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Evening star., 1946-04-28


quite so desperate over Eddie then
as she was now. because she'd
thought about him so much while
he'd been gone and now his being
home had brought things to head.
The thought of Eddie started
the old warning bell of her pound
ing heart again. and she suddenly
knew it was no use. Shed never -
not today anyway - get the nerve
to 90 to Eddie, all on her own. and
say. Hello" and Its swell to
have you back or any of the
things she'd planned to say to him.
She reached for her bathing cap.
Desperately. as she pulled it on,
she thought: At least III have
swim; and perhaps while I'm in the
water I'll get a cramp or some
thing Then Eddie will notice me
She hated herself for even think
ing such a thought, and as she got
to her feet and shook off her beach
sandals, she assured herself that
she was only going into the water
to have a swim before she went
home, and not at all to attract
Eddie.
She became almost naughty about
the whole thing as she began her
march to the sea She walked
as she had learned in posture
class, with head erect, shoulders
back and breasts high, and she
soothed her wrath and confusion
by even believing that she was
playing hard to get, and that she
would completely ignore Eddie
- almost - if he should make any
advance
Ellen could swim and dive into
the surf very gracefully. which she
did now. Then she came up on
the other side of the breaker, rolled
over on her back and took one
triumphant glance back at the
beach and the vicinity of the life
guard tower. She told herself that
it was merely curiosity; she didn't
give a snap of her bathing cap
whether Eddie had noticed her or
not.
But now there was no Eddie and
no Candy at the base of the life
guard tower - in fact, nowhere
on the beach They'd both van
ished completely; most likely
they'd gone right after she'd
glimpsed them last from that
prone position on her tummy.
Ellen felt her eyes burn, not
from the salt water about her, but
from the salt water that was we'll
ing up in her tear ducts. She turned
and began swimming out with
long, easy strokes 1t would be nice
to swim due east, to Africa or
wherever due east would take her.
She only wanted to get away and
perhaps die.
She was out we'll over her depth
when she became suddenly con-
scious of a terrible burning about
her right arm; she knew instantly
what it was, because she could see
the beautiful blue bubble of the
little jelly fish that had thread
like tentaCle of blue vitriol wrapped
around her arm. 1t was a so-called
Portuguese man of war. A singer.
1t burned like spattered hot fat,
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
HARTFORD's NEGRO FIREMAN

A few days ago. Hartfords Lily White Fire Depart ne+ was given lesson alertness by one man Negro Fire Department. The "New Fire Department ex1steo for only short time and had it's Chief Deputy Cnlel Commissioner and Fireman, local Negro ex-serVlceral Lester Abbott
 A car owned by Gordon Tire and Battery Co., or East Hartford caught afre in front of WHIT on Asylum Hill and Abbott known for his alerness, grabbeo lire extinguisher and had the blaze out before flrenen reached the
 It is significant proves point regarding Negro Bremen and the question being over of ther abilities and their bravery with reference to atackng fires Cities throughout America employ Negro flremen and they have proven that just another type o Job III which training necessary and the job can be done
 Negro Bremen in Hartford is a. must - , an in i'm mediate must There's lodging the issue with petty excuses that hold water The people ot Hart ford residents businesses and other institutions are not interested in who puts the fire Whether the fireman white, the fire victim wants the blaze ext7nguished and his property preserved. When one weighs ths then concludes that it's source magcke in nature: the "white firemen don't want Negro firemen because they don't want to sleep in the beds with the Negroes" How stupid. If such true, then would be far from the facts that existed foreign bateelds where Negroes and whites slept ate fought and died in the foxhoes hand in hand - in
 What prices Negroes must pay for the things they deserve??
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
PLAIN WORDS

If nothing emerged from the tenth anTversary m convention of National Negro Congress, held in De- rot last weekend than the petition to the United Nations for full freedom and absolute equality, the barley amply justified it's existence The petition was
 letter to SecretaryGeneral Trygve Lie requesting ac- tion under Article Fl of the United Nations Charter Racial discrimination every American in full sion of knows the fouest blot the cutcheon of great nation founded the bedrock of the democratic ideal of LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL It is kind of oppression from which the Negro people suffer most acutey but the security of all Americans.
 The most far-sighted and courageous Negro leaders pleaded for special privileges for their people as racial minority They have always raised their for total freedom recognizing that the achieve of that inevitably the longpostponed ad vancoment of Negroes to full citizenship. The most steadfat white champions of democracy have likewise stressed the fact that freedom is indivsble: William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips John Boyle ORelly Albert Einsten, Eleanor Roosevelt, for example,
 Just it required many conventions of organized bodies Negroes during the days of chattel slavery be- uncompromising stand achieved the basis of clarity in time we have had hitherto to wa+ long for the clear statement of FULL FREEDOM AND ABSOLUTE EQUALITY. No people set limits to freedom, the experience of mankind has taught though oppressed people in has had it's taporizers who have spread confusion by becouding clearsighed of the goals of human freedom
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
A MODEL GOVERNOR

The abundant paudits which Governor Ellis D. Amall cf Georgia is receiving from his iberylovng fellow citizens richly deserved He has shown courage boldly taking revoke the corporate charter of the nefarious Ku Klux Kan. Under the guise of com batting drive organize the exploited Negro and white workers industries the Klan has under taken heavlyfinanced effort to enroll thousands of ~utes nitw and thieves for violence against Catholics Negroes, and Jews. At the risk of his life Governor Ar7a has defied the shrted towards who directly linked with the Hiterite Fascists during the
 Governor Arnall's action striking contrast tobike stiffness of President Harry S. Truman who has yet to attack the Klan with the fury which he vents upon strikers in the railroad and marine industries reminds the naton that courageous liberalism is not confined single region, that the Southern people brave leaders they struggle wipe the oppressive povey which they have inherited from the past of chat el slavery beneficial only few plantation owners E rebukes those chief executives of other states f1norous 1n the face of aggressive reaction.
 In resolutely fighting the best-known symbol of ganized American Fascism Governor Arnal is battling for the democratic liberties of all the people, regardless of creed color and national origin least that New Enganders do is to send him letters commen dat1on at the Executive Mansion Atlanta
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
BOOK REVIEW

viduals and devote her talents g: teacher to their betterment not because she felt heroic, but witf determination to right a wrong which she felt was her responsi- bility.
 The remainder of this slim vol ume is the account of what Ruth Smith learned and observed while teaching Negroes in the deep South. She expresses anger be- cause the various church organi- zations do not take a more cour- ageous stand in those areas where prejudice exists because of fear. She believes in church militant, not a church subservient to the To- cal status quo. There is a vivid chapter devoted to visitation to the school for Negro children by members of the Klan, and the ter TOT that these youngsters who were all too familiar with the work of the Klan, experienced. Ruth Smith probes her own reactions, and at first is very bitter. She de- fensively allies herself with the Negro and abandons her own race as something evil. Then, realizing that she is only running away from the issue, there is the at tempt to seek out those of all rac- es who feel as she does. To her this is the only method which will achieve results, for she believes that all must contribute to the sum total. The central message of her work is that we look upon mi norlty groups as individuals and not faclal types. Her purpose in writing the book is to reveal to others the essence of her own painful, yet rich experience. Spir- ltual faith and genuine brother hood are her suggestions for any solution of the problems of Amer lcan society. Realistically she sees that commercialism and greed un- oermlne many efforts toward so- luton, and shifts the responsibili- " to the individual who, if he wishes to be free, must accept all the duties that freedom entails.
 The reader is very conscious of the sensitive and sincere emotion winch moved Miss Smith to write thls account. The prose, although
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WHITE MANS BURDEN: A
 Personal Testament. By Ruth
 Smith New York: Vanguard
 Press $2.0O
 When an American discovers that all is not we'll with his so- ciety and government, he either becomes very disillusioned and despairs that life in our world is worth living, or he attempts to constructively better existing evils. American youth is raised on very high ideals and the glory of past tradition. However, con- trary to beliefs, America is not Utopia. Many things demand con- stant pressure and interest to en- sure progress toward that goal of an ideal democratic society. Seem ingly there is little in Ruth Smiths background that would account for her embracing the Ne gro's cause as her own. She is described as blonde, Nordic, white, Gentle, Protestant, native-born. According to race theorists she belongs to that group which is su- perior to the rest of mankind. Ruth Smith did not think so. Her childhood in Howard, Kansas, was filled with security and prosperity, and religion formed the basic core of her early years. Naively she believed that the rest of the coun- try lived as she did in Kansas. While attending a denominational college she was jolted out of her conplacency, for contrary to the professed Christianity of the school a Negro youth was denied admittance because of his race. Ruth was greatly disturbed, but she alone pondered the obvious hypocricy inherent in the situa- tior. The visit of Juliet Derricot- tc, Q young Negro woman, to the college increased Ruth's awareness that there were things existent which were opposed to all pre- cepts of God and mankind. That there were people who were de- n1ed the right to work, educate themselves, and prosper because of the race or religion by persons or her own race, caused Ruth Smith great shame. She decided to go among those unfortunate indi-
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in resentment against the white mans imperialism, we are awake ening our national unity by these racial divisions. True, some of these have been merely interna- tional prejudices for many years, but now they are fertile ground for the enemies of democracy"
 In an attempt to stress the need for constructive steps in the direc- tion of real social democracy and justice, MT. Mander makes use of quotation from Dr. Allport's book, "ABC's of Scape-goating,": 9: Our peril today lies in the fact that our pet prejudices, combined with our tendency to fix the blame for our woes upon others, may break into irrational, degenerative scape- goating, destructive of our chances to win a victory for de- mocracy and a lasting peace of and opportunity for all men,"
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
MAIL BOX
To the editor:

To the editor:
 May I commend you on the very first editorial on action for free dom which appeared in the ISatur- day, June first, issue of the CHRONICLE. Freedom is truly on the must agenda of our needs be- cause without freedom we cannot accomplish very much. The Bat tie Hymn of the Republic says and rightly say that as Christ died to make men Holy let us die to make men free, so with patience and fortitude and a fighting spirit we will reach that great objective which men have died for and are continuing to die for. May I say that I received a very nice reply from a letter which I wrote Gov ernor Ellis Arnall of Georgia, commenting him for the very fine stand which he is taking for just ice and righteousness. Governor Arnall said that the people of the South are wiser than many of their leaders, so let us fight on for freedom and justice with our friends in the North, in the South and the East and West.
 The Rev. NJ. C. Mckenney
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
RUSSIA JAILS RACE EATERS

Chicago-So strict is Russia's anti-racist legislation that Soviet courts have sentenced white Amer jeans to jail for trying to practice Jim Crow in that country.
 'ENo Racism In Russia" a fea- ture article in the June issue of Negro Digest written by Corliss Lamont, declares that the peoples of all races and colors associate freely.
 Advocating racial hatred or con- tempt as a direct violation of the Constitution, it is quickly prose cuted by governmental authorities.
 Lamont says that two white Americans were arrested and con- victed for insulting an American Negro in a Russian dining hall.
 The court handed down a two year sentence against the defend ants for this attempt to practise Jim Crow in the Soviet.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
THE NEGRO IN LATIN AMERICA
By Harold Preeee

i Cuban authority on the Negro, has just issued two-volume work on the history and culture of the Ne gro in Latin America. This work needs to be translated into Eng fish under the capable direction of somebody like Dr. Frazier.
 For supplementary reading, long out of print books like Sir Harry Johnston's, Negro Cultures in the New World" need to be re- printed. More recent books like Arthur Ramos tHThe Negro in Brazil" and Ralph Korngold's '4Citizen Toussaint" are easily available.
 Somewhere in my files, now in transit from Florida to Tennessee, I have a bibliography of works on the Negro in Latin America. I'll be glad to send copy of this bib- Biography to any college which may be seriously considering the possibility of a class in Latin American Negro history.
 I'm hoping that this work will be started soon. For we need to be more conscious of our tradition and of our history, in every part of the world, for the great crisis which we will have to face until we emerge happy and free into the full status of citizens, accept ed and equal, throughout the earth.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
PLAIN TALK
By John M. Lee

[ When we know that death IS
 the chief business of the Republic,
 it is foolhardy to sit tight and
 hope for a miracle that will pro-
 vide a more abundant life. The
 nation is gripped in panic ot
 fear. Even those men who make
 the rules are fearful of one an-
 other. Though they are, all of
 them, of the same racial strain,
 and dedicated to the principle
 that, in the final analysis, only certain Christian white men are
 created equal, they don't trust
 each other to maintain the super
 iority of the breed. They are fight ing among themselves, and are
 calling each other hard names.
 Yet they can get together long enough to prepare instant death
 for those who dare to disagree with them, whether at home or abroad.
 The atom bomb loosed it's con- tinuing force at the time when our lawmakers had decided that
 this nation was not to be commit ted to a policy guaranteeing a
 right of employment without dis elimination or prejudice to any of it's citizens. The germ spray weap- on makes ts advent into our na- tional confusion coincident with the re-birth of the cowardly, -l scared as hell of great numbers of our own citizens, and most of the | big powers of the world. We are in a killing mood, and we hope to God that by parading our fright ening weapons the other fellow will get scared too, and lay off.
 We'll, it just so happens that no one is going to get scared ex- cept the evil-doers. They are des- tined to remain in a state of per petual fright, and every show of honest courage will send them trembling into their laboratories to cook up another potion of death to bolster their cringing ] souls. The white sheets and burn | ing crosses of the Ku Klux Klan l will become funeral regalia should the Klan try to defy the law and the rights of those whom they | fear and consequently hate.
 For all. of our vaunted strength, i we are a weak nation, for we are afraid of what amounts to our ! shadow. We have come from the wholesale slaughter at home. | However, having little confidence in ourselves, we also cook up a l, mess of deadly germs just in case one or two of the foreign nations :, decide to take a poke at us while we are enjoying ourselves at a lynching bee.
 The United States has set the pattern for the future with it's atom bomb and it's germ spray. Now, just as we have been trying to figure out a way to control the men who are daily sitting in the ! halls of Congress and spewine out I, poison about half of the citizens of the nation, all we have to do is figure out way to control them i so they won't destroy us.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
GERM SPRAYS AND ATOM BOMBS ARE THE KEYS TO
 THE FUTURE

New York-According to re- | cent Associated Press dispatch from Washington, information has leaked out that this country has
 in it's possession, "A germ spray
 reportedly capable of wiping out
 large cities and entire crops at a
 single iblow,....far more deadly than the atomic bomb." The dis patch goes on to report that,
 'tSketchy details of the frightening
 germ weapons were provided by
 members of the House Appropria-
 tions Committed. Having seen
 evidence of the high destructive
 power of the atomic bomb which
 sets off chain reactions that are l devastating, it is difficult to inn agine anything more terrible, yet
 one member of the committee is reported to have said, "1t is a
 germ proposition and is sprayed from airplanes that can fly high
 enough while doing it to be req sonably safe from ground fire. It
 is quick and certain death"
 And there you have the pattern
 for the future. We have become so engrossed in the planning and struggling for a daily existence, we have forgotten that the em- phasis is not on life, but on death, quick and certain death. While we wonder what the television sets of tomorrow will be like or how soon the railroad strike will be settled so that we can hurry from one part of the country to another, the men who are in a position to know the truth about the future are preparing to kill the greatest number of people in the quickest possible time.
 The puny efforts of our scien- lists and medical men to check or wipe out the disease epidenics that are plaguing our ghettos and blighted communities are ridicu- lous in the face of this evidence that our nation is better equipped to create more death by disease in five minutes than the evils of our bigoted civilization can manufac- ture in a generation. What, we may we'll wonder, is the need for research to provide life extension when death is the main product of our national effort?
 Those men who are responsible for the slow strangulation of a national FEPC measure are the 1 advocates of slow death. It is their whim and fancy that millions of Negroes and non+Christian white people die slowly for want of the to get and maintain a job. They are the arrogant arbiters of the fate of those whose only crime is in being different from those who have the ruling power. They do not hold the guns or pull the triggers, for they have found a way to kill with the unreasoning logic inspired by fear-ridden minds.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-06-08
LET'S STUDY NEGRO HISTORY IN LATIN AMERICA A

When is some Negro university in our country going to pioneer by setting up chair of Latin Amer ican Negro history?
 I recommend such a project to the thoughtful consideration of the United Negro College Fund, Let me take this opportunity, too, to put in a plug for the Fund. It seems to me that all of us can afford to make a contribution to educate better leaders for future | which will need sensitive, devoted citizens of all colors and creeds. I believe that the Fund can take up the slack in what Negro univer- sites have and what Negro uni versailles need. One thing that the universities can help us give, with proper support, is an increased knowledge of what has been ac- complished by our Negro brothers of Latin America.
 Hence, the need for at least one chair of Negro Latin American history, which could be manned on a guest basis by scholars like Dr. E. Franklin Frazier of our coun- try and Dr. E. Price Mars of Hai- Ii.
 For one thing is certainly evi- dent today, and that is the in creased interest taken in the prob lens of race and color in Latin America by Negroes in the United States.
 This column can modestly take some of the credit for this height ened interest in the up and coming nations south of the Rio Grande. Except for occasional despatches from Haiti, the Dominican Repub- lie, and the Panama Canal Zone, little was published in the Amer ican Negro press about Latin America until after this column was started in November, 1943.
 Now, every one of the leading Negro papers, and many of the smaller ones, carry Latin Amer ican coverage often furnished by reporters on the spot. And that's an encouraging development. Time To Build
 The ground has been laid for more intensive and specialized study of the Negro in Latin Amer ica in our colleges and secondary schools. Now it's time to build something on that ground.
 I realize, of course, that we would have to start from scratch on such project. We would need textbooks and supplementary reading, but encouraging starts have already been made in that direction.
 Dr. Fernando Ortiz, eminent
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simple and without bombast, flows evenly and rhythmically to en- nance the content. There is no eff fort to preach, and the understate- ment makes the book exception ally effective. The reader is stimu- lated to think about the present cindition, and he sees wildly the result of prejudice. White Amer ica has seriously impaired it's own well being because of shortsight- edness, and Miss Smith and others realize the extent of the poverty that has ensued.
 CARMEN A. RAMSEY