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REVOLT AGAINST WOMEN?

allowed 10 teach. Naturally, then. our educa-
tional policy has been pro-womsn, snti-male,
for half century.
The young rooster is turned into rabbit by
the age OF II and the young wolf into worm.
l am not here advocating violence but mere
masculine dignity Sound women are to love.
and man is responsible for his family But a
man who cannot decently phone his wife and
tell her that he is going to stay in town for dim
ner or 60 away with eX-Comradcs-in- arms for a
week-end-tell her mind you. not beg permits
sion-is grub, wretch drivelinG caricature
OF man, and not psychologically strong and
protecting husband, either, but a little gadget
that makes money and lives on leash the
length Of an apron-strng
MuiinY Of the Hen. Picked
Every full-blooded, good dame in the country
will back me up. All such. nthcy marry these
women-fawners with their buIlt-in abnegation.
try 10 teach them how 10 be their own men -
They want 10 be loved by gents strong enough
to captain their own souls It's that simple A
man is an instrument of dreams and doing
causes lost and won, ideas and undertakings. A
man pecked full of holes by some hens beak
detess himself more even than his wife. Cheap
prisoner. Bread and water winner.
Mutlny! That's what's called for here, boys.
Let all the decent, ard-working. earnest. dame
dominated brothers rebel! Phone the Little
Woman you're staying out all night to play
poker-and be damned sure that's what you do.
To no man/will l yield in admiration Of the
ladies. But 10 some of those miserable veterans.
in their sunbonnet kepiS and dishmop epaulets,
pass the Word: Nom wasn't meant to he top
sergeant Break ranks. boys, break ranks!
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03

what il expected: Heavy layoffs and little relief
in sight. Because of seniority rules colofed
workers in the mass, were first fired But so
far there is little bitterness. Negroes are work
ing for the Full Employment Bill which, if en-
acted, will see that all who wish to work are
employed. They are also working through their
unions for adequate pay and working conditions
i'll new contracts. The picture is not rosy but il
is not hopeless. If they will be careful and not
allow themselves to be used as strike breakers
they will win and hold additional allies and
eventually chase the Sbugaboo Of jim-crow en-
ployment
Strange as it may SEEM the signing of Jackie
Robinson is more than triumph in the sport
world. 1t means that in a new and dramatic
fashion the fact that the Negro is citizen with
talents and rights is being heralded to the ma
ton The people who 60 to baseball games do
not in the main, go to lectures on race relations,
nor do they read pamphlets about goodwill
The millions who read box scores very likely
have never heard of George Washington Carver
But Jackie Robinson If he makes the grade,
VIII be dong missionary work with these peo-
pie that Carver could never do He will be say
ing to them that his people should have their
rights, should have jobs, decent homes and edu-
cation, freedom from insult, and equality of
opportunity to achieve.
Judge Mollison will be saying the same thing
from the bench of the US. Customs Court He
and Robinson are two more reasons why we
should have no lim-crow armed services, why
Negroes should work with machines and test
tubes as we'll as with brooms and mops
1t may seem little mixed up, but it all ties
together. The shooting war is over but the
battle FOR democratic living-the real founda-
ton OF world peace-goes on apace. The Khan
the lynchers the Dixie senators, and the OAR
can impede but not stop, our progress
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Free Ballot Abroad, But Not In Poll Tax South

same privilege costs American
women a buck and three quarters.
Or Is II more possible that the
senator is willing to give Japanese
women the same democratic rights
Tor nothing which ne Is unwilling
10 give his own American corstit-
uents unless they pay one dollar
and seventy-fve cents?
And then there's the question Of
the forthcoming elections right
mere in Germany, the date for
which has not yet been set but
which will undoubtedly come In
the course OF time. Undoubtedly
many Germans will be kept away
from the polls, but il won't be be-
cause they lack two marks. or NAV.
be four with which 20 pay for the
privilege Of voting. but because
they were importan, Nazis and
criminals in the eyes Of mankind.
It's difficult al this stage 10 say
what proportion OF the German
POI ulation will actually vote
eventually I've heard estimates
ranging. from 20 10 40 per cent.
But even il its only the smaller
figure. member OF the new Ger
man Reichstag will be 10 times
more, representative Of his constit.
tents than Sen. Bi'bo and Rep.
Rankin Of Mississippi. for instance.
who. II memory serves me right.
were elected by about two per
cent OF the population OF their
state.
Or you can take the case OF Rep
Wilmington of the 3rd District Of
Mississippi. who in 1893 was sent
10 Congress with about 200 votes
70 represent a constituency Of
1bout 100000 people That's rough
~ one half Of one per cent Of the
population Now I don't know
much about Wilmington. but I'd
be very much SURPRISED IL he
weren't right in there with the rest
Of the two per cent boys-the Bill
Dos and the Rankins-who are so
extraordinarily concerned that the
future governments Of Romania
and Bulgaria and Yugoslavia won't
De representative.
Come 10 think Of ii. the ballot in
Germany and Japan and the
Balkans is quite likely 10 be so
much more democratic than that
in the poll tax states, maybe il
would be a good idea 10 puttan AL
lied Control Commission down
there 10 clean up the mess.-Victor
H. Bernstein.
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student an honest and moving play, Deep Are
the Roots, dealing with the return of a Negro
veteran TO Southern town. has opened on
Broadway and is playing to packed houses; the
OAR has barred Hazel Scott and all other Ne
gro artists from Constitution Hall in Washing
ton, and Mrs. Harry Truman has replied, Why
not! IN answer to question as to whether she
VIII attend future affairs of the OAR; Sidney
Hillman has by passed. African workers in the
World Labor Conference; Jackie Robinson has
been signed as shortstop with the Montreal
Royals farm team of the Brooklyn Dodgers, the
first known Negro in history to be signed by a
major league organizations; and Sen James
Mead OF New York has warned his Democratic
colleagues that unless the Dixie wing gives in
on some legislation and stops calling racial
names the party may lose in l948
BrotherS and sisters, things are jumping On
the job front the race seems to be getting Just
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03

FRANKFURT. GERMANY hear
on the radio that the annual poll
tax fight is on again in Congress
and | am forcibly reminded Of the
touching concern which our gov
eminent is now exhibiting for the
democratic ballot all over the
world. For instance, there's our
Secretary Of State who has ex-
pressed himself as worried sick
about the alleged non-representa-
tive provisional governments of
Romania and Bulgaria. and who
fears 50 strongly that coming cleo
tons IN those two countries and
IN fueoslavia will not be demo-
cratic because not enough people
VIII DC permitted 10 go 70 the
polls
u occurs 20 me that such fears
come oddly TO Secretary Byrnes.
who II he really puts his mind TO
H. olgn; 10 easily remember the
day some years ago when ne was
returned To the House of Represen-
tatlYes by his district in the poll
tax state Of South Carolina with
grand total Of about 1900 votes.
which Is probably the lowest num-
bcr Of votes polled by any man
running for any Federal office in
the history Of our or any other
country.
OF course. IL Secretary Byrnes
is convinced that the coming cleo
lions IN the Balkans will not be
democratic. il is not only his right
out his duty 10 say so. But by the
same token. il is also his duty 10
declare that the coming elections
IN South Carolina won't be demo-
cratic either so long as a man and
his wife and their returned soldier
son have 10 fork over three bucks
FOR the privilege Of exercising their
fundamental rights as citizens.
And then as another instance
there's our splendid concern with
the democratic. ballot in Japan.
am sure that Sen. Tom Connally.
chairman Of Foreign Relations
Committee. approves whole-heart-
eddy Of the order which has Just
come out Of Gen. MacArthur's
headquarters giving the vote to
japanese women Yet If the senator
wanted 10 be consistent, he ought
to demand that the order be amend
ed 70 make the Japanese women
pay yen and three quarters for
the privilege Of voting. for back
in his poll tax state Of Texas the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
A LADY AND A LIBERAL
By LILLIAN SCOTT
(Chronicle New York Bureau)

In her modern home in the eX-
elusive east seventies Of New York
City, Mrs. Dorothy Norman. New
York Post columnist, traced her
social growth up 10 the point
where she has become one of this
nations most out-Spoken liberals
She explained that she was a
native Philadelphia and had gone
through school there. Il just
I really what happened was
that when ! was young | had Sc
curity, as much as people ever have
you never know what is going 10
happen five minutes later. But as
grew older | saw ! had done
nothing 10 deserve it, II gave me
a tremendous feeling to do every
thing | could TO help those less for
tunste,' explained the simply
dressed woman in a clear voice as
she sought 10 recall youthful in
fluences on her basic beliefs.
Mrs. Norman continued. Once
you believe in things. you 20 on
believing in them. There's no end
Of things, whether it's race rela-
tons al home. or imperialism
abroad you have TO align your
self with the forces fghting fot
decency whether it's domestic or
foreign affairs" She paused and
added Its strange when you LOOK
back-there were no early lnflu-
ences. was torn between socIol-
ogy and the arts when ! was IN
school. Both seemed important l.
wasn't Till | had gone into botn
fields that ! was able to syn
thenize the personal and inper-
sonal approach. II seemed 10 ne
the tragedy was that the artist was
so sngrossed with his own personal
work that he woGld some times not
align himself with the forces fight
ing for freedom yet his are de-
ponds upon freedom
No Ivory Tower Liberal
Young Mrs. Norman could never
be accused Of being an ivory
tower" liberal. as she actively par
ticipates IN many civic movements.
and through her column. consist
emily advances the cause Of greater
democracy for all. Not so long age
Senator Theodore Bilbo tangled
with this quiet, intelligent writer
when ne wrote her provocative
letter. Mrs Norman answered
The Man but through her co., +.
umn. Since then she has not heard
from the senator
She smiled as she recounted the
history of her brief correspond
ence with Bilbo. He wanted
straight answer from me. He /
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JbNbS vi AllC I'D. customs
Court, the first Negro federal
judge in continental United
States; Negro has been
lynched in Madison, Fla;
news has leaked out that the
War Department is holding
hearings which may lead to
non-jim-crow army; the
Ku Klux Khan has come out
of hiding, burning a cross on
Stone Mountain near Atlanta
and announcing that it has
10000 members in Georgia
alone; a Catholic college in
Missouri has admitted Negro
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
SEX, RACE AND WAR

colored troops to marry white
girls
In April Of this year the Chi
caso Defender had presented pho
tos,atic copies Of records Of the
army's refusal 20 give Negro per-
mission 20 marry pregnant Eng
~.sh sir. despite her request and
;cat OF her parents.
The problem OF ,llegitimacv has
l07Ted large in Englsnd during
World War IT, English service
mon rave resented bitterly the fact
nat American soldiers Of all co.,
o-S receive more army pay ard
ave had FAR more money 10 spend
than British soldiers In other
countries where conditions were
worse than IN England minor
lUNur.eS like oranges. food. etc.
have added - the American SOL
d!cg'S prestige IN the eyes Of the
women.
4 new novel by n Priestlcy.
Three Men in New Suits" bears
witness 20 the fact that ire Yanks.
Wrlte and black we're not over
popular with tie male population.
In the hook a Soldier returning
from the army tells his unfaithfu,
We.
y card plenty tonight at the
SCN and don't want 10 ever 60
n there again. YarkS II they
couldn't get il FOR nothing. then
ii VAS quid Cor the whites and
,ao quiiS for 'Ce blacks :"
Recent Clashes D
YET tho measure OF freedom in
human relationships which The Ne
-rr soldier enjoyed broad was Off
set bv the frequent clashes with
Nri'e Sc~yiCe~eD. irrl'ated by the
genera. acceptance II the Negro.
A''N'a-G the va has ended there
has ,Ce0 no end ~ the tensions be-
tween the two armies Of the Unit
ci 81 ties In the last month three
"cW incidents Of racial ouiburStS
have been brought - light
y Niarrcgio. Italy. where the
32"d DIVISION has been stationed.
d white officer seeing tair-skinned
N.gs.e ODaulci with q brown
skinned s1'6iC~. Isl - Ulysses 3.
Cove. IN q NIGHT club. asked her
she wanted ~ ~ with this mig
.e~ officer Glover asked him 20
apologize whereuuop the white
officer struck him and the two
we're separated BY Col. Robert
E-,sc ra0H.uc officer present.
Fccav- ran SIGH and corrcSpon-
Er"'> rcN0~'d that c-im-look IN :
NrGro soldiers surrounded the
c,Gr
\ second i0cider: in the same
area resulted from the offensive
attitude = white troops and ltal-
l., civilians toward Negroes az A
pleasure SV1t near Ni7reCgio.
There I'D a'SN been other occa-
.-> when relations between the
- -rCGYS had been tense AZ one
,vr whom NCsuo officers entered
= c'.h VH'c> seated there BEGAN
- Y' sc over and over We want
Pl5C according ~ Max john
syn ~ the Afro
The lhrd recent racial outbreak
overseas WAS IN London near ire
Colonial club \ dispute between
wEi'e soldiers and a Negro civilian
entering tic club resulted In street
er-urE rear Picadi,lv Circu.
Which continued Urtl london 70
Ice ard American MPs restored
order. Two l. : Marines. white
soldier and a white girl were in.
Ju~ed
II remains 20 ne seen what iht
future will bring OCCUPATION
forces - 10Th races viii oe ABROAD
'rr 30 indefinite period ard pre-
Vcr.tp- ~ Nevv.iaN,>0 az ~sss ~
color lire NAY sc as dlhcu,t al
spspendlng the lSN OF gravity.
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wanted the opportunity to get me
TO say | was communist. Jew
or a Negro, any of which are all
right-but | sort of Knocked out
his straw man" Mrs. Norman
strongly believes unfavOrable
publicity about bigotS and home
grown fascists of the Bilbo ilk
has strong effect on them. "Peo-
pie who think you just build
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
Reprinted From Headlines and
Pictures)

Picturesl
~ saw O;hel.o's visage in his
mind.
And 10 his honou-s and his
valiant parts
Did ! my soul and fortune
consecrste
-Desdemona in Othe.lo
From Brisbane TO Bristol stories
Of love across the color line have
.r!u-.a;ed- color-Crazed waite
Americans almost in World War II.
Perhaps no one is more surprised
than the Negro soldier that he
should be dubbed IN some quarters
as the "AN-American Lover"
While the stories have been ex-
aggcrated and tales have grown
taller At every telling. there seems
- be some evidence that tan YankS
were not without attractions il
some Nordic qsarte-S TIE mild
manners Of many tan YarkS who
took abroad the rsc.St lntIbitlNnS
II their native land won many a
foreign heart.
Reports from the soldiers them
selves and from seasoned obServ-
ers al indicate that the white
Ysnks carried with them an ove--
bearing attitude mingled with
scorn for those whom they con-
sidered behind American progress
TIE Negroes on the other hand
accustomed 10 a. inferior role in
economically under privileged and
society easily accommodated them
selves 10 a lower economic scale
The American tourist has long been
the bane Of foreigners whose land
he visited and the American sol
dicrs were tourists in the mass.
Add 10 this ready acccrtaNcc Of
the Negro soldier the hyporScuSi-
tivity Of white Americans toward
their darker brothers and TIC STAGE
Vas set for friction No S,-ht 50
aroused many white soldiers as
that Of a white woman IN The COM
pany Of a Negro soldier An irdi-
cation Of the feelings 81 some IS 10
following from Noel CCward'S
Middle East Diary" published las,
year;
"Adolph Menjou surprisingly ap-
peared and sat at my table
He talked 10 me, a trifle hysteri-
cs,ly, thought, about the dire
problem ~ colored American
troops IN England. and cloon.ly
enviSaGcd future race OF high
ve'lowS AL. over our island from
Referring 10 Loeb LoTond fc1r
that took these dismal proproS'i-
cations rather fippantly and said
that al least the injection of little
colourcd blood into our stock
would ensure us having better
teeth"
Rivalry In Sex
The American white H'ale has
long accepted with ready guilt
bility the myth of the sexual viril-
i,v OF the Negro male Waiter
White on his return from the
various battlefrontS reported in
his book. a Rising Wind:
But even greater than the fear
Of his making good as soldier
was the fear of the Negro as a
rival in sex. Here II is necessary
10 speak bluntlv White American
soldiers. particularly those coming
from the South. were Infatuated
when some British women clearly
emphasized a preference for Negro
soldiers"
Ii. Col. Paul l.. Bates. white COM
mandcr Of the Negro 76lSt Tank
Battalion was quoted by the Pitts
burgh Courier as ssyingy much
ti,e ss11e thing the basis az anti
Negro feclinG among white Ameri-
can TROOPS is SEX" Col. Bates states
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
DIAPER LAND?

John p. Msrqusnd. who Is
proud Of the wide range between
his oldest and his youngest son,
tells Of the day he boosted OF this
NJ a lecture to a book-club. Il
have one son in the eth Army,
and one son in diapers" Mar
quand told the ladies. One Of
,sSew xSEeG- Che xuINSt 80 SSS rSw
quand. where Is Diapers
Leonard Lyons.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
MYSTERY

Edgar Johnson's a Treasury
OF Satire" reminds us that the
great samuel Johnson had the
perfect answer for . visiting
lady who complained that some
how. she couldn't explain how,
her fingernsils were always get
ting dirty in London.
JShnSwN replied. Perhaps.
madam. you scratch yourself
Earl Wilson in Ny. Post
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
BOREDOM

Doctor. I don't drink or
smoke or chase around with
women--will I live 100 years."
NO" replied the medic. but
It'll seem like it."-Engiand Hos
pital Review. ~
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that "the white soldier wants 10
rope og as his an area for him self
IS complete as possible and, exclude
the Negro" He was also quoted
As expressing concern over the way
~ which Negro troops were being
>.a@dere6 by some whites.
Campaign Against Negro els
T1e s'a-6er!r- oe-an in EDE.drd
the frs country on tie continent
into which negro soldiers were
sent. and continued in Italy.
Fcanch. PolElua, Reports are now
that although the German people
have begun - accept the Negroes
without question. there too. some
white American troops are Witty
in- thew. 4 dispatch fropl- L.
HaVre. France, states that MPS
have orders - arrest NcEr0 SOL
d.ers seen w,'h French Girls. 4
soldier Stationed near Nice wrote
home Of warnings aCaj0St c1,NYcd
soldiers printed in ne French
press. TIE Italian press 900. had
printed s'1~S against &c tan
HankS Waiter VIE rcNo,tei that
IN FrrI4oI no -,.,.r,.t,, - "a
rinuS taul,s ~ Tho 1.SlsrS> -rd
Fast Ar-',s MAJ hco,. ibid ia,
Negroes wearing The American
Army uniform were S5viEC> re-.
CrultCd ~ Africa .W~o could not
speak English and 'sa: they
barked 10 communicate tt.cIr
wishes" Others were told That Ne
SrocS had tails. were i'1tCIate.
prone 10 rape carried -arars, &C
Proof ,Nat tins V~N03car67 co.
rected at the populations abroad
did not succeed is t7.~i r ru-
TeroUS incidents 7 afcS, vas ne
hvSteyiCal demonstration 80 Young
girls IN Bristol who. came - saw
goodbye - colorci .A'~e~Icap
troops C0'At~ki1g ~ N~.ettca.
The London Pictorial described i
IN this way.
The scene was Bristol. NOS,
English - all FuE,.,N .lt.C> TIE
time was : an. Yesterday The
actors were mob - screaming
girls between l. and *. ttc.r hvS-
terra was caused by thct-rcVs that
p four companies of American coll
ored soldiers in The city were 'cay-
ing for home.
.Do,t pooo. NJ L.,
The girls besIcged tbs bar~arks
where tho soldiers vere and BEGAN
singing Don't Fence Mo II
This vas TOO ,,ur,, 60 u.s., 60.
orcd -ver W., hc,,r q, h~oa.
down the harbed Vie srr~,rr4 .o,
,heir ou,r,crs In ~ 90, ,,.r,,,rs
diors v'ero k,.sirr a05 -. tr.,.~.
hundreds ~ IA ara l. : -.
ONO rirI rs 0po,cd NV l;corsc
pal.,,ore No, co~r,.r,o,ssr. +,
London as saving These Scr,C.
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Or LI}la6l57yyI I|s||7Bz

EVENTS are moving rapidly along the color
- line. In the two weeks l have been away
from this typewriter Adm. Chester w. Nimitz
has made statement that he favors a nom
jim-crow navy; President Truman has ap-
pointed irwin {. Mollison of Chicago to. be
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
NOW, NOW

Don't 20 away mad" said the
keeper 10 the escaping lunatic.-
Camp How're HowitIer.
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them up by adverse publicity are
mistaken. but of course they are
hurt most by giving valid reasons
something is wrong.
You can argue, she continued
by censorship against book ike
Strange Fruit" that you send
sales up. However. il you don /
- See A LADY, page 20
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
DISCRETION

1T is worthy Of note that no representative Of Mis-
was present at that black -andwhite FEPC dinner r
held in Washington. No attempt has been made Il
by the FEPC To function in this state and that in
somebody is showing discretion" - jackson Daily
Column by: Frederick Sullens.)
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No Intermarriage Permitted
One. soldier. sgt. Thomas W.
Bryan Of indianapolis was quoted
as saying: ......

One soldier. SGT Thomas w
Bryan ut Indianapolis vas quoted
as saving
Although there were Sco~es n
cases whore the soldiers wanted 20
marry he girls. headquarters WpS
against u They StUhb1rnly wsin-
tanned their stand OF not allowing
Evening star., 1945-09-30

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month. Price, 100000. ROGER Moss,
Realtor. HO 5000. 2l25 Rhode Island
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