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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,
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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
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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.
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PORTLAND INQUIRER
Friday. February 1, 1946
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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BROW NSVILLE, T enn.—(A NP)
— A w hite M ethodist p reach er
w ho told his congregation about
th e evils of D ixie racism has been
fired. The nam e of th e daring
m in ister is rep o rted to be Rev.
Thomas.
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
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