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AMMUNITION
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trumpet; Herman Bailey, alto sax;
Greenwood and Jesse Pratt are
singers, while Broadnax not only
drums but dances and recently en-
tertained the men with song
while they were waiting for the last
USO-Camp show to begin. Straigt
from Erskine Hawkins famous
swing band comes guitarist Leroy
Kirkland Pvt. Kirkland intends to
be a part of his battalion swing
band. He has IA years experience
playing in orchestras, one of which
was Doc Wheeler's aggregation
which has recorded quite a few
hits. Besides lingering the old gui-
tar, Kirkland has arranged tunes for
Charlie Barnet and has written sew
eral songs, one of them being
charleston Alley" which was re-
corded by Jimmy Dorsey and Char
lie Barnet, respectively, and the
Savoy is Jumping now being fea-
tured by Hal Mcintyre and Charlie
Spivoc. Another newcomer to the
army from the world of swing and
1--WE is Pvt. Robert Albury, who
plays bass. Besides playing with the
A. & M. College (Florida) band he
has played with Ace Harris and his
sunset Royals travelled extensively
and made many broadcasts.
Other battalion luminaries are
Donald Page, six foot five inch,
Fresno, California basketball star
from Fresno State College. Taylor
Morton, 20 year old Pasadena, Cal
ifnoria boy who as a college stu
dent made a name for himself in
West Coast circles in all sports, he
attended Pasadena Junior College,
use and UCLA and starred in foot
ball, basketball, boxink and track.
Orbie Thomas of San Diego who
was catcher on the worlds CHINA
pion soft ball team is busily train
ing crack team for the Battalion.
Corporal Jimmie Halter, 19, Of
San Francisco who has been fight
ing professionally for the past two
years and has a couple of losses to
the debit side of his ledger, but
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Laurence Jones
Rendering Service

Negro and White Mississipppians
should be proud Of Laurence c.
Jones, President and founder of
Piney Woods Country Life School.
The south needs more educators
like this great man-men who are
broad-minded who realizes the
great need of teaching Negro boys
and girls the importance of pre-
pairing themselves to render SER
vice in their own communities
of building up their own race in
their own state.
You will always find this man
doing something to better the con-
ditions in the Southland. He is
forever advocating a better spirit
of cooperation between the south
ern white man and the southern
colored man. He is forever doing
something which will elevate every
Negro and woman in the south.
If the south today had more and
more Negro men in the educational
field doing the much needed that
Prof Jones is doing, we would
find that we would be coming very
near the solving of the so-called
race problem.
Prof. Jones and a few others like
hime, namely Prof Holtzclaw and
Prof. j. E. Johnson are doing a
splendid job Of teaching the Mis-
sissippi Negro how to live in Mis-
sissippi and that is the lesson which
is needed most by our race here
in this grand state. These men,
are going along daily, paying no
attention to outside influences, but
are striving to bring our group up
to the point where they can really
take Their rightly deserved places
in the affairs of our state. Thru
their efforts they are daily making
friends for our race They are
daily convincing the white friends
that better schools and better in
structors will make better Negroes
and better citizens.
Let the southern white man and
Negro place men such as these
more and more in high places of
trust and we will see more and
more the real spirit Of friendship
and goodwill which can exist be-
tween the two races here in the
South.
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build the health of Negro women.
improve the health conditions of
Negro homes, by paying better
wages, they are protecting the
health and happiness of their own
homes.
So, in my effort to help bring
about better spirit of goodwill
and racial cooperation here in the
South, I'm asking that the good
white friends will take this matter
under consideration and do some
thing to elevate this group of 10y
al Women-the domestic worker.
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Negro Women Should Get Better
Pay For Domestic Work
By A. w. HIGH

Daily I am saked the question.
why is it so hard to get Negro
women to do domestic work?o This
question comes from men and wo-
men of the white race here in
Jackson, here in the South. Men
and women, who are fair-minded.
who know of the years and years
OF loyal service given them by
Negro women, who appreciate this
service. And because they have
asked this question. /, in my hum
BILE way shall try to answer it.
Daily, I too am in contact with
Negro women who have all their
lives done domestic work and when
I discussed this problem with them.
they all answered thusly: That,
it's simply impossible to decently
live on the wages paid for this type
of work
To my surprise, l have been told
by these women that their wages
in many cases are as low as $3.50
per week.
Now, our good white friends
know tina it is next to impossible
for woman to keep herself clean
and self-respecting on such wages.
The responsibility of keeping the
home clean, cooking and prepar-
ing meals, tending children, wash
ing clothes-all falls on the domes-
tlce worker. To do any or all of
these jobs well, the worker must
be physically and mentally fit. She
must be able to have medical care:
to obtain spiritual guidance; to en-
JOY a certain amount of wholesome
recreation and above all to be clean
and neat in body and appearance.
1t takes a certain amount of money
for all these things.
Those who read my writings,
know well, that if l found Negro
women who were getting fair and
living wages, refusing to work, l
would criticize them. The homes
that I find having trouble getting
help are those who pay under $500
per week. Those homes that are
paying domestic help fair living
wages are not having trouble. /
have had many maids to tell me
that they want to work but with
the high cost of living it just isn't
possible for them to live on the
wages they receive
To my friends, if this be true.
then let us consider the Negro
women before we begin to criticize
them.
A visit into the homes of many
of these workers show disgraceful
conditions-unsanitary conditions,
sickness and filth This is most
generally caused because there is
not enough money to improve these
conditions. And our good friends
who are responsible for these con-
ditions must realize that when
these workers come into their
homes from such conditions, they
and their families too will suffer.
They must see that when the
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Holy Week
Services At
St. Mark

Wednesday night Lenten Services
Guest speaker, the Rev. E. L. Per-
coates, pastor Lynch St. c. M E.
Church, 7:30 p. m.
Good Friday services II a. m. Spe-
cial sermon.
Easter Sunday 6 a. m. Holy Com
munion. II a. m. sermon and Holy
Communion. 7:30 p. m. the church
school and choir will present the
beautiful Easter pageant Beauty
Nevr Dies with playlet, Youth
Talks of Easter conferred around
the pantomine, "The Old Rugged
Cross
Members and friends are urged
and cordially invited to worshiu
with us at all of these services A
Buxton Keeling, Rector.
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receive from Harvard in June. He
is a member of the California State
Bar.
At the present time, Mr. Jeffer-
son is on leave from Howard Uni
versity in Washington, D. c., where
he has taught since 1884. He also
served there as administrative as
sistant to the president during the
summers of 1899, 1910 and 1912
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LIBERTY SHIP
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Continued from page u
The first Liberty Ship named for
a Negro, the SIS BOOKER 7.
WASHINGTON, is now in active
service under a Negro master, Cap
tain Hugh Mulzac, and the third
ship, the SIS FREDERICK DOUG
LASS, has been assigned for con-
sTuction at the Bethlellam-Fair
field Shipyard in Baltimore, Md.
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STATE MAN
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ed his A. B. degree from the Uni
versity of California at Los An
geles, with a major in political sci
ence. He was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa.
He received his LIB. degree
from Harvard University in 1884
and has now completed require
ments for the degree of Doctor of
Juridical Science, which he will
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TREASURE CHEST

1t We then be risen with Christ seek those things which
are abovewhere Christ stitch the right hand of God
Col 1-3
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PROTEST COLOR HOUSING BAN
IN ORCHARD PARK PROJECT

Strong protest against dis
elimination in the new Roxbury
housing project, the Orchard
Park, was voiced at a meeting
this week of the Greater Boston
Trade Association, Leon G. Lo-
max, president, held at its head
quarters, 522 Columbus Ave.
Attacking the small quota OF
Colored persons to be admitted
and the pattern Of segregation
the Association voted to call on
churches, fraternal bodies and
all other organizations to send
letters of protest to Mayor
Tobin and to members of the
Boston Housing Authority. The
Association, itself, on Wednes-
day sent a sharp letter of pro-
test to Mayor Tobin, demanding
that the humiliating features
be. removed, that colored APP
licants be received on the same
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April IL, the appointment of
an advisory committee as fol-
lows: Rabbi Joshua 10th Lieb-
man of Temple Israel; Rev.
DR.. Russell H, Stagord, of the
new Old South church; Prof.
C. F. Taylor of Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology, and
Mrs. Taylor; Most Reverend R.
]. Gushing, Catholic Bishop of
Boston.
The president reported that
a committee composed of Ed
ward Dixon, representing the
Boston Branch, Edward Cooper,
representing the Urban League
and Mr.. Steele. had interview
ed the Boston Housing Auth
GRITTY and had been informed
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LOCAL NAACP
SEEKS 5000
MEMBERSHIPS

Headquarters for the Annual
NAACP Drive will be at 464
Mass. ave. The drive will open
April 27. Mrs. Ruby Stevens
Dixon, chairman, expects three
thousand memberships to be
secured and has laid plans for
a short, vigorous drive. Any
one wishing to participate in
the drive can secure member
ship envelopes from Mrs. Dix
on at 464 Mass. ave.
President Julian D. Steele
announced at the executive
committee meeting on Monday,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-04-17

GEORGE WHEATLEY
well known Boston violiniss,
who, after a period of sew
eral months In Boston Cmy
Hospital, has returned to
his home, 81 Camden ST,
and wishes to thank his
many friends for their kind
ness during his illness.
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Conference Asks
Second Front

NEW Notwithstanding an
equal share in American democ-
racy, the reeStobliShment of the
FEPC and an immediate West
ern front in Europe, 500 dele
gates from eight eastern states,
at the Eastern Seaboard Confer
ence here last Saturday and
Sunday, launched a ten day
drive for a million signatures to
back up these demands.
Among the distinguished
speakers, Congressman Vito
Marcantonio of New York
blasted the poll takers and
white supremacy elements in
congress who are bent upon
promoting fasciSm in the Unit
edStates, Other addresses were
by Edward Strong, Max Yergan,
James B. Carey, Edmonia Grant,
ADOPTED were resolutions
dealing with the reestablish-
ment of FEPC; the immediate
invasion of Europe by the United
Nations; foreign policy; price
control and discrimination in
the armed forces. The last
named resolution demanded the
establishment of a military unit
of white and colored personnel.
From Boston Atty. ]. S. r.
Bourne, president of the N. E.
Congress for Equal Opportuni-
ties, Mrs. Mabel Scott and Will
liam Harrison went as delegates.
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Ii. Alvin Williams
With Army Air Corps

SELFRIDGE FIELD, Michigan
Transferred here from TuSke-
gee, the 332nd Colored Fighter
group including more than 100
Commissioned Colored aviation
officers lists Lieutenent Alvin
Williams of 762 fremont Street,
Boston, as one of the very best.
Lieutenant Williams was form
erly Technical Sergeant with
the Third Battalion, 372nd In
fantry.
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At the national headquarters of the March On Washing
ton Movement in the Hotel Theresa, A. PHILIP RAN
DOLPH National Director, is purchasing copy of
Dwight McDonad's pamphlet the determinations
black soldiers bearing, from Miss E. Pauline Myers,
NATL Exec Secretary. This pamphlet is spreading the
Gruth about the Winnifred Lynn involving dcrmn-
alton in the army. monster meeting this Case
will be given in the Golden Gate N Y, Thursday night
April 22 under the auspices of the March On Washington
Movement.
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TO DEDICATE new CHURCH

The new Edifice of the Pleas
ant Hill Baptist Church, Rev.
Samuel H. Bullock, pastor, cor
ner of Waumbeck St, and Hum
boldt Ave, will be dedicated
Easter Sunday afternoon.
The services will begin at 3
o'clock, Participating. in the
DELEGATION will be representa-
tiyeS of the Mass. Baptist Con-
vention, Gordon College, An
doyer-Newton Theological Sem
mary, dignataries from city and
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state, also churches, pastors and
choirs of Greater Boston, and
other notable churchmen.
w. A. Rhodes will be in charge
of the musical program to be
contributed by the Clover Leaf
Quartet, the Pleasant Hill Sing
ers and the Sisters of Harmony.
The pastor will conduct the
regular morning and evening
services.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
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ife And Character o. Young Clergyman ExtoIIed
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID DAVID KLUCH

Simple rites for David Slnp-
'on Klugh, son of the late Rev.
and Mrs. David S. Klugh of
Boston, were held on Saturday,
April 10, 1913, at l p m from
Peoples Baptist church. The
services were conducted by
Rev. Richard M. Owens, pastor
of the church, and the obitu-
airy was read by DR., Nathan R.
Wood, President of Gordon
College, from which the de
ceased was to have received his
degree in theology in June. A
profusion of floral tributes
surrounded the casket. Fol-
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lowing the reading of the obit-
uary, Dr.. Wood spoke of the
high character, attachments,
and unusual promise of David,
who he said, had ended his
ministry at the same age as
did Our Lord. President Wood
also stated that the deceased
was the most widely read stu
dent who had ever attended
Gordon. His classmates have
paid him the tribute of voting
to make the cover which he
designed for the school year
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trived lyrics. Tip Toes 1925,
Oh Kay 1925, Strike UP The
Band (192O, Funny Face (192O,
Rosalie (1927), Treasure Girl
1929, Show Girl 1920, and
Girl Crazy 1880, proved but the
prelude to the browning success
of his career, the political satire,
Of Thee 1 Sing (1931), which be-
came the first musical comedy
ever to win the Pulitzer Prize. At
the same time he wrote his Sc
rious works in the jazz idiom,
works which proved that the
Rhapsody had been no mere flash
in the pan: Concerto in F for
piano and orchestra (1925), Jazz
Piano Preludes 1925, An Amer
lean In Paris 1929, Second
Rhapsody (1931l, Cuban Overture
(1934) and the opera, Porgy and
Bess 1885.
He won for himself wealth,
fame, the alteration of masses,
and even the admiration of many
world-famous composers and crit
les. Who could ask for anything
more? Yet he remained, in spite
of the seemingly endless parade
of triumphs, a modest and highly
self-critical young man. Simple
and wholesome in all things (his
penthouse never inspired in him
poses of grandeur; to the end of
his days he did not forget that
he had been born and raised on
the East Side), he viewed his
music with healthy detachment.
If he was proud of his music and
that pride led him to perform it
at the slightest provocation any,
where and everywhere-he was
also critical of it. He was
ever conscious of his technical
shortcomings and lamented them.
He had, as matter of fact. that
exaggerated awe for schoolbook
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learning which only the unSchoOl.
ed have. He always acknowledg.
ed that he still had far to 60 to
achieve a status as a serious com.
poser. In short, though he loved
his music, he underestimate it
and the capacity of his great tai
ent to overcome inadequacy Of
technique. 1t was difficult to
make him realize that his best
songs had a greatness which all
the conservatory learning in the
world could not enhance, that his
instincts and taste guided his
hand as surely as any set rules
could. 1t was even more diff
cult to convince him that the
technical faults of his Larger
works were comparatively uninl'
portant in the face of their wond'
erful vitality, exuberance, and
melodic inventivenesS.
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George Gershwin died in 1887.
It can be said that he has become
even more important after his
death than he was during his
lifetime. However much he was
praised by critics and serious mu-
sicians when he was alive, such
praise was invariably tempered
with reservations. Derive the
common denomination of most
criticisms received by Gershwin
during his lifetime and it will
prove to be as follows: He was
talented, he exerted an influence,
his music was both entertaining
and exciting; but both he and his
music were of ephemereal i'm
portance.
Six years, obviously, is too
short a period to measure any
ones posthumous importance.
But one thing is already reason
ably certain about Gershwin's,
and that is that it was by no
means ephemereal. All-Gershwin
programs, whether in the concert
hall or over the radio, were pleas
ing novelties when Gershwin was
alive; today they have become
something of ritual, over them
lowering the aura Of a shrine.
Today, these concerts are growing
more numerous, and are attract
ing larger audiences, than several
years ago-and, one might add
hastily, they were never lacking
in popular appeal. The stature
of Gershwin's music has grown
perceptibly. Even the most ard
ent admirers of the Rhapsody in
Blue" mot to speak of the more
captious critics. would not in
their widest fancy have believed
in 1924 that in twenty years the
work would still be alive, that it
WOulU DeCOILc Tie NlOSC frequently
performed serious american work
for orchestras in the entire rep
ertoire, that men ike Toscanini
and Mitropoulos would conduct it
and pianists like Iturbi and San
orma perform it. "Porgy and
Bess" was only mildly accepted
when it was first performed in
1885: most critics dismissed it as
neither fish nor fowl, neither
opera nor musical comedy.
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alton. Because he wanted to write
good jazz music, he brushed aside
his early efforts impatiently,
however successful they may have
been with the public. He knew
what he wanted: a fluid melody
that had freshness of feeling, and
originality of line and design;
subtle, rhythmic effects; rich
harmonic colors, of original tints
and hues. He wanted his songs
to have about them an inevita-
bility of structure in which no
note or phrase was superfluous.
He wanted an idiom that would be
both popular and original. And
he worked hard-probably no
popular song composer ever work.
ed more painstakingly than he.
He edited every line and phrase
and nuance dozens of times.
Many songs he discarded as in
complete realizations of his ideals.
Occasionally, he achieved a mo-
mentary Righteousness of express
sion that made him realize that he
was not Shaving in vain, and that,
though he was cropping, he was
at least cropping in the right di-
rection.
BY 1924, he had written several
songs which satisfied him. There
was I'll Build A Stairway to
Paradise" from the Scandals of
1922 with its suave and we'll
polished manner, and neatness of
construction; do 1t Again" from
the French Doll, in which the
touch is intriguingly deft; Some
body Loves Me" from Scandals of
1924 with its enchanting lyric
line given piquancy with its in
lection of the "blues" note; "Oh
Lady Be Good" from Lady Be
Good with its rhythmic drive.
With such songs he was becoming
master of his tools, and he was
using' these tools to fashion art
works that were personally his
own. In these songs, a high de-
gree of congressional skill was
combined with a flair for original
melody, with capacity to project
the subtlest suggestions of moods
and feelings.
Always Critical
After the Rhapsody in Blue.
Gershwin solicited his position as
Americas leading composer. For
the Broadway theatre he wrote
several excellent scores for must
cal comedies which generally
proved to be among the leading
successes of their respective sea-
sons; in this field he profited
through collaboration with his
brother, Ira, who provided his
songs with def and skilfully con.
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A Composer Comes
Into His Own
A Brief Epitaph For George Gershwin
nv DAVID EVEN

George Gershwn has become of the great of
music mounting steadily since his death
gave perspective Recently Liberty Ship
Hollywood is turning out film his life
biographer, has made special
study which be issued biography this
fall Mr. Even the of the famous
composer. The Editor