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Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-28
Imperialism Foreign And Native
By William Harrison

peoples assert themselves and de- mand their rights, it is solemnly said that they are not yet ready to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the mod ern world The doctrine of trust eeship is hypocritically evoked to sanction an alien rule which ever turns a deaf ear to their pleas for redress of their most deep-seated grievances. Legislative councils are packed with Government appoint ees or nominees. In colony like Kenya, British East Africa, the 3,253, ,689 Africans have no repre- sentation whatsoever in the legis- lative council. Yet they have dem onstrated their political capacity on numerous occasions by the dis ciplined persistence of their pro- tests against the appropriation of their land or cattle (the sitdown strike of the Wakamba at Nairobi in July and August 1888 was as well-organized as similar effort by our own CIO).
 British Colonial Empire Taken
 For Granted
 The British Colonial Empire is taken for granted so much that the only debate in the House of Commons upon it is never of long duration and occurs when the an nual Colonial Estimates are sub- mitted. The grievances of the Afri- can peoples come to Parliamentary notice only through interpellations (questions) put to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by La- bor or Liberal M. P.'s, and those are relatively few. In fact, com placent neglect is the lot of all the Colonies and Protectorates and the Condominium of the Anglo Egyptian Sudan, which do not pos sess as much self-government as the national movement for libera- ton led by the Indian National Congress secured for the people of British India even before the for nation of the interim government under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. A self-governing Dominion like the Union of South Africa can impose the most rigorous and oppressive native policy known to history up- on the 6,596,689 Bantu, extending certain aspects of it to the 219, ,691 Indians and other Asiatics. Under the terms of the South Africa Act (1909) not even the Secretary of State for the Dominions may in- terfere with the internal affairs of the Union, which is itself an ag- gressive protagonist of the view that it's policy of segregation is the best for the natives themselves and therefore seeks to acquire the High Commission Territories - Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland - which are contiguous to it's do- mains, in order that Union policy may prevail in at least the south ern part of Africa.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-28
GOODWILL

To the Editor:
 Do you know, it seems to me that high moral principles have become worthless when citizens of intelligence are pushed so far against the evil barriers of intol- erance that in self defense they can only revert to the primitive and seek to kill in retaliation. The eighty-three years since the Eman- cipation Proclamation have been marked by superior rate of pro gress up the scale of civilization. Looking closely at the methods used to obtain this rise it can readily be seen that the knife, the sword, the razor, the gun did not facilitate the gains, but the pen, the tongue, the unacceptable fact of being a formidable large part of the worlds peoples have boosted the Negro race to it's unique posi- tion. To be specific, which one of these men did the greatest good to promote his race, Nat Turner or Dr. George W. Carver?
 The article by MT. John M. Lee in the August 24 issue of the CHRONICLE started me to think ing. It was good, straight forward l wasn't woman and afraid of plain talk. It made me wish that weapons. But it brought this ques- tlon to my mind; after the shoot ing, what? The Hitler formula is not in the hands of the American murderers, MT. Lee, but the, Hit lerian cause of defeat is there. Re- call the strange successes and swiftness of his psychological war fare which continues to this day after his planes are but twisted metal on the scrap heap.
 What would like to see the Ne gro group do to meet the awful uncertainties of this period of stress is to go running for his hoe and not his knife, his Bible and not his ammunition. As a woman I'd like to see a day set aside by every congregation of color and every leader in the field of labor and religion and education for a national day of prayer. I'd like to hear the clarion call ring from the pulpit, the school rostrum and wherever we colored people meet.
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-28
RACK
By Samuel P. Perry, Jr. HOW CHURCHILL FOUGHT
 WITH STALIN
(Elliott Roosevelt

(Elliott Roosevelt - LOOK)
 Part 3 of MT. Roosevelt's book is an attempt to give the objective reader an insight into the meet ings between the Chiang Kali Sheks, Stalin, General Marshall and Winston Churchill. Mentioned also is the British objection to the American strategy of island jump ing in the Pacific. "And they don't begin to understand our thinking in terms of the Philippines as a future base for operation" (The President) smiled a little sourly. Perhaps the' British don't appre- ciate the fact the Filipinos will rally to our flag, inasmuch as they could hardly expect THEIR colon ials to rally to THEIRS. Anyway, their idea is that we should forget about island hopping and concen- trate on clearing the Malay Penin- sula, after which we'd be able to crawl up the Chinese coast and make base"
 Revealed also was the Chinese attempt to restrict American air reconnaissance and aerial mapping of China. In the words of Presi- dent Roosevelt, They're aware the British are interested in them for commercial reasons = commercial, postwar reasons. Matter of fact, Chiang wants very badly to get our support to the British from moving back into Hong Kong and Canton with the same old extra territorial rights they enjoyed be- foreI told him it was hardly the modern democracy it (the Chiang government should be. I told him he would have to form a unity government with the Com munists in Yenan, while the war was being fought The proposal that Soviet Union respect the iron tier in Manchuria was to be coun- terbalanced by the revocation of special empire rights in China at the .Teheran conference.
 According to Elliott, the late President was favorably impressed by lStalin and sought to placate re- lations between the Russian leader and Churchill. He was of the opin- ion that "there was explicit agree ment that any peace would have to depend on the three nations act ing in united fashion to the point where on an important question: negative action by only one of them would veto the entire propo-
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-28
WALLACE LAUDED

To the Editor:
 Your Editorial on "Wallace Speaks His Mind' in the Satur- day, September 21, issue of the Chronicle was truth clothed in all of its beauty. As a rule when a man stands up for Righteous ness he very often has to stand alone. However, Wallace has courage enough to stand back of his convictions. We really need a man like Wallace in the White House. notice that it is get ting so now that when a man stands up for what he believes is right he is dubbed a communist or a red.
 As | have said before if Great Britain is justified in her imperi- alism, then Russia is justified in her expansion. I really think that it is high time that England and America should endeavor to free and divorce themselves from their time worn hatreds, prejudi- ces, and bigotries of other races, if the ecclesiastical leaders, re- gardless of their church or demo- minational identity would preach the whole truth h and noth- ing but the truth and then prac- tice as well as profess then (and not until then) will we be able to establish an enduring peace in this world.
 (Rev.) M. c. McKenney
 Everett
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-28
The African Market

! He AIE1CdH M dFhGk
 Africa existed, by the end of the nineteenth century, and it ex- ists now, as the principal market from which raw materials can be extracted at low prices and into which manufactured goods can be dumped at high prices, without the hindrance of tariffs being imposed upon the imperialist power. Every imperialist power in Africa can
 and does exclude it's rivals from it's own territories by high protective tariffs. The commercial system is the same as that which obtained in the eighteenth century: mercan- tilism. African colonies are not al- lowed to develop industries likely to compete with those of the moth CT country, jast as Navigation Acts Sugar and Molasses Acts and oth- CT colonial legislation of the eigh- teenth century were designed to restrict the competition of the North American colonies in inter imperial trade and commerce and to exclude other imperialist pow CTS from the American and West Indian markets. -
 Since Africa is populated by tribes and nations at every stage of human development from prin- itive nomads to feuda1 agricultura- lists like the Yoruba of Southern Nigeria, West Africa, the imper- ialist powers are not concerned, except incidentally, with promot- ing the advancement of the Afri- can peoples to full equality with other peoples. Thus, in the Gam bia, in 1887 the estimated Govern ment expenditure upon education was 5,191 pounds, though the rev. enue for the same year was 285,- 204 pounds. This West African protectorate has been under Brit ish rule since 1901. Nor do the Africans fare better under Bel gian rule, for example, since the total expenditure for education in the Belgian Congo in 1887 amount ed to 18,847,722 francs, out of an estimated revenue of 675, 5,619, ,OOO francs. In the Government hospi- tals there were only 6,42O beds to serve a population of 1O,217,408! Ruling Class Unperturbed
 Neither at home nor abroad do such appalling deficiencies in the social services disturb the ruling class. The African peoples are re- garded as hewers of wood and drawers of water, in peace, and as cannon-fodder, in war. Malnlutri- tion and disease may decimate will lages and annihi1ate tribes: as long as sufficient survivors for the labor market remain, nothing of moment is done to improve sani- tary conditions or to instruct greater numbers of the people in the ways of Western civilization which they are eager to learn. Nevertheless, when the African
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-28
NAH, BOX

As citizen I'd like to hope for the day of political awareness and willingness to take the responsi- bilities of citizenhood.
 Thank you, MT. Editor, for list ening to me. I do so much enjoy reading the CHRONICLE. When you can produce such thought stim- ulating articles your success is as- sured.-
 Eunice E. Calender Pasadena, California
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-28
CANDID CORNER
Open Letter to the Republican Party or Let's Straighten Things Out in the Party First

Open Letter 10 the RepuDlcan
 Party or Let's Straighten Things Out in the Party First
 Dear Boys: Did you fellows ever see a Zombie walking? Ot course you boys know a Zombie is one of those things destined to walk around though dead, in a vain search for a place in which to be buried. Your party has not quite reached that state yet. but it may soon because you have a very sick child on your hands.
 To be specific, the Grand Old Party is suffering with critical if not fatal case of Direct-Pri- n1aritis. This is a form of poli- tical anemia which leaves your life blood Cor as some call it, patronage) so weak that your -Bi- ennial State Election Plasma in- jections do you little, if any good. If you don't want to join the Zombies you will have to receive some large doses of whole, new and fresh blood, but soon!!
 The reason for your sad state of health is because State Com mittess and the direct-primary are a twain that will never meet. This is particularly true in your case where you have permitted any re- negade (who could not win a race for dog catcher) to muscle into the primary and louse it up for the favorite son. This craven attitude makes it necessary for the party candidate to go into the highways and byways and build himself a personal statewide machine, to which he must feed most of his patronage to keep it alive. After he has won his primary, his machine makes him in a large measure independent of the regular party machine, and is the reason why the State and its affiliated Committees invari- ably find their cupboards as bare of patronage as "a Mexican poo dle is of hair.
 Now the Democrats who are not as smart in government as we Republicans are-say we Repub- licans. However, what is the need of our being smart gover-
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-28

sition........Ithat this question of 8 single veto had yet to be discussed thoroughly...-....Our principal job was to come to agreement as to what constitutes the area of gen. eral security, in the postwar world, for each of our countries. That job is still before us........
 "Stalin made the point that world recognition of the sovereign ty of Soviet Union was a cardinal principle with him, that certainly he would respect, in turn, the sov- ereignty of other countries, large or small". It was the opinion of that "the biggest thing was in making clear to Stalin that the United States and Great Bri- tain were not aligned in one com mon bloc against the Soviet Union. The one thing that could upset the after the war, is if the world is divided again, Russia a against England and us.
 "The United Nations........Peop1e at home - congressman, editorial writers - talk about the United Nations as something that exists on account of war. The tendency is to snipe at it by saying that only because we are forced to unity. Peace is the real force. After the war -. then is when Pm going to be able to make sure the United Nations is really United Nations"
Hartford chronicle., 1946-09-28
CAMBRIDGE POLICE LIE

To the Editor:
 Your article on the recent Cambridge disturbance headed, "Police Quell Victory Rioters :" is an injustice to the Negro citi-
Evening star., 1946-09-03

Photographed:
The Smell caiot-
q profile effect with open
crown and O stark stiek-up
Of eIycerine feothers; black,
brown, SIS. Grey or white
smoke --------$l5.95
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08
Chicago Policy
Racket Closed

CHICAGO - CAMP Most pol
icy wheels in Chicago are reported
closed. but the numbers game con-
tiuuos. To flourish In East Chicago
Gary Indiana TIarbor. and other
suburban communities across Tho
state border
Operations were moved when
police ,spurred by the kidnapping
OF Edward p Jones. reputcd pol
icy king. redoubled efforts to wipe
out the game on Chicago's South
Side.
Wide-Open operations have been
switched 10 back alley" methods
used before protection was assnr-
ed by official handouts.
Many citizens have expressed ap-
proval Of the police drive to clean
up the policy game,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08
COMPLETES
20 YEARS
OF SERVICE

After twenty years of service TO
The Detroit YWCA and the com
munity Mrs. Madeline Fowler is
resigning as executive director OF
the Lucy Thurman Branch IWCA.
Announcement Of her resignation
effective ON September is made
by Mrs. Carleton w Gaines chair
man OF the Board Of Management.
which agreed reluctantly 10 dc-
cept IL They did 50 out or re-
spect for Mrs Fowlcrs personal
wishes and deep appreciation FOR
her many years Of unseltish serv-
ice.
Mrs Fowler entered NWCA
work in Detroit on September 7.
1925. as secretary Of the westside
center, which was affiliated with
the Lucy Thurman branch In
1927. she succeeded the late Mrs.
Josephine MOI com as general sec
rotary Of the branch, with many
outstanding accomplishments to
her credit Most notable were
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08
To CHALLENGE
Powell for Seat

NEW YORK CAMP There Is
much speculation in Harlem
about the political future and
prospects OF Congressman Adam
clayton Powell. Jr. II Is wide
" believed that Powell will run
into considerable opposition in
his fight for recollection, with old
allies supporting candidates OF
their own against him.
There arc Inducements OF OPP
position TO Powell. best expressed
by a politician, who preferred
not TO be quoted by name, who
declared. Powell bad better he
gin organizing Harlem. He didn't
get elected to Congress by any
Southern Negro vote. His votes
came from Harlem and bis allie
glance is to Harlem and not to the
South. which wants no part OF
his Interference The Negroes
OF Harlem are not unaware OF
lis voting record ON national at
fairs. hut we want some action
ON local affairs that affect us.
In this he has been remiss.
Then again. that recent pic
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08

lthA tAdN Mf'h fNhs
The conference Was attended
hy approximately lUO delcgatr-
most ~ them irom laho and
community organizations T. mo,
o. The national headquarters of
thc DISSEMINATION from New l0rk
"a Detroit and launched drive
for SeO0op0 BUDGET
CHIEF address OF The contc
cncc was by Paul Robeson az
Cass Tech on the eyenur OF
Nav - Roe,on said i'm pdI
the elected political lead
crship OF ihc United States is
serving as tho spearhead OF this
new drive toward impcrialisi war
in The world aud he ruthless
destruction OF our freedom and
security here al home
DEFENDS LABOR
=" Let Ne 90 out and lcll
the Negro people the incoming ct
the current drive TO weaken and
destroy organized labor This IS
q threat to the freedom Of MS
all An attack upon organized
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08

hor am attack upon thc Ne
e.o people W. Will d@eal 49,
hor> rights AS our own Let us
go ou aud icll 'ac Ncsro people
'h" moaning of the CiO and AFL
rtWWW-us to organize thc south.
fhi. above Am else VIII guaran-
tcc democracy In tho south
Tho Truman administration e
now the willing tool OF corporate
reaction turning with ever great
cr candur 20 tho oppression OF our
people with very few honorable
exceptions both major political
b rlIc. are united BOZ cacfon S
drive 90 raise Twins costs break
the unions DESTROY the wartime
gains ui the Ncglo people and
launch on nation un dc>truc
tive war for \nicrican imprralist
domination ~ the markets of HE
wA 10
rfpc ms
fErC was allowed 70 die
without cvcu >truerlr the poll
takers were the lrucr. at both
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08

not onlt 90 1esc apparently
small" businesses serve 10 fu-
ni.h ready cash They have been
close TO the economi life of tie
neighborhoods IN which they are
located
Pawn shops should be OF special
interest 20 Tribune reader, d.
cause they ole directly affected nv
any off-color procedure Of lne
pawn shops. according 10 bet IT..
Jaskolski, local police officer 10
charge OF the pawn shop detail We
said ~ per cent oI thc Grati0
avenue pawn shops patrons ars
Nesr0e> and The pawn shops local
cd on this avenue are The largest
IN Detroit
Deroits - pawn Shops are cs-
tablished in the following areas
Hastings 81 Oakland Gra.iot
Ave Monroe Ave aud Michigan
Ave.
CHECkED bAllN
Dorothy Collin, OF rhc Record
Bureau at Police liadquartr
said that pettoits pawn hops are
checked daily by OH local police
while an intricate SYSTEM oi filing
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08
BOY DROWNED ON BELLE ISLE
BOY BROWNS
In LAGOON ON
BELLE ISLE

The body of Robert Har-
ris, l3-year-old newsboy of
9157 Goodwin, was taken
from an inland lake at Belle
Isle, Thursday, May 80, by
officers aboard the Harbor
Police tug, after "Bobbie"
had slid off a homemade
raft and drowned. 1t is re-
ported that two small boys
notified Mounted Police that
the Harris boy had fallen
into the lake.
The father OF the drowned youth
gave the following account of the
tragic holiday outing Boobies
father had taken eight OF his own
children with neishbor boy to
Belle Isle Tor picnic. tina the
children had been looking forward
10 since before the war Immedi-
ately before the group started
bone Jimmy and Robert Harris
and TWO small boys who had join
ed the party jumped on raft-like
board. thus Floating our into the
water
The two unidentified youths left
The raft. upset a. and caused the
TWO Harris boys to fan into The
water. Bobmc went under the
water aud never came up Nj.
Harris jumped intJ the lake call
ing to his younger boy Jimmy. to
hang on to the board and kck I'M
iii he could be rescued,
Robbie was in 81 in the May
bee elementary school one Of
ten Harris children Bobbe was
forced TO work as ncwsboy be-
cause his fathey was unemployed
and his mother was i'll nom
nervous condition.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08

W tHAlttlH VIZ tliiNII w lIt'NfI NIi
May %
WYATT told the group OF lead
nc Negro publishers editors
and correspondents that tho Vet
Grams Emergency Housing Pro-
gram Is for "all Americans re
rardless OF their race. color or
national origin
The Housing Expedite who
Is also Administrator OF the Ma.
tional Housing Agency. reported
that for the first time In peace
time plans were underway for
private building OF new homes
Tor minority groups He said that
the wartime new home BUILDING
for Negroes would he continued
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08

n poacr-timc 20 make important
saiu for miuoritics
LNRGE PROPORTION
He pointed ont that 50 per cent
OF The low-cos housing units
built by the Federal Public
Housing Agency were occupied
by Negroes proportion much
higher than that OF Negroes IN
the population
lie stressed the Importance Of
the Taft-Wagner. Ellender hous-
ing bill as tool for increasing
housing IN The postwar period
n provides, he said for financial
aid 10 private enterprise in meet
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08

H. mad been in III health for
h al wears aud suffered from a
IT. attack recently. He is sur
H. by his wife. the former Miss
Mis- ralisferro. and fouI chill
b. Rex. Il. l.. Brady. Jr., Mrs.
knice solomon. Mrs Katherine
MIN AMI Mrs Martha Tandy.
9ST WORLD WAR
H. Badby came TO Second
MUS church when the city haG
Ropnla,ion OF only 100000 and
II, $40 Negroes. The First
Ma War brought great in
y a'or Of Southern Negroes
n verc new to city life and
8ded onsiderable help in get
u established in Detroit.
D vas 10 meeting this problem
n llr Brady led his church &c
A & eat heights The social sery-
prm ided by the church wor
thc gatllude and allegiance ui
b. thousands. and raised It's
Rnhership 10 1909. During The
~ Norld War there were peri
n duriug which committees from
church met every incoming
Dr. n order to help the newly
\ wing Negroes
stBIN ELECTED
fhl0ughOnt lis pastorate Dr.
401y was community leader Of
~ stature tie was an early
3 dtu of the NAACP. and very
, N won election to the Com
Dr Council after he helped es'
ali.h TIE non-partisan city gov
bmeu
watts active in the Elks. Ma.
, knights of Pythias and the
ha Nlpha Psi fraternity. lle
among the earliest members
b. Booker T Washington Trade
p, alton
fudef his leadership Secono
Phst Church expanded physical
&ld u activities. with an annex
\ y to help accommodate It's many
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08

hdcl the decision. the court
Fl that seating arrangements
the different races in inter
T. motor travel require a sin
uniform rule to promote and
P'ert national travel"
TRITON DISSENTS
burton dissented because. he
4 Tho decision would invali-
n similar laws in nine other
'ies,
ne ease was carried on by
NAACP, and the association
4 represented at the hearing
Pc the Supreme Court on
zen p by Gov. William Has
aiNe by Thurgood Marshall.
PISSED TO SERVE
ne person involved in the case
Ne Morgan. had refused to
Re TO a segregated section OF
ous in which she was travel
through Virginia. She was
secuted under the Virginia
fesa,ion law and her case
carried through all the
Prls by the NAACP.
MS is one OF the most i'm
'ant Of the NAACP's many
preme Court victories" said
\ harles Hill. president OF
Detroit NAACP In comment
on the decision 1t is Just
'Hr reason why all believ
~ democracy in Detroit
nlh ioin ~. NNArp during
'n rom mcmhnr hip drive.
s'nnd solicit trr'r friends
ioiu
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-06-08
Prophet Jones
Has National
Conference

The international assembly Of
Universal Triumph the Dominion
Of God Faith, officially opened in
Detroit last Sunday night at Thank
ml Center. No. /. Of which the RI.
Rev. James +. Jones Is admins
traitor
The l3-day session was opened
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