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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-06-26
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Student veterans entitled to in
creased monetary benefits because
they have more than one depend
ent are reminded by VA of two
important deadline dates to be OBJ
served if they are to receive in
creased allowances retroactive to
April L.
One deadline affects veterans
taking full-time educational cour-
ses The other affects veterans TAX
ing part-time courses, combination
school-job training courses or en-
titled to increased benefits due to
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-06-26

address for insurance purposes. VA
Form $50, Change of Address, .
should be executed by the insured
to notify the Insurance Service in
the appropriate Branch Office.
Q. When may veteran decide
whether he will pursue training
under the Servicemen's Readjust-
ment Act &C. I. Bid or under the
Vocational Rehabilitation Act?
A. After eligibility has been es-
tablished under both laws.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-06-26

Don't Borro1D-Buy The. Missis-
sippi Enterprise each week.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-17
NIGHTLIFE IN
NEW YORK
By ALVIN MOSES

NEW YORK, Aug. II (ANP)
Joe Flores, popular and genial
president Of the Chateau Lounge
Social club, Inc, is buster than a
bird-dog scratching for fleas
these days preparing for the first
annual dance of his organization
to be held Wednesday evening,
Sept. Is, at cozy Club Dance
land. Needless to say with
such men as Mr.. Flores, George
Jones Jr., Teddy Thayer, Ray
Pinder, Mike Ahmed and E.
Thompson throwing their full
weight into every detail, they
hope to make their first affair a
memorable one in Harlem's gay
club-life history.
Well known members of the
club as Curtis Leak, secretary of
the Negro National Baseball lea
que and sort of fright arm" of
Prexy Johnny Johnson, rector of
st. Michaels church; John H. Car
ter, Charlie Mcdonald, Edward
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-17

Allen, Lawrence LaForte, Lionel
Simon, Buster Durant, Jimmy
Eggleton, Thomas View and Phil
10 Holmes. This column wish
es you and your associates much
success, -oe, and remember
we are always in your corner.
Thelma Carpenter, the velvet
voiced girl for whom we predi-
cted a brilliant future after her
first appearance at the faomus
Apollo Theater was given a
swell column-story in the Sunday
edition (Aug. 81 of the N. Y.
Daily News.-Local niteclub and
theatre-goers a never forget
Miss Carpenters rendition of an
Ethel Waters hit, "Stormy Wealth
err" 1t virtually made her rep
utation, bringing the help to her
career of such notables as John
Cantor to name a few.
Night club offers came and an
a~fter-school booking at the Black
Cat club in Greenwich Village. . E.
Mr.. Hammond snatched Thelma
out of this one and she went on
to the swank LIE Reuban Bleu
nitespot as vocalist with Teddy
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-17
The Labor View
By G.. r. McCray for AMP

try is ready for your civil rights
program, for social equality" His
manner was such that | though
he would pull out a confederate
flag and start waving it around.
eve know that you are not
ready to face honestly the issue
Of social equality, but we are
risking a great deal in the belief
that the great majority of Am
orleans will either back US up or
not oppose us in the fight for
civil rights"
Before he could reply, l went
on with: "There is a large amount
of bitterness against us but it is
purely momentary. 1t is expressed
by many of our friends in the
south who fear that we can per-
suade a majority of people north
and south to accept the principle
of true equality of American citi-
zenship."
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-17
WHY WE DISTRUST WHITE
LIBERALS

sure agalnSI Ine SoutIl, youI III
tation of northern as well as
southern prejudices," my white
associate explained warmingly,
''you people (meaning us Neg
roes) are taking a perfectly
frightful risk"
"How do you mean?"
"You have no idea how all this
agitation over FEPC, a%nti-lynch-
ing bills, residential segregation,
equal education, and the various
civil rights proposals is stirring
up feeling against you people.
Have you been reading Dorothy
Thompson lately?"
"Well, there is nothing for our
white fellow citizens to get angry
about. We Negroes are not likely
to get more than the majority in
the country is willing to give u.s."
| said making an obvious effort
to be modest and un-offending.
"You are giving the Ku klux
Klan a new lease on life and gen
orally embittering race relations
all over the country. l hate to
think what will happen to you
people when your Incorporate de-
mands cause you to lose the
friendship Of those thousands OF
liberal whites who really want to
help you. And believe me, you
have far more friends in the
south than you have in the north.
Pm a southerner and | know"
He looked at me sternly, his
face slightly flushed. Then L
said: "The danger you're talking
about is always with us and We
We become hardened to it, like a
veteran in battle. But l suppose
most Negroes feel as | do, that as
long as white people really feel
as they do toward us we do not
need to fear any of the things
you are talking about"
"And how do you think white
people feel toward you?"
Honestly, in your distorted
way, l really think you and mos1
white people are actually font
of us, secretly proud of US, Ger
tainly don't really fear US, ant
are rather glad to have us around
When a southerner says he un
derstands Negroes, l know exact
ly what he MEANS"
When he regained his breath
he asked painfully, "How in tn
world do you people get such ut
terly ridiculous ideas? It's fan
tastic."
Through three centuries O
living and dying together, tn
Negro and the white American
in a common effort to build Am
erica, our common heritage. w
understand much better than yo1
and most whites what you vii
accept or reject and we are con
stantly telling you what yo7
should accept. Our liberal whit
friends, north and south, dom
have this insight and frequentl
find themselves thinking we ar
hopelessly unrealistic in our de
mands or excessively timid an
cowardly."
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-17

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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-08-17

Wilson'S band and with the help
of Count Basic and J. C. Flippen.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Thompson: Question OF Why Soviet Union Refused To
Cooperate With The Marshall Plan Is An Important One

always be a Russian. or ordains
Moscow as the eternal Rome and
Mecca of International Commun-
ism? Even if so, how complete
should be its jurisdiction? Are
Communist states outside the U.
S. S. r. to be unable even to
make trade agreements among
themselves without the okay of
the Russian Politburo?
That these questions have been
hotly debated by the theoreti =
clans Of the new peoples gov
ernments" is certain. That Com
munist leadership entirely ser
vile to Moscow has won for the
time being everywhere except in
Yugoslavia is obvious. But that
questions Of so fundamental
nature are permanently solved
is by no means likely.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30

paganda apparatus which does
not make policy but transmits
it from the Politburo.
Meanwhile, new Communist
states have created new situa-
ton, raising inevitable questions
regarding the future relation
ships between these and the So
Wet Union. Is the Soviet Union
to be prima inter pares among
these (First among Equals? Are
all Communist states to partici-
pate in the forming of policies?
Is the purely Russian directing
bureau to be supplanted by a
new and International Execu-
tive?
What Communist theory de-
mands that the Secretary-Gener-
al of the Communist Party must
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Scott Ballentine Absence At Budget
Commission Hearings Has Explanation

work. Preliminary visits to insti-
tutions and public hearings are
means of gathering information
upon which to base the final re-
Communications. So, while it may
be slightly inaccurate to say
Scott and Ballentine did not have
part in budget proceedings, 1t Is
true that neither was on hand
when executive consideration
was given the assembled data
and when final budget amounts
were determined.
FAULT - Maybe this wasn't
the particular fault Of any IN
dividual but is inherent In the
system which requires outgoing
officials to prepare the budget
for the incoming administration.
Some observers think there
should be statutory requirement
for the new officials to partici-
pate in budget activities, instead
of the existing courtesy arrange
ment.
SECRET - This information
did not leak until well after the
budget group had recessed its
executive session. If it had been
known earlier much of the criti-
cism directed at Governor-elect
Scott would have been alleviat-
ed, If not avoided entirely. Fact
that it did not get out is perhaps
tribute to the way budget COM
mission members respect the OBJ
legation of secrecy concerning
their executive meetings. 1t is
common knowledge around capi-
tol square that budget recon-
mendations are among the very
few things that just can't b.
found out until they are present
Cd to the legislature.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
lynn Nisbet)

CONSULTED" - Statements
often made last week that Gov
ernor-elect Kerr Scott did not
participate in preparation of the
advisory budget recommenda-
tions to the general assembly;
and that L. Y. Ballentine, COM
missioner of agriculture elect,
was not consulted about the bud
get for that department, have
been challenged as inaccurate
There seems to be different
meanings attached to the words
participation" and "consulta
ton"
FACTS - Fact is Scott sat
with the budget commission dur
ing the period of public hearings,
but was not present while the
real job of translating depart
mental requests into recommen-
dations was handled. He did pro-
vide some suggestions for consi-
deration Of the commission. Bal.
lentine accepted invitation to at
tend a meeting Of the board of
agriculture when division heads
presented their needs for the
next biennium but was not in on
the main job of trimming and
adjusting these several requests
for compilation of the aggregate
presentation to the budget com.
mission.
1MPORTANT-Obviously, fl
nal preparation Of items to be
presented to the commission is
the most important part Of bud
get-making for the departments.
Just as obviously making up the
final report to the general as
sembly is the most important
part Of the budget commission,s
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
THE READERS COURTROOM
BY Will Bernard, LII. B.

open end-horse. wagon, and all.
The farmer was drowned, and
his widow sued the county for
not having some better safe
guards on the bridge. But the
court ruled against her. The
judge said that. since the far
mer was very familiar with the
bridge and with the system of
warning lights, he alone was re-
sponsible for the tragedy.
lState laws vary. For person.
al guidance, sea your local at
torney.)
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
By WestbroOk Pegler

Dy VSoSuAoOse
(Copyright, 1913, King Featur-
es Syndicate, 1nc.)
Eugene Lyons, a professional
brand from the burning, has
come up with the idea of organl-
zing a Society of Red Baiters.
This might have been all right
for purposes of discussion, but
then he had to get grim and start
talking about the good that such
an organization might do. If l
have any bigotry in my Juices
it is a rancid adherence OF
people who cold-bloodedly set out
to do unprovoked good to other
people because all the immortal
malevolents who set our nation
to hating in 1929 and have kept
us at licking boil till now were
do-goods. They are breed con-
ceived in malice and dedicated
to the proposition that content
ments is a curse. They thrive
in troublous times on frightened
souls and, just as the parson
and the cop would find themsel-
YES professionally obsolete in a
world of total peace and piety,
they must have woe to feed upon
or die.
refer you to the roster Of hot
eyed provocators who have cal
led themselves reformers in our
time, and put it to you whether
men OF good will would intent
ionally sign up with any new
lodge consecrated to the purpos-
es which they professed. In our
country l have watched them
all, from Bishop Cannon, who put
poison in our hootch in Gods
name, to Henry Wallace waving
fagots for the purifying fires, and
l have yet to find one whose
love of virtue and pity for the
poor and ailing was comparable
in voltage to his voluptuous hat
red. 1 might say that there have
been few complaints along this
line regarding my own work
upon the rogues of social uplift
and unionism, but only from the
Informed. Any person who has
ever looked to me for good works
has only himself to balme, for
my motives always have been
obviously retributive not idealis-
tic and any good I may have
wrought has been purely coinci-
dental. l think may say that I
have little to answer for.
Mr.. Lyons is a back-slid Bolo
Of the early New York crop who
went to Moscow for the United
Press and came hurrying home
yelling that the Bolsheviks, those
dirty dogs, were given to impure
speech and committed to holo-
caust. He wrote an expose cal
led Assignment in Utopia"
which has become library book
for cosmic oracles, and another
called "The Red Decade" like
wise reliable for reference but
not privileged matter like the in
valuable five-foot shelf of the
Dies and Thomas Committees of
Congress. His acquaintance a.
mong the New York and Wash
ington Communists was extern
sive and his hatred of his old
comrades purifies and renews it.
self as he pursues his career and
they pursue him. 1t is a droll
paradox that the Messrs. Lyons,
Ben Stolberg and Ben Gitlow, the
last named a renegade of the
highest quality, all of them Jew
ish, have been denounced by the
Communist propaganda as an
ti-Semites and probably, if the
truth were known, honorary emir
of the Arab. Mr.. Stolberg is a
scholar and a brisk and stylish
writer who used to get crushes
and, once, in throes over David
dubinsky. of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Four.H Club Program Provides Chance
For Greater Agricultural improvements

The recent Fourth achievement day held at En-
field gives us reason to pause and consider the work
that the Fourth organization and the people re-
sponsble for it doing in our county.
The achievement day is designed to give credit
to youngsters who have made the best record through
out the year in various farm projects carried on
through the Fourth program
These boys were winners in the various categor-
ies They were the top. They deserved the awards
and received them thanks to various institutions
civic clubs and businesses in the county.
The overall Four-H program has and is continu-
ing to provide training ground for our farm YOUTH
Carried on through the extension department of State
College and its agents in Halifax County, the Fourth
program Is national in scope.
The program trains the farm youths of the area
in which it is operating in how to live together how
to work together and how to make the farms on
which they reside productive.
Through its program it provides an opportunity
for greater Improvement of entire agricultural
system
We commend the youths who receive the honors
at Enfield and thank the institutions civic clubs and
businesses which provide the prizes for these winners
We say to those who not adjudged the winners,
we hope your luck will be better next year.
To the leaders of the Four-H program in Hall
fax County, express thanks for the fine work
they doing and give them congratulations for
a good program. s''''e"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30

"a is IT A TRAVELLERS
OWN FAULT IF HE GOES OFF
THE END OF AN OPEN DRAW
BRIDGE?
(A) On his way home from
town, farmer used to take his
horse and wagon over a side
swinging drawbridge that span
ned a swift stream. One night
he approached the crossing just
after the bridge had opened for
a passing vessel Needless of the
warning lights, the farmer drove
ahead and dropped right off the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
BY Ray Tucker

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3o-Tru-
man-Marshan wrestling with the
problem Of the vast and ancient
continent Of China has brought
forth no program Of military or
economic relief sufficient to save
the rich northern half from Com
munist hands.
The situation in the Orient
has deteriorated to such a de-
gree that Intervention might turn
out to be fools errand. As a
military tactician, who has also
studied the country's shaky eco
nomic system, the Secretary of
State does not feel that he can
commit the United States to the
role of saviour of both Western
Europe and Chang Kai-shek's
dwindling and shattered empire.
Uncle Sam cannot become a
NEUROLOGICAL giant carrying the
world on his shoulders and pock-
etbook.
Even Senate and House Re-
publicans, who sought to make a
campaign issue of our neglect of
this question, have thrown up
their hands. Although they COM
missioned two emissaries to Wis
it China and to devise a pro-
gram of military aid and reha-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. D. Worth
Of Idaho and former Ambassa-
dor William C.. Bullitt-they dare
not 60 all out for their recon-
mendations.
DESERVING AS a military
technician, Secretary Marshall
would have Chang Kai-shek
withdraw to Southern China, es-
tablish line along the rivers in
that area and erect a bastion
against a Communist thrust into
Malaga, Indo-China, India and
1ndonesia, which are disaffected
areas susceptible to Communist
promises to better their LOT,
which would not be worse than
it is now.
But Kai-shek's troops are too
dispirited to make a firm stand
even in that southern section. His
hungry, poorly clad and ill-equip-
ped men are deserting by the
thousands every day. On cros-
sing over to the Communist fore
es, they receive better rations,
guns and treatment, at least
temporarily.
MYTH The Moscow-manufac-
tured myth that Chinese Commu-
nists are a separte breed has
now been exploded. The anti
Kuomintang armies are using
Russian guns and ammunition.
Several Of Stalin's military
strategists, whose disappearancs
from the Moscow scene was
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Christmas Savings Checks Will Give
Impetus To Early Christmas Buying

Santa Claus is coming early to lot of people in
Roanoke Rapids, thanks to their own foresight
The announcement yesterday that the banks of
Roanoke Rapids would distribute Christmas Savings
Club checks totalling $4,000 proves among 9TH
er things that the spirit for Christmas in Roanoke
Rapids this year will be high.
The $4,000 will begin to flow through the stores
of the city shortly after December and will provide
impetus to early Christmas buying.
The merchants, of course will get the benefit of
the savings, but the people who the money will
be able to provide their children with greater and
better Christmas.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
BY Dorothy Thompson

In considering Politburo poll
cy, the question of why the So
viets refused cooperation W h
the Marshall Plan and denied it
to their satellites is important.
AS we have reported, Stalin's
sole immediate objective follow
ing the war was to consolidate
the fantastic gains he had "a
chieved by agreement at Teher-
an, Yalta and Potsdam, n d
which could be covered by mill
tary force. In Stalin's mind, to
try seriously to extend Com
munist power westward before
the area already held was fully
coordinated on an identical pat
tern would have been hasty and
i'll considered.
The Marshall Plan could only
weaken this work of stabilizing
the satellites in one pattern. Its
operation would tend to put them
in a bargaining position between
the West and the Soviet Union.
They were, therefore, compelled
to refuse it.
However, the Soviet Union
greatly needed its advantages
Therefore, the Soviets angled for
two Marshall Plans-one for the
West, and one for the East
which they alone would admins
ter.
Whereas the Marshall Plan
in Western Europe is admins
tered in collaboration with ERP
by the European Economic Or
ganization-in which the partici-
pating states have equal repre-
sentation-the Soviet idea for
Eastern Europe was to make it.
self sole trustee for any recon-
struction funds, just as the So
Wet made itself trustee Of Ger
man reparations due Eastern al
lied states. Take, for instance,
Poland where the Soviet collect
ed the booty and doled it out,
or not, as an instrument of poll
tical policy. Only through such
a means of handling American
funds-which our Government
never considered-could the
Politburo affirm and even in
crease its strangle hold.
The clarification of the Polit-
buro attitude toward the Mar
shall Plan precipitated the cris-
is in Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
and Poland. That crisis involv-
ed, and will continue to involve,
questions of policy as fundamen-
tai as those that divided Trot-
sky and Stain.
Previous to World War II, the
International Communist Party
was governed by the Comintern
and its Central Executive Com
mittee, which theoretically gave
equal representation to all Sec
tions of the Party in the world.
It was absolutely authoritarian,
its decisions binding on every in
dividual; but its concept was
genuinely international.
The peculiar position of the So
Wet Union as the only existing
Communist state possessing,
therefore, the only visible and
organized Communist power, in
diplomatic agencies and military
might gave it, however, mas
terful position universally ack =
nowledged. De facto Russia ran
the Comintern and the Comm
tern ran the Party.
In 1884 this Comintern was
dissolved, as a tactical move to
quiet Western apprehensions in a
coalition war. 1t never has been
revived. The "Cominform" is not
the old "Comintern." Comintern
functions are nakedly exercised
by the Soviet Politburo, consist
ing entirely of Soviet state Off
cials. The cominform Is q pro-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Truman-Marshal Discussion Has Brought
No Plan For Saving China From Reds

hitherto unexplainable, are
unexplainable, are known to be
directing operations from rear
headquarters.
While the United States, Eng
land and France bicker over pro-
blems involving Germany. West
ern Europe and Berlin, Stalin's
red hordes are marching through
China.
COST Even to carry out Sc
cretary Marshau's military plan,
which has been offered as pro-
spective rather than a practical
maneuver, would require an A.
merican Expeditionary Force Of
at least 800, 900 of the sort Of
trained men who stormed the
beaches of Normandy and slog-
ged through the hedges and mud
to Berlin.
We do not have that number
of soldiers for defense against
foreign attack, not to mention a
force strong enough to carry out
a China mission. And the cost
of maintaining such a unit so
far overseas would be beyond
computation.
1t is also doubtful whether Con-
gress and the American people
would approve dispatch of such
an army, for it would be a vir-
tual declaration Of war against
Russia.
FACE Diplomatic sources
here and in the Orient report
that the Chinese Communists
warning that American interven-
ton would be regarded as
"hostile act" was dictated by the
Kremlin and actually written by
a Stain aide.
Even more than the Berlin
blockade, it marks a chip-on-the-
shoulder challenge between the
United States and Russia.
Washington will ignore this
ultimatum; it cannot do other
wise. But 1t signifies a propa-
ganda victory for the Kremlin
that may cost us face in the
Far East, where face is every
thing.
PLAN Although the Roosevelt
family has quit the White House,
at least temporarily, Mrs. R. is
credited with the suggestion that
the historic home be abandoned
as residence for Presidents be-
cause of its unlivableness. She
ought to know, for no head mans
wife lived there as long as she
did.
A feminine reporter, who was
one Of Mrs. RS great favorites,
has broached q new plan, which
is generally attributed to the pre-
vious mistress of the so-called
mansion at 1900 Pennsylvania
Avenue.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
DAILY BIBLE QUOTATION

Tor Of confusion but of in all
churches Of the saints" Cor IA: SO
daily Bible quotations suggested by the Rev.
c. S. Grosan pastor of God in Roanoke Rapids