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The Whive Light Kl I IJIM Ik Sk at, 11 fTTn IHIII1 SHORTC031TNGS BY nail. le'tW general a pie unfitted fo fuller liberty unprepared. to asaum? complete citizenship. Secret report' tine around in the hit rlcM clcultcd to do parm and Injury. Knowing things and fully I.SrhMy Multsr at MVS Huirhm i Hr tinwjfiri(f.

tinde by the Jrsft au thorm, them. bY JUMtfH U. BlbB wire that tha whits light Is heme focused upon us, It highly be hoof ui t0 our houM In or (jfr ana ruicmv muy snort cominci and dsrslletions as Is bu miniy possible. It Is a dlstastsful for us to bs conUnually ham tnf upon ths shortcomings of our DfOPie "ut tseva turn oeiora us, wi cannot refute tbsm; It thsrs ion hchoovss us to dlrsct our at tmtion to thsm, ta tht hops that will begin getting our houses In order befora our snsmlas can trijudics our causs and do us tr mtndoua harm. It is wsll that ws turn the hits light upon ourselves md unwlnklnjiy peer and pry Into the crannies, nooks and closets of our morbid existences and.

prepare for jrcneral clean up. CR1MK SITUATION Ig APPALLING We have In previous articles rtnet on tiew jobs and In new en. vlronmints has been unssemlng and objectionable. Ws have told tbout our loud talk and ungentle mannera on common carriers. We nlv related how our lack of a Vnss of the fitness" of things has already caused us to loose certain jobi and stigmatized us for futurs employment.

With regret ws have mid more than passing reference Th ithou" InqTm Mr. i rocsed to writs down Ml inductses who com with nueation marks just become I sbout the whlU xnatUr things take their course. 0 a vkxino spot 'i a common custom of of hits people. In city hall, house, government oSImi, train conductors, to take Ur thsmsslves ths rssponslblli. of Judging ths racial Identity people in this country by the of the skin alone.

Almost of thsra would cars taks the asking any persoa of concerning our "cutUng the fool" before tbe American people. Ws now single out and direct attention at our lack of respect for law and order. TURDERERS, holdup men, burg lars, and foot pads of our race have so Infested our living dis Horizon BY P. L. PRATTIS light skin whether neraon waa conaida AND OUR ENEMIES or not such ed a Negro.

That would be an unforgivable of fense to a white person. But this practice, if not "nipped In the bud," may lead to a tram or em barrasslng and humiliating compli cations: and unless you 5 happen to be one of' thoss unfortunate, borderline victims, who by strangers is always mistaken Jor wnits probbaly do not understand the nature of the perplexing problems that must be encountered ana soiv sd day aftsr dsy. THESE problems are all the more provoking if you are of a mind to spurn the privileges and courte sies which tne less aauiteratea portion of the race may not share Also if your occupation is one requiring constant traveling and activity. Hust you assume that or dinary courtssiss extenasa to you are mtatakss and that you ars not sntltlsd to thsm? Tou are al most sure that you would not receive them if It wers known that you are colored. Then are you re ceiving something under false pre tsnse ir you rail to xsep on tne alsrt and diligent to avoid being mistaksn? If you do kssp constantly on guard, saying in offset to svsry strangsr, "Bs carsful thre, do not accord ms squal civil I ties, for am a Negro," are you not being over energetlo to place the stamp of approval on a sub mitrArA mt tmmnmat tarn vatirmmlt Jl 7 yT TIEE EVEALED HE searching, penetrating raysof the white light of publicity will be turned upon the I colored Americana ere long.

Investigators will reveal their findings, psuedo scientists submit their conclusions, propagandists, who are evillv inclined tnll rrnt ths ir "Mil of particulars." Forces, malignant, and shrewd are now fomenting schemes and formu .,11 plana i11'? Im. the coloradl will bs bald up Ho th MR SIOli rrlm XXr.Clbb trict, mat law aoiaing citizens are afraid to go out of their homea at night. With restrictions on gaso ui, communications ior business purposes In ths "black belts" or ths nation are extremely hazardous. There is a constant and continual crlms wavs In our neighborhoods. Police blotters are full of ths records of shootlnn.

cuttlna a and sluggings by members of our race, ins victims whiis generally coiorsa are not ins oniy onss. NOW IS TIMS TO MAKE CHANGES Larrs dsnartmsnt stores are flat ly refusing to make deliveries In "colored ghsttoes" because of thieves and robbers. Insurancs col lsctors ars compelled to have bodyguards to protect them from des peradoes of our racs. Burglary Insurancs ratss ars hlghsr whsrs ws livs than in most communities and in some places no insurancs for plats glass and valuables can be secured. Our districts ars deemed ths bad lands of almost svsry metropolis of America.

There is little respsct fok law and ordsr and constituted authority. JUVENILE delinquency is appal ling and lllegimacy Is astounding. MarrJags without benefit of clergy is accepted as a matter of course and the common law wife is frequently extended the courtesies of polite soclsty. When the whits light of pitiless publicity is turned upon thess offensive practices, we, the people, will be condemned for condoning them. Thoec who contend that crime and depravity are the handmaids and companions or povsrty will now bs called upon to answer for thess conditions.

All who ars willlnr to toll can now, not only secure work at lucrative wages, hut they can receive "time and a half overtime." Changes In our economia status make ths time feasible for us to sst our houses in order. Changes must bs mads In our way of lifs and In our public conduct unless ws desire to bs "weighed In the balance ana round wanting." EVILS MUST BE ERADICATED For too long a tlms ws havs fall en into the error of confessing and avoiding our shortcomings. For too long, a time we have winked at our derelictions because wa did not desirs to offend our fellow citizens Our fellow clttcsns are offending us now ana wo are compelled to sunsr because or their crime and comedy. THESE are ths lasues that alert and far sighted members must combat and crusads against. These are ths evils that must bs eradicated before the whits light of publicity seers, scorcnes ana wi triers us.

A vigilant press, a militant church and an aroused publio Is sadly needed as history is now in ths making. Politicians who seek to curry good favor with the lawless slement of people and whitewash their crimes and perfidy ars bringing untold grtsf upon an snttrs racs or people, in thess days when ths common man Is waging battles to livs and right as a i free citizen, in the hope that when the peace comes that there will be new order of affairs, it behooves us to cleanup our homes and destroy the vermin, the ter mites that havs corrupted and polluted us. WE DESniE LAW AND ORDER Ws desire law and order, we hope for civilized conduct In pub lic places, ws contend ror morality and virtus. Ths whits light will be turned upon our Sodoms and uommorrahs and ws will be stain sd and tarnished if we do not change the pattern for living that has now inflicted itself upon ue Clean up before the seerlng light is turnea upon us. WE'RE STILL FAR TOO SNOOTY ABOUT OUR ROLE IN THIS WAR RUSSIA COULD WRECK US AND OUR WORLD IT IS UNFORTUNATELY TRUE that too many Americans are trying to be snooty I I about fighting: this war.

These Americans hope, in some vain way, that the United 1 f. a 1 11 ml a i i Mates can win me war ana Keep tu oia iasaionea ways, xney are determined to cimg to what they believe to be their social, economic and political advantages. This shade, tbn advantage, which they enjoy em other peoples is symoouzsa as "the American way." it is seldom resided that this advantags Is at the expsnss of other peoples and that, as sucn, It I the rsuss of iri which will font in us until wi are aoie to I think of others ai dl as our '2 I in ths puriuit of hap pincas. The men it i pproncn ui iom Americans to the pteaent vtr la algnifl anMtr sv nvAmmmA i a line from in old "blues" refrain: "You llr.Frattts can changs my livin', hut you surs can't change mv mind" These Americans are determined to be of the same opln Ion after ths war is over. Unhappily, they are doomed to disappointment becauss THIS WAR in not end while ssinsn ana ex theories sxist to challenge tunned a aspiration for greater trtmlum and equality.

There is no short or conclusive war finish in light at long as any considsrabls rmmhtr ot us fight to protsct and retain tht "right" to grow richer hil ether srow coorer. to grow at uhj others starve, to be free iwMli others are enslaved. RW IS UGLT TlfE administration has boldly 1 taken ths lead In axtsndlna aid to Run si a. The factf aid to Rus tia atlll nettles many Americans Tht expression of goodwill toward kusmr by an American is enougn to auhjert him to publio ridicule, "niujg I VOSJ Uk S1ISS JVV SBasSi no political aiscrtminauon. ix you nt to maks an Amsrican look litis raint him red.

Certain Amer Irana who fear communism do all In their power to frighten other Americana who have notnmg to fetr from communism. Tl smearing of Americans may Ira chten itself out In tlms. Ths more. rlous problem Involves ths imraring of an important and necessary ally. Tou can't smsar Russia out of the world picture.

There lir absolutely no way for "our world" to win tne war or tne peace without Russia. If Russia choss to quit ths war tomorrow, maks neace with Germany and ally her sslf with Japan for ths preservation of ths status quo in Asia, our fats would bs sealsd. Russia could saslly swing ths delicate balance which exists In India and China. Russia. Is not ths important foe of Japan.

Japan makes war against ths Anslo Uaxon theory of racial superiority and the Anglo Saxon dominance or woria trade, in neither of thess particulars does she find Russia in her way. In both of them, shs finds the British Empire and the United States. If shs could strike a Bargain witn Russia and bring peace, between Russia and Germany, Japan would do so. Russia and Japan would then be left In control of Asia and ths South seas, Germany would be buttressed in control of what would be left of the "white world." and ths Unitsd Statss, if not beaten, would be Isolated and starved. GRAIN OF SAND ISSUES ALL this could happsn regardless of Mr.

Witherow and the other poobahs of ths National Manufacturers' Association, In spits of Mr. Wsstbrook Peglsr who rsalistlcally givss the Russians credit for no more than protscting their own soil. In spite of Theodore Bilbo, Tom Connally, John Rankin, Dixon Of Alabama. Talmadge of Georgia and all thoae other puny mindea Americans who can't see that we are no more than an ally with soms other nations In an attempt to protect our side of the world from destruction. They can't see the larger picture and how tragi cally trivial In the framework of this larger picture are tneir antics and ballyhoo around 'Tree enter nrlss." "ru erred ''whits supremacy," "the way of the South," "our way of doing things," "capitalism," "Industry's rights" "labor's rights," "ths Re publican party." "the New Deal" and a thousand othsr grsJn of aand Issues which ars off the main stem.

SOUTHERN SAY SO BY M. S.STUART i The paramount task facing America and her allies of the United Nations, Including Russia, is ths winning of ths war. It we can win the war and establish peace, we can still build ths kind of a nation we want. It will bs as good as ths people who maks It. If we lose the war.

all the issues which provoks domestio conflicts to weaken the war effort will be cast into the limbo of vain and fooliah hopea. What will ft matter that we guarded our sacrsd Insti tutions against the virus of com munism if we lose the war? ALLIES DON'T TRUST US U7E can't win the war, conclu sively, if we can't win the peoples of the world to our side. Are ws too dumb to see that this is a war between the Anglo Saxon nations, aided by Russia, against the rest of the world? There are nearly 30 nations supposed to be on our slds. But what are they doing? What enthusiasm are they showing for our side? Are the hearts of most of thess nations with us? What are they doing to aid us in a concrete way with fighting men and supplies? Is it not a fact that ws are lertelv buv Ing them off through Lend lease and ths Hoard of Economia War fare? Why aren't the hearts of these nations in this fight? Why aren't they rushing to the battlefronta? In our heart of hearts all of us, black and white, know the answer. We know that they don't trust us We that they have not been presented a cause In which they nave a personal etakn to right for.

I believe the President and a few men around htm havs seen the light Wlllkie has aeen IL iMIsi Buck has seen It. But the With erows haven't. And ths Bilbos and ths Connallys haven't Instead of spending eo much time preserviriz their intsrests and protecting, their prejudices, these men could erve their country If they would 'mlf lift up their eyes to ses their nation, their world of living, caught up in a vortex of forces which require that they get right or die. GIVES A PICTURE OF THE TRAVEL TROUBLES OF THE TWILIGHT TRIBE OF THE RACE pOLUMNIST LANGSTON HUGHES in his weekly "Here To Yonder" sees it as quite a ioke on certain tvnes of Southern white people that an unknown number of light skin persons of the race have "passed" and are "passing" into the armed forces of the Na tion as white, and as such will probably mingle racially unknown with white people, even i'i wniie people. ie aays tm i inn Airdg of this win be as aaai "on "jocks In the or thoss have been vl so much 'M and lung lest by Vrtu of soms iUp the i n.n may Mr spi mi iaSfr.M i and ths race? Are you to blame if people mistake you racially? Must you wear a placard or a yellow star llks the Jews havs to in Francs under Hitler? SOME COMMON A88UM1TIONS If, in the South, a white man calls you "Mister" if you ars a man and light, or tips his hat to you If a lady, should you vounteer to tell him that he had committed a social blunder or proceed with your business with him, taking ths chance that still other mistakes and mistaken courtesies might lead to embarrassing complications? ALMOST invariably, every train conductor and porter, and sometimes ths brakeman also, un less personally known, will say to a light skin man in the "Colored somsthlng llks this: "Cap, you will havs to rids In the whits car to the rear." Now become the recipient ot that kind ot order two or three persons every tims you cbangs trains, or a new crew comes on at Division Headquarters, and you begin to wonder why they left out of ths dictionary all of the words strong enough to ex prsss your feelings over the whole ridiculous Question of color.

You come to look for It, with bristles alrsady up to rssent It Tou wonder why they Just havs to ordsr you about Why they do not merely announce that this Is "ths Col ored" so ano so and Jet it go at 0 THE SHORT SHORT STORY had nothing to do witn money, bui on the other hand, she had gone over the matter in ner mind, tne conclusions these women had reached, and in the last analysts. perhaps they wers right. But she knew that shs could no more par take of their attitude, toward her husband, than she could entertain the idea of leavinsr Frank for aome other man, who perhaps could give her more. She felt that he was a that. Tou get tired of being or dered around on somebody's egotistic assumption.

A "NO NATION" PERPLEXITY Tou sit down In a bus or street car, where they say you belong. A white person sits down by your side. If you are a man, and the white one a woman, then terrors alive! what a fix you are in. Then if acquaintance, Negro or white, comes in and see you there beside a white peraon, you most surely will be thought to be deliberately "passing." TOU find a seat to ths rear of soms other colored people, then they all become agitated and want you to move up unless you ars personally known; and sven though In the Jim crow coop, most colored persons avoid sitting down by you as if you wers soms kind of a terrible reptile. Then the con ductor, attracted by the excitement vou have cauaed in the rear, orders you to "move up front" or wher ever la asaigneo to tne ires, xou protest and explain, and by that tlms everybody in there is tittering and whispering about, and you are as mad as a raaped boil ir you have any spirit In you and wish you were Just anything else except a "no nation" perplexity.

Now have to go through with this nearly every day, sometimes several times a day all your life, and your disposition will havs to be very strong, or it win become as a whirling ball of fiery friction in your breaat. MATERIAL ADVANTAGES Should you spurn ths chancs of obtaining material advantagea to which you are legally entitled, but which you are almost sure you would not secure if it were known that you belong to the Negro race? A case In point: A State law re qulrea a company, aeeklng to quali fy to write insurance, to ms a fidelity bond for a large amount. One favored bonding company in the atate writea all the bonds. It SKETCHES 11 VLA The Author Edward Worthy Is a native of Birmingham, Ala now living In Cleveland, O. Ho has been a dishwasher, bus boy, doctor's assistant salesman, and is now a timekeeper.

Ha has had more than 50 short stories) and articles published. Courier readers will remember him as th author of "The Decision," January 4, mi, and A Guest for Lunch," March 15, 194L part of her and shs hoped that he Kit tha aame. But in the last year things had changed between ihera. Flora put her nana on Marinas shoulder. "Martha, dear, I am so elad vou came out today: it has been a long tlms sines you havs attended, you know.

Thought maybe you were alcflc." All the while their eyes wer running up snd down her figure. They could see, Martha thoughf, that shs was wearing the same old clothes. Young Farmers Aid IVar Effort WASHINGTON. D. Dec.

24 What havs Negro farm youth contributed to the war effort sLncs Pearl Harbor? I Piantv" the New Farmers or America will tell you. Ths NFA Is a national organization or wegro pupils studying vocational agriculture in public, schools. But their activities are not confined solely to sgrlculture. Look at thie post Pearl Harbor record, ior instance 1. More than 7.300 NFA youtn have collected 1.825.208 pounds of scrap metal In 10 states.

2. Approximately z.oaj memoera havs collected 141,567 pounds or waats paper. 2. In 11 states. V.3S3 ruegro rarm boys havs purchssed I47.199.Z2 worth of war bonds snd stamps.

4. In seven states. NFA members havs collected 149,174 pounds of scran rubber. I 6. In three states alone, NFA members have canned more than 887,110 quarts of food from Vic tory Gardens is thought that It will not go on the bond of I a Negro company; but a light skin Negro representa tive seeks the bond.

All Indira tions are that he is being mlatak en. and that the bond will be made. CHOULD the bonding company be Informed of the racial iden tlty of the Insurance company be fore or after It haa algned tne bond? Or should ths financial statement of ths Insurance com pany be presented without the prejudice of race attached? Hun dreds of cases, some amusing, aoms vexlngj arising from ths com plications of color could be related to clarify th points here raised. It was a relief to get away from them; to be walking along in the warm arternoon aun. Martha felt all choked up, and she had to fight to keep back the hot teare of shams.

In ths past year Frank had grown distant, retiring more and more to the little room he called his study, to peck away his old typewriter. She could hear him pacing about the amall room. Jerk ing paper rrom tne macnine and tearing it up, then that peck, peck until the early houre of morning. There had been timea when they were sitting in ths parlor he had stared at her with such sngulah snd a plea of understsndlng. that it mads her weary.

"What's ths matter. she would ask. He would come snd kneel and lay his head in her lap. "I love you so. darling." he would say.

"I understand, dear," she would reply I love you, too." And then he would kias her and go off to hla den to do aome more peck He had never said so in words but he had given her the impression that hs would not cars for her Intrusion on his privacy. even cleaned the room himself. And although ahe went Into the room when Frank was away, she resisted ths temptation to disturb his papera. Driven by cold fear, shs had arons to are their doctor. "No.

no." the doctor had said. I am certain that the accident haa not affected Frank's mind. Per haps he has developed aome hobby, which Is ths very beat thing for him, because for a long time he la aolnsr to Buffer from the ahock of this accident. His mind might crack up If it were otherwise. I advised him to aeek soms diver i sion." When she reached home she took the evening mail from the box.

all addreaaed to Frank, and put it on the library table. She must hurry. Frank would soon bs home for dinner and shs didn't want to keep him waiting. Frank appeared at seven with what was mesnt to be a smile, but it waa a grim effort. She knew he was tired before he aaked lln needed his car in his inaurance work, but of course since the acci dent he hadn been able to nfroid it.

If there was only something ahs could do. He would not con aider her plea to let her get a Job because within five months there waa to be a baby. Kb began to place dinner on the table as ahe neard liim begin to tear open his mail. There was beef kidney, his favorite dLh. Martha looked up and found Frank standing in ths doorwsy, strange, excited look on his face It frightened her.

Could It bs that which she had feared had happen ed? Could it be that the doctor had been mistaken. "What is It. Frank? Are you 111?" wo, dear." bs said. "The moat wonderful thing has happened and the credit belongs to you. "To me!" she exclaimed as ahe noted a letter he held in his hand "What havs I dono?" "What haven't you done? You've kept ms going when nothing elae would have.

Ilecausa of your love and patience I didn want to let down, and after the accident I didn't want to let you down. Time after time 1 wanted to give up By E. Simms Campbell I F74 1) la lj ill Sii ui i SI HET EDWARD 11 11 WORTHY COMPLETE IN THIS ISSUE IT WAS after the regular club meeting when the women got together and talked of this and that. On this particular afternoon their subject was their husbands. Martha listened as Flora Lee told and exhibited the beautiful pearl necklace that her husband had given her for Christmas.

It seemed one by one the fifteen women had worn something of intrinsic value that her husband had given her, but Martha. But poor Frank hadn't been able to give her anything in the last few years. That terrible smash up of three years ago and those long days and months he had lain in the hospital, had changed him from a carefree and promising1 young man into a grim man struggling with debts trying to make ends meet. "The only way a man can inow. his appreclaUon of me," Flora was "Is to make me know it My lovs Is like a hydrant; It can be turned on and off." "Ms.

too. dearie." spoks Clara Williams, a short plump woman, whom Martha thought had alto gether too much mascara on. i can be as sweet and loving as any woman when he keeps ths gifts and money coming, but as cool as a cucumber wnen ne rets uzm. i believe in collecting for my sweet ness." And then their eyes turned to ner, and for soms unaccountabls reason ahs felt ttlsgusted with them all Porhans she was Just old fashioned Frank'a lovs for her and her love for him meant mors than the giv Ing of gifts. It meant the giving of one's self.

Tbe small things they could do for each other that Next Week's Story Thelma Thuriton Gorham. who has written several good atoriea for The rirtaburgh Courier, la back next week with a rattling good Christmas story, "Horns for Chiiat mas," trhlrh etablihe her aa one of our brt tellers of. tale. but with your loyalty and lovs you drew ms back into life. I have wanted to do so much toi you.

1 realized all along how much I owe you. I couldn givs you fine clothes and Jewelry lik other men who lovs their wives, but I could givs you the things that were In my heart and mind, and I did In book of poema accepted for pub lication. darling, it la dedi cated to you 'Martha, Martha My Love'." Tears were In her eyes ss she ut her arms around his neck and taaed him. "And then. Frank.

dear, what greater gift can woman aak than to an Inspira tion to ths man shs loves?" COLLEGE GET DRAFT DEFERMENT WASHINGTON. D. Dec 24 Temporary deferment for collega and university studsnta and instructors in certain medlcaL engineering and othsr technical fields Is authorised in a nsw bulletin to local Selective Senrtca Boards, sn largtng previous deferment provisions. Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Manpower Commission announced.

8tudejiU who will be dsfsrred until the end of the academlo term which la in progress on March 1943,. induds: 1. 'AH medical students (Including hospital Internee and residents), dental students, veterlnsry students and all pre medlcaL pre dental. and pre velerlnary students who havs computed one year of etudy In approved engineering curricula. a All undergraduate and graduate etudents In approvsd colleges snd universities who sra speclsK islng In chemistry, physics, or bacteriology and ars within two years of the completion of the specialized curricula.

All full time instructors and all part time instructors also devoting ths balance of their time to study In sny of ths curricula above shall bs deferred until July 1. 1943, or until otherwlss directed by the Wsr Msnpowsr Commission. Mr. McNutt said. Simultaneously, Mr.

McNutt urged all mals university and col legs students to remain it school until called for military service. Students in the 15 19 year old group ahould not hesitate to enroll to begin their college training st this tims, hs added. I VV Ther ara plenty of whit people who would appreciate our aide of tha etory If they knew Iti raa your Courier along to such a friend. Yir. I By GEORGE S.

SCHUYLER (Thti column reprttenti fas personal opinion of lir, Sekuyltr and in no way rtflocti fas editorial opinion of Tho PiitiburgH CovritrTSo Considering the elow progress towsrd interrselsj amity, and thinking of poaaihls conflicts between ths "races" during the posVwar reconstruction, it seems cry1 tt tht we colored folk should stsrt now to try to rhangs the mind of ths MAJORITY of whits Americsns sbout us. To the extent thst ws succssd In doing this ws shall see a lessening of the feeling of futility among the more liberal snd Influential whits minority, snd a greater effort on their part to do something concrete to expedite the trend toward true national unity. While ws ahould by all meane continue our efforts to win over this minority, we must reaervs our greatest sfforts to re conditioning ths WHITE MASSES without whoss conversion there can bs no appreciable Improvement In "rele" relations. On the color question, ths voles of ths psopls Is ths voice of God. I The Christmas season, with Its mesasgea of good will to all men and Its exchsngs of gifts, is sn spproprlats tlms to launch tbe Idea of "eelling" ouraelvea to the WHITE MASSES through exlating publicity channela.

Why not do it now? There Is no such thing ss inherent rre prejudice, snd moat whits people privately ars not Negrophobes. Publio opinion csn bs chsngsd and it does not taks a century to do It If scientific methods ars sp plied. Why not spply them now? We' have been Ignoring soms simple truths about mass psychology In our right for full Integration Into American civilization. Public opinion Is masa opinion, and ths mass Intelligence is no greater than that of ths Iraat Intelligent member of ths msas. Ths publio sttltuds of ths mass Is largely that of the Bllboa.

Connallys and Coxes, who represent the lower depths of Amerlcsn thought which favors segregation, discrimination and oatraclam of ths Negroes. Thst publio opinion, being ths moat ignorant and reactionary, thsrefors prevsils. The civilized minority of whites deplores and vlsws, with alarm, but Is helpless In the face of mass prejudice. Thoae In whlls doubtless favorabls towsrd ths Negroes, ars fssrful of taking any steps which will sntsgonlis the masses. They svsn compel thoss whites who sre liberal to agree to tlje restrictions prscticsd by ths illiberal.

This is a sinister sort of democrscy. Moulding public opinion Is a science, an unemotional proposition requiring objective thlnkere and planners. By the uss of Intelligent msss propaganda, ths Soviet caused mutinies among Allied troops In Russia In 1918. Allied propaganda also plsysd a largs part la spssdlng ths collapss of ths Central Powers in World Wsr and hss gons a long way in that direction In World War DT." By using scientific propsgsnda in ths ssms way, aimed at ths mssaes, wa csn undermine unity ef thinking on ths color question smong whits Americans In ths mssi. Introduction of the element of doubt can slow concerted action end enlist Fifth Columnists to esrry out propsgsnda whers ws cannot go.

In this matter ths ruling minority will follow ths lead of ths whits masses, sines it csn only continus to rule by msklng conceaalone to msss prejudices, for or sgalnat somsthlng. A few thousand loyalj devoted and Intelligent peopls can carry on such a carripatgn aa I have outlined. If they ars willing to make certain financial, physlcsl snd spiritual contributions. If a handful of Communists could overthrow ths powerful Jlusslsn govsmmsnt, there is no reason why a few thousand people cannot materially alter America's concept of color. Ths administrator, ths artist and ths copy writer, given sufficient funds, csn overthrow or "greatly weaken Jim Crow within ths Umetlms of adults now living.

It hss never really been tried before. It Is tlms to try It now, when eon dltlone srs ths most fsvorab's In our history. At sny rats, I sm willing to maks sn which will not supplant any current efforts to eliminate "racs" prejudice, but rather will supplement them. No organization that I know has ever made an all out. Intelligent, sclentlfie effort to ehangs the white Amerlcsn MASS MIND.

Why not ses If ths Job CAN bs dons? I sm very anxioua to hear from all readers who srs interested In doing this very thing, and not la alttlng by to wait for somsthlng to hsppen. Ths color problem CAN not only get worse, but In some ways It IS getting worse. Here le eomethlng ws can do now to halt the trend and assure our future safety and security. H0T1CE TO WRITERS OF STORIES AMD YIRSE AH manuscript submitted to Tha Pittsburgh Courier must ba TYPEWRITTEN or they will be returned. UnoUeltd manuscripts not accompanied by stamped.

self 41ree4 envelope srlU NOT returned and we will NOT rater Into any correspondence about them, No more versa Is wanted unl March 13. 1K1 Wo are now la th market for short short storUs NOT LONGER THAN 1800 WORDS. THE FEATURE EDITOR.