WEEK EKDING, SATTTRDAY, .TT'TA' 7. 1915
THE CAEOLmiAN
PAGETHREB
UERMWA Signs Pack
Between FEPC And Labor
NKWARK. N. .1. .IjifTKs Mc-
I.riJih. Gencr.il Vict I’trMdciil "f
Uic Unite dElcetriciil. nJidUi jiikJ
Machine Worki 1-5:. CIO. t'Klay sign
ed an A«rccmi'i)t willi tie. Hejiun-
al Diivctori> of ihi-
tnctit Praclice Cnmmiliee nf
Two and Henion Thice in b h,;lf oi
Dislrtcl Font- id the UERMWA. 17
William Street. Newark 2, N .1
“The Agreement.' James Me-
i.eish declares, “is a 'viitii.il assis
tance pact between FKJ’C and l.a-
hor. It will insure the clisest t' -■
sible couperati in betwi.n the FKi’i'
and the UERMWA so that ern v-
ancos and probKms ari'in;; wdli re
spect In di.serimination «ill in
handled rinickly and il'.aii.iuhly
for the piirpiise of eliminalin;^
and all forms of liserlininiiii n y 1 •n-
plovn'cnt , ctices in plant.' wh. r.
UKRMWA locals or oivaniziiiK e- .n
mittces aic in existence,
James Mcl.cish .-.lid “We roe,-id-
er that the FEPC has made a;.
valuable contribution to ibe wo:
effort. Ttic existence of :ho FEJ’C
has heli>ed inleuraic 'iii.ilifasl N«-
pro workers into vital .e.,f iirorlue
lion work so that W'’ .irhic\-cfi tb-
miraclcs ''f pp'durten which
roiinted so heavily in woo : :
aice-'s-f'.il ficht ai;.iin-l disci imfrm-
lion will at the '.imi- time meai;
.ircaiii ..lu: i.."i. iiiiitcfl sui'port toi
the Full Einployincnl Rill ”
OPJ.G.WEP"^*^'
8010 m
NASIIVIl.I.f' T-0-. [)t Har-
i Cl y C-ir’iS W'boer been .ip-
j./i-t.d f.mi,-..; of Communica-
li;..|,' f Cn.iiiv.- W-iiin.: at Fi'k
j'h.-.-r- ty ! I t:.e eom.r.i: .choi 1
i M- :: m S •Ptember, I!)4.s
i ri i.ii:!; 1 . .Ill .eoi••.mecnicl by
i'r’i. id.'I,'. Th’-m.i' E ,!■ lies Dr.
i •.Vi-.-.•r- e. IT-' to Ki-k fiotn the
■■ : • -.’i of ! .nil'', dlo where he
•. • b. CT: rtofi ?'• ; of Fi','_lMi .and
I. il .ir.i oi 'h. « ie. live writinc
f ■
He
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“We are very inii'n
the l.itest attempt' in C' ••uh-'- to
Kfuttle the FEPC and .-..oot;..;'
a permanent FEPC li j. '...o eon-
si'ler a serious thre.it to ih' im:ty
of nations so neeess.iry i ■ tlu stie-
ees'ful winnina 'f tie war a:.i.n t
Japan. Wo. in bibor. ; n ftiton nsiy
supporting the ficht to maintain and
make permanent the FEPC and 1 >
provide it with .'iiflieKiit f'..nds to
hr able to operate effieniitij f
our nation’s welftirc
’in order to furthei s'.ipp >rt the
FEPC we are smninc tri' Acrce*
ireni to help rally the ll'.dOO iru-m-
hens in the local ui.Mti.- m Disin.t
K-ur. In this wa... i-nt only will
the FEPC acl as o.ir ..uent t. help
eliminate discrimma'i -n. uut our
Jla.OOO membeis will net as agents
for the FEPC m fcrr-tine out .my
signs r* case.s of di'Ciim.nation
“We have inltreii in'o 1! e p.iJed
of reconversion 'ino.- V-E Day p
is prcci.sely ii. thi' petiisi ■ f recon
version with CNt;).. ;- lay .^f^ .nid
dislocaliuns of pi,ml. ui'J workers
that the need I u- KEi’ '
comes grcnlcr even ’i.ni •
period. There is no .-.i-e kiddir..;
ounsclvcs'. the Ni.fifo
Ihe American |k''plc 1. -i.e
taking place, cut' ir. ; y .u t
place, cuts in hours ind . ..;i
arc becoming more tr- 1 ••• •• ;y
day. workers arc beiiv.: d.-ui.-i -
with accomanyin;’ cut xr. r.it-.s,
While cverybory .'cein.-- t. v .r
full employment. wi -mo i...v -n
the period where ni i n'j “
menl is beginning t - s.t 1 Tr.e
next few months will .■ -i.o
accentuating "f this problem On -
would have to be hlinn not to reah
izc that rearticnary force.' are ii
ready at work to exoloit ihi.s situa
tion in order t*’ f‘»mcnt race ten
sions, To prevent thi.-. Fr'.PC and
Labor have a special -cspon-sibiliiy
"Our (‘bjcetivc in -ri'i:.. 'iu'
Agrcimer' as in the ci.rryin® o’.if
of our nnion work is to work in .'ucr
n wa.v to help avoid a .-ileation
where jobs and skills alrocdv won
>.... II 1.. 1 ■ ■■ .
the period where mass Pirpioy-
ment is beginning to set in. The
next few months will sec a shai-))
accentuating of ihi.s problem. One
would have to be blind not to real
ize that reactionary forces are al
ready at work to cxoloit this situa
tion in order to foment race ten
sions. To prevent this. FEPC and
Labor have a special responsibility.
“Our objective in signing this
Agreement as in the carrying out
of our nnion work is to work in such
a wa.v to help avoid a .situation
where jobs and skills already won
for Negroes will be lost in the re
conversion period. If we should
fail to take concrete steps to meet
the developing situation, the result
will be whether we like it or not.
a rcinstroduclion of discrimination
in the war plants and Die indus
tries of our country. We arc de
termined to work with all progre.'S-
sivc groups In Government and In-
dustry so that wc will be able *0
achieve the objectives set by N.»-
tional CIO that ’the gains lha'
have been achieved must not be lost
in the po.sl war and wc must pre
vent anti-union employers fmm
taking any steps which are design
ed to return to previous conditions
'-f discrimination and thereby re-
duce the gains that war workers
won,’
"In working for this objeelive wc
arc doing it not only out of jus
tice to our Negro members and |o
the Negro people, but also to pre
vent spreading of any disunity in
the ranks of labor. To ns. fighting
against diseriminatoin i.s sfrencth-
ening the ower and effectiveness of
1 cur untPii for all our members. A
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writing eo i:-1 the t.ine
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CONTRIBUTIONS
iBEING RECEIVED
BYCOLIiGEFUND
[ NEW YORK — In the 1945 na-
lioiiwidc campaign for the current
'needs of J private Negro colleges,
the Unitt'd Negro College Fund up
' ' Inst week had received coturi-
bution.s totaling $648.^40,29. it was
annouiu'cd at headcKjunrters by
Mr, Thomas A. Morgan. National
riiairman. Mr Morgan also .stated
that 8 eiiies have completed their
campaigns, while 48 cities arc still
;u ttie intensive solicitation stage.
“Volunteer workers throughout
the country arc now in the inten-
-ivc period of solicita.ion and tins
•• ar's resuonse to tiw College FunJ
i .;pi''-.il i' rr.ost ci-toui-aginy and
jlyp,.. y Am'riean.' .said Mr. Moi -
■ uan ri-losing the .-nirces of the
C'l.-.t-..., ;i. us, “These i.R.' are from
cvciy .'Cgm- • ' ..ii;- popi.lathm
mcUidmg; e.oportiti .ii. f-.iinii.i-
tior.s. business in.'iitutions, labm
uin-.ns, alumni grouns. clubs, pn-
\ato citizens — and nost m-ipiri-ig
if all —from men in the .■\rmrd
F'lrces."
Mr .Morgan announced that gift-
fiom businc'S corporations already
j .-11'v.vi d. amounted t'> mor'* 'ban
Sl-'iU.OOO. Recent C"ntiibiitions ihe
I Fund included Pcnnsvlvama Rad
ii id. SSS.OOO; StandJi-d Oil Com-
l;..i-.y "f Indiana. $4,000; Corti' !> :!.-
I i-l-.in_ Co. $1,000; U-lied Fnm
j'-’., 1 .’lOO: \V.T;ner Brothi-:-'. Sg ai/d,
iGi. it Lakes. Mutual Lif' Insuiani-e
IC-. Sl.OOO; Baldwin I.i-com live
^Wuks, S1.,)P0. Aliimifium C-.
\mer.ea, $1,000; Swift a;ii Com-
! p.iny, S.=>,MiO, .Armou.- . iid Uorr.
I; -r.y S.a.ooO. United Cijar-Whelati
iSt •.-•es. S-iOO; Guide Publishii'.' C
I $300, C' igatc-Palmolive-Pcel, $>.000.
I Wn itiin Steel. Sl.ili’t). Nationid
•Steel. SJ,.*ifK), Gn-.il 1.. k-' Steel.
jSl.OOu. H L Heinz Co. SJ.OOO:
'r.mplioll Sup, S.'jOO; Philad.-phia
i n. : 10 Ti..-.'IT C“ «2a00; J L
lH.:d' n D>}i-rtmeni S’.itv. Sl.'i'D
i .Ne.T'i enli>ted men and -l.i'.r
■ It. the .Arn-icd F«>rce' i;-.p
T.hibui.d mi'ie th.in SI.'l.OOO Wi.i r.
; •*'.«' mi-n f the 808*.h Engineer .A\ ...-
, tion H..tt,dln'n. a unit in the Far
Ea't .Air F'-U'-- mailed a contn
a..t.oi-. '.f SI,04188, their Comm, ml-
•• OfI;-ei wr- to
■ 'Ti.e . v:!...:k.ible and plei.'jr. ;
' • aOeu* thi.' contrijutii.n i> that
' f the l- t.d contribut•l^^ •■1 0.18
i . only 27 •aw 1 ver .»lltmled
. . ..f higher le.irnin-
.. e v^ iliu... to m iterian>
toward the vduca’.ioiia
, , i Jhei. p. -pie •
b. :’".„i.i . ..ntn ■ i-,i. ■■
• .-ou/.-d I.::'.;-. h....
• v;.- 111 the L'l.iKsl N»-4i-.
'■ ••• ?’.iiid Tie i..ilion.il nffi- ■
d CIO c-r.tribute". $2'nn .
• Wi-;-..ii.;i t. v'fnm.ute.- Wh-i.
lu'eri-.Jii. II.li i.auie' Gurmer •
V.' ik.i' Unaiii — Sl.OOO li\e of
I c.jl.' sen; ,t; an .'dditi ‘iial .$1.
•jro Prv'idnt' J tw. Internati..'
■>1.' of the A F of L have advised
th.-'t the mater f . i-enlnbuti'-n I"
•hi- Fund WI ’i be taker, up by
MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR I than $22.1.000 worth of m'^ical sup- Yugoslavia and Norway by the
KIDS FROM KIDS 'plies are being sent to the children children of the U. S. who are Jun-
WASHINGTON, D. C. — More' -.f France. Italy. Belgium, Greece, ior Red Cross members.
1 i)l RHAM MIMSTFK Dll >
: 1 OM.OM l\; .MT \l K
•rUrilA Thv Ri V V.;
zens will folli'W with contribu
tions to aid this destitute family.
Firemen were unable to save the
homo of thus elderly resident bc-
cau.se of its distant location from
the nearest fire hydrant .
The Salvation Army has begun a
carrpaign to rchabiliU’te and rc-
elothe file family of six.
DURHAM MINISTER DIES
lOLI.OWING ATTACK
DURHA M— The Rev. Virgic
Mitchell, 51, died at Lincoln Hos-
uitiil Friday morning from licari
injuries received in an attack the
Tin-vious Safiirdny.
Ho wus fi'iind ir\ a wooded sec
tion * f ’'iwn and never gained con-
'cinusness. His as.'nilants arc un
known.
I Al'II'AI. CIH A-COI.A
BOTTLING f:0.
.IIS W. Morgiin St.
• f .i-iH-vlive .'Xl-f-I I;'
,1- f.all.
The Fcundatiu. Comrr
'u -ri fi gift' am--unting
the Washington committee. When
the International Ladies Garment
Workers Union gave $1,000 five of
its locals sent in an additional $1.
200. Presidents of two Internation
als of the A. F. of L. have advised
that the mater of a contribution to
the Fund would bo taken up by
Iheir respective executive boards
this fall.
The Foundation Committee has
reported gifts amounting to over
$157,000, with the following signi
ficant contributions recently mode;
Kresge Foundation. $5,000; Wil
liam S. Pnfsc yFound.ation. $1,000;
Avalon Foundation. $1,000; Philco
Fund. $1,500; George F. Baker
Trust, $5,000; General Education
rr„r -ju vn an/ longcf lening arab.-vnorTTocTiVo
hair k«ep you from looking your btilf U>« SNOW
WHITE, the reOnod holr dretting Ihol givei your
hair ilyle and charm and maket it acnier to manog*.
Two Popular Siz««—25 and $1.00 Plus Tax
For Sal* ot Drvg Stortt EvarywtMr*.
SNOW WHITE PRODUCTS CO., lynchiHirg, V«.
OTHER SNOW WHITE PRODUCTS
For Personal Charm
Snow Whit* Snaw Whit* Snow Whit* Snow Whit*
niCACHING DEODORANT SACHET PRESSINO
CREAM CREAM POWDER Oil
Come On
Juniors !
“It’s Dress-Up Time'
1395
to
1695
“Junior Miss” fa.shions haw .always been a favririte
.s-jbjerl with us.- Wc- think Ihaf.s the roa.san why
.luniors, tccn-agor.s and their sistens of all ages make
this store their very first .slop for clothes that are
right . . . that are practical . . . and of which Mother Icka
can rightlyl approve.
JUNIOR SHOPPE — SECOND FLOOR
TiilX 1/ IT, rCLrX!
THE SALE OF SALESl
JEAN’/rAHCU/
jELy
CLEARANCE
SALE!
Thursday - Friday - Saturday
DOORS OPEN 9 A. M.
Over 2,000 KarmenU and items at virtually “gitra-
away’’ prices . . . for immediate disposal to make room
for new Fall apparel arriving daily ... in a sale that
we feel that we can confidently say out-does even
Jean’s past records for sheer daring in sacrificing ap
parel at clearance time!
— Examples of the Bargains You Can Expect ~
OVER 1,000 NEW SUMMER DRESSES
MARKED-DOWN FOR CLEARANCE!
ALL SUMMER SUITS
REDUCED TO - - - -
68 All-Wool Coats at Give-Away Prices I
342 Summer Dresses At $5 - $10 - $15
Hats, Robes, Pajamas, Play Suits,
Blouses, Sportswear - RediceO For CleiriMo
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STORE HOURS
9 A. M. TO 6 P. M.