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Arkansas State press., 1950-08-18

Now that the election is over 1t is our
firm belief that the Negro can step back to
his usual place in Arkansas. The politicians
have accomplished their purpose and have
no further use for their puppets for the next
twenty four months.
This is just simple warning to the Ne
gro before he loses his equilibrium and as
sumes a role of complacency on the theory
that the white man is converted. The White
man had something to do and past expert
ence proved beyond doubt that 1t would
be more difficult for him to accomplish 1t
without the Negroes help. That and that
alone was why the Negro was dignified
during the past five weeks.
We would like to be wrong but knowing
the estimation the southerner has OF his I'M
portance, doubt arises in our mind as to our
erroneous thinking.
The late Franklin Delano Roosevelt put
his thumb in the souths eye when he pack
ed" the United States Supreme Court with
men of high integrity and men who put
human rights above properly rights. From
the decisions of that court the Negro in
America and in the SoIth particularly is
enjoying a type of freed I'M far beyond the
fondest dreams of his ance,ters, and he IS
exercising rights in some instances that the
average dyed-in-the-wool southerner would
rather see himself deprived of than see the
Negro enjoy So don't content yourself that
Arkansas State press., 1950-08-18
= WORTH REPEATING ::
Who Are You

are you-politically?
Economically, we have a sad record Of
labor union participation. A few of us belong
to unions because we are aware of the i'm
portance of unonization to the wage-earners
OF the world, but most of us belong because
It's prerequisite to holding our Jobs. When
the unions are in a life and death struggle
against legal and social pressures, or when
matters of welfare funds, or the unions posi-
ton ON world affairs are being considered
we are conspicuous by our absence. We're
there only when the matter involves black
ana white. Who are you--where do YOU
stand-as a real labor union member?
This Illustration about what we are Is
very apparent in the comments and reactions
to the present conflict in Korea. We have our
boys in the forefront of the fight there-are
we going to feed them on the Illustrations of
the voices of the people on the homefront?
Or, are we Americans, who have helped de-
fend this country from Crspus Attacks
time down to the present who intend to
INSIST on our inalienable right to consider
this our own, our native land7
A people with frustrated ideas like a
house divided cannot long endure" We
must develop some positive notions of WHO
WE ARE, and east or west, in or out. IN
or down, stick to this position based on the
facts
Arkansas State press., 1950-08-18
No1zl1 1Deuzzz:1t
Speak,
Oral Aspects OF Diabetes

Diabetes is disease which affects primarily sugar utt
lzation and formation in the body Diabetes common a
but early recognition of the disease is always easy
Many patients present symptoms while in others the smp.
toms gradual that their significance and nature is not
realized until Of the varied complications the disease re.
suits Most detected during routine examinations for
other purposes such insurance, etc.
General weakness, loss of weight with increase in ap.
petite and frequent desire for food Of the CON.
symptoms Since the treatment Of the dabetc patient
in the province Of the physician only dabee complications Of
the tissues Of the mouth will be discussed in hscoumn Diabetes
is important the dentist because oral manifestations and
dental aspects of the disease may be the first call attention
to the dabetc condition. and because of the necessity Of
See DENTiST-page eight
Arkansas State press., 1950-08-18
Life At A Glance
BY Ray Lawrence

BY Ray Lawrence
The, following is an editorial in the
sun-Reporter of San Francisco West
Coast Negro Weekly on the conduct OF
Negroes on the streets and in the hall.
ways and street corners.
"Seventh Street in Oakland is the prn-
cipal Street on which Negro businesses are
located, as such 1t draws a greater number
Of our people there who congregate on its
corners and in its doorways.
At times It is downright disgusting to
walk long 1t. Women and Children have
to hear all sorts Of vulgar remarks and
profane utterances. Men are ashamed TO
bring their wives on the street
Something needs to be done about this
situation. A campaign should be started
by the citizens of Oakland to rectify this
Arkansas State press., 1950-08-18
news and Views

BY S. S. Taylor, Associate Editor
Churchgoers should supplement their
prayers with little rifle practice the Presi-
dent of the University of Tampa is reported
TO have said That is a way TO 60 TO he'll
quickly better make II big bazooka practice.
Why not make an American Foreign
Legion of desperate killers and send them TO
the Korean front They are needed there.
Fifty-three nations ordered North Korea
out of South Korea. If each of them sent only
one regiment, we would have three times
as many ground soldiers as now.
Sugar Ray defended his weteweight
championship and gave the proceeds to
charity Wonder II Jake Lamotta would give
Sugar Ray chance at the middleweight
championship on any terms?
A pharmacist charged by the dstin-
guished DR.. T. X. Lawless of Chicago with
filling prescriptions incorrectly is reported
TO have said, II gave him what | thought
the doctor wanted" He should have given
Arkansas State press., 1950-08-18

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, 1950-11-17
GLosTER CURRENT OF
GLosTER CURRENT OF
NAACP Issues Cal or
Members And Branches

NEW YORK-In an appeal to
persons interested in the program
of the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People
but presently not formally affiliat-
ed with the Association, Gloster
B. Current, NAACP director of
branches, today issued a call for
new members, and organization Of
new branches and youth councils
in Communities where local units
Of the Association do not now ex-
list.
SIN many communities a great
source of strength for A
program is untapped," Mr.. Current
said, "either because would-be
, 1950-11-17

members are unsolicited, or be-
cause former members have moved
from one community to another,
letting their memberships lapse in
the process. Chiefly, however, the
Association is missing this support
because no branches exist in parti-
cular communities and individuals
do not know how to go about
joining the NAACP."
The NAACP executive called up
on persons in such communities to
send their membership fees direct
ly to the Associations national Of
flee, 20 West 40th Street, New
York City. Calling for the immedi-
ate formation of branches in every
community where no active branch
currently exists, Mr.. Current ask
ed that interested citizens COM
municate with the national office
to secure information and assist
ance in organizing new branches
and youth councils
, 1950-11-17
AriZ. Votes For
Separate Schools

PHOENIX (ANP)- Citizens of
the state of Arizona solidly voted
against repeal of laws requiring
segregated schools for Negroes in
the state, but did elect two Ne
groes to the state legislature.
Not only are Negroes segregated
in many parts of this state, but
Spanish-Americans also are jim
crowed. In many communities in
the state the law is disregarded
, 1950-11-17
LINCOLN u. TO
DISCUSS AFRICA

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa.
(ANP)- Lincoln (Pa.) universe
ty will hold a conference on AT
rican Affairs on campus, Nov. IT
10 in connection with it's planned
new department of study, the In
stitute of African Studies.
Leaders from various fields OF
interest in America, Africa, and
the UN will attend the meeting
and discuss the various issues,
Most of the gatherings and discus
sions will be held in an informal
atmosphere.
, 1950-11-17
WRITER SAYS
Steamship Cruises Not
v.ten Open 10 Negroes

Two personable colored girls
wanted to go on a cruise last
September. 1t was one of the r.
day affairs that catch your eye
in the travel sections of our me-
tropolitan papers offered by the
Standard Fruit company. So they
went through the proper proceed
ure, called to inquire and were
given tentative reservations.
Then the tickets agent asked
that they call to be identified
and so forth. So when the gals
went down, they were given the
act there had been some
changes in the itinerary and there
would be a slight delay in the
tickets, however, they would get
them.
After two weeks of this run
around, n of the girls went to
the steamship office and put the
thing right up to the traffic a.
gent. He had an evasive reply,
but promised to have them in four
or five days.
When the young lady left the
steamship office, she accidently
bumped into Earl Brown, the city
councilman. Knowing MI. Brown,
she told him what had happened.
Mr.. Brown phoned the steamship
office and told them who he was
and where he could be contacted.
He wanted to know why the young
ladies were being given the old
pass-the-buck act.
Within two hours, the young
woman was called at her home anC
told that the tickets were there
awaiting a pickup.
Needless to say, the young
couple went on the cruise and haC
a wonderful time, but this they
learned. The careful steamship of
ficials phoned every person wht
had a reservation and told then
that two colored women wer,
going on the cruise. i. They wer'
asked if they had any objections
The rest of the passengers had n
objections. So the Captain wa
called. He was given the same in
formation and his reply was rs
what?"
, 1950-11-17
New Constitution
For Gold Coast
Called 'SCamble"

Of parliament, who recently con-
cLu1al a three weeks visit to the
God Coast, said here last month
that Britain's plan to turn over
control Of the colony to native At
r.c-.ls early next year is nothing
NOSE han a wild GAMBLE, that
Tile enTisioned self-government
may mean that the colony will be
ruled by Communists.
The observations were made by
WING Commander Godfrey Coop
et of The Socialist party and Capt.
David Gammans, Conservative
patty. They had gone to the Gold
Coast primarily to study labor
conditions.
Their views of the situation de-
velopiug in the Gold Coast just a
fe# months before the general
election under the new constitu-
ton mich will transfer substant-
iaI powers to African hands, were
summed up in these words:
"The Gold Coast is about to be
the scene of the greatest con-
stitutional experiment in the Bri-
fish colonial empire. Perhaps the
right word would be gamble,
since in no part Of the British en-
pire or on the Gold Coast itself
are there any facts to guide us as
to what may happen.
"Africans who as yet have hard
ly shown their ability to run a
village cooperative shop, an agri-
cultural bank or hold anything
except the most junior technical
position are suddenly to be en-
trusted with the running of the
Cold Coast.
added to this inexperience there
is the factor of corruption in ad
ministration for which thu
Gold Coast has an unenviable re
putation. The result of the remova
OF European supervision will b.
the danger of oppression of Afri
cans by Africans"
The gamble" in the situation
centeTs around the threat of XIV
anne Nkrum Convention
Peoples party taking over the
reins of government through brib
ely and intimidation.
Said the two MP's: "'The risk il
3. that the individual who shouts thu
loudest offers the most outrageou'
b1ibes and can produce the bes
organization to intimidate the be
wil3ered African, will top the poll
Unfortunately there is every indi
cation hat this is exactly what will
happen"
, 1950-11-17
WRITER SAYS
By Alvin White

NEW YORK (ANP)-If the in
ciaent8 weren't so tragic, they
would be extremely funny. When
Negroes attempt to buy tickets on
some steamship lines, the proce-
duHe is involved and intricate.
, 1950-11-17
BOOK REVIEW:
Who Who In
Co|ored U. S.A.
Good Reudinq

Reviewed By LUX Virgil Overbea
"Who's Who in Colored Ameri-
ca" edited by G. James Fleming
and Christian E. Bucket, Christian
E. Burckel and Associates, York
ers-on Hudson, N. Y, 648 PIP.
The new seventh edition of
"Who's Who in Colored America"
should be a welcome addition to
any good library. This book con-
tains more than 5000 biographies
of Negroes who are achieving in
America.
Edited by G.. James Fleming and
Christian E. Burckel, this volume
provides a ready reference for
any person wishing to know a
quick story about any particular
Negro.
Printed on thick, semi-smooth
paper, this book should wear well,
too. Utilizing the variatype pro-
cess, the book features large, easy
to read type.
For convenience "Who's Who"
has two indexes classifying persons
by occupation profession or in
terests any by geography. An add
ed feature of the volume is the
inclusion of pictures of many of
the persons featured.
On the merit side this book ap-
parently has stlyed itself after the
"Who's who in America" in the
quality of it's editing and reports.
1t promises to come out regularly,
thus filling a great need for per-
sons interested in Negro leaders.
The cover is an attractive green
with the name in the map of the
U. S. A. in gold. Featured on the
inside other covers are illustra-
tons of numerous phases Of Negro
life sketched by Jay Jackson.
AS may be expected in a work
of this kind, a number of persons
were left out, some of them by
neglect and others because they
refused to turn in interview
blanks.
Here and there, the book feat
ures a boner such as the leaving
out of Marian Anderson from the
list of concert singers in the class
ification section. Also, some Of the
persons contributing pictures OF
themselves could have forgotten
but in Phoenix is maintained the
only segregated senior high schoo
in the state.
Elected to the state Legislature
were Carl B. Simms and H. B
Daniels. Loser in a close race wa
Mrs. Emma Gardner.
Evening star., 1950-09-15

jacket lengths have gotten
longer and woolen cocktail
clothes with jeweled trims often
sleeveless or strapless and with a
small jacket. In Europe this type
outfit is a necessity. One can get
awfully chilled in those big. beau
tiful and cold houses.
We also liked the way violet
keeps cropping up trying to make
it's bid as the color or the season
;. teddy bear heeces done up in
great coats and the demure
touch of little velvet collars on
simple suits of flannel and tweed
:. Best of all, we like the way
Balenciaga defines the waistlines
on all of his designs.
Something we don't like in the
Paris collection is the lack of con-
tinuity in the presentation of the
clothes. No mood is established
as in an American showing. How
can there be when a beautiful
bridal gown appears and hot on its
heels as a follow-up comes a
skiing outfit?
Evening star., 1950-09-15
Use the Library

learn should have access, to such
sources. The library offers them
freely. Are the children taking
advantage of that Offering, are
they being encouraged, taught to
do SO?
Children will not go in search
of information unless they are
guided toward it. even pushed in
to it. When the teacher of his
tory, science, geography. literature.
assigns a lesson unit he should at
the same time give the pupils a
list of allied reading and tell them
where to find it. 1t doesn't do
much good to say, you'll find
something about this in the
library" Give the name of the
author, the title of the book and
do something more. Let the
librarian know that the class of
80 pupils will begin studying a
special unit of your subject on a
set day so that the books may
be handy and the library prepared
/ for the onslaught.
! OF course the teachers are ac-
quainted with the resources OF
the library, the school and the
public one as well, and plan with
the library for supplementary
reading. Parents and teachers
ought to build up the library ir
the consciousness of the schoo
children, the home and the com.
munity. It is the chief center OF
information for students, the
source of healthful recreation. II
is an invaluable asset to educa-
ton and culture.
Evening star., 1950-09-15

PARIS, France.-At a Paris
showing the chic and the not sc
chic sit together watching and
waiting to see what the designer
has to offer for the new season
Many men attend, and others
frequently ask at dinner or when
having an aperilif at sidewalk
cafe, What is new in the cou-
ture?"
From all over the world people
come to these seasonal Showings.
And America has her fair share
of representation in the many
buyers and manufacturers attend
ing. Regardless of whether an
entire silhouette, is copied or an
adaptation made-somewhere the
subtle imprint will be seen and
noted either in a new sleeve, col
lar, or even Just a different but
ton arrangement may be the result
Of the visit. to France.
At the Balenciaga showing I sat
next to Lily Pons, who told me
that he does a great many of her
tailored things. In Paris she also
Is partial to Jacques Faith and
Balmain. In New York it is
Charles James and Valentino
whom she feels Is very prophetic
and who does a great many OF
her costumes. Washington may
get a chance to see a few of her
Paris selections in April, when
she is planning to appear in con-
cert in our city.
Here, very briefly and in rather
Evening star., 1950-09-15
BY Angelo Potri

Are your children making gooc
use of the library. the one in the
school, the one in the public
square? The library is the source
of knowledge for school children
In the books assembled there they
can find all the facts they require
for study. all the inspiration they
need for further inquiry into the
how and the wfv. of things. And
they can find great joy in reading
the good books stored there.
The textbooks are necessarily
brief. The authors have to select
the facts they record and often a
host of interesting facts, sidelights
on the basic fact, give a fuller,
richer. more appealing picture of
the situation. Every textbook,
however complete, is enriched by
the reading of related books. The
librarian is expert in finding the
right one for the right place ano
the child who uses the library
service gets a more enlightened
view, a richer background and 6
more pertinent idea of the fact.
in question.
The libN,y holds books of ref.
erence that are usually too ex.
pensive for home use. Encyclo.
pedias, the Unabridged Diction
airy, aliases, Sandburg's Lincoln,
the important biographies, are OF
the library shelves at the chill.
dren's service. Few homes, com.
paratively, possess such books, ye
all school children who read tt
Evening star., 1950-09-15

/ diSjointed sentences foreign type
writer keyboards being as yet an
unn1astered art with me) is a bit
of Balenciaga's fashion philosophy
for fall:
The Holy Year has had a great
influence in many designs !.
ecclesiastic- looking floor length
capes with huge collars done up
in rich velvets tiny pillboxes
and beretas in red and black vel
vet minus trimmings F. double
sleeves shoulder-t to- shoulder
collars -. dripping lace trims
/. .give you a quick idea of what
to expect in that vein.
At Balenciaga's we liked the
pyramid cardigan type coats but
toning all the way to the hemline
the magnificent green tweed
coat with the giant self stole
fringed in brown to be draped as
you like it around the throat . E.
patterned silks Marco Polo
type hats the gray chinchilla
suit with the interesting button
work on it . a few of the lamp
shade or parachute skirt treat
ments for evening corduroy
coats the coin dot motif of
red, brown and black velvet on a
taffeta gown -. many of the un-
even hemlines -. the giant wool
stoles to wear over the simple and
elegant black suits Balenciaga has
made famous a lot of the
| fashion action going on in the
! jacket closings over the tummy
! via belled hiplines the way
Evening star., 1950-09-15

If you have been reading why
Grow Old?" this week you know
that I have been quoting DR.. Don
P. Morris, associate professor of
psychiatry at Southwestern Med
ical College in Dallas.
This is another thing he said,
ITO me, one of the vitally i'm
portant things about industrial
management in dealing with any
kind of problem concerning older
people is the fact that we have
become obsessed with a vicious
philosophy of fatality, a phil
osophy of expectancy of failure
beyond certain point and a be-
lief that the individual will de-
teriorate in performance and in
tellectual power. Such as phil
osophy certainly results in marked
insecurity on the part OF an older
person"
''It results in expectancy of
failure in the older person and
in the younger person who is deal
ing with the older person. What
is back of this philosophy?
"I think it is part of our overall
emphasis on material things. Let
me say at this point, lest it be
thought that I am opposed to
material things, that I have a
brand-new electric dishwasher
which I think is a very grand
thing. While 1 think a dish
washer in certain instances might
help a marital relationship, do
not think you can manage mar
riage entirely upon the basis of an
electric diShwasher.
Before quoting DR.. Morris fur
ther, am going to emphasize
again a philosophy which this
column has been promoting for
year" The expectancy of aging.
the tear of being middle-aged,
ages women long before it is
necessary. They think old, they
feel that they are old, therefore,
they act old and actually grow
old more rapidly. With this in
mind I hope you will read the
following carefully.
DR.. Morris says, 1--WE talk ali the
time about spiritual values versus
material values, about mind versus
body. 1t should not be anything.
1t should be mind plus body,
spiritual plus material.
Evening star., 1950-09-15
Why Grow OId7
Happiness May Be Best Pill

Our attitude toward aging in
medicine has put an overem-
phaSis on the anatomical factors
of aging. We have thought only
of the anatomical changes and
have assumed that certain other
changes. would take place as a re-
suit. An actual study of this has
shown that we were not correct in
our assumption. I am not denying
the reality of the anatomical
changes but I am saying that they
are only a part of the realities
which you and I live with; a part
of the overall picture.
VERY careful memory tests
have been made on hospital
patients with hardening of the
arteries and on people with similar
hardening of the arteries who
were out of hospitals. The tests
showed that there was an equal
loss of memory in both groups. It
must be concluded therefore that
there was some other factor keep
ing some people out of hospitals
and making others go to hospitals.
"I think it is our general con-
clusion' that the factors which
sent these people to hospitals were
not solely anatomical changes but
largely social factors and diff
culties in personal relationships
at home"
There you have it-medical
support for the idea that the
human race is knocking itself ou,
with frictions, emotional tensions
and worry. and that happiness is
perhaps the best medicine of all!
Don't waste your health and your
life on petty frictions.
Evening star., 1950-09-15
By Borboro Bell

Created especially to slim and
trim the more mature figure, this
two-piece dress has that unclut-
tered air women demand. A
pretty yoke treatment gives need
ed fulness at the top; the skirt is
smoothly paneled.
Barbara Bell sew-rite perfo-
rated pattern No. 1910 is designed
for sizes 36, 38, 40, AZ, A, 46, 48, so
and So. Size 38, short sleeve, re-
quires 53s yards of 35 or 80 inch
material.
For this pattern, send 25 cents
in coins, your name. address. pat
tern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell, The Washington
Star. Post Office Box SO, Station
G, New York 19. N. Y.
Evening star., 1950-09-15
Dessert Treat

For a company dessert treat
fill a baked nine-inch pie shell
with a quart of firm vanilla ice
cream and top with sweetened
quick-frozen strawberries or rasp-
berries; serve at once.
Evening star., 1950-09-15

spoon of this dry mixture, add Q
tablespoon of vinegar, 2 table,
spoons of olive oil and mix az
usual. If you like herbs you can
add your favorites (dried) to the
dry mixture when you make It up.
Evening star., 1950-09-15
IQuick French Dressing

From a famous hostess in
Georgetown comes this recipe for
a quick French dressing:
Measure into a jar that has a
good screw top, the following:
Two tablespoons sugar, 2 table
spoons salt, 4 teaspoons mustard,