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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-03
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Evening star., 1948-04-11

of flaming youth" words minted
in the '20s and '30s.
Slang of various trades is listed
Railroad men have q rich vocab-
ulary, some Of 1t dating back a CEN
tury. The theatrical business, In
its present incarnation largely the
movies and the radio, have been
the chief source of new words, Mr.
Mencken points out. While it would
be hard to figure out precisely why
one term survives and another per-
ishes, an element is the degree to
which it. fills genuine need, he
says.
While he disclaims profundity as
"a linguistic scientist, and says the
work is simply that Of Journalist
interested in language" there is
no project on the subject of COM
parable comprehension and schol-
arship. And reading it is more than
informative. It is a delight to any
one who can SAVIOR what perhaps
is the most mellow prose style of
our day. C r. T.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
MocArthur's S March
To the Anocostiu
ANOTHER SUCH VICTORY
BY John D. Weaver. (Viking;.
S2.75)
Reviewed by
BELMONT FAIRIES.

On July %, 1882, Regular Army
troops under Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur used bayonets, tear gas and the
torch to drive a ragged mob OF
unarmed World War I veterans and
their families out of Washington.
Mr.. Weaver's novel of the Bonus
Army takes its title from the grim
comment by Pyrrhus after the bat
tie of Asculum: Another such VIC
tory and we are undone."
He tells the story of Parker Hoyt
a jobless newspaperman; his wife
Lorry and their daughter from the
day in early June when their con-
tingent reached the Bonus Army's
city of shacks and tents in Anacostia
until the July night when they
were driven away from the blazing
novels by soldiers hurling gas gren-
AIDES.
The veterans came to Washington
to petition Congress, but the prob
lens created by the encampments
of thousands of jobless men had to
be met by the District Commission
ers and their chief of police, Gen
Pelham D. Glassford. Even in q
novel written from the point Of
view of the veterans it is obvious
that Gen. Glassford did a good job
and, if ne had not been overruled
on use of Federal troops, might have
averted one of the more disgraceful
incidents in our political history.
The ro6t OF the Bonus Army con-
tributed to the defeat of President
Hoover few months later. Wheth-
er or not the timing is coincidental
Mr.. Weaver's novel will do little to
help the Macarthur for President
campaign.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
As Hollywood
Takes the Stand
HOLLYWOOD ON TRIAL
BY Gordon Kahn. (Boni G. Gder,
Inc; So.
ROBERT K. WALSH

There ought to be a book, If not
law, about the House Committee
on Un-American Activities. This
one doesn't measure up to literary
or legal possibilities.
As literature of protest, Zealously
classed with zola's "J'Accuse," this
story Of 10 motion picture writers,
producers and directors, indicted on
charges of contempt of Congress,
suffers from self-consciousness and
-sidedness. Even for a frankly
ex parte document, it leaves too
many important questions un-
answered.
AS for legal points, it is not suffi-
ciently searching, comprehensive and
reasoning. In these particular cases,
in any event, the verdict will rest
with juries. Constitutional issues
on civil rights may 60 eventually to
the Supreme Court.
Publication, tomorrow, of Holly
wood On Trial" comedies with the
scheduled start Of District Court
trials of the 10 defendants regarded
by the House committee as having
refused to answer questions about
Communist Party afhliation.
The 10, as well as many others,
regard the committee procedure in
this instance as an invasion of "the
right of privacy for personal beliefs. f"
They accuse the committee of trying
to control motion pictures and fore
ing the industry to blacklist people
and ideas disliked by the committee
and Wall Street.
The author, Gordon Kahn, was
one of 10 Hollywood personages sub
poenaed for the Washington hear
ings last October. He was not put on
the stand. Now, in collaboration
with the 10, he has produced lively
and impassioned account. He has
done a good service by bringing to-
gether in readily grasped form. the
fundamental claims of the defend
ants. He also has compiled, for the
first time in one place, detailed texts
and much other material that never
got into the official record.
1t is asking too much that book
of this kind should be thoroughly
objective and coldly analytical. But
the book might have put up more
effective case If it had been fairer
in picturing some of the personages
! and scenes of the drama.
Evening star., 1948-04-11

The new supplement contains new
material concerning the second half
of the 1896 edition collected since
1896. The original edition of "The
American Language" was published
nearly three decades ago.
There are revised sections on
American pronunciations, general
and by regions. Other sections are
on American spelling, with an in
teresting discussion Of the rise and
fall Of simplified spelling move
ments; the common speech, proper
names, slang. The chapters on slang
are particularly pungent and IL
Illuminating. Slang Is q strange ad-
junct to any language. Some Of its
expressions fall into disuse within
months after they become popular;
others persist and eventually get
into the dictionaries. The slang of
adolescents seems to fade quickly.
Thus zoot-suit, to neck and to pitch
a WOO, favorites of a few years ago,
already have faded into the limbo
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Books in Brief
DAYS OF PROMISE

DAYS OF PROMISE
BY Louis Stevens. Prentice
Hall; $780,
The rise of the Middle West from
the Civil War to World War II is
covered in this family history
panorama that deals with Kate
MacAllister and her progeny. With
her husband, q Virginian, who
fought in the Union Army, she
moved to Kansas, and from then on
it's every man and woman for him.
self or herself. Kate lives until the
last page and sentence. Apparently
this all came about because Author
Stevens married a girl from Kansas
who provided him with the neces-
sary inspiration. Stevens has been
most everywhere but Kansas, and
turned out such works as "All the
Kings Horses" and a biography,
Here Comes Pancho Villa"
H. A. l..
Evening star., 1948-04-11

IL. Mencken, the Baltimore Dord ,pizard ackng
the american language for 80 He has Just finished
the second round with Suppleen To" to his uast project
and the pork simply that OF Journalist interested
in languages" Sketch b, Mu Morris A..oe,..s Pres, Ar,,
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Dr.. Boards Searching Book Is Analysis
OfFoctors Which Led Us Into Late War

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND THE COMING OF THE WAR,
l941: STUDY IN APPEARANCES AN REALITIES
BY Charles A. Beard. yale University Press; So
- Reviewed by SENATOR HOMER FERGUSON,
Republican, of Michigan Uho member OF the Joint
Congressional Pearl Harbor Investigation Committee took
acue part in the examination OF all the witnesses
these when of history is swifter than the
mind grasp the world must be grateful to those scholars
pansaking s the past for to guide to the
uncertain the invaluable rendered by DR.
Charles in his latest book President Roosevelt and the
Coming of War 194 sequel to his american Foreign
Evening star., 1948-04-11

ENJOYMENT OF LIVING
BY Max Eastman. (Harper &
Bros; $5.) ..,
STRANGER IN THE EARTH
BY Thomas Sugrue. Henry Holt
G. Co.; 81
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Contrasting Memoirs From Two Authors,
A Troubled Christian: q ResoIute Pooon

ENJOYMENT OF LIVING
BY Max Eastman. (Harper &
Bros; $5.) ...
STRANGER IN THE EARTH
BY Thomas Sugrue. Henry Holt
G. Co.; 81
Reviewed by
MARY McGRORY.
These two personal histories invite
Joint consideration only by the
startling unlikeness of their ap-
proach to life. Thomas Sugrue's Is
the record of a painful struggle to
revitalize the faith Of his fathers.
Max Eastman has been equally
diligent in divesting himself of
religious beliefs. Inasmuch as Mr..
Sugrue's search has been for
self discipline, Mr.. Eastman's for
self-expression, they both could
probably be called success stories.
Both men have won fame as
literary critics. Mr.. Sugrue, writ
ing in firm, vigorous, disciplined
prose. has cast his memoirs in
the form of a dialogue between
his romantic and practical selves.
Mr.. Eastman, on the theory that
self-revelation is a matter as much
of quantity as quality, has been
ruthlessly unSelective in recalling
the emotional and intellectual sus-
capabilities which colored the first
80 years Of his life. An indefatiga-
bic diarist, and apparently a
string as far as literary relics
go, he supplements his full recol-
lections with excerpts from letters,
logs" and college papers.
The line between candor and ex-
hibitionism is a fine one, and Mr..
Eastman, a resolutely blithe spirit,
bounds over it time and again with
never a by-your-leave from the
sentries Of reticence and good taste.
This apparently irresistible urge to
tell all reaches a peak with his total
recall of his disintegrating marriage.
He includes wealth of detail that
might be pure gold to DR.. Kinsey,
but which may strike the everyday
reader as tediously pointless.
The Conscious Life.
This militant advocate Of the
value Of the conscious life sprang
from a long line of deacons who
reached back to the Mayfiower. His
mother, remarkable character, was
one of the first woman ministers
ordained in the Congregational
Church. His gentle father was a
minister, too, and his family num-
bered Mark Twain as a member
of their upper New York State par
ish. From righteous, pious little
boy growing up In an atmosphere
made lively by philosophical debate,
he became a bookish, gifted, yearn-
ing adolescent who went to Wils
liams in 1900, where he quaffed
great draughts of liquor, poetry and
unfulfilled romance. During a Pc
riod as instructor in Columbia he
became interested in the feminist
movement and organized the first
Mems League for Women's Suf-
frage.
When he assumed the editorship
Of the Masses he became the in
tellectual leader Of the infant Marx
ian movement in the United States
and ope Of the leading lights Of
Greenwich Village. He Joined the
class war with great dash and the
Evening star., 1948-04-11
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Mencken's American Language Destined
To Become a Memorial to His Name

THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE: SUPPLEMENT TWO
BY H. L. Mencken (Knopf; $780,
The Sage of somehow has found time during the last
activities
supplements magnum opus
memorial to him long after the epgams encken
been
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-09-11
!" CIVIL RIGHTS DA "

NEW YORK - Congressman
william L. Dawson, Chairman Of
the National Citizens Commit
tee for the Reelection OF Presi-
dent Truman, this week appealed
to ministers Of all faiths to set
aside one Sunday during thte
period September 1926 as Ma
tional Truman Civil Rights Day.
He urged them to impress upon
their congregations the indivi-
dual responsibility of every per-
son for supporting the Presi-
dents Civil Rights Program
which he termed "the essence Of
democracy and the key to world
peace"
Freedom, peace and security
ara within our reach at this
time" Congressman Dawson
said. He reminded, however,
that historically. freedom has
been bought with sacrifice-of-
ten with blood, sweat and tears.
He urged church congregations
to rally financially behind the
National Citizens Committee in
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-09-11

their efforts to re-elect Mr.. Tru-
man who he said has demon
strated the highest degree Of
craftsmanship IN pressing for a
new birth Of freedom in Amer
lea. I'm his determined stand
for civil rights, President Tru-
man has shown a courage and
deep conviction unmatched by
any Of his predecessors in the
White House. We must match his
deeds with our dollars" Dawson
paid high tribute to the mini
sters of the Nation for their
labors on the civil rights battle
line. He said; Many have toiled
in the heat of day, often I'M
hearalded and seldom appreci-
ated, to establish the true
brotherhood of man throughout
the length and breadth Of our
country. I know that each mini
ster has been greatly strength
ened in his efforts through the
knowledge that they have be-
hind them a strong ally in Presi-
dent Truman"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-09-11
A Grand Old Lady
Passes

After .ong illness, Mrs. Leah
A. Myers of 1872 Cabot street, wife
Of the late Thomas A. Myers, de-
parted this life on August 20,
during the torrid spell. Funeral
services were held at one P. M.
Sept. 2, at Bethel Baptist Church
with Rev. ]. E. Jeltz conducting.
IntermeA was in Mt. Hope
cemetery. ]. B. Johnsons Funeral
Home had charge of the ar
rangementS.
Leaving their Savannah, Ca,
home Mr.. and Mrs. Myers spent
nine years in New York and fifty
years ago came to make Boston
their home. They first lived at
SO Winchester street, and ,wor-
shipped at Morning Star Baptist
church continuing serving dur
ing the changes to Calvary Bap-
list and to Peoples Baptist
church. Mrs. Myers was a faith
full co-worker with Rev. D. S.
Klugh. Later she joined Bethel
Baptist church where her late
husband was a deacon. In Saw
annah, Ga, she was a member
of Bryan Baptist church having
joined at an early age. Well be-
loved by all who knew her she
will be missed by many relatives
and friends. Left to mourn her
loss are the following relatives:
two nieces, Mrs, Carrie Jones
and Mrs, Carlotta E. Middleton
Of Boston; three nephews, Chas.
Middleton, Boston, Aaron Noble.
Savannah, Ca, and James Noble,
New York; five grand nephews,
Jacob Polite, Charles Middleton,
Boston, Edward, Jesse and Aaron
Jr-, all Of Savannah, Ga, one
grand niece, Eleanor Noble.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-09-11

America is like a fiery, pie
bald horse" SO wrote a wise
and thoughtful Indian Chief to
a former President of the United
States. In his message, he ex-
planned this simple aIlegory a
horse with spots of white, and
black, and red and brown and
yellow still is one horse, and no
colored section Of the complete
animal is superior or could ex-
list without the rest.
In similar way, an Advisory
Committee composed Of mem
bers from Industry and Labor,
in every walk Of life, recently
proposed a program OF Civil
Rights to our present President
Harry Truman. And yet, even
though this program merely
seeks to fulfill, for all minor
tiles, the original promise Of the
Declaration Of independence =
that call men are created equal"
there still are those who scream
that proposals to outlaw lynch
ing, abolish poll taxes, eradicate
the evils of segregation, estab-
lish a system of Fair Employ
ment Practices are unConsti-
tutionall
Too many people who talk
about preserving the Constitu-
ton" have forgotten what it
really says. TOO many people
who rant about the American
way of life" are trying to destroy
it.
On the other side Of the world,
one OF the first acts of the Con-
stituent Assembly Of newly-liber-
ated India was to outlaw the
ancient discrimination against
Untouchables. For countless CEN /
turtles, members of the Untoucil-
able Caste had been barred from
all contact with higher castles. |
They were not allowed to walk
along the same roads. eat in the
same restaurants, draw water
from the same well. They even
mad to announce their approach,
$50 that others could get out Of
their way.
In America, the cradle Of lib
erty, members of racial and re-
ligious minorities four own I'M
touchables) still are barred from
restricted residential areas. A
Captain in the United States
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-09-11
Mrs. Julia Van Hise
Passes

Funeral services for Mrs.
Julia A. Van Hise Of 81 windsor
ST.. who died Saturday morning,
September 4, of a heart attack,
were held Tuesday afternoon,
September 7, at Twelfth Baptist
Church of which she was a
member. Rev. N. ]. Minor of
Metropolitan Baptist Church Of
f1ciated. Solos were rendered by
j. Wilson Parker. Resolutio~s
were read from the Church and
from the King Solomon Club in
which she held membership.
Many friends were in attendance
to pay their respects to deceased
and there were number of
floral tributes surrounding the
casket Interment was in Mt.
Hope Cemetery. Funeral ar
rangements were in the hands
Of the ]. B. Johnson Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Julia A. Van Hise was
born in Amelia County, Virginia,
and had lived in Boston over
twenty-five years. She was a de-
vout Christian, faithful member
of Twelfth Baptist Church, kind
friend and neigAbor, loving wife
and mother. She was a Gold Star
Mother, her sou william, a World
War II veteran died in 1914. She
was a member of the Gold Star
Mothers of william E. Carter
Post, No. 16, American Legion.
Left to mourn her loss are
devoted husband; one son, Isaac
Waller three grandchildren,
Charles Randolph Waller, viii
liam T. Waller, Jr., and Julia
Waller; one sister, Mrs. Matte
Hopkins Reynolds, and brother
in-law. Cecil w. Reynolds, of
Philadelphia; four brothers, viii
liam Randolph Of Baltimore,
George w. Randolph Of Boston,
Delaware Randolph and Conway
Randolph of New York; two
daughters-in-law, Mrs. Mabel M.
Waller and Mrs. Hazel Waller of
Boston; other relatives and a
host Of friends.
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Says Democrats
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lar of Tennessee, Johnston of
South Carolina, Connally of
Texas, and Mcclellan Of Arkan-
sas are guardians of White SUI
premacy for all un-reconstructed
rebels of the South.
Complaint is made that the
President was unable to do any
thing because of a Republican
Congress. What can he do on
Civil Rights with a Southern
Democrat Congress?
HE has power now to abol-
ish segregation and discrimina-
ton in the Armed Forces. Does
he do it? No. He says he is
going to appoint a committee
to study ways and means to put
Equal opportunities in the
Armed Forces. We know about
separate but Equal opportuni-
ties as practiced all these years
in transportation and schools.
Anyway, this committee will not
report until after the election.
Simply another design to cap
ture votes.
1.-THE Truman Administration
has really never had any inten-
ton Of doing anything about
Civil Rights. President Tru-
mans appointment Of a Civil
Rights Committee and his special
message to Congress calling for
Civil Rights legislation were
simply buck passing devices to
win colored votes.
Governor Dewey, on the other
hand, took the leadership in
having the New York State Leg
islature enact the 1ves-Quinn
Law against discrimination in
employment and in creating a
State University system which
bans discrimination on account
Of color or creed in the admis-
sion CT students.
Governor Dewey's record as
sures vigorous prosecution of all
violations of Civil Rights under
existing Federal Civil Rights
Statutes"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-09-11
''YOur Brothers Voice"
Clifford |. Miller

minister he will at some time in
his preaching awaken every
slumbering emotion in the
human breast, for God appeals
to all human emotions. God
would have his true servant say
what is often displeasing. Again
the preacher must awaken
shame and humility that there
be contriteneSs of heart. Poor
is that preacher who never sends
his people home indignant with
sin and iniquity and dissatis-
fled with our social order. God
expects his ministers to teach
as we'll as preach. He would
have all Of us love him with
all our minds as well as our
hearts. And how can the minds
of the people be enlightened
without wholesome lessons sun
day to Sunday by the preacher?
The way of reform seems long
and rugged, for it means educat-
ing the masses to enjoyment of
worship without excuses of SEN
sual appeal. There should be a
flow of fellowship and a mingling
Of souls. The ritual, the music.
the sermon, should all be spir-
tied. And If the believer is
moved to shout or cry amen,
good But let not the preacher
pull all the tricks in his bag
to have men shout and glory in
their shouting as an end in it.
self. All religious worship is to
hasten the coming Of Gods
Kingdom.
Top secan help liquidate the
preachers who are out for the
fleece and nct the sheep by sup
porting constructive scholarly
warm heartfelt ministers who
feel they have their commission
from God, and do not nerd to
meet the passing whims of the
excitable multitude.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-09-11

Church, Humboldt ave. and the
Pilgrim Gospel Chorus of BoS-
ton. In these you will hear a rare
variety Of selections Gospel
music horn out Of deepest sor-
row, others Of gratitude, re-
freshing and inspiring the heart
to greater achievements and a
closer walk with God. Rendi-
tionS are expected of the
church's own Simeon Coles and
Margaret Elem, very promising
vocalists. Also will be presented
William Sexton, Boston's dis
tinguished Radio Tenor, who has
captivated thousands in thrilling
interpretations Of classics and
spiritualS over major networks
and in the churches. In addition
there will be the famed Ruth
and Henry Ellison. Radio Artists,
who will render dual numbers
and Henry, the Hundredth
Psalm. These outstanding vocal
lists have spell bound multitudes
with their rich voices carrying
messages of conviction to tn e
soul.
There will also be remarks by
Charles M. Robertson, represent
ing business men of the city,
readings by AURA Lou Landrum
and by Miss GGrifin of the
Readville Training School and
remarks by ministers and digni-
taries to mark the evenings en-
tertainment. mo children will be
served unless accompanied by
their parents.
MRS. BESSIE STOKES,
MFRS. A. LANDRUM,
Reception Committee.