FEPC LAW TRULY WORKS
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Fourth Os US Population |
Already Covered By FEPC
NEW YORK AlUitH'i a fourth
of tile people in the United Stales
have :i iiv.iu. and working un
tie r FEPC for a number i f .
With inert Uinsvlv >!'.C'V.-.-duj
Mills, raordiii* to I. C. Furnas,
magazine write!', wh* re exhaustive |
study ol region® now oyeraiue: un-j
tier Fair Employment l.w.- forms !
Hit ba.-is for :.ji nek appearing |
in the issue of Look, on the n*-ws- [
r lands
Employers who were originally
doubtful hate been surprised a'
foe success of ‘inUvuatlon,” Mr
Furnas reports. Tile predicted re
orcussions among, other employ
ee,- failed t.i matin ializc. and r,<
•.•nstoiner bo.vcoils followed when
: tores started hii tng qualified Ne
gro sales -help,
Evasion, however, still is rife,
'ire Lou!-: artiel- slates. Some
•.ores folio-v tin letter of the la-,
'ey hiriiV' tv o Negro salesgirls
»th complexions so light that cus
tomers wont notice. And employ -
ti .. urtihU- s' advertise di.scrhn
jimtoniy, :tii! recruit help through
word - o f - mouth among their cur
-cm white employees.
T’«- i.ts• ■< of FEPC i- considered
such a "hoi potato" that both
Republican and Democratic plat
forms sidestepped a clear - cut
, EPC plank last July. Mr. Furnas
declares. Yet the experience gained j
•n 7 state: and 3 cities with FEPC i
laws, Furnas adds, indicates that j
FEPC is h cood idea and does;
work
The states having passed FEPC
laws nr.* New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Connectieut. Rhode
Island. Or. yon and Washington;
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r KAOE OF IHBRMW The sensation s>t the l&Si Berlin Festival i
mint the premiere of George Gershwin's immortal folk opera, “Forgy j
sMid Two good reasons for the critic*' delight were the yoothfui I
aoapSr* ofcwe, William Wwftelt* sun# Leontyne Wet, Recently married. |
tkeir ptrZotxwM* ** '•Porjfs'" and “Boon’* haw won erlthal -'clain* ;
ties «*» tHi#-*pv»»osmk shose- CN swat-pa*;,**. Photo.). ®
the cities a:e Piiiladtliin'a
Cleveland and Minneapolis Their
■ p(ip ~ 1 :'>o comprises 35,000,
'.TOO people, almost a fourth of the
in ti-.i are.,:. the keynote for
j FF-PC enforcement has been edu
i ■-■'.ueii .;;,i persuasion, in over 50(|h
-cipir-:srt- filed, th- ten existing
; FEPC'.-: nave resorted to public
| hearing-, only five times and to.
van only four times, the Look
. tit le- states .Few Northern cm-j
levers care to go on public rec- J
.ird as persisting: in illegal discrim-j
nation. Mr. Furnas says, and u<- j
i ally tiie inert: mention of a pußHic ;
•••!!>:• i: effective
Oi ’ .of tire South, many !
•; tmpanics begun non-discrhnina- j
ion employment policies well be- j
! fort the various FEPCs started,;
tv.-rding to the Look article j
riics.- include international Har- j
.ester. Pitney - Bowes. Hartford's!
G Fox department store, (he Perm j
Ft uit Company chain markets in J
Philadelphia, General Cable and j
•he New York Telephone Com- j
party As FEPC looked inevitable, i
; number of bis department stores:
uegan to fall info line, such as!
Mitcy’s and Girnbei's in New York, j
3amb . . r',-. in Newark, N. J., and j
GimbelY- Philadelphia store. Lord j
end Taylor blazed a trial in New I
I York -by hiring the first Negro;
j -ale: girl on Fifth Avenue.
Even in the South, where the;
: going is much tougher, local
j trends toward integration have I
j’'made startling progress in the j
yrst fifteen years.” Mr, Furnas de-j
claves. Weil - integrated plants i
with Negroes and whites working •
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SAM SMITH. JR
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HAS DISTINCTION Sam
Smith, Jr., has the unique dis
! Unction of holding a master
| plumbers license in two south
| <rn towns Tallahassee and
i Thomaaville, Ga. The Tallahas
! scran received a certificate la
! plumbing and heating from the
Florida A. and ML Coliege dM
sion of mechanic arts in 1949. He
i was granted his licenses to work
j *n both towns this year, Before
; receiving his master’s licenses,
j Smith worked under the direc
tion of Master Plumber Z. R,
Herscy, whose guidance was vai-
I table in aiding Smith attain his
present level of training. He is
j the second Negro to qualify
as a plumbing contractor and
j conduct his own business- Her
sey was the first. Smith is vice
commander of Sneed Franklin
j Post 295 of the American Legion, j
i and Jives at 1139 Birmingham I
: St. with his wife, Zera Bell, J
and daughter, Gloria Jean, age j
! five.
AGGIE STUDENTS!
SHOW OFF LOTS
IF ARTISTRY
GREENSBORO. N. C. Some
v/enty odd new student artists
bowed their wares to an apprecia
tive audience of 3200 at the annual
Freshman Talent Show held at A.
srd T College last Friday night.
In a pros ram featuring a wide
r.-nge if musical numbers, with
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j tide by side and upgraded equally,
! now operate for Harvester in
j Louisville, Memphis and New Or
leans ,he says It is suggested that
integration be allowed to "ripen”
in the Soutii for eventual FEPC
without risking a destructive kick
bark bv calling Uncle Sam in pre
miturely.
With so many recently opened
opportunities for Negro chemists,
secretsrie* engineers, stenograph
j ers, buyers, phone operators, pro-
I duction workers, supervisors, sales
! men .pesonnei interviewers crafts
j men, commercial artists, bus driv
' ers. it is inconceivable SFEPC could
j ever be repealed its those cities:
j an.d stales that have tried it, Miq
1 Furnas ctacluti**.
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OFFICERS OF LAND GRANT
« 01.1 lOk OP.GA NIZATION
Above are th key officers of the |
Conferem e of Presidents of Ne
i n> Land Gram Colleges, which
j i? set to hold its 30th annual ses
j sion in Washington, 1), C., Octo-
I her 21-28, at tiie Federal .Security
! Building. Left to right, the iejri-
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Grass-Roots Campaign
For Stevenson Underway
i WASHINGTON. D. C. Con-
I tressman William L. Dawson. Vice
Chairman of the Democratic Na
ional Committee, has announced
Nut a four - week grassroots cru
sdo *oi the election of Gove mot
Yrtlai E. Stevenson as President
vill be launched this week fol
lowing a meeting of independent
nd Democratic leaders from
hrourhout the country in Was-h
--f.stton, D. C., Saturday, October
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This same group will talk with
! he Democratic candidate for Vice
President. Senator John Spark
nan arm Stephen -V Mitchell.
Vhairmar of the Den >;.’atic Na
tional Committee The Chicago
Tongressman said this meeting is.
■he resp.lt of and in response to
hu ,sards of requests from over
he Nation for the promotion of
itizens clubs for Stevenson and
Iparkman.
'"lt is especially gratifying to me
personally.” Dawson said, ‘‘to know
that so many citizens are just wait
ing lor the opportunity to help in
the grassroots campaign to put
85th Annual State Fair
Opens Tuesday Oct. 14
RALEIGH Mama has baked
her prize-winning cake, papa has j
nis exhibit seed selected and jun
ior has -his calf groomed for the,
opening of the 85th annual N. C.
State Fair— the biggest annual |
event m the State from a stand-!
point of attendance and paricipa-:
ion. It will open >n Raleigh next j
Tuesday, October 14, and continue:
through Saturday, October 18.
Robert YV. Shoffner, assistant
cjirector of the Stab- College
Extension Service and aide to
Dr,' J. S. Horton in the man
agement of the Fair, says ail
indications point to the “finest
| exposition in hist-ory, with 500,-
000 persons expected to attend
| during the five-day festival of
education, inspiration and fun”
One reason we expect the best j
I fair, and a record attendance, said .
j Shoffncr, is that there will bo
■ more to see. more to enjoy and
j more to iearn.” He listed the fol- ;
lowing features: A greatly expand-j
j ec* exhibit area, inncluding partial :
! use of the big new coliseum of
ficially named the “State-Fair A
rena," plus new livestock, poultry,
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As election time nears, many USD clubs are helping servicemen with
voting information. Here two members of the Great rails, Mont,
I provisional League of Women Voters show two Gif at the local uSO
I club km they .mey vote In tlieir home stales in November* Fwjjjda for
i US© are being sought by United Defense Fund through Red Feather
IJ -sad *th«r kaitul tMwawtlty sa tup-alga*.
6 .
ers are I>r. E. B Evans, confer
rcnce president, president of
j Pruarie Y iew A. and M. College,
Prairie View. Texas; Hr. R. E.
Clement, vice president, presi
dent of Atlanta University, At
lanta. Ga.: Hr, R. B. Atwood, sec
retary, president of Kentucky
State College, Frankfort, Ken
Governor Stevenson >:i the White
House. The common man the
worker, the farmer, the small bu
sinessman is wondering whether:
■>; not the apparent coalition be- 1
tween the Republican Party and
c< r’.niu C'xiecrat leaders in a .so
called "Democrats -for - Eisen
hower” movement is but the sign
of a sell - out by these leaders
and :he Republicans is one and
the same as far as the common
f ; a i- concerned. You have but
t.. read the record. Wc- have been
flooded with letters, wires, oer
•onrd visits, and calls from every
section of the country This re
sponse hr.s L>em one of the great
est that 1 have ever witnessed."
The citizens crusade will be
formed at the Washington meeting
which will open a four - week in- ;
tensive, drive for the election of;
Stevenson under Congressman
Dawson’s personal direction. Mass;
meetings, radio and television pro
grams. door - to - door canvasses, j
campaign literature telling the
success story of the Democratic.
administration will be employed to •
educational and commercial dis
;pluj buildings.
Also, new rabbit and pigeon
shows, a new dual-purpose cattle
j Department, new competition for
: Brahman beef cattle, and compel!-
jt’on "open to the world" in ail
Hour breeds of dairy cattle and the
j Hereford and Aberdeen - Angus
; breeds of beef cattle,
i The entertainment features will
jalso be largely new, the Fair o(- i
Ificial said, except for the return
:of former favorite attractions by
| the James EL St rates’ Midway, the
j George Hamid grandstand revues,
I Jack Kochrnan's Hell Drivers,
iAa A--anctioned big car automo
i bile races, harness horse races and
i nightly fireworks.
VV> especially invite farm
people to attend the Fair,”
shoffner said. “Because we
consider the agricultural exhi
bits one of the best ways of j
exchanging Information about
better crops, better livestock
and poultry, and aii the con
veniences which bring more
prosperity, dignity and con
tentment to country living."
tucky. I>r. Felton G. ( lark, trea- ;
surer ,president of Southern j
University, Baton Rouge, Louisi- i
ana; and. Hr. John YV. Davis, I
chairman of the executive com
mittee, president of YV'est Vir- !
gin la State College, Institue, YV. !
Virginia; Hr. YV. K. Banks, prin
cipal - nuerituv Frairir View A,
rru-.ke ’h one of foe greatest cru
sades by Negro voters in every
F'ate in the union or, behalf of a
political candidate,
Dowson said, “1 know there
, must be many thousands more
! who will join us, and it is our in
ti ntion to see that every voter
who wants to work for the elec
tion of Ailai Stevenson will l:e
riven an opportunity to do so
AUer the Washington conference
: detailed plans will be available
to everybody who wants to work
in Uu grassroots crusade. A par
ii.-i oi hose expected to attend
in 1 Vlrs Mary McLeod Be
t-.K.ar- Rev. Milton Rook,-. Dr. Ira
D v Fla: A tty. A. T Wakien.
Waiter Aikens, Ga.: Robert Taylor,
Tex : Councilman Theodore Berry,
jC: nneibnan. Jean Caper.- , John
Holly, Ohio: Mrs, Marjorie S. Joy
ier, Atty. Edith Sampson, Robert
j Miller. John H. Johnson, publisher
!of ••Ebonv - ’, 111.. Arthur D. Shores,
; Emory H Jackson. Ala.: Dr. J M.
1 Robinson Ark.: D". Harrv Penn.
Oliver W. Hill, Arthur W. Mit
i*-il Va.; Atty. Sadie Alexander.
| so, • John P Davis, publisher of
1 “Our World," J. Luther Sylvahn, •
jA. Fay Bennett, New York; and
• rev Green. Miss.
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SPORTS .
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S.T . STAFFORD
ELECTED FELLOW - S. Tan
! net Stafford, administrator of the
Florida A. and M. College hos
pital, was elected a Fellow in the
American College of Hospital
Administrators at the 18th an
imal meeting of the college In
Philadelphia recently. The col
lege is an International, profes
sional oranization of hospital
j administrators with headquarter*
; In Ch‘cago. Candidates reeom
i mended have qualified through
j successful experience as hospital
j administrators, outstanding ser
vice in the field, and by meet
ing the professional require
ments of the college. Prior to his
association with the Florida A,
and M. College Hospital, Staf
ford was superintendent «f Flint-
Good ridge Hospital In New Or
leans, and superintendent of the
Kerfs 1 k Community Hospital ;
where he built and equipped a (
SHm, addition. .. >
and M. College, is a life member
of the Conference. Land Grant.
Colleges for Negro students are
located in seventeen states. There
are seven associate institutions
in the Presidents' Conference
One each In Ohio, the District of
Columbia, Alabama, Texas ami
Y’irglnia. Georgia has two asso
ciated iio-rnberships. There are
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INTO NURSES CORPS OF US
| Air Rubye Mac Tiiomas or
i Bradenton, Fla,, was recentlv
i sworn into the Nurses Corps of
the United States Air Force as j
first lieutenant in ceremonies
held in Lei* auditorium at the
llorilda A. and ,YI. College,
i Swearing Miss Thomas in Is
(apt. George C. Hampton, adju
tant of lh(* college ROTO de
partment. At the left is Major
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WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 11, 19-72
twenty - fnin institutional mem
berships in the Conference. The
states in which Land Grant Col
leges are located are Alabama,
Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia. Louisiana, Kentucky.
Maryland, Misslslppi, Missouri,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina. Tennessee, Texas, Vir
ginia and West Virginia
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nulls'-. >iis-, Thomas finished A.
j lit) M. i£> 1M4!) ami 1* the first
sratiiiate to be suorri Into the
Nurses <'orp o! the I.'SAF. Shi
has been employed at the 1 Fam
tee hospital sim-e her gradia*
tion. Photo by Jones of Fam
tee.
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TALLAHASSEE Sophomore
i fullback Roman Gavins gained 20
yards in three carries against the
Texas College Steers in ’52