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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-09-12
Entertaining Ourselves

ON THE lawns of the Orange,
Calf, high school building grounds
we ate a pot luck dinner before
attending the ball game between
teams of the Rotarians and the
Lions. We joked and jollied one an
other, and communicative
of course-on the cooking ability of
the women folk. Dinner over every
one went to the ball game, under
the lights that had been presented
to the school by the two service
clubs. Everyone knew all of the
players, business and professional
men of the town. That game pro-
duced more thrills. was more wildly
exciting, than any professional
game ever witnessed in the Cubs
or the White Sox parks in Chicago
1t must have been good, for it ended
in tie of to 0. Such recreation as
that pot luck dinner and ball game.
and other forms of home-provided
entertainment, has replaced, for us.
the attempt to find thrills and
pleasures at the theaters, the night
clubs and professional sport meets
Of the metropolitan centers. In any
comparison the city comes out a
bad second The pot luck dinner
was far superior to anything night
club could provide 1t was eaten
under glorious moon with the
clean air and the fragrance of flow
ers in our nostrils The chatter of
friends was more entertaining than
the nasal tones of crooner, or the
rancorous laugh, or angry argu-
ment produced by too much liquor
Me for the thrills and entertain
ment we provide for ourselves in
our home town.
Marshall Field l was a typi-
cal, patriotic. good citizen kind
of American. He built a fortune
by selling merchandise to other
patriotic good American citi.
Gems. Having known Marshall
Field l, know he would not
appreciate having the fortune
he left to posterity spent in the
promotion of un-American COM
munism.
In America there is a job for
everyone who will work In Russia
you either work or you do not eat
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In America there is a job for
everyone who will work In Russia
you either work or you do not eat
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Lots of Power Hitters

1t isn't so much that Mize is
now up in the home run 30s. It is
more that so many others are close
on his trail. AS I recall the far off
details, Home Run Baker, another
stout swinger, led both leagues
around 1911 with either or II
home runs.
can't recall a ball club that had
such power hitters as Mize, Mar
shall, Cooper and Thomson at this
stage of the race-not even Ruth,
Gehrig and Meusel. The Giants are
now after the old Yankee mark and
are quite likely to break it.
Today any power hitter who
hasn't collected 20 home runs, in
the National League especially, is
on the puny side. Ted Williams.
rated the hardest modern hitter, is
close to the Giant trio. Ted has
good chance to lead the American
League, but only an epidemic of
home runs down the stretch can
put him. in front of Mize.
Club owners have decided that
the home run is. something the
crowd wants, and apparently the
l947 attendance is backing up their
. judgment. Any number of teams
will pass the million mark this sea-
son, including Pittsburgh, which
has been just above the cellar line.
The baseball fan is a rabid animal,
and if he thought too many home
runs were being hit, he would lose
little time in staying away.
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UntOuchable Record

Those go Babe Ruth home runs,
delivered twenty years ago as part
of a total cargo of 714-which is be-
yond anybody's reach unless they
use rubber balls and move the
fences in back of the infield-is now
classic number in American
sport. 1t belongs to the greatest
power hitter of all time, who was
only halted by the 100 to ITO bases
on balls handed him each year.
The Babe picked out his stance
from Joe Jackson. This position is
known in golf as the closed stance
which. in Babes left-handed batting
posture, meant that his right foot
was well in advance of his left.
However, Babes stance was not as
pronounced as Shoeless Joe's was.
and his feet were planted closer to-
gether to give his tremendous body
a better chance to work with his
hands and arms.
Added to his power was almost
perfect coordination between mind
and muscle, including amazing re-
flexes. If Ruth had started out as an
outfielder in 1914 or 1915, where he
was winning pitcher. his home
run mark today would have been
around 1000
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tered on their rO-
bust frames by several million kids,
to whom that number SIXTY has
been shining star in baseball's
sky because the Babe put it there.
Just when it began to look as if
both Greenberg and Foxx were GER
tain to beat it, star dust, thrown
mysteriously by all these kids, got
in their batting eyes and they were
forced to halt abruptly.
Now Big John Mize of the Giants
is the latest Ruth challenger for
record season. Big John of the
moon face and the mighty swing
will be facing the same jinx. Many
thousands of kids would like to see
the mauling Mize reach SO. But not
go. Especially not 81.
This mysterious kinds jinx won't
begin to affect Jolting John until he
passes the so. or perhaps the SIS
point. Then he will. feel mysterious
forces at work that will turn the
baseball into the size of golf ball.
He will find star dust in his batting
eye, just as Greenberg and Foxx
did. Big John won't quite under
stand what has happened, but some
ten million kids will.
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Europe Goes Socialist

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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-09-12
Nike and the Modern Ball

No one can question the fact that
the ball Babe swung at was far
livelier than the pellet Home Run
Baker, Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson, Iris
Speaker and other hitters had to
face before the first war. On the
other hand, taking nothing from
Johnny Mize. the l947 National
League ball looks to be the liveliest
ammunition yet thrown at swinging
bats.
In certain places the fences have
also been moved in to decrease the
home-run range.
But this isn't Johnny Mics fault.
He is swinging at the ball that is
O.K.'d by the National League. He
has always been great power
hitter.
The war came along just when
Big John was at his prime, and
after his injury last season, few
thought he would ever be the same
old WallOper.
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ever S i n C e, but
only three have Sc
riously challenged.
These were Hank
Greenberg of the
T i 6 e r s, Jimmy
Foxx Of the Athlet-
les, with So each,
and Hack Wilson of
the Cubs with Sc.
What the three
don't know Is that
they were halted
by the jinx plas-
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TWENTY years ago, Babe Ruth
L turned in his Goth home run in a
single season.
Here is mark that thousands Of
ball players have been swinging at
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WESTERN Europe may escape
communism by narrow
margin, but it has definitely turned
to national socialism. To such horse
sense as I may have, it seems an
inopportune time was chosen for
such an experiment.
To get back to a peacetime pro-
ductive basis, the destruction of five
years Of war must be replaced. The
destroyed, or badly crippled, rail-
roads must again be operating at,
or near, maximum capacity; coal
must be coming from the mines in
as great, or greater, quantity than
before the war; bombed or worn
out industrial plants must be re-
housed and largely reequipped;
farms must be rehabilitated and
farm animals replaced.
All such things call for work
and materials, and both cost
money, which the nations Of
Europe do not have in their ma
tional treasures. To issue pa
per money only adds to their
present imitation.
Under such conditions, we would
depend upon what we know as
venture" capital to accomplish the
needed results. There is plenty Of
venture" capital in Europe. It
might have helped to do the needed
job, but the turn to socialism has
driven it under ground. The turn to
socialism removed all chance of in
vesting that capital in transporta-
ton, mines, industry or agriculture
with any reasonable assurance of a
profit for the investor. Those who
have'it, many thousands Of individ-
uals, are making every possible eff
fort to keep their money under
cover until they can spend it on one
grand final debauch of gaiety.
NO CONFIsCATION
In turning to socialism, no west
ern European nation has so much
as suggested confscation of private
property. 1t is all to be paid for
over a period of years-on a basis
Of fair valuation. Taking it over
now "as is" means the government
must do the rehabilitating before it
can be operated and be productive.
To have waited for the socialistic
experiment could have meant that
private capital would have done the
rehabilitating job. When production
was again normal, the governments
could have taken over going con-
Germs, if the people still wanted
specialization
Today America is being
asked to do what private OWL
ers of Europe were not encour-
aged to do. We are asked to
finance an experiment in ma
tional socialism; to provide the
money with which to rehabili-
tate the destroyed or worn out
production facilities of Europe.
For us there is political, but
not partisan, question in
volved. Western Europe. after
bungling the job. is now asking
that we take the hard way Of
financing the comeback, so
that their, and our, civilization
NAV survive.
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HELP WANTED-MEN

MECHANIC wANTED-Steady job. Top
wages. Must have tools.
II. o. GANGSTAD, Phone 1908. 1928 Ninth
Ave. N, Billings, Mont.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Historians are still
bamed by the strange
events leading up to
the death of Lincoln

"HERE are superstitious schol-
Il ars who can find an evil eye
for you IN every historical fact.
But when it comes to the facts
concerning the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln, even hard
headed historians start believing
IN omens, portents, curses.
There were several mysteries
connected with the assassirla-
ton. For example, on the after
noon of April ID, 1865, Mr.. Lin
coin called a meeting of various
high officials of the government.
Those gentlemen walked into
the conference room, saw the
President seated at one end of
the long conference table with his
eyes closed. They were shocked
by the grave and worn" ex-
preston on his face.
As they came closer, the Presi-
Evening star., 1947-04-13
The Night OF April IA
BY SIDNEY CARROLL

dent slowly raised his head, said,
Gentlemen, before long you will
have important news" Some
body asked him, What, sir?
Have you had bad news? Is it
anything serious?"
The President answered, Il
have heard nothing; | have had
no bad news; but you will hear
tomorrow. They asked for de-
tails.
A Poxtentous Dream
l HE President explained, Il
have had a dream; l have
dreamed that dream three times
&C once before the Battle of Bull
Run, once on another occasion,
and again last night. l am in a
boat, alone on a boundless ocean.
have no oars, no rudder i
am helpless. drift! drift! I
drift"
Five hours later, at approx
mately 10 o'clock that evening.
John Wilkes Booth put a bullet
into the Presidents brain.
That is one reason why 50
many sober observers and his
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-08
MASSACRE DAY

The day may when any reference to the african
descent of Crspu Attacks will sound foolish That period
will be fastened the bulk of citizens become moderny
scheoed in history and science and pulpit and pew
forced to accept the teachings Of the Christianity they pro-
by the pressure of their critics the scientists
whose announcements uphold the "Fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of man. through the demonstrated
sameness of blood in all manner of men.
Observance of Boston Massacre day will then be strictly
confined to honoring the fine colonial patriots whose
monsrance and its tragic ending marked the severance
the British empire" and the foundation of American
independence The exercises then will be pure history
lesson youth and shon of the present necessity of
phaszg Atuckss part in order that hearers may be in
duced drop their preudices recognition of maryrdom
of of the group against whom prejudice is Willingly
unwittingly directed Even intelligent person
give any good for harboring color prejudice At
bottom prejudice is plain snobbery bedfelIow of color
hatred.
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Helen Gahagen

Continued from page o1le)
need to be solved but are not yet
even considered by Congress.
Especially in her answers during
the question period" did the
Westerner famed for her liber-
alism show a brilliant mind. She
and Clare Boothe Luce have
shownwhat good women legis-
lators can do.
Mrs. Douglas, a former stage
and opera signer, is the mother
of three children, and first be-
came nationally known in the
political field when she became
Democratic national committee
woman from California in 1910.
She was first elected to Congress
in 1914 and was reelected in
1916. She has been appointed to
many state, national, and inter
national bodies in recognition of
her administrative and political
talents.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-08
MT. CALVARY BAPTIST
rEUTTU CtWT
Rev. NJ. E. Grady, Pastor

"And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will drawal men unto
me" was the pastors interesting
sermon last Sunday morning.
The rain didn't stop the visitors
from attending the service.
The Sunday School opened at
$50 A. NJ. There are hundreds
of children in the neighborhood
who do not attend Sunday school
or church and their parents are
not church goers. Rev. Grady
cordially invites parents and
their children to come to Mt.
Calvary Sunday School. when
your children attend Sunday
school, we teach them how to
become good Christians, good
citizens and good neighbors.
Children have come to this city
from all over the country and
have made Their home here. But
they have forgotten to make
their church home here. The
pastor, superintendent and
teachers are looking for new
faces Sunday morning. Parents,
train your children to go 20
church and they will become up
right men and women"
Rev. Grady will speak on a
timely subject Sunday morning.
Come out and hear him. He is A
fine speaker. Please remember
that prayer meeting is held
every Friday at 3 P. M. Meet us
at Mt. Calvary. All are invited.
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Speaker that they fastened to
apologize to Congressman Ad-
am Powell for his action. But
this business of crucifying a
people upon a cross of hatred
demands something more than
Sinking apology. It is indeed
a pity that our State cannot
hold the gains achieved for us
by our great men of the past. Of
course they did not foresee that
a day would come when the
glorious traditions of Massa-
chusetts would be traduced by
southern gangsters, by and with
the consent of men like Joe
Martin. Or that this great free
dom loving State of ours would
ever find cause to link arms and
walk the path Of hate with in
famous Mississippi. For these
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for the Bachelors degree in
Economics from London Uni
versity.
The first Edward w Blyden,
educated in English UNIVERSE
ties, achieved world fame for
his scholarship and for his
craftsmanship in steering the
infant African republic through
the troubled waters of interna-
tional intrigue during the past
century. At one time he
aroused a storm of controversy
by pointing out that in many
ways the Mohammedan relig-
ion was more suitable for AZ
ricans than Christianity as
practiced by certain mission
aries; for, he said, the Moham-
medians invariably preach and
practice the principles of ra-
cial equality, which could not
always be said Of their Chris
tian fellows in God.
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The Tragedy of Massachusetts,
By Walter j. SteUenS

The report that comes to us
that Joe Martin of Massachu-
sets, speaker of the House of
Representatives, permitted the
vicious Rankin of Mississippi to
apply the term III to the
colored citizens of America,
while making a speech in Con-
gress, is an insult to the deem
cy Of the old Bay State. 1t is al
legged that not only did Joe
Martin condone the use of
this word Of opprobrium but
when Congressman Powell OBJ
iected, he as presiding officer
over ruled Powell. Thus Rankin
finding support in the person of
Joe Martin, stated that he
would continue the use OF the
word whenever he referred to
the colored race.
If ever there was a time when
we needed the help of cham
pions like Phillips, Sumner,
and Trotter, the time is now.
For Joe Martin by UNFOLDING
the disparaging remarks Of the
filthy Rankin has struck a blow
at our famous Commonwealth
from which 1t will not soon re-
cover.
Some Republican Congress-
men were SO ashamed Of their
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-08

DR. Charles C johnson of
Fisk has now been quoted as
estimating an exodus Of at least
four million colored Americans
from the south during the next
ten years. Under the surface of
new economic social and politi-
cal restrictions which are Gre
ating this mass exodus is be-
ing written one of the most evil
and tragic stories in our Ameri-
can history. For the South, not
willing to adjust its long resi-
dent and loyal colored people
to the modern machine econ
omy structure, as wisely advo-
Gated by Ex-Gov. Arnall Ellis of
Georgia, is deliberately plotting
to force millions of her large
colored minority - as the Ger
mans and British forced the
Jews - to leave their homes
and occupy other territory and
environments in which many
will be totally unprepared and
thousands, being unskilled, will
face unemployment or the very
poorest living conditions in 9TH
er, and perhaps colder recep-
tive, states. And these northern
states, already hard pressed
with insufficient housing for
white or colored, and taxed
with the worrisome uncertainty
Of present economies and short
ages, will most certainly feel
the effects of the irresponsible
BilboS from Dixie who, being
too higoted, lazy, Shiftless and
power-crazed to solve their own
economic problems have taken
the easy way to dump the re-
suits Of their own willingly
adopted problems" into the
laps of other states.
Nor is this any indictment or
reflection upon the poor whites
and colored who must pull up
stakes and leave the land Of
their birth. 1t may even be
argued that many will benefit
by the change as so many of
their kinfolk have done in the
past, Then too, after and dur
ing each big war there has al
ways been an exodus from the
south to the greater freedoms
and opportunity in the north.
This in itself is nothing new.
But the exodus today is of much
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try to excuse themselves of I'M.
just discrimination by blaming
the workers.
The League worked hard to
secure employment for colored
men on the Boston Elevated cars.
Strangely enoughy the main diff
ficulty here was not with the
company but with the colored
men themselves. We found it
hard to get men to apply. The
well-known outstanding "Dinty
Moore" did apply and was put
on the job, serving well as a
conductor on a prominent line
going in and out of the Park
Street Subway.
Why are not more colored men
doing this kind of work on pass
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By ALBERT G. WOLFF

Committee and the audience.
The League made an effort to
have colored girls employed as
telephone operators. At the con-
ference with a company official
he informed us they could not
place a colored girl in the posi-
ton because the other girls
would object. He said the girls
sit close together and at times
are obliged to do each others
work. His argument not only
was weak, specious and uncon-
vincing but actually ridiculous.
The refusal to hire colored
men and women in various jobs
usually is not the fault of the
workers but due to an estab-
lished policy Of the officials who
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-03-08

long to AA. In fact, a supposed
South Carolina branch of the
Columbians transferred its ale
glance to American Action. The
state chairman of the Column
bans said the shift was made
because the Columbians had
been charged with violence.
American Action hasn't been
charged with fomenting racial
and religious violence-yet!
Notice the amazing similarity
between the kind of propaganda
put out before the war by the
pro-Nazis and AA's present-day
propaganda. That's another tip
off to telling what kind of an
outfit this AA really is. They're
peddling the same line of goods
with a little different label. But
inside the package is the same
kind of poison-racial and reH-
gious hatred!
In spite Of the stale propa-
ganda, the old America First
leaders, the reactionary dnan-
ciers and the little fascists,
American Action seems to be
hiding under fancy front. None
of the names of its committee
heads is readily identified. But
behind the supposedly innocent
front, it looks as if this Royal
Family of Reaction is the same
old bedsheet brigade-the people
who head up groups like Chris
tian Veterans Of America; Upton
Closes buddies; Talmadges wool
hats; xxx bigots and all the
rest of the perverted, twisted
and warped minds who want
only to perpetuate jim crow and
an America for pure, white,
Aryan," non-union and cruelty
exploited Americans.
If you can judge an organiza-
ton by the people who sponsor
and support it-and that meth
cd has always worked before -
American Action, Inc. stands
condemned. Instead of AA, Inc,
it would probably be AFA, Inc.
American Fascist Action, In
corporated.
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enger cars regularly today Such
things can only be accomplished
by individuals and organizations
getting busy and fighting hard
to obtain their just rights.
It was interesting to read in
the GUARDIAN copy of the
Boston Massacre Bill under
which each year the Governor
issues a proclamation honoring
Crispus Attacks, Samuel Nav
erick, James Caldwell, Samuel
Gray and Patrick Carr. This bill
was signed by Governor Ely in
1882 after its passage by both
the House and Senate. I was pre-
sented by the Governor with the
pen with which he signed the
bill. Another accomplishment of
the Boston Equal Rights League.
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BATTLING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS

Continued from last week.
Today we are proud to see a
number of colored police officers.
1t is well to remember that the
Equal Rights League played no
small part in getting them on
the job. recall that at a Leg
islative hearing on the matter
of placing colored men on the
force, in addressing the COM
mittee, 7 made the remark
Objections are made to having
colored officers. we are told the
people will not like to be ar
rested by colored men" Then I
asked the Committee, who
wants to be arrested by anybody,
be he colored or white?" This
retort brought a laugh from the