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i i negrB i 'wrm to Negroes. 'JTmoff or 3i In i nd the ft tlme id nd BY HORACE ft CAYTON if np Mini IX oj fY.N 1 1 11' 1 in them I iJeng piMld'nt the df't ut of th Mr. Cayton with the narrow ot control which the Derao ihava notn mt nuun tutu nniv is the party more iTm in mlKln but a few dama Ilk of Mississippi Connelly of Texaa can nv ri'r or legislation in ny concessions th NRio. The reaction TWutharner wjll rule the new irwiinrl that means not much fir the Nfgro and the Negro jut 'JD flEW TARTY (wthi other hand. Negroes have "wnin in the reactionary iso "fflliti Republican! of the Curly Hamilton Fish typ.

liiwJun one epeaka of the rilM party ie hard to know J55r thry about MR. DAW iwion vfd tor clx nini of ii jce of i hith Her. He hns Jenf reo BY JOSEPH BIBB of' iThife" lir'r wt municip.il rt I 'S' 1 (ii ini'i" four mil people hAS inn consider i Htn Con (nimsn a received Ice itlve expei 1 Mr. Bibb tittd ii i splendid organiser 4 i diplomat capable of hand a puailng problema with', tact itaana judgment. QUUI.VCED MADDEN ktfriend and foe concede 'the wfexressman to ba a man of car will, with an almost ln supply of energy.

Con wain Dawson is no. timorous, nkni violet. His pdblic career tm that for many yeara he been a stormy contender for xtfclDgi he believed in. He pitted tkU against the late Martin B. 'n, a gentleman of the white ho, for tmmemorable years, ratnted the First Congressional 'tct of rilinoiev even tho the Ptrtd vote predominated WS0Nf rh.11inrrrf VlailAttn nar.

serially hut Mas defeated with hue and cry of limp backed leaders who acclaimed that Mm was not right for a col Mmin. Dauin ran against Contain Madden in 1928 but when struck down the whita halr ficon, shortly afterwards, Con TE tha Luce outfit (Time, Life and Fortune with 1U American Ira pwialiani.HamiftOB wlto; hU ncua cooneccioru or wanaeu vviij Ur with hlf "Century for tha Con men' Man." It la my. hunch, how ever, that the RepubUcana OOAHDoot.wtllkla out. and tha ra actlonarlei will tak over, In which caie jiuia ooa can ha expected from them. Of courae.

what would ba deelrabU1 would be tha forma. tion ox new oartv but that efmi hardly likely before the next prai.aentiai eieotion, THE3 PROSPECTS to one of my Political leaninra la anythlnr but! hopeful. The New Deal Demo crat! could have dona much for the liberal cauae If It had not baen for their paraJyxlnf far of South. In tha Chicago camnalfn lfberala could not ret from Washington any statement that tha Xd minutration waa lor tha antl Irnch bill, that afly Important Individual of tha Admlnlitratlon waa for the antl'lynch. bill or that anybody, ror tnai maiier, was againet lynch ingr.

And. this In tha faoa of the fact that there had bn thr brutal lynchlngn 'In Mlaetaelppl a couple of befora election and Curly Brooks wu pounding tham to pieces, with 'It aa an arru mint iur nu eieciion. jusi an other Incident which ahowa how frightened the Administration lead ers are to even apeak of tha Negro problem Mas shown In Secretary of State Hull's refusal to elaborate on his statement urging world racial freedom by savins; "This gressman Da! Priest was named to nil out. tha unexpired term. STATES POSITION IN STRONG.

TERMS Despite a serious ehvsical accl dent that threatened for a time to wreck his career, Dawson fought on even though for a long: tim ha was compelled to carry on his combat from a wheel chair. He challenged 'Congressman Mitchell's seat in tna House in 1838. then run nlnr on the Republican ticket. But in ivto, congressman Dawson re nounced hie Republican affiliations. aeciat ing tnat he had lost faith in many of the local Republican lead ers.

jn proclaiming himself a Democrat, he said. "1 have chanr ed my political affiliations because i consider the forward looklnar soil ciea of the New Deal aa exnressed by President Roosevelt to be for the interests of my people." rONGRESSMAN Dawson in a concise and succinct state ment to thia correspondent declar ed: I go to Washington to flsrht our way ao that we might enjoy a zreer ana xuuer lire, our nation is at war, and our enemies are to ba found within aa well aa with out. As your Congressman, I shall fight un Americanlsm where ever it is found." 'Those who lynch, mur aer ana maim cttizena within the nation are aecond only to those who would destroy the nation It seir. i snail oppose them with every atom of my strength. I ahall not rest untflUhe protection of the life and liberty of every citizen becomes the responsibility of the national government.

I ahall fight ror tha right to vote. The right to work is the rieht to live. I shall labor with all my God riven talents to the end that no person nail ne aiscnminatea agalnat In his right toilive and work bv rea son of race, color or religion." In The Horizon BY P. L. PRATTIS i.nowiedged, active 'int or the atrong krw 'i na or me weax.

If fftn see In Mr. nped his mitt. i notorious ihv. toxim Gandhi. Ru Ur out ot London clack nB )UV ttltuda toward i on.

i noi rinevn mmA k. et to. the NT0 i0 bec fah Mor nd WtJL! Suent POkeaman itoiy 'he rest of the WM Waauma gtfttM man so skillful in the use of the Ensllsh language as Mr. Churchill always knows thai words ha la us ing. He saya na naa no intention of presiding at 'the liquidation of the British EMPIRE.

Is he refer ring to any threata to the sovereignty of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, south Africa, to any or these Independent props of the British Commonwealth of Nationa? They do not conalder themselves a part or the British empire. Tney belong to the British COMMON WEALTH. They have their inde pendent armies and navies ana can start, or stop fighting at any time tney cnoose. Tney regara mem selves as their own bosses in a British League of Nations and ac cept only the moral obligation to retard the foe of ona ths foe of each and all. Tha British EM PIRE is something different.

India is part of the British 'Empire. Nlsreria. tha Gold Coast. Rhodesia. Tanganyika.

utaoos ana various and sundry other parts of Africa are parts or tna British umpire, In the British Commonwealth of Nations, the constituent members have a political economy dictated from Whitehall for the benefit, not of themselves, but of a British class which Is now in a death fight for its life. Under tha old system, they grew richer as the yellows and browns of Asia and the blacks of Africa grew poorer'. Churchill RUBBER SPECIALIST TO TOUR TENNESSEE NEW YORK, Nov. 19 James A. Jackson of tha advertising and sales promotion staff of tha Stand ard Oil Company of New Jersey and its affiliated companies, who has recently become established as ona of tha Esso Marketers authori tative spokesmen on synthetio rub bar and other war time developments of tha Standard Company win spsnd about month in Ten nesaee.

making a tour or tne larger cities and the educational luutuUoo eX tha) ttaV NEW DEAL CONSERVATISM DELTVEKED TIIC RACE VOIE: uTO REACIIONAIIY OT. vote '6f vHlinoif and Tfew; York was 'delivered Into the hands of whit A.m rail reactionary Republicans by thevinabUity'of the Administration to throw ou sop. Now the die is cast, the pattern is set, the Democrats are on the run fie Nero surc M.rate; wra tumble down into the Republican ranks next Presiden For sometime tne ru.l (or wnat.lS has been gtting mors peal) rnn means Negro too." from this tBSw Congress from (his reactionary' Deraocratlo Congress the brother can expect vary little. thmk you can kiss tne pou tax rooaoye ana Rankin would rather lose tha war than have tha antl lynch bill passed. Than take tha new.

Re publicans on tha other slda of the House. Wall, you take them your polities runs that can't NEW CONGRESS3IAN BRINGS A RECORD OF UNCEASING COURAGE AND UNFALTERING ENERGY IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO THE CAPITAL the measured and considered Judg haa served notice that the class he represents does not Intend to re linquish one farthing1 of advantage It 1a fortunate, indeed, if reports are to be accepted, that the Eng lish people themselves do not whol ly share Churchill's point of view. LINEUP IS CLEAR THOSE of us who have been try ins: to pierce the fog in our war alms should be grateful to Chur chill. He and resident Kcoeevelt united to produce the Atlantic Charter which, on its face, looked like a charter of the four freedoms for all the peoples of the world There were a few persons who thought there was a catch in it. When Wendell Willkie returned from Asia, he brouxht word that tha people of China and India and other parts of that vast continent were wondering if the Atlantic Charter had any real substance for tham.

Mr. Rrmuivalf 'aalrf "Riint Hasn't Mr. Willkie read what Mr. Cordell HuU and I have repeatedly said?" Undoubtedly. Mr.

WlUkle had read the speechea of Mr. Roose velt ana nr. null. Mr. willkie must have been fishing for a more explicit answer from Mr.

Churchill. He now has that answer. Mr. Churchill haa tola Mr. wuikie that, so far as he is concerned, the Atlantic Charter is not intended for the people ot the Paciflo beyond Australia and New, Zealand.

Ws, therefore, are coming to know who la on the Lord'a side and who isn't. Mr. Roosevelt has placed himself on the aide aralnst imperialism, so has Mr. Hull, so has Mr. Sumner Welles.

So has Vice President Wallace. So haa Wendell Willkie. So has Chiang Kal 8hek. So haa Oandhl. Bo has Nehru.

So haa Stalin. 'So has Molotoff. In other words, tha leaders of all tha peoples of the United Nations have placed themselves against tha old order of imperialism and empire, except Mr. Churchill. He stands alone, defying the earthauaka of aocial force which are toppling tha skyscrapers of our ancient notions.

There was a guy named Bameem who pulled the tem ple on himself. ba was If COME OF my whits friends with whom worked to elect one of tha ataunches friend's the Netrro has aver bad In Conrress Raymond 8. McKeoush. were In clined to feel particularly bitter because tha majority of Negroes votea ror Brooks. They etated mat the xregro had mads more progress under tLJ Roosevelt Ad ministration than under anv other administration except that of Abra ham Lincoln.

But that bald true of labor, tha poor whites and those wno oenented from Social Security! Federal Housinsr and tha WPA. These friends expected the Negroes pouueal memory to be longer than that of tha hundred of thousand of white voters who benefited dually as well from tha Roosevelt Administration. Further, had not been any recent lynchlngs of white people and white people were beeninr. by votlnr tnlnit Roosevelt, about the ao called regi mentation, rationing or coffee. sugar and tires and other minor discomforts which goes along' with running a war.

'EN William L. Dawson takes his seat in the Congress of the United States in January, he will be the eighteenth known and recognized member of the colored race so hon (id. Dawson, a graduate of Fisk and the Northwestern University Law hools, brings ith him, an experience of richness and color. For more than thirty years i k.K kn an inioonuru iBvior.v the ruMlr nd pollllcnl life Of iCOnifl "cueni ment of this writer. Mr.

Dawson goaa to Washington with his feet planted firmly on the ground. GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY FACEfl DAWSON A Herculean task and a respon alble duty facea the "gentleman from Illinois." The battle for De moeracy continuea at home apace with the battle across toe eeaa Southern representatives remain arbltary and adamant in their at tltudea toward ua. Lynchlngs run rampant and unchecked. Discrlml nations In war and work abound The Damoarata maintain onlv sllrht edge In voting: strength In the Houee of Representatives. Con pressman Dawson's vote will ba of Inestimable value, it can well ba used In advancing tha causa of all minority groups.

It can be used to prevent insipid legislation and It can be used with the skiU that loag legislative experience haa taught our Congressman. riAWSON goes to Washington with the hooe of all the peo ple with him. Party policies have nothing: to do with the hopea and prayers of a down trodden minor! ty. Dawson goes to Waslngton as tha representative of all tha colored people of thia land and perbapa as the hope of countless thousand In hither regions. He will be the cy nosure of myriad millions.

Be goes there in tha full realization that the interest of the people are in a large measure in his hands. This writer, who haa known tha new Congressman for nearly 25 years. firmly believes that in William L. Dawson, the people have elected man who la highly capable of perceiving and performing: hla du ties with diplomacy, courare and despatch. our Hearts go with Mr.

Daw son as be Goea To Washington. CIIURCinLL SINGLES HIMSELF OUT AS TILE DEFIANT EXPONENT OF EXPLOITATION OF BROWNS AND BLACKS AND YELLOWS ilOST as arrestinsr as the American British invasion of Morocco and Alders in West Jud North Africa was Churchill's almost truculent Drotest: "I have not be the king's first minister in order to preside at the liquidation of the British Empire." umy those persons in a position to get a peep behind tne scenes can recognize the wnce or ine Churchill state fina appreciate the' operation wnnm and without the Empire, which would impel ii declara this time. rcn 1 1 n. 2 anti rllit pna as Trt nd mi. Hit 1 tapasslon that.

jing no ''r low that hich Mr. Frattls on getting tougher i lum. Churchill ao 1 1. at antl lmperlallsm inMghciut. the United Jt Wnilfl h.i hirnm.

tha.i nsing that he might i r.m out in tha open vr" f'ody know where irl "Pringlng into has been made in rowing sentiment 'laa rJ' "nlted iStates, Rus ttrf "zMnst the exploits ChurvT!" wpIm haa forced C.rci"1" Mr. Churchill fthe n. the defender 'M 'I'Piie. He la now pire. 6 713) 17 A SHORT SHOUT STORY ing eyea aet squarely on the.

open door, she waited zeariujiy. Then like a black leopard. her big black tom cat that had been missinsr since the day before the alleged attack, stalked out of the door, across the yara towara tbii house and under It, leaving a trail or Diood behind mm. his eyes looked like two balls of fire, and he whined pathetically, as If in great pain. sne wan tea to run out and get him, bring him into tne nouse ana areas ms wouna but something held her back something Lee told her once something about black cats.

Of course, she didn't believe him then. sne even laugned at mm. But now Could it be the ghost of a too, she had seen? Her weird and gruesome thoughts were Interrupted by the haunting screecn or rusty door mnaes. sne dropped the spoon, let out that loud scream sha had been suppressing, then wheeled around and faced the kitchen door. She gave a sigh of relief when she saw It was Jeff.

Aa much as she hated him, this was one time sha was glad to ses him walk in. What's th mattah. did Ah scare yah?" ha asked, with a sadistic smile. Guess Ah'm still a little ner vous," she replied, then picked up the spoon she had dropped. "That ah must a give yah a heUuve shock." His voice was gruff and unsympathetic.

Ah recktn he did." She was thinking of ths shock she received lust befora ha came in. "By th' way, Hank turnt In his report on th' lynchin todsy," he happily disclosed. "Death at th' hand us patties unknown, It sed." His mocking smile became a guf faw. I "Supposin' there's investigation a gov'ment she reminded him. Secretly she waa hoping there would be one, ejid that he'd be Indicted.

"Ever' body In town knows you waa one uv th' ring leadahs." "Ah ain't keerin' a hoot what outsldahs think about it, Includin' th' gov ment, that ah was guilty, an' he got Jes 1 what was comln' to 'im. he said defiantly. Didn Ah come in' an ketch im tusslln' wit yah? Ain't a man got a right to pertect th' sanct'y uv his homer Ain't it th' duty uv ever white man to pertect white womanhood? 'Sides, we was backed up by ever white person In town, from th mayor on down. An' now that it'a all ovah ain't nobody even wantin' to talk about it an' th' hs Is sked to." He spat a mouthful of tobacco juice in the wood box to rfhow his contempt for outsiders that "med dled" In local affairs. SKETCHES The Author: MB.

RHODES was born In Fad scan, 17 yeara ago, and graduated from Lincoln hi echoo! there. Ha haa lived In St. Louie for past 17 years. If bma baen writing piaya ana anort stone for many years. One of hie etorles, "Passing," appeared in our Julr IS.

IMS Carl Rhodes Issue. "DldJa aee whar when yah asked, nervously. ah outside eny come in?" she "Naw. is ha done come back 7" "Ah Ah seen 'Im come outa th' barn an' run under th' house jas fore you come in. Ah think he was hurt.

He was bleedln' pretty bad." Her voice waa weak and "Let's go out an' gjt 'im." Anxiously but nervously Ells fol lowed him outside and under the house. was not there; nor were there any sign of blood from his wound. Then they came out from under the bouse and walked half way across the yard toward the barn. There was no trace of blood anywhere. "You shore yah saw that cat cross th' yard an' go under th' house?" he asksd Impatiently.

"Ah Ah thought Ah did." There wae doubt and fear In her voice. "Looks lak you been hlttln' that likker jug too much." he concluded, then pushed her aside and started back to the house. "Ah ain't had but two drlnke all day, hones'' she assured him. He stopped and gave her a skeptical look. "Jeff, you neve some he kin do things to yah?" she aeked.

"Whatcha talkln' Tout?" "That ah Lee tol' me once that he could put a curse on eny body that done 'im eny harm." "Yeah?" "Sed all he had to do was git a black eat, boil lm alive in hot water till th' meat fell off th' bones, then take th' bones an bury 'em under th' person's house that be wanted th' curse to be on." "Ah don' give a damn what that black ha'f wlt sed." he harked Irately, "thar ain't a ah livin' er dead that kin put a curse on a white man." Mighty funny that cat die U. S. NEEDS HOUSING MANAGERS WASHINGTON. D.O. Nov.

ltt (ANP) Housing managers and housing management supervisors are badly needed by the civil serv ice commission and at present the commission is receiving applications from Interested persons. Pay in these positions ranges from 12,000 to 18,500 per annum. At the present time, there are 141 public housing projects which are operated by 130 Negro managers and management aids. Negroes are urged to file for this examination and get their names on the lists. Further details may be obtained by writing the United States Civil Service commission at Washington, D.C.

et apearin' round th aame 'time' "Ferglt it. that cat ain't dead but that ah shore in hell Is." But Ella couldn't forget least of all when aha went to bed. For hours she lay awake conjuring up all sorts of weird and horrible thlnga that, might happen to her. when ratigua nnauy stuiea ner squirming body and blotted out the conscious, the subconscious took control. Now.the imaginary imagea ot ui conscious oeoame real, alive, and therefor more weird, more terrifying only now! her whole body eeemed to be paralyzed.

She couldn't move. Sha Wouldn't speak. Only tha sense of sight remained. Suddenly she became aware tnat she waa under the hypnotic speU of a pair of dark, sleepy looking eyes, which became brighter and brighter until they lit up tne whole face. Now she could see shiny black flesh, a wide nose with spreading nostrils and a pair of thick lips.

She Immediately recognized it aa the face of Lee Bright. Passionately it moved closer and closer until the thick lips touched her own. forcibly; but to her disappointment and disgust aha couldn't feel them. Looking over ms snouiaer to ward the open kitchen door she saw Jeff approaching the house. At last he had walked in on them What was she going to do? She had to think She did.

And her first thouaht was to "protect herself her alleged racial pur ity. As for her marriage vow, that didn't' mean a thing to her If Lee had been a white man sh wouldn't have cared but he wasn't therefore Jeff must never know; he mustn't even sus pect He'd tell everybody In town, and shs'd be disgraced for life. 8he tried to raiss her arms to push her black lover away from her, but It was useless; they were as heavy as lead. Failing in this she began screaming and shouting for help, but she couldn't near ne own voice. Jeff did, however, ror he came tearing into the bedroom like a panther, his face grim and red and bis squinting blue eye as hard as steel.

Lee. terrified and cringing lik a trapped animal, maae a ass for the window, his only exit with out going through the kitchen past Jeff. Jeff, in the meantime, quicic ly reached inside the kitchen and got his shotgun off the wall. UK( hash he turned back into tne bedroom, aimed at the window and fired but he was a split second too. late, for Lee had just dashed through It.

glass, frame and all. When the smoke cleared away Ella found herself alone. Looking out throught the broken window toward the hill about 900 feet away, she saw Lees naked ana charred body lying under an old oak tree, from which dangled freshly cut rope. Hundreds of men, women and children, all white, were dancing gleefully around th body, but the only one she recog nlzed was Jeff. Then someone in the mob yelled "Investigation! and everyone ran that is, every' one but Jeff, wno warned away calmly and fearlessly.

As soon aa he was out or sight By E. Simms Campbell I Oas rZf 11 jaw yfitSfes "wJwv 4. 9 By CARL RHODES COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE fmH UPPRESSING an impulse to scream, EUa Hogsett stood breathlessly before her dingy kitchen window, her grey uh blue eyes focused on the old. weainer Deaien earn sxooa nunarea zeei away, ner lean ana aeucate looking face was even paler than usual at the moment, in. spite of the.

reddish glow of the setting sun that fell directly on it. Andfher hands, particularly the one in which she held a big cook spoon, shook spasmodically. Ella had just seen a ghost the ghost of Lee Bright, the superstitious Negro farm hand, who had been lynched the day before for an alleged attack on her. It came from somewhere out in the field, shuffled lazily to the barn and went inside just as HE always and at. this same time.

She wondered if it would come out again and shuffle across tne yard toward tne nouse zor its fsupper. xx so it wouldn't nna ner mere, sne toia nerseir. wnn oiar tha partially cremated cornea of Lee Bright became that of her missing cat. Then slowly and cautiously Lee, very much alive, crept from behind tha tree, tried to pick up the remains, but the flesh fall off the bone. Than he tried to pick up the bones, but they feU apart.

Undaunted, he drew a paper bag from his hip pocket, carefully placed the bones in it all but the bead and went back behind tha tree with it. Slowly the head etarted rolling down the hill toward the bouse, the eyes looking ilk two balls of Are. At the aame time sne i Next Week's Story: MY. J. PAUL, brings ua next week aa ustusoal story which bertas la a "Lotaely Heart" cetasas a wage ml no when a very elark naa begin a long range oourtshlp with a white woman.

This will keep rots ot the edge of year chair. Bo sure ad read "DsLagerou CtofTeapeserace." could see Lee peeping from behind the tree laughing. Unable to move out of tba way aba screamed, but there waa still no sound to her voice. In the meantime, the rolling head gained In momentum and size as It rolled on toward the house. Again she screamed louder.

This time she did hear her voice. And at the same time everything went black. Again she tried to Jump out of the way. And this time sh succeeded. "What th' hell's th' mattah wit' you.

havin' a nithtmar7" en shouted excitedly, as ba sat up in bed. Ella was standing beside the bed terror stricken, hsr face as whit as the sheets and partly covered by her stringy, straw colored hair, which hung loosely in all directions, giving her the appear ance of a wild women. "Ifs more 'n lea a nlxhtmare." eha replied in a trembling votoe, after she had slightly recovered. "It'a a curse that ah put on me that black cat curse that's what 'tis." "Aw lay down an' go back to slsep. Tatn't nothin' but that likker workln' on yah." "Ain't no use a me laym' naca down 'cause Ah ain't gonna git no rest till Ah git this curse off me," she said moenfully, than went to the Labi and lit th lamp.

Continued on Pag 11) ST By GEORGE S. SCHUYLER (This column Ike personal opinion Jfr. tckuyUr and in no way nfloctt tho editorial opinion of Tho PUttburgh Courier, TAs SditortJ Mr. John Akins of Chicago, 111, wTltes an interesting letter about whlta people who Urted out rabidly anti Negro and ended as understanding Negrophlles, and he wants to know why mlUlons of whites cannot be reached and changed by organized propaganda such as "pamphlets containing valuable bits of Information regarding th Negro' history, ancisnt and modern his mora constructive efforts, etc." Mr. Akins thinks ths Negro church and th whit church could do much In this direction.

Editors, commentators and ethers could be mobilized for this purpose. He thlnka such propaganda ahould ba without bitterness, but should stress the need for understanding, unity and falrplay. He thinks there are enough Negroea smart enough and energetic enough to try this method and to raise the money for it "If." aaya he, "Negroea de not try aomethlng akin to this. gstUng at the ROOT of things, earnestly trying to bring about a REAL understanding. I cannot, for th life of me, see that they deserve even a email part of the Utopia they hope for." Mr.

John Akins is absolutely right We have certainly laid down on our propaganda Job. If there is ao much interracial misunderstanding today. It la largely due to the fact that we have fallen down on "selling" ourselves to the people with whom we must live. I have long held that If there is anything meritorious about us which is unknown by every white man and woman on the street It le our own fault. The fact that SOME white people know our achievements, our background and our current problems, and understand them, shows that more could be won over if we did a competent Job.

Such a Job requires organization, finance and propaganda skill. We have a surfeit of organizations, we have ample funds available, but those who understand propaganda are not hired by our organizations to do the necessary Job. I do not know of a single organization or so called leading Negro who haa the slightest grasp of what is required to "sell" the Negro to America eo that he wiU be accepted as a full fledged citizen. There Is not a single intelligent radio program addressed to this problem which doea not help perpetuate th old stereotype of th ultra religious, ainging. happy go lucky Negro who is harmless and childlike.

Such propaganda defeata Its purpose, alnee it Is difficult to respect people who are so pictured. They seem alien, outlandish and a little moronlo. We have scarcely used any of our notable anniversaries to propaganda advantage. It has been 30 years sine any Negro organization haa used the newspapers Intelligently, and we have never used, th magazines of wide circulation among the masses and the middle class to "sell" ourselves as advartisers do motion pictures, oranges, motog cars, and other commodities. We get in thee publications only in connection with grief (lynching, eharecropplag.

disease, etc er moronism (so called religion, cretlnish clowning or hoofing). Ar our whit fellow citizens to be blamed for knowing little about us? You cannot do thia Job by three or four articles a year in maga zines reaching a few hundred thousand white people already well informed or well intentioned. Nor will brief and platitudinous speeches by Negro leaders over tha radio every month or ao do th Job. need to use all the arts of the publicity expert, and we are using none. We need millions of small pamphlet which tell in simple lan guage and without argument th things we want white people to know and think about Negroes, and circulate them widely.

Each pamphlet ahould be devoted to a single topic and contain a bibliography for further reading. Wa need a half hour or hour program weekly over a major network with expertly written scripts and big names. We need fun page advetlsements In newspapers and magaxlnea la connection with our outstanding anniversaries. seed colorful messages on unity ad understanding between the two peoples en outdoor display. need to endow chairs of Negro life and history in a few leading universities or to subsidize annual lectures.

Wa need. In sherU a M. II to us every propaganda medium to raacn ua masses or wnue peop.e of this country, and ar sot doing It. This Is a Job ths NAACP could do, but will not do for some rea son which have never been able to fathom. Such a program would get great financial support from both colored and white people, and would reach the.

people we want to reach. Thar is hardly a Negro who is working who would not gtva a dollar to help such a campaign along. Where race relations were growing strained, propaganda of various kinds could be concentrated on that town or section. It has been eur past policy to, wait until something happened, when, of course, it is too ate. ar organized to ad ranee by fghtlsf rather than by di plomacy and propaganda, and have ail too little with wtlch to ghL "We must either' launch upon a campaign er this kind er eUe pre pare to move into a separata siata, because rac relations ar rapidly getting no better.

TOta' ail about 'our great ejalnr during the past gsneraUon, tha 'grim fact rtmalil.that we bar mad no fundamental progress toward social tcterration. wtich is our CNX.T salvation. The Pittsburgh Courier tlcLt tz poems on Inner, to last until Cirin 1C12, rrid consider no. further cftstritttlcsa Lhii Li tnU 1 1813..