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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-11-19
The COMMON DEFENSE!
BY REV. WILLIAM c. HERMAN
Thanksgiving for Progress
Especially prepared for Thanksgiving Day.

The first Thanksgiving by the Pilgrims in 1921
much expression of gratitude to God for freedom from
oppression it was for good harvest
since have kept steady eye on freedom
Thanksgiving Day recall of the advances made IN
which they tell the whole American story IN
dictate least the direction in which we are going.
Myrda the Swedish stateman and social seent
t who has made exhausted study of the status OF the Negro
in America declare that Negroes are constantly gam
ing in the pursuit liberty they have always had many OF
the whites with hen that they have not only the law
but the national creed their side We thankful Tor mat
recently assigned three OF Its ace re-
porter the Job getting the facts how democracy IS
working Cincinnati It candid report 1t listed the bad
with the good And there lot of good In summary Fe re-
stated an Cincinnati blend of old and new buffer be-
north and south the equality of men is not yet establish
ed symptoms of coming here For every item OF
shame pride" We standing still We
going direction forward We are thank
full for that.
In 1913 the Southern Baptist Convention reaflrmed IT'S ~
Charter of Principles regarding race relations we ~
in the ordshp of Christ" charter stated In order TO act
in His name in social relations must love our neghnors III
GLIDING Negro neghbors ourselves Getting ao" TO
cases the Charter affirmed I'VE shall continually strive as m
dvduals conquer all prejudice and eliminate from our P
terms Of contempt conduct actions OF " we
shall teach our children that prejudice unehrsuan ana a
goodwill and helpful deeds the duty OF every CHRISTIAN To-
ward all all races Christian opinion IS very important
in this country than important 1t is essential TO t
forward march of democracy And Christian opinion is on e sue
of Justice and recognition of equal rights for all we are
thankful for that ,..-
ness of racial discrimination, winning their battle aRlS "
The Japanese American oiiItlfs League '@''i1 -
eber convention Nise and their parents had feganea
the high regard" their fellow Americans We can be ban
for that.
In Pittsburgh where Jewish house Of worship was oe
t NV ,,ndaIs the Rev Charles owen Rice, Roman ca
thoic denounced the whole sordd business IN raoo
~ "colah loode1 malicious insult to deNou roa2fe2ai''
lie ad that he vandas who did the shocking tn& WefP
~ blow, NOT at one Jewish temple but at deeencV an American
- fred," and he went say that the way ne felt
utoee stones might just well have crashed i"u e VII"
dovs of nv little chapel the House OF tosptahy OF e
windows Of St. Paus Cathedral Trinity Cathedral for
that matter" Christian activity on many fronts aPasl %
coitis is stirring example Of the solidarity OF the American
people the defense OF freedom ana doi u'a "" " l
thankful for There remains Fuh 10 pe
~ Certain if is that encouraged by the victories for freedom
ad achieved we shall march forward one American people
one unit ted nation
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-11-19
From The Ridiculous To The Sublime
And Back To The Ridiculous Again

night ago listened attenvely to a radio broad
of the souts literary genuses Harry Ashmore
Arkansas and Holding Carter editor of
Delta Times Greenve, Mississippi upheld
the traditional south.
The topic of discussion during the broadcast "What
Shall We Do About Segregation and these editors assumed the
role of defending segregation in the south.
have labored under the assumption that anything
idotc which mpe1es progress and results ndescbabe
evils segregation had defense became for us
erlghen this subject by listening atentvey
Ashmore and Carter who perpeuang the machine of
thought for the south
satisfaction and expectation than our
amazcment, these from the ridiculous to the
sublime and back the ridiculous again in their attempt
defend segregation Faced by Walter White and Ray SpHe
twenty-five million liberal thinking people evidenced
by the Wallace vote Ashmore and Carter
reminded Of the going through the forest dark
night who had matches He lost of his matches and
lighted The other match look for the he had lost
Mr. Ashmore and Mr. Carter very easily defend segrc
cation they already up the machinery
reasoning Both the editors they
do give their readers only side of the
question keeping slaves their way
thinking Mr. Ahmoe stated in New York that the Negro IN
the south likes segregation That proves that Asmore speaks
III hiking, endeavoring deceive. Mr. Ashmoe
With saying that segregation enduring reality"
uphods segregation while the breath denounces the
evils resulting.
Ashmore think evils get their origin
IL they originate form segregation?
and Mr. Ashmore together the express
son--we d int say the beief-that the south were
brought into the union where the Constitution of the United
would be applied other would result into tragic
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-11-19
ED|T0R| Al s :.
The Award Of A Southerner-

Through another this paper appeal appears
seeking help for needy family The family includes an
eleven girl who received editorial mentioning IN Ar
kansas leading daily few days ago.
The little girl totally blind and performed one heroic act
that from all people This child bfaed
death by entering flaming house and saving the lives oil TWO
small children She attracted the house by the smell OF
directed the children by the sound of their
Information has this paper that white agencies
busy attempt get medal award for this handicap
ped little girl doubt any persons mind that this
deserving all consideration But what ags in our
mind is that white people always endorsing Negroes for
medal awards when heroic deeds performed and never
they allowing the Negro enjoy the rights of
free American citizens belief that this little eleven
yearold blind Negro girl would appreciate far than any
bodys medal equal opportunity to be trained for usefulness
handicapped children of other But above all feel
that this child would be grateful her little sbngs that
from flaming home given the
opportunity live learn and develop themselves in the south
parents made their home equal basis with
Others without fear.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-11-19
Resolution
Continued from page one


Father Patrick J. Molloy who con-
Quoted special Memorial Day
service; Leroy w, Jefferies, AS
sistant Director, Department of
Industrial Relations of the Nat
ional Urban League, George l..
Holland, Liaison Representative.
Veterans Administrations and Ted
Harris, President of the National
Student Association.
Gloster B. Current. NAACP
Director of Branches, presented
the Ike Smalls Award 10 the Day
ton Youth Council for its out
standing work in securing civil
rights, and Franklin II Williams,
Assistant Special Counsel, con-
Quoted seminars on civil rights
and veterans affairs.
President Harry s. Truman, in
greetings to the conference, told
the youth that "in the conflict of
principal and policy which besets
the world today we must have
the counsel and influence Of youth
on the side of progressive action. ="
Other action taken by the con-
ference included increasing the
annual membership from so cents
, to $l0o; and the adoption of a
provision for amending the youth
constitution The conference also
urged Congress to repeal the Taft
Hartley Act
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-11-19
Here and There
Contiprpd from page one
one united nation,

aort on tbe Republican ticket
ao,',d have overcome what that
cocgross did. If Mr.. Dewey had
,,,r On his own record and not the
rocord Of the 80th Congress. a diff
fororf cbapter could have been
mite, on,avbeo in political his
4ory
T, tha first place, Gov Dewey
nr,ycd that Nc is far stronger
,,,.r his narlv He ram we'll ahead
ar ,ro par,Ihrfran candidates for
r,o,,,-rorshfus and Senate in all
n,-.. .....y st,ta He carried
...,.. .. .a.ios rs, raqr of rte own
a,,.. m.. l..a.ta4 ra hr9rerl
Mos. vo,, ,.r. into fho RrmIb-
,.... r.1.r,, .v q Presidential
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-11-19

Neither of the gentlemen entertained the idea that
much effort spent making the Constitution work as is
spent keep working the south could easily become an
Utopia our belief that Mr. and Mr. AshmoIe
holding positions where if they to their thinking
and free their readers, conditions in the southland would I'M
prove to the extent that they could be lauded
After full hour of exposing the evils of segregation
Mr. White the defense of Mr. Ashmoe and Mr. Carter
with defense of segregation Mr. White said ignorance
Rdculousy may sound would be gratified with proof
to the contrary.
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Jenkins, Lula Kingcade M Smith, r. b. Nc
Lemoro, G. f. Upton, |. w, Dean, Rosa john
SON }. +. Henderson, Annie Harris, Salyna
Lewis, Orene Cole, Alberta Ilinkle, Anna Hunt
er, c. w, Curtis, Viola Wallace b. Thompson,
S. c. Williams, Susie Woodson. Gifts of S1OO,
Misses Mcrthyne Rogers. Leontine Butler An
ME b. Gillian. Dr. j. NJ Robinson $500, Rev.
c. c. Walker and l. S. McClinton, S1.OO each.
The Committee will be entertained at spe-
cial meeting at the " Monday November %.
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Buffalo, N. Y-Postponement of
a scheduled ten round non-title
bout in Memorial Auditorium be-
tween King Ray Sugar Robin
son and Buffalo's Henry Brim
was announced recently by Pro-
moter Jack Singer at the Hudson
Boxing Club because of illness of
sugar" Robinson The entire
show has been called off until
Nov 30
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-11-19

when rent ceilings and price con-
troll were turned loose, and people
were thrown out Of homes by
land lords and real estate racket
GERS. Mr. Dewey would have won
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members making special gifts: YWCAs Sew
ing Glass, Smart Set Club. Victory V Club,
Moderncttes Club, gifts of $500 each, Inter
racial Committee, $3.50 Garden Club, $3.50.
World Fellowship Committee members; Mes
danes: L. Mcmillan, Josephine Almon, jamie
Edwards, Lulu James, Josie Harrison, f. c.
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An Appeal for Help
McGehee. Ark.
Nov. g, 1913

McGehee. Ark
Nov 8, 1913
Mr. Ocie Lee Smith
Pres Serial Workers ORGANIZATION
1900 Bisbon Street
Little Rock Arkansas
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Readers -- II you are Interested
please call Ocie Lee Smith at
1859 or leave your contribution
with the secretary of the Phyllis
wheatley YWCA, 92i Gaines ST..
Little Rock. Money clothing, bed
ding and furniture accepted.
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Mr. Ocie Lee Smith
Pres Social Workers Organization
$500 Bishop Street
Little Rock. Arkansas
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Milford chronicle., 1948-02-13
BELIEVE IT OR NOT

The Federal Trade Commission
is investigating the American Iron
and Steel Institute of New York
City. and 101 producers of steel
products are charged with con-
spiracy and cOllusive action to fix
and maintain deliberate price quo
tatiOns and to restrain cOmpeti-
ton. The Institute denies practi-
cally all charges made against it
and even goes so far as to chal-
lenge the right of the Fec al
Trade to assume jurisdiction over
the steel industry Evidently the
issue is very sharply drawn be-
tween the Government and the iron
and steel people who deny the
charge that they are engaged in
such practices as "cOllusiOn or
conspiracy"
The American Iron and Steel
Institute uses advertising space in
National publications to assert
that "steel prices are still low"
The steel industry has been one
of the most cantankerOus organi-
cations in American industry. They
are still using their old tactics in
putting across their claims of in
nOcence. They are master Dropa-
gandists and stand at the top in
vindicating themselves through
publicity and advertising - and
they get away with it.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-13

holding meetings every day as to
now to increase the price and avoid
further losses. Some growers rec
ommend destroying a portion of
the crop; others are urging that
all get together and agree on a fix
ed minimum price. At best these
two suggestions are but stopgaps.
Today, however, all connected
with the industry get their nav
while the grower is obliged to take
what is left. Pickers and haulers
charge some twenty-five cents per
box; the processing the fruit costs
about a dollar a box; the freight
costs over dollar a box; and of
course the various handlers take
their commissions. This leaves
nothing for the honest grower.
MY RECOMMENDATIONS TO
GROWERS
Q) Spend more on newspaper adj.
vertislng, telling consumers the
real health value in citrus Juices.
and especially advise the purchase
of cans in cartons rather than two
cans at time.
90 Reduce the cost of DrOduc.
'tiOn by eliminating cOlOring, pol
ishing, Decentralization, and such
spraying as is done Just to make
the groves look handsome.
CD Stop new paintings. Not
withstanding these very low prices.
/ find that new groves are con-
stantly being set out in California.
Arizona, Texas, and Florida. The
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-13
Wales ReSiStS
Woman Worker
To FAVOR Men
AP Newsfeatures

LONDON - The Labor Govern
m.ent's current industrial aim in
Wales is to make new industry fit
the sex of the unemployed. The pre-
ference is for men, the resistance to
women.
"The problem is now to provide
for a number Of relatively small
pockets of male Unemployment"
says a report on - eminent ac-
ton in Wales, and it is upon these
areas that activities aimed at at
tracing new industry are now
mainly concentrated"
A scheme to attract new industry
has been so successful, the report
says, that in some areas all resour-
ces of male and female labor will be
used.
'The time has come to resist the
introduction of more firms requir-
ing predOminantly female labor"
adds the report. THE new factories
now occupied provide as many wo-
mems as mems jobs. This has led to
some criticism, particularly from
areas in which there is substantial
unemployment among men,"
To obtain a balanced industrial
structure, estimates have been pre-
pared on the volume of employment
in each district. In this way the
government can decide to which
areas visiting industrialists shall be
invited
The heavy industry and coal min
ing areas are calling for men but
the policy is to encourage sufficient
new industry to provide jobs in
variety for both men and women,
while taking account of male un-
employment.
ParadOxically, while there is a
surplus of women employees in
Wales, there is yet a need for them.
A shortage of nurses, the report
says, accounts for the fact that l 500
patient-beds at hospitals and sana-
tOria are UnOccupied, and an ex-
pertinent in employing male nurses
may be extended.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-13
TYPHOONS
CHALLENGE
SCIENTISTS
BY WILLIAM j. CONWAY
AP Newsfeatures Writer

CHICAGO - DR.. Herbert Riehl.
who recently returned from a study
Of typhOOns in the Pacific, offers
these conclusions:
Nothing now in the bag of scien-
tific tricks-including the seeding
of dry ice in storm clouds-can
stop them.
Long range fOrecasting may be
developed to the point where men
would know when they would be
most likely to strike.
Dr.. Riehl says disturbances at al
titudcs of 10000 feet or more in the
northern Pacific tend to extend to
the earth's surface. The storm at
high levels has. a downward effect
and the tropical air underneath be-
gins to rotate. That helps to start a
typhOOn.
Storms in the north are assocla-
ted with storms that begin farther
SOUTH" he says. "If we knew when
storms are most likely 10 occur in
the north, we would be able to de-
termine when typhoOns would be
most likely tC develop in the trop-
les"
The same sort OF. pattern prevails
in the Atlantic.
Formation of these storms is
largely controlled by Weather con-
ditiOns in distant places" he says.
ITO make forecasts for the low lat
itudes you have to know conditions
outside the area-Iceland, Green
land, and Newfoundland in the At
lantic, and the Gulf of Alaska, the
Aleutian Islands, Japan and China
in the Pacific Data from the south
ern hemisphere would be helpful,
too.
In his investigation of the posi-
hility of long range forecasting, he
is assembling weather records as
far back as 1900. He hopes to work
cut system for predicting several
weeks in advance the periods when
storms are most likely or least
likely to occur.
DR.. Riehl, professor of meteOro-
logy at the University of Chicago,
headed a group of scientists in a
pIuJ6CI SpVHSOI6u ny the OuiCS OIL
naval research. The party was bas-
ed on Guam and made flights over
the surrounding seas in fair and
foul weather. Previously he studied
hurricanes in the Puerto Rico re-
gion.
"MOst hurricanes are smaller
than typhoons," he reports. "Ty-
phOOns often stretch as far as the
distance between Chicago aV1 New
Orleans. Seeding clouds with dry
ice would not obstinate a tyhpoOn."
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-13


lar was deprecated by one-third
when we went of the gold stand
ard. Today there is back Of our cur-
rency only the governments prom.
Use TO pay - in equally cheap, print
ing press. dollars. The greater por-
ton Of our ever increasing amount
Of currency is now bank notes, is
sued by the banks with intangible
value government bonds as secu.
rity. Bank vaults Of the nation are
loaded with government bonds
which banks have been forced to
buy.
When the bank needs money
with which to meet demands Of
the nations business. it can, and
does, issue bank note currency,
with the bonds IL bought as Sc
Curity. Neither the currency nor
the bonds has any tangible re-
deemable value. Such q process
Is increasing our circulating
currency by hundreds Of mill
lions each month.
Taxes also represent a consider.
able part of our high living costs.
The printing press dollar you spend
at the food store does not buy 81
worth Of food. II buys less than so
cents in food values. The other more
than 20 cents pays a portion. at
least, Of the taxes Of the producer
Of the food, Of the. professor, the
wholesaler. the retailer and the
transporter. one-tifth, 20 per cent,
and more Of your dollar wss drained
of by the tax collector, and that
in addition to the taxes you pay
direct. What is true Of food is equal
ly true Of all other commodities and
services you buy. The total Of the
taxes you pay, direct and indirect,
represents more than one-third Of
each dollar passing through your
hands.
A third reason for high living
costs Is the wild, reckless spend I
ing INDUCED in by the govern
ment. So long as that spending
continues, high taxes win con:
tinUe. Should the taxes stop and
the spending continue, dollar
value, backed only by the credit
Of the government, would drop
to still lower buying levels.
When both the administrative and
legislative branches Of government
stop the wild spending spree; when
we get back to sane principles Of
government; when we drop the
countless. unneeded bureaus with
their army Of bureaucrats, the doll
lar value win 60 up and the cost of
living viii come down. II is a con-
dition that only government can
remedy.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-13
DEWEY IN LEAD

Between Taft and Dewey / think
l would take Dewey because ne has
had more actual experience in a
great political administrative ofiee
and has come through with q won
derful record. Four years ago many
Of our people voted for Roosevelt
only because we were at war, for.
getting that he wasn't above steer
ing US into war just to put the voters
into that very fix. Otherwise, Dewey
might have been elected.
It was an awful mistake not to
elect him then. He would have made
Stain come to him and wouldn't
have let those awful Roosevelts 60
traipsing all over the world throw
ing away American locomotives.
rails. cars, tractors. synthetic rub
Der factories and whole warehouses
full Of food and clothing, and giving
the credit to Russia.
Dewey has one bad fault. In 1914
he okayed the Wagner act Just in the
vain hope Of whiting of few Go
votes. He might better have saved
his breath and his self-respect He
knows it is a rotten law. But he says
the only way to get anywhere in
politics is to get elected and the
only way to get elected is to get
votes.
Milford chronicle., 1948-02-13
TAX REDUCTION MEASURES

The fight over tax reduction is
sure to be resumed and the Re-
publicans under the leadership Of
Representative KnutsOn of Mime
sofa will force a bill through Con-
gress to cut Federal taxes $780,
600. Both branches of Congress
passed similar tax reduction mea-
sures at the last session. Presi-
dent Truman vetoed both mea-
sures, and he was Over-ridden by
the House. In the Senate he won
his point by scratch of less than
a half dozen votes, even though
the Senate did register almost
twO-thirds majority over the veto.