The Michigan chronicle. [volume], November 28, 1942, Image 8

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• OWI Feeds Negro Press Paternalistic Pap’—ANP
ELMER DAVIS
IS ASKED TO
NAME ‘AIDES’
Says Negro Newspapers
Are Fed Propaganda
In Large Doses
I CHICAGO. Ill—(.ANP)—Charg-1
n;r that the Office of War lnfor- J
1 mation is feeding Negro news- j
1 p-.pers “large doses of pure propa- J
i.inda designed to lull colored peo- I
pie to sleep and make them forget
I ment accorded Negro soldiers and
•: »ioans, instead of grappling re
• a'.is'.icali.v with the problems in- i
, volved,” Claude A. Barnett, direc
' tor of the Associated Negro Press.
: last week wrote Elmer Davis. OWI
director, that his organization j
r.andl.ng Negro material needed
'.lose study and supervision.” j
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I In a statement made at the time
jhe wrote the letter, Mr. Barnett
| declared that no other element in \
subjected to the barrage of "pater
nal. st.c pap which OWI is spewing
I nto the channels of Negro thought.' ;
He added tha? thinking Negroes
j recognized It immediately for what '
it **&.
The letter sent to Mr. Davis was j
.n reply to a lengthy OWI re
| lease to newspapers carrying a com- !
! munication from Mr. Davis who 1
| contended ANP was in error in its !
i story stating that OWI had onlytt
j four Negro employees ou? of a list 1
| running into the thousands and a
| jadget of mill.ons.
Clarifies Positions
j Mr Barnett's letter admitted that
j 'lie ANP co—espondent's story was
incorrect in that it did not point ;
I aut that th- total of four employees
! referred only to those in positions
jof responsibility. If messengers, .
I etc., in OWI were counted. Mr. i
1 Barnett conceded the toral of Ne
gro employees might reach a score
Since Mr .Davis’ letter declared
here were Negroes working in
j OWI as "information specialists, or
! ganizational analysts, field repre
-1 sentatives. in the news bureau,
bureau o' in*el!.genre, bureau of
special operations, bureau of pub
lication and graphics, etc ” he was
j challenged by the ANP director ro
list the number of Negroes in each,
their name-, and locations, duties
and salaries as compared with
whites in similar posts.
(Mr. Barnett's missive also said:
OWI. Will you not explain why
“Your letter says' that no dis
tinction a.s to race is made within
rhe letter N is used on the release
which you sent to newspapers car
rying your letter to me, and on
news releases generally which are
‘ Were you to ask tor an opinion.
I would say that it appears to us
here that the Office of War In
formation might well concern itself
with clarifying and explaining some
of the many disadvantages and dis
abound in Che Negro newspapers,
instead there is an increasing flood
from OWI of material which one
can only term undisguised propa
ganda, designed evidently to gloss
over wTffespreatf- d;ss.TtTrfrrcftom
which might be more effectively
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\Can Uou Answer* These Questions ?
IF YOU CAN ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS RATE YOURSELF AS SUPERIOR.
IF YOU CAN ANSWER ONLY TWO YOU ARE CONSIDERED GOOD. AND IF
YOU ANSWER ONE, YOU CAN CALL YOURSELF AVERAGE. TEST YOURSELF.
1. What Negro minister preached the famous sermon
“The Sun Do Move?”
2. Who was probably the first Negro physician in the
United States?
3. The initials of Murray's Pomade are M.P. What do
these initials mean in military life?
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JOINS UNCLE SAM’S FORCE
■ 1 1 ■I I 1111
Last week at 234 Medbury a farewell party was
given in honor of Charles E. Steel who left
Wednesday to join his many friends in the armed
forces. Some of the friends who came to bid
him farewell were: Billie Jones. Helen Minor,
Opal Clover, Donnie Turner, Millie Buchanan.
disposed of if the truth were recog-j
mzed ahd dealt with realistically. 1 j
think the type and quality of your
"If OWI grappled fairly with the
problems of discrimination and
mistreatment which tend to lower
Negro mobile and told the simple |
truth about them, at the same time j
seeking to instruct Che Tory e!e- '
ments whose attitudes are at the j
action, it wuuld be rendering a
Absolves Davis
In his statement. Mr. Barnett was ■
quick to absolve Mr. Davis of in- i
tentional unfairness and said he 1
nad admiration for both the OWI j
lirect.ir and his first assistant. Mil
ton S Eisenhower. However, he .
declared he felt Mr. Davis was “un
lurunaie" in his selection of people
} to handle his Negro material.
Rumors are tha: the real power
behind the throne in OWI with
reference to Negro affairs is a
; white man,"’Milton P. Starr, owner
lof a vast chain of Dixie theatres
! catering to Negroes. It is said that ;
Mr. Starr has been set up as the
final authority in derermining what!
j Negro • iiioughout the nation wish I
\ and think.
! Mr. Barnett's letter ended by re
• minding Mr. Davis that the whole,
purpose of ANP was to serve the
Negro newspapers which hold
membership in it with worthwhile
try as a whole of which the Negro
is an integral part.
MICHIGAN SOLDIER PROMOTED
Lonzo Smith. 22. Negro aoldier
from Flint, Mich., was recently
promoted from Private First Class
at Camp John T. Knight. Calif.,
where he is attached to the 45th I
Quartermaster Regiment (truck). J
This is Smith's first promotion I
! since he entered the Army July 1. I
1942. He is the son of Josie Anne '
| Smith, 3309 Industrial avenue, Flint, j
Mich.
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Kappas To Reduce Size
Of Monthly Magazine
! year but for the duration, it will
be published only four times a year
unless future government regula
tions and rationing of materials
compel other adjustments.
Other streamlining of the Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity will take place
when the key officers meet in Chi
cago December 11 and 12 in a war
me cabinet meeting that will take
:he place of the annual grand chap
ter meeting which was scheduled
for Columbus, O.
Minister Elected Head
Of Ohio NAACP Branch
LIMA. Ohio—At last M'Mk's an
nual election of officers of the Al
ien County Branch of the N.A.
A.CP. held at Fourth Street Bap
:;st church here. Rev. Leroy McGee
was chosen president. Others
. elected were: W. A. Baker, first
vice president: Harry Vaughn, sec
' or.d vice president: Elmore E
Woodley, secretary; T C. Evans,
assistant secretary; and Robert K. ,
' Jones, treasurer.
! CHICAGO. (ANP)—In addition 1
1 Lo the cancellation of the national
letter societies, the war is also hav
ing its affect on the Greek-letter
j magazines, it became known this
, week when it was announced here
i that the Kappa Alpha Psi journal
j will reduce its number of issues
per year for the duration.
1 For 28 years, since 1914. the Kap
pa Journal has been published as
i the official organ of the second j
oldest of the college fraternities. !
Atty. Carl R. Johnson, national
: president of the Kappas, stated, in |
making the announcement. “In j
, World War I it served to keep the
; hundreds of Kappamen in uniform
; in contact with each other, in ad
, morale-building programs. and
| during World War II the journa..
!is again serving in these same
i roles, backed by the entire organi
: zation.” he declared,
j The Kappa Journal Is usually is
sued monthly during the college 1
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TUSK EGER INSTITUTE. Al«.—
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he Tuskegee Woman's club mem
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week that as a result of the club's
recent membership drive, 119 mem
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year 1942-43. The goal 'is 300 pan
memberships by Jan. I, 1943.