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THE CAROUNA TIMEa SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 194/t.
NAACP PUSHES JOB
DRIVE FOR DEFENSE
YORK — Continuing a
vi^roiw fight «i^in«t job di*-
crimimUion • Buffered by Ne^oes
who h«ve been refused employ-
m«nt in manuiaaturint plants re
ceiving- billions of dollar* -n
Government contracto under the
national defense poroffram, the
National Aasociiltion for the
rancement of CJolored! People yes
terday sent to tt» branches
throujilhout th« co-untry a ■econd
li»t of firms whose Army jmd
Navy contacts have b««n ol^arpd
by the production of dhriaion of
the NitV-ion Defense Advisory
triminiJjbion.”
The list includes the name of
sixty seven firms in nineteen
states whose contracte were okay
ed by the advisory connmission
between July 18 and 27. T:je
first list, sent to branches of
the orer&nization August 1.6 wlien
the Job cannpaign vrtfj launoked,
contained the names of 1©3 firms
whos« contract* with the Gsrern
menit -were cleared between Jane
6 and July 17.
In A letter containing a »uide
for aotdon, wMch hi|j »ent oat
with the list, Walter White,
executive secretary of the 3S-
■ocdation said:
“Congre|^ has appropriated
to date approximately twenty
billion dollars for National
Defense. We, as N^ff^oes,
should have our full propor
tionate share of the jobs
wfliioh will be created in fuU
fiHin/j these contrefits, the
oost of which we will pay.
We have been, shocked atjtjlie
extent of discrimination
ag'adnat Negroes in the past.
Only persistent, sustained ac-
tained ^:tion iby u» can r»- ^
duce and wipe out this di«-
cimirnation.”
Th« campaign guide calls for
setting up branch steerinig com
mittees whose job it will be to
organize delegatdon« to visit
plant mfHnagers in thedr area to
urge the employment of Nesfroes
In skilled as well as unskillod
jobs, lauTicIh a local educational
drive among workers who have
been refused employment. The
ihsociaition lhas also sent out a
questionnaire to its branc/hea for
use dn Ttttferviewing plant man.-
agetB to secure the factB rei^rd-
Inigr their employment policies in
the hiring of Negroes.
The educational iphiase of the
ci^ipaVgn,* Wlhlte said dn
State Beauticians
Close Greensboro Meet
N. C. C. PROFESSOR
By Mm*. J. Qainn Ro^ars
3BEENSB0B0 — 'Hie North
Ca>rolina iStaite Negro Beautician
Association beld their aoniial
session in the Friendly city of
Greeoaboro on Tuesday, Stptem-
ber 10.
Be;|uticians gathered from all
over the state of North Carolina.
The spirit of unity and se.*vi.'e
was the slogan. The growth of
this association is rapidly in-
creasdng under the leadershio of
its ipresent president Mme Helen
St:lpk» the organizer of the as
sociation.
This oi^nization has out
grown the N. C. Statie and has
become one. of the roost accom
plished in art to the national so
mucth «o thsit the cup was won
through the artisttftcle professi'on
of Mme. Helen Starks the Iiojidi
PROF, ISAiDORE B. OGLES- which is placed in Starks
BY, graduate of Hanipton Insti-j Bea«uty College No. 1 in Raloigh.
tute. and the University of Iowa, | Greensboro locals spared no
is be^nning his second' year this pains in entering the Associfttion.
fall as instrticitor of Eoon'omi's |The M^yor gave to the associa-
ar.d 'Oommorcis.l? subjects at the' access to the cdty and assured
Nortjj Carolina College. He if a this particular professionable
S.C. USE IFFECTS
NEGRO AT POLLS
LHigants
Ml White
(X>LUMBIA, S. C. —Two feei-
sim of far reaching importan;^
to tha Negroe* of South Carolina
are to be passed on by tfa» aatkoii
tias here this week. The liUgihits
in both eases are all white, hut
the question* involved are vital
to the future participation of
Negroca in eleotion in this state.
On Tuesday of tiiis week.
Federal Judge Alvaf M. Lumpkin
will open the hearing on the
The alxotm^anyinc photo show^’of tSia citi»emy is served. Left i the Civilian Cons«rvation Corps. ^ mist in the 'Departmanfc Labor f^mplaint filed by a number of
four of tha nationally known to right. Dr. Frank 8. Horne,lothers who odcupy inaportant George W. Cro«k«tft» Jr. in): white R^oblkans and Democrats
characters, who were brought Ju-acting speoi^l assistant in charge positions in the adoiinistrsttion^assiatant in the Wages tfnd Hours'The eomplaint charg«« that fia
to tihe New Deal setup by Presi- of race ^relations with the U. S. are T. Arnold Hill, recently ap- division of Hm Department ^of in th egeneral alec-
dent Roosevelt so that he w.juld Housinsr Authority; Attorney pointed assistant to Dr. Betliune; Labor; Joseph R. Houehhu,,! ^ secret, since Iwa
always be in position to obraiHj William L. Houston special assis- Robert C. Weaver, of the Council special advisor in the bureau of^®®P***te ballots are used and
first hilnKi information regard-,tant to the Attorney General, of" National Defense; Emmer Census, and William J. Trent, the true Australian ballot
ing the Negro population, his Dr. Mary McLeod Betihune, direc Martin Lane,4’ter, special advisor
needs and ambitions; and so that tory Negro Division of National to the Commerce Dftpartment, J.
his best interests could be served Youth Administration, and Ed^ar, Arthur Weiseger, special econo-
in the same degreei that thee rest G. Brown, specif advisor with I
Lr«iMjb9 »re u9ea an
ribe relations officers in the per-'^*^h all the candida.^ea f»r
sonnel division of the Federalparties are listed on mte
Worlts Agency.
iCing and
Mitchell In
Bitter Fight
popular native of Durham.
TO RULE ON
TEACHERS PAY
proup the piop€r protection.
North, South, East and Western
Carolina are planning great
things for the next amnual meet
'ngr in Ch«.rlotte, Sept. 10. The
invdtation is open to every liscen-
sed Beautician in tihe state of
North Carolina. Join some local
NEW YORK The United Sti^t-fand alfiliate with its cosmetolo-
es Supreme Court will rule on gist body.
the question Involvinar itihe ri^ht] —
of state tjoards of education to
discrimduUbe in the payment of
salaries to Negro end white
teachers doing the same work.
The Cd'tly of Norfolk will carry
the case of Melvin 0. Alston to
the high court on a writ of cer-
tiorilri, adcording to information
Conscription
_ . , -r.r , , represent “a signal victory for
(^n^easamn Arthur W. Mibcno-1 the forces of democracy in
American life” Senator Robert
F. Wagner of New York told the
the Democratic incumbent, and
former 3tte Senator William E.
King, Repuiblicaui aspirant for
the honor of representing the
1st district at Washington.
Both candidates iMve 9tr>ng
backing and staivd high In their
ROOSEVELT
QUESTIONED ON
DISCRIMINATION
iNBW YORK
Putting the
received by counsel for the question of Army discrinodnation
NAAOP which is handling the ^feainst Negroes squarely before
oase. The U. S. Circuit Court of before President RooseveW as
Appeals reversed a lower iiourt Convmander in Chief of the
ruling' last June, holding that country's armed forces, the
Alston was enttled to be paid ti National Associatioti- for the Ad-
salary equal to that of a whits vaMement of Colored People
teachers doing the stfne work.
asked the Chief Executive how
many Negro reserve officers
would be used, and whether Ne
groes will be 4:cepted in avia-
Changes In Conscript ^ ,
A Victor, Say s Wagner city
new YORK
CHICAQO —^ Both sides are
girding for a hard sind bitter
political fight between now and
the November election between
The anti- the armed; forces as well as
dlscriminiation clauses in the
those who volunteer.”
“This provision of the selective
ELIZAiBEaH CITY —A N P
—Ciharacterized as '*rihgl««dera’'
in the riot of 1,500 persons ovur
service act will greif.ly further j replacing the Negro tnanager of
the national unity which America a onotion pktaire theatre with a
National Associaltion for the Ad
vancement of Colored People in
a statement issued this week.
The statement was conitained
In a leter sent to the Associa-
requires above all else to main
tain its strength and its peace in
the present criads.”
respective ip(E|tde«. Mitdhells is jtion Monday, Sept. 16. Excerpts
known as an administration man from the statement follow:
and staundh supporter of Roose
velt and the New Deal and came
yieatr/lieading up llie (Western!
*'As I stilted in a message to
the last convention! ’of the
division of his party’s eampaivjn NAAOP; At this time, I am pro-
setu3> among Negroes. KSng is a fouiidly oon.vinoed that special
dominant power in the Werdfll lemphasis ahould be laid on ex-
MARSHALL WILL
INVESTIGATE FLA.
DISCRIMINATIONS
NiBW YORK Thurgood
shall, special counsel for
V«r-
the
Willkle campaign and when thejtendlng equal r opportunity for jNationaJi Assoclart&on for the AJ-
GOP standard bearer deiliTered national service in the hatiohal, vtaiieonient of
Us three foand fuUty *'^re
March Jones, John T. White snd
Elenaa Statten. Tha youth whow
fate was not dseided is Willie
Wilson. Those freed included
iGolored Psople, Spellman, manager of
his first speech to Negroes ’n defense in the Army, the Navy here for Florida, where nel*^^ the^tie, who was
Chicago last week, he began and aind the Air Corps. In our armed .,, oonaplracy to riot ai-
ended with a plea for the election forces, in every emergency from! * jthou^h he was not present at
of tgHng to oongreas. the Revolutionary period downj™'*^®* Fetersbuig. Mr. time during the damonstra-
Mitchell has held olTlcs sin jejto he Worid War, the Ainerican Marrfiali Is investlgatbi* dlseri-
19.34 and Is counting strongly uu- unforgrettable mination agiaimst Negroes who
relief and rsguUtr maeh'ne loyalty, courage and hava ibeen denied the right to
white mail, three of eight colored
men on trial for conspiracy and
other changes were sentence to
two years eadh on the roads Fri
day by Judge Fentress Home'*.
Disposition of the case of a
fourth mwtp'm information on
whether he is old enough to
come under the eourfis 3uriad/c-
tioTk.
ballot. The two ballot system
has been in used in South Caro
lina for years but this is the first
time thJh it legality has be^a
questioned to the point that sonLS
definite action has been tak^n.
The second issue inyohrea the
validity of a vote on a bond 's-
sue in Grenville to be heard by
the state board of cthvaasers on
Wednesday. A promineot whits
attorney has queatiooed t h •
validity of the bond issue o«
several grounds the most import
ant of whielx is the fact that it
wsU held hi a Democratic partv’s
polling place “from which Re
publicans and Negroes are ex
cluded in violation of Section S
and 9 of Article on SeetioB 15 of
Article 1»1 of the Consti-tuition oT
South Carolina and the 14^h
Amendment of the Constitution
of the Uftitjed Shztes.
“GABRIEL WILL
BLOW HIS HORN“
devotion. Negro bl^d hM been RepabUcan
/tri
cost.
I which was signed by Walter
AMA2ING
Dr. Ernest Berl, a Pittsburg
the cKemistry professor, has perfec-tion unitis
letter, irilcittdea a program! of dia-jted a process that will turn outj The questions were put to Mr.
semlTiatinig informtutdon among;high grade gasoline from molaa- iRioosevelt in a telegram: aent to
chuiKih, civic, fraternal and youth l®®sjn two hours at a reasonable ^^jje President (Sept. W. The
groups concemiing the federal
govenment’s operation of eft>prfn-
jce^hip schools and courses in
aindng for the providing skilled
workers for the plants to whi-h
fcdexal contracts have bo»n
given.
In order to «:et the maximum
of support behind the pTograTn,
NAACP brancfties hl(ve been urg
ed to work elosely with industrial
on
vote to continue tiim iii offics.
Ho is also due to have ithe sup
port of William L. Dawson, acw
a Deonocratio committeeman but
in 1.&36 his Repuiblicanr opponent.
Kln^r, however, has a Ittrge per
sonal following which he la couut
Ing on in November.
Described tu, “the rtdhest con- ^
gressional district in the nation,"
tdon.
kare filed
fonss and Statten
notice of appeA
Tha disorder, which took plaoe
la«t week ago Monday night, re
sulted in calling out of police,
firemen, highiway patrolman and
BRONX, N. Y. — With a
warning tfaa>t! “Gabriel will blow
his bom for you soon enoogft,**
Oscar Alice, thirty eight year e.d
dealer, rseaiired • iMyBaJsA
sentence after being foond guilty
rf disorderly conduct tile
rate's Court, here last week. ^
Alice was arresbad at t a. as.,
aiftcr aroQsiag nany «C the ro
dents «f the Waaliinte* Avena*
section wit^ tfi, aMtomeUte hsma.
:Hs httd ^ IMhHfA
car aad fallaa —tsap> fsRbiK
.• ^eBSWii'ai uriA^ic^ in vn© i i i. j • a i
jcomplete te^dtl of the telegram, ^ ^ .population of a-l"°’^ translated into law.
spilled on every battlefield whore ^
Americans fought 4nd died ^ampa
their country’s call. I (tlirongly .ehd West Palm Beach. He will
favor every necessary measure to j also stop off In Jaickaonville,
enable the twelve million Ameri- tv^here he will meet with xne
cans of the Negro race to lendi teacher, association
their patriotism and their atren-| ^ i i addressed the gathi ^ isnTsnns.
paratory to opening a legal fightj^ring in an «tttiBpt t« qaell tha!."
al defense. These convictions j to equalize white and Negro duxwnstratioB,
- - J -u. OT«r ^ gtaering whsal ssid
naittonal guA-damen. Tbe »*yori_ . , — / T j
teiWhers’ salaries.
service organizlBitions, labor un
ions and otfher 'bonafide organ'za
tions in their communities.
White, follows:
“With respect to war depart
ment announcement of integra-
resulfc of an amendment
round 140',000 and tifces in the •
wealthy and valuable loop area.. ,
Some whites live here, mainly m coni^era^on
hotels. Most of rthe voting pooulal«' ’‘1'* elective service bill. Di^
tion it (Jolored. lerimlm^iion on account of
Msglaifts
blows hia kem at that IsMr «t
OHICACK), — More than 1,500
PEANUTS iperso® of both races Jammed In-
jtu theaoditoriaas el Wcnd«U
The^as^ci^tlon al^ Negro^into all branches *- jerimlmiyon «« ^ f*** cuTtu^r^hw^v^fSl Bdiool t* 1ie»
on organizations Intefpested injof arme^ service may we inquire jor color Is prohibited in the land ^ program designed to ira- ■pttifHi.
working in the iob campaign to how many Negro reserve officsrs ^ jor naval forces of the United marketing eonditions for eotamunhk east didata for
get in touch with the NAACP ^will be used if qualified Negro-where offlcemi will be trained. States, Including aviation peanut growers by divertingpw«W«»«y. elsiaw that hla
national headquarters at 69 Fifth ^as will bs admitted to offiesis’ and If Negroes will be ae^ptedlof such forces. The color line is-urplua paaaats af tha 1940 P^trty !• tha «»ly o«a
Avenue, New York. Itraining «ai»|w and otiiar pUeas as pilots in. arfaiioa nnits.” 'banned for those drafted iaAo'taop, pell ‘ ‘
the aaoming It's a call to CiA
and