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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-14

At the same time, General Hines
revealed that 334 Negro veterans,
disabled as result of service in
the present war, were taking voca-
tional rehabilitation courses in ed
ucational institutions and in place
ment training designed to over
come the handicap of disability.
These trainees represented 81 per
cent of the total number of veter-
ans receiving such training.
The training program for dis
abled veterans has been getting off
to slow start, General Hines said,
because of excellent employment
opportunities available to veterans
in war production industries. Of
the $4,000 disabled Negro and
White veterans notified of eligi-
bility, 100000 have not applied.
Only $4,000 applications for train
ing benefits had been received
through October l, 1914, and more
than half of this number have been
deferred or denied.
During the fiscal year 1914, a
total of FL 500 Negro veterans were
admitted to Veterans Administra-
ton institutions for hospitaliza-
ton or domiciliary care.
Many of the 21, 500 veterans who
received hospital care during the
fiscal year were in hospitals for
only few weeks. A large percent
age of them returned to active duty
or to civilian life.
General Hines pointed out thai
more than 90 per cent of the claims
filed for disability pension have
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-14
WHITE WOMEN DONATE
POOL TO SCHOOL

HATTIESBURG, Miss, Nov. IA
(ANP)-The City Federation Of
Women's clubs (white) has set aside
$500 to be used for the construction
of a wading pool at Eurewa school
for Negroes here. The additional
amount needed for the construction
of the pool is to be furnished by the
city. Contracts for the construction
of the pool have already been let
and work is expected to begin at
once.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-14
21,760 Negro Veterans
Receiving Pensions

WASHINGTON, Nov. II (ANP)
"A total of 21,760 Negro veter-
ans of the present war were re-
ceiving veterans pensions from the
Veterans Administration from last
reports received this month, for
disability incurred in or aggravat-
ed by the service in the armed
forces, Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
Administrator of Veterans Affairs,
recently announced. Negro recipi-
ents represented 81 per cent of all
veterans receiving such pensions.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-14

been adjudicated, and that this cur
rency is due largely to the estab-
ishment last spring Of nine area
offices, which have adjudicated
more than 100000 pensions claims
made by veterans of the present
war.
The Veterans Administration
had at present "a hospitals contain
ing $4,000 beds of all types.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-14
Wisconsin University Faculty
Club Lifts Racial Ban

MADISON, Wis, Nov. IA (ANP)
The ban on Negro residence in
the University of Wisconsin Fac
ulty club has been lifted. Sparked
by the revelation through the AS
sociated Negro Press three weeks
ago that Negro graduate student
had been asked to give up his resi-
dence there because some of the
members would resent Negroes
presence, liberal faculty members
and graduate students set in mo-
tion wave of sentiment which cor
rected the situation Immediately.
The trouble occurred when Ar
thur A. Burke, a teacher from
Hampton institute, who is here on
a fellowship, was given temporary
lodging in the faculty club of the
school. The club takes care of occa-
sional visitors and instructors and
follows on par with Burke's stand
ing. When Burke was permitted to
move in he was informed that he
could use the room for a limited
period. At the end of that time Prof.
E. F. Bean, chairman of the house
committee, told Burke that the
members were not agreeable to a
Negro living in the same quarters
with them and asked him to move,
which he did.
Prof. Merlo Curtis and number
Of other faculty members, when
they learned of the incident, said
that the attitude expressed did not
represent the faculty of Wisconsin
university, long noted for it's liber.
ality. They organized a Committee
for Democratic housing. Burke
wrote to President Asher Hobso1
asking for reinstatement. 1t has
been granted and he is now able tt
become full fledged resident o1
the club.
! Among the faculty members wht
helped are Profs. Elizabeth Bren
deis, Harold Groves, Sidney Perl
man, Helen G. White, Ruth Wallor
stein, Harry Glickman, w a i t e
Agard, Harry Harlow, Carl Boog
holt, A. C. Garnett, Max Otto, JOIN
Gaus, Leonard Salter, Robert Rey
nolds, and E. L. Severinghous.
, - NJ
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-14

Petitioners have charged that
they have been Disseminated
against in job rights and other
working advantages by reason of
the fact that Negroes are barred
from membership in the brother
hood. The union is recognized un-
der the terms of the railway La
Dor act as the bargaining repre-
sentative for the firemen.
Implicit in the grant of such
rights is a correlative duty of the
all the employees in the unit with
representative to act in behalf of
all the employees in the unit with
out discrimination" the brief de-
clares. Congress would not have
incapacitated a minority or an in
dividual from representing itself
or his own interests without impos-
ing upon the craft representative a
duty to serve on behalf of the craft
as a whole, and not merely for the
benefit of certain portions of it
favored as result of discrimina-
ton against Others"
The brief says clearly that the
| brotherhood entered into and is
enforcing agreements which dis
criminate against Negro firemen
because of their race, and observes
that the union is not acting Gin
good faith as the representative of
the entire craft"
Recalling the decision of the SUI
preme court last spring in which
Negro redcaps in st. Paul were de-
MED bargaining rights although
denied membership in union
which bars them, the attorney gen.
erals brief observes that eff the
(Railway Labor) act should be
constructed as depriving a minor.
ity Of it's right to self-representa.
tion without imposing an enforcible
duty on the craft representative to
act in good faith on behalf of the
minority, constitutional question
would arise which would not bt
subject to the limitations set forth
in the cases decided at the las
term.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-14
y. S. Supports Negro Suit
Against Rail Brotherhood
By ERNEST E.. JOHNSON

WASHINGTON, Nov IA (ANP)-As friend of the court the
United States acting through the office of the attorney
general has filed brief with the u S. Supreme Court uphong the
claim of Negro petitioners against the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Femen and Engnemen the Louisville Nashville railroad
litigation generally referred the Tunsta and be-
fore the high Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06

which are in1rnobilized for the purpose OF i'm
rnobilizing the excellent Communist armies,
now reduced to guerrilla warfare against the
Japs.
Most of these writer's, whatever their po-
litical complexion, have returned from visits
to the Communist border region filled with
admiration for the spirit cooperation and
democratic life which they found there, and
appalled, by the pitiful lack Of means to carry
on the fight And most Of the writers have
blamed the Central government for failing to
help and for continuing the civil strife.
Since General StilweH probably knows China
as well as any American, it is quite likely that
ulous observations on the present situation
which led to his acknowledged feud with the
Generalissimo. And since Chang is head of
the state there was only one course open
when he asked for General Stilwelps recall.
But the Generals recall does not erase the
ca,,ses of the feud. And this government is
scarcely in q position to threaten withdrawal
of aid in order to force a government re-
organization or settling OF internal differ
ences in China. For the war IN China Is as
much ours as it is China's. To defeat japan
we shall certainly have to fight and win in
China.
It will be hard fight. And the policies of
what Brooks Atkinson the New York Times
Chungking correspondent calls "moribund
anti-democratic regime" in China may one
day be translated into an added toll OF Ameri-
can lives on some beachhead Of the China
sea.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06

to conduct modern Presidential campaigns
nm fve-and-ten-cent budget. There is no evil
dence that large funds legally collected and
officially spent can greatly influence large
b1ocs of votes. Every time one Presidential
nominee or the other goes on the air over a
single major network, it costs not less than
SIS, 1000 for half hour-they usually run over
plus from several hundred to several thous-
and dollars necessary to pay the talent which
is kept idle on the commercial program or
programs which are shunted off.
1.-THE proposal is periodically advanced that
the Federal Government itself ought to finance
Presidential campaigns, providing equal funds
for both major parties, but here the cure
would zobably be worse than the crime. Ac-
t,1allv. the problem isn't criminal; it is just
complicated, and reflects not decline in po-
litical ethics so much as rise in the cost
of modern campaigning"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
Facing Facts In China

The recall Of General Stilwell forces realis-
Of us have tried to minimize or overlook
This has been easy to do. Few Americans
have been in China. Few have tried to under
stand the vast social, economic, political and
psychological complexities Of Chinese life. And
for those who have tried, China's femoteness
ana tight censorship have made such an
understanding difficult.
We have preferred simply to admire China
IA her brave and difficult war against the
invader. It has been easy to admire General
issiIno and Madame Chang Kai-shek unre-
strvedly as symbols of the new united China,
ana to believe that they have rallied whole
people into single-hearted effort and created
The democracy Of Sun Yet-sen's dreams.
But books and dispatches by reputable writ
sfs returning from China have, in recent
years, painted less idealistic picture They
nave told OF reactionaries (sone call them
fAseists and pro-Japanese) who are hish in
the Chang government and exert strong
Influence on the Generalissimo. They have
told Of Gestapo-like police, Of concentration
camps, Of bad military leadership, extreme
social discrimination, opposition to general
education, and suppression Of free speech.
And they have told pretty thoroughly the
story OF tragic civil war that continues de
spite the interruption of Japanese invasion
They have estimated as high az 500, 900 the
BODY Of crack Central government troor,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
Help Colve Veteran Problems

Massachusetts state committee on veterans
rehabilitation and Unemployment has set up
4 field staff of four men to assist local vet
Grams information services in developing AID
PROGRAMS for returning servicemen. At pres
ert the field workers are visiting 221 COM
munities in the state where veterans commit
tees are in operation.
The four field men are assigned to various
sections of the state on county basis SO each
will meet with committees faced with SINH
lar conditions governed by the geographical
and industrial nature of the regions
An increasing volume Of requests from To-
cal veterans information centers for help in
aiding veterans led to organization OF the
field service by the state committee. To bet
ter assist the increasing numbers OF return
ing veterans who have problems OF varied ma
ture, these field men were given four weeks
Of intensive training.
Facilities Of the armed forces in the state
where veterans are prepared for discharge
were visited and studied by the field repre-
sentatives. All-day conferences were held with
the veterans division Of the u. S. Employment
Service so that fact regarding the employment
procedure under the existing law could be
told local workers who will be advising dis
charged veterans about jobs.
The field men studied and discussed the
benefits of the G. l. Bill of Rights and met
with representatives Of the Veterans Admins
tration to learn definite provisions of the edu-
cational and readjustment sections Of the bill.
The field representatives also attended meet
ihgs conducted by a representative of the
Greater Boston Community Council devoted
to Job counseling for veterans as well as a
conference held by the state department of
education on the adjustment of educational
PROGRAMS to the needs Of returning veterans.
In announcing the plan Of the state commit
tee, the chairman pointed out that an out
standing need in the field of veterans read
justment and unemployment is the assurance
to the nquiring veteran that the information
he is receiving is authoritative. It is hoped
the employment of these field men, all of
whom are veterans will prevent the spread
Of transformation and coordinate the work of
the various agencies interested in the prob
I'm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
Prayer
FOR A NEW SPIRIT IN Man

FOR A NEW SPIRIT in hn l,.
We are not worthy, 0 Lofo ). M a,
we should be the innerItors VI -4' =.
vast new purposes and oppo n.,-d
tiles for the remaking Of 'he . S
in which we live. we ' a.h
our sins of selfishness ana sls..
ness and narrow vision. Ns vi,
theless, In Thine inscfu'apis. q N
.om, Thou mast chosen ~ US. " n.
Thine instruments in shap III M,
whole earth's population. T., INV s,t
ty and brotherhood, Inou r r
brought to us, BY devious ,s Sst
and in a hard school, the opp !,l',,
tunity to answer the :, o ssont d
prayer for the establlsnlli'",u mon
earth ear Equip US, We .s Gs5s'ts
Thee, with a new and ao sym,n
spirit. Breathe into ss each anon sa''.t,
heart the impulses that CUM Make
ed Jesus when upon ea n!. srs,!
us great enough for tn u.s. M
hour. Forbid that any O'. y, VI
tives should animate ID o,ror
confront history's Creates ..i m u
tunity. Have Thy way w.t. " 1T ta
TO the uttermost, making Us =. =. H.
the tn task Thou hast laid upon ~
Anaen.-W.T.E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06

War is full of varied breed
| ing conditions to which the human
body has certain standard reae-
tons. These include palpitations OF
the heart, difficulty in breathing,
profuse sweating, weakness of the
limbs, loss of appetite, disturbed
sleep and many similar symp-
| toms.
Normally, when the cause of
fear is removed-when the artil-
lery barrage is lifted or the bomb
ing raid ends-the symptoms dis
appear. But this is true only SO
long as the body is strong enough
to throw them off.
If you still talk in terms of
courage in such cases, you can say
that well fed, warmly clothed
and fully rested healthy soldier
almost always is the ''bravest. )"
Body Weakens
But when that soldiers body
becomes cold, wet and utterly
worn out due to lack of sleep and
food, it weakens. The limbs lose
their strength and the mind be-
comes confused. When the body is
racked by constant colds, influ-
enza, trenchfoot and fever - then
it no longer is able to throw off
the symptoms.
Added to all this is the realiza-
ton that death or severe injury
may occur at any moment. The
final break may be caused by
some occurrence affecting both
the mind and the body-the loss
of a leader, the death of a close
comrade or the sudden necessity
to Stay an unsuspecting human be-
ing at pointblank range for the
first time.
At that point, all the aforemen-
toned utterly normal reactions
return, but this time the complete
ly exhausted body is unable to
throw them off. Then the soldier
becomes an exhaustion case.
The condition may manifest it.
self in his inability to leave his
trench or foxho1e to continue the
attack even though his mind may
order him to scramble UP and GO
forward.
Or the reverse, in one final orgy
OF energy, the body may run
amuek and it is just as likely to
run forward as to the rear until
the inevitable collapse comes. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
The Literary Guidepost

the paper that might have gone
into the 357th book of peace plans
has found another, gayer use.
Mr.. Cert frequently divides his
product into sections. Sometimes
these are logical las in the chap
tiers on Dorothy Parker and the
beautifully corrosive section on
the man who made a career out
of rudeness and bad literary taste,
Alexander Woollcott. Sometimes
but Who cares about arrange
ment, anyway?
The choice is beautiful Doro-
thy Parker's colossal review of
Claiming Pollock's 1.-The House
Beautiful is included: 1.-THE
House Beautiful is the play
lousy" So is her comment on
the super-whimsieal A. A. Milne:
constant Weader fwowed up"
He claims that Henry L. Mencken
has a fofmular for answering all
controversial letters: Dear Sir
Tor Madam)," writes H. L. NJ,
You may be right" He loves
the Marx Brothers, most every
body in show business, some pub
fishers, Hollywood Especially
Samuel Goldwyn), Haywood Broun,
some writer's, and Bennett Cert.
So do ] IA
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
LOST BATTALION
SAVED IN V0SCES
BY ROBERT G. WILSON
WITH AMERICAN ROOPS

EAST OF BRUYERES, France,
Oct. 31.-DelayeO-(R-Tr
behind German lines in the Vosges
foothills for a week 30 American
infantrymen of the Seventh army
were rescued today by othe-
doughboys who fought their way
through the Nazi enlightenment
ring.
The battalion was trapped Oct
% when German troops cut in be-
hind them. The Yanks who fought
their way through the encircled
men said the surrounding woods
were full Of dead Germans and
that the enemy paid 10 for every
one of our casualties.
"a dispatch from headquarters
OF the Ninth U. s. Army air force
in France said the incident &C.
Cured in the Denanaile de Champ
forest, seven miles southeast Of
st. Die and that the troops were
isolated at a distance of more
than 1000 yards from the main
Seventh army foree.)
During the week they were iso-
lated the doughbeys huddled in
cold foxholes and fought off nu-
merous German attacks but APP
parently the enemy did not real
ize the desperate plight Of the
Americans because they made
only one determined assault and
that on the last day just before
rescuers reached the unit.
The Yanks we're without food
for five days. Rations and medical
supplies finally were parachuted
to them from 1ow-hying Thunder
bolts and fired in by artillery
shells.
To form cover for their fox
holes the men cut down five-inch
thick trees with pocket knives.
The Germans did not fully real
ize the success Of their trap.
"They never were quite sure"
commented 1t. Martin Higgins,
239 Union ST., Jersey City, N. ].
1.-THE first night we had a bad
Smelling and figured we'd catch it
the next day but from then on we
didn't have a battle until yester-
day when it looked as though they
were coming to get u.s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
BY JOHN SELBY
Try And Stop Me-" by Bennett
Carf (Gin1on 4, 2chuSter. S6).

Cert (SlmOn ~ ScHuSteF; SO)s
In these war torn days it is
doubtless perfectly ridiculous for
Bennett Cert to compile a book
of bright cracks and funny stories.
Mr.. Cerfs social sense is prob
ably hanging over one ear, and
so forth, ad infinitum and ad lib.
But I'm very glad he has publish
ed TRY and Stop Me-" Mr.. Cert
is a publisher himself, his firm
being Random House. But this
healthy concern did not publish
''Try and Stop Me- for reasons
best known to Mr.. Cert. Just like
any other author, Cert sold his
book to Simon & Schuster.
Unexpectedly, the book makes
sense as well as laughs. It is al
legged that there is more than a
laugh page, and contrary to
custom, that blurb-ine is per-
fectly correct. There are fire.
quently half dozen laughs to a
page, and while it would not be
possible to claim a shaft Of wis
dom for every laugh, there are
plenty. And whatever one may
think about giggles in wartime,
it is certainly all to the good that
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
Ambrosia

food"-a tasty tidbit of rotting wood and
starch. fermented and sun-dried. If Hitler, as
limited, sails for Japan via submarine when
things get too hot in Germany he ought to be
in good shape to tackle that austerity diet.
Rumor has it that times are already So bad
at home that he has given up his former rich
diet of Persian rugs and is currently MUNICH
ing on domestic hall runners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN FRANCE
Oct. 29.-(Delayed)-[P- Up tt
now. there seems to have beer
no general understanding of the
battle conditions which was term
ed "shellshock'' in World war
and is being defined as "exhaus.
ton or combat fatigue ir
World war II.
There does seem to be a dan.
ger, however, that just as thou.
sands of lives were wrecked by
shame during and after the last
war, the same thing may happen
again.
Certainly, the men are not to be
blamed. Most have done far more
than their duty on the combat line.
For over a year, I have studied
the exhaustion cases that I hap
pened to come in contact with
from the combat line as far back
as station and general hospitals.
At psychoneurotic centers, spe-
cialists discussed cases that have
developed since Pearl Harbor. Out
of it all has come this conclu-
sion:
Exhaustion is not camouflage
term to cover cowardice or some
dreadful mental illness.
Cn~Iifsnv,
Exhaustion means just what it
says. 1t is almost entirely a ply
steal condition. It is true that there
are some mental causes, but the
best way to describe them is to
say that if they indicate lack of
courage, so does plain ordinary
worry.
Thus, if exhaustion itself repre-
sents coWardice, so do stomach
ulcers.
Some of the most extreme cases
of exhaustion are the bravest sol
diers.
They are men decorated with
silver stars and distinguished serv-
ice crosses and other evidence of
their outstanding heroism. The fl.
nal proof that there is nothing
shameful about it, that none are
immune to it, is shown in the
manner in which it attacks the
average person.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
WITH THE AEF
Those Nerve Casualties

soldier may shout wildly or be
unable to get his breath. He may
exhibit either complete panic or
foolhardy courage.
In any such case, that man, tenn
porarily at least, is unfit for fur
Their combat. There he would only
endanger other lives. But, contra
ry to popular belief, the big ma
jority of such men after rest
treatment will return to actual
combat, most of them to some
sort of valuable activity or duty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
PRISONERS. HOSPITAL

WASHINGTON, Nov. g. F9 =
The second general hospital in the
United States to be designated fol
exclusive care Of wounded Ger
man prisoners of war has beer
established at. Camp Forrest
Tenn, the War department. an.
nounced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
so THEY SAY

Since everything else has been placed I'M
der limit, Grandpappy Jenkins hopes the
furnace takes the hint and puts ceiling on
coal consumption this winter.
The melancholy days are here-when many
If us can't make up our minds whether to
blow the works a big Thanksgiving dinner
or to save little something for the Christrnas
fund. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
SEES LABOR REGIME

BOLTON, England, NOV, ,,s- d
Emanuel Shinwel' niel. tote
parliament from seahan H., IT
cast a labor adminlstra'.rn" gs'
Britain after the Europeoh thb
ends and said in a spec . cor
Prime Minister Churchill sssts1,.
servative, should be 10
minister.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
HOME GUARD DrsBANDEp

STOCKHOLM, Nov 5. -P-
F'inland's home guard was official
ly disbanded today under terms of
the armistice with Russia, Helsinki
dispatches said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06

Editors note: Thie is the
first of a series of columns on
combat fatigue"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06

In England the pawn ssosys+a.
rived with William lHe
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-06
Our Chief Aim

70 aid in every way the prosecution OF the
war to complete Victory.