African Small Fry - In Kano, Northern Rhodesia, tenary of the foundation of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Louis was held at St. Louis Convent School. It will be put on again during the region's self government celebrations. John M. Thornton The Negro and Organized Labor John M. Thornton is an international representative of the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C. Industries Ganging Up on Steelworkers I am just backed from New York where for the past three weeks negotiations have been going on between the representatives of the steel industry and the leaders of the Steelworkers Union for a new contract. The contract between the United Steelworkers of American and the steel industry expires June 31, after a five-year period. I can report that at this stage of the negotiations things are very bad. If one is to judge the future by what is going on outside of the bargaining tables with related companies, then one is to conclude that the steel industry has made up its mind that it must have at least a 10-day strike. HERE ARE SOME of the things that companies and institutions connected with the steel industry are doing to help to give moral aid to their companions in this “keep the profits big” campaign, and to avoid granting a wage increase or other “fringe” bene?ts. 1’. The Institute of Life Insurance has been running full page ads which point up the fact that it is all right for the steel industry to pay out millions of dollars to the stock-holders, but wrong to pay out this same money to the workers who produce the products. Higher wages to the workers will add to in?ation, so they claim. 2. The National Association of Manufacturers have set up a special advisory commission to stiffen the backs of the industry leaders. 3. The "Iron Age," the periodical for the steel industry boasts that the steel industry boasts that the steel industry will share their profits, if any one of their plants are shut down. 4. The American Iron and Steel Institute which serves as spokesman for the steel Industry states that not only will there be no more creases given, but the steel industry is now demanding that the cost of living clause that the Steelworkers have had for the past three years, be removed from the contract. IF THE STEEL industry sticks to this demand, it means the industry de?nitely desires and wants a shut down of the steel mills for several months. This is what they will get! This is because the history of the steelworkers is simply - once a major gain is won from the steel industry; it must never be given up. No one is more aware of this than the steel industry. A newspaper story quoting steel officials last week said that there would be one offer, “Freeze wages as they are.” The story went on to say that the only things that would change the steel corporations’ minds would be a major strike or the intervention of the Federal Government. It appears that this commentator was right in my predictions of several weeks ago. The Temper of the South The most outstanding revelation in a book fairly bursting with them is the fact that the desegregation issue is as complex as life itself. William Peters sets forth this fact with clarity and warmest sincerity in “The Southern Temper” .(Doubleday, $3.95). He does not present only the opinions of those agreeable to himself, but has done a monumental job of research into published works, in personal contacts with diversified personalities and characters, and let. their progress and/or failure Speak for them. The completed task proves without doubt that fair-minded, law-abiding White people are helping the South to ease into desegregation, although not always for identical reasons. The advance is slow, but sure. Because it faces facts, because it presents the many sides of the question and proof of reasons for hope, this is an excellent book to read. You are likely to look forward to other books by William Peters (Edwina Streeter Dixon). People in the Shadow No subject on earth today calls for saner, well-informed civilized thinking than sex, and there is no other that is such a victim of wild-eyed emotion. Since Havelock Ellis, Iwan Block, Brill, Kinsey and other researchers in that field, a new world of scientific information on it has been opened to us, but still to the vast majority, especially in Christian Anglo-Saxon lands, it is today as if those masters had never lived. The belief still persists that sex is solely for propagation of the species and when employed for any other purpose is down-right sinful. Especially is this true of what are considered abnormal expressions such as homosexuality and even certain heterosexual practices, some of which when practiced by the legally wed are against the law. In view of this, “They Walk in the Shadow” by J. D. Mercer (Comet, $5.95) is very timely. Its 573 pages discuss sexual variations with emphasis on the ambisexual and homosexual components in relation to our contemporary sex laws. It is significant, as the author points out, that the once so rigid English law has taken a more liberal view on homosexuality. The works of early and present authorities as examined and discussed make this one of the most [saila] and competent works on the subject (J.A. Rogers). Better Looks for Teen-agers The staccato-like style of Elsie Archer’s “Let’s Face It" (Lippincott, $2.95) is established by her immediate projection of a series of questions which may arise in the mind of any teen-ager, or on the other hand may be implanted in the teen-age mind by the impact of such questions. She then pro-ceeds with bullet-like precision to provide a series of relevant answers in a wealth of short and pointed sentences aimed directly at the target of the teen- age mind, particularly it would seem, to the teen-agers who has had the bene?t of limited parental guidance and direction. The author’s emphasis is on creating an awareness of SELF and the self-potential as these relate to personal grooming,physical fitness and acceptable social behavior. She presents a series of well-known and well-documented suggestions on personal care, especially applicable to the skin and hair of Negro girls. The book is graphically written in the lingo of the teen-ager and is carefully indexed, providing a convenient reference for daily use. It should be of much use to young girls in coping with many of their “growing-up" problems (Beatrice Wright). I Sia Lives on Kilimanjaro” (Macmillan, $2) by Anna Biwirin-Brick and Astrid Lindgren. One of the lovelies, pre-teen books published this year. Especially recommended for colored children. Simple, appealing text and gorgeous photographs portraying native life in Tanganyika, East Africa. Reassigned - Both the Revs. Seymour H. Barker and J.L. Dandridge, standing left to right at the closing session of the 143rd annual Philadelphia AME Conference, heard Bishop George W. Baber reappoint them to their respective pulpits. Barker returned to Jones Tabernacle, Diamond St., near 21st, and Dandrigde to Zion AME, 21st and Tasker Sts., in the South Philadelphia - Courier Photo. Coats, Overcoats on Cars DETROIT - The enclosed cross-section view shows the ?ve protective coats applied to the exterior of every 1959 Dodge car. The clean body metal ?rst is given a coat of a special chemical surfacer and bonderizer. This cleans the metal and provides a surface with excellent “paintability.” Two coats of Epoxy base primer then are sprayed on this specifically prepared surface. These layers are oven baked and then are wet sanded. As a guide for the precision sanding, the inner primer coat is pigmented red and the outer coat gray. This color key removes the possibility of sanding operator stops before he sees red. Over the primer coats, two color cots of super-quality "Lustic Bond" enamel are sprayed and oven baked. The second color-coat assures durability, long wear-proof life and gives depth and richness characteristic of modern exterior finishes. The five coats provide finish that may go for two to three years before waxing is necessary. SUNNYSIDE UP by Gladys Green A BASEBALL fan was telling outfielder Willie Mays about the time he and some friends visited a farmer who boasted that he made the best hard cider in the county. The visitor tried a few drinks and found it pretty heady stuff. In fact, they thought they had better leave while they could, and suggested so they asked the farmer What they owed. “By gosh, I wouldn’t think of charging you for the cider,” the farmer replied. “That would be bootlegging and I ain’t come down to‘that level yet. But that head of cabbage will be a dollar and a half." Courier Magazine Section