The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, January 01, 1938, Image 1
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~_VOL~Xiri?NO. 1 ~~
The PER
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(A N?w' Year's Greeting.)
Bj J. E. Briggs
1. Think Nobly. No^oind is a
vacuum; the mental faiuhy is always
active The mind is not ever
without some image that we calt
thought-thinking. Everybody doe$
game think!' g. Our thoughta ai'Q
either noble or ignoble, beautiful
or ugly. Tfct distinguishing mark
between mat and the animal is
thoucht. Man thinks. reasons.
wills; the animal lives arx moves
on the plane of blind instincts and
appetites.
of Gad. 7 he Psalmist declared
that "God made ?nan a iittle lower
than the sods and cro-wned him
with^ glory, and honor.". It is a
glorious p".vilege To TuT able to
think. ""The greatest thing in the
world is man, and the greatest
thing in?mar-is mindf-h
Some Prerequisite^ Tor Noble^
* Thinking, tl) Feed the mind an
wholesome food; it is just, as necessary
to fced-tha-mind as it is to
feed the boilj. A poorly led body
is an ugly sight to behold. It is
? not at 'atl ulll'itL'liver?What aour=.
ishing food is ta the b< ly good
literature is to the mind. The sort
. of books a man reads v? an indexto
the hind of thinking lie does.
(2) Hang only beautiful pictures
in the gahcry of youi hnagina
tions. How would c/ne be affected
? --on-going into a art gal-fry and
only finding hanging on the wall?
ugly, -math-active pictures? Vulgarity.
slain {.' and obscene pictures
disfigures our imagination and
make trs mere or les-r - encouth.
(3) Cherish only t-io ghts o*f
good will i nd kindnes*. Resolve
never, to iuirbor envy, jealousy, and
hatred. . Tinhk ever kindly of others.
Be qeicij to believe good and
slow to believe evil ab.ut your
fellowinan.
Lofty?idrvVs?and?noble?resolutions
will enable you at.d me to
^tliink thing;; that are noble?honorable,
just; pure, and gccd.
"What a man thinks in Vis spir
it in the w< eld) that ho the* after
his depart ire from the Wo; Id when
he become-' a spirit.". Sweedenborg.
2. Be Neighborly. T1 e finest
ed to speak evil o*f your brothei
asft yourself thejse tb/ee cfuesContinued
c/n. page 8
?- art in the T\ or hi is tlie art of getting
along with follcs^ Air~bf lis
have faults. No man hi s a monopoly
on the virtues c*f life. The
meane-t man on earth has som6
good. ;n him; the finest person in
?Jthe wevld has some bad in him.
Life is full of kinks and rough
places: kindness and friendliness
wjR ire 11 out fnont of "horn..?Thg
erne tBfng n.ostly needed in this
world is encouvagernnct. The
hardes* loads, the heaviest burdens
can 'jj carried with a little
more ease ai.d less chaf'1 g when
the load-earners are encouraged
to carry o <.
"I expect to pass thr gh this
world but once. Any good therefore
that I can" do, or!~ur.y kind-ness
that I can show to any fellow
creature, let me. dc it now:
Let mj not defer or neglect it, for
I shall not pass this wa * again."
Being nr-ghboily cost- so little,
but it Liings la^go-cLvidends,
' Trie TTnefft kiflll Uf luyi''.ii h*NA' 'i?
the investment of influence and
helpfulness. lie, who lives - anc
place.in wh.ch to live, is >? benefactor
to r.ir-nkind.
It is surprising how reighborlj
A UnH WM\1 <*'iinlror
to a cnild, a cheery good morning
to* the garbage mhn or '.o vhe grocery
boy, an act of kindness
shown to a cat or dog are jusl
ways of being neighborly. One ol
the best bei.'ved friends that th<
writer has, is a German policj
dog\. He) who ~"shows himslf
friendly sirull never want for t
friend.
. Do rot a knocker but * boostei
be. Close your eyes to the de
fects in your fellow man; see onlj
the beautiful and noble in life an<
?characterWhen yen pre prompt
Happy a
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ptimist
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Winner
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MISS HELEN BOWMAN Miss
Helen Bowman, daughter
of Rev. L. G. Bowman; a junior
student at Booker T. Washington
High school. wbn first prize in the
McCa'll Talon fastener contest
: held in thn iirlinnl last ..week. She
was awarded a. gbT<T medal^?presented
by her teacher, Miss R. A.
Thomas, who congratulated her
for her most neat and excellent
work.
Second prize was awarded to
Miss Louise Darby and the third
prize went to Miss Lettie Simmons,
all junior students. Miss
Bowman's work goes to New York
City to be tested with other High
school work of the State for a, national
prize.
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" CALVIN LtSTS- "DISTINCTIVE
PRESS ACHIEVEMENTS"
OF '37
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Kcw York?(C)?Floyil J. Calvin,
editor cf Calvin's Newspaper
Service, i i? West 125th street*
" lists the?mHowing ten?"Distinctive
l'ress _/.chievemenls" of 1937:
1. Afro-American installs giant
quadruple Imperial Goss press
2. Chicago Defender introduces
color photo work. '
ft Ifttimnu'U'li Cuuiiei setls 5,500
copies of Joe Louis fight extra
to* whites.
4. lijac]; Dispatch, Oklahoma
City, r; fuses white ur.ion demand
1hat new press be run
by whites.
5. Louisvnle Leader nuves into
spacious new home on 20th
anniversary.
- &. Calvin's hfcwspaper Service
first colored syndicate listed
'by Editor and Publisher..
7." Floyd J. Calvin serves 15
pert. i
8. Ralph Matthews of AfroAmerican
sets records as most
prolific race journalist.
. 0. Atlanta Wctrld passes fifth
..... year as daily
10. Amsterdam Nefivs exposed
/ New York Hospital -leaving
' * Mrs. W. C. Handy in ambulance
deathly ilT otcause ^of
.-color.?
' PRESIDENT AND MRS. McGILL
"SWYMPED" WITH CHRISTIf
A ?3 C nT?T?Tl\'/'0
i*i ^ vi AE/mtnw
^" ' fiic^iVloni 'and. Mrs."
' were recipients, of more than 200
^ Christmas greet wigs exhibited on
the "tafctc "iFmthi1' front roafti of
their university home. The greetings
were of .the mo-st artistic in
r design and engraving and brought
1 very beautiful' messages from men
and women of all levrds of life:
' bishops, presiding elders, minis5
ters, laymen, business firms, col^
lege presidents, schooF principals
^ and organizations all remembered
| I>i. and Mr:. McOill, who enjoyed
1 their first Christmas c/n the campus
of Allen.
i " President MoGill spent from
-two to fou' hourg each day in his
r,'office , attending to the routine
" business of the school. He had an
f opportunity to "scan" tne work In
1 all departments and check on rou
- | tine matters whi.'h need the atr
tention of the Prcsidont in clos
ing up the work of tha flrti lemw-tier
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nd Pros
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COLUMBIA,
Resolutions of the
__ 47th Annual Negro
. Farmers Conference
?The?Tuakegee Nogro?Farmers' Conference,
in this its forty-sev-.
unth unnual aasenibly, follow
usual policy of considering the
welfare of rural Negro people of
America. ? ? . j
Programs for human betterment
are receiving serious consideration
more than ever before in tho
history of our nation.
Thus, while the old world is con ~
fused and torn with conflict, America
has the chance to show how
one great nation can devote itself
to higher ideas of service and ideals
of right and justice.
In order to promote "the best :
interests 01 me ooum ana tne jxe
gro, we submit the following facts
and recommendations:
I
I 1. Unemployment* Jj,
I There is a vast amount of un-j
employment in thd'couhtrjT as \vcll~
as in the towns and cities. We i
urge, therefore, the establishment 1
of some broad-scale, rural works 1
prograhi which will afFord employ <
ment for farm workers during off i
seasons. Such a program of work I
will greatly relieve the pressure of '
migration to the cities and tend
to encourage self-help among ru-)
rnl, ptnplfl. '1
2~.?Farm Tenancy
At this time a year'ago7~~ tdr e national
conscience was aroused
to the extent that the President
appointed a Commission to study
plans for improving tenant conditions.
Since our last conference, |
the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy
Act has been passed by Con- j
gress. This act is designed to aid
landless tenants to become home
owners. [
We rejoice- in the fact that the
Farm Security Administration has.
been charged with the administra-1
tion of this law and that those j
tenants will have the benefit o f
trained supervision which has
been developed by the Resettle"- rhent-4-dministration.
With a knowledge of the vast
member of hand-to-mouth tenants
in the United States and ths miserable
lives they live, we urge lar"
ger appropriations?fop?carrying out
the terms of this law and that
provisions be made in the Wagner
Steagall Housing Act for improving
housing conditions in rural areas
as weTTT *Tn_i He ^Southeast
fi_farmer can be set up on a work
ing farm unit with all equipment
for about the same price a city
d'wejjer is provided a home.
"3. ^Live-at-Home Program
We urge that the farmers continue
the 'Live-at-Hrfme Program'
and that the food and feed needs ^
of the farm family and livestock
be the first consideration in Farm
Program Planning.
The decrease in the price o f
cotton which caused an increase of
debts and cost of living to many
fanners, makes it all the more im
portent .that agricultural leaders
re-emphasize _thfl_live-e.t-hame pro
duction?of cotton acreage under
the 1938 Agricultural Consei*vation
Program should serve as a stim-j
ulant to farmers to carry out a
Farm Organization
Knowing the benefitsTo be de_riyed
from c>>vperative^ eTTbrtf, Negro
faf'm'erB-are urged to Secdre
repi-esentation^nr^iH- local, oounty
and state farm organizations and
administrative agencies.
We earnestly recommend all No-'
gro farmers to take part in community
and county study and cooperative
groups so that they may
be fully informed and inspired for
better farm life. I
K Soil Pnn.orr.tW
It has been estimated that 6,
per cent of all eroded lands in the
Upit^tf States, are located in The
! Southern States. This destruction
of the productivity of our soil creates
a serious problem which directly
affects the farmers' income.
Therefore, we endorse the Agricultural
Conservation Program
which seeks to assist farmers tg"
on Ptfo 8 _
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iperous
luetic
SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURI
Traditional Din
Dramatist In !
Mrs. Dora Bristow To 1
New Year's Day Who .
Benefit For Saint Mic
Nathaniel Harrington Will Be
Sunday 3:30 P.M. At !
Local Choir
Bennettsville.?Mrs. Dora Bristovv
will give a dinner Saturday '
at her home 118 Kin ? street Tor 0
members of the debutante com- f
mitt:b assisting with plans t'ot ^
the appearance of Natnaniel Hnr- 1
ringt.Jh Chicago drnmatD:?
raido star, to be held at St. Michael's
M. E church Sunday aiterloon.
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Identity nf t.Vn?tjti.'wj II
st
debutantes who will be introduced r
to twelve young men at the din- J
aer has been concealed until Sun- '
, ."a
Jay at which they will, usher at -e
l.hc big program. ' o
CALVIN LISTS OUTS I 4 NDING ~j
RACE ACHIEVEMENTS IN '37
New "Yurie?(C)?Floyd J. CalL:.i.TL_
f Calvin's Newspaper ~
Service, 143 West 125th street,
names the following tea events as
outstanding racila acnievewienlts E
of 19C7?
1. Unite! Government Employes
win S2tl0,CO wage increase [*.|
for lov.-paid f ederal and Dis- ^
trict v.vrkers in Congress.
2. W. L. Houston named Special
Assistant Attorney Gr.eral of
the. .United States.
3. Ralph Mizellc named Assi3t.mt
Soi'eitor in the Post Offiec
Department.
4. A'<i5':h Pov^e-U, Jr., succeeds ^
father as pastor of Abyssin- ?
ian apiist church :n New h
York. * * 1f
S:?Majou R R. V. righL leads good T
n . y.ivcl t.y Waters Edward b
Turpin ' Thes? Low Grounds" d
hailed hy critics. t
7. Bill R .binson, Duke Ellining1
. . ... .1* l'?H- ' 111
iii k* vjuiiuv ay noiu
"Broadway spotlight in Cot- 0
ten Club. 1:
8. Two Negro, ^bankr.?Philade'phiu
and Durham?save ^
' SlOO.Ov'O i?i Christmas funds!"
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9., Jarr? I:.o?in. namea Assistant
c
Corpo* tion Counsel in New
York. ? ' *
cercts rino uw buildings cn North |tj
Carolina College carrr.us.
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SCHMELING SAILS AFTER a
K. O. OF THOMAS
New Yo-k?(&)"*Mjx Schmeling
mailed lor his heme in Ham- c
burg, Germany, en the Europa r
Wednesday, after collecting $30, v
1G3.GG for his K. O. of Harry
Thomas in the eight round in Mad 0
isoii Square Garden Monday nite. S
The Sehiv.i\i:ng. figlit <lrew 18,000 F
and a $74,109,23 gate. Thoma^ 2
got $G.457.C9. (
Funds Needed
~ Gymnasiiltn
Allen T T ? |1
^Columbia, S. C.fj
Office of the PreViderit: - \
Dear_Erit.ncL t
Th0 facu.ty of Allen university
and the Ai'en University club of r
the City of C olumtia upon the ur- .
Kent request cf President McGill, c
have initiated a drive icT raise
funds to complete the A'len Uni- *
ypraify pyr.ar.ium. ^
Wc are appealing to all friends _
and alumni cf the sch'oo1 to contribute
^to tnis cause. Reeegnia
ing, howc-rf . that the. majority of
our friends and alumni can afford j
to givi only sparingly, we have I
selected ir* m among them ONE s
HUNDRFO NAMES designated as c
the HONOR ROLL CLUB whom'I
ttqrara asking to raise or ctmtri-j-v
but* tun dollars for the Gynasiutft
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NewY
r
)AY,-JANUARY 1, 1938
ner To Honor
Bennettsville
1
Sntertain~Pe^utantes
Are Aiding Sunday's
Gael's M. E. Church
At The Dinner And Appear
St. Michael's Church
s To Sing
The guests will exchange Nev
fear's wishes in the living roorr
f Mrs. Bristow's City home notec
or its spaciousness and Southerr
eautyv As traditional the dining
oom will be decorated with mislotoe
and, the feast table will be
lied with the traditional ,Na.w
'ear's foods such as has been
lanned by the hostess, whose cool
las the recipes that have beer
landed down for making the golen
pound cake, Big Apple "pieB
o be served with coffee, wine and
iam and baked potatoes will be
n hand.
^ynchihg Record For
.1. 1937
'?Tusltegee?Institute.?Ala.,?
Doc. 23, 1937
ear Sir: I
send you the following infor.
lation concerning lynchihgs "for
lie year 1937 I find according tc
be records compiled in h^
artment of Records and Research
f the Tuskcgee Institute thai
bere were 8 persons lynched ir
937. -This Is thg'STTmo number ?
s for 1936; 12 less than the ruin
er 20 for 1935; and 7 less thar
be number 15 for 1934. All of
he persons lynched were In the
ands of the law; 3 were taker
rom jails,., and- 5 from 'officers of
he law outside of jails. Two?of
ho victims were tortured with s
low torch; then one was shot t<
eath and the other was burnec
o death.
There were 56 instances in whicl
fficers of the law preventec
ynchings. 5 of these were ' i r
Northern States and^51 in South,
rn States. In 51 of the instances
he prisoners were removed or !th<
;uards augmented or other pre
autions taken. In the 5 other in
tances, armed force was used t<
epel the would be lynchers. /
j^al of 77 persons,'5 white mer
nd 72 Negroes, 2 women and 7(
len, were thus saved from 4ea^l
t the hands of '^nobs.
Of the 8 person? lynched, al
Jere Negroes. The offenses chavg
d w^rerape", 1; crime agains
inture and robbery, 1;-murder. 4
.'ounding officer of the law, 2.
The States in which lynching:
cCured and the number in eacl
itate are as follows: Alabama 1
|"lofida, 3; Georgia, 1; Mississipp
F. T> Patterson, President.
to Complete.
rat-^Allen
run<L_. This .s to inform vou thai
of the hundred. Maj
ve deper!Priy?yeii. to help us tc
his extent.
We must raise $3,500 which. 1?
leeded to complete the building
Ve must iaise it in 60 d^y^. Send
ontribution* to the Pre.-.'bent, Dr
H? McGill o-r to the Treasurer
llrs. \R. C.-Chappellc, Olumbia
>. C. Allen needs you h OW.
Sincerely",
j President E. IT. XTcGTLI
rt ,s
ATuiYitit Pteerlftg Committee:
Dr. O. J Champion, chairman;
Hiss Janir Smith, president A.
J. club; I. M. A. Myers, executive
ecretary; Miss Theresa Kennedy,
:orresponaing secietary; Mrs. R
j. Pegue9, supervisor; J. B. Lew&r
State Treasurer; Dr. J. W Witl
irtpoun, ltute president.
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Sixty Nations
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New. York, N. Y., Mor.tay De- j
- cember 20,? 1937?Sixty nations?'
I the largest J.umber ever to participate
in e:.y international expo-,
sition, are already on tV?e raster
of* the New York World's Fair
1939, it was announced jesterday
_ (Sun.) hv drover A. Wheien. ores
ident of th Fair Corporation.
' The joint reslutin of Congress,
1 authorizing the President to invite
' the nations c*f the world'to take
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part in tnt- t gir, has bee*y accept<
ed officially by forty-six countries
and the Lejgue of Nations. Four
' teen other countries.- Mr. Whaten
' said, have reserved spac* and are
i du to sign before the end of the
yea'r. - . ' 1
With "Such a-record established
1 -sixteen?months- beft/re_ the_opening
of the Fair on April PO. 1939,
' Mr. Whalei predicted that the firial
rrister of foreign participants
5 nations. ., >
"Sixty ' -.ountriles participating
' in tlie Fair is an accomplishment
of which we ere more than a little
prt/ud," Mi. Whalen declares. "No
ovpngitinTi , t the past has ever
- nppiwachfi. that figure, and It haa
I by no means stopped rising. Wo
| still have ona?year and a third before
the gates open. Between now
and April, 1939, we anticipate?
( that all of the countrtaf. of?the
civilized world will have takem
'space in th3 Fair.
| "Today the total is sixty. Tomorrow.
it maybe sixty-one; next
' week .sixty two. Hardly a week
passes but so'nie nation ioins the
L march to' Ffrgfr:?When tbe year
| rolls around, the New York ex "
position w:li be r complete geo^
' graphy of theworld?and ineiden
lany, ir w'ji uu u living ^eugia^
phy, far move instructive, *"ar more
fnrr imtin^ than any frock "
f The Pxciiilent cf the Fair ex}
plained the*. thrce^methods of parI
ticipation have been "ol t wed by
foreign governments. Some have
taken spac * in the Hall of Nations
I ninny will meet their own build,
irigs; other? have taken both covered
and uncovered space. At
present, fifteen countries have
3 adopted the dual ydan of partici
tion. Twe!' e are confining- their
- activities K the Hall of Nations,
- which will cover six acres. The
> total amount of groum space
lavailable f< l foreign buildings is
i 1,175,000.sqmre feet or almost ten
) city block?
1 According to Mr. Whiten, ten
governments already have made
{ preliminary estimates of n.hat they
. will expend on their exhibits,
t These fig :ts, he said, total
. $6,440,000. The total expenditure
of foreign nations is expected ta
, reach $25,0t)6,000!. Mr^. Whalcm
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j reported that fourteen nations
. have appointed Fair eommissionl
- * * ? ? it... i MIMA U....A nlv/VA fl.T
j era tutu inc. i inuc nave anv?uj
agreed to send fleets of. warships
.or planes t<> New York while- the
Exposition ir in progress.
The fo. lowing countries ha\Ks
signed contracts for or taken options
on space in the Government
Zone of the Vairh .
g- Belgium. Brazil, Bulgai.a, Canada,
Cuba Czechoslovakia,-DenI-Oiigrk,
Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, I
\ FrancT'r'Gi^t Britain, Greece, Gua [
t temala, Hui garjr, Iceland, Ireland
Italy, Japan, Liberia, Lithuania,
p, The Netherlands, Norway Nicafa- J
rru5?*Sftlap(t. Rumania, Sir.m, S(we- I
den, TurkejTpHLS^R., (Russia)
Yugoslavia
Official acceptances havtT^alscH
r 'Been receive d and space negotia'
tions are pending with tht follow- (
ing countries:
~ Austmrr~^oMvi^, Chtlf. Cohmi- j
r"+da, Dominican Republic. Dutch
East Indiov Estonia., Hati, Hon-'
J T .4 T I I. !
uurtta, league ui i^nuui i, juiccii'
tenste.n, Mexico, Panama, Peru, j
Uruguay, Venezuela.
Countries whicn hav&.. nofficially
accepted and are due tosign
contracts oefore the er.d of tho
year, arer^
1 Afghanislaiy Albania, ArgeivContinued
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to Participates!
k's World's ^:
B \ - *r\t j
W" ' _M
Baumgardner, educated at Allen,
Lincoln (Pa.), Ohio State and
Harvard, was professor of 4iue?-. ,2
tion and psychology at Allen 17ni- ;.* M
versity in hig native oity, CajHm . t?wp
hta-fr C. heforp going to
Health and Life Insurance Company,
Augusta. Ga., as director of y 2
publicity. The first -teat of vhq ^ A ^
new insurance executive came 'A
May when he was placed in chnrj^
of promoting-the National Ne^-VInsurance
Association annual meet v
ing in Augusta, of which his >??ji
chief, Hon. W. S. lTornsby, genera) A
manager of Pilgrim, was president * . 4?!
By formal vote of the convention^ ' . iv
Professor Baumgsfrdner did a*.'
swell job.?(C). . . ;
LAST BITES FOR MRS. ^
CECELIA MURDOCH. v_
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Laurens, S. C.?Funeral services"
for Mrs Cecelia Duckett Muf.i .If.
daughter of Mr. C. H Duckett, of :
this city.?were hold?Tu -day nf- ^
ternoon, - December 14, ;at "
Bethel A. M. E church, of which " H
she was a member
Mrs. Murdock passed away at "
her home in Washington, D. C,
Dec. 11th, after a brief illness.
She leaves -to mourn her death,
her husband, father* five sister# one
brother and a host'of relatives
and friends. ~
Interment in the Laurens cemetery.
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NEWS IN *ND AROUND
WASHING! ON D. C.
By J. O. Hart ' ..
Washington, D. C., Jamary 1?
The crisis in the far Erst seems _
to be getting more at U mo*re
tense. Not only with Japan and
China but ihe United States as
well.
It seems queer that foi several
years this country appea.td to be
farthest av.ay from war, now wsv -3C.I3
has begun sure enough between
Japan and China, and tk; United - J,
States seems to be the hr3t neutral
country to become Involved. .
Why is it this country never appeals
to be in the-wrong, still ,
the other country accusing it of"
something pi) the time.
Other c-n ntries are joflous ofthis
countiy, so we should""'be
careful how we deal with them.
This country has prooerty in
China and has men and amnmunitic/n
tu fii'-tect it, still it is being
destroyed. Now w! at is the
best* thing to do? Fight to protect
it and throw this wh< ic country
into wn" or vacate unii) things
TJwat-j.ftJUttle. I know -bat any
country^sfinuW- be brave, but to
risk the health anc} wealt I of this *
country tr: ing to protect a few
dollar* in f!?tw lfry6iy-ww'iiw. ?
Because thu country np-. everything
to love and JapaVtns practically
ever" thing to gpi" 1 So to
what adv- r.tage is it fur this
country to rday arc*unj and start
a war with Japan.
Japan is going to bomb the
United States possession% as long
aa United States keep r. in there T
to protect it. and that meanb war.
Continued cm pSgcT8
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