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PAGE EIGHT Continued i rom Pa4c I ywn .... Mwmn ■ g» ARMY bUMSES ENLISTMENT POLICY; NEGROES GO IN . along with A tty, Charles H. Houston, tbs war department's tncvc has "taken away grounds for a preliminary injunc tion. ” H did point nut that then e in no high school education re quire, writ lor white candid-: ■ for enlistment in the army V- NEGRO VETS ATTACKED FY WHITE VETS n-.ong those attacked and mauled He was “carrying a sign which eskei.l that ■ pen * me! ..dp : 1 all American Legion posts, north and south, be made available •<> cue million Negro war veterans on the basis of equality of saer flee—not rase or color." he sa'd. | The picketing had beer, under way approximately 35 minutes when the rare-having white vet erans stormed the picket line Po lice tail' d to make an arrest af ter tile incident was reported, al though the Negro veterans wei* within their constitutional rights if staging a protest via picket lines. Nor has any action been; taken by the convention deii gates to bring the racial incident to the convention floor. A 10-hour parade and Legion ' pageant followed the attack on Negro veterans, to mark the fuel of its kind since Pearl Harboi j The parade, for the most park I was made up of middle agers w ! th a sprinkling of World War ' 1.1 veterans. There were flash v drum and bugle corps. -o'-Lon. - of the* 40 and 8 cheque, comely ' majorettes and a variety of col vrs In the reviewing stand were s Fleet Adm. William F. Habt Gen. Jonathan M Wainwright, Gen. Carl SpaaU and Mai. Go ■ j Louis B. Hcishey. John Stelle. 1 national commander. charged Gen. Omar Bradley, veterans ad ministrator, with ‘breaking fait 1' with the veterans on the 'mb training program. A. move to open American Le gion posts to Negro veterans in all parts of the country has been underway for .several yean. A rnerican Leg son officials ‘ook at tkn this ycai on the problem ••{ granting ebarterr to south* •» N §ro veterans GIBSON TELLS OF ARMY'S PROGRESS IN RACE RELATIONS SINCE 4« way to run into trouble is to a-, same that you ‘know how' handle NeCroP.-. , 1 ; - nffir'ru-: I*l the army are lamped by Negro Eoltiieis into one Mg eatgorv. ‘l* • know how boys;.' who sssum-- the\ can treat ail Negroes iiii-* thou parents or relatives treated southern Negro farm work'-r-- ''Negroer; do not i-on.stj'ul.e . single hoiricgeneou: group." 1 j It-id his listeners. “The only thing they posser. in common color and that vanes so greatly that j even it could not be said to be a common feature. The untutored j. Negro of the back woods of Lou Lianna is wholly unlike 3 gradu ate of a northern university hv- ■ mg in an urban rente:-. Any gen : eralization ;>r a mind set to iunr-.i such wholly dissimilar men to - : gttther -:ra;i only produce i trouble' Several official war department • taudias on the performance of Net gin troops were made prim to .1940. he revealed, which account ij ed for the army’s anti-Negro; j premises on the utilization of : Ntgroes, Gibson Here is how the Negro soldier fitted ir ir. the nation’s mobilization pleas six years ago: "Negroes should he segregated into separate units (a) because of' 1 the statutes of the late 1880’s aii- ‘ tboruina the formation of tout ' (4) Negro regiments, two (2) of j ’ infantry and two (2) of cavalry. ■ Uan-Mv-o 'tnif n.vlirm Up" nt*nv UUUV UUU JZUi.- * li-,. 1 j.-. en satisfactory over a long period cf years* and to) because any ; o*her policy would have social 1 reprecussions and the army car. I no, get ahead of the country on 1 this question. 1 - “Negroes should be segregat *d into separate units (a) be cause of the statutes of the laic 1 1660’s authorizing the formation 1 of four (4) Negro regiments, two * (2) of infanbv and two (2) of * calvary; (o' because ‘this policy '■ has proven satisfactory over ;> . < long period of years and fc) be •; cause any other policy would < have -social repercussion and the ; 1 army cannot get ahead of the 1 country on. this question “Negro soldiers are not adapt I sole *0 modern combat court i- r Hons because of certain racic characteristics.' the pr« - 1940 * piemises stated. ‘As fighting ; t f oops the Negro must be rated 1 as second - class material; this 1 is due primarily to his inferior intelligence and lack of mental • and moral qualifications. Negro * troops as combat troops under!; modern war conditions never 1 rose to trie standard of white units even when led bv whi*o ! officers. '“Negro officers have failed because of their lack of charao- 1 ter and the inherent distrust o r Negroes for Negro leadership The regimental commander (that ’ is of the 368th Inf j showed tha* 1 1 h- principal cause of the failure I was rne inefficiency of colored 1 ftitficers. ... j < "The general conclusion that 1 has resulted from these studies ! has been that the army should < use- Negro troops only in segre- I' gated units; that as few Negri, 1 organizations as possible should 1 be established and that these * should be non-combatant. The < following consistently appeared i i in all plans prior to 194-1. ‘the i s largest unit of any arm or ser- jt vice to be organized of Negro 1 personnel is the regiment. 11 “The basic approach that had i \ Been evolved was that change 1 t should occur only in the face of j j pressures. Thai this was an of- t fnially approved -Bourse was re- I i ■cognized in a study which cand-l* wily aiiriiitteu that a rt-appi'nis- jj a- of policies was necessary as a ij result o_f ‘continuous and inereas- i political arm racial pressure ! < £cr higher command and great- : ci representation of the Negro <n ; combat organizations " Reviewing Gut mar MyidcFr six points of rank disci nnination j !i-r. An American Dili-rmna," ; G:b -on -.aid that the Negro so! - i ; • diei ‘ wants to be treated I ’j as another soldier. He wants to j ' |be accorded the same privilege ; j . , opportunities and recreations far | ! lilies He docs not ward to I.e i singled opt f Ol special tree' i ', u nt.' He endntsed the Gillem 1 < | i P"i' ; as a step forward in the j Idiirction of according equal | jI -' -a ts Tie n t in N-- gro soldiers V ' I j*t!fF v v: f- \ S'j r» ivn*in <4 vty FVtilHi AIDE® BV \Ety KOrHEI.EE KALLV Neu York • At a rally in Aug lust, the New Rochelle b,anch, N jA. A C I’, raised the ;mj>ressi-.-< 1 sum of 56/0.87 According to a re- j solution passed at a general mere- ; . bet ship meeting, it was derided 1 that 60 per cent of the money ,-ai ■ ed should Ae sent to the Nat-i na' j ; Office for the legal defense fund j and that 40 per cep; should go to : .The Isaac Wo-ciard Fund Mu- M. O. Da' is, Mrs. El,he! J I Million and Randel T'•liver Drought • J tfoeir branch's contribution to tl ; National Office. Tie effort of this I i branch i« one of which the NAACP tu proud. V ! j TEXAS OFFICERS fN’OICTEO | ON CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGE '■he enjoy ire id of liberfy and !he j (right not t-. be deprived of liberty' ; without du r process of law. The second count of the indict -1 rami charge- that Price and Pullen i rm'neri out (he conspiracy the ■ . | were < barged with in the first j count and that, acting under the i ! colot of law. they deprived Price and Hannon of tr.m, rights. This j again, says the second count, is the ; right and privilege nut to be de prived of liberty without due pr ! cess of law, fi,e right and privilege ! ' no*. *o be denied equal protection of the lav.-.- and the right to be free from illegal assault and ha* ! tciy, , Ti;e group of defendants in the second indictment are charged with violation of the federal peonage laws in four counts. *heh alleged vie- ■ mi being 1> D. Aridi va col.,red man The c unts stipulate that A;, 1 drew forced Into a condition of peonage on an alleged debt which Jack Pullen claimed was du.c him. Specif icjdly, the counts charts, violation of Sec* ion 52. Title i>j. < Un-tcd States Code, in that Andrev. under ’be coin? of law. was dept h ed of :li-. lights to -hieh be was •ctitled be 'he floiislhutioc and the | Lu-, j i •- United -S* lie- Tt.t fir--" count of ’be indirim on* , ji. r, cov.:piracy cf :*.U n * ' < I defendant :o violate Se-dion S? and i -Section 4-14. T'itic 18. United State - Code V WHITE MAN AMONG CONTRIBUTORS TO HERBERT KNOX CASE prohibits a parolee from leaving • ii.i state before three month- 1 after his release. I will be un •' ;-i k to join these good people , until after three months expire ' f-i vorthelpss. they will be hearing ' fiom me and I hope to see tv- : •,-iyotic and orally express mvjs gratitude. The following are the liberal ; donors: Semper Fidel is Club, S2O. W. J. Gregory, $5: Gertrud,- E,f auty Club. $4.50; Mrs. Carrie Hill. New York City, $lO. Mrs. Lucille Quotes, ten cents. May the Lord bountifully bless these good people in my prayeis. Sincerely. HERBERT E KNOX In a separate letter t - the edi tor of the JOURNAL. Knox said i that he way happy 1o receive the weekly copies of this newspaper vliich have been mailed him j since he contacted the JOUR j NAL relative to his case. In hi:, original letter, K no x • asked for S2O with which to es - i feet his parole. He received near j 1 • double that amount, and m- • ficials at Williston Industrial high school indicated that thev : were sending S2O. FFBLISHER AIDS 6(4f A!,ITV FIGHT of better economic opportunities i offered, he declared. “There is no ; medicine that will be good f,v i • nr economic ills until we in the ' south become .convinced that wr. I arc economically ill. Before any- I thing much can nr done about ; it, there must come to the south, j recognition that her cotton mac- 1 kc-ts as a world market in the J old sens*' is gone forever and th 4 j ;>hf must herself to » new c-con- j orm • There must com? to the »»uth | recognition that she will never j h:.ve a real democracy as long i c ■ she denies half her population i v;hife and black, the right to i franchise through such measure:; i asthepoll tax and the white su- i pemacy." The white publisliei referred to I Mississippi and Georgia’s elec I • ions as “the lowest form of dem j agogery and cowardice in that j they were pitched upon the ba- ) sis of human minority,'' and as- j erted that “there must come to j ’hi south the recognition that | pride is no substitute for bread, j for education for the minimum ; benefit of civilization, and that to | hiain these .we must call upon j the rest of the nation not only for justice hut also for help.” AVC PROMISES CLEAN-UP IN WASHINGTON Washington to have a man sure I as TL'bo imposed on them as their! ex-officio mayor, and demanded his j immediate removal from the chab manship of the Senate District Com - tniHc-e. INFORMATION SOUGHT ON KLAN ACTION the. National Association of Man ufacturers. the IJ. S. chamber of | commerce, the- CIO American i Newspaper guild, the Coinmunisi j party, a brewery workers union, I and the Women's Christian Tern- | perapee. union. x nt'.u iiiatjuin was sought -is to i the ainoursts of. money to be spent for political candida+es. the names of such candidates, the ■ bonk or other depository wpere ; the funds of the organization are ! j kept, i ounce! ions with u'l,< 1 ,• ;L..uii nations xu'-h as lab a unio--..! I o.i corporations, sources of ir, i ■ ome and the persons to whom ' I payments are t.c> be made. Answers were requested vviu, jin two weeks but organizations! i were not compelled to rep]-, jih iest, however, made if known : : that the committee had the i.e j'-ssary authority to subpen a wit j r.i. b !_ _ v I. \ u Spraggin* \p ,,,,, n,,,,j I. i (~, j.vrV itIAAEP Ihr Executive Commit t c <• the ; HaJelgh B»- 9n , ..f q,.- na At p t ;us recent meeting appointed T |. ! Spr-uudris, Executive Seeretaiy t»-> fill trie unexpired term of Mr A , J. Turner, resigned. On ->*•* <«,; ~>! I '-he Press of newspaper tUilier. Mi Tumor found it impossible to do , tue job of the local branch The new secretary brings r.o Ihe ,cl five, a wealth of qualify in a ex perience, having served as Vice •’resident of the Vii gini» Sta'e Teachcrr Association. Eightl. Di,»- •ric-l Northern Division A men •• - of the American Federation of ; Traubem. Local 142. H- Is a native ,of Lynchburg Va. At the same meeting Miss Vi< j •oris Cord Ice was named •.-««• cfcaii - i oirtn of the Rti.giatn Corunuttce fo> ' ; he rest of the year The next meeting of ibo !-, -a| I - branch of the NAACP is sc ! for ‘n. toner ?o Watch this pgpei tm pia<-’.. V From Foco! | VMCA To Attend | Conference i A delegation from the Blood woi in. j Street IT4CA will attend an nil] way "Y - laymen: conference to i '-mivcns at. the V lnston-Saietn V j M A on Sunday, October 13 | t! has been announced by office. ! at the locai 'V" ,f. W Eaton H !i j Toole and E. L Raifoid are P i. ;; , j ninu to attend along with ,•••• eutfitives f r o m arsornlioi through';ut North and S'-u't, r lin a it Was stated The purpose Os *h- in? es i in j discuss means of imnvo'iiin i;. j general effectiveness of It.e y;v;cA | n this immediate area _ i’ rnoklin To. Tr^inins i SiTiool slefpatK Nashville Z*-ft she Louishui-g Club show-a plenty of ypped as they trounced Nash County Training School Friday at Nashville. Nathaniel Davis, air: Joseph Williams scored two touch - downs each. Percy Lev II snd Al st ti caught passes for the cxiia points. Bryant foi Nashville w s best for the losers, scoring then on- t l.v touchdown i-a-n-jr i i m § r \PH \ l jjM w - f ». 4 * | li Mail orders accepted Include '<% N. 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