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Evening star., 1944-04-30
By ALICE EyERSMAN.

The Trapp Family Singers, headed
by Baroness Marie Won Trapp. ap-
pearing this afternoon at Constitu-
ton Hall in another of their unique
programs of old church music and
folk songs Of many lands, will teach
the art of family singing to inter
ested Americans this summer. Near
the village of Stowe, VT, is the
Trapp family farm adjoining which
will be the music camp used for
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Concert Schedule

IODA1-
Trspp Family Singers, Constitution
Gault String Ensemble, Edward A.
Carey, conductor: Willis Gault, Viol-
ist; Renald ingalls,, cellist: Barbara
Osborn, contralto; Barker Hall,
YWCA: 400 pm.
Marie Kopulos, piano recital,
Phillips Gallery. 5 pm.
HARLAN Meyer. Charlton Meyer,
piano recital, Friendship House,
pm.
Concerts recorded music, public
libraries, Georgia avenue and Upshur
street, 4 p m; Sixteenth and Lamont
streets. 5 pm.
National Gallery Sinfonietta. Rich
ard Bales, conductor; Millard TAYLOR,
violinist, soloist; National Gallery of
TOMORROW.
Sergt. Charles Henderson, organ
recital, L. D. S. Chapel. s pm.
Marguerite Zilliacus, song recital,
Phillips Gallery, $50 pm.
=, Concert recorded music, public
library, Eighth and K streets, 1880
pm.
TUESDAY.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
Chevy Chase Women's Club, music
section, Corpl. Glen Darwin, BARI
tone, soloist; clubhouse, Connecticut
uFOlINN' C.DU blu
WEDNESDAY.
sergt. Henry Beard. organ recital.
L, p S; Chapel, pm
Chamber Music Guild. Maria Ku-
rcnEo, SOPRANO; Ania Dorfmann,
pianist, sololStS. Continental Hall,
S:45 pm.
THURSDAY
Navy School of Music Band and
Chorus. 1t q g. j. NJ Thurmond,
director; Constitution Hall, SIS pm.
FRIDAY.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
1870 pm
Navy Band Symphony Orchestra,
Oscar ShumSky, violiniSt, Soloist;
Departmental Auditorium, $50 pm
SATURDAY.
1t Ellwood w. Hill. organ recital,
L. D. s. Chapel, pm,
George Washington University Glee
CLUBS, Or. Robert H., Harmon, di-
rector Willard Hotel, S:45 pm.
Evening star., 1944-04-30

Norman Brace is still alive and
still carrying on his work as dra-
matte teacher for children-only he
works in a wheel chair now.
Brace, slightly craving man in
his early 40s, never has thought of
the wheel chair as a handicap.
Uses His Handicap.
AT first it was a little difficult" :"
he acknowledges. Il always wanted
to get up to show some child what
to do with her feet. But, with my
legs inactive. I teach the children
to pay attention to my hand ges-
lures. and more particularly to
listen carefully to my voice"
He has a wen-modulated voice.
He never raises it in agitation, de-
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Clubs Spring Event

Corpl. Glenn Darwin will be the
solo artist with the music section of
the Women's Club of Chevy Chase
Tuesday at $50 pm. in the club
house on Connecticut avenue. when
1t gives its annual spring con-
cert, the proceeds of which will 90
to the Bethesda USO for the
"Furtherance of Musical Activities.
His accompanist will be Sergt. Vir-
gil Fox. Mrs. Warren Grimes. as
sisted by Hester Smithey will ac-
company the chorus. Corpl. Darwin
will sing: There Is Lady" Bury;
Some Rival Has Stolen MY True
Love Away" Broadwood; III La
cerato Spirito," Verdi The Sussex
Sailor" Charles: Stone Cracker
John" COes; rs Massa Gwine to |
Sell Us Tomorrow" Negro spiritual.
Evening star., 1944-04-30

92," by Dvorak; Legend, Op. 31,s
by Paul Creston; Swing Fantasy
on Nautical Themes" by Morton
Gould. The chorus will sing
Tschaikowsky's "Cherubim Song"
capella, and with the band THE
Loreley," by Liszt; Victory Tide"
by William Grant Still: "Vidala," by
Buchardo, and Body and Soul" by
Green.
The soloist, Richard E. Larson,
seaman second class. will play the
Grieg "A Minor Piano Concerto"
with band accompaniment. Blue
jacket Larson, an outstanding young
pianist, has been the recipient of
several scholarships and numerous
other awards.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Continued From Page C-S.

train in New York and four days
later descended in Hollywood
nothing of the sort. She hitched a
trailer to her car, bought plenty of
costumes, and played all the Army
camps on her way here. Before
leaving New York, she went to her
local rationing board and said, 'T
want to do number of camps on
my way to Hollywood" The elderly
gentleman who was head of the
board looked up and said, "I don't
really think your particular kind of
entertainment is essential" and
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Navy School Gives
Spring Concert

The second annual spring concert
OF the Navy School of Music will
be given IN Constitution Hall Thurs
day at BIS pm. The concert is
under the direction of 1t. q. g9
James M. Thurmond, U. S. ~,
officer in charge of the school, and
Will feature the 110-piece concert
band and the 100-voice chorus.
Among the numbers to be pre-
sented by the band are Bach's
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in G
Major" Carnival Overture, Op,
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Clee Club Concert

The Women's Glee Club of the
School of Nursing Education of
Catholic University will join the in
stitution's Mems Glee Club in re-
cital Thursday. $50 pm. In the
gymnasium of the University, under
the direction of DR.. Leo A. Behrendt
The program will be repeated Fri
day night at the Catholic Sisters
College
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Injury Converts
Actor Into Ace
Drama Teacher
BY Frances Long.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Doctors predicted that Norman
Brace wouldn't live a year, after
he tripped over a tree stump in
Vermont and injured his legs.
Blood poisoning had set in; for
several weeks there was a chance
that one leg might have to be am
putated.
That was in June, 1912. Today
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Festival PROGRAMS

The programs for the Festival OF
Organ Music presented by the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter of the
American Guild Of Organists at the
Washington Chapel, Sixteenth street
and Columbia road NV, tomorrow
Wednesday and Saturday at pm
are as follows:
Tomorrow-Sergt. Charles Hen
dprS0O 0roapict
Evening star., 1944-04-30
rODAY'S NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES
Buy War Bonds and Stamps at Any Local Theater

All Time Schedules Given in Warner
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
The WATCHT0WER
By ROY WILKINS

No top-flight public figure, certainly not Pres-
dent Roosevelt, has spoken so plainly on the
Negro in the last forty years. Never man spoke
public men. His speech in Los Angeles in the
summer of 1912 to the NAACP convention. car
red on a nationwide CHS network was dar-
ing statement for eQuality-and not in state de-
partment language, but in language every man
and woman could understand. His last pub
lished piece in Golfers was plain speaking
about the injustices visited upon Negro Amer
leans.
citizen, whether he had had personal contact
with Willkie or not The first time saw him
was backstsge in the huge Los Angeles Shrine
auditorium in July. 1912. He chatted with the
rest OF the platform party, spending some time
with the beautiful Lena Horne and caring not q
tinkers damn that dozen photographers were
swapping pictures Of him and Negro Aim &C.
tress. The $500 people in the audience gave him
The South and the COP Old Guard cursed that
serene.
Davenports home where Wllkie talked back
and forth with a small group of Negro and white
liberals. The man was utterly charming and
thoroughly convincing The Negro problem to him
was Gas il is truly just angle of the problem
of humanity which must be solved il mankind is
to live in peace and justice and security.
He carried with him the hopes and dreams of
common people the world over, regardless of
color. race. religion, or nationality. We shall not
see his like again soon.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21

reported by Mr.. Ernesto Galarza, Chief Of the
Labor Section Of the Pan American Union, In
hearings before the House Committee on Labor
last June End.
In similar vein Mr.. Sumner welles, former
Under-Secretary Of State in q feature article
appearing in the Detroit News on February Is,
1914. in which he discussed employment and
other types Of discrimination against Mexicans
In this country, stated that "Unless these dis
ordinations are oblterated, and obliterated soon,
the term 'good-neighbor policy will lose much
Of Its real meaning"
Reply to the objection that FEPC legislation
would be unconstitutional IL found In the voice
of the Supreme Court In Hrabayashi v. United
States. Chief Justice Stone. speaking for the
Court, said: Distinctions between citizens solely
because of their ancestry by their very nature
odious to . free people whose institutions are
founded upon the doctrine of equality. For that
reason. legislative classification Of discrimination
based on race alone has often been held to be
denial of equal protection"
Concurring in the same case, Mr.. Justice
Murphy, who is q native and former Governor
of the State of Michigan, said Distinction based
on color and ancestry Is utterly inconsistent
with our traditions and ideals. They are at vari-
ance with the principles for which we are now
waging war. We cannot close our eyes to the
fact that for centuries the Old World has been
torn by racial and religious conflicts and has
suHereo the WORST kino OF anguish because OF
inequality Of treatment for different groups.
There was one law for one and different law
for another Nothing Is written more firmly into
our laws than the compact Of the Plymouth
voyagers to have just and equal laws"
And in New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary
Grocery Co.. Mr. Justice Roberts, speaking for
the Court, stated: "The desire for fair and equit
able conditions Of employment on the Part Of
persons of any race, color, or persuasion and the
removal of discrimination against them by reason
Of their race religious beliefs Is quite az i'm
portant to those concerned as fairness and equity
in terms and conditions Of employment can be
to trade or craft unions or any form of labor or
ganization or association Race discrimination by
an employer may reasonably be deemed more
unfair and less excusable than discrimination
against workers on the ground Of union afila-
ton"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
EB0uE:: A Man To Remember

discrimination in French society. II is in actual
fact. assimilated. It's members serve on the ad-
mnistrative councils, advisory TO the governor
generals OF the colonies, and may rise to high
political posts.
But the bad aspects of the policy far outweigh
the good, First, il does violence TO the trad-
tional culture of people. The attempt 10 sweep
away established mores and substitute an alien
pattern of life means TO destroy that which gives
people dignity and self-respect. Second. it
elevates and benefits only the minority the elite
class. And third, il established a cleavage be-
tween the educated and advanced minority. who
have adopted French ways and French inter
eStS and the masses of the people.
SOUGHT TO CORRECT
EVILS OF FRENCH POLICY
Eboue sought to correct the three evils of
French policy which have just enumerated. He
insisted. first OF all, that the Africans family.
tribal and general cultural affiliations be taken
into full account in any program Of develop
ment-that he be regarded as human being
In the second place, as we have already seen
from our review of his economic and social re-
forms, Eboue endeavored to improve the status
not merely of an elite class but Of the whole
mass OF the population.
Thirdly. Govemor-General Eboue proposed
and mpemented in place of the traditional
policy of centralized authority and new policy of
increased responsibility and authority for Afri-
cans in the local administration of their own
affairs.
AS several writers have pointed out. Felix
Eboue's accomplishments as governor general
of FEA provide graphic demonstration Of what
enlightened policy can accomplish in Africa. In
sharp contrast is the negative, repressve policy
prevailing in South Africa, Kenya, and other
parts OF Africa. Which will govern postwar
Africa. the progressive policy or the reactionary
one! Or will the continent be split by divergent
tendencies?
The answer lies with the United Nations, with
the liberal and progressive forces within each
Of the United Nations. and particularly within
the United States To achieve world security
and lasting peace the United Nations through
collective agreements and action, must plan SC
that there shall no longer be any backward areas
or exploited peoples
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21

Troc. But she changed her name
back 10 Lena.
1t was here that the picture
scouts discovered her. A picture
scout never sees any person any
where without trying 10 visualize
how he or she would look on the
screen. She received offers from
several studios. Her agent took her
TO see Arthur Freed OF Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer. She left the Office
with an assignment 10 sing a song
IN Panama Hattie"
She sang in Panama Hattie" and
was signed 10 long term contract.
II was with the understanding that
she would sing in pictures or play
legitimate roles or not have to do
"illiterate comedy" or portray
cook. roles customsrily assigned 10
colored performers.
Lena has great admiration FOR
Marian Anderson and Paul Robe
son. Her great desire is 10 continue
their good work for the colored
people. She has. She is proud Of the
personal appearance she made at
the Tuskegee Army Air school, and
SLY 40 SAdbcAui didl SAic was dcnt1
10 christen a ship in honor OF
George Washington Carver
She is a favorite pin-up girl with
all members Of the armed forces.
She is fond Of movies. and. although
now a big name in pictures herself.
she is still movie fan. She goes
several times week.
She lives in a modest house In
Hollywood which is located on
Horne avenue-really. Her Aunt
Eddy lives with her and helps keep
house. She's good cook and has
often invited people working in 4
picture with her over 20 the house
for cheese and egg dish which is
her specially.
In the way Of food, she's steak
and potato person. Her favorite
dish. when she wants 10 treat her.
self is broiled lobster. She drinks
very little and doesn't smoke
She always reads al the table X
eating alone. She reads everything
from biographies 10 the tunnies
She can often be seen a, the Schwa-
oadero tHollywood's fam d
Schwab's Drug Store) with cur
rent popular magazine which she
has borrowed from the stand.
drinking a coke
She likes 10 20 dancing and Is
fond " any music that has rhythm.
She collects records. not only swing
but classical music. and VIII often
s,t for hours listening ~ her
records.
She is always on The search for
good new song, but prefers IN
confine her repertoire 20 songs that
are tried and true. Her favorites are
Let's Fall IN Love. St Louis
Blues" "Beale Street Blues" and
Il Can't Give You Anything Blu;
Love. Baby" Blues are her spe-
cialty and when she's in the mood
she can sing torch songs all night.
She insists that she has no set
mannerisms when selling a song.
and that she will often And herself
making gestures and wondering
why she is DONG IL. She has great
appeal when singing song and
audiences 90 for her.
She prefers tailored Clothes but
shows 10 great advantage when
wearing an evening gown. She
likes all colors. especially II they're
red
She admits that she goes little
gay when she gets ready for bed
She adorcS colored-Stripe pajamsS
She wears both the trousers and
I jacket ~ the pajamaS
Her great ambition is 20 use her
/ talent and her success 10 win re-
spect for her people.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
THE WEEKLY DIGEST
MIR. Simple On Racial Equality

ment." I said 1t last, strikes me
a. irresponsible and extremely
dangerous. am glad there II no
one else In the room to hear you"
"On the contrary" he replied. lit
strikes me as extremely dangerous
to rest the doctrine Of human
equality on the physical. mental,
and cultural attributes of men, for
by doing so you provide the enemy
with q weapon he can use better
than you"
."on wha, do YOU rest TT" I
asked.
"All men are equal before their
Maker" he said slowly. "All men
are equal under the moral law.
That is what Jefferson meant. That
Is what Lincoln meant for Lincoln
actually did not believe in the ply
sical equality of races and said 20.
The only sound basis on which one
can ultimately rest the doctrine OF
equality i; in the assumption that
men are distinguished from the rest
Of the animal kingdom by the pos
session Of souls. that their souls
partake OF the divine nature Of
their Maker. and that by virtue
OF their souls they stand outside
the final judgment OF their fellow
men. This is true whether they are
black or white, strong or weak, tall
or short, rich or poor. II ! deny
your right 10 murder or enslave
me, it Is not because I am as strong
and as intelligent as you. which
perhaps am not, and il ! deny
the right OF the Eskimos to extermi-
nate or enslave the Onas 1t Is not
because think the Onas as strong
and intelligent as the Eskimos. II
strength and intelligence were the
test, then they would have to be
proved in conflict. The English set
tiers who deliberately exterminated
the savages on the island of Tas-
mania committed a crime. not be-
cause the Tasmanians were equal
to them in cranial capacity. which
they were not, but equal in the
sight of Color. il you will, before
the moral law. Deny this moral
basis of human equality. substitute
cranial capacity or some other ply.
steal attribute, and you have no,
only committed an absurdity, you
have cut away the only solo
| ground from under the doctrine o,
freedom and democracy. Reason nc
longer forbids us to devour one an.
other. This pamphlet. though DR.
Etalii did not intend il so. Is a blow
struck on behalf OF the enemy
against our democratic way Of life.
We were both silent. Simple"
said at last, the trouble with you
is you're an intellectual purist. The
pamphlet may be propaganda, bu
we can't all be philosophers anc
perhaps propaganda is what oul
poor minds need"
You have less respect for hui
mainly than l have" he replied
and what you saw has been bettel
said by the Nazi apologists"
Harry Simple has an excellen
brain, in my opinion, but he is no
of this world. He is not well sd
iusted to his times.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21

Negroes in either his business or social life.
lot of bricks were tossed al him that year by
Negroes why didn't his corporation hire Ne
groes? And such questions Late in the CAM
paign he caught on TO the situation Of the Negro
in the armed services and demanded without any
weasel words Uo the horror OF the Old Guard
Republicans the abolition Of segregation in all
the armed services.
Having lost, he set himself 10 hnd out . lot
OF things he never knew before and do lot
Of things crying 10 be done. He became the
voice Of millions Of Americans who were and are
tired Of the Old Deal whether it wears the Re-
publican or the Democratic label. He learned
about the Negro, and when he learned he spoke
out from his big warm, honest heart
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
DeweyD Short But
Not Sweet, Says Hilman

aspirations and those Of the Negro
are largely identical and that both
are the aspirations Of all proSres.
sive Americans. He cited the re-
cent tribute to the Go by Carl
Sandburg. poet and Lincoln biog-
rapher: The most extensive prop
aganda Job being done In this
country against race discrimtna.
ton and religious prejudice IL
found in the publications Of the
Go"
Hillman contended that one thing
the war has taught Us u that I'VE
either believe In democracy and
practice II, in which case there II
no Negro problem, no Jewish prob
lem. no Catholic problem. and 90
forth; or else we do pot believe In
democracy, in which case not only
the democracies but all the people
are threatened with the loss Of
their freedom"
Lester Granger. executive Sec
rotary Of the National Urban
League. introduced Hillman, vine
spoke At the 81. Jsmes Prsshytsrian
church, Of which Kev. Shelby Rocks
II pastor.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
ATS SWEAT
BY FRANKIE v. ADAMS
The Woman'S Press

Hello, Buddie. Where do you
live"
4 ont know"
Her mean where you stay at"
helped out a little girl.
RICH; air" Right air" was a
dilapidated frame house. pink in
color)
oh. in the pink house"
Yep
Have you always stayed there"
TIM hum"
NO you amt again added the
little girl.
II ulster live in Louisiana" num-
bled Buddie.
y bet you have good times here
in this big city"
Mo- don't"
You don't Don't you play at
schoo, with all the little boys"
'No"-with a degree OF finality
he replied. He leaned his smooth
baby face against my body as II
rather weary
rs that a tear on the side Of your
face. BuddieH"
Meats sweat"
oh! ! see. After all a young
man couldn't We crying of course
Yes ii is sweat. agreed aloud
But the pressing o' his little head
against my arm told ne he was
grateful for my interest He was a
newcomer. too
We stood silent there in the chill
Of the evening for a long while
only the leaning " his little body
and the beat Of his strong little
heart interrupted my thoughts
until one OF the directors yelled 10
"Buddie."
Get your dirty head OF the
lady's clothes. boy
He left Immediately. scared
there was no constraining him. The
director was white and was 10 DC
obeyed
His dirty head vas gone of my
clothes-bu, his strong little heart
somehow contin Led ~ beat against
my body and TO interrupt my
thoughts.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
Closeup OF Lena Horne


| or quickly. II was Job with
Charlie Barnett and his band, as
vocalist. Whenever the band went
on a tour Of the southern states,
they left Lena behind-with pay
so there wouldn't be any embar-
rassment II was only recently that
records made by this band were re-
issued because the then unknown
girl vocalist was now big name.
While she was with Barnett's Or
chestra, John Hammond. the swing
expert. heard her and recon-
mended her 10 Barney Josephson,
who runs New York's popular res
taurant. Cafe Society. Downtown.
He hired her but insisted that she
change her name. Lena isn't
good name" ne said He named her
Helena Horne.
She stayed a. Cafe Society for a
long while and became popular, but
was regarded merely as a solid
night club singer. Nothing more.
She came 70 Hollywood as a night
club singer. TO sing al the Little