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African Says Russia Has Atom Bomb
SITUATION CRITICAL ]
FOR NEGRO WORKERS I
BV (irOKfil-: F. McCRAV
By the t-nd .lainnry it is prob*
ditty lliul I’lMi.iJUO Ni'Kio workers Mill
le directly invtilveil in strikes over
ihcveases If Oiis happens ect>*
iioinic lamps uif cfitain to Drip a
number of laiK‘ Neiiio eumniuni-
tie* ami shake them l«» their very
foumlations
A cltee liMik at Chieako with a
Ni-tsio pu|iu).itiiii over -tUU.UUO re
veals a pai tii iilai ly alarmiiiK situa
tion ShuuUl the scheiiiiled sliikes
111 the iioii and steel iiun-ferrus
iltlUiih. farm eguipiueiu. and ineil-
paokmi mitiistiie*. k't undei
over 70.(i(>u Nekn workers oi ne.ii
ly 3U per cent of the Nee.io work-
iiik p'>pul.ilion in tins city, will be
come unemployed Very few 1
these woikers h.ive stiftu-ieiil fi-
imnciOl leseives to eaii> Ihem
throiiKh ^ luiie and bitter •.Hike
Similarly hurmfut cflecta will be
fell in Gaiy. Ind. Pittsburgh Ro-
mttiuham and ulhei steel town'
Negro p-pnldtluni in St l.ouii.
Kansas ruy. and the parking ren
ters of Texa* M ill a 1-0 feel I he pim-h
because of heavy employmt-nl of
NeKioef m meat packiiie plants in
these cities Aheady ttie Negio poji-
ulutiui: in Hetioil feels the dakxei
of the (ietierul Motors stiike sink
ing deepei into it*' econoiim' fle.sh.
The striker in these industries
are being called by vari him ('I3
unions and judi;ink fioin all infor*
rrtatiun uviiitable. the Ihoinands ul
Negio woikeif involveo ai*- sup
port the strikes wltli entliusiasai
At a inullei ot fact the need fur
higher wage-- o' felt fji inoie sharp
ly amfiiK Ncuros than umoin'. other
workers.
This observer as 1 eard many Ne-
Kru vi.'urke..s in the Steel and pack
ing indusliies sharply criticize then-
fellow white workers for not de-
irlinu hipher wages particularly
for laborers and semi-skilled worn-
crs. n> no Miean.s is the Nesio work
er 1 day the ea.-ilv exploited, timid,
niid unprotesting laborer he was up
til and liuring the Iasi war.
As fur the wage demands of in.
various CIO unions involved n-
these Inter disputes, they are long
over due and are justified by tlic
faclM. 11 might be (he fault uf gov-
einment. business or both, but oo;
ecuii. mic system a-* it opeiates l'>
ilay is g.uil'y “f systi niatie robbin v
Ilf Hie wui'kitig population. It is now
■diinlti ii in giivei imieiil circles tli.U
the cost of living has risen over il
per eetil. II is sltll rising and seen.-
likely to continue to rise for .d h-.c I
an ther nine iitonhls
imriii;' the war wage.s wr-ie fix-il
f.ii lielo..' Ih>- cost of living ami
•iiice Ho Miiieodei of .1a|J.ui lakt
home w..ge‘: have fallen ^halply as
ll.e iH-ott of the ivtoialion of llv
•Id hum week and elimination of
‘■veilinie Neithei are wives ami
children coiilribiitiiig to family ii--
Come as nHic)i as durini! the war
The g. vernment this week took
the first positive .step.'; lu break tit •
deadlock over wages and thus avoi ‘
impending national ccon. mic dis
aster Ov-ei the loinlly piot«'-fn‘
Chester Howh-s OPA direefoi. M
Tinman ha.s I'ei-ided to back down
.111(1 'tail to iHM- piici-s . thd
K, peimit tlieii. to ri^e fjetei th.m
. es the OPA
Last Rites Held For
PoeU Countee Cullen
New York rANl'f —• Fiu>ral
a>IVKi-M for t\»uiiir»»* Culleil. eele-
tiated jHiel. were tieM at Salem
Methoda t vlaiich lu naiiein &&’■
M'dav iitoining ut U a in- Cullen
died her* Wednt-.day fat Sydeii
Ahlii lUirtplIal tiuin high tiloo I
pll U'U
Tlie -12-:
ut thl.^ cliy,
{ lev. Kr«'d*ri
out
old p(H‘t. a nal
vas ih son ot tl:
k A-dmry t'uHi
foundet III Salem McthoJisl Kpis
INAnP.ltltDW!TH
W. y. STRIKERS
N-riliK x; V - The -ecoml
YOUNG SCIENTIST
TELLS OF SECRET
• Uy . •-
RUSSIAN BOMB
\()I.rMK XXVI. NO. :*.l
IIAMOIOII, NORltllBkAFiOI.INA WKKK KNDINO SATI UDAV, .lAXrAHV Hi, I'.HU i’KK’K KlVK ('ENTS
CO-ED SHOOTS PROWLER
Poet, Countee Cullen
y
Ne> lurit rANO —^
K-f-x fur Counte** Colleri. eet"
L ited iH»et, were held al Salem
VethoUci cbuich iii Uarletii Sat
.'(lav luortilng fat U a. in- Cullen
d.ed Iter* W .tne;.day fat Syden
hnili loispUal fluin high hlo«>-l
pi I bl.Ule.
The -I'l-ye tl old |»(-»et, a lialive
uf till.*. Cliy, wa*. thi son of th.-
Rev. Frederick Adiury Culliui,
founder ni Sah-m Methodist Epis
copal church, and Mi-x. Carolyn
E. lie Mitchell Cullen. He achn -
ed fame duiing the peiiod h--
tween the two wuild war;, and
beloie fie gladualeil fioin iJeWitl
Chtiinri High sclioiit ilia poem.
Were publish* d in new-jpap* o'-'. H •
broke into lilnaiy vicles by win
ning fa pm'iiy colll^■^t sponiaik .i
by the Feihiiited Women's clubs
His pu*m aiiaweird “I Huv*- A
Rendezvoius With Ileath” by Alan
Set'gtl'. u noted poet of Worlii Wai
1 peinHl. H'- won .-econJ prize in
tlx Wiltei byntiei under giavlu-
fatc pu*-liy voiiteM at New Yolk
Univeiisty when- lo- had gone to
voiuinue he, studu' ill 1022, the
Pottiy Society ut Anierii.a an-
iiouiiccd. He graduated Irnni tn '
uriivei.sity tnret vtaiM lutei and
mdtriculfat«-d at Haivaid wh.-n- !.«•
ItHviv’ed he. niaiteidegree.
During 1925. hu "Thronody fur
a Brown Gu T won the John Hre i
Memorial piize and a high luuulo
from Call Van V»chien, wJio aa-d
his work ev " characterized l.y
Buaxe, uiippi etehtiUUM, blittll IH
teliectual elcganre," and "sume ni
It by liauiiting lync lovehneoM ‘
"Copper Sun,' fa book ut poein.-.,
bp^uteij ill 1927.
Cull* II was enabled to study
abioad by a Guggenheim Memo-,
ifal tt llowship Ut 1929 and th*-
next year wiote “ The Black
■ rontinued on page 8)
IN AMD WITH
W, y, STRIKERS
NEW YOHK. NY — The -ecoml
monilng of the Western Union
Mil ike bv the American Contmniiira-
tion, rib, found Keveh Cayt .n i»n*l
Theinj.i Dale, Executive Secreiai.v
Hiid F eld Secrctaiy of the Nalioii-
ul Negio ('oiig'-ess, doing pick.'!
ilulV together with Oeorge B Mur
phy, .Ir. forniPi- Admuii'tutive Sec
etai V of the r«ingiess.
Mr Murphy, who has jus' been
leh-icMl from the Airii.v. ailiiies.sed
Ihe inkers fioin the .peakers' plm
foiiK floor wl.ieli ACA President
.1 -eph Sellv alio ‘l«oke
Ml Sellv will ‘|*e:.k at Ihe Mas'
ironliimcd on page 3i
VIRGIN ISI,ES
(IKAV llASTIE
St. Thomas. Virgin lilands
(ANP) — Nvwvpap^r* com
mented Ifavorubly here last
week on president Trunitui'r
appointment of former Judge
WUlidin H. Haslie as the fircl
Negro governor of the Virgin
islands and pledged their sup
port to the new executive.
Judge Hastie. who Mid the
nomination surprised him. is
married to u former Virgin
Islander, his second wife.
They have one child as a re
result of this marriage. _
JlSfRIKtS-KNWiNfi NO RACE-CBEED-OR COL^:
MAN FATALLY
SHOT BY GIRL
OF BENNETT
One f Ihe best reemds in th ' iii|
■Mtirc nation foi vnlunleei work av
’■* lit*, oriiee of Prne Adtniiiis- m.
Car Poi ter--, these women each Mr*. Name M Well'-, chairman;
•iage*l :i liours a nmiith muk- ; ;,|,g standniK 'h'fl »“ lighti Mes
GKKENSHOKO nennell |
Icgi' and (ie-t-ii'l>oro ueic fii'cu of i
, .1 iiiikitl piowifi luni week wh.'ij
S. T. Joiinsoii viu.s f.ii.iil> shot by
Henm It ('ulh-ge sltideni us he stoo |
outside the dour af l-lwflcr resi- '
deiue hall abtait a:-((i a. m. Thtii;.- |
day. .Iiiiiiiuiy lulh.
Inv* sligating jadice said the in-'
(idem wa.i un obvious mien' !o
eiiur. Tin fIndent, .MiKi, K.lelU
Watson. .M-imii . uf Suffolk, Va.. u .>
exuiieruted tollowmg an investUi.!
lioii by Dr. W W. Haivty. (10%
ford * aroiiei', who U'l'ined it "Jus'i
fialilt- humicjdv.'
Johnson, who was shot once in
the groin, dn-d fiuin loss of bhxHt
ifulluwmg an utlempi to fU*e Iti
,1 o-'ene, poUie said. Hv was ^;uud ,i.
Jd-KT iJ. tn., clad only In his ;.hoc‘
ufficeiM un Gurr^M-Sitaat OMWgs
from Ihe brick wnll which maik
: the canipus boimdary. Taken to tlie
T.. Ricliardsnii Memorial lluspiial.
he died at a m.
Police H.iid that sumiHnie's "cliiir*
sy mid obvious” efhirls to eiilei ll*>
durmilury had uw.ikened rt-sideni-
unce be'ore during the niDhi, .d 3
u. ni., and that some uf the vtud>i,:s
thought that lhi intruder had en
tered it ill that time and had fled
MH.S HENRY PFEIFFER
Londerrv. Northern Ireland
(ANP) — Russia's secret atom
bomb waus revealed here last Wi*ek
hj Dr. Raphael E. G. Armatl(.*e,
,th- 33-year-old West African head
!ot the Lomeshie Research center
ifoi anthropology and human hi-
-oiogy.
According to Dr. Armaloi'i th«
.icw Russian atom bomh •‘renders
,t!ie Anglo-American bomb obso-
ili-le" and can be manufactured on
la • ma.ss prnduction .scale.* Th*»
{new bomb W'us developed with the
{aid uf two captured German
physicist.s, he said, and generates
a Icmpei alun* in tiie neighbor-
IuhhI ul several iniliiiin d.'ijre>*»
ci-ntigradc. He de.scribed its size
as about as large as a teiinia ball,
With sufficient power to piilver-
in- > veiylhiiiK within an aiea of
.1' iniies hoii/uiitally and .HiK and
Iv.i-ielilh* iniU-a veiticaJly.
"Till- dei.ti uetivi- cli Tarter of
III* Anglu-Alltel u-an imb de-
mb upiiii a detei mined .size of
iciaiiuuii, Dr. Aiiuatoe explain-
d. 'The Ifu.ssian bomb, however,
Iip.. lbs loici- by a .pm or
• hl-.tiiai iiiulioii. making it murfi
..pp.icahli- tur . ngine«-ii.ig work."
The l;u.-,s.jii-; hav«- developed a
irigh ilegi'ee ol control ov* i atom-
I iitcigy III i-xpi(X;iv.-s, he re-
. .il'-ii. and will be able tu ute
l‘ii eiigim .-ring piujccta nivolvinf I
.I'ge :wale bla.-.ling He lUcidionx
the nanu' ot Fotei Kapitaza,
.^h(^ tin- Soviet press last No-
'.■mb.i repoited engaged in im-
P'-iiant aUiinic re.seaich at Mount
Aiagts in the Aintenian SucuUst
it-puhbc, along with .'■lemyunby,
/i idovifeh aiid Vilavciv. but aa-
iii tied hi- did nut know tip* first
i...iues of the last thiee Ilii;u»ian
.:i I. mists.
Tin* young W*-st African physl-
'-lan, a graduate ut the ul »v> u ities
->f Hailji and Lille. creale.i a ofm»
f.(iv«*isy •'Vifc'.'i i;'-rir.,
ii(J» bMl»«1tcs -Uw igfalK T
('ontlnu»d on p«f« &> '
COLLEGE
BENEFACTOR
Gapital Polii*
(iliicf yiills
Waihmgfon (ANP) •— Oga-
ume regr*t on tho pari of N«-
gro«f In Waihingioa U baing
•xptaaaad ovar ihe reaignattea
("nl Pfiwaea ,.k}^
foUowiiig an attempt tu flee th-
JCFiir. pulk'e aakl. He was
W..Kr jj. fr., rttid uKT/’Jn Wa faJ[i(>eV,
officer! no'
wiili which muTx
One of the best records in th '
entire nation for vulunteei work
for the Office of Price Admuds-
iratioii I ar bcei. established by a
group "f Negro women in U^nvei,
C.,Io. Undei the direition of Mi-s.
N.iiinie M Wells, chuirmun of th-
Prici- Panel A^sislunts’ Gioup and
pr* idem of the Women's Auxi
liary to the Bnitherhood -‘f Sleep
ing Car PoiK'rs, these women each
averaged 5 hours a munth muk-
iii){ sui''ey.s of prices in the 75
letaiy stores . f Denver. Together
the price voluul'et'rs .imusfted 700
hours of credited work, and In
N'lvem .dune Iheir total wus
l-l hour* Slu'Wn in the photu-
gi-.tph. iiirhuling price checker!,
I'li’rical Bssislanis, are seated —
Mrs. Nnnie M. Wells, chairman;
and .standing deft tn right) Mes-
dnmes Luara Junes, Joanna Wren.
I Chai-line Mills, Ruth Bayard, Lena
Johnszin. Edna Davis, Leatha
Slivvarl, Lavonia A. Chandler,
Alina Mae polk, Guosii' Bartho
lomew. Frances Lewis and Elh’na
McC'ovy.
;un, a g^aOuaU ol tite ui.iv- udic*
'f Parts and Lalie, cn*ate! a •
Uyi* /yg'j w rjrru*,
MRS. HENRY PFEIFFER
COLLEGE
BENEFACTOR
DIES IN N.Y.
GHEKN.SBDRO - The death
Wages In State Nearly
Doubled In Four Years
I RAI.EinJI - Total wai>es p.iid to
,l|ie majiiiily of North tTar..liii:»
. Workers in industry uid roinineicc
fiotn in I94U to
■ «29 7.'’.5 r«Ja It 1944 .iccodlng to sl«-
I'etical reports recently piibl- hi'd
iiA tli-= Unernployiiient roinni-iea-
whl'*h former-
iiiiw average
iverace weekly
ice iiKhisIries
OPA PRAISES
VOLUNTEER
WORKERS
, $LMI72
•ho
fill thei tli.it the
the l-ibor iii.ir-
kers in trad
.igt'd $19(111,
And the
DENVER. Colo. — One of the
$14,011 in 1940, by 1944 records in the entire nation fo.
volunteer work for the Offiie ol
,,,i. u p'its set out Price Admiidstrabon has been esta r-
,o‘ IW4(i an.l 1944 Ihe Jished by a gr.'up of Negni women
einpIovei'S, the average hi Denver. Colo., acconling Ut re-
then cinplovees, their purts coming into the national of-
1-..; u- nicii III 1.0-110' o *- ^ ;,„ij weekly wage fu-p of the OPA.
v ac- I'.-i ' III tn ' i.it*' lo forea'h oiiniv ..nd local enr.- N'lloi.lyha-.thegrmipvolimteer-
'Ih. > ..tuapei |,i.,vimnt dfn. area iii the state its services repcabdly and will-
OV. I Ihe I.M(| wage i.-vH oi sun ^nawii for each c.unty are em- mgly. but the qualit.v of its work
Thus the average annual mciin. -f ^^age data by indus.- j,as been superb — bey. nd all possi-
Noilii Caiolin.1 wage e.irneih IS n \ rriticiain -- accordiuk lo Mrs.
f.ai.rex anniv t.5 Workers I'bc slalislics for (Durham Cmm- Dora Cunnell. volunteer assistant
covere^irremmoyment ^I'ow that .437. employers In supervisor at the Denver War Price
Ii .f which there were 474 872 '^Hli paid some iX3.47«i workers arid rationing Beard.
MO -.VNli'n, W1 S'??; 1„ I9«. ,««. ema-y Beelnnln* bock in 19*2. when
1940, ../9..t4(i III ISH.1. ami .am,in. (*4v«i93S3fl» to (27 126) price control urn; the whole OPA
i«44 Data based on the employ- ers paid « novelty, offers of
from Ihe brick
Ihe cnmpui boundary. Taken to tt>e
L. Ricliardson Memorial Ho.spital.
he died ul 8.45 a. m.
’ ptklioe said Ihal someone's ''chnn
sy and obvious” efforts to enter ih>
dormitury hud awakened resWems
once bef-ire during the night, at 3
fa. m., and that some of the .siudenis
thought that the intruder had en-
'lered It at that time and hud fled
! when lights were thrown on In va-
I rious i*wms.
Prior lo his fatal effort to gain
1 entrance, Johnson ha'd smashed a
I window on the south side of Pfeit-,
I for dormitory, officers declared ;^^r^ Henry Pfeiffer in New York.
Reconstructing his actions, they;'l'u''sda.\. Jamiury 8, robbed Ben-
Laid he'iiexl went to u door on theinell College of its most geiieiou#
Iiorih side, where he was standing •She had been ccufin.d
when Miss Watson shot him once, ’o a I ospital and al her home. Hk»
through a pane in the French door, Riverside Drive, for several mi.iiins
with a .38 culiber pistol. « I'loken leg fallowing a fall.
Officers surmised that Johnson She was eighty-five years old,
then crawled or stumblixl away Her gifts of approximiaely $8.50.
from the dormilory, across th.- 900 lo rjcimed siiuc 19.34 represent
lampus. and over Ihe brick w.ili ; mi all poi lioii of the millioiis she
The Negro was conscious when has c.ivcn to college*- and olher in-
found but mudf no statement to of- slUutions in tlie United Slates and
(CIS or hospital attendants con- olhc:- foreign counlrles.
riling the incident, they said. Funeral service: w. re h-'ld Fn-
Tho student used a pistol belong- day. Juuuary ll at 2 p. m. at the
lug lo the dormitory oirector, Mrs. ihurcli of Si. Paul umi St Andrew
McLaurln. Campus night in New Y .rk City. President and
iContlnued on page 8) (Continued on page 8>
Capital Police
Ghief (^lits
- ruse from i$19l}tl) to ($.30,20).
ineiii of this inaiiy worker.s is llier
fore the most (-ompreheidive set of average
figures available, alttioiikli it mii-t
h«' remember that they do nol rep
resent the cmiplete working f(»r*.e
in North Carolina.
W.i°e reports are filed with the
Corn* 'issi('ii by all firms and iiuhi -
, tries tiiiploy iiR eif^ht or more per
sons. Exceptions are agi iculliiial
Avorker.-'. domi'-tic worker.>t. em-
pl-'Ve- (if iio-pi'fit e-la.^Jishmeuts
;and g( vernineiit employees — f»Hl-
county and city How- ^,,^ R,,h,-rl Kenny ni Cali
'111;,,;,,;'™’'?—
I wage* and salaries paid m Nurtti appointment of Paula Munay a
C-.rol na r(-veals tliai 58 per cent ff a ucpiity :itt«)i'n*'y general in thi
them are hicludeci m the scop«* "f .department of justice
Ui.cmploymeul Cumpensali iii Murray. ;
.riw*-**! ki»« ••% ...- - - .
-eklv wage paid in (Dur- assistance came fiom vara us in
’ .... ... ni.aA (I*
Continued on page 8)
Pauli Murray Named
Deputy Attorney General
Rkoran,, b.o, Calif. (ANPl - Sb phen, work, in tbr
col.ncil which givi'S aiu and ad
.slate lej'LsIalors in Ih
(l-ufting of legislation.
,. Pauli Murray will be n-mem
al Sacra- for her uniusuccessful fight
, graduate some year.s ag*
oi Howaid 'Tuiver.sity Law school ’1“' University
; nd winner of RosenwaUl fellow-
.•bin. 1944-4.5 recimtlv received a . ,
.naafn, nf laws .IrKr.-.. frnn. Brail ' "i'-'; Sradualr ,I.VL .
Iiall ..f Law. Univrr.sily of Cali- I'arvar.l u„,vr.a.ly srhonl „t law
in be ndmitb'd
.f North Carolina
'-•.hich bars women stndenl-s.
foi fan equally unsiu-cessful «*ffoii
Wsthtnglon (ANP) — 0«a-
uin* r«gr*t on tho port of No-
groet In Washingioo Is botng
exprossod ovor tho rosignotton
of Col. Edward KMoy. chM
of poUco. Having lonrod cs '*•
linuousJ On tho foreo from
patrolmon to ehtof (or St
years. CoL Ktllcy. a o w 82.
has askod that his rottromont
bo accoptod as of Fob. 1.
Nogroos have s worm spo8
for tho chiof sine* ho koowo
colorod Washington. His first
ttrvico was in this nortowost
ares thickly populstod with
Nsgross sod )i# was promotod
through tho various stogos
right in tha saclioo. becom^
captain of ths peiica preciael
■arvlng i^^par Waabin^on.
During nU rogima NogCkt
pelicomon faava baon incroaa-
ad on tha forco. sikd a Nagro
gro promotad lo tha rank of
liautanant.
Nsmod as his succossor Is
Harry O .Callahan, now an ia>
spector.
Packing House Qrisis
Involves 40,000of Race
Because of Huge Colored
Membership, Meat Workers
Poorly Paid“l inion Heads
By Frank Marihall Davis 'jail fil WHo ‘Wcd’ Mfllc
(Tommissiuii's reports.
With respect to wag-* Increase'
•iiice 1940. there is ronsideruble dif-
ferenr-e between various mdustriei
in the slate. Weekly w.'ge.s of con
struction workers climL>e': us miu-i
us 119 8 lu'i- cent from the level of forniu. Site wiut admitted to the
$17.02 in 1940 U. $.37 37 in 1914. ( alifunila b.ir in Dt-cemher.
w,...kly w„ks, 1„ Thi., nlki ks Ih.' first tin.e a N,-
ni.-iiiufac( Itir ng industries ro-e 7111 , , • . i . .i, .
p-r ,r„l fr.,m »„ avrskP .,f JI9,r.l P'" I""'" appp.nt.kl I., th.; at
to an average of $29 16 K-i nc-y Kencral .s office in Cahfor-
Wherctis weekly wages of work- nta. Miss Murray wa.s sworn i.i
ers in trade and service Industries, jj,n 2. One other Negro worn-
whkh by ,l„.l l.irsr repr.™-.,! sm-all- atliiin.-v, MiS-S Virg.nia SI.
er e*t:d.nsnrr«‘iit .'ind are more- local , , ' j . * n vvomt-n lu um i*a*«- mi-ma. ..... ..w
in iharr.cter. did not incre.a--e ar ^ graduate of ®"*!*,iake their rightful places in the «,*ii the snlen
much as 5 per enf and remain balow Hell of Law. serves in the Call- .professional and technological life ; local hospllalM well as the splen
I the state tverage. Weekly wages fornia atate government. Ally, of the nation.” (continu on pag
hich liar.*; women's .students.
Gonimenting upon her appoint-
iv.ent. .she .said. "I owe this goial
fi rtimi- in J very large meusur"
to the excellent legal training an.l
inspiration n'ccived at Howard
fn tn both faculty and fellow stu-
dints. I hope this appointment |
will inspire young Negro men and )
women to prejiare themselves to
Chicago ANP) — Some 40,1100
Nigi(K.s compnsing around 3.)
I Cl c.-nl of the 120,000 mi'ml)ei
Dup of the United Packinghmise
'oikii's of Amenea, CIO, an- in-
!\i Kcd in that union's struggle Im
■a wage increase to meet the cost
of living which was .‘xpeileil to
• i.-sult in a sliike Tuesday aimed
linainly at Ihe •'big foui” puckei.-»;
,swift, Armour, Wilson and l.'ud-
ahy.
Union leaders contend their
.woikii.s are among Ihe pooresi
Cha*. A. Walker. Business ,n jndu.sfry and .-luy this con-
lanager of St. Agnes Hospital f«r Hilivn exists because of the l.ugc
the p;i>l year, has been promoted t.undu r ut Negro employ* «'.s. They
to the pcsitiun of Superintenden;.
Mr. Walker will succeed Dr. A.
W. Tucker Dr. Tucker was ap
pointed after his return fium
China ut the beginning of World
Wur. •
The appointment is a- signal
recognition ()f the fine work
which Mr. Walker has done In the
liave alHo pointed out that an
tend* d .sti ike le’-ulling in a .'icarc-
ily of meat may cau.Hc the public
lo inject the raeiai issue and
blame •‘Negroe.s getting uppity
and out of hand” for this hard-
lUiip.
In Chicago, (•«-nter of the pack-
inghous** indu.sliy, the N**gro
numbership of 15,000 is half the
tContlnued on page 6)
New York (ANP) — Xxftt
of • Negro corporal for mar
rying anothor Negro man maa-
quarading ai a woman in or
der to obtain govarnmant da-
pendancy allotmanta waa ra-
vealad last waak.
Rauben Andarson. 34. waa
chargad by FBI aganU with
defrauding tha govarnmani of
$1,000. E. E. Conroy, agant In
charga of tha Naw York FBI
offl^, uid Andaraon anlbitad
in tha army in 1942 and want
through with a marriaga can-
mony in Juna. 1944. with
cy Hicks," ii Oxnard. CaUL
"Andarsor naw that 'Lucy'
was a man az tha time of tba
so-ealUd marriage" Conroy
said, adding that Anderson
had bean a partner of 'LuqF'
in operating a dUordarty
house.
Conroy uid tha two plan
ned to use army allotmaots of
S50 monthly to attabUsh a
bar and grlU attar ibo war.