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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-21
Take q Aow
By ROMANO STEARNS

Mrs. Nola Smith is out to
make jim crow a dead duck.
As president of the National
Negro Congress she is spearhead-
ing a fight to have Jim crow dis
possessed from housing projects,
expelled from schools and ig-
nored by bosses in employment
offices.
Nowhere will you find the
slums and squalor as you will on
our own South Side" declared
Mrs. Smith, and gives for exam
pie the rat-infested building at
3100 S. Ellis, which, as health
hazard, has finally come to the
attention of city authorities. She
also cites the plight of the vet
Grams who are bucking race pre-
JUDGE and restrictive covenants
currently at the airport homes
housing project.
A FORMER school teacher,
Mrs. Smith is especially interest
ed in the inadequate educational
facilities of Negro children. She
taught at Jarvis College in Texas
and was secretary of the State
schools for Negroes in Pinebluff,
Arkansas.
Teaching Is missionary work
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-21


but carry-a-big-stick sort of per-
son. An attractive and charming
woman she graciously, but firm
ly, tackles the problems on the
program of the NNC, i.e., demo-
cracy, jobs, housing, peace.
A Peoples Tribunal recently
convened in Chicago to assemble
strength behind a petition to
the United Nations to "talSe such
steps as may seem just and
proper to the end that the op-
preston of the American Negro
may be brought to an end"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-21
The bride VS.. old-maid nightmare

- ~-~NN-~-
WE FACE a national worship
of youth. Heroines of popular
songs, stories, movies are young
and beautiful. AS we age we are
made to feel discarded. Because
we are lonely we often develop
the industrial diseases nf over
eating, business, nagging, Cos
slipping and chattering about our
limited world when at last we
finG someone to talk to.
We become the subject of
caricature - the rolling pin
holder, the bird-brained little
Oracle Allen. If all progresses
normally, we grow into the
next stage of caricature, the
mOther-in-law.
Along with men we roar at the
accepted humor, 'Never throw
your mother-in-law out the win
dow. You may hurt passer-by."
THAT was no lady. That was my
wife"
SOME of us escape. There are
those who become especially sue
cessful at careers before mar
riage, those who can afford serv-
ants. But we speak of the ma
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-21


"Women are nags."
Housewives gossip"
'Houwives get fat"
Why are these cliches constant
ly being thrown at women? Be
cause they're partly true. Some
of us do nag, gossip, chatter.
Some of us do get fat. But why?
BECAUSE there's a great con-
spiracy against us. Career maya
zines, movies, news ads combine
to arouse our discomfort. We are
educated along with our brothers,
allowed a dream of equal oppor-
tunity, plus the terrible night
mare of being an cold maid"
We get married and have
children and the door closes.
We are isolated. We work, eat,
think alone. We have not the
status of a job, receive no reg
ular pay, work interminable
hours.
On very special holidays we
have the privilege of spending
four hours in the kitchen prepar.
ing meal that our families will
consume in 80 minutes.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-21
Discrimination seen
in Iying-in hospital

The University Lying-in Hospi-
tai and Dispensary of the Univer-
sity of Chicago was charged with
discrimination in operating its
maternity department by William
L. Patterson, legislative director
of the Communist Party of Hi
nois.
The charge was made in let
ter written in reply to an appeal
for funds by the hospital.
Mr.. Patterson wrote:
81 was impressed by your
needs. But more, although you
said that the Chicago Lying-in
Hospital gives precisely the
same care to every patient, re-
CARELESS of the amount she
pays, 1 was impressed by the
fact that you did not say re-
CARELESS of race, creed, color or
political belief. That would
have been for me much more
effective.
II AM A NEGRO. To me the
desire to help such an institution
as your hospital comes naturally
I understand the need of medical
attention that plaques tens OF
thousands of women in our coun-
try. / know of the record of the
thousands of American women
who must give birth to children
without benefit of doctor. Among
these there are of course high
er percentage of Negro women
than of any other.
"You discriminate against them
in the maternity department. 1t
Is almost incomprehensible that
a university pledged to teach de-
mocracy should have attached to
1t it any institution which prac-
tees racial or religious discrimin.
alton"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-21
ne tome

Especial safety"
steps taken
By CHS
singing star
Rise ("FamiIy
Hour") Stevens
before adding
tinSel and bduble
decorations
to her SON
Nicky's
Christmas tree
toere to spray it
carefully. loith a
progressing
solution Zone
pound of
ammonium
phosphate
dibaSic in tt1o
quarts of cold
aDdter) and then
set the base of
the tree IN a pan
of 11ater..
Many stands
on the market
'have a regular
DdSe
arrangement
Tor this purpose,
since it also
helps preserve
the life of the
tree. All the
electric light
a1ireS aDere
carefully
checked and
frayed edges
repaired. Most
of the tree
trimmings are
rof fame-proof
material.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-12-21
Mrs Smith works to evicf
Jim Grow" from housing
BY ROSYN HARVEY
"WOmen are nags."
Housewives gossip"
"HOrIWiveS get fat"

at BEST" she stated, ''but in Chi
cago it is almost a heartbreaI5-
ing proposition"
Mrs. Smith is the speak-softly
Evening star., 1946-10-30
Explorers

Blue Twilight claims the farther ,oestern
hills;
The ne1D moon Is fragile silper dish.
The small boy on the porch beside his
dog
Regards the crescent moon and makes
,c4sb.
There is road that leads beyond the
hills; ~
He hopes he b dilotoed, and some day
soon,
TO take that road to ,ohere the sun goes
doscn,
The road that nes beyond the stnktns
Across the htls Ne cities knotDn IN
dreams; s
Tomorrow he might zee those stranger
The sleepy DOC thamps omoe Or tsDtcs hss
tall
Areedbly end says he xnderstnnds.
ERDERICK EBKI0Hr.
Evening star., 1946-10-30
Sees 226 COP House Seats
By Ray,,, ond MoIev

though the late Senator Bronson Cut
ting won narrowly in 1884
Republicans count on q considerable
vote for Hurley among former Okla
homans in the eastern part of the State
and on the break between Chavez and
Gov. John ]. Dempsey. Money and pa
tronage count heavily In the State, and
there will be plenty of both. But unless
there is heavy trend. it would not be
wise to claim any Republican Congress-
men.
The situation In washington Is ex-
tremely confused. Strangely enough,
there seems to be voter apathy, espe-
gressional districts have strong indi-
viduality and are less likely to follow
the senatorship vote than in most
States. The two sitting Republicans
seem safe,
Observers out there think that the
Sd district, which was Republican in
as42 by 4 substantial majority and
Democratic in 1914, will return to the
Republicans Two other contests are
close The best guess is three Repub-
Ecans from washington.
Last, and far from least, is California.
Private opinions from Democrats sug-
gest gain Of four seats for the Repub-
iicans. Private opinions from Repub-
icans are pessimistic. The foregoing
sentences characterize the confusion
which prevails
All things considered, however, two
seats--one in the Oakland area, another
in Los Angeles County, now represented
by Ellis Patterson-certainly should
shift. Republican chances are fair in
San Diego and good in Long Beach. A
fairly safe guess Is that California will
elect 10 Republicans.
With the n seats counted in this
article, this survey anticipates Repub-
lican control Of the House with 226 seats.
I believe 1t Is b conservative estimate.
The reader is offered only one assur-
ance: that every effort has been made
to get the proper facts and opinions.
In the next column In this series, the
Senate prospects will be considered. In
the final article, to be published on the
eve Of election, there will be q checkup
based on lAst-rhiaute information.
Csoeth American NswsvapF AlltAAteJ
Evening star., 1946-10-30
The Better Course

From the Christian Science Monitor.
For Americans the best way to reach
positive, constructive attitude toward
Russia lies in the famous advice of
Polonius, ITO thine own self be true"
Americans who look at Russia in an
effort to determine their own position
will find themselves becoming as aero
batic as the Communists who try to
keep up with gyrations of the party
line" They should rather sight on
Christian and democratic ideals, and set
a course accordingly. This will prevent
them telling lies about Russia or incit-
ing hatred toward the Russian people.
It will not prevent them speaking the
truth about the evils of communism or
standing firmly against oppression
which the Russian system too often
represents. But the emphasis should
be on America. rather than Russia. We
should curb dictatorship by spreading
democracy. We should curb despotism
by practicing freedom. We should curb
atheism by proving Christianity.
Evening star., 1946-10-30
Labor Problems
From the London Times.

from the Lonoon I1n1eB -
Conditions vary in every industry. but
On the information at present available 1t
seems probable that on the whole short
er working hours below 4S do mean less
production, though not in all cases less
economical production. Increased leisure
can only come with rising standard OF
living resulting from increased produc-
tivity. That 1t is desirable in itself few
will question. But in this country at
this time the loss of foreign invest
ments during the war means that q
much increased production is required
even to maintain the prewar standard
Of living The nation is committed to
large schemes of social development.
Labor is short. Even with increased
productive capacity brought about dur
ing the war and with less unemploy-
ment. doubts may still be entertained
whether 1t Is possible to increase the
standard Of living or even to maintain
It. There may be exceptions In individ-
ual firms or even individual industries,
but in general it would seem the wisest
course to wait year or two before tax
ing any irrevocable step which might
intensity the naan-power shortage <or
decrease the total volume Of productton.
Evening star., 1946-10-30

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.--According to
estimates. previous articles In this po-
litical survey have shown that 202 Re-
publicans will be sent to the House Of
Representatives from the States COW
cred. Five States remain to be consid-
cred: Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Washington and California.
The ultimate outcome In these five
States is most difficult to predict. Late
reports are confusing. Results in sew
eral districts hang ON many circum-
stances which will not be apparent
until the vote Is counted.
In Missouri, as the final days of the
campaign open, the best and most i'm
partial observers see considerable Re-
publican advantage. Senator Frank p.
Briggs, Democrat, seems to be In Sc
rious difficulty. If he loses by sub
stantial vote to his opponent, James
p. KEN, an additional House seat may
shift to the Republican side. In any
event it looks as II the 8th district.
narrowly won by the Democrats in 1914,
will swing back to its former Republican
status. Also, the 11th, st. Louis
district, will return to the Republican
fold. Both seats were Republican in
1912 Another st. Louis seat, formerly
held by John J. Cochran, probably will
ride along with the senatorship.
~ Il
The fight for the Slaughter district,
In which President Truman figured in
the primary, Is hot. but 1t isn't safe to
underestimate the ability Of the Pender-
CAST machine backed by the national
administration. The national adminis-
tration win make heavy drive IN
Missouri before election. A rock-bottofi
guess of two more Republicans Is indi-
Gated, which will give the State eight
Republican Congressmen.
Oklahoma is having terrific CAM
paign, with considerable indications OF
Republican trend. It is State in
which sharp changes occur between
elections. It now has two Republicans
and will probably elect three.
Anything can happen In New Mexico,
where patrick j. Hurley is battling With
the veteran senator Dennis Chavez. Two
Congressmen are elected at large. No
Republican Congressman have been
elected In New Mexico since ie7a. q.
Evening star., 1946-10-30
Hardening Into Resentment

From the Providence, journal.
1t must be set down frankly that the
initial irritations caused by Russia's
conduct are hardening into resentment.
resentment into growls, and the high
hopes are souring. The day-by-day re-
ports Of Russias policies are alternating
more and more people. The swift re-
action Of solidity behind the State De-
partment in its note to Yugoslavia was
accurately directed at Russia. The dis
patching of naval vessels to Mediter-
ranean waters, which are troubled
waters, did not evoke automatic re-
sponses Of protest that were standard
in the past. Admiral Halsey's blunt
seadog language found a receptive
audience. The indiscriminate exercise
Of the veto by Russia on issues that are
primarily of secondary importance Is
spreading disillusionment not only
against Russia but also against the
United Nations. ,ss
Evening star., 1946-10-30
On the Record
By Dorothy Thomtson

All the words which have been ad-
dressed to the world from Flushing
Meadow, where the General Assembly
Of the United Nations Is sitting, are
hortatory. They consist OF prayers ad-
monitions, warnings and afilrmations
that war is undesirable and peace Is
desirable. One wonders to whom these
admonitions are addressed. Where are
the people-from the Russian steppes
to the New Mexican mesas, from the
Andes to the Alps-who are opposed to
peace?
Mr.. Spaak Of Belgium remarked that
the demeanor Of the New Yorkers who
viewed the United Nations parade was
not enthusiastic. Correct. but not be-
cause they don't want peace. but be-
cause they think we aren't going about
getting 1t in rational way. The ,adio
speeches from the Assembly also have
a low Crosley. AS young lad re-
marked, They aren't saying anything
but words"
Americans listen for news, but they
aren't hearing any, except that Mr..
Molotov seems less bilious than usual.
Our spirits rise and fall, according to
something resembling fever-chart re-
ports
But all we are hearing is that the
representatives Of all the states are
as Calvin Coolidge summed up q
sermon-"against sin" The sin. they
are against is war That is not news.
Now. though sin has not been elinni.
mated from any organized society, cer-
tain behaviors. generally regarded a.
sinful, such as murder, burglary, kid
mapping, arson and extortion, are not
generally INDUCED in, despite the sinful
proclivities Of mankind, because ind,llg-
ing In them has been made dangerous
to life. liberty and Happiness. A ma
jority of society has translated the word
sinful" into the word unlawful" 80
that the sinner knows that certain ac-
tivities, if practiced, will certainly set
in train other activities directed against
himself. Sinful man has been willing, In
general, to accept this subjection Of
some instincts only because he cannot
be prosecuted for sin in general. but
only for sin In particular, as defined in
statutes.
The process Of achieving such law
and order, or peace. as domestic societies
enjoy, therefore first consists in defining
what is or is not permissible It Is q
crime to break into another mans house
and worse crime to enter armed; 1t Is
an offense to kill another person by
careless driving. q much worse offense
to kill him with malice aforethoaight,
Evening star., 1946-10-30
Atomic Commission

President Truman was fortunate
In obtaining the services Of 80 COM
petent a group Of citizens as the FIVE
men who have been appointed to
the all-important Atomic Energy
Commission. It was not easy to find
men who were both qualified for the
job and willing to make the personal
sacrifices involved in serving on the
commission.
No one more fully appreciates the
heavy responsibilities which will rest
upon the commission than the ap-
pointees themselves. The new chair
man, David e. Lilienthal, undoubt-
edly reflected the sober feelings OF
his colleagues when he wrote the
President that the commission will
be pioneering in uncharted fields"
The consequences of this pioneer
ing, he said, will have "awesome"
possibilities for good or evil.
Collaborating with Chairman Lili-
enthal in undertaking this explora-
ton of atomic frontiers will be Pro-
fessor Robert T. Bacher, nuclear
physicist; Lewis l.. Strauss, rear
admiral in the Naval Reserve, who,
while on active duty during the war,
had part in procurement of naval
munitions; William w. Waymack,
newspaper editor and Pulitzer prize
winner for distinguished editorial
writing, and Sumner T. Pike, busi-
ness executive and former Govern
ment official.
Since one Of the commissions ma
jor tasks will be to supervise peace
time uses for atomic energy, Mr..
Lilienthal should be able to make
good use of his experience as chair
man of the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority. In its ultimate potentian-
ties as source OF Industrial and
domestic power, atomic energy de-
velopment will involve utilization
and distribution problems not unlike
those which confronted IVA in its
early days Mr. Lilienthal accepted
his new post with deep humility
a frame Of mind which indicates the
gravity with which the commission
properly approaches It's unprece-
dented task. This is an attitude
which engenders public confidence
and support, both of which the
commission will need in large
roea s,,re
Evening star., 1946-10-30
Venezuelan Election

, It seems to be the fashion, these
days, to hold elections for q special
legislative body charged with either
drastically revising an old constitu-
ton or writing wholly new one.
The outstanding example is France,
while two other instances occurred
last Sunday in such widely separated
lands as Venezuela and Bulgaria.
The circumstances of those two
pollings were, however, vastly diff
ferent. The Bulgarian election was
flagrantly rugged by a Communist
and Soviet-sponsored regime. In
Venezuela, a government which
came to power in relatively blood
less revolution last year submitted
to the popular will the choice OF
delegates to a National Constituent
Assembly with constitution-making
powers. 1t is generally conceded
that this election was fair and above
board. Our Ambassador, Frank Cor
rigan, calls it "the most democratic
ever held in Latin America" while
the>head of the present government
describes it as "the first free election
In the modern history Of Venezuela"
At any rate, this was four-cor-
nered electoral contest, as a result
of which the Government Party,
headed by the provisional President
Romulo Betancourt, appears to have
won a decisive victory. This party,
known as Democratic Action, Is thus
assured Of plurality if not an over
all majority in the forthcoming Con-
stitutional Congress. Next in order
of electoral preference was the con-
servative party, known as "Copei,"
from the Initials of their official
title. The middle -of-the-road Re-
publican Democratic Union and the
ultraradical Communists bring up
the rear.
approximately 100000 Venezue-
lans cast their ballots out Of a reg
istered list nearly twice as large.
Since fully one-half Of the popula-
tion is. illiterate, the voters expressed
their preference by means of di-
versely colored cards. 1t is interest,"
ing to note that, for the first time
in Venezuela, women we're entitled
to vote and seem to have made the
most of the novelty
The Venezuelan people are learn
ing the ways Of democracy after q
long period of despotism, extending
through the relationships Of Cipriano
Castro and Juan Vicente Gomez,
which together covered almost forty
years, from 1899 to 1886. The over
Evening star., 1946-10-30
This Changing World
By Constantine Byoscn

southeast Of the point where they had
been located last summer.
On the whole, the Soviet Prime Min
listers interview Is regarded as another
indication of the gulf which exists be-
tween the East and the West In the
effort to secure a lasting peace. The
fact that the Russian leader considered
words rather than deeds as the major
threat to the peace in the world speaks
for itself.
Wars have never been caused or won
by words. Hitler's hysterical threats
and Mussolinis bombastic speeches in
the years before September /, 1899, would
not have caused world war had they
not been tmplemented by tremendous
military preparations. Hitler and his
henchmen always denied that the Nan
military preparations were intended for
anything but the defense Of the father
land, which was being surrounded and
isolated by the rotten western democra-
cies."
All these inescapable facts need not
lead to the conclusion that Russia's large
forces in Europe will strike, as Hitlers
forces did in September, 1889 They are
stationed all over Eastern Europe prin-
cipally to assure the domination Of the
vast area by the U. g. g. r. and to create
filters among the western countries
which ardently desire to avoid another
conflasration.
The belief Of many western diplomats
that the U. s. 8. r. wishes to create a
solid and self contained bloc with the
countries which she is now dominating
gained strength when Stain gave his
answer to the question of whether the
four zones in the Reich should be
thrown together economically. Stain
said that 1T is necessary to re-establish
not only economic but also political
unity in Germany"
This appeared all right until he re-
piled to the next question. When asked
how he felt about the recent German
elections and whether in their light he
considered that Germany was developing
along democratic lines, the reply was:
Il am not sure of 1t, for the time being"
The answer is considered significant
since the Communists were utterly de-
feated even in the Russian occupied
zone Of Berlin. while the democratic
system as understood in the United
States and Western Europe gained an
overwhelming victory.
Evening star., 1946-10-30

and no offense to kill him in resistance
against being killed.
All law thus begins with definitions.
and then follow courts and punitive
agencies. While the definitions are
being made, there is much discussion
and plenty Of vetoes. Some persons
would like to class divorce as an unlawful
sin, while others think 1t Is no sin.
There are many such examples. But
once the unlawful has been defined In
law, nobody thereafter can veto It az
long as the law stands.
The enforcement Of law always in
wolves court procedures, which vary
with the nature Of the offense charged
and may demand unanimous Jury
to convict. But in no case does the
defendant sit on the fury, for, If he did,
the rule OF unaNmity would cancel the
power Of law. Pdnishments are designed
to make allowance for human limita-
tions, to fit the crime, and can vary from
reprimand to . death sentence.
Now. the General Assembly can do no
more than discuss" and Recommend"
but 1t can discuss and recommend re-
garding the most important, instead OF
the less important things. The most
important thing It can discuss and
recommend Is something 1t is specifically
instructed to do in the San Francisco
Charter:
The General Assembly shall in
itiate studies and make recommends
tions encouraging the progressive
development of international law
and its codifcation"
We may wish for the sake Of style as
well as content that the paragraph had
been simpler. But just the same, the
Assembly is instructed to try to create
new international law And since
then. the Nuremberg trial has chal-
lenged the world to create codified, en-
forceable law against aggression, against
practices impermissible by belligerents
even should war occur, and against
crimes against human beings
This, 1t seems to one of the con-
stAntly exhorted public, is where the
General Assembly should concentrate
all its efforts Let's get those laws
framed up and then see who. If any
body, wants to modify or veto them and
on what grounds. Then, and then only,
will We know who is merely against sin
In general, and who is against sin in
particular, who Is willing to live under
law, and who wants to make II up as
he goes along. Not until then will
o-operation" be anything but mean
'ingless phrase.
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