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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-10-05

Combine all ingredients and bring
slowly to . boil. Cook until slightly
thiekened. Pour inSO clean, hot, sterile
jars. Fill jars to top; seal tightly. Just
The thing to 20 in Mary and Johnnie's
lunch.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-10-05

I got to bordering the other day
about the coming election.
Not about who or what was
going to win but whether the
voters themselves would win.
Lots of times the folks don't
seem to appreciate their privi-
lege of expressing their opinion
secretly at the polls.
When l was 9 boy, town meet
ing was the event of the year, a
man had to be sick abed to miss it.
From where ] sit, al town. city,
state-yes, federal elections are
nothing but the old fashion town
meeting on q large scale.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-10-05
Picked Onions

. gus. small Wnlte onions
at. vinegar (white vinegar gives a
white pickle)
l pit. water
y cup sugar
2 tablespoons whole picking spice
2 teaspoons salt
Dried red peppers
Dip onions in boiling water and let
stand overnight. Rinse them in cold
water and drain. Cut a thin slice from
the root end of the onions. Mix vinegar,
water, sugar, spice, and salt, n heat
to boiling. Pour the mixture over the
onions, which have been packed in ster-
ilized jars. Wash the dried peppers and
place three in each quart jar. Partially
seal, and process for 80 minutes in a
boiling water bath covering the jars.
Seal and store.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-10-05

Let's go on a little Victory canning
spree for this week. They tell me there
are heaps Of onions going to waste if
we don't hop in and use them right
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-10-05

! cup sslt
Vinegar
n cup muetsndsse
2 tablespoons celery sced
2 tablespoon peppercorns
Slice eucumbere and onions about one
fourth inch thick. pack in . crock in
layers. with salt s~prinklsd between, and
let stand overnight In the morning
drain in q cheese cloth bag. pressing
out all the juice possible. Taste before
adding the vinegar; il too salty. rinse
in cold water. Measure the onions and
cucumbers. Measure out half as U
vinegar as vegetables and heat TO boil
ing. Add the g and spices, and pour
over the vegetables. Pack boiling hot
in sterilized glass jars. Seal, and store
in q cool place.
Pepper Onion Relish
/ at. finely chopped onion
2 cups finely chopped sweet red pep
pers.
/ (. vinegar
2 cups finely chopped green peppers
] cup sugar
4 teaspoons salt
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-10-05

away. How about trying some Of these
recipes? Don't think any of them will
give you a bad breath!
Onion Vinegar
l quart vinegar
II cup finely chopped onions
l teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon sugar
Remove skins. wash and finely chop
onions. Cover with the vinegar to which
the sugar and salt nave been added. AL
low to infuse for several days, stirring
once or twice a day. Then strain and
seal in tightly corked bottles or glass
topped jars. Mighty good on those dried
peas or beans this Fall.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
Your Friends

Practically Negro this country started for the
purpose of lettering the condition of Negroes
None deny that purpose audabe papers
constantly increasing circulation Negro papers entering
the field.
These papers dependent and advertising
Most of the advertising from white people who have
sell and who generally sympathy with aims 1t may
persons.
These white subscribers usually sincerely desire better the
don of the Negro America This friendly DESIRE the
of white friends responsibility the individual
No white black do much for who is
The least desirable regardless COLOR
laid off when dull he the called
employment picks up up worthy
of the job hold Promotions who satisfactory
period; the shess Those change
job to another rarely make progress
No employer dsmisses satisfactory worker replace him with
untried
We the Negro readers this paper keep things
mind remember that have well wshers
nationality groups though personally
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
"A Wise Appointment"

this newspaper happy
appointment President Roosevelt of Charles the Fair
Employment Practices Committee.
this newspapers subscriber
additional pardonabe pride AS the popular saying
goes, che knew when"
source of much satisfaction to Mr. must be the
politics. ordinary and principles for him
accept designation non-parsan wartime agency by
Democratic president He placed the security and advance of
the nation above other personal considerations in the interest of
the good of the nation
This could for columns exong the virtues of
had the fortune him and his
intimately him enough recognize
publicity praise What him here to the overly
perhaps appear
Therefore would recommend readers last Fridays editorial
the appointment by the daily ST. Paul Dispatch and the
Pioneer Press
The editors of these perhaps position where their
obecvy questioned
editorial titled "Wise Appointment" said
The Dispatches Washington bureau that President Roose
appoint Charles the Cartridge his
Fair Employment Practices committee 1t logical choice and will
meet with general approval.
general promote good
industry receiving passing Judgment
complaints discrimination employment practices
Primarily this matter seeing that Negroes have equality of
opportunity.
probably employer large
done outstanding job respect
the Twin Cities Ordnance plant which operator
He had abundant and successful this field will
valuable contribution the committee.
The ocaed Negro problem in America complex and it is fool
h that all of its be dealt with quickly But
be substantially solved any
This the economic inequality of opportunity from which
Negroes suffer most parts of the country North we'll South
which other problems matter
earning living democracy that individual shall
according his abilities When that principle established
probably the other of this problem will not
difficult
The FEPC wartime approach lapse with
peace.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
Embree's Latest
Book Praised
BY A. CLAYTON POWELL

Edwin Embree, President of the
Rosenwald Fund, has just COM
pleted a book which should be re-
quired reading for all America. IS
Against the Odds, published by
the Viking Press, is being released
this week. 1t tells the story of
thirteen living Negroes selected by
a poll of 200 colored and white
Americans. They represent one for
each million. They are not the
only thirteen who have succeeded,
neither are they the top thirteen.
AS Embree points out, there are
many other Negroes who are al
most equally famous. Surely there
could not be a more representative
group than this group. The author
writes about them as he knows
them. talked with them and lived
with them in some cases.
These are the thirteen who have
pioneered against the odds:
Mary Mcleod Bethune, Amazon
of God; Richard Wright, Native
Son; Charles H. Johnson, A Scholar
and a Gentleman; Walter White,
Little David; George Washington
Carver, Sweet Potato Wizard;
Langston Hughes, Shakespeare in
Harlem; Marian Anderson, Deep
River of Song; W. E. B. Dubois,
Elder Statesman; Mordecai W.
Johnson, Lord High Chancellor;
William Grant Still, Music Maker;
A. Philip Randolph, st. Philip of
Pullman Porters; Joe Louis,
Champion of the World; Paul
Robson, Voice of Freedom.
If you can beat that list let US
hear about it. Carver, by the way,
was included in the poll while yet
alive. That is why he is listed in
the book as among the living
Americans.
My only beef is the absence from
the list of a clergyman. 1 say this
because of the power of the church
in the life of our race. This power,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
DR.. Harry Emerson
Fosdick Writes.

Says one young Negro student:
If you discriminate against me be-
cause am uncouth, I can become
mannerly. If you ostracize me
because l am unclean, I can cleanse
myself. If you segregate me be-
cause am ignorant, l can become
educated. But if you discriminate
against me because of my color, l
can do nothing. God gave me my
color. have no possible protection
against race prejudice but to take
refuge in cynicism, bitterness,
hatred, and despair Such is the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
Publishers View Navy Truining

Publishers representatives of 81 Of the principal Negro
papers spent week Great Lakes Naval Training Station
outside Chicago guests o the U. S. Navy.
At Negro youths receiving primary
training pressure the and
public opinion which brought about admission of Negroes
all branches of the Navy fitting that this press observe close
range the result of its campaign.
delegation guests
important permitted questions the personnel
petty Navy To their credit the
people many pointed questions satisfactorily answered
The publishers bruay general
faction of the American Negro public Navy policy They
firmly Navy public Washington
barring Negro the WAVES good public
Negro and the Navy strained They declared
Negro the Navy with
special ships for Negro personnel.
Plan Navy appauded
politely by publishers that
emphasized by inquiry of the writer of Navy representa-
whether the commissioned officers simply
promOionop Navy conscience and public criticism The
received encouraging replies that the Navy intended continue
already announced and that such promotions could
considered bare tokens
To the credit of Admiral Carpenter Captain Emmett and Com
Daniel Armstrong attempt made put special
journalists They Navy they lived and
trained for the arduous tasks ahead of them.
thing observed the transformation of
undped often sOhful and eees
from the backward rural of the Southland into erect Clean well
disciplined
1t class o joining
being drafted for Navy improving interesting
medical director that number of medical
reflections induction higher
given period Negro youths This surprising
general conditions under which Negroes live
Hghghts development Negro Navy personnel the
schools where qualified learn such useful
radio engineering mechanical drawing welding
machine shop aeronaucal engineering all useful
which
time
attended the parades
speons Navy exhibited
precise fashion the results of the Navy training Most of the
all Negro branches of the service found
full Indignation of Negro and white personnel.
by publishers to the utilization of Negro ministers
Observation-Disclosures and dentists brought the
reply officials that these advances being considered
Disappointing the fact that Secretary Knox did
officer hand of Navy policy making Those
hand either connected with Great Lakes
who could only take
policy Washington pertinent questions
pounded by the visitors
All all the productive of considerable good The Negro
Navy of made by the Negro and
press. visitors pleased
carrying on Frank discussion between Navy officers who
helped clarity There better
understanding both sides The Negro Publishers Association and
Navy the affair Benefits
welfare of Negroes the Navy and the
nations effort
whom talked wanted things letters
cheerful and Negro
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
Sgt. Raymond M. Cooper,

Rev. C. T. R. Nelson and the min
lister of Border, Rev. Robert Kel-
ley, are conducting a week of
evangelism. Come and worship
with US Thursday and Friday at
8 p. m.
The personal visitations are prov
ing fruitful.
Next Sunday, March II, the
Anoka Senior Youth Fellowship
will entertain our church school in
morning worship.
speak from the theme, 'New Born
Next Sunday the minister will
Again" Sunday evening at 7:3O
p. M, the minister and the choir
will serve at Excelsior Methodist
church, Excelsior, MINI.
Sunday evening, March 10, at
6 p. M, the church will feature a
round table of Christians and Jews
in the reception hall. The members
of the round table will be Mr.. Ben
Flesher, Catholic accountant; Mrs.
Louis B. Schwartz, Jewish at
torney; Mr.. Francis Hayashi, Jap
anese American Methodist minister.
Their subject will be brotherhood
or Chaos"
Mr.. David R. Frances, Mrs. Mary
Clardy, Mrs. Pauline Hutchcraft
are confined to their homes ill.
Mrs. Mable Henderson has been
taken home from the hospital
Church Reporter.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
Jonas G. Schwartz.

Negroes unanswerable appeal and
it is being heard. And one of our
foremost white Americans, a soci-
ologist, makes this unequivocal
statement in which more and more
of our citizens concur: The as
sumption of the inherent superior
ity of one (race) over all the rest,
of the Nordic over the Latin, of
the Anglo-Saxon over the Slav, of
the Gentle over the Jew, of the
Western over the Oriental, of the
white over the colored, is childish
folly, contrary to the teachings of
science, dangerous to the common
veal, and unworthy of a civilized
man."
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
Charley Cherokee and
Red Cross
By Charlie Cherokee in Chicago Defendel

Last week, Charley full income
second class citizenship filled his Then the Red
for contribution Chareys
coored people ought be happy that old
soldiers almost good whites The got very
and and went away without a contribution
Maybe Charley Maybe ought be thankful
small satisfied with
ought praise southern white liberals who tmdy
oughta better and let ride the the
carbut don't get don't
Charley talked with his Not that he much
because the ministry whole amt with manc
the pastor the BEAM Said he "Naz Fac and
have and they will die before they will break We
Christians have creed to the Ten Commandments but
live it and won't die for it. We laugh Jim Crow Not
Charley has underestimate his pasor)
chum, with southern
white liberals
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10

by the way, is proven as we read
the biographies of these thirteen.
Most of them were influenced by a
religious background. Of course,
Mordecai Johnson is included. But
his greatness is due more to the
fact that he is the president
of Howard University than that
he is. a Baptist preacher. Surely
in the ranks of our great churches
in the bishops councils for in
stance-may be found some great
Negro American who triumphed
against the odds.
Embree's IS Against the Odds
reminds me of Bolitho's IL Against
the Gods. This book is my favorite
all-time reading. 1t told the story
of twelve people of the centuries
who beat the Gods at their own
game. One might say that Is
Against the Odds is a sepia edi-
ton of Bolitho's volume. It is
written almost as we'll as Bolitho's
and that's saying a lot. 1t is the
best book that the President of the
Rosenwald Fund has yet turned out.
The most interesting thing to me
is that these thirteen prove that
the Uncle Tom handkerchief-he head
era has passed. There is not one
handkerchief-head in the whole
group, although one or two easily
earn the label of conservatism.
Most of them are men and women
who belong to the caravan of the
New Negro.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
Friday, March 10, 1914
War Chant

In peace or war; inglorious chores,
Civilian lackeys, military stevedores,
Warning for freedom from want and fear,
Now every dark doughboy an engineer!
Colored canteens, centers for white,
Takes zero hours to set things right,
Flesh and blood cleaving to souls,
No white trenches or black foxhoes!
Hit by shrapnel and blind to race,
Blood and dirt muddying his face,
Breath coming short as if with asthma,
Don't give a damn what kind of plasma!
Haters at home cry with malignity,
Don't give em nothin' with dignity"
Crosses for valor and yet some brass hat
Perfumes his soul: Unfit for combat"
Battles aren't won by color of skin,
All must be ft-if any shall win,
Our every man must win this war,
What thinks the bigot "Colonials" are!
Pride is the soul of the dark attitude,
No pity desired, no small gratitude,
Forget vain tradition black men must grovel,
More planes and guns, less pick and shovel!
james T. Logan.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10

Border Methodist Church News:
Two classes from the Hennepin
Ave. Methodist church school at
tended Border church school last
Sunday. The Methodist Youth Eel
lowship was entertained by the
young people of Pilgrim Congre-
gational church, Sunday, March 5.
An interracial and interfaith wor-
ship service was conducted by the
two groups. Rev. Leonard Hide
brand spoke. The meeting ended
with refreshments and fellowship
circle.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
uN.covERINe WASHINGTON

Continued from Page One)
position of these field artillery Of
ficers in view of the implications
in his letter to Rep. Fish that the
units were inefficient-and in view
of the generally accepted view that
the War Dept. is following an I'M
announced but apparent policy of
not using Negro officers for combat
troops in actual combat. (The goth
Fighter Squadron is the only ex-
ception thus far.)
He was asked also, whether in
view of the recent press accounts
of the successful operations of the
West African native troops in Bur-
ma, "is it the position of the War
Department that American Negro
troops, on the whole, cannot be
made into satisfactory combat units
because Of their allegedly low edu-
cational classifcations ?"
In slightly different vein than
was indicated in his letter to Rep.
Fish, the Secretary said such was
not the policy and that it 'has never
been the position of the War De-
partment. The number of troops
now in combat units" he said, land
being prepared for actual combat is
a clear indication of our policy"
The observation-disclosures, who as
result of the new policy of the War
Department are in line to be trans
ferred to the 92nd Division, are
Lieutenant Col. Wendell Derricks
and Lieutenant Col. Marcus Day,
both of Chicago. A number of ma
jors, captains and lieutenants are
also in line for such transfers.
MRS. BETHUNE TURNS DOWN
OFFER OF GOVERNMENT JOB
Basing her rejection on the fact
that she does not know the details
of the job offered her, nor who will
be the personality to head up the
new division of Race Relations,
Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, this
week, declined to accept post Of
fered her by Gov. Paul V. McNutt
in the War Manpower Commission.
The offer was extended to her
some several days ago with an ur-
gent request that she accept it. 1t
was at first rumored that the reor-
ganized division of race relations
would be headed up by Clarence
Johnson, who has enjoyed a long
successful career in government
and in union activities in Washing
ton and on the West Coast with
housing, FEPC, VINO, etc.
Recently, however, it has come
to light that Gov. McNutt has dis
carded consideration of Johnson, a
Negro, in favor of a white person
from Indiana. lie has been advised,
this correspondent learns authorita-
lively, that Negroes are pretty
much fed up on white experts on
Negro affairs" Whether there has
been any change in these most re-
cent plans has not yet been learned.
Mrs. Bethune, in her dechnation,
expressed her gratitude for the con-
fidence exhibited in her, but said
with Difference to my past record,
in the most gracious way I know
how, must decline your very kind
and sincere offer to join your staff"
The reorganization of the race re-
lations division at VINO was
brought by the resignation of DIR.
Robert L. Weaver, who in leaving
stated that he felt a Illustration in
his efforts to further accomplish
any good in view of the growing
trend in Congress which has had
it's effects on the executive agencies
of the government.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
the editor
Sgt. r. M. Cooper
Needs Company
March 8, 1914.

Dear Editor:
After spending two months at
Fort Bragg, N. c., and seventeen
months at Camp Tyson, Tenn, I
find myself at Fort Bliss, Texas.
AS of today, l like it here with
the exception of the wind and dust.
We are at the foot of the noun
tains and have some very cool
nights.
1 am sending my new address and
hope to receive the paper soon as
l will need it to keep me company.
According to reports, ElPaso has a
Negro population of only 300.
Respectfully yours,
Sgt. Raymond M. Cooper.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10
letters to
Excellent and
Informative

Editor: l wish to congratulate
you on the addition to The SpOkes-
man and Recorder of the Washing
ton column of Harry S. McAlpin.
am confident that it will prove
to be excellent and informative to
many of US here in Minneapolis
who, without it, would otherwise
be wholly dependent upon other
sources of information not as re-
liable nor sympathetic to the prob
lem of minority groups including
the Negro.
Sincerely yours,
Jonas G. Schwartz.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-04

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