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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15
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or WILLIAM L. SHE RRtll

in his community To oppose such
a man and fight him even in the
North has its risks but 10 do this
in the South takes courage Yet
the new Negro leadership in Waiter
boro is making this fight Why"
they ask MIR Smoak must the
Negroes seeking for his rights. be
so dangerous This is the new
type OF leadership that is springing
up all over the SoGth Leadership
that is preparing to beard the lion
in his den"
IN ALABAMA, ARTHUR A.
MADISON posts notices all over
the state urging Negroes 10 register
and become qualified voters. In
Texas where the primary voting
case was fought, Negroes now grid
for the fight TO see that the Supreme
Court decision does not become an
empty ruling. Anybody who
knows anything about the South
knows this Supreme Court ruling
Will be an empty thing, unless Ne
groes have the courage 10 face in
timldation, insults. threats and open
violence in an attempt TO exercise
the right il gives This takes cour-
age-snd the new soSthern leader
ship seems 10 have what il takes.
or course we yet have in the
South representatives OF that timid
cautious leadership which serves 10
balance the equation--but this for
ward outspoken leadership seems in
no mood 10 be held back by them.
as was demonstrated last week in
Florence and Bcnnettsville, s. c..
When Rev. II. r. Butler. president
OF the State Ba ptiSt Association.
warned his members 10 stay away
from those who were organizing the
Negro politically, else they might
wake up one morning and find their
house burned down. he was roundly
rebuked by the Florence County
Progressive Democrats: and Rev.
Gupple. pastor OF the Methodist
church at Bennettsville, faces custer
from all angry membership because
OF his refusal 10 let the church for
a political meeting.
II appears that the Negro in his
march toward political freedom in
the South is prepared 10 fight those
in the race as well as those outside
the race who stand in his way.
That he will win We have no doubt.
for nothing stops a people that has
determined 10 DE free. The Negro
in the North can help in this fight
the southern Negro is so courage
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15

be identified with the reactionary Democratic bloc
Of the South, the Negro voters are certain to take
a second look at the Dewey-Bricker banner.
We believe that Mr.. Wallace is today an ex-
perenced leader of government and understands the
needs and responsibilities of our government on both
the domestic and foreign front He has the courage
and the imagination which the leadership of our
country requires today if we hope to make an endur-
ing peace and postwar prosperity. We should
not permit political conspiracy by handful of
dsgruntled tories break the combination of Roose-
welt and Wallace.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15

A NEW SOUTH rs INDEED
COMING - and with i IS coming
a new America This rev South
and new America is coming not
alone because we have in The South
today a small group Of outstanding
white liberals who have the courage
10 fight for right and justice for all
Americans-but mainly because
there is in the South a new Negro
"a Negro who is not scared of
white-folks"--a Negro who realizes
that the bulk of the fight for his
rights under the constitution must
be carried by himself He waits
no longer on the good white folks"
but tackles the job himself: he
waits no longer on God TO fight his
battles, but helps God as God ex-
poets him to. Good helps those who
help themselves He is therefore
gaining ground on every front and
winning the respect OF his fellow
Americans who admire courage.
MOST ANYBODY CAN FIGHT
for the rights OF the Negro in the
North but il takes courage TO fight
for the rights of Negroes in Walter
boro. S. C., where white men like
w. W. Smoak. state representative
from Colleton county threaten harm
TO Negroes because they seek TO
exercise their franchise :. Smoak.
who is also editor Of the Press and
Standard, speaking before a race
relations meeting said that the Ne
groes who are attempting 10 vote in
South Carolina are doing a dam
gerous thing and heading for
trouble. The Democratic Party"
continued Smoak, is white mans
organization and Negroes might as
well accept the fact Whatever
you may think Of Smoak-he is a
member Of the state legislature and
editor Of weekly paper which
gives him some influence and power
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15
OUR BRAVE BOYS

In a message of greetings to the Wartime Con-
ference of the NAACP. which is being held in
Chicago this week, General Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Supreme Commander of the Allied Invasion Forces
stated:
Negro troops did their duty excellently under
fire on Normandys beaches in a zone of heavy
combat and suffered substantial casualties. You
may we'll be proud Of the accomplishments of Negro
troops In conjunction with all our forces in the
European liberation campaign they have MADE their
full contribution to the initial success.
Here is statement from unassaable source
which attests to the bravery and courage OF our
boys who are giving their all for this country. we
are proud of their performance and we want all
America to give these boys the tributes they justly
deserve.
1t has been reported that one of the public
opinion polls disclosed that many whites believed
that Negroes were not doing their part in this war
Because the daily press and the movie neWsreels
have not given true factual picture of who is dong
what in this war; these whites have concluded that
our contributions have been negligible We believe
that the peculiar historical position Of the Negro
in America requires that extra efforts be made to
correct the mistake impression gained by our white
population The time has come for Americans to
dives themselves of the traditional myths and begin
to learn some of the facts of life.
White America needs to know that black boys
are fighting and fighting well in every major theater
of war and that those who are not in actual combat
are working under shellfre to build and back up
combat troops If the daily papers, the movie COM
paies and broadcasters told the whole story without
prejudice or favortism, there would be marked
change in white opinion of the Negro. Further,
these gallant brown Americans deserve every line
of type that could be written about them
We often hear important white leaders bemoan
the prevalence of racial prejudices and ask what
might be done to ease the tensions Of this confused
period in our history We know of nothing that has
greater merit than campaign on the part Of the
agencies of public opinion to tell the whole truth
regarding Negro contributions to this great war eff
fort The bare facts will knock the props from under
the myths which operate so viciously against the
welfare of the Negro people.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15
Letters TO
THE EDITOR

Dear Sir:
In the clty's Fifth War Loan
drive talong with thousands OF
o,herS) see that someone has hit
upon the very special idea Of show
ing In the downtown area large life
size pictures Of some OF our courage
o3S and gallant boys who have
fought and died for their beloved
country. Which is splendid way
70 drive home the fact that THE
MOST we can do is very little com.
pared with what our boys are do
ing
So I and thousands Of other coll
cred people would like 10 know
why the colored soldiers picture
has been omitted? Are they not
dying. too?-TeSsie ONeal.
Somewhere in England
Having just finished reading your
splendid paper, the Michigan
Chronicle, which always enjoy
reading, and reading the letter writ
ten by It's Thomson, with which
i agree in every particular,
thought X my privilege as a soldier
myself 10 convey 10 you. and TO all
who may read my letter. the way
We, as Negro soldiers, feel about the
way we are treated.
Knowing that we are playing an
important part in this great struggle
for human rights q which We as
Negroes have been denied. never
thelesS We carry on ! must say that
II Il were not FOR the splendid part
played by your papers, Negro
Americans would never know the
part their sons are playing. We
know that We should receive recog-
milton for what we are doing, be.
cause We are Americans. too. But
so many Americans have forgotten,
or rather ignored. the rights OF Ne
gro Americans. They don't seem 10
realize that Negro soldiers have
died so that America might live!
Again ! must say in regards 10
the Negro press that il has certainly
done lis share in giving a true pic
ture OF the part being PLAYED by
our troops. ] realize what a prob
,em IL must be seeking this vital
information. which means so much
TO us May God be with YOU
wherever you carry the fight for
human rights.
remain. yours truly, Cpl. Fred
ivory, CO. c. $50 TGS. Rgt,. APO
563, co PM, Scw York. N. Y.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15
HELPFUL CENSOR

The Marines in one Of the toughest
outfits i'm the South Pacific were
entertained by a notice posted on
their bulletin board. II was a COM
munication from the censor to one
Of the privates. II read:
Holding your letter at mail desk.
Name on envelope Sally. Name OH
letter Lucille. Check this, IL Ok.
mail.
Readers ScOpe.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15
SEEING THE LIGHT

Editorial themes in the Negro Press have irr
tated many whites who insist that nothing should
be said done about minority group injustces dur
ing this period Of about prosecution Of the war;
They maintain that some sort of moratorium should
be declared Negro protest and that we should be
ynched in silence, at least until Hitler is licked Ne
groes have been accused Of selfishy taking advan-
tage of crisis in order to improve their narrow
light
Such thinking results from the sad fact that
only few whites really understand the basic rea-
tionshp between our protest discrimination and
real democratic victory in this war. They do not
know that Hitler can still win this war although
Germany is decsivey defeated on the field of battle
They do not know that our real enemy is fascism
and wherever fascsm raises its head our democracy
is threatened.
1t is very gratifying to US to learn that some
of our important Americans are beginning to recog-
nize the above facts Last week we received the
following release from the Writer'S War Board
which illustrates our point of view:
BIGOTRY MUST NOT WIN THE WAR
We are touched and moved these days by newspaper
dispatches and newsree scenes expressing the JOY of
the starved beaten fear-hauned people of Europe at
being liberated after the long horror Of German rule.
Yes, we have right to be pleased that America stands
before these pathetic human beings in the soft light Of
generosity and herosm. We have been kind to the
victims Of aggression and life is again worth living for
them. Once the outlook had seemed hopeless Instinc-
lively they knew that they could not find any happiness
in a world OF German domination because that world
was based upon fierce arrogance Of and terri
flying set OF bigOtres. The Germans had been sys-
temacaly ndoctrnated in intolerance against all other
races religions and political parties Neither Catholic
Protestant Jew liberal nor intellectual nor
honest journalist could be happy in such diseased
environment.
1t does credit a nation that have consis-
tently loathed and condemned those cruel malicious,
bgotry-inspred crimes and prosecutions which
perpetrated by Germans and beyond the needs Of
and usually long after all organized resistance had
been overcome. The Germans should have taught all
Of us the ultimate meaning Of unchecked bigotry And
yet at this moment in history Americans must
IL We candid, admit that not innocent Of
fierce cruel ignorant bigotries Indeed there Is
rble irony that and religion tensions worr
some on the home front fine American lads
rescung Europe from the German brand of bigotry
Surely must see this thing for what it is We
not let race hatred at home make mockery Of our
try's great role berator Our forthcoming
victory cannot be suffocated in the poison gas Of
hatred at home Bigotry must not be the final victor
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15
~ BOOK NOTES ~
By
GERTRUDE SCOTT MARTIN

children yet the authors great good
humor seems 10 have solved most OF
these successfully. Since there was
a sufficiently large colony Of for
eigners near Hang how they were
able TO form colony at MokanShau
forty miles from Hangchow. Yet
one wonders IL this clannishness on
the part Of the foreig ners may not
have been resented by the Chinese
amo"g whom they worked.
On Foreign Imperialism"
Mr.. Clayton gives a vivid account
OF the fighting which swept through
and around Hangchow during the
early years OF the Chinese civil
wars. and the experiences of the
people years later when the jap
anese took over the city. His COM
ments on foreign imperialism
seem defensive OF the foreign pow
ers rather than based on the true
facts. He accuses the Chinese of
blaming much on foreign imperial
ism which was actually due to their
own weaknesses: There is no doubt
bldN thll d-NCA lNOi IdliNg. Vic eSldD-
lishment OF concessions, and eco
nomic foreign interference accen-
tusted som of China's difficulties.
In spite OF my wholehearted SYM
pathy and love for the Chinese
people, however. ! must say that.
in my thirty years Of life in China.
Rave failed 10 see evidence that
those exacted priv.lcge s have been
to any appreciable extent respon-
sible for China's tsrdy develop
ment."
Heaven Below" will help 10
round out a picture 81 China in the
years from 1912 20 the l940s IL
used as supplement 20 more fact
ual books on the subject Reading
il changed my mind about mission
airy life which | had usually pic
tured as drab. dull. ard without
the blessing Of family life. Mr..
Clayton's experience was none OF
these.
Athlete, Physician. Author
DR.. Bings D.snOnd ,.mous ath-
lete al the Un.vers " of Chicago
from l9li-l9l7. and at present d.
rector Of the Department OF Physi-
cal TheTapy at Harlem hospital in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15

ously putting up. by throwing his
political StrcnSt behind liberal
candidates seeking seats in Congress
and supporting all legislation which
seeks TO remove barriers to free
exercise o! he ballot. The Negro
OF the South stands in the front
lines in this fight for a new America.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-15
A Missionary In China
HEAVEN BELOW by f. II. Clay

ton (Prentice-HalI. Inc; 20 Fifth
Avenue. 1914; SIS is an account
by a missionary OF the thirty years
he spent in China al mission schools
in Huchow, Chekiang and Hang
chow. II is a human interest story
rather than an analytical account OF
the happenings Of these years. In
fact one wishes that Mr.. Clayton
had given a better idea Of what was
going on in the minds Of the people
among whom he lived for so many
years. The reader becomes familiar
with Mr.. Clayton's impressions and
reactions rather than With those Of
the Chinese.
Mr.. Clayton came 20 China in 1912
with his wife and there his five
children were born. He notes the
problems involved for foreigners
in China and especially in rearing
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-15
SCOVILL FOREMEN
 HOLDING HONORS
Have Largest Membership in Industrial Club; To-
 tai Enrolment 1920

The Scovill Mfg. Company group in the Industrial Foremen's club of the YMCA, an agency member of the Community and War Chests, jumped into the lead in the club membership contest today with IT, members; Waterbury Tool is second with 128; Bristol Co, 90; U. s. Time Corp, 69; Oakville Pin, 49; Amer ican Brass, North and South Plants, 46; Waterbury Brass Goods, 45; Benrus Watch, 40; U. s. Rubber Co.,, 40; Waterbury Mfg. Co.,, 38; Water bury Farrel Foundry and Machine Company, 37; Chase Metal Works, 33; Lux Clock, 30; Conn. Light 6s Power Co.,, 26; American Meta Hose, 25; French Small Tube, 22; Waterbury Buckle, 21: Conn. Rail- way and Lighting Co.,, IS; Risdo, Mfg. Co.,, IA; Waterbury Paper Box. II; Watertown Mfg. Co.,, 10; Water bury Companies, Inc, 8; Lea Mfg Co.,, ?; Brock Hall Dairy, 6: Plat Bros, Patent Button, c. A. Temple ton, Inc, General Machine Shop of the American Brass Co., Seymouf Smith and Son, 5 each; Rowbotton1 Machine Co.,, 4; M. J. Da1y and Sons 3; Conn. Mfg. Co., 1.
 Total membership to date is 102f only 67 less than last years all time high.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-15
CHlLDREN'S WORK
 CONFERENCE SET
Two Waterbury Women on Program at Hartford
 Church Today

Miss Pearl Rosser, director of children's work and parent educa- tion, American Baptist Publication society, Philadelphia, Pa, will be the principal speaker at a state wide Children's Workers Conference at Christ church Cathedral parish house in Hartford today. The con- ference is sponsored by the Con- necticut Council of Churches and Religious Education.
 Miss Marian A. MunSon will pre- side at the conference, the theme f which will be "A Child Went Forth" :" It opened at 10 a. m. with a prayer by Very Rev. Arthur F. McKenny, dean of Christ Church Cathedral. Miss Rosser then spoke on "All That He Saw Became Partof Him."
 Three group discussions will be held at 10:30 a. m.: Workers with young children will discuss Why and How We Did It." with Mrs. Aimee A. Barber, chairman, and Mrs. William G. Harbeson and Mrs. c. Y. Allen, resource leaders; work CTS with older boys and girls will also discuss why and Hc>S We Did It." with Mrs. Marshall Budd, chair man, and Mrs. Everett A. Babcock, Miss Ethelyn Nichols and Mrs. Leila T. Alexander both of Waterbury as resource leaders; ministers, directors, and church school officers will dis cuss "Educating for Better Rela- tionShips," with Dean Paul Wynn. chairman, and Rev. Dr. Stanley Manning N. P. Dotson and Rev Everett A. Babcock. resource lead- CTS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-15
SONG OF VICTORY
 FEATURED NUMBER
Industrial Chorus in Spring Concert Tomorrow Night
 at Buckingham Hall

Percy Fletcher's magnificent Song of Victory will climax Sunday nights Spring Concert at Bucking- ham Hall by the Industrial Chorus of the Y. M. c. A., member agency of the Community Chest. Other numbers to be sung by the entire chorus are "Gloria from 18th Mass" and Hear My Prayer" from Men delssohns Oratoria "St. Paul" The Male Chorus will sing Great and Glorious" by Hadyn-Daltry and 'Visions,' arranged by Bimboni. The Ladies' Chorus will sing "The Lady of Shalott."
 Groups of songs will be sung by Carmen Congdon, contralto, and William Mercer, baritone. MT. Mer- cer will be accompanied by Leonice Hunnewell. G. Loring Burwell will direct the concert. Mrs. Helen L.. Heebner and Mrs. Ruth A. Jones will be at the piano and organ, re- spectively.
 Officers of the Industrial chorus this year are: President, Helen B.. Chipman; president, Lester R.. Tomlinson and F. Ivy Needham; re- cording secretary, Ida R. Mucci; chairman and vice-chairman of the xecutive Board, Ethel B. Galway and Ruth D. Wallace; executive secretary and treasurer, Arthur L.. Purinton, Industrial Secretary of the MICA, librarians, Florine Hitch- cock and Agnes Turner.
 In addition to the active members of the chorus, neary one hundred friends of good music in industry" have enrolled as associate members of the Industrial Chorus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-15
LONG LINES FORM
 FOR TAX ADVICE
Midnight Tonight Marks Deadline for Filing Esti-
 mated Income

Midnight tonight is the deadline for filing declarations of the 1944 estimated income tax, with hun dreds of persons expected to pass through the Internal Revenue office on LeavenWorth street before the closing time at 12 o'clock tonight.
 Steady crowds lined the tax office this week as taxpayers sought in- formation or assistance for filling out the declarations. It has been estimated that 100000 residents of Connecticut will file the estimated returns, with many thousand of them expected to be Waterburians.
 At least quarter of the estim- ated tax must be paid when the dec- laration is filed, although 1t is re- ported many taxpayers are turning in larger portions with their forms.
 The estimates must be filed by all single persons who earn more than $2,7O0 annually, and by married per- sons whose incomes are more than $3,5OO per year. Most persons who have income that is not subject to the pay withholding tax also must file declarations on estimates,