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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
End Of Little Businessman Sought
as Is+ Step Of Scheme, Says Senator

previous experience had con
sisted of looking after CCC
camps. and the general super
intendent of construction, I'm
charge of the full project, tes-
tilted that he'd never been I'm
full charge of anything before,
that he'd always worked for
somebody else and that his av-
erage salary had been from
$4,000 TO $4,000 "a year.
THE moneys gone. We've
got nothing for IL. The war
could cOnceiyably be over be-
fore this place is even finished.
tn never be good for anything,
a. It's located 23 or % miles
from Kansas City. possibly
through some political arrange
ment. There's nobody To indict.
and nothing to get back If there
were.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Strange Looking Experts
Make Big Decisions

Ihats typical or the enOr-
nous and criminal waste of the
American taxpayers war-fight-
ing money, too common To he
accidental. Harry Byrd esti-
mates that In all our Il billion
dollar construction program for
facilities with which 10 fight
the war. we have thrown away
So for 81.
Those men out al Kansas
City. even the union executives,
testified before our committee
that the waste of labor there
had been from p to 40 per cent.
Their attitude seemed To be so
WHAT
Turning vital and expensive
projects such as these over to
incompetents and letting S40,-
600, 900 balloon 10 S130,OO0, 900.
mostly in handouts to labor, Is
certainly too obvious, and it's
likewise too common. to write
of as merely an accident.
perts' handling expert response
bilities in this almost humor-
Ously bungled domestic picture
everywhere.
1.-THE man who doped out the
gas rationing directive for the
nation testified before It's. when
we asked his background of eN-
perience. that for the last 10
years he'd been manager of the
White Rock mineral springs out
in Indiana.
"He didn't know anything
about the practical handling of
gasoline and fuel oil, and some
what self-consciously admitted
ii.
The actual writing of the di-
receive was done by minor
and rather sick looking profess
sor from Cornell, who didn't
look nor talk as il he knew
anything about il, either.
"As serious as the domestic
picture is, perhaps even more
dangerous to our national flu
ture is the performance of these
same future-planners In the in
ternatiOnaI theater.
The same lack Of indignation
that has bedeyiled our domestic
policy is now breeding serious
trouble for our international
postwar position.
again without specific au-
thOriZatiOn of Congress, and
without not alone the will. hut
the knowledge, of the people
these same collectivists and
dreamers such n Henry Wal
lace ct al are gaily promising
the world unlimited supplies
from our non-eXistent reserves.
They won't he able TO de-
liver. Hatred and catastrophe
are our certain lot. Ii seems
more than silly to talk of feed
ing the world when we're not
even feeding ourselves. Why
build up unnecessary disappoint-
ment and hatred by promising
things we can't possibly do:
We've got to work with the
world. and he a part OF the
world. IsOlatiOnism il dead.
We've got to realize it. and
to comfort ourselves accord
ingly.
but we've got 10 remember
that we're going to have plenty
of problems Of our very own To
take care of, and il would make
better sense To figure what We
can spare before promising the
whole wide world that we're
guaranteeing il milk and honey.
Honbins Seen as Most
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Raj Ghost Raids
Disturb BerfnerS

IQ.NDON. july 2 CUP)-RAF
bombcrs have made many ghost
raids over Berlin and other large
German cities in The last several
weeks, which never have been an
nounced officially according 10
The British Press Association
The raIl, made by swift Mos
QUITO bomber> SinCly of in small
groups. were chiefly nuisance
raids 90 SGT OF alerts and rob
The German worker Of their
sleep. Sometime not single
bomb was dropped during a raid
Many such RAIDS have been
made on Berlin since the last an
no.nced bombing on May Il ac-
CorG.ng 20 INC prc>> association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Power Urged for Davis
on Food, Ickes on Fuel

Take the OPA, for instance.
II was plainly and pitifully dem
onstrated its utter incspacity TO
cope with the problem of sup
plies. All thoughtful men In
Washington of both parties
know that VSetup won't and
can't work. and that the ma
tons food supply il going To
pot as . result. "A
They are convinced that food
must be placed IN the hands ~
one man, and. IN my opinion,
Chester Davis would he n good
selection.
THE fuel problem should he
placed exclusively in the hands
Of Harold Ickes.
~Despite ycsr recent inter-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Hopkins Seen as Most


81 mentioned Harry Hopkins
awhile back. He's admittedly
one Of the leftists, and II the
most powerful of all i'm the in
ternatiOnal sense because he's
head of Iend-leasc and person
ally hands out the packages.
There's been a recent revela-
ton concerning this eN-sOcial
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Friends Of Benes
Seized as Hostages

LONDON july 3 ms
More and more friend, and re,a-
tIveS Of Preslden, Eduard Benes
81 Czecho-Slcyakia are being
held As hostages Dy the Eazis.
The announcements Of the
Bones arrests . obviously CalcJ-
lated ~ num.dafe the President
Of Free Czcche-SlOyakla. are
being made nd tho name. o. 'nc
relCa.S protector Office
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04

service worker which comes as
surprise even To Congress.
It's been revealed that he's
chairman of munitions assign
ment.
That's something that's been
held under wraps. They've been
featuring Stettinius i'm their
announcements all along, but
apparently Hopkins Is the head
man, and that makes him, IN
foreign nations. the most inn
pOrtant man In the United
States.
"The man who hands YOU
your munitions when you're
fighting and your food when
you're hungry il, naturally.
more important individual TO
you than even president.
Whose bread 1 eat, his song
I sing Hopkins song Is the
original left wing New Dealism.
ITO him the world apparently
must look for aid. and this ma
ton must make good his de-
ciSions although nobody has
ever suggested that his back
ground of social uplifting has
given him the slightest quail
ficatiOns either for first class
administration or for obligating
our nation. His theories are his
own. They aren't Americas"
"Well. what's the answer" |
asked the senator twill these
planners succeed: DO YOU fig
IRE we're headed for their
translation of totalitarianism ,"
NO" he said, II have COM
plete faith I'm the common
sense of America and real
Americans. believe in the
Kind of America we always
have known. and the ma jority
of Americans do too.
"All the public needs il in
formation, plain talk. It's time
TO come out into the open, and
10 get this pattern out into the
open where real Americans
can see il.
ITS been under cover all
along, its true pattern unre-
yealed and unrecOgnized.
They're making speed under
the war effort. and they will
probably he able 10 get part
ar their program In effect a.
war emergency But IL. and
they, will be thrown into the
everlasting discard by an in
eNitable reaction.
zone thing they're forgetting
are these boys who are fighting.
They don't want TO come back
To that kind of America, and
If they do, they won't put up
with il long.
Those fellows are thinking
lot of home, of freedom. of "A
job, a chance to advance. to he
whatever they're worthy of
being.
Il know. because my own
son il one of them. He's in
Africa now, 10 the best of my
knowledge, and he's been there
for quite while. I know from
his letters how the soldiers are
thinking.
They're fighting for the
Land of the Free and the Home
of the Brave. not a theoretical
experiment I'm government pat
termed by little group of non
elected pinks after their idea
OF the Russian evolution
This war will be over some
day. I'm sure some of these
theological Zealot> hope II will
last long enough for them 10
get at least their spade work
done. But il won't.
Its momentum on the fight
ing side II too great. The ma
chine il too mammoth. It's al
ready rolling. They can't stop
IL now. They can't even retard
il. Nobody can slow il by a.
much N one day. If the home
folks don't. or can't manage. to
throw ont the dreamers and
their botches, the returning sol
dicrs will.
The real America. which
has already about slept of the
drug. will arouse itself and go
TO work as il can and must"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Little Businessrnan's
End to Be First Step

The liquidation of the kuv\
lajSs be- said kulaks being
The Russian word for middle
class the elimination ~ the
middle class IN business. the
small bn>incss man. tne m rnieT.
the little. Independent fellow.
"Staiin and Hitler used the
same tactiCs hill of the little
fellow, concentrate your busi-
ness I'm q few great nrms--Say
the automobiles 90 Ford. tho
soap TO Lever Brothers, the mail
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Hopkins Most important Man in
u. S., Statesman From Maine Finds
Nv BILL CtNNiNGHAM


key POSTPONED and superpoVerfu group Of left
DR. JekylNr HYDE administration Seup Is trying
XII CapaSc form Of government and t2lng me war
Speodup carefully and longpolied
charged Names conservative sen Ralph O. Brewster IN a
smashing exclusive on,theecord interview with Your
.ln0rn In InrLI n $
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Saginaw Pastor RESIGNS

SAGINAW. July 3 CUPD The
Rev Forrest l.. Fraser, pastor Of
the First Baptist Church since
1884 has resigned. effective Aug
uSt l. 10 accept pastorate At
Oak Park LII
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04

The senator says hen grant
them sincerity. lie comedies that
they really believe the abolition
of the prof, system, the "evolu-
ton from capitalism 10 national
socialism. new dcaliSm, or what
ever they prefer 20 call their
translation OF toiailtariauiSm, VIII
serve the greatest good Of the
greatest number
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
Asks u 5. 10 Print
Tax-Forqiven Names

WASHINGTON. July 3 up
Senator O'Daniel ID OF Texas.
has introduced a bill TO make
public the names OF all individuals
receiving any degree of tax for
GiveneSS under the pay-aS-you-Go
Withholding plan now IN force, and
the amount OF their forgiveness.
He said he had been asked by
"many of our men in military
service" 10 find out how much tax
cancellation had been granted
under the bill TO those who
stayed safely al home and made
enormous war profits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
N. Y. Holds Detroiter
In U50 Extort Effort

NV NoRK July 8 INs
Icon Leoou. 10 n Detroit was
tc'f 'D5ay in Now York or
thargrs n attempting 10 eXtOr,
e2OO from q $50 Canteen hostess.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
DEFICIENCY MEASURE

With this action. a Sl430J0.000
deficiency appropriation, carrying
paSt-duc overtime pay for govern
mont workers, was sent 10 the
White House. -
ON the war agencies b!ll,/fhc
House previously had cdt off
Owls domestic hranchHFithout a
penny and had hnKod OPA TO
Sl35. 100000.
The House bowed TO the deci-
sion Of It's .>CpnicreeS to Jettlson
its amenafnents prohibiting use of
OPA funds for the food price
roHback program. and another
l5roviso that would have required
that OPA policy making officials
have FIVE years actual business
eXDprlenCo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
PRESERVES FAMILIES

Mothers may also register chill
dren at the Children'S War Center,
1916 Broadway, Monday through
Friday from $50 a. m 10 4:30
p m. and Saturday, from 9 a m.
TO noon.
OF the experimental night care
center, Miss White SAID
might care of children il not
In any sense promotion of
women working, but rather IL il
TO help preserve the integrity
of the families Of those women
who are already working"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-04
War Mothers
Night Nursery
To0pen July -

A child night care center 10
take care of children of mothers
working night shifts in Detroit
war plants will be opened July 10
at the Custer School on Linwood,
north of Fenkell.
The tentative plan for the new
service, as outlined by Miss Nobel
White. chairman of the state day
care committee. sets the nursery
hours from 2:30 D. m. 10 9 a. m.
Thirty children can he ac-
commodated at the Custer
school," says Miss White. 1.-THE
gymnasium will he used for
sleeping quarters. and meals
will be served in the school
lunchrOOm.
NURSE ON DUTY
Twenty-Five cents will he
charged Tor each meal and
50-cent fee for each IL hours
child II cared for is the only
additional cost.
"A teacher and "A trained
nurse will be In attendance all
night and every effort will he
made To cooperate with parents
and treat the child with the par
ent's point OF view"
To register a child i'm a night
care school the mother must bt
employed Boys and girls from
, 10 Ii years are eligible. Reg.
iStrationS will be taken at the
Custer School, Monday through
Friday. between noon and 3 p. m
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-05-15
Two Under-Age
Blue Jackets On
Way Back Home
Forge Mothers
Names To Get I J
In Big Fight

GREAT LAKES. HIS N 81
one under-age Negro Bluejackes
was back home and another was
on his way after having been found
guilty of Showing away In the
Navy" at the u. S. Naval training
Station, here.
The boys. one of whom Is IA ana
the other. -. enlisted in the Navy
as t7-year-olds by forging their
mothers signatures on Navy re-
cruiting papers. The hoax was dis
covered at the T. S. Naval Train
ing Station when their mothers
wrote Navy authorities disclosing
the true ages of their sons.
FROM S. CAROLINA
Youngest of the two is Hudson
Anderson, son of Mrs. Bruce Butler
of "a Harlem Square, Greenville,
S. c., will be ID years old August Is
The other is Lionel Harold Brown.
son of Mrs. Mayola Keller Brown
of 247 Evergreen Drive, Baton
Rouge, La, will be Is ON December
Smalls- training center for Negroes
at Great Lakes-with the promise
that he would return "as soon as
I'm old enough" Sailor Brown
echoed those sentiments.
According to Naval regulations.
17-year- olds can enlist in the Navy
only with written consent of their
parents. Anderson, who was in the
ninth grade at Sterling High School,
Greenville, overcame that little
difficulty by giving SIS to friend
to sign his mothers name to the
consent papers and another S. to
a notary public who witnessed the
signature.
Brown took care of his enlist
ment papers without handing out
any money. Securing the necessary
papers from the Baton Rouge Post
Office, he signed his mothers
name, joined other recruits at New
Orleans and reported with them
to the Training Station. He left
the ninth grade at Mckinley High
School, Baton Rouge, to become a
Bluejacket.
Both boys ha3 competed recruit
training and were in the outgoing
unit when their fraudulent enlist
mentS were discovered. Lieut..
Cmdr. d. w. Armstrong, command
ing officer of Camp Smalls. adj
vised them. Come back in few
years"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-05-15

will your"
Sure. sure they said
Again there was silence and Big
gers taunt nerves aehed to fill it
up,
How you Like them sewing
classes at the Y. Neta?" he asked
Vera frightened her hands over
her face.
Bigger" his mother sobbed. try
ing to talk through her tears Big
ger. honey, she wont 60 TO school
10 more. She says the other girls
look at hands make her ''shamed"
He had lived and acted on the
assumption that he was alone. and
now he saw that he had not been
What he had done made others
suffer No matter how much he
would long for them to forget him.
they would not be able to. His
family was a part of him. not III
blood, but in spirit He sat on
the cot and his mother knelt al
his feet. Her face was lifted &c
his; her eyes were empty. eyes that
looked upward when the last hope
OF earth had failed.
I'm praying for you, son. That's
all can do now" she said THE
Lord knows l did all 1 could fol-
you and your sister and brother. ]
scrubbed and washed and ironed
from morning till night. day IN
and day out, as long as hac
strength IN my old body. die
all / know how. son. and if I left
anything undone. it's Just cause
didn't know It's just cause volIl
poor old ma couldn't see. son. Wher
l heard the news of what h8nnen.
ed. | got on my knees and turned
my eyes to God and asked Him il
| had raised YOU wrong. I asked
Him to let me bear your burden
II | did wrong by you. Honey. your
poor Old ma can't do nothing now
I'm old and this is too much for
me. I'm at the end of my rome
Listen. son. your poor old ma wants
you TO promise her one thing
Honey, when Amt nobody round
YOU when YOU alone. get on vour
knees and tell God everything. Ask
Him to guide you That's all Won
can do now. Son. promise me worn
go to Him
Ah-meni" the preacher intonec
fervently
Forget me. Ma" Bigger said
Son. I can't forget YOU You're
my boy | brought you into The
world
Forget me. Ma"
Son, I'm worried about Won
can't help it. You got your SOM f.
save. l won't be able to rest easv
aS long as I'm on this earth if !
thought you had gone away from
US without asking God for helm
Bigger, we had hard time in
TINS world, but through it all We
oeen together, amt we?"
feSSum," he whispered.
Go Be Continued)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-05-15
Army Bigotry Protested By
White Officer In The South
Urges NAACP
To Continue It's
Constant Vigilance

NEW YORK C1TY-(SNS)-1n a
letter from an intelligent young
white officer stationed in a south
ern camp, the NAACP was urged
this week to continue its fight on
all fronts for the realization OF
democracy in America.
your fight is our tight-that a
man has right as a man, whether
he be q Jew. Negro, Irish-Cathollc
or a southern demagouge, writes
this officer.
Il have found very little reason
for encouragement in the appliea-
ton of democratic thoughts to race
relations since entering the army
| know that ] am in bad section
of the country to find any great
emphasis on tolerance and justice
in this matter but what has been
especially discouraging is the num-
Der of men from the supposedly
more liberal northern states whose
eyes are just as blind as Rankin'S."
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-05-15
NEGRO. MANUFACTURER SETS
STANDARD FOR FAIRPLAY
NATIVE SON
By RICHARD WRIGHT
(Cnntinued From ...t WeeL)

Bigger" his mothers voice came
low and quiet; she caught his face
between the palms of her trembling
hands. Bigger" she said, tell me
Is there anything. ANYTHING we
can do7"
He knew that MS mothers aues-
ton had been prompted by his
telling her that he would get out
Of all this. He knew that they had
nothing; they were SO poor that
they were depending upon the
public charity to eat. He was as
named of what he had done, he
should have been honest with
them It had been wild and
foolish impulse that had made him
try TO appear strong and innocent
before them. Maybe they would
remember him only by those
foolish words after they had killed
him. His mothers eyes were
sad. skeptical; but kind, patient,
waiting for his answer. Yes; he
mad to wipe out that lie, not only
SO that they might know the truth,
but to redeem himself in the
eyes of those white faces behind
his back along the white wall
He was lost; bue he would not
cringe; he would not lie, not in
the presence of that white. noun
tain looming behind him.
There amt nothing Ma But
I'm all right" he mumbled
THERE WAS SILENCE. Buddy
lowered his eyes Vera sobbed
louder She seemed SO little and
helpless. she should not have come
here. Her sorrow accused him If
he could only make her go home.
1t was precisely TO keep from feel
ing this hate and shame and des-
pair that he had always acted
hard and tough toward them. and
now he was without defense. His
eyes roved the room, seeing Gus
and G. H. and Jack. They saw
him looking at them and came for
ward.
I'm sorry, Bigger. Jack said.
his eyes on the floor.
They picked Us UP too" 6. H.
said. as though trying to comfort
Bigger with the fact But Mr..
Erlone and Mr. Max got us out.
They tried to make us tell about
lot of things we didn't do but
We wouldn't tell
Anything we can do. Bigger"
Gus asked.
I'm all right, Bigger said
say, when you go, take Ma home
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-05-15

the plant are tokens of awards re-
ceived by the company. its manage
ment and its employees. They have
won the AAt quality rating from
the Army Air Corps, Material di-
vision, letter of recommendation
, from its prime contractor, Cole of
California, an Efficiency Award,
from the same prime contractor,
for its quality and quantity of pro-
duction.
Cole company has just been mott
fled that the coveted Army "E"
award has been achieved as the
result of its production. 1t is well
to note that the pilot chute made
by the Pacific Parachute COMPANY
was included in their efficiency
record The Minute Man "T"' flag
is. also the property of the PFC.
the company employees having 100
percent of its employees subscrip-
ton, 10 per cent of their salary
in war bonds.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-05-15

l.. j. H.-My boy friend is in
the Navy and has been for nearly
four years. Everytime | receive a
letter from him he begs me not
to marry while he is gone, but wait
on him and when he returns we
will marry. Since hes been away
I've fallen in love with someone
else and he wants me to marry
him. What must / dop
Ans: Your sailor friend
wouldn't want you if you could
not return his love. It's
woman's privilege to change her
mind. If you love the boy and