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garment trade BlotZ, the racketeer
has built up a local from 10 to $4,000
members, with violence as his main
persuasion. The group consolidated
he rules it like Hitler, blacklisting
and penalizing at his pleasure. His
system is to use his extraordinary
personal magnetism to inspire terror
and, when that fails, to levy on his
payroll thugs, whose specialties are
acid throwing, blackjacking and
murder. The point which Mrs
Hayes makes of all this is that
Blotz, with European heritage, has
a wholly European view of American
society. His particular hatred is the
American of old stock and the "edu-
cational" program of his local is
limited to intoxicating class dissen-
sion based on a distorted interpre-
tation of American history.
Personally, of course, Blotz is a
neurotic. The basis of his hatred is
envy, the reality of his devotion to
the workers is his personal thirst
for revenge.
The drama of the novel comes
from a revolt against his tyranny
led by young Harvard student of
old American stock who comes to
the local as educational director
Blotz hires him because he wants a
representative of his class to insult
in the giggling presence of his
stooges. But the majority of the
members have sickened of their
little dictator and rally behind the
young man to overthrow him.
The novel presents good contrast
between American and European
views of organization but would be
better if Mrs. Hayes had left out
some of her melodrama.
NC. r.
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methods of cultivation. But he
bought GAO acres of hill farm not
withstanding. He had an idea. 1t
was that the world is going to pot
for every one to see and the time
will come, with not long to wait
for it, when social organization as
we now know it will break up and
disappear. Cash money, when that
happens, will not be of much good;
there will be imitation and depres-
sions which will make the past
look like good times. Where, then
will a man turn for security? To
the earth, says Mr.. Bromfleld, point
ing at history. To the earth which
will provide him with his living, let
markets f1uctuate as they may. So
. he bought piece Of earth and set
tied down to live upon it.
You might have expected that,
with so decided view of earth S
Importance. he would have insisted
IN having earth of the best quality
But it seems that an unfulhlleo
Ouixote has been living at the CEN
ter of his externally successful eX-
istence aad it was not enough Tor
him simply to buy good land, out
and out. He deliberately bought
deteriorated land to allow himself
the satisfaction of restoring 1t. He
believed that it could be done-and
he did it. In this book, he tells the
story of the doing.
He established sort OF COM
munity on his $40 acres, gathering
around him young men with some
agricultural knowledge who wanted
to follow farming as their way OF
life. He supplied the very conslo-
cradle capital which was needeo Io
get the experiment under way. Io
his associates he furnished mooern
homes and salaries. AS soon as the
tract began to pay, they would dlVide
the profits according to each man
labor, after Mr.. Bromfleld mad taken
the first 5 per cent as a return on
his investment. From 1889 on the
pro,,p has been working on that
basis and now, Mr. Bromfield as
slres us. all but a few hllltops OF
the once rundown tract have been
restored 20 rich productivity.
He calls on Americans generally
TO do as he has done. He was a
rich man and, he observes, the poor
man cannot go into land as exten-
sivelv as he went. But on 1e"
acres. and without giving up MS
regular job, one who is willing &c
work can assure his independence
And more than that-by setting uE
as small agricultural producers, the
citizens will be thWarting the present
movement toward Capitalization,
which we are experiencing, move
ment which, Mr.. Bromfleld believes
can end only in totalitarianlsm. He
traces the cycle-workers dependent
solely on Jobs. depression and the
workers thrown on Government re-
lief. manipulation of relief to force
the voters to keep the adminlstra'
ton in power and an end OF politl-
cal independence. But the mar
who produces his own food can also
own his soul-even in an industrla
society:
Mr.. Bromfield is both eloquent
and convincing. His book ought u
be put on the shelves of all schools
where young Americans are tram
ing for the future.
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Book Reveals How Unpublished Treasures
|Of Emily Dickinson Finally Saw Liqht
BOLTS OF MELODY

BOLTS OF MELODY
By Emily Dickinson. Edited
by Mabel Loon1is Todd and
Millicent Todd Bingham
(Harpers;: $3)
ANCESTORS BROCADEs
By Millicent Todd Bingham
(Harpers; $3.50
The only appropriate announce
ment for the event which Is made
public in these two volumes is a
direct and simple one. For the
event itself outshines all adjectives
In Bolts of Melody" are 688 hither-
to unpublished poems by Emily
Dickinson. Pause for silence-what
more can be added to that? Only
one thing, naturally-the story Of
why these treasures have been so
long in obscurity and of how they
come now to be brought to light.
That story is told in the accompany
ing volume, Ancestors Brocades.' u
1t is strange tale, involving
curious personalities and typical
provincial prejudices. - involving
too, a rare and self1ess literary la
Dor of devotion. Told now in its
fullness, it adds an invaluable chap
ter to the history of American
letters.
Emily Dickinson died in Amherst
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cheerful b o O k
and, at that
time, as the pub
Usher tells us in
his preface, un-
der the influence
of the WPA
Writer'S Project.
only dreary and
repulsive views
of life in Amer
lea could win
much popular
ity. Feeling that
the temper has
S 0 m e W h a t
c h a n ged and
IT,. 49, l.Ix -
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the best place
to be was the
U n i ted States
Accordingly, he
left his French
home and moved
to Ohio. to the
particular p a r t
of Ohio where
he spe n t his
farmboy youth
He found that it
had run down
con 81 d e r a bly,
since he lived
there; the land
had deteriorated
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imaginary stories against a pioneer
background. The former group
seems to be the better. In it the
following are particularly good:
THE Day of Victory" which deals
with Washington's refusal, at the
end Of the Revolution. to regard
himself as an indispensable man
and take the political control which
was urged upon him; "Conyngham," "
which reminds us of our early "one-
man Navy" and the story which
gives the volume its title, which
with some romantic overtones, re-
lates the history of the frigate
Constitution. NC. r.
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leader. Dorsha
Hayes gathered
her m a t e r | a ]
from her own
experience as a
worker for labor
O r 6 a nizations.
In her foreWord
she says that
the racketeer of
her story is a
type W h C h is
leaving its mark
on the American
la Dor movement.
Th e industry
of her story is
the New York
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The French Revolution
By J. M. Thompson.

6y j. M. thompson. fOLJOTu
University Press; So
There will PROBABLY always be
room for another book on the French
Revolution. This one, however, may
have some difficulty in finding its
public. For it presupposes too great
a knowledge in its reader to appeal
to the ordinary book buyer and not
enough to appeal to the historian
1t alternates, that is to say, between
broad sweeping passages which
carry the narrative forward with
only casual references to certain
contributing events, and long de-
tailed analyses of legislative meas
ures and organization The au-
thor's knowledge of his period is
profound, his point of view his
torically fresh. But his method
seems unfortunate.
What he does is to subject the
revolution to leveling process.
The drama of personalities, which
has fascinated so many historians,
Evening star., 1945-04-08
Brief Reviews
WAR AND POLITICS.

The World at War, prepared from
public sources by Military Intelli-
gence Division. War Department
Infantry JournalD A brief history
of the war with emphasis on mill.
tary techniques.
Knew Your Soldier, by Eleanor
"Bumpy" Stevenson and Pete Mar
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tin. Infantry Journall Red Cross
workers present an intimate picture
of GI Joe overseas.
Freedom Is More Than a Word, by
Marshall Fields. university of
Chicago PressD The publisher of
PM and the Chicago Sun tells of
the idealism which led him into
the ventures.
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New Books
son Crusoe, S2.75. April

Robinson Crusoe, S2.75. April 9.
Cuckoo Time. 81 so, April 13.
Other Mems Flowers, So so, April -.
The Gasheuse Gang, $2.75, April 8.
ShotSunning In the Lowlands, $50.
April 8.
April 9.
Movie Lot to Beachhead. $3.50. April II.
N, nras1, W; 5G anri Aipr g.
Dasha, So so, April l2
Cocks and Bulls In Caracas. S2.76.
April 10.
The wide House. So. April Q.
Can Democracy Recover. 50. April IL.
Sase Quarter. So. 80, April 12.
San Martin, knight Of the Andes. $500
April L.
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The Pear Tree
BIZ Elissd Ldndi. fZif DdUis
S2.50.)

By EESSG Lanai. fZ1t DaU1S
$780,
The merit Of this novel lies In its
clever manipulation of material. It's
idea is simple, but it is carried out
with ingenuity. A woman dies. leav.
ing suspicion that she committed
suicide and that an unhappy love
was the cause of her self-destruc-
ton. Her friends undertake to solve
the mystery. The manner in which
ELISA Landi brings the truth tc
light, bit by bit, is well-calculateo
drama. The story is merely CONNER.
cial fiction, but is executed with skill
worthy of a better cause.
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Walls Rise Up

By George Sessions Perry.
(WhittleSey House, ST.
When this first novel by the now
well-known George Sessions Perry
was published, back in 1889, it at
tanned very little success. 1t is a
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work of Stephen
Benet in the
same field, the
close ! tx e n e S S
need not prevent
anyone from en-
joying the vol
ume. If tn e
work is based on
imitation, How
ard Fast chose
an xce IL e n t
model.
Some of the
tales deal with
actual historical
personalities and
oro~%r ro~@ o~-
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Patrick Henry
And the Friqote's Keel
BIZ HoUdrd Fast

By Howard Fast. (Duell, Sloan
& Pearce; $780,
Although the style and manner
of some of the selections in this
collection of patriotic stories will re-
mind readers very strongly of the
Evening star., 1945-04-08
Louis BromfieId
Makes His Report
On an Experiment
PLEASANT VALLEY
By Louis Bromfeld fHar'
perS, So
By Mary.Carfer Roberts.

When Chamberlain signed the
Munich pact. Louis Bromfield who
with his family, had been living
abroad for some years, decided that
Evening star., 1945-04-08

The Farmer and the Rest Of Us
by Arthur Moore. Little Brown
A study of the corn-belt farmer, his
habits, beliefs, needs and desires
Thoughtful.
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Best Sellers
according to Publishers Weekly
-NATION-WTDE


FICTION.
1st-The Green Years. A. ]. Cronin.
2d-Great Son. Edna Ferber.
3d-F0rever Amber, Kathleen Winsor.
4th-Cannery Row, John Steinbeck.
5th-Earth and High Heaven, Gweth-
allyn Graham.
NONFICTION.
1st-Brave Men, Ernie Pyle,
2d-Anything Can Happen, George
and Helen Papashvily.
3d-Try and Stop Me, Bennett Cert.
4th-Black Boy. Richard Wright.
5th-The Thurber Carnival, James
Thurber.
In WASHINGTON
FICTION.
1st-Foreyer Amber. Kathleen Winsor,
2d-The Green Years, A. j. Cronin.
3d-Great Son, Edna Ferber.
4th-Captain from CASTLE, Samuel
Shellabarger.
5th-lmaEe of Josephine, Booth
Tarkington.
NONFICTION.
1st-Brave Men, Ernie Pyle.
2d-Road to Serfdcm. F. A. Hayek.
3d-Report on the Russians, w. l..
White.
4th-Black Boy: Richard Wright.
5th-The Thurber Carnival. James
Thurber.
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WHO Walk With
The Earth
By Dorsha Hayes. (Harpers;
$780,

The psychology of the labor union
racketeer is the theme of this novel
which, as far as I know, is the first
work of fiction to present an un-
glamorous picture of modern labor
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ANCESTORS BROCADES
By Millicent Todd Bingham
(H1rperS; $3.50
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03
Local Presid mis- Det-
erl11ined To Safe
Guard H.B.A.
LOCAL PRESIDENTS DETERMIN.
q ED TO SAFEGUARD THE H. B. A.

In the Convention Monday and Tues
day lie presidents a n delegates
showed a determination to carry for
ward in a Christian and business-like
manner the work of the H. B. A. Some
were heard to say 1--WE have done too
much to go backward now"
The discussions and debates at var
ious times were at fever heat. Men
were heard to say that eve made the
General Officers and we can impeach
any one or all of them in the Conven-
ton if they cannot tremendously work
and serve the people"
The delegates surprised the Conven-
ton la e Tuesday afternoon when
there seemed to have been a strong
sentiment to remove the General Vice
President, E. F. Young, Jr Sew
eral strong speeches were made by
r b ert Coins, T. E. Ellis, A. j
Barnett, Mabel Kendrick and others.
Only an earnest plea from the Gen
eral President saved the Vice from
being removed from office. In fact
the General President had to make
the second plea asking the Convention
to leave it alone this time. It appear
ed as if out Of respect for what the
General President has done through
the years that they finally obeyed his
request "leave it alone this time"
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03

their toes" They never let q
good man down. 4, The newspape
learns Of praisewortAy achieve
Rnents because somebody alway
writes TO the editor and tells hin
.sspEsSSea
A One-Man ARTICLES all ar
Selection 81 written by a modes
scribe who signs hi
name Bob Poisall; no title afte
it. Incidentally, Bob picks tn
Man of the Week every time. III
does it without help or advio
from staff or board. Usually h
selects a man of Danville, Yer
million County, but there is nj
rule. If the towns benefactA
lives somewhere else he's no
barred. ael
Every year, since April 1895
Mr.. Poisall has planned and on,
gained a dinner with all trim
mings and invited his 81 select
ed men to eat with him. This
banquet mas become quite an IN
stitution. There are not always
just So men present. Once in 9
while Bob has a hard time De.
Gliding which of two good men &c
choose and ends by naming boil
Of them. ....s4oss sAxg,
The moral to this story is ob-
vious. Once | attended Bob's ban
quet "a completely Americas
function | met So good men and
true, most of whom were sta
surprised that what they ~
SHOULD be considered great. Nay,
be every town can't have one h,t
it's constructive project fo'
community where there is d rns.
who has the knack.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03

No. MFRS.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03
H.B. A. Convention Now History
WORDS OF APPRECIATION FROM
YOUR GENERAL SECRETARY

To the Hundreds Of Presidents of
the H. B. A. and Thousands of Mem
bers: 1t is with profound gratitude
that l express to you my sincere APP
probation for all that you have done
for me. In this capacity have serv-
ed you twenty-nine years, for which
Il am grateful. In our Convention
this week the loyal Presidents, Gen
.eral Officers and other delegates show
ed great interest in me and the work
that ! have tried to do as your humble
servant Your actions speak louder
than words. ] thank you for making
me custodian of our Office Building
and you may expect me to live up to
my reputation.
Many of you know that for three or
four months have had before you an
agenda and in this agenda l suggest
ed certain changes and revisions that
our Constitution needed. All of this
was for your careful consideration so
that you would know how to act in
diligently when the Convention open
ed. I gave you the best that l pos
sessed when | was working day and
night on six page agenda. We be-
gan on page two and we ended on
page thirty-two We tried to touch
every article, section and page that
needed special attention. When the
delegation began revising the Consti-
tuition last Tuesday it was taken word
lby word, article by article. section by
section and page by page, until they
had gone through the entire agenda
|and the agenda was adopted without a
single change. Friends, l consider
this a distinct honor bestowed upon
me by you. Your actions show that
you believe in me, you have confidence
in my ability to do what you want
done From the depth of my heart !
thank you all and l solicit an interest
in your prayers that / may do the
right as God gives me light to see the
right
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03
WE GO FORWARD

The H. B. A. goes forward as never
before. Many changes were made in
the Constitution of the H. 3. A. Some
Of the big and outstanding revisions
were the creating of an Executive
Board that shall have general control
Of the Association, ?. The creating of
a working Standing Committee, 3. A
strong Trustee Board, 4. Giving the
General Secretary supervision over
the Home Office Building, ). The Gen
eral President and Secretary are mem
bers lex officio) Of the Executive
board Many other important chang
es on revisions We're made.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03

In our next issue we viii give you
the winners in the Membership Cam
paign and we will try TO award each
person a token for your great work.
Because Of the rush of business in the
office it will take some little time to
get all of our correspondence to you.
Five or six presidents mailed their
ten cents commission. We will return
that to you as early as possible. The
commission was voted in the last Con-
vention and in order to keep us from
forgetting the Convention made it a
law to be placed on the statue-that
is, be placed in the Constitution.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03
II. B A. MOLE

Many Of our readers am sure are
wondering what we shall have to say
about the H. B. A. mole. | wish to
state that he has been captured and
is now harmless.
The entire Association will keep an
eye on him. The little moles will not
be passed un-noticed.
In next weeks issue we will give
YOU the names Of the members of the
various committees.
We will also give you few OF the
names of some of the outstanding
legislators in the Convention.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03
PICAYUNE

A revival was held at Pleasant Val
ley Baptist Church, Rev. E. L. Fox,
pastor. The meeting began June 18th
and continued through June Goth. Rev.
Willie D. Ridgeway of Hattiesburg
conducted the meeting. So candidates
for baptism, 70 members were added
to the church.
TIL e Vacation Bible School began
July 9th through July 21st. Opening
exercises were conducted by Deacon
c. A. johnson. 148 students were en-
oiled. Teachers we're as follows:
Glass No. /, Mrs. Eliza Anderson,
Glass No. 2, Mrs. Lena Sea Wesley;
Glass No. 3, Mrs. Ruth Nelson; Glass
No. 4, Deacon David Bolden; Glass No.
| 5, Mrs. Elizabeth Robertson; Class No.
Is, Mrs. Dorath Jones.
Collection for the two weeks, $19.17.
Rev. C. L. Fox, Pastor, Mrs, A. G.
Randolph, President, Miss Gertrude
Cooper, Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03
H. B. AS MAKE HISTORY IN
CONVENTION

On Tuesday of this week the H. B.
AS Of Mississippi closed a two day
Annual Session in their spacious audi
forum Tuesday night 1000 o'clock.
The Convention was we'll attended by
both delegates, members and friends
Approximately 225 delegates made up
It he Convention wit h hundreds of
members and friends in attendance.
The Constitution mas not been revised
in several years a much interest
was centered around this particular
part of the Convention. The Associa-
ton a $50 paid 8 claimants brought
over from June amounting to S211.00
each.
Another big outstanding thing done
in the Convention was the donation
made to a widow of the late or miss
ing jim Chapel who was at one time
a local president. Chapel has beer
missing for more than years. The
General Secretary had communicated
with the Insurance Department ant
arrangements were made by which
the Association could donate withou
an assessment on the members to Mrs
Laura Chapel $4,000. This equal.
the amount that the Association was
paying years ago.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03

Reports
CONVENTION COLLECTION

AS we go to press our financial col
lection for the Convention amounts to
S4,O8O.70 Total number of members
reported in the Convention, 6,278.
We have given you elsewhere the
membership as reported by local pres
idents, If there are any corrections
please write the office. You will COM
pare you receipt with this financial
report.
We wish to congratulate all of you
for your splendid loyalty in helping
is to carry forward this great work.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03

5Iished Weekly st 2508-5th Street
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03
SEPTEMBER ASSES SMENTS
EXECUTIVE BOARD ISSUES SEP
TENDER COLLECTION
na2

The Executive Board with Rev. E.
F Young chairman Of the board is
sued the following orders just before
tn e Convention closed late Tuesday
night. All Presidents are requested
to collect $135 death claims quarterly
dues etc. for the September quarter.
The board also orders that the next
board be held in the H. B. A. Auditor
ium.
The presidents are requested to re-
tain $40 commission as you have
done heretofore for your service.
Done by the orders of the Executive
Board.
Secretary /
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03
bEWlLDERED SON

Who are you but the duss. OF ths s@sS
J made into . common form
Who are you that you should eoodetn0
the faith of one, the race OF ooa. 4
And strive TO do them harm "a
The good book Of old has stoutly tois
10 love me is TO love my own;
Yet down thru the ages this condit'on
still RACES
This suffering from race hatred and
scorn.
Yes they laughed when we prayed iron
the cotton field 10 the grave
Claimed our minds knew OF no, 'ng
higher 10 do.
Yet these same folk nov. call your name
WIhy5 Z know God so do you, -,
It's Gods war they say and He's WIN
us the way in everything we do.
Now God I've never questioned Ioui
word since the birth of my day
But isn't it true what ! long. long age
once heard them say
That only black folks like me find time
10 pray.
By Billy link Spott) KessS
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03

sssA Sssss 4N"ss4 Ass5sT' Ssss55ss 49, ss5s
SHOUTS of hurrah for a hero
help other people more than him.
The effect is to inspire everybody
to public service. Unselfsh things
people do for their country, home
town, family or church, are not
rightly done for praise. In fact,
people who do noble things with
glory as the primary aim quite
often miss the target. ....
r Danville, ILL.,, cashes-in on this
powerful influence. The CONNER
cial-News, a Danville daily news
paper, keeps the idea alive. Every
Monday morning the paper car
ries a story about some citizen
who has performed a noteworthy
public service. He is designated
the "Man of the Week." and the
article tells why, also, other in
teresting things about the man.
Something SELECTIONS are
Unselfish always on a basis
of public service,
not personal achievement. An
ambitious young insurance man
who sells his first million-dollar
policy is not necessarily Man Of
the Week, although he probably
feels pretty successful. Dan
! ville's Man of the Week must
have done something big for Dan
vile and, like as not, received no
commission on it. pss.s...s
= The weekly selection, the bio
graphical sketch of some good
citizen every Monday, the repeat
ed reminder of what a fine thing
1t is to be unselfsh and thought
ful, keeps Danville's citizens con
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-08-03
DISPENSATUON CONTINUES
Dear Presidents: This comes to in

form you that we are continuing the
dispensation until the September
Board l am urging you to do your
best. Let's see can't we get at least
two hundred fifty members by t h e
September Board.
Fiaternally yours,
Rev. Z. F. Young, Gen. Pres.