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Another Presidential Aspirunt Weosels

"hen Governor Earl Warren asked Crow the
aorna National Guard units he grounds that
this state bound to follow Department policies and procedures
The result: California has a Jim Crow national unit
New Hampshire's more Fortnight He stJ tho
war department point blank whether have any objection
to Indignation of Negroes National Guard units U
was told that the state could pursue po il
separate" units. ~ '
Mr. Warren either double by the War Department
OF ne was msled by his advisors HAMPSHIRE x
ample before him he might well correct his
Angeles Sentinel avs
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LETTERS


workers everywhere.
President Murray of the CLIO says
it will lead to American fascism.
True.
Senators Hartley, Ball and Taft
are the ones leading the fight
against the American working peo-
pie. They must be stopped until
we get a chance to throw them out
of office with our votes.
The Hartley bill, spawn of the
National Association of Manufac-
turers, breast child of "NAM fool
senators and representatives, will:
Set organized labor back to
the door of slave labor.
Destroy the closed shop.
Destroy the governments la
Dor relations board.
Cancel out all benefits of the
Wagner Act, the Magma Carta Of
labor.
Substitute force and violence
for peaceful arbitration.
Deny constitutional rights to
citizens because they work for a
living.
Get in the fight NOW for your
rights as men and women. Stand
up and be counted with people
fighting for decency and fairness.
There is nothing to fear but fear
itself. "-FDR.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Halter
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NEGRO PRESS OPINION
Rdps American Bowlinu Conoress

state OF California made mistake order when it
rented the State Armoy the Bowling Congress n b
tournament from which all Americans not aucaans are
barred. ~ '' ''
Fory belongs to all the by
Oy Chnese Japanese Indians Negroes Cauasans II strikes
as decidedly unfair the peoples armoy to an
draws an arbitrary color line. ~
state officials who rented the Armoy Bowling Congress
can't even plead ignorance That organizations policies are vol
into the lease itself ~ ~ "'''"
Both Mayor Bowron and Governor were told NJ the collar
Los Angeles Sentinel. ~
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to exist.

to exist.
Baseball is supported by the
people and | have heard them de-
mand justice for Robinson. If their
applause is any indication, they
ask that Robinson be accepted as
an athlete and is entitled to the
right to be judged by the scorers
ledger and not by the prejudices of
indecent men. 1t is my belief that
Robinson is a big Lacquer of ordi-
nary ability. If he is not, then
he should be sent down to the
minors because it is the opinion
of all of US who consider baseball
sport that skill and honesty are
the only qualifications a man should
have. 1t is doubtful if Robinson
has yet shown his true worth. He
came up as a shOrtstOp, was trans
formed into a second baseman at
Montreal and now is playing first.
1t is a tribute to his SOlidness as
a man that he hasn't fallen apart
as a ball player. Less heat has
burned better ball players out of
the big leagues. About him RACES
the silent uproar of a perpetual
commotion. He is the most dis
cussed ball player of his time and
his judges do not evaluate him for
his actions on the field alone. But
he has concealed the turmoil with
in him and when you talk to him
there is no indication he regards
himself as a special man who faces
problems no other big Lacquer ever
faced before. The times | have
spoken to him he has praised all
those with whom he plays.
What goes on in the privacy of
the hotel rooms where the Dodgers
gather | don't know. | have
listened to Eddie Stanky praise
Robinson for his alertness. Jackie |
told me himself that Hughie Casey |
had helped him when he needed |
practice and advice on making the |
difficult plays a first baseman must |
face.
But in the clubhouse Robinson
is a stranger. The Dodgers are
polite and courteous with him but
it is obvious he is isolated by those
with whom he plays. l have never
heard remarks made against him
or detected any rudeness where he
was concerned. But the silence is
loud and Robinson never is part of
the jovial and aimless banter of the
locker room. He is the loneliest
man | have ever seen in sports.
We have been involved in a war
to guarantee all people the right
to a life without fear. The peoples
Of the earth are still assailed by
the same doubts and terrors. The
old men once more talk of violence
and only the dead are sure Of
peace. In such world it seems
A small thing that a man be able
to play a game unmolested. In
our time such a plea should be un-
necessary. But when it happens
We must again remember that all
his country's enemies are not be-
yond the frontiers Of our home
and.
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the lash, the hot tar, the moose or
the shotgun. They string up a
man with the whisper of lie and
they prosecute him with ridicule.
They require no burning cross as a
signal of assembly and need no
sheet to identify themselves to
each other. They are the night
riders who operate "a hours a day.
They lynch a man with a calcu-
lated contempt which no court of
law can consider a crime. Such a
venOmous conspiracy is the one
now trying to run Jackie Robinson
out Of organized baseball. 1t does
not go for all ball players and not
even all the St. Louis Cards, some
Of whom are accused of trying to
arrange a strike to protest against
the presence of a Negro in the big
league. But such a state exists
and we should all be ashamed of
it, not only those connected with
the sport, but any one who con-
siders this his country. 1t is an
indication, | believe, that as a
people we are a failure and not as
good as the laws by which we live.
We are people guaranteed more
freedoms than any other on earth.
Yet there are among US those who
would refute those documents
which pledge US such things as peo-
pie fight for everywhere and rare
ly achieve. When such persecu-
tiOns become the aim of a govern
ment it is the record of history that
men rise in revolt against the lead
ers of their state. 1t was to defeat
such prosecutions that men fought
in the backgrounds of Europe and
in every righteous army since man
first realized freedom is seldom
achieved without struggle. We are
a people who consider such privi-
leges as ordinary because they
were written down in the book for
us to live by long ago. But among
us are those who consider these
liberties as their own and would
take them from the defenseless
whom they can afford to torment.
They form a lynch mob that is out
to avenge a right.
Only the stupidity bold among
them collect on mountain sides
by the light of torches. You find
them wherever you go and their
lodge is national although they
pay no dues and carry no card. |
1t is only natural that baseball, |
being our country's sport. should |
be played by some of them be-
cause they are in all trades and |
professions ana they carry an in |
visible rope with them at all times.
1t is my belief that such a phi
losophy of hate does not dominate |
baseball. If it does, then they
should burn up all the bats and
balls and turn cattle to Craze on
The outfeld grass. Baseball is not
A way of life but an escape from
t. 1t is to the bleachers and the
grandstands that the multitudes
Zee to forget the world beyond the
'ences. Such haven should not
We corrupted by senseless hate, but
,nCe it is, baseball has no reason !
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White Ruling Class Seeks
Subservience or Liquidation;
Southern Writers Theory
By ROBERT DURR

Of indignation Of which | speak,
its strength at once becomes a
menace to mankind everywhere.
A few people in the United States
are trying to do something about
this situation. But there are many
many more who are determined tc
keep the colored peoples Of the
world enslaved and are prepared
to liquidate them if they do not
submit. That is the score today. By
Indignation equilibrium and peace
is possible. All other roads lead
TO liquidation sooner than we think.
The idea Of liquidation is CON
tagious!
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People Like to Know
Where a Paper Stands
On puhIic Matters

Editor: The one feature of your
paper which my wife and myself
appreciate is that we always know
where the paper stands on the
most important matters affecting
the people.
AS long as the paper continues
that policy am sure it will have
the support it so well deserves.
Fred Simpson
Minneapolis, Mimi
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RE-ENFORCEMENTS
COMING UP

Joe Albright, General Brad.ey's
top tan aide in the VA. who IS
doing all he can to right some Of
the many wrongs al the VA with
out too much support from you, Joe
will soon have a soft shoulder to
hang his weary head on-he will
be married in few days.
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Rondo District Needs Playground

People in the Rondo district money the city
OF 81 raul spends for Fairgrounds For years recrena
OF this section have been Fairgrounds TO- Now
i've committee keeping after the city charged with
n g Let the entire community get behind those who
leading the fight
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NOT ALL LYNCH
MOBS WEAR HOODS
James Cannon in n. Y. Post

You don't always lynch man by hanging him from a
tree. There great lynch mob among and they go
hooded and work without the rope They have leader but
their own hatred of humanity They the quietly degraded
who plot against the helpless with skill and towards stealth
and without fear of reprsa Their weapon as painful
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All 700 many OF the northern Senators Congressman
up service to FEPC are ukewam and without great deal
ooug on our part They will be happy bill die in
and they will do so unless the spotlight them
Los Angeles Sentinel.
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CRIMINALS AND DEMOCRACY

CRIMINALS are the last people who demand less
io u rough the democratic that treated
kindly after having broken the they themselves aqr 70
folow.-K. c. Call. 'N' ~
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Humphrey Gets Vote of Confidence

In our May edition predicted of MINNEAPOLIS o
go to the polls Monday and give Mayor Humphrey vote
Of confidence" and that's just what they did
We the the same thing on June ot tho final
elections. ~ WV '
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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-02-14
HELP WANTED-MEN

FIRST CLASS mechanic to work on Chrys-
.er and Plymouth cars and trucks. High
opportunity to advance If you can qualify.
Must have years or more experience.
Write see Peter Rowan, Mgr.
ROWAN MOTOR CO.
Chrysler-Plymouth Distributor
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KINDNESS AND
CONSIDERATION

Partners in marriage must be
kind, sympathetic and consider
ate to each other, or they are
bound for trouble. Doing this
takes intelligence and restraint,
but it is not so difficult. Many
poor and ignorant people are
quite successful at getting along
smoothly. On The other band,
many people of sUealtb and eal-
tare are quite lacking in this es-
sential quality of tact.
Miss Norris tells today of q
man Wbo got so tired of bis nag
ging, complaining tOite that be
turned to another Woman for
comfort. This other .Ooman suas
wido,O, older than be and plain
and anattractipe compared to bis
tVife, but she gaze him The soiace
be needed.
Eventually be .Oas diporced. He
Immediately married THE plain
.VidotD, much to eperyone's sur-
prise. His former suite reminds
her friends that she had al.vays
been faithful and gaze him "tbe
best years of her life" She doesn't
realize that she failed in one i'm
portant bartieular-being tacttul.
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vided between loyalties. His mother
is patiently complaining and in
jured, his father buoyantly happy
and assured; he is ill at ease with
both. And Paul has two households
to support, now, which means
money stringency, besides the fact
that old friends are continually put
in the uncomfortable position of
choosing which family to ask to
weddings and parties
Kindly Interest, Sympathy.
Tact would have saved this stu
alton, as it could save thousand
more divorces this year. Tact does
not mean f1attery or fawning or ly-
ing. It doesn't mean acting a part.
1t does mean extending to your
partner in life just that kindly in
terest, that sympathy that you
would give to perfectly strange
man, met casually at a luncheon
or cocktail party.
1t does mean that if your husband
is worrying about money or bills
you don't fret him with ambitious
schemes for doing over the whole
lower floor. 1t does mean that if he
says his head aches you don't in
stantly respond, that if he and
Jim Stewart wouldn't sit up all night
talking business his head wouldn't
ache. 1t means that you refrain from
telling him bad news, or humiliat-
ing news, or worrying news, until
he has his slippers on; until his
good hot soup is inside him; until
he is somewhat fortified after what
was perhaps long and lonely day.
And when you do tell it, it means
that you don't interlard it with a.
told-you-so's" and "why don't the
Stewards ever get into these jams?"
Yes, tact sounds a small thing.
But it isn't. 1t is based in some
thing far deeper than just the gift
of saying pleasant things and sup
pressing unpleasant things, of look
ing on the happier side of life. For
tact is tenderness, tact is sympathy
and love. Men leave beautiful wom-
en- and rich women and smart wom-
en- and successful women. But
women with tact hold their men
right through to the golden wedding
and beyond.
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Flu Vaccine Limited

Influenza vaccine should be given
in November in the northern areas
or Immediately after the first occur
renee of the disease, according to
the New York state department of
health. Duration of the immunity
given by the vaccine is short, gen
orally from about four months to a
year. The common cold and its COM
plications, however, are not pre-
vented by the use of influenza vac.
cines, nor is protection afforded
against bacterial infections such as
streptococcal sore throat.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-02-14
Alger Stories Are Read No More

Children's Aid, society - a total of
10000 children - reported that they
never had heard of Alger. Less
than per cent admitted having
read any of his books.
In fact, the survey showed only go
per cent of the children read books,
and most of them preferred comic
books.
The society claims a close rela-
tionship with Alger, for he once lived
at its newsboys' lodging house.
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By KATHLEEN NORRIS
Bell Syndicate.-wNU Features.

INTACT" is a small word,
and to many good wives,
L it seems a small thing.
But "atom" is a small word.
too. Yet we've all learned, in
the last tremendous years, that
an atom can smash a great city
to pieces in three minutes fiat,
and change the history of the
world.
Tact has changed the married his
tory of thousands of women-or
rather, the lack of tact has. 1t
changed Emily Rogers life, and she
never knew it, and doesn't know it
to this day. And I doubt if Paul
Rogers, her husband, realizes it,
either realizes that if Emily
had had any tact at all they'd still
be together, a happily married man
and wife.
The Rogers had been married II
years and their boy was nine years
old when the break came. Paul met
Lisa McBreen. Lisa was three years
older than Paul, widowed, not near
ly as pretty as Emily, not living in
charming eight-room house, as
Emily was. No, Lisa was close to
40, and she had a two-room apart
ment. But she had tact.
When Paul went home to Emily
he was often tired and depressed.
Emily never saw it. Often she
wasn't there when he got home; al
ways a discouraging thing for a
husband. Paul used his latch key
and lighted the hall lights and wait
ed for her. When she did come in,
it was to say that she was dead
tired; to ask if that was his new
suit, it looked terrible; to say that
Bill was taking Marion with him to
New York, to praise enthusiastical-
ly the headmaster at Juniors
school-a man and a school Paul
didn't like-and to observe that she
would go to the Billings auction if
she thought she could afford a
couple of chairs for the rumpus
room, but that as she couldn't she
would stay home. And from the top
of the stairs she might call, Ibid
you telephone Stellar" and if Paul
hadn't, Emily would 60 into la
mentations that lasted well through
the dinner hour. A well-cooked, nice
ly-served dinner, but it would taste
like ashes to Paul
Lisa was Soothing.
So Paul got into the habit of stop
ping in at Lisa McBreen's after Of
flee hours; he supplied the liquid
refreshment, Lisa supplied sand
witches, they sat and chatted for per-
haps half an hour. It was restful
Lisa was affectionate, responsive,
soothing. She didn't make a super
man of Paul, but she liked him.
After while he began telephoning
transparent excuses to Emily; he
was delayed downtown, he had to 60
up to Stockton for a business din
ner.
Emily suffered. She reminded her
friends that she had always been
a faithful wife to Paul, done her
own work since the depression
struck, given him son, given him
"the best years of her life." She
scorned Lisa, of course. What Paul
could see in that middle-aged wom-
an, who had a daughter married,
and who was plain, dressed so bad
ly, Emily simply couldn't under
stand. Her friends sympathized with
her, but that didn't keep them in
due time from liking the new Mrs.
Rogers.
But, of course, the situation isn't
entirely satisfactory to anyone.
Emily's young son is miserably di-
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tages brought to his mountain peo'
pie.
Last fall Richmond decided he
could achieve these detectives by
political action. He announced his
candidacy on the G.I. ticket fol
representative from Newton coun'
ty in the Arkansas legislature. Ir
his platform, he pledged himself tc
work for better schools, building o.
farm to market roads, improvement
of the dairy industry, equalization
of taxes and abolition of the pol
tax. He was defeated, however, by
the long-entrenched political ma
chine in Newton county.
Pledges Future Fight.
"This fight for good government
is only starting" Richmond insist.
ed, adding that there's another
election coming"
On his wild homestead lands,
Richmond earns his livelihood
by milking about a hundred
goats, raising pigs, chickens and
turkeys, and growing potatoes
and vegetables. If he receives
$40 for goat milk sold to the
creamery several miles away,
he gives a dollar "as a 1.-THE
to God," $3.50 to his library and
the remaining $3.50 for his own
upkeep. Often he deprives him
self Of necessities so he can
finance his rapidly expanding
Wilderness Work.
In addition to the free library,
the Wilderness Work includes a
number of other activities launched
by Richmond to improve the lot
of the mountain folk.
One of the major projects is the
annual Wilderness White Christ
mas, launched in 1888 in memory
of his mother, Mrs. Eta E. Rich
mond. Without any compensation
for his work and paying all per.
sonal expenses, Richmond directs
the collection of clothing, toys, med
icines and other household articles
for distribution to the poor Ozark
1alnllleS at christmas tlme.
Seeks Medical Aid.
Another objective for the hill
billies' librarian is to secure proper
medical services for the mountain
people. Injured and ill persons,
isolated from the larger commune
ties, have died for lack of prompt
attention, Richmond reports.
First aid is a necessity here,''
he says. He lists a hospital cot
complete for first aid, antiseptics,
surgical powders and sickroom sup
plies as articles most sorely needed.
II am sure that churches, schools,
clubs and individuals everywhere
would help if they only knew the
predicament of these people," Rich
mond maintains.
He is considering the possibility OF
establishing a non-profit education
al foundation to raise money for
financing the expanded Wilderness
Work. Main difficulty is that he's
not versed in the procedure, so he
is seeking advice on the subject.
His address: Ted Richmond, Will
derness Library, Mount Sherman,
Ark, via Twilight Trail.
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NEW YORK. - The man whose
name symbolized an entire era in
American history has faded into OBJ
livion. The man, Horatio Alger Jr.,
whose tales once made him child
hood hero, is practically unknown
to New York boys and girls from
the ages of 8 to IA, recent poll
disclosed.
Ninety-two per cent of the men,
bers of the seven boys and girls
clubs sponsored in New York by the
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