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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-07-06

.roko in mu rece 2 najmehkejsim
glason1: "Bodite srcno pozdrav-
ljeni, gospod Friderfk!",
Gospod Friderik ugotovi cez
nekaj minut, da VISA svarila nj
So prav mic zaleg1a in da Sc mu
je ubogo srce ze izmuznilo.
Komaj Sc zaveda tega, da pi-
je zelo n1ocno kavo in da je je
zelo mnogo, kajti uzitek, da mu
mlada kraljica polni skodelico,
je tako prijeten, da ga mora
veckrat obcutiti. Gospodar pri-
poveduje o njunih skupnih do
godivscinah. Rozamarija pa ga
plasno vprasa, ali upa, da Sc bo
dal start koral Sc razbrati. T.
Ivan Frederik mora prvic od-
govoriti z razlocnimi, jasnimi
.besedami: Da, upa, skoraj nj
bill prepriean, to Sc pravi, da ne
dvomi o tenn. Ce Sc bo dal IL
vesti, je seveda drugo vprasa-
ME. Toda vsaj vecji ali manjsi
del pojde vsekako.
"Kako me bo to veselilow
vzklikne mlada kraljica. In
Ivan Friderik Sc bo posteno po-
trudil, da DO vse tako, kakor mo-
ra biti. Potem gredo " glasbe-
no soho k lepemu klavirju, XII
je bill doslej mem, toda Harro ne
dovoli, da bi Sc ga re zdaj kdo
dotaknil.
''Zveeer DO glasbena ura L.
Tedaj bonn najbolj razpolozen.
Ivan Friderik cepi tako zjutraj
zmerom donna. Sele zvecer prav
"a prav ozivi, toda takrat po-
steno. Odloeil sem sc, da ga
bonn tn nekoliko prezraeil, sal
Sc skozi njegove roke lahko gle
da. Rozamarija, predlagal hi ii,
da gresta ma izprehod po travni-
ku proti gozdu. Ali 81 ze kdaj vi
del gozd " zimskem jutru, Ivan ?
Rozamarija, recem ii, da se nisi
videla eloveka, XII bi bill toliko
eepel v sobi kakor mas ubogi
Ivan Friderik."
Ivan Friderik sc pri najbolj-
81 wolff ne more sponnniti, da bi
bill ze kdaj videl zimsko jutro v
gozdu.
me morem vaju spremljati,
ker moran Sc nekaj pogledati
pri svoI sikh, in pri tenn delu ne
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-07-06
Du$icd ROzanlariiG
tsvETNIcA IN NJEN NoREc)
Agnes Gunther
Posloveni1 Boris Rihtersit
agnes Gunther
Posloveni1 Boris Rihtersic

lahkc brez tezav zamisljam tu-
di postreznice, XII 81 jih morala
nadzorovati. In zdaj pojdi in po-
zdravi mojega prijatelja Ivana
Friderika, XII Sc te strasno boji.
In, bozja nebesa, sal ina do
volj vzrokov! Zakaj 81 Sc prav
"a prav tako, h udo imenitno
oblekla ?" .-.=...
Toda Roza ne izda, zakaj je
to storila. v zajtrkovalnico gre
sta in tam je pogrnjeno "a tri,
toda Ivana Friderika nj mixer.
mo, ali nj prav mic lacen :?
zelo pozno sva prisla in pes sva
Sc odpravila sem, ker te nisva
marala vec motiti. Pogledal bonn
"a MIN. Nj mi "a trdno obljubil,
da ga bonn dobil danes v poste-
lT."
Harro je pohitel po stopnicah
in nasel svojega prijatelja, XII
je zadregi in pricakovanju sto-
pical po sobi. Memo oblikovano,
temno umetnisko glavo valovi-
to, lepo negovano grivo je incl
mad skrivencenimi rameni. Vzlic
temu pa je bio dosti plemehito-
sti v vseh njegovih gibih, zlasti
pa v zelo znacilnih in nervoznih
rokah ter v ozkih clenkih in pr
stih, XII so bill tako dolgi, ka-
kor bi imeli pc en- Glen vec ka-
kor sdruge roke.
"Pojdi, Ivan, zajtrk ze ca
ka."
"Ljubi Harro, sal imas sto
postrezljivih hlapcey. Ali ne bi
bogel JAZZ kar tn zajtrkovati ?
Da hi moral praznim zelodcem
reci 'visokost', je pae naloga,
XII j Sc nisem dorasel."
"ce ii je to prelude, pa reci
lepo: 'Dobro jutro, gospa Roza-
marija! To Sc il DO zdelo zelo
originalno in umetniSko."
"Mislila bo, da sem predrzen
muzikant S kmeckega semnja. -
Harro Sc je veselo zasmejal:
"Nekaj tt bonn svetoval. Napra-
vii bos tako, kakor smo posku-
Sail mi, ko smo bill Sc zeleni pra-
porseaki, CASH pri starih 9ksce-
lencan. Sklonil sc bos cez memo
roko in zamrmral: Bel fizol, Wis
njev fizol! - Ali te nj sram, da
me pustis tako dolgo stradati ?''
Ivan Friderik mora prvic od-
govoriti z razloenimi besedami
Harru sc strasno mudi.
"Pocakaj vendar, Harro. Sal
ne tekmujeva, kdo zna bolje
teci."
Harro sc obrne:
"Tako, Ivaneek! In zdaj: DIR.
Ii svoje srce, o popotnik, trdno
v svojih mogoenih rokah! Opo-
zoril sem te!"
.Povodenj solnca v jedilnici, in
glasbenik obstane pred visoko
mlado kraljico, XII mu ponudi
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-07-06
Nadaljevanje)

- /. 4 4 E 81. ID i
I'm zdaj 81 oglejva Sc zmedo,
XII 81 jo napravila v delavnici!"
20, tam pa nj vec zn1ede."
Harro kar prebledi, - hude
slutnje Sc nu zbude, ko pomisli
ma postreznice! "Upal sem, da
jim bos vsaj malo gledala ma pr
ste. Potem bi bila videla, cesa so
te zenske zmozne!'' |
Harro gre, pripravljen ma maj
hujse, "a MO. Mrtvo zi1nsko SON
ce polni vso sobano. Tedaj "a
gleda lepo urejene mape. Zasto-
ri pred policami so ,odgrnjeni,
da Sc lahko vidijo nacrti in req
barrie. Ma veliki mizi je kopica
osnutkov in vsi so lepo urejeni.
Poleg mize "a rezljanje je oma-
ra, XII je vsa polna raznih pri-
prav in snovi "a delo. Srebro,
ploscice bisernic kupi veska,-
vse je tam. Plasno seze v zbirko
svojih modelov,-ne, hvala bo-
gu, MISC jih obdelovali S sirkovo
scetko.
Globok vzdih olajsanja! Po-
tenn pade njegov pogled ma ma
lepljene listke, kjer je Dusici-
no pisavo zaznamenoyano, kje
Sc kaj nahaja. Rozamarija stoji
"a MIN in memo cello je cd tes-
nobe nagubano. Prav tako Sc po-
cuti, kakor takrat, ko je delala
edino izkusnjo v svojem zivlje-
nju.
'Rozamarija, to Sc mi pa Sc
sanjalo nj! Vsega 81 Sc lotila in
vse 81 dokoncala! Cakal sem, da
mi hos poslala kaksen klic ma
pOmOc.
20, Harro," rece obupana
ucenka svoje tete, "zdaj sem
vsaj lahko nekoliko delala
zate. v hisi so mi rekli, da 81
nekoc, ko 81 delaI kipe "a sorod-
nisko soho, zaspal ma oblanici in
treskah, in tako so te zjutraj
dobili ."
"Kdo pa je izblebetal to ne
potrebno neumnost
Mart. In ze dolgo vem to,
toda sele danes je spet zazivelo
meni. In zdaj Sc mi zdi moi po-
nos zelo smesen. Nikari ne mi
sli, da sem bila pri mapah zelo
dobre volje", mu reee odkrito-
srcno. "Velik umetnik 81 in v
hisi 81 moral opraviti mnogo
hlapeevskega dela."
Harro ujame memo glavo med
svoje dlani, da mu roke cisto IL
ginejo v Gudeznih zlatih laseh.
"Norieica! Toda prav v maj
skrivnejsem koticku srca sem lie
upal, da bos to delo opravila,
Rozamarija. In sanjalo Sc mi je:
&c DO to res storila, il bonn v
svojem srcu skoval kronico. O,
ii princesa, ii gosja pastirica!
ce pomislim ma gosi, 81 prav
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-07-06

ce, 0 vecerih pri "Sinji muhi" in
cudovitih ljudeh, XII Sc zbirajo
tam, kamor jih znesejo vsi ve-
trovi. Zajec priskaklja cez cesto,
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-07-06
STRAIN 8

poeasi in v skrbeh, rdeca we've
RIGA Sc pris1nuka okoli debelega
drevesa kakor kaca.
(Ddlje prihodnji6)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-07-06

Amputees at the Walter Reed
bali the st. Louis
catch shake
Left to right Pvt Steve Lawrence TVS Anthony Mtyka
Peter Sgt. John Gallagher Harry
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10
Tired Soldiers
Awarded End
US. Combat Star

WITH U. s. FORCES. France :
Members OF a Negro Qusrtermss'
Ter Service company which. since
D-plus-3. has been playing an i'm
porisnt part in supplying the guns
and ammunition for front-line
fighting troops have been awarded
Their second bronze battle cam.
psign star for their work under
fire
The mon are members az the
4l90ih QusrtermsSier Service Com
raay which has unlosded and sent
forward more than 100 600 tons OF
ammunition, plus thousands a.
tons o. other supplies, since they
Nsoed ashore under German IRE IN
Normandy last June 3
They were awarded the two
combat stars for the Normandy
phase Of the fighting and for the
Northern France campaign. dur
tnr both Of which they were fire.
auentiy under German artillery
and air attack.
In addition 10 loading and UNI
loading ammunition and supplies,
the company has. ON occasion.
taken over complete operation Of
Railroads, depotS and field supply
dumps
Last August during the Allied
drive across France. IT'S men Of
Oe company accomplished the
amazing task o, loading and I'M
loading $500 tons OF ammunition
In one i4-hour work day.
Among the enlisted men al the
company OF Michigan follow. Pfc.
Samuel Houston. $50 East Kirby
street, Detroit
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10
Local Girl Wins
Coveted Role Aida

ton, Miss Turner sang the roles
OF "Lenora" and Carmen" in
school productions she also sang
before Mrs. Roosevelt IL 1871 when
the First Lady was present TO
make an award TO Mrs Mary Nc
Leod Bethune IN Nashville, Tenn
For the past year and a half,
Mrs Bertha Bright Knapp has been
her teacher. and was responsible
for arranging the addition in New
York for the coveted role which
She has just won Additional train
ing has been secured at the Detroit
Institute of Musical Art. where
Miss Turner is still studying.
About year and half ago, Miss
Turner and Mrs. Knapp met when
rehearSals began for the produc-
ton Of Gilbert and Sullivan's
Pirates of Pinzance, which Mrs.
Knapp was directing. The pro-
duction was not presented 10 the
public.
In addition to her operate work.
Miss Turner has been a member
OF the Dupre Victorian choir for
the past six months, and has been
sololSt for several groups about
the city. Immediately prior TO the
addition in New York for the role
in Aida January 20, Miss Turner
had been accepted as a member of
the Detroit Civic Opera company.
but had 10 forego this work to 20
10 New York.
She has studied piano for eight
years, but says. My first love is
singing ! intend TO make il my
career. She has been married
three years. and is an only child,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10
Williams
(Continued From Page u

nomination this week by a vote
of ~ to 10.
The opposition 10 Williams came
from three sources. First from
Republicans on party lines. second
from a mixed group OF Senators
who charge that Williams is a
Communist, and finally from a
group of Southern Democrats who
oppose him because of his teSti-
mony TO Senator Bilbo of Mis-
sissippi that he favored govern
ment regulation of discriminatory
business practices against Negroes.
In committee circles. consider
able Importance was put on Will
liams' views on racial diScrimina-
ton. In the hearings, Williams
admitted that he had used his
influence to get President Roose-
welt to issue his order Of June
%, l94l, which set up the Fair
Employment Practice committee.
Asked by Bilbo if he diSapproved
OF racial discrimination. Williams
said II subscribe to the principle
OF doing away with diScrmina-
ton in the getting OF a job.
do not believe a person should be
denied employment because of that
mans race, creed or color. hold
that the sole basis Of giving and
refusing employment should be
whether a man is able TO do the
work he is hired 70 do | think
If we have in the country what
we call democracy. there should
be no such discrimination. that it
should be a mans ability to per-
form a certain piece of work that
should govern"
There is no questioning the fact
that the opposition 10 Williams is
based on his liberal views concern
ing race" Harry McAlpin. NNPA
correspondent in Washington. said.
The Republicans who oppose
him." McAlpin continued, place
themselves and their party in the
same position as the Southern ele-
ment which has taken exception
TO Williams because Of his racial
liberalism"
Senate leaders were reported 10
have asked Williams 10 ask PrcS-
dent Roosevelt TO withdraw his
nomination. They told Williams
that there appeared 10 be no
chance Of confirmation. but VIII
liams replied that he wished TO 90
down fighting.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10

Miss Margaret Turner. who was
chosen by Mary Cardwell Dawson.
general manager and founder OF
the National Negro Opera COM
psny. 10 sing the lead role in
Aida which VIII be produced
and presented in May, will leave
Detroit March Is TO begin re-
hearsals.
Mrs Kennsrd Jones, who is mar
ried TO Sgt. Kcnnard Jones, now
somewhere in France, has been
singing since she was - years
old. She will make her formal
concert debut March 10 in the
Golden Gate auditorium.
Miss Turner, whose voice can
reach F above high c. started sing
ing when she was in school at the
Atkinson elementary school. She
continued her interest through
Pershing high school where she
did solo parts in school produce
tons. She has appeared on the
radio for six months on the Detroit
Police department program and
several miscellaneous Board of
Education programs.
At Tennessee State college,
where she continued her educa-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10
Corregidor-
Continued From Page y

told how the little torpedo boat
avengers tore through the harbor,
banging away at the Jap ships
and barges, and reducing machine
gun positions ashore.
Meanwhile they formed a pro-
tectlve Gordon for the destroyers
and warships whose guns were
clearing way for our landings.
From his position on the deck
Chears could see the first OF many
white chutes open over the rock
as men Of the 504th parachute
troops Showered down atop the
rock to face twice their number.
AFTER THE preliminary shoot
ing was over. these little Marine
hornets aided in landing infantry
men OF the oath. their flashing
speed battling Jap snipers ashore.
In Manila harbor lay the first
cargo ships TO bring in vital food,
ammunition and medical supplies
70 the avenging Americans. Out
in the bay. sWarming about like
bees were big amphibous trucks
manned by members of the Negro
72Oth amphibian truck company.
Working with another Negro out
ft. the 2l8th port truck company,
these men are again proving their
mettle under fire and makiag ae-
roic an otherwise unglamorous
job.
Among the personnel Of these
groups were: Pvt. Joseph Leonard,
New Orleans. La; T-5 Everett
Payne. Washington, D. c.; Cpl.
Willard Bonner. Pittsburgh, Pa;
ia Eddie wilkins. Norfolk. Va:
Cpl. Walter Lane. Philadelphia. Pa.
Pvt. William H. Harris, Baltimore,
Md: and First Sgt. f. F. Cannon,
Houston, Texas.
The amphibious truck group in
cluded l64 enlisted men and Ave
white officers. Among them were
S-Sgt. Juan Allen, New York City:
S-Sgt. Oliver Morrell. Richmond.
Va: IA George Jones. Kansas City,
Mo; T-5 Jack Highbee, Cleveland,
Ohio; Pvt. James A. Britt, Atlanta,
Ga; Pvt. James R. Tiller, Phila-
delphia, Pa; and T-5 Wilson D.
Cotner, Louisville, KY, who were
in combat or assigned to the less
heroic tasks of arms.
You simply cannot keep those
sepia scrappers out OF the thick
OF things, When the history of
Bataan and Corregidor is written
and signed. there'll be many a
sepia thumbprint affixed 10 give
il authority.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10
NAACP Files Housing
Suit Against Blandford

WASHINGTON. D. C.-(NNPA)
Three Negro citizens OF Texas.
represented by attorneys for the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement OF Colored People. filed
suit on Monday in the u. S. Dis
trict Court for the District of CO.
lumbia against John B. Blandford,
administrator. National Housing
Agency.
The court was asked 10 issue
permanent Injunction forever re-
straining" Blandford and the Nat
ional Housing Agency from deny
ing plaintiffs and other qualified
Negroes, because of their race or
color. the privileges Of leasing and
occupying vacant and available
units Of public housing in Red
River Courts and other projects"
built by the government in the
Texarkans, Texas, area for war
workers.
The suit was filed on behalf Of
Louise r. Hughes. Jim Brown,
Jr., and A. ID. Harper. employees
Of the Red River and Lone Star
Ordnance plants.
THE RED RIVER housing prof.
ect. the complaint stated. was ini-
tiated by the National Housing
Agency pursuant TO the findings.
concurre1 in by the War Pro-
duction board, the War Manpower
Commission, and the military au-
thorities responsible for war pro-
duction in the Texarkana area"
that needed Negro defense work.
ers were unable to obtain suitable
housing in or near Texarkana. and
that this condition seriously i'm
pedes the manufacture of essential
war materials"
This need Of colored workers, il
was alleged, constituted the sole
legal justification for the expendi-
ture OF public funds involved in
building the Red River Courts
housing project.
Upon completion OF the project,
the complaint continued, MIA,
during January and February, l945.
solicited applications for lease from
the plaintiffs and approximately
200 other Negro defense workers
in the area. A large number of
these applicants were found eligi-
BILE for acceptance.
Thereafter, il is charged, Bland
ford lin response to the demands
of white persons of influence in
and about Texsrkana." arbitrarily
determined, and ordered, that the
plaintiffs and all other Negroes
should be excluded from Red River
Courts, solely because Of their race
and color. This, the complaint con-
tended, was a 'wilful" violation
OF the public duty imposed by law
upon Blandford and the National
Housing Agency.
LOUISE P. HUGHES, one OF the
plaintiffs, is the wife Of soldier
now serving overseas. She resides
in GAINESVILLE and must travel 40
miles each day 10 and from her
job at the Red River Ordnance
plant. The other plaintiffs live an
equal distance, each Of whom must
now lose from three to four hours
a day travelling TO and from work.
On behalf of hundreds of other
Negroes similarly situated, the
plaintiffs asked the court for i'm
mediate relief because "the manu-
facture of war materials of highest
priority, urgently and Immediately
required by the army, was being
seriously affected by the lack of
housing for Negroes convenient 10
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10
Strikers
Continued From Page II

the other II plants, during the
week. The basic cause OF the
walk-out was the discharge Of sew
en- employees. These men were
working in the B-29 Superfortress
engine department OF the plant
and are the only ones that do the
particular operation in question,
SO there were no standards by
which to check their production.
The company gave INSTRUMENTATION
and failure to meet production
schedules ordered by the company
as the reason for their dismissal.
The union spokesman held
that the only issue involved, Is
the standards OF production. on
gear shaving engines making
parts for B-29-; Superfortress en-
sines. The company knows this
but they fired the seven men
not for failing TO meet prOduc-
ton standards, but for insubor-
dination, growing out of their
refusal 10 give a production
count At the end of the day"
With the discharge OF the men
the walk-outs began.
IN A LATER statement while
urging WLB arbitration OF the
strike grievances, Chrysler
spokesman charged: The cause
Of this strike is an attempt by the
Dodge local to lower production
standards"
The discharged men have re-
fused 10 meet production stan
dards."
Vice President Walter p. Reu-
ther of the UAW-CIO advocated
. return TO work. He pointed out
that the international already
had demanded reorganization Of
the WLB, but stated that moth
ing could be done on this pro-
gram until the strike ended. He
continued. The corporations
know. and we know that we are
getting towards the end of the
war program.
THE COMPANIES are Selling
on this 10 attempt TO destroy us
They are using patriotism as a
subterfuge
Two top War department Off
Gals. Under Secretary OF War
Robert p. Patterson. and Lieut.
Gen. William S. KnudScn. sent
messages 10 the strikers pointing
out the urgency of the production
they are ueing up.
Gen. Knudson said. "Continua-
ton OF the Dodge strike may mean
that our commitments 10 the Ash
attic theatre cannot be met"
Patterson said, The strikers
must take the responsibility for
denying the vitality needed planes
and truck TO our soldiers on the
fighting fronts
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10
Delegates
CONTINUED From Page II

become necessary because OF the
introduction OF bill for perma-
nent FEPC on voluntary basis
by Sens tor R. A. Taft of Ohio.
This voluntary bill would remove
all powers Of enforcement which
are provided for in the Senate
Bill Sl0l.
sen. DENNIS CHAVEZ ID, N
Mex. in announcing the new
hearing, said: Ordinarily I would
not have seen the need for fur
Their hearings inasmuch as full
hearings were held on last Sep
TENDER, and the Subcommittee
was impressed by the testimony
offered by leading church, civic,
women, community and labor
leaders in support OF permanent
FEPC with authority TO enforce
its orders.
"The Senate committee on ed
ucation and labor reported that
bill favorably, on recommends
ton OF the subcommittee, by a
coalition Of its Republican and
Democratic members.
However. since Senator Taft
has introduced another bill call
ing for an FEPC without enforce
ment powers, ! feel we ought 10
hold hearings to determine what
public support there is for an
FEPC with only inveStigatory and
advisory powers.
MEANWHILE. two large dele
cations from Minnesota and Illi-
nois composed Of outstanding citi-
zens and leaders. white and Ne
gro, Catholic Protestant and Jew
ISL. labor, civic and church were
IN Washington
Nice-President Truman told
the Minnesota groups that he
could see no necessity for any
bill for FEPC without enforce
ment powers.
Mrs Roosevelt expressed deep
concern about returning veterans.
particularly Negro veterans. She
said many Of them had left this
country frustrated. and were like
ly 10 return even more frustrated.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-10
Destroys Property,
Put On Probation

Henry Evans. 10. 686 Hendrie
street, convicted OF malicious de-
struction Of property valued at
S25 in a tavern at 1926 Hastings
street, owned by Araon Zaneck.
was placed on probation for one
year and ordered TO stay away
from the establishment by Re-
corder's Judge Paul f. Krausc.
Evans told the court that he had
purchased bottle OF gin from a
drug store and was drunk at the
time he destroyed property in the
Hastings street tavern.