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The Omaha guide., 1945-03-24
One Month to
San Francisco

L suppose readers get awfully
tired of finding little except crit
iGism in this News Letter week
after week. l know l get awfully
tired of writing it. l sometimes
wonder if the fact that 1 see many
more clouds than silver Innings is
not due to a natural pessimism, to
al innate tendency to view with
alarm" But analysis convinces me
that, unfortunately, there are more
clouds thar silver Innings. Moreover,
what silver Innings there are have
been perceived so long ago by those
q of any vision that there doesn't
seem to be much point in cheering
them when they finally arrive, long
overdue.
Take the Yalta communique. 1t
would be possible, of course, to
give the major part of the limited
amount of space available to discuss
it, to praising it's in~disputable
achievements--closer military coop
Grafton among the three powers, the
terms established for the peace with
Germany, the calling of a United
Natians conference. But all of these
things, the press had been demand
ing for three years. They should
have been accomplished in, say,
1912 instead of 1916. 1 could even
hat the calling of the United Nat
ions conference now, particularly
because of some of the circumstan-
ces (insistence OF acceptance of the
Dumbarton Oaks principles and the
admission of countries which have
not earned their seats at the
council table, is too late to serve
the purpose for which such a meet
ing has been desired in the past
three years.
Not only is the tendency to put
emphasis on the achievements of
the Big Three conference combated
ty the realization that those ach-
ievements were so long in coming
that the reluctant leaders" on
whom they were forced hardly de-
ion, but the urgencies of the mo-
ment obviously make it more i'm
portant to concentrate on what is
o yet satisfactory instead of what
is. Given. let us say, one column of
space, what is nor important for
the commentator to do with it--be-
stow praise upon the finished work
of the past (Which has, perhaps,
beenfinished precisely because he
and others had hammered away at
its necessity before it was complet-
ed) or turn his energies to attack
ing what is still unsatisfactory and
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Rep. Mashak, St. Louis,
Offers Bill To q
Lincoln University

A bill to abolish Lincoln univers-
'ity was introduced in the Missouri
House of Representatives last Tues
day by Rep. Frank Mashak 3D., of
st. Louis).
Mashak said the bill was introduc
ed at the request of David Grant,
st. Louis attorney and president of
the st. Louis NAACP branch, which
has Endorsed the bill.
Mashak is quoted as saying that
several Negro organizations feel
that they do not get enough priv
ileges under the new constitution
and r using the Legislative meth
cd in an effort to attain them.
Under a U. S. Supreme Court de-
cision rendered in 1888 in the Lloyd
Gains case, Missouri is required to
furnish equal facilities" for higher
education Of Negroes or admit them
to white institutions.
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democratic country.


The second development which
may be noted with satisfaction oc-
Cured at Mexico City meeting.
Preparation for ii was inept ana
early developments showed the Lat
in American countries taking the
ball from the United States, justi-
fying the criticisms made recently
Of Americas western hemisphere
policy. But after being surprised
by the proposal to guarantee all
frontiers from attack by western
hemisphere as well as outside ma
tions, the United States delegation
rallied nobly, and produced a
scheme for getting over the immed-
late difficulty Of securing Senate
ratification Of a treaty to this Ell
feet before the San Francisco meet
ing by splitting the application of
the agreement into two parts, TAX
ing advantage of the fact that the
Presidents wartime powers would
permit him to implement such an a
greement without express Senate
consent now, and preparing to get
Senate ratification later for a perm
anent arrangement. The American
draft is over-cautious and lacks
such important features as a perm
anent police force and automatic &C
-tion, but it represents a consider
able advance on the past, particu1-
arly as an example of genuine CO.
operation with other nations. For
that reason it deserves hearty com
mendation.
WAVERLY L.. ROOT.
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Agreement to be
Expected

However there is practically no
chance that no new organization
will emerg from the San Francisco
meeting. Diplomats frequently fail,
but they rarely admit failure. Hav-
ing committed themselves to meet
at San Francisco, they will I'M
doubtedly adjourn with the accept
ance Of some sort of an organization
even though it may be evidently
very for from what is desired. 1t is
almost unthinkable that they should
say This is not what we want. SO
we will take nothing" AT the very
worst, they will postpone the
settlement of details on which
agreement is not reached until a
later date.
1t is to be expected, then, that
the San Francisco conference will
lark the death of the League of
Nations. Yet there is a very simple
means by which it could be
ed into a meeting to revive the
League of Nations.
The American Senate could take
the initiative from the executive,
and, in fact, from the whole world.
by a very simple act. 1t could recon
slider the action it took on the
League of Nations and vote Ameri-
can adherence to it, without reser-
v~ations.
OF course, it is practically impos-
IDLE that this should happen. But
there is no eason why it should not
work. If the United States should
suddenly join the League of Nations
the present members certainly
would not resign. And with the flu
ture life of one international league
assured, certainly the project to set
up another would be si~de-tracked.
The San Francisco conference would
be converted into a meeting for the
rehabilitation of the League of
Nations. And international COOPER
alton would continue from that
point which it had reached before
the war, instead of %retreating before
makeing a fresh start.
There are many good points
about the Dumbarton Oaks plan
which are not likely to be accepted
easily by several nations--even
though the invitations to neutral
nations to declare war on Germany
by March l and win a vote will rave
the effect Of packing the vote
against the formerly occupied nat
1ons whose experiences have made
them DESTROYS of a much tighter
world government than is provided
by the Dumbarton Oaks plan. This
reduction of the comparative in
fluence at the conference of the
real United Nations by its dilution
with spurious after-the-danger Is
over members makes it likelier
that the plan will be r~ailroaded
through without essential mod
ification, but if it is, there viii re-
main much bitter feeling among the
smaller countries. But there is moth
ing about the League of Nations
'rvenant which cannot be accepted
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! short of what is needed, I have
made it clear, 1 hope, sometimes by
implication, in what direction they
seem to require amendment to full
fill their aims.
I have therefore never advocated
simply rejecting Dumbarton Oaks,
ternational organization should be
L doubt, however, whether this
would even be the result Of a sim
pie rejection of the Dumbarton
Oaks formula and it's c~onsequen
abandonment. For then there would
still remain an international organ
i~zation--the League of Nations.
1t is my personal opinion that the
Dumbarton Oaks plan is a back
ward step from the League Of Nat
ions. Even if their merits were
equal, 1 believe lie would be prefer
able to keep the League of Nations
rather than to replace it by
thingelse, for this reason: if Ger
ioIA , NNoO ID o1AO GU " ouCCSu
in one of its detectives, the distruct-
ion of this international body, CIV
ing up the League and trying an
otherform of organization means
starting from scratch again. Re
asserting the inviolability of the
League and amending and restoring
it as experience may have dictated
would, on the contrary, constitute
a positive gain. 1 have written in
this News Letter before that I thou
to make this war, not the last war,
but the next to the last war, since
one war to test the invulnerability
of the American Union, would be
necessary to establish the principle.
But this might not be rue if the
League survived, for then this war
could be the one which had attempt
ed to substitute one-nation domin-
alton for international cooperation
and had failed.
The chief dissatisfaction expressed
with the Dumbarton Oaks plan, and
with the Big Three agreements
which seem to carry on its spirit, is
hat it is in essence a directorate Of
the world by the big powers which
took it upon themselves to establish
it's statutes without consultation
with others. Its administration in
practice will rest on too narrow a
base. The League of Nations is also
open to objection along this line.
but at least its foundation is broad
er than that of the Dumbarton Oaks
plan.
The defects found in the League
of Nations organization were: lack
Of any machinery for automatic en-
forcing of the peace; lack of any
permanent police force at the direct
service of the League for immed-
late employment without the neces-
sity of securing agreement among
the powers which would supply
armed forces and their individual
provision of those forces after the
crisis arose. These same defects are
also contained in the Dumbarton
Oaks plan. In both cases, TIE
machinery only works if there is a
will to utilize it at the TN e or the
crisis. The League did not ace be-
cause not enough Of +e 1frf@ ~
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points that mes suggestions, after
being originally combated, are later
quietly adopted. L forget how far
back it was that I nanoyed UNRRA
officials after they had set to work
to make plans for the repatriation
of French prisoners and workmen
On the basis of the necessity for
taking three years to return them
to their homes by saying that they
might as well toss that program
overheard because the French
would walk home before they would
wait three years. Remembering the
way the French had provided road
side feeding points and overnight
shelters for the refugees who pour
ed out of Belgium in 1910, l sug-
gested that if transportation vast
going to be available for so long a
period, UNRRA had better figure on
walking the immigrants home and
concentrate on handling them in
this fashion on the way. Last week
the papers announced that UNRRA
6Ap6CleQ Ole-lIITQ u The Q0pOTI66S
to walk home and would establish
wayside c%anteens to accommodate
them.
The Army was a little tart also
about suggestions hat it's feeding
of German prisoners in France with
such luxuries as chocolate and
oranges which were not available
for undernourished French children
had serioue inconvenience. The ar
gument was that the Geneva Con-
vention permitted nothing else. My
suggestion was that German pris-
oners in France be transferred to
French custody, when they would
receive French rations instead Of
American ones, in complete com
pliance with the Geneva Convent
ion. 1 see now hat is being done.
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A Suggestion

might point out that my var
ious criticism of governmental polio
les have not been restricted to sairo
Let's not do this" but have alweys
contained, either directly, or b. TN
plication, the suggestion, Lets do
this" Thus l didn't simply advocate
getting rid of Darlan and, later, Of
Giraud, but of cooperating with de
Gaulle. And in discussing the man
ner in which both Dumbarton Oaks
nd Yalta seemed to me to fall
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be attained. The Big Three are
shooting short of that mark because
they don't believe it will work. /
am in favor of going the whole
hog in establishing democratic gov
ernments because 1 trust peoples.
In Greece, Italy, France and else
where, the ~democracies have shown
that they don't. Their first concern
has been to disarm the people,
that is, the resistance movements
to end the direct exercise of the
power by the people themselves.
So I think I will remain a per
f~ectionist." After all, there is re-
spectacle precedent for it. one rea-
son why I believe in aiming now
(if it is not already too late) for
the maxium possible achievement is
that l doubt if the nations will ever
be convinced, except by the preas-
ure of immediate danger, of the
necessity for pooling the national
Sovereignties whose clashes are a
basic cause Of war. Unfortunately,
since international organization re-
mains largely a European question,
Asia being in a lower stage OF
political development, the approach
ing end of the European war has
reduced the urgency and with it
the likelihood that international
unity can be achieved. 1t was exact
ly this belief that inspired another
perfectionist to oppose an imper-
feet solution at a time or urgency.
He argued that if the moment were
permitted to pass without a COM
plete solution, if an imperfect an
swer were allowed to crowd the
perfect answer out, the passing of
the urgency would end the oppor-
tunity for finding the right solut-
ion--an argument commended to the
attention Of those who say that we
should be content to take Dunbar
ton Oaks in it's present form with
the idea of amending it later. OBJ
viously, if there is not sufficient
realization of peril in wartime to
urge us to get it right now, there
will not be enough in the laxer
times of temporary peace to procure
it's amendment.
But let me quote that other per-
fectionist, speaking in circumstan-
ces much like these:
Danger may spring from delay"
this perfectionist said to those who
wanted to let we'll enough alone.
THE present temper of the states
is friendly to the establishment of a
lasting union; the moment should
be improved; if suffered to pass
away it may return; and,
after gloriously and successfully
contending against the usurpations
of Britain, we nay fall prey to our
foll1es and disputes..A nominal head
which at present is but another
name for Congress, will no longer
do. That honorable body must
dictate, and not merely recommend"
The author of those words was
George Washington; and the result
of the perfectionist attitude which
he expressed was the decision to re-
place the Articles Of Confederation
and Perpetual Union"--the Dunbar
ton Oaks plan of their day, a coali-
tion--with the Constitution of the
Uunited States--a government. To-
day also the demand Of internal
ional unity is for a body which viii
dictate and not merely recommend
a government and not a coalition.
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30 A o. LATE

The bill to abolish Lincoln U
is about 40 years too late" stated
the Jefferson City Post-Tribune in
an editorial paragraph last Wednes
day. THE state has a huge invest
ment in the college which is one of
the best Negro educational institu-
tions in the United States"
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Good Light Is
The No. Tool
On Any JOB

When you buy your lamps, study the
handy home lighting chart at your
dealers. It shows the proper lamp to
use in every fixture in your home.
Good light protects your eyes yes,
folks, good light is the No. l tool on
any job. So buy those needed lamp
bulbs today-while your dealer is still
giving a 15O-watt lamp bulb, without
additional cost, with every dollars
worth Of bulbs you buy.
This is the last call, folks. Don't let
it slip your mind!
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long do you think you could hold
his love if your pay check were to
suddenly stop? His love would
a at the same time. It's unfor-
tunate that you have become involv
ed in an affair of this kind during
your husbands absence. Be the
woman that YOU husband believes
you to be-loyal, true and able to
resist such cheap temptations.
MMR.|I see where you have help
ed many people. I am a young
widow and / don't like to stay long
in any one place. L have planned
a trip to Chicago. Do you think I
could go there and settle and
would l be able to make it alright?
Ans: The recent tragedy which
made you a widow is forcing you
into a period of readjustment and
unrest. That alone is eason for
you not feeling satisfied and con-
tented in any one place. Go to the
city ifyou feel you can find your
place in life there. The excitement
and activities of the city will prob
ably fill this gap quicker than the
solitude of your present environ
ment.
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CM.-Please put my problem in
the paper right away as / am very
anxious to know the answer. 1 met
a fellow and he has a good job. He
claims hat he has saved a good bit
of money too. He is talking of
getting married. 1 wish to know
if 1 should marry him and would
every day be like Sunday if 1 did
marry him?
Ans. No----.there would be an old
blue Monday in every week follow
ed by five more ordinary days. No
marriage is a perpetual honeymoon
and you shouldn't go Int 1t with
this thought in mind. It's the OBJ
stacles and upsets in marriage that
tends to adds zest to life and brings
couples closer. together. II you
are sufficiently in love with this
boy to consider marriage, there is
no aso why you shouldn't look
forward to a happy life with him.
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Sgt. and Mrs. Lucius w. Miller of ST. Louis Just
after their marriage last week. The bride, who is a
well known concert soloist and member Of the Zeta
Phi Beta sorority, chose that organizations elmer
WOmanhOod Week" as the time for her wedding.
The showers, the pre-wedding parties and most Of
the events were interviewer with Zeta affairs. Sold
iers from Scott field were a part of the wedding
party. (ANP)
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NJ Nj. Through a relative of,
mine in the Pacific a soldier whom
1 have never seen started writing
me That was nearly s months a.
go. He has sen 2 nice photographs
of himself. Recently 1 read in a
magazine how bad it was for a girl
to correspond with a stranger and
l am ready to stop corresponding
with him if it is the thing to do.
Must / write and tell him why 1
refuse to answer his letters which
are awful nice or just refuse to
answer without his knowing why?
Ans: Whether you realize it or
not, your letters have been a great
source of inspiration to this young
man n to stop them suddenly
would pc very depressing to him.
A correspondence of this nature,
should never, under any circum-
stances, be taken too seriously by
either party. The only motive
should be to boost morale, and to
give as much pleasure as possible
without committing yourself one
way or the other. After all your
relative respected him, else he
would not have given him your adj
dress. There can be nothing wrong
with your writing this boy as long
as o keep your letters on a friend
ly basis provided it meets with the
approval OF your parents. Let his
be the exception rather than the
rule---don't encourage correspond
ence of this kind in the future, but
since you are already writing his
young man, continue on and do not
let him down while he is out of the
country.
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MSW-I am IS years old and have
been married for two years. i
don't love my husband. l am in
love with someone else. The pers-
on 1 love is very lazy and he does
not like to york. But 1 love him
very much. Please write and tell
me what to do in the column.
Ans: If you give up your present
husband for an irresponsible.
shiftless man who tells you frankly
that he dislikes work and all it
stands for you would be letting
yourself in for untold misery. How
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Whose new book, BLACK Boy" is
being published Feb. 2S by Harper
Brothers and is a book of The
Month Cclub selection. The vol
ume portrays the noted authors
life in the south until he was Is.
Mr.. Wright's most noted book is
Native Son." published in 1910
CAMP Photo)
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NJ. M. B.-Thrcugh a %reIatIve DO
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WAVERLY l.. ROOT.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-21
MATRON
NURSES

Lsrgs East Side war plant needs regis
tered nurses for immediate permanent
employment Please state are training
ECnG0 experience and phone number
AddreEs BOY B-ois Detroit Times al
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-04
NAzI ATTACK SPRUNG NEAR. CAPITAL CITY
 
German Forces Seek 10 Save Doomed Gar.
 rison, Budapest

MOSCOW, Jan 4-Mobile war fare ragged between Budapest and Vienna today as a huge German tank and infantry force, mounting the first German counter-offensive on the Eastern Front since october sought to break through Russian lines to relieve the surrounded gar rison in the Hungarian capital
 Tn the past few days the Rus sians have lost ground. It is prob able that more may have to be yielded although the Russians ap- peared to be getting the situation in hand.
 The German counter assault was sprung in the area of Komarom, a Danube River town 45 miles north west of Budapest.
 The German and Hungarian gar rison at Budapest, where the Rus sians have overrun l ,062 city blocks, are reported to be making savage attacks in an effort to break out toward the relieving force.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-04
The w ashingto ion Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON It. Col Robert s. Allen now on active service with the Army)

WASHINGTON Secretary ot Labor Perkins is getting out of the Cabinet on January 20-come hell and high water. She has told friends she will not stay on a minute longer. This may sound as if the lady saw the handwriting on the wall, but such is not en- tirely the case Miss Perkins sub mitted her resignation on ,;aGaary 20, 194l-four years ago-ano 1t has been on file in the White House ever since.
 Meanwhile, she hasn't known eX- actly where she was-except to see various Labor Department bureaus euchered out from under her.
 Now she plans to quit-definltely
 Actually, this may leave the President in more of a hole than most people realize for 1t IS a tough job to find a Secretary oi Labor satisfactory to both the GIG and AFL. This is the chief reason why he drifted for four years with Miss Perkins. In was easier to drl1t than find a successor. Now, how ever, Miss Perkins says she plans to quit drifting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-04
HUNDREDS OF .pL A N ES HIT
 JAP ISLANDS
Tanks Begin Succession of Daring Moves 10 Finish
 Off Philippines
lBy Associated Prcssl

Hundreds of American carrier planes, supported by China-based Superforts, raided Formosa and the Okinawa Islands Wednesday and today, Jap broadcasts reported, in preparation for a succession of daring offensives to win quick decision in the Philippines. 4
 Domei. Japanese news agency, linked the daring enemy forays with the enemy task force escort ing a transport convoy through Philippine waters, seemingly to effect new landings"
 Imperial communiques said, in broadcasts recorded by the FCC, that 800 Allied planes raided For mosa and Okinawa Wednesday, and 400 returned to attack today. Both strikes were made largely by carrier planes and lasted nearly seven hours. The Pacific Fleet pre- viously announced the first raid.
 bOiilSi, III diiutiiti fSN Dioade"sDf said the raids are obviously in- tended to check the Philippines battle and at the same time at tempt to sever our air supply route to the Philippines. The battle for the Philippines is now fast becoming one of extremely deli cate developments
 It placed the newest Philippine convoy in the Sulu Sea, south of U. s. advanced bases on Mindoro and Luzon, Gen. MacArthur's ulti- mate goal. Domei said about 40 Superforts based in China partici- pated in the initial Formosa at tack