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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Hogs Should Not
Be Permitted
To Run Wild

Show mi a community where farmers
permit their hogs to run out during the
fall and winter and l will show you .
community where practically no farms
qualify for the soil building payments
offered by the Triple A program" says
County Agent l. W. Carson.
Of all the extra weight put on hogs
Mrs. Lamson were Friday visitor Of Mrs.
Henry Osborne in Greenwood.
Mrs. H. C. McPhail and Mrs. Bob
Gillespie shopped in Greenwood Friday.
Mrs. Minnie Walt is a patient in the
Jackson I%nfirmary, Her daughters. Miss
Joan Walt, of Mobile. and Miss Angie,
are with her.
Kinds Jumper spent the Thanksgiving
holidays with his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Darnell and Miss
Eunice McCaleb spent Sunday in Lex
ington with Judge and Mrs. G.. d. Nc
Caleb.
Guy Sharpe, Jr., of the U. E. Naval
Training Station at Millington, Tenn,
spent the weekend with his parents.
Miss Hazel Bailey of the Ruleville
school faculty, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Vol Bailey.
The friends of Mrs. d. Maggie will
regret to learn that she is seriously
i'll in a New Orleans hospital where she
underwent an operation last Tuesday.
All her children are with her. Corp.
Sam Maggie who has been i'll for sew
eral months, was able to make the trip
from Cambridge, Ohio.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Luther A. Malone
Arrives In England

Mrs. Walter Bennett has received q
letter from her son, Sgt. Luther A.
Malone, saying that he has arrived in
England and likes that country fine ex-
cept for the fact that they drive on
the wrong side OF the strset and he
can't make heads nor tails Of their
money.
He asked his mother to send him the
hometown paper and some candy and
peanuts.
Luther went into service two years
ago in September. He is in the ground
unit of the Air Corps and was stationed
at Lowry Field, Denver, Colo. before
being sent overseas.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Certificates Of War
Necessity Good IA

Certificates Of War Necessity issued
by the Office of Defense Transportation
are for the duration of the war and
need not be renewed for 1914. W. D.
Hendry, District Manager of the ODT
in Jackson, declared yesterday.
The oDT District Manager pointed
out that many queries have been re-
ceived by his office from persons want
ing to renew their certificates for next
years operations.
The mileage allotments authorized by
the certificates for 1943 will stand for
1914 unless changed by the 0DT he de-
clared.
Such certificates are necessary for
operators Of commercial vehicles to re-
ceivs gasoline and tires.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
William Martin And
EurI Downer Are
Promoted In Navy

Two Durant boys have been promoted
in the Navy according to word received
here by their parents.
William Martin, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
w. C. Martin, has been promoted to sea
man second class.
Earl Downer, son of Mr.. and Mrs
George Downer, has been promoted tc
the rank of baker third class which II
equivalent to petty officer.
Friends Of these two boys. who both
enlisted at the age of II. will be GLAD
to learn of their progress in their ser
vice career.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Mrs. Idom's Niece
Passes Suddenly

regret to learn of the tragic death of
her niece, Miss Peggy Schultz, 16, who
died suddenly at her home in Grenada
of a heart attack. She had been slightly
i'll with a cold but her death was I'M
expected and a stunning blow to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Schultz.
She was an only child.
Services were held last Monday after
noon which Mrs. Idom attended. Her
Husband, Pvt. Idom came home, on an
emergency furlough from his duties at
Camp Pickett, Va, and has now re-
turned there.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Durant Tax Rate
Cut 70 Per Cent

Durant's tax rate has been reduced
from 25 to 20 mills, a reduction OF
twenty per cent, according to Mayor
w. E. Howell in an announcement to-
day. This reduction is effective i'm
mediately and applies to taxes which
were due and payable on November 1.
Deadline for payment of these taxes is
February /.
The reduction will certainly be well
come news to Durant taxpayers.
Mayor Howell said the reduction was
possible because of the city-owned
water and light plant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
D. NJ. Bananco's
Father Passes

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. NJ. Bar
rance will regret to learn that he has
received word through the local Amer
lean Red Cross that his father Pascale
Barranco, passed away in Cefalu, Italy
recently. No other details were sup
piled.
Surviving are Mr.. and Mrs. Barranco
and three other sons: Sam and Vince
Barranco, of Grenada; Frank, Green
wood; and one daughter, Mrs. Joe
Matasa, of New York.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02

phosphate. 40 tons of potash, LOG, 900
pounds of Austrian winter peas, 40. 1000
pounds of winter rye grass seed, and
200. 90 pounds of vetch seed.
Farmers planted an estimated 10000
acres to winter grazing crops to supple
ment the grain and hay feed supply. A
seed production program and plans for
farm yard delivery Of lime under the
AAA program was worked out.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Duront Methodist Church
REV. W. P. BAILEY, Pastor

A social hour for the young people
of the church will be held Friday night
at seven o'clock until nine at the church
Church School at 9:45.
11:00 Communion Service.
6:45 Youth Fellowship.
700 Evening Worship.
On Monday afternoon the WSCS will
meet at the church at three o'clock in
the last business session of the year.
Wednesday at seven o'clock prayer
service will be held followed by choir
practice.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Singers To Meet
In Jackson

Singers from all over Mississippi will
meet at the Kinds county court house
in Jackson Sunday to take part in an
all-day gospel song program. Featured
on the program will be quartettes, duets.
trios, etc. There will be IA good
song directors preesnt. We are expect
ing a great day and invite all singers
and lovers of gospel music to attend.
Singing will begin at $3.50 I'm. and
close at 400 pm.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
BOYCE
Miss Iva Mae Logon
Joins WAVES

Miss Iva Mae Logan, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. T. Logan, of Doddsville,
has enlisted in the WAVES. She was
formerly employed at Peoples Drug
Store in Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Services Al Liberty Chapel

Preaching services will be held at
Liberty Chapel Sunday, Dec. 9Th, at 500
o'clock according to an announcement
made by the Rev. Shaw, pastor. He re-
quests all officers and members to be
present
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Shirley Brennan Now
In Air WAAC's

Miss Shierley brennan, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. brennan, Lexington
enlisted in the Air WACS Nov. 90 and
has gone to Fort Oglethorpe. Ca, for
basic training.
She was formerly employed with the
Selective Service Office here. At the
time of her enlistment she was work
ing in Houston, Texas.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02
Seed Potato Ceilings

Maximum prices for domestic and i'm
ported Certified" seed potatoes have
been set by OPA at 81 above established
ceilings for U. s. No. tablestock pota-
toes, and for "war-approved" seed pota-
toes at so cents above tablestock pota-
toes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02

HAZEL
EYES
By Hazel Brannon

Everywhere over the nation wher
great masses of colored citizens hav
zone to work there has been grea
trouble. Cities like Detroit and Lo
Angeles are just nov waking up to tn,
fact that where great masses Of %colore,
people live and where the whites liv,
also the only solution to the problem
for the benefit Of both groups is com
plete segregation.
Mrs. Roosevelt 10 ignorant of thi
fundamental principle. Others in higl
circles of the government apparently d.
not know 1t, or do not care
2 A recent edition of the Los Angelo
Daily News shows the trouble that cit,
is having. We quote:
The citizens emergency commit
tee deplored as "a step backward"
yesterday recent statements before
q house naval affairs subcommittee
on congested areas suggesting that
immigration of negroes here be
halted.
The committee, headed by Thomas
l. Griffith and comprised Of Il
churches, labor. civic and other or
gsnlsations, referred specifically to
statements Of Deputy Mayor Orville
r Caldwell before the federal body
last November 10.
The deputy mayor. speaking for
Mayor Fletcher Bowron, asked that
the immigration Of negroes from
the Deep South be stopped until
such time as these people can be
properly absorbed into the commu-
nifty"
Caldwell warned at the same time
that unless this influx were halted
"dire results would ensue."
Griffith, in a letter to Mayor
Fletcher Bowron, pointed out that
the number of negroes absorbed
here was small in comparison with
the total Immigration of workers
to this area.
III Los Angeles Is unable to cope
with the mounting flood Of arrivals
As the deputy mayo states, then
total immigration should be halted
and II necessary to preserve the
peace Of our community, war con-
tracts taken out Of the area" Grif-
fifth said.
There is a problem of housing all
workers.
Because Of the policies and prac-
tices Of national and local housing
officials, it has been complicated In
relation to negroes.
but the only democratic way to
meet the issue il to provide facili-
ties for immigrant wo~rkers-white
and negro alike"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-12-02

A letter from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
has been received by Rev. Clarence T.
+. Nelson, president of the st. Paul
branch Of the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored People, in
answer to his protest of a recent mag
azine article by her, according to an
Associated Press dispatch from st. Paul.
Rev. Nelson took issue with her
statement In the article in a negro pub.
iication; IF were a negro -. ! would
not do too much demanding"
I'm that sentence" Mrs. Roosevelt
wrote the local negro leader, "perhaps
] did not make II clear that I thought
col0red people were quite right in stat
Ing the things they wanted and to ask
Tor them, but that when II came to the
work of really fighting for them, they
would probably get further Il the white
people who believe rs they do were urg-
ed to do most Of the fighting and de-
handing.
I'm the Army and Navy, l feel that
things are moving The negro il serv-
Ing many different ways which were
ne< open to him In the last war. or
conrse you are right. they should neither
have to ask for or. demand. equal
opportunity and equal treatment n cit
isens. but ! am talking about things as
they are not not about things a. they
should be nor as we wish they were"
I Mrs. Roosevelt is the ring leader and
guiding light of that group in the New
Deal administration that has lone more
to arouse race against race, class against
class, labor against capital and capital
against labor, than has ever before been
the case in the history of this country.
Their was a time when we did not
question the sincerity and good inten.
lions Of the First Lady. That time has
now passed. No intelligent woman with
the education and background of Mrs.
Roosevelt could possibly stir up as much
trouble, cause as much ill-feeling among
so many people i%nnocently.
There can only be one conclusion for
Americans to draw form her continued
activities among the races and with her
communist friends and that con-
clusion ugly and unbearable.
Mr.. Roosevelt must be blamed equally
with his Lady. She could not possibly
carry on her activities without the pro-
lection of the White House.
The American people did not pu.
Harry Hopkins in the White House but
he has been there a long time. Now
that he is moving out bodily perhaps he
will take his chief and the lady along
with him. The White House needs a
thorough cleaning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
David LASER

a. few years ago, one Of the
largest and most influential
front organizations Of the Com
munist Party in this country
was the Workers Alliance. At
the height OF its inHuence--and
! may add. its mischief--the
Workers Alliance was headed
nv David LASER. In 1910, LASER
broke with the Communists.
"But In addition To his past
affiliation with and leadership OF
Communist front organizations,
LASER was also mixed up with
democracy.
Furthermore. as illustrative
OF his marked tendency toward
one form Of mental alteration
or another. LASER was president
OF the fnterplanetary Travel
Association. Today, David LASER
Is senior labor economist for the
War Production Board at q
salary Of $780,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Henry G.. Alsberg

Senior feature writer, Office oil
War Information; salary. $4,000
I'm the early life Of our COM
mittee, we exposed the extensive
infiltration 81 Communists into
the Federal Writers Project.
We showed how Communists
had used the writer's project
TO obtain the government i'm
print upon their propaganda.
AS n result, Congress abol-
ished the writer's project. Who
was the head OF the federal
writers project? None other
than Henry g. Alsberg, who has
crept back into government en-
ployment in the Office of War
Information"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

hooks. The Congress broke up
that project. but. like Henry g..
AiSberg, who was head OF the
federal writer's project. kath-
crime Kellock has slipped back
into government employment"
Jay Deiss
Senior editor writer OF the
federal security agency, salary,
"a 800.
Milton V. Freeman
Assistant solicitor OF the securi-
tics and exchange commission,
salary, $500.
George Slaif
Principal attorney for the fed
eral power commission, salary
$4,000.
A. G.. Shire
Director of the technical division
of the federal public housing
authority, salary, $500.
Edward Scheunemann
Assistant attorney in OPA
salary. $500.
"Deiss, Freeman, Slaff, Shire
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
John Herring

Principal business consultsnt
Office of co-ordinator OF inter
American affairs.
Herring was offered a posi-
ton In the government here In
Washington. In n letter. Herring
contemptuously re jecte d the
offer OF n government post,
saying. among other things:
al believe In the abolition Of
the capitalist syStem. / believe
I'm the necessity of the destruc-
tion Of this system OF exploita-
ton by the might of workers
organizations i decline 10 be
even an Insignificant member of
government which after n
year OF displaying its brand OF
social engineering has devised
such a positive, direct and uni
versal scheme for workers
enslsvement Nor can ]
entertain the elaborate ration
alizations with which some
radicals have spun their ways
into various sections Of the
Roosevelt administration
Despite his one-time en-
phatic and con e m p tuous
rejection OF n position In this
administration, John Herring
relented and accepted the post
which he occupies today"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Emil Jack Lever

con Sept. 8, 1941, I addressed
letter 10 the President In
which I cited a small part OF
the record of Emil Jack Lever.
At that time, lever was princi-
pal field representative Of the
labor division OF OPM Mt a
salary Of $1,000. Here again we
are face to face with an old
steFy:
"Slnce my exposure OF Lever,
his salary has been upped 70
$4,000 year and his present
title IL that Of head labor
advisor In the War Production
Board.
81 have here voluminous
document record ~ Emil Jack
Levers Communist views, affil-
iations and activities. Lever was
national executive committee
member and treasurer Of an
organization whose publicly
announced purpose was stated
on its own Ietterhead as follows:
at aims 10 inspire the work
ers 10 take control Of industry
and government. abolish the
present capitalistic system and
build workers republic ..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Hugh Miller

Senior attorney for the btu
coal commission, depart
ment OF interior, salary 81 500
miller was chairman OF the
Washington committee for DEM
cratic action, a Communist
front orgaization which the at
torney general branded as sub
yersiye. Miller WAS also
leader Of the Infamous Commu-
mist front known as the Ameri-
can peace mobilization which
the attorney general also
branded as subversive.
'"Miller's wife. Helen, was
dismissed from her position In
the department Of labor be-
cause she assailed the President
as n fascist"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Rogers
Protests
Dies Talk
Detroit Time. Washington Bur.au

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-Young
Will Rogers maiden speech as a
member of the ffouSe of Repre-
sentatives was only three SEN
fences long. hut il set the cloak
rooms and galleries buZzing.
He denounced Rep. Martin Dies
Immediately after Dies address
on the work Of his committee in
the investigating and exposing of
radical elements in the United
States.
\ But later, at the offices OF the
son Of the famous humorist and
philosopher. ii was denied that
Rogers had aligned himself def
nitely with the leftist wing Of
Congress.
Standing before crowded
chamber with his hands in his hip
pockets. young Rogers said:
81 object To the whole speech
Representative Dies has just
made. object 10 Its famboy-
ant diction. i object 10 the way
II reached for personal pub
licity."
Dies had been given a standing
ovation by the House, hut there
was only a light scattering Of ap-
plausc for Rogers.
Rogers did not return 70 his
office after the session, but a
secretary said:
at would not be accurate 10
say that Mr.. Rogers In his first
speech in Congress aligned him
self with leftists.
'Tt would be more accurate to
say that he II a liberal thinker,
expressing liberal thoughts. He
n n Democrat"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
David Karr

Assistant chief OF the foreign
language division, Office of Wal
Information. salary $4,000.
For two years, Karr was on
the staff Of the Communist
Party's official newspaper, the
Daily Worker. Karr was q writer
for the Communist front pub
lication, Equality, whose edi-
torial council was composed
largely of well known Commu-
nists and Communist fellow
travellers.
David Karr was also public
relations director OF the Amer
lean League for Peace and
Democracy. ono ~ the Commu-
nists fronts which Attorney Gen.
eral Biddle branded - sub
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Tom Tippett

Assistant chief of the rent sec
ion OF OPA; salary, $500.
"Tippett was one of the lead
ers i'm an organization known rs
the Trade Union Conference. for
United Action. Associated with
Tippett In that organization was
Earl Browder, William r..
Foster and more than n score
OF other Communist leaders"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Leonard Emil Minis

Employed by the office OF stra
tegic services salary. $4,000.
"Mins and his father before
him have been big shots In the
Communist Party. Leonard
Minis worked for the Commu-
mist international In Moscow for
several years. He has been an
active Communist since 1880.
"He has written for the New
Masses and the Daily Worker.
He has also been prominent in
the League Of American Writers
which was branded by the attor-
ney general as subversive Or
ganization."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
David J. SapOss

Several years ago, our COM
mitteo received testimony In
which IL WAS established that
Sapoes had been n leader In
revolutionary organization
whose avowed objective was for
the workers to take control Of
industry and government and
build a workers republic
AT that time, Saposs was
chief economist OF the National
Labor Relations Board. As n
result Of our exposure, Saposs
was removed from the NLRB.
Now, we find that Saposs has
recently been made assistant TO
the chief of the labor division
OF the war production board at
a salary of $4,000 n year"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Henry T. Hunt

Special assistant to the general
counsel OF the federal work:
agency, salary, $500 a year.
Hunt publicly protested
against the ban upon Commu-
nists which was adopted by the
American civil liberties union.
Hunt was also officially con-
nected with the Washington
committee for democratic ac-
ton. one of the organizations
which the attorney general
found fo he slIhyerstyp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Paul +. Brissenden

Consultant. shipbuilding stabill
zation committee War Production
Board; salary, $4,000 a year.
lin March. 1911. when fhe
whole country. including official
Washington. was bee m ng
aroused over the Communicated
sabotage strikes on our ma ior
defense Industries, Brissenden
and others issued n defense Of
the Communist Party which
filled almost an entire page OF
the Daily Workerv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02

passage from his prolific So
cialist writings, he has said:
Nothing less than a So
ciaIist revolution will free labor
from insecurity and Industrial
serfdom.'
Furthermore, here II n copy
OF the New Republics supple
ment, issued jointly by that
magazine and the Union for
Democratic Action. which At
tackled the Congress of the
United States and was used as
campaign document number one
I'm the purge organizations cf-
forts to defeat n large part Of
this House I'm the recent cleo
tons. You are familiar with this
document.
cit was distributed all over
your districts by the so-called
purge groups and by the Clio.
A million copies were scattered
over this whole country. Replete
with lies and libels. II sought 10
undermine the confidence of the
people Of this country I'm the
Legislative branch OF their gov
eminent.
81 also have here copy Of
the letterbead of the Union for
Democratic Action. the organi-
zation which prepared this
scurrilous attack upon Congress.
On this letterhead, the name Of
Paul Porter appears IA men,
her OF the national executive
committee for the Union for
Democratic Action"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Katherine KellOck

Employed in the board of eco
nomic warfare, salary, $4,000.
"In 1898, our committee ex-
posed the Communist lnfiltra-
ton Of the federal wrhers'
project. At that time, Katherine
kellock was field supervisor In
charge OF 1900 government en-
ployes who were at work on the
notorious series Of federal guide
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
David Vail

Associate analyst, board OF eco
nomic warfare, salary $500.
"WahI signed the incorpora-
ton papers Of the Washington
Bookshop, a Communist enter
prise which the attorney gen.
eral himself branded rs sub
yArsiyev
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Guiseppi Facet

Senior foreign language infor.
nation adviser. Office of War In
formation. salary $4,000.
"For years, Facet has been
active and prominent IN. the
front organizations OF the Conn
munist Party In California. He
was especially active In the
American league against war
and fascism on the west coast,
an organization which the at
torney general branded as sub
yerxiye"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Alice BarrOws

Educationist. specialist in school
buildings. office OF education
salary, $4,000.
"Alioe Barrows was vice
chairman OF the Washington
Committee for ID e m Ocratic
Action, Communist front
organization which the attorney
general branded "a subversiye.
She was also a member Of the
national committee OF the Amer
lean League for Peace and
Democracy. another on the list
of the attorney generals SUBJ
yersive ORGANIZATIONS"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Arthur +. GOldschmidt
Marcus /. Goldman

Special assistant to the secre-
tary Of the interior. salary, Sc, 500.
and Marcus I. Goldman. employed
by the department of interior,
salary, $4,000.
They were both active MEM
bers OF the American league for
peace and democracy and Of
the Washington Bookshop. Both
OF these organizations were
found TO be subversive by the
attorney general