approved by the Defense Sec-
contains little new it does in-
inally recommended by Lester
elson in his monograph. It's a

nity Lobby-Elmer Henderson)
tory Aid-to-Education bill, Vir-
rept along with its crippling
mony continued on Health bills
of Chl, among others, due to

ington and his GOP's needed
do," and "the Administration is

Its case histories and compelling
photos tell of a seven-year effort
by folks in the neighborhood in
Chicago to do something about
their running-wild kids. It may
not convince you there's no such
thing as a bad boy, but it will
prove there's no delinquency sit-
tuation completely hopeless. Its
pattern fits any town. (Address
the Southside Community Com-
mittee, 3458 S. State st.)

als who fight the good fight be-
have exposed a plan to deny

ole story in this small space. In
the Civil Service Commission
a committee (non-government-
rate and dismiss government
made up of three members of
which bars Negroes from mem-
be influenced by ABA and one

concerned are trial examiners
the National Labor Relations
Commission, etc. It happens
gate government decisions are
irious agencies.

nd nearly all Jewish examiners
or raiters leading to dismissal,
or their classes in school are nev-
er exam as trial examiner, their
with ease.

have been no Negro applicants.
the American Bar Association
to them. There is no appeal or
American Bar Association in-

tities are being effectively shut
that concern them most. Noth-
ay you insist.

Memphis marked "beginning of
a new era for 170 Negro families"
when the Vandalla Homes were
opened by Commissioner Richards
of Fed. Housing Admin. The Con-
missioner in his speech skipped
reference to vicious zoning, quot-
ed usual figures showing Negro
housing needs, but ended on hap-
py note that it's easier now to get
Negro housing financed.

y

n D. C. June 16-18. They have
intend to work and not play,
groups to provide social enter-
couraged. They mean business.
The organization to survive
ing to its members. With most
worried about rising costs and
the time.

ational Safety Council will give
her publishing on or about June
limited at reducing the July 4th
to 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago.
in (Cecil Newman) scored with
ennial Edition on May 27. It is
in North-West, The Sun-Reporter
ging Ed) is doing two-color ads

for the Defender on the West
ment information service in D.
Press Club and wife of Assi-
t. Frisco.
Gras for charity, the cooking
apers, the awards for work well
combined to make the public
more than something you buy
is the Negro Press' best year.

## Things I Like About Chicago
I Like, And What I Don't, I Don't

THEY call Chicago the "Windy City." It blows
whole sheets of newspapers up and down
the streets, and dust, is cold in' winter, hot in
summer, and never just a breeze. It's a wind!
I don't like it!

Chicago is the railroad center of America. No
other city in the world has as many railroad
stations, and nobody ever knows from what
station which train leaves. It ought to have one
big central Union Station, but it does not. So
many stations nobody should like!

Paris, London, New York and Buenos Aires
have rapid transit subway systems. Chicago is
as large, but it has only street cars, elevated
trains, busses, and the I.C. railroad. To get any-
where from anywhere, you have to change at
least once or twice and it takes a long time.
Chicago's transportation systems I do not like.

Chicago's street cars pick up quicker and run
faster than any cars on earth, which is fine. But
some you enter at the front, some in the middle,
and some at the rear. A man never knows which
end of a Chicago car to run toward and, often,
before you find out the car is gone. Nobody
likes to be left standing at the corner. I don't!

Downtown on Michigan Boulevard, I like
Roosevelt College. And I would like the won-
derful shops nearby. If I had more money,
especially the men's shops which are among the
best in America. Even broke, I still like them.

On the colored Southside, there are many
things I like, for instance:

JITNEYS — thrilling, convenient, talkative,
end ever at hand. Their drivers are speed de-
mons, adding excitement to life. I love those
jitneys!

PARKWAY COMMUNITY HOUSE, the larg-
est Negro community house in the world, which
Horace Cayton made famous, and where Faith
Jones now continues to carry on a stimulating,
varied and worthy service ranging from games
for kids in the basement to Sartre's "No Exit"
in the Skyloft.

FARMER'S RESTAURANT on East 61st near
South Park, whose "Negro cuisine" is excellent
and whose waitresses are young, sweet, and
courteous, and where there is always on the
menu a down-home dish such as Boiled Ham
and String Beans with a big slice of onion on the
side.

ALONG THE NEGRO NEWS FRONT, Oscar
Brown's 7 a.m. radio program which is the best
of its kind I've heard anywhere.

THE PALM TAVERN, where celebrated se-
pians in big cars stop for drinks.

EBONY'S handsome, modernistic new office
to be house-warmed soon.

ARCHIBALD CAREY and his Woodlawn
A.M.E. Church.

MARTIN'S above 63rd on Cottage, where the
frogs' legs are delicious.

WASHINGTON PARK with its pool, lake
and acres of grass for kids to play.

LIL PALMER beating out her slow-drag
chants and syncopating "Trees" at Pitt's Pub
off Drexel Square.

THE HALL BRANCH LIBRARY whose Ne-
gro book collection is excellent and whose li-
brarians are charming.

FREDDIE HOLMES COMBO with Little Miss
Sharecropper playing old-time blues at the
Blue Dahlia.

THE HOT TAMALES the pushcarts sell.

ST. EDMUND'S very beautiful church.

HINDU drumming like mad at the Macomb
with a good little group who raise a boppish fog

DESTINATION FREEDOM, Richard Dur
ham's stirring Sunday morning radio drama of
Negro history.

Al BROWN'S COMBO and their bar-walking
music at the Bon Aire Lounge where you can
hear some of the best midnight rhythms in the
West, where the patrons holler-out loud, and the
musicians jump off the band stand to walk up
and down the bar. Frantic, Jack, frantic.

THAT LITTLE RECORD SHOP on the wes
tide of South Parkway just above 47th where
they have all the best in hot jazz and don't mine
bringing out piles of platters for you.

MARION PERKIN'S sculptures which would
decorate any living room handsomely and in
which, now that almost everybody has a new
car, it should be an artistic pleasure for monet-
Southerns to invest — since art and Cadillac
ought to go together.

And last, but far from least, MAHALI!
JACKSON, who can out-sing an angel when it
comes to gospel songs. These are a few of the
things I like about the Windy City.

## Presentation Of Abbott Award
Renews Faith In Administration

Thomasina Johnson of US Em-
ployment Service returned to her
Washington desk from a long tour
of duty on the West Coast to find
her annual rating "Excellent." She
could point to conclusion of first
working agreement between USES
and the Urban League. She is too
excited to tell about it coherently,

MANY times I have been in the President's
office at the White House. Most of those
visits were made during the administration of
the great Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Each time
I went there, I got a new surge of faith and de-

John Sengstacke, now editor and publisher of
the Defender.

There in the executive offices of the Whit
House. I again felt that surge of faith and de-

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CHICAGO DEFENDER

LANGSTON HUGHES

THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT CHICAGO
I LIKE, AND WHAT I DON'T. I DON'T.

They call Chicago the "Windy City". It's a wind. I don't like it!
It blows whole sheets of newspapers up and down the streets, and dust,
is cold in winter, hot in summer, and never just a breeze.

Paris, London, New York and Buenos Aires have rapid transit subway
systems. Chicago is as large, but it has only street cars, elevated
trains, buses, and the I.C. railroad. To get anywhere from anywhere you
have to change at least once or twice and it takes a long time. Chicago's
transportation systems I do not like.

Chicago's street cars pick up quicker and run faster than any cars
on earth, which is fine. But some you enter at the front, some in the
middle, and some at the rear. A man never knows which end of a Chicago
car to run toward and, often, before you find out the car is gone. No-
body likes to be left standing at the corner. I don't!

Downtown on Michigan Boulevard, I like Roosevelt College. And I
would like the wonderful shops nearby if I had more money, especially
the men's shops which are among the best in America. Even broke, I
still like them.

Up on the colored Southside, there are many things I like, for
instance:

JITNEYS--thrilling, convenient, talkative, and ever at hand.

THE THINGS I LIKE--2

Their drivers are speed demons adding excitement to life. I love those jitneys!

PARKWAY COMMUNITY HOUSE, the largest Negro community house in the world, which Horace Cayton made famous, and where Faith Jones now continues to carry on a stimulating, varied and worthy service ranging from games for kids in the basement to Sartre's "No Exit" in the Skyloft.

FARMER'S RESTAURANT on East 61st near South Park whose "Negro cuisine" is excellent and whose waitresses are young, sweet, and courteous, and where there is always on the menu a down-home dish such as Boiled Ham and String Beans with a big slice of onion on the side.

ALONG THE NEGRO NEWS FRONT, Oscar Brown's ? A.M. radio program which is the best of its kind I've heard anywhere.

THE PALM TAVERN where celebrated sepians in big cars stop for drinks.

EBONY'S handsome, modernistic new offices to be house-warmed soon.

MARTIN'S above 63rd on Cottage where the frogs legs are delicious.

WASHINGTON PARK with its pool, lake, and acres of grass for kids to play.

THE HALL BRANCH LIBRARY whose Negro book collection is excellent and whose librarians are charming.

THE HOT TAMALE'S the pushcarts sell.

St. EDMUND'S very beautiful church.

HINDU drumming like mad at the Macomba with a good little group who raise a boppish fog.

THINGS I LIKE--3

DESTINATION FREEDOM, Richard Durham's stirring Sunday morning radio
drama of Negro history.

AL BROWN'S COMBO and their bar-walking music at the Bon Aire Lounge
where you can hear some of the best midnight rhythms in the West, where
the patrons holler outloud, and the musicians jump off the band-stand to
walk up and down the bar. Frantic, Jack, Frantic!

THAT LITTLE RECORD SHOP on the west side of South Parkway just above 47th where they have all the best in hot jazz and don't mind bringing out piles of platters for you.

MARION PERKIN'S sculptures which would decorate any living room
handsomely and in which, now that almost everybody has a new car, it
should be an artistic pleasure for monied Southsiders to invest---since
art and Cadillacs ought to go together.

And last, but *far from least*, MAHALIA JACKSON, who can out-sing
an angel when it comes to gospel songs. These are a few of the things I
like about the Windy City.

CHICAGO DEFENDER

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LANGSTON HUGHES

THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT CHICAGO
I LIKE, AND WHAT I DON'T, I DON'T

They call Chicago Xthe"Windy City". It is: I don't like it's wind. It blows whole sheets of newspapers up and down the streets, and dust, and is cold in winter, and hot in summer, and is almost never just a breeze. It's a wind.

They say Chicago is the railroad center of America. It is: I never saw any other city in the world with as many railroad stations, and nobody ever knows from which station which train leaves. It ought to have one big central Union Station, It does not. I don't like so many stations. nobody should like it.

Paris, London, New York and Buenos Aires have rapid transit subway systems. Chicago is just about as large, but it has only street cars and elevated trains, buses and the I.C. railroad. To get anywhere from anywhere you usually have to change at least once or twice and it takes a long time. I don't like Chicago's transportation systems. I do not like it.

Chicago's street cars pick up train quicker and run faster than any cars on earth, which I like. But some you enter at the front, some in the middle, and some at the rear. You never know which end of a Chicago car to run toward and, often, before you find out the car is gone. Nobody likes to be left standing at the corner. I don't.

THINGS I LIKE---3

WASHINGTON PARK with its pool, lake, and acres of grass where kids may play.

her slow-dragons charters

LIL PALMER MIMICS beating out her blues and syncopating "Trees" at Pitt's Pub off Drexel Square.

THE HALL BRANCH LIBRARY whose librarians are charming, and Negro whose/book collection is excellent, and

AL BROWN'S COMBO with Little Miss Sharecropper playing old-time blues at the Bon Aire Lounge.

Bon Aire

THE HOT TAMALES the pushcarTs sell.

HINDU drumming like mad with a good little group at the Macomba whose name is nowhere in evidence but who raise a boppish fog.

DESTINATION FREEDOM, Richard Durham's stirring Sunday Morning radio drama of Negro personalities and history.

AL BROWN'S COMBO and their bar-walking music at the BonAire Aire Lounge where you can hear some of the best midnight rhythms in the West, where the patrons holler outloud, and the musicians jump off the bandstand to walk up and down the bar. Frantic, Jack, frantic!

THAT LITTLE RECORD SHOP on the west side of South Parkway just above 47th where they have all the best in hot jazz and don't mind bringing out the piles of platters for you.

And last, but *far* *from* *least*, MAHALIA JACKSON, who can out-sing an angel when it comes to gospel songs.

These are just a few of the things I like about the Windy City.

-II-

CHICAGO DEFENDER

June 18/49

LANGSTON HUGHES

JITKEYS--thrilling, convenient, talkative, and ever at hand.

THE THINGS I LIKE--2

ALONG THE NEGRO NEWS FRONT, Oscar Brown's 7 A.M. radio program which is the best of its kind I've heard anywhere.

THINGS I LIKE--3