karge::
WAR WORKERSiimiOUT JOBS
HISS. STATE lEGISUTORS DENOIINCE nun
NEGRO WORKERS
FACE LAYOFFS
IN NINE AREAS
WASHINGTON Niiu* uf the
nutiuii's lUU prini'ipal labur mar
ket aiea;. where Nejirw wurkeis
have fiiuml «■xt(•n^ive war tirodiie-
tiun t;ntp]'>ytiu-nt face ihtr pi*is}]e> t
of extrinu'ly serious femporarv un-
eniplo.Miieiit by Oclobei IS, Paul V
McNutt, WMC chaliiitaii. •eveal^-d
this uetk o lithe ban of a pusi wji
survey by the War Maiipowei C^/in-
mission
Mr McNutt said It was etiii>ated
that between iO and 25 per cent of
the work force of these areas will
be job*hLnting by mid-October The
survey was made by WMC labor
analysts on the basis of prelimin
ary studies of all factors expected
to influence the manpower situa
tion.
The areas that. It is indicated
will be at least temporarily distress
ed by Octobei 15 ate the follawirg-
Pormtland, Maine. Buffalo-Niagara
Falls. N. Y . Detroit and Flint.
Mich.; Talladega. Ala.; Panama
C.iy, Fla.; Wichit., Kan.; Los Ango-
les. Calif, and Poitland. Ore Arcaa
are regarded as "di essed” when
on the average from 20 to 25 per
cent of the work force is unem
ployed.
The survey indicates that by Oct.
15, 69 areas will be ' labor surplus
areas" with 12 to 20 per cent of the
work force jobless; that 77 areas
will be "in balance" with from five
to 12 per cent uht-mployed. and that
nine areas will be clasifiable as
"stingent," that is. with unemploy
ment less than four per cent and
an actual shortage of labor fur im
portant jobs. The nine 'stringent"
areas are: District of Columbia;
Asheville. N. C.; Richmond, Va,; Co-
lumbus. Ga.; Butte, Mont.; Ogden,
Utah; Tooele. Utha; Cheyenne.
Wyo,; and Ventura-Oxnard. Calif.
Mr. McNutt emphasized that the
production is made arc based upon
the national p..ttem of munitions
cutbacks expected to be made dur
ing the next two ’month*, .the ex
pected rate of mlHiarp demobiliza
tion and estimata of4h*-«A(pected
evaporation from the labor force
caused by the retirement of worn
en going bock into the home, out
migration from industrial sections,
retirement uf older r.nd marginal
(Continued on back page)
THE CAROLINIAN
Claim Bilbo Unfit To
Sit With Honest Men
VOLIMK .\.\\'l, -NO. 12
i:.\l.MH;il. NOUTII ('.-MiOlJNA WKKK ICNDINC SATUBD^Y, JSKI'TK.MBKK 1. 11)15
Detroit, Michigan — Senato.
Theodore Bilho of Mississippi was
crlled "unfit to .sit with hone.st,
upright men in a respectable leg-
I'.lj.tivc- body" by his fellow Mis
sissippi State legisla'ors, accord-
ling to u story of his life in the
September issues of Headlines and
Pictures. The occasion for the de
cent. and gives a startling Insight
into the circumstances which
have produced "The Man."
V-
HOEY AGAINST FEPC
Job Tensions
Rising Tnunan
ToldinFEPCPlen
,i;
PRH IMINARY
.NEW YORK — .Mouiillng ‘J'-'i-ii' Fifliug i- gerieul tliut mdiffei't-nce
Empt.ynient
empl.iyni*-nt in the p.>.>itwai pei- I’ra ticc-C'/ininlilee means that Gov-
loo* was rtpoiled to Hiesi.iiiit Tiu- cr.mntnt has abandoned flegro
man last week by tlie NAACP in a Aineruans and tliey will have to
tpltgrajihic request for continuance ?hifi for themselves battling dis-
of the FEPC hiatrening old attitudes of preju-
The NAACP telegi.nm. .•signed by dice. Added to this is feeling of re-
Ruy Wilkins, assistant secretary turning Negro veteran.s that eoun-
dcclared: "FeeUiig is Henerul that try l.s Indifferent despite their sac-
indiffcrcnce and hostility to Fair rifices in war for dem cracy abroad.
Employment Practice Commiltoe In whatever conferences are held
means that gavernment has ab.m- ''n fate of present FEPC wb tru't
donod Negro Amtncari and they tnat your wise and sympathetic
will have to shift for themselves, view as to its value in this critical
battling disheartening old ullitiidcs period will prevail. We must earn-
•if prejudice." The c( mpleto tele- esily and respectfully i rge that pre-
gram follows- i •‘-’■nt committee be continued so
"Since V-J Day the National As- that It may contribute II* exper-
»ociatlon for the Advancement of lence to the solution of vexing
Colored People ha.s had a disturb- problems already upon us and may
tug numbi r of reports from our at the same lime reassure Negra
-•hapters in 16 key states indicating; eitizens that the government has
mounting tension .springing from i. '. ab.andoncd them and that the
uncertainty as t * fair chance tor flemocracy their soldiers fought for
employment in post war period, is at work on the home front.”
r*.
r 7
n
CIO GETS HIS
COMMITMENTS
PIIICK KIVL CENTS ininciation wa:» the revelation by
■- |nilba that he has accepted a $645.-
(10 bribe to change hi.s vote when
the legislators w.:re choosing a
in:.ii to fill MissL^sippi’s vac mt
•»al in the Unitnl States Ser ile.
Bilbo’s rise from a sinall-t jwn
p-litician from Juniper C.ove,
Miss, to become the scourge of
niinoriiy and liberal gioup in the
{highest legislative bodv in this
I country is best explai-.cd by the
d( pressed conditio*- of those
•v'i.om he represen.s. Garrulous
i and vindictive, he .las taken prid?
4n his role as the "dead-end kid”
,c/ the United States Senate.
Although many persons would
dUagree with his discription of
himself as a ■'marvel of intellectu-
biilhance," he has -■'stabhshed
Labor-Management
Must Have Cooperation
/
WASHINGTON — The War Pro
duction B aid's two labor vice chair
men. Joseph D. Keenan and Clin
ton S. Golden, have joined with J.
A. Krug, WPB .'hairman. in appeals
to American labor to continue the
wartime no-stnke pledge through
(he pciiod of reconveision.
"I know that labor and manage
ment are anxious to shake off the
le^traints of wage and many other
controls which (hey have accepted
as wat'ime necessity," Mr. Krug
said. "While this Is our end objec
tive, the job of -wholesale recon
version of industry to peacetime
production itself places an imposing
respcnAbillty on Industry and the
workers which will call for a high
degree of self-control and coopera
tion."
Rf GETS NEWS FROM IIOMB
■ Shf'lbv, N. C. — N'orth Carolina Senator ClyiJe R. lloey
i.‘definitely oiipc.sed to a peidanem F^C ' and in favor linJ''’of 'Dix"'’Tema".
(rf filibustering it necessary to defeat it, he told a CIO dele- goguca.
gation of 25 white and Xegro people from Winston-Salem individuals and organizations
who- tackled liim at his lioraetown, Shelby, la-st Saturday, irom South to Noiah have ioineJ t,—apanese.held areas
AuShst25. ;;cohfo7‘!mec“ive!a«Lt"?rh 'VASHINGTON, n C - All
• ous minority groups in this conn- '^•ntrcian Red Cross chapters are
.^People should be placed in the him it looked as if the Southern i,y now accepting messages for liberal-
t^vices they art- (iited for," Sona- men in Congress wore iiiikea up Now that he has ant ounced ' ; d prisoners in the ureas formerly
tor H?ey deciorca, saying flatly j deal to keep social benefits
,and angrily that tie wu:; opposed to
■ any measure which would "force an . _
' —oloyor 10 lure i.nyo.Hiy he didn’t ■'■du’.lry odt. so Imil wuBCs ol the . , , . , . ^
I working people str— low, diniiuilion of their elccti-d repre
Frank Green, d ectrr of Local su.tativtf.
The story of his life in Head
llijl he is a candidate for reeler- [held hy ihe enemy. A snapshot from
l.on, it remains to be seen if hdi home may accompany the inessaga.
’ own .sjiinll votins public has been "'inch must be sent only by
uffeeted by the whole.sale
Harold ,M Holmes. Director of
the USO-YWCA Club. lotiiUtd at
fi24-2aUi Stioct, Ne’.vpiirt N^ws. Va.
has been ussigned 1. the* direc
torship of the Bloodworlh Street
USO-YWCA Club. Raleigh.
Mr. Holmes is » native of
Gretiisboru. He vvas principal of
the Orange County Training
SchooL Chapel Hill, for elcv
yesA-s. He is a graduate «f Unovlr*
University (Pa.) and CoIumlMa
University. He has bcim wi*’
USO since June, 1944, having
opened the 25lh Street USO Club
last November.
I from its beginning to the pres-
meuiber of a family, the officially
dfsignated next-of-kin. News from
it IS reported, is almost a*
osential as food, and the message
sent through Red Cross are truly
welcome
URGES PASSAGE
WBiu to hire.”
unneu Tobnccu Wurken,. CIO.
for .11 people, roiurdle^ of rnce, ’ “dd ihc Soulhcrn congresmen mu^t.line,. and Pictures traces his car.
creed, c„l.,r or national origin,; tConunued on page Itvei .... f t,..a a ,h.. „r....
Senator Hoey repeated the long-1
exprised and completely disproved
lies of the four Mississippi Senator
Bilbo about "nothing but trouble"
being caused by Negroes in army
aervice.
This was the way Senator Hoey ,
to a Negro delegate who I
him if Negroes were good
lo give fheir HvtfS ift the'
"light lor their country, weren t they
also good enough to get a fair and
equal chance tor jobs,
The FEI'C was one of eight NEW YORK —The National Ur- naloin is plunged into a perUd|Of Negro workers in obtaining t
pcints for a prosperous people's ban League and its 51 affiliates are prolonged unemployment thare pluyment on government-spom
peace which the CIO delegation moving vigor msly and confidently ^-iji he little chance for the re-ab-construction nrolelcls Thomas
asked the senator to support in speed the re-employment of thou- ..grption of millions of war work-
CoMRress. It drew the most violent ^‘"'nds of displaced Negro war work- veterans, white or Negro
opposition from him of any of the rrs. This announcement was made
*
Urban League Moves To
Speed Re-employment
‘his week hv Julius A. Thomas, the ‘VNTI-DISCRIMINATION
projejcls,
warni’d. "Negroes won't be caught
napping this time. Stops have been
‘ toxen to assure the inclusion of
cutbacks expected to be made dur
ing the next two •nuBOlh#i .th* ex
pected rate of mllltaiar tenobiliza-
tion and otimaf-1 dhXfcpbPted
evaporation from the labor force
caused by the retirement of wom
en going back into the home, out
migration from industrial »eetion8,
retirement of older end marginal
(Continued on back page)
PRELIMINARY
SURVEY SHOWS
JOBS SPOTTY
will have to shift for toemseive*.
battling disheartening old attitudes
.if prejudice." The complete tele
gram follows:
•Sinet- V-J Day the NaHonal As
sociation for the Advancement of
Toiored People has hr.d a '’sturb-
iiig number of reports f -ur
r’haplers in 16 key stales ting
mounting tension sprlr> .‘Om
uncertainly as to fair cl .* for
employment in post war period.
period will prevail. We must earn
estly and respeckfuUy urge that pre-
jsent coBiirittee b« continued so
! that It may contribute its exper-
^ lence to thv solution of vexing
problems already upon us ai.d may
at the seme time reassure Negro
: citizens that the government has
i not abandoned them and that the
democracy their soldiers fought for
is at work on the home front."
St. Louis Union Preaches
And Practices Equality
Greensboro. He was principal ox
the Orange County Training
SchooL Chapel Hilt, for elcvtot
y««rs. He is a gradusba-ef Unebkv
University (Pa * and Columbia
Unlverfity. He has bei'n with
USO since June, 1944, having
opened the 2.Sth Street USO Club
last November.
This was the way Senator Hoey ,
lied to a Negro delegate who; ’W V
x-USSS Speed Re-employment
> good enough to get a fair and • ■
URGES PASSAGE
MURRAY BILL AT
JOB PARLEY
NEW YORK — A preliminary
check on the employment situation'
one week after V-J Day reveals a
spotty picture, but with thousands |
of colored workers out of jobs, ar-
curding to the NAACP ' j
•Che NAACP West Coast office in.
San Prancisc(i reported that the
greatest number uf Negroes had
been laid off in the Richmond yards I
of Ihe Kaiser Compajiy and that
f^v of these dkhcarged from ship |
eonfitrucUon were being recmploy-
•d on ship repair because the A. F. .
of 1.. unions on ship repair jobs ;
elnim the Negroes Jack tlie required ’
aklUs
From Philadelphia comes a re-|
port that two well-known firms,
Bayuk Cigar Company (Phillies)
and Scars Roebuck have re':Aested
“White only" cmolnyees of the Unit-1
ed StakSS Employment Service. ‘
Bavuk askei for 1.0(» women and
Rears Roebuck for 250, but all white.
Also from Philadelphia comes the
report that many firms are request
ing through the Veterans Admin
istration "white only " or ‘white
Gentile only"
In Houston. Texas, the picture is
not SO dark. Many firms have dis
charged any workers and some
have transferred workers, white and
Negro, to other plants on peace
time prodiictioo. H.wcver, one firm
which had l.onn Negroes now haK
less than :M. On the other hand,
several firms In Houston have an
nounced they will employ more
Negroes
Chicago reported no trends dis
cernible In first week after V-J Day
but that Negroes were being laid
off according '#> seniority, but not
on a discriminatory baals.
PorUand. Oregon, reports that
lO.OOd employees have left the
Kaiser shipyards, some of their own
volition, but that many others could
have been absorved in other yard?
which are still working.
In Kansas City. Missouri, i.ncel-
lailun. of war contracts wtti. North
American Aviation and Pratt-
Whilney ha.s thrown approximately
7J00 Negroes out of work.
ClBveland. Ohio, reports that at
the end of the first week after V-J
Day about 7.000 Negroes were out of
Jobs and that of this number appro
ximately 4.000 will not bB reem-
oluyed.
nismlRsale* in Detroit were r«
ported occurring "daily" with
iJlants staggedlng the lay offs in
order not to add to the confusion
Persons applying for unemployment
insurance have lined up for as far
as ■ seven blocks. The picture on
tht» Negro worker was no\ too
•tear one week after V-J Day
ST. LOl”S. Mo. WDL) ~ Harold
J Gibbsoiis. leading CIO figure of
this city Is 100 per cent for full
eijuality for the thousands of Negrr
and white workers in the Si. Loui?
Joint Board of the United Retail.
Wholesale, and Department SUub,
Employees-CIO. of which he is di
rector.
SucMking before the National Con
ference on Fair Kmiiloyment Prac-
ticca held by the United Auto Woik
crs-CIO, Mr. Gibbans. whose :.t.iff
iiicluded Negioe.., Jews. Catholics
Protestants, and one Japanese
Ajiiencan, JoiiiK’cl out that an uiiti-
dt‘'criiiiiiiuti>>ii danse is oemaialt^f
til .'ill union contracts his union ne
gotiates in St. Louis.
In addition, he declared, "our un
ion Insists that all social affairs hi>
open to all members Despite ih»
policy of the Hotel As.sociation. hun
drerts of Negro men and women at-'
tend our banquets and dance.s in
the b‘.si hoteLs in St. I.ouis.''
'•We find a widespread suppor*
throughout our rank and file for
..ur policy of non-dlscrimlnation."'
Mr. Gibbons declared.
FLOOD DONATIONS END ON
O. FiriAL V-J DAY
—WASHINGTON. D. C. — Ameri-
.•an Red Cr.iss blood donor centers,
■A Inch have lihtained rioie than 12.-
::.5il.i)(K) blitod donaiiori. hr thi
Army and Navy, will cease military
npoianons as uf the n/ficial V-J
Day Huw'ver, on the basis of com-
uiv.nity i.eeih, chapters may now
prepare f"i the operation of civil-
! i:tn bloud doner centers.^ Alro, five
'appointed centers on the west coa^t
may continue lo collect the s|>ecla1
1 "O" type of blood for air shipmei.i
to the* Pacific, until all possiblity
it need IS ended.
NEW YORK. N Y — Sneaking
before the Garden City (L. I.) Em
ergency Conference on Reconversion
and Employment, Thelma M. Dale.
Acting Scrrc’ary of the National
Necro Congress, urged passage of
the 5nirray-Patman Full Employ
ment Bill immediately after Con-
r’-c.mvene.s.
Finpha^izing iiiut she was speak
ing not only In the interests of ihir-
'r-cii milliuii Amcricai Negroes, but
in the iiitercfts of our entire na
tion. •’because wt have learned dur-
iiu: the war that it :•■ p>s«ible for
every man and woman to have the
opportunity for a job, and neces
sary if any person is to be secure."
’?he .nd that Roosevelt h..d enun-
lir.ted Ihe Second Bill of Rights
.^•.th the conviction that our coun
try was able to provide jobs for
all without discrimination.
(Continued on back paoe)
weren’t they
also good enough to get a fair and
equal chance tor jobs.
The FEPC was one of eight
pcints fur a prosperous people's
peace which the CIO delegation
asked the senator to support in
t’ongresH, It drew the most violent
opposition from him of any of the
points, and he finally (iostd the dis
cussion on it angrily, saying ‘’Fve
said as much as I'm going to say;
I'm not going to say nny more. Let's
move on to the next topic.”
The senator met the delegation,
lounging with a bored and indif
ferent air in his chair, but before
the delegates were through firing
questions at him, he v^as sitting up
and taking notice.
The CIO asked Hoey his position
on .1 number of measures very im
portant lo the pc 'plo, including un-
employnjent compensation, the
Murray-Palman bill for President
Roosevelt’s 60,000,()00 job program;
;he 6.5-cent wage minimum; the
Wagner-Murray-Dingell social se
curity bill; tight price control; and
a better G f Bill uf Rights.
On practiaclly all . f them, the
senator said he was '‘not very
fniniiiur with the bill.” This reach-
i ed such a point that one of the dele-
I gales finally asked him just what
i did lie do in Congress, not to know
anything about any of the impor
tant bills.
Hocy’s position on the various
bills for the welfare rf the people
was so weak thta one delegate told
NEW YORK —The National Ur
ban League and its 5l affiliate? are;
moving vigormsly and cnnfidenlly
to spe^ the re-emplovment of thou
sands of (iisplaced Negro war work
er?, This announcement was made
this week hy Julius A. Thomas, the
League's Industrial Relations Di
rector. Based on reports and esti
mates prepared by local Urban Lea
gue. Hs well as information .supplied
by hundreds of war plants w>th
which the League has been wjrk-
Ing during the past five years.
Thoma* .said at least 800.000 Negro
workers will be affected by cut
backs during the coming weeks. Not
all of these workers will lose their
job.?, he added, but It i-- highly prob
able that between 500J)00 and 600,000
Negroes will be forced out of work
FULL EMPLOYMENT
NECESSARY
Act.on fur placing Negroes m de
sirable peacetime emp'uyment, tak
en by the la-ague immediately lus-
tiliticH ceased, calls fur unreserved
support of Full Employment Legis-
l.’ition now being prepared by the
.‘lenate Committee on Banking and
Currency headed by Sen.itor Rob
ert F. Wagner Early enactment of
‘his i-girl-irion. Thomas .said, will
N) tha most hopeful sign in the
present, confused stale of affairs. If
Ihe natoin is plunged into a perlcd
of pr>'1onged onemplojrrreDt there
•viU he little rhance for the re ab
sorption of million* of war work
ers and veterans, white or Negro
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
LEGISLATION
Another point in the League's
postwar program calls for inten
sified efforts .0 secure passage of
national and state anti-dlbcrimina-
tiun legislation. Declaring that
many wartime employers of Negro
workers and sever^ important lead
ers in the labor movement are con-
vin:ed that without such legislation
they will be unable to continue
dcnuHTaiic hiring practices, Urban
League citiciaLs have urged Con
gressional leaders to press for re-
mtrodurtion of bills which were
pending when Congress adjourned
this summer Assurance that this
action will be taken has already
Leoii given by these Congressional
leaders, it was re. Jrted.
National and Ucal Lvagues nave
already begun negotiations with
guvemment official.? in charge of
reconversion, housir g. public con
struction, and emplf -ment programs
In an effort to saV^uard the Inter
ests of displaced workers. Recall
ing the late thirties and experiences
of Negro workers m cbtamlAf em
ployment on govemment-tpMMOT-
ed construction projejets, ’nsosnas
wamrd. ’’Negroes -vont be eaugbt
napping this tune, ’•‘{m have been
taxen to assure U. inclueton of
jdeiuate provisions for the con-
structicn of housing, health and rec
reation facilities as well as other
I ccor.virsl jn projects in a mannw
:h^i will guarantee the full pairtL
' cipuUon of NegroM without die-
! crimination."
In thU connection. *rhomas »td
' r.pre>.entative* of the Urban
I rue in each community weK work-
' Ing closely with officials of the
United State. Employment Service
to secure appointment of Negroes
* ,4* counsellors, contact repreaenla-
I lives, interviewers, and clerks and
. to s^^e that Negroes are not discil»»
Inated a« inst when employers b«.-
[iiin to relilre workers. The USES.
I It was pointed out, will assume in*
I Cleaned responsibility for the refer-
' ral and assignment 'if workers to
training programs and jobai
MANAGEMENT AND LABOR
roOPERA'nON SOUGHT
The League’s wide contacfl with
top management and labor leader
ship throughout the nation.
(ContinuiNi in back page)
Shown above is a portion of
the large number of conferees
who attended the tecent confab
of trade and industrial teachers
and coordinators of diversified oc •
cupations at Greeasboro. They
are; 1st row, rcadiiR left to riyhf
M. R. Perkins Salisbury; W. W,
Harris, treasurer, Warrenton; Dr.
Nelson H. Harris. Raleigh; C. M.
Haithman. president, Wilmington;
&lr$. M. M. Ariams. editor of
Journal. Charlotte; Dean J. M
MacRae. FayettevUle. D. A Wil
liams. Executive Secretary, Fay-
cttevivlle and W. C. Young. Lex
ington.
2nd row; Mrs. L. S. Hairston.
Winston-Salem; Mrs. H. B. Lucas.
Goldsboro: W. M. Daniels Jc
Wushingtwi; Mrs. W. M. Mc
Laughlin, Greensboro, Recording
Secretary; W. D. Wood, Washing
ton; S. L. Wilkins. Washington:
R. D Moore, Jr., FayetteviUe;
R, L. Jones. Hamlet; N. E. Brown.
Hickory. J. H. Wood, Kannapolis;
C. H. Thigpen. R.iiford; A. B
Richardson. Suthpor*
3rd row; L. C. Meachan. States
ville; Mrs. D. M. Hardy, Golds
boro; H. B Lucas, Goldsboro;
Paul Smith. Goldsboro; S. L.
Dudley. Durham; H. D. BiUings-
lea. Wilmington; N. V. Macom-
son. Greensboro; R. V. Grigsby,
Charlotte; J. W. McDonald, Win
ston-Salem; T. J. Higgins, Hamlet;
C. C. Mabry. Durham; and T. F,
Ruffin. Durham.
4th row; G. L. Burge. Greens
boro; T. S- Johnson, Goldsboro;
J. E. Reid. High Point; J. L. Car
rington. New Bern; G. E. Pash,
vice president. Rocky Mount;
Julius Freeman. Wilson; WUIls
Jackson, Greensboro; David Barn
hill. Greenville; W. M. Grandy,
Durham; Tom Young. Greens
boro; and J. L. Burge. Greaa*
boro
George Marshall Urges Constructive
Aiction From Congress On Reconversion
NEW YORK — Pointing out the
threat to civil liberties of all
American.? unless Immediate pro
vision L? made by Congres for full
employment, ■ nemployment com-
neiisation and other vital reconver-
.'lon measures, George Marshall,
chairman of the national Federation
for Constitutional Liberties, today
nailed on national and community
leaders in all fields to send mem-
Ikts of Congress back to Washing
ton “with full knowledge that^the
{'I'ople demand immediate construc
tive jctlon."
At the same tima. NFCL prepared
to testify on Ihe relation of civil
liberties and full em, loyment before
•he Senate Banking and Currency
Committee, whic hopened hearing''
this week on the Full Employment
Bill. Similar te.stlmony will be pro-
onte , by NFCL at the unemploy
ment compensation hearings belxac
•he Senate Finance Committee.
"A period with unemployment and
little or no security leads to strife
and terrorization, in '.vhich atmos
phere civil liberties are curtailed
and discrimination against minori
ty groups Increase.” NFCL stated
in urging "realigation of civil lib
erties for all citizens, of s'ecuring
full employemnt at decent wages
and of supporting related measures
such as ' '
insurance
bills.'
Passage of the bill establishing a
permanent Fair Employment Prac
tice Commission was urged by Mr
(Continued on back page)
adequate unemployment
) and health protO' lion
A LABOR DAY PRAYER
By RUTH TAYLOR
On this day consecrated to the workers of the nation, we
come before Thee. O Lord, with humble hearts. We are all of us
workers in the Vineyard of the Lord. Give us strength for service
to our fellovr men.
Let us not feel that our task U toe heavy for our abilities nor
weight down our hearts and spirits with self pity.
Let us not dodge the burden that is ours, feeling that were it
but the task of the other man, it would be so much lighter. Let
us not make excuses as to why we have not fulfilled our alloted
work.
But rather let us lean upon Thy power and Thy strength,
by the task before us. Help us to understand, that the reward of
our ability cometh only frem Thee — and is therefore net limited
relying en Thy promise to carry us through and realising that
doing one duty is the power to do another. Let us not, when we
succeed as workers, be overwhelmed by pride in ourselves and
in our powers. Free us from vainglorious boastings about oxu
work and our accomplishments. Keep us from hypocrisy, both
personal end nationaL
Help us to feel our responsibility toward our brother worker,
that he may live and grow in the sunlight; unairiald and strong
in the right. Let us never look with scornful eye upon eur fellow
worker because he does not work, live or worship as we do. Help
us to work to clean our own house, that we may help our neigh
bors to clean t' airs. Keep us from all hatreds, prejuilicet. resaul-
ment — all things that defile.
Help us, O Lord, to always do our best. Our work U for Thee.
Let us bless Thy holy name, working and rejoicing as free men,
not in the silence of the bondsman, fearful of a master.
Through Thy omnipotent wisdom rometh both the work awtl
*he power to work. Let us stand firm where Thou hast placed us.
Let us use our strength lo honor Thee in all things, and grant
that we may finish our course with the work well done, that
Thou may say at the snd, "Well dene. Thou good and faithful
In the name (
this. Amen.
Him who called us lo the vineyard, we ask