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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11

the Psws and oil the rest q the biz
white moguls. Went We ever learn
that having loe. 80 bucks or %
dsesnt make NJ anything but lust
another Negre still. 70 the big white
msney-makers. And even n our
millionaires count 'em On your
toes) don't know Il. We aren't ever
going to march up Freedom Read
less all Of M march together. Hell.
brother, . million Or TIVE sheuldn't
make yea forget the hopes and as
piratisns sf all the little people whs
helped make your million for you!
YOUR BONDS WIN WAR!
Speaking of millionaires. what
should be clearer about the essen
tisl qualities Of the COP and
Dewey, than that Henry Ford went
out for him. You folks think Henry
Is for yout.f,1
KEEP YOUR BONDS FOR
POSTWAR
Sport fans were sure glad 10
welcome SGT. Joe Louis back 10
town a. Olympia the other night
Joe did all right, too. -.
BUY TM-KEEP I'm!
One last prediction that's Q sure
thing: our two Csngressmen, Chi
Cages Bill Dawsen. and New Yerk's
A. Clayton Powell =. That's some
thing u be proud %. Mister. and
let's not let them set lonely. -.
Keep nxhtini "a.
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tCondensed from Harper's
Marine

One day In 1912 Colonel Robert
Rutherford Mccormick strobe into
the city room OF his Chicago
Tribune. He had a statement for
the press. Word had just arrived
that the Federal Grand jury had
determined that the Tribune had
not violated security regulations by
publishing q detailed story on the
Battle OF Midway. The handful OF
staff men stopped working 10 watch
him. There was electricity In the
air" recalls one who was present.
As the Colonel reached the center
desk the staffers burst into ap-
plause Il was not a staged demon
s.ration; IL was a spontaneous and
curiously ingenious one. They
crowded about him. and he was
touched and for moment could
not speak. Then he dwelt haltingly
on the vindication and his conf
dence in the men who handled the
story. and he said that he had no
family. but regarded the Tribune
40 his family. and that when he
died the Tribune would pass TO the
employees. Then once more alone
and unapproachable, he retired TO
his eyrie on the twenty-fourth floor
OF the Tribune Tower.
Today at sixty-four Colonel Nc
Cormiek IS tall. erect man OF
vigorous habits and military mien
His voice Is deep and gruff and
ANONYMOUSLY. carries an accent
which sounds almost British. He Is
always self-possessed. with the
poise OF breeding. He Is handsome
with arctrd aristocratic eyebrows
tired pouchy eyes. bristly mus
tache. and gray hair He dresses
Immediately. frequently in tweeds.
end possesses an extensive ward
robe. most OF il ACQUIRED In Eng
land. He is vain man who finds
il extremely difficult 10 unbend.
and the rare occasions when one Of
his reporters sees him at ease be-
comes deathlea city room legends
Colonel Mccormick was born in
Chicago. July 30 1880. His grand
father was a brother OF Cyrus Hall
Mccormick. who patented the
reaper and have have invented II
tthe Colonel doesn't think he did:
this Is a family sousbble) His
mother was the daughter OF Joseph
Medill. Abe Lincoln's friend and
owner OF the Tribune Thus the
Colonel. or BERTHE. as members OF
his family call him. came honestly
by his traditions o. midwest aris-
tocracy, influence In public affairs,
and violent journalism. Oddly
enough. 10 was the original Mar
shall F!eld--the grandfather OF his
antagonist Of today-who loaned
Joseph Medill the money 20 buy
control OF the Tribune in 1874 after
Msdill had been fred as editor by
anti-Grsnt liberals Medill always
said he intended 70 run his paper
so that people would swear by II
while they swore at IL. He sue
ceeded and 50 has his grandson
the Colonel.
Under Colonel Mccormick. the
Tribune has become enormously
successful and arrogant. It's circu-
lstion. above q million Just before
Pearl Hsrbor. Is not much lower
now. The paper Is very powerful
Despite the legend that it, support
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LET THEM MOVE OUT

At conference postwar problems sponsored by the
National Association OF Manufacturers the Michigan Man
uacurers association the Detroit Board Of Commerce and
the Employers Association Of Detroit Of the participate
ing experts John W. Scove economist Of the Chryser
Corporation During question period be
asked Under free economy how do propose TO take
OF the slum areas" This his answer You
worrying about something that doesn't need TO be worried
about II the people living in sums don't like them let them
out Some people like to live In one-room shacks.
There Is solution to this problem. Certainly industry
doesn't intend to attempt the impossible"
III NakSon
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Dr.. Joe Thomas
Designs Flag OF
African State

1T came to me in q vision" Il
the way Dr.. Joe T. Thomas ST., Of
5eS Josephine. described the in.
spiration for the making Of q nag
which he said represents the PRO
visional government Of the Congo
Free State in exile"
DR.. Thomas. ss-year -old physi-
elan, said the nag had graced the
front Of his ONCE at 1905 Holbrook
avenue. for seven months and that
he had worked In the interest OF
the Congo Free State" for some
30 years.
Last week Dr.. Thomas pre-.
sented credentials TO the Interna.
tional Aviation Conference meet.
ing in Chicago. Ill. certifying him
as president Of the provisional
government Of the Congo Free
State In exile.
The credentials displayed BY
Dr.. Thomas were embellishsd with
a nag designed and copyrighted
by him and bore a gold seal with
the motto. God II . Majority"
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THE CHRONICLER
Bv CONFUclUS

Though returns aren't In ~ yeur
knsw-it-all celumnist writes, Con-
fucius ID willing 70 sit On limb:
President franklin Delane Reese
welt 10 acknowiedge ~ reelected
fer the eth time ~ you READ this.
And boys and girls. II by some sw-
fui occurrence. he isn't this 10 one
dis-hard who will always maintain
that for once the people were
WRONG!
KEEP YOUR WAR BONDS!
Did you see Walter Winchelrs
item a week ago about the Con-
gressman's wife who is going TO
sue him for divorce and name one
of our big entertainment girls!
Folks have been guessing about II
ever since. and they figure both
parties are New Workers. Some
fun. no?
THE CT JoEs KEEP EN-!
And for just plain stupid biEotry.
how about that Mathews Of the In
famous Dies Committee who al
legged last week that - liberal
Americans were communists. Bat
Claiming Tobias were among the
30 named! II they're Communists
then Henry Ford Is Joe Stain!
DON'T BE AN INDIAN GIvER!
That straight.talking Californian
with the straight answer TO all this
race 1--WE, Carey McWillisms, really
gave out at Central Methodist last
Wednesday mite, And what's more,
he's Got q practical solution: federal
action against DISCRIMINATION
AND SEGREGATiONi He says that
its time for the National Urban
League and the NAACP 10 come
out and sponsor AND FIGHT FOR
something Of the sort. But the pay
off TO Confucius was that there
was Just a handful Of Negroes out
to hear him. Even the very small
population Of so-cslled japanese
Americans In Detroit was better
represented than us so-called Ne
grosi
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line for as many as SO days and has kept its ad-
vance up to that of the more experienced divi-
sions." He also tells of the Germans the men Of
the 92nd have killed and states:
f. zone man is up for citation for having killed
IL with his damaged carbine."
But on the basic principle OF Negroes and
their rights as citizens even while members
Of the Army is described by Breaker rs
follows:
THE overall principle Of race relations, estab-
lished by Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond OF
Luray, Va, who brought the END Division over
seas, was that the development of the new in
fantry outfit was military and not sociological
problem. This approach was bound to cut corners.
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KEEP YOUR WAR BONDS!

AEnE AOOA wan RONSOs
Now, children. whichever way
the election went twhat Am ] ssy.
ing!) we kind Of think It's time that
all Of M folks took . Esed second
look 81 the big Negro papers. Did
you know that celumnists HerAee
Cayten tCourier). Rsy wilkins
Amsterdam Newyl, were taken cut
at least once and Ralph Mathews
(Afro) was generally held mp By
his paper, and scholarly w. r. b.
Dubois had 10 leave the Abster-
dam News entirely and all cause
they wanted to tell the truth, and
were all prs-Reossvelt! IF the pee
pie have been deluAed int taking
Dewey, these big Nsgrs papers are
partially responsible. and II FDR
wins, don't Let them sneak beck
int your grsoes by . quick about
face. They made their bed. let 'em
LIE take II either way yeu wanna)
In II!
KEEP FAITH-KEEP BONDS!
That recent appointee, genial, big
Rev. Marshall Shepard can really
20 TO town. no? Detroit was hon.
ored to have the hard-hitting Re-
corder OF Deeds In its midst.
BUY EM-KEEP EN-!
New Yorks militant Peoples
Voice headed by New York's mill
tant A. Clayton Powell has
brsnched out with . new edition in
Philly. We're wishing them good
luck. and good printing -.
DON'T LOUISE UP The WORKS!
The Republicans charged all
along that FDR was going TO make
another Negro general just as q
prediction political move, but
they were ell wet. We haven't
heard OF any such maneuver yet.
DON'T TURN BONDS IN!
One Of the ssrriess spectacies 81
this whole campaign was the Illus
len most Negro big" business had
that IL natural place wa In there
behind Dewey with the Dursnts,
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dition: his ideas must be basically
acceptable 10 his readers True.
many people say they read the
Tribune news pages for the COM
plete news report but never read
the editoria, page; but one does
not need TO read the editorial page
10 hnd out what Colonel Nc
Cormick believes, one can find edi-
torials daily one page one, dis
guised as news stories. The Colonel
Is a man OF inventive bent and q
deep knowledge Of the mechanics
Of publishing who happens TO have
a handle on Midwest public opinion
because q great part OF Midwest
public opinion has gone back into
The nast almost - far a. he haa
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11
OFFENSIVE ARROGANCE
OF SOUTH

A publisher asks NE 10 report on
The manuscript OF q book submitted
to him by southerner. q book in
field / know thoroughly II turns
out to be bad book. ! say 20, two
other men say so who are special
lists In the field but happen to have
no grandfather in Pelham's Horse
Artillery. and the publisher rejects
II. At once the fiery cross passed
among the intel'ectuals. from Nash
Vile TO Baton Rouge TO Richmond
and even to Gambler. where an am
phibious battalion has established
bridgehead north Of Ohio. There
are round robins OF denunciation.
passionate protests appear in the
southern reviews. and Msrse Rob-
erts has clearly got 20 buckle on his
sword again and deliver his people
from northern oppression.
want an explanation OF this
defensive arrogance. this sense Of
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11
THE WEEKLY DIGEST
THE SENSITIVE SOUTH

I write In reply to half dozen
newspapers down South which
bothered to explain to their readers
that was not really insulting the
South In the May Easy Chair.
which dealt with the suppression OF
Strange Fruit" in Boston. l write
especially to the Atlanta Constitu.
ton. in which Mr.. M. Ashby Jones,
apparently q staff columnist, wrote
one Of the best newspaper articles
I have ever read. I do not know
anything about Mr.. Jones except
what one column reveals. and that
Is my loss; the Constitution is ex-
ceedingly lucky to have a man OF
his brilliance and literary skill. So
Is the South: so Is the United
States. Remarking In passing that
he did not know what my opinions
about the South are. Mr.. Jones in
timated that he would like to hear
them. A couple OF other newspapers
which understood the MAY Easy
Chair. as distinguished from
dozen or so which did not under.
stand II and SO boiled me in oil
made the same intimation
In the September Issue OF Har.
per's, the editors told how some
southern preparatory schools
threatened TO withdraw their ad.
vertising because. so the schools
thought. had said unpleasant
things about the South. hadn't.
I had merely written some ele-
nentary irony so that I could beat
Boston over the head with Il, but
let that Col appeared 10 hold
unfavorable opinions about the
South and so these educational in
stitutions would do what they
could to keep me from expressing
them. The head Of one Of the prep
schools wrote to me repeating the
threat could only refer him 10
the editors and remark that so far
as ! was concerned he might as
well cancel his advertising. for
though had two sons il would not
tempt me TO send them TO a school
which could not understand Eng
fish and which believed in the sup
preston of opinion A professor OF
English wrote daring me to come
down South and let him pull my
ears over nv nose in payment for
my supposed opinions and the dean
OF . southern college invited NE TO
come down and get my nose
punched My nose offered the
favorite means of refutins my opin-
ions
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those of our country. We must
work for what we want
AIMS ARE OUTLINED
Therefore, We are associating
ourselves with American men and
women regardless OF race. creed
or color. who are serving with or
have been honorably discharged
from our armed forces, merchant
marine or allied forces. When We
are demobilized it will be up TO all
OF US to decide what action can
best further our aims.
These will include: Aid for
every veteran and his family dur
ing rehabilitation. A Job for every
veteran. with private enterprise
and government working together
to provide full employment for the
nation. Thorough social security
Free speech. press, worship, assem-
bly, and ballot. Disarmament o
Germany and Japan and the elm
instion Of the POWER Of their mil
itarist classes. Continuance Of the
United Nations A. partners. act.
ing together to stop any threat to
peace"
NEW -NATIONALIsrs"
These. I think you will agree, are
encouraging signs toward Amer
leaS future progress. But wouldn't
like 10 encourage you too much.
There are some approaching pitt
falls which can trap all these good
intentions. The new nationalist"
--nolationists in thin disguise, and
all those who would set one group
in our democracy against another
are making . big noise. One OF
their leaders. Gerald L. K. Smith.
says: My time will come in the
postwar period The candidate
will not be met will be q young
veteran Of this war, but I'll be
behind him. II business Conditions
are bad-inhstion. widespread un-
employment. farm Foreclosures
then my candidate will be elected"
The threat is not an empty one.
Our responsibility. and the respon.
sibility Of the new veterans when
they nrst come home. is 10 see
that these conditions are not full
filled. But we cannot make q strong
healthy and truly democratic
America unless we take positive
action.
TALK ISN'T ENOUGH
The surest way TO dsillusion the
returning servicemsn is to all his
ears with fancy phrases and high
blown promises. New veterans and
service men alike are fed I'D with
politicians who talk about moral
purposes and the meaning Of de-
mocracy. and then don't do any
thing about putting their purposes
and principles into action. We also
know that freedom doesn't mean
much without groceries-how can
a man enjoy free speech on an
empty stomach? We're embarrassed
by mere talk about freedom and
democracy; we'd rather work 10
see those good and revolutionary
words put into action. II they
aren't put into action. II we don't
construct q rational economy at
home and q far-sishted policy OF
international collaboration abroad,
we will get unemployment in
creased domestic tension between
economic and social groups. and
a steady drift toward that war
we're so desperately anxious TO
save our children from. In that
case. the situation OF the veterans
will be far darker than even our
gloomy prophet foresees.
There IL no easy solution 10
these questions But I would like
10 leave you with the conviction
that our new 1900. 900 are ready
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Hold Symposium
On Race Question

WASHINGTON. DC. (NNPA)-
Whites, Negroes and Mexicans par
ticipated in q symposium on pref
udicss and discrimination last week
sponsored by the Washington Cath.
Ollie Library At Georgetown uni.
versity here. All the participants
stressed the fact that democracy,
like charity. begins at home" in
urging the elimination OF prejudice
and discrimination against Ameri-
cs's minority groups.
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There 10 also information in
. 6icating that the Army has no
! Intention Of giving up its basic
. philosophy that sociology"
and the race problem" are
not q part Of the war effort.
y Milton Breaker of the New
York Times staff has a dis
patch from Italy dated Oct. 80
IN which he talks Of the regi.
mental combat team of the
.02nd Division, now serving
against the Germans as q part
Of General Mark Clark's forces.
! Bracker notes that the 92nd
farm has haau IN fhe front
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11
RACE COMPLEX
THE DEs MONIES R.0lsTHR

TH4 DIS MOINES RI0lSTKI
(Cowles) sees n psychological
fact Of the greatest importance"
In the Affirmative response Of IS
per cent In the Denver poll on the
question, do you think Negroes
have the same chance a. white
people to make q coed living In
this country" Comments the
Register: Democratic America has
a race complex. yet Americans do
not even know they have II
People who harp on this theme are
sometimes accused Of making
things worse by stirring up the
Negroes This is rubbish. Events
of the last 80 years have stirred
them up. II Is the whites who
are asleep; IL is the whites who
need stirring up until they realize
how jatring is the contrast between
the genuine belief in equality Of
opportunity and their master-race
N " poat
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11
WHAT VETERANS WANT

Is
t.
Recently read OF those modern dream books that
foretes the future scientifically and generally dis
couraged by Its assumption that going to botch that
future though have the to make something
good OF It, il brains and sks One particular
didn't discourage il only ANNOYED when
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11

TO make their own future. and that
many Of them have a fundamental
determination Of purpose about
that future. II the American com.
munity gives them half q chance.
there Is every hope that they will
pull with the community. not sep
arate from IL. They are eager 10
take their places again In the COM
munity. rs citizens who have seen
much. suffered much and are will
ing to work much toward a recon.
struction Of the world where men
can live dscently and In peace.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11
SOUTH A NATIONAL
PROBLEM

And. gentlemen. the basic de.
fensive assumption underlying il Ia
false as hell itself The Negro prob
lem land Miss Lillian Smith OF
CLAYTON. Georgia has .,ointedly re.
minded US all that We had better
say the White problem,. disfran-
chisement by Doll tax, the number
one economic problem OF the ma.
ton. poor whites freight rates
illiteracy, pellagra, absentee own.
ership. CHANGING economy. bank
discounts, proiiferating social crisis.
all the rest-those are not your
private business Notice TO all
southerners reaching for a gun:
nothing in this editorial saws or i'm
piles that equivalent conditions up
North are any prettier Read
Harper's regularly and see. But at
ne moment I'm talking about you.)
They are our business too They
are national problems. Everything
that happens 70 you because OF
HEM happens 20 US as well. There
Is no health in anv Of us 80 long
40 they 60 untreated. They are
American problems and we other
Americans. whether we want TO or
not. whether YOU want us 10 or not.
are forced 10 inquire into them.
To inquire into them does not i'm.
ougn either your honor or the Lost
Cause.
Meanwhile. an ecstasy produced
long sso by the taboos and phobias
~ southern intellectusls scares me.
Back in the l85Ts-remember? Ra-
cial myth. biological and ethno-
logical dogma not only OF white
supremacy but OF southern superb
ority, suppression Of civil rights in
protection Of local problems. denial
OF the mails to northern books and
magazines and newspapers. forced
deportation Of dissenters. mobbin,
and lynchinR OF people who dares
invoke the right TO inquire. quaran'
tine OF the southern mind. They
were alarming In the lS50's. Now
tina. we have them In sharp con-
temporary perspective they could
be alarming again.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11

Chemists in the Agricultural Re.
search administration Of the u. S.
Department Of Agriculture have
perfected an odorless and non-ir-
ritating household ny spray. While
this spray 10 not available for sale
TO civilians, il Is being used by our
armed forces. More than IL mil.
lion spray bombs" have been sup
piled 10 our lighting men for use
against disease-carrying insects.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-11
AMERICAN VETERANS
COMMITTEE

The American Veterans commit
tee had its beginnings two years
ago when q corporal in the Army
Air Forces wrote several Of his
friends. recommending that men
and women in service consult one
another or the postwar job TO be
done. and pledge TO meet after de-
mobilization so they might decide
how best TO do that job. The idea
spread rapidly. new veterans heard
about IT and joined in. members Of
the hghting forces al over the
world are becoming members. To
set out a general line Of direction
for the future the committee men,
oers drew UP . statement Of in.
tent!ons which declares:
We look forward 10 becoming
civilians: making . decent living,
raising a family and living in free
dom from the threat Of another
war But that was what most
Americans wanted from the last
war. They found that military
victory does not automatically
bring peace. jobs or freedom. To
guarantee our Interests. which are
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THE WATCHTOWER

TUE LATEST INFORMATION on our troops
In the Army seems TO bear out the long time
policy Of the War Department to hold promo.
tons Of Negro officers to q certain level and
never allow them to reach position where they
win be senior to white officers In the same outfit