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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Plain Talk!
By Dan Gardner

One side of the Negro leadership
problem that seems to have been
missed by those trying to straight
en- out the matter is that we have
too many leaders representing too
many shades of opinion and schools
of thought. The sooner we narrow
down our leadership to half dozen
or less, the sooner the conflicting
viewpoints which retard our local
and national progress will be elimi-
mated.
Roughly Negro leadership can be
divided into two camps: the one,
which demands complete integra-
ton of the Negro into American
life, inter-marriage, social equality
and all; and the other, which de-
mands a militant racial conscious
ness based on what the experts call
natiOnalism along the lines followed
by the Jewish-Americans, German
Americans, Irish-Americans, and so
forth. In other words, they want
to make the Negro conscious of the
fact that he is first of all a Negro
and secondly an American.
The boys who want complete in
tegration are the ones who raise
the most vexing problems and cor
respondingly the ones who have the
most glamorous problem for the
more cultured and educated por-
tions of the Negro population. The
militancy of Dubois, Trotter and
before them, Douglass, in demand
ing the complete absorption of the
Negro into the American stream
of life has had a deep effect on the
Negro classes. The militancy of
Carney, and before him Greener,
in advocating return of the Negro
to Africa or to some homeland
mas instilled the seeds of hope for
"deliverance" some day into the
hearts of millions among the Ne
gro masses. In between these two
classes can be sandwiched one that
bases its theory Of solution of the
problem on playing both ends
against the middle by seeking
economic" freedom as outlined by
Booker T. Washington. This class
and there are many, numbering
notably our Negro businessmen
and our educators who want more
Negro colleges and more Negro
schools, contends that the white
man will smile on it with more
favor since he is more likely to give
Negroes a chance to earn theil
bread and board than he is to let
them marry his daughters as in the
case of the integrationalists, or to
create an economic and political
vacuum by allowing huge numbers
to depart from the country as hap.
pened when the Jews fled Pharaoh
Faced with this situation, the
white man in power who is inclined
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Easter Tea

The Six Queens and An Ace, a
club of the younger set, will give
a tea Easter Sunday from 3 to 6
p. m. at the home of one of the
members, 1858 Smelling Ave. Mem
bers are James Allen, Ruth Headen,
Edna Bakion, Ernestine Lander,
Leah Brown, Lethenia Cantely, and
Constance Winston. The public is
asked to come out and support these
young people in their first effort of
this kind.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

toward liberality in dealing with
the Negro question is completely
confused. If he, for example, wants
to help get Negro housing units in
set-up where only Negroes will
live, he is accused of segregating
Negroes. If he mixes them up, he
opens himself for criticism that he
is seeking to destroy Negro unity
and solidarity. The Army separates
Negroes into all-colored units and
arranges an officer panel from cor
poral to brigadier general. 1t
catches hell because it forces segre-
cation of fighting men on base of
color and race, yet thousands of
Negroes stick out their chests in
great pride over what the Jim
Crow goth Pursuit Squadron is do
ing at Casino. While the Army is
being assaulted for having colored
regiments and divisions in the first
place, Negro candidates for officer
berths are plentiful on all sides.
In Washington the complexities
of Negro leadership are shown in
the maneuvering that goes on as
Negroes jockey for position as lad
visers on Negro affairs" "NegrO
experts" Negro cOnsultants," and
other groupings in which voluntary
segregation and acceptance of the
status quo is apparent.
There are those who hailed for
mer Congressman Arthur Mitchell's
victory over that Southern railroad
as the most important triumph of
our time in that Mitchell had
fought for and won the right to
equal accommodations" on that
railroad.
Yet, even in the word equal" is
the trick by which the white man
avoids the demands and thwarts
the desires of that class of Ne
groes who want indignation. All
the white man does is hitch another
car exactly like the one he uses onto
the train and open the door for the
Negro patrons. The accommoda-
lions are Equal" aren't they? he
reasons.
Down in Washington John P
Davis is raising hell with city off,
Gals because his son can't attend
the school in the neighborhood
where he lives which happens to be
a white school. A court suit might
presumably force an issue in which
all Washington schools, elementary
high school and college, could be
opened for Negroes. In such a sit
uation it might be assumed that
hundreds of Negro school teachers
who are in comfortable jobs in
Washington's Jim Crow school sys-
TEN would be thrown out of jobs
Yet, demand of indignation would
have been served. At Jefferson
City, Missouri, where Lucille Blue.
ford's demand to be admitted into
the University of Missouri School
of Journalism forced the state into
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Easter

No mortal ever bears his cross alone,
Nor finds fate sealed in hopeless tomb,
Light shining through from Gods throne
Must ever penetrate the deepest gloom.
There is beauty in Gods plan,
No greater for the king than slave,
A touch of immortality to soul of man
That strips all victory from the grave.
Bloodstained crosses, storm and strife
Unfold into wondrous story,
God builds golden crevice in each life
Through which the soul ascends to glory.
No mortal ever bears his cross alone
While golden chariots swing low and sweet,
Casting off this earthbound flesh and bone
Writes only "fnis" for weary mortal feet.
Yet living we may find true resurrection,
In power to see the light in Gods affection,
Assuring each day one good thought is born,
We live out the eternity of Easter Morn.
James T. Logan.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

sion that can be forgotten, rise
above every difference that can be
surmounted, and emphasize every
factor that brings man together.
This is a time to stress unity.
Mrs. George Carter, AL st. An
thony, who has been ill for several
weeks, is now much improved.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07

of the city has been carrying
magnificent editorials pleading for
the ending of Jim Crow segrega-
ton, and in New York City recent
ly something happened that gives
US hope. A Negro and a white man
ran against each other for a judge
ship, an important position carry
ing salary of $4,000 a year. The
Negro won, getting his majority
of votes, mark it, in white districts.
Then the defeated candidate gave a
dinner to his successful Negro
rival, and Catholics and Protestants
and Jews and Negroes dined to-
gether in his honor.
Be just to US, we Americans
would want to say to the worlds
colored races, and believe the best
in US as we try to work this prob
lem out. It is not easy, and God
helping us we will do better. Well,
wanting and needing such con-
sideration from others, whatsoever
we would that men should do unto
US, even so let US do unto them!
Nathaniel, it will not do for you
to say, "Can any good thing come
out of Nazareth 2" You could not
stand having that said about your
own group.
The barbarians, that Aristotle
said the Greeks had no more duties
toward than toward the wild
beasts, were our forefathers; races
rise and fall; their diversities-
color, aptitudes, and characteristics
are due not to original and
permanent differences in their in
alienable constitution but to cir
cumstances, geographical condi-
lions, mutations that are alterable
and sometimes reversible. Racial
prejudice as it is commonly ex-
hibited and sometimes argued for
today is thoroughly unintelligent.
People today, for example, point
to the appalling record of crime
among our Negro people. Well, it
is appalling. Gin $780," we read,
"the Negro crime rate, judged by
commitments to prisons and re-
formatories, was five times that for
whites" But the answer to that is
neither to deny it nor to meet it
with contempt and prejudice. The
answer is to do something about it.
Here in Harlem in one block 1871
of our colored people live. My
friends, if the entire population of
the. United States were similarly
crowded together, all the 35,OOO,-
900 of us would be living in one
half the area of greater New York.
Of course, the crime rate for Ne
groes is greater than for whites,
and it will be until for our own
sakes, if not for theirs we help
them to achieve more decent con-
ditions of living.
AS for US Christians, let no one
say that today I am talking merely
sociology. I am talking Christian
ity. Race prejudice is as thorough
a denial of the Christian God as
atheism is and it is a much more
common form of apostasy. Race
prejudice denies the universal
fatherhood of God; it denies the
New Testament's insistence on
equality of all souls before God;
it denies the central affirmation of
the gospel, that God so loved the
world that he gave his Son, and as
for Jesus of Nazareth, who took
his hero, the Good Samaritan, from
a despised race, anyone who harb-
ors race prejudice parts company
with him.
We say that this is a generation
when races and nations are torn
asunder by hatred and violence, but
all the more because of that it is
generation when men and women
are needed who forget every divi-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
We Recommend

April GOLFERS
Powell New York AMSTERDAM publisher Dewey ap-
the New York State Boxing Commission entitled Sepa
George" by Parker New sports
writer, and is well worth reading.
Americas No. Negro article appearing the AMERICAN
May written by Beatty
With the exception the authors dastef the
the article reads well.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
Thanks q Million Million!

Two weeks requested the
merchandising effort of advertising department.
grand and extremely grateful the adies
Publisher
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-04-07
A Mouthful Of Truth

The Supreme Court decision ruling that the Democratic
elections Texas cannot be closed Negroes will
those who Negroes
Pioneer Press
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

held at the Masonic Temple Satur-
day evening, October %, with dane
ing beginning at 9 pm.
Nick JADE and his orchestra have
been secured to furnish music for
the occasion and this assures the
young people of the best in dance
music. Jabe has a 13-piece band
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

that has proven very popular amon9
the young people of the Downriver
area in recent months.
The committee in charge Of Hal
loween Hobble is making plans for
special entertainment during inter-
mission so that there will be con-
tinuous dancing and entertainment
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

rom the beginning to the end of
the party.
This event Is one Of series Of
monthly dances planned by the
young people which are open to all
of the younger set of this area.
Those working on the various COM
mittees include the following: Re-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

ception and sale Of tickets. Gwen
Williams, Madge Pumroy, Theresa
Lee Simms, Eileen Crutcher, Ira
Mccormick, Doreen Bloomer, Vir-
ginia Sheeks; publicity, Jim Gay
nier, Marie Herman. Bettyann Mel
ody; refreshments, Bobby Whitney,
Joyce Singleton, Mary Lou Grit
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

There Is much satisfaction In work
well done; praise is sweet; but there
can be no happiness equal TO the
JOY of finding q heart that under
stands. - Victor Robinson.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

fifth, Shirleyan Miller, Dot Boyd;
check room, Doris Davidson and
Margaret FroStic. Others assisting
with the dance include, Marie Crut-
cher, Ray Hunter, Jr., Lucy Starr
and Betty Serulla.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26
H0UOiUeen Dance
Slated by YMCA

Halloween Hobble is the name and
theme for the next young peoples
dance sponsored by the Wyandote
Branch YMCA. The event will be
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

South African scientists establishing
the value Of guavas as o source Of
vitamin c had received recognition
in America.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

The California condor is the larg-
est flying bird of the northern hem
iSphere.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

South Africans rejoiced when they
learned that research work done by
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-26

Say you saw 1t in the News Herald.
Browning chief., 1944-01-14

l have written on so they can iden-
tify it, and then to place it in an en-
velope and seal it,
Then Major Lohr asked Rowan
by telephone to reveal the words.
They were Thanksgiving" "unani-
NOUS" and consent" The enve-
lope was opened. One of the judges
read Dunninger's words. They were
Thanksgiving" Unanimous, and
consent"
The paradoxical Dunninger con-
stantly insists that his work is not
related to the supernatural and in
the same breath relates that he has
asked the United States navy to let
him make our battleships invisible
to the enemy. He's a magician, too.
When he gets bored reading
minds, he might be found on stage
making an elephant or two disap-
pear, saving a woman into eight
pieces, or, if the saving makes her
nervous, he'll just let her float in
midair.
But thought reading occupies most
of his time these days. According
to Dunninger, this is how it's done:
''The sender must concentrate
upon his thought. The receiver does
not try to form preconceived idea
of what the thought will be, but
keeps his mind open and then ac-
cepts the first impression without
question.
II usually vision a black slate
and my impressions usually come
in the form of white writing or
images upon this slate"
Sometimes Dunninger uses real
States, as he did in Chicago when
entertaining a group of All youths
at their 22nd annual congress. The
Master Mentalist" called a young
farmer to the stage, handed him a
piece of chalk and a large slate,
then told the youth to leave the
room and draw any symbol upon
the slate.
This Time It's a Real Slate.
Dunninger picked up another
slate. Almost as soon as the youth
had left the room the master Men,
talist" drew a large dollar sign
which he displayed to the audience.
The youth returned and held up
his slate. On it was a dollar sign.
Dunninger hopes to try varia-
ton of this feat with Walt Disney
of Hollywood soon. He will ask Dis
ney to draw Mickey Mouse, Donald
Duck, or any other famous animat-
ed cartoon character. Dunninger,
seated in another room, or possi-
bly, another city, will try to read
Disney's mind and reproduce the
character
II am not an artist, but I believe
I can reproduce a fairly clear like
ness" he ventures. He probably
will succeed. For although he says
Browning chief., 1944-01-14

the same sum to anyone who can
disclose the translation of secret code
messages that were entrusted to him
by Harry Houdini and Thomas Edi-
son. Both these remarkable men
were interested in investigating the
possibilities of spirit communication.
Dunninger also has code mes
sage written by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, who was deep and scholar
ly student of spiritualism and the
world of the supernatural. No one
has successfully received the mes
sages from the three men, all dead
for several years now.
Browning chief., 1944-01-14

he is not a musician, he succeeded
in reproducing bar of music writ
ten by Paul Whiteman while the
two men were separated by the
thick walls of different broadcasting
studios.
"Of course" explains Dunninger,
II 60 out on a limb when l read
single minds. Naturally, the more
minds concentrated on the same sub
ject, the easier it is to receive that
subject. Therefore, in practicing
thought reading, it is best to start
out with group of minds concen-
trating on the same thought"
Some Of the famous minds Dun
ninger has read are those of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, the duke of Windsor,
Thomas Edison and Pope Plus XII.
The master Mentalist" discusses
his strange art quite freely. He be-
lieves it could be developed for use
in such fields as criminology, psy-
chology and psychiatry, but he
thinks the time is long way off.
because SO little is known as to the
nature of thought reading. He be-
ieves the reception is in the sub
conscious mind and possibly may
operate as radio receiving set."
A Mental Radio.
His theory is that he figuratively
twists dials until he hits wave
lengths on which he receives mes
sages or images.
Before a broadcast, he tunes up
by walking through the audience as
he distributes slips of paper on
which they are to write their
thoughts. These slips stay in the
possession of the writers and every
one is urged not to show his slip to
anyone in the studio.
'Those slips are the explanation
of your mind reading act," wrote
one person to Dunninger. Some
how or other you manage to read
them, probably when you walk down
in the audience" Another skeptic
wrote: "You take the slips away
from the people, read them, and re-
turn them without the audience real.
izing it."
He disposed of the slip theories
by reading several thoughts which
had not been written down. II ask
people to write their thoughts" ex-
plains Dunninger, because it usu-
ally makes those thoughts clearer in
their minds" AS for walking in the
audience, Dunninger says he does
that ito become acquainted with
my subjects. 1t seems to make the
impressions come clearer and fast
er."
Skeptics Amuse Him.
Skeptics are constantly trying to
explain Dunninger's work in terms
other than telepathy. Sometimes
this is a source of amusement, says
he.
1.-Two or three men investigating
my work apparently were passing
notes to each other in the studio
during one Sunday afternoon broad.
cast" Dunninger relates. 81 kept
receiving impressions of these notes.
One note read: 'Dunninger walks
down in the audience Another was:
I'm a criminologist. I don't get
this Some day I'm afraid I'll EN-.
barrass one of these investigators
by reading his note over a nation
wide hookup.
my work cannot be explained ex-
cept as telepathy, and my offer OF
$4,000 to anyone who can prove
that l use confederates, employees
or stooges, still stands"
Browning chief., 1944-01-14
Foe of Frauds

For the last 20 years, Dunninger,
as chairman of the Universal COun-
Gil for Psychic Research, has been
using his prestige and influence to
expose fraudulent spiritualistic me-
diums.
In conjunction with the magazine,
Scientific American, he has stand
ing offer of $4,000 to anyone who
can produce any physical phenonle-
ma by psychic methods or supernat-
ural means that he cannot produce
by natural methods. He has offered
Browning chief., 1944-01-14
Night Sight

Visual purple, the pigment used
in night vision, is bleached so
quickly by light that it is replaced
constantly, even in the dark. Aft
er is minutes in a pitch-black
room, so much visual purple ac-
cumulates that the photo sensitiv-
ity of the eye is increased more
than 1000 times.
Browning chief., 1944-01-14
CLASSIFIED
D E P A r T M E N r
BABY CHICKS

SeGeA day old PulIets males. .unsexed chicks.
8 breeds. Pedigreed English Leghorns,
stoves. lnman Hateheries. Aberdeen. s. D.
Browning chief., 1944-01-14
The AnsUers

l.. Unicorn.
2. Sitting Bull in reality was a
medicine man and never a war
chief.
3. William Henry Harrison, who
died after serving one month.
4. Seeing eye" dogs. Blind per-
sons using such dogs may obtain
up to u extra points weekly.
S. An axiom.
6. BY their method of drinking
water Judges rs, g..
Browning chief., 1944-01-14
! ASK NE -
; ANOTHER {
A General Quiz
The Questions
- O. O. O. q. g. O. O. g. O. O. $4,000

!. What is the name of the fabu-
lous animal with one horn in the
center of its forehead?
2. Was Sitting Bull an Indian
war chief?
3. What President of the United
States served the briefest term of
office?
4. What dogs are allowed meat
rations?
S. A proposition to which peo-
pie in general agree is called
what?
6. According TO the Bible by
what method did Gideon choose his
warriors?
Browning chief., 1944-01-14
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What Variety!

What Variety!
Recruit-What's for supper to-
night?
Cook-Oh, we have hundreds of
things on the menu!
Recruit-What are they?
Cook-Beans.
They say Jack is so conceited
that he Joined the navy to let the
world see him.
Willing Girl
you look s,oeer enough 10 eai." the
soldier told his girl.
Il do eat" she replied. "Lefs 60"
In Use
q hear the storm last night blew
your chicken house away"
eyes, and it's going to be hard
job to get it back. A family from
the next village has moved into it
already"
Browning chief., 1944-01-14
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Rebuilt Delco Light Plants with new plant
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Billings. Mont. across from N. P. depot.
Browning chief., 1944-01-14

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16
Briggs Plant
Shut by Strike
Welkout-e44aspee+eFs
Sends ! 900 Home

A sympathy walkout of 90 in
spectors protesting the discharge
of steward closed down the
Briggs Outer Drive plant late Sat
urday, with about 1000 war work
ers at the plant being sent home.
Company officials said the
steward was discharged Thursday
for "A very serious offense, y stat
ing he refused 20 obey army reWl-
lations on entering n restricted
area where secret work was being
done.
The walkout. described by the
company as "a wildcat strike
occurred as the second shift was
coming 10 work AT z y. m. Dc
elaFiRe "Fetf- eatt rtt1 ptd7t
without inspectors, % officials sent
the entire shift home
The plant, located al 1881 outer
Drive is engaged in manulaCtW-
ing ball turrctS for bomber planes.
The new strike followed closely
tie settlement OF a tWO-daY work
stoppagc- at Briggs Nerfter
plant which ended earlier Satur-
day with all employees asked 20
return 10 work on their regular
shifts Monday