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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17
BOOK NOTES
BY GERTRUDE SCOTT MARTIN

conceived and written "Tragic
Ground" viii probably find vide
reading public.
More On Amber
PMS Sunday cdtion several
weeks ago had an account Of the
way that the publishers OF For
ever Ambcr' had promoted the
book The article vas a gem of
lis kind ard devastating COM
mentary on the way, any B6ok
with or without merit can be
. fosted on tho public That II can
be do Q Is rot news. but PMS
story 81 the technique was skill
IN. job Of reporting. Hollywood
l. master IN this field but the
publishers are taxing a leaf from
their book In the case of Amber,
g'anor photos Of the author. Kath-
lcen Win*or, played no small part
IN the promotion
Forever Amber" has had the
critics wing with each other 10
describe IT; one called Amber a
"trollop with a Woll0p" another
called the book Forever Under"
With it all, the sale Of the book
goes or apaCc.
Lillian Smith and Children
Lillian Smith who spoke in De-
troIt 10 a packed house at the
Central Methodist church the other
evening gave a clear. Straightfor-
. ward talk on orr children and
their future She told the story OF
a play which the children at her
camp had written last summer.
The idea OF the play had come
from EXupcrys The Little
Prince" but the children al Miss
Smiths camp had gone on 20 write
a play Of a prince on a planet VINO
VA ted 10 VISIT other planets and
Of the things that stand in the
way OF his doing this. With this
theme they had come face to face
with the various forces which keep
them from knowing all people OF
various races and classes and re-
ligions.
With this as starting point Miss
Smith went on 10 discuss the white
mans contention that there is a
Negro problem" when the prob
lem is really his owr Miss Smith
contends that our society IS men
tally sick and that each individual
must face the contradictions in his
thinking and rid himself OF his
prejudices.
Miss Smith whose book. Strange
Fruit" is still much in demand.
is al work on dramatization OF
the book. VI ch Of her time is
taken up with writing for maya
zines in addition 10 her magazine.
South To-day. The coming issue
Of South Today will deal with
tho problems OF returning service
TCn. Subscription are only a
dollar and the magazine is pub
.i>hod tU..e a yc7r. Tho writing
that appears there is uucvCclled
and the approach % the race queS-
ton ls sincere and uncompromiS-
. ing. The address is Clayton, Ga.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17
Another Tobacco Road"

Another Tobacco Road"
In Tragic Ground Erskino
Caldwell assemblies group Of
amoral characters much like those
in Tobacco Road" The story re-
wolves around Spence Douihit who
like Jcctcr LcStCr-is tho head OF
a household about VII ch he can
DO nothing and whose feeble ycarn-
ings for better life arc easily
dissolved IN liquor or talk In fact,
Mr. Caldwell does not make
Spence $ aspirations very real and
il is no surprise 10 find him a.
the end Of the book saving that
he wants 10 return to Poor Boy.
the community that he has been
talking about leaving throughout
the boo%.
Mr.. Caldwell shows il, Tragic
Ground the hone cssncss 81 tho
lives Of these people and their
need for help from social workers
aware OF their plight. Living in
shacks and unable 10 find Jobs
after the powder factory had closed
many like Spence found them
selves stranded IN a strange COM
munity. SpcuCe'S wish was 10 re-
turn to BeaSeley County, his home
but even when given the means
10 leave he failed 10 so. MIR Cald-
we'll has failed TO make Spence or
his other characters anything but
comic and often unbelievable Inc
book is really nothing more than
a bedroom farce in Tobacco Road"
setting
The books attempts at humor
are more often tiresomc repeti-
tions Of the same theme thar comic
Maud. Spencc's wife, who spends
her life in bed with bottle of
tonic is as completely unconvinclng
as are the tao social workers who
come 10 the ad OF the family.
Gullible Miss Saunders would GER
tsinly run any welfare department
into bankruptcy II she were taken
in by Sperccs transparent prom
Uses.
MaviS. the l3.voar-old daughter
VI Atlt tttllsAs " fiN Stu q t'l ny AIli II
next door neighbor and eft home
for a house OF pro>'tut on. In
fact. all the girls and women in
the book from the age of II up
are pictured by the author as
fragile vessels TO whom tho sight
Of man is an irresistible tcmpta-
ton. Sex is the handspring OF
most Of the mems minds as well
and Spence is continually preoc-
cupied with il.
In books like you Have Seen
Their Faces" Mr.. Caldwell has
shown himself aware OF the TRAGEDY
OF the lives of these poverty-riddcn
poor whites and Negroes Of the
South. Yet in Tragic Ground
he has used this tragedy as matcri-
al for comedy and the result is not
amusing. Like that No. bcs,
seller. Forever Amber which
most book reviewers have whole
heartedly dismissed as poorly
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17
IL 7 E r s
To The Editor

Feb 3, l945.
Editor. Michigan Chronicle.
268 Eliot Street,
Detroit !. Mich.
The winning Of war is unimpor-
tant TO some large interests since
apparently the Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION and capitalist have
cracked the whip at organized la
Dor and have turned all effort to-
ward successful enactment Of laws
that give the manufacturers con-
troll Of When-Where-and how
much labor will work.
After hearing the discussion an
Our Opinion" Sunday afternoon,
Jan %. over station WJR, | must
say some OF those gentlemen give
expression of gross ignorance or
are trying very hard TO mislead
the public The shortage OF am
munition and war supplies on the
various war fronts" quoting Mr.
John L. Lovett of the State War
Procurement Board. is because
our men. at the direction of their
shop stewards. slow down the pro-
duction and loaf on these vital
Jobs, and IN the same breath adj
mlts that the War Production
Board viii not give out the re-
CURED work until this condition is
relieved.
might say that law on labor
control work or h2ht at the man
ufacturcrS price and contro, of
migratory labor sounds like a
southern senator's dream of Uto-
pia. l. is ridiculous TO state that
the Budd Wheel cannot hire $50
men when another plant just lays
off 1000 men and also very prob
able that the real difficulty lies in
rates and working conditions be-
ing sub-standard.
Too soon they have forgotten
that this country has done the
greatest job OF war production the
world has ever known, without
which 90 God only knows what
would have become Of us bv now
Some OF these msled brass hats
have laid down their sense Of pat
rotic effort TO win this war.
which by no means is won yet,
and have gone into highly or
gained feht against labor.
The remedy is that these mon
have more love for our country
and less business acumen on post
war control OF labor Earl Harris.
47l0 Stockton. Detroit IL, Mich.
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portion Of the population who are
just now beginning to be consc ious
Of their political strength.

portion Of the population who are
just now beginning to be -conscious
Of their political strength.
The real issue underlying the
Wallace fight, however. is not Wal.
lace himself. II 10 whether the
New Deal thinking. which licked
the pre-war depression. will con.
tInue 10 guide the domestic affairs
Of our nation during the postwar
period OF the Roosevelt administra-
ton, or whether the ulira-conserv-
alive thinking which characterized
the Hoover era and even now char.
acterizes our State Department in
its handling of our foreign affairs,
also viii control our domestic life
as well. Proof Of this is seen in
the preliminary skirmishes now
taking place on Capitol Hill over
the recent appointment OF Aubrey
Williams. former New Deal NYA
head. 10 be administrator az the
Rural Electrihcatioa Adminlstrs-
ton.
In the 1914 elections PAC and Its
followers set out TO accomplish two
principal detectives which really
amounted to but one. They sought
the reelection Of Roosevelt and the
purge Of rcactionary and isolation
list members from the halls Of Con.
gress. The first objective was fully
attained; the second only partially.
Substantial attainment of both,
Continued on Page 81
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17
THE FIERY CROSS

Sandwiched in between the news stories de-
scribing the desperate tactics of the Nazi hounds
who are being brought to bay was little local
item last Saturday which warrants special aten-
ton. Captioned Fiery Cross Flames at Side of
Home" the story in the Detroit News confirmed
the worst fears of the liberal ajority Of our citi
zenry. The symbol of homegrown fascism has
been raised again in our own back yard, while
across the seas our gallant armies are tightening
their moose around the neck of our fascist enemies.
The constant appeasement of hate groups who
are ready to take the law into their own hands
in order to deny the constitutional rights of Negro
citizens is beginning to bear new fruit. The liberals,
black and white, who have warned of revival of
anti democratic activity have been ridicued as
aarmists or smeared agtators Nevertheless,
the burning of seven-foot wooden cross to intimi-
date Negro home-owner reported by the daily
press is hard fact which cannot be ignored or ra
tionaized away.
1t is reported that the police department is
investigating this incident, as well it should. Police
Commissioner John Ballinger who has earnestly
striven to improve relations in Detroit, can
make great contribution to our town by making
sure that such provocative incidents are stopped
now and that our citizens may live without con-
slant fear Law and order must be maintained
among all groups white and black.
The raising of this fascist symbol, however,
indicates quite clearly that job needs to be done
which requires more than firm and just appl-
cation of police powers. Our city government must,
by word and deed, take positive position in the
field of housing out of which so much unrest in
this area grows. The contant haggling over racial
policies in the housing field has encouraged hate
groups to iout the constitutional rights of our
citizenry, and it has delayed measures for hous-
ing relief
We say this is no selfish partisan spirit but in
the sincere hope that something constructive may
be done to remove some of the roots of bitterness
in this community. The rights of American citizens
are clear and our city government cannot be party
to any proposition which will infringe upon the
rights of any part of our citizenry IT, therefore,
our city government takes truly democratic po-
sition and remains firm even in the face of threats
of political reprisals we will have taken in Detroit
long step toward real racial amity.
The further our government, local. state and
national, strays from the Democratic precepts
which demand fair play for all regardless of color,
the holder will become those elements in our popu-
lation which seek democracy's overthrow. The Khan
cross symbolizes fascsm in America and when this
symbol is raised in the arsenal of democracy at
the very hour when our nation is girdng for the
final defeat of fascism abroad, 1t is time for our
government to be concerned.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17
MIC Praises Ga.
Poll Tax Action

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Congratulat-
ing Gov. Ellis Arnall Of Georgia
for his leadership in the abolition
OF the poll tax in his state, the
National Negro Congress this week
informed the governor that the
vote of the Georgia legislature
represents an act Of immeasur-
able value in extending greater
democracy 10 the pNo"ie
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

Now that we have read the current crop of
eulogies of President Lincoln and the Lincoln Day
orators have had their say, we would like to add
postscript. We believe that in these trying days
it would be well to have Lincoln speak for himself
His wise writings and speeches are rich with. sgnf
icance for our own dilemmas The depth and breadth
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17
Mrs. f.. l.. Howard. 2O8 Mack

street: IL think
we 5 h u ! d
keep this time.
in or er to
stay in step
with the ma
ton. Slow time
puts an indus
trial city like
Detroit out OF
gear with the
+ @ 6 [ OF the
world. Those
who want 10
change { h c
time are doing
this TO cater 20
up tate people.
IL fnnv n.anf 20
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Miss Alice CharIeton, 81 Orches

II a pace. i
like war time
because | have
become accus-
toned 10 II.
There will be
day light long
er. 1t will up
set the regular
schedules of so
many workers.
Time is sure TO
be lost in maxi
ing SUI h a
change"
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street: ! think
Detroit should
remain on war
tim e because
{ h q y G o p ! c
We become
adjusted to 1t.
| like il. There
will be more
time for recrc-
alton which is
so necessary
for people who
are working
on the home
front"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17

/ prefer the
war I i m G,
Train time and
radio time are
tied in wit h
the war time
S c h e d
uleS. w ! [ h
spring a n d
summer COM
ing on there
will be an ex-
ira hour Of day
( ! m e. War
plants m & h +,
suffer in the
tran s ition &c
slow time"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17

lAlAllh ~
troit is right
in remaining
on war time.
In the spring
il Will We
men from the
( a CT cries a
change TO en-
JOY the sun
light It will
make the base.
ball schedules
fit " or X i n z
h urS better
3 a 5 c b a II is
necessary for
the morale Of
a W ar-ti m c
nrOductiOn CITY
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17
ENDURING Reporter

Would you prefer for Detroit
to remain on War Time or fol-
low the state and 60 on SLOW
time?"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17

change the school time. they
should do il with the beginning
OF the school Term in September.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17

o. L. Lucas. SO E. Palmer street
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17

The head OF the Women's Bureau
in the LABOR Departn ent. Miss
Frieda Miller. says that al least
so ger cent Of the women now gain
fully employed will want TO re-.
main that way after the war. Con-
gress better stop playing with
drafts for now, and work out some
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-02-17

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production city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
Canada Sees Newsprint
Output Normal by June
By the Associated Press.

By Iut ASsUCIdIeu FItSss
POLAND SPRING. Me, Sept. %.
-Newsprint production in Canada
should be back to prewar normal
by June of next year." R. M. Fowl
er, president of the Canadian Pulp
and Paper Association, today told
the annual convention of the north
eastern division of the American
| Pulp and Paper Mill Superin-
tendents' Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
Truman Urged 10 Insist
On Courtesy in japan

The American Friends Service
Committee, in a letter made public
yesterday, urged President Truman
to insist on "the exercise Of courtesy
and consideration" in the military
occupation Of Japan.
We see with distress the wave of
hatred and vengefulneSs spreading
throughout our country" the letter
said. I'VE wish to reaf1irm our deep
est conviction that only through
good will and generosity of spirit
can peace come to the world"
The committee also asked the
President for "steadfast reiteration
of the high principles" which he
already has set forth in statements
on broad occupation policies, and
careful selection of emotionally ma
ture and self-disciplined men to
carry out the occupation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
CIom Production Ruised

Mexico's pismo clam industry at
Baja has increased production five
times to an annual total Of 1000 900
pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
Chinese Culture Institute
To Open Glasses Oct. !

The Institute Of Chinese Culture
1900 r street NV, will begin its
academic year October l with
courses in the Chinese language and
Chinese cultural subjects.
Language courses will be taught
by S. w. Chang, former educator
in China. Courses on Chinese cul-
ture and literature will be conducted
by T. C. Lu, former lecturer at
Georgetown University. DR.. Fran
els Pan, former lecturer at George
town and Catholic Universities and
now Washington correspondent for
several Chinese newspapers, will
conduct the courses in Chinese his
tory and geography.
Glasses will be held Monday
Wednesday, and Friday evenings OF
each week. Registration will con-
tinue from noon to 8 pm. daily
through Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
Trucks Will Renew
Paper Collections al
Schools Tomorrow

Organization work for the fall
paper salvage drive in The Eve
ing Star-PTA Salvage program was
completed last week, and starting
tomorrow the trucks will begin reg
ular schedules, calling at all schools
in the program.
The probability that wastepaper
prices will not remain at their pres
ent high level for many more
months Is squirting many schools
on to greater effort at the start OF
the campaign in order to earn funds
with which to purchase equipment
such as sound-movie projectors
mimeograph machines and other
articles which have not been avail
able in the civilian markets dur
ing the war.
Seeks School Library.
One school, Benning, located in q
neighborhood lacking library facili-
ties, is undertaking development OF
an extensive school library to aid
in meeting this need. Benning
always has been one of the largest
producers in the paper salvage pro-
gram.
Ten schools are off to flying
start as result of the collections
made during the summer or during
the first three days of the fall drive
which started last Wednesday. They
are jefferson, 28,176; Shepherd, 49,
1872; Gage, 11,641; Moves, 11,001;
Hardy, 1884; Beers, 10,43l; Takoma
Park, 1886; Kingsman, 8.433; Wood
ridge, 6,12s, and Gaithersburg, $3.50
There were number of collec-
tons last week exceeding half a
ton, including Jefferson, 4,253;
Gaithersburg, $3.50: Takoma Park,
6,452 and 1894; Shepherd, 1,430;
Hearst, 1905; Stoddert, 1904; West
brook, 1,57O; Hayes, 1853; Blair,
2,056; Hilton-Peabody, 2,278.
Collections Set Tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
Catholic U. Law School
OPENS 51st Year Oct. 3

The 51st year of the Law School
of Catholic University will open Oc-
tober 8 with an enlarged stan OF
instructors and lecturers to handle
the expanded program of studies in
cident to the postwar and recon-
struction period, Acting Dean Bren-
dan F. Brown announced yesterday.
Registration Of undergraduate and
graduate students opens October !
and will continue through October
10. Both divisions Of the school will
be open to men and women students
Dean Brown Is planning number
of special events during the aca-
demic year in observance of the 50th
anniversary OF the law school
Alumnus of the school and other
distinguished lawyers will take part
including several nationally known
jurists, members of the bar ano
law professors who Dean Brown has
invited as guest speakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23
Half Of New GU Freshmen
Expected 10 Be Veterans

"GI Joe" will be much in evidence
at Georgetown University this COM
ing academic year.
University officials said yesterday
that service veterans will comprise
at least one-half of some Of the
new freshman classes opening Oc-
tober l, especially in the school of
foreign service and college Of arts
and sciences.
Registration at Georgetown in
creased Is per cent during the last
year of the war. Under more favor
able present conditions the outlook
for the new term is considered even
better, officials said. The graduate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23

school, least affected by the war
expects more than one-third In
crease In the October / enrolment.
In anticipation Of larger freshman
classes, the Georgetown authorities
are opening the first floor Of Copley
Hall, one Of the larger dormitories,
for incoming campus residents. This
hall has been occupied during the
last year by Army officers attending
classes Of the Army Industrial Col
lege. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, Mar. 10 41.-Apples-Dun
b tSF sFa6 bs5k STOCK very Sg 5
imum: Maryland Pennsylvania. West Vir-
glnia; Red Delicious, Staymans; 2.5o-3. 90;
ZONES ashs St' a ss5sS sssf rV u
sr1 so4AP PeSs lso.5S poorer 5o-75. .
yLania, ,1oo-5poundo SACKS, various varieties.
=; o6 s. Nc l. S6o175 . s No 2; i 10.
paper sacks 50: New York, 100 pound
sacks; round whites. y. S. No. l. 3 50-ss;
/, $50
sweet ,Potatoes--steady for good stock,
very dull on ordinary stock. MARYLAND,
No \ oo l. brushed: e:75-3.oo; gnsTsded, $50:
200; white vans 2: s No. !, 2 oo-5o;
Ricans. unsTaded, 1'5o-S5. New Jersey.
bushel hampers, Jerseys. U. 8. No. l, 2 25-
70; Nancy Sro Halls y; No; 2.5eo7s;
bushel hampers, Goidens, u. s No. i.
GO 900; few fancy higher; unsraded.
Poultry Quotations.
;, Poultry-Market firm: receipts very
light; roasters, fryers and broilers. mostly
"a; fowl. all breeds, 3O-3o12.
Livestock Market.
Receipts light Tor week; slaughter steers
6uls steady: load load good and Choice sFoand d
l,210-pound fed steers 1880, weeks topi
LOAD and and. few TRUCK lots, 1880: several
good 13.0O-l5 so, mostly IA 90 up; good
and CHOICE s2o-s70--pound heifers; %.
load p sood aTonnd iV mixed 4ea
lingS 10; so: two good beef cows, 100;
medium large II SOLE 80 few, outstand-
S 50-1l 90: Gamers 6 sos 90. mostly r 90
up: odd good beef bull, 1873; good sau-
sage bulls; 1850; bulk cutter to medium.
= cslvesaa5. COMPARED with week ago:
Good and choice yeaiers active, steady;
lower; GOOD and choice i51-a5 o-pousd
anS medium re 2oi6ebo sTlls .T0gn "a
Hogs, $50. Active steady with Friday;
and giits. 1870, the ceiling; good 100
12o,pound SLAUGHTER pigs at that price;
g1od SONS l525 the ceiling for thas
hogs. Compared with week ago, barrows,
gifts and sows steady.
Fat wooied lambs 700 hieher: Slaughter
prics,, 800; 5000 and choice, s6saS:
s 90; common and medium, I2.50-16 90;
culls around 1850; choice ishtweight
slaughter ewes, 500; bulk common to
Grain Market.
Flour-Receipts, 1894 barrels. include
wheat-Receipts, 3a322 bushels; ship
ments lS1905 bushels; stocks. .516,951
bushels No. , red winter, garlicky, spot,
domestic, $50: No. 2 red winter sarlicky.
with rail- transit, l.s9.
mentS, 26.l43 bushels. stocks, 454 .0as
bushels. Ceiling prices prevail according TO
Oats-Recelpts; 3.441 bushels; ship
ments, l.5 bushels: stocks, .6s3 bushels.
No. = wnlte oats. 93-9s.
stocks. 54,6l2 bushels.
Barley - Receipts, none; shipments,
none: stocks, 1900 bushels.
Milfeed-Recelpts go tons.
Hay-Msrket steady: timothy, clover
and mixed hay PRICES, S3T to. S39 per ton.
For all grades of hay below No. prices
are irregular.
Straw-Market steady: wheat straw.
| No. ., per ton, SIS to SO
Eggs and Butter.
Wholesale selling prices, including COM
| missions, at Baltimore. Extras, Nos. l
and 2, 37.3; Nos. 8 and 4. 1914: standards.
Nos. l and 2. 35.5; current receipts. 33.7;
consumer grade, extras. large, 43.S; grace
B, large, 3S.S: grade C, large, 36.S.
Butter, receipts 133,0S9 pounds; egg re-
ceIptS, l,143 cases