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I FEPCISTEST ******¥ ■k it -k -k it -k -k k k k k k k k kkkkkkkkkkkk CLAIMS WORKERS RIGHTS VIOLA TED Labor Sec’y Says “FEPC Is Test Of Democracy” By CONRAD CLARK lANP) — M i Hu'ii 3UU gursts UMoi dinm'i iTH-ctitia ul lh« Natinnul C’tnitjcii lor a P'v {..anciu FEt*C on W»-dnt*iduy •■niiij; ji thf MayllciWfi ’'loli l.canl Sfty 111 I^abur Schwtdli-n- jadi and Haiold E. Slasji«-n. lui Mn;i KoVi in*ii ol Minni'Siilu, bla.sl till M'lKilr ItliLunlcr j|$ains( in ! lie 'll I'.staldish a pcinwinrnl K K. }’ C. A.’.. ’rlllllH )il.> l:di-ntlS !!...• :i'« pr« s. m rEIHC mi tin mil IS a linn ai i.nn, an ' wi- ran- Jiol piop.*.,!' lu j nllla vuU^lll^ niivv an.l vvmk .i.id blink a'l 1111 liuliunali- nr.jjhui'i' .11 a ii- n.i 1 t:u-ir ngr ' - and dmin-d tIu-M ly lih- .-uni-ly id whu li Ar an a n>- ii«ni-ludfd liiA talk ij •(-.i.iinK a pan I'..,.i.|i nl 11.. •;:a;, > l.v.'Ilt 11,■ S>a*{r , ' 'll Ih' latt- III till' uilii n 'r.’i Miit-laiy ■.•iinpait-d tli VIOLATIONS MARK 1919 BIO STEEL STRIKE ■ ill hi In ill nt fioa ol.-iKal.i Itlh .laic- Miki d«’put> .■(■>■1 Wbliiaii lirf ••I bitnn Mr Mil lUptl-ll jilii l-iMlil> ' ^..'.lati tl It IS a t 1*1 iMidi'nl . t.i ttn- l:iM I'l « of HnUaiU I'lnvfisity l.aW Srtiiiul Ullll fill 111"! 111-^ Sp.llM'l WXIl UII, lifi Ma-,li-i "f l.a'A d*f gipf at lilt- I'liiVi-i-iiN -f I’.i! fuliiia’e b«-alt Halt > f I.im i.i.l Oi'tober 'A\P Pn.iUii ATLANTA IAN SON TWIIT. Al'GI STA lia lANPi - l»i iiuun» A Kvain. piwniliunt pti>- 9l‘ Ian. ktirr. i.fiul itU sVii. Jaini^ A. and iian (K-m pUird uiuin ar • ni for Utr sliuuiiiig. Hr Pi hrld uii I'fiarxrs uf .isaull MUh (nlent lo lautOrr. Tlir bon Is IS yr«ra of aitc and tbe raim of- Ibn ahoolltkjc luMi iiul >»r^n U«Arr uitned. Thr plivhli-un >hul hU mii (wiir. Kill liuHrl rnlrriiif Umi aL.umrii aiul ilir ullirr ibr light band Thr lad was tabrn to Uir t lUVrndl) liospibtl m betr Ibr HOiiiids wrrr luiiMdrird wituu* Thr IlivrsttKalluii was lliadc xUi williii;'. IIS' ’•« luartif. ilviiuji'.aiy a Will a* pii-aih il." tii- iiijirlud. 1 Ml. Sla.-wM-n told Ins audn-iui li w»- Would liaVi pl an tot 11..n i-.nd, 1! W'«- W'lililit iiaVi' a iMjJy iiiju-n id nii.Ki-- in ih V. rli ni-iiiK oi no n and Aoim n aO't lllt.t it.iJJu-n aiound rhr w aid \’oi.lMl- \X\ I. .\(). ;m i.’.Ai.Hiiai, N'oit'i'ii rAiioi.iN.-x \m.:i:k ii.xdinc .sA'i i iaiAV. naiiii Aitv 2. mir, Dr. Bethune Stresses Unity Of All It.. n It 1-. •p. ak itnd 111 n.io'i It insl tilt n imp. aliV.- that .All. i.Ut afallisl Klobr MlU-tl ..K 1 ‘(-httiiilioii of liib 4U >iars ••■I'.i e- witti A);iK-uUural :..ii SiiVKr. iiatu.tial .111.I ■■I K-idtt.r.d Ir.idvis juiiimi •'■I Kxiririoi. Woikfi- I'k. In III liohoi - .VI I'aiiiplirll A tiiist ot npiifll w.i pirrriitr«l to In- 111 ttic Extfiisuiii BiuldiiiK :inipiis. , president Alabania PoJytertimc pdiil.s aiul^ tumor- | Anbiirn: A. .A. Huks. O.' liavi'i ' Atabaiiia N, rio C’. unly 1 Uii.ilui',’ ! Ag.iit «h.sui laticrir B h‘. Hill, olil- rtt Negro cmiilly .lij.-nt m Ala ^ania itflU W T Ciavill. Nrr.|.. oounlj agent who loinially pie lANP) am parti I w. Il- 11.11 t ay. snilpioi. i’ Kxn-M'ii . it It Williaii. Ni; .Arl icidtul .il Ksfeii- ivne. Wa-liiiii’.Ioii, I). MI.UII. 1>. I., N. nuiii.m. aented the bui-t. lilt ni.KoU^ And, Aiiieiua'.'. Voic'c laiii hi tieard in ttie- il«ai. ..rm li'in-fi that are ni-eiled, iinli .AUiMietb iiUo apt^akr. uub>«uai.i UlKitl eColluflMC illJUitlu-fni ^■'iMioiia of Ijaaii iiuiiiaii iiKtd Tin toinwh g.iviinot .ind iiai '. i.-tiix-r cuiu ludeif liy i« liiindiiig I.LS audielu.- that the "oLMO i.‘ Hi 1« use. it 1- eliiolional. It di-i H. al .0 a.ild It,at all sImuM . I f'lii/.- tlial 111.- talk. ai. :. l!i.-> ai a pail oI In. ali FEPC Bill Hinges, On Adoption Of Cloiture ELEMENTARY hif.Kihli. n. (• The KKl'l' l.ill (S IDIi M IF niSTRIPJ LiUKHNSiKJHU Dei 1.11 liiK Hiat 111* .Mine World lb c.illiiig lur iini.y [of piiipuse and aitum. I)i Ma;> ' .Vli'l.eiid Hi IllUlie, pliMdl'Id of ih. Natjoii.il t'oiincil of Ne^ro Wuni. 1 n.lii a iiii)i.i'd audieiiie uf ,Noi': I >'ui .lihiaii-. ..:M-IUl.ted ii. H.iiil:"" Aodiloiiiiii. Ill A ul.d 'J ('ullegi- l.i Wiok. • We Main S«.Hth.riiert, .\i- whil. Soi Iheiiiei.s may ub w, II make il up in oui loiod'- thai it w- gi. up, we ll all go up l.igelher; and I VM eo down, well ail go down •'.{‘elh. 1- • J'he CoimNlltee fol Noilh Can.liua, .111 af(ilial>- .rj'.aiio’.ati u. of S..id!iern f. iifereme fur lluiiiai Welfare, und a group uf kiIok : and white citizens of this city sism :,-ired the iippe.o'aiice of tlw -peak "We of the South want foil an-l fail- empl.iynieii!," she .said "We cau net It. w-orkiiiK all tostlier But Ui lb hew-uie of all attempt- to .-ep arule 'full' from -fair'. Kmployineid iiijy be eonsidei-ee -full’ when .dl able-bodied workers have some v.oih of Miine kind, but it can onl.v be -fair employment when the rn^ht foi «H|oal opportunity t.. work d .ill eapaiity of his -kill is Kuman- i.'ed Vo every worker. •‘We must strive for fair wage for nil Workers, in inriutry and in ayreii Ifiire. We must wrench oip- selvefl free of the old •chean^boi V-une that hh.-i’tl«igRed our Ik since the days of slave labp^ Wi (he people, want doctors and hosp •- als and clinics, for which we «m!i tiay by pooling our resnnrces, and we want thi-' service publicly ad- miid-teiert f.,r the benefit uf lou'-ii. '••me families." Dr Bethune, who is a ex.culi Ml Fn-a wife of P B Yout.g »* and pobh'dior ot tl..' N. rfolk .loiiin.d a:ai (ioim’. who w . fun- eraJi/ed ill Noifulk. V;«. Jaeu.o .- Ml Y.'iioK .eivi'd ;:s trea ur- n- of the Chide f'.-m 1013 tu 'he lime of her death, iStory on pi-ke three). llOROSEVELT f 'iw RArc The present strike of 7SU.OOO CIO steel workers startel exactly (■ years after the 1019 Big Steel ' ' '.strike ended. But what makes l‘UI('E Tx* f>ht’ link the two strikes i> not the date confidence, but Ihe fact i.h.t both were set off by a post war ani-union drive by big busi- n**.«s. Wiiolesale violations of workers .lights marked the 1919 strike, which involved :iflr),UUt) workers ami lasted four months. The woi it ers sought union reengnitum, abo lition of the 12-huui luy T-iUy V i-ek and an increase in the 23 I-'nl.s houily nilnimum. The Na- iliun.il Coiniiuttee for Organi/mg hull Hi St.-el Woikers (compoiied oi 2^ AFL craft unioiiB). was fac ed with an aggressive attack by tlu‘ st.-e! Bust. Th.- anil - itrbor w.ive stuck hardest III tile I'enn- '. Kafiiu nuiu di.stricl Lahui iiu-.-tiiigs w)-i.' banned ,ihioughoui the stale Uraon mem 1.1 I., Will- aii'ested. relea-sed and I" III rest.'ft The terror reaoh.'-d lU : ight 111 Ihe sUliiineruf I9l9 With till iiaiid.-r ot Fannie Selluis. un- n-M oigaiiizr-r, by a deputy sher- lil at We.it Natiuna. The steel '.'•i .k.i. decided ih.'ti whnt they ’ ;.ii lo .-Hike or h». amuhilaU'd So .•1 Sepfi niher 22 they walked nut, AFl. officials, although not en -uii.-i.i.tu- ov. r the .'.tcel organli- iiip cainpaixn. endorsed the strike. Hill the steel tiiist had tTiiibillzed •as though preiiaiatioius were hd- ing mad. for a wai.” the New Vork World said Between Pitta- hbigh and Clairtun, a distance of 2t) detaiii'e. 2ti OCiO deputies were ucdei aim As sunn hi the atnke idaited, iirueLtiained viulenct hi ok.- loiiSe At Biaddoek mernliers uf th« Joi-al Slovak i'atholu- ('ungrega- iion were attacked l^ecaase file priest was a strike sympatbucr. 'In Farrell 3 strikers were killed atiu 11 wounded ih one Jay Men ■^'•olhardy Aiifcugh An attempt b;cK' ' tin^ were slu^-d *nd jailed. At- • ■ log. ther theie were 18 killiiigg After two weeks, the steel com- I'nnie;: started a whirlwind back- t» work nioveim*r>l with neNvapb- j.i .ala .aid Un.-le .Sam posters I i.ichiiming in 8 languages: "The I' l k. H;.,- Faih-d!" Moo broke Mo ':ik.‘i-8 hom.-s and di.ive the W-iile Yiion-:, A. and Ita* been plm^tl under ar- r«M tor Uie xliwoling. He U held on rh *rgeb of usault with toleni to idurder. The b«n Is IG Ihe •hooltns haa not been deter mined. Thr pliyaielan bhut hb> tun iwicr. .aie bullet eiiU-rlng die at- .umrii uiul the other thr right hand. Thr lud wav tuJten Ui Uir tinlvendl) Hospital where the wound* were .oiuidrrrd •rrloui. The invrstig.tibn w’aa iniulv 8|t. Grotge T. Il>atl and Pat rolman J. W. ( urlMl, Kllii(i|)ia R(‘|iirle(l In tiiHiil l''iinni('i:il Shape NEW YOHK CITY iCNSi Klli- lop.a IS III 11 ; troog fioaiiiul post And, America’s voice caiino I be heard in the ck-ai, sincei-t [tuues that are needed, unless .upon ertmomic injustices and vi ri.'li.tionb of basic human right-- home,’’ ’I'he fouimr governor .tnd navy 1 ificer concluded >y i miadaig l.m uadieticf lliut Uie "ia e i.s in telihe j| IS etliutional, it •- U«-ep." )i Iil:i0 -.aid that all .should h- i-gm/.- that th.- .-.l.itke-: are hign. they aie a pail ot tn.- almo - ph.-l'e which Will Jeti-l liiillr the loiilauiaig peace anri happae-s- III mankind, and that It..- .-ttoit to attain :.ucc‘S.s ot Ihe issue .hould continue. liecogni/e that even while, U'l now, the is.su.- ks being d.-haled lliis will ai it-ell have a contaui- iiig wholesome effect U|)on the ec- I noMiic policies and practice williai the cuunliy. Never hecoin- ited iboit'. A h h'Wr. mg discouraged Be eeVr resoui ce- uf Kitiiopia’.s Slate Bank. |l,i viKOiou.s, y.t palieii.. .letei- as la .oined heie .0 l,a(Juaidia i,,,iird v.-t understanding, with Field thin w.-ek Ktlo..ui.. Iia- m. i|,„t Uo- people ot this c*un- polilii- il.bi. .h.iiiie.l Bowers, who i,y ^vill si le.siJoiid to the Lssue hfl> lie.ide.l tie- Stat.- Bank since ib’ji it will through, ' he said. 1943 Hi.wetb is iii the .Mutes on a A I'lubp Randolph eo-ihaii thii-e ii.oiilli v.icatioo. Cootinu.-d on page eight) FEPC Bill Hin ges. On Adoption Of Cloiture (tovei o Chicago Woman Files For Congresswoman ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING PROPOSED HERE HAt.FKIM Siipei'inteodeiil J.-sse O Saiidei-.oo of the Ralei;:!! I'liLhc SibuoU. lold u (lel.'Kaliun uf pai-iits troiii the Washington Hi^li .Si hool |^i^l Friday ih-at plans w.-ie li.-iii)’. .'uiiiplele.' hir tlif election of il new -.li-nieolaiy seh-iul i>n lii.- gr.iuiid whi.-li the school hoitid now iiwti.s ill the neighborhood uf the Wa-hioglon Schuol, and that Ihe W •'liiii(;iiii iii);h School would be din-cli'd i‘xclu-"\cly lo High Schml l>oi pos .S.indcrsori was i-iiahle lu i lu-lher the building would iOdilcle.! by the lime .seboul >|i« I iiexi Sepleiiiber, but said II le relief of th. cio-.. .1 wui'iiie ,al III.' Washington .S houl w’li.s 1 Negro Icudeiship " tu represenl them | first iliin.’, n (hi b-ijiding a; > -i rHM AflO 'ANI’i - Miss Wllln B Brown has .iniuaiiu-ed hei cun- . rtldaii f,„ c,„i«rc.ssn.„i,a., Iron, tlio ulfaiis. fast llhn.ii:, district subject m the Miss Brown hus bt»en a leader in wi-hes 1 f Ihe Hepnblican voters in iln- fight lo establish Negro men the Apiil Primary. and women in the new uiid lucra- Miss Bi wn says she tiled foi rep-. live field of aviation, for the past resent..'K-e on the Republican tick- ten years. -t ill the April Primary lo provide; The Young Republican Club uf the Negio |>eople ot Ihe frist cun*; the Second Ward, now and iiide- gressioiiul distreit un ojiportiinity lu pendent orguiiuutiun recently char- id 1 Me s.iul th.il lliere w-.uld be ad.o iii'tis of v.K.di.Mi.d LHln.idioii at ih- Wa.-hinglor, ScliOol an.! that cafeter- i;i facilities coul.l In* enlarged and I'lijiroved He also said that jilaiis calb-d for an iideijiia'.e gyinnusinm. Mr Sioideisun sail Ihal engineers wtiu bad surveyed the surroiind- Mgs al the Wasidiigt n Schuol. ATLANTA, fJa — A prediction ija Ih.- of Ihe lhiit.-d Slates I w.i-ld politics will be a mockery ■ lid man, we should ne slruighl-forw od sincere and offers 1 0101(1..;. vvii. uv .1 iijii.-rvt*i 1- . , . m . ^ . K ,l„„, ,0 brl„« nap. „i.rl war, „f »„I,-Rusb„ prop. ..... ao.'iiid.'i u/lili'h Ik iinui riii.Hiiiu Ihn. lillmns if .Aniei leans w an Inferioi level be- agaiida which Is now flut'diiig Ihii country from Oermuiiy. We should justice lo are living caii.se of Coloring was inmie Tue-day by Ui F f Liiid.-man of the New York Scl-i'ul of Social Work al a publ-e forum ut Atlanta University. As a guest uf Ihe oepartinent of •ut'iology. Dr Llndenian diau-ussed the I'espuiisibihty of the U S to the iCsi ot the world, ueclariog we will only hold uui j>edoirdiiunt pla.e in the wurl.i fui the next 30 or 31 yeaif, after whi.-h we will bow not to Ri>s.i:. which will In* ahead of ua In jiopnbdion, and our egu.'d 10 weahti and lei-ltnoKigtiul skilUi The bpewher see.s in our resp«iii llbiliiy den a. .,„r ,.«! „pp,o,r-h .................. „pp,i, ,IP-,1,. .- Ill IJit. fi1 N..II..I1- ui (.aiiiwtion - ■ quiri-jnunls pi-p It would h-- U (UOUBI. Oil.iraliuual, .fle,.t,I,c«nd Y.l, „»Ifd Dr. I.,uO(-n,»n. if the u„,..„nu,„ical un.l nol in k. r-pinp .■i.li.,:..,! "ruauauliu". al wuWh wf 11. s. r lu umuii.!: rupunsibilil, „i,h yVar dupai tniunt puli. i.'s tu ate skilled, rather than in world abioad. it must remain strong at jtturn officerd in cusen wlier politirs, at w hich we are unskilled.: home He believes the future of dt- they could nol constructively be | against the University of Oklaho- Toward Rusia, decared Dr. Luuie*i ^Continued on page eight) employed." J ma seeking to open its doors to , .l.Kl.l iiflu„.,.r.e iu .k.n '"r""'"' •"I''’"', “ a whole by our conception of a few .'uiiiiiiuiii.sts m tins country tn Germany fur the next 25 years, the U S should see to it dial ihe new generutiun is taught the real ineainog of dcniuci acy and the evils of fuscistn, for if we do not. in ten mure years, there will be a ihinl world war. Di I.iiidemun suggested inuti eci noinic quHraiitlne a- our ri - spoio biUly lowuid the Argentine and SpuUi. -.taling Ilia: if demucra- y lull- in ih *:e cuuntries in the next ' xroimds I'^ontiiiiii'd on inigc eight) 1-.“' - - EiEHrii ™„.E U. S. Mockery In World Unless Justice Given All \IIMV KEI I'ING (II! ICERS "flTRI V tCAM Y EXISTS” XVa-'hinglon, 1). -7- Tin* fati* of the FKl’t' bill (S. 101) in Ih, yt i-.iti- dc|)ends upon whether Iv,.i-t!nr(f;. of Iln- .senators wdl vote l.)i cloture, it becain.- i-vidijit olli-r Dixie .senaior.s ha.t conduct- •‘d a fi-day fihhu.ster against th- i.H-a.Niae called up by Senalm Dl runs Chavez (I),. N, M.). Thou.-anrl.s of letters, Iclegrnms .old postcards urging .senatons I 1 .oil- loi clotarc and 'in-ak thi- filiifiistci have been reci'iv.il from iiidividaal.i and oigain/alion i ad ovi-r Die .-oiimi y. N AAt’P hi anch - i-.i have hei-n pai licuhirly active Moi'e tnan tiOO leti-grani.s went I'0111 .Mu'hi.gan uji to .laniury 23. ; ccordaig to Di. J. L. L ach, jiies ii'eiit uf the State coiiler.-ii'- - ol l>iancli*>s. One thou.saiul jiostcard- V.. l e Sent by thi - Bi idgep.o t-Sli ai I II (-o'ln **’ A' ■ hihn I.an i.. .1-1, pii:.Kunt ri'piiilej, Fiom ‘I'lcnhin. N. J., 2(H) iiie>.sag.'s weiil ■ then s.-riatois, and mine tluai Ihi. iil'-.'i-mis aii'iverl J.aiuary 23 111.in New Orleans. .\n,li-i'.son, Ind,. ilack.soMville. Fla., Meiiiphi.-, T.-n- mr.see. Fairmont. W Va., Kiiion.i. La.. Albuquertjue, N. M , Deti'oit, .M-eh,, Molme, III.. Milwaukee. \V is., Phoebus, Va, Kastoii, Fa Slalesville, N. C.. w«-r«‘ ofhi*i cities ic'poiting activity. Although mast messages have .senators, }iundred.s of e been addie.vicd to Dt luoi i-alic- Chaiiinan Roheit F H.-uini-gan and Rejmhlicaii ('hair- man Meihei'l Bio-aiuI. caiiving lilt figlit light iMtii the majoi po ASKS IF DISTRICT SDFERAGEWOULD HURT NEGRO leea b) every worKvr, "We must strive for fair wage for all workers, in industry nnd in agrcii.lture. We must wrench our- 4*elvef true fit the jtgt ‘chi ‘fFiirie fhat baYiiofifed aur since the days of siaVe lal the people, want doctors and hosp ala and clinics, for which we r; pay by pooling our resources, and we want this service piibl-cly nil- mini-lered fur the benefit of low-iii- i-tuiic families." Dr Bethune, who is a execuli- ** h'larri member of the .Smitheii. r iiiferenre for Human Welfare. »-• sorted that although al one time Ne- j'rocs were not fully conscious of their r’uhls and overestimated the meaner worth of "handouts" thev now renlize that they have paid with over '.Hlo years of .slavery and with their blood for their propci ~ placf m a democratic cuiiiitry. She WA.SMINr.TON ,ANP, - Pro- now they ask for a „r „,fr,„,p fu, ,hp dw,,ti li„>> I),'.-,. „.-,knl ,„ ,-.,nr„l„ Ihu ,l,s HuldinK II,,I ,,ilv,.i,l:,K,» ivlui'l, ivuul.i aciiue ui|,.f,,„|, Southern whiles tu kee,. N,.ki„. s uuile,' ,l,e pl.ui lu Kive llie j q„,,hecomlns skilled were .liillcl ;, vul,'. .spuusuruw l,.,„l K„v-, p,,.,,,,,, preveuiuK Ihe lal- ei „,„|.|,l ..Hli iala w„„l,l he i,i,:liu-1,, , she c-ha-K- ,-,i u. 1,11 [he, SI,11,hen, pulu'ie.s. re- p,, ,j,. nuilnlenaiii-e i,f low eaidl,', uf III,-„„„ I,,., „f V,.' Ne„,,„.. u, SuiUh iil-:u ei> Hi the district. ;l is *'uimei.. Mil the overwhelmingly majority wmih, he ,|iii, k lu iu-lil.'.le riirtlier „p,p„n. , Negroes segreeal M,, Iheieh, ilepiaviiiK N,- ]„„ p,„ .-xereise inlel- '.•.'i -Ml Yoiiok -t-rved as trea ur- fT of the Guide from 1913 lo 'he time of her death. 'Story on pxge three). il) HUf '^N RAPE ISSUE NFW YORK iCi — "Your grand- diitixiher. Mifes Uill s unite a young lady now. Are you conlemplaifng cncouruging her nothei- to have y( img Negro men present ot her cle- l)ui of any other of her grown-up parties'."’ asked a young womuii of Mis. Roosevelt. The forever first lady prink'd her answei m hei January lolamn. "If You Ask Me." a monthly feature of the Ladies’ Home Journal. (('on!inu'"l on page eight) lun were attacked because tne riest was a strike syiafMiUiter- Farrell 3 strikers were kilted iMdli wounded in uw I together there were iS hiltifl^ After two weeks, the steel eom- panie.4 started a whirlwind back- rt* work fnoveinenf with m-wepa- j-t'i .ids and Uncle Sam posters (.MiclainiiiVg in 8 languages; “The Mnkc Ha.s Failed!" Mob-' broke into sfrik'Ta hoine-i and drove the nu-n hack tu work. Those who [balked were jaileil on d^soideeiy 'conduct charges. Thc.str'ke ended with the work- U-.4 going back on an open shop bests. Hut a number of the emn- pan.c.i had been forced lo improve .c -nditions and U. S Steel grant 'd the 8-hour day. T'ldav with the stee; workers .so strongly organized and with workers in other industries out on the picket line, big business st.aid.-i a poor chance of winning !t.-; pikst war union liUsling drive. (Continued on page eight) of the few civil rights they -iijoy III Ihe capital. LiniiloyMiciit. Ibis iibjeclor slntcd, Would will because mosi of lh«- jobs now held l»y Negroes are in fci III seivirc. Setting up a local go/ernment Would bring local iioliticid end atibued with soiilhei’M ideas they woiilil ijuickly pal into practige. I'ciintiiig not the jirn-ciow schools of the disti'ii'i. th jiin crow Iheat eis, rcstauranl.s and i-ei-i'catiumil faiilities. this objector said the jim crow pattern would be exlende-'. furtlicr and applied mure stremi- • usiy tliuii in other southern cities, just becniise this happened to be the c.-ijiital. Jerrymandering would be re.sort- ed lo lo jiiev'-nt Negroes from hav- inx fall and (air l'•■presentution, '('oiitioui-d on page eight) AKA Makes Presentation To Senator Chavez New York - Wheie siiituhl* vacancie*; exist" Hu- VVar ih-iiar- iMiit i.s ri t.iinine NegK, offic-i. i;l lit id grade, tile NAAI’F w.-s iiiho'iiKd last vvei-k b.v Keimet'i (' Royal, Acting Secret;u"y of Wa: Ml Royall wiot*-: ■'Tho>;- officer.-, -vho h.ive I'.igni- fit d J wiltmgne.ss to remaiti on active duty lor tin duiatioii ptu-s .•i.*: inoiith.'., or who un.U-i cum iit itgulalions have volunteeied to i.iriain oi> active duty until 30ll. ol June 1947. an- being as.sij!n-'.i V. here ’.suilahle vacjiu-jc; «'m.m V.'heie ; U'-h vacaifie.s do not « ■ 11 uiiu oul eguai lo • •• — in i • ahti and lei-hiiologiiul ‘.kilUi decade, fascism will v;lii out. And concei m d ollici 1 • jr. la in;- rhe spewher sec.s in our resp.iii '■ mipoiiant, he as-ejied. that we iliiy to our allies .a thorough un- participate whole heartedly in lh« “"S' tciimrul l.-ave -.fand.ng of a nal.on’*'problems, al Noiemberg. fo. this b. (he do';s no in anv way p,e,u- M-Bj^eLi.-d (hat our best appioach hegibning of j practical Internation- L‘/!.li'* In what is expecte.1 to devernp rilo one of the most important eeal ca e- affecting discrimlna- ion and segirration in education al in'^tiiutions. suil wilt be brought .Ad.i Lo s Sipnei or Chickasha, • ikli .Mi.-; Sipoel li'toor graduate of l..iog.slnn University last year, oouht to enter thf* law si-hool uf th' University but was denied ad- nrattai. :e because ol her race. (ANP) liio-nrc and cultiiru in protectiog their ri'thts Asking liberal whiti*;- and Negroes to continue their good work toward the realization of a true-democratice country, she con cluded. "Wc’vc come a long dis- lancc, but we've got a longer dis tance to go. Keep faith, k-p coui- .ie«'. keep your feet on the ground and march forward to victory ’’ nnring Ihe meeting. Prof, J. A iContinued on page Hi ASK REVERSAL OF SOLDIER'S DEATH SENTENCE Washington — A rever-sal of Hu- Icath sentence impo.sed upon (lencral Prisoner Benjamin Mill- for being AWDL nnd acting an insuIxn-dinaU- manner to d hi.s superior officer was ask«-d of the Judge Advocal- nenil in a petition filed last ek by tile NAACP llirougii Krunklin H. William.H of its leg il Mt-iff The petition set forth that MiH r may probably be an epil'-ptic. that he .suffered from lap.ses oT r.ii-inory, that the episode fo vzhich iu* wus charged ‘must hav occurred during such a pi-riud" and that therefore further inveu- '.iition i.s warranted hefrire the il nlli stnlence is executed A re !talh .sentence- is executed. A re duction to one in keeping with the offense charged wa.s a-ski-d. A pi tition wa.s filed also by the NAACP asking reversal of tin (I'l.iivictiiin of G'-rald Knox. .fi.. V'lj .-I charge of desertion, with a Sentence of dishonorable discharge and 10 year.s at hard labor, later n-duced to 5 years. The pe!ili«.i reciii'd tiiat all that had been piovpd wa.s that Knox wa:: gii.l- ty of an extended AWh'iT, and (Continued on page eight) 1 WASHINGTON. D C. — Senator Deiiiii (Thuvez exproased deep up- Tiicciatioii t-i tlie Nationai Partisan Coum-i! on Public Affairs I of the Alpha Kap|>a Alpha Sorority I for the presentation of u volume of jM-lilions ligiied by ih'Oi&and.s ef I'MIege and university atudents I tlir-'iighout the country comnu-ndlng j’lin .iiil II.- I.lll••uKlle.^ for Ibi-ir 'Work in heljiing lo enact Ihe FKPC hill. Phe ijeliii.'ie were picsenled by Mlwi rieominc B. Lewis, secretary of Hu- Council, and had been iatlier- • d in on exhausliv'* siiP.-ey of col lege stiideiitR over u period of »eve:- .d m.iiUhs. in jiit-,ni\ig the petitions. Miss I.ewis sai l, "On behalf of the many •Indents vvho-.e signatures 1 present to you. we shoulil like to express 0 lieep and abiding appreciation ft I (he mutinltlcient part you are plaj inx III this liiaue The fact that yo liave practically no Negnies in yoi t.ite IS indicative of the sincerll of .vour purpose in the efforts thi you are putting forth for the pai sage of a permanent Fair Enrpio: inHiit Practicefl Act, Our prayers and beet wishee ai w,th you. You are indeed of U; calibre of stateman that this gene ation Is dedicated lo keeping in tt Congress." The petitions were signed by ttt deiif-i in both white the Negro co leges. In response. Senator Chavi exp' lised his appreciation for Ui interest shown for and by the man persons which participated in Ui a;.seinblyiiig of the petiliona. Opposes Tranfer Of USES To State Control XVASHINGTON. I). C. — Opposi tion tu tlip tr.iiisferral of the Unit ed Stale;; Kmploymint Service from federal lo stale control was register- eil to th' Hou'-e l..abn Conic.Ittee oy Mrs 'I'hominina Widker Johnson, legislative represenative, National 'v'oii-PnrIisan Council on Public Affairs of Ihe Alpha Kappn Alpha 'iii'oritv. in a ilatemcnt submitted )' F. tv 24tli. Mrs. Johnson a.sked for federal aclioii .11 fi, LShi. which seeks to re- tiin E'eder;il control of United Fin- .'Itiv;. eiii fiirviee until 1947. Point ing out that this transfer proposal l.bn-e- the n at'er of employment m a puliin a) instead cf an ecuiiuinic and social basis. She conlendtd that to make this change ignores the needs of the Arnciican people and places a hard ship on both workers and employ ers alike. Mrs Johnson also took a slap at the dual standard of many sutes in pomting out that because uf prejudice state border line* would retard state processes of em- ployiiifot (Itiiing ihe reconstruction period. -These state lines," she pi'hiled out. "would limit the poMl- bilitles uf employment for skilled nbor where the employees can nM (•e placed within tha state of hit l•sldence-’■ Her statement continued, "In • vh-imicrat-y, we work for and WITH ..I'l. oth-r We have had the ex- p-'rionce of learning that in 17 ■latcs and the District ot Colum bia wiiere segregation is practiced, (bat Negroes are scarcely employed pi ifessionally in the Employment Offices when the offices are under .*t;ite control. We share to a great degree employment on a profession- ui level when there is federal con trol. This is important not only from the point of view of i-fficienry but from the stand point of view of (Continued en page eight)
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