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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*!
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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^
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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