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£. IIAnsETT E-; . R’LEIQIt, r:. c. Am CEKL GETS VOTE USE COimmiD) FICHIFOK JOBLESS PAY VUGED GROUP ASKS FOR $25 MINIMUM PAY WASHINGTON. DC — The N. A. A. C. P this week blusted the Senate Finance Cuminitte headed b> Sfiiatnr Walter F. George iD, Ga.j. lor sti’ikiiig troin the Kilgore Unemployment Compensation Bill provisions c»t give jobless workers throughout the United Slute.s the iiiaximuin weekly benefits of $23 per week for 26 weeks. Waller White. NAACP .secretary declared tl at this impurtant provis ion wi. killed in the Finunce Cuiniiiiitee by a coalition of reac tionary northern and southern sen ator^ mIiu would rather see thou sands of fanulie- half fi-d. ill-cloth ed and generally demoralized than piovide a utieiil rate ot unemploy ment coiupensatioii The NAACP told Senator Hailey M Kilrore >D.. W. Vu.) that it heartily endorses all the provisions Of his bill and urged him to stand (inn against rnmpromises It prais ed public statements by Senator Kilguie to the effect that he would continue the fight on the Seiiate fl^or to icsture the $25 weekly job aid In addition, the Kilgore unem- plcyment compensation bill would extend compensaticn to federal em ployees. merchant seamen, and workers handling agricultural pro ducts and increase GI unemploy ment benefits. This measure, the NAACP pninted out. is of particular importance t^ Negroes during the period of employment cutbacks and of reconversion. It urged messages to Senator Kilgore pledging support end telegrams to senators FEPGMUNCIL HOLDS STRATEGY MEETING The Carol Approximately4,000 Denied Ballot In City Primary VOL. XXVI. NO. 15 RALKIOM. NORTH CAROLINA WKKK ifs^DING. SAT.. SEPT. 22, 1015 PRICK FIVE GENTS Ask Anderson Bor Wage Ceiling on Cotton Picking By ERNEST E, JOHNSON WASHINGTON—The first con ference of local councils affiliat ed with th« JhUjiiSMP CouBciI for a Peimanenl EEPC met hei** last Wednesday and Thursduv and agreed upon a set of proc •• dures to carrv forward the fight, locally and nationally, for th-- f irinciple and legislation e^tah- iching fair employment. TS^ entv-five .itates and the Di«- tiict of Columbia were represen*- KLAN SENDS EDiTDRIAL TQ S.G. EDITOR COLUMBIA, S. C. (ANP)—An .editorial entitled; "'Should Gvt Down to Business," which appear ed in the Charleston New.-: and .Coulter, arrived at the dt-sk vjf John H McCray, editor of th;- Lighthuu.s. and Infuruier ht-n* Tuesday morning, with the U‘»- tei- "K K K.” .^ulrt•ptltiously ,sciawled acro.sr. the editorial mast on the page from which it had bi‘* n toim. The envelope containing it was lidclressi d. "Negio News Pauer— ‘Pie.ss’, Columbia, S. C.” and was pastmurked. "North Charleston, S- C.. B A.M,. Sept 10. 1945.'■ The editorial said in part: “Oc- r.t.'ionally we tead newspaper.s aiirl inagazine.i published by Ne- in South Carolina and oth er staU's, and the notable rharac- tiristic of them is that they give a miniomm of attention to indus trial* and commercial enterprise hv Negroes. "In thi-m is seldom a word to encourape N grws to purchas'* f?rms. to .set UD stores and shops and factories .nlbeit tens of thou sands of Negroes now have money and are spending it lavishly — on thing.c that won’t last. "PfifiAino ♦h«»co n/'ujananer'j nnd WA.SHIN(;T0N -- Secietaiy of Agiicultuii- Clinton 1*. Anilei^un •••.as u..k« d by the Southern Tdiunt Euiinei. union hn>t Monday to n- ject u ciiiiimeiidatioiu: foi n wag" ceihng on eotton Dickers made to Ihini bv wjge hoard.s ol AiKaiitias, Mississippi and Missouri. "It L ildiculoujk to .set Wage ceding.^ lor people who earn than $4u0 a year, or during ihi- cottun-picking period, only $15 a week." H. L. Mitchell, president ol the STFU, told reporters- ! The ctilingii being proposed are $2 a day with hours from "can ; 'til can »' —meaning from an eai ly ;m the moi iiiiig w'h«-n you can see until as late in the evening t.s when you can’t. Mitciieli chaiged that healings which pieceeded a leferenduin vote on tile quistion of e.stablish- ing wage ceilings did not permit tlu- pit kiTs to evpress their view.-, fully. In many iristances, he said, those who tried were intimidated or msulU-d by the wage boards which, he added, were generally [controlleu or donimaled by the liig , plaiitera. "On several plantation.-! in the ..Mississippi delta, " Mitcliell .stated. ! "Negro .sharecroppers were suin- irnonc-d by the plantation owner on ' ithc date of the referendum and ' ;told to vole for ceilinR.s on cotton jpieking. In most cases, these woik- |e:s had no ptevious knowledg' of the lefeu-ndum and were njit informed a- to i.ssues mvolv- d." Parts of Florida and South Tex as arc the only .nrea.s in tiie sou‘h V. hiTi wage boards h.ive e.etab- CITIZENS FIGHT OUSTER OF 11 TEACHERS IRF.RVILI.F. Lu - The discharge 'jf n pr-bulionary tt.irners by the Superinteiidcnt of Schools of this Parish w.is proteale.i hy a packed m.if-b meeting of riti/eii£ who came jll over me Parish 'c.-unty- by cir. tiiick, anu wa^on, with ^ome on fuol Sevi-ral hunJied peisoni i.tood oiitiide the church to li>tea tu the ^pet*ehe^. I'liiicipil Wiley B McMillon was the )>Iuiiitiff 111 the ca*>e tu equalize leaclur.-. -alaru' in Ibeiviile F.iri^ and the whole.-ale diimisal the melhud of tiie .Superintendent uf .Sciiools has ch .sen in an effort to frighten the Negro citizenn frutfi carrying un theii suit. / Citizens at the meeting on teinber 10 voted to fight to have the teachers reinstated and also to file aliuther suit to Compel tM. •■cho. 1 buard to equalize- all foi^* dies for education, not merely teachers salaries. Despite the threat ening uctiuii nf the Su|)enntcndent. all the teachers who were not fir ed attendc‘d the m: eMig and gave thi ir support to the program, in dicating that the Parish is in a fighting mood. This ca.se is one moie step in a -trite-wide campaign inaugurated PAUL ROBESON SPINGARN MEDAL TO ROBESON OCTOBER 18 NEW YORK — The Mtli .Spin gam .Meual will b>- pr- ented furin- ally to Paul Rnb(-.on, iiitcrnutinnai- !y famuli;, actor and siiigei. -ii Thursday. October IB, .it a dinner in ihi- Hotel Biltmure here, it was :>niiuiiiiccl l.ist vvii-k by the N A A C P, The prt-.bentatuin .address will be made by Mar.-hall Field, Chicago publisher There will be special music for the ga'hering of disting- nisherl yiie**; er.nect'-d to tax the rapacity of the grund bailruum ol the hotel. Mr, Robeson was ;.wardel the medal by a . pccial committee last rprutg, but because of his theatre and conceit commilrlenls, includ ing a USO lour over.sc.is, the formal pre-iL ntatii.n ha.s been delayed until flow 'III- citali n arcompanying •he aw.lid -taied it for “dis- S. C. MINISTER SLAIN IN GUN SHOT BLAST DILLON, S, C. (ANP) — The yi.utilful. progre.ssivi* and well lik- ( d Rt V. Gregory David Collins, pastor of jiine of the lurge.si Bap tist chuiche.s in this section, died instantly of gunshot wouncis in hi.- home near the Little Ruck scc- (tion early Fiiday moining. A coroner’.- jury Friday after noon ordi ied held for the slaying Eiliiie Wright whom, it Is alleged i.'.me to the pastoi's home armed ith a shotgun, climaxing an ur jgument the two had the day befori !o.er pos.se.ssion of a pig. Order- 'ed held with Wright as accessor ies before the fact are foui ollu-i I’Kn who had brought Wright te the home in an automobile but V ho left without witne.sslng the -laving Thc\- are Bone McGill Bubher McGill. James Ligef. fit 1 Che.sli-v Ijfgette Wright ia accused of advancing up the front step.; with the .hit- uun and of having fired a blast through the front door the pasto- had clo-sed and held against tln- iiivader. The blast ton- opc-n the dour and into the body of fh-.- pnstur, whose tragical end wa,s \'.'ilnessed by his wife. 1 V- SOLDIER EXECUTED FOR MURDERING MP LAKE CHARLES, La. (ANP) —Pvt. Clarence D. Gibson. • sentenced to death by court- martial for the murder of a while military policeman at the Lake Charles Army air_ field. April 25. 1945. 1943. was executed by a firing squad at the field last week. The ex9- cuticn was announced by Lt. Atlanta — (ANPj — Leaders of the movement to vote in the Sept. 5 city D(.mcx:r-.lic primary ad- d.-t-ssed ihe following letter to At- ty. Gen. Tom Clark in Washing ton. "We, the undersigned, have just been denied our right to vote in the city primary election and have been told by precinct officials that they had been instructed by Ar thur Johnson, chairman of the city executive committee, to deny ballots to all of the approximate ly 4,000 colored voters despite the lact that they had a full list of voters including Negroes supplied by Registrar T. E. Suttles. "Some light-complexioned Nc- gioes were given ballot applica tion forms but when their racial identity was discovered the forms were withdrawn. "Thi.s action today is making a niotkt-ry of the whole concept ..f law and order. "Police in some cases stuped Ne- {gim-s before they could enter vot- jing precinets. "This IS viulutiun of our right 'guaranteed by the lath amend- jiiunl to the constitution. We ap- !p-al to you to protect our right in this government for which tio many Negroe.s have just dii * tJ defend. "In the name of ourselves an-l ctl-er qualified Negro voters we u.*ipectfully urge you to order an immediate investigation and bring ninnnul prosecution against the prison or persons responsible fu; denying us our most important American rignt. "(Signed:) C. 1. Harper, presi dent of Atlanta branch NAACP: A. T, Walden, NAACP legal coun sel and pre.sident of Georgia As- .sociation of Citizens Democratic clubs: C. A. Scott, editor and gen eral manager Atlanta Daily World." Scores of other Atlantans peti tioned Clark for action in the vote denial. Sgt. Harry L. Stamper, of the 3413lh Quartermasters, an Atlanta lesident who was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism and ser vice in Europe, wrote Mr. Clark. "Perhaps you can tell me what I have been fighting for. 1 am about to believe that I fought in vain fur what I thought I wzs fighting for—democracy, "While home on furlough, I reg istered to vuU' and on ^pt. 5 I presented myself tu the polls to vote in the Atlanta city pri mary and was told by the manag er iFiat 1 could not vote because I huppi-ned nut to be white. "I was not told that I didn’t have to fight because I am not white. Instead, I was sent over, seas and .served with honor in the Kuiopean theater, and was award- .(d the Bronze Star by Brig. Gen. 'John L. fh‘erce, commanding gen eral of the 16th Armored division. "I helped to deliver Czschoslo- vekia from slavery but returned to my home in America to find ‘that I and my entire race are suf- termg a slaveiy just as intoler able as that the Germans place on • Ci.nlinued on back page) Charge Edison Co. With Bias NF.W YORK CITY iCNS) — The I grt-4t Coiisohduted Edison Company I lias ben charged with racial and re- j itiiioiib discrimination by Joseph ' Fi-tla-r, president of the Brother- 'h.ud >>t Consolidated Edison Em- ploytes CIO*. Less than one per- 'ent of the 25,00(1 employees ar-- :.'c-xroes. accused Fisher and "the. , 'only the most menial jobs. ’ .‘\dding that "lesM than one-half of «• p rient are Jew? as emplnyed - the ;impany." Fi-her ann.;unc- UAW LOCAL ASKS SAILORS’PARDON DETROIT. Mich — Lixral No. 15 of the United Automobile Workers of America has passed a uoanl- mous resolutoin asking President III L L I I n u ^ By ERNEST E. JOHNSON WASHINGTON—The first con ference of local councils ^filiat- 0A With the Qoi^ lor a permanent PEPC met het'* last Wednesday and Thursdav and agreed upon a set of proc •- dures to carry forward the fight, locally and nationally, for th*' f irinciple and legislation extah- L«hing fair employment, '^entv-flve states and the Dtf- tiict of Columbia wera represen*- ed among the 150 oersons who harticiDated in the conference, first of its kind and one that w-w suggfc.-itcd by the locals them selves. The persons attending were from as far west as Seattle. Booth to New Orleans, and Flori da, end • rlh to Buffola. A. Pbiitp Randolph, co-cjiatr- man of the national council, open ed the first session with a masU-’-- fui addre.ss in which he placed th*- permanent FBPC bill on the sam. par with the bills to grant unem ployment compensation and to create full employment. "All three of these bills ore siund and indisTJensabie to a heal thy, expanding, and dynamic dem ocratic economy," Randolph told his rapt listeners. "And unless they are passed," he said, "our country is certain to witnexe sharp rivalry and competition for employment which will' sow the seeds of a rising and threatening wave of job riots, race riots, and rc-ligious riots.” He said the "fair employment and full employment compliment and supplement each other" and observed that there could be no lull employment without fair em ployment. He expressed mindful- Continued on back page) groes. in South Carolina and oth er stales, and the notable charac teristic of them i* that they give rP miniimun of attention to kidus- triaT and commercial enterprise cajionaliy we read newspapers u7anlers. j Citizens at the meeting on ^ and magazines published by Ne- -On several plantations in the I tember 10 voted to fight to ha- - - • - •• - Mississippi delta,".Mitchell stated, the teachers reinstated and also "Negro sharecroppers were sum- fn* another suit to compel i mon^ by the plantation owner on schorl board to equalize all foi the date of the rftfere'hdum and I Ities for education. not bv Negroes, "In them is seldom a word to encourage Negroes to purchase farm.*!, fo -set UP stores and shops arvl factories albeit tons of thou sands of Negroes now have money and are spending It lavishly — on things that won’t last. “Reading these newspapers and periodicals, of colored paoole, one seldom comes upon anything that is not a whine or an angry protest that Negroes do noto 'get in' with whiti* oeople.- af'e not accepted, esperiallv tn political parlies by them." . The newspaper repeated its a.s- sertion that Negro leaders and its tn-es.s are pushing ton hard for the right to vote in another editorial five days later. ^ NURSING INSTRUCTOR ON WHITC HOSPITAL STAFF OAKLAND. Cal (ANP)— The Highland haspital of this city has just announced the appointment cf Miss Nadin Byrd, as a member of the hospital teaching staff She v.’ill aid in the instruction of 250 student nurses. Miss Byrd, a na tive of Oakland, graduated from San Francisco State college be fore entering the Highland ho.s- pital two years ago as a cadet nurse. Completing her training she was appointed head nurse in the medical department and then awarded an all-expense scholar ship to Columbia university tn New York City. There she major ed in biology and won the A M degree. told to vote for ceilings on cotton : teachers Balaries. Despite the threat- picking. In most cases, these work- \ t-ning action of the Superintendent, ei s had no previous knowledge i i*R the teachers who were not flr- of the referendum and were not led attended the meeting and gave informed as to the issues involv- ! their support to the program, in- >• ! dioatinB that the Parish is in a Parts of Florida and South Tex- , fighting mood, as are the only areas in the south ' This case is one more step in a V here wage boards have estab- .nate-wlde campaign in.nugurated lushed ceilings for farm labor. Thtf by the Citizens Cemmiltee of the fContinued on back pagel 'Conllnued on biicx Da«»'> The presentation address wll' be made by Marshall Field, Chicago [publisher. There wil' be special [music for the gathering of dlsting- . .,ulOirti )0ie»N i^petfed to tax -the merefj' capacity of the grand ballroom of the hofel, Mr. Robeson was awarded the medal by a xpcclul committee lust spring, but because uf his theatre and concert commitments, includ ing a USO lour overseas, the formal presentation has bce-i delayed until now. The citatinn accompanying the award .slated It was for "dls- tinguLshed achievement in the thea-. tre and on the concert stage." I I SOLDIER EXECUTED FOR MURDERING MP LAKE CHARLES. La. (ANP) —Pvt. Claranea D. Gibton. tentanced to daat!' by court- martial for the murder of a white military policeman at the Lake Charles Army air. field, April 25. 1945, 1943. was executad by a firing squad at the field last week. The exe cution was announced by Lt. Roy B. Pratt, commanding of ficer of the field. White GIs Protest Racism Against Colored Soldiers La. Citizens Seek $100,000 To Battle For Ballot, Pay NEW ORLEANS, La. — \ cam paign tor glOG.OOO to finance a four- point program for civil rights was launched here September 9 by the Citizens Committee cf the NAACP of Louisiana in a meeting at Book er T. Washington high school. The program outlinsd is (a) to se cure the ballot and break cf dis criminatory registration practices and to maintain registration schools throughout the state; ib) to institute a series of court cases to equalize educational facilities In the state from the university level down to the elementary schools; (c) to com bat police brutality; and id) tc in tegrate Negroes into the Home Guard. The first case in the program is already underway in the form of a suit brought by Edward Hall, col ored citizen, against T. J. Nagel, registrar of St. John the Baptist Parish. Hall charges that he was illegally denied the opportunity to register. Argument on the motion to dismiss was held in the Federal District Court here September 13. Tburgood Marshall, N.AACP special counsel of New York, was the speaker at the Sunday mass meeting and argued the case in Court September 12. Stimson, Vinson Queried On ‘Gag’ On Negro Talk BERLIN. Gemwny (ANP)—The >>- forbidden to -ysociate with i Senator BarklcV Pledges i-hiteGI's, m-mberiot America's lo l'or American sulde.ra because - * ‘ / u -of color? 1 ? .1 rk__ f occupation force here, lodged C'implaint against color barrieia I affecting Negro soldiers in a re el nt issue of Yank magazine. T-Sgt. Willie Jones, a Mlssissip- pian, backed the rights of Negroes to have the democracy they I fought for. His letter to Yank, a ^ .service inagazine, read: ■ I received a copy of your maga zine and read that the AMG Al lied Military government) is let ting the Germans go back to .school. After that I read in Mail Call about the jim crow treat- nient of colored American soldi ers. "Now I am from Mississippi. Until I came into the army I hat ed Negroes. It wMn’l anything they did to me; I just didn't like them Since I have been in the ETO I have fought from D-day to VE- day with Negro soldiers. I wa. wounded twice in one foxhole and a Negro saved my life by using his fir-st-aid kit on me. Then he carried me to where a doctor could work on me. This was under heavy fire Later he died, Herwas frotn New York and he knew I was from the south where he had n freedom. ^ "Many Negro soldiers have died on the front for American sol diers who thought ilm crow was -ht So if Germans can have fiLt-dom after they have caused so much suffering and de.struc- tions. why not let the Negro race have what they fought for? I feel that they should and a lot of sou thern GT's feel the same wav." Pvt. David Icheson. whose back- Bilbo Picket Returns Unilaunteil NEW YORK (CNS) — After six- t-ren days of picketing Senator Bil bo’s otfice in vain, Edward Bykow- ski. u WuUiided veteran of five years' M-rvice In the Navy, came back home from Washington undaunted and with new ideas of attacking the Bilbo menace. 'Tm going to fir.-it rest up a couple of days and go to the hospital for a checkup." he said. "Then i’ni thinking of a couple cf things. I’m going tu appeal to every veterans’ organization to get behind me. And I'm toying with the idea of kfetliing a lot of ex-Gls to go to visit Mississippi with me I want to .say this: I purchased a round-trip •icket from giving up." .tid Oil Legi.slaliun NEW YORK — Legislation affect- j inj,' Nt-grtes have the ‘'earnest and f serious consideration ’ of Senator Alben W. Barkley, Majority Lead- Thi.s pledge was contained in a letter to the NAACP following an i-xchiiiige of correspondence started by Senut.jr Harkk-y after reading an editorial in the Crisis magazine. Si-iiator Barkley, writing to Roy Wilkiios, aB>ijitiint secreUiry and edi tor Ilf the magazine, said, “1 realize the force of the statements contain ed in your letter of August 28 and :)hal1 give them my earnest and serious consideration in connection with the whole problem of legisla tion affecting those for whom you Washington. I’m not] speak and millions uf others who are similarly situated." ‘Americans Must Face Race Problems * Robeson Tells Veteran Tankers NF.W YORK — b. cretary of War Henry L, Stimson and Secreary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson were asked this week by the NAACP whether the instructions to 23 Trea sury women employes by an Ary lieutenant not to discuss the Negro question during their stay in Ger- » w. - , man. anted po„c, at r.it’ar'ofder “Jji- the two dep.artmenta. fort bade whito troops from as.so- The letter of inquiry pointed out with Negro soldiers, that military censorship in Europe “The other night we had a jam „ 70, , t ok*. h,>« : ' k , j*«f««ion with some colored hnv« ' of the veteran 761st Tank battalion I men have a had been abolished and ’_ g quartermaster truckinut'** Berchtesgaden. on the veranda; he, "incredible” the idea that American quartered near us." he ^of a hotel looking up to Hitler'j When Informed that the 76l5t was civilians should be denied free !^^.,ote. “This morning we wer** j “Eagle’s Nest" mountain retreat, soon expecting to return to the U. speech on any question. According read an order which prohibits ^V^**^'^®*** to the original report of the "gag* WITH THE 761ST TANK BAT- bust All-American footballer was TALION IN EUROPE — (ANP) enthusiastic about his son. Paul, Jr "The people of America mlist face and also expressed great pleasure the race problem, and they rcaib.e' ovc-r the datniigc inflicted upon the it.” said Paul Robeson, celebrated enemy by the 761st, after he hud stage and sertjen artist, and singer,! viowetl ihelr activities from a ct as he talked with some members, prepared by this reporter. "Ndu ■ “ onderfu! record," suid I ' UAW LOCAL ASKS SAILORSTARDON DETROIT. Mich. — Local No. 15 iin told the tankmen' J a.i.ioeiate with the colored ; The famous artist and singer was "Ynu are going tu find a situation I troops ‘except on business’. ' on a USO tpur nf army Installations that was differant from what it I on the women, revealed by one of • ' rnlor»*d tank outfi* fouvhf in the third army area, and was vis-1 was when you left America. In some ‘ them after the group arrived in side bv side with this regiment Ited by a group of the heroes of the; cases it will be bet'er, and in other* Frankfurt they were told that dis- clear to Stevr. Austria, and we Ttiin’s most outstanding bottle en-iil will be worse. But the people of! .. were never ordered not to fight I gagement.s and was photographed I Am-ricn are going to have to face' Federal; cuss.on of the Negro question would of American troops of ■ with them. this race problem, and Ihe/^alize "hasten a revolution in the South.” colored race, so why should ' Looking 100 per cent fit, the ro-Ht, now," ' MACON SOLICITOR ADVO CATES ALL-NEGRO JURY MACON. Ga. (ANP)—Char les H. Garrett, solicitor-gen eral of Bibb county, advocates that all-Negro juries should try murder cases involving defendants, stating that he be lieves they would be more concerned wiih the trial of a Negro homicide case than an all-white jury. Garrett stated further that should there be available two juries, one with white Jurors, the other with Negro jurors, that he would try all while cases before while jurors and ell-Negro cases before Negro Jurors. The superior court of Bibb county has II murder cases on docket for the falL all of which are Negro cases. The solicitor-general point ed out that the acquisition of such a jury would involve many difficulties, especially under the present set--up but he felt that an all-Negro jury would produce better results. ^orth-South Coalition Hit On Full jol) Bill WASHINGTON, D. C. — The c./lation of northern reactionaries and Dixie Democrats in opposition to the full employment bill was scored here September 13 conference of labor, civic, church, and Negro organizations at Hamilton Motel. Walter White, "NAACP secretary, sjjeaking In support of the bill said that It must be passed despite the coalition because America cannot turn right toward conservatism while the rest of the world is seek ing avenues toward security, pros perity and peace. BOY BANDITS RIP $1,300 FROM VICTIM’S CLOTHES CHICAGO, m. (CNS)—Three Negro hoys, members of a gang seized Nathan Kahn about the neck around 8:39 in the evening anl while one held their virtim, the other two ripped 51.300 In bills frmn a pocket sewn Into Idaho's underwear. NEW YORK CITY (CNS) — The; great Consolidated Ediacm Company] has ben charged with racial and re- • ligious discrimination by Joseph t Fisher, president of the Brother- hjod of Consolidated Edison Em ployees (CIO). L,eis than one per-[ «ent of the 25,COO employees are! Negroes, accused Fisher and “they | hav^ only the moM menial )ob».'' .Automobile WorhBi Adding lhat "lea. than one-hall ol America he. pas-aed ■ unanl- e.e percent are Jew» n, employed , „„,u,uip Pyealdenl by Ihc company." Fisher anneune-1 ,„|i „„uon- td thaHor Iheae reaaoiu ancJ unless Liiinnal perdon" to the » Negro the c.impnny bargained with the | „ union," there will be a atrlke In umminiltlon •he public utllltlea In New York u,piu,io„ ,, pon chlgago, Calllnr- wllh no transportation, no sewage.. ,,, j,,, clglmeci a no pas. no lights, no anything. j 32, Fiber Hew to Washington this. The Cin resolutoln said;-W* Call week end to enllsl aid ol CIO Pres- , ^ j.,q .j, coafetaU with id-nt Philip Murray in a strike naACP in mobilizing all labor. . gainst the utility company, A date ^egro and working class !f bieng fet for a mass ; fj-afernal organizations in a cam paign for the pardon of these soil- Thc testimony of the men at the ‘iriginal courts-martial was not handled by the NAACP but the appeal of their sentences was band- led before the Navy Board of Re view by Thurgood Marshall and other NAACP lawyers. The Judge .Advocate General of the Navy has approved the legal fo'-m of the I'ourts-mariial, but according to a letter dated Avgust 15 from Secre tary Forrestal to the NAACP, the sentences "have not been affirmed" and "have not yet come to me for final review." [BOARD FRATERNAL COUNC^ NEGRO CHURCHES TO MEET LOUISVILLE (ANP) — The exe cutive board of the National Fra ternal Council of Negro churebaa, ihe union's membership at whic^ it strike vote wc%i1d be discussed- Fisher complained ihat the com pany's .payroll had been reduced in !0 years ffom 45.000 to 21,000. H >viped out 1.800 meter-reading jobs, by issuing bimonthly bills. So far the Greater New York City CIO Council has unanimously pledged its aid behind the Bortherhood and Mayor LaGuardla has ben asked to intervene on behalf of the union. Nevertheless "we will be in for a erifftc fight with the company." oncluded Fisher. Nazis Lose Superman Complex In Prison Camp Confines, Says Nurse Nazi CHICAGO (ANP) - . orisoners show no arrogance of sup- will meet ot Broadway Temple hera. ernien and are very much Imoresa Thursday, September 27, Rev. J. L. ••d by Negro army nursei. Horace of Chicago, chstirman of the • Continued on back page) board, announced this week Army Won^t Aid Release Of ‘Blitzed’ G)rporal COLUMBIA, S. C. (ANP)—Ja.s. M. Hinton, state president of th? S. C Conference of NAACP, sail Tuesday that the army would not intervene in the release of CpI Jake Sullivan, under a two year sentence in the state penitentiary following a ‘blitzed” arrest, beat ing and trial in "Walterboro June 10-11. Hinton had previously announc ed the corporal would be turned over by the state if the army re quested him- The Tup.sdav announcement said that under army regulations, Sul* 'Van wa.s automatically dishonor- [ably discharged from the service Probe Ordered Into Police Slaying of Father Of Five Children POTRLAND, O. .ANP) — A probe has been ordered into the police :>laying of Ervin Joneo, js father of five children, here re- rently. Jones was shot to death while standing In a well-lighted room af ter he refused to admit police Of- :icerf. Prior to death, the victim, uiin'KinTconvtoiJd'snd m'-nten’e. wm ffi."'.," ‘“’,“"1' ‘JSlI ed to a period greater than one t2 fMt. stated he to o^ V ear. Hence, the armv now has no the door because he thought tb. iiiri5dictlonintheca.se. oHIcers were robbers. , An alternate pardon action bv ; A number of local civic, labor ud the state’s governor, announce.1 I church iirganlzatlons have come to last week, cannot be taken until!the aid of his widow when it wee the man has served 7(1 percent of revealed that she wse fin^lellF his sentence on good behavlnr. | unable to bury her husband or to This means that the soldier will]escort his remains to Shreveport, have to serve at least 17 months I.a.. hli native state. F™^ tor the of Iho 24 month acnlence, family are being soUcil-d through