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-rnfmw!, S1P5 ^mm& MAILING EDITION y^H^feU TH flNBRi^EB^ VOLUME XXIII - NO 5- DURHAM, N- C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30th, 1943 3UY ^AR BONDS TODAY MWn lONT SEE COMMmEE CIVIC LfiDERS tSK REMOVU. Great Lakes Graduates First Tradesmen Class OEEAT LAKES, IM. — Ninety- Mven N^ro Blaejacvets, vh^ first of their race to complete iiatructioli in various ^. trades offered bj the Navy, were ■*o- diiatfd recently from the ^rV.we School in ceremonies at tl|e Uni ted States Naval Training Na tion, Great Ij»ke», 111. In the presence of two "\*- stnnding Negro heroea dif the last war and this conflict, the graduates filed to the speaker’3 platlom where they received their Service School certifieates —, the final step of ah intemifi' training period. ^ Taking part in tWe ceremoui»>8 weYe Capt. Prank J, Lowry, eoni- ninnding officer of the Training Station; Capt. H. R. Hnn-is, aefvioe school officer; I^ieut. Cindr. D. W. Armstrong, ccm- insnding officer of the I8th Regi ment; Dorie Miller and Brigadi er General g^ncer C. Dickers.>n, U; R, Army retired. Addresses were made by Captk i^ivry, Oa-pt. Harris and the yOung Negro hero of Dorie Miller, mess first clase,«of Waco, mediately after the this war, attendant, Tex. Im exercises, friends, and relatives of the graduates witnessed a regiment al review by men of the N»»gro raec now in training here. These graduates complete*! Please turn to Page Two Texas D. A. Refuses To Prosecute Cops Who Killed Soldier WASHINaTON, D. C. — Thr refusal of a Beaumont, Te'caoi district attorney to proseiiute two. white policemen who shot Private Charles J. Beco, July 71h brought from the National As-, sociation for the Advancement of Colored People this week a request for further intervention by Attorney General Parncis Biddlfi into the prosecutio^ of In a wire to Biddle the NA.K CP stated: “In refusal of United State® district attorney Steva M, King at Beaumont, Texas, to pros'3- 'jut* assailants of Private Char les J. Reco, may we reapectfuliy suggest and urge supersedence by special prosecutor from Depart/ ment of Jusitiee at Washingtotk, Failure to prosecute and punisl' in so clear-cut a eate as thi^ Please turn to Page Two Many Reasons Clivra For Hastie OuitiBpWarftet WASHINGTON, (A N" P) — l^eaetion to Judge Hastie’s re signation from his important i»ost in the war department art* varied. However, the consceiisns of opinion as expressed frsei;'? and frankly is that he did the right thing in stepping out of r position which was becomin.*^ lUitenable. , Pointing out its lack of a-.-tu»' iiiterest in Negro affairs j^hj war department is vulnerable oi scores of counts. ’The failure to include any Negro officers in the administra tive points in the huge Pent.igon building, where thousands o' white officers direct the aifaiis of the citizen army aS it is fond' Ty called, Ts merely one of TRrs f&ults. The failure to utilize any ci the many fine Negro ncwsiiK’'’ now in the service in the publi.’ relations branch' of the war de partmnt, nor the appointment oi' any from civilian life as haP been done with hthe white, i« another fly in the oinment. The failure to provide m^orale o'^^ic- ers, other than the two assign *i to Tusekgee and Fort Huach .„-hi> and t{^ failure to develop • n athietic program commensnratr with that adopted for the w'li' f is anotWer error of commission. The failure to utilize in th** signal corps any^of-the crack - gro photfl(graphers now in the army, turning down applica'.io :s and failure tO use crack N photographers already in a.ii' • with one or tw^ exceptions wh^rf it couldn’t be helped, is another error. Thte tight drawn and the lame- duck excuse given in matter? Forty Leaders Of Both Races Denied Conference With Manpower Official OtnClAL D. a. NAVY PHOTOQMrH. . THEY KEJEP 'EM FLYING.-^In their sec(md week of training in the aviation metalsmith shop, Great Lakes Training Station, HI., th^ Negro Bluejackets learn riveting. Left to right, th«y are Henry Raicliffe, 28, of 3326 Pyairie Ave., Chicago, lU.; William Rhodeil, 25, of 6820 South Park, Chicago; and Joseph McDuffie, 25, of 3003 Caroline St., St. Louis, Mo. The men completed a month of mathematics and layont; study, bcfoira coining to the shop for their Arst practical work in metalsmith school. « Lynn To Against Continue Fight Service In Seperate Army Units MRS. McCROREY ASKED 10 ACaPT CSC POSITION CHAKlX)TTfc:, (ANP) — Ac cording to the “New Ailvancr,” one of the Presbyterian church papers, Mrs. H. L. Mcf'rorey, wife of the president of Johnsoii (’. Smith university, has bee.i in vited to accept an appointment as personnel director of civilian service centers in army areas where Presbyterian USA chuich- (‘8 arc located. In announeiny: Ih^ appointment. Dr. A. B. MeCwy stated that ‘ ‘ those who know ' Mrs^ McCrorey will recall her ex perience and training to be of such as to fit her fc«r such a re- ponsibility. We hope she will de- "ide to assume this task.” Mrs. McCrorey was active in the war effort during the last world war and is qualified to ful fill the demands of this off' e. In her efforts to be of servi«3 in the present crisis she has b*5en very active in organizations that have for their objectives the building of morale among sold Please turn to Page Two NEW YORK, (Special) — A decision to challenge further the constitutionality of draft quotas based On color by appealing from the I’efusal of the Brooklyn fed eral court this month to grant a writ of habeas corpus to Win fred Ijynii, Negro draftee of New York City, was announced by the American Civil Liberties Union today. The court’s denial of the writ was based on the contention that Lynn had suffered no damage because of color in being callej as one in a group of fifty Ne- relating toth e aviation divislo-i groes requested of his draft of the army, where there is a board by the army last Septem- great need for men, the using ber, rather thah in numerical of the majority of Negroes for order. In answer, Arthur Gar- grounds crews didn’t look so, field Hays, A.C . L U. counsel representing Lynn, charges that army to “since the theory of the govern- good either. The refusal of the ^ accept for training qualified j ment is that to serve is a privi young men to become rae^>rc- lege, it is definitely discrimina- jasts, tnminc their appTTc^tions j tory to choose men out of turn back wh^ submitted with little ^ when such selection depends in or no coiwment, wasn’t a brill'antpart upon the color of the in P I ductee.” HayS cited the pnvis- The'^ontinued treatment of I ion of the Selective Service Act Please turn to Page Pive I that ‘ ‘ in the selection and train ing of men for service there shall be no discrimination on account of race or color." Lynn’s appeal to the federal rircuit court will be the third court contest of his induction on ground of discrimination. Short- ly after his board first called bint, he sought a writ in the Brooklyn federal court which the judge denied, holding that an in duction order cannot be challeng ed until the draftee has submitt ed to it. Following the court’3 direction, Lynn then offered him self for induction and sought re lease from the army on anoth|* writ. Denial of th’is second wrir on the ground of “no domage” is the basis for the Un’on’s scheduled appeal. President Batista of Cab*i, who was honored by oftioial Washington on his visit to the United States in December, is deeply interested in the tnbereu- losis control program. Several years ago President Batista an nouneed his determination to drive the White Plague from Shown in thhe is Dr. J. Leslie picture abo^'e Jones, Kegro nandidate frtr the citv Council in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Jone»» is Mghly endorsed bv the 4th District. He is pictured here in his-uniform as an officer tvp* ai ^f Ambulance Unit No. 5, attach ^ to the Marine'Hospital in Baltimore. Dr_ Jones is the only Colored physician in the unit. N.Y. War Council May Take Actions Against Navy Course NEW YORK, (Special to the TIMES)— The State War Coun cil acted this week on a complaint filed by the National Associa tion for the Advan^meul of Colored People against the barr ing by theN avy Department of Negroes from special training training courses at colleges and universities in this state. The Council’s action was revealed bv (Jovernor Dewey who declimd to name> the institution in which discrimination has taken place Already discrimination is bein practiced in the V-1 class oE courses under which students in college enlist in the Naval Re Serve and are allowed to finish their college careers so that t.'ie Navy may have college trained men for deck officers and other ranks in the Navy. Negroes aro not now el^ible for the Navy Officer Corps, altfiougfa they e.ut tbeeome non-eommissioaed offie- Please torn to Page Pive MRS. BOSS BBOWK BBACfY’ The Steering Committee of the National Negro Business L»>ag:ue has appointed Mrs. Bracy as As sistant Secretary and Field Re presentative to Aasit Local Busi ness Groups and promote the Ijcngue's National program. The new officer, whose home is in St. liouis, has served in the field of education and more recently as General Field Secretary of the United Christian Missionary Society. Daring her years in pu blic service Mrs. Bracy Mas given close study to econ!>nn- probleihs as i^lated to low in come groups among Negr»i*s. Her official headquarters will be at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. ANP Photo BY ALVnr B. WHXTB W.VSHIXGTOX, (A S Pi — Astounded when Pan! McNutt, 'vV'ar Manpower ComosiiMriniier, re fused to receive the entire lete- gation of some 40 wJiite aiid eolored leaders in relifpon % edaeation*], bibR' and tirif fields, the Citixens committee, with members fro» New Tnrt, L^iladelphia and BMtoa, n^jecfc-. ed McNutt’s invitatioa to Semi four of their number «>aiy to hi» office and withdrew quietly as the first step in a profrrain rt ■» civil disotiedienee campaign McNutt’s unheralded and on- precedented action came as a b#v(t of lightning to the group wi'-*i had assembleti on the first fkioc in the Social Seeurity buildiuf. A secretary sent word down that Mr. McNutt would not S;?« the entire group, fearing a re* petition of vhat transpired in his office on the previoas ¥Vi- day.. The delegates then went into eonference, drafted a brief State ment, signed by all present, asd sent it to McNutt awattias decision. The statement was very brief and simple. It read: • ‘ Downstairs are reprtsonta* tives of 28 national labor^ rel'gi- ous and civie oi^aizations lor the appointment regarding f^mt order to postpone te TEPC bter- 'Ties on railroad diseriisiBatHa^, We have come at ow owm *ape»^ | se. Now we are told yoa will M*? only four persons. We Please turn to Page f5v« Many ObjectiollAj To Selections Sergeant - Arms NEW YORK — The NAACP expressed this week in a com munication to Senator Alben W. Barkley the shock of Negroes throughout the United State-s at the selection of ex Setiatov Doxie as Sergeant of Arms by a Democrat caucus. The NAACP warned that thi^ selection coming at the time of the cancellation of the FEPC hearings on railroad diserimim- tion would be considered many Negroes proof tbe Democratic party does not iri^ Kegro support.. Thto NAACP stated that it vas resentment weald irov ste* tks| the sergeant- at arM Im* of eapitol psiie* iat Hf might fed tliat tbm cImm* •( man who jpiiied ta filibuster 'of »ati pril bill would easM twHktft gard ol ettiyewillip rithilB fro visiters to t|^ does not aeew NAACp said. vHk pelke tuiier tk* iMB wlio ei tKd Doxia 9m tftfii 't-
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