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The echo., 1948-03-01
What's The secret1
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By GEORGE S. BENSON
President Of HGrdine College Z
SECRECY. Arkunsos

WHAT MAKES American living
the best living known? What
makes the American star lar' 3D.
living so much higher than that
of any other nation? Oas
country is in no favored no
as to raw materials, gee
population, climate, or the
factors usually though ~
making up a nations como"
fact, we have less of the v
territory, fewer people, sf.
as many natural resources 40
some other nations.
All these things you will find n
the almanacs. Looking fur, ST
and with a little more diScriniua-
ton, you will find that Anne
does much, much, more with waat
it does have. What | mean is that
America produces. The figures
will tell you that our industrial
and agricultural output" is great.
This does not mean that Aneri
cans work any harder thar any
DONy CioC. EhNIudliHy ti'N Wv li''h
have to work as hard as workers
in other countries.
4 Method THEN, where's the
That Works difference? What's
the secret? 1t is the
system that makes the difference.
Our high standard of living, our
GOOD living is the pay-off of this
system. This is where we reap
the benefits Of the right system,
a system that really works. Once
in a while. maybe, we have
shortage or an inequity Maybe
we lack production here, or there.
But right away, enterprise goes
IN work to meet that demand.
With no interference from a
dictator state. the system takes
care Of little dislocations and
progress keeps going. Our stand.
erd Of good living continues to
rlse. .'aiy IA Gals ..sy ,;.at ali the
pees?is rrspN:'s - ,''r Il te'-
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inventiveness and their enter
prise. You see, the fellow who
IS light. bulb or SELF
>,acCer is not &e only one to
asaGt The fellow who uses them
most.
THIS SYSTEM would beg
- down under heavy-handed
stateism. Let the govern
,t sep in to manage, and you
Ne a dozen ways the system can
80 haywire. Demand no longer be-,
COMES the basis for production.
Profit is penalized, and nobody
gets the benefits of enterprise.
I1"a!r lose initiative and in. /
,-.Ji,oness, and everybody suf.
f--S This has been Americas ex-
i"reu"e, wherever she has tried
"statelsm."
notwithstanding large funds
Spent by the Russian state on
pcotIng electric vacuum cleaners
and refr,gerators into production,
it is reported from Russia that
these things are not being pro-.
duced anywhere. One factory
made 800 manually operated
washing machines. They sold
quickly, but no more We're made
despite heavy demand. The report
said good potato-peeling ma
chine exists and demand is heavy.
but it is not in production.
These are nothing more thar
the fruits Of mismanagement THAI
takes place when government
starts tinkering with a nation'~
economies. The British press re-
ports that one Of its sta.e-owne2
airiines viii Jose seven million
pounds in Us FIRST year of govern.
ment operation, another has al. !,
ready reported a loss of thirty
pounds for every passenger :.
carried These are some of the
fruits Of socialism. II we want %
keep our high living standards, Mv
i.ust hold fas, TO the A.lcr.cass
w..
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BROTHERHOOD THROUGH THE
WORLD
Brotherhood Abroad

President Truman, in accepting the
honorary Craftsmanship of Brother
hood Week, stresses, first, the neces-
sity of the practice of brotherhood
among nations if we are to have
peace. AS the preamble of the U.
N.E.S.C.O. says, war begins in the
minds of men. The President sug-
gests that peace, too, depends upon
proper predisposition on the part
of nations. Where the Psalmist bids
us seek peace, and pursue it,, he
suggests that peace is elusive and is
not to be easily achieved by paper
documents and charters but must be
earnestly desired n persistently
sought. Men and nations must so
relate themselves to their neighbors
that peace becomes possible.
The echo., 1948-03-01
STATEMENT OF THOMAS w.
LAMONT
Chairman of the Board
j. P. Morgan & Co.

Our own country, rejoicing in its
liberty through all these generations
must always cling to its cardinal
principles of freedom of thought, ex-
preston and opportunity. To this
end any organized effore such as the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews, designed to Danish any
tendency towards racial and religious
bigotry in our beloved America,
must be welcomed and supported.
The echo., 1948-03-01
Negro Judge Appointment in
Philadelphia

Herbert E. Millen, a well-known
Philadelphia attorney, was named a
member of the major judiciary in
this large city He is the first Ne
gro lawyer to hold such a position
in the State of Pennsylvania. His
appointment was the result of over
eight years of activity, hope, peti-
tioning and manuevering, on the part
of Philadelphia Negroes. Millen was
for four years the assistant director
of public safety, and is at present
serving as a non-paid member of
the city's rent commission, which
was authorized after OPA rent con-
troll was modified. He makes the
thirteenth Negro to be appointed to
judgeship. Three of the first
twelve hold federal pc sitions, six are
in New York occupying state judge
ships, and one each in Cleveland,
Chicago and Los Angeles.
Negro Woman in Labor Department
There is one Negro in Washington
D. c., employed in the women's bur-
eau of the department of labor. Her
name is Mrs. Laura Kirkland and
she holds the position of an econo-
mist. AS in the above item, this
appointment was the result of much
effort on the part of Negro organiza-
tons. Especially responsible was
Mrs. Thomasina Johnson, minority
consultant of the United States EN-
ployment service, who carried her
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Brotherhood Al Home

President Truman then empha-
sizes the need of the application of
brotherhood to all human relation
ships in our own land if we are to
play helpful part in securing peace
for the world. Recentlyq the Presi-
dent said that we must become. more
moral at home or lose the force of
our moral appeal abroad. Our case
for democracy" he said, ... should
rest upon practical evidence that we
have been able to put our own house
in order"
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Tolerance must become something
more than a passive wOrd-it must
become a fighting faith. By con-
tinuing its battle against bigotry and
prejudice, by continuing to promote
unity the National Conference of
Christians and Jews can make as
important a contribution toward
safeguarding the peace as it did to-
ward the winning of the war.
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All Men Are Brothers

Referring to the international bill
of rightc, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
has lately said, at is significant that
not one of the drafting committee
had an objection to the opening
words of the bill which said All men
are brothers. But if all men are
brothers, then together we must try
to build world in which all can
live as brothers"
The echo., 1948-03-01
ORDER YOUR FINANCE CARDS

The office has just gotten in a
large supply of Finance Cards. All
presidents, who have not done so,
are urged to place their orders. This
Finance Card not only, serves as
record of moneys paid in your local
lodge and the General Body, but it
serves as an Identification card.
All orders will be given prompt
ttention.
The Office
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A bout Folks W G
Know
IMPROVING

Mrs E. B. Luster, who has been
i'll for sometime in And erson Infirm-
airy, is now at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Lizzie Hill. Mrs. Lus-
ter's many many friends are praying
for her speedy recovery.
The echo., 1948-03-01

Mrs Gertrude Larkin continues to
improve from the home of her aunt,
Mrs. Mabel Kendrick after being
seriously injured in an automobile
accidentsin December.
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The office wishes to commend
those faithful presidents who have
seen fit to mail their IIarch reports
to the office already This is in
keeping with the request coming
from the members of the Executive
Board.
The echo., 1948-03-01

Mrs. Anna Graham has returntd
to the city after visiting her Son,
Mr. n D. Otis and his wife in Tus-
kegee, Alabama. Mrs. Graham re-
ports lovely trip.
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President J. j. Anderson of Lau-
derdale was pleasant visitor in the
H. B. A. office last week. He heads
lodge No. 80
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. NOTARY PUBLIC

Miss Matte L. Larkin, H. B. A. of
flee secretary has been appointed a
Notary Public of Lauderdale County
by Governor F. L. Wright.
The echo., 1948-03-01
High Spots In The
News

plea for the appointment of Negro
personnel to the ears of the, Secre-
tary of Labor himself.
Scholarships for the Deserving
An organization, founded last
March and called the Catholic scho-
larships for Negroes, Inc, has born
fruit. This Christlike project was
founded under the patronage of
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of
Boston. Its evident purpose is to
help duly qualified Negro Catholic
students to receive higher education
SO that they may provide the Christ
ian leadership so necessary for their
own people. Of the three students
placed by the organization in Catho-
lie colleges, one is at Dunbarton Col
lege of the Holy Cross in Washing
ton, D. c. Of the other two, one IS
at st. Joseph's College in Philadel-
phia, and the other at Marywood
College in Scanton.
The echo., 1948-03-01

Mr.. Floyd OFT of ToOmsuba was in
the office recently on business per-
tanning to his local lodge.
The echo., 1948-03-01
STATEMENT OF A. F. WHITNEY
President, Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen

In these troubled times when the
human race is threatened with ex-
tinction, not from any great scourge
or destructive force over which man
has no control, but by mans own
action through the atomic bomb and
biological warfare, understanding
and goodwill among all men are in
dispensable to the very eXistance of
the human race.
The magnanimous man will &C
cord his neighbor more than justice.
In the real sense Of harity-caritas,
meaning love-he will understand
his weaknesses, sympathize with his
temptations, overlook his peccadil-
loeS.
Prejudice is re-judgment, a YER
dict rendered before the facts are
inlet us first get the facts on re-
ligious discrimination, and withhold
our judgments until we have them.
1t is the only fair thing to do.
Every man aspires. to due proper
ton in all his thinking. Prejudice is
the enemy of proportion.
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Learning Brotherhood

Brotherhood must be learned. Our
world is not simple, but we can run
it with brotherhood if we are will
ing to learn how. We must know the
facts, establish principle7 teTe- -
the skill to Apply ,l4v444. DIoeIzIIlovu
is a social study. We must learn it
together. Brotherhood Week is a
project in mass education Make
every week Brotherhood Week.
The General Chairman
of Brotherhood Week, 1913, is the
Hon. Robert J. Patterson. Judge
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Brotherhood a Guiding Rule

I'VE Americans are committed to
the cause of world peace. Words
will not win world peace. We will
not reach it unless we have strong,
united nation here at home And a
strong united nation is an unattain-
able ideal unless we keep brother
hood as the guiding rule of our daily
lives. Intolerance is bound to pro-
duce divided people, a weak ma
ton. We may be sure that we will
never achieve a lasting peace on
such terms.
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The Vital Force For Peace

The unity we had in the war
years, when we saw the losses and
sorrows of war being borne by
Americans without distinction as to
race or religion, when it was plain
to all of us that our spiritual aims
and purposes were far more power
full than our differences, is still avail
able as the vital force for peace. The
understanding and good will found
in the bond of brotherhood will bring
~ 10 gSslizS Ghgt I'm '-CoE Of
7seEfoa- o7es saass oszsVa
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FROM THE MESSENGER
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All Men Are Brothers
The Vital Force For :
Peace

Patterson served as Under Secretary
of War during the period of hostili-
ties. He was appointed secretary in
1915, serving until his resignation in
1947. In accepting tn e General
Guardianship he said:
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Hate VS.. Brotherhood

Il saw the concentration camps at
Buchenwald and Dachau few days
after the liberation. No one who
saw those places and the helpless
survivors Of them will ever forget
the experience. Buchenwald and
Dachau could nc be understood,
except as they bore witness to the
depths that men can sink to when
they accept and put into practice
a doctrine of hate against thost who
differ with them in opinion, religion
or race. Inc world viii see more
Buchenwalds, more Dachaus, if the
time should come again when the
rule of hate prevails over the spirit
The echo., 1948-03-01
STATEMENT OF PAUL c..
HOFFMAN

President, Studebaker Corp.
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M. D. Honored

DR.. Charles R. Drew, professor OF
surgery at Harvard, has been elected
to the board of trustees of the Ma
tional Society for Crippled Children
and Adults. He is the first Negro to
serve on this board.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-10-15

EXTRA WORK On Friday day Of relaxed tension we had
10 appointment with Bill Seabron Minneapolis Urban League
industrial secretary Rev John Simmons of the board and executive
board members Of Communications Workers Union Conference
with Wlfred Leland executive secretary Of Minneapolis FEPc
Checked Mansfield references
who had applied for Promised attend three meet
ings Monday including Radsson Hotel breakfast 745
Argued politely with Sheinr the StubboneSs mutual
friend Turned the desk radio Larry Dolby hitting
the ball the first Cleveland hot dawE Mrs Leila
Mcclellan called about a for TO the Ar
ranged hotel accommodations for political Made socta
among Community Fund Every member
New York and John Sengacke Chicago Read Saturday Review
Eddie Schwartz
fourteen candidates running for the presidency these United
Neither we!
After Of answering questions Of audiences the
problem with what considered perfect remained for
meeting approached the close Of the meeting
Peter Breck student and Gideon
newspaper editor question
said obgingy He wanted know from How and when
did racial prejudice get the word" gasped
suffered little and stalled for dollar question
Here had expOstuang the problem and dScmna
ton for and did not the
place in history where first manifested
We had 70 admit Peter that authority
when and how all got started Sunday muled
Der Of reference books including the Encyclopaedia BrtAnc
Ing 70 and the
minister Of the gospel told we'd find the
Holy Bible but he couldn't tell where Can Of readers
help Us out on this mater?-Cecn Newman.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-10-15

Ing 10 support him In This cam
paiEn.
II the siReable voting contingent
Of the white south 10 added TO the
sizeable voting contingent Of the
Negro south there 10 q possibility
that Harry Truman may be swept
back into the White House on one
Of the most miraculous political
tides Of history. Negroes who ad-
mire Truman and who plan 10
vote for him must refuse TO be-
lieve this hokuTn that he ID al
ready q political dead bird. Far
nom IT, With the Negro vote solid
and the vote Of the white south
split most decidedly, Truman has
more than the proverbial gam
bling chance.
Truman has something Of the
Roosevelt spirit In his national
outlook and We need just such an
outlook today. Honestly this writ
sr Is afraid Of the Republican
party and therefore afraid Of
Dewey who win BE- IL rubber
stamp. n he refuses 10 Be this
rubber stamp, We shall have an
other case Of President and con-
Eress az lOgESrhsadA Ths Rspob-
lican crowd that hopes 10 take
over Is the same old crowd that
politically destroyed Hoover and
came near destroying the country.
they may have another standard
bearer but Il b The same old Re-
publican party that never forgsss
anything and never learns any
thine. ms column 10 supporttng
Harry Truman who refuses 10
give . damn even under ptxis-
cratic pr~ssurslll
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-10-15

they were but slaves eighty years
ago.
. Through the exercise Of an
elastic imagination, stretches my
observation that full civil rights
for Negroes will not be achieved
without friction" into an implica.
ton that another war may b
necessary TO complete the job OF
emancipation"
. Cites Mississippi's educR.
tional system as an example Of
the benefits Of racial segregation
when a little research could have
shown him that Mississippi spends
six times as much for the average
white child's schooling as II does
for the Negro child
. Cites DR.. Gunnar Myrdal as
authority for the statement that
there Is no Negro question"
when the Swedish scholars mon
umental two-volume work Is en-.
titled: An American Dilemma
The Negro Problem and Modern
Democracy.
. Asks me for my facts" when
the very work he cites--Myrdal'S
study--spells out in tremendous
detail the evils Of racial scgrega-
ton In the South.
Escape Reaction
Myrdal. incidentally, has some
trenchant observations on the ten.
dency toward decentralization
which 80 many Southern intellec-
tuals have developed into an "ex-
quislte and absorbing art" He
also refers, in his work, TO the
remarkable lack Of correct infor.
nation about the Negroes and
their living conditions" among
Southern professionals, attribu-
ting this convenience Of ignor-
anee" TO an ''opportunistic escape
reaction"
The ignorance about the Ne
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-10-15
Indepondons Vote important

The visit Mnnesota VI four presidential candidates and three
presidential candidates all inside Of 30 days evidence Of the
Importance attached the Minnesota votes by political party
paiEn managers
Minnesota has hard independent who do
kowtow political but seek relief from the seldom kept
promises Of parties by casting their ballots for individual Their
votes those candidates whose records indicate that their votes
and actions In once will be the interest Of the people first
Tee the voters who will have much about who gets
the Minnesota electoral Party au Of the two major parties
and surprise the fact that voters vote split
ticket It's unwso they claim and does the two party system
chance work does not the responsibility for
failure party management or leadership
This line Of bunk the people have been hearing for
The fact considerable amount Of the best legislation Con-
has the decade has because Of the
u the independents In both parties and not because of party
troll -
No party said to have the overwhelming
Of Minnesota Negro voters These voters have generally
learned the past twenty years align themselves with the In
dependent Of voting population voting for
and principles.
Independent political thinking and action the thing which
going democracy The have Of the chance
viii have force the two dominant political parties do Job
for tho people rather than tho various selfish interests Of the nation
Independent political action will strengthen the hand Of that part Of
eadehp which practice basic party ideals and seek
make leadership wake TO the need Of changing world
Tho political parties eav at the Independence Of Mime
Soa voters private but secretly they must have respect
for them For why else would they send Minnesota all Of the
political b~iGs 10 Try to persuade MnnsSotanS how TO vosf
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-10-15
Gordon Hancock For Truman;
Praises Presidents Rights Stand

Ring and these self same polls are
now whispering that Truman Is
gaining"
II was nolsed about when Tru-
man first took his civil rights
stand that certain elements In the
south would revolt and say mean
things about him. Truman simply
replied that he was elected TO up
hold the Constitution Of the
United States and that he did not
give a damn what they said.
To date Mr.. Truman Stin had
not Eiven his damn. There are q
lol q people In this country with
Votes 10 cast Who rather The q
man who takes q stand Tor God
and Righteousness and who dos
not particularly give . damn what
the heskleFs say % Do
Truman Is on safe ground. why
should he give a dAmn' He has
the Bible on his side; he has de-
ecncy ard civic righteousness on
his side; he has the constitution
on his side. he has time and right
on bis side: he has God on his
side.
rhsrs b another NAle 30 this
matter that We are tcmpaed 10
ferget and that n there are NIL.
lions Il whites IN TIE soath wAs
are net DlxieeFatis IN their xym-
PathleS Negroes therefore not
saly cue their support 10 Harry
Truman WhS refuses under pres
sarS 30 give . damn Cor ne Dixie.
sratA 6ut tAsy eve q 10 tAoss
southern wAlass who are Fssolv-
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gro," the Swedish scholar says,
Is the more striking a. the South.
srner Is himself convinced that
he knows the Negro while the
Yankee Is supposedly ignorant on
the subject. The insistence on the
Part Of the Southern whites that
they have reliable and intimate
knowledge about the Negro prob
lem Is one Of the most pathetic
Stereotypes In the South. In fact,
the average Southerner knows
the Negro and the interracial
problem as the patient knows the
toothache, not AZ the diagnosing
dentist knows his own or his pa.
tents trouble"
Myrdal also refers 10 the salts
faction Southerncrs derive, as q
conscience salver, out Of every
indication that Negroes are not
treated well In the North and, in
deed, that groups other than Me-
groes are living In distress In the
North"
The Legal Factors
When Mr.. johnson, in his col
umn, alludes TO racial and relig-
ious preiudices In the North, he
ignores one vital factor: racial
discrimination in the South Is not
only legally sanctioned but &c
tually enforced by an elaborate
network Of statutes. In the North.
with few exceptions, racial pref
udlce lacks the buttressing Of le-
gal sanction; indeed, the tendency
Is for more states 70 place anti
discrimination laws on their sta
tute books. In one region, IL Is
illegal to grant equal rights TO
Negroes; In another, Il Is illegal
W dSug NhNhs
make no blanket condemna-
ton Of the South I have re-
peatedly. in dispatches from that
area. stressed the growing liberal
ferment there. They know, too.
a. I do, that the loose term,
Southern liberals covers . Jen-
ninEs Perry as well a. . Gerald
W. johnson. Finally, agree with,
Myrdal when he observes:
mo Yankee will be tactless
enough to mention Il, In 80 many
words, and no Southerner can az
ford 20 admit, but the main thing
happening in the South Is that II
IL gradually becoming American
iEed."
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LESTER b. GRANGER,
liSS BrOadwsy.
New York 10 n. Y.
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SOUTHERN VIEWPOINT
BY GORDON u, HANCOCK

RICHMOND, VA -- We have
heard much about Stonewall
Jackson, q majestic figure in the
War Of Secession, The name
"Stonswall" was given him be-
cause In the thick Of one Of the
great battles someone remarked
that Gen. jackson was standing
like q stone wall" and hence
forth he was 10 be called Stone
wall Jackson.
May this column present an.
other majestic figure standing
like q stone wallf His name u
Harry Truman from Missouri
Truman has surprised the nation
and has easily become one Of the
most majestic moral figures Of the
times And Il 10 just as well for
US 10 know that Harry Truman Is
not going 10 Be anyeodyS push.
over In the coming elections, II Is
true the various polls" are
counting him out but these polls
have q way Of getting over what
certain interests want II Is by
no means . forNgonc conclusion
that the Republicans win sweep
the country.
There are millions Of men and
wOmen In this country who i'd
mirs a real man who win stand
up and slug Il cut Truman Is
such a man and 10 his everlasting
credit b Il said he absolutely
refused 10 play dead when the
Dixiecrats walked cut ca hint
Instead Of retracting his stand on
civil rights he came bach Aug