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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-13
CT 0 HIT S A Il
BIAS With new
ATTACK METHOD.

New methods OF approach 10
solving the problem OF racial dis
examination and prcjudices were
taken last Friday at meeting of
the Michigan ClO Fair Labor Prac-
tees Committee. The committee de-
clared war on the use OF derogatory
designations even in friendly con-
versation among persons so de-
signated.
w. Richard Carter. chairman OF
the committee. declared that no
greater contribution could be made
70 eliminating prejudice than the
dropping from the language Of
terms that subconsciously breed
feelings. The statement of policy
adopted by the committee follows.
One o, the causes that contributes
greatly TO discrimination arising out
OF race. creed. color or national
origin, is the careless reference i'm
Casual conversation TO members of
another group by opprohrious
designations. These designations in
themselves fan the feeling OF preju-
dice subsconsciously. Most often no
malice is intended by those who
use such terms.
We are all guilty OF such prac-
tees 10 greater or less degree, and
II is only by self-discipline that We
can eliminate from our vocabularies
such offensive designations.
Those who deplore the use of
such terms very often find. when
they protest against their use. that
the unintentional offender takes
refuge in the excuse that groups so
designated use these terms among
themselves when referring TO one
another. While this is not a valid
excuse. il certainly directs atten-
tion 10 the fact that such practices
are common.
Derogatory References
Thus we find Italians referring
% other Italians as 'wops and
-.dsRaes' - Peies addressing enc
au0thrr as -PotUcks Negroes ttxJr1g
the term niger; Irishmen refer
ring 10 one another rs shanty Irish :
Jews calling other Jews hikes: and
so on through the list II is. there
fore. not 10 be wondered al that
members Of other racial groups use
these instances 10 justify their own
Use Of such terms.
Each time an individual en-
CAGES IN such references 10 mem
hers IT mis- own group. even though
the term be used IN a friendly or
humorous connection. &c is help
Ing pcrpetuate the keeping Of such
offensive terms alive and N wide
spread conversational use.
The Michigan Clio Labor Prac-
tces Committee is OF the opinion
that great contribution could be
made 20 human dignity and the
elimination OF prejudice Il each
group would impose a little self
discipline on its own members.
We particularly ask that each
Local Union and Council affiliated
with The Michigan Clio Council
bring this statement 10 the attcn-
ton OF individual members through
their official publications and
through any other means avail
able"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-05-13
VIM. H. Levitt Is
Made Chairman

william Kennedy. chairman OF
the NAACP Labor Committee, an
nounced that William II Levitt.
director International Education
Department, UAW-ClO. will be one
81 the honorary chairmen OF the
Labor Division in the membership
drive. May 26-June -
In answering kennedy's request
10 become leader III the drive.
Levitt responded: Il shall be most
happy 10 acCcp; an honorary chair
manship Of the NAACP drive"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-03
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

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10 mad ,or,. VIM T5n, taiiaI
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&c.,, Lo.iio 1.-Two oIdnr r,,, oun
w, r.rn,rEod tha. tbn courtrT
L,iun U,rv onod as .ho lnaLaI
b.,,., ,bon no had sonn Ln, ~
., aud ., littln l,tor Lo
n,.,,oJ tb,t Judith I,,Lo,4 o,.n.
Tin. o,o,v do,. ArJ N,trLau.
rr,,r,,.d miIIlv ~nssc,tinr ~ a..b
r,inior
W. h roocbod +ho oro,tuon.
t.Di Who had NOT como mn 10 +bo,
.u,,, u.;tb him showed hi,, h.,i.
,.r ,,l.,,I,,,, ,o.,
,G. U,sth, sh, b,t .,Irol .i,
,in,,s
Uatthew orinned and npnm tho
t~,.,arrs in the w~ost.h,sEnt MIS-
D,st,r v,s anita , ni,1 th. ,;o.o
of one Of his patjents was thirty
and had been divorcad Shs wa.a
,adbe,d with , e,v.,te, fmnro cha
ba1n,t bacnma imnnrtunata untI
F...DtJN
Matthew thouoht. Won uoro
+o;tbtnl +, I,.ne Lo,,uso w., l'r,I
har and hecause since h,r Jo,th
Won Ind not Laen st;,,.d NV ann
v,o,nan II w,s nnIv last w,ta.
Y.t il sonm,d ca innu 400 IT,
ttonoht If hc, o,e,v l,T ,rI nftan
If az tb,. weeks went Ly tha nnin
nan,r vas t.,,,or.d th,+ ~.
4bat h. lov.d h'.,. 1,s., L,,t L.a,mer
La was adinstinu bin,s.lt - ~
,oss
What b,3 I,lv s,;ao y oa.,.
,,.b t,t tla w,, b .ai1 :, *.
Wv sh, had looked When sba said
IT.
He had said Of his motbor-
that sh,. was tho tvna Who Iouad
on. man only. mar,ird him and NO
other. He had said to Judy thot eba
wouldn't know about that
What had she done than9 Sbo
had taken Off he, GLASSES ,n5
cooked If him She Rad oslsad
-Wouldo't I?o
That was all but he wos ,er,eu-
bering her face. Her evos Lla2iny
the color Of the flame that Shoots
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-03

people Il certain number are found
to have "a systollc murmur Of the
heart. They hadn't the slightest
idea. they had it before the medical
examiner turned it up and in fact
didn't have amy notion they had
anything the m.:ltcr with their
hearts and imagined they were in
perfect health. Some Of them
write me in utter btWilderment
wanting to know what it is all
about.
These letters take me back to a
dark night in my own life, when |
was a medical student, and | was
sitting up in my room reading
Cabot's Phvsicai Diagnosis and !
had a brand new ~stetheScope and
something in the text Of the book
prompted me to put the stethe-
scope on the apex Of my own heart.
And there | heard d murmur. Then
for a second CT two my heart
entirely stopped beating so |
couldn't hear it. When it resumed
its activities ] listened again and
sure enough | was certain it was
q murmur.
Well, | put the stethoscope down
and faced death. a sob came into
my throat to think Of one so
young, so full Of promise passing
from this bright world to the
realms Of shade. planned an e&-
tremely affecting funeral. But
time wore on and | resumed my
duties and more or less got used to
size idea.
Murmur not Serious
And that, my children, was
nearly forty years ago and the
tanera! hasn't taken place yet, and
I'm still going strong. don't eX-
anime my own heart a. often as
! used to, but Wacn | 90 | cannot
detect any mulmuls in It. Perhaps
my technique has Income more re-
tnod and | don't call just any old
sound a murmur. And perhaps
that is the trouble with some Of
the medical examiners Of the draft
boards obey do call any old sound
q muflnur.
Still another and more authentic
experience comes to mind. During
the last unplcasantness. a neigh
Dor Of mine came to me in great
distress because the medical eX-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-03
lHE REST Of My LIFE WITH You
==-=-- ~ Faith Baldwin A11. . 1Oo

heart ard tho sr;r;.
It had NOT 1n.r Wv '"e m'h''
nine Uk. ,ri,a .b "''v"' run
That wasn't Iron. IN
hu,r,l 49, ''i' Nc" lame
this aftrrro.n j., In. ''' '''co
The yourr rh,s,.
But it wouId he ,,..i,"
Portable to bc n,.r,.at -. "...'.''-
Of woman W.. 49,. pc
down. give +, ,,,n, ''' '' ii
Ardent d~rm,rIi..-
halfway. mo-, ,,,i,i.a INV
como tn Ln,. sou '''' L"
Matthew shook III, bond mod,
for his nina .r'l T., ''''.i''''
tobacco. Bedtime b. ..n,+ ,,p
early in tho ,,crni,r 'P
He wished that he had NOT. had
that sudden illuminating oI.mrsa
Of Judy. -. 1t made him uroasv
He thought: Well. rrrhans ~
lreadway after all. pcrhaps she's
Just been keeping him danyling
But Judy wouldn't keep a man
dangling. She was too honest
The telephone rang. II vas hi
mother. She cried. "Natthnw Gam
YOU get back here as quickly ~ ros-
slblc?'
WHAT'S happcnod?"
Judy, she said. After you left
-. they went in swimming again
she struck her head ON the side
OF me pool. We have a doctor but
Ella and Eva would feel better
Ii And judith has asked for Vol"
Tue "o,'or tHefe! Let me
Nattheu. s,,la h,. H.
physician on tba sa'Suii 20 .he
wire Un sa;a( v"" 81 'he
there a. snon = "e
'""'
pulled hins.If th,n,oh "'au ''l",
into Connnnticnt ~ Ivy anu
villa Can,i wa. 'a '''i "',Vt ~
tove,inu sto,o no+ani N"o
gate T6a nido t,,,ran,a' - l'
stone t-r.a.Inr4",a5 -
bn,l.a hin,s,If ,in "t''iie"
ton, turned ofT sharnlv and
stopped with a complaining Of +ires
and brakes before the vast ntnl,
house.
Anotbor Gov c+ooa .ha,o r..
IDENTIFY 10 I,oat ,L. ~
v,itnI Natthn,r ua aaI
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-03

Mise o,d, ,,
slight -concussio, nn,Iina ni,r,,.
inc H. uddaJ ,bn, ,n,,n,r' NJ.
lambert ,y,ulJ L.. 49,
ccivo tna o,ssrr-r.. .r 49,,
phvsici,n
Matthew orin,.l 70 b;m..le.
since v6,no U.,,n.or .u,,r.1
ana nroncrol tbo tta.
he was q very nli f,.i,rI -. wv.
rows f.b,, rIanro ,,l,..l ,ia 81
i~nrtiva to a moro cn,Lnn,f.n A,J
Matthew fcIt very lilo , frs, ,..r
medical etuJ.rt uolar ,hn ,ra
r,o,rl Of -, ,ust,,o ,,..fn..
Dr Nn,rno orou.a H.. I.,' 49,.
thrro u,s Iudith ,,,.,
from, tbn cboi, l.sila Lar
DR.. Morrow wa ,cmarEinn -ho,
he had seen no necessity foi Hos-
p!tallZatlUn. Rest, observation -.
Miss Meredith, the nurse, was ex-
c%ellent.
Matthew stood by the bed. Judith
was fully conscious. She smiled at
nm. family. The ice bag lent her 4
rather rakish appearance. He said
cheerlully' wei, well! You look
al You mad been on a blnee.'
l'r. Morrow was mutterlng that
the patients period Of unconscious
ness a been of brief duration.
Less IMAM nall an hour, to be exact.
one Always Deer unconscious
~muimufrd Matthew, to Judlth's
df""Sy amusement and Morrow's
ANNOYANCE. lhe nurse suppressed
a smile. she was a handsome girl,
was MISS MeredltA, and she found
n~eiself rejecting that 1t was a pity
mat Dr. Normans usual routine
d'd not orlng INN more often to
Greenwich III a professional! capa'
city.
lhanks,' said Judith.
Matthew sat down beside the bed,
Dr.. Morrow picked I'D his bag Fla
would return in the morning. he
said tentatively, and Miss Meredith
would call HIM if -. He looked at
Matthew. Matthew said cheerfuUv
that he would remain for the rest
Of the night.
Tbo,a ,ro, aoh
likely about all this. thoupht tho
Older man He had NOT hnen asEad
- o,u a.r,lta. -
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-03
Tlxs Heart murma1r
It's Usually Nothing TO Worry About

aminer of the army had found a
heart murmur on him. and he wax
desperately anxious to get into the
service. | was Il medical officer
and | examined him and iouu! Ire
did indeed have Il mUrluLir- Bat
| didn't think it would Interfere
with his activities and mauagn. to
get him into the ground forces Of
an aviation unit.
Well, | hadn't seen him for A
long while until the other day aud
| said-"iow Is that heart muir
?"-and he said. That IS
worth $4,000 a year to me, iuaur-
ance compensation. and / feel
fine And he has been carry iuy
that murmm, my friends, for oyer
twenty-five years to my positive
knowledge.
SO ! cant take these heart mut-
murs too seriously.
Examination of Students
am confirmed in this Ly a re-
port Of the examination Of Har-
ward College students. Of 2,S56
of these who had an especial heart
examination, $50 il2', we're
found to have a Systolie heart
mumur. IN 24S the muImur was
classified as functional. one hun
dred twenty seven Studsnts &
had heart mulmurs of such iutcn-
slty that the examiner was UnWIlt-
ing to classify them ii functional.
A good many Of these were fol
lowed for two to four years, aud
1t was never possible to make q
positive diagnosis of organic heart
disease, nor did it interfere in any
way with their activities.
The fact is a systolic murmur
alone does not mean anything.
The important findings to throw
light on the muImur are the siZe
Of the heart, the rhythm Of the
pulse, etc. "a systolic murmur
means me timed as taking place
during the contraction period Of
the heart. \ diastolic murmur
heard between beats is more
serious.
| Suppose 500 Of all practiciny
physicians could detect a frank
heart murmur. But there are lots
Of heart sounds that are il and
between and | don't suppose lUe7
Of practicing physicians could cer~
tainly determine those. But the
safe thing for the army IS to call
them murmurs and reject them.
And those are the ones who write
me troubled letters.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Y. s.: Would a cyst on the
ovary Interfere with having chill
dren?
Answer: Not necessarily. 1t de-
ponds on its size.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-03

WAR TORN BRITAIN, faced daily with such modern death dealing magic
as the robot plane, is watching with interest the development of 4
witchcraft trial in which Mrs. Janet Rebecca Yorke, 81, shown in her
prana being wheeled to court in West Ham, England, is being tried under
= Witchcraft Act passed in 1875. She is said to "have made d nateral-
izaucu" Of the late Queen Victoria. despite the CID LM. natSfnokionaU
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
A Fake Bombing?

It has been suggested by the German journa-
list Curt Riess in his recent series OF articles,
1.-THE Corporal VS.. the Generals that the
July d attempt on Hitler's life was frame
up The suggestion makes excellent sense, and
to review accounts of the event only strength
ems its logic
Perhaps the best evidence of fakery is in
the "scene of the crime" as revealed by a
Nazi photograph. The room where the bomb
exploded is demolished. Beams hang from the
blasted ceiling, furniture is blown to bits, win
dows are out, doors off their hingse. 1t is
inconceivable, in this setting of utter destruc-
ton where others were killed and wounded,
that Hitler should have suffered only minor
bruises and burns, and maybe a compound
multiple fracture of the seat of his pants.
q And where was Hitler's bodyguard? (Theres
nothing phony about that, at least) Did the
alleged bomber, Col. Count Klaus Won Stauf-
fenberg sneak by the Gestapo, remove papers
from his bomb loaded briefcase, then casual
ly put it in such an unlikely spot as under
Hitlers desk! Did he then leave with no fear
that someone would come running and shout
ing, "Hey, Herr Graf, you forgot your brief
CASE? Or did he remain, confident that Prov
idence would protect him as well as Hitler
from the bomb?
It doesn't make sense. AS Mr.. Riess says,
German generals, no matter how brutal and
ruthless they are, do not plant bombs. 1t
would have been too simple for one Of them i, -,
to shoot him.
/ How about the revolt that was to follow
the assassination? The plotters moved too
slowly and, as Mr.. Riess points out, the Costa
pc moved too fast. According to the Nazi ac-
count, the plotters made no first attempt to
seize radio station. Rather, they went after
a fanatically Nazi battalion of guards in Ber-
lin. And if the Gestapo was caught hat-footed
! as we are supposed to believe, how did they
happen to head first for long retired General
Beck, and kill him within 10 hours?
There comes time when there is no one
left to purge except those who will weaken
yourself. That time has come for Hitler. His
best generals are now gone-those who might
have managed his last retreats with a SEM
blance Of order and a saving of lives
Instead, Hitler and the Nazis will surely end
/ tae war in an orgy Of blind bloody fury-costly
TO their enemies, surely, but costly also to them
fn men and in the growing, righteous ven
Seance OF an Infatuated Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
Help Save A Life

The circus fire tragedy at Hartford, Conn. is
unusual in only one respect-it caused the deatt
Of an unusual number of people in one fire
And yet death was no more defiite for each
of those victims than it is for the individual
who perishes in a farmhouse, or for one OF
two or three children who meet death in home
fires almost every day.
Because some $50 people meet death from
single fire in Hartford, the tragedy is given
page headlines across the nation. But wher
10000 people burn up annually by ones ano
twos, you never see the fact blazoned to the
world in large type
Circus or night club tragedies, and most
other fires, could be prevented if each in
dividual appointed himself a committee of one
to see that every time he lit match, smoked
a cigarette or had anything to do with any
appliance that caused heat, it was out or pro-
perly safeguarded, when he left it.
Our 10,000-a-year fire death toll could be
largely eliminated if we would all learn a
lesson from the Hartford disaster and be in
dividual1y careful
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
Legacy

Right In the midst of a hot spell came news
that Russian professor is planning sort
Of deep freeze" museum for posterity. He
proposes to bury the bodies of men and ami
mails in the preserving, perpetually frozen
earth of the Siberian north, together with fur
niture, utensils, the works of great contem-
porary authors, and historical documents OF
our time.
Will our proud inventions be obsolete Curl
osities and our history one of meaningless
bloodshed? Or will this war and wars to come
so deplete and degrade mankind that those
descendants will have returned to savage
state from which they look upon our remnants
in uncomprehending wonder?
Perhaps it is not taking too long a view to
say that we shall start answering those ques-
tons in the peace We make after this war,
and the way we keep that peace in the future
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
BY JOHN sELBY

zone Damn Thing After An
other" by Tom Treanor Double
day, Doran; $3.50.
One excellent fact about Tom
Treanor's Zone Damn Thing After
Another" is that the author him.
self isn't sure of everything. Quite
frankly I (and nearly every other
reviewer I know get a case of the
shakes when still another cores.
pondent's book comes along. Or
for that matter, another of those
what to do when the wars over
jobs. 1t is not only that most auth
ors in either class get a Yah
web completes. 1t is that most of
them are colossally superficial, if
that is work Bile figure Of
speech. The more they fling their
weight around, the more generals.
admirals, prime ministers, kings
and such they call by their first
names, the less likely the book is
to make sense.
Mr.. Treanor's book makes a
curious kind Of sense. He has rep
resented the Los Angeles Times
in several theaters of war, but he
did not use the cables, except to
get more money. And he found
that British (and even American)
press officers just didn't under
stand about the Times, and didn't
think a correspondent whose stuff
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
How Do We Stand?

With all the contradiction going on today. IT'S
most surprising to pick up the paper and read
that we're winning the war. Who ever would
have thought it?
From overseas come regular letters from
''our' boys with all sorts of fine predictions
We don't think of one in Europe who isn't
planning to open his Christmas presents at
home this year. Some even are wetting their
lips for Thanksgiving turkey.
Even Churchill, the statesman, is optimis-
tic. He hasn't the slightest idea we will lose
this war. Nor does he think Well take many
more months to win It,
Our war leaders, however are divided on the
question Only so per cent of them are op-
tiristic while the other half warns of over
optimism.
So there you are: Both ends pitted against
the middle. Perhaps we are slightly facetous;
but. wouldn't it be best for all if we were
told once and for all, just where we stand?
Half the war worries would be over then, and
we have sneaking idea that there wouldn't
be quite 80 much trouble with production and
TRANSPORTATION and all the rest OF the harried
war tYrk
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
Why Kill Hirohito?

A Honolulu editor urges that the execution of
Hirohito is necessary to prevent further Japa-
nese aggression Granting that the editor, in a
city which includes large Japanese colony,
knows the character and habits of the Jap
better than most of us, we still question his
suggestion.
Hirohito, believed by his people to be a
descendant OF the sun goddess is a confusion
Of god and emperor. He is the center of the
Japanese state religion, but his temporal pow
er has risen and fallen according to the whims
and temper of his ministers. And there seems
ample evidence that the nilitarist clique, not
the emperor, willed and planned this war.
To execute Hirohito would be both inexpe.
dent and un-American. Such an act would
probably rouse the Japanese people, ever
though defeated, to fury that would prolong
resistance and cost many more American
lives Besides, it is hardly fitting that country
founded on freedom Of worship should put tc
death ruler who, however senseless t-seems
to us, is regarded by his subjects as divine
being. If we bring the TOTO gang to justice
we shall probably have killed the present roo
OF Jap aggression
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
interpreting
The War y
BY k1RKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Anal,

unrelieved by desperate hn,
futile counterattack in fo, w; 0u'
sion force aimed at AWAY ~''
the plight of the main str lvnes'
OF the Nazi army betwsss slsa
Loire and the Seine in Frsno.n me
hourly more critical. It's W. ~
center segment from the n,,ro Mlole
Orne line to LIE Mans, 10 mils a's q
the south, appears in GRAVE y %
ger of being caught between o oa
verging Canadian and Amen sUl'
forces in a position to close IN wan al
hind it and cut it off from eso ". W.
The exact location of A1Hss
spearheads to the north and sm'u
was not officially revealed I F;a1a
dispatches indicated, howar su
that the Canadian army, operatn,
as such and under canadian con
mand for the first time in Down.
ion history, had broken thrours
German thick-set defenses east >.
the Orne in a power drive tbo.
was approaching Falaise if it ,ad
not reached that important hmc.
ton town. To the south one of thro.
fast moving American armorsS
columns was reported in LIE Mans
Thus both ends of a 6O-mile stri, ,
of the fine Caen-Le Mans highw.v
which runs through Falaise A..
gentan, and Alencon IS miles in
the rear of the enemy center ser.
tor which the counterattack in tbs
Mortain-Sourdeval area was ths
eastern apex-are in Allied hands
There seems no question that The
Canadian drive, Shepherd by
furious highland day mass air
bombardment, is pointed down the
Caen-Le Mans highway to Cabe in
the northern flank of the German
central defense front. Whether the
American advance guard which
reached lie Mans has wheeled
northward up the Swarthe valley
in an effort to close a wide and
deep trap On the foe by a june.
ton with the Canadians or is push.
ing on eastward toward Paris via
Orleans, Chartres or Dreux is not
revealed.
In either event the thanking
threat of the foe is apparent. There
are obvious possibilities, short Of
a fast paced German retreat be.
hind the Seine, that Nazi main
forces could be caught and virtu-
ally annihilated and leave the way
open for an Allied march on Ger.
many.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
Opportunity

The United States Public Health Service has
been given authority to make grants maid
for medical research in public or private in
stitutions, increase appropriations to states en-
gagged in general public health work, establish
a national tuberculosis program and foster
preventative medicine.
1t would seem that such cooperation by the
government with both public and private agen
cies is one of its legitimate functions in carry
ing out any public health program. It is not
compulsory, but it does provide basis for
coordinating the medical facilities of this ma.
ton, and making the results of medical educa.
ton, research and practice available to in
dividuals, doctors and hospitals in every city
and rural community.
II the hand Of politics can be kept out OF
the United States Public Health Service, it can
be the focal point for encouraging rapid
strides in progressive American medicine.
Coordinating public and private health &C
tvities for the benefit of all the people, with
out destroying the initiative of American med.
icine by creating national medical monopoly
and compulsory medical practices, is the goal
that must be kept in sight
If there is any agency of government that
should cooperate with all health agencies, il
is the United States Public Health Service. Let
us hope that will be its policy and that private
medicine may work with it with feeling OF
security rather than fear.