Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1950-10-06 Lewis O. Swingler MEMPHIS WORLD The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 164 BEALE—Phone 8-4030 Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn., as second-class mail under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II. Founder, C. A. Scott, General Manager LEWIS O. SWINGLER .............................Editor A. G. SHIELDS, Jr.............................. Advertising Manager The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper—non sectarian and non-partisan, printing news unbiasedly and supporting those things it believes to the interest of its readers and opposing those things against the interest of its readers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00—6 Months $3.00—3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) ROUTE SUPERVISORS: Lavern Montgomery, 289 W. Person Phone 9-2129 Roosevelt Phillips, 1382 Nicholas Phone 5-5076 Arthur Sprull —Lawrence Johnson Phone 35-4917 Gayther Myers. 675 Lipford Phone 48-0627 William Trout, Jr., 1182 Chelsea Phone 36-2207 For any information concerning the distribution of THE WORLD, please, contact one of your route supervisors, particularly the one in your respective district. Negro Firemen In Richmond The City of Richmond, Virginia (population 193,042, 1940 Census) unlike Atlanta, (pouulation 302,288, in 1940 Census) has organized and trained a complete fire-fighting unit in that city, the personnel of which are Negroes. Some three or four months ago the announcement was made that such an organization was to be created and 200 applications were received. Out of this number 10 men were chosen and given an intensive training of two months' duration. On August 29 they took over engine Company Number 9 in the city's fire-fighting organization. An observer has wisely said, "give the Negro a fair chance at a decent job and a decent chance to live in a good house, and you will find the color problem solving itself." Everytime a new horizon or new field of labor is opened to the Negro the nation moves forward to that extent in the solution to its minority and color problem. Everytime the Negro is shut out of a chance at- a respectable employment with a chance for advancement, the nation suffers a defeat as serious as the slaughter of troops on the battlefield. In Atlanta we have done much talk but taken no action about the employment of Negro firemen? In our last Mayoral ty campaign candidate after candidate pledged himself to the employment of Negro firemen. All of them freely admitted the moral justification of having Negro firemen for a large city as Atlanta, where the races are* divided into communities to themselves. But it has now been nearly two years and still we do not have nor hear of Negro firemen. We will get Negro firemen when and only when the city authorities decide that it is high time to begin doing what is right and just by Negroes without having to force them into court to secure it. To fear the political consequences of honesty and fairplay is fin admission of weakness and indecision. Cotton Sack Mystery "Scuse me, Mistah Sheriff, kin I tell you please What I found in the crick today!" "Well, what was it danky, a jug o' corn, A frog, or a bale o' hay?" "No suh, I was fishin' and "a hopin' I'd Get some catfish Jo bring back When my hook caught on to a body stuffed An' tied in a cotton sack!" "It was young Sam Jones, who disappeared from here One night 'bout a week ago. After fightin' with a white man. And I just thought you'd want to know!" "You talk too much dahkey, keep yo' big trap shut, An' I tell what you better do, Don' be tellin' nobody else what you found, Or you're liable to go there too.?" WHY LOOK FURTHER FOR A BETTER WHISKEY? If you're still on the fence" in your choice of good whiskey you've just never tasted silken. smooth Wilken. One sip of its real, old-fashioned, country-style flavor will win you over to silken Wilen "for keeps." It's our family's whiskey, neighbor and neighbor it's smooth as silk! WILKEN SHORT TALKS By Browsing through a year book used by the Jack und Jill Club of America Los Angeles, California Chapter, I felt I had found some gems. They are, Ten Commandments for Parents, by Paul M. Pitman. 1. Thou shalt line thy child with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, but wisely, with all thy mind. 2 Thou shalt think of thy child not as something belonging to thee, but us a person. 3. Thou shalt regard his respect and love, not as something to be demanded, but something worth earning. 4. Every time thou are out of patience with thy child's immaturity and blundering, thou shall call to mind some of the childish ad ventures and mistakes which attend thine own coming of age. 5. Remember that it is thy child's privilege to make a hero out of thee and take thou thought to be a proper one. 6. Remember that also thy example is more eloquent than thy fault-finding and moralizing. 7. Thou shall strive to be a sign post on the highway of life rather than a rut out of which the wheel cannot turn. 8. Thou shall teach thy child to stand on his own feet aim fight his own battles. 9. Thou shall help thy child to see beauty, to practice kindness, to love truth and to live in friendship. 10. Thou shalt make of the place wherein thou dwellest a real home — a haven of happiness for thyself, for thy friends and for thy children's friends. TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR PARENTS By Browsing through a year book used by the Jack und Jill Club of America Los Angeles, California Chapter, I felt I had found some gems. They are, Ten Commandments for Parents, by Paul M. Pitman. 1. Thou shalt line thy child with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, but wisely, with all thy mind. 2 Thou shalt think of thy child not as something belonging to thee, but us a person. 3. Thou shalt regard his respect and love, not as something to be demanded, but something worth earning. 4. Every time thou are out of patience with thy child's immaturity and blundering, thou shall call to mind some of the childish ad ventures and mistakes which attend thine own coming of age. 5. Remember that it is thy child's privilege to make a hero out of thee and take thou thought to be a proper one. 6. Remember that also thy example is more eloquent than thy fault-finding and moralizing. 7. Thou shall strive to be a sign post on the highway of life rather than a rut out of which the wheel cannot turn. 8. Thou shall teach thy child to stand on his own feet aim fight his own battles. 9. Thou shall help thy child to see beauty, to practice kindness, to love truth and to live in friendship. 10. Thou shalt make of the place wherein thou dwellest a real home — a haven of happiness for thyself, for thy friends and for thy children's friends. Health And Wealth FROM WORLD'S REFERENCE BUREAU As a medical officer of the United States army in the South Pacific a few years ago. I remember many poisonous Jungle Plants and trees which caused a high percentage of skin and other diseases among soldiers, and I have divided them into two classes. First, those provided with thorns, spines or hairs which caused mechanical irritation and even penetrated the skin if brushed against or handled. Second, those which secreted an irritating sap, gum or tar which caused irritation and blisters if applied to the skin. The Spanish Nettle was a small shrub, the edges of leaves were scalloped, the stalk was soft — the stem supported the leaves, and the flowers covered with stinging hairs which penetrated the clothing and they produced intense pain, stinging and burning which lasted for days. The Cow Itch (Pica Pica) was a long luxuriant climbing vine with leaves, flowers, seeds like that of an edible bean. Cow Itch grows in an open area in jungles among the stalks of guinea and other grasses. The hairs from the bean pod, if brushed against when dry, penetrates the skin and causes intolerable itching. The hairs were carried by the wind. The Panama was a very large tree with buttressed roots and an enormous crown. The flowers it produced were pink and were borne in clusters. The fruit contained seeds resembling chestnuts, which were covered with hairs that penetrated the skin causing severe pains. The Acacia. The Black Palm, The Beach Apple along the seacoast and so many other vines and trees all contributed to the ruggedness of that area for us to work and live in. Many of the troops who have returned to their mainland with much of the various skin diseases and still suffering from these complaints. Your physician is willing and able to assist the male and female members and all the assistance to the Armed Forces in regaining good health. HEADLINES & BYLINES By SILAS P. WASHINGTON KOREA is very much in the news today. We hear a great deal of the 38th parrallel, Formosa, and the Philippines. Just how did we get mixed up in this mess? Ostensibly, we are in it, because we are bound by an internation commitment made at Cairo in 1943 and by the action of the United Nations in supervising the setting up of the Republic of South Korea. That is gospel truth; yet it appears to me that there are deeper and more fundamental reasons than that. There are now known to us certain broad ideas of our foreign policy The United States has for a long time practiced what might be called three different foreign policies Isolation, the Monroe Doctrine and the Policy of Co-operation in Eastern Asia, and the Pacific. It is true that there have been times when our action has been .... to say the least, questionable. Sometimes our acts have been neither fish nor fowl but we have for the most part conformed to the three mentioned policies. It is important to note that in the East, America has consistently held out for the Open Door Policy and for the territorial integrity of China and other nations involved. It should be kept in mind that such a policy was announced but that the whole world realized that the U. S. would not use force to maintain it. American public opinion was tremendously against that. Moreover, the isolation policy of ours, according to some, lead either to the surrender of our treaty rights or to the exclusion of all other interested powers They maintain with pretty good logic too. . . that you cannot straddle the road. Practically from the beginning this country has had established trade relations with China American whalers also did a good business in that area. Great Britain also traded with China, but seems to have had more trouble than the United States did. At any rate England was very much dissatisfied. Matters went from bad to worse. Eventually the famous Opium War took place and was terminated by the Treaty of 1842. Amoy, Foochoo, Wingpo, and Shanghai had to be opened to British trade on the same basis Canton was: Hongkong had to be ceded to the British Crown; China had to pay Great Britain a War indemnity of $21,000,000. To this dispute the United States was an interested observer American public opinion was decidedly against the British. Although the United States would not have used the coercion of the BRITISH, she was willing to profit by the upheaval without the assumption of any moral responsibility for it. Conseuently, she had a squadron in Chinese waters during the-war. Subseto get redress for losses suffered by Americans and the pledge of most favored nation treatment as well In spite of some difficulty the United States was able to secure a very favorable treaty with China without the use of force. In many respects the American treaty was much more honorable than that of the British. The American treaty admitted that the Opium trade was illegal, and allowed very liberal provisions for missionary facilities. Quite naturally, then, American missionary work prospered tremendously as a result of it. Later the TAIPING REBELLION ... influenced by these treaties no doubt, wrought great confusion and led the Central Government's hands for about ten years. Consequently Commodore Perry deemed some positive action necessary to protect American rights. To this end he considered the occupation of several islands . . .one of which was Formosa, mandatory, and recommended such to President Pierce. It is interesting to note that General MacArthur thinks the safeguarding of Formosa today as essential to the United Nations. Our President refused to act on Perry's promptings. As has been said before the United States has continually and consistently refused to use the coercive measures of the British and French. Yet the Government stated clearly a sympathy for their contentions. This is another example of our strange and hybrid policy. In 1858 the foreigners attempted to straighten out the Chinese con fusion. The British, French, American (For the first time) Russian plenipotentiaries sought a revision of the treaties of 1841. The American and Russian representative were instructed not to use force, whereas the British and French were committed to it. In 1860 these latter powers succeeded in forcing treaties and indemnities from China Again, the American and Russia plenipotentiaries also obtained favporable treaties without the use of their own force. These treaties end ed twenty-years of struggle for reestablishment of foreign intercourse with China. In that interval of great Chinese trade activity the Japanese question was far from what the United States desired. Furthermore, Japan isolated herself from the rest of the world; she tolerated intercourse with the Dutch only; she did not treat shipwrecked sailors falling in her hands in the conventional manner. After a great and determined effort on the part of Perry we were able to execute a treaty opening trade relationships between Japan and the United States in 1854. Soon thereafter other nations were able to get trade treaties with Japan also. After these treaties Japan be came unusually active in world affairs, making startling progress at the same time. In the course of events she went to war with China and stunned the world by defeating this large empire. Later on as a result of Russia's zeal in her (Japan) sphere of interest she went to war with Russia and really startled the world by defeating her in a series of unusually brilliant engagements. As a result she was recognized as a responsible power. This rise of Japan gave America considerable concern; for it deprived her of the favorable position she occupied as being the only large detached world power. Previously the contending powers of Europe more or less balanced one another, giving America the balance of world power. Such gave us considerable voice and prestige without the necessity of a large army. Japan's emergence changed all of this. Space does not permit us to go into the details of this as we would like. Nevertheless, the powers of Europe and Japan partitioned China while America was busy with the Spanish-American War. This action as well as the probable designs of Germany on the Philippines may have ultimately caused a doubtful America to acquire the Philippines. Great Britain favored this step Moreover, we may have felt the need of them since we had recently annexed Hawaii Naturally, Japan was averse to this. Beside, all of this there have been many secret agreements, much chincanery and various entanglements. We scarcely need to remind you that these have led to various national alignments, and have finally helped precipitate World Wars I, and II. Still the end is by no means apparent. From the above we can see that has today essentially the same spheres of interest as did Russia under the Czar. Apropos, the Russians reply to John Hay's request concerning the Open Door in China was less satisfactory than and contained more serious reservations than all of the rest of the powers involved. That was in 1899. One of the causes of the Russo-Japanese War was Russia's refusal to admit that KOREA was outside of her sphere of interest. That was in 1909 Secretary Knox presented a plan to "neutralize" the railroad in Manchuria. It was opposed by both Japan and Russia. The point we are trying to emphasize is that America has from the beginning tried to pursue one kind of policy ........ the OPEN DOOR ... in China, whereas Russia has consistently contended for spheres of influence. The labels may be different from the past ones, but the fundamental concepts are the same. Hence, Russia, England, France, and the United States have what may be definitely likened unto conflicting spheres of interest have always been potential causes of wars. Such strikes me as being the real basic cause of and a much logical explanation of the so-called police action KOREA. Receive Nursing Certificates-Terrell Members of the graduating class of the Terrell Memorial Hospital, who received their nursing certificates Monday night, October 2, at commencement exercises at the hospital, are seated: Misses Eva Wallace, Willie Mae Miller, Mabel lee Townsnd, Charlszetta Garrison, Beatrice Bryant, and the supervisor, Mrs. Ernest Payne, R. N. Standing are the freshmen students: Misses Ruby Oldsley, Elsie Robinson, Louline Jaymes, Bobbie L. Macklin, and Lorraine Neal. Three Colored up for Sweatt, the Supreme Court pointed out that it discriminated against white people, numbering 85 per cent of the Texas population, and including most of the lawyers and officials of Texas. In other words, the highest court held that a white citizen had as much legal right to go to the school for Sweatt as a colored citizen would contended no white citizen, would think of doing so because the "Sweatt school" was so inferior to the university law school. Next, Mr. Beeler cited the "McLaurin case from Oklahoma." That was where a former professor at Langston University, colored, sought a doctor of philosophy degree at the University of Oklahoma, was finally admitted but was humiliated by first being excluded from the regular seal in an ante-room. Later Prof. McLaurin was allowed to enter the class room where he could see as well as hear the teachers and students but was separated from his fellow-students by a railing The Supreme Court held that this arrangement was humiliating to Prof. McLaurin and therefore it denied to him the equal protection of the laws. Ok lahoma was required to take down the rail between Prof McLaurin and the other students. Mr. Beeler also cited the recent decision in which the Supreme Court ruled against inn curtain the railroads had put up to screen colored passengers from white passengers in the dining car. Charges Acheson from Acheson on down. The Republican Senator said that Acheson and "his clique" are making a mockery of bipartisan foreign policy and are trying to "give away everything won by the blood of our youths' in Korea. Bridges charged that the UN Security Council acted with Acheson's "Friday approval" when it voted Friday to invite the Chinese Communist delegates to a discussion of differences of opinion about China. But a state department spokesman replied that the United States had strongly opposed the motion and voted against it after an all-day argument. It said Bridges apparently had been misinformed. The department noted that Bridges was aspired some time ago that the U. S. would not approve the admission of the Chinese Reds to the UN and said tha he can still accept those assurances. WE DARE THEM ALL! Just take a puff — DON'T INHALE — and s-l-o-w-l-y let the smoke come through your nose. Easy, isn't it? And NOW... Do exactly the same thing—DON'T INHALE. Notice that bite, that sting? Quite a difference from PHILIP MORRIS! Other brands merely make claims—but PHILIP MORRIS invites you to , to , to Try this simple test. We believe that you, too, will agree . . . PHILIP MORRIS is, indeed, America's FINEST Cigarette! MART OF THOUGHT Auturn is here and leaf by leaf the trees are donning their party dresses to celebrate in the Autumn evening. They are so beautiful in technicolor hue. The whole countryside is putting on its night-time attire. It seems only yesterday that I watched the last snow melting and farmers plowing the Spring fields Only yesterday, I remember looking anxiously for the first sign of leaves to show, I remember the beauty of the Spring blossoms. Then the hot days of August, September and summer is gone. That is the best thing about living in the country. One becomes so aware of nature. Being a commuter, I have a chance to relax and watch the fields roll by twice a day. Freshly plowed in Spring, a carpet of green in Summer and golden brown at harvest time. This is a very significant season to me, when I compare it to human life. Because suddenly too much of life slips away. Spring has successively succumbed to Summer and Summers has successively passed. When it is A tumn it is almost Winter. When is Winter we had better have by hind us most of the things we are done. We can buy the harvest the farmer's field, but we can nev buy a month of a minute of tin gone by. If we knew that we he only one more month or one mo Autumn, what would we give and what would we cling to mos There were many things we ha planned to do but never quite g around to them. Just as this Autumn has con so the Autumn of our lives w come some day and we shall lo back upon life and know that ju talking to be talking und loafing just to be loafing doesn't mea much. I cannot tell you what to with your time. You alone must de cide what means most to you. Bl let me remind you that Autum will come to you without fanfa but as quietly as fog settling ov a city. You will not be aware of until suddenly you will feel old and ambitious. Your senses of val will be sharpened and we will s life's real perspective. The transformation of nature perennial. It is as certain as t night follows the day but for us once is final. Two Negroes Are Named To Minor Ray dridge of the Minneapolis Mine and Artie Wilson of Oaks we named to the recent. Look mag zine all star teams of their respe tive minor leagues, both class AA circuits. Dandridge, recently honored the most valuable player of the American association, was voted a league third basemen by the rad experts. He was a league leader total hits and also rated high batting average. DAISY THEATRE HUGO HAAS • GRANT WITHERS ODETTE MYRTIL • PAUL FIX Good Cooks Have Always Given Their Families Nourishing Diets Southern women good cooks that they are, have always seemed to have a natural-born instinct for giving their families a nourishing diet. Remember how our grandmathers urged the children to eat plenty of the "pot liquor" from vegetables long before science told is it contained valuable vitamins. Rice is another food that has been a Southern standby for generations. And now science tells us of an exciting new discovery about the food value of rice. Dr. Barnett Sure of the Agricultural Experiment Station. University of Arkansas reports experiments which show that the proteins of polished rice prove much superior to proteins of enriched wheat flour Since proteins are essential to help children grow and keep adults healthy, this news is important to every woman who has a family. In the experimental diets, Dr. Sure used polished rice, the same typed of regular white rice that is served on millions of tables every day Growth gain was much greater from the rice proteins than from enriched flour proteins. So now you'll want to have a bowl of white fluffy rice on the table more often than ever for its growthbuilding protein and because it is an economical food that tastes mighty good. Here are two easy ways to cook rice fluffy and tender. And for a colorful man in dish, try these green peppers stuffed with rice. Place ingredients in top of double boiler Cover, cook over boiling water until rice is tender and water absorbed about 20 to 45 minutes. Do not rinse 3 to 4 cups cooked rice. Bring salted water to rapid boil, slowly add rice. Boil rapidly, occasionally lifting with fork prevent sticking. Cook tender, 12 min. or longer. Drain. (Easiest way — simply pour into colander or strainer). If you wish, run a little hot water through rice. To keep hot cover colander with towel, place over hot water 3 to 4 cups cooked rice. 3 cups boiled rice 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 2 teaspoons butter or margarine 1 cup ground or minced cooked ham or other meat. 1 Tablespoon chopped fine parsley, 1 tablespoon grated onion. 1 cup catsup or tomato sauce 6 medium green peppers. Wash peppers, cut a thin slice from stem end, and remove seeds. Cover with boiling waited water and simmer for 5 min. Drain. While peppers are simmering, prepare stuffing: Thoroughly blend worcestershire sauce with rice. Add ham; parsley onion, and catsup, mixing well Stuff peppers with this mixture, and place 1 teaspoon butter or margarine on top of each. Arrange peppers upright in baking dish. Add just enough water to cover bottom of dish, and bake in moderate hot over (375° F.) about 30 min., until peppers are tender 6 servings. NEW DAISY NAT HOLT PRODUCTIONS CARIBOO TRAIL COLOR BY JUMP 'N' JIVE RHYTHM TUNES SAVOY Robert TAYLOR "