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By The A*iiici*t#d N.iiru Prtu
WATKKBl*R( . Conn. — Klisha
Watts, castiug shop worker at the
Chase Metal Works in nearby
Ov \ . i, . , . . . . . ,, . Water viile, is labor co-chairman of
Au*u t 12, 1 rice Administrator Leon Henderson an- th0 Jolnt ubor-M.nsgement War
imuni>t>. I that triila.cnpaoil nn trn It. 1 n.limUinKt. !m n. I..,.: . * • ...
Production Drive committee recent-
ly established in that plant. SVatt*
is believed to In* the first Negro
worker to head such a plant-wide
wnr production committee.
Chairmanship of the committee
meetings, at which plans fo- in-
fr :""r " pr: •" i««i -«
Wholesale prices ol months belore. These particular retailer? Scngstack.. who heads the mm-
were doing tins voluntarily, as part of their contribution iolagement section of the comulttee.
THE FOOD PRICE SITUATION
kN August 12, I'rice Administrator Leon Henderson .iu-
nounced that wide-spread upward adjustments in food
prices will be authorized b.v mid-September. The move,
seemingly, was unavoidable in the interest of retailer and
cotsumer alike.
According to those who are supposed to know, the situa-
tion which led to this step is simple. When prices were
frozen at the level of last March, nianv food retailers were
NegroHeadsLabor
Section of War
Production Body
Watts was named co-cbalniiia of
tiie fourteen-mnn committee by the
Chase Brass and Copper Workers
nuion, the CIO union responsible
for selecting labor members of the
committee. The Metal Works plant
employs 2,300. and is the key
unit in the Chase Brass and Cop-
ier company's plants in this city.
the anti-inflation program Meanwhile, replacement costs
had substantially risen iu many instances, and retailers could
not restock except at the risk of heavy cash losses. As the
Ou'ice of Price administration pointed out, unless this
"squeeze" was relieved, low-cost distributors would have been
forccd to stop stocking and selling many important fjod
products. And, if that happened, these foods could have t'uen
been moved to consumers only through distributors who had
relatively hij_'h price ceilings.
What is true of foods is true of other lines of goods a«
Well. If the original price-freezing order had been allowed Some 2,800 freight car teds of
to stand without correction, thousands of merchants, particularly materials, enough for a train more
those who were selling to the public at the lowest possible cost, ""ln -*■ miles long, were requ'red
would have eventually been forced out of business. The fo build a single Mid Western
American economy, which is largely based 011 the operation bomber plant.
of retail business, would have been seriously disturbed. And
the brunt of the blow would have been borne by the stores-
chain and independent alike—which have done the most to
protect the consumer.
The reason behind OPA's new policy should be under-
stood by all. It does not mean that the stores are going to
earn huge, unjustified profits at the public's expense It
siraplv means that the OPA lias realized the necessity of allow-
i::„ retail prices that will give the merchant enough money
to stay in business, and to keep his shelves well stocked.
I
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Jr.
money now. They had found Mary
and would stop at nothing to get
the one who killed ber> There
; would be a thousand white police-
I men 011 the South Side searching
for him or any black man who
looked like hlni.
He pressed the hell and waited
for the binzcr to ring. \\ as she
there? Again he pressed the bell,
1 holding his finger hard upon it
until the door buzzed. He pound-
ed up the steps, sucking his breath
In sharply at each lift of his knees.
When he reached the second land-
ing he was breathing so hard that
he stopped, closed his eyes and let
his chest heave ItseTf to stillness.
He glanced up and saw Bessie
staring sleepily at him through the
half-opened door. He went ln 'md
stood for a moment in the dark-
ness.
"Turn on the light," he said.
"Bigg- r! What's happened?"
Turn 011 the light."
She did nothing and did not
move. He groped forward, sweep-
ing the air with his open palm for
| !he cord; he found it and Jerked
; on the light. Then he whirled and 1 "f ''Is* hands.
I looked about him, expecting to seel "Bigger, what's the matter?'
| someone lurking in the corners of "I'm tired and awful sleepy,"
I the room. I be sighed.
"What's happened?". She came 'Let me fix you something to
forward and touched H,s clothes. I ont "
body. They'll coine for me now,
•lire."
That was true. There m no
way for her bat to come with him.
If she stayed here they would come
to her nnd she would (Imply lie on
the bed and sob ont everything.
She would not be able to help It.
And what she would tell them
about him, his habits, his life,
would help them to track him
down.
"You got the money?"
"It's In my dress pocket?"
"How much Is It?"
"Ninety dollars."
"Well, what you planning to
do?" he asked.
"I wish I could kill myself."
"Ain't no use talking that way."
"There ain't 110 way else to
talk."
It was a shot I11 the dark but
he decided to try it.
"If you don't act better'n this,
I'll just leave."
"N'aw: naw . . . Bigger I" she
cried, rising nnd running to him
"Well, snap out of It," he said,
backing to a chair. He sat down
and felt how tired he was. Srnie
strength he did not know lie pos-
sessed had enabled him to run
away, to stand here and talk with
her; but now he felt that he would
not have strength enough to run
even if the police should suddenly
burst Into the room.
"You h-hurt?" she asked, catch-
ing hold of his shoulder.
He leaned forward In the chair
nnd rested his face In the palms
"Honest, cop, the proceeds will go tu hUional defense.
Commentary—
r
Elks Storm
Philly for 43rd
Annual Session
By C. A. MOORE
(Staff Writer)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Several
thousand members of the Independ-
«nt. Benevolent, Protective Order
ot Elk* of the World, converged
on Philadelphia !* t Friday and
Barurday to attend the five-day
•ession of its 43rd annual conven-
tion, Augu>t 23 to 28.
The meet was officially opened
Sunday afternoon with the annual
baccalaureate sermon «t Tindl y
temple, with J. Finley Wilson,
gr.ir.d exalted ruler, presiding over
the twentieth convention under his
. direction. TV speaker lhc
Rev. Richard J. Johnson of New-
berg, Maryland. Mrs. Mary Mc-
Leod Bethume, national director
of NYA, and Judge Harry S. Mc-
Devitt of Philadelphia, were the
principal speakers at the civil
lioerties meeting held Sunday
night.
On Monday morning, the educa-
tion congress was held at Tindlcy
temple, followed later in the day
by the Annual Cap and Gown meet-
ing. at which time 100 caps, stoles
DO YOU EESPECT YOURSELF?
By RUTH TAYLOR
CELKi 'spect is the insignia of the free man. It is t'ie
O mark of his release from mental serfdom, from enslave-
raterine >>■ ths uhim of mp"t to inferiority. Indeed, the dictionary definition of
southern theatre-goer,, "cut! sclfr«P«0t is '.'to have such a regard for one's own character
those portions of the films as wl" rostraiu oue from mean, disreputable or unworthy
which were most popular with "!>eech or conduct."
colored audience*, and which I,u J™ respect yourself?
had been shown tlironghoul ^ou can't expect others fo
the nortii. respect you, unless you respect
Ernest Anderson, a )oimg yourself, lou must be willing to
Negro actor from Washington -"and up and Ik- counted as an in-
had an excellent part in the dividual, not hide behind any group.
play as a struggling youth ! You must accept a ratiug on juur
seeking to become a lawyer. L °*n merits and be ready to stand
When Bette Davia. playing theiOT f " on J£ur °*n
pure nf • Inaiti img. undlscJ-l " earned
Blind Jrirl killed m mtoiiiiii I'"dividual. It caanot tie acquired
through reckless driving while/1'.' hlai «' P*rt of a group.
Intoxicated, she shifted thfl " respect yonrself, yon can
blame to the young Negro'1* self-confident but never cock-
whose mother worked for lieri "i" Yon will have faith in your
family and to whom she said! ability to do your owii task well
she had loaned the ear. 1 because you know that you are
afraid of service.
If you respect yourself, yon will
not have to constantly assert your
"right" to do this or that. You
will ha self-contained nnd can wait
!'rf JiSht,*.,T" '.hC_fUimMm_™t dirty water "on the'wooden'fioo'r,
"Tell me. Bigger! Please!"
"You're wet."
"It's off," he said.
"I don't have to do it?" she
asked eagerly*
Yes, she was thinking only of
herself now. He was alone
"Nigger, tell me what hap-
pened."
"They know all about it. They'll
be after me soon."
Her eyes were too filled with
fear to cry. He walked about aim
I lessly nnd his shoes left ring* of
too proud to let yoursrtf dowu by
inferior, shoddy or careless work.-
If you respect yourself, you
station to visit the prisoner won't be continually on the ile-
whoni slie accused vehemrntlyo&WsAtiJfi^nR for slights, ready
In the regular version of the
play, her lawyer and brother-
in-law took her to the police
and told that no one would
believe a Negro's story against
that of a white woman. It
was a poignant scene, one
which burned into the con-
scionness of theatre goers, hut
the south could not take it
and cut it out.
I >OTE—Til. *rrnr. rftrrreit to
al «nt were NOT Iii the
-luiwinir hrr*\ at th* Majcstlr
theatre. *ar!v In June, of "In Till*
Our l.lfe.-—Kdltnr.
Takes 0\ er ai
^ilev College
J C'
MARSHALL, Texas—Dr. K. C.
ami jewels were awarded to work-| O # 1
ers in the department of education! ]^| £ W litSIlltMll
for distinguished service*.
The annual oratorical contest
was conducted Monday night with
regional winners vying fur honor.-.
The finalists, already recipient* < '|
$1000 scholarship* vied for cashi
prize*.
The parade, several miles long. I
•was held Tuesday afternoon. On I McLeod, who was elected at the
Wednesday, the ladies of the order-last anuual meeting of the trustee
staged a historical pageant center , hoard to succeed I>r. M. W. pogan
ed about the Hfe and progress of. as president of Wiley college took
the order at Tindley temple. | over control of affairs Saturday
High lighting the convention was; morning August 15 at 9 o'clock
the announcement, by Hobaon R J In a brief informal conference
Reynolds, of the purchase of which took place in the administra-
tion office between the two presi-
$.",000 in war savings bonds by
the group and pledged purchases
Sn $3,000 and $1,000 lots by various
an its. at the grand ball held on
Convention hall, Thursday night.
Earl Hines and his orchestra furn-
ished music for the function.
Members of the general conven-
tion committee included Hobson Ii.
Reynolds, chairman; Robert H.
Johnson, vice chairman; Willa It.
Ifoss, \ice chairman: John T. Free-
man. secretary; Stanford f'oates.
dents and public relations secre-
tary, H. J. Mason, Dr. Dogan
reiterated his interest in Wiley's
continued advancement, and his
complete confidence in Dr. Mc-
I.eod's ability to handle the ardu-
ous task made still more cri:icnl
by the exigencies of the war.
President McLeod, in accept ng
the keys and other symbols of
authority, expr^sed appreciation
to his predecessor for his pledge
recording secretary; and Eva M. of continued support and unselfish
Johnson, assistant recording «ec- interest, nnd stated that more than
r eta ry.
Hosts to the conclave were eleven
lodges and temples in the city.
The meet originally scheduled for
Los Angeles was moved here due
to war time restrictions on the
Co:i St.
Dixie Can't Take
Scenes in
"In This Our Life"'
ever the responsibility of Wiley's
future rests upon a broadening
base that, in time, must embrace
the support of the entire constit-
uency ; and that only in propor-
tion as this backing is translated
into actual fact will the college
maintain a healthy growth and
development. He expressed faith
that the people will rally to the
cause as they become more and
more conscious that Christian edu-
cation is the only dependable safe-
guard against reversion to human
savagery.
of jour duties. If you respect
yourself, you will be poised, well-
balanced. capable of calm and
orderly thought and speech. No
menacing sense of inferiority will
lead you into unbecoming speech
, or action.
menial task with dignity. (Did) If you respect yourself, you will
you rend recently of the man in ! w live that you will be worthy
Brooklyn who worked Ills tjjhy! of lienor nnd esteem. Only as
through college to a Ph. I). n.| a ! you lift yourself up to a place
street cleaner?) You must he A??! of respect, enn you achieve 'hc ■ her "know ererthing; but let her
from the false pride which II 'a; respe t of others,
She was wanting the word tlint
would free her of this nightmare;
but lie would not give It to her.
No: let her be with him; let some-
body he with him now. Hhe caught
hold of his coat and he felt her
liody trembling.
"Will they come for me. too,
i Bigger? I didn't want to do it I"
Y'es. he would let her know, let
Df tUT" Vsa
By RICHARD WRIOHT
(Continual from lost w\?ek.)
A dim light glowed and his bociv
was thankful for the meager
warmth. He could finish reading
the paper now. He unfolded It;
then, for the first time, he saw his
picture. It was down in the lower
Heft-hand corner of page two.
■\bove it he read: KEOH THIKIl
TO SNAItE HIM. It was a Small
picture, and his name was nnder
Image of AIM. Miff
'0 Son
know it In a way that would bind
her to him, at least a little longer.
He (lid not want to be alonji now.
"They fopnd the girl." hi
%TWo me
Blie began to cry.
•■They
Aw, come on, kid."
"You really killed her'.'
"She's dead," he said.
fannd Iier."
.ghe ran to the bed, fell upon it
npd subbed. With her month all
tufisted and her eyes wet, she
to recent where no offense was
intended. If you respect yourself,
yon won't give way to wrath. You
will not l>e "tempery." Von will
respect yourself too much to -itoop
to the manifestations of win-sap-
it; lie looked solemn and black aim. iier nua atrenWC iu.-.'ii pitviu-
lils eyes gazed straight and the ingly were a powerful •symbol of
white cat sat perched upon his
right shoullder, its big ronnd black
eyes twin i ols of secret guilt.
And, oh! Here was a picture of| killed Mary.
ping anger. If you respect your-1 Mr nnd Mrs. Dnlton standing up'm J nigger's lips tightened. There
self you can serve at the most the basement steps. That, tile was no chance of his getting that! to your ma and brother and every-
which be had seen two hours ago
should be scca again so toon nittrte
him feel that this whole
white world which could do things
this quickly was more than a
match for bim, that soon It would
track lilm down and have it out
with bim. The white-haired okl "sked in gas-ps
«,,ii .... —i ..i.i "Y-y-you ddldnt send the 1-let-
ter?"
"YoMA "
"Itlgger," she whimpered.
"There ain't no help for it
now."
"Oh, Lord! They'll come for
me. They'll know you did it and
they'll go to your home and talk
man and the whlte-hAired old
woman standing on the steps with
helpless suffering nnd would stir
np u lot of hate ngalnst him when
it was found out that a Negro
"I need a drink."
"Naw; no whiskey. Yoti need
som , hot milk."
He waited, hearing her move
about. It seemed that hi . body had
turned to a piece of lead that was
cold and heavy and wet and ach-
ing. Bessie switched on her elec-
tric stove, emptied a bottle of
milk into a pan and set it upon the
glowing red circle. She came backl
to him and placed her hands upon
his shoulders, her eyes wet with I
fresh tears.
"I'm scared, Bigger."
"You can't be scaled now."
"You oughn't've killed lier,|
honey."
"I didn't mean to. I couldn't!
help it, I swear!"
"What happened? You never
told me."
"Aw hell. I was In her room.
n
"Her room?"
"Yeah. She was drunk. She
passed out. I ... I took brr
there.'
"What she do?"
"Sho ..... . Nothing. She didn't
•asr r -
"The firir
"Naw; her uia. I didn't want
her to find me there. Well, the
girl was trying to say something
nnd I was scared. I Just put the
edge of the pillow in her mouth
and ... I didn't mean to kilt her.
I Just pulled the pillow over her
face and she died, ner ma came
Into the room and the girl was try-
ing to say something nnd her ma
her binds Stretched out, like
this, see? I was Beared she was
going to touch me. I just sort of
pushed the pillow hard over the
girl's face to keep her from yell-
ing. Her ma didn't touch me; I
(To be continued)
got out of the way. But when she Gotham Feature Syndicate.
left I went to the bed and th*
girl . . . She ... She was dead.
... I dtilnt mean . .
"Yon didn't mean to kill harr*
"Naw; I swear I didn't, nut
what's the use? Nobody'll believe
me."
"Honey, don't you seer
"What?"
"They'll sny . . ."
Bessie cried ngnln. He caught
her face In his hands. He was con-
cerned; he wanted to see this
thing through her eyes at that
moment.
"What?"
"They'll . . . They'll say yon
railed her."
Bigger stared. He had entirely
forgotten the moment wheu ho
had carried Mary up the stairs,
So deeply had he pushed It all
back down Into him that it was not
until now that its real meaning
came hack. They would sny he had
raped Iier and there would b? 110
way to prove that he had not. That
fact had not assumed Importance
in his eyes until now .He stood
up, his Jaws hardening. Had he
raped her? Yes, he had raped her.
Every time he felt as he ba4 felt
that night, he raped. But rape
was not what one did to women.
Rape was what one felt when one's
back ~as against a wall and one
had to strike out, whether one
wanted to or not, to keep the pack
from killing one. He committed
rape every time lie looked Into a
white face. He was a long, taut
piece of rnblier which a thousand
white hands had stretched to the
snapping point, and when lie
snapped it was rape. But it was
rape when he cried out ln hate
deep in his heart as he felt the
strain of living day by day. That,
too, was rape.
"They found her?" Bessie asked.
"Hunli ?"
"They found her?"
"Yeah. Her bones ._. ."
"Bones ?"
"Aw, Bessie. I didn't knew
what to do. I put her in the fur-
nace."
Bessie flung her face to his wet
coat iiutl wailed violently.
"Bigger!"
"Hunli?"
"What we going to do?"
"I don't know."
"They'll lie looking for us."
"They got my picture."
"Where can we hide?"
"We can stay In some of them
old houses for n while."
"But they might find us there."
"There's plenty of 'em. It'll be
like hiding in a Jungle." v
The milk on the stove boiled
over. Bessie rose, her llpa (till
twisted with sobs, and turned off
the electric switch. She poured
out a glass of milk nnd brought
It to him. He Slppad it, Mowtf. |
then — __ _ __ _
WPWWVs glass once more
and he drank It down, then an-
other glass. He stood up, his legs
ittid vr,t!r- tw-.-ly feellse heary and
sleepy.
"Get yonr clothes on. And get
them blsnkets and qnllts. We got
to get out of here."
She went to the bed and rolled
the covers back, rolling the pillow*
with them; as she worked Blgj**
went to her and put his hsnds om
her shoulders.
"Where's tne bottler
Slie got it from her purse and
gave It to hlin; he drank s long
swallow nnd she put It back.
"Hurry np." be said.
SMILES
By Hubert Carter
1
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THAT5 YOUR STORy,
fjcnr THARB $Ot$£,
PLACES A SCOUT
CANT FEEL HIS W
WAV mo /.A '
IK
well. scouts
prowl a ROUND
ahead of the
main body to /
find out the-
OH SEW.
WHAT DO
THEY
DO?
YESiNoeeo,
/'smiles* scouts
are verv vital
in the
AR.MY/
57W
keep calm.
im only TRVIH'
to SHOW YOU
Urwhoiv SCOUTS
hty\ work/
you
dope
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SEE HOW
THEY
qperatb
ENEMYS
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BY ELTON FAX
Br A*s«H Ir.t« l tffrro Vreei
WKST PL.d BEACH, Ha—
Wh^n "Iu Tilli Our Life," Thirty-three Negro janitor' w. re
f":' p-f i Lr novinsr picture transferred to production job* at
• r- g Ez'.l: r?ar!i-j Consolidated Aircraft in Cnlifjiuia
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