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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15
Hoosier Authors
SurveyOnNegroes
DraWs Attention

TERRE HAUTE. Ind.-lncreasing
books and literature by and about
Negroes focus the attention again
on the work Of Evangeline Harris
Merriweather. Terre Haute author
and educator. Indiana groups, In
GLIDING newspaper men. educators,
Federation OF Associated clubs, and
several civic workers have en-
dorsed the work and have asked
that they be included on the reading
lists OF clubs. schools and Sunday
| school training units.
Mrs. Merriweather, who visited
the late George W. Carver shortly
before his death and whose story OF
him was highly priced by the scien.
tho wizard wrote supplemental
books nearly seven years ago for
her thesis for graduation from In
diana State Teachers college.
The approach was through real
istic and true stories about the &C.
Invites OF Negro families OF today.
Five hundred questionnaires sent
from the Indiana Teachers college
TO superintendent and supervisors
throughout the nation showed that
there was no other book or outline
IN existence as good as this one,
dealing with the community sctiv-
tiles OF the Negro family OF today.
Sample books were published by
the author These revealed that
the use Of vocabulary would
check with A. l. Gates revised word
lis for the primary grade. II was
also shown in her units Of family
and community study. that the Ne.
gro is no different from any other
race.
The books have been used with
great success in several places in.
GLIDING TArre Haute schoolA
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STRUGGLE BRINGS REWARD

fresh wind is blowing across the state Of
Texas today and it is sweeping before it much Of
the racist filth which has cluttered the minds OF
gallant people. The bigoted white leadership Of
Texas which has kept the Negro people Of that state,
through ruse and strategem, from exercising their
right to participate in the election of those who
govern them must now step aside and let democracy
run its course The Supreme Court decision Of April
g. 1914, was mortal wound to the reactionary South
no matter how defiant some southerners may seem
to be- They know the old South is on the skids.
The prophets Of white supremacy" are gloomy
because they know profoundly well that their
Supremacy" has been built upon ant-democratic
props which cannot withstand direct assault These
wicked men have sought to keep the Negro people
in ignorance and poverty and to deprive them Of all
opportunities through which they might overcome
their man-made handicaps. Against these odds the
Negroes have struggled unremittngly and they have
reached the point where the last important vestge
Of slavery the denial of the vote must be quidaed
The Supreme Court decision therefore comes as a
reward for valiant struggle which the Negroes Of
Texas and the National Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People in cooperation with white
allies have carried on for many years.
The justices of the Supreme Court in deciding
against the white primary Of Texas were guided by
the Constitution of the United States which says,
'The right Of citizens Of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States
or by any state on account Of race color previous
condition of servitude" They held that the white
primary in Texas was in essence q ruse to achieve
that which the Constitution Of the country explicitly
and implicitly forbids. They ruled that this is a
constitutional democracy, and where Is the man who
would have it otherwise1
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15
Public Health Notes
By CLEMENT SCOTT, Md, D.P.H.

problem because OF the war, and
publicity Of postwar planning rare
ly mentions this hazard.
The control OF food handlers Is
most important now because OF the
possibility Of the spread Of tropical
diseases by our returning soldiers.
Aside from malaria, the most likely
diseases to be brought back are
intestinal in type. and these mala-
dies are transmitted by contami-
mated food and water. Even In or
binary times there have been spo-
radio outbreaks Of tropical type dis
eases. Fortunately they have been
local. A striking example can be
remembered in the epidemic during
the Chicago Worlds Fair. when
Texas Guinan was among the fa-
talities. The source OF this out
break was traced TO a food handler
in one OF the large hotels. Despite
all precautions there are going 10 be
diseases Of this type brought back
into this country by soldiers who
are fighting In Africa, Asia and
Me Pacific islands The hazard Is
magnified because the discharged
soldiers will be returning to all
parts OF the country, consequently
establishing the possibility of a ma
tion-wide calamity.
The remedy for the situation Is
the public's realization OF the i'm
portance Of food handlers permits.
A law already Is passed authoriz-
ing the requirement of permits and
there is even a penalty attached,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

Mr.. Louis f. Martin, Editor
MICHIGAN Chronicle

Mr.. Louis E. Martin, Editor
Michigan Chronicle
268 Eliot Street
Detroit, Mich
Dear Sir: We OF the Special Serv-
Ice Office at Selfridge Field deeply
appreciate the comment in the April
lst column, "Gaddings" by Gladys.
concerning the visit OF the "Jabber-
wock" group TO this post.
The performance OF the group
was well received here and the en-
tertainers themselves were enjoy
able guests. We shall look forward
with pleasure TO a return visit by
them.-Sincerely yours, Barney b.
Garfinkle, 2nd 1t. Air Corps Asst.
Special Service Officer.
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To Urge Showing
Of Negro Soldier

Harold Thompson. Executive Di.
rector OF the Mayors Committee. in-
formed the NAACP that the COM
mittee at its last meeting acted fav.
orably on the request To urge show
ing OF the motion picture. The
Negro Soldier"
The committee was requested.
through communication from
Gloster B. Current, executive secre-
tary. TO urge theatre distributors
and individual operators in Detroit
to show the entire Aim TO their au-
dience."
AS a positive step toward better
race relations. We feel that the
citizens OF Detroit should become
aware Of the contributions that Ne
gro soldiers are making in this pres
ent war;" the NAACP statement
said.
read
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the commanding officer Of the
Eighth Service Command but no
action had been taken despite the
fact that the transportation facili-
tie are under It's Jurisdiction.
Thus. Alexandria. scene OF the
famous Lee Street Riot OF le4l. con-
tinues 70 merit the name. The
Worst Place in the Entire World
for Negroes-Especislly Soldiers
And IL Is the opinion Of many
Negro Americans That unless the
United States government is able
10 put an end 10 the relentless op-
preston OF Negroes in Alexandria
or decides 10 declare the entire
city out OF bounds for all soldiers
or moves the army camps from
Louisiana entirely. there will be
more Edward Greens slain with
their hands joined in prayer and
more Alexandra riots"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15
CULTS INCREASE

SGkk . ANShEh0E
Mr.. Fauset shows that Negroes
are turning increasingly to cults
because Of "the psychological fac
tors which are implied, frst In q
change from rural to urban life,
and second In the adjustment OF
mental attitudes 10 new fnores. es-
pecially with regard to the rights
Of men Of different races. as these
vary between the North and South. y
The author denies the contention OF
some scholars that the Negro has
religious bent" Actually figures
on church membership show tina,
Negroes are no more religious than
whites.
The study 10 valuable for o mum.
Der OF reasons. among them the fact
that although much 10 said about
such cults little factua1 material
has been gathered on them.
Further, the author shows how
urban Negroes turn TO cults 10 es-
cape the insecurity Of the new life
which faces them. The need for
much greater efforts on the part OF
Northern cities to care for Southern
migrants is certainly indicated. The
study Is the third publication Of the
Philadelphia Anthoropological So.
ciety Of which Mr.. Fauset is q mem
Der. The book is brief, concise, and
very readable.
Roi Ottley. author OF New World
AComing" has wen the second Of
the two prizes. the AnisAeld Award.
given for the best books on racia
relations for the year l943 The firs
prize Of $500 was granted The
World Of Sholom ,/Aleichemr BY
Maurice Samuel, a/book which pre-
sents a picture of the culture o.
Russia in the nineteenth century
New World AComing' drew 4
$500 prize.
y n X
DR.. B!nga DESMOND who Is bes
known outside the literary worlc
as Director OF Physical Therapy a
Harlem hospital is soon to have {
book Of poems published. II will b,
called I'VE Who Would Die DR.
DESMOND is also busy with anothe,
book, Portraits In Charcoal" TO ap
pear later in the year.
* X y
The Saturday Review OF Litera
ture devoted its editorial in las
weeks issue TO a discussion Of the
banning Of Lillian Smiths "Strang,
Fruit" in Boston. The editoria
pointed out among other things tha
no word is vulgar in itself and tina
Miss Smiths use OF the particular
four letter word under discussion
suited the character speaking. TIL,
American Center OF PEN. has sen
letter to the Boston bookseller!
protesting the ban. The letter wa
signed by Carl Garner, Fannie
Hurst, Dorothy Thompson. Will Ir
win, Clifton Fadiman. Manuel Kom
rolf and William Sloane.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15
EXIT WENDELL WILLKIE

Meteoric Wendell Willkie whose dramatic course
across the Republican skyline in the last four years
is regarded as something Of phenomenon in Ameri-
can political history has now been laid to rest in
Wisconsin. At least such is the hope Of Herbert
Hoover, Gerald X. Smith and all those reactionary
Americans who cheered the news of his defeat. For
their money the barefoot Wall street boy" can now
60 home and put on his shoes.
The withdrawal of Wendell Willkie from the
Republican race was great shock to most colored
Republicans who have repeatedly warned their party
leadership that they will not support a die-hard
reactionary in 1914. Without question Mr.. Wlkie
was the only Republican leader who could be ex-
pected to challenge the Democratic claim to the Ne
gro vote. The very qualities, however, which won
Wikie the support of colored Republicans were the
ones which alienated most of the party hacks who
control the Republican machine Now the with
drawal Of Wlke has left the Negroes in the party
holding the bag and in this bag is little Tom Dewey
Of New York who is trying to slip into the White
House by walking backwards.
Mr.. Dewey is the kind of Republican who led
the Negro people in 1892 to turn Lincolns picture
to the wall and go down the line for the New Deal
and Mr. Roosevelt Several weeks ago Mr.. Dewey
made speech in which he gave encouragement to
the States rights" boys who were determined to
sabotage the federal soldier vote bill. Two weeks
ago he refused to act several bills before the New
York legislature which were designed to counteract
racism in the state He appointed study committee
to delay action which an old trick in the race rela-
tons field and ignored the fact that the bills before
him were themselves the result Of various studies
on the problem. Charming Tobias, Lester Granger
and other important Negro leaders promptly told
Mr.. Dewey to jump into the Hudson
At this juncture it appears probable that the
Negro voters of the country will line up solidy be-
hind the movement to draft President Roosevelt for
q fourth term. The Negro people are alarmed over
the power and influence of the Southern Democrats
but they are even more alarmed over the unholy
alliance between the Southern Democrats and the
reactionary Republicans. Negro COP leaders in
their recent Chicago conference issued statement
in which they warned that unless the Republican
Congressman stop supporting the polltaxers in Con-
Rress there would be plenty of trouble in 1914 The
Negro people know that the poll-taxers hate Roose-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15
Me-, Tke~
Negro
~ WILLIAM L. sHERRitL.

passenger: Don't kill him on the
bus
with this, Lachney went out of
the front door OF the bus leaving
the door open and went around the
bus to the back door. Someone. Q
white passenger, released the back
door so that il opened as the driver
arrived there.
Standing on the ground at the
according to witnesses. yelled. Now,
you =, come on out Of there.
Pleading for his life, Green said
Please don't kill me. I'll get of II
you promise not to shoot me-
AT that point, Lachney jumped
into the bus. grabbed the soldier
of through the back door, and
yelled 10 his assistant or confeder-
ate. Keep the other n . -.s on
the bus
The doors OF the bus were then
closed. locking all passengers inside
and a split second later q shot was
fred. Green's inert form lay face
down near the opposite side Of the
street. his head resting on the curb
One Negro woman, displaying
remarkable courage, asked the
DIR yer as he walked toward his bus
Why did you kill him?'
HE drew a knife on me- he
answered.
Police said an open knife was
found near Pvt. Green's body, how
ever an unidentified Negro eve tyit-
ness declared that after the soldier
had been sho, a white passenger
left the bus and threw a knife near
the slain soldier.
Lachney was arrested by city
police and a coroner's inquest was
held by DR.. S. l.. Calhoun, Rspides
Parish coroner. Unconfirmed reports
have IL. however, that Lschney Is
still driving City Bus Not and that
ne has already been exonerated. II
is also reported that the matter has
been brought 10 the attention OF
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15

PLEASE DON'T KILL ME. I'll
get off the bus"-pleaded a Negro
soldier tPvt. Edward Green Of the
Eighth Service Command stationed
near Alexandria, Lao as white
bus driver, Odell Lachney pumped
his body full Of bullets II. The full
details OF this dastardly act came
to my desk this week; reported by
John E. Rousseau Jr. as follows d.
Private Edward Green. %. New
York City. a member Of Battery A,
993rd Field Artillery, stationed at
Camp Livingstone, La, was shot and
instantly killed Monday. March Is.
by Odell Lachney, white city -
driver OF Alexandria"
According 10 eye-witnesses. and
an article published In the local
daily white newspaper. Pvt. Green
was deliberately shot down by the
white bus driver as the soldier
pleaded with him, Please don't kill
me; III get off the bus.
Statements given police by wit
nesses were that the bus was crowd
ed with Negro passengers so that
| there was barely standing space.
Several whites were on the bus at
that time. After the soldier boarded
the bus, he stood up for about three
blocks, until some Of the white pas
sengers dismounted.
Private Green sat In the last seat
Jus, above the bus door. witnesses
said, when the bus driver yelled.
Get up and get in the back! The
witnesses said that Green apparent
/ ly did not hear the driver who
/ yelled al him In louder voice.
He Is talking 20 you,e young
man, one Negro woman passenger
told him. Cone back here with US.
AS the solder stood. the driver
left his seat and started TO the back
OF the bus with a club but as he
neared the soldier. ne changed his
T. ind and decided 10 Kill him TAX.
ing his pistol in his hand. the driver.
Lschney, was begged by one white
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15

but the impossibility OF checking
every single food-handler In the
city by municipal authority shifts
the responsibility TO the individual
citizen. The employer must culti-
vate the consciousness OF this haz-
ard and acquire the habit OF insist
ing on compliance with the law in
this respect
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15
BLACKSTONE PARK


American family of Joseph G. Bell from an intern
ment camp and permitted them to return to the
United States, it must have been thrilling moment
for the Bells. At long last they were going to the
land of the free and the home Of the brave. Now
that Mrs. Bell and her children are in danger Of
being kicked out Of their home in Blackstone Park
here in Detroit because they are not Of pure white
unmxed Caucasian race" they are learning what
we have been trying to tell the world for a long
tme that all the fascists are not in the Axis cou-
tries. They learning that there is an American
breed Of fascist rats who are gnawing away at the
foundations Of democracy right here and now.
The Bells fell into trap which the American
rats had laid for Negro citizens. The color clause in
the property covenants gave the whites guarantee
that no American Negroes would Invade" their
neighborhood. The fact that the majority of the
people Of the earth are not white and that color
prescriptions affect our relationships with all the
world did not deter the residents Of Blackstone Park
from building legal wall against peoples of color.
1t is this American insistence upon the tyrann;cal
control Of American Negroes which is going to make
domestic peace impossible and international peace
unthinkable.
All over the colored world including South
America the anti.Negro attitude Of the Unite d
States is cause for genuine alarm. The legal and
extra-legal penalties exacted against the Negro mi
norty in America solely because of their color affects
foreign policy and is positive obstacle to inter-
national goodwill and cooperation The continual
ton Of domestic policy which negates the aims of
this war is suicidal and it makes mockery out of
the efforts of ten million Americans who are risking
their lives in the most disastrous war the world has
ever seen.
1t is becoming increasingly clear that Unless the
federal government steps into the domestic mael-]
strom of racsm the fascists within our country
going to destroy every vesige Of national unity and
seize the government itself. American democracy
must not be dashed against this rock Of racsm and
It is up to those true patriots to defend democratic
principles wherever they are threatened at home or
abroad. The democratic principles which are COM
promised in relation to the American Negro are
thereby weakened and they will not withstand the
assault Of organized fascists who will live long after
Adolf Hitler is dead and buried.
Restrictive covenants against citizens on the
basis Of their color creed is fascist nstr-
ment and it has place in democracy. Such cove
nants are fundamental abridgment of the doctrine
of the Rights of Man and it violates the Constitution
of the United States These covenants create inter-
nal disruption and encourage civil war. The Negro
people will not rest until they utterly destroyed
and it is duty to fight all those who support them
for sake for the sake of country and for
the sake Of world peace.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Modern police thinking about ju-
venile delinquency and its proven
ton is embodied In pamphlet writ
ten by law enforcement officials.
for the guidance OF law enforce
ment officials, and released today by
the Social Protection Division of
the Federal Security Agency's Of
fee OF Community War Services.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15
DIR. MYRA LOGAN WEEDS

NEW YORK. - (ANP) - Or.
Myra Logan. well known New York
physician and daughter Of the late
Warren Logan. former treasurer OF
Tuskegee institute. married Spinkey
Aston, an artist who Is now In the
u. S. Army Saturday,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-04-15

welt just as much as the reactionary Republicans.
Thus the drafting Of President Roosevelt for fourth
term becomes the only logical course for those who
would defeat the rising tide of reaction in both
parties.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-10-25

Meniden faum moeli6. Sd CLAUDE
|ni6t einmal, ooB oie Seiligen @ottes
oas fertig bra6ten, obtpobI es oft in
ibren 2ebensbei9reibungen i5u leien
I lit. SIT au9 gar nt6t notig CUR Sei-
|ligteit. Ni6t, mas mir freuoig h1n,
lift elm groBes Spfer Dor @ott, ion>
bern mas mir ungern tuen, mas uns
iauer portommt. Sc unlieber uns Ell.
Inc Sade lit, un6 ie i6tperer lie uns
|anfommt, 6elto gr0Ber lit oas Opfer,
|nenn mir ite aus 2iebe 5u @ot auf
|utns nebmen. Sc barter 1tno unange-
|nebmer Dir 6aber 6eine Mrbeit bor-
fommt, uno ie tpilliger ou 1te oenno9
|perri6telt Inn @ottes tpiIlen, 6eIto gr0-
Ber lit oein Ber0ienit beim Serrgott
im @imnel 6roben.
Sd CLAUDE, ooB 6u midi redt ber-
itanoen balt, tpenn i9 6ir iage> 6aB
6ic grbeit ni9t BLOB 8eoiirfnis fir
oen Meniben lit, ion6ern ibm audi
our 8ube gerei6en ion, inoem er tie
ni6t a1s Strafe 5u mei6en iu6t ion>
bern ite aIs 8uBe tpillig auf it6
nimmt. Cine ie6e Arbeit alf oieler
@roe bat neben oem angenebmen nod
INNER 8iteeres eenug. Seoer grfolg
foitet Wiiben, Soreen uno SdtpeiB.
Scr gefriinmte Ritden, Die leoerne
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Sarbe 6es @eIt6tes, bic idmielteen
SGnoe 6es Sormers ODER arbeiters er-
5Gblen cine Ianee @etdi9te Der Nr'
belt, ebe Der Munn it6 our wobloer'
oienten gfube ieben fonnte.
Das Iorgenour6fur6te @eli6t 0eS
&aufmonns er3ablt bon man6er
ourdpadten No6t, bon munaer
16peren Stltnoe, beoor er lagen fonn'
te: Ssest mag Elm Sturm fommen, i@
ltebe ouf feiten SiiBen. au9 Der @e-
lebrte, 6en Die 8elt OBJ ieines Bii"
Iens onItaunt uno Iber alles erbebt,
bat feline 8iiieni6oft ni6t ouf Der
StraBe eefunoen. 8obl gab unier
Serrgott ibm ben 8erltano. Do9 6em
foumt 6as 8iiien nidt bon ielbIt on"
|geflogen. Ct muB bart arbeiten, iebr
bart, ebe er 1i6 in ser @elt oes 8iT.
Iens einen Namen MAIDEN fann.
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lein uno oeinem geideiten &opf 5u>
l6reib1t> uno beinem Serrgott Die @b>
ire ni6t gib1t, Dem bu alein Bertano
un6 Sdbigfeit beroanflt.
8eil unlere Natur Die Mrbeit for
bert, oarum lit Die rebte Irbeit uns
Meni6en/ cine Quelle un5dbliger rel
ner uno eoler Sreu6en. 9a5u brau9t
es feiner auBergetpobnli6er 8erte in
<nit uno 8iienidaft, Die nur pe-
nigen Weni6en bel6ieoen it1,o. 8te
frob fitblit ou> pel9 ber5innige Greu.
6c er1pfin6et oeine Seele na9 einem
gut boabra6ten Eageiperfl Bel9e Dr.
belt 1T unideinbar uno peniger auf.
fduig als bas @irfen Der guten Weut-
ter in &aus uno Sanilie! 8ie fiibH
ite frob u1ro 5ufrieoen, tpie gerne 1T
iie 5u ieoem neuen Spfer bereit> penn
Die augen ibrer 2ieben nit Oanf un6
Sreuoe auf ibr ruben uno beren Ser.
5en in treuer 2iebe ibr aae Spfer gu
bergelten iu9en!
Arbeit, Strafe unb 8nke
8obl ijt es tpabr, Die Arbett lit
cine 5trafe. ,,BeiI 6u geiiinoigt ba1t
Dor Dem Serrn, 6einem @ott, oarum
ion Die groe berfIu6t fem INN oeinet'
pinen. Dornen u1o Oiiteln ion iie
Dir tragen uno i'm S6peiBe 6efnes
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8ie bod uno itol5 ibauit, or na6s
Der auf bic ferttee arbett! 8ie ers
flint bid oas eelungene Bert nit
innerer 3ufrteoenbeit! @ar man6es-
NAL mag Dir tpobl beim Inblid Der
S9tpierigfeiten pdbreno Der Grbeit
oas Sera in Die Soientaiden geiun-
fen iein. Sc mebr anltrengltng es
bod gefoitet bat, ie barter es Dir ge-
tuoroen lit, ourd5ubnlten, oeIto freu>
bigger uno itol5er fiiblit bu, tpenn ou
oein Bert gu @noe gebradt bait.
Sto15 5u iein auf fem 8erf uno
ii6 oes gelungenen @rfolges freuen,
lit fein berfebrter Stol5. Das lit iiino-
batter Stol5, tpenn 6u Dir i11folge BET
ner gtrbeit einbiG6eit, beHer 3u iein
als onoere, Die nidt errei6en f0nnen,
pas bu nollbro9t bait, uno Tie oes'
balb beradte1t. Das lit iiin6bafter
Stol5, penn 6u 0einen grfolg sir al.