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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-10-11

Hillman je tudi opozoril, da
so republikanci samo v drzavi
Ohio zbrali vec denarja "a De-
wey-jevo kampanjo kot pa ga
je zbrala CIO politicna akcija,
XII stoji "a predsednikom Roose-
veltom, sirom Zed. draw.
Velika izguba "a narod
Glede letosnje volilne borbe
je Hillman rekel:
"Ako bi bila republikanska
stranka "a napredek, bi ne bila
Willkieja izkrcala IL stranke.
Mr.. Willkieja sem zlasti dobro
spoznal, odkar ga je lnjegova
lastna stranka vrgla ma stran.
Njegova smrt je velik udarec "a
yes narod, in dvomim, da Sc A
merika zaveda, kaj je z MIN IL
gubila.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-10-11
Stare fraZe in lazi

garda, XII so ga obrcnili IL stran-
ke, pogrevajo iste fraze in pri-
hajajo ma dan z istimi lazmi, XII
smo jih Gull v zadnji vojni.
"Dokler nj bill Willkie elimi-
niran cd stare garde, nismo "a
we'll nobenega stalisca. Ako bi
bill nominiran Mr.. Willkie, bi mi
najbrze2 ne zavzeli nobenega
stalisca, ker bi cutili, da Sc de-
zela nina nicesar bait, ne glede
ma to, kdo je izvoljen, akorav-
no hi bila nasa akcija lokalno
samostojna in bi Sc bila lahko
izrekla "a enega ali drugega
kandidata."
Dewey je nekOc rad vel denar
cd uni ] .
"Edini zlocin CIO politicne
akcije je ta,' je nadaljeval Hill
man, ida je ucinkovita. Kar Sc
Deweyja tice ina malo pravice
kricati proti denarnim prispev'
kom cd strani unij "a politicne
namene. Ko je Dewey kandidi'
raj "a distriktnega pravdnika
me je ponovno prosil "a denar,
no po m oc in dali m o mu
$4,000 il blagajne unije krojas
kin delavcev.
"Takrat ga nj bio mic sram
posvetovati Sc s Sidneyjem. !"
Kamoflaza "a Hooverja
"Govorijo o cetrtem terminl
"a predsednika Roosevelta, j,
nadaljeval Hillman. ''Zakaj ps
bi Dewey rad cetrti, tern1in
Kaj pa je razlika, Harding
Coolidge, Hoover ali Dewey
4 ~
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-10-11

tenn, Ga propade Sc denarnO, IN
sicer v teku par tednov.
Prvi uspehi gerilcev
Zdaj DO ravno 6 tednov, kar
Sc je zacel oborozeni upor proti
Nemcem. Porocila, XII prihaja-
jo il cehoslovaske meje, potr-
jujejo, da so uspehi, dosezeni V
teh prvih borbah, dalec mad
krilili VISA pricakovanja. V osrc-
ju ozemlja, XII je "a Nemce stra-
tegicno najvecje vaznosti, bije
mocna domaca vojska zagrize-
ne boje z nemskimi zasedbenimi
cetami, in je vsekakor uspela,
da temellito zmesa Nemcem yse
prcmetne zveze.
Jasno sliko je seveda tezko
dati, ker Sc polozaj V te vrste
borbah silno nitro menia.
Zavezniski in ruski letalci pri-
nasajo pomoc
V zacetnih fazah bojev je po-
manjkanje letalstva zelo owl
ralo razvoj operacij, toda zdaj
je v tenn pogledu re mnogo bo-
lie, ker zavezniski lets.lci priha-
jajo v dezelo, in sc re cello po-
sluzujejo letalisc, katera SO bill
eehoslovaski uporniki iztrgali
Nemcem IL rok. Ii zavezniski
letalci so prizadejali nemskim
kolonam ma tenn tezkem terenu
zelo visoke izgube.
Danes je tudi prisla vest, da
prvi ruski letalci, XII SO prisi k
MIN, MISC imeli niti namena,
da pristanejo. Prinesli so le ne
kaj potrebnih zalog, katere so
nameravali spustiti ma tia S pa
.dalom. Ko pa so videli, da so
VISA dolocena letalisca obdana
cd stevilnih mnozic ljudstva, XII
je kricalo in mahalo z zastavi-
cami, so Sc spustili ma letalisce
kljub temu, da MISC imeli pove.
liza "a to, in so bill sprejeti We
likanskim navdusenjem.
Red v osvobojenem ozemlju
Cehoslovaska vlada v Londo
nu je poslala v to osvobojeno O.
zemlje misijo upravnih organo1
"a civilne zadeve. Ia misija je
nasla civilno administracijo O.
zemlja ze najlepsem redu, ta'
ko da je bila poslana tia po ne
potrebnem, posebno Sc radi te
ga, ker je bila dolocena "a to
da prevzame administracijo o
zemelj osvobojenih Cd Rdect
armade. ~.
/
Ma osvobojenem ozemlju il
hajajo stirje casopisi. Moraln
ucinek osvoboditve ma slovaske
ga cloveka je ogromen, ker j
svoboda prlsla cd lastnega ma
pora in junastvo. Emo porocilt
pravi, da Sc je slovasko ljud
stvo znebilo svoje stare pohlev
nosti, ki je bila napravila take
silno smesno in obenem tragic
no politiko Tiso-a.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-10-11
RevOlta v .srcu
Slovaske jew
p0lnem razrnahu

LONDON, 3. oktobra (O.N.
A. - Vrhovni poveljnik nem-
Skin Get ma Slovaskem, XII ina
nalogo zlomiti upor cehoslovas-
kin patriotov, je ukazal Slo-
vaski narodni banki, da mu sta
vi takoj ma razpolago znesek cd
400 milijonov slovaskih kron, in
da vrhu tega V bodoce plaeuje
nemskin oblastim tedensko po
80 nihjonov kron V svrho krit-
ia stroskov nemske okupacije.
Rezim "slovaskega' ministrs-
kega predsednika Tiso-a, prva-
ka marionetne slovaske Wade:
XII je bill moralno propadel pri
narodu re zdavnaj, je zdaj ma
tenn, da propade Sc denarno, in
sicer teku par tednov.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
NAILS BREED RACE hate IN AMERICANS

the prisoners return they will find themselves in
a country which hardly worth fighting for.
Indeed, Maury Maverick is falsely quoted in
the June 6, l943, issue of 20. K" as stating that
1.-The ten million American soldiers will be out Of
work when they return home"
LONG RANGE OBJECTIVE
1t is interesting to ascertain the purpose of the
Nazi regime in propagandzing thousands Of
American prisoners of war. Its short-term objec-
tive Of discouraging these prisoners as TO the
progress of the war. by false military news and
by depressing items from the home front is of no
great significance, since these particular Amer-
cans cannot fight again.
The importance of this Naz propaganda among
our American prisoners of in Germany lies
in its long range objective. For even though they
lose the and are forced underground the
Nazis aim 10 send back to America tens of thou
sands of American youth whom they have
pumped fun Of poison about Jews Negroes. strik-
ing workers, prohteering employers and in gen.
eral, the lamentable condition of American life
They want TO send boys back embittered
against their own land calculating, no doubt that
il would be strong minded youth indeed who
would not end up his prison days in Germany in
strange frame of mind after reading week after
week little except news about war time strikes
among labor, frauds among employers and utter
deception in his government
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
By ROY WILKINS

exclusively to Negro theatres The big companies
just ignore Negro sequences and the millions Of
whites never see Negro soldiers on the screen.
The War department says it cannot force daily
papers to carry news Of Negro soldiers. That is
true, but the department can emphasize much
more than it has that Negroes are a part of the
army, doing dangerous and valuable work with
skill and courage. 1t can present Negroes to the
accredited war correspondents a part of the
army, not as an appendage to be ignored. In a
dozen ways il can convey the idea that Negroes
should be included in the dispatches filed for the
home paper. Field commanders can be ordered
to see that their Negro units are exposed to news
men and given equal treatment. II the War de-
partment will dignity the Negro soldier the daily
press will catch on and more and more papers will
carry the news The same goes for the newsreels
II riots come after the war because Negroes,
knowing what they have DONE resent specialized
discrimination, and whites, being ignorant, reject
Negro demands as unworthy, then the War de-
partment and other government departments can
not escape some of the blame. In like manner the
daily press itself the movies, and the radio will
have contributed to violence and death if they
fail to give the Negro American a fair shake in
their media.
The other statement in Philadelphia speaks for
itself Said one striker I'VE need union of our
own mot the CIO) We can insert a clause to
keep Negroes out as members The US Consti-
tuition said no discrimination but if some of the
states can violate it, ought to be able to do the
same thing"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

town AZ dawn he came 10 a village
and brea;hleSsly asked the first man
ne met FOR a policeman
II am a policeman" the man
sad
There is big German boa; down
a: the beach yonder." the Negro
SAID and there IS a German spy
who has jus. landed
Unfortunately. the Negro spoke
the native language poorly--hiS
DIieh and English we're much bet
tcr-and the policemen did not un-
derstand him. but after scouting
around a few moments, returned
and said he had found a man who
could speak English Ironically. the
man he had found was the other
spy. 81
Confronted bv his fellow con-
spiratCr the man he was seeking 10
oetray, the Negro did not bat an
eye. He simply proceeded 10 con-
vince him in English that the smart
thing 10 do was 10 report 10 the
nearest police station. show their
passports. and sc; permission 10
travel The German finally agreed.
particularly because he had boils
and wanted 10 get 10 a hospital as
quickly as possible.
When they arrived al the station.
the Negro simply laid down the
pistol and blur;ed out the whole
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
Ballot Is Powerful
Weapon For Negro

with their rifles full Of bullets and
the enemy shooting al them.
There are approximately two mil
lion Negro voters living above the
MaSon-Dixon line and thousands
more below II. Yet. in no election
up TO now have more than about
so per cent of them voted. usually
the percentage is much less.
Though the Democrats, Republic
cans and other political organiza-
tons, such as the ClO Political
Action committee. are active in get
ting both colored and white people
TO register so they can vote on cleo
ton day. the responsibility OF reg
is,ering and voting rests primarily
upon the voters themselves. No one
should depend upon another person
TO remind him or assist him in exer-
ciSing his sovereign power-io vote
If he knows how 10 90 about doing
IT, This is particularly true OF the
Negro voters this year. because they
have more az stake in this election
than ever before.
As q matter OF fact, our future
depends upon the men elected 10
office this year more than in any
election since 1860. when Lincoln's
election sounded the end OF slavery
in America And IL must be remem-
bered that there are men running
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
BY WILLIAM L. SHIRER
CONDENSED from the New York Herald Tribun

tConoenteo from me new tork herald IrlDuneD
THOUGH our Army, because of mistaken in
Il depreciation of the Geneva Convention, care
fully refrains from doing anything family smack
ing of anti-Nazi or democratic propaganda in the
German prisoner of war camps in this country.
the German government Systematically showers
American prisoners Of war in Germany with Nazi
propaganda.
have before me copies of a weekly newspaper
published by the Nazi government for. distribu-
ton among American prisoners. II is called
the 20. K."-'The Overseas Kid"--and purports
to De journal designed to give prisoners cut
of from the world, weekly summary of the
news of the war the world and home in a
straightforward mann.r" editorial in the
opening number of May 9, l943, puts it.
POISONED NEWS
Actually most Of its news, as might have been
expected. turns out 10 be Nazi propaganda in all
of It's varied and poisonous forms There is the
typical Nazi breeding OF race prejudice against
Jews and Negroes. There is TIE usual Nazi tripe
against Britain and Russia. There is the glorifca-
ton of the Fuehrer and all Nazi deeds But above
all Else there is systematic Naz propaganda line
carried out with considerable skill which drums
II INTO American prisoners that they swim
dled by their government. which had no business
getting into this war that the home front is not
backing up the American troops and that when
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

for Office this time on both the
Republican and Democratic tickets
who are as unalterably opposed 10
the things We stand for and the
things We know we must have. IL
we are 10 become completely inte-
grated into this nation. as the men
who championed slavery IN 1860.
Though We have made some gains
during the war, we must protect
them and fight for more and more.
II we did otherwise. We would not
be worthy OF the things we demand
and rightfully deserve as citizens
OF the U. S. For example, We must
work and fight for the welfare.
protection and security OF the three
quarters OF a million colored men
and women in the armed services.
especially when they return from
battle. We must fight 10 keep the
jobs we have gained in private in
dustry: and we must fight 10 see
that we get better and more hous-
ing. more educational opportunities
and better health provisions In
truth, we must fight for al the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
COLOR JOKES NOT funny

Recently visited the Apollo theatre in Harlem where in
the show comedy routine featuring Butterbears
and Suzy. both Negroes.
When the former began cavorng about the stage atred
in a very picturesque suit, Suzy asked:
who do you think you are?"
Frank Sinatra, the reply Who" she asked in
creduousy
I'm Frank Sinatra, repeated Butterbeans "cept that
I'm in technicolor"
The audience which predomnantly Negro. reacted
favoraby but somehow l. white person. found the
line Objectionable Perhaps I'm being picayune but I've
heard similar material on the Apollo stage before visit the
theatre because I'm addicted jazz and like 10 hear
Of the bands featured here and can't help but wonder how
Negroes object Uncle Tom CarCatures and material
with Objectionable Connotation when they buresque
themselves Crudely wonder what PMS Negro readers
(and I'm there quite few think about ths p.
Coldstein, Brooklyn.
From letter to the editor in PM
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

PLAYED by Negroes in uniform. The War depart
ment has done good job in making available to
Negro papers the news about men in the
army 1t has accredited Negro correspond
ents. 1t has furnished some pictures
This means that readers of the Negro press
know what part the is playing. But readers
of the da1y papers and magazines do not know
anything about it except for an occasional item
here and there. The vast movie going public very
seldom sees any newsree shots of Negro troops
The story persists that when cameramen
take shots of Negro soldiers, these shots in some
unknown and implanted manner find their way
TO one particular newsreel company which caters
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
QUOTES

For example. the child OF a
Nordic and ar Alpine type is likely
10 have a poor herediiy. While il
may come as shock 70 Ht,erisr.
i is fact that, biologically. The
Negro and the Nordic cross very
well. as do the Semites and the
Nordics."
DIR Byron o. Hughes
X X X
Anthropology. we used 10 think.
VAS about the most polite and harm
less science in the curriculum. but
DR. Ernest A. Hooton o. Harvard
skaters oLr innocent illusion. Dis
cuss'ng race hatred and religious
persecution. he says that 70 rid The
world OF that sort Of thing i; will 20
necessary 10 segrega,c al mentally
inferior and morally low grade
people Of whatever race. creed or
nationality and prevent hem from
reproducing their kind 10 run loose
and behave like packs o. balloons "
Never had We suspected such vigor-
Gus sentiments in an an;hrouologist
N. Y Times
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
Jim CROWN The Classroom, Part Il
By MARIE SYRKlN

savage atavism Of Jim Crow In q
moment OF stress.
GOOD RELATIONS MUST
BE TAUGHT
In geometry, In history. Or IA
science. teachers know that they
have to give direct and repestGl
instruction In order 20 achieve r.
suits. Nothing Is LEFT TO the hsxardz
OF inference or the pupils intuition.
However, In the erucial sphere q
race relations. Of religious bieetry.
Of all the practical applicattens q
the democratic faith, the schooIs
put their trust Tn education by
esmosis. Saturate the air with I'm.
peccable and "nen-csntrsversial
sentiments; then wait for them 4.
seep into the students conscious
ness and eventually 70 flower forth
Into concrete attitudes. Too often
the miracle does not take place.
The great merit OF the much pub
!icized Springfield Plan is that il
does not leave education for de-
mocracy to the inspiration Of an
Individual teacher, or to the chance
or extra-curricular activities. The
question OF race relations Is not
smuggied into some period depend
ing on a given teachers ingenuity:
II Is a natural part OF the program
so that the pupils accept discussion
AND information calculated to break
down prejudice as a normal func-
uon OF the school day. Only such
conscious gearing Of the school
system to the incubation Of the
Ideals which il processes can make
our schools equal to their immense
present task. Evasion is not the
answer; slogans are not the answer.
Only a straightforward readiness 10
sraapple with o difficult issue will
help.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

/ Negro pupil Is IWpudent or dis
| obedient one cannot expect the
/ teacher 10 fail 10 react The class
/ would resent such favori:ism. and
II would not make for goodwill.
Ii would be wholly misleading
II l were to leave the impression
that the majority of Negro students
are probler, cases. Most of the col
ored pupils fall into exactly the
same categories as the white ones.
Some are superior. some indifferent,
and some poor. However. . problem
exists. and ) existence Is accentu-
ated by the behavior Of a minority.
An observable change has come
over the Negro students in recent
years. Had | been asked 10 general
re about my Negro pupils ten or
titteen years ago, ! probably would
have answered. They are gay"
remem Der this as one OF my first
general !TpressionS-an infectious
Aght-heartedneSs, d dazzling smile
which came IN ready answer 10
ones own smile. ! am well aware
hat these are characteristics whose
mention VIII irritate a great many
intellectual Negroes. They see in
such q facile Characterization the
typical patronizing white tendency
10 present the Negro as a kind OF
clown. Nevertheless, such was The
first impression my Negro students
made on me.
Now the picture is different. To-
day in answer 20 the same question
! would SLY. They are unhappy
and disturbed BY this do not
mean that each Negro pupil walks
/ around in cloud Of tragic gloom,
| meditailng on the wrongs suffered
oy his race. There is plenty Of
laughter and banter as before. But
insofar as seneralizations are valid.
! think this one may De haZarded.
WAR HAS CAUSED UNREST
The reasons tar the change are 50
obvious, and have been dwell; on az
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

iduCeS.
Some months ago. n the dead O.,
night. tao German spies we're
landed on Wild. unlnhabited
beach in South America by fish
ang boat One Of these spies MAS
NEGRO whose whole life had been
spent in heavy labor on docks and
ships He had gone 20 Holland as
ktowaway and, after the INVASION,
had been recruited by German IN
telligence officers for espionage IN
South America He had been thor
Uughly trained in radio transmits
sion. codes, ScCrc; writing, and
Identification 4 ships and planes.
The other spy was German born,
but had spent many years IN South
America as a bus.neSS7n HIS
father. ne said in his confession,
Rad been killed by German doctors,
who gave him letha, injections as
an individual who vas useless 10
the state. IN compliance with exist
tng customs.
They we're padded ashore scpa-
rately IN rubber boats 20 the Negro
landing first Il was intended that
they should proceed 10y different
routes e a rendezvous. but fate
bro, chit them together again In a
surprising fashion
When the Negro was on free soil
again. he buried his equipment.
marked the spot carefully. and set
out al jog trot for the nearest
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
SHADES OF OPINION

NaCatonng AT Marthas Vineyard, the Rev Adam Clayton
Powell pastor Manhattans Abyssnian Baptist church
and Manhaans first NegroCongressman-tobe popped of
a reporter:
Did strike how ridiculous is the attitude OF
many whites toward color? Take the situation here It's
downright disgrace be white that literally. have
here with cleaning white skins and they
such acquire color they lie about in the
hours And ironical is Negro the darker they
the higher they stand in the social scale
reporter remarked that the Rev Powell is rather light
skinned Replied Rev Powell There such thing as
being slightly coored I'm coored and that's all there's it.
Time
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
BY EARL BROWN
Ton the Editorial staff OF Life
Magazinel


The most powerful weapon We,
as Negro citizens, possess with
which to fight for our rights are our
ballots. That this is so is clearly
Indicated by the extreme Efforts
both the Republican and Democratic
parties are making 20 wine ma
3ority OF them on election day,
November 7. For the politicians
know better than anyone else that
our votes may be the deciding ones
come November II is, indeed. pos
kiblc that they viii determine who
will occupy the White House for
the next four years: Roosevelt or
Dewey
To possess something. however,
and not uSc il for your own and
others benefit is worse than not
e. possess i, at all And this is the
situation with thousands Of Negro
voters: they can vote. II they want
20. but they are too indifferent TO
register and later cast their ballots.
These slsckers not only harm them
selves by falling 10 register and
vote. but they also hurt their whole
race. They are as useless as a COM
psny OF soldiers asleep at the front
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

National league. expressed at its
annual winter meeting last Febru-
airy, is that the league does not plan
10 displease the men who allow
them 10 use their parks for Negro
baseball. The fact that the major
league clubs receive a fancy sum
each year from rentals to Negro
baseball promotions apparently was
not considered when this stand was
taken. Nor did the league consider
that . fortnight attitude on the
whole matter, In face Of the possible
loss Of . few players or even OF
parks to play In, would do more In
the long run not only to elevate
baseball rs . whole by making IL
truly democratic. but also 10 es-
tablish Negro baseball itself In .
firmer position.
PUBLISHERS MET Lands
LAST WINTER
Judge Lands. pressed by the
National Negro Publishers Associa-
ton. last winter invited representa-
tives OF that organization to appear
in person before the joint meeting
OF the major leagues at the Hotel
Lexington, there to state their plea.
The meeting was planned so that
the Negro publishers and editors
would be given al last the oppor-
tunity of boarding the lion in his
own den: talking face to face with
BensWanger Wrigley, Yawkey.
Griffith. Stoneham. Hickey. ct NJ.
A prepared statement was read TO
the assembled magnates by John
Sengstacke, president OF the pub
fishers association and publisher OF
the Chicago Defender; two other
statements were read by members
Of the delegation, a talk made by
another Negro publisher. and copies
Of everything left on the table after
il was all over. Paul Robson, the
celebrated Negro singer and actor,
was present and spoke as the per-
sonal guest OF Judge Lands. The
meeting set precedent since II was
he first time on record that the
major leagues had entertained such
a question at an official meeting
with proponents OF the program on
hand TO present il. There were some
Who had high hopes OF immediate
sunshine on an otherwise drab and
dreary baseball horizon. but the
only significant result was Judge
Lands statement. already men,
toned. that no rule bars Negroes
from the big leagues
Two years before. in 1912. Jay
Benswanger OF the Pittsburgh
Pirates yielded to liberal pressure
and finally announced his plan tc
give a qualified" Negro player q
] "tryout." The publicity given tc