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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-11
AMONG THE
HOMEMAKERS
Hospital Canning Sugar

PASOA ONAutAuS sugar
We have been reminded by Mrs.
Gllpin that any Homemaker, OF
any other woman in the County
may get sugar for canning for the
hospital by applying to her at
Olney. 1t would be better for
clubs to estimate how much they
will need, if any, and have the one
application serve.
Equal Rights Amendment
Mrs. r. M. Rhoades has written
that since the Spring Meeting she
has learned that Australia has not
yet ratified the Equal Rights
Amendment" and that country
stands just about where our own
does in regard to the measure.
She was asked at the "Spring
Meeting" how Australia had made
the adjustment after equal rights
had been given her women.
Club Meetings
Mrs. Arson Ball, Mrs. VIM H.
Robey and Mrs. w. T. Lynch were
hostesses to the Glen Homemakers
Club on May End. The club ex-
pressed regrets over the loss of
Mrs. Irwin Priest, who has sold
her home and is moving to Alex
andria.
The Home Demonstration Agent
gave the demonstration on Food
Preservation. Plans were made
for June meeting at Mrs. w. F.
Dunmore's home.
Mrs. Winfield Howes and Mrs.
Tom Howes entertained the Lay
louisville Club on May 3rd. Two
new members were added to the
list.
Comus Club met with Mrs. Earl
Holland on May 4th. This club
is busy with Red Cross Sewing.
Glenmont Club met at 1890,
May 5th at the home of Mrs. c.
W. Xander. This club raised a
goodly sum of money by a rum
mage sale held recently. Now they
are planning on a Bazaar to be
held in October or November.
Funds Will be given to the u
S. o. at Silver Spring.
On May 9Th Mrs. Leah Iglehart
and Mrs. Julian King entertained
the Cedar Grove Club.
At all of these meetings the
Home Demonstration Agent was
assisted by Mrs. Walter Pack
How to operate different types OF
pressure cookers was demonstra.
ted. The agent stated the need to
wash thoroughly all types of rub
bers, using for every dozen rub
bers, / quart of water, table
spoon of baking soda, and boil
them for 10 minutes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-11
No More Trick
Names Please!

Ever since the Women's Re-
serve OF the Marine Corps has
been organized the Corps has been
flooded with nicknames for the
ladies', runs a story in "This
Week." Ideas have ranged from
"Femarines" to Leather-Nact-
arines". But the girls want to be
known only as Marines, and their
male colleagues say that is exactly
the way it should be.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-11

Advertising is not necessary;
there is no law to compel bust
ness to grow.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-11

There are many Americans who
are ready to win the war if some
body else makes the sacrifice.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-11
FRENCH TOAST

egg, slightly beaten
" cup milk
n teaspoon salt
3 slices bread * inch thick
cut in triangles
Combine egg, milk, and salt.
Dip slices of bread in mixture
and fry in deep fat 1900 FL 2
minutes, or until golden brown.
Drain on unglazed paper. (Slices
may also be sauteed in hot fat
on griddle). Serve with Syrup
Makes 6 triangles.
-V-
In the maidless household, the
hostess will find great convenience
in a tea wagon or any other kind
of serving table that may stand at
her right, ready to help.
A blend of almond and vanilla
flavorings is often better than
almond alone, and blend of lemon
and vanilla better than lemon
alone.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-11

Opinions are rarely news but the
newspapers are becoming, more
and more, the retailers of opinions.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01

practically -existent-that it had disappeared
before l got the job. My advertising manager
tells the public that we out to give equal serv-
Ice to each mans interests But something's
wrong. On every hand get reports that this amt
so-that ten percent of the communities popula
ton mistrusts my employees no matter in what
part of the city they them. This large minor
ity OF the citizens seems convinced that under
no circumstances can they get square deal from
my representatives.
Clearly In this dream, start wondering what
causes this? Can it be my employees who are
at fault? Other questions pop up. l seem 10 be
very worried over all ths-worried, even though
my organization has virtual monopoly on our
kind of service. Yet think should do some.
thing about this. Certainly the faith. cooperation.
and good will Of all those who now feel the un-
fairness of my establishment. is important
Although asleep, a part of me seems awake.
Is 1t my conscience? A deep sense of public re-
sponsibility engulfs me. There is an awareness
of the monopostic character of my business. All
citizens ought to have equal treatment. Plans
for revamping the organization fleet through my
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01
Tell God
About II


Ethel Waters was drawing record
crowds last week TO the same night.
spot in which she first sang on
Broadway 20 years ago (cafe Zanzi.
bar-then the Plantation Club. On
her dressing table the husky. dusky
chanteuse propped a framed poem,
Tell God About II. Excerpts:
0 workers IN the busy thronR,
Who toll unnoticed all day long.
When everything IL seems. goes
wrong.
Tell God About II!
On Him you always can depend.
His love for you ne'er has an end
Tell God your only lasting friend,
Tell Him About II.
Said Ethel 20 New York Poee
Columnist Earl Wilson: That posm
| couldn't 90 anywhere without. :.
I ask Him for so much. guess I
keep Him scvfYlin' oh. darling I
used TO be the kind OF woman. n
l was mad nj you. 4 hsd . look
that was poison w.. But now. .,
It's eight nine years since I ssks1
an eye for an eye. ..--Rsprinto1
from Tina
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01

head; but just as I'm about to do something, 9
voice whispers in my ear: "Don't bother;-you
can't change it it's always been this way. Nc
matter how you treated those customers, they
wouldn't appreciate II. They were born to be
suspicious. Anyway come Of them are. and since
we can't tell these from the rest, we can't change
regardless! Change? Did say change? No! No!
didn't mean that! It's the customers who have to
change-its their responsbty-not ours
Don't blame our employees" continues the
voice. They're OK. Every last one of them.
Why? Aren't they trained? Don't we teach them
TO approach each customer according to his in
dividual needs?" Here the voice fades
Worry overtakes me again. 1t must be de-
partment store. l have endless telephone calls.
write letters. I'm trying to pick public rela-
lions firm. One calls up. mo MOI" / literally
scream in my dream, I'VE don't want white
wash-we want a full investigation of all factors
with recommendations for improvement Yes
just like what a doctor does to sick patient
q complete examination
The medicine you may prescribe may not taste
so good, you say? OK. Well take it anyway. I'm
dead serious about cure. What's that? You
would have 10 investigate all of my employees?
And also get the stories from dissatisfied Gus
toners? Oh, see! You insist you have to get
both sides OF the picture. What's that? You might
prescribe removal or transfer of some workers?
No! that's out! Haven't you heard there's a
war?
OH sigh "you don't think I'd lose lot of
my employees. You suspect you will only find a
few who are the cause of all that feeling of un-
fairness? Whaddaya say? It's just like prejudice?
Maybe because few clerks are bad actors. our
injured customers lump all employees in one group
and act as If none of them could be trusted? don't
know. But you're the doctor" Very relieved, !
hear him say: "All right! we begin our analysis
and investigation next week"
The dream ends the alarm clock rings Now
I'm really worried. Whatll ! tell Mr.. Martin when
he asks for this weeks column?
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01

fully that he was recently wined
and dined editorially BY the World
Telegram. inspirer OF the worst
mugging SANDERS against the Har-
lem community. or course. Mr..
Crosswsith is also carrying out the
orders of David Dubinsky. car OF
the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union and OF the right
wing camp in the American Labor
Party. Yet even Mr.. CroSswaith
ought 10 be taken sback at some Of
the friends he is making. If he would
face facts and catch up with the
historical period in which we live.
he might see issues instead OF red
herrings.
Need For Unity
The Communists do not wish a
monopoly on the fight for Ne .ro
rights. The Job Is too big for any
one party or group. Moreover. IL
Is not a party or racial issue. II is
a supreme issue Of democracy and
national safety for all Americans.
one that requires all their combined
strength. Despite tragic and crimi-
nal seibacks. the progress which is
being made on the issue Of Negro
rights is taking place because the
great labor movement is accepting
responsibility for pressing for the
ending OF the poll tax. job discrimi-
nation and Jim Crow throughout
the land, and because President
Roosevelt. supported by millions Of
enlightened citizens. is giving the
kind Of leadership exempiffied in
the creation OF the FEPC. The
movement for the full freedom Of
Negro Americans is today on the
broad highway OF victory and
Teheran. The job Of speeding that
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01
THE WAFCHT0WER By ROY WILKINS


which would come from demonstrating to Negro
Americans that in his own state he would be
fair to all citizens regardless of race
Mr.. Dewey had no excuses. He is boss of the
state. He controlled the legislature. He damned
through bills in the last u hours of the legislature
by sheer party power. This state FEPC bill was
recommended by committee on discrimination
appointed last August by Mr.. Dewey himself After
studying the situation the committee recon-
mended the enactment Of state FEPC act so Ne
groes and members Of other minority groups would
have fair chance to get and hold Job.
What did MIR. Dewey do? He ducked. He side
stepped He was not even original He dug
up that old. old device of appointing another
commission to survey" the situation and make
recommendation TO the NEXT legislature. Now,
in addition to the committee appointed by Mr.
Dewey, at least two other commissions have
made reports in recent years on the situation OF
the Negro In New York state.
No one needs any more information Mr. Dewey
Is not fooling anyone. He was taking an "out" or
a situation instead Of taking a stand The charge
has been made by one daily newspaper that Mr.
Dewey is playing for the votes of southern dele
gates 10 the COP convention that he weighed the
Negro votes against the llywhite convention votes
from Dixie and chose Dixie do not know
whether this is so or not, but if true, Dewey made
the wrong choice.
Negroes from coast to coast are keenly con-
cerned about their economic future. No man who
aspires to the Presidency can ignore this deep
current Of Negro thought Mr.. Dewey has indi-
Gated plainly that he is nsensible to this yearnng
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01
SOUTHERN DEFENSIVE
By !. SAUNDERS REDDINC

Ing spirit In the new organization,
Howard Odum, also one Of GIGS
directors, virginius Dabney. Ken
dali Weisiger. Mrs. Charlotte III.
Brown, c. G. Spaulding, and Ralph
McGill.
Has Commission Failed.
II the men and women who d.
rected the Interracial Commission
have been the failures, then IL is an
ingenious logic which provides that
these same men and women should
also be directing forces In the new
Southern Regional Council. They
are worn gears In what is at best a
reconditioned machine. And II II is
the machinery that has failed, then
il seems quixotic TO rebuild that
same machinery for the purpose Of
doing more Of the same work that
the Interracial Commission was set
up to do.
Segregation Enslaves Leaders
Secondly. the men whs ut the
present writing have policy-makins
powers In the new organization arc
pretty effectively enslaved by one
big, common thing. The common
thing which enslaves them Is this:
Segregation.
Segregation Is the sine qua non OF
race relations in the South. The
framework OF this thing Tin which
some of them say they do not be-
lieve). which they see as neces-
sity and which is expressive Of
limited belief In democracy. en-
slaves them. In one Of the most
ringing declarations growing out OF
the series Of conferences that
launched the new movement II has
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01

ISOLATED themselves from the reck-
less and divisive methods OF the
March on Washington leadership
headed by A. Philip Randolph, and
have vigorously opposed these
methods as harmful 10 the Negroes
as we'll as TO the war effort When
The lead~s Of this movement
yielding 10 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
influence-talked OF starting civil
disobedience" campaign among the
Negro people. they didn't get 10
first base. Such a campaign would
only aid the Hitlerites at home and
abroad. since the Negro people and
their allies are principally con-
eerned with seeing that all those
reactionaries in the country who
violate the Negroes constitutional
rights are themselves made TO obey
the law OF the land-specifically,
the Thirteenth. Fourteenth. and
Fifteenth Amendments. That was
and still Is the issue.
Moreover. In the course OF the
present patriotic war. the Negro
people have made their decision.
Instead Of civil disobedience"-the
slogan Of the Khan gangsters-they
prefer that the poll takers and the
white supremacy" crowd be COM
PEELED to obey the law. Instead OF
marching on Washington they pre-
fer TO march on those who insist
upon wrecking such historically
significant agencies as President
Roosevelt's Fair Employment Prac-
tees Committee. Remove the re-
strictions OF Jim Crow from the
Negro soldier. and let him fight in
equality and unitv with his white
fellow soldier. and Hitler and Hiro-
hito will be smashed the sooner.
Crosswaith In Enemy's Camp
That Red-baiting leads TO the
abyss Of political degradation can
be seen in the case of Negro lead
or" Frank Crosswaith. Of the Negro
Labor committee in Harlem. II may
seem strange for a Negro, but Mr..
Crosswaith finds himself In the
camp OF enemies OF the Negro
people because he has been blinded
10 reality by the anti-Communist
mote in his eye. Recently he has
served as finger-man for the World
Telegram. pointing out the so-calleo
Reds I'm various progressive negro
peoples organizations in New York.
He has attempted that Job so faith
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01
Negro Rights ,
And Catholics
{ Reprinted from Catholic Worker
March l9<ll

A warning that unless
Catholic institutions of higher
learning are opened to Ne
groes, the followers Of Lenin,
specially trained at Moscow,
very nature of the issue, or
will reap a harvest and pour out
the walls OF their wrath upon the
Catholic church. accusing it Of be-
ing Indifferent 10 the wrongs Of the
Negro" was made by the Rev.
Claude II. Heithaus. S. j.. Of ST.
Louis University. in a sermon at
mass attended by the student body.
White Students Object?
Now some people say that II
the Society OF Jesus gives Catholic
Negroes the Catholic education
which the church wishes them 10
have. our white students will walk
out on us. Is this true? deny H. I
say IL Is a lie and libel. I chal-
lenge the whole world TO prove that
even one Of our Catholic students
will desert us when we apply the
principles for which Jesus Chris,
suffered and died." said Father
Heithaus.
Il will 20 further and prove the
opposite. I will prove that here and
now. Catholic students 70 whose
welfare I have dedicated my life
and all that I have. listen TO me.
st. Louis university admits Protest.
ants and Jews. Mormons and Mo-
hammedanS, Budhists and Brah-
minis, pagans and atheists. without
looking ut their compilations. Do
yeu want us 10 slam our doors In
the face Of Catholics because their
complexion happens 10 be brown or
black"
Father Heithaus declared: IL hate
this snobbery against the Negro be-
cause IL springs from the pride and
prejudice which Christ hated" He
compared the plight Of the Negro
10 the prejudices and prosecutions
OF white Catholics Of Ireland during
the time OF Cromwell He pointed
out that In educational institutions
such as Harvard and Yale. Oxford
and Cambridge. the University OF
London and the Sorbonne. "the
world Of scholarship there Is neither
white nor black. brown nor yellow"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01

this mess by saying he simply issuing state
ment on yallots for New York soldiers. 1t was
too thin y Everyone in the country knew that
the eight in Congress had become a race-hate
aSht. All the explanations in the world cannot
wash away the fact that Dewey joined Rankin,
Eastland, and the other Negro haters on the SOL
der vote issue.
In the state FEPC BILL Dewey had chance
TO redeem himself. Here was a matter solely
concerning New York state and its citizens. He
could act and honestly state that he attending
70 the business Of his state. At the time
he could reap the tremendous benefit nationally
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01
Reprinted from Common Ground
Spring 1944)


Spring ls44
Whether because of the
nature of the issue, or
through inadvertence (Which
a statement of the case seems
to rule out) or a desperate dis
regard for logic. the proposed pro-
gram OF the Southern Regional
Council is shot through with three
basic contradictions. Perhaps they
grow out OF the complex emotional
intellectual nature Of the race prob
lem. but they seem so compelling in
their pertinency that they can lot be
ignored.
Council Duplicates Commission
In the first place, the formation
Of the Southern Regional Council
was a duplicating action. There
was already in the field the Com
mission on Interracial Cooperation.
Inc. II had been in the field for a
generation. and il had branches all
over the South. II had its own
channels Of publicity. II had been
very active. Among its mos ac-
tive co-operators were men and
women, some OF them, indeed. its
officers, who are now in the posi-
ton Of regulating il TO form a
new but essentially similar organi-
cation 10 do the same work.
Some Of these men and women,
TO name only . few. are Mrs. Jessie
Daniel Ames. top administrator Of
the C.LC- Charles S. Johnson, one
Of C.L.C.'s directors and now . NOV
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01

farmers whose wives who have Just
had babies would come 10 my store
for outing flannel and they were
very nice. They spoke with noun
tain accent and used very pictu-
rescue language. like one man said
money jes. hates me-"
The News-DiSpatch prints shabby
little accounts Of the war. There
is no original comment and the edi-
torials have to do mainly with ra-
tioning cards. Two Negro babies
were bitten BY rats in Richmond
hospital and the Dispatch thought
this should be stopped. The report
ers have been working for this
paper. most OF them. for twenty
five years or so, and they also look
like southern business men.
asked . few soldiers about the
redlight section and they said Il
Is pretty depressing. In fact one
OF them said he rather wait an
hour and q half to get into q movie.
There are a few Jewish busi-
neSseS especially the military
stores. but the anti-semitiSm is
rather funny. Jews are considered
only The worst kind OF Yankees and
people pronounce Cohen" with the
accent on the last syllable. sound
ing the al"
There's nice state park in Peters
burg CHATS where I saw the cam
nom. and although have been
there almos; every Sunday. I have
yet 20 see anyone else there.
don't know what they do on Sun
days The churches are open until
quite late Sunday night so perhaps
that's where they all are. I'll write
10 YOU again when I've gone 10
Hopewell. a big company town six
miles away There's a big gum
powder factory there and | under
stand wages aren't quite so bad.
There Is tremendous antagonism
between Petersburg and Hopewell
Hopewell people are considered
poor white trash. I also mean 20
so 20 Richmond and look az some
statues Of generals on horseback
but I expected this OF the South
and do not mean 10 be frustrated.
I Am sick 10 death Of this part 81
the world and I rustic with these
complaining letters. I have never
heard anybody laugh In Petersburg.
was told . joke enc day by .
cop they are pretty friendly. This
was the joke. A man told . friend.
I've come clean from Pittsburg.-
The friend said. How did Yen Dc
III" I laughed so long and heartily
At this that ! left the cop locking
very puEzled. scratching his head
and staring after me. Somebody
could write . really funny bsek
about the south. And I think n
should be occupied before Germany
Best
Mary
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01


already been established that The
race problem in any southern COM
munity is complicated by economic
limitations And this is a euphem-
ism for the recognized fact that the
South cannot economically maintain
anything approaching an absolute
~ equal dual system" unless the IA
cilities for whites are brought down
10 the present level Of those for
Negroes.
Want Southern" Solution
The third basic contradition in
the proposed program of the South
ern Regional Council Is 70 be found
In the avowed intention TO solve
sectionally that Is. in the South, =
problem that Is admittedly national
The "southernness" Of this new ef-
fort is stridently insisted upon. In
spite Of the words-"It is also re-
specially urged that the President
OF the United States appoint a ma
tional committee"-appended to the
resolution launching the Southern
Regional Council. there is no reason
TO believe that this insistence upon
southernness has at all diminished.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01


The statement framed by the Negro
group in Durham makes reference
10 the South with unmistakable i'm
plications Of the peculiarly of the
problem 10 IL. Of its aloneness and
exclusiveness. sixteen times. Such
references occurs in the white At
lanta statement. which is one third
the length Of the Durham statement.
eleven times. The consistency OF
this attitude was remarkably ad-
umorated several months after the
plea 10 the President OF the United
States when Dr. Gordon Hancock.
who helSed call the Durham Con-
ference into being. made a public
remark 10 the effect that sit makes
a lot OF difference whether the Ne
gro capitol OF America is in New
York or Atlanta"
The answer is simple. The group
wanted nc changes in the conditions
of the problem it wanted SOUTH
ern solution. The answer Is 10 be
found in such a remark as that
made by Gordon Hancock. and in
phrases from group declarations.
We appeal 10 the nation. in cove
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01

against applicants for employ
ment because of race. color,
religion or national origin.
The first mistake of Mr..
Dewey OF major importance
to Negroes was his endorse
ment Of states rights" soldier
vote bill. His endorsement
came at the height of the Con-
gressional debate on this meas
ure, AFTER the states rights
men in Congress had an
nounced that the issue was
white supremacy"
Mr.. Dewey through one Of
his legal advisers, Lawrence
Walsh. tried 10 wriggle out OF
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-01

Your columnist, you see, Is
Just having a dream. In this, l
am the chief executive of a
large department. That's clear.
Not quite clear, however, is the
kind of department. Like all
dreams in which some elements
are distorted, there's no certain
ty in this as to whether I'm in
charge of a school, a police de-
partment, or department store.
However, it probably is a de-
partment store; for l seem TO be
fearful Of losing my job. I dis
cover that the good will of ten
percent OF my customers is