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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-03-13
WEST NEWTON
MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Pr L u nannis pasfnr


Here We are trying to make
this world safe for democracy.
Travelling by land, sea and air,
with chart, compass and radio
at our disposal, and yet we
meet war, destruction and
death regardless Of these ad-
vantages. We must take along
Gods prophetic chart and COM
pass, with some sackcloth and
ashes, Dan, 1874, They shall
run TO and fro, and knowledge
shall be increased" Luke: 21:25,
Mems hearts falling them for
fear, and for looking after those
things which are coming on the
earth
Be with US at Mt. Zion, Sun
day, March Il, lo;45 AM. Sub
iect: "a New Song" School,
1915 NJ. 7::3O P. M, B. L. H.
Subject "Contending for Ours.
8 P. M. Sermon, Knowing AS
We Serve, preaching by the
pastor.
Sunday, March 81, SP. NJ.
Rev. M. j. Minor Of Metropoli-
tan Bapt. Church, Boston is the
speaker. Watch the papers for
our Anniversary Program, Sun
day, May 2. Boston Baptist
Ministers Conference will hold
the closing session at Mt. Zion.
March 7, the first Sunday,
was not unusual in its charac
ter bright and bad going, but
our people came out and list
ened to the Shiboleth. At 3 P
M. some Of them went to Myr-
tie Church, where the soldiers
we're entertained, and a Com
munity Service flag was presen-
ted. All were back to Zion in
the evening, and heard the ser
mon on Doing His WILL and
took Communion. The day was
well spent. Preaching by the
pastor.
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SPRINGFIELD
By OliUer N. BiggS
~ Franklfn st.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March
e-Rev. and Mrs. Howard L.
Moore of Bethel AAfE church,
upon their return from Nasn-
vile, Tenn. where they attend
ed the Bishops Council and
Correctional conference, gave
interesting reports of tneir
trip and actiyities.-Mrs. Mar
garet Little is directing the
music at the Peoples AME
Zion church on Vine st, Rev.
Milton Ward, pastor. A special
musical was rendered by the
Dixie Four quartet led by Mr..
Coyt Johnson.-st. Johns Con-
gregational church, Rev. Her
bert wilkins, pastor, has suf-
fered a great damage to its
heating system and for the
past two weeks members have
worshipped, or invitation, vita
the South Congregational
church and Hope church. Cur
rent meetings are held at Mt.
Olivet Community House on
Oak st. A sum of money has
been raised for the repair Of
the plant at the Hancock st
edifce but services will not be
held there for some time
Caleb r. GLADDEN., now with
the Navy and stationed at Pier
90, w. 152nd st, N. Y. City, was
home for a short visit with
his family and friends. He was
roundly cheered by his many
friends as he also saw service
in the last war and is the
father Of IL children. - Oliver
NJ. Bugs, Jr. of 40 Franklin
st, after several months illness
passed away Feb. II. Besides
his parents he leaves two. sis
tiers, Ruth A. Bugs of this
city and Mrs. Katherine SIM
mons Of Holyoke, Mass. and a
brother, CORTLAND, Of this
city, a grandmother, Lulu z
Bugs Of Maiden and many
other relatives and friends. He
was a member Of the Third
Baptist church and an officer
[ at the Dunbar Community
! Club. Rev. S. L. Dupree of ut
Calvary Baptist church, a very
close friend of the family ofd
ciated at the funeral. The
bearers were Edward Madison
Earnest Johnson, Augusta Peas
and Court Bugs. Burial wa
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-03-13
WEST MEDFORD

W. MEDFoRD, Mass, March
s-aPTaising Jesus was the
topic Of the sermon preached
last Sunday morning by Rev. J.
Frederick Bailey, pastor Of the
Shiloh Baptist church. Rev.
Bailey stressed the goodness
and love Of Jesus which should
be reciprocated by US in our
daily lives and church work
The sermon was very con-
structive and well delivered.
The Rites of Holy Communion
were administered following
the end Of the church service
The Girls choir was in very
good voice and sang very
pleasingly. Church school
school started late again due
to the length Of the morning
service. Though the walking
was quite difficult, nevertheless
the attendance was good. Mrs.
Lena Walkers class was again
the banner class. A short OBJ
serYance was held Of the An
niyersary Of the Boston Mas
sacre with the whole school
meeting as a body. Papers on
Crispus Atthcks were read by
Miss Madeline Digger, Supt.
Of the Primary and Junior
Dept. and Miss 'Alys Banks,
Pfc. Lawrence Lassister read
the Governors Proclamation.
We note the use Of the lit
tie brown books containing
the words Of many old hymns
compiled by Lawrence LaLssi-
ter. The sale Of these books is
being pushed. InaSmuch as all
churches supply hymnals and
other books which are to De
used by the congregations al
the services, your correspond
ent thinks it would be a good
iodea if Shiloh purchased the
remaining stock of these books
from the publisher to be the
property Of the church to be
used together with the othe.
church books. All those who
have bought these books could
be reimbursed by the church.
Otherwise, it leaves a very tn
favorable impression upon
those who attend the church
when these books are used in
the public services. The
church bulletin service which
was started some years ago by
your correspondent, revived by
Lawrence LaLSsiter who had to
discontinue when he was in
Quoted into the army, has
been indicted into army, has
been taken up by Miss Jean
Fur who is to be commended.
The Lend-A-Hand Club met
on Monday evening at the
home Of Mrs. Hortense Lassi-
ter, 1865 Sharon st. Mrs. I. r.
FUR wishes to express her
thanks through this column
for the huge success Of the
bean supper recently given
by the Hand Club. This
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Cambridge

70 visit her son and daughter
in Law, Mr.. and Mrs. George
H. Griffith. Mrs. Griffith ez-
poets TO be gone three weeks
Miss Hazel McCree daughter OF
Mrs. Hazel McCree, Of the
Army and Navy Recreation
Center, is a recent graduate Of
Lincoln Hospital, N. z. An
other daughter, Dorothy is al
90 studying TO be a nurse.
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Phone Gar. 1858 Res. Gar. os7s
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-03-13

~ Communion every first sun
day evening at Z.
Weel; Day Services
Prayer and praise service
every Friday evening at z with
Dr.. r. T. Reed in charge. Choir
rehearsal every Tuesday even
ing at 7. Rev. Virgiss Hill,
chorister. To these services the
public Is cordially invited.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-03-13
CITY ITEMS

Mrs. Grace Moody was host
ess last week to La Mardi
Bridge Club at her home or
Fayerweather st. Mrs. Sally
Batenier was special guest.
Prize winners were Mrs. josie
Cousins, lst; Mrs Bert Armes,
End; Mrs. Mabel Dean, colso-
lation.
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Mrs. George W. Griffith Of 20
Ivy st left last week to visit
relatives and friends in Fh!l-
2deiphia. On her way home she
win stop in Brooklyn, N. z,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-02
ANOTHER CAUSE
OF ABSENTEEISM
lis EXPOSED

Company bookkeeping that keeps
workers on the rolls for varying peri
DDS up to a month after they have
quit without notice to take other jobs
go into the armed services, or because
of illness, death or other reasons, ac.
counts for an average of 10 per cent
of "absenteeism" figures, according to
survey in the current issue of the
U. S. Department of Labor's Monthly
Labor Review
The length of time workers are car
ried on the rolls after they have quit
varies generally with the size of
plants, larger plants carrying them
longer since foremen are not so well
acquainted with their men, according
to the survey, which studied Al ship
yards as a sample
One shipyard reported that more
than % per cent of its absenteeism
was due to these quits and that an
additional 9 per cent was due to IAN
nounced" quits. In this yard, persons
who gave notice to the company were
carried an average of 81 days before
their names were dropped from the
rolls. The so-called absenteeism rate
OF 1920 for this shipyard was re-
duced to $3.50 when adjusted for both
announced and unannounced quits.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-02
WIDESPREAD 5TH
COL UMN ACTIVITY
lis INDICATED
Race Riots, Mob Violence
In Several Places in the
Country During Past Two
Months Believed Planned by
Fifth Columnists."

| About midnight Sunday, June 90
ant-inegro violence broke out in De
troit's largest park. 1t spread imme-
diately throughout the city. For two
days violence continued until federal
troops restored order. Twenty-eight
persons were killed, 20 negroes; 500
were injured, the vast majority ne
groes; 1900 were arrested, 900 ne
greos. (Of the first 30-odd cases
brought to court almost all were sent
to jail for 80 days-the maximum SEN
tonce-all negroes). There is meal
culable property damage, autos over
turned and burned, stores wrecked
and looted, homes stoned and shot up
The heavy suffering by the negro
people during this violence was the
result of a policy of collision with
the anti-negro mobsters by the Detroit
police Most of the deaths are the re-
suit of police shooting of negroes The
continuance of the violence until fed
eral troops interviewed is charged to
failure and refusal of the mayor and
the city administrators to act against
the instiga tors. Order was restored
only after the President, following an
appeal from the governor, termed the
violence insurrection and sent in fed
eral troops to put it down.
Planned Sabotage
The fatal events of June 2022 in
Detroit can in no sense be regarded
DC local Thau apa nart of q national
conspiracy aimed at stopping war pro-
duction, and weakening the United
Nations war effort. April, May and
June were marked by:
l. Increasing defeats Of the Axis on
all military fronts and the prepare
ton of Second Front against Hit
Ter in Europe;
2. Unparalleled progress toward pas
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-02
FINANCIAL SKILL
OF BANKER DAVIS
is QUESTIONED

| Chester Davis, who this week pre-
scented his resignation as War FooC
Administrator in a caustically wordeC
letter to the President. and accepted
by the President in a letter almost
as caustic, left a souvenir of his serv
ice as Commissioner of Agriculture
under the Governor Dixon term, which
has cost the state of Montana the
tidy sum of S25, 1913 in cold cash.
While serving as Commissioner OF
Agriculture and ex-officio treasurer
and custodian of the Industrial Acct
dent Boards funds, Davis, presently a
big shot in the Federal Reserve sys-
TEN, must have been a party to the
purchase of that amount in various
and sundry bonds all of which are
defaulted Since that time and before
then, the ordinary garden run of com
missioners appear to have been able
to avoid buying pretty but worthless
pieces of paper from the funds of
the board.
The defaulted bonds, to the pur-
chase of which financial wizard Davis
was apparently a party as treasurer
of the board when the purchases were
made, are listed in the reports as
follows:
DefauIted Bonds
Town of Eureka, Paving District
No. /, 6qt, Call, Nos. 81 to 92 inclu-
sive mo coupons), book value $4,560.
City of Havre Special Improvement
District No SO, SO, Call, Nos. 10 to
20 inclusive (no coupons), book value
81, 500.
City of Laurel, Special Improvement
District No. so, SO, Call, Nos. % to
20 inclusive, due 1885 (no coupons),
book value $3,415.
City of Laurel, Special Improvement
District No. 81, SO, Call, Nos. to
8 inclusive, due 1885 (no coupons),
book value $4,041.
City of Whitefish, Special Improve
ment District No. 81, 6Ge, Call, Nos.
IS to 20 inclusive mo coupons), book
value S11,677.1S.
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tthe various railroads are put
ting out, particularly for
March and the first quarter of
1913. All sorts of records are
being hung up, and the share
earnings ratios are some
thing"
This was brought out in a hearing
before a national railway panel on a
request by 100000 incorporating
railroad employees for an increase of
SC an hour in their pay, which later
was denied
Estimated net profits of 1876 Class
railroads for the first three months
of 1913, were 5000, 100000, an increase
of 120 per cent over the high net
spending period of 1912, of s95,137,945
It is usually true that the railroads
normally earn the greatest part of
their income in the third and fourth
quarters of the yearly operations, and
statisticians look for them to top by
d great pei tSHL tic dll-tlHlc TtcOTu
of earnings of $960,00O,O00 in 1912
which wer 80 per cent over those of
the year before.
In a hearing before an emergency
board of the national railroad labor
panel on demand by four of the
unions for a 80 per cent in
crease in wages, which has been In
for some time, startling facts
were brought out.
1t was proven that a new high of
941 workers were killed in 1912 and
32,20S were seriously injured. Dur
ing the same time, the railroads in
creased their reserves to s1,369,382,-
425. The piling up of these astro-
nomical profits and reserves was
done while the railroad workers were
doing double war time duty with no
pay increase.
Insisting that the Intense strain
md pressure under which the men
n the yard services are now working"
IS necessary for winning the war,
t was declared that the patriotism of
abroad workers was beyond ques-
ion, it was insisted that a wage in
,rease was necessary to keep up war
ime morale.
Basing their request for the 80 per
,ent increase on rising cost of living,
Idjusting inequalities between rail-
CONTINUED on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-02
WAR PRODUCTS
GIVE new TREND
TO AGRICULTURE

| WASHINGTON.-T trend of agri
culture in the United States may be
materially changed in at least one
success of the paint, varnish and lac
quer industry in largely surmounting
the awkwardness occasioned by the
shutting off by the Japanese of the
large volume of tung oil previously
imported, mostly from China, which
in 1887 totaled 174,S84,S03 pounds, by
the dehydration and use of castor oil.
"The Wall Street Journal" in a re-
cent survey of developments in the
growing of the castor bean plant by
American farmers forecasts the like
lihood that in 1914 American produc-
ton may catch up with the demand
and become established as new
source of income in American agri-
culture, and permanent source of
supply for the paint, varnish and lac
quer and other large industries which
use castor oil.
While domestic tung oil which has
been found superior in quality to the
Chinese product is being successfully
produced to an increasing extent in
some suitable sections of the south
ern part of the United States, the
estimated production of domestic
tung oil is only about 100000 pounds
from the 1912 crop, equivalent to
about 3.7% of the 1887 importations
The natural growth of the tung tree
is so much slower than the growth
of the castor bean plant that even
with increased paintings of tung
trees, a good many years would have
to elapse before sufficient quantities
of domestic tung oil to meet the needs
of American industry could be pro-
duced. On the other hand, castor
heans, it is stated, may be grown in
every state. They are an annual crop
except in the tropics where the plant
may reach an age of thirty years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-02
OUTLOOK FOR
AGRICULTURE
NOT TOO ROSY

A wire received from Bob Hant
schin of the Farmers Union nationf
office in Washington received as W
go to press, on the status of apprC
priations for agriculture and farm wa
production at the deadline of the fl.
cal years end, does not make a yer
encouraging picture. 1t will be note
that the Farm Bureau leadership
still fighting for the privileged BIZ
farmers, disregarding the contribution
the war effort.
The telegram in full follows:
July I, 1913
Agricultural bill one of six still
uncompIeted tonight. Only item
disagreement continuance crop in
surance with senate spending three
hours debate today and voting So
to Fl not to retreat House twice
refused agree with senate but COM
promise allowing new insurance but
cutting expenses will be offered to-
morrow or later in hope overcoming
republican cornbeIt anti-Roosevelt
democrat opposition led by Cannon,
Lambertson, Drksen.
Montana delegation all giving full
support with Wheeler making
speech today. Last ditch fight may
be lost. Already settled is four
months grace for FSA with hope
basic legislation or supplementary
funds by then full crop benefits this
years crops; authorization continue
RACE loans; doubling school lunch
program; retaining AAA commit
tees; granting budget funds fores-
try items and most others. How
ever attempt authorize parity funds
43 and a. crops defeated and "A
crop benefits turned down with
three hundred million only for con-
servation practise payments in "A
as compared with four hundred mil
lion won for this year.
CCC to sell wheat at national corn
parity. Wheat left without protec-
ton by corn bloc led by Farm Bu-
reau. Questionable that 5000 in
crease wheat acreage "a can be Sc
cured with no crop benefits, parity
payments uncertain, and maybe no
crop insurance. Conservation con-
troll of house backed by Farm Bu-
reau created unprecedented legis-
Iative jam placing senate at big dis
advantage and causing substantial
defeats but Farm Bureau plan for
stripping Washington of power by
reorganizing with county agents be-
coming only officials is beaten COM
pleteIy if Presidents expected veto
CCC bill is sustained which is
doubtful CCC can still make wheat
loans since is Delaware corporation
not necessarily requiring congress
sionaI action to continue and has
sufficient money for loans.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-02
HOME FRONT
NOW UNDER
ATTACK

The race riots in Detroit, the center
of our arsenal of democracy, carry an
ominous warning. They are not an
isolated and sporadic development
There have already been race riots in
Los Angeles, Mobile, st. Louis, New
ark IN. j., and Beaumont (Texas).
The danger is growing, and the time
to speak out against the disrupters
on the home front is NOW.
"Insurrection" is the term which
the President used to characterize the
shameful, bloody Detroit riots. Be-
hind the Instruction and active in
spreading Hitler's brand of race ha-
tired are to be found the leaders of
the Ku Klux Khan, the Coughlin-Ger-
aid K Smith gang, and the pro-fascist
National Workers League. The lead
ers of these organizations were ir-
dicted more than year ago, but the
Department of Justice has not fol-
lowed up on these indictments and
prosecuted them in the courts.
Our home front is now under at
tack. The effect of this armed strife
can only be to aid Hitler and the ere
mics of the United Nations. We
must call halt to the divide-and-con-
quer activities of the Fifth Column in
our midst, and in so doing we can
discourage those selfish, opportunist
politicians who throw in with Hitler's
aids to weaken the power of our war
time government.
We urge that you write or wire to
President Roosevelt Immediately ask
ing him to take all necessary steps
to uncover and break up the Detroit
exposing the instigators
to full public gaze and bringing them
to justice. The Detroit insurrection
must not be allowed to spread; its
are guilty of treason and
should not be allowed to continue
their attack against the war effort
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committee on public lands, pre-
pared to have his committee
visit the oil reservation before
opening its inquiry in Wash
ington. Meanwhile Congress-
man Jerry Voorhis of Califor-
mia was developing a plan to
prevent such contracts being
clothed in secrecy in the fu-
ture.
Congress now has in the comptrol-
Ter general the authority and the
machinery to keep a spotlight of pitt
less publicity on contracts of this
kind. The comptroller general is an
agent of the congress. He has the
responsibility of watching all expendi-
lures by executive departments, even
expenditures by the President and the
Bureau of the Budget. Only the con-
gress has any authority over him.
Voorhis is now considering plans to
make all executive departments sup
ply the comptroller general with
copies of all proposed contracts and
to make the comptroller general re-
sponsible for reporting questionable
contracts to congress before they are
signed.
Summary of the weeks develop
ments with reference to this contract:
The Navy department announced
the contract had been cancelled.
Assistant Attorney General Norman
M. Littell declared the contract was
invalid because the Secretary of the
Navy had no power to lease the re-
serves.
Study of the contract indicated
Standards monopoly powers under it
would have been far greater than had
been reported. The government
would have been powerless, in large
measure, to control exploitation of
the reserves and to compel payment
for oil taken.
Despite the fact that the Depart |
ment of the Interior was made aware
Of the contract many months ago and
that questions were raised about it in |
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and correspondence be filed in his
office and be open to public inspec-
ton. After citing in detail the in
formation that MUST be filed, in
GLIDING financial information in de-
tail, the Secretary of State is given
power to insist on all other informa-
ton he may deem necessary and is
permitted to grant or withhold a
license.
Mussolini and Hitler are the only
two people in the world that we know
| of who can exercise such power
How Does the State Regulate
Co-operatives and What Records
Are Open For Public Inspection?
Organized labor is intellectually
for Cooperative Associations and as
sisted the farmers in securing the pas
sage of the laws governing same. In
1919 a law creating Department of
! Agriculture was passed and the Com
missioner thereof was charged by law
to encourage and promote the devel-
opment of agricultural industries
and assist farmers, producers and con-
sumers in the organization and man.
agement of cooperative enterprises
and cooperative marketing of farm
products"
Section 6025 of the law authorized
the Secretary of Agriculture to bring
court action to secure punishment of
anyone guilty of violating the law in
reference to Co-operatives, and if such
party was a domestic corporation
could bring about annulment of their
corporation existence, and if foreign
corporation, the forfeiture of their Ii
cense to do business in this state.
The cooperative law provided that
no person should attempt to persu-
citation to sell his produce except
through his coop. 1t further pro-
vided that the coop could also bring
action against a member who did not
abide by his agreement to deal
through the coop. The attorney gen
eral has ruled that the financial state
ments and audits of Cooperative AS
sociations are not open to public in
spection.
Organized labor believes these are
necessary and just laws and supported
the same Fundamentally.
Is There any Similarity Between
The Proposed Labor Laws and
The Cooperative Laws?
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