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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08

Negro Republican politicians the
Negroes represented a political
cipher.
Then came DePriest out of
the west like a political Lochinvar
and made history. His daring debut
infamed the political imagination
of the race and today the Negro
holds one of the most strategic
political positions in the history of
this nation. I do not hear much
about Oscar DePriest. 1 do not
know whether he fares we'll or ill;
but this 1 do know that the Ne
groes of this country owe to Oscar
DePriest debt of gratitude that
they cannot ever fully pay. If
John Wycliff was the morning
star of the Reformation" DePriest
then is the morning star of the
Negroes political renaissance in
this country.
Today the Negro is minded
and vote-conscious in a way he
has not been since the early days
of emancipation. Even if a Ne
gro had arrived in Washington
after such lapse of years, his
arrival would have been ineffective
had he not had the calibre of Oscar
DePriest. The time and the occa-
sion called for man of DePriest's
physical and moral stature. ]
doubt if highly educated Negro
would have filled the bill. De-
Priest went to Washington offer
ing to fight physically as we'll as
politically if the occasion warranted
it. DePriest was political pioneer
who made way for others and made
this way easier for others. He got
congress in particular and the
country in general accustomed to
seeing Negro once more in the
high councils of the nation.
DePriest was not afraid of the
southern hill-billies who did not
want to meet him and greet him
in the various departments of
state and the functions thereof.
When these red-hot southerners
threatened to throw him out of the
cafeterias, etc., he served notice
that he would be on hand for the
"throw." He had them under
stand that they would be throw
ing each other" The net result
was there was no throwing be-
cause there was a Negro who
could not be frightened. Today,
the presence of a Negro in con-
gress creates no excitement, thanks
for the manhood and the match
lessness of DePriest's courage.
Negroes everywhere should send
up a prayer for the well being
and welfare of great old Oscar De-
Priest who represented what was
noblest and best in Negro manhood
and aspiration. He'll Oscar the
Great, our hero and champion and
the morning star of our political
renaissance! He is one of this ma
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
"Still on Gods Side"

December when Japan attacked the
United States America Pearl Harbor and struck blow which has
lives of every American
The Pearl Harbo attack precptated gigantic
toatariansm which erect safe
guards against future civilization destroying struggles
Negroes especially stakes the
of The professed high that engaged
and religious intolerance and the dignity of the
personality their than other
for too we'll known to repeat.
many happen patience
loyal Negro still believe like Joe Louis that
America because she is ION Gods side"
Being Gods side, its eventual bound
racial religious
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Salute to Capt. Pruitt

There honor both hero and for his native city Mayor
Kaumanns designation of Dec IL when official tribute will be
paid Capt Wendell O. Pru first ST. Louis Negro pilot
after combat duty Capt P deserves salute for his
MISSIONS three eight destroyed
the participation sinking destroyer award of the Dis
the Air Medal with Oak Clusters
ST. will also be publicly autng his the thousands
Negro from this city elsewhere soldiers and sailors
who do their couageus but often prejudice and
disregard rather than acclaim.
calling celebration in honor Prutt the Mayor
the finest tradition of ST. Louis that Judging citizen
Despatch.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
PLAIN TALK
By Dan Gardner


than it now appears.
But this is-not the case. There
appears to be no practical and con-
certed effort on the part of Negro
leaders to check the vast sums of
money being drained from Negro
communities because we buy but
don't sell. Perhaps we have nothing
to sell. This, it might appear, has
been a principal complaint over the
years of our most outspoken re-
formers and sooth-sayers who con-
tend that our future is dark because
we have no merchandise. This may
be the reason there are no giant
Negro corporations manufacturing
clothing or marketing certain types
of processed food and other neces-
sites, aside from hair grease, skin
whiteners, and other cosmetics.
Why Don't Negroes Invest?
You probably have heard the
question asked, "Why don't Ne
groes invest considerable money
into factories so that employment
can be given to the many qualified
young Negroes who, otherwise,
would have to wash dishes or work
in someone's Kitchen" and you have
probably yourself deplored the fact
that we spend so much money and
get little in return for it. It is all
due to the fact that we buy but
don't sell.
In fact, of the Is to 20 million
Negroes in this country, very few
in proportion actually realize what
is the basis of sound economics. Of
course they can work out the fam
lily finances and the personal
budgets so that they can get along
somehow but, insofar as applying a
yardstick of economic measurement
to the sum total of the race as a
whole, the great mass of Negroes
has little or no knowledge.
It would be one of our biggest
steps if, through program of edu-
cation, Negroes with money could
be shown the advantages to the
whole group in establishing some
business enterprises in which we
do some manufacturing of basic
goods. 1t is all right that we have
Negro retail stores, such as the
Shauter Drug Company in Cleve-
land, the drug store chain in De-
troit, individually owned drug stores
in Chicago and elsewhere, and it is
well and good that we have Negro
tailoring establishments and bust
nesses of like kind, but few of these
are engaged in the manufacture of
basic necessities. When we get to
the point where we can manufac-
ture and sell, say, a necessary type
or kind of oatmeal, a radio gadget
that improves reception, something
that could be used on automobiles
to improve performance, a brand
of shoes that is superior to those
already on the market, we will then
be on the road ahead.
The lesson in this dissertation
should be apparent to all. If we can
gain something by increasing our
capacity to sell to correspond with
our tendency and capacity to buy,
think we will have chalked up a
great and necessary victory.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMURIAM
In loving memory of Mother Minnie
Wright who passed away one year ago,
Dec. 9, 1913.
Since you, dear mother, passed away
Our hearts have been sad every day.
The flowers we place upon your grave
May wither and decay,
But that love in our hearts for you
Will never fade away.
How we miss your words of cheer
When trials and troubles fingered near.
Your noble race on earth was run,
So we humbly say,
Gods will be done.
Sadly missed by Nina v, Johnson. daugh-
ter, Minneapolis; Byron S. Holder, son,
Los Angeles; Edward w. johnson, son-in-
law, Minneapolis.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-08
Hancock Compares Two
Negro COngressmen
By GORDON HANCOCK

When Oscar DePrest the political horizon
the political fortunes the
deterioration The Negro afraid of the Democratic
traditional and the Republican had
the Negro thus politically orphaned Politically
nowhere lay his head With the exception professional"
Evening star., 1944-07-16
Pose 5

Hitler deeored the other doy hot the very fonotoism
Of Nozsm insurance Of victory There seems to be
ouehne Of their fellows who profones the Fueher
with very good toke off.
Evening star., 1944-07-16

The young Germon prisoner pointing skyword seems
to be impressed with Allied DIR power thon with the
for which he'll fight He's telling Coost
Guordsmon obout it O ship hooded for En9ond.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
But The War Goes
 On on Many Fronts
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ties over the Anzio beachhead in support of teh Nazi ground offen- sive, and the Allied communique said nine enemy planes were shot down.
 AirPOwer
 American airpower also blanketed the main Fifth Army front around Casino, where the Germans launched a small-scale diversionary attack to coincide with their main offensive against the beachhead.
 American invaders returned to dive-bomb the ruins of the 1,415- year old Benedictine Monastery on Mount Casino yesterday, piling new wreckage about the heads of Nazi gunners entrenched behind the massive walls of the Abbey.
 The German ground attack cen tered against American positions in the Albanetta sector, northwest of Casino. Inside the latter town fierce street fighting continued for the 18th consecutive day, with the Americans apparently still holding about one-third of the town and making slow progress against the Germans house-to- house defensive
 Brisk patrol fighting continued on the British 9th Army's Adriatic coastal front
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
Peace Now Movement
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peace now leaders would withhold comment until they examined the Dies report. She made the state ment after communicating with Hartmann at Harvard University, where he is faculty member.
 Promising that his committee twill not relax its vigilance to make certain that it (peace now) cease its unAmerican activities, Dies in- cluded among his evidence letter sent by peace now to many promi- nent religious figures throughout the country. It read in part:
 "This is a direct invitation to ask you in your high office, and those in authority in your demonstration. to publicly request all the followers of Christ under your banner at once to lay down their arms and cease supporting this war;.
 The Dies report said Collett he came to this country on passport issued by the Nazi-controlled Oslo police three weeks after the Ger man occupation of the city and that he was now a field secretary of peace now.
 The report also said Collett had been convicted In Cincinnati of voyeurism (Peeping Tom), an of fense "too disgusting to be recounted in its details in this report.
 The committee observed that the Nazi drive for a negotiated peace coincides almost exactly with the setting up of the peace now move ment".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
Wool Goes On Auction

Boston, Feb. IT -(UPls- About 30,000,000 pounds of government held foreign wool was placed on the auction block today at the National Wool Market corporation headquar- ters here by the Defense Supplies corporation.
 The wool. part of a reported 850,- 900 ,000-pound stockpile in east coast warehouses, was imported from Australia and South Africa to guard the textile industry against uncer- tain supplies when Americas war consumption jumped from $50 ,000,- 900 pounds annually to more than 1000. .000, 900 pounds.
 The auction was scheduled by the DSC after survey showed that the nations stockpile was sufficient to supply the textile industry for a year at its anticipated 1914 produc- ton rate.
 Western wool growers appealed to Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones to cancel the auction. claim ing that their profits would be dras. tically reduced. Imported wool. de- spite q 34.cents.a-pound tariff, sells for $1.05-13 cents less than home- grown wool. The protest prompted Jones to postpone auction of an ad- ditional 300,0O0,OG0 pounds pendipo investigation of the growers com plaints.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

(Continued from Page D
 Ski troops in one sector cut a high way along which large Nazi supply column was moving and captured 400 trucks loaded with war supplies
 One column captured Samolva, 41 miles northwest of Pskov. and Chudskie zakhody, two miles far ther south, and pressed on steadily toward the junction city. Chudskie zakhody lies at the southern end of Lake Peipus near the narrow channel linking it with Lake Pskov and is only 30 miles southeast of Tartu, railway town on the west bank controlling the Tallinn-Riga line.
 CA Paris broadcast heard in Lon- don said Soviet troops were annihil- ated in an attempt to cross the ice of Lake PeipuS)
 (The London Daily Telegraph re- ported from Stockholm that the Germans were believed to have or dered the evacuation of all towns in Estonia east of a line passing through Tartu, thus clearing a zone 50 miles behind Narva. Radio Ber- lin said the Russians have opened new offensive south of Staraya Russa, 1i0 miles east of Pskov)
 At the opposite end of the &C., mile offensive front above Pskov, the Russians beat off several enemy counter attacks south of Luga and advanced up to nine miles to cap ture Zamoshye and Lyamtservo, both 67 miles northeast of Pskov, and 30 other villages. At least 600 Germans were killed and 400 others captured.
 In the Ukraine, General Fritz Erich Won Mannstein, stalled in his attempt to break the Soviet ring of encirclement about the Charkasi pocket from the southwest. shifted the main weight of attack to the southeast in the hope of finding weak spot.
 Soviet artillery and infantry held firm, however, and the Germans lost 90 tanks and six self-propelled guns without even denting the Russian lines.
 Inside the pocket, the last sur vivors of an original 100000 German troops lashed out desperately in futil efforts to escape. More than 2,5O0 Germans were killed, some in hand to hand fighting, and a large number captured.
 Other Soviet forces squeezed tighter the ring of encirclement with the capture of Yablonovka, four miles west of Korsun, TarAscha, nine miles southwest of Korsun, and two villages between them.
 Front reports said the Soviet aerial blockade of the pocket had been so successful that not a single German aerial transport was be- lieved to have penetrated the Rtls- sian fighter screen to reach the few landing fields still in NaA hands or parachute supplies to the doomed forces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

1 first reason is because most of us are mentally sluggish and reason airily apart from the facts. It is l true, of course, that Negroes have l differences which make it possible 1 to say that they are Negroes. The same is true for Jews, Italians. and
 Englishmen. Each group has some thing ill common that makes it
 possible to classify it. But it is like
 wise true and this the bigot
 never sees that each individual
 of another group differs from every
 other member of that group. Im-
 agine, if you will, the following
 people: Einstein, Disraeli, a Jew
 ish baby; an interruptions Jewish business man, and Meyer Levin
 (the bombardier in Colin Kellys plane). All are Jews! Now consider the unspeakable stupidity and vul- all up under one heading and fails to see the individual differences. Let the vulgarity of the bigot be crystal clear! Let the stupidity of the man who generalizes about Jews, Negroes, or any people be re- vealed to all menl Let the deep hurt that burns in the breasts of other people burn in our own! Gen. eral Macarthur and Dillinger, the gangster, were both born Americans but Dillinger is not MacArthur.
 CD The greatest reason for group discrimination is, however, our hu- man sin, and Christianity, in inter- preting this, has a deep insight into the real cause of our prejudice. Sin is pride and selfishness, and we eX- press and extend our egos in many subtle ways. We do it, for example, by stating that because we live on one street and belong to a certain group we are superior to people who live on another street and belong to another social group. We do it through our nation in believing that God cares more for Us than He does for the Chinese or the Egyptians. And we express our pride and self centrednesS through racial discrim- ination. Sometimes we vaunt our selves by laughing at others as we tend to do with the Negroes, and sometimes we puff ourselves up with hatred. If this is not clear in our selves, consider the spectacle of the Nazis for the past ten years. They laughed at the Negroes and hated the Jews, and revealed an arrogance and pride seldom seen so clearly. All of us tend to believe that we are superior either intellectually or mor- ally to other groups and this is the reason we hold the views we do, when, as a matter of fact, our vio- lent feelings are aroused only when our own interests are touched. So in college, where many Jewish students stand at the top of their classes, some students tend to call them ''Pushy Jews" when, If they were really honest with themselves. they would see that many Jewish students are more earnest about the real pur- pose of college than they. But, in- stead of admiring achievement, they defend their own pride by laughing and hating. It is likewise true, to use another example, that we in the North have less feeling about the Negroes than people do in the South. This is not due to any moral super iority on the port of Northerners (although we like to think in pride that this is the easel but rather be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

(Contlnued from Page D rupture, said it had been one of the objectives of the June revolt. Ram irez retorted that 1t had been de- cided upon only recently to protect Argentine sovereignty as a result of the actions of Axis spy rings.
 In addition to Gilbert and Con- zaleZ, resignations also were handed by anti-Semitic Gustavo Zuviria, Minister of Education and Justice, and Leopoldo Lugones, Jr., who had been attached to the presidency without a specific title.
 (Well informed sources in the United States said LugoneS was be- lieyed to have been head of the Ar genuine secret police. in charge of oppressive measures against oppoS- ition elements)
 Vice Adm. Benito Sueyro, Navy Minister, took over the foreign min- istry portfolio temporarily, and It. Col. Domingo Cortese, who had been Gonzalez assistant, was named act- ing secretary to the presidency.
 Dr.. Honorio Silgueria, prominent liberal lawyer. was named minister of education and justice on per- manent basis. His appointment to replace the reactionary zuviria was hailed by liberal quarters as good omen. He has not taken an active part in politics in the past, but is president of the inter American bar federation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
War Dodgers Go All Out
Continued from Page D

At the open air meeting Sunday night women stood about naked and invited photographer to take their pictures. One woman went forward and thanked him.
 After walking around naked in the open air, the men and women would put their clothes back on and return to the meeting. One stripper said nobody tells them when to dis robe; they do so when their con- science directs.
 Although the words of the speak CTS at the meeting could not be un- derstood from the outside, it was said the group, extremist members of the Doukhobor sect, were urging other factions to join them in their fight against the governments alter native service order for conscientious objectors. The crowd was told to send back its registration cards and ration books as a gesture of defi- ance to the government.
 Most of the delegates were from nearby settlements. but some douk- hobor colonies from as far away as Alberta and Saskatchewan sent members, as did the Orthodox Douk- hobors in Brilliant, B. c. 1t was reported they plan to move from settlement to settlement, holding recruiting meetings and collecting registration cards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

Rev. Richard s. M. Enrich, a professor at the Episcopal Theolog- ical Seminary in Cambridge, Mass, and a former assistant at St. Johns Episcopal church here, in recent article in a church periodical writes Let the stupidity of the man who generali2es about Jews, Negroes or any people be revealed to all men!"
 Because the week of February 20 through February 26 has been designated as Brotherhood Week, The Democrat prints an excerpt from Rev. MT. Emrich's article.
 It follows:
 What are the causes of racial discrimination in America2 Why do these sore spots exist which the enemy seeks to aggravate2 CD The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

cation all the way back to Rome.
 American invaders dive-bombed the Ostiense and Tiburtina railway yards in Rome yesterday for the second straight day, while medium bombers and fighter bombers sprayed high explosives and frag- mentation bombs over the entire beachhead area.
 The Allied bombing attack con- centrated on Campo Leone, key rail and road point through which the Germans were reported moving men and tanks into the battle lines.
 American Flying Fortresses and Lberators joined in the thunderous aerial assault, blasting at railways bridges and marshalling yards at Ancona, Cecina and many points in the Florence area.
 Other medium raiders hammered similar targets at Orte, Orvieto, AL binia and Perugia, and RAF night bombers followed through with an attack on the west coast seaport of San Stefano.
 The Allied air fleets flew more than 1,200 sorties throughout the day and night at cost of four planes.
 The Luftwaffe flew some l30 sor-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

votes of about two to one, enough to override a veto.
 Thus, the eco headed for at least temporary suspension until the is- sue was finally settled. It was be- leved, however, that the agency ill the interim could continue existing subsidy programs, but could not launch new ones.
 This meant that the program ot subsidies to dairy farmers, which also is scheduled to expire at mid night tonight, will be the first tc cease. eco officials said halting the payments, without compensatory in- crease in retail milk prices, would lower production seriously"
 The anti-subsidy measure, how ever. provided steps for increasing the retail price of milk by 115 cents quart. Farmers thus would get as much as ever but the public rather than the government. would pay for their increased production costs.
 The bill would wipe out three general types of subsidies which the administration contends has helped stabilize the wartime economy These were:
 $533, 100000 a year to roll back the retail price of butter, meat ano peanut butter.
 0,000,0c0 Q year to offset in- creased transportation costs or corn, apples and sugar.
 $525, 100000 year to permit high. CT prices to farmers, without higher prices to consumers, on canned fruits and vegetables; cheddar cheese; dried beans; milk; peanuts; potatoes; prunes and raisins; truck crops; wheat for feed; wheat for flour, and vegetable shortening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
Censorship Rifles British
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story)," Greggs said.
 Captain Frederick J. Bellenger, Laborite, interposed:
 "In view of the interest in what is happening in this respect by the local commander n-chief, has the war minister read General Alexan- der's statement that some of these restrictions placed on correspond ents there are due to request from London? Did that request or iginate from your department or from higher authority?"
 That was one of the pieces of information in the morning news papers I did not see," Grigg said Replying to further questions, Grigg said he would give the house information on the subject as soon as possible.
 The newspapers here observed that if undue pessimism had been created regarding the beachhead operations, it was not the core spondentS who should be blamed, but, in teh words of the News Chronicle, high-placed British and American officials from President Roosevelt on down.
 Allied military authorities in Italy are the latest opponents of the art of trying to muzzle the press" the News Chronicle com- mented
 The Daily Mail said that First Lieutenant General Mark w. Clark and General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson issued optimistic statements and General Sir Harold R. L. C., Alexander said everything is go- ing wonderful"
 Then MT. Rooseve1t's "tense situ- ation" statement was issued and Canadian Prime Minister w. L. Nc Kenzie King referred to reverses which may delay the war not for days or months. but for years" view gloomier than that of any of the correspondents reports.
 The Mail feared that if the res trictions were not rescinded. the public would be thrown back to German versions of the fighting, reviving that very alarm and des- pondency which authorities are seeking to avoid.)