The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-09-07
Current Comment
BY Heav villa

ing Object received an or0er that theIe-
after there should be NO distinction a.
between whites and blacks in restau-
rants. buses, barber shops, recreation
places or otherwise. OF course the order
comes from the Administration. thru its
agencies, and is in direct line with fhe
whole policy of the present-in-power-
party Of forcing social equality on the
Southern whites. That is what the Re
p%ublicans tried to. do just following the
Civil War. They failed and the matter
was quiescent util some eight or ten
years ago when it was revived in acute
form by a Democratic" Administration.
David Lawrence IL q COlumnist whose
daily letters appear in many papers
The Jackson Daily News for one. He is
among the best informed and sanest of
them all. In a recent letter he states
hat there is a definite impression in
Washington that Roosevelt will give
during his fourth term the most radical
administration Of his career. He says
hat many new dealers feel that what
.ver concessions Mr.. Roosevelt may
nave felt it politically expedient to
make to Southern Democrats during the
iast two years will become unnecessary
Turing the fourth term. The believed
to-be political strength Of the CIO-
which is Roosevelt's principal depend
ence-and the belief hat the South is
n the bag anyway are contributing fac
sors to an assured fourth term Of it
works.. This will bring about a com
u~nionization with a maintenance
of-membership clause universally appli-
to Lawrence that a period Of political
is about to fall on us. 1t
unnecessary to point out that the
south will be the chief sufferer. There
is a considerable degree of satisfaction
n finding so we'll informed and
a mar in such complete ac-
cord with the views this column has
been trying, in and out of season, to
)ring to reader attention.
The Mississippi Historical Society
ilong with the Department Of Archives
History, Jackson, are making every
lffort to compile and preserve a com
llete record of Mississippians in the
present war. Among the most interest
ng collections in the Department are
letters from Mississippi boys written
at Buna Vista, ~Appomattox Court
House, Santiago, Chaumont. Those are
most authentic sources of history, pen
ned by participants in world events.
The interesting letters you get from
boys all over the earth in this war
nay be sent to the Department and
in their fire proof valuts for
all time. There they will be at hand
or your own re-perusal whenever you
and serve the most useful pupose
If a source of historic fact for the his
DRY book writer's. This method of per-
your attention. Usually such letters are
signed with the writer's first name only.
It will be appreciated if you will write
out the full name-as carried on the
service rolls-number, rank, home ad-
iress and other data that will help in
CENTURIES to come to identify the writ
n. Miss Charlotte Capers is acting
of the Department. Send any data
whether of war time or civil time to
The address in the first line or two
above. Or. The Advertiser will forward
t for you or Hon. and Mrs. G.. H. Nc
Morrough Though they haven't been
members of the Historical
and much interested and well
Informed in Mississippi History, will
AXE over any written facts. You may
letters from Confederate Soldiers,
Roll of a Confederate Company,
record books, Records Of an
'Xsinct Church, letters from an early
.'ettler telling of roads, game, woods
1eighbors, Indians. It's all part of the
ountry's history and the Department
an preserve it from the perils of fire.
nice, neglect. There you can see it
gain at interest or need. So can your
,hildren's children.
II Is Being Pointed Out that the war
pa SdSu SOIuIcI vi
service with a book on the Gus
of the far away part of the world
he happens to be in. Far away parts,
mind you. The books set out what the
can do and what he should not
10 to secure the esteem of the people
IF the country where he happens to be
acquaint him with the Gus
of the place. BUT, when it comes
o the customs of our own South the
administration shows no such regard
There are no booklets on time honored
customs, quite the reverse-the Army
has moved in many ways to break down
he laws and customs. Travellers by rail
Jew find negroes in the diners, negroes
IN the ~Pullmans-not special Pullmans,
all Pullmans. A few weeks since the
Army Cat whose urging, you can guess)
ssued a directive" barring segregation