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<..~- Ruddy was running down the steps. 7

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\-was already there. How

be. shrinking. from life in
~ gesture: she made. The very mat
te ~% oy stop now,

ee

nat
ting.~ Oe
Vera brought her plate and sat
_ ~pposite him. Bigger felt that even
though ber face was smaller and
smocther than -his mother~s, the
beginning of the same

your breakfast, Bigger.~

different

Vera was frcm Mary! He could

gee it in the wry way Vera mov
ed her hand when she carried the
~fork. to ~her ~mouth; she seemed to
every

ner in which she sat showed a fear
so deep as to be an organic part
of hex; shé carlied the food to her
mouth ir. tiny bits, as if dreading
its choc her; or fearing that it
would ~give~ out too quickly.
~Bigger!~ Vera wailed.
~Huynh?~

ing aside her: fork and slapping her.

hand thru.the- air. at him eas

WEBER?" genet
~Stop lJeoking at me, Bigger!~
~Aw, shut up and eat | your

breakfast!~

~Ma, make ~im stop looking at
mel

~T ~ain~t looking at her, Ma!~

~You is!~ Vera said. ~

~Eat ~your breakfast, Vera, and
hush;~ said the mother.

~He just keeps watching ~ me,

Ma!~..

~Gal, you crazy,~ said the moth
er.

~T ain~t @ding to. ~cat ~with him
watching me,~ Vera said,. getting
up and sitting on the edge of the

~Go on and eat your grub!~
Bigger said, leaping to his feet
and:erabbing his cap. ~I~m getting:
oubgrmere.~ - 4 3:

~What's _..wrdag = _ with
Mera?~ Buddy asked.

~"Tend to your: business!~ Vera
said; tears:welling in her eyes.

~Will you children please hush,,~
the:mother.wailed. -

~Ma, you. oughtn~t let ~im treat
me that way,~ Vera ~said.

Bigger picked up his suitcase.
Vera came back to the table, drying ~her eyes: ee ~

~When will I-see you -. again,
Bigger?~ ~the ~ mother~ asked.

~I don~t khow,~ he: said,
ming. the door. ap re es

-He ~was halfway, down the steps
when he heard. His" name called

~~Gay, Bigger~: ys

' He:,stopped and. looked~. ~back.

you,

He waited, wondering what was, ~What you. want?~
Buddy: stcod before him,~ dif
ferent, smiling. ~I-I.....~
~~What~s the matter?~
~Shucks; I just thought:..~
Bigger stiffened. with fright.

~Bay, what you ~so excited
abcut?~, i

~Aw, I reckon it,ain~t. nothing. I
just~ thought maybe you was
troubled...~

_ Bigger mounted the steps and
stocé clcse to Buddy.

~Trouble? _ What trouble, what
you: mean?~ he asked in a frightened whisper.:

~J-I just. thought you was. kind
of nervous, I wanted to help you,
that~s all. I-I just thought...~

~How come you think that?~

Buddy~held out a roll of bills in.

his hand.

~~qu dropped _ it_on the floor,~
he said.

Bigger stepped wack, thunderstruck. He felt in ~his: pocket for
the money; it was-not there. He
took the money from Buddy and
stuffed it. hurriedly in his pocket.

tiredness |

Vera said, lay- |

<a

slam-~: ~Naw.~ ase

He gazed at Buddy in long
silence. He knew that Buddy was
yearning to be with him, catching
to share his confidence, but that
cuuld not happen now. He caught
Buddy~s arm in a tight grip.

_ ~Listen, don~t tell nobody, see?~
Here,~ he said, taking out the roll
and peeling~ off a bill. ~Here; take
this and buy scmething. But don~t
tell nobody.~

~Gee! Thanks. I-I won~t tell.
But can I help you?~

~Now. naw..."
Buddy started back up the steps.
~Wait,~ Bigger said.. Buddy: came back and stood facing him, his eyes eager, shining.
Bigger looked at: him, his body
as taut as that of an <nime.
about to leap. But his brother
would not betray him. He coula
trust Buddy. He caught Buddy~s
am again and squeezed it until
Buddy flinched -with pain..~Don~t you teil nobody, hear?~ ~
~Naw; maw... I won't.. ~
~ ~Go on back now.~
- BUDDY RAN up the steps, out
of sight. Bigger stood brooding in
the shadow of the stairway. He
thrust the feeling from him, noi
with shame, but with jmpatience.
He had felt toward Buddy for ai!
instant as he bad felt toward Mary
when she lay upon the bed With |

~the white blur n:oving toward him |

in the hazy blue light of the recom.
But he won't tell, he +hough*t.

He went down the steps and into the street. The air was cold
and the snow had stopped. Overhead the sky was clearing a little. As he neared the corner drug
store, which stayed open all night,
he wondered jf any of the gang
was around. Maybe Jack or G. H.
was hanging out and had not gone
home, as they sometimes. did.
Though he felt he was cut off
from them forever, he had. 4a
strange -hankering for their pre--
ence. He wanted to know how he
would feel if he saw them again.
Like qa man reborrr, he wanted to
test and taste each thing now to
see how it went; lik2 4 man risen
up well from a long illness, he felt
~deep and wayward whims.

He peered through the ~ frosted
glass; yes, G. H. was there. He
opened the ciooy and went in. G. H.
sat at the fowntain, talking to the
sodajerker. Bigger sat next to him.
They did noi speak, Bigger bought
two pzckages of cigarettes _ and
shoved one of them to G. H., who
lookéd at him. in surprisc

~That for me!~ G. H. asked.
Bigger. waved his palm. and
pulled down the corners of his lips.

~Sure.~:

G. H. opened the pack.

~Jesus, I sure needed one. S2y,
you working now?~

~Yeah.~

~How you like it?~

~Aw, swell,~ Bigger said, crossing his fingers. He was trembling
With excitement; sweat was on his
forehead. He was excited and
something was iipelling him to
become more axzitecd. It was lke
a thirst springing from tis blood.
The door opened and Jack came
in.

~Say, how is it, Bigger?~.

Bigger wagged his head. ~Honky
dory,~:~ he said. ~Here; gimme another. pack. of cigarettes,~ he told
the clerk. ~This is for you Jack.~

~Jesus, you in clover, sure
~nough,~ Jack said, glimpsing the
thick roll of bills..

~Where~s Gus?" Bigger asked.

(TO BE CONTINUED)

~Did Ma see it?~

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Joining with the National Negro
Health Week program, the U. 5.
Department. of Agriculture, through
its various agencies, is irying to
help make every week health week
for the nation~s colored farm families. Department ~ officials - point

out that good health helps put the

The pictures above show some of
the health activities.of: the Department. Frequent: physical | exa
minations are impertant to good
health; (top, left) a physician ~and
a nurse are shown examining 1
farm girl at a Farm ~Se~urity Administration project ~clinic; Exten

sical fitness; (tep,. center) youths
are seen taking part jn catisthenics;
good water is vital.to good health;
(top, right) Maryland farmers take
part in a FSA safe well demonstration; (bottom, left) many farm
children are taught personal hygiene at FSA project nursery
schools; note that these three
youngsters have individual. towels

and teoth brushes and combs in
wall pockets; good health also
means clean-up and _ paint-up;
(the two center pictures) show
farm women cleaning and painting bedsteads and the men (below) are whitewashing a farm
home, note screens on windews in
upper photo; farm and home

demonstration agents emphasize

this work in their Extension program; (bottom, right) two little
girls enjey free school luncies and
penny milk, These are made possible. through the Agricultural
Marketing Administration. AMA
also supplies surplus foods to summer camps for underprivileged

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~vy~ in. victory.

RAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va.~
~~SNS)- ~ Bertram -L. Woodruff,
ef Johnson C. Smith University,
Ciarlotte, N. C., was re-elected
president of the Nationa~ Asscciaticn of Teachers of Language in
Negro Colleges at the closing session of the group~s annual convention at Hampton Institute, Saturday, March 28.

Delegates attending the. conventicn totalled 75, from 31 Negro
colleges. Frank Snowden, of Howtard University, Washington, D. C,,
was elected vice president. Other
officers are: A; Russell Brooks, of
A. and T. Cellege, Greensboro, N
C. recording secretary; Henry
Jerkins, of Tuskegee Institute SIus
Language Teachers
Reelect Woodruff

R.,

HONORARY LIFE MEMBER._ JACKSON, Miss.~(ANP)-~ Following an. address in the auditorium of the Lanier High school
in Jackson, Friday night by Jesse
O. Thomas, staff assistant of the
United Siates treasury, and a
~Native Son,~ there was a unanimous
sembled to elect him to an henorary life~ membership in the state
teachers~. association.

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sion Service agents emphasize phy -

kegee, Alabama,
~secretary; John F. Maltheus, otf
West Virginia State College. Institute, W. Va, treasurer; R. B.
Svratiin of Howard University.
Washington, D. C., member-atlarge; Hugh Gloster, Morehouse
College, Atlanta, Ga.,~|-whe is
founder of the organization, life
nember-at-large; Nathaniel
Tillman, Atlenta University, Atlanta,. Ga., chairman of the academic representation ccmmittee;
and Thomas Carter, Virginia, State
College, Petersburg, 'Va., | chairman
of the membership committee.

I A. Richards, authority on
semantics, with the Harvard.Commission cn English Labguage
Study. one of the principal speakers uf the conference, said that the
teachers were challenged | by a

ice to what he stands for and tears
dewn all he tries to do.~

n these days of mechanized and
egmmercialized communicatien, the
gceaker felt that, ~communiéation

A needs a sort of social control with

censorship only on those forms

which pay best.~ ~

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is for Dandruff, excessive
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p~how it bring us
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Richard L. Martin of Jersey City,
who was named president of the
nationa? movement to organize all
Negro manufacturers, jobbers and
distributors of cosmetics. Other
officers named were Mrs. Mabel
Driskell, first vice president; Adolph
Phillips, second vice; Vernon Sunnage, third vice. Mack Jenious,
fourth vice; Carroll Wright, recording sec~y; Clarence Wilson, corresponding sec~y; Lester McKee, financial sec~y; Mrs. Cordelia Greene
Johnson, treasurer; and William

~Driskell, Jr., chaplain.

Hold Moslems
InU.S.Court

Draft Dodging
Charged to Two

WASHINGTON, D. C. ~(ANP)~
Two Negroes were indicted here last
week by the Cistrict grand jury on
charges of cvading the Selective
Service act by claiming exemption
on the grounds of they were Moslems and not Negroes, therefore not
subject to the act.

John William Miller, 30, is said

22,

Miller contended that he was a Mos
jiem and quoted him as saying he}
would ~go to jail rather than serve |

with the armed forces
ed States.~ | ge
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At. the sammie time, Joseph Nipper,

42, a window washer, li in the
700 block of Morton, N. W., was.
indicted of failing ~

Welch, representative of the

ing that the President name
new Manpower board.

~We were received by ~ Marvin
McIntyre, the President~s secretary,~ Miss Boyd said upon het
return from the White. House.
~and he expressed a keen interest
in our petition. He further stated
that he would see to it that the
petition ~was placed directly in the
President~s own hands.

~We realize the importance of
having a Negro nhamed- on this
committee and have so* suggested
and ~pointed out to the members of
our sorority as well as to hundress
of othe~ influential persons
throughgut the United States.

~We nave suggested that telegrams be sent the President
this~ matter tc let him know that
the Negro was interested -and
thinking along this important line
and wanted representation in the
policy making organizations which
would eventually have a powerful
Say in the future of America~s
manpower.~

The AKA~s have conducted quite
@ campaign in this direction in the

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To sell story life of Gen. Dougias
MacArthur, Hopkins Book Cona 141 Auburn Ave., Atlanta,

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Sadie Daniels St. Clair called at the White House late Wednesday afternoon to put in the proper hands a petition ask
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youngsters.~ (USDA Photos).

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White House Hears.
AAKA Manpower

WASHINGTON~(ANP)~Presenting the Negro~s side
of the affair, Miss Norma E. Boyd, chairman of the National
Non-Partisan council on Public Affairs of AKA; Jeanetta

same organization, and Mrs.

a Negro to his all-important

brief period which has elapsed
since the President announced his
intention of naming such~a beard.

AreYOU one of
these three
SKIN TYPES?

or.FREDPALMER'S ~
SKIN WHITERER.

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fb LIGHTEN

TRIAL

the Negro for the part se 15 3
play in the event the country is~
sjected to the bombing which |
have terrorized all other courtries
during the present war. ea
Calling on Mrs, Crystal Byrd |
Fauset to explain the ~status of the -
Negro and the apparent lack of interest in the Negro~s welfare, the
committee listened patiently whilMr. Daniels and Mrs. Fauset. attempted to set forth the functions
of OCD. -~ st:

| NO INFORMATION

With all of the highly paid national heads and regional leaders
among the Negroes assigned to
Negro division, there is less information concerning OCD avsilable,
ts aims and functions, the director was told, than any other governmental organization. and at the
same time it was pointed out that.
Negroes aS well as any other group
were entitled to know just what
was going on and what to expect
and what to do.

The apathetic attitude toward
Negroes, reflected in the OCD as

} gn other organizations, leaders said -

was not conducive to any great re~
spect for the OCD nor what it
stood for and these particular
representatives of several groups

~wanted information as to the. at
titude to be taken toward, Negroes.

Mr. Daniels was told and agreed
with the statement that the same
treatment accorded Negroes in
North Carolina would not do in
New York and other states.

ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN.

the functions of OCD and-led
committee to believe. that the

trol the actions of state

could and would do,;

This decentralization of OCD
functions makes a different. pic-.
ture in Florida from the one in
New York....and in the southern.
states in general where discrimina
Negroes suffering a, lack when
there is @ lack.

Mr. Daniels said he regarded
the whole thing as a humanifar-.
ian / effort. Present at the same

Trado who is a ~specialist in Mexican and Spanish affairs~
serves as an adviser in this capacity. Pee

Visiting the Office of Civilian:
Defense were Lester Granger, National Urban League; Dr... Thompsons, American Teachers~ association; Dr. Millard R. Deane, National Dental association; Thomas
P. Bomer, National Alliance of
Postal Employees; Mrs. Rachael
Corrothers, Negro a hy committee, New York; Mrs. Maurice
Curtice, Paterson, New Jersey, Na-.
tional Board of YWCA; and Dr.
J. F. Gathirgs, National Medical
association, New York.

One of the disturbing elements
as far as the committee was concerned was the lack of publiciiy
from OCD~ advising of activities
of the organizations and advice
necessary to the proper conduct of, Reorganization plans for OCD
are said to include a shift in Mrs.
Byrd~s post which will not be com
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LOVE PERFU

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fice in Washington did not con- -

tory practices are the rule with |

time were Mrs. Roach of Colc-..
and ~

plans devised for civilian defense. =

with her present posi

Girls, Ladies, EXTRA MONEY

part. Just a drop is enough. |

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