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¡■f# <m í Negro Imagines Himself White CHICAGO — (ANP) — A rticles by w hites on th e subject of w h at th e y w ould do if th e y w ere col ored have m ade th e ir ap p earance a t ra th e r freq u en t in terv als d u r ing th e past y ear or so, b u t few N egroes have speculated on w h at th ey w ould do if th e y w ere w hite. W riting in th e Ja n u a ry issue of N ew V istas m agazine, an in te r racial digest, Alonzo V. M ercer, a N egro social w o rk er in Chicago and a m em ber of th e New V istas staff, has set fo rth his ideas on w h a t he w ould do if he w ere w hite. A pproaching th e subject from the p o in t of view of enlightened self-interest, M ercer w rites: “If I w ere w hite, I w ould be conscious of th e historical fact th a t th e p res e n t favorable position of th e w hite group is of com parative recen t origin. O ther races and peoples (E gyptians, E thiopians, Chinese, etc.) had created g re a t civiliza tions w hile E urope w as still a fo rest and A m erica w as y et u n d ream ed of.” “T his consciousness,” he con tinues. w ould lead him to in v esti gate “the social, economic and po- li ical forces th a t precip itated th e dow nfall of these once m ighty pow ers so th a t th e ir m istakes m ight be avoided in th e w orld of today. . . . I w ould n e v er forget th a t m y country w as settled by oppressed people from all p >rts of th e w orld w ho sought and found h ere freedom from th e ir political, I religious, economic and racial p e r secutions. I w ould also rem em ber th a t all of th em now enjoy first-class citizenship ex cep t the Negro. “F u rth erm o re, if I w ere w hite, I w ould oppose th e few , w ith all the pow er th a t I could m uster, w ho p ro fit b y racism an d h a te ,” and “I w ould refrain from te a c h ing my children to be ‘little nazis’ by h ating others, b u t . . . I w ould bring th em u p to resp ect an d deal fairly an d ju stly w ith all people regardless of race, color, or eco nomic tsa tu s.” Ben Carter's Mother Passes HOLLYW OD— (A NP) — Clos ing th e care e r of one of th e most v ib ra n t an d genial m o th ers of a sopia film celebrity, Mrs. Alm a C arter, m o th er of Ben C arter, passed Ja n u a ry 16, at F t. M adi son, la. A rran g em en ts w ere m ade at once to ship th e body h e re for in term en t. B en w as ju s t p re p a r ing to fly to h e r bedside w h en the new s w as flashed to his b eau tifu l home in fam ed “S ugar H ill.” z Mrs. C a rte r w as su rv iv ed b y a n u m b er of o th er relativ es besides Ben w ho has recen tly re tu rn e d from an eastern trip w ith his p artn er, M antan M oreland. She took ill a t th e hom e of h e r d au g h ter, A lm a, w hom she w ent to visit from h e r hom e h ere six m onths ago. T h ere w ere also tw o sisters residing here, Miss A lb erta C ar te r and Mrs. F ay W ilkup. AUNT STELLA * i SU P K N O W 4 ÏV FRY TM IU G / SNE KNOWS iVERVTHIKIO/- ALL RIGHTS ReSERVEOR.E ftTI-GIBBON In th is curious world of ours, nothing’s quite so ¡uii>lucal.!c i-. stubborn fa c t—practically the only thing of which Science M a n n s is awe. B efore fact, brave men quail; free men bow' the subm issive knee. W asn’t it Huxley who prayed, “God give me stre n g th to fare a fa c t though it slay m e!” ? Y et fa c t m eans nothing to a wuoum! Know ing her sup erio rity to tem poral and sp a tia l relationship«, she refu ses to budge. T hough a tem pest of precedent ra g e about her, she sta n d s suprem e and alone—of all sen tien t beings— rem ains u n fettered and unafraid. JIan, on the co n trary , m ust anchor him self to som ething tan g ib le: m ust be perm itted to rem ain som ew here in the vicinity of infallibility. He mus have in sta n t access to th a t which a n ted ates experience and supersides reason: m ust be privileged at leant to handle the key it; knowledge. He m ust be able to avail him self of, or have :ec.; r e to, t ome unfailing solvent for all difficulties. In sh o rt, he n r t hav r-ia n . And, la! we give her to him here in these columns. i . . c r Aur.f S .e lia: In spite of < verything, I’m losing my girlish ~.t e and iv.y h air Tepidly is tu rn - in. g grey. W hat would you advise me to do? R esentful. R esentful: Relax. As Dorothy Canfield has observed, “One of the m any thin g s nobody ever tells you about middle age is th a t i t ’s such a nice change from being young.” A unt (On The Mend) Stella. * * • Pag« Saran PORTLAND INQUIRER Friday. February 1, 1946 1 m do som ething wrong, e ith e r M am ma or Papa is sure to find it out! Too Much M ustard. Too Much M u stard : W hy change it? Only th a t kid is unlucky whose p a ren ts never know. A unt (G uardian A ngel) Stella. * * * D ear A unt S te lla : M amma told P apa th a t his conduct filled her with "rig h teo u s indignation.” W hat kind of stu ff is th a t? Divorce Orphan. Divorce O rphan: I t ’s g e ttin g mad uselessly—but w ithout loss of dig nity. A unt (N ote Of P ro te st) Stella. D ear Aunt S tella: I ’m told th a t every d ictato r had a slogan fo r his arm y. W hat was M ussolini’s ? Boy Scout. Boy Scout: “ Don’t shoot, men, tell you see the w hite of th eir * . . fla g s !” A unt (K nife In The Back) Dear A unt S te lla : W hat do you Stella. j think of a wom an who baw ls out * * • her husband in a crowded nig h t- D ear A unt S tella: W hy do lots j sp o t? Henpecked. of rour-pusses recom mend church H enpecked: T h at she’s living her m em bership so h ig h ly ? Ready For priv ate life in public. A unt (Tim e A nything. To R etire) Stella. F.tady For A nything: Because * * • even though the church doesn’t D ear A unt S tella: I ’ll die if I keep people from com m itting m ost of the sins in the calendar, it does don’t g e t a little sleep— but have prevent them from g e ttin g very th ree m arriag eab le d a u g h t e r s much fun out of it. A unt (M isery whose beaux hang around the ’ use till all hours of the m orning. Loves Com pany) Stella. hout u p se ttin g the apple c a rt, . . . i , .v can I p u t these boys wise to D ear Aunt S te lla : I understand the situ atio n ? A uctioneer. th a t i t ’s a g ain st th e rules, but if A uctioneer- W hy not em broider she w ere a man I’d knock her block off. W h at’s the best way to fig h t | a companion piece fo r the “ God i Bless Our H om e” sign in the p a r a w om en? King Kong. lo r? Have it read, "L eave And K ing Kong: W ith your h a t: grab L et Live”. A unt (G entle Rem ind it and run. A unt (S elf P re se rv a e r) Stella. tion) Stella. * * * • * • D ear A unt S tella: I had a dream D ear A unt S te lla : My doctor about H itler, la s t nig h t, and every says th a t I have pneum onia. Isn ’t th in g was com plete except an epi it tru e , though, th a t p a tie n ts som e tap h fo r his gravestone. Can you tim es die of som ething else even su g g est one ? S harpshooter. though th eir physicians prescribe S h arp sh o o ter: “ This, definitely, fo r pneum onia? U ncertain. is m y la st te rrito ria l dem and. ’ U n certain : N ot any m ore; when A unt (D ust To D ust) Stella. a doctor prescribes fo r pneum onia, • * * the p a tie n t dies of pneumonia. D ear A unt S te lla : In the few est A unt (N o Guess W ork) Stella. w ords, how would you describe a * * * diving Venus in d aring costum e? Dear A unt S tella: W hat, in the Budding A uthor. opinion of experts, is the m ost Budding A u th o r: I ’d borrow a m arvelous th in g about wom an? p h rase from Vogue. “ She wore a C an’t Think of A nything Else. bath in g suit th a t fitted her like a C an’t Think Of A nything E lse: sunburn.” A nt (R evealing) Stella. Patience. Doesn’t it tak e the av er • ♦ * age woman a t lea st tw enty-five D ear A unt S tella: Do you be years to teach a m an how to be m arried ? A unt (Bronco B uster) lieve in capital punishm ent? L eg islator. Stella. • • • L egislator: Yes—if it isn’t too I A u n t (E asy Does It) Itea'r Aunt S tella: How can I severe. Stella. change my luck? E very tim e I No, M aggie, R. I. P. on tom bstones doesn’t mean R eturn If Possible. m ade for any A frican em ploye. D espite th e hazards entailed in a p ro ject w hich m ight resu lt in in ju ry or d eath a t any m om ent, no A frican w orker is insured. T hey By JACOB BROWNE w ork at th e ir ow n risk w ithout MONROVIA— (A N P) — L ib e r hope of a tom orrow . 6. A foreign em ploye driving a ian w o rk ers w ho w alk ed out of th e offices, from th e field, and E uclid tru ck is paid $2.08 per th e cam p of th e R aym ond C on hour, w hile a L iberian perform crete P ile com pany and th e U n it ing th e sam e task receives $1.25 ed S tates navy, co n tracto rs for p er day, and th a t is th e m axim um th e b uilding of a p o rt and h arb o r h e can receive a t any tim e. T he at M onrovia, have a long list of h ig h est paid L iberian m echanic receives only $1.50 per day. grievances. F or a long tim e th e a tte n tio n 7. The unskilled w orkers su f of th e com pany e ith e r directly or fe r a g reater disadvantage for b e in d irectly h as been called to th e ing illiterate, no one pays a tte n in ad eq u a te w age scale paid L i tio n to th e ir plea. T hey are fired b erian em ployes b u t no reaction on th e flim siest p re te x t w ithout has ev e r been forthcom ing. The notice, and som etim es w ithout pay. T here is no w ay of b rin g dem ands bro u g h t fo rw ard are: 1. Revision of w ages: th e con ing this to the atten tio n of a n y te n tio n in th is is th a t th e p resen t one. If he is short-paid and m akes in eq u ality existing in th e w age in q u iry at th e pay office, he is scale of th e local clerical and fired and paym ent of am ount due technical m em bers of th e staff as alread y w orked for denied him . com pared v ' h A m ericans and These are som e of th e grounds fo reigners from o th e r countries for th e strike. A lthough the la should n o t ex ist beyond 20 p er borers are exposed to every im cent allow ance for overseas se r aginable hazard and risk, the vices, an d an a d ju stm e n t in th a t w age scale does not exceed 24 light should be effective as from cents per day. T heir w ork in th e first of D ecem ber. cludes w orking u n d er steel cranes 2. A lthough th e law s of L ib e r w h ere one slip w ould m ean th e ia p rovide for a 48-hour w eek, y et end of th eir existence; drilling, L ib erian s are re q u ired to p u t in prep arin g dynam ite blasts, etc. up to 84 hours a w eek w ith p a y D rivers receive no m ore th an m ent of overtim e. T hey are m ade $1.25 per day, and this tak es in to w ork on S u n d ay s an d holidays d riv in g heavy d u n ty trucks of w ith o u t an y e x tra consideration. fifteen and tw en ty tons. It is A m ericans and o th e r foreigners rep o rted th a t a fte r driving one of em ployed receive ov ertim e pay th ese trucks for th ree days, a L i re g u la rly in a d d itio n to th e ir b erian d riv er took sick and vom it ed blood, for this w as his com fab u lo u s pay. 3. M edical atte n tio n : U nder the pensation for $1.25 per diem. The p resen t system , local personnel sam e tru ck d riv en by w hite em w ho su stain in ju rie s only on the ployes, the ra te paid them is job a re en title d to m edical a tte n $2.04 per hour. tion. In th e case of a foreign In th e clerical staff, no L ib e r em ploye, m edical a tte n tio n — and ian receives h ig h er th a n $125 th e best of th a t— is g iven fo r any m onthly: th e pay ranges from com p lain t except v e n ereal d is $25 to $125 an d only tw o L ib er ease. A lthough a m ost m odern ian s in the clerical staff receive a hospital has been erected on th e sm all m argin over $100 m onthly. camp, y e t L ib erian s a re refused No L iberian technican is paid ov e n tran ce th e re in an d m u st confine e r $300 although an im ported A m them selves to a w a rd in one of erican tim ekeeper and general th e hospitals in th e city. H ardly c lerk is started w ith $300 plus any a tte n tio n is given to th e com o vertim e and e x tra privileges; n p lain ts of th e w o rk e rs of the foreign tim ek eep er’s incom e e x co m p an y ’s doctor, for, being a ceeds th a t of a qualified local foreigner, his in te re st is only in technician. th e w elfare of th e foreign p erson W ith th e presence of R ear nel. A lthough :t w as suggested to Adm. H enry F. B urns, chief of the com pany fo r provision to be th e A tlantic operations of th e b u m ade in th e ir hosp ital for th e re a u of y ards an d docks, and W. A frican staff, th is w as flatly d e V. McMonimon, vice president n ied by th e com pany. and gen eral m an ag er of the R ay 4. C anteen p rivileges: All su p m ond C oncrete P ile com pany, an plies from th e can te en are im opportu n ity is given th em to look ported into L ib eria d u ty free, b u t into th e inequalities being p ra c sold only to w h ite em ployes. This ticed on L iberian lab o r by the p rivilege is denied A frican w o rk com pany here. ers alth o u g h th e c o n tract g ran ts L ib erian s w elcom e concessions th e rig h t to a ll em ployes of th e and en terp rises into th e ir country com pany. F oreign em ployes of at an y tim e, if it w ould insure to th e com pany have th e advantage th e good of th e masses. T his of being ex em p ted from th e p a y p ractice of giving no protection, m ent of visas, p e rm it of re si o r consideration to L ib erian labor dence, and d u ty free on all goods has been going on w ith all fo r im ported in to th e country. By eign concerns here. A t F irestone, denying can teen p rivileges to A f w here th e L iberian W age law is rican w orkers, th e y en jo y a n o th er n o t in operation, w orkers a re rig h t of pu rch asin g articles at tre a te d like ch atties by th e ir cost price, w h ilst o th e r em ployes w ould-be w h ite m asters. T hey have to g et th ese articles a t a u tte r th e ir com plaints b u t th ey h ig h er price inclusive of d u ty alw ays fall on d eaf ears. T i e r e charges and th e percen tag e al su lt is th a t although a Hydro lowed. electric p lant is in operation over 5. No in surance coverage is th e e n tire F iresto n e area, y et Af- Labor Strikers List Grievances Other Soldiers Cleric Fired for Besides Negroes Blasting Jim Crow Sow 'Wild Oats' NEW YORK — (A NP) — Proof th a t N egro soldiers w ere not alone in sow ing “w ild o ats” w hile stationed in foreign countries cam e from C anada last w eek in the innum erable cases of B ritish w om en attem p tin g to enforce a f filiation orders against C anadian soldiers, form erly stationed in the B ritish em pire. M any of th e C anadian soldiers have since been discharged and have retu rn ed to th e ir hom es in the Domiinion. A ction in behalf of th e w om en w as advocated by Mr. P ark er, u n d er-secretary for the D om inions, and o th er m em bers of the C anadian parliam ent. A ffiliation o rd ers have been m ade against 446 C anadian sold iers, P a rk e r revealed, and p ay m ents w ere being m ade in only 163 cases. T he rem ain in g 283 cases show ed d elin q u en t p ay m ents. He said th a t “th ere is a good deal of feeling in th e co u n try on the question. We at th e D om in ions office have gone into the m a tie r and w e also feel strongly about it. We are exam ining the problem w ith th e C anadian a u th o rities and w ill do our very best to see w h a t action can be ta k en .” D uring th e last four or five years, a large n u m b er of C hinese .have m arried B ritish w om en in Liverpool E ngland, and hav e left them w ith tw o or th re e children, revealed Mrs. B raddock, another m em ber of P arliam ent.T hese m en re tu rn e d to th e ir hom e ports and the w ives are left w ith o u t any chance of g ettin g m aintenance m oney from them . A m erican new sp ap er accounts have em phasized th e involve m ent of N egro soldiers in w a r tim e rom ances and m arriages w ith foreign w om en, w ithout telling about th e “w ild o ats” sowed by soldiers of other groups. rican w orkers are denied pow er therefrom . A lthough hom es (?) are erected fo r A frican em ployes, y e t th e w orst foreign-occupied hom e on the p lan tatio n s is im m easurably b e tte r th a n the best hom e occupied by an A frican em ploye S O M E T H IN G N . W illia m s A v e . a n d T illa m o o k D ire c tly a c ro s s fro m W illi a m s A ve. USO C H O IC E FOO D — F O U N T A IN O p en 10 A . M. t o 12 M id n ig h t M rs. M a r y P r o c to r , P ro p . P h o n e M U 9769 GOODMAN & BADER Jewelers S . W . W a s h in g t o n P o r t la n d , DUDE RANCH and His Great Recording Orchestra — FLOOR SHOW NIGHTLY — LEVTON'S MARKET S h o p p in g C enter” G r o c e r ie s - P r n i t s - M e a ts V e g e t a b le s W e lco m e s M o n ta v llla T ra d e C or. 8 2 n d a n d N . E . G L IB A N Open Daily from 12 Noon Til 2 A. M. E le ctric C ookers C h ristm a s T ree L ights com plete P re ss u re C ookers Send Stamped Moturn Invefope for Prices JOSEPH WINKLER & CO. 6 6 7 -6 7 1 N O . CLARK STRU T Dept. OOOO CH ICA G O 10. 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E loquently pointing out th e in justices to N egroes, th e w hite cleric d ared to say: “W e call ourselves C hristians, b u t o u r com fortable hom es, our fine cars, yes, even our sons and d au g h ters education a re financed very largely by N egro labor, w hom w e daily ch eat by paying him a w age th a t b a re ly enables him to eke o u t a physical e x ist ence. “C an’t w e u n d erstan d th a t th e righteous hand of ju s t retrib u tio n is sure to fall h eavily upon u s b e cause of th is w icked an d vicious policy?” he asked. T he dynam ic p asto r’s "strange gospel” w as overh eard by a c iti zen h ere enroute to church. S tu n ned by th e courage of th e progres sive m in ister to p reach th e tru th , he stopped to listen to th e rem ain der of th e serm on, w hich lasted 40 m inutes. He m issed reg u lar services a t his ow n church. T he bishop a rriv ed in tow n th e sam e w eek and th e d arin g m in ister was tran sferred to an u n know n assignm ent. 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