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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
WHAT He FIGHTS FOR

Dear Bill:
named Joe but often hit below the belt by nv
fellow Americans they call me Black Joe
When pass in convoy. stand guard. walk along the
the following remarks sounded me by race
hating comrades Hey boy. Niger baby coal
spook etc but have heard the word AMERI-
CAN.
You may wonder why Black Joes fight; we'll It's a
long story but will attempt to give it to you condensed
form.
As my comrade brother Joe put it. fighting to return
the personal world OF my loved home and
the things that familiar. And am fighting because
believe that every matter what creed or
color precious thing whose life and integrity vitality
important.
fighting for. in addition to the things mentioned
above the Four Freedoms laid down by Roosevelt and
Churchill the Constitution especially Articles XII, XIV
and Nv all OF which will change the OF events for
ices fight Cor the daythe world will recognize me as
free and street and ride wherever
there is a seat.
| fight also for American portrait OF Dack Joe
when he is the stage for il becomes
monotonous being portrayed butler maid prostitute
dumb crazy We too have teachers doctors LAWYERS
Congressman. athletes. musicians architects living as
good citizens
I. too like Patrick Henry. want liberty and there are
10 999 other Black Joes that liberty-not on
paper but to exercise and enjoy in reality Can YOU reader
starve many freedom-hungrv people? shall fight on
and all the other Joes shall do likewise for the word DE-
MOGRACf rings in like church bells as we Civ"
blood, sweat and tears for so lust cause
Sgt. Frank L. Shuford. Jr
Maedeburg. Germany
(1eprinted from PMh
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Is true, there is no excuse whatsoever They
have just emerged from period in which mil
lions of their faith have been slaughtered for
no other reason than that they were Jews. Yet
amidst their wailing over Hitersm, some of
them in Gary can pause long enough 10 demand
the custer Of fellow students from high school
solely because those students happen to be Ne
Eroes. For shame! Thoughtful Jewish leaders
are asking over and over again why Negroes are
reported TO be anti-Semitic. They are asking
Negro leaders to carry on programs to eliminate
this feeling among colored people. They say 10
Negroes that there is no sense in a people which
Is the victim of prejudice joining in prejudiced
actions against Jews. They are perfectly right
Ant-SemitiSm is senseless among Negroes, and
should be eliminated. But Negro leaders can do
little effective work as long we have perform
ances like this in Gary.
And the Poles The Poles have been MUIR
dered, enslaved, despised, kicked around. and
overrun in Europe for centuries In their own
country the masses were held in a kind Of ag-
ricultural slavery by their own upper classes
which was worse than the sharecropper system
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
BY PAUL ROBSON
Reprinted from the American Scholar

IT WAS DEEPLY fascinating To watch how
Strikingly contemporary American als5ences
from coast to coast found ShakcSpcarc's Othello
innocence. pass on dignity and nobility and con
temporary IN It's ovCrtoneS " clash OF cultures
a. the partial acceptance OF and conScou2n, cf.
feet upon one of q minority group ACa,nst tins
background the jealousy Of the pto,aGonst hc-
more understandable tho final collapse Of his
personal individual world more inevitable But
beyond the personal tragedy. the terrible agony
a. Oihollo, the rretricvahlity Of his world the
complete destruction OF all trusted and sacred
NdlucS-all these suggest the SCATTERING of a
Universe.
To an actor the question arose. how make
personal and convincing such lines as When |
love thee not chaos come again. "NcthlnkS
!, should bc now huge eclipse OF sun and moon.
and that the at'uGhied globe should yaWn al al
tcratIon, or, 1t is the very error OF the moon
she come more nearer earth than she was
wont and makes men mad The dcsIIcd APP
rroach was suggested by Professor Theodore
Spencer III his most Illuminating Shakespeare
and the Nature OF Man For IN actual fact
Othello's world was breaking aSundcr MEDIEVAL
ism was ending, and the new world OF the Rem
siSSance beginning.
So now. Interestingly enough. stand at
the end OF one period in human history and
before the entrance OF a new. All our isreis
and tried beliefs are challenged.
We have been engaged in a qlobal war. a
war in which the capacity OF our productive
processes and ieehniqucs have clearly presaeed
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A Talk With Nonnie'

the portals, but later you see there
is so much that is interesting" She
said she put her heart and soul in
the dramatic course she took. She
worked a couple OF months six
years ago with Dack Csmpbelps
Rose McLendon players.
Always Liked Theatre
'lve always been interested in
the theatre, and knew that IL was
my ultimate goal. but ! reached IL
through devious routes" Her am
bition once was 10 be a concert
singer TO which end she studied
voice for two years at college, and
under william Lawrence in New
York.
AS to the comment that she Is not
experienced enough dramatically
10 handle "Nonnie," she said, II
am not making any comment be-
cause ! don't feel we have any
basis on which 10 argue until the
play 10 out
II feel Nonnie Is a complex part
but ! feel very close TO her. II -
an emotional closeness. as we'll AZ
an intellectual >" She broke OIL
and said. ~ was terribly anxious
TO have the~part can't think
Of anything I'd rather less do than
cast slur on educated Negro
womanhood. think IN the theatre,
as In ali the arts. we have got 10
reach the point where We have the
ability 10 see a given character as
representative Of himself alone and
not representative Of race, sex or
class"
Some portions Of the press criti-
cized Miss White for taking the
role OF Nonnie. young Negro coll
lege graduate who falls in love
with white man in the South.
Il do hope that the general i'm
preston left with the audience OF
Nonnie is one OF strength. loyalty
and womanliness She should be
the kind whose strength overcomes
race The fellow playing Tracy tthe
white mani and see eye 10 eye on
II. and in our love scenes we want
70 play il as human problem. And
10 show that /, would be the same
Il i. were a Jew and Gentle, a
Catholic and a Protestant, or red
5lue. want people IN the audience
who differ but love each other, 20
say. Oh, God. isn't that the PROB
lem" It's not just white-coiorec
relationship. but two human beings
who because OF pettiness, oigotry
and narrow-mindedness can't be
together"
Family Surprised
Miss White said her mother and
father knew she was being con-
dered but il came as a surprise
% them all when she was picked
for Nonnie." Mr.. Ferrer, learned
from other sources, secured the
city for a young woman TO take
the role and when several people
recommended Miss White, gave
her an immediate reading. He was
so moved BY her Interpretation OF
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
BY LILLIAN SCOTT
Chronicle New York Bureau)


The hrst thing that struck me
when ! walked In the Walter White
apartment up above Harlem and
saw young. attractive Jane White
was how well she personifes the
character OF "Nonnie" which she
will portray in the Jose Ferrer
dramatization of Lillian Smiths
Strange Fruit" told Miss White
my immediate impression and then
we started talking about the quail
ties Of "Nonnie," Of being with
drawn and sometimes remote from
the world.
II want very much TO play with
that sensitiveness but without any
suggestion Of vagueness. don't
think you ever care about a char.
acter that Is fey and withdrawn
said the young woman chosen for
the years most unusual role. She
continued with a smile. I'D like
TO play her 10 show her sensitive
qualities. but not that she is daft
I think people will be much more
pleased with her now as she Is
much more creditable on the stage
l don't know IL you can put your
Anger on II. but a play demands
more credibility. With a novel. you
can get away with murder. You
can say someone is crazy and why
for instance; but in a play you
have 10 see motivation, the cause
and effect OF the action. Yet that
can be done very finely. II doesn't
have 10 be done with a sledge-
hammer. Somehow II has 10 De
manifest what caused the action.
Lillian Miss Smith has ad-
hered very closely 10 the book but
each character has been amplihed.
Dressed Simply
Miss White is young t22), and
equipped with an attractive face,
a very good voice, and great intel
ligence She wore a simple skirt
and blouse. the latter white with
a peasant neckline and long sleeves
Her brownish hair with honey
tints was drawn back severely of
her forehead in the latest style.
She has very light brown eyes,
and long. graceful hands.
Born in New York City. she at
tended the progressive and exc.u-
sive Ethical Culture school there
from which she graduated in 1910
Then she went 70 Smith college
graduating n 1874. In the year and
a half since her graduation she has
packed a 10: Of activities JOB for
10 months with the Research lnst-
tute Of America. ten-Week course
al the New school IN dranaticS a
course for several months At the
Hanya Holm School Of the Dance
and such assorted intellectual pur-
suits as writing FOR "MadamoiSel,e ="
Listen" and The Atrsnerican
Woman's journal
She said. The Intellectual pcr-
suits are so wonderful While you're
IN college. YOU can't wait 10 get out
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06

past summer travelling through
The western states, Interviewing
hundreds Of public officials. indus
trial, commercial and labor lead
crs and ordinary citizens
During Or Rcddick'S exploratory
trip. arrangements were made with
experts 90 carry tut intensive sur
vcys of conditions in Seattle.
Wash. Portland, Ore. san Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. Calf, and
certain " The smaller TOWNS
These findings. together with or
Gcial reports ~ plans and pros
Gets, will DC published under the
title Race Relations on the Pa
cifin Coast
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was born. But she pointed out that
where actual housework r. con-
cerned. discoveries and inventions
have done much 10 save women
from drudgery. They will have
more leisure and, with opportuni.
ties for higher education, will and
a great increase Of new outlets for
their activities.
Dreams Realized
This advance in woman's estate
- but a part OF what Mrs. Roosevelt
sees in the world of the future.
That world will be In many ways
q realization OF the dreams Of
Franklin Roosevelt. she thinks.
She spoke Of him. Of the low
fever he ran after his trip 10
Tehsran and expressed . suspi.
cion that he had become infected
there by some germ which he
was never able 10 threw "a. Az
she spoke, one could net but -.
mire the bravery with which she
carried on. She brought 10 mind
the widows Of men who had
IaIien In oeSue.
1T is q source Of great satisfac.
lion to me-" she said, TO and that
many people who violently op.
posed many Of my husbands ideas
and even regarded him a. 4 dan
gerous radical. now accept IS .
matter OF course the thinas for
which he fought. They even sx-
press innocent wonder that any
one could ever have been opposed
10 them.
But it is not only In domestic
affairs that his ideas have been
accepted. His visions for the future
OF the world are taking form ana
the old selfish notions that wers
once 50 current are disappearing"
My sketch was finished. Il was
time fer me to leave and ] ashsA
Mrs. Roosevelt 70 sign the draw
ing. A. she aid % I noticed fer
the hrst time how much her sute.
graph rssembled her husbandx
But this Is not the emily rsssm.
blance between them.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
A PRAYER FOR VI DAY
By WILLIAM WEIGH

weles the
celebrating VI Though vi Day has passed
sul tmeN)
O God Of battle and peace.
For the blessings Of this day
For the lives that have been spared;
For the prayers that have been answered:
Thank you from full and humble heart.
In this, the hour OF peace,
Remember those. God
Who gave much and asked so little.
Hear the voices OF these men
Rising from the junCes
OF New Guinea and the SOlOmOns
From the hlood-soaked soil of Two lima
Md the hame-sCOrChed caves Of Okinawa
Hear the chorus OF their thanks.
From the mass of wreCkaGe al SalCrnO. and
TIL" twisted rubble that was once German town:
Across the length and breadth OF every continent;
From the hell-sCarred places whore they fell,
Their voices in Thanksgiving rise.
In memory Of these and all the other
Men and women Of the world
Who hed and died that might see this day .
Men OF myriad tongues
or myriad faiths and many races;
Men who had in common
The love Of dignity and freedom
To these. the citizens Of Earth
We dedicate our future and our lives
Give us strength God. and wisdom
To use the gift that dearly bought
With blood and toll and tears
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06

For the Gary strike was insti-
gated by parents of the chill
dren, and the leaders in the
movement to force Negroes in
10 a segregated school were
parents who themselves are
members Of minority groups.
The chairman of the So
called citizens committee Is
reported to be a Hungarian.
One newspaper reports that
Mexican, Jewish and Polish
students marched out in the
strike. Also reported active
were Slovaks.
For the Jews. IL the report
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
FAMILY AFFAIR

We haven't dipped into . love.
lorn column for . long time. but
our latest sally-into one In the
Denver Post--will hold M for o
long time to come. II ran:
Dear Chaperen:
Il An going with . guy and he
n sailor. And my mother n gsing
with his father. and they are gsing
to get married. and we are. too.
Now. II we could get married
first. ] wouldn't be marrying my
brother. would I. We beth love
each other very much. but h II
true that II You marry some reia-
tive In your family there would
be something wrong with your
children: Well. I am very dis-
gusted and don't know what 10
d."
(Chaperon told her 10 70 right
ahead with her plans)
Pm
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
Houseguests Taken
On Motor Trip East

Mr. ard Mrs. Robert Evorctte. q.
1889 Caniff avenue. had as their
houSegueSts their brother and
iSter-ln-law. Mr.. and Mrs Barney
EvcrCtte, II Kansas Ci,v. Mo.
Among the MANY friends who
helped To- make their visit q ploaS-
ant ono were NJ and Mrs Melvin
AUGUSTUS and Mir and Mrs. Fred
crICk Johnson.
The EycrcttcS with their guests
wo'orcd to Niagara Fails and Buf-
fa.O. spending week Crd with
their aJut, Mrs. Amanda Ru,her-
ford.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
Unnecessary Questions

Lieut.. Col. Harold Hoffman and
Arthur Preacher returned 70 The
US. on the same plane. Asked II
they minded flying with Negro
troops, they answered: These men
are American soldiers. Period"
Ed Sullivan
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
Nl@a6l5!y Wilkins

THE STRIKE OF several thousand white high
school students in Gary, Indiana, protesting
against the presence OF several hundred Negro
students in the city schools along with whites,
emphasizes, among other things, the necessity
Of some plain talk on minorties and democracy
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
Makes Study Of
Race Relations
On West Coast
The Journal Of Educational So.

The Journal Of Educational So
GEOLOGY, printed az New York uni
vcrsity, has just completed a
thorough study Of race relations
on the UniiedNsiateS West Coast,
which will be published in It's Nov
vembcr issue.
DR.. l.. D. Reddick. editor ~ the
special number. spent most nt the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06

His opinions and ideas are mani
fest in the play a. they were in
"Othello" Tin which he played Iago
TO Paul Robeson's Othsllo).
One Of the most interesting stage
productions ever attem pied,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06

Strange Fruit" will open in
Canada next month. A poised. SELF
assured and eminently undsrstsnd.
ing young actress will appear In
her nrst dramatic role. and the
stricsl history will be made.
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mons OF political power with all sections Of
The people claiming place in the social order.
And what vista lies before us!
IhiS can he thu final war !, is possible 90
solve once and tor all the problems ot human
''Ncii> io attain speedy freedom and equality
}r all peoples
In thus shaping 81 on, new world and amid
rs consequent clashes and sharp struggles where
should We stand What should hc ou, domestic
direction What should he our policy toward the
England Nf Churchill or of Rt;,>h labor. toward
France. Italy Greece, Yucoslavia China. Africa
the Near East SPAN. Latin America especially
nc Argentine. and most Importantly. towaFd the
Soviet Union
tremendous responsibility 10 understand
these problems rests upon every American.
Certainly our influence must be upon the side
OF progress not reaction; upon the side of the
freedom loving peoples and the forces OF true
liberation everYwhere-peoples and forces
pressing their wills in various democratic
forms liberal, cooperative and socialist.
An added responsibility rests upon the liberal
Intellectual -- the scientist. tho member OF the
professions. The scholar the artist. They have
IN unparalleled opportunity 10 lead and 10 serve
But TO fulfil oar deep obligations to society we
must have faith IN the whole people in their
potential and realized abilities THIS faith in our
new world of today. must include the complete
acceptance of the Assumption OF positions Of
great power Ivy true representatives of the whole
people. the enelgence INTO full bloom OF the ~
estate. the vision OF no high and no low no SUI
pcrlor and no nfcrior-hut equals. assigned 10
different tasks in the huIldIng of a new and
richer human society.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06
FRANKNESS

! like the frsnkness OF the Jsek-
son, Miss, News which said in its
church notices that Sundays ser
vices are hell at I, $50. 10 and II.
Wilson in y. Y. Post
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the role, that he rushed from the
room with tears in his eyes.
OF him, Miss White said with
great enthusiasm, Il think he Is
the guy TO do IL. have the utmost
faith in his sincerity and integrity.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06

us the revolution, let's get out OF here They
took the first plane back TO New York"
y l.
Paul Robson who seems 10 be able to do
almost anything exceptionally well, is chairman
OF the Council on African Affairs which is cur
rently trying 10 attract the attention Of Messrs
Byrnes Stcttin!uS and the United Nations Or
ganlzatlon The council has "six-point pro-
gram tor Africa and the Peace Settlement" They
contend that Colonial peoples can be con-
vnced OF the sincerity Of promises Of self govern
n,cnt and independence only II the promises are
made IN concrete toms Of specific time Schod-
ulcs Wch all respect TO the prowesS 81 Nj
RohcSon ! suspect hc Is gong 70 have tough
time trying to PIN the big powers down II YOU
want 10 help, write HIM AZ the Councils office.
% West Goth street, New York 10, n. y.
Negroes who are becoming interested in CO.
opcI atves might be encouraged to know that
Co-opS in Britain have become great financial
force. The Cooperative News states: The Brit
ish cooperative movement has now attained a
numerical strength which includes half the fam
HES Of the country incidentally the Coop
grocery store a. Inkstey is one Of the largest run
~ Negroes anywhere.
Philip Murray Go president. has come up
with definition OF iacisn which ought 70 satisfy
The medical profession SAYS Mr. Murray The
man who nouushes in his heart prejudice against
ms 'elloWmen because Of differences in race.
color or creed is really sick man. made so by
his own distorted thinking The man who un.
knowingly hartors such prejud!ces is an infected
man The disease isn't fatal. according 70 Mr.
Murray # the patient gets the proper treatment
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SOME REFLECTIONS ON OTHELlO
AND The NATURE OF OUR Time

the realization of new productive relationships
In cur soeieiy-new conceptions and assump-
mons OF political power. with all sections Of
The people claiming place in the social order.
And what a vista lies before usl
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-06

oIow ns prayer spoken by orson weTes the net
ehrstinE vi Day Though vi Day has passed, the
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