okla, I. Myrtle Garden,
Messrs. ]. Louis Erwin, Dan Wag-
ner, Grand Forks, N. D., Corp.
Walter and Mrs. Branson. Rev. B.
N. Moore, pastor, offered the usual
invitation for membership and Mr..
Preston ]. Guilroy, married here
recently, joined the church.
At our 8 pm. service, Rev. B. N.
Moore presented a vivid outline of
his experience among the Sioux
Indians of mixed blood on the Low
er Brule Reservation, S. D. This
was a part of his research work at
the University of South Dakota for
which he received the excellent
rating of A and B.
Rev. A. ]. Parks of Cedar Rap
ids, Ia, a foster child" of St.
James who has made rapid prog
ress in the ministry, will bring the
message at our regular commun-
ion service, Sunday, August 1, at
10:45 am. Give this worthy young
man your moral approval by your
attendance.
Dear Members: We are setting
forth the rationale of paying your
money and conference claims now.
Avoid that last minute or uncon-
cerned attitude and assist your
gratis secretary with his registra-
ton and compilation.-Chas. Miller.
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cages, and the Post War Planning
Committees of the city, state and
federal government in order to ar
range to help the business man or
woman who cannot afford the cash
outlay for complete renovation so
that he might arrange to pay the
cost in installmentS.
A special committee of archi-
tects should be organized to make
a plan or plans for this wholesale
renovation so that each merchant
will have the benefit of advice as
to the most economical and eff
fective way to improve his bust
ness establishment. It should be
possible to secure the cooperation
of contracting firms pledged to
employ Negroes to give an over
all figure of the cost of painting or
plastering-plate glass windows
and modern fronts under the direc-
ton of this committee. And then,
in the windows of some of the vac
ant stores on Seventh, Eighth and
Lenox Avenues there should be
placed sample window displays
changed every week so that the
merchant on the Avenue, be he Jew,
Italian or Negro, can be instructed
how to display his wares artistical-
ly and effectively.
There will of course be some
bull-headed ones who won't CO.
operate and who want their es-
Establishments to look like a pig sty.
But they won't be able to survive
and compete with the establish
ments that dress up and are at
tractive in appearance. This same
committee could go to the operat-
ors of the Hotel Teresa in the City
of New York which is sadly in need
of renovation and attempt to per-
suade them to do a sand blasting
job and painting of the balcony
and the window trim on the out
side although how to keep some
of the guests from sitting in the
windows in their underwear might
prove a more difficult problem.
What will happen to US after
the war is a question I hear every
where. Well you don't have to
guess. The answer is no mystery.
We will be discharged from de-
tense jobs by the thousands-we
will also be discharged from most
of the other jobs we were able to
get because of the war. There will
be hundreds of thousands of US
out of work.
We can sing the blues and look
for Relief, but Relief won't be so
good as it was before the war. Or,
we can sit down and plan to do
something that will not only help
absorb the shock of unemployment,
but will raise US in the esteem of
those who shun US because we are
different.
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Hold Your Job"

The individual rights Progress goes
legs being what he does the community the other what the
community him without either
progress Negroes ready for the equality ask their
rights when will be empty victory.
Organizations like the National Association for the Advancement
Coored People done magnificent job Of establishing Negroes
legal rights only individual make himself where
work. play culture religion bring together
which maintained between the
freedom opportunity will replace
the fasework of necessity with solid construction of
designing.
Our oays dollar comes from the great workers
will what education good
citizenship personality capable doing We
pemen fight rights failures.
person. preacher teacher what being asked
his influence make Negroes that the job they have
beginning beginning climb
citizenship the end of their employment skilled work and
living wages like other men-K. c. Call.
Editorial Notes
Saturday night simply Negro
leaders and editors have been saying for
for we talk the highly controversial
subject Negro courage foresight
is and a real American.
speak subject puzzles
and disappoints his Negro supporters
prove social security in the days fol-
lowing the
Everybody can't work plant everybody
somewhere.
Newspaper workers cynical
plain working long working press department
long hours And the small Sheets well pals it's
murder. Time and hours don't thing.
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Stltute the mann business tnorOuSn-
fares of the colored citizens of New
York. There may be found the
shops of the small retailers, the
grocery stores, barber shops, the
restaurants, the stationery stores,
bars and grills, the drug stores,
the tailor shops and on the corner
of 125th Street there is the i'm
posing Teresa Hotel. Many of
these small retail businesses are
owned by Jews and Italians but
considerable number are owned and
operated by colored men and
women.
How does Seventh Avenue and to
a greater degree Lenox and Eighth
Avenues look to those who pass up
and down each morning and even
ing. 1t looks like the colored bust
ness district of Atlanta and Balti-
more and Philadelphia and Buff
falo and Cleveland and Birming-
ham and Detroit and Los Angeles
and Montgomery and Pittsburgh
and Columbus, Ohio. In other
words, it looks like hell. For the
most part the establishments are
run down, dilapidated, implanted,
in bad repair, with atrocious let
tering on unwashed windows, and
within if you can see through the
windows the same condition ex-
lists.
Is the Negro inferior? Of course
not-not potentially but the Negro
too often acts inferior, lives in
ferior and piles up on his own ac-
cord a tremendous burden so that
it is difficult to reduce the shock
of difference by which white peo-
pie defend their prejudices.
know that Negro business as
a rule is not highly prosperous
but certainly it is prosperous
enough to seek the improvement
which a little paint and soap and
water can give it. In the City of
New York there is a Board of Trade
and I suppose there are similar
organizations composed of COL
ored business men and women in
every large American city. And to
these organizations I offer the out
line of a plan for the improvement
of the appearance of business es-
adjustments in the so-called COL
ored areas of our cities. I realize
the plan cannot be put in operation
until after the war but its prelim-
mary phases can be started now.
Ny plan for New York City is a
mass renovation for Seventh, Lenox
and Eighth Avenues between 125th
Street and 145th Street. A COM
mittee from the Board of Trade
could secure a pledge from each
stable business which has been in
existence three or more years that
Immediately after the war he will
renovate his place of business.
This committee should confer with
the landlords, banks, holding mort