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wrappers
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
BY jim HOLLOWAY
(nsprinisd from Down Bssil

NEW DELHI-Teddy Weatherford died of
q cholera in Calcutta recently The news will mean
little 10 jazz lovers except to those who knew
him when he played in Chicago in the early eos
and the still smaller coterie OF fans whose chief
interest is in erreting out personnelS OF ancient
shot" platters.
Up 10 about 1925, Teddy Westherford, heav-
fly built portly Negro, was pretty we'll known
in Chicago Jazz circles where his piano playing
rated high. He had good technical grounding
and was as much at home with the repertoire Of
theatre orchestra as with the blues OF JAZZ
band
Teddys Jazz piano stenmed directly from the
etomping hard hitting style Of the early SO men.
His was OF the Jelly Roll Morton. Cliff Jackson
and James p. school There was little light and
shade, none OF the delicate finger work Of the
present day style He was the driving force be-
hind all his Asiatic rhythm sections good solid
rhythm man. He played authentic blues too.
His departure for Shanghai (where his band
was the finest 10 be heard) from Chicago where
he'd played with Erskne Tate's Vendome orches-
ira. Eddie South, Louis Armstrong and many
other notsbles. have tended with the passing Of
time 10 invest him with an aura Of romance in
Jazz circles
Fans in the US.A hsve-only been able 10 Judge
Of his merit from two very rare Vocation re-
Cordings made in 1924 with the Erskine Tate
bunch chiefly notable because they featured
Armstrong on trumpet Titles are Stomp on.
LET'S Go and Static Strut.
Few oueried his Whereabouts, however. until
ebout ten years ago when Buck Washington. OF
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
CAREER Of A JAZZ GREAT

Buck and Bubbles" in an interview with the
British Melody Maker. stated that Weatherford
was the best pianist he'd ever known Jszz
circles, recalling the Tate discs were intrigued:
who and where was this man Weatherford?
But Teddy remained in the sunt obseurity OF
the Orient until one day in 1897 he arrived in
Paris. the centre Of lie hot in Europe where
Panassie and Delsunsy welcomed him with open
arms. He made four sides for their new Swing
Observation-Disclosures Blues. Ny Blue Heaven.
Amt Misbshsvin and Tea for Two. The blues,
despite it's classical celeste intro. and coda, is
good in it's simple way. The other sides though
highly praised by the Partisan sponsors are corny
and undistinguished.
Weatherfcrd didn't stay long in Paris Whether
IT was lack Of . good job or because the Orient
with its easy. INDECENT ways had GOT into his
blood, don't know but he was soon back again
in India this time. For the last few years he'd
been located at the Grand hotel, Calcutta
His job at the Grand was more or less a per-
manency and Teddy had at one time about the
best outfit in India. When I heard it last some
months back it included another old time Negro
ssxst, Roy Butler, an excellent Anglo Burman
guitarist, Cedric West and q trumpet player who
could have held job in any grade one outfit
There are many Weatherford records extant
besides the early Chicago and Paris ones men
toned. War time popularity brought about sew.
cral visits to tho HMV. studios at Dum-Dum
near Calcutta. The results unfortunately were
as bad unsteady as scousticaly.
The best are some solos OF standard blues
which are svailsble 10 Victor. II would not no
uniting for the. 10 be issued II only Ia mark
FINS Ia career which was more colorful
than those OF most jafinen.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28

BY moving out West they will have a chance for
the unhampered development of farms and bust
ness necessary for the wholesome growth Of new
ly created communities
Waiting Too Long
Waiting for the South to get around TO accord
lng Negroes frst-class citizenship, equal educa-
tional opportunities economic opportunity and
the ballot will be a long wait. As minority
group concentrated in the South we must bestir
ourselves and do something about our plight We
must spread out, migrating to other sections Of
the country and the continent The present South
seems TO care little or know less about the con-
trbution Negroes have made and are making TO
the South. II seems they want TO forever Cypress.
bruialiIs and exploit the Negro. They want &c
maintain segregation. white supremacy and in.
ferior economic. educational and political oppor.
funifY a. holy symbols Of the South. II the
South wants TO remain iSnsrsnt peer and blindlY
prsiudiesd. then lot the Negroes Msvs cut. Let
them 80 10 areas where the Constitution Of the
United States is recognized. Let them 70 where
justice. democracy and brotherhood are not for
white only" but for Americans all. regardless
Of race creed or color. Let the South remain in
It's mire of bigotry and race hatred. The rest of
the world and the United States are heading for
lasting peace. TO the brotherhood Of man and the
fatherhood of God
Added Political Power
Making the South feel the loss OF its Negro
them realize the harsh. mean and inhumsn treat
men they are dishing out TO the Negro Moving
out OF the South will also give the Negro added
political power 1t will adversely affect the
Southern poll tax politicians by cutting down
their representation. They will not have the
large Negro population 10 count by which they
gain more representation than they are entitled
In. II the so called liberal. Intelligent. forward
thinking white Soufhsrners are not willing TO
take . stand against the dsmsseguss. poll tax
politicians who seem determined TO keep the
South begged down in prejudice. bisoiry and
economic slavery. then il is time for Negroes to
move out. The world Is going forward. not back.
ward. Segregation and Jimcrow must be elm
mated. People of all nationalities. races and
oreeds are learning something about their neigh
oors They are developing 4 healthy and mutual
respect for each other based on fundamental
human right principles. They realize that under.
standing is possible, that they are no superior
people that all the peoples OF the earth are en-
titled 10 the FOUR FREEDOMS and that all
Faseist thinking persons are doomed to be
crushed by the wheels Of progress
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
The WATCHT0WER 8,
By ROY WILKINS

ships from Europe, were greeted by news
paper strike in which Negroes had taken over
as newsboys and were helping the papers fight
a labor union. These servcemen came from
all over the United States and as they scattered
to their homes. the picture they took with them
was of Negroes strikcbreakers
Anyone who can read and listen knows that
the postwar period will be marked by a smash
ing drive by the bosses TO kill of the labor gains
of the Roosevelt administration and Of the war
period. The anti-labor drive is No. / on the
docket and the anti-Negro drive is No. 2. Ne
groes who act as strikebreakers are providing q
golden opportunity for the bosses to kill two birds
with one stone. They can smash unions and at
the same time smash Negroes by painting them As
strikebreakers.
Our people must not fall into this trap. It
would be fatal in the scramble for jobs after
the war IL the Negro, merely for the sake of
temporary paycheck, became branded as q strike
breaker. The going will be tough Some unions
will not be fair. Employers will not be fair
There will be discrimination. II must and will
be fought and many white workers and many
unions will help fight it. But matter how
tough the situation it cannot be cured by Ne
groes pulling chestnuts out OF the fire for en-
ployers and making enemies by the million
among white workers.
II we play our cards right and fight hard we
will get our fair share Of work and emporium ty
We must frown on strikebreaking We must edu-
cate the Negro communities in every city to
frown on IL.
The New York strike against the newspapers is
plain warning for us in every section of the
country. What happened in New York must not
become the pattern for the rest Of the nation or
we shall have not only capita-labor war but
q race war as well.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
NEGROES SHOULD LEAVE THE SOUTH

cine following article from the Louisiana weekly
". feel 1t is an txeeption,i on. coming from the
peep south {. {. DeJoie Jr, Is editor OF the
Louisiana weekly
DESPITE WARNINGS 10 the contrary, Negroes
~ now living in the South are advised 10 leave
the South. With Southern Fascist politicians now
IN the high places OF government giving vent to
their vicious preJudices and melting racial hatred
j: is up to the Negroes to move into other areas
for their safety. They should move into other
areas not IN sense that they giving up in the
fight against segregation and the Hitler-ke think
ing Americans, but rather as means OF strategy.
II Is good strategy for the Negro to consider NOV
ing out of the South for several reasons first 10
enjoy life. liberty. and the pursuit OF happiness
IN accordance with the United States Constitu-
ton; second 10 escape the brutal. cruel sadistlc
Southern mind which dominates everything IN
the South. third, as retsliatoIy measure 10
cripple economically . South which refuses 70
recognize Negro Americans as First Class Citi-
zens and human beings. II has become apparent
that the South has 10 be taught lesson In human
relations. has TO be educated out Of their Hitler
isfie ideas white supremacy and has 10 believe
that progress. economically and politically must
include the Negro American. oitissns well
poor whites for the South TO progress to is full
capacity. Doublsfalking liberals" like Gov.
Arnall and other liberals should either be on one
side Of the fence or the other and quit siraddling
Their straddling antics only make both sides
angry. For instance, Governor Arnall. in re-
cent statement, endorsed racial equality which
he denied later saying he meant economic equal
ity Arnal is the new type of Southern liberal
who says he believes the Negro is entitled 10
justice fair treatment Ia education, health serv-
ice and benefits OF the government. but whose
efforts TO obtain same for Negroes is barely Wis
lhe. He IS for Negro progress but still believes
that segregation is conducive 10 the welfare Of
both white and coored races In politics says
q A.. al. ~. A.
the general elections but cannot vote in the
Democratic primary. Since Georgia is one
party state that means the Negro canno, vote al
all. When Will the hypocritlcsl. decetful. mar
row minded individuals who call themselves
Americans the similarity between themselves
and Hitler
Thinking Negroes should he learning French
and Spanish. with the view Of migrating 10 South
America, Mexico and Canada. where people are
allowed 10 live as human beings. They should
be thinking Of moving out West. where the gov
eminent has vast tracts Of land needing develop
ment. The pioneer spirit should be stimulated.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
THE HUMAN THING
1.-THE following excerpt from interview with William
Sheppard who got his sight back after n years OF blind
tells how a coored man helped him during the diff
cult years. The interview was printed in PM)


In 194l Bill got his present job through friend He
didn't say anything the boss Jack Harleston about his
blindness, but Jack could for himself how Bill CROPPED
for the groove before he applied driver
Jack wonderful to me
We said we'd like meet Jack and Bill led down
ladder and the cellar He called out Daddy and
tall dgnfed middle ged Negro out Of the furnace
We said didn't see how Bill could have attended
the dozens OF repair jobs that went with building mante
nance without seeing
With my help he could, said Jack
II Jack who read in the newspapers about cornea-
having his eyes fixed up. And Jack who covered up
for Bill when he finally decided go through with the
operation.
Daddy and Reese another employee covered up for
the whole time in the hospital Bill said And after
the weeks in the hospital there were three months
when wasn't allowed 70 bend down or lift anything and
they would double up the job themselves.
Il only done the human thing. said Jack embarrassed.
The first operation performed at New York hospital
May IS of last year.
Three later they took the dressing of and through
the bandges could light when they raised the window
shade Three weeks after that they told ME didn't have to
wear the bandage.
1T a rainy day But | wanted TO see Central Park
got into taxi and told the driver to drive around the
park twice. | wanted to what tree looked like.
II could the trees branch out and how the roots
truded from the ground. could the grass 1t was
was"
Hill stopped.
Jack broke in eagerly: The first day he came in here
after the operation stood side and told him to tell
what wore When he did that. bet was siadder than
he was"
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kQ{33&|R DIGEST
HELP FOR THE SICK

HAS been found to help him. We
said help" not cure"
Alcoholism q Disease
For alcoholism is DISEASE.
not unlike diabetes, cancer or tu-
berculosis. II is not only an allergy
OF the body but an obsession OF the
mind. and so IL must be approached
in an entirely different way than
we have tried to treat II in the
past.
Do you want 10 know about that
way? Are your sometimes inclined
10 wonder why you can't drink like
other people: why you are con-
tinually being accused OF drunken
ness
Over $4,000 people In this coun-
try. and more than 500 In the
Detroit area. have sought the
answers to these questions. and
have found relief from . most
miserable obsession and .
great deal of pleasure In staying
"on the wagon"
These people have had the cour-
age TO recognize their problem. stop
being ashamed Of il, and banding
together 10 help one another.
Before going any further, lets
get a couple Of things straight
Alcoholics Anonymous SEEKS no
members. has NO dues. Is NOT
religious cult. and has no interest
in the social" or heavy" drinker.
Drinking. for most people, is an
enjoyable social relaxation. We
have no quarrel whatever with
those who can take il or leave IL"
"A offers help only 10 those who
must take il and can't leave i"
There is a BIG difference.
Why should offer to bring help
10 other alcoholics? Partly because,
being an alcoholic himself, he has
compassion on ANY MAN who is
fellow-sufferer, and mostly be-
cause helping others. "A has found.
is the one SURE WAY of staying
sober
Doubtless some Of you have read
about "A elsewhere. There has
been a good deal Of publicity on
"A in recent years. although the
movement is now ten years old
Also, there is a story told each Sat.
urday al 7:l5 sponsored by WV
You will And picture story too.
in the June rs issue OF LOOK
magazine.
But always the work has gone
forward without proper considera-
ton 10 the thirteen million people
Of the colored race Why this has
been so. the writer will not attempt
10 argue.
Mere important 10 the fact that
Detroit has . Negrs population
81 SEINE quarter million. SOME
OF WHOM have an sleshslis
problem. There may be tive, Or
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
the COlORED CHRIST

The colored Christ is crucihed
On every city Calvary:
And have seen Him Knocked and tried
And comfortless in agony.
In drafty fats. Gethsemanes,
There weeps the colored Christ in pain.
see Him scourged in factories.
And thorn-crowned in the subway train.
He has heavy cross 10 bear:
No Simon comes Ia take il up.
The insults OF the foreman's sheer
Is bitter vinegar TO sup.
And these are nails TO pierce His feet
The hours OF standing in the cold.
The cross Is reared in every street
Where lies and hooking jests are told.
The colored Christ is Crucifcd
On every city Calvary;
And have seen Him Knocked and tried
And comfortless in agony.
Bro. Michael Moakler, SM.
The Butcher Worker
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28

This was definitely strike breaking and hun
dreds OF Negro boys and men fell for it. Some
were Youngsters who did not know what it
was all about but too many were men who
were doing their part deliberately. The inn
preston they created was harmful to the whole
Negro race in New York, to put il mildly.
The story has now leaked out that some
circulation managers had definite plan 10
use Negroes to break the strike and had even
planned to use them drivers on the dev-
cry trucks II the regular men failed To return
TO work by certain date. The Daily News.
probably the worst newspaper ~ New York on
Negroes because its general policy is against
programs thai aid Negroes and against the
people in public life who are the best friends of
the race. took the lead in recruiting Negro news
boys to aid in breaking the strike
Thousands OF Army men, returning daily on
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
NEGROES IN GREATER new YORK

and some Negro girls in nursing
training.
Recreation In New York
As for recreation theatres and
moving picture houses are equally
available to Negroes and whites
Although many higher priced eat
ing places observe only grudglnsly
the state law that food must be
sold to all in every public place.
practically all the cheaper restau-
rants and lunch counters serve Ne.
groes willingly. Two large chain
restaurants now draw. no color line,
one because IL was successfully
sued for discrimination. the other
because a member OF the owners
family won the management over
10 views Of racial equality. Many OF
the large midtown hotels discSisni.
nate as TO rooms but net rsstsueaAt
service.
keefestisa at eity.svnAd
beaches such ~ RsekAway ~
Jones Beach II a available -
Negroes a - whites. AltAsash In
ssme Miawsstsrn eitiss bafAing
has betn . source q frietieA. sveA
u ristins, there Aas besa -
trsSble ever bescAee sn1 bslA-
heusos here. n n tne Oppoeeuuety
fer recrtatisn In New Ysgk eAst
hrst impresses Southern Netrets
and Negro servieemen.
Most Churches Segregated
In religious worship some Ne
groes as well as some whites prefer
segregated churches. In actual peac.
tics most churches are sssrseated,
with the following exceptions: ut
the Episcopal Cathedral OF ST. John
the Divine msny Negroes frons
nearby Harlem regularly weyshiR
The Riverside Baptist church and
ST. Georges, while mostly famous
In the public mind for patrons Like
the Rockefellers and the Morgans,
are also noted for their interracial
choirs. The Broadway Tabernacle
Congregational. st. Georges and
a few other churches welcome Ne
gro members and have mixed Sun.
day schools. For the past two years
the lnterracisl Fellowship, under
the leadership Of DR.. Ralph H.
Rowse. has Been holding Afternoon
services in churches Of various De-
nominations and races with . social
hour afterwards
In the darkly tangled forest OF
race prejudice, New York City
shows these few blazed trails lead.
ing toward indignation OF Americas
greatest minority race.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
NHzlSM At HOME

(condsnssd from column In the Toledo Union Journs)
Opposition the appropriation Of funds for the FEPC.
led by Senator Bbo OF Mississippi demonstrates more drt
maticay than anything that the military defeat
OF Germany has not stamped out the Mari idea.
This column has emphasized time and time again during
the OF this the fact that Herism 10 not
clusivey \ German invention.
have pointed that the hiring Of goons to break up
labor unions In America just much manifestation
OF Nazsm OF the atrocities practced by the German
NaZis on their unfortunate victims.
Now point out again that the fight against extension
~ the FEPC is just much Manifestation 81 NAssm
any Of the Of terrorism which the German MANS
inflicted upon the European Jews
The noises Bibo makes ne against the FEPC
echoes Of thtscund OF Nsn bludseons breaking the stus
Of European mnoritisA
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urally, were anxious 10 use any
means TO Get papers to the
public. At first there were
sales Of individual copies TO
individual readers at the main
offices of all the papers. The
next step was to sell. not single
copies, or several to a Gus
toner, but to lift the limit al
together. This step enabled
any person who cared to take
the risk to purchase q bundle
of papers and either sell them
at his newsstand. or sell them
on the streets and in the SUBJ
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
SnORT.lIVED

Pascal showed him tee fountain
pens: -Ysu may have enc u these,
a. . tift.- he told shaw. This n a
Argentine pen. II deesnt have 70
be renlied with ink fer fesr years.
The ether Is IN American pen. It's
sscd fer six montha" shaw
fingered the Argentine pen. Coed
for four years." he repeated slowly.
Fer me Tat wsalA BE . lifetime
pen. I'll take the enc that's gset fer
six months"
--Leonard LyOMa
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28

twenty, or two-hundrsd; numbers
do not matter.
What does matter is that the al
coholic be given a chance TO really
understand what "ails" him, and
the further chance OF learning how
thousands OF other men are living
examples Of the nearest thing pos
sible to a cure" the program
OF "A.
Next week the writer will
briefly describe his swn cure"
and outline . fairly accurate way
Of recognizing one whs IL an al
eeholic.)
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
MAKING IT CLEAR

An American CT stationed on
q Pacific isle noted for it's beau
tiful native women recently
wrote home to his wife asking
for SIS for razor blades and
stun. His wife read over his re-
quest snd answered:
Darling. here's one dollar fer
razor blades-yeur STUFF IL back
here"
Clipper
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
FARE AND SHARE

JOAN DAVIS: Charlie and I
were In Ia together"
JACK HALEY: The same
grade In SCHOOL,"
JOAN DAVIS: NO. the same
draft board"
JACK HALEY: And what
were you doing at the draft
board"
JOAN DAVIS: Well, the gov
srnntnt vas locking for men
BETWEEN 10 and 81 and 50 vas l."
The New York Pest
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28

THE NEWSPAPER and Mail Deliverers strike
in New York City which kept the daiies of
the newsstands for II days developed an angle
which Negroes all over the nation must watch
carefully.
AS the strike dragged on. the publishers, nat