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ments that are unconvincins be-
cause they are false"
Professor Etalli," said, so far
from being = fool or q fraud, as
you imply. Is one OF our most dis
tinguished living anthropologists."
Il will concede his distinction as
a scientist" said Harry. but as a
philosopher ne Is an ignoramus, and
il Is q philosopher that Is wanted
here. Jefferson was q philosopher
when he proclaimed that all men
are created equal. I don't recall
that anyone jumped on him be-
cause he had not first undertaken
scientific study OF human beings,
comparing their cephalic induces,
their cranial capacities, their
statures. and so on. II he had
claimed equality on that basis,
everyone would have laughed at
him, and no one in his senses
would have believed him. But that
is exactly what your scientist is
doing"
am always at q disadvantage
with Simple because, while my
mind may be as good as his, it is
not so quick. Having silenced me,
he took long draugiD OF beer and
proceeded more expansively.
The mom,nt Professor Etalii
emerges from the classroom and
enters the field of social contru-
versy. he swears in the name Of
science that such comparisons as
he has just been making cannot be
made at all. Despite what he has
been telling you OF the Eskimo's
superior culture and the Polyne-
slams superior physique, he now
says science demonstrates that
there are no hierarchies OF physi-
cal. mental. or cultural ability"
Professor Etalii," ] said, seizing
my chance at last. would probably
tell you that the difference between
the Ona and the Eskimo was not
matter of race at all, that il you
took an Ona infant and brought
him up among the Eskimos he
would, like as not. show himself
just as clever as they"
Speaking scientifically" Harry
answered, II should want some sort
OF evidence for that, am sure
that. II you raised a pigmy among
giants, he would not grow up to be
giant on that account His stature
Is a physical characteristic belong
ing TO his race. and | see no reason
to pre-suppose that psychological
characteristics obey a different law.
should want evidence. and l am
not aware that scientific research
has provided any. In default of such
evidence. il seems 10 me that we
must judge peoples by their per-
Torrance. In fact. il would be hard
10 explain on any other grounds
the variations among races. in
energy and intelligence, that his
tory has demonstrated. History pro-
vides innumerable examples OF
races deteriorsting in their vigor
and being overwhelmed by races
displaying fresh and superior vi.
tality."
There was pause after Harry
! stopped speaking. Your argu
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
BY SID SKOLSKY
Reprinted from Motion Picture
MagAxinel

Lena horne is q unique person.
She is unique because she is the
only colored actress who has Sus-
tanned career in Hollywood
movies without becoming a comedy
character or portrsying servants.
She is UNIQUE in the way she
sings a song. She is one OF the few
singers 70 whom the lyrics are i'm
portant. She often selects a song
for the words. not the music.
When she first arrived in Holly
wood and was singing at the Little
Troc, Buddy de Sylvia said. She's
the best female singer OF songs I've
ever heard. It's how she sells them.
| sat there and listened 10 her sing
Somebody Love Me, Wonder
Who. She gives lyrics a new mean
ing. She puts something into n
lyric that even the author didn't
know was there. ought 10 know.
for wrote the lyrics To Somebody
Loves Me. | Wonder Who"
Her real name is Lena Horne and
she halls from Brooklyn. the date
being July 80. 1917 Her mother.
Edna Rodriguez. was an actress
with the Jefferson players. Her
father. Edwin F. Horne. owned a
small hotel in Pittsburgh. Her
parents were divorced when she
vas three, and she was fsrmed out
10 relatives or 20 people who were
paid 10 take care OF her.
She went 10 schools in Brooklyn.
Harlem. Georgia and Miami. She
was graduated from Girls high in
Brooklyn II was during these years
that she really became acquainted
with her mother. resided with her
and saw her often. She didn't get
10 know her father until later.
She got her frst job through her
mothers theatrical connections. or
course. her looks and her talent
helped The job VAS as a show girl
al New York'S famous Cotton Club.
II was the show in which Ethel
Waters sang stormy Weather"
She is 5 fee, 6i7 inches tall,
weighs l26 pounds. has brown eyes,
black hair and freckles. She is con-
cerned about her weight and her
freckles. She can do nothing about
the freckles but she is always put
ting herself on q diet.
After working in night clubs. she
got job in Broadway show
called "Dsnce With Your Gods" l;
was a flop. Then came an offer "a
60 on the road with Noble Sissle
and his band az a vocalist. She
toured with this band. getting ex-
perience both as an entertainer
and as a colored person She
learned much about prejudices.
While the band was playing In
Pittsburgh. her father introduced
her 10 young printer. Louis j
Jones. She fell in love with him and
married him. She quit the band
and show business 10 settle down
and become a wife and mother. In
about q year. she had daughter
Gaii and two years later q son
Edwin.
But IL wasn't long before she and
Jones realized that they weren't
for each other. They separated
Now she had 10 start all over agar
in show business. and with two
children 10 support II was only
recently. however. that she and
Jones secured a divorce
Lew Leslie. great picker 81 col
ored talent. selected her for hi:
Blackbirds OF 1899 The critics liked
her. but they didn'; 60 for the show
II failed. She was on the hunt foi
q Job again
The lob didn't come too easily
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21

of every Ave persons in the United States IL
potentially subject to this type of discrimination.
We are referring to 100000 American Indians,
our earliest Americans 100000 Mexicans,
100000 aliens, 100000 Jews. 100000 Ne
groes, and the smaller religious, national and
racial minorities.
International repercussions stem from discrim-
ination in employment and in other ways against
our minority group citizens. This, Axis propa-
ganda has exploited among both our enemies
and allies Two-thirds of the two billion people
in the world not light-sknned. One-half of
them are Asiatics. They have many faiths.
That light-skinned people themselves const-
tute a minority in world which as a result of
invention is rapidly tending to become one large
community, is of great significance for the future.
For the greater safety of our children and of our
Children's children, il would seem only expedient
and practical to prove to the entire world that
we have the capacity to deal justly and amcably
with people in our midst who have faiths and
colors unlike our own.
In fact, discrimination In employment augurs
III for the plans for world peace which are even
at this moment being discussed at Dumbarton
Oaks. Discrimination against those minority
workers who are OF Mexican origin endangers
our relationship with our neighboring republics
to the South. Convincing evidence of this was
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Condensed from The Saturday
Review Of Literature
BY LOUIS j. HALLE In

When I came home this evening
my friend Harry Simple was en-
sconSed in my one easy-chair, a
pamphlet open on his knees, a mug
OF beer at his elbow. I recognized
the pamphlet as The Human
Races" by DR.. Benedict Weltfish
Hooton Etalii. the latest in a series
put out by the Citizens Committee
for Education In Democracy. DR..
Etalii Is. of course. the eminent
anthropologist. The pamphlet had
been sent me by q member Of the
committee. who wrote that it was
issued to combat Nazi racial doc
trine. to promote better race rela-
tons between whites and Negroes.
and to tell our soldiers abroad
what they were fighting for.
Il have just been reading some
Of your subversive literature"
Harry Simple began. rapping the
pamphlet with his knuckles. II am
surprised they allow this sort of
thing in time OF war"
What are you talking about?"
l asked.
Why" he said, This pamphlet
maintains that objective scientific
research has exploded the myths OF
racial superiority and has. on the
contrary. conclusively confirmed
the democratic doctrine Of racial
equality! Science demonstrates il
says here. that there are no hie-
rarchies Of physical, mental. or Gull
tural ability in human races and no
rank-lists OF virtues and vices"
Good! ! said. settling myself
opposite him and pouring myself
some beer. "It's about time some
body spoke out and told the truth"
Far from being an objective
scientific exposition OF the truth,
as il pretends to be-" said Harry,
this pamphlet perpetrates as in
tellectual fraud on the long-suffer-
ing American public. II is down
right dangerous"
Look. Harry" I said. II have
just come in out OF the rain, have
just had an argument with bus
conductor. things didn't 60 very
we'll at the Office today. and ! am
tired. But ! will not sit here and
listen 10 reasonable talk. IL that's
what you have in mind to try on
me. J happen 10 believe in racial
equality"
1T is precisely because I believe
il myself he replied. that ] feel
alarm at the nonsense perpetrated
by its partisans in the name OF
science. What this pamphlet actu.
ally does Is 10 undermine the doc
t-sv - ~
pare the ground for opponents OF
racial supremacy"
Rot"
This pamphlet" he continued
lis propaganda masQuerading as
objective science simply 10 over.
awe those who nigh; question it
maintain that We shall not ad.
vance the cause OF racial equality
by masking the real logic that sup
ports II with papier-msche argu
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agreed upon beforehand. or So
licit letters in order 10 make a
grandstand play at a psyche
logical time.
He spoke out on the Negro
whenever he felt il necessary.
He was honest and fortnight
In those statements. many of
which made old time poll
ticians shudder. When he
pitched into the 1910 campaign
Willkie knew little about the
Negro and his problems. He
had been a corporation law
yer, concerned with big pub
lie utilities. He had not met
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
BY HECK DEPARTMENT

That old sod-buster Louis Brom-
field. the food expert. was listed
as a featured speaker at the annual
convention Of the Ohio State Real
tors last week. The announcement
says his l,500-acre farm lis organ
lied as Q cooperative In which the
employers share profits" The thing
Is obviously q typographical error.
but it's the kind that could happen
only to . Republican.
The Nation
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
BEuvE II OR
NOT DEPARTMENT

A numsr Of typists employed In
the government pension ONCE at
Pretoria, South Africa protested
against . rule requiring them to
address correspondence to Negro
pensioners in the same manner as
to white ones. using Dear Sir" or
Dear Madam" and ending yours
Faithfully" The protesting typists
were told that their services were
no longer required.
The Nation
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
Main Library Has
yorktown Exhibit

On exhibition at the Main Il.
brsry from October IS through No
vember IS: books. pamphlets, pho
tographs. maps on city planning
featuring yorktown. q graphic de-
piction Of good planning. prepared
by the City Plan Commission and
Look at Your Neighborhood, o
series OF panels on community
planning designed by Rudolph
Mock, architect with the advice Of
Clarence Stein. one Of the foremost
planning experts In the United
States.
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abolish discrimination against
qualified workers because OF
their race. creed, color or ma
tionality.
Some persons objected that
only Negroes were involved;
others insisted that 1t was q
purely domestic problem; while
a woman DANGEROUSLY insisted
that a permanent FEPC would
be unconstitutional The re-
plies follow:
Colored American workers
are not the only citizens dis
eliminated against in employ
ment. Approximately one out
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
MlSoUOTATIon

The fine art Of misouotstioa n
showing some beautiful examples
these days Candidate A, for In
stance, reminds Us that Candidate
B said In 1925. The japanese are
fne." and SKIS us to scorn Candi-
date B accordingly. Looking up the
record. we learn that what Candi-
date B really said was. The Jap
anese are fne houssboys."
The New York Times Magazine
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
WISHFUl DREAMING

In Los Angeles. Dolores LoIana
walked from nightmare, kicked az
a man she ihou sh, she saw stand
ing near the foot of her bed. frac-
tured her ankle on the bedpoSt.
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WENDELL WILLKIE was not afraid Of the So
w called Negro question He did not have any
Negro expert" TO tell him what to say. He did
not let his white advisers shut him up If he felt
some statement had to be made. He did not hem
and haw, beat around the bush, write letters
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
By CLARENCE ANDERSON

DY THE REQUEST Of several persons who were
- present at q large gathering. this column 10
trying to write out the answers we then gave
to three objections which had been raised. The
discussion had been concerned with legislation to
create a fair employment practice commission to
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
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WHAT 4 DUMP!

In Secaueus. N. J.. police picked
up three Harlem musicians coming
out Of q dump yard. carrying TIRES
bags OF msrtjusna.
Time Magazine
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BY ALPHEUS HUNroN
CONDENSED from New Masses)
This is the second Of Two Parts)

LARGE CONCESSIONS
ONE OF THE FIRST of Governor General
" Eboues efforts was TO abolish the evils OF the
large European owned concessions, and 10 place
them under definite restrictions.
The second Of the governor generals import
ant measures toward improving labor conditions
was the elimination Of the common practice IN
colonial and semi-colonial countries of using hu-
man power in place OF machinery whenever pos
sible This short sighted, wasteful, and inhuman
practice is particularly symbolic Of the mean
ing OF imperialism.
Third. Eboue promoted the Africans advance
ment in agriculture. the common occupation OF
the territory and of Africa. He fostered indivld-
ual ownership and enterprise and also encour-
aged cooperative ventures in the working oil
large farm areas
Economic progress Of a country entails raising
the general living standards OF its inhabitants
That the Negro governor Of FEA fought syste-
matically TO improve the life Of the people may
be seen in the following figures. In 1887 ex-
penditures for health and education mounted
TO 95 per cent of the colonys budget; for 1914
il amounted to 1873 per cent.
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WORKED TOWARD
ELF-GOvERNN.ENT FOR NATIVES

Self-government not only in the political sense
but in the broadcst human sense, was the END
toward which Governor General Eboues pro-
gram of economic and social reforms was
directed. His proposals represented revolu-
tionary change from the traditional French
colonial policy OF assimilation.
Assimilation. in the French view. implied not
q merging Of different cultures and institutions,
but an absolute conversion OF the foreign to the
French pattern. Thus. TO "civilze' an African.
as one writer has put it. meant Ito make Q
Frenchman out OF him, or at least someone who
served French interest" Only small minority
of the French colonial subjects could receive
the necessary advanced education Including
fluency in the French language) and other quail
ifcations to enjoy the superior status OF French
citizens or evolved notables," slightly lower
category.
This elite class experiences very little racial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-11

edification and enjoyment of patrons
at the Troika.
Miss Barrett thinks she should,
too. She has the new material,
slews of it, and she Is rather bored
with the old.
The thing that counts, however,
is that audiences will not let her
change the act. They want to see
Miss Barrett as they always have
seen her, diabodcally destroying
that Southern girl and the others
who have been in her repertory ever
since she was debutante In Wash
ington.
When he fed before a mob of 500
females after a recent radio broad
cast, Clark Gable re- establishes him.
self as Hollywood's most popular
autograph subject.
He has q serious rival, however,
in another employe of M-G-M, Van
Johnson. The shy, reticent former
real estate salesman from Newport,
r. l., is easily runner-up to Gable
on the Hollywood preview mob list.
A1S AS 4dAtC OIL LAC ASSNA SSc Az caNh
popularity, an attitude that in
creases his popularity every day.
Johnson's career in pictures was
virtually destroyed more than a
year ago when he figured in seri-
GUS automobile accident.
Since his recovery, he has been
one of the busiest players on the
Metro lot.
Robot bombing, which has been
figuring SO vividly in the headlines
for SO many months, is the theme
of the latest release of the British
Ministry Of Information film. wi"
is its title and it will be released
to the public on November Is, locally
at the Trans-Lux Theater.
The picture, a nine-minute cap
sule Of terror" finds some of its
most spectacular sequences In those
which show the robots being de-
stroyed in mid-air by antiaircraft
fire and fighter planes.
Fletcher Markle, Canadian writer,
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produced the narration which en-
hances the dramatic force of wi"
When Lutte Song" play adapted
from the Chinese by the late Sidney
Howard and viii Irwin, opens at
Catholic University Theater on Nov-
ember 10, 1t may be a preview of
Helen Hayes next role.
Producer Michael Myerberg has it
In mind to induce Miss HAYES to
take the role upon the conclusion
of her road tour In her current hit,
Harriet"
Lutte Song" popular in the Chi
nese theater since the 14th Cen
tury, has had only two previous
productions in this country, once In
Stockbridge, Mass. and last spring
In the Carnegie Tech Drama School
It's performances here are expected
to draw many interested profess
SIGNALS from New York.
Alan Schneider Is directing. His
last directorial effort at the Univer-
sity Theater was one of its most sue
cessful offerings of last season, THE
OOctOr IN spite OF Himself"
x 4 X
A departure from the usual Ma
tional Theater schedule has been de =
creed in the case of "Rebecca" in
that there will be two performances
Of the drama on Sunday, November
rs. Its popularity on the road has
dictated the wisdom OF adding the
matinee and evening performances
on that date. The production will be
taken to New York as soon as the
Theater Guild can find shelter for it,
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soon. This interest-arousing stunt
has been tried many times and In
the end the producer casts the pic
ture to his own ideas Every pro-
Queer at Fox now discovers he has
a meaty role for Jeanne Grain. This
19-year- Is the top fayorite there
since her fine showing in Home in
Indiana" She's now playing in
State Fair" the role originated by
Janet Gaynor many years back
An expert to Guido all experts Is
employed In constructing the seaside
town for "A Bell for Adano." This
man't job is to make the town APP
pear to be we'll inhabited by sea-
gulls Indications are that David
O. Selznick deprived himself Of +
million and half dollars extra
profit by refusing to cut Since You
Went Away" to normal running
length. The show runs 172 min
utes, with q slower crowd turnover
than any movie since Gone With
the Wind"
Oracle Fields Is almost as big
star in this country as in England
This is shown by the heavy crosses
on Holy Matrimony." Nevertheless,
Aim work does not occupy a major
place in her plans. She prefers
personal-appearance work and radio
and Is now planning year of
trouping among the soldiers in the
South Pacific, Philippines and India.
She will start this tour just as sooE
as Molly. Bless Her" Is finished at
Fox. Then, she says, she'll 60 back
to England to entertain In hospitals
for an indefinite period. After that,
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of SHOWING

National-"Blossom Time; 2::3O
and $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol--"Till We Meet Again:
II am, 1.50, 4:40, 7:30 and 1920
pm. Stage shows: ITO, 1850 and
$40 pm.
Columbia - Laura: HAS am,
las, 3:45. 5:45, TAO and $40 pm.
Earle - "Frenchman's Creek;
IL am, 1850, 1880, tbs, 10 pm. and
12:45 am. Stage shows, lis, 3:55
$40, 9:25 pm. and 1910 am.
Keith's-"The Master Race; II rs
am, 1:2o. s:25. $50. 7:35 and $40
pm.
LittIe-"48 Hours; II am, 1880,
2:35, 400, sos, 7:55 and 9:45 pm.
Metropolitan-"Here Comes Mr..
Jordan; II am, ITO, 3:15, SIS,
1880 and $40 pm.
Palace-"Irish Eyes Are Smiling;
l0:45 am, 1855, sos, 500, 1880 and
Gas pm.
Pix-"Soul Of a Monster; /, 3:l5,
$50, TAO, 9:55 pm. and 1910 am.
Trans-Lux News and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
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DANCER-Nana Gollner, ,oho,
as premiere ballerina, ,Oill
participate in the Ballet
Theater's performances With
the National Symphony Or
chestra at Constitution Hall
tomorrow and Monday. Miss
Gollner is principally con-
cerned Nth making Fancy
Free" one OF the more uipid
items in the three-pertorm-
ance program.
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Ducks Hangman lob

Rainier won the Academy Award for
q scene which she enacted over a
telephone.
Robert Young almost walked out
on his assignment when he reported
for the hero role of 1.-THE Enchanted
Cottage" and discovered the nature
Of his makeup. AS a wounded Army
flyer 1t requires two hours to put
on and can be worn only four hours
at one stretch. The makeup Is used
only on one side of the face and
after its removal he must devote IS
minutes to facial exercises to relieve
muscular soreness.
News In nibbles: Lots of good
natured arguments on the set of "A
Royal Scandal" Tallulah Bank
head is 100 per cent Democrat
while Anne Baxter Is an ardent and
vocal Republican Howard Hawks
has bought The Dark Page"
murder mystery built around the
Lonely Hearts" ball at Madison
Square Garden He wants it as an
Independent vehicle to star Gary
Cooper :. Frank Ross plans to poll
500 literary editors and critics on
publications throughout the country
for casting suggestions on The
Robe" which goes into production