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any rights except those conferred on 1t by
free individuals who live under 1t. As long
as man is under God" he is a free agent
But what kind Of men can be the evangelsts
of a gospel like that? Certainly not the breed
described in SO much of our present-day fiction
which borders on the pornographic The
books that tens of thousands of our people in
our "best' homes are reading assume that the
old moral sanctions are taboo and that decency
is only another name for immaturity. It is
the accepted and expected thing that a mans
private life Is lived on the level of d sanitary
pig sty, with the ruling passions and desires
strong drink and loose women. In modern
story after story there Is depicted the daily
lives Of those in high position who talk on
occasion with angelic JUNCTION about democracy
and about the American way of life; but they,
themselves, of duty live like libertines
In the utterly goddess and sensual portrayalS
which are among the best sellers there is the
cynical and sophisticated assumption that this
is normal modern life; there is no sign Of an
altar or a spire anywhere. If the novelists mir
ror the truth, then our ailing civilization will
soon be dead and damned. Perhaps it is al
ready. If that Is realistic portrayal Of
America she has nothing of moment to say to
the world. Even lovers of disciplined freedom
are almost driven to the conclusion that there
may be more salvation in some forms Of regi-
mentation than in a license which has no
brakes.
1t was II o'clock in the morning when the
First World War came to its end. 1t is later
than that now on the dial Of fate. Humanity
stands in history now at 10 minutes Of
IL. No wonder that the Chief Of Staf-the
general who would lead our armies in case OF
another war-realizing the monstrous weapons
that are ready and how unready are the hands
which must use them, solemnly says in an
Armistice message for this fateful year of our
Lord: Humanity Is in danger Of being trapped
by its moral adolescence. We have too many
men of science, too few men Of God. We have
grasped the mystery Of the atom and rejected
the Sermon on the Mount. Ours is a world
Of nuclear giants and ethical infants"
Unless that Is the voice of America and in
sackcloth and ashes we repent and reform, we
had better turn of the world broadcasts and
prepare for the end
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Two Sides to the Story

It is unfortunate that retired Marine
General Holland M. Smith has seen fit to
revive, through publication OF his memoirs
In a magazine, the bitter feud which he
vaged with Army General Ralph c. Smith
over the Saipan operation. What "Howling
Mad" hoped to accomplish by making the
Army bowling mad all over again Is not
clear-unless he had in mind publicity for
his forthcoming book. If the excerpts
printed in the Saturday Evening Post are
typical, parts of the book not only will open
old sores to public view but will cause addl-
tional pain to parents OF soldiers who
fought and died bravely with a division
branded by the Marine Smith as nom
aggressive.
It well be that the Army Smith, then
commander of the 9th Division, made mis-
takes at Saipan. A lot of mistakes were
made during the late war. AS distin-
euished a fighter as "Howling Mad" Smith
himself has been accused by high Army
officers of making them-at Tarawa, for
instance, when he sent his Marines into
a bloody frontal assault instead Of attack
ing from fanking island. The Marine
general did not confine his criticism to
the Army in his memoirs. He accused
the Joint Chiefs of staff and the Navy OF
committing errors in connection with the
Pacific island operations.
But surely no good can come OF resur-
recting these incidents now except for his
torical purposes-and "Howling Mad"
Smiths memoirs bear little resemblance to
IN objective history of the Saipan battle.
Is matter of fact, the Army historian
pf the 9th Division asserts that the Marine
commander failed to accept several invita-
tions to inspect the divisions records before
writing his obviously one-sided account of
the battle.l toreover, an Army board ex-
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onerated General Ralph Smith of the
Marine generals charges and, according
to the Army historian, joint board ap-
pointed by the Navy cleared the good name
of the 9th Division. Now that the Marine
generals story has become public property,
the full records of the Saipan dispute
should be made available at the Army and
Navy Departments for all who care to
inspect them.
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she has to say is
solemnly suggested to
the plaintive tones Of
war victims, the nv-
ing dead with hopes
that will not die, who
poured out the sweet
wine of youth. They
are the martyrs whose
souls are depicted by
the Seer of Patmos as
being under the ma
tional altar. II saw"
says st. John, under
the altar the souls OF
them that were slain
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Ird0nesia

BATAVIA-The United Nations Good Offices
Commission apparently has given up hope, at
least temporarily, that negotiations will be re-
sumed toward settling the 1ndonesian dispute.
A few weeks ago spokesman said its report
covering the period since mid-June was being
held up in hopes the talks would be reopened
Now the commission has decided to submit its
report to the Security Council in Paris within
few days
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Adding new fuel to the old war of the
sexes is the commemorative poultry stamp,
which shows an egg, with rooster stand
ing beside it as If he had done 1t all.
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interservice board be set up to study 1t and
make recommendations If the board
should find the separate air academy plan
to be impracticable, it will be asked to SUBJ
NIT another feasible solution" The spe-
cial study will focus attention on another
unification problem that will not be easily
solved
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The A. M. AS DR.. Austin Smith warns
against home doctoring, and particularly
against the thrifty habit of drinking up
odds and ends from the medicine cabinet
at housekeeping time.
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This Tito-C -Cominform thing can't just
drag on and on, as nothing so initiates
against a smooth performance as ven-
trilouuist with ideas
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Western medical columnist considers
the case of an inquirer who reaches fol
things that aren't there. This, at present
prices, would be the change from twenty
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Bombay censors delete drinking scenes
from 81 American films. Plots remain un-
changed, however, except that the private
dick becomes the invisible man.
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The Globe man in Boston says as SEN
sible a will as he ever read was one pro-
viding Being of sound mind, spent
every cent had"
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In this day when the air waves are vocal
the voice of America is the most potent in all
the earth. As America speaks on this Sunday
so near to Armistice Day portion OF what
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Thieves in Ohio stole a stairway from
a new house. Police, 1t goes without say
ing, are hamperd in the hunt for
higher-ups.
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Ioo1ziro A heod Some Shadoas of Coming Events
AOOhI1lS AAl~ad Are Noted Here and Abroad
lBy the World statr Of the Associated Press,

of truck lines except those hauling agricultural
commodities.
Farm groups complain that the 1CC has
whitfield away this exemption. For instance.
it has ruled that washed and packaged spinach
is a manufactured product.
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SfasSen's Chances

WAsHINGToN.-One of the winners in the
election may have been Harold E. Stassen
who wasn't on anybody's ballot.
Beaten for the Republican nomination by
Thomas E. Dewey, Stassen had resigned him
self to an eight-year wait for a new try. He
thought Dewey would be elected and reelected
stassens friends are already beginning quiet
organization moves. They think the main
strength of the former Minnesota Governor
lies with youthful members Of the party.
They also point out that Stassen is strong
in the farming Middle West, where Dewey's
failure to take key States cost him the election.
Gray Market
WASHINGTON.-The gray market in steel
will be stabbed once more by the congress
sional spotlight before the present Congress
goes out Of ONCE
The House subcommittee investigation ques-
tioning trade practices plans to put this propo-
stion squarely up to the big steel mills: Cd
Refuse to supply steel to warehouses that extort
premium prices or (O face the possibility of
the new Truman" Congress enacting controls.
The committee expects the mills to cooper
ate readily.
Italian Labor
ROME.-With winter beginning to make
itself felt, Communist and extreme left labor
leaders have served notice of disturbances If
the government doesn't meet demands Of the
unemployed.
Spinach
WASHINGTON.-Farm groups likely will ask
Congress to define the difference between an
agricultural commodity and a manufactured
product.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ICC3
has authority to regulate rates and routes
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British Divorce

LONDON-Social workers look for Britain's
divorce rate to drop sharply in ls4s.
There were $4,000 divorces last year. con-
trasted to 1900 in 1898. A drop is held likely
next year because the courts will catch up with
a backlog Of wartime cases.
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H0-H0

WASHINGTON.-Preside Truman gets the
last laugh-and an easier udget-trimming
job-at the wrong guesses of many agency
officials on the election outcome.
Fearful Of being accused by Republicans OF
being free spenders, these ofncials slashed
budgets to the bone.
Now some officials want the Budget Bureau
to let them put some meat" on those bones.
They've been getting firm turndown-plus
directions to see whether they can't cut re-
quests still further.
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GENTVA-Powerful forces in Switzerland
are demanding that the nation lift its ban on
exporting munitions
Since its early history Switzerland has for
sworn war as means of settling disputes. 1t
put its first embargo on arms exports In 1889.
It exported arms during World War H. mostly
to Axis countries since it was virtually sur
rounded by them. 1t clamped the embargo on
again when the war was drawing to close
in 1914, lifted 1t at the end Of the war, I'M
posed 1t again in June, 1946
The ban is due to expire December 81 unless
renewed and will be considered at the Decem-
Der session of Parliament
Max Petitpierre chief Of the political de-
psrtment foreign ofdce) is spokesman for
those who favor keeping the embargo.
He says it would be ridiculous for this country
to talk neutrality and pacihsm. to support such
organizations as the international Red Cross
and at the same time to supply other nations
with the means of making war
Opponents of the embargo say Switzerland
must have strong armed force to back up
its neutrality and that the countrys arms max
ers must be allowed to sell abroad so that profits
can be used to supply more and better equip
ment at home.
Backers OF the embargo agree Switzerland
must have a strong defense but say the arms
industry should be supported by the govern
ment They say it's bad for Swiss morals to
supply munitions to other countries.
Opponents say arms trade is justified morally
II it improves Switzerlands position. Said one
recent speaker: "One should not emphasize
the moral question too strongly. We are no
better than other people"
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Spires of the Spirit
S spires Of the Spirit
The Voice of America
Our Civilization Held Doomed if Modern Novels
Mirror the Truth of Our Society

By the Rev. Frederick Br0wn Harris d. d., Lit. d.
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When the anarchist Lucheni. who had con-
fessed numbering the Empress Elizabeth Of
Austria, was sentenced to life
Assossin's imprisonment at Geneva, he said
Prophecy that he had intended to kill the
Duke Of OrleanS and tha Kin1
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10c Each Copy
SEATTLE SOCIALS


Mrs. Olivette Clay arrived in
the city to visit her niece, Mrs.
Walter Beard and brother-in-law,
Mr.. Claud Jones. for a few weeks.
Mrs. Clay will be remembered as
sister of Mrs. Thelma james,
residing here before making her
home in Los Angeles, Calf, and
also a charter member of the
A. M. e. Usher's Board.
The Rev. J. N. Bell was left
in charge of the A. M. e. church
during the absence of the pastor,
and was assisted by Revends RAN
dell and Cooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence John
son of Mt. Vernon, motored to
Seattle to worship along with Rev.
and Mrs. Bell. While here they
were the Mothers Day guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Thompson.
Sincere thanks to our many
friends for their kindly Mothers
Day remembrance. beautiful cards,
kilograms and lovely potted plants.
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SEATTLES OUTSTANDING
MOTHER FOR l940

With ballot boxes installed at
various businesses throughout the
community. the nomination for
Seattle's Outstanding Mother for
1913 was quite an affair, spon-
sored by the Amistad Club.
youth auxiliary of the A. M. q.
Zion Church, the selection was
made public at a special program
Sunday, May 0, at s=30 p. m. at
the church. 23rd and e. Olive.
Last year the award was given
to Mrs. Augustus Down. Among
the many names submitted were:
Mrs. Ray Henry. Mrs. Ruth Hen
ry (Ruth) Johnson. Mrs. Elsie
Young. Mrs. Carl Norris, Mrs.
Marjorie Pitter. Mrs. Bertha
Campbell, Mrs. S. M. Givens, Mrs.
Bessiei Radcliffe. Mrs. Marjorie
Mayfield and Mrs. Josie Brooks.
Nominations were received until
Friday at 10 noon at any Of the
following places: Gideon's Drug
Store. Lewis Drug Store. East
Madison Valet, Mabel's Kitchen.
Gray's Laundry. Thomas Grocery.
Madison Realty.
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Businessmen and homeowners
are urged 10 make plans to paint
up, cleanup and fix-up during
the week Of May 1928. it was
announced today by Tollle Green,
chairman OF the jackson Street
Councils Third Annual Cleanup
Campaign. May Il has been des-
ignated as pickup day for all ex-
ira rubbish and litter that Is
placed on the curbs. City trucks
win canvass this district on that
day.
Next week will be Cleanup
Week all over the city" Green
said. eand the Council is hoping
that the Jackson Street area will
make the best showing OF any
dIstricta In Seattle"
Several group projects have al
ready been scheduled to take
place before or during that week.
Members of the Community Coun-
ell with donated paint and VII
unteer painters have redecorate6
the Councils office. Bailey Gatz-
ert School. washington Junior
High. and Neighborhood House
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EDITH MARY Down
PLAYS CONCERT

The musical excitement on
Capitol Hill wednesday night
was conferred on Cornish Schools
jam-packed theater where Edith
Mary Down. Seattle pianist, gave
what probably VIII be her fare
well concert before further study
In Europe.
The whole event was credit
to Cornish and the freshened spir-
It evident there lately. from the
polishing to concert pitch of so
sound talent as Miss Bown
(she is programmed as an artist
pupil OF Stephen Balogh and GER
tainly may now be granted the
right to stress the first part OF
that hybrid term). to the demo-
cratic welcome given to the
friendly. mixed audience that
even swarmed onto half the
stage. and the nice gesture OF In
Guiding a work by Cornish COM
poser Paul Tufts in her engross-
ing, well-chosen program.
Miss Downs platform manner
is as unaffected and direct as her
playing. which took her ably
thru the virtuoso demands of
Brahms variations and Fugue
on theme by Handel" two deli
cate sonatas by Scarlatti, and
compositions by Handel, Mozart,
Debussy and Bartok. The sure
ness of her left hand Is a Joy to
hear; her touch Ii sensitive. the
tone pellucid; perhaps 1t is her
previous work In support oil
dancers which has provided the
sound grasp of rhythm. and her
own composing which gives her
insight into the architectural de-
mands of each work.
BY one of those ironies toe
typical of Seattle art patronage
further sponsorship of this con-
siderable talent has been left to
such out-of-towners of her own
race as Paul Robson and Marian
Anderson. Let them be notified
hereby that Miss Bown Is ready
for that steamship ticket.
M. G. G.
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NAACP JOIN NOW!

to be filled as this goes to press.
Among those who will be heard
are Vernon Brown, drummer
frantico; Milt Price, tenor sax
and piano man; Johnny Lang, Los
Angeles SSer; Jabbo Ward, tenor
and bebop vocalist; Terry Cruise.
alto man and clary net; Bob Rus
sell, dean of the trumpet; Charlie
johnson, trumpet au vout; Bill
Rinaldi, the bop bass man, and
Kayo Shelton, knockout on gui-
tar. On the vocal side, BORROW
will also accommodate in his
groove style.
Tickets now are on sale at all
acknowledgement T t r s.
Doods will open at 1880 p. m.
for the concert.
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JACKSON STREET. COMMUNITY COUNCIL
PLANS CLEANUP CAMPAIGN MAY l7-23

have each selected special prof.
ects for their part Of the cele-
bration.
A business mems luncheon will
be held on Thursday. May IS. at
which time business firms viii be
asked to cooperate in the program.
by clearing out rubbish. paint
Ing. repairing and otherwise face
lifting the neighborhood. The
Junior Council Committee OF the
Jackson Street Council has taken
as its special project the painting
of signs to direct attention to the
use Of the litter cans placed along
Jackson Street by the Engineer
Ing Department as a special fea-
ture of this campaign.
Serving on the cleanup COM
mittee with Green are Frank Con-
nor. Hiro Hasegawa. Takashi
Hori and Wendell Norris.
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Wife Admits She
Stabbed Husband

Mrs. Lizzie Kirksey, 33-year-old
housewife. of 30S Quinault Court,
confessed that she stabbed her
husband, James. during an alter
cation in their home In the Du-
vanish Bend Housing Project.
Mrs. Kirksey was held in the city
jail without charge.
Kirksey was in Harborview
County Hospital in critical con-
dition with knife wound In the
right side of his chest.
Mrs. Kirksey told Detectives
Austin Seth and Don Springle in
signed statement that she stab
bed her husband once with a
pocket knife during a struggle
following a party.
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SEATTLE SOCIALS& NEWS
ICCL BALL A SUCCESS

Over $50 persons attended the
Second Annual Formal Ball Civ
EN- by the intercollegiate and
Civic League Friday evening.
April 80. at the Chamber of Com
merce. In a hall decorated with
spring colors, and artistic paper
flowers on all Of the tables. Sc
attle's feminine population. ex-
quisitely gowned, and the men
dashing in their tuxedoes and
tails, danced to the sweet strains
Of Gerald Wells and his orches-
ira.
Highlights of the dance were:
A special dance number by Miss
Annie Marie Knighton which was
climaxed by one and all joining
in conga line; a waltz set; the
Grand March led by Mr.. Nate
Johnson. during which everyone
enjoyed singing. such fayorites as
"Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet, j"
Anchors Aweigh," and God
Bless America; the introduction
of the officers and workers by
the president, Mr.. Walter Morris
and the releasing of the balloon
bag at the conclusion of the
Grand March.
Mrs. Marjorie Pitter Malfield
was ball chairman.
The guests were greeted at the
door by members who greeted
them from the reception line and
escorted them to respective ia
bles. Souvenirs of attractive
dance cards were given.
Those working to make the
affair such success were: Mar.
garet Russell. Winifred Ellison
Matthew Clark. Ed Russell, Law.
renee Russell. Annie Marie
Knighton, Austin Spearman, Adolf
plus Gill, Gordon McHenry, Mar.
garet Harris, Verline Jones, De.
lores Smith. Lillian White, FREQ
Childs, Doug Jones, Jesse Pryor
VIM. Talbert, Andrew Crawley
Walter Morris. Sylvia Clayton
Sam Smith. and many others.
This organization, only two
years old, composed of persons In
college, who have attended college
now attending college, or those
interested in civic betterment
should be commended for the up
ward strides they have made SO
cially and civicly. Recently they
obtained over 1000 signatures IL
a petition to have a signal ligh
installed on 22nd and e. Madison
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Good Conduct
Prize Winner

consider the following type
of public conduct conducive to
good taste and better racial re-
lations.
Be gentle in manner. Avoid
pushing and showing when stand
ing in lines, and when riding pub
lie vehicles unless 1t becomes
necessary in order to protect your
self from injury.
Speak Softly
Speak softly and pleasantly to
sales clerks, walters and waitress
es. Always thank them for their
services. Should you have a COM
plant, try to rectify 1t through
the person who served you.
Avoid profanity, giggles and
whispers. Do not discuss home
affairs and private business mat
ters in public, and beware of
intimate embraces.
AT mixed gatherings, make no
special attempt to be seated by
one of your particular racial
group. Rather, take the most
convenient seat available, and
don't get up unless it becomes
absolutely necessary.
Observe All Rules
Comply with all rules and reg
ulations posted in public places
without comment. Should any
seem unfair, complain to the per-
son or persons who have the au-
thority to do something about it.
Carry yourself with dignity. Be
neat. Keep the body free of Of
fensive odors. Arrange your hair
becomingly. Apply cosmetics
skilyfully, using only those suit
ed to your individual personality.
Mrs. Mildred Rowland, 536
N. Illinos Ave-, Atlantic CITY
N. ].
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EAST MADISON W GROUP
ALSO WINS FAsTBALL TITLE

Topping the afternoon off the
CoIman boys won the city Cray
fastball championship by defeat
ing Fauntleroy IA to 70. Don
Brown of Garfield is the coiman
coach.
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Mrs. Pearl Spencer
81 Short Years
In Home Economics

Twenty-one years In the same
job-that's quite a record. espe-
cially in these days of high en-
ployment mobility.
Mrs. Pearl Spencer. Raitt hall
stock lady. celebrated her 21st
Anniversary in the home econom-
les department this week. It was
October 6. 1926. when she first
went to work there. and the long
est she has been absent from her
job was eight weeks last winter
when an attack of flu caught up
with her.
1T seems like only about five
years since l started to work
here" she said. 81 love 1t. Ev-
erybody has been SO nice to me-"
Now Has Assistant
Mrs. Spencer looks after the
stockroom and laboratories in
Raitt hall. For many years she
also was In charge of the rats
kept for experimental purposes by
the department, but since so
many more students have enroll
ed In the University and in the
department. she has too much
else to take care of. She now
has an assistant in the stockroom.
THE students come and go"
she unused, sbut they all seem
the same. because the new ones
take the others places.
TITS a lot of responsibility. .
Mrs. Spencer concluded, but
when they give you responsibility,
they must think you deserve it."
Twenty-one years of RESPONSE
bility and job well done-that
sounds like good record in any
mans language.