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Battle Against Communism
By Dean Gordon B. Hancock
For ANP
No American citizen who dearly
loves his country can look, with
out deep concern and a certain
amount of alarm, upon the in
ternational situation, because of
the very untenable position into
which the United States has been
maneuvered.
We are supposed to stem the
tide of Communism with a flood
of dollars. When Chiang Kai-shek
demands that the United States
finance his war against the
Chinese Communists, he un
masks a state of heart and feel
ings that generally prevails in a
large part of the West and Far
East. There is that general feel
ing that the nations must be paid
not to go Communist. These are
the same tactics that Germany
used so effectively in her dealing
with us at the close of World
War I and how we were ever
maneuvered into the same un
happy position at the close of
World War II is a mystery.
There is virtually a struggle
among the nations to get their
hands into the pockets of dear
Uncle Sam. They are determined
to make of this nation a super
Santa Claus and that we are
falling for the old stuff is dis
quieting, to say the least. This is
not to argue against stemming
the tide of Communism; it is
simply arguing against the notion
that hnoney alone will buy off
Communism. The other finan
cially defunct nations have been
at least polite in their attempts
to get a handout from this coun
try but Chiang Kai-shek throws
social amenities to the winds and
simply demands his price for his
abortive attempts to defeat Com
munism. In other words he is
making the same threat the Ger
mans made at the close of World
War I—a threat they made good
—to turn Communist. While they
did not go Communist they
went Fascists, which is just as
bad.
The writer views with great
alarm the inroads Communism is
making in Europe, the Far East
and even in this country. Out of
all our lifting of holy hands of
horror at things Communistic, it
must not be forgotten that Com
munism is operating openly in
these United States. And there is
a good reason why Communism
is swinging masses to its way of
thinking. Our nation is too gen
erally preoccupied with race mat
ters. There is generally a too
large sector of our country busied
in the matter of holding the Ne
gro down.
The recent display of Dixie
crats and their fundamental pre
tensions shows in an unmistak
able way just what is on the
minds of far too many people of
| this country. The stern opposi- |
tion to Mr. Truman, because of
his civil rights stand, portrayed
to the..world what was in the
heart and mind of the unregene
rated South with its major em
phasis on holding in subjugation
its Negro citizens. The sympa
thetic attitude manifested towards
these Dixiecrats by many North
erners and Westerners was posi
tive proof that this country is
seriously afflicted with a Negro
phobia that is fast sapping its
moral strength. When too much
time is spent eternalizing the sub
jugation and domination of Ne
groes, not enough is left in which
to meet the challenge of Com
munism.
White supremacy must go or
Communism will come in the
world. Moral supremacy and not
white supremacy gives promise
of democracy’s survival. We are
losing our dollar battle against
Communism.
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BY BEATRICE MOTLEY.
Mrs. Edna Sowell of Russell,
Kansas, was visiting at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Lucille
Houchins.
Mrs. Mary Wright of Scotts
bluff, was a week-end guest at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Harris, Sr., recently.
Kenneth, La Vonne, and Ed
ward Butler were Thanksgiving
dinner guests at the home of
M. P. Motley.
Mrs. Birdie Murphy, Mr. How
ard Covington, and Mr. Bud Dar
nell were Thanksgiving dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Nelson.
Mrs. Grace Harris was the hos
tess to a Stanley party last week.
After many enjoyable demonstra
tions, refreshments were served.
Mrs. Viola Lewis was the hos
tess of a party recently. Every
one spent an enjoyable evening.
Mrs. Pauline Rochelle was a
guest of Mrs. Grace Harris one
afternoon last week.
M. P. Motely and daughter,
Beatrice, were Sunday evening
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Nickens and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Ealy and
sons, Robert and Billie, were
Thanksgiving dinner hosts to Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Woodlee, Sr., Mr.
and Mrs. Rudolph Rochelle, Mr.
and Mrs. Mills Lear, and Miss
Barbara Sue Butler.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Chandler,
Jr., entertained guests in their
home recently. Refreshments were
served.
Motoring to Greeley, Colorado,
to be the family Thanksgiving
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest Shores and son, Johnnie,
were Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Chand
ler, Sr., Myrtle Florita Chandler,
Mrs. Cora Crittenden and son,
Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes
Chandler, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Nickens and children,
Elizabeth LeRoy, and Ernest, Jr.
Mrs. Mary Wright of Scottsblutf
was a week-end guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harris,
Sr., last week.
Anderson, Dixon
Score at Brooklyn
Academy of Music
NEW YORK—Marian Ander
son, celebrated American con
tralto, was given a tremendous
ovation when she was heard as
soloist with the Little Orchestra
Society, Tuesday evening, at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music,
Miss Anderson’s concert aria,
“Jeanne d’Arc au Bucher” by
Lizsi was radiant.
Dean Dixon, conductor of the
American Youth orchestra gave
the first presentation of his Sat
urday concerts for children Mrs.
Rose Cion, Brooklyn music
teacher, and her committee dis
tributed 193 tickets to children
who would have missed the cul
tural event because of economic
circumstances.
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From Grass Roots
RICHMOND. (ANP). Arthur
W. Mitchell, former Illinois con
gressman now living in Dinwiddie
county, heads a "grass roots”
committee to carry the message of
civil rights to every city, county
and hamlet in the state, it was
disclosed here last week. The
newly-formed committee, known
as the Virginia Civil Rights or
ganization, decided upon this pro
gram at a victory dinner cele
brating the re-election of Presi
dent Truman, in Slaughter’s
hotel recently.
Aim of the organization is to
get at least 250,000 active Negro
I voters out of the maximum vot
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