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Chief MocLeon Too prostic

Minneapolis Police Superintendent summary
Of rookie Paroman Sprggs the basis what read in the
daily press, was in opinion too drastic
The fact that Sprggs Negro has nothing do with
tenton that the punishment excessive II Spggs had been
white with less than months police
charged for what claimed be Spggs failure would feel the
about the affair.
We have made claim that the incidence Of had
thing TO do with Chief MacIean hurried action and adaman stand
in this matter We don't believe
Of firing officers rockies regulars outright for failure good
Judgment In . single incident.
Few police officers Mr. MacLean know what they will do
under given situation Most Of them know what they supposed
do under certain conditions just do the Of
We in complete sympathy with chief Of police who
operate his department efficiently think he should be allowed
to run Il with a minimum Of interference
police chiefs nable than other human
beings make just
SprigRs presumably made.
Sprggs previous record the department bad and the
investigation Of the incident for which he fired indicates
unorRvabe lack Of ability perform his duty he business
the police However there nothing press
anything chief has told anybody would indicate
anything except the dismissal Chief precpate
and too drastic to be fair and just
We any special rights Negroes
country We just those rights the Constitution DEGREES all
Americans should enjoy
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single achievement he can point to.
When HASTE assumed office,
there was comparatively only a
handful Of colOred troops in the
Army, and they were restricted 10
skeletOnized units Of infantry and
cavalry, performing chiefly mental
tasks, and quartermaster troops.
Before he resigned cOlOred sol
diers were serving in every arm
and service, cOlOred candidates were
being admitted TO officer candidate
schools, procedures were set up for
handling grievances, and civilians
were employed, without regard to
race, as the Civil Service Commits
sion certified them as qualified.
Under Gibson, programs of edu-
cation were initiated TO lessen race
tensions in the Army, discrimina-
ton against colored soldiers in
transportation facilities, was at
tackled, and War Department policy
for postwar utilization Of colored
soldiers was worked out by a board
Of officers.
In the light of these per-
formances, Ray took over. He has
utilized none of the channels set
up by HASTE and followed by Glib
son to investigate complaints and
grievances, nor has he done any
thing to implement the policy laid
down for postwar utilization of col
ored manpOwer.
On the other hand, if he was not
instrumental in, he acquiesced in,
the discharge from the Army of
thousands Of cOlOred soldiers, who
had served satisfactorily, because
they had not made a score of 20 or
above on the Army general CLASH
icatiOn test.
He recommended and had adopted
discriminatory policy Of accept
ing no colored men for enlistment
who lacked the equivalent of a
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LETTERS
Considers Our Editorial
On Responsibility of
Negro Workers Timely

Editor: Your editorial of Friday,
May 30, entitled Minnesota Ne
gro Workers Responsibility" was
very timely. As Industrial Secre-
tary of the Minneapolis Urban
League suppose | am as close to
or closer to this work picture for
Negroes in Minneapolis as anyone
and feel that it is now in such
a fluid state that failure on the
part Of Negro workers to discharge
their obligations as substantial en-
ployees could very easily jeopardize
our gains.
There is no doubt but that your
paper serves the best interest OF
our community when it continues
to call matters Of this type to the
attention of its readers.
Keep up the good work.
VIM. SeabrOn
Industrial Secretary, Minneapolis
Urban League.
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high school education, while white
men, who were hardly high grade
mOrons, were accepted and sent 20
Europe for duty with occupation
forces.
Moreover, the office of civilian
aide to the Secretary Of War has
lost inestimable prestige. HASTE
was held in high esteem throughout
the War Department-even by Of
fcers and civilian officials who
were opposed to the equality for
which he commended.
Gibson was generally respected
throughout the War Department.
His advice was sought and given
serious consideration.
Trained as a soldier to obedience
to superior officers, Ray has not
established a reputation for stead
fastness.
Only crocodile tears will be shed
over Rays leading the War De-
partment. 1t is to be regretted that
he is to be imposed upon cOlOred
troops in the European theater. On
the basis of his record in the War
Department, he will neither aid
them nor General Lucius ID. Clay,
commanding general Of the Euro
pean occupation forces and mill
tary governor of the United States
zone in Germany, on whose staff
he hopes to be appointed.
There is danger that he will
further weaken and reduce the Of
fee of civilian aide to the Secre-
tary of War. Before he leaves he
intends to make recommendation
respecting the office.
One of his recommendations, and
it shows the caliber of his thinking,
will be that the civilian aide be
neither a civil service nor a po-
litical appointment. And to top it
all, he would have a committee
recommend his successor.
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Courier Writer Says Race
Unwilling To Pay For
First Class Citizenship

not give more for their own causes
than they do, somebody would
probably present the figures to
show how poor the Negro is. |
don't believe the Negro is as poor
as his record Of giving makes out.
don't believe he has suffered
enough and learned enough to feel
the compulsion to give. Most Ne
grOes with means are trying to
cushion themselves and let the
devil take the hindmost.
Why should Negroes have to beg
whites for money for the educa-
ton Of Negroes? Why should Ne
groes not give more than they do
to the United Negro College Fund ?
This writer does not have the sta
tistics Of Negro giving before him,
but he would be willing to wager
that in no year have Negroes given
as much as 100000 to the round
sum of about a million dollars that
has been raised.
That means that whites have
given four times as much to this
cause as Negroes. II five million
Jews can raise one hundred million
dollars one year and one hundred
seventy million dollars the next
year TO help their people in Eu-
rope and Asia why can't fifteen
million Negroes raise a paltry one
million dollars to help themselves
right here in America?
II you answer that some Of them
may not believe in the particular
cause, this writer can only reply
that he knows of no cause, how
ever vital, which has made the Ne
gro turn loose one million dollars
in any one year.
1t is to be doubted that they
would act in concert if Uncle Sam
should tell them that he would sell
them actual, first-class, complete
citizenship across the board for one
million dollars. You would find some
Of them asking white folk to help
them buy their freedom.
A Jew who does not give to help
his fellows feels ashamed. He suf-
fers a sort Of voluntary ostracism.
A Negro, his pockets bullying
with folding money who does not
give to the United Negro College
Fund, ought to be made to feel
ashamed. He ought to be regarded
as queer, selfish and stingy. He
should suffer social disdain.
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as an adviser he
is a good post Of
fee clerk.
The office of
civilian aide to
the Secretary Of
War was created,
under pressure, 10
insure equitable
participation OF
colored people in
the national de-
Tense program.
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Compares Negro Giving Il
That of American Jewry
Z. l.. PRATTIS IN THE
PITTSBURGH COURIER

There are between FIVE and six
million Jews in this country. They
are not all rich Jews. There are
some poor Jews and there are many
Of moderate means. Negroes like
TO boast that there are fifteen mill
lion Of them. Most Of the Negroes
are poor, but there are some rich
Negroes and many Of moderate
means.
Comparisons are certainly OdiOus,
but they also have salutary signifi-
canoe. 1t is difficult not to com
pare the Jew and the Negro par
ticularly in the realm Of self help.
The plain, simple fact is that Jews
take care of themselves and look
out for one another much better
than Negroes. Why they do this
is a mystery. Maybe it is because
they have suffered more and longer.
There are many Jews who are
proud Of the fact that their peO-
pie have suffered. They believe suf-
fering has made them a stronger
people. They feel that suffering has
forced Jews TO cling TO the essen
tials of survival and good living.
There are many persons who won
der il Negroes have suffered enough
to develop the discipline of self
regard and fellow feeling.
Last year, in 1916, the Jews Of
the United States were asked to
give one hundred million dollars
to help prosecuted Jews in Europe
and Asia. They were promised that
this would constitute one supreme
effort. They gave one hundred mil
lion dollars.
This year, however, the emer-
gency is such that they are being
asked to give much more: One hun
bred seventy million dollars. No
one doubts that they will give that
sum to help other Jews thousands
Of miles away.
Jews give these huge sums to
help themselves. They also give
generously to all general causes.
They have given generously to Ne
groes. They have probably given
as much or more to Negro causes
than Negroes have given them
selves.
II this writer should inquire, in
great anguish, why Negroes dc
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William II. HASTE, now governor
Of the Virgin Islands, took leave
Of absence from the deanship Of
the Howard University Law School
to become the first incumbent Of
the office. Even after he had re-
signed in protest against Army
Air Forces policies and scathingly
denounced the Air Forces in a state
ment to the newspapers. Secretary
Of War Robert P. Patterson, who
was then the Under Secretary, said
HASTE had rendered excellent serv-
ices.
His successor was Truman X.
Gibson, Jr., who had served AS as
sistant civilian aide. Despite the
criticism levelled at him for say
ing colored troops had melted
away" while on patrol duty in Italy,
informed persons admit that Glib
son rendered very good services.
Ray succeeded Gibson. His ap-
pointment was a mistake. The job
should have gone to a civilian with
a civilians outlook. Assistant Sec
rotary Of War John J. McCloy be.
lieved that Gibson's successor
should be some one with military
experience. Ray was picked for the
job.
In the year and Eve months he
has held the job there is not a
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These misguided Negroes used
all types of profane language,
drank openly from whiskey bot
ties. They had no respect for them
selves or for anyone else. 1t was
so bad that | had to write this
letter. Such people as made such
spectacles not only hurt themselves
but they hurt all of us. If such bad
actors could realize that our lead
ing Negroes and friendly white
people are trying hard to build up
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Washington
Spotlight
By LOUIS LAurTER

Marcus II. Ray, civilian aide to
the Secretary of War, may have
been top-fight artillery battalion
$50, ,,,,,,l,r k,,N
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Dear Joe
COMING EVENTS
By JAMES L. HICKS

SNNAANN ~ SAN ~
How did the colored WACS on
duty in Europe feel when they saw
their tan brothers and former
sweethearts literally jumping over
them for a chance to date Ger
man fraulein or a French mam'selle
or one of those English DANES
who are now trying to get rid Of
their tan bambinos
What did our girls go through
when you deserted" them on the
other side, Joe? Did they roll up
in their hunks and cry themselves
to sleep or did they go on out and
date some attentive French Of
ficer?
You don't know what they did,
Joe, because you were too busy
with your mann selle, but what they
did is one Of the more interesting
stories to come out Of the war, and
it will soon be told in a book (much
to the discomfort of a lot of us
tan yanks) by a former Wac who
served in England and France with
Major Charity Adams $3.50 Postal
Director Battalion.
CALLING SURGERY!
Attention doctors Of the National
Medical Association and nurses of
the National Association of COlored
Graduate Nurses!
The Veterans Administrator has
revised its nursing service and one
Of the more interesting features of
the new system is the creation of a
professional Standards Board 10
evaluate the qualifications Of nurses
for appointment to the nursing
service.
These boards, which will be APP
pointed at hospitals all over the
country, will not only determine
whether each applicant meets the
basic requirements for appointment
but they will also make recon-
mendatiOns for promotions, recon-.
mendations for disciplinary action
reinstatement Of nurses who have
left or were separated from the
service, and consider all appeals
resulting from board action.
II you are interested, as thi,
column thinks you are, you can gel
the details from Miss Dorothy V
Wheeler, director Of the VAS nurs
ing program at VA headquarter,
in Washington.
How bout some members on som,
Of those boards?
GOOD OVERHEAD GIFT!
II you served in North Africi
or the Pacific, Joe, or any othe,
, place where malaria was prevalent
! don't give your blood to anyon,
for blood TRANSMISSION, even i
| you never had malaria.
? Not that you can't spare tn,
blood, but you might give the per
? son case Of malaria.
) Up in Philadelphia the other da!
l a seven-month-old baby contracted
, tertian malaria from a blood trans
: fusion given him by a Pacific vet
? eran, even though the veteran him
self never knew he had the stuff
II was in his blood and the atabrin,
5 remember, one a dayN probabl,
| kept it from telling on him.
Moral: Keep your blood in you
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-11-13
WANT GAMES

The Prospect All-Stars desire
cage contests at Prospect on
Wednesday evenings with Glass
A competition, Any team desiring
games should write Merle J.
Thomas, Prospect.
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North Lewisbglrg

with the local school board to OBJ.
tain permission to use the high
school gym for K. of P. nd~Leg-
ion basketball games. The board
turned down the request, giving
as the main reason, added work
for the janitor" The committee
offered to post a bond of $50 tc
cover all expenses, and to arrange
all games so that they would not
conflict with school activities. Al
so, they promised to take proper
care of the gym while using it.
An incident previous to this meet
ing was mentioned and it was
stated that the teams were allow
ed to use the gym once last year
and that they agred to pay the
| janitor $5, but it never had been
mentioned since. The correspon-
dent was advised Monday even
ing by Legion member to make
the statement that the game men
toned wah a March of Dimes
game, and that the Legion was
| advised by the board that there
would be no charge either for
the gym or the janitor, Most of
the players are alumni members
and LegionnairAe
The past year the teams have
used the Mingo gym, but it has
proven very unsatisfactory as
there are no showers and no heat
unless fire is kept all day. Wis
iting teams have refused to come
back to such conditions.
Move to New Home
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Stewart NOV
ed their household goods, Mon
day, to their new home near Mi
kado, Mich.
Makes Fire Run
The community fire depart
ment was called to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Norveil, of
Middleburg, Sunday, about p.
m. Telephone difficulties delayed
the alarms and arrival of the fire
equipment. Most of the house
hold goods were saved but the
house was a total loss, due to a
shortage of water. The fire was
thought to have started from a
defective flue. The loss was par
TALLY covered by insurance.
Euchre Party Cancelled
The Farmers Institute euchre
party, which was to have been
held Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Mingo,
has been cancelled until a later
date, due to two basketball games
scheduled for next week
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BY MRS. DAVID MATHYs

Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Headington
entertained at Sunday dinner the
following guests: Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Torbet, Mr.. and. Mrs
George Benedict, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Gwynn and daughter, Tonga
Kathleen, of Springfield and Rev.
and Mrs. Byers and daughter.
Mrs. Myrtle Headington had as
weekend guests, her son and
daughter-i Mr.. and Mrs,
George E. Headington, of Dayton,
and her grandson, John Heading
ton, of Ohio State university.
The w. S. c. S. of Bethel Church
meet at the home of Mrs. David
Mathys, Thursday afternoon, Nov.
Is. The worship service was in
charge of Mrs. Charles Cramer,
program leader was Mrs. Will
Warthman. The president, Mrs.
Roy Ballinger, took charge OF the
balance of the meeting and re-
freshments were served by COM
mittee No. 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Middles-
worth and Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Elliotts enjoyed Sunday dinner
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
is Fords, of Ridgeway.
MIR. and Mrs. Everett Lockwood
and family had as Sunday after
noon visitors, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Holdren and family, of
West Liberty.
Mrs. Elva Teree took Sunday
dinner with MIR. and Mrs. Elson
Webb.
Funeral service was held at 2:30
p. m. Nov. 8 at the Ballinger
Funeral Home for William E.
Stanley, SO, who died unexpected
ly at his home Thursday morning.
Services were in charge of Rev.
McCracken, of u. B. Church, and
burial was made in Greenlawn
cemetery.
He is survived by his wife and
four children, Mrs. Herbert Dick
inson, Mrs. Walter Hash, Spring
field; Mrs. Arnold Dewitt and
Robert Stanley, of West Mans
field.
Also surviving are six grand
children; four brothers, Adrian
and Orva, of West Mansfield;
Lawson and Orland, of Kenton;
four sisters; Mrs. Eurah Fout,
Melroy, Ind; Mrs. Ed. Sumers,
Toledo; Mrs. Leah Price, Colum-
bus, and Mrs. Lena Garwood,
West Mansfield.
Mrs. Bernice Skidmore is i'll
with pneumonia, but is a little
better at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hindall
entertained at pot-luck supper
Saturday evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
Laverne Yoder, Mr. and Mrs.
Byron Moffitt, and Mr.. and Mrs.
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: MIDDLEBURC


j. D. Reames and family calico
on Charles Hatcher at the Ear
Stanley home, Saturday evening
Mr.. Hatcher's health is much i'm.
proved.
Mrs. E. A. Jones, of White
Sulphur, visited with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Garrison from
Friday until Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Bohlier and
grandsons, Paul and Ricky, spent
Friday with Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Beltz, of Union Chapel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Halves
of Sidney; Mrs. Ollie Suiger, OF
Pemberton; and Mr.. and Mrs
Wilbert Bohlier, of Tipp City
were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Bohlier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Meeks, OF
Marysville, were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Devore.
Mrs. Ada Hildreth, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Bishop and daughter,
Kathryn, and Mr.. and Mrs. Cyril
Bishop and family were Sunday
supper guests of Howard and
Jimmie Bishop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Haslep
and son, Ricky, were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clay
Hicks and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hagar
and daughter, Naomi Jean, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
Marine, of Marysville.
Mr. and Mrs. John Losey and
family spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. P. o. Losey and sons,
Herman and Ivan.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Reeder called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Zirkle
Sunday.
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East Liberty News

Howard Robinson were Sunday
afternoon callers.
Mrs. Max Hanks, of Bellefon-
taine, spent Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs E. H. Lee, OF
East Liberty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Moore en-
tertained the following at their
home Sunday for dinner: Mr.. and
Mrs. Wooster Grubbs and son,
Roy; Mr.. and Mrs. Herman John
ston, Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Evring-
ham and family, of East Liberty;
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Everingham
and son, Ricky, of Springfield;
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Taylor and
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Moore, of
East Liberty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Plummer,
of Sidney, spent the weekend
with her mother, Mrs. Mae John
son. Mrs. Johnson returned with
them to spend the winter.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Vasser,
of Zanesfield, were Monday even
ing supper guests of MIR. and Mrs.
John Parks and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manford Geho
spent Sunday afternoon at the
home of his sister, Bertha Elliott,
in Milford Center.
Mrs. Donald Kerns and son,
! Larry, spent the weekend with
her mother and other relatives in
Huntsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Parks and
daughter were Sunday guests of
Mrs. Katie Reame, Middleburg.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Kerns were
Sunday dinner guests of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Kerns,
in Byhalia. In the afternoon they
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Kerns and daughter, Lavon,
in Marion.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Klamforth
and Marlene and Mr.. and Mrs.
D. w. Dennis motored to Della
ware, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Kerns, OF
Lima, were weekend guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Kerns and
Doris.
Mr.. Ernie Thomas, who under
went surgery at Mary Rutan hos
pital, Saturday is very much inl-
proved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Kerns spent
Tuesday evening with her mother
Mrs. Wilda Dill, in West Mans
field.
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Son Dies

oOh AACS
Donald Taylor, aged 81 years,
son of Philip Taylor, of Fountain
Park, and formerly of Woodstock,
died at l a. m. Thursday in the
Springfield hospital, following
an operation for appendicitis last
Saturday.
Born on April l9, 1910, near
Sidney, he had moved from here
to Springfield where he resided
for IS years. During that time, he
was employed as mechanic by
the international Harvester Co.
He also served in the Army in
World War H.
Surviving are his widow, Jen-
ME; daughter, Mrs. Donna M.
Watson, of Mingo; his father,
Philip Taylor; his mother, Mrs.
Deda Reks, of Springfield; and
a brother, Cory, of Toledo.
Services were held at 7 p. m.
Saturday in the Rose Funeral
Home in Springfield, with Rev.
Herbert Keebler, pastor of Lagon-
ia Congregational c hris t a n
Church. Burial was in Ferncliff
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West Mansfield

Laurel Wilgus.
MIR. and Mrs. Cleo Bushong had
as Sunday guests, their son-in-laWt
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Antram and family, of Lakeview.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brock Correll and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Morris, Oh
Springfield; Darrell and Dennis
Stanley, sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Stanley were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Nor
riS.
The Junior Class presented
their class play Three Days OF
Gracie," a farce, at the school
auditorium, at 8 p. m. Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Weiser and
family had as weekend guests,
Mrs. Frank DeHart, and her
grandson, Bobby lyon, of Indiana
polls.
Rev. Otis Young, former pasn.
tor of the Methodist church, de-
livered the sermon for their lO
a. m. worship service on Sunday.
The services were held in the
school house as the church san
ctuary is under going reconstruc-
ton.
Rev. Young at present holds
the position of superintendent OF
the Cincinnati district of the.
Methodist Church.