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PAGE SIX
Dunk Squawks
His Can
By JAMES DUN-CAN
After the "Battle of Waterloo,"'
■when all waa over, and aa tnejr
atood on a little eminence looking
over the field of the dead and dy
lug, Wellington said to Blucher
"the saddest thing in all the world
lb a GREAT VICTORY, except
on e and that is: A GREAT DE.
FEAT."
I recall how ex-Governor Van
Wagoner wept aa he gazed out of
the window of that historic and
majestic State House on hi* <le.
par'ure; 1 iecall an occasion when
1 sat near a mother tn her hus
band s church, when her eon who
bad just graduated from the New
England Conservatory of Music
played the organ that Sunday
night. She had made all kinds of
sacrifices to give him this train*
Ing. He stepped on the bas e ped.
als. and hi* mother's favorite
bynn. * HK INCLUDED ME TOO'
peeled through that auditorium. !
and the congregation sang as it
never Jang before. When he had
finished the las’ note, the mother ‘
toppled over, and she died that
night.
1 thought es September,
when I was in Baltimore. A nv>rfi
ler daily there «cn«> and the stripe
rs the Armistice It tame out 24
hours ahead of everything A i
"SUOOP. My. what a scoop! E'-
er'body and ev y !.ng foppeti • '
celebrate. Men let: their tob*
women. wives and sweethearts let
EVERYTHING GO and paraded up
and dow n the -rr* • people f
got their pe*• v and i'->!o*“h! J. a’-
ousies and thank-d Go<l f -the end
of the oonfl; lumthi king es the
mother' of the '>'■'<> sons of
Ethiopia who a • pushing up
daisies every year if. F -n, - ; T am
WACKY VERSUS WAAC
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WAS CRANOMA RIGHT ABOUT THESE
COLD
For colds' coufh- I CAPTC?
ing. 10 reduce I ■ Hw I w«
•ruffling nasal con
pcstion. d■ st muscle soreness r necr
Grandma put fa.tn m b< me mec.cared
mutton suet ar.d hot tlannei. Today
mothers u«e Fenetro— the excellent
nvxltm medication with the mutton
euet base. f'enetro v two
Aromatic vapors go inside with ever>
breath—outside it comforts like a
warming.soothingpla«ter Rubbed on
ches; ar.d throat, it w vs fart, You'll
agree Grandma vi, r.gi.t." tsatis
faction or purchav: price Monied.
2j*. double supply (Kit
“HAS GOD FAILED?”
I don't think so. I don't ... ieve .
the American p« <>[,.«• kn-.* t o ,
muth about God Ortalt.ly they i
know little of the actual < xist- I
In* Power ot the Great Spill'
—God. If they did. - h. y would I
most certainly be able to use I
the superlative Power against |
such world-disturbing human
parasites as Hitler, Mussolini,
and Tojo, would they not?
We have all heard a lot about !
what terrible sinners we are.
And we probably are. We have
been told that we all were born
In sin and shupen in Iniquity.
We have heard much ahout the
terrible punishments which lie
ahead of all who do not believe
••thin” or "that” about God.
These stories probably are all
true. But there is one thing we
have heard nothing about. We
have heard nothing about the
Invisible superhuman, living
Power of God.
We have not been told that
the American people can. indi
vidually, and collectively, es
tablish a definite and perma
nent contact with the Spirit of
God. not ‘'after” we die but
BEFORE WE DIE. For It Is
now we need the Power of God.
We have not been told that
every human being, regardless
.* , * # THERE'S REAL POWER HERE * ♦ *
Jmh .an. Ur. w • m-Mi raIwKMM nriMM. Th. Mo.mm, •« bon |. Moko*. Idaho. in l*2« It la i.wrnaf no.llr •
*2r n ■*'*•* r»lt»wu» M ffTtm.nl m *h# world of»ra«in ( totwrl, br mnl Our 'oorrMioo of God M oobtitr and dfnnnu.
"7 h r/r h '\«i w “"rts mjST^MMNfThio
i?* b ~" •»«»P«' , fc»d r).fm*«h (kia nrwlr dxmmd Pom which .. th. Spin* W God. Th. Mdr •• oI «hta
TTr".? “’n*"’* ** *" “•< «**'‘oo"*~* I *•'•« «K.i lk« ,M a „. wk Pow „ on th. r.fth tod.r «. -h. Pm
WGod Th*. Poorr o "*T r*rl Yoo m.r know ok.* *« r.n do im rm Wk, TOO* All pcdioatoarr and H»-
“ ,nN ** ' '** mi Parch iow. lot .
_ - - . , -
m
"thinking of those who are NOW
on every fighting front giving
of their life's blood, and even
those on the home front *who are
making it possible for supplies to
be sent those in the ARMED
FORCES, and 1 finally ask myself
"IS THIS IN GODS PLAN," or
has LUCIFER got a hand In It?
All things have certainly gone
“moderne." Why, even the prexy
at Hampton has his picture made
with a two-gun pipe in his mouth
It must bp a candid picture. If it
is not, I am sure th? prexy did
not want this pose placed on the
first page of any newspaper.
Walter, you might as well go
and "build that little time for the
man.” Public sentiment is the most
powerful weapon on earth, and
when » jury goes out and delib
prates only 3. minutes on an ap
peal case Involving such an tm.
portant case and such prominent
people, there I* more to it than
appears on the surface.
I read a full page ad. somewhere
of a prescription laboratory: on it*
were the names of all the national
and local organizations except
membership in THE BOOKER T.
WASHINGTON TRADE ASSOCIA.
Im\ and the NAA'T. WHY?
I knew of a case where a man
blabbed and he was lynched the
next day. This wa* the only time
I ever saw a man hanging from a (
llrr.’, about 2 bour« after he wa«
s’rung up ’ Wei;, more detail
next time.
I have prorated to in- -ease the
circulation of the TRIBUNE, and,
I am c■ sne to do It your letters i
or ph'nc calls to t:.l« publication:
i "huh is the only .ac* paper!
published in Michigan l . w;.i be
ippreciated.
MVarkt" anil Wnar meet tn
Hull*w<l4,ll!, (he Markt In tlii»
r«i*c being ihs famous radio
and motion picture star, lied
v ke|ti,n, and the Maar being
2d Officer Irma Jaek«on ration,
now assigned to the :t.»th
post headquarters company of
th. W Hues at Kurt lluurhiir*,
tri/ , where she Is now sere,
ing as a staff officer under the
command of (apt. trances \l.
• \and* r. l.t. I'attnn, who was
born in lintn«wirk, ha. is the
•laughter .f the late Or. Ray.
mond s . Jackson who was one
of the nr-t m«n In that area to
dcrgradiiafc and graduate work
at \llanta and li«k unl»ers|||c«.
l*«-e< rial worker, she N
the wif,. of Horace It. t ayton, dl.
<- -S
riY* 1
OR. FRANK B ROBINSON
Moscow. Idaho
of race, creed, or religious af
filiation, can. here and now.
draw upon an Invisible Power
*0 dynamic tn Its operations
that its u«e by the Individual
can bring Into every life, every
right thing that can be desired.
Not only that, the Invisible,
heretofore undiscovered Power
of God, can be used to throw
out of the fife everything in It
which should not be there. And
we mean materially, as well as
spiritually.
No. God has not failed lha
American people they just
THE COLOR GUARD Dr. Charles Richard Drew
o«‘"» YtKiwnm*', siStw^*rS"nl
GRAMMAR KMOOI WHEN PARATON ™lfXX> PUS
THOOiANOJ OF AMERICAN l \ MA, WHU SMt TKI LIVES
DOUGttKm DIED IN THE #WW I Os COUNTLESS UNITED
last wXr because of Wl* KT V iff
LACK OF ADEQUATE BLOOD \\\Y £g£ fcT oJII^TME 1 WORLD
TRANEFUMOH TECHNIQUES. ™* LP '
Jr §r. Charles Diehard
HURDLERS IN fihjr Drew, Mflt, CM, Med. D.Sc.
THE COUNTRY - PROf iMOi Os SUR«SY. HOWARB UNWIMITY,
w CHIEF fUMCOs, FItCDMtNS HOtHTAL.VINVIINfSTOfCK
AUfkITFRN OLVMPICL BY TH6 AUTHORITY ON THE PREPARATION
HALfBACK OP A COINH AH | fltftCWfllON 0 F BLOOD PLASMA.
- v I MEDICAL DIRECTOR OP THE PLASMA
iVHUCA I &F* POR BRITAIN PROJECT, AND DIAKJOR OP
I I THE FIRST RED CROJS HOOD BANK LET UP
*** I I I < «. . FOR THE COLLECTION Os BLOOD AMP
1 m PLASMA FOR THE AMERICAN ARMED
OUTSTANDISGc itww*w ATHLtTf
MLONQ WITH PAUL ROBISON,HED I iT^T
GOURDIN, RALPH METCALFE , JfcSSE OWENS, tfLj AR PL— 1- CI—I—
CHARLIE DREW WAS A GREAT COLLEGE Jjj/,, 7 I
ATHLETE' —’ FOUR LETTER MAH AND wfi?) r
TRACN CAPTAIN AT BOTH AMHERST Hill i r t~
AND McGill. DESPITE HIS ACHIEVE * W*W
ME NTS IK MEDICINE, HE‘RECALLS H«S —„
POST AS COACH AT MORGAN COLLEGE AS V, TH? BEST JOB I EVEH DIP!
BOYS AND
MEN IN Y
ACTIVITIES
The Sr. Antoine Boys* basket,
ball teams continued to roll on
to first.round winners as they
successfully downed the Hannan
YMCA Inte mediate and Senior
t-ams. The Intermediate first
team rolled up a score of 20
points to Hannans one before
t oa< h Lindsey sent in his snappy
‘'naif-pint five" who continued to
toll up points two at a time,
link of the intermediate team
had a field day and rolled up an
individual s* re of IT points. Ev
eryone of the te;j intermediates
found the hoop ior two or more
points except Merchant who had
au off day. in the Senior boys
Ijtne Hannan took control of the
situation from the start. The
Hannan boys were tall and rangy.
After the first quarter the St.
Antoine boys began to break
through their solid five-man de.
sense to end the half 15 to 11 in
St. Antoine’s favor. After a little
coaching at the half the St. An
toine h vs rolled up point after
, oint. and at the same time hold
i.ig the Hannan team to only
three point*. The senior boys’
♦cant deserves a lot of credit for
their great defensive play in the
‘econd half and their skilled hand;
l.ng of th ball throughout the
game. At tfie end of the game
they put on a three-minute stall
losing the ball < niy once.
Men’s Basketball
I.a* - Thursday the Men’s "Y”
Basketball team lost a well play
'd game to the fast sharp shoot
ing Hannan team. The Hannan
team took over the situation in
the first half to lead by a score
f Vj to 13. The St Antoine team
had had tough luck so far this
season. They came back in the
“econd half to score 36 points.
'I he St. Ant< ine team is just be
ginning to find themselves and
much is expected from them in
theii next games.
simply have never been told of
the staggering, scintillating
Power there Is In the realm of
God. They have not been told
that this superhuman Power
i can be found and used by all—
here and now. If the American
people will allow us to—we can
show them how to find and use
the actual literal Power of God
—not "above the sky” hut right
here on earth. And let us tell
you that this war can be
stopped, and will be stopped,
when the American people dis
cover, for the first time In their
lives, the actual and literal
Power of God.
We shall be glad to help all
I loyal Americans find this Pow
er. Full and free Information
will be sent you if you write to
"Psychlana,” Inc., Dept. 638i
Moscow, Ida.
Please cooperate with us In
our ettempts to make this Pow
er real to you by mailing your
• request for the froo Informs
• tion today. Ws are the ones
who aro trying to holp you, and
wa ask for thlo simple coopera
tion. So plaaao mail your re
quest TODAY to “Psychlana,"
I Inc., Dopt. 6)1, Moscow, Idaho.
I Thank you.
THE DETROIT TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1948
fljvict ON THI
PROBLEMS OF LIFE
COVdaCf Ml 'a|M4»<>N *• »•" wwft IMI «#t» 't).
" *»• ll<*4N(i m< C*MCoafc*H ><X • Os
★ABM’S 1913 ASTROLOGY READINGS ARE NOW READY*
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three i3» Question* In private. Please sign your full name nnd
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Explain jour case as fully as you feel necessary and rontine your
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LACE SERVICE, rare of The DETROIT TRIBINE, 214 fl St. An.
tnjne St„ Detroit. Mich.
M W 1913 ASTROLOGY
HEADINGS ARE READY
rM S. I'm living with my
mother and younger timers. My
lover drafted In the Armed
Lorres 3 weeks ago and I am
anxiously awaiting to hear front
him. I work nnd help mother
send mv other sisters to school,
r.ot had. not had to look at
( ther. I am dark brown. 5 feet,
120 lbs . dance good, love sports,
dress nice. So what is my trou
ble? Is h»* planning to Jive me?
Ans.t— It Is in t uncommon for
a draftee to wait several weeks
before finding it convenient to
write. It takes a little time to be.
re me adjusted to the army. You
meant too much to him for him
to forcet you that easily, lie may
n.t hp able to fulfill the prom-
Im's lie made before he left..but
Ills Intentions nre most honorable.
He's not 8 llve.cnt now. he’s In
the Army, nnd that comes first.
j M.C.—I sent my baby to live
w|t h my plater and I left my
husband.and went to Florida last
-all. He found out I was there
and came down and brought me
hack. I am fixing to leave him
again as he didn’t do any fetter.
Must 1 go hack to Florida?
Ans.:—No. you shouldn't go bark
to Florida, bpt you should make
some arrangements to live with
your bnhr If yon can't live with
vour husband. Your sister wII
not continue to keep this baby
, under the present set-up. You will
have to go to work nnd provide
for it. From every Indication, your
trouble ts that yon aren’t content
to make n home for yonr baby
nnd husband. I’m afrnld yon
won't he happy unless J on '' r
settle down and live as a mother
should.
I jM S —My father wrote » n( l
i want* me to come and live with
I him. Now I have never seen hie
w Ife and I don't know If I should
go «,r not?
Ans.i—Yonr father has not been
In a position lo take you to live
with him until h* ma-rled again.
You may he snre that he talked
thr matter over with her before
writing yru. Make the change. ■«
there with the determination that
yon will arcept his wife as yonr
mother and live peacefully.
M J.H.-I feel sura that aome
-1 times soon my husband Is going
I »o he Inducted Into service I In
tend to Join the WAACS. Would
For
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AUTOMOBILE CLUB
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Property Damage
Fire and Theft
Collision
—CLUB SERVICE
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it he well for me to Join now or
wait until after h? is in service;
Ans.: lnti| your husband does
go to the Army, It would he well
for you to remain there with Ivlin.
With his present rating, It will
be only a matter of a few months
before he will know how he stands
with his draft hoard. I think your
place I' nt home with hint ns long
ns he Is there. But should he go
into service, this would he a
happy solution t<» jr»ur situation.
G.J.H.—This hoy I am writing
about Is a great Jiver. The first
time I iaw him I hatod the wav
the girls would let hm Jive them.
Now he tells me that he loves
me and I ran have the swing
over the rest of- the girls if I
will give him a chance. Does he
mean what he says? I have fallen
for him now.
Ans.!—Are you willing to fall
Into the pattern of the rest of
yonr girl friends! He Jived them
Jnst long ennngh to get them un
der his control. Then It was off
with the old and on with the
new. The secret of yonr having
the swing over the resf Is the
manner In which yon keep him
gnes‘lng. Once yon let him know
you have fallen, you will he put
on the waiting list with the rest
of them.
N.Y.-Am I doing the wise
i thing by allowing my nephew to
i stay here with the people he is
v.lth or should I send him back
to his parrnts in Virginia?
i Ans.i—Yon took the hoy with
you nnd yon are indirectly re
sponsible for him. Yon gave yonr
approval to this proposition that
wa< offered him. nnd he seem*
well satisfied. Bnt to he on the safe
side, you should explain the par.
flcntnr* to his parents nnd get
their consent to his remaining on
this Job.
NAMED TO HOSPITAL STAFF
PHILADELPHIA—(ANP) Dr.
I Pabln L. Gasklll, prominent heart
specialist, was appointed clinician
: in cardiology at Philadelphia Gen
j era! hospital, last week by Dr.
i Ifubley Owen, director of public
health.
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LEWIS LOAN OFFICE
§4l (Jrstlet Areaas
L C. BLOUNT
HOST AT SEA
FOOD DINNER
Newly elected president of the
local Booker T. Washington
Trade association, L. C. Blount,
was host, last Saturday evening
to officers, committees of the or
ganisation and their wives at a
special “sea food dinner” at his
hi me, 430 E. Chandler avenue.
The reason for th gathering was
more than social, although all
enjoyed the sea food delicacies
and the society of each other,
but they enjoyed more the advise
that this is destined to be a great
year for the business organisa
tion that bears the name of the
late Booker T. Washington.
President Blount said:
“Not only will the association |
bring Interesting and forceful i
Speakers weekly to give lnforma- 1
tlon and entertainment to our
members and friends, but this
organization is going to institute
a program that will do the great
est good to the greatest number
of Detroit’s Negro business men
and women.” declared President
Blount. Continuing, he said: "Wej
are living in one of the greatest
transition periods the world has
ever experienced, and unless Ne
gro business is prepared to rec
ognize that fact and willing to
fall in line with those who are
destined to go forward they are
doomed to defeat and failure."
IN MEMORIAM
''■ vj.
The late Rev. Frank Fletcher
'Thomas, who departed this life Feb
ruary 1. 1942, He was |>a*tor of
First Baptist church, Roseville,
Mich. “Gone l;ut not frrgotten.
IV e loved him but God loved him
best."
Sleep on, dear husband. He hope
to meet you some bright nirrniug.
(Signed)
Eva A. Thomas
HIGHLAND
PARK NEWS
B.r MARION COLEMAN
The Women's Society of Chris,
tian service e.r Berra Methodist
church met Sunday for tlu
monthly meeting. After the reg
ular business session there were
several brief talks on South
America. The ladies found these
quite interesting as most of tfc*.
circles have been making a careful
study of the Latin American re.
ligious customs.
The Eureka Garden Art and
Study club met Monday at the
home of Mrs. Brown on Inver.
| ness street. The member* enjoy
eo a delicious luncheon and play
ed some of the hilarious games
which Mrs, Brown introduces.
Others present were Mrs. Blanche
( assey. Mrs. Sadie Toles. Mrs.
Jessie Daniel, Mrs. Arnetta Cole
man and Mrs. Patter.-on.
Handsome Cadet Robert Davis
is home on a short furlough vis
iting h'is family.
Mrs. Edward Watklne is still
in Harper hospital but improved.
Mrs. Esther Glovtr of Labelle
street is up and around again.
Sunday, Feb. 14 will be race
relations day at Berea church.
The Rev. Dr. Williams, district
superintendent, will be the princi
pal speaker and will conduct the
1 morning services.
Miss Rachael Hooks left Tues.
I day night for Dayton, Ohio, where
| she is to take a clerical position,
i Miss Hooks, Wayne student, In
l tends to continue her studies in
j Dayton.
Happy birthday, goes this week
to Misses Lena Nesblt. Dor«s Mil
ler and Naomi Walden.
PLEDGES NEGRO DEVELOPMENT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. That
Alabama will seek to better race
relations through “independent de.
velopment’’ for Neg roc* was pledg.
ed this week in the Inaugural ad.
dress of Oov. Chauncey Sparks at
the state capital. He said he hoped
to gain these ends by working to
ward the "equal opportunity to
which men are entitled.'
jig
Thrr* art fatkn ah# katWr^TT^r
laln «h*rrr» and rurlo. have powrrn
l> krct |krw lavr. MMr), and hap
pl*»>«. T. • aiaka a* nnrh claim*. and
aril nnlr a* a rarla, hut many pra-
I’je KBIS JSfCht nur 80-Jn nllacad
"lu>»k< WMtf I«alr«tonr<, and thry
trll a* lh»r Ilka |hrm rrry modi.
Thro- are caanln* Mrttoiif. which
ara kata aaa«Sallr prrparrd. and ara
• altrri Whlta llltjtuta They ara
ht»hlr ■AftCr. Thrr Craw tkhd
la I ham. Hand far yaar pair twla>.
' a*'ll ba SrOchlad. K* mat tar haw
raa a»a tham, Tnw wilt gat «aar
moary'o warth. nr || will ha rnf.imln..
I»d a«k far Ra-Aa a hit a hnsratnaa-.
U*lr si fraatac* a»f-n If f.O.n.i
Han't wait. Thin may h* law what
Bm ■ hat a haaa waltiar fr». SCdrrnn
•*> Carla I amaan., llapl. (.f,
MS North (lark Mr art. Chirac* 111.
2146 St. Antoine Street. Corner Columbia —CLifford 292<
Native Son
By RICHARD WRIGHT
BOOK 3-INSTALLMENT XII
BIGGER listened as Mr. Dalton told how the Dalton fam
ily always hired Negro boys as chauffeurs, especially
when those Negro boys were handicapped by poverty,
lack of education, misfortune, or bodily injury. Mr. DaU
:on said that this was to give them a chance to support
heir families and go to school. He told how Bigger had
:ome t 0 the house, how timid and frightened he had act-
cd. and how moved and touched*
the family had been for him. He
told how he had not thought that
Bigger had had anything to do
with the disappearance of Mary,
and how he had told -Britten not
to question him. He theu told of
receiving the kidnap note, and how
shocked he had been when he watt
informed that Bigger had fled his
home, thereby indicating his guilt.
When the coroner's questioning
was over. Bigger heard Max ask?
"May I direct a few questions?'*
"Certainly. Cos right ahead," the
coroner said.
Max went forward and stood di.
rectly In front of Mr. Dalton.
"You are the president of the
Dalton Real Estate company, are
you not?" /
"Yes."
"Your company owns the build
ing in which the Thomas family
has lived for the past three years,
does It not?"
"Well, no. My company own#
the stock in a company that owns
the house,"
"I see. tVhat is the name of (hat
company?"
"The South Side Real Estate
company."
"Now, Mr. Dalton, the Thomas
family paid you . . .
"Not to m<*! They pay the rent
to the South Side Real Estate
company."
“You own the controlling stock
in the Dalton Real Estate com.
pany. don't you?"
"Why, yes."
"And that company In turn owns
the etock that controls the South
Side Real Estate company, doesn't
It."
"Why. yes."
"I think I can say that the
Thomas family pays rent to you,"
"Indirectly, yes."
"Who formulates the policies of
these two companies?"
"Why. I do."
"Why Is It that vou charge the
Tbomaij family and other Negro
families more rent for the same
kind cf houses than you charge
whites?’’
"I don’t fix the rent scales," Mr.
Dalton said.
"Who does?"
t "Why the law of supply and de
mand regulates the price of
I hr"
"Now, Mr, Dalton. It has been
said that >ou donate millions of
dollars to educate Negroes. Why
Is It that you exact an exorbitant
rent of eight dollars per week
from the Thomas family for one
unventllafed. rat-infested room in
which four people eat and sleep?"
The coroner leaped to his feet.
“I'll not tolerate your brow.
, heating thi,s w Itness! Have you
, no sense of decency? This man Is
one of the most respected men In
this city! And jour questions have
I no hearing . . . ."
| “They do have a bearing!" Max
shouted. "You said we could ques
-1 tion with latitude here! I'm trying
to And the guilty person, too! Jan
Krlone is not the only man who’s
influenced Bigger Thomas! There
were many others before him. I
ha>> a* much right to determine
what effect their attitude has had
upon his conduct as you had to
determine what Jan Erlone's had!"
"I’m willing to answer his ques
tion# If it will clear things up."
Mr. Dalton said quietly.
"Thank you. Mr. Dalton, Now.
tell me. why is it that you charged
the Thomas family right dollars
per week, for one room In a tene
-1 ment?”
"Well, there’s a housing short
age."
"All over Chicago?"
"No. Just here on the South
Side."
"You own houses in other sec
tions of the city?"
"Yea."
"Then why don't you rent those
houses to Negroes?"
"Well. . . . Er. . . . I—l—l
den t think they'd like to live any
other place."
“Who told you that?"
"Nobody."
"You came to that conclusion
yourself?"
"Why, yes."
"Isn't It true you refuse to rent
houses to Negroes if thoee houses
are In other sections of the city?"
"Why. yes/’
"Why?"
"Well, It'a an old custom."
"Do you think that custom Is
right?"
"I didn't make the custom." Mr.
Dalton said.
"Do you think that cuatom Is
right?" Max asked again.
"Well. I think Negroes ar* hap
pier when they're together."
"Who told you thnir
"Why, nobody."
"Aren’t they more profitable
when they’re together?"
"I don t know what you mean?"
"Mr Dalton, doesn’t this policy
of your ermpany tend to keep He.
groes on the South Side, in one
area?"
"Well. It works that way. But I
didn't originate. , .
"Mr. Dalton, you gay* millions
to help Negroes. May I ask you
why don't you charge them lesa
rent for fire-traps and check that
against your charity budget?"
"Well, to charge them lesa rent
would he unethical "
•Tnelhlrair
"Why, yea. I would be under
selling my competitors."
"la thera an agreement among
realtors aa to what Negroes should
be charged for rent?"
"No. Bnt there'* a coda of ethics
In business."
"80. the profits you take from
th« Thtmaa- family in renta. yon
give back to them to ease the pain
o’ their gouged lives and to salve
the ache of your earn conscience I"
"That's a distortion of fart,
sir!" H
"Mr. Dalton, why do you eon.
tribute money to Negro cducal
tion?"
"I want to see them have a
chance."
"Have you ever employed any
of the Negroes you helped to ed.
ucHte?"
"Why, no.”
"Mr. Dalton, do you think that
the terrible conditions under
which the Thomas family lived in
one of your houses may in some
way be related to the death of
your daughter?"
"I don’t know what you mean,"
"That's all." said Max.
After Mr. Dalton left the stand,
Peggy came, then Britten, a host
of doctors, reporters, and many
policemen.
"We »ill now hear from Ripper
Thomas!" the coroner called,
A wave of excited voices swept
over the room. Bigger* fitigtri
gripped the arms of the chair.
Max'# hands touched his should,
er. Bigger turned and Max whi».
pered:
"Sit still."
Max rose.
"Mr. Coroner?"
"Yes?"
"In the capacity of Bigger
Thomas' lawyer. I'd like to state
that he does not wish to testify
here.”
"Ills testimony would help to
clear up any doubt as to the cause
of the death of the deceased," the
coroner said.
"Mv client Is already In police
custody and it is his right to re.
fuse. ..."
"All right. All right," the coton.
er said.
Max sat down.
"Stay in your seat It's all
right." Max whispered to Bigger. '
Bigger relaxed and felt his heart 1
pounding Ho longed for something
to so that the white faces
would stop staring at him. Fimll.
y. the face* turned away. The
ecroner strode to the table and
lifted the kidnap note with a slow,
long, delicate, and deliberate ges
ture.
"Gentlemen." ho said, facing the
six men In the row# of chaH«.
"you have heard the testimony of
the witnesses. I think, however,
that you should have the oppor.
tunlty to examine . the evidence
gathered by the Police Depart,
ment."
The coroner gave the kidnap
note to one of the jurors who read
it and passed it on to the others.
AH of the Jurors examined the
purse, the blood-stained knife, the
blackened hatchet blade, the Com
munist pamphlets, the runt bottle,
the trunk, and the signed conies,
sion.
"Owing to the peculiar nature
!of this crime, and owiug to the
1 fact that the deceased's body was
| all but destroyed, I deem it iiu.
perative that you examine one ad.
ditional piece of evidence. It will
help shed light upon the actual
manner of the death of the de
ceased," the coroner said.
He turned and nodded In the di.
ret tion of two white-coated at.
tendents who stood at the rear
door. The room was quiet. Bigger
wondered how much longer it
would last; he felt that h e could
not stand much more. Now and
then the room blurred and a slight
giddiness came over him; hut lus
muscles would flex taut and it
would pas«. The hum of voices
grew suddenly loud and the corou.
tr rapped for order. Then a coin
motion broke out. Bigger heard a
man’s voice saying: ,
"Move aside, please!"
He looked and saw two white,
coated attendants pushing an ob
long. sheet-covered table through
the crowd and down the aisle.
What’# thlo? Bigger wondered. He
(eli Max's hand come onto hia
shoulder.
"Take it easy, Bigger. This'll
soon be over."
"What they doing?" Bigger ask
ed in a tense whisper.
For a long moment Max did not
answer. Then he said uncertainly:
"I don't know."
The oblong table was pushed to
the front of the room. The coroner •
spoke In a deep, slow voice that
was charged with passionate
meaning:
"As Deputy Cororner, I have
decided, in the interests of Justice,
to offer in evidence the raped and
mutilated body of one Bessie
Mears. and the testimony of police
officers and doctors relating to
the cause and manner of her
death. . .
The coroner's vole* was drown
ed out. The room was In sn up
roar. For two minutes th« police
had to pound their clubs againet
the walls to restore quiet. Bigger
sat still as stone as Max rushed
past him and stopped a few feet
from the sheet-covered table.
"Mr. Coroner," Max said. "This
la outrageous! Your Indecent ex
hibition of that girl’s dead body
servss no purpose but that of an
Incitement to mob violence. . . *
"It will enable the Jury to de
termine the exact manner of the
death of Mary Dalton, who wae
slain hy the man who slew Bessie
Meara!" the coroner «ald In »
scream that was compounded of
rage and vindictiveness.
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