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HARTFORD CHRONICLE
Covering Connecticut
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YALE OFFERS
On another page of this edition is a news story about the
difficulties the Quakers are having with some of their own con
stituency, trying to convince them that active brotherhood is a
vital part of the faith. And in this particular instance it has to
do with the lack of tolerance
some Quaker Colleges that have
registration of Negro students.
It is most unfortunate for
have done so much that is constructive in the field of race rela
tions, that such conditions should
indication of how difficult it is to
moral pronouncements off paper
who otherwise are most devout.
So it is even more significant to be able to read about the
special inducements that are being made by one of the oldest
and most outstanding Universities in the nation to qualified Ne
gro students. And while the Yale Scholarship Committee makes
this special inducement, it does not represent a sudden change
m policy. For Yale to our knowledge has never had an . anti
Negro policy.
It has always been the fact
nation had the teeling that they
ments. Therefore Yale to them was something .that you dreamed
about and not something that was within the realm of possibili
ties ior tnem.
But it is even more significant now that this University has
set aside two $1200 freshman
students. It is significant because
great deal of agitation about racial quotas or the complete elim
ination of certain groups from
Yale University is sufficiently
in the life of America to have
any special recognition of the
some people their education is moreithan the automatic coralling
of privileged individuals, they
manifest the type of thinking and action that will make thisx a
truly democratic nation.
We commend the Scholarship Committee at Yale University
for this fine precedent and we earnestly urge Negro youth to
strive to advantage of this excellent offer for a higher education.
THE NEIMOELLER EPISODE
Pastor Martin Neimoeller spoke the other Monday evening
at the Bushnell Memorial to a filled auditorium of divided recep
tivity. His topie was that of Christian Unity. The use of that
particular topic is one that should be treated with both respect
and integrity. Neimoeller seemed however to use this topic as
a gargoyle production of his own individual experience ; a lean
ing post by which he hoped to be absolved, rather than a symbol
of a leader.
It would seem that we all stand agreed on the need of the
unity of Christian to Christian or man to man and mankind to
the God principle. Neimoeller seemed more concerned with how
the war affected him as an individual and as Hitler's personal
prisoner rather than the affect on those countless others who
were steadily enmeashed in the grim burden of dav to dav com
bat. Neimoeller after his internecine fuel with Hitler over mat
ters of the Church, which affected his status as a Nazi church
leader, was committed to a period of eight years' imprisonment
under the Nazi regime. He was in solitary confinement during
onehalf of this time, when he had in his possession a Bible, which
he read daily. Some of the time he read loudly enough to
share his oral sermons with another prisoner on the outside, who
was a Catholic priest. This is as any man would do.
It was reported to Hitler who in his personal anger had him
removed to another prison of six cells, which he shared with
three Catholic priests. They conducted prayer and Bible lessons
daily.
It should be remembered with sober realization that this is
the man, the unregenerate Nazi, who conformed with Hitler in
affairs of state and minority persecution, only to separate in
the affairs of church control. One can aecept or ignore his
tactics but it is well to remember that the whole is greater
than any of its parts.
INCENTIVE
that is evinced by the heads of
not opened their doors to the
these people who as a group
exist. Yet it is but a marked
get some of the high sounding
and into action for some people,
that very few Negro boys in the
could meet the financial require
. , .
scholarships for worthy Negro
these are days when there is a
College and University life.
important and well established
passed over this period without
problem. And vet because to
have gone out of their wav to
The Hartford Chronicle
HEALTH FOR ALL
Preventing Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis can be prevent
ed. It is not hereditary, but it
is a communicable germ disease
spread from persons who have
the disease in active form to
healthy persons. It has been
called "the unecessary disease,''
yet 55,000 Americans and mil
lions in other parts of the world
die from it annually. Each
is a failure in prevention.
One of the 'reasons why we
fail in preventing tuberculosis
is our unwillingness to face un
pleasant facts. It is easier and
far more pleasant, to believe
that we could not have TB than
to have a chest X-ray and find
out for sure whether we are
healthy or whether we have
caught the disease. The early
case, discovered by X-ray before
outward symptoms appear, can
be cured with minimum loss of
time and money, before great
harm has been- done m passing
on the germs to friends, rela
tives and business contacts, If
every adult were to have rou
tine chest X-rays, just as' he
should go to the doctor for an
annual check-up, tuberculosis
might eventually no longer, be
one of the chief causes of death.
It cannot, be said too forcibly
that newborn babies and small
children should be kept away
from open cases of TB and out
of rooms occupied by them.
Among grown 'people the dan
ger of association is limited
largely to those having intimate
contact with tuberculous per
sons. It is always the unknown
case that does the most harm.
Many persons have tubercular
sis germs in small quantities ly
ing dormant in their bodies.
They may develop the disease
if the natural resistance is low
ered and the germs begin to de
velop and increase to considera-j
ble numbers. Poor recovery
from acute respiratory diseases
such as pneumonia, influenza,
grippe and colds will lower re
sistance and provide ideal con
ditions for an outbreak of the
germs. "With children, a poor
recovery from measles and
whooping cough, if there has
beent any contact with a tuber
culosis person, may lead to a
fatal attack of the disease.
After any disease or opera
tion, the patient should remain
in bed until the doctor permits
some activity, instead of get
ting up and going about as soon
as he is able to walk, as is so
often done. Sometimes tuber
culosis seems to develop at the
end of a long summer of ex
hausting heat. Excessive phy
sical and mental work also often
result ' in lowered resistance
which invites TB.
There are large numbers of
men and women who apparently
do not know enough to go to
bed at bedtime. They must
work throughout the day to
make a living, and seem to think
they must play most of the
night to enjoy living. Tuber
culosis is one of the penalties
they may pay. Following the
simple, everyday rules of health
will increase resistance to tuber-
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Experts Forecast Deficit
Of 150 Million Pounds in
Domestic Fats and Oils
Survey Shows Increase In Imports But Reveals
Reduced Reserves In 1947 Will Cut Down
Total Available Supply
A survey conducted by the Ameri
can Fat Salvage Committee shows
the United States will have avail
able for industrial uses even less
fats and oils during the first half
of 1947 than was available dur
ing the corresponding period last
year. Department of Agriculture
experts predict the drop In supplies
will amount to approximately 150
million pounds.
In view of the findings of the
survey, American housewives are
being urged to redouble their sal
vaging efforts to increase the col
lections of used kitchen fats. . The
American kitchen is the only pos
sible source from which this deficit
can be alleviated.
According to the Department of
Agriculture, domestic production
of fats and oils animal slaughter
plus vegetable crops will be slight
ly lower the first half of this year
than that of a year ago. This loss
is estimated at about 157 million
pounds.
KlT 4 MONTH
1946
SO. CAROLINA SCHEME
CHALLENGED IN COURT
Columbia, S. C The opening
wedge in the fight to defeat the
Southern States' latest device to
keep Negroes from the polls
was made b ythe NAACP in a
South Carolina court on Febru
ary 21st. In an effort to regain
for Negroes in that state their
abrogated constitutional right
to vote in the primary elections,
NAACP counsel filed suit here
in the federal district court for
the western district of S. C.
against the election managers
and the Democratic Executive
Gommittee of Richland County
for their refusal to permit-Geo.
Elmore, a Negro, and other
qualified Negroes, to vote in
the 1946 primary.
By its repeal, in special ses
sion of the legislature in 1944,
of all state laws regulating the
primaries, South Carolina tried
to circumvent the Supreme
Court decision obtained by the
NAACP in a Texas primary
case, in 1944, making illegal the
practice of a state allowing a
private group to deprive the
Negro of his constitutional
right to vote. As a result of
this abolition of all primary
laws, the conduct' of the pri
maries in South Carolina is
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The one optimistic jiote is that
while the United StatesEXPORTED
216 million pounds of fats and oils
during the first half of 1946. it Is
estimated that we will IMPORT
150 million pounds' during that
period this year or a gain of 368
million pounds.
However, this gain will be more
than offset by the fact that this
year it will be impossible to bor
row from reserve stocks 355 million
pounds, as was done a year ago. '
since reserves are now depleted.
This leaves a domestic deficit - of
about 150 million pounds. .
In all probability, this even great
er shortage of fats and oils will
greatly reduce the manufacture of
refrigerators, automobiles, electric
al appliances, tires and paints.
However, if every family in the
United States will save and turn over
to meat dealers one pound of
used fat each month, our domestic
supply will equal that of a year
ago. In this way and in this way,
only can this problem be met.
now entirely in the hands of
the Democratic party (without'
any state regulation), and that
party denies Negroes member
ship. In their complaint, NAACP'
attorneys" allege that the de- '
fendants, the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee and their
election managers, are perform-'
ing a state function in conduct- '
ing the only meaningful pri
mary, and that their refusal to'
permit Negroes to vote is a
state action and, therefore, a .
violation of the Fourteenth .
Amendment. The NAACP 's
complaint also contends that al-
though the state's intention was
to destroy the agency relation
ship between - the state and
the Democratic party, actually
their relationship has not been
- .
destroyed whatsoever by the
abolition of all laws regulating
primaries. In practice, the-f
Democratic party is continuing '
to perform the same state func .:
tion which it performed before'-,
the laws were repealed. -:.:!.
The NAACP 's complaint cites' J
the message of Governor Oliii''
D. Johnston, now U. S. Senator-1;"
for South Carolina, in calling -the
special session of the Ieis"1'
lature in 1944, to repeal all13
statutes mentioning.- primary'
1 '947 I
elections, xie Hiaieu:
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