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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1911
THE QUEST FOR JOBS
By Emmett J. Scott
A few months ago, the American people were in the midst
ef a Presidential campaign. Both candidates were exhorting
the people to trust their pledges, their promises their assuran
ces,
It was a 1 loti of ' ou*:vg, of great emotional
ism.
Nerves were taut. bitterness abounded. Tampers
flared. The short and ugly word found use nearly every day..
Exciter*‘'pt was running high.
In the lidst of ail this turmoil, with both parties bidding for
its srp ort, The Negro group found iself ovewhelmed by a great
unc rtainity as to what the future held in store for it, and as
to the course it should follow. . <
With relief—continued relief — offered by one candidate;
and jobs, jobs, by the other, this Negro group oscillated between '
the two great parties trying to reach a wise decision.
Undoubredly, it was a period in which well-considered,
long range decision could not be reached. The gaiations of the
hour prevented that relaxed study and contemplation the sub
ject deserved
Voted for New Deal
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iii the great industrial cities where go many thousands of
colored people hafve been cond i emned to sub-margftnal exist
ence on relif rolls, and (lenid employment in industry, they em
brace the pittances of relief, apparently because of fear, after
eij-rht years of unemployment, that the miracle of a job was toe
much to expect. Again, the group, in large part, voted \vi
and for the New Deal
And then came the National Defense Program with its great
pn ' n ations, he hiring >f thousands and millions of men—sure
ly. it was thought, the day of industrial employment-redemp
tion had come.
Huti, no. The same old prejudices and discriminations were
trotted out. or.ther continued.
And that i„ why Negro-America is so bestirred at this time.
That is why oir representative men and women are speaking
out, and refusing to be “hushed up” by hesitant, pussy-footed
oppeasers of the gods of Prejudice and Racial Discrimination.
Everywhere able-bodied men are being called to army
' ‘Tips—why not in Industry also they are asking?
The self-respect, the individual liberty of this group rejects
the notion that- usual they are still to be the last hired and
always the first fired.
One of the candidates for the Presidency last Septembei
stated that “the Negro has little hope under this present un
American practice if he must wait until the whites have a!
been employed” before he can expect any consideration.
Mrs. Roosevelt, in speaking at Petersburg, Va. two week
ngo, offered the poor hope that, “now that increased jobs are be
ing created,” opportunity MAY be offered the Negro group
Must we forever wait, wait? Must we forever be on the
scaffold while othrex ornament the throne?
We arc not wilting that this be so. Every instinct of self,
preservation urges us to a course of action that claims the right
to a faire onsideration of our just claims anti deserts NOW ir
connection with every long-range program for national defense
Uic privilege ad right of every individual in this nation of
economic highlights
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Happenings That Affect the
Hinner Pails of Every Individual
Tho attention of the public at
large remai >cus
rope’s w,t the »
good man; experts are w« g
the Far ast. For, thest x
perts th' c there is almost no
possi’ lit of our going to war
in 1 ro,»e in the near future.
Bu there is a very definite
possibility that we may engage:
in hostilities with Japan.
, This government’s attitude 1
toward Nippon has boon under
Rointf important changes. As
the United States News puts if
“attempt appeasement of the
Japanese finally is ended. Th< \
United States, herafter, will re
fuse to be frightened by state
’ - ntc- -if ofTokio. Vital Ameri
i can i ’terests in the Philipinef
and in the Dutch East Indies
ad British Malaya are not to be
sacrificed without an effort to
defend them. If Japan presses
ahead with her present plans in /
he face of American opposition, /
<he may expect war.*’
Japan means to dominate the!
’acific. her statesmen have said I
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all of Qppaniat mus be brought
withiji her sphere of influence.
Some feelthat, as an Axis part
ner, she intends to make an at
aftpmpt on Singapore. She is a
definite threat to Australia and
New Zealand. She has outflank
ed the Philippines, and she is
makihg angry faces at French
Indo China And she threatens
our supplies of rubber, tin and
tea.
Evidence of Washington’s
i stiffened policy is found in the
almost unanimous House vote
in favor of a measure to fortify
Guam, Not long ago, a similar
proposal was easiy defeated.
Japan said fortifying Guam
would be a war-like act. Chief
of Naval Operations Stark told
Congress fhat Japanes^’'objec
tions should be totally disre
garded.
Jf we go to war with Japan
is is clear that the campaign
would have two phases. First,
and perhaps most important,
would be the economic phase.
Of all first-class powers, Japan
is the weakest economicay. She
must import or die. And most
of her imports come from us. We
have embargoed sales to Japan
of machine too's, aviation gaso
lipe apd some grades of scrap
jron. put she has been buying
Increasing quantities of our
crude oil, cotton machinery,
timber , and other commodities.
Second step in economic war
against Japan after the embargo
would be a boycott of imports.
Japan’s great cash crop is silk.
We now buy three-quarters of
all her silk production. If we re
fused to buy from her. her eco
nomy would be terribv shaken.
According to the U. S. News,
if both Britian and the l\ S.
were to join in the embargo and
boycott, Japan wouri find the
source of 75 per cent of her vital
supplies was closed to her. and
the market of 75 per cent of her
products was a’so gone.
It is apparent that the eco
nomic weapon could he used
against Japan without formally
going to war. However the ex
perts believe that this would
simply make w«r inevitable, in
that Japan would have to turn
elsewhere for supplies and mar
kets—and that she would have
to use military force to get
them. If, for instance, we refuse
to longer sell her oil, her logic
al move wrould be seizure of
the oil-rich Dutch islands.
From the stricly military
point of view, our naval authroi
ties have good reason, for be
lieving we could defeat the
Japanese in combat. Our fleet is
larger has grater fire-power,
and is considered far more effi
cient. Japanese cities are extra
ordinarily vulnerable to attack.
Our fleet haa the finest and lar
gest carrier-based air force in
existence. We could blockade
Japan—but dfepan could not bjoc
ade us. We could go' on indefini
tely without imports. Japan
could not. And Japanese resour
ces — and, some c*ay, Japanese
civilian morale has been worn
thin by the long-drawn-out war
in China.
In the event of naval war with
Japan it w uld be logical for us
ito use the British base at Singa
I pore. Our nearest major naval
base, Pearl Harbor, is over 5000
miles from Manila. The Manila
base, Cavete, is not yet of for
midable dimensions. It is con
' sidered certain that the British
would welcome our fleet at
Singapore with open arms.
Japan would go to war under
heavy handicaps. That being
true, would she take the chance
of forcing us to fight. The
answer to that is difficult. East
ern ways are not Western ways
Japanese samurai tradition is
utterly a'ien to us A real Japan
ese thinks little of death and dis
aster he prefers it to losing face.
Rome who have studied the
Japanese character believe it
not unlikely that Japan might
attack us, even though she knew
she was certain to lose, in a
grand suicidal gesture.
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First in America
In 1892, Charles E. and Frank
Urn-yea built and ran successfully
Inc first gasoline car made in Amer
tca—a ‘'horseless buggy."
Ham bone’s
SCORE BOX
; Hits |9T7|6
; Runs | 5 4 11
' E rrorsl 6 I S 0
Ferreting out the Flu
One day, not long ago, a
doctor walked into his labora
tory in the Rockefeller Founda
tion. he' peered through the
glass door of a ferret cage ex
pecting to see the tiny animal
listless and ill from influenza
germs with which it had been
inoculated. The doctor get the
surprise of a life which he had
devoted to medical research —
the ferret stared back at him
with bright, vicious eyes, (Jan
gerousy healthy.
That marked a milestone in
a work began in 1920 .after the
deadly World Wer I flu epidemic.
The medical profession knew
two things about influenza—
it would strike again in twenty
years and no preventative was
known. Since then great strides
forward have been made in the
control of the disease but there
remains much more to be done
before this battle is won.
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MUSSOLINI IN HOLE
Reports frc.m the highest
sources say that Mussolini is
virtually Hitler’s prisoner. The
Getapo is in Itay. German offic
ials are in key positions in all
department*/ of the Italian
government/ including the War
Office.
Nc matter who wins the war
—Mussolini must lose. He must
take Hitler’s orders if Germany
wins — he will have to accept
harsh British peace terms if
Ohurchhill’s legions win. And,
in the meantime reporters who
have left Italy say that anti
Fascist sentiment among the
people grows by leaps and by
bounds.
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Finnish Epic
The 'Finnish national epic, the
Kalevala, is many hundreds of
years old and is regarded as one
of the finest epic poems in the
world.
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Millions of /treat Aula
Thrro were millions of great auks
fcv.cn French fishermen found them
nround Newfoundland in the Fif
teenth century. Yet, 400 years later,
they were all gore. They and their
esgs were prizcJ as food; their
feathers for down. Once French
sailors filled two boats with bodies
of great auks in less than 30
minutes.
Kidneys Musi
(lean Out Adds
Kxccm A< id. and
blood are removed eRtoflylhnt'f minion Uny
delicate al<f-- -
organ c an
id
.1 wastes In y<vir
Idnry tub** or filters And non
. d ron-*jrst«mlc disorder* of the
Kidneys Of Bladder may cause Oett.'ng Va
Kl*ht*. Nervousness, Lea Pains. Circles Un
der KySa, Binlneat. Backache. Swollen
Ankle., or Burning Passages. In many auch
Of the D/.ctor's pre
r area the dluffetlc action (
person in just a lew days. Try l
the guarantee of money back untesa com!
pletely satisfied. Cyatex coats only 3c a dose
•t druggists aud the guarautcc protects you.
MINERS PRESENT DEMANDS
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The representatives of the
UMVVA and the <*oal operators
came together March 11 to draw
up a new contract. The present \
contract expires March 31.
The principle difference of
the requested wage scale from
the one now in force is an in
crease of $1 per day base pay.
Otjier demands were a two
weeks paid vacation, enforced
safety by right to refuse to
work in mines that it is felt are
unsafe and a guarantee of 200
days w-ork per year.
John L. Lewis, in presenting
the demands said that the right
of miners to insist on safe work
ing conditions had to go in and
that the miners were not going
to “tolerate this indiscriminate
butcher of miners.”
The demands came as a sur
prise to the operators who had
assembled fully expecting to be
et with a demand of $3 base in
crease.
Late hour reports indicate- '
the miners will get their de.
mands in substance, although
the 200 days work guaranteed
per year demand may fall by
the wayside for operators are
dependent on demand for coal
rather than their will when the
number of day$ work is concern
ed.
Shades of St. Patrick!
Shamrock Has Rival
In ‘Green' Carnation
On March 17 all good sons and
daughters of Erin ftause to ex
change the pleasantries and good
wishes of St. Patrick’s day. Hut
—believe it or not—today the
shamrock is giving place to the
green carnation, princi/nilly be
cause the shamrock is so scarce
in America. Florists solve the
problem by dipping the stem of
a white carnation in green color
ing and this flows upward to the
petals, giving the bloom the hue
of the Emerald isle.
If one need proof of the trend
here it is. This bright-eyed old
Irish lady muses over her green
carnation and perhaps longs for a
glimpse of the old soil and the
fight of a "real" shamrock of “real”
green.
,.^-^rick probably wouldn't
"*c the ulna „f ,ilo carnation talc
. , •. : '■“'""‘wn tan
ng the place of h,s shamrock for
he mod the latter to explain the
tTn\01 Un,> Trinity
at her, Son and Hofy SpirnL,„
ha In,h people whan he brought
ham rahg,n„, leeching, beck in
be fifth century, A. D,
Bluefield
State
RADIO PROGRAM
J. H. Rowland, coach of the Big
, Blues, and chairman of the col
; lege health committee, was the
gust speaker on the regular
i Bluefield State Teachers college
educational radio series Monday
evening, March 10, at 8:30 p. m.
The program was heard over
station WHIS. The musical por
tion of the program was render
ed by the college A Capella choir
under the direction of C. D.
Rese, head of the music dept.
The college wishes its many
listeners to bear in mind the
change in the time of the pro
gram from Sunday afternoon to
Monday evenings at 8 :30 p. m.
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BSTC CHAPEL PROGRAM
The Wednesday morning: chap
el hour was sponsored by the
Ethical Culture club of the
Home Economics department
under the genreal direction of
] Professor J. L. Skinner, the
I department head. The club pres
ented a pramatization of prob
lems in household income man
agement The first scene por
trayed a family of four which
had difficulty in the budgetting
of its income due to the fact that
no budget at all had been main
tained by the husband and wife.
The children were without prop
er clothing and food and the hus
band and wife found it im
possible to afford recreational
activities.
The second scene showed the
same family being given advice
on the managemen of its income
by students of Home Economics.
The probems discussed by these
advisors included: Setting the
Course by Mildred Woody, Mak
ing Ends Meet? by Anna Fuqua,
Cantrolling Flexible Expense
by Flcrine Tyree, Saving for
Reward by'Helen Pettigrew, and
Holding the Course by Margaret
Hunter. When these home eco
nomists finished giving the
family good advice on budget
ing, the husband and wife de
cided they would attempt to
live within their income by using
bedgetary measures.
The final scene showed the
same heme three years later
after the budget plan had been
fully tried and put into opera
tion. The end result was that
there was a dinner party in
celebration of a new home which
they could afford and more
healthy and better dressed chil
dren ready to begin school.
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STATE LITERARY CONTEST
TO BE HELD AT BSTC
T ho West Virginia Literary
contest will be held at IMuefield
State Teachers college on April
4. High school representatives
from the various regions will
meet here in four phases of it i
program. These phases are as
follc-ws: interpretive poetry,
essays, extempore speaking and
declamations. This is an annual
affair and brings forth a great
deal of interest. At t he same time
the principals of the West Vir
ginia State Principals Confer
ence holds its annual meeting in
conjunction with this contest
which is under the direct spon
sorship of the principals
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