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vantage: its cheaper, and the
history is already % volumes
long with the possibility of
years more to come. 1t began
with the Munich broadcast
Peace in our time"-of Sep
TENDER, 1873, and Mr.. Hopkins
plans to continue it at least
through the peace treaty.
Il started it" he explains, his
sharp eyes darling about the
battered but orderly desk, as a
private project. / wanted to
know exactly what happened on
a given day for my own salts
faction. .nff
Then it occurred to me that
the idea would be useful to the
public, and / offered it to some
publishers. They were interested
but they wouldn't undertake it.
they had no precedent for the
sort of book it would make, ana
their sales organizations are no.
geared to that kind of selling
Job. Neither was /.
But one day a fellow in this
organization said, Look here,
Hopkins-you know that multi.
18th room in the building, don't
you?"
Il did, and that was the an.
swer. That's really all there is
to it-except the labor. OF
course"
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whether John p. Monroe and
Mrs. Eula Smith, host and hos
tess of the "R Street Mansion"
parties, have violated the propri-
cites of Washington hospitality
is something that may or may
not be disclosed by further in
vestigations of the House Mill
tary Affairs committee.
Unbiased observers here don't
consider the Red House" mys-
terry much of a mystery or even
very important.
What is important, they say
is that all the furore raised about
it has once again put the spot
light on the activities of the So
called lobbyists, Washington
agents, business representatives
and commission men.
A couple of years ago, when
national defense was swinging
into high, went to bedrock 10
get the story of the Importance
Of Washington business repre-
sentatives. / went to Treasury
procurement, which, in those
days, was letting most of the
government contracts. / found
that their Importance was about
that of a good office boy. They
placed before the proper Off
Gals, and it's no trick to find out
who they are, the qualifications
of their respective firms. Notices
of requests for bids were then
sent to the agents or directly 70
the firms-and contracts let on
basis of those bids.
In cases of coSt-plus contracts,
guarantees of integrity and abil-
ity to perform had to be filed,
but there was no reason to be
lieve these couldn't have been
done as well by letter as by
agent.
/ don't mean to say that every
contract that has been let in
this war, any other or even in
peace time, is unbesmirched by
political finagling, lobbying and
whatnot. Any open-eyed Ameri-
can, who has followed politics
through county, city and state
governments, will know that
what goes on in the lower po-
litical divisions is bound to 60
on to some extent in the upper
bracket.
But what goes on here is prob
ably infinitesimal compared to
the millions of dollars paid out
by manufacturers and business
men to Washington agents, rep
resentatives, statesmen, ETC., foi
services rendered. In most
cases, correspondence or a per-
sonal visit from the head of the
business would accomplish the
same results.
Many of these so-called lob
5yists play on the gullibility and
timidity of those uninitiated II
the ways of Washington. They
create the impression that they
have an ''in'. How do they do
it? They invite a cabinet mem
Der to attend a dinner in honor
of Senator So-and-so. They in
vite the Senator to attend a din
I.ner in honor of Secretary Who's
Esit,i They keep the ball rolling
and, with the record of their en-
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SCHOOL DAY AT
ROTARY LUNCHEON

Thursday win be school Day"
at the luncheon of the Key West
Rotary Club. On that day the
members of the graduation class
of the Key West High School will
be guests of the club. Present al
so will be Principal Horace
O'Bryant, Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction Allan B. Cleare
and Mrs. Ralph Miner, sponsor
of the class.
The chief address at the lunch
con will be made by the Rev. Sam
Reinke, pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church.
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DETERMINED

OSGOOD, Mo.-Detefmined b.
take the mail through, whether or
not, Charles levitt, 55-year-Old
rural mail carrier, built cab on
his farm tractor and uses Il for
his daily 31-mile trip.
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UNIQUE WARTIME
VENTURE SPRINGS
UP in BALTIMORE
HISTORY GETS A CLIPPING;
LOBBYIST STARTS coMpI.
LATIoN RECORD IN NEWS
ACTIVITIES
BY JOHN SELBY
Associated Press Arts Ed;to,.

Associated Press Arts Editor
BALTIMORE, June 1.-The
one really unique wartime pub
fishing venture springs from the
brain of j. A. Hopkins, here in
Baltimore. 1t is kind of glori-
fled scrapbook, giving photo
graphically the story of the war
in clippings from selected news
papers.
Mr.. Hopkins is not only the
compiler of the history-which
is titled Diary of World Events
--he is the publisher as well,
and his clients include some OF
the most important Libraries and
colleges of the country, not to
mention newspapers and in
dividuals.
The system sounds simple, as
Mr.. Hopkins describes it.
He does a full days work in
the teeming Gambler building,
which is the home of the Social
Security Board, a vast warren of
files, filing clerks, filing devices
and hurrying executives-one OF
which is Mr.. Hopkins.
Part-Time Historian
Then he goes to his home on
Calvert street and begins his
second days work, which is tc
60 carefully through three news
papers for stories on the war. He
uses the Baltimore Sun, the New
York Times, the New YORK Her
aid Tribune. Occasionally he
supplements these with others
from Washington, Newark, Madi-
son, Wis, or what have you.
"There isn't much USE" he ex-
plains in his strong, practiced
voice, TO go through hundreds
of papers, because they all gel
their war news from the same
services"
He confines his clippings tc
fact-no prophecy, no unbound
ed rumor. He sprinkles in some
anecdotes, pictures, and occa.
sional cartoons. The items he
pastes on sheets, 3-column size
ready for the photographer. Once
week he indexes the product,
approximately once a year he
publishes a set of ten volumes
They are not, of course, set up
and printed; they are reproduc-
ed by photography, headlines
and all
Began As Hobby
Besides having the item ex-
actly as it appeared. the photo
1t.anl,ic Y,ronasc hoe ,,,nEt.o,. n
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FOOD PROBLEM TAKES A LICKING

between the stove and the garbage
can. If we could just cut this waste
in half, he says, "our food prob
lens would be solved"
Those are strong words, but the
congressman already has the De-
partment of Agriculture, a slew
of restaurants and some consumer
and civic organizations on his
side. In New York the other day,
one of the larger restaurants in
the Broadway area tackled up a
sign of highway billboard proper
tions asking customers to Lick
the platter clean" Some consumer
organizations already have started
making it the ''tag-line" on their
ietterheads. The moguls of few
civic organizations are getting
their pictures in the papers by
demonstrating how to dunk the
last drop of gravy from a plate
with the last crust of bread. The
Department of Agriculture is re-
portedly building broadcasts and
pamphlets around the idea.
Mr.. Gross is taking it all very
calmly. But there's the CLEAN of
the pioneer in his eye. While his
colleagues were stomping around
with pay-as-you-go and farm par
ity legislation, he was hacking
away at lick the platter clean"
with those little one-minute, on-
the-record harangues.
In view of that and the fact
fact that most of us think only
of plate-moppers as pfe-war ur-
ban Frenchmen, it may be surpris-
ing information that Mr.. Gross is
ifth-generation farmer Not only
that, but he's the kind of farmer
who can take the Agriculture De-
partment's estimates for maximum
production on his land and top
them by 20 to 40 per cent. At least
so his friends tell me-
Mr.. Gross is slight in stature.
He's SIS years old. He and Mrs.
Gross are the parents of eight
children, seven of whom are still
living. Aside from his farm ac-
complishments and his two terms
in Congress, he has held numerous
township offices and has had one
term in the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture. ,
/ Ifthe nation really starts slick
| ing the platter clean.9 don't for
get the name of Chester H. Gross.
The drive is strictly his baby.
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Visitor You sav that uuhllr
building over there cust sz.aSsi. :
O00g Doesn't that seen Eke q te--
rible price for sIlch a uulirlnE
CItIzen- Nhv man 4 Fuu kneW
the gang that gut the cuE1rsCf
you'd thInk Erere ge1InE e
cheap
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THE LOWDOWN
ON LOBBIES
BY JACK STINNETT
Ap Eoafttroc UUr;+ar

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The
Big Red House on r Street
could conceivably take its place
along side the THE Little Green
House on K Street, of the
Harding administration, the
Kate Ghsss IF9qn-
struetion dat vs. and s9essllosh-
er famous derlrI@ipy Washing
ton lobby Hstarkisb4 II doubt
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What are these rckets I found
in my husbands pockefs
Your Husband Is IN srchsssI-
0gist These tickets are evldencr
Of q lost race.
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TEMPERATURES

Temperature data for the "a
hours ending $3.50 a. m, June /,
1943, as reported by the U. S.
Weather Bureau:
Highest Lowest
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TO AVOID BANDITRY

WASHINGTON. - The British
government pays the natives of
Tirah, India, 100000 rupees year
to avoid banditry.
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CAREFUL TENDING

NEW YORK.-By careful tend
ing of soil Chinese farmers make
square mile support $500 peo-
pie.
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WANTED TO RENT

NAVY YARD MAN OFFICE
WORKER wishes room in
private home. Please state 10
cation and price. Box x, Citi-
. zen. Jun1-1tx
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World trade expansion vital to
u. s., Sayre tells foreign traders.
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FOR SALE OR RENT

3-RooM COTTAGE. completely
furnished for three. $4,000.
Address 2439 Harris Ave. back
of Adams Dairy. junl-3tx
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LOST

BILLFOLD, containing "B" Gas
Ration Book. Sara E. Dial,
Phone All. jun1-5tx
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FOR SALE = Set of 6 each,
spoons, knives and forks. $500.
]. DIS Restaurant, 524 South
ard st. jun1-tf
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WEATHER REPORT

Observation taken at $50 a. n
E.WT. (City Office
Temperatures
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FOR SALE-Valencia Blinds,
wood and metal All sizes.
$1.95 up. j. DIS Restaurant.
524 Southland. jun1 If
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home for tWo./ ]. ]. Mccain,
GuhsSheah TRAILER Camp.
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Besides having the item ex-
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Relative Humidity
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SPECIAL-One thousand Manila
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
Rumor Of Soldiers
Death Termed False

FLORA, Mississippi - (SpeciaD
IN E G r o S OIL DI E r S in
training at the Mississippi Ord
nance Plant few miles north of
this town, according to reports,
went on strike Thursday morning
following disorders in Jackson We'd
nesday night. The immediate cause
of the strike is said to have been
the alleged serious beating of one
of their number, and the alleged
abuse of several of their wives and
women companions, a number of
whom were put in Jail, by civilian
police in Jackson Wednesday night
when Negro Soldiers and Military
and Civilian Police became en-
volved in what is reported to have
threatened to become a serious in
cident, and brought a large num-
Der of Military and Civilian Police
into that part of North Parish
Street, between Hamilton and
Church Street during the emer-
gency.
RumorS to the effect that the
soldier who had been beaten in
Jackson Wednesday night was
dead, which quickly spread through
out the city, have been proven
false. 1t was learned from reliable
sources that the soldier was being
treated at the camp while suffering
from one or two scalp wounds.
During the Thursday morning
demonstrations at the camp, it is
reliably reported that three Negro
Military Police, from whom the
wounded soldier is alleged. to have
been taken by the civilian police
and beaten, had to be rushed out
out of camp for.sSafety. because Of
threats made by the soldiers who
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
Va. Publisher
Added 10
FEP Committee
Young Named To
Place Held By
Earl Dickerson
BY ERNEST E. JOHNSON

WASHINGTON, D. ca \ T,
President Roosevelt at long last
has rounded out his Fair Employ
ment Practice committee, ana on
Thursday noon he announces u, ,,
names of the SIX persons VINO W'''
work with FIR. Francis j. Haas.
chairman to enforce the amended
executive order No. 1907.
The new members, all represent
ing industry, are Miss Sara SoItn-
all. supervisor Of employment ana
service for the international Har-
vester Company, Chicago: F. =.
Young, veteran publisher OF ire
Norfolk, (va.) Journal and Guide.
chairman of the Southern Our
ham Conference on Race Rela-
tiors, and chairman of the board,
Howard University: Samuel ze-
murray, president of TIE United
Fruit Company, New Orleans.
WEBSTER STILL IN
The members OF the old COM
n1ittec who were held over, all
representing labor, are John
Brophy, Congress of Industrial
Organization; Milton P. Webster.
international vice. president, Bro
therhood Of Sleeping Car portcrs.
Chicago; and Boris Shishkin.
American Federation Of Labor.
Earl B. Dickerson, Chicago law
Continued on Page ~
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
For Lanier High
Student Now Flying
Teacher At 'Skegee

Norman BILLY" Gray, a former
student of Lanier High School, who
was visitor in the city last week
: is Flying Instructor at the Army
Air Corps Flying School at Tus-
kegee, Alabama Mr.. Gray received
his first training in the flying
school in Chicago, Ill, under the
tutelage of the famous woman
flyer, Miss Villa Brown. Upon the
completion of his course he re-
ceived high honors and was pre-
sented with Plaque, by his home
city Of Springfield, Ill, for his
outstanding work while a flying
student.
During the early months of the
war he was engaged in the flying
patrols Of the Great Lakes, dur
ing which time he received the
appointment as Civilian Flight IN
structor at the Tuskegee Air Field.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
Mdnagem' And
Labor Urged
To Cooperate
WPB Official Says
They Must Aid In
Interracial Unity

WESTINGHOUSE N S)-Point-
ing to the far-reaching costs OF
the rioting in Detroit, Joseph D..
Keenan,, WPB Vice Chairman for
Labor Production, has called on
labor and management there and
in every war industry center to
get together with other civic
groups to correct the causes OF
racial strife.
america suffered serious set
back on the production front In
Detroit this week. Preliminary
estimates indicates that the riot
ing directly caused absences from
work totaling more than one mil
lion manhours. That is only q
small part of the total cost to war
production. These absences caus-
ed stoppages on the transmission
lines and conveyor belts in many
plants. Productivity of individual
workers was likewise impaired.
From q preliminary survey. we
estimate that the two days Of
senseless rioting in that one city
cost the nation worse setback in
the production of planes, tanks,
material and other equipment than
it had suffered from all the labor
disputes In the entire nation in
the first two months Of this year.
"The rioting win cost our fight
ing men much needed equipment.
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held them at fault fer giving the
soldier over to the custody of the
Civilian Police.
What was the immediate cause
of the disturbance, which started
at the Corner of Parish and Hamil-
ton Street, later to spread to the
block between Church and Oakley
Street on Parish Street, has been
the subject of many conflicting re-
ports and rumors. The disturbance
began, however, a few hours after
a large number of Negro soldiers,
on Pay Day Leave from the Jack
son Air Base and the Mississippi
Ordnance Plant, reached Parish
Street. 1t has been definitely es-
tablished that no White Civilians
were evolved in the Disturbance,
which was quoted by White and
Negro Military and Civilian Police.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
Baptist Educational
Convention Slated
Here July 8-ll

The Sixty-ninth Annual Ses-
sion of the j. M. B. S. S. Education
al Convention, and the twentieth
Annual Session of the j. NJ B. Dis
trict B. T. U. Convention will be
held here July 8-11th, at Mt. Nebo
Baptist Church, Rev. E. B. King,
Pastor.
The object of the BapUlst train
ing Union is to increase the
spirituality of Church Member
ship, training in essential church
activities, instruction in history
and Baptist Doctrine, and train
ing in Church membership for
adults and young people.
Officers of the convention are:
G. A. Riley, Pres, Aaron Ferguson,
LIST V-Pres.; James Kirksey, End
V-Pres.; A. L. Newton, Sec'y; NJ
E. Thomas, Asst. Sec'y; C. c. Chad
wick, Cores, Sec'y; R. S. Davis,
Treas; G. L. Hamilton, Pianist; O..
L. Wolfe, Chorister; S. R. Johnson,
Instructor. E. M. Evans, Samuel
Florence E. Bottley, District Super
intendents; j. S. Blacman, N. P
Scott, James Easily, members of the
Board
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
Bishop Matthew
w. Clair Passes

WASHINGTON-(A N P)-Bis-
hop Matthew w Clair, 70, retired
prelate of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, one of the first colored
bisllous to serve in that church.
died here Sunday while visiting
soldiers and civilians, this city has
friends
Bishop Clair, born at Union, w.
Va. was educated at Morgan Col
lege, Baltimore, and rastored a
number of important charges
principally in the east, before
beirg elected TO the bench. He
became bishop in 1920 and was
assigned to Liberia. A trustee of
Morgan College, he also was a
member Of the board of education
of Liberia during his stay in that
country under appointment by
President G.. D. B. King. Inter-
rent will be in Washington. A
son, the Rev. Matthew w. Clair,
Jr., of Chicago, survives.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
Ethiopia, Russia
Exchange Ministers
By CHATWOOD HALL

MOSCOW - (ANP) - An an
nouncement from the Kremlin said
that diplomatic relations have been
established by the Ethiopian gov
eminent and that the United So
cialist Soviet Republics. The two
countries fighting with the allied
nations will exchange ministers
under the arrangement.
"This act Is one more contribu-
ton to the strengthening of the
front of the united nations fight
ing against Hitherto Germany and
her accomplices," said commune
que.
Aside from being a purely diplo-
matte act and a further con-
tribution to the allies war effort,
the event has deep significance
for its historical aspects. It was
recalled here that Pushkin's Rus-
sia's greatest literary figure) first
African ancestor, Hannibal. came
from Abyssinia.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
Race Forces In
Anfi-Aircrdft,
Infantry Units
Engineers And
Coast Artillery
Seeing Action
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON - (SNS)
War department sources
have confirmed the fact that
Negro soldiers are partici-
pati1sg in the new offensive
that has broken loose in the
Southwest Pacific theater of
operations.
Immediate objective of the drive
the island of Munda in the New
on the island of Munda in the New
Georgia group Beyond that Ra-
baul, the strong japanese base, Is
said to be the goal. Allied forces
are now in control Of Rendova.
taken in the surprise move Of early
last week. A five-mile channel
separates Rendova from Munda,
and the allies are now laying down
a heavy barrage of shells.
1t is estimated that about 10000
Negro soldiers are In the area.
These forces are made TN of engi-
neers, infantry. coast artillery and
anti-aircraft units. Some are
known to be on Gus6alcanal, from
which the offensive was launch
ed. Others are known to be on
New Guinea. The drive from this
latter point is aimed at Salamaua
and Lac.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
One Dead And II
Hurt In Crash
Train Hits Open
Switch in S. G.

SPARTANBURG, S. G. - (ANP)
One man was killed and II 9TH
ers injured last week when
Southern Railway work train
struck an open switch at Jackson
Mill spur, several miles west of
here. The impact shattered the
cars and scattered workmen on,
both sides of the double line track
The dead man Is Wallace Hop
kins of Spartanburg. Will Latimer,
Sc, of Anderson, sustained broken
neck and is not expected to live
and B. w. Whitworth of Dallas,
N. c., white worker on the road,
was in local hospital suffering
from a brain conclusion. Others
injured were not in serious condi-
ton.
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Many Ala. Miners
Fail To Return

s.'GUn wondaff.u discipline. He ex-
p;ained that they were prepared
TO return to work in about a half
Gozen 'pincs when the repoi: came
over the RADIO that the President
intended 10 draft men up to c5
years Of age.
This IS t.le first time they have
been diff cul. to handle the I'M
identified spokesman said. They're
not only sore but just as touchy
as the Italians and the Slavs up
in Pennsylvania
At the time this comment was
being made there were about 10000
men still out altogether, and these
were in klabama and the antfta-
cite fields of Pennsylvania
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-07-10
Woman Loses Purse
And $34 To Thief

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
AS she left a cafe on Decatur
St., near Central Ave-, Mrs. Ruth
Bonner. of 423 Peters Street,
Apartment 65, was victimized by
snatch THEW, she informed
city police Wednesday. The vic
tim said $34.36 was in the purse
which the perpetrator snatched.
She gave the suspects name as
Major.