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Begara with this BY J. A. ROGERS THE NEGBO Eingar Is tradition acccaad to none in this country. Back in the days when pmitanka hCTg liko pall from "Mafn to Georgia he was the one bright and cheerful ray. Negro eong, music and laughter helped to ease the burdens of the white pio neer waen tne naroesr work in the building of America was Deing done.

jubm nrcoa, uu iiirtorin. rrtUfix or th Negro who tised to ateg en tha North ra street In yemjsmZa rraxklia'a Urn. nU: TODAY'S BY A. H. FIELDS chanical tech r.

sA rtictan and the r', A 1 1 osphy of making a living ,7 rlAMlv rnnnrrl. closely connect will be th outlawing of Negro! music and then oars by whit 1 wlth Negro theme ruch as debt rtll VntnrVv ow to th Horn. Dont say It cant happen Jolly, nere. We have a million Goetobels. imnMuMi i acti a and potential.

In thia coun dUpensable Ne aBd the songs of Heinle are taboo gro! AH but the Jin Germany because Mendelssohn tradition ef jol Helnia were Jews. .1 llty would have COURSE tha removal of the mA tV. land lonr aro "a aMas4 but lean musio would be like taking for him. lie the red corpuscles from the biooo. a broad grin on Only a pallid, corpse like thing tha face of tha would remain.

But this music country 'could be doctored and tha Negro Jim Crow, at, deprived of credit. Several lngen Sta worst, would articles have already appeared 'usually relax for; to prove that Negro musio was not the Negro xnin Nerro but Italian or something BtreL Booker T. Washington once else, aald that he envied Bert Williams because, while be had to fight and ABOUT W. HANDY rlr, all that wuuama mow oo, Rill fftAW uv.vau vwiK akuu it 2ur7t. Year a of W.

Handy, greatest liy. put a thumb down on the Negro "5" Vrrer The Society for the Pre "1 autobiography. Father of the and ncorSement Blues which ha. Just PPred ihe rives us a glimpse of what must America, has barred Negroes from inspired the original Negro ftT contests The founder and pro lnrs when he says' of himself: EmYn. STS leVth? "A3 5.

gr sing would offend the whit. m2 nevertheless thing to me. Whenever I heard vtnat next. tn of a blrd and tnl Mlwtp. IT WX ARE BARRED rail of Its mate.

I could vlsua lize the notes In the scale. Robins If Negroes are barred from sing carried a warm, alto theme. Bono lag contests, the next logical step links sang contrapuntal melody Kv fnrih Ia InilrilPt Vl I laa fnrttinila hntlhira And ihl too. (advocated higher education. It was natural that the pupils they taught looked In an opposite direction from where they could earn their livelihood, by methods which re quired the use of their hands.

Un fortunately LAtln and Greek were given preference over the trowel 'and the anvil, so after leaving school those who had been taught In the philosophy of higher training could find no fruitful field profitable sale of their wares. MEN HAMPERED onJv profession In the proresslon in the SOUTHERN SAY SO BY M. S. STUART get a second here. II I It fello for unfortunate that they scarcely re states were only able to serve alued how closely interwoven stricken communities, the fabric of a groups economic opportunity for future etatus ta that group power in tudy and devoopment of their th mechanical technlrUn field.

own minds was seriously hamper O.V LAWYER. DOCTORS melodies. Mocking birds trilled cadenzas. Altogether I fancied they belonged to a great outdoor choir. PRIMITIVE PRELUDE There was a French horn con cealed In tha breast of tha blue jay.

The tappings of tha woodpecker were to me tha reverberations or a snare drum. The bullfrog sup plied an effective bass. In the raucous call of the distant crow I would hear the jazz motif. The purple night would awaken a mil lion crickets with their obligatos of mournful sound, also the katy dlds. and down the lonely road the hooves of the galloping horses beat In syncopation.

I knew the gait of the horses by the rhythm of their hooves. As I grew older I added the aaxaphonlo walling of the moo cows and the clarinets of the moody whlppoorwilla. All built up within my. consciousness a natural symphony. This was the primitive prelude to the mature melodies now recognized as the blues.

Nature was my kindergar ten." THUS speaks the born musician. No one who wishes to understand the role of Negro rhythm in present day American life can afford to mlsa Handy book. There are other very good reasons for reading it. too. It is the story of a man who from the most humble beginnings, and In spite of great hardships, made his Influence felt tmund the world.

The hook Is published by McMll Un of New York, is edited by Arna Bontemps, and sells for three dol lars. ff" A I BOOKER T.S THEORY OF I LfV YESTERDAY A DREADFUL PHILOSOPHY TODAY FHAS taken fifty years for the Negro to realize that Booker Washington was right in his system of education instituted at Tuskegee. It has now developed that Mr. Washington's method of training of that day is the thing needed very much today to make the Negro a greater factor in the defense of America. We fourbt industrial educations ittmt orjr in the wealth getting and der of progress.

AMrL.fS iVhin thlt wealth using acmttles of mankind, of educaUon would On one side was a leadership mat. us to an th i A us to sense the believed that the Negro race should SAME Is true with respect be educated pri i to the doctor. As to the teacher rnarily la the higher arts, and la the most dlf ficult sciences. They missed the of course, because they did not include as a part of that artie tie Uaining the skill of the me different type have compelled importance that In our own communities we should control the sale of such things as food, shoes and clothes. became apostles of the group wholTIIESE THREE things everyone must nave, in aaaiuoo mereio laundries and bakeshops In a well organized community are natural necessities.

The opportunity of conducting these things were placed at our disposal from the fact that prejudice and proscription placed around us an Iron ring within which we are generally compelled to live. This however, was lost sight of. and we allowed other racial groups to move into our mlrit Kill 14 lin th.i. fnrtim.a m.A ucaxe meir cmiaren, direct cur buying activity and create a re stricted um iwuni prirni in wiai nxy .1 i.w day among the leaders who advo rated htgher education was that Wv 'rC. uCCe.pt t.nL A everv mothera son should a derahip whose phllosphy of life that cannot protect Its women by lawyer, doctor or teaeher.

Thu f4 Bot ln Kh 'n was fit and proper In a ne. but n.uou" lmproe.d cl1 order.t only for boee who showed such to "Yj wf mov wllh sceponal ability as would jus fU'4 0 cogniia that tlfy them to pursue that course. Jna MalnlnK of freedom and flght Lawyera. If they are to he auc continuously for additional reesful ln the nutetiit thr rr nKhU 'r bt barren specula terrltorv for thrmtvi invmm uno miuia empiojraini us, out at our expense eoutnern BASIS OF EqUAUTT Equality is not based on empty words, nor lengthy speeches on scientific questions. If there is any 'rule by which it Is measured it Is through the ability to approach anoraing healthy empoyment can not regard Itself aa being on par with progressive people.

The ability to care for and maintain re spectacle standards of life for the women of the group Is the first onjective a i a feaeion, must have clients. These "on" unies. we were xuiiy cheats must be capable of' paying 0" nd appreciate the cor aa3 thir business must be of 7 respectable nature. No honorable wUn freedom. IwTZTIw i.n1.Trelth.

MUST CONTROL uiuui at. i lis vl i a criminal cUaa. Hence. If he Is Our fall'ire to appreciate the to succeed ar.d hU business Is to Importance cf building econonlcal be obtained from members of that lr from within has placed us on group, that group must be a fac the last rung of the American lad towards equality with I IT HAS been said that "man's grand distinction is his intellect, his mental capacity. It is this which renders him highly and peculiarly responsible to his creator." This grant of power has not been denied to us and we should assume our proper place ln the direction of affairs of our fellowmen.

COLUMNIST WRITES ABOUT J. A. JACKSON AND ASA AND 3IACEO IN THOUGHTS we are still attending the National Necro Insurance BEAUTY WINNER MAKES MOVIE I j. i if mm: til 1 Al Helen Lewis of Columbia, S.C., who won a World's Fair beauty contest last year, was brought to New York recently to be featured in "One Round Jones," new sepia nicker soon to be released, with Eddie Green in the starring role. First Lady Lauds Order Banning Defense Bias The Executive Order of the President was highly praised by Sirs.

Roosevelt as a first step and suggested that we may go on to others. This attitude was expressed In the following letter addressed to A. rhllllp Randolph by Mrs. Roosevelt: "THE WHITE HOUSE WASHEVGTON Campobello Island, X. B.

June 26. 1941 My dear Mr. Randolph: Thank you for your wire. I am very glad the march has been postponed and delighted that the President Is Issuing an executive order on defense Industrie. I hope from this first step, we may go on to others.

Vrry sincerely yours, MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT." No person In the country has manifested a finer spirit of ilnrerity in seeking and working for the elimination of discriminations against Negroes In national defense than has Mrs. Roosevelt, commented Mr. Randolph. While she was opposed to the march on Washington, she has also been opposed to all forms of discriminations on account of race, creed, color or national origin, concluded the National Director of the March on Washington.

Randolph. scholar and student for the sake 55 Soldiers Spend study and research as much as, 1 for business purposes. He takes his figures seriously. He never 1 made a motion nor seconded one during the convention; and only 'spoke a few words when the dele jgate almost demanded it. Some I times he read a book during the proceedings.

He was elected Pres ident. na ana wisumg we were in reaniy mere. wiuiout the convention. You get enough maceo laugh wwmv a. unjis.

aw iiiueu, were il not ior ine uiue zepnyrs 01 numor that frequently crop up to cool and sweeten the torrid seriousness of the deliberations. This la a meeting of talking, mo Maceo has fun with his figures; and has no use for them except to serve practical business pur poses. He overcame stammering Pe overcame stammering won maaing peopis; ana is a Is at hand, mavbe wlthrw.v h.ltt 5 'thought twin, or quintuplets. Ex breaking a custom, "iJKE rBJK "JJf seem to IL Mahoney of hlirh disUnc d's: fA awi mritK eiiilen which distinction Is sought. One brother here la about to become famous by his queer manner of trying to imitate the hard thinker, lie arises frequently, gets the floor by default sometimes, and Immediately appear to go Into the throes of thinking with mighty concentration.

He tilts his bead way bade that he almost faces the ceilings. You note 00 his counten a ace the simulated aymptons of gathering pains and labor. He preasea one hand bard down on his bald pate. With the other he cover his eyes with a sort of qoeexing action, suggesting ex cruclatlag exertion. He frown ur Too get a vision of a faint pect ever the mental horUon and Imagine that you see the thought uuk arwwnini.

am paia er thicker over hi trie Jen decide that th bleesed if itnn aa oe rroieuionai outburst of staggering profundity, seconders. Theyi cUmor for the BLT TLE bfother r1y i 11 1 to know the name of the com to which he hii bcn rv. seconding the pointed. Time lost. A convention most routine of must take time with this type as motions.

A aa with the more Influential, motion some often it Is only through these less times gets flf distlnrulshed representatives from teen or twenty. the tank towns and cross roads seconds. Then, that our masses can be reached the names of all! Some time is only they who can the seconders aufftdently play the role of sub C't in the print mlssiveness and simplicity to be rd minutes. At excepted and tolerated as repre tendance thus MOUUves of Negro companies In proved, the ftl small towns and eommunltlea Mr. Stuart cm.n then where M.

White Big Boas Is the to oa out so 'uw and runs things. Moreover, .1.11 I at. 1 ciaiixins; m.n oir town ana nm only this small type will be eon people back home will be none tent to endure the hardships and the wiser. THE DITrNGUISHFJ AND OTUXBJi Numerous are the means by humiliations Inevitable out ln the back place where courage, tact. and patience are required every day.

They It Is. also, who are most Inspired by the speeches and the commingling wiu lam leaaers. MAKING FRIENDS J. A. (Billboard) Jackson of the Easo Marketeer Is here, sayinr lit tie.

but making many friends. In hi quiet, dignified sincerity, he Is doing much mor than making a living 21 1 making friend for th race among th strong; bue inee whit people. He la noiseless ly opening commercial doors nyl easing young Negro into bus lneaa and self employment. Into a type of business, which, perhaps. ir aemanaea wiu spectacular tan far and protest would not be opened to us.

lie is helping to get whit people la the South used to seeing Negroes la business. This 1 Important, for many fin whit people fa th South are victim of cpstom. radaCy arpeaJUnr, Many waa 3oal4 befriend vm InSrertaln cmw. ne. out nil commercial attainments.

He Is iw Know jl, ma quiei is ne. tie is the President of the Great Lakes Mutual Ufa Insurance Comnanv. Also a commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry of the State of Michigan. That Is a nig office there. He Is one of three, and the only Negro in the world holding such a job.

ASA AND MACEO Asa T. Spaulding and Maceo Walker are here. They are the only active Negro actuaries In the world. THEY ARB as different as you suppose Longfellow and Lin coln were. Asa Is smalL bald, re tlring, bookish.

He Is typically the not "the haw, haw kind." If a yell, clear, almost shrill, like the whoop of a panther. You never heard laughter like it It can be heard for blocks. It Is a social asset. It arouse good cheer and makes for comradery. He was re elected Actuary of the Associa tion, not just because there was no other actuary.

His great abil it y. clear thinking and practical methods are recognized and appre ciates THERE ARE many other impor tant and interesting charac ters attending his convention, which represents the greatest commercial accomplishments of the race. There were too many to tell you an about each nagging backache Uedera life vita eeleae kerry esd vorrr, IreacoUr asblta, lia proper MUBf and drinking, espoaura, eoeupoe "kmlmat. kaapa doctors buay, oapitaia erw. Tka aitar Carte ara diatorblac ta tka kidaajs and tnUM paapla muimr wltkovt kiov la Uat cUaordarad kldaay atlae easy etui tka treofela.

After eelde. farar and elamiUr Ilia taara la aa la eraaaa ef kady laiparttiaa taa kldaaTS aanat Altar froaa taa Uaad. If taa kldaara ara vartazad and fall a mm tmm add aad etkar karaafal waste, ikere Is ef tae wsou BTStaam. If Sjmptoma of dlstarbad Udaey fonctloa anajr ba aarglac backache, persistant kaad acba, rl in in ana, gattinc op nights, svaUing. puflinens under tha eyas THX SEASON DOAM9 FAMOUS AH mmm taa mKtry ratafml wpU taU atami i'a iMleMM frw.ni mnmmm thmtn Thtae la war wa aay.

Ami, ymmr mm Mot a foaling of nervous anxiety aad loas of strength and energy. Other signs of kidney or bladder aWerbaaeo sometimes ara baralag. canty oc too frequent wiaa lion. Ia such mil It la batter te rely oa a anedietne that has won world wide approval than oa eoaBathlng leaa favorablT knawn. Uaa Doaa'e Pill.

They have been winning new friends for mora than forty years. Ba sore te get Doea'a. Sold at all drug stores. IPIHLILS July 4th at Tuskegee FORT BENNING. July 17 (ANP) Slxty flve colored soldiers of the quartermaster detachment, corps area service command, spent July 4 at Tuskegee institute.

The trip was made in army 1 trucks, under the direction of 2nd Lieut. James A. Dickerson. who was aided by Warrant Officer. Henry jioore, an aiumnus or tne institution.

Both are members of the corps area service command. The men entrucked at 7:30 a.m., car ried a luncheon with them, and bridge for ladles. The pres ent state of inaction in Negro affairs can be terminated, only if we sit in solemn council, exercise cri i a 1 judgment and make creative, constructive and collective plans for a way out. The events of the past few weeks have demonstrated, not that we lack Miss McKenxie leadership as has been mournfully on all sides, but that we lack coordination and cohesion of our multiple efforts. The differ ences over procedure and technique, over time and place, that should have been thrashed out behind closed doors in secret session, have been exposed on the front pafces of our newspapers.

This creates a. and a disaffection among the masses. Just as tragically, it has afforded the white government officials with i considerable relief. They have found aid and comfort in the spec tacle of our Internecine struggles; they do not fear to procrastinate and put us off. Is the executive order already destined for the arcnives aa an obsolete document? No one ap pear to take it seriously in meton.

at least. The District of Columbia WPA brazenly issued" a call last week for 1,000 white men trained at the Glen Martin aircraft plant in nearby Maryland. on WPA money, in mis Bomc week, during which they were having trouble in finding enough unemployed, physically competent white men, Negro laborers who fell i.rT th WPA lav off axe on July lst, were crowding into the relief The administration thought they dealt with an angry and hun observed gry lion: Instead, they find an in nocuous, hydra headed creature, confounded by the conflict of whis pers and promises in its many ears. IT IS NOT innately suicidal that our leaders should disagree. That they do it on a grand and public scale is a mortal danger.

It is imperative for them to come together and comer aDout me future. They must pool their thinking to work out a strategy and This means laying aside temporarily, at least, individual ambitions and selfish insistence on some one method to the exclusion of what every one else may think. RACE MTDtLEftV Regimental coats of arms, besides I being a source of pride to the I individual soldier, serve as marks jof identification, and all of the 'other regiments at Davis are completing drafts of their insignia, The 54th Coast Artillery, the colored regiment in the army i using 155 mm. tractor drawn guns, activated February 10. 1941, Camp Wallace, Texas.

It was originally organized as the 44th tC. A. in France during 1913 and I was dcmebilized at Camp Devens, the following year. As successor to the 44th. the j54th C.

A. is entitled to battle nonors stemming rrom engagements at Lorraine. Champaigne, Champagne Marne and St. Mihiel. The coat of arms consists of a red shield, representing artillery, with a gold bond from the arms or Lorraine, and a variegated chameleon sup crimposed on a returned to Fort Benning the same day.

FERN ROCK at 7 Y.W.C.A. CAMPS Open Now Girls 7 16 Years Eiccllcnt Equipment Historical Lscatioa Land Water Sports Ridinj. Etc. ROSALIND L. PUTNAM, Camp Director FERN ROCK CAMP.

BEAR N. V. SATURDAY, JULY v. 2E2 raETTTT POUa Tit PkUBmrgR Cotme. 1941 Rogers a PAYS TRIBUTE TO Si" C.

HANDY. THE rFATTTF3t OF CONFUSION EXISTu i Of namacracv wwTr, rUISUM 'l MAP FBOQKAJI Or i ()N. BY MARJORIE MCKENZIE rT OUR present hour of crisis and confusion, there is one step we might al, "hVL The ureency of our need for coorated a more compeUhigthan at this very moment. We should ca xogeer immed: rnfPrSf mir leaders from every area of the public life. We do another church social.

There does not need to be any Danqueuns. uthxTE MEN mor aiier oinncr the NEED T1IINKI.K I We can di.spor. ceremony and t.i outlived their it not a conform. advisors, becaiiM anvxning 10 i( given no fown, formation thev' supplied at mat barren group should be a men, of demon: courage, who and to act. THIS MUST cording to ti of economists, locators, socioloRi.

neers. The order moguls ami tantes have tried, i the area whern 'I. to function. We ourselves to blam volunteer for the in power polities signment, publio law and a.i weU as the social sciences. We have training, brilhant To put an end to we must call nn themselves toReth.

us a force to intc; the problems nf 1 that we may the future." These jobs pay $1,440 per annum. 11 natW nt What fokmt A MM The FBI! WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17 (ANP) I Publishing an opportunity for youths of 18 I ...1 1 1 l.tf. 1 1 ii. that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has a large number of openings for young men in its division of student finger print classified jobs. These jobs are now being filled without regard to civil service, to the end that applicants can be interviewed and investigated for character and ability within the bureau.

rue tut now nas available for hiring of these employes as well UJI cial agents. The classifiers until rteg' were the only group under civil Mn ice. executive order they have Ikhti remof For special agents, the requirements anty the applicant must be an expert accou or an attorney within the age limit of 3i 35 years. To date, no Negroes have hired in this category although the positi are open for tnelr applications. ly.

representing the changes in the numerical designation of the regi ment. For a motto, regimental officials have decided on "Per Ardua," meaning "Through Difficulties." Col. Oscar C. Warner. CAC.

has been in command of the 54th since its organization at Camo Wallace. The regiment came to Camp Davis Miss Cerise B. Bryant mm BiSTBfjenuE mmikm CAMP DAVIS, N. July 17. To the 54th Coast Artillery goes the distinction of being the first Camp Davis regiment to get War Department approval of a distinctive insignia, or coat of arms, by which members will be recotr jnized in military circles through the country.

th chameleon onnrfmHatA. Highest Honor Graduate JACKSONVILLE, July 17 The talented and attractive Miss Cerise Beatrice Bryant, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Bryant, graduated recently from Junior high school with highest honors. 13 FREE Street.

Dills RANIS CliL A IT II 17th of this year Jilll V.ua5l rilliery rirSl tamp LiaVlS Unit lO nave already earned a jfjctauoa m. A A i vir efficiency in tralnin uodi ui nnns npprovea dj war department. Ar ob mimob CUTS iNETll SAMPLES OF RLMA ABLE TRLATMtNT 1 STOMACH ULCE Due to Gastric SX 1 TJ i i. 1 felt perfectly well. kit 1 gained back the I tuttvr from iiulitin bloatlnf or any otiier gMUlc hmraeldity.

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