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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1913
THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE
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This is the week to get those
income tax blanks in, Thousands
of Negroes at well as white who
have never filed a report before
will pay the government a part
of what thty made in 1942- Don’t
pl;.} with Uncle- He's not in a
playful mood. Get those tax re-
ports in the mail so that they
will reach their destination on
or before March 15.
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OPINIONS—
—FEATURES
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We haven't won this war yet
by a long shot The gains made
by the United Nations last week
were impressive but we can’t
get so cocky about it. There’s
a whole lo to be done before the
shouting and we all might as
well buckle down and get ready
for the sacrifices that will have
to be made in the months ahead.
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Camp Gruber is calling fx-
band instruments- What about
that saxaphone or clarinet you
bought several years ago v pen
you were ambitious to became a
musician? If ti use bejs are will-
ing to run the risk of losing
their lives for a cause dear to
us all. surely you can part with
an instrument you’ll never use
anyway. If you cant give a horn,
give some coin, /-nd this call
goes out to our white friends as
well as to those of our group
Call Mrs. Alma Richey Marsh-
we iire
feel sura of victory as every SG»-
SACBIFICES:
Most of us will not have the
opportunity of taking an active
part in the fighting that will
win victory in this war but
there is a gre >t sense of pride
and satisfaction and gratitude
in the knowledge that through
our production, our work, our
buying of war stamps and bonds,
our contributions to the Red
Cross, the USO, and other agen-
cies serving our men in the
armed forces, we can make a
personalc ontribution in help-
ing to win the war. It will not
mean much, however, unless it
involves sacrifices on our part
and the greater the sacrifice the
greater the source of pride and
gratitude Each month sees new
records in the production of
planes and tanks and guns and
ships Each day sees more ef-
fective fighting by our armed
forces and more help to our
allies I believe, and am very
grateful for the fact, that there
is Iss complaining in Oklahoma
and more inward joy and satis-
faction at the opportunity to
work and sacrifice for the war
effort than among the people of
any other state in the union.
D d I hear some one speak, of bro-
therhood?
If I did, I must say that is good—
For rll men, what the race, to lend
an Mr
And rally to the call—not merely
hear.
Did I hear same one speak of bro-
therhood
If I did. I must say that is good—
To my race, these glad rounds ring
bberty
Thus to know, thus to live, democ-
rat.
WASHINGTON WEEKLY LETTER
By WESLEY E. DISNEY
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‘‘••'ALUS rOPULI, the welfare of the people, is
the supreme lew of all taws and even that iron law
which we call NECESSITY itself is subservient to this:
r.-tber than a people should perish, anything shall be
held necessary, and legal by necessity".
—Henry Parker
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shtls of wheat for feel purposes
It is provided that this wheat
shall be sold at the parity price
of corn at the time of the sale.
Early action is expected on this
treasure in the House.
SOUND REASONING: OPA
Administrator, Prentiss Brown’s
announcement that he is putting
the people on their honor on the
matter of pleasure driving
sounds like a retUrn to sanity.
My observation has been that
the people have been conserving
their tires and gasoline and
were doing so prior to ration-
ing. To have a lot of snoopers
chasing people lo see if they
were violating the uan on plea-
sure driving doesn’t conform to
the ordinary good sense of A-
merica. Brown is living up to
the expectations . of his friends
of being a man of sound judg-
ment He is the best legislative
student I have ever known-
the Soviet Union and it has not been ascertained by
the Allies whether this evacuation has ceased or
not.
Fifth. Russia’s attitude toward Finland has
changed so completely that there is scarcely any
reference lo that country in the Moscow press.
Stalin’s recent pronouncements come dangerously
near a discussion of peace aims and when Stalin speaks
he speaks not for a war cabinet but for all the people
of the entire USSR. Who knows but Stalin what Rus-
sia’s attitude will be toward Germany in post-war af-
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subject of criticism in England and the
Her form of government has been a tar-
for the bitterest attacks and Moscow, until Russia
entered the war on the side of the United Nations, was
singled out as the center from which subversive acti-
vities in other nations were directed.
Whether Allies can maintain their joint organiza-
tion with Russia depends largely on whether Russia will
put the vanishing of the llalio-German coalition above
the preservation of her ideology. There are five verj
significant points lo be considered in an attempt to
predict what she will de in 1911 if the war is not over
before then.
First, we must remember that Russia grew very
impatient while we were deciding on a second
front. Stalin clearly indicated that his people were
not satisfied with the assistance they were receiv-
ing fr'*m the Allies.
Second, Russia did not have a representative at
.he conference in Africa. His vigorous prosecution
of the war notwithstanding, Stalin could have sent
a representative to the meeting.
Third. Russia considered it an insult when Ru-
dolph Hess, Hitler’s aide whom Russia wanted pro-
secuted. immediately, found refuge in Great Bri-
tain. That situation has never been cleared up to
the satisfaction of Stalin.
Fourth, about 115,000 Poles have been lost to
The National Selective Ser-
vice officials in Canada are se-
riously considering sending Jap-
anese and Axis prisoners to
West Canadian rarms to meet a
labor shortage. It is the honest,
opinion of the majority of peo-
ple who live in this country that
the Japs and Germans are most
desirable when an ocean keeps
them separated from Americans.
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Patrons who attended the
sophomore play ‘Almost Eigh-
teen' which was presented at
the Booker Washington high
school last week were quite
complimentary tn their discus-
sion of the improvment in the
behaviour of the students- May-
be it was th type of play that
commanded a bit more rcspr’lB
of the students We have alwK’’W
had the opinion that ministrV'NN
and blues and jitterbugging coA-V
tribute but little to the training
of a Negro child and we sill
belive that learning how to be-
have in public is as important as
learning geometrical theorems.
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The USO center is attracting
a greater number of Negro
soldiers to Tulsa each weekend
and as additional attractions are
provided for them more wiil
come. The greater the number
the greater the problms create!
by their presence. Why can't
we profit by Oklahoma City s
experience and get some Negro
M. P's before something hap-
pens to embarrass us all? Com-
missioner Munroe, why can t
we? Speak up and express your-
self-
WORK OR FIGHT: Admiral
Land, War Shipping Adminis-
trator, testified before a com-
mittee last week that the United
States lost the manufacture of
ICO ships because of absentee-
ism 100 ships is a lot of
ships not to have when the boys
are giving up everything, in-
cluding their lives, for the saf-
ty of the absentees' of workers
making ships. ’Absenteeism' is
not confined to shipyards—this
is only one instance. Congress is
finding that ’absenteeism' is oc-
curring in all war manufactur-
ing. Admiral Land called 'ille-
gitimate absenteeism a first cou
sin to slackerism.' He might
have gone further This discus-
sion arose on the bill giving
workers the choice of staying on
the job regularly or going into
the armed forces This thing is
not onesided. We produced 5500
planes in February—an all time
world record.
MADAME CHIANG KAI.....
SHEK: This cultured woman's
speeches are agreed by all. who
have read or heard them to be
of the very highest order of
the speeches of any statesman of
statesmanship, comparable to
these or any other times. This
doesn’t just happen. It is the
resdlt of century upon century
of Chinese culture, character
and education, which has pro-
duced a statesman in feminine
form of the highest rank in
these troublous times.
READY MONEY: The people
of America at the end of 1942
had on hand in savings and oth-
er liquid cash fie staggering
sum of over 28 billions—an all
time high Of course, the Gov-
ernment has during the year
spent upwards of 75 billions on
the war, so it is not surprising
that the people have that much
money
FEED: The House of Agricul-
tural Committee has approved a
resolution permitting the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to
sell an additional 100.000,000 bu-
VUK’
bless you and the members of the
Army Mothers Club of America,
strengthen the knowledge and pow-
er of our President! who is Com-
mandcr-in-Onief), and lead our
Armed Forces and Allies to a quick
victory for the sake of peace, jus-
tice and equality, for which our
country stands.
Give our regards to the club
end hoping to hear from you again.
Yours truly,
Sgt. Cecil Ramsey
2019 Q. M. C. Trk. Avn.
A. P. O. 635 c|o Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
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CAREFUL COOK I Nd WILL
FLOAT A
BATTLESHIP
address. If you rent a locked box, rent one in the
Greenwood station. Your child may want a job there
some day.
the I nileil Stales, regardless of race, creed, color < r
national origin . . . that ail departments and agencies
of the Government concerned with vocation and train-
ing programs for defense shall lake special measures
appropriate lo assure that such programs are administ-
ered without discrimination . . . and that all contract-
ing -.gencies of (he Government shall include in all de-
fense contract, hereafter negotiated by the ma provision
obligating the contractor not to discriminate.
It is (Ik! lhe officials at Douglass do not know the
text of tl.is Executive Order? Or is it that lhe Govern-
ment does n >t know what is going on out at l>>ugla»s?
Whichever it is it is high time somebody had an under-
standing. . B
"IT MUST NOT HAPPEN HERE
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HI-JACKING DEFENSE WORKERS ...
The Aircraft Bulletin has recently published a let-
ter from a Negro janitor at Douglass in which he ex-
pose. a loan racket which should attract the attention
not only of the officials al lhe plant but of civil auth-
orises as well.
According to the writer of the letter, one of the su-
pervisors working on the third shift does a flourishing
business among Negro employees at the rale of 25c on
the dollar The business gels little or no publicity be-
cause the victims are told frankly that any exposure
will mean immediate discharge.
It has been known for some lime that Negro em-
ployees at lhe plant have been victimized in loan rac-
kets conducted bv certain individuals and that officials
have cooperated with th esharks by honoring wage as-
signnients for usurious interest.
The pra 'tice can bo stopped and it should be stop-
ped. Morale and economic security are essential to
maximum efficiency among workers. Negroes at Doug-
lass. regardless of the capacity in which they serve,
must be essential to lhe operation of the plant or they
would not be employed. And since they are employed
they should be protected against exploitation.
But 'icfore anything can be done, the victims of this
loan racket must exhibit enough “guts” to expose what
is going on oul there. Oklahoma has a Small Loan law
designed specifically to outlaw' claims of usurious in-
IcH’s. and it is doubtful whether any individual’s dis-
chttrtie because of an exposure would be permanaent if
brought to to the attention of the proper authorities.
At anv rate, no individual w'ho pays a fourth of
every dollar he makes for interest will ever enjoy the
type of security that makes for the welfare of his fam-
ily and he might as well come out in the open and ex-
pose the whole eaffair. There are plenty of jobs that
a man can get if he is a conscientious worker. Thera
are legitimate concerns where detense workers may
obiaii^small loans. Stop being suckers for loan sharks.
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STALIN, THE MAN OF THE HOUR ...
In suite of our assuraiue* that Russia’s ties with
her -lilies are Mil. safe and sound, it occurs to us that
maintaining lhe joint organization that has made pos-
sible lhe : lin’d \ictories in the last few months will re-
quire more Hi.in wishful thinking. Russia’s ideology has
always been a
United States.
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For the win’, of ;i n.ijl the shoe was lost, for the want of a
shoe, the a irw was lost; for the want of a horse, the rider was
lost, for tta v eit .if a rivl'r, the battle was lost. —Franklin
SABOTAGIN(; THE WAR EFFORT...
In s' ile of rt-peatc’l official denials that there is
no tliscrimi': ilioii a! Douglass, rumors continue io fly
thick ami Iasi concerning conditions under w hich Ne-
groes at Doii'.’l:r-s art employed and under which they
work.
When Hie Douglass plant was under construction,
Negroes ’.'.ere employed in large numbers to (to lhe
manual labor. We predicted then that when lhe plant
began operating. Negroes would be relegated to the tra-
ditional Negro jobs and we advised our people to en-
roll tor I’ttining courses that would fit them lor a type
I' work d’tfereiit from porlering and jaiiitoring.
Negr-ic- did enroll in defense training courses
in. a and wmien. I hey completed those courses and
went to Douglass to get jobs. But Ihev tound that
there were no openings out there for Negroes in fields
requiring skilled labor. As a result they began a Irek
to California and Ma saehim-tls and other stales where
prejuuicc is not as .strong as it apparently is at Doug-
lass. And as far as we have been able to ascertain lhe
Negro still lias about as much chance of breaking down
lhe color h r al Douglass as a one-legged man has of
winning a foot race.
There has been a lol of buck passing at Douglass.
Al first (he argument was advanced that lhe type ol
training that Negroes were receiving did not til them
for work a! lhe plant. Then why under God's heaven
was that tvpe of training offered? Negroes completed
courses in welding and they are. being placed in plants
in other sections of lhe country. Is it true that there
is no demand for wdders at Douglass?
Then lhe argument was offered that in this section
of the country it would lie unwise to attempt to throw
Nigro ai'd white workers into a situation where they
would have to work side by side. Imagine such an ar-
gument being advanced by a company which lias a con-
tract to supply bombers to help win a war being fought
for the l our Freedoms! For the want of a principle
of justice and fair play whoever formulates the labor
po’.'cics in a del-nse plant are periecllv willing to sa-
botage the war effort. Bv their attitude toward Ne-
gro labor they are saying to th” President and lhe rest
of the. people ol this country that your FF.PC ami your
Executive Order notwithstanding, we intend lo cling
to the southern customs and circumscribe lhe Negro in
what he docs al Douglass.
It is no secret llxal Douglass is far from reaching
the maximum efficiency in turning out assembled bom-
bers A lack of man power is the only reason otfi red
fi.- lhe ci's lailed production. When lhe citizens of Tul-
sa were asked to vote bonds to mar.e possible lhe bring-
ing of the plan! to Tulsa, they were led lo believe that
they were bringing in an industiy that would make a
sizeable contribution lo Hie winning <>f lhe war. But
instead it appears that we have a comparative toy plant
that' is handicapped because cf a lack <»• manpower.
And yet skilled laborers are leaving the stale in droves
because they arc not wanted at Douglass.
Rumors are not being circulated that Negroes suf-
fer increased humility at the plan! every div. Instead
of maintaining an attitude tied every American is en-
titled lo an equality opportunity help win this war,
we understand that the ollicials al the plant lose no
chance to make the Negio employees midi rslai’d that
they arc stepchildren in this fight lor democracy. Signs
everywhere indicate where they sii dl eat, wash, drink,
or do anything neces-ary in their daily routine of du-
ties. We wonder whether there a.e any signs in Aus-
tralia or in Africa regulating Hie lime and maimer in
which Negro soldiers shall offer themselves as a sacri-
fice for the American way of life. The latest rumor to
be circulated is that a Negro woman was slapped by a
white supervisor and that she lost her job while he
was letained. We hope that runmr is not true. We
are patriotic every mother's son of us. But there is
no need for us lo lie about being happy and satisfied
when oil! people receive the same sort of treatment
that they would receive in an Axis world.
Thousands of while skilled workers have been
brought into Oklahoma homes and into Tulsa from all
over the country. We know that defense industries arc
supposed to I.ire al! the available workers in any lo-
cal iv before going outside. We also know the full text
of lhe President's Executive Order S802— that it is the
policy of the United Slates to encourage fu’.l participa-
tion in lhe national defense program by all citizens in
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THE GREENWOOD SUB-STATION ...
The Greenwood Sub-station is more than a stamp
window. It represents a part of what we have fought
for in Tu'sa for a long time in the way of postal facili-
ties It has a general delivery service and lock boxes are
available for those who desire them.
The equipment in this office represents an invest-
ment that must pay dividends if the office is to remain
in its preserl quarters. Unless we show the postal au-
thorities that we need a general delivery service, we
won’t have it lorg.
An Eagle representative counted seven of our group
who called for their mail nt the central office in less
than fifteen minutes. Is there any reason why these
people could have not been served in the office operat-
ed by one of our group? Some of us still maintain
lock boxes at the central office. Wouldri t the serv\’e
De a little faster in the Greenwood station?
If you get your mail al the general delivery win-
dow', put “Greenwood Sub-slation’ as a part of youi
address. If you rent a locked box, rent one in the
'.A IN RICH HIMMLER,
i sZI GESTAPO CHIEF,
i-lDEM REGISTRATION
Of ALL NEG6OE5 IN
GERMAN OCCUPIER
TERRITORY?.
Did I heai seme one speak of bro-
therhood?
If I did. I must say tha* is good—
All n.en live peaceful lives, here,
everywhere—
No more high, master race. Mei:
must ever!
A PLATFORM PROM TSE:
Our Democratic state pla.form
pr^mi'-ei sound appropri-
ate legislation reforming and
modifying our election laws to
the end that ‘all nominees for
national state and county offic-
es in primary elections may
more nearly reflect the will of
the maiority of the voters of the
respective parties' My first
choice in this matter was a pre-
ferential primary This, how-
ever. has been . ijec’ed by the
legislature There remains the
run-off primary law or on that
will be offec'ive subiect to the
approval of the neople next veer
will be enacted by this legisla-
ture.
PARDON AND PAROLE
BOARD: We have long believed
in and strongly advocated re-
form in the matter of granting
cf executive elemenev We are
hanov that the legislature has
made temporary provision for
an advisory Pardon and Parole
Board and hns also pssed legis-
lation submitting a constitution-
al amendment to the people
which, if approved, will create
a constitutional Pardon and
Parole Board without whose re-
commendation clemency cannot
be granted by' the Governor.
This will greatly improve the
handling of clemency matters in
Oklahoma.
HOME FRONT DUTIES:
We have no greater responsibi-
lity either from the standpoint
of our own welfare or the suc-
cess of our war effort or in in-
suring the winning of the peace
than that we produce as much
food as we possibly can. Our
Welfare Department is provid-
ing garden seed for our old peo-
ple on the assistance rolls Our
boys and girls in school can
each make a contribution to the
war effort by helping to pro-
duce more food- Every available
piece of ground should be util-
ized to produce food and every
bit that is produced should be
consumed either in season or
after having been canned or
preserved-
EDUCATION: One o f the
sharpest spurs causing us to
make every possible effort to
economize in our state govern-
ment is the necessity that the
requirements of our common
school program be met. We are
losing great inumbers of our
teachers in our common schools
because of the inadequate salar-
is being paid. Defense and other
war jobs paying much more are
calling cu.' teachers, and the
higher cost of living often makes
it imperative that they accept a
job paying more money. I be-
lieve that the salary increases
which will be provided for our
eachers will enable us to retain
and secure sufficient capable
teachers and this is a necessity
which we must all, working to-
gether, meet.
PATRIOTIC
Mrs. C. R. Cartwright
Army Mothers’ Club of America
Tulsa, Oklahoma
placed them in their Army Bibles
and whenever the opportunity pre-
sents itself, would read them.
With the cooperation of
home front we will win this
You people back home are soldiers,
too, doing your part and without
your help and the help of God, vic-
tory would be impossible. But we
Dear President,
Each man of this outfit was gi-
ven one card by me. and after
reading those good Biblical verses, I
and receive the wonderful Christ-
mas greeting cards sent to us by
cf this outfit had to hear from you
The Army Mothers’ Club of Ameri-
ca.
Words cannot express the hear-
ty feeling I and the rest of the men
could see the encouraging look and
expression on their faces. It gave
them something to think about.
It also gave then: the assurance
that the people on the home front
a -e becking us 100 percent in taxes,
p eduction rnd encouraging spiiit.
Lt made us feel that the people
back home and all over America
are thinking of us though
thousands of miles away.
After reading the versa •!
learning who sent them thi?
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dier here and elsewhere maintains
that fighting spirit and after it is
all said and done and I personally
hope there will he a greater change
in everything, including mankind,
for the better and each individual
on an equal level.
And I say in closing, May God
EDITOR SPEAKS
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