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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
C. A. |. Meeting

whether or not the City Amateur baseball league will operate as a five or six team circuit is expected to be decided upon tonight at a special meeting of managers called by President Bill Derwin who wants to have a sixth team for nexe Sun days games at Hamilton Park. Tonight's confab is set for 7:30.
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Exposition building during which MaIlUil sustained an eye cut but came from behind to win.
 In scheduled sixes. Al Stuart. l30, Hiitish Navy decsloned Johnny vexzo, lss, Lynn, Mass.; Larry Vil- leneuve. IAe. Berlin. N. H., decision- ec Ray Rouseey. i62. U. 6. Navy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
ScoviII SoftboII

ASMD and Case Shop were win ners of Scovill Inter-Department League Softball games played last night, the North Mill losing T-3 10 the Alphabets and Case winning 8-4 from Training Room. Morris hit a four run homer for the winners.
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TECH TRIM TED. IN TORR|NCTON;
 CROSBY BEST O-2

Leavenwortn Highs Tech TigerA league leaders quite tussle before losing a 4-3 decision in the ninth inning at the New City field yester- day afternoon. An attempted double play at the plate was a split-sec- ond slow to catch Carmine Mele, Torrington pitcher who hit "3 for 4" and gave but six hits; Carlone twirling for the Waterburiars, and also hitting safely twice in four tries. Score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
British Tor Wins

Portland, Me. May iG -. CU.P.l-- Boyo Maron. lsl. ef the British Navy held a decision over A, Evans l5I. of Newport. R. T.. today after a l0-Tound battle last night at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit .(Trout i-sl at Nsw York Cleveland Harder s-Oj at ncs- ton Woods i-i)-3:00 D. m. E.W.4. Chicago (Grove 2-i) at PhilaAsE> phIa (Hamlin 0-s) -s:lS ?. m, st. Louis (Potter s-i) at Wash ington (Niggeling f-o)--s;so ?. m. E.W.T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10

Runs-Thornley, Reardon, Ander- son. Petteway, Johnson, Shandra 2, Errors - B 0 co, Reichler. oyiatt, Shandra, Cadrain, Brauman. Runs bateed in-Anderson 2, Petteway, Johnson. Two-base hit - Reardon Stolen bases-Reardon, Couse R u m n, Petteway. Sacrifice Smith. Double play - Petteway to Johnson. Left on bases-Crosby g, son 4, McMann 4, Bosco 2. Hits-ofr Jackson, 8 in innings; Neuman, in 2; McMann, in 8; Eckler, 1 in o (none out in 9th); Roscoe, in 1. Struck out - by Jackson 4. Neuman 2, NJ NJ ann 2. Winning pitcher-Neumann. Umpire-Cross- man. Time-2:30.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
I.R.A. SOFTBALL LEAD SHARED
 BYFOUR TEAMS

Four teams remain undefeated after two weeks of Industrial Soft ball league action.
 Scovill and U. s. Rubber won their games last night to deadlock Waterbury Tool and Somers Brass, victors Monday evening.
 Suffering their first defeats were Chase Metal, American Brass and Waterbury Manufacturing
 Metal Hose, along with most of last nights winners featured its vic- tory with a big inning, piling up seven first inning runs against Chase as Pitcher Gudonis clouted two homers and single and Slason garnered four safeties to pace the 21-hit attack. Damelio and Cronin were Chase standouts.
 Despite six runs in the first two innings, U. s. Time had to come back with two in the sixth to trip American Brass, 9-7, Blondin's three-run homer in the first SUD- plying the eventual margin.
 ScOvill Splurge
 Waterbury Manufacturing got off to a Al lead in the first three inn- ings, but Scovill scored 12 times in next three sessions for 1894 deci- sion, Lattanzio, Joyce, Kozen and Grove leading the way. The losers Synder banged out round tripper. U. s. Rubber's second straight victory was a seven-hitter by Gal lagher, who stopped French, 7-l. Frarar homered for Rubber. Farrar homered for Rubber.
 Eleven runs in the second and third gave Waterbury Button 14-7 conquest of Benrus, which scored in six of the seven stanZas, despite losing its second straight game.
 Pitcher George Berardi and Fren- gel each had three Button bingles, Barone and Nolan pacing Benrus.
 h h e Metal Hose ..... 700 323 0-15-21-3 Chase Metal .... 012 001 A. 8-l3-3 Gudonis and Day; Terrence and Brown. Umpire, Barone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
Probable Pitchers
(By United Press)
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston (Javery O-s) at Pitts. burgh Butcher 1-l = s:S0 D. n.
 New York (Voiselle s-2) at cin- cinnati (Walters S-1)-9:0o ?. m.s EST.
 Brooklyn (wyatt O-i) at St. Louis Cooper O-2)-2:30 D. m, C.W.T.
 Philadelhia (Schanz 2-D at Chi- cagO (Derringer 0-D -,S;00 ?. na.. C.W.T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
Gnmen TnAnv

Jersey City at Montreal Newark at Buffalo (night) Baltimore at Rochester
 Syracuse at Toronto (nighO
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Games Today Detroit at New York St. Louis at Washington Cleveland at BA ton Chicago at Philadelhia
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flame. ,rnmnrrnxr

St. Louis at Washington (ntght Chicago at Philadelphia Detroit at New York Cleveland at Boston
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results (No games scheduled)

Games Today Brooklyn at St. Louis New York at Cincinnati (night) Boston at Pittsburgh (night) Philadelphia at Chicago
 Games Tomorrow Philadelphia at Chicago Boston at Pittsburgh New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at St. Louis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
Hortford Best

Hartford, Conn, May 10 - GU. P) - Jack Malinowski blew up in the seventh inning. let in five runs and caused Binghamtons defeat 6-l at the hands of Hartford in their Eastern League game late yes- terday. Malinowski allowed four walks in the fatal inning until he was replaced by Immaroto, too late to check the locals.
 r h e Binghamton .. 900 0l0 000-1 5 0 Hartford .... 900 100 50x-6 3 0 Malinowski, Sierko; Marshall, Stats,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10

Berardi, Coelho and Ciarlone; AL banese, Lavigne and Nolan. Umpire, Kenny.
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 Score by innings:
 Leavenworth o % ] 1 0 0-3 Torrington 1 % 2 % 70 1-4
 Runs-Hoysradt. Mele 2, Callahan Miklenovich. Santoro 2. Errors -- Toro 2, Mele, Santoro 2. Carlone. Runs batted in-Mele, Callahan, Ma" zini, Santoro, Covlello. Two base hit = Santoro. Sacrifices - Bonetti, Mazlni, Sllls, Covlello. Left on bas- es - Torrington {, Leavenworth 1. Bases on balls-Carlone 2. Strike outs-Carlone, Mele 2. Hit by pitch. er-by Mele (Santoro. Sills). Wild pitch--Mele. Umpire-Slattery.
 Going Away
 At Winsted, Crosby closed hard and fast in the late innings to smother Gilbert High 8 to 2; though the losers had 2-1 elge for seven innings and onother vision of a sur- prise win over a Waterbury club such as 1t turned in against Wilby last week. In the eighth inning, a walk started Gilbert's downfall as Anderson. Petteway and Johnson singled and an error completed the damage. Anderson got three hits for Crosby.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10

x-Ran for Neumann in Sth xX-Ran for McMann
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results (All games postponed, ratn)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-10
Games TOmorroV
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results (No games scheduled)
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LEAVENWORTH

z-Two out when winning run scored
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29

and Of . great many other basic aspects Of this
postwar problem. CThe complete and detailed ac-
count will be seen in future issue of the Crsis)
at is idle" said Mr.. Current, ito talk about jobs
for Negroes unless we have full employment in the
postwar period. If millions of workers walk the
streets, naturally Negroes will be among them"
That this opinion is becoming nationally recognized
as fundamental condition of any discussion Of
this problem has been manifested by thinkers on
the same subject in other parts of the country. 1t
appeared for example, in a speech given by Bishop
Haas on the day following Mr.. Currents talk.
Speaking to the State Go convention, he pointed
out that "in postwar planning the bulls eye to
aim at is jobs for all at decent wages. that con-
dition can be reached other problems will
more or less take care Of themselves"
The basic soundness of this point Of view was
likewise evident in other parts of Mr.. Currents
presentation. Discussing the often repeated charge
that colored workers have higher rate Of absen-'
teeism than white workers, our speaker, on the
basis of his research, Interestingly brought out
that there no figures surveys to prove such
charges-that on the contrary, evidence shows that
as groups, women as well as unskilled workers.
regardless Of race equally responsible-that in
addition male workers of any race who are engaged
in dirty unhealthful occupations at long hours
share absenteeism in common" In other words II
is not industrial fault monopolized by any race.
After this and other points had been made, hot
question period ensued. A few people in the
dence were unconvinced Some thought that teach
ing of good behavior to coored workers should
be incorporated in a program for Negroes to hold
their jobs. Admitting some validity to this conten-
ton, Mr.. Current, however. stood firm in rebuttal
So-caed bad behavior" he forcefully pointed out,
is a product of environment in which there is lack
of opportunity. "How can you" he asked. expect
people to suddenly begin acting like gentlemen at
the age of 81 if they have up to that point been
denied every reasonable opportunity to learn
practice good behavior? It's too late then to just
tell a guy to be good and to expect sudden
change The real answer is equal opportunity from
childhood on"
No comment is required by this column on that!
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29

tary of the Detroit Branch Of the NAACP, Gloster
Current.
Mr. Currents speech was entitled, "How Can
the Negro Hold his Job in the Postwar Word?" 1t
opened with the kind Of scholarly approach that
you have heard in the carefully polished papers
which are typical of conventions of scientific So
cieties. The factual basis Of the speech had been
derived from painstaking research Industrialists,
union representatives, government officials, COM
munity leaders, and working men themselves had
been interviewed by Mr. Current. Hence. when
your secretary spoke he had wealth Of informa-
ton to support his own down-to-earth, practical
approach
This the audience quick to realize. Hence
Il took the action above reported.
Mr.. Current offered none of the Understanding.
pipe-dream panaceas which too often fall from the
lips of well meaning do gooders" He cited facts
and figures of the huge wartime rise in Negro en-
ployment. He spoke of The necessit.' of program
for full employment in the postwar period. OF the
need for active participation by colored workers in
labor unions, of the indspensability Of state and
national fair employment practice agencies. of the
practically of offering equal opportunities OF train.
Ing and experience for the younger Negro worker.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29

First Of all this multi million dollar paper, with
q circulation daily of about million copies, printed
story before the conference opened that there
would be fireworks" and that the delegates and
the Chicago branch itself were split wide open
and demanding that the New York office stay
out Of politics The paper stated that the national
headquarters was leading the organization into
support of Roosevelt and the New Deal II also
stated that a delegation would storm the opening
session demanding end TO political activity.
meaning of course. that political activity not in
line with the Tribune's ideas.
Then throughout the conference the Tribune
harped on this theme. interpreting every event.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
THE WATCHTOWER 3, ROY WILKINS

every speech. and every discussion in the light
of the conditions it had invented and set up.
Nobody "stormed" any session No resolution
introduced. No ministers known only to the
Tribune) took any action. The NAACP did not
advocate the election of any candidate 1t never
has in its long history, yet the Tribune said the
NAACP "obeyed" the wishes of the delegates who
wanted il TO stay out of politics. The straw man
erected in the false news story at the opening OF
the conference knocked down at the closing.
The thing SO transparent that it evoked con-
siderable comment and. far from discouraging
delegates, merely gave them a sense of their own
Importance and additional pride in their organza-
ton.
Edgar Brown was towering always In the back
ground. buttonholing delegates and handing them
the usual line of Brown baloney. hot of the COP
griddle. Several years ago Brown was on the
Democratic payroll and handed out Democratic
stuff hot off the griddle.
The whole point is that this fantastic Journalism
Of the Tribune emphasized the Importance of the
Negro in American lie. II the Negro did not count,
why would great newspaper 60 to the trouble of
twisting and distorting news Of Negro convention
TO suit its political views?
The white reporter assigned by the Tribune
to cover the conference saw the situation as soon
the paper had policy and that was that colored
free lance reporter for the Tribune was not nearly
frank. and contended the paper was right. But
the delegates were not fooled. Their resolutions
spoke for the welfare of the Negro regardless OF
party, and they spoke against the enemies of Negro
progress regardless Of party
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DR.. Dubois Will
Direct Research
ForNAACPCroup

NEW YORK-Announcement that
Dr.. w. E. B. Dubois will join the
staff OF the NAACP, beginning Sept.
!, as director OF special research.
was announced by Walter White al
the NAACP Wartime Conference
mass meeting in Chicago
DR.. Dubois initial work will kbe
the preparation ~ material . Be
presented 10 the Peace Conference
or conferences after the close II the
war in behalf OF the peoples OF
Africa and other co.ored groups so
as 10 demand for them All assured
status OF security and progress N
the postwar world.
The second objective W.. BE the
arrangement of statements. articles
and booklets. as we'll as he collec-
ton OF facts ana documents con-
corning the peoples o. Africa and
their descendants. in order 10 form
body OF knowledge and literature
designed 20 educate the world in
matters OF race ard cultural rela-
tons
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
Rocism Is Silly


public said in mild tone. trying hard to keep
my temper.
We rode on for few blocks in silence The
driver glanced at me couple of times-noting, no
doubt that the color Of my skin is scarcely o. an
Aryan shade.
Then. obviously in doubt about my racial back
ground he broke the silence.
I'm sorry for what said he apologized II
belong TO the Go myself" he added somewhat
hastily.
Don't feel too badly about H." answered him.
"You see am an American Indian. So far as am
concerned. the whites and the blacks are guests
in my country; and it is my duty as host to try
TO persuade them to get along with each other in
friendly fashion"
Little White Lie
OF course had told the driver a little white lie
/ am not full -blooded American Indian My
paterna grandfather gave me enough of redskin
heritage, however, for me TO figure that am about
one-quarter Indian
Under the standards OF those who judge man
by .he color of his skin. am not white
The zealots of white supremacy insist that, il a
human being possesses even one-sixteenth of Ne
gro blood that person must be classed socially as
. Negro
So my one quarter OF Indian blood takes me out
OF the white race and fixes my identity as an In
dian. accept my non-white status joyfully II
helps me 10 prove that IL takes more than owner
ship of a white skin 10 make one q genuine
American.
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A New Star Is Born

at the Moscow Art Theater, and she
means 10 get there.
In America, Toe:
Perhaps in Russia" she said.
there will be freedom which
America has not given serious Ne
gro actors. I intensity dislike the
social and political backwardness
OF America today"
What the future holds for Hilda
Simms and other young Negro ac-
tresses is a matter OF conjecture OF
course. There is, however, good
reason to believe that America may
at last be beginning to offer some
Of the freedom she thought she
would have to travel abroad 70 nnd
Perhaps and it's possible to thinh
| 20 in her case-for the drst time
there will be acceptance Of . young
Negro woman in straight dramatic
parts. Not as maid, not as q
voluptuous singer in a night club,
not as a "holier than thou" char
acter before a painted backdrop Of
artistic cotton felds-but as an ac-
tress who will play any part that
any other woman is given. II she
is 70 be the trail blazer In the
theater for colored women. she
seems well able to handle the job.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
BY CLAYTON FOUNTAIN
tcondensed from Michigan Clio News)

WE WERE riding IN taxi from the railroad sta.
w ton TO a hotel in Philadelphia.
Our course was through Negro district II was
q hot evening and the streets were swarming win
people The homes mostly tenement Sums,
and their inhabitants were out on the street, the
only available source of little fresh air.
noticed that the driver was not very careful
about how close he came to hitting some OF the
people on the street Several times frightened my
muscles as he skinned past pedestrian with only
inches 10 spare.
Finally. as the driver slammed on his brakes
and pulled up TO red light limping old Negro
with cane was forced to walk out OF his way
around the front of the cab.
Muitered Words
AS he passed in front of us. the old man muttered
something under his breath.
The driver stuck his head out and yelled; Yeah.
you wouldn't say that if we were down South"
rode in front with the driver, and all the cab
windows we're open, but was unable TO hear what
the old man said.
How do you know he was talking 70 you''
asked the driver.
Il heard what he said" the driver replied Be
sides I'm from the South" he added. and know
you gotta keep these blacks in their place.
Prejudice
But you should no, indulge your prejudice In
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
SOUTH CAROLINA SHOCKS FLORIDA

I'VE have long advocated white supremacy in the South
read the editorial Born and bred in Georgia could
scarcely feel otherwise But confess stomach
sckened when read the other day that South Carolina
had executed 14yearold Negro child What indictment
against South Carolina and its people which
cannot forget, precipitaed the Civil War
Its the best proof that rights jusaby be
tailed Such thing could have happened in enlightened
We don't believe that Florida could stand for such
justice
Thank goodness most every body we've talked feels
that same Otherwise would be horribly ashamed
Of fellow Americans who citizens OF South Carolina
Anyway feel ike apoogzing for thenan their naction
against officials who ignorant and brutal
Amp Release
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29

One night We sang. Old Amer
lean songs. souvenirs OF other times
of crisis, John Browns Body"
There's q Long, Long Trail A
Winding" songs of the land, Red
River Valley" Shenandoah" songs
Of cities. East Side. West Side"
"St. Louis Blues" We stopped for
a moment and the man with the
guitar said. Ever hear this one?'
He hit the strings and sang We
kn-w the ,une-everyone does-but
here were the words:
There's no one on the skyline,
That's sure a pretty good sign
Those eighty-eights are breakin'
up
That old gang OF mine.
Gee, you get that lonesome feeling
When you hear that shrapnel
whine.
Those eighty-eights are breakin'
up
That old gang Of mine.
Could still laugh at death.
Many of the boys laughed, but
not as you do at q good joke. They
grinned because they could still
make fun of death. because brave
men kid when there Is really moth
ing 10 laugh about.
Why Do They Fight:
Afterward. lying on my cot,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
THE WEEKLY DIGEST
Inquiry Into Boogie Woogie
tiated from the slow blues Of New
Orleans and st. Louis"
Boogie Woogie Not Bad
Only Sounds That Way

lldtCu lIOIIl Tic siOW OAQCS Va 4NCW
Orleans and st. Louis"
Boogie Woogie Not Bad
Only Sounds That Way
II Is a little difficult. 10 phrase
IL mildly, TO find anything inherent
ly contributory to juvenile delin-
quency in the folk art OF down.
trodden people who put their sor-
rows and their hopes for a brighter
day into melodic and rhythmic
terms. Campbell In the article
quoted above tells OF his meeting
with Reese D'Pree. who back in 1905
had composed the famous song.
"shortnin' Bread" 81 will always
remember" writes Campbell. what
that man told me about what the
blues meant TO him. Son. he said,
the blues regenerates a man."
II is hard TO believe that there Is
anything particularly wicked in va
riations on a ground bass per Sc,
and II Is doubtful il any crusader
really thinks there is But boogie
woogie sounds bad: that baby-talk
name seems designed insidiously to
appeal 10 the Riddles. Whisper II
softly. but II is extremely likely that
the crusaders do not know what
boogie woogie is. and that what
they mean 10 be waging war on is
jazz itself instead OF this one little
corner OF il whose name has so hor-
rified them. II is as II Hitler had
Inadvertently declared war on the
State of Rhode Island
Count Basic is the only available
expert who could think Of any form
Of juvenile delinquency that could
be traced 10 jazz. Occasionally, he
admits, kids cut school when a big
band comes to town. But, the Count
asks pertinently, was there no tru-
ancy before the days Of jazz bands?
The answer is, indubitably, yes.
The cause? That thoroughly de-
grading and corrupt institution. the
old swimming hole. You parents
who really want 10 get TO the bot
tom of this thing, there is something
you can get your teeth into. Con-
fidentially. il looks as il the anti
boogie campaign will not stand up
under fire.
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We Want No Status Quo

We want no status QUO
II status quo means hat in hand;
To this We answer no"
With all the force we can command
We want 10 live and breathe
And move and act like other men
So at the end we may bequeath
To future, unborn kin.
We want no status quo
II status quo means they shall reap
Wherever. We shall SOW.
There now wells up conviction deep
That there must be a change.
We've suffered long enough
Los Angeles Sentinel
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borne out by the reverberating
applause and appreciation ex-
pressed by the audience.
One speaker, however, re-
ceived an ovation which was
different from all the others. Not
only was he prevailed upon to
''take bow" but the audience
insisted that his speech be re-
produced for wide circulation.
A motion to this effect, unan-
imously adopted by the conven-
ton, called for publication of the
speech in The Crisis. The re-
cipient Of this unusual honor
was YOUR Woodworking secre-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
Anti-Sen,iticisn1 Move
Raped By Granger

NASHvILLE-Any person who Is
ant-Semitic is bound TO be anti
Negro, Lester Granger. executive
secretary Of the National Urban
League. declared before American
Missionary Association Institute of
Race Relations at Fisk university.
"Anti-Semitism Is a form OF anti
humanism and therefore dangerous
10 the cause OF democracy. Ne
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-29
Texas the Birthplace
or Boogie W0ogie


During the past few weeks, most OF New York's daily
papers have been rich in their praise of young
Hda Simms who appearing in production Of the Amer
Negro theatre She has garnered such complimentary
phrases breath takngy lovely. 'ncandesceny beaut
full real actress and someone to look to in the future
group the cynical critics in the newspaper field