1
Tizv.xnzz-'i
F. HARGETT :■
nUJOB BU NQDED - WHITE
ENDS FIRST NEGRO CMDIAT UNIT M RIKH
WHITE TELLS
SENATE GROUP
JOB BILL URGENT
An
777th Disbanded While
Waiting For Pacific Duty
TWIN cm SPKVkKH
Washinfit'in. D. - N-K'u
'*.'01 k*»is. ‘.vhi) got cinploymt-n’
larK«*Iv in crn' t-Rcncy war tinv
plants and in tenipoiary cu ii |
pe’.vicr job.', need ihe Full Km- " ' " ' —
oloyniont Bill pass'-d by Congn*'.'. ! >1.1' I ‘ M K XX VI, NO. 1 o
Walter While. NAACP secicUiv.
toid me Senate Blinking and Cui-
rency coinnnttet* Augu.'t 2H.
Not onlv does the Negio n. • '
the bill, !nii ins fortunes a.s
wage eainiM' will form "nn ’.m-
portant i.spi'C! of the whole p; j‘>
lem of po'l-w,»r ••mpluytijem,
Mr. White sod.
“While then has ln'eo a deL'll-
crl increa-e.” he .^.ud. m 'In nun.
bej of Negr i wnrker.s niplove
in vhal wo consider cuiUinuin^
indu-ttrie.s. the maiority ..i Neg:
war woi kers have been finplnye 1
in strirtlv war uroductinn Ae-
rording to the War Manpnwe
Coimniasiion’.s most recent rt*i>o:T.s
the Negro labor force in issentul
cmplovmeni is distrihu'e-i in th
following categoi lo.s: Shipbuiid
Ing, lfl2.i»00; Aircraft production
115.000; Ordnance an communica
tion eqiiipmonl. 1220,000; Basic
T'OtaU and rublror. 103,000; olh-'v
munitions. 150.000, From the^e es
timates it will be ob.served th -'
fOn.OOO Negro workers .are con
centrated in th-' industries tha'
nc-iv suffer mo.si sev-we ciuback-
with the coming of peace,
"Wilh reference to the pos* war
prospects of the Negro worker if
may be noted, on the basis of a
comparison of the J940 and 1044
figures on th-' occuoali oal .m-l
Industrial distribution of the N-
ere labor force that fl) the Neg,
fiHS made his grcate.st employ
ment gains in thoso occunatii>n
(€-.'peciallv somt-skillcd factory
ioh«} which will suffer the sever
est cutback.s during the pn.st war
f priod; (2) further, he ha.s made
is biggest advances in those In
dustries (esperiallv the 'metals,
chemicals and rubber’ group)
svhlrh may experience the great-
erf proportionate tio.sl war d'*-
elines.
"Finalty." testified the NAACP
seeF-etarv. “it also should be noted
♦hat in those oecunation.s and in
dustries in which the Negro has
n-ade his greatest employment ad
vanees. he was generally among
the la.sl hired. Therefore, under
seniority niles he is more likelv
tn Kit IniH nft tVtar> «K/,
HALHKIH. NOHTIl CAROLINA WKKK KNDINC, SATURDAY. SKPTKMHKK .S, I’M-t PRICK K1 \T;; CLN'IS
DelanyAppointed To
10 Year Judgeship
\\\. tPI'OINDlKNi
liu
h H BKATTY
BEATTY TO
SPEAK AT TWIN-
MASS MEETING
I n M. Beatty, prcojdeni i«-
I Nurfh Carolina Pr-j^resslve Voters
' I.eaciie. will speak ‘to a city-wide
audience at the Pythian Hall -ui
jSiind.iy :ii I p m H' .ippearane*-
I will be under the spuas- r-hip --f the
j I’loi-re.'Mve Civic League 'jf Win-
I •iton-Siili'in.
I .r. H ft Gle-'ve-i. ori-'ideni 'f ihe
local i)rgani7.atji>n pointed out that
I .\Ir, Heully .t luiceiul 'peaktr.
1 "Fr-im hi« c.irh life as a rxirtei.'
SOUTH’S EDITORS
POLL AGAINST
RAGE PREJUDICE
N.V.SHVlI.l.K Tciii. - S utheni
i-'tir'.r' lie ■n'- r *. iielmmgly uppus:-
"d ■-> file refeiii expi e-'^.'^ioiis of ra-
-lal pi-'judiee III C->i.';ress ind feel
•■uch 'tai--nieni. do not lepreseiu
Ihi' true feeliiii- -if the S->utli, the
S>.'.:h rn Cunfemice fur Huinaii
VVelf.iii- disci.ised today, in uveal-
ui^ the n-.'uU.' of a p. 11 of 2.*>1
IS :uie ne'.V'p.tjiei i-diliir.-i in the 13
. SoJtliei'i: .'l.ites
I l’.l,|h'y-^evell .iiiO line halt percent
of huuthern editors .igree that
1 \li'M>.'ipiii.' Senator Eastland was
n t spe.iking fur Southern editor.'
• l;en he -lated that Nei{ro soldiers
h.id been an “utter and .iby.sinul
f.ilurc ' Figlity thrce percent -if the
'e-liiors think that thi.- statement by
I S'nator Eastland was u hazard to
the war effort
Senator East land'.- .st.ifeinenl.
made on the floor of the United
Stales Senate .lune 29 during the
course of a filibustei again.’it the
F.iir Employment Practices C-mi-
niiiti'o wa.-i: '■'nu* Negro snidic.
was .1 uiti-r and abysmal failure in
combat in Europe. . . .Ho ha.s dis
graced 'he flag of his country He
nill not fight He will not work."
Of li-.i >2.» fiticBiionnairc.-i and lot’
New York — When Justice Hu
belt T. Di-lanev wj.s appointed
tor a full ten-yi'ar term on the
D./incstic Relations Court hcie
Saturday by Major LaGuaidia. it
v-as hi.s tourth time of b-aing hon-
oied with appointment to posi
tions ol high trust by tiic .Majoi
within eleven vvai'S.
Justice Di'huiev. a nalivt; -»1 Hu
high, -me.' a candidate lor Con-
giesa and loimer municipal ta.K
commissioner, is ju.sl 44-vears-old.
He lives with his wifp and chil
dren at 475 West 144th Street.
He is a 1923 graduate from the
Ci'liege of the City of New Yori:,
ticeivmg bus law degree imm the
Ni w York University Law Selnxil
liirie viars later.
Justice Delan--y iuLS been mak
ing rapid progress in his profes
sion since 1927. when he was ap
pointed an ussLstant U. S. Attorn
ey by U. S. Attorney Charles H.
'I'ultle.
It wa^ while he wa.s m Mr. Tut
tle's office that Judge Delaney
b came a friend of Mayor La-
Ouurdia, then serving as a repiv-
'seiitative in Congre-ss.
Mayor LaGuardia appointed
him to the old Board of Taxes
and As.se.ssments m 1934. When
tilts hotly was superseded by the
■tc-x Commission under the city
charter, Justice Delaney was ap
pointed a member of the eommis-
su.n. To fill the vacancy created
on the honrh when Juslirr War-
SAY WAC'S CASE
SHOWS NEED FOR
S.I. ASSAULT BILL
blh.MINGH.AM. .\l,i Hosr.i
Hud'iiii. iiu-mbvi nl iliv .Soutlun
.Vgro V.ulh C»llgl^^ ind the
Presideiil ef Lucal 281,i. Umiv.l
Steelw-jrkiTj. of .\iiiL-iica, CIO, pio-
luted today igaiiisi .■ lotii-r ad
cl»s.'ed i.i the S->ulheiii Negro
Youth Cuiigres.' by Tn m.in K Gib-
to the:
.'•1.1)10 ;
► on, .'t.'sistaiii Civiliat
Secretaiy of Wai,
Hie easy .-f pulic.- b
three Negn. W.'U'>
Mj! -'. 111.-, fi-iiKe KKiiieii’'
. : the tiisl Negiu ci.iiibat uiitlii
l. - teach tJeiuiany, the 777th FieM
.Artillery Uattalioii. recently roll-
. J iiitu a I'edcpluvment euiiip u.l
• he aut^kl^t.^ ol .MaioCllle where
It vva.' disb.iiidi'd. Th«' iTTtli FieU
.\ililleiy BattaliiUi. -Ah-we bniner
m. 'iubet.'. ax«' now being retb'ploV-
,-J to the Unil-'d Stall'.' wa> the
aly unit o: it' kind to paiticipali
III olu of the l.n'gesl
.. lilieiv ban.ige..' in
.,1 uarlaie
.\ii oullit ol mill lin
. veil uiolith.' oil the
Mgiievl to wailing I
...nvo.v ol Signal ]»-avv coii.'truc
(leit auai tenna.-.t*n. Kiig. Uivl-
ii, iu«' and Ti arispiu talon Corps
l'..ltaUoi,'., which were ivadv foi
inniK-diate .shipnu'iil tv the Pacifie
•lalions Area,
I piopoiTion to the tune that
VV7lh was in action, it fired
louiids than aiii ollur ba*-
■ lion 111 tile XVI Coi'p.s.
'I'hev w i'ie eoiiun m V'd by Bi ig-
dii i Geiu ial C. C Hii-wn. wha
iillevl th.' lanvanl when the first
was filed aeross the Rhine
fielil
lustory
I who .'pent
lie W'eie ai
icific-bounil
:vei la.sl .Maich 2:) Ttie unit wa^
v ia ol Uie lul Field .Aittllery bat
talion.' of 1.248 guns which fired
^OO.UtJU rounds in the tirst a-ssault
tm the Rhine.
Thi' 777tlTs gun eriwvs tired
M yen rouiiiLs in 36 seeonds. Thcae
men fired .so fast .md their piec.*.'^
bieaine .so hot that guru' fired au-
toinaliL'allv. The guns had to be
l-.illed back ;ls a piecaulionary
‘ During ll.e balt.ilu-nparticipa-
,liou in the Uhnu la.ul and t'entral
iFuropean camr>aign>. two offic
kr.' and no men were killed. Eight
'btoiue Star.'. 24 Air Medal.s. 2.3
C. rtificaleii oJ Mirit and eight
Purple Hi ai t Metla!,' were a .► ard
ed to tiie individii.il members >f
I the unit, Thi- unit’.s h 'avie.st bal-
lilt was viuiing the ern.s.sing .'f
tb.- Rhine rivet wit h 'he 9th
Armv.
In the Wie.'el piwki-t. element.s
of 'he 777lh were under con.stan’
I bservation b\' the i-nemv and
V. I re eiicireh'd several times whil'*
:h» unit launched its att.tck to
eivs.s th.' Rhine I' wa.s dui ing tips
-r-uitimiixl -n hack pagei
FEPC Most Important Bill
Before Congress-Randolph
wliile’
et.dily up. 1.
-I Elizabeth
hii biggest ^-Ivaneet in thfwe tn- i
duitriw (especwllv the ‘metals.
rhemicsU and rubber’ group) f
«'hirh may experience the great- j
ert propnrtionate post war d'i-
dines.
Tinally.’’ testified the NAACP
aeeretarv. “it also should be noted
that in thnap occupations and in
dustries in which the Negro has
n-ede his grer ■»»sf »*mplovment ad
vances. he w-as grnerallv among
the la.st hired. Therefore, under
seniority rules he is more likely
to be laid -^ff than the a''crage
worker in these occupations.
Mr, White pointed .lut that
widespread unemployment and
suffering would speed 'he organ
ization and influence of organiz.’-
Mon.s like the Ku Khix Klan. T^e
MAACP head also urged the en
actment of the bill for a perman
ent FEPC. the national housing
bill. S. 1342. the Kilgore unem-
phATpent compensation bill, the
Pepper amendment to the Wage
Hourt act. the Wagner-Murrav-
Dlngell .sorial security hiil. and
a federal anti-lynching law.
mnoo iTiEEimu
R H. Beatty, president of tke
North Carolina ProgrcMive Voters
League, will speak *to a city-wide
audience at the Pythian Hall on
Stind.iy at 4 p. m. Hi: appearance
w'ill be under the sponsorship of the
I'rogresBive Civic League of Win-
Nton-.Salcm.
•f. H. R. Gleave.s. pre'ident cf the
local organization pointed nut that
.Mr. Beatty ig a torceiul speaker.
"From his early life as a porter.'
Gleave.s slated, "Mr. Beatty, during
extensive travel.s, has noticed r.
-seeming indifference on the part
of Negroes in the exercise of their
constitutional rights of suffrage. In
Fayetteville, his home, he organized
the Civic I.eaguc in which he cm-
tinucd t" teaeh and persuade. Final-
Lv I’e cu.ic..lved that something big-
aer should be done to inspire ,md
tram .Negroes to the duties of citiz
enship. Other citizens saw the
prinl. caught the vision, and th'
results is the Progres.«l%’e Voters
‘Continued on oack page)
c.litors think that this statement by
Si nat.ir Eastland was a hazard to
the war effort.
Senator Eastland's statement,
m^e on the floor of the United
Slates Senate June 29 during the
course of a filibuster against the
Fair Employment Practices Com
mittee was: "The Negro loldLei
was a utter and abysmal failure in
combat in Europe. . . .He has dis-
eraccri the flag of his country. He
will not fight He will not work."
Of the 22S questionnaires and let'
tors received, 23 '8 per cent) show
ed .‘ome agreement with Senator
Enslliind: 219 '85 per cent) disa-
(Continued on back page)
It was while he was in Mr. Tut
tle’s office that Judge Delaney
became a friend of Mayor La-
Guardia. then serving as a tepre-.
seiitalive in Congress.
Mayor LaGuardia appointed
him to the old Board of Taxes
and Assessments in 1934. When
this bt>dy was superseded by the
Tax Commission under the city
charter,. Justice Delaney was ap
pointed a member of the commis-
isicn. Tj fill the vacancy created
,on the hpncii when Justice War-
Ttn Hill entered the armed forr-
C.-5, his first appointment to the
Court of Domestic Relations was
cti August 7. 1942.
Ill ii'lily :u a lottu: wiilU-ii by
Ester V Cnupi-i'. Exicutivo Svci'u-
lary of ilu' S. N. Y C.. :i.skiiig tor
a o II pivti- invc'.''tii;;i1ii'ii of the
cu.sf .iiid the puiii.'tinient of ihuse!
guilty of the .itliiik. Mr Gib.-ionl
.■itat''(l. ' T'he p.itrolnuiii xllei^ed that |
private Smith became .iidignani and
abusive towards him and refused;
^iSeompiv wilh hiH iFTtieis He pIno-i
ed her under .n reM whereupon, he i
..laimnl. all Ih.tec -if the W.'\Cs .it-
talked him. I'atline uixm the Negro,
'men and suldirr' in the slatiun tu
1 assist ttif’in. liTe patrolman accoi'd-
 ing Id hk .•iialenient. feaiiin: i -ler-
luus illsturbi'iice and ti> protect
i him'elt. struck Fnv ite Smith .ind'
rin-.' of the other W’ACs.”
guilty of the attack. Mr Gibson I
.stated. The patrolman alleged that i
private Smith became indignant and j
^tbdsive toward! him and refuted
^Areumptv -wMi 4ita wrdeia. He pt»e-1
I ed her under arrest whereupon, he |
iclaim.'d, all three of the WACa at-
; tacked him. calling upon the Negro [
I men and soldiers in the station tu :
1 assist them, hTe patrolman accord-
1 ing to his statement, fearing a ser
ious dls'urbrnce and to protect
j himself, struck Private Smith and
one of the other WACs.”
! Mr Hudson, who hn,- him.self been
a victim of polic brutality, called!
jiipm Mr Gibson to use hl. office'
^ 'Continued on b.ick page)
lUUvih Ul'.k.vNV
Judge liulniT Uflaiicy w U-.
..ppuinli'd In .■ full tcti-vi'ui
l^'|•nl a.s i..Jgc ol the Miinicipul
Court of New York Citv bv
.Minor LaGuardia on .Saturday
III ia..t Week. For the pas! thre'*
viai's he ha.s been filling tbe
uiu'xpired ti'im.s id other jius-
tu'es. He handled 3U() eax>e.s and
l•bt.ilned 498 convict'on.s. a.s a
toriner F.'dt*ral pro.Si'cutor
SEEK SOLDIER’S
RELEASE ON
HABEAS CORPUS
Niiiiuik. Va. .■X'-'crlliiK tha!
ihi F;iit Kinployinent Practici.'.
t'l■nmlitll'^'■is legislation is the
!M:-;t important piece of legisla
tion before ConBreA.s eoneerning
'.i'.e Negi'ii. .-V. l^liilip Randolp;i.
Pvibidint and founder of the
I’.vidheihoiHl ol SUepiiik Cnr Pur
prineip:d .-ipeaki'i at a mai'
meeting held at St. John’s .\MF
riuireh. Sunday aft.unoon adnion
L'l ed all Negroes to throw theii
f.iM .-itrenglh liohind the effort to
.-mel :i iierniafU'nl FEPC law b*
f. I'l January,
The ueca.sion was spon.-iovi*tl by
die Norfolk Division of the por
•t rs’ organization. Presiding was
.f E. Huntlev. president of the
division.
Ml. Randolph said a conference
with President Truman would b"
lield .shortly on plans to Ect FEPC
through L'oiigre.-».s. ‘We are goinp
tc figlu for the right to work.’’ in*
'as.-»erted.
The Biotherhood of Sleeping
(. .11 Porters. Mr. Randolph said,
■gave the lii'.st S.i.itDO for the work
'of th.' FEPC’. Thereatter the union
igave another SS.UllI), he said. Ran-
idnlpli further suited that a drive
is now on to raise SlOD.IlOO for the
.FEPC e.iinpaign. .Seven women
.'■n t'liiployi'd in the FEPC ‘iffire.
!.i' said, three Negnk's and four
whiles.
The speaker urged solid sup-
[Pirt for a permanent FEPC stat
ing lhal the bill should be OMsM
!bv January. Tf 'hal should mi-
.terializc he added, it would r?-
folulionize ronriilinns. for the
,"uasure. he .said is far-r‘’a''hing
in its seope and deepiv signifieant
for the Negro,
5. C. Cities Join Move
iices. tie handka MM) cases and
obtained 498 cunvict'ons. u a
former Federal prtsecutor.
SEEK SOLDIER’S
RELEASE ON
f.ii' strength Dt'nna the ertort m
i-nart ■ permanent fFPC law b«
f-Te Januaiy.
The occBxiion was xponaured by
fJut NorMk DivisiuQ of th« por
ten’ urganlutlon. Presiding wax
E. Huntlev. president of the
divi.sion.
Mr. Randolph said a conference
with President Truman wcHiId Iv*
held shortly on plans to get FEPC
:,e said, three Negri'es and T«»r
whites.
The speaker urged solid sup-
'Prt for a permanent FEPC stat
! ing that the biU ahouVl be Mteed
by January. If thaf shoeM ms-
terialize he added, it we 'Id re-
folutionize conditions, for the
,M,(asure. he said us far-res'-hing
in ita .scope and deepiv -ugnifirant
for the Negro.
HABEAS CORPUS S. C. Cities Join Move
Postal Unit Officer
Commands German Town
Truman Expected To
Request Lasting FEPC
NMU President Pleased
With Action Of WPB
With U. S. F'Drce.s in Germany-
First Lieutenant Theodore R.
Barnes, of Detroit. Michigan,
Commanding Officer of the 136fh
Army Postal Unit which has fol
lowed the combat troops from
shortly after D-Dav to the mldd!'>
of Germany, not only directs the
delivery of mall to some 30,000
troops, but comands the small city
of Beurn. Germany.
The postal unit of eleven men
now handles three times the nor
mal volume of mail required for
such a unit and. In addition, it
has to solve civilian problems of
fK)d and lodging for the inhahi'-
Bnf.! of Beuern.
Two men. Staff Sergeant Oti.-i
Preston of Vicksberg. Missis.sippi
and Sergeant Virgil J. Dansbv of
Santa Monica. Califomia were
rie.^cnted with the Certificate of
Merit by Brigadier General Ewart
G. Plank for deovtion to dutv dur
ing operation.^ in Trier. Germany.
They also have earned five battle
stars.
The unit arived overseas in De
cember. 1943 and ha.s served in
Srotlanri. England. France Belgi
um and Germany.
Bishop Oxnam Denounces
Intolerance And Bigotry
A plea fi r Amc 'icuns to beware
of the seedlings of intolerance,
bigotry and greed prevalent in the
United States is made by Bl.shi>p
G. Bromley Oxnam. President of
the Federal Council of the Church
es of Christ in America, in a sign
ed article in the October issue of
The American Magazine.
Bishop Oxnam say he wishes it
were .so. as “we contentedly ima
gine now that Germany is destroy
ed and the vici 'U.s leaders of the
Nazi party dead or iniprisiined, that
k Nazism has perished from the face
1 of the earth." But. h.- writes:
"The Nazis aren’t lU licked yet.
I TTiey masquerade in Sund.ay-go-to-
L meeting coats as wi'tl as brown
I shirts.
"Nazi.sm is nut merely a pulltical
Bphilosophy or a system of govern-
Iment. It is a condition jf the hu-
Iman heart, a state of mind. It is
|man’!i inhumanity to man mas-
■ (lueradlng in a brown or a black
I shirt, or even tn th*? white collar
^f respectability. This state of mind
pirecd'^ sill, bii'otry, iiitoleraiice.
ll.e,. ;i'oil V.-i.eil) (Lalirat-
ness. In Germany we ►aw Nazism
in full flower — a poisonous flower.
Wf saw it in its organized form. In
America wc see only its little seed
lings. here .md there, unrecogniz
ed for what they no. Bt ware of
I hem.
"The man whi> excinde.s .■ Ne.^io
fi»m any of the privileges of this
doniiii'i-acy. who c.miiivcs with .i
re.il-e-slale .igent to exclude a few
iroin a neighborhood, who .sets up
liurriet's ag.iinst any human being
of hl.s race or his crei’d, is a Nazl.
He is uti oppres.sor of peoples, in
I'i'emy nf freedom. .i bigot. He is
biying the hiundaliuii f.ir lyiichlngs.
'iots. .Old 'he ''nslavement of his
fellow man.”
The Melhodi't Kishop rehites that
wheti hl.s .secretary recently tele
phoned a railroad ticket office to
i.ot him :i roseivtaion she was ask
ed “is the hishop white or colored"
by the clerk who explained that
•'Colored peiple can’t ride in the
parlor c.'ir" H.- .idds:
"Tluit is Hilleii'in. iln- v.
- upci'-raec relitsiuns inloli
viu.ll.*, i«-nar. ..t it.’
Washington, D. C. — In hLs
ti'i'.iwsagc to Congress. Wednesday,
r.'t.sident Truman, according tn
n high administrative source, is
expected to request legislation i^s-
t.ibiishing a permanent FEPC.
The Chief Executive first ev-
uie.ss his opinion on the Fair Em
ployment Practices Committee
last .spring in a letter to Chaii
man Sabboth nf the Hou.se Riiluri
Committee.
The understanding is that thft
Pic.sident will restate his belie! in
a national policy in which dis-
c'lniination in employment baseil
upon race, creed, color nr nation
al origin Ls outlawed.
He may substantiate hLs view.s
ol the Negro’.s i>osition In the na-
tii.-nal employment picture ty
presenting figures on the minority
groups given him by Chairman f
tni FEPC, Malt'om Ro.ss.
Il is known that when the mem-
Ltrs of the FEPC called upon the
president two week.s ago they
asked him to make the matter a
pert of hLs me.ssage to Congress.
Notwith-standing all this, the
aHmini.?tralive ofiicers of the
Committee have not lost sight of
I'niir duties to minority employ-
nu nt during the interim of recon
version in the absence of perman
ent legislation.
Members of the agency are busy
now putting into shape their ideas
of the role which the agency ear.
rl:.v during the trarutltion period.
Although thi' emergency has
ml vet bt’eii declared at an end.
tin surrender of the last enemy
n;‘tion has wiped out the so-call
ed "war-indu-stries" which mad.'
up the jurisdiction of the commit
tee, Certain it can be don.-, with
the :ippr'>val if Congre.s.s. In the
field of discrimination, accordin'*
to a few individuals who have giv
en thought to the matter.
Il mav undertake stufiics on the
si'biect nf discriminatiim through
out the countrv, and offer pro-
DO.sals for its elimination: di.sseni-
iniite information on the orobler.-.
of discrimination: and mak-:
r.vailable to employtM's, trade uni-
inns and other groups requii'ing .t.
the ben.'fi’ of FFPC’s knowleb-
Mul exp- rience in dealing with
problems «iver j period of f«»i.r
NEW YORK — In a telegram In-
.o.mini; the membership of the Na-
tion.al Maritime Union of the War
Labor Board’s deci.sion calling (or a
$4.'> per month wage increase for
e:ich classification in tiie unlicensed
personnel. J-sepli Curran. NMU
Pr.'sidenI, said, "This increase is a
.'top 111 the right direction, but un
der no circumstances docs it repr?-
?em the Union’s full demands. We
will continue our struggle for a 40
liDiii' week, time and a half for Sat
urday. :iiid double time for Sunday,
ihnuigh our regular collective bar-
gut ning procedure."
The telegram went on to .say,
•The Union feels that the War La-
bur Board did not do full justice to
the .seamen’s demand. The ships
must sail. The boys must be return
ed Tile National Maritime Union
lecognlzc.s this re.sponslbility. But
we say the War Labor Board let the
seamen down Wc intend to con
tinue to fight until -seamen get the
same ri:thts a.s workers ashore."
The demands of the .National Mar
itime Union before ihe War Labo.’’
Board were a 55 cent minimum
wage per hour f-'r .in Ordinary
Seaman, whose biisc pay had been
34 1-2 coiit.s an hour, comparable
adjusinieiits for other ratings, time
and lialf for Saturday.. :ind double
time for Sundays.
The War Labor Bo.iiJ. in it.s dr-
ci.sion handed down thi.s :i(teriio(iii.
g.ive .1 tUit increase of $45 for every
rating in the unliceiiscd personnel
The decision is to become effective
on October 1.
On this same d.ile. Ihe decision of
the Maritime War Emergeiiey
Board to eliminate all bonuses, but
one, will also become effective. .\f-
ter October I, bonu.ses .>f $5.00 pet
day p.ijd for sailing in special areius
of risk, will be cut to $2 50 per day
The Nati'inal Martime Union was
one of 5 maritime unions affected
by Ihe War Labor Board’s direc-
irnntimieri .>n hark naae*
Democrats To Be Judged
By FEPC Action, NAACP
Tells Senator Barkley
New York — Colored people
will Judge the Democratic party
not by the statements of one or
two ieadei-s but by whul th''
p.arly Ls actually able to deliver in
th( way FEPC legislation and oth-
;cr bills affi'Cling their interests.
This wa.s the message last week
jtu Majority Leader Barkley in the
iSenate from the NACP
Si nator n.irkloy wmte the
[NAACP prole.sling uguiniit a slate-
I'lent that the filibuster against
FEPC wa.s "iM'lng «**nerH!ly in
terpreted among colored people os
the official attitude of the Demo
cratic par'y."
The NAACP reply acknowledg
ed Senator Barkloy’s personal .it-
tilude favoring FEPC and prai.sed
Fi’esident Truman for hLs attitud.-.
but statej that the colored peoiife
over the nation are saying that
till- election of a Democratic pres
ident means "linniling the guv
erimient over to the Bilbos, the
Fgistland.s. and the must prejudic-
(Coiitiiiuetl on back pafta)
Washingtoiiz. *9. L — .A peti
tion for a writ of liubeoA corpus
s« eking the release of Corp. Jake
Sullivan, attached to the Walle*-
h'-ro. S. C.. .Army Air Field, wiM
be prepared b.' N.AACP attorneys.
It wa.s announced henr last week
by Thurgoi>d Marshall, the Ass-*-
eifation’s chief counsel.
Corporal Sullivan was arresleti
June 10. 1945, after an uttercation
III a taxicab leaving the Waiter-
boro Field for town. City author
ities refused to turn him over to
tile military, pre.sented his case ’ >
the grand jury the next morning,
and tried him the mxl afternoon
;.l 2 p ni.. without allowing hi'n
-•ithei' a civilian or inilitary alto -
mv for his defense.
As llu' story goe.s, in tiie c:''-
v. liii-h had a culort'd driver w- '
two while soldiers and two while
girls in the rear .seal. Corporal
Cullivan, a colored boy, and lli.-
driver in the front seat. .Alter the
cal. Ii’fl the gate of the field sum ■
remarks were passed. .A tighl
started and one of the white sol-
filers was knocked ■colil.’’
From here on the slorv ks a cf» i-
lused on of llie cub returning to
till gate, reporting tiie incident iu
an .M, P. on dutv. ,md tlien stai'
ing out to try to find a passing
ai.loniohile which had picked up
the knocke>l-out while .soUtif".
Thi.' hunt linallv involve.l a third
cat. Tlu- Woman iliiver ol il ealh'd
in .'pecial mdieeinen .md eity po
licemeii. with the I'e.suh th.i.
Corporal .Sullivan wa.' ai'resle.l
I'he i-itv police claim Sullivan
(who wa.s an amateur boxer in
tiviliaii life) slugged on.- of tie'
the law and was in turn lieate.;
polueiin'ii with a liaid rigid to
with a blackiack. or vice vei.- .
.All mve.stigator from tiie air
licid was tolil Sullivan would no
h ' turned over to inilitarv autiior
ities, but wa.s not told tlial .Sulli
v;in Wiiuhl tie called to trial lit •
.smie viav. .Military authorities di I
not learn of Sullivan's trial until
feur hours .ifter it occurred.
Suiliv.in wjis convicted .m
. luirges of resisting an uffieer an 1
of "tiighlv aggravating assault"
.ful setUenei-d to 2 vear.s .it h:iiil
!;ihoi, beginning his .sentence
June l:i 111 the .Slate Peiiitentiai’v
at Cohmibiii
Iiivesttg;dion of the eioe re
si.lted Ml liie following findings,
among otliers:
1. Tlial the haekgi''iund of Cor
poial Jake Sullivan is such that
he could nol have the ability or
knowledgi' to .siifficientlv repr*-
sent himself at his triiil
2. That rorporal Jake SuUivjei
was tried in Ihe court of l.avv foi'
a mi.'fleni‘'anor and a felimv with
out being repre.sented hv a n v
coiin.'el,
3. That ('oi'tioial Jake .Siilhvan
suffereil .1 substantial iniurv t >
111.' righls bv not having had th-'
oppui'lunitv to procure th«* advice
' (Continued on back oage)
For Race Policemen
!
' Columbia. S. C. — Columbia.
Ciiarleston. Florence. Greenville
'Tud Spartanburg, five South Caro-
Iti.a cities have united in a con
certed movement through out th"
state to pre.'is for the servicf's oY
colored police officer.s. said Joh.i
11- MeCray anct and Osceola E,
^leKainc .state cltairinuii and ex.'-
'culive secretary, respeclivelv. of
th.' Progressive Democratic Parly,
which Ls .sponsoring the move.
With Columbia as starting
poml. the movement b.'uun thre-
V i'eks ago.
Piogrt'.s.stv'e denio.'ratic 'J n .4
N.A.ACI’ l.'udeis of Charleston and
f.rienville are drafting a formal
proposal to be submittx'd to ci'y
rouncil.
Mealiw'iile. ove> in Floieiic-
w here th. Rev, A. W. Hill is PDP
chairman, .stiff .ipposltion was
c-iiiiing fix m the chief Of Dolic?
on the fav. •ruble r.*port .iccnrde.l
'.ace ptilioe officer proposal of a
I', w month-' ago.
At Spart; nburg. plan.' are b.--
,:iu' made fi r a formal pl•ese^ta-
tinn to th.' c.'uncil reque.sling col-
o.id olficer.s >n the city’.s force.
SImuUl tin re.'U.'ctive city coun-
• cils tail to v-oopci'iite with the
ptaii .if petit ining and appointing
the .ifficers. the matter would b'j
taken into federxl coiirt.s. McCrkv
and McKaine said Mondav
Detail,' of Ship Sinking
In 194:i, Withh.-hl for
Seoiiritv Revealed
An American Base in the South
i’acific — (Delayed) — In a drix-
-zling rain at dusk the U. S. S
NicCalla. u destro>er. edged up to
the docks heavily laden with ex-
huusU'd men. They were .survlv
tir.'- of the torpedo* U. S. A T.
Cape San Juan, hit in the vicini*y
nf the Fiji Islands in mid-Novem
ber. 1943.
Theii faces .showed the stress
of Ihe nightmarish hours just
passed. Officers and enlisted per
sonnel alike were garbed in
.blankets and nondescript pieces of
clothing. They were mostly mem
bers of the 855th Aviation Engin-
■eer Battalion, a Negro unit now
siationivl in Manila. All were
.weary, but the sight of land after
I tossing about in the sea for in
terminable hours, was a welcome
oi.» for them.
■ Cnnllniied on back page)
Youth Congress Protests
Dartmouth Quota System
tUR.Ml.NGII.AM, .\la - In a Ir
U'l' to Dr. Erii.'sl M Hopkins. Pn
'.U'lii of D.irtiiuuilli C'lillegc. Est'
V ('.>opcr, Kx.-cimve Secretary •)!
Ilu- S->uthei'ii N.'gr.i V.iulh C.itigi’eS'
.ailed iipcii him l.> .ibuiidon the
iiili-'uiiiitic pi'.ictice .if Unmiiig
llu- iiiiiuIk'I' .>f .lew i.'li .'lu.U-iils .il
the college wliieh he iieads In -i
'CiU'iii.-iil uptiolitiiig tile viuol.i sys-
:i'iii, Dr H»|ikiii> '.li.l l.> ihe tiide-
p. ii.leiii Citizens C.mimitiee if the
,\ils .Old Sciences. I L’t'llev.' iiivth-
in.; vvoiilit 'o iii.’ie.ise liilOlerHii.'.-
oi-l f.iiei- i.ii-i'il .nut i.-lisious pre-
ludices 11! to .illow iti.v r..eiid group
(.1 I’.iiii vii'loal nil'll.ipi>ly of ediKM-
• iiiiiat -Klvtinla'te' offered li.v .in in-
'Ututlon of higher leuiniiig"
Mi.S' Coip.-r’.' letter pointed .nil
ilial the .iiiot.i sv.sleoi which Dr.
Ilopkin.' .idvoc.ites lU'i -mly hniits
llu' niimboi' .»( Jewish students at
i.'ltege.' iiul niiivei'silie.s through-
mil the country but also discrimin-
ato.'i against NegriX'S .md other min-
oril.v group.'. The lellei slated, •This
creates an especial hardship on Ne
gro stndeiits. .mnw .if theni voter)
anti who cannot do graduate work
111 Ihe South and are also r...strict -
, ed In the North because of this
I quota system.’’
The leier follows in tull;
In. Ernest M. Hopkins, President
D.irtinouth College
11.11
N. H
.leo Ur llopkin.s.
,Wi- :ire writing to >ou because of
.our stat.’ineiit in support of the
quota system which lesincts the
iiuiiitn I Ilf Jewish students at Dart-
iiiouli (College
Tin; Soulh.Tu Negro Youth Con
ic.'..'', .Ill "rganization dedicated to
Ihe winning of equal rigtu.s for Ne
ro youth, depl.irc' any action
which I'ostrictr the right of young
in.'ii .iikI veunu'ii >'f any race, color
cieed or religion to -m .-ducution til
the college of their ehooiing. Wr
are aware that the quota systeir
which you advoeiii.- discriminate!
as well against Negro -Indents whe
srck a highei education. Thi:
creates in especud h'lroship on Ne-
gi'o .students, si'me of thi m "eterang
who cannot do gr iudu'.' work in the
South and are dso restricted In
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