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HYDE PARK: A new SHRINE

as a mere trickle. sometimes on
week-ends as many as l,500 or
more in a day. Once, when bond
drive rally was on and a bust OF
Mr.. Roosevelt was 10 be unveiled.
1000 were squeezed through. But
ever since the cars could run free
ly again they have kept coming.
Inside the gray stone house they
wander about and look at many
things that had meaning for the
man who was four times President
and knew So MANY people and
places-his ship models. his books,
his pictures. souvenirs OF the great
folk he knew and mere trifles that
amused him. 1t is an experience
which is amazing and enlightening
moving 10 many.
However, in corner OF the
house is a room which was not
for show. II was Mr.. Roosevelt's
town. II was the room in which
he used to work. al the verv desk
which was President Wilson's
when he was crossing the Atlantic
lot Tic ftdCc conference III l0lS.
With worn easy chairs drawn up
about a Dutch-tiled fireplace a por-
trait OF the Presidents mother.
picture of lid Ironsides and rug
presented by the Shah OF Iran, IL
is a room which reflects the man
IL was meant TO frame-a very hui
man gentleman in spite Of the high
task which was his. II Is the room
where. when work was done, h
sat before the blazing logs and
smoked his cigarette in the long
holder, where he could mediate
and talk with chosen friends and
forget the task a while.
Looking into II man from
Greenville. S. c.. said he had been
a Roosevelt man since the frst
Roosevelt-TR-got to be Presi-
dent. In that room he could al
most feel the presence Of F.DR.
II is a room. at any rate. which
reminds you that the white stone
in the rose garden is not by any
means all that is left Of the man
whose mortal part lies beneath it.
The Michigan chronicle., 1945-11-24
ANCESTRY

One Of those Daushter-of-the-
Revolution snobs was being given
a ongue-lashins-over the crgari-
rstion's ban against Hazel Scott,
the star. She was defending her
self with the usual flag Ike cloak.
TIL bow to no one In my claim
to patriotism. she said. I'm q 100
per cent American descended from
a long line of Americans"
Your ancestors" she was In
formed. may rate all that boast
ing. but your actions indicate that
YOU come from a family much bet
ter dead than alive"
Walter Winchell
The Michigan chronicle., 1945-11-24
PROGRESS

EDDIE CANTOR: Yes. they're
making lots Of new inventions now.
Clothes for instance. The new
" omen's clothes that have slacks
In front and skirts behind"
HARRY Won ZFLL: what.
Slacks ~ frort, skirts behind"
EDDIE CANTOR: That way shs
looks good coming and going
The Michigan chronicle., 1945-11-24
AMBITIOUS

That character who bought copies
vi The Male Hormone" and Try
and stop Me" at the same time at
RrentaroS last week was named
Clarke. Pes . biz shot from Hoi-
lywood who evidently wants to be
still bigger.
Bennett Cert
The Michigan chronicle., 1945-11-24
(Reprinted From the New York Times)
ByHI BROCK

Hyde Park, the birthplace of Franklin Deano Roosevelt
is pilgrims shrine. The heart of it plain block
Of white Vermont marble set in garden guarded by
high hemock hedge and marking the resting place of
the thirty-frst President Of the United States.
The Michigan chronicle., 1945-11-24
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THIS is Thanksgiving week and it is fitting
- that we consider what, as race, we have
for which to be thankful. All of us as ndividu-
ais, have our reasons for thankfuIness. but az
q group we may not consider our situation too
Al -O~
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out after that, but all should find
ready employment in reconversion,
expansion and basic industries.
Washing machines, vacuum clean
ers, radios and furniture should be
available in limited quantities with
in a year, Vinson said, and some
automobiles should also come off
the assembly lines, though not
enough will be manufactured to
meet demands until 1913. With
textiles and leather continuing to re-
main scarce until the Pacific war
ends, the government will push up
production of low-cost clothing and
non-rationed footwear.
With the nations food stocks be-
low requirements, rationing will be
maintained, with meat, sugar and
butter in the highest supply. With
civilian gas allotments up 100000 to
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100000 barrels daily, CAP and COM
mercial card holders may be al
lowed SMALL ration increases.
Though more tires may become
available, an acute shortage will
persist.
Allied Terms
Having vanquished Germany, the
Allies showed no disposition to soft
en- up in the imposition of terms,
with extended military occupation
aimed at close supervision of in
dustry, finance and government to
prevent a rebirth of militarism.
According to occupation plans, the
British have taken over the most
highly developed industrial terri
tory of Germany along with the i'm
portant North sea ports; the Rus
slams the heavy wheat and grain
growing districts and Little Ruhr''
of Silesia; and the U. S. the agricul-
tural area of the southwest.
Long sought by the French for its
military as well as industrial i'm
portance, the Rhineland repeatedly
was assigned to them. Prize plum
of this territory is the Saar coal
land, which provided the French with
one-third of their prewar solid fuel.
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ONE 'FRONT.':
Speedy Shift

Despite persistent reports Of Jap
peace feelers, America is going full
speed ahead for an about war in
the Pacific following Germany's I'M
conditional surrender, bringing the
European conflict to an end after
almost six years of the bitterest
fighting in history.
No sooner had Col. Gen. Gus
tav Jodl officially thrown in the
sponge for Germany on orders of
Fuehrer Karl Doenitz than the
American high command geared it.
self for a shift to the Pacific, with
plans calling for retention of an
army of 6,968,000 and navy Of
3,389,000; the transfer of many air
wings to the east to supple
ment Super-Fort raids on Japan, and
the shipment of almost 100000
troops from Europe within year.
At the same time, however, pro-
vision was made for keeping 100000
American troops in Germany to oc-
cupy the southwestern part of the
country while the French take over
the Rhineland, the British the north
west and the Russians the east.
Way Out
Reading the handwriting on the
wall even while Germany was still
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POSTWAR SECURITY:
Regional Poets

Against protests that such ar
rangements would narrow the ac-
Invites of general security organ
ization and eventually displace it,
South American nations pushed for
recognition of regional defense sys-
TENS at the San Francisco confer
ence.
Based on the Act of Chapultepec
drawn at the recent Pan-American
convention in Mexico City, the
South American proposal emissions
the use of force to repel aggression
against any of the Latin republics
without awaiting the official sane
ton of the international security or
ganization, any of whose major
members might veto such move.
An extension of the Monroe Doc
trine, the plan thus preserves pri-
mary responsibility for the secu-
rity of an area in the hands of coun-
tries Immediately concerned.
Discussion of the regional security
proposal came as the U. S. and Brit
ain tried to reconcile their differing
views on postwar trusteeships over
conquered territories after the war,
with this country standing for ex-
elusive use of military bases upon
strategic islands and the British in
sisting upon control subject to the
security organization.
Meantime, sentiment in congress
grew for unfettered U. S. use of any
postwar bases in the Pacific vital
to defense in the area. Since this
country primarily will be RESPONSE
BILE for keeping the peace in the Pa
cific, Senator Byrd (Va.) declared it
should not be subject to supervision
by any other nation or group. "It's
little enough for us to ask" said the
senator.
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4CCCllt dAuOa hCC-
ment of her government officials
about a fight to the finish, Pres.
Harry S. Truman was seen as offer
ing the Japanese an opportunity to
give up and still save face by his
detailed definition of unconditional
surrender" in We day statement.
Then, the President said:
''It unconditional surrender)
means the end of the war.
cit means the termination of the
influence of the military leaders who
have brought Japan to the pres
ent brink of disaster.
SIT means provision for the re-
turn of soldiers and sailors to their
families, their farms, their jobs.
''It means not prolonging the pres
ent agony and suffering of the Japa-
nese in the vain hope of victory"
In shifting U. S. strength to the
Pacific, the services plan to ship
some construction, supply and main
tenance forces directly from the
European theater, while moving the
bulk over through this country.
Map Movements
Including some 1000, 1000 troops
with extended combat records, who
are to be released along with the
wounded and averaged, the army
will bring 845,000 men home in the
first quarter after We day; 1,185, 1000
in the second, and 807, 1000 in the
third. Those who will be retained
for the Pacific war will be given
30-day furlough, then reassigned for
duty.
Need for staggering the return of
troops from Europe stems from the
gigantic task Of transferring equip
ment for the Pacific war. Ac-
cording to estimates, from 60 to rs
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bootlegging and inaccurate apprais-
al of existing stocks have all played
hand in the growing shortage.
Though operators inability to Sc
cure sufficient help to harvest sugar
beets and bootleggers' use of illegal
supplies of the commodity have con-
tributed to the tight situation, the
committee found, the industry's
indication that adequate stocks ex-
listed led to consumption of about
100000 tons more last year than
originally allotted.
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should increase in
proportion to t h e
volume of material
and manpower freed
from army cut
backs. About 1,500,-
600 workers prob
ably will be re-
leased by contract
cancellations within
the next six months,
War M biliZ a ton
Director Fred Vim
son estimated, with
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A sufficient number Of new
workers joined the labor force
during the last year to permit
an increase of 100000 in the
armed forces and an increase of
100000 in the civilian supply Of
workers. As a result of this in
crease in the supply, the num-
Der Of civilian workers employed
rose to 5O,SO0, 900 in March from
5O,5OO,OO last year.
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SUGAR.:
Neau Problem

Latest of the food problems con-
fronting the nation is sugar, with re-
ports that the 1915 Cuban crop will
fall 100000 tons short of the 1914
harvest, pointing up the tight supply
expected to persist throughout the
year.
The report of the smaller Cuban
crop came in the midst of the house
food committees investigation of the
sugar situation, with evidence indi-
eating that manpower shortages,
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Released by Western Newspaper Uni
BY VIRGINIA VALE

BY VIRGINIA VALE
IT WAS three times and then
i out for a certain Hollywood
jinx, for which actor John
Dali thanks his lucky stars.
Three successive occupants of
a certain ill-omened house in
Laurel Canyon, near Holly
wood, came to unhappy ends, via a
plane crash, suicide and murder at
the hands of an unknown. Then
John Dali moved in. A newcomer
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Importation Of t,OeIue million short
tons OF food soill be necessary to i'm.
prove living conditions in liberated
nations and to prevent starvation in
enemy territory in Continental Europe
this year, according to an analysis
completed by the office of foreign agri-
cultural relations. This total Mould
consist largely Of wheat but should
also include substantial quantities of
fats, animal protein foods and sugar,
the report says. Surrey of food condi-
tions on the continent indicate the
food supply this year will be from so
to 20 per cent Of the pre,Uar energy
intake.
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HICHLICHTS :. in the meek. neD.

United States stocks of corn, oats
and barley on farms, at terminal
markets, and aforementioned on
April totaled 47,700, 900 tons, about
10 per cent more than year earlier
and almost as large as the average
for the five preceding years, when
stocks were comparatively large.
The carryover Of corn next October
/ may amount to $50, 100000 to 50O,-
DOC, 600 bushels.
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Standard Gauge Tracks

Although American railroads
operated on % different gauges, or
track widths, as late as 1871, they
had all adopted the worlds stand
ard gauge by 1886, thus making
the United States the first coun-
try in which a carload of freight
could reach any point without hav-
ing to be unloaded and reloaded
en- route.
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hanging on the
ropes, Jap business
men, seeing their
industries being re-
duced to rub BILE
even before t h e
u. S. could throw
her full weight into
the fray, repeatedly
made indirect ap-
proaches for peace.
If such is Japan's
intent despite the
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PUBLIC WELFARE

I Steps were taken by more than a
dozen states this year to increase
old age assistance allotments and
aid to dependent children.
Aged persons in Delaware now
may receive $50 monthly under
legislation raising the maximum to
that figure from $25 month. Wyo-
ming raised its maximum to $50
a month, Utah increased maxi
mum benefits from $50 to $40,
Washington put old age assistance
on the basis OF need and provided
$50 minimum for persons over 65.
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SUPREME COURT:
AaUard Miners

Drawn after laborious parley be-
tween companies and union repre-
sentatives, the new soft coal contract
was clouded by Supreme court de-
cision holding that miners were en-
titled to pay for full underground
travel time under the wages and
hours law.
Thus, the high courts ruling up
set the new contracts provision that
such pay was to be made on the
basis of an average of all miners
underground travel time, and at
the same time allow for reexami-
nation of the pact.
In line with a previous Supreme
court verdict covering iron ore
miners, the latest decision came at
time when negotiations between
hard coal miners and operators had
begged over differences in under
ground travel paw,
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How Discharge Plan Works

Over LOG, 1000 men a month are
to be discharged under the
army's separation system based
on vets credit of IS points,
with point for every month of
service since September, 1910;
point for every month of over
seas outside the U. S.; S points
for every combat award such as
the distinguished service cross,
the purple heart or battle partici-
patton stars; and IL points for
every dependent child under 18
up to limit of three.
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WAR COSTS:
High Toll

With the war half-won, U. S. casu-
alties total over $4,000 and mill
tary expenditures SITS, 900, 000, 900.
Late reports showed TAT, 164 cas-
ualties in the European theater, with
the army reporting $780, 98 dead,
467, 408 wounded, 72,374 missing and
$1,000 prisoners; the navy GALS
dead, 1872 wounded, 594 missing
and 20 prisoners, and the marine
corps "a dead, missing, l wounded
and 8 prisoners.
Having already spent SITS, 900, OOO,-
600 on the war, government expendi-
lures will remain high during the
japanese war and for some time
after to finance veterans care, PEN
sions, benefits and interest on the
public debt, presently at 1926, 000,-
600, 200. GER
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More Goods

Though war production will con-
tinue to dominate U. S. industry
until the Japs quit, civilian output
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Truman Warns Jdps to Quit as
us. Shifts Weight to Pacific;
More Civilian Goods to Come
Released by Western Newspa,

- Released by Western Newspaper Union
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per cent of materiel in Europe will
be fit for shipment to the Pacific
theater.
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Outdoor Set

Outdoor Set
AN ADORABLE out of doors
outfit for a sweet little girl. A
sun bonnet to shade her face
little wing sleeves to keep her cool
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Shirtwaist Frock

CHIRTWAIST frocks have ia
y vored spot in every wardrobe.
Versatile and charming, they
make up handsomely in almost ev-
cry fabric. For warm days ahead,
choose crisp striped or checked
fabrics-or gay floral prints.
Pattern No. 1892 comes in sizes IA, 16,
10, 2O 40, AZ. A and 46. Size Is, short
sleeves, requires 35s yards of IS inch
fabric, or 3la yards of 80 inch.
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its an ensemble that she'll love
to wear on sunny days.
Pattern No. 1881 is designed for sizes 2.
8, a, S and years. Size 8, dress. required
1ss yards of IS or 80 inch material; bona
net, u yard; yards edging or ric rae
to trim dress and bonnet.
Send your order to:
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to films, from the New York stage,
he needed all the luck in the world.
Two weeks later he was signed to
make his debut opposite Bette Davis
in ''The Corn Is Green; now he's
on the stellar list at Warmers.
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Way Out

Reading the handwriting on the
wall even while Germany was still
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-03-06

tude to God and to the many church
es who have been able in their serv-
ices this month to dramatize a bet
ter understanding and brotherhood
by an exchange of preachers or
choirs or by other means.
"There is one matter of special
concern to us: the provision Of equal
economic opportunity for all, equal
pay for comparable work, and equal
access to available jobs on the basis
of equal qualification. While we rec
ognize the many problems of this
policy might involve, we cannot but
believe that consecrated Christian
ingenuity can solve them all.
with our united voice we call on
every Christian and every respon-
sible citizen of Fort Worth to bend
every effort for the advance of in
terracial justice, goodwill, and
brotherhood through Christ our
Savior and our Elder Brother"
Resolution number two was sent
20 the Texas senate at Austin. 1t
read:
eve regret to see that an effort is
being made in the state senate to
disfranchise the Negro. Wehope the
senate stops this undemocratic
movement. While Negro young men
! are dying that democracy might
live, it is hardly fitting that the sen.
ate of Texas should deny the rights
and privileges of democracy to this
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CONGRESSMAN POWELL
TO SPEAK IN DETROIT

DETROIT, Mar. 6 (ANP)-
"Why the Public Should Demand a
Pay Raise for Postal Employees"
and "What's Cooking in Congress
for the Negro" are the dual sub
jects to be discussed Sunday, March
II, by Rep. A. Clayton Powell of
New York. The meeting, sponsored
by the Research Bureau for Negroes
Postwar Economic Security will
be held at Bethel A.M.E. church.
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WHITE and NEGRO
(LERI(5 UNITE IN vows
FOR RACIAL HARMONY

FORT WORTH, Tex, Mar. 6
(ANP)-White and Negro clergy
men here united in resolutions on
racial harmony during observance
of Brotherhood Week.
Two resolutions hitting racial in
tolerance were adopted during a
joint meeting Of the General Min
listers association (white) and the
Interdenominational Ministers alli-
ance (colored). The meeting was
held at the First Presbyterian
church. The first resolution read:
"The General Minister'S associa-
ton and the Interdenominationa]
Minister'S alliance, both of the City
of Fort Worth, take this opportu-
nifty to commend every effort on the
part of men Of good will in this city
to alleviate the causes of racial pre-
judice and strife. We express graft.
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to set up a segregated local within
the structure of the international
union, separating for collective bar
gaining purposes the white and col
ored employees. Exceptions to the
findings must be filed with the board
within the next Is days.
One Of the defenders of the jim
crow local was George Benjamin,
vice president of the international.
Benjamin testified that he advised
Negro workers ''it would be better
for them to be in local union to
themselves and that 'it would de-
velop leadership"
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NLRB RULING HITS JIM(R0W
TOBACCO WORKERS UNION


RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 6 (ANP)
The National Labor Relations
board ruled here that Negroes must
be admitted to local 219, Tobacco
Workers International union
(AFL), instead of the jimcrow To-
cal 219-B.
Previously Negro tobacco work
ers were only permitted to join local
219-B. Frank Bloom, NLRB trial
examiner who heard testimony in
the case, held: that by establishing
a separate local for colored en-
ployes" the international and the
AFL have:
"Q) Vitiated the purpose and in
tent of the board in it's determina-
tion Of the unit.
"(2) Engaged in discriminatory
segregation =. and
"(3) Have violated rights guar
anteed by the fifth amendment of
the Constitution"
Bloom drew four conclusions,
namely:
Cd That the organization with
which the company has entered into
a contract is not the organization
certified by the board.
(2) That local 219, the only or,
ganization under contract with the
company, does not provide for equa
representation of all employees ir
the unit.
(3) That the current agreement
does not confer equal rights anC
privileges to all employees withir
the unit.
(4) That by establishing a sep
arate local for Negro employees, tn
union engaged in discrimination.
segregation running counter no
only to the boards frequently enun
ciated policy but also to the nationa
policy expressed by the President.
Main issues of the case wer
whether local 219, the union wit
which the company entered into
collective bargaining relationship
was the organization certified by tn
board and whether such organiza
ton provided for equal representa-
tion of all employees irrespective O
race or color.
Bloom stated that white worker
apparently voted for the AFL Will
Negro employees voted for the CT
in the election and Immediately af1
er the election "a move was initiate
nAeelElEn ANe
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minority group"
Col. Charles B. Booth, national
secretary Of the Volunteers of
America, was the guest speaker of
the meeting which highighted
Brotherhood week programs here.