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DURHAM, NORTH CARDUNA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1941
Greyhound Bus Driver Ejects Women Refusing Back Seat
PREDICTS SHAKEUP AT FORT BRAGG
Mississippi Mob Breaks Up Labor Meeting Of Negroes
Two Hurt When
Mob Interferes
At Union Meet
LOUSIVILLli, MLsa,, (ANP)
Np{?roes will not be unionized in
this prejudiced little town if
leading white citizens can help
it.
A Negro and a white njHU «re
ift serious condition and several
others are nursing bruises as the
results Tuesday night of a race
riot in which an armetl mob of
300 white bxisitiess ami profes
sional men chased *troro tKe
streets ^)0 N^ro^ who were at-
♦o'erttfflp coitrthfrtRfe
for an A-, P. of l^i. union brgftrii-
zation meeting.
The seriosly wounded men
were Emmett Pendergast, white,
an employe of the Southern Nat
ural Gas Company, shot in the
leg and, a man named Bro^n,
Detroit Company
Is Under Fire
Detroit, Mich.—Although the
Briggs Manfacturing Compauy.
here wants all the riveters they
can get, three affidavits sent, to,
the President’s Committee on
air Employment Practices in
the l^-st" two weeks, charge the
company with lef^jsinfr to .em->
plojK Negro workera. f
The National Associatioxi > for
the- Advancement of. Colored
People received c^ies of two
affidavits, made August 27 and
28 by Kenneth Offet and Pfaitk
Smith of this city, who were re
ferred to the plant for work by
shot and cut. The latter was not,'the Michiiran State Employment
Service.
Offet’s statement claims that
he reported td.Brig^ with four
among those Beekirig to form the
union but happened to be .on the
street whett the mob ddcideid
to chase, into hiding all Negroes
found on local thorouiifafares.
Sheriff W. B.- Holman could
not b6 reached but members of
his family said he “knew noth
ing” of the riot. ■
The trouble began with the ar- j
rival here from Birmingliam of
J. C. Barrett, white, A. P. of L.
orgapizer, befit on unionizing
employes of the T). h. Fair Iflim-
ber company here. On the night
of Aug. .25 he held an open meet*
ing in the eburthouse attended
by about 300 men, of whom a-
round 225 were colored.
After'.the' initial meeting, an
organization^ meeting was sche
duled fp^r Tuesday night at the
courthouse. No secret was made
of ^ the purpose. But when the
howr a|>proached, a mob formed
around the entrance and refus
ed to allow anybody to go inside.
When the number of Negroes
increased, arguments developed
and were quickly followed by
fist fights. •
The armed mob then decided
not only to refuse the workerfT
admittance but to chase them
off the streets. The entire town
was thrown into an uproar.
Next day, however, citizens re
fused to discuss the affair.
•Barrett was not seen during v.he
fighting. HowfeVer, he did not
check out of his hotel until the
following morning. He left no
forwarding address.
It was also ^cumed that Bar
rett left Bi'ftce, Miss., hurriedly
last Friday when an attempe to
organize employes of the E. L.
Bruce Co. lumber mill there was
met with an Invitation from, a
group of men ^to leave, town.
whites, also referred by the em
ploymeut service, they were all
qualified as aero-riveters., Ac
cording to. Offet, the first two
whites were hired, tut when his
interview turn came, the em-
pli^meut ! manager told them
there was no more hiring that
day.
On returning to the employ
ment office, Briggs says, they
were shown cards which stated'
that ‘Briggs was calling for all
the riveters they Can get.” The
next day the three went to the
plant again. Offet claims the
first whi|e boy was taken, but
Offet was asked if he,had not
been out the day before. He
said that he had aud fillde out
th^ necessary application.
■(Continued on paipe four)
Specialist
“Miss Ebenezer”
New Head May
Be Placed Over
Fayettville Caimp
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Ft. kl I 4 n — IN I
Bragg.where Negro soldiers and jN.A.A.l;.! . UOCwrCS
policemen were _ «
South Sets Policy
wlnte military poUMmen were
involved in a shooting fray on
Aug. 6 may be expcctedrjsoon.
Tliis was learned yesterday from
sources elos^ to the Secretary of
War. How far the house-clean-
ing will go is not know’n, bwt-at
least one high-ranking officer
may relieved of all command of
troops.
The changes will'be dnnotiiitf-
W«e
Washington, £>. C.r—Although
it i.s reported that the War De
partment’s investigation of con
ditions at Port Bragg is cofri--
pleted, no information on what
was found has been Tdleased.
The NAACnl* received ‘ last
«d soon by Secret^jy 6f x.
Henry L. Stimson: They w^^week a copy of a lettei^ Sent by
be based on a painstaking in- Senator Prentiss M. Bro%vn of
vestigation by the Inspector Gen- Michigan to Henry L. Stimson,
Mrs. Maude Thorpe of Ehir,
ham who was crowned Miss Ebe
nezer in a rally recently he^d at
the Ebenezer Baptist church.
Out of a lai^e group of contest
ants Mrs. Thorpe raised the
largest kimount of money to ob
tain the honor. *
Dl^ HOMER P. COOPER,
foremost Negro bone specialist
Six-Point Anti Racial
Program Proposed
BLUE RIDGE, N. C., (ANP)
A group of 100 educators, re
presenting every state in the
south except Georgia, in attend
ant at the Conference on Edu
cation foe t^outhern Citizenship
which ended last Sunday, instv
tuted a six-point proposal for the
promotion of better understand
ing between which and Negroes
in southern schools.
The recommendations made
were:
That every important college
in the south carry a special
course of study on race prob
lems; that this subject be dealt
with objectively also, in college
and public school teaching of ge
ography, history, civics, liter
ature, music; that programs and
materials on adult education be
expanded to include a broader
understanding of positive racial
relations: scholl libraries seek to
eral of the Army, in which both
Brig. Gen. Ben.iamin Davis the
only Negro, generel officer in the
Army, and Col. George B. Hun
ter ace investigator for the In
spector GeneraJ’s department,
participated. Col Hunter spent a
week at Port Bragg and q«es-
tioriM 128 witnesses. Mr.* Stim-
soh ordered the investigation
when a series of articles on dis
crimination. at Port Bragg ap
peared in both l^epro and white ements in the South determine
pfggs. ■ War Department policy.
Secretary of W’^ar in Which the
senator re(iuest a report of the
investigation and a statement of
'the action taken.
Thanking Senator Brown for
,ihc copy of his letter, the NAA-
CP said “the War Department
hasn’t yet demonstrated that it
is going ito run the defense pro
gram instead of letting the most
reactionary and prejuiced el-
Jurist Refuses
To Turn Over
Accused ' Men
Bus Company Gives
Promise Complete
Investigation
ney. anil W. . Cunningham. ow»-
er of the Sandy C/osss PUintti-
tion near here. McWhorter, a
.MAf’OX, G*V., (NXS>—Unit-
j ed States Dbtriet Jud^ Bdeom
i Deaver last week refused to or-
j der delivery of two Georgia men,
I a planter an#J a lawyer, to Illi-
j nois fur federal trial on charges
j of conspiring to bold X^roes in
New York—The Pennsylvania, ^''^ndage.
Greyhound Lines has promised j
Dr W* H.j RoWnson, profes-l*® question the bus driver whoi Judjre Deaver .said the indiet-
sor of math«ii»tics and’ physics P«t Mrs. Don»thy H. Hydes and jnients by a T’nited States dis
at North Ca^plina for Negroes Miss I^ottie Mavor off a bus »tijtrict grand jurj- in Chicago
has recently published a scholar-jroute from Baltimore, Md,, to'f'howetl no eousi.iraey between
ly paper"^fipeiuring in the IbtU- New York, tjie\ renjsfii jUaJiiillaa* MeWhorfer, 5^., attor-
ana Journal of Physics which i*to take seats In f&e back of .he - »
published at Calcut^, ^udia.ThejbuK. the NAACP announced ’ast
paper is mathematical physics pveek.
and deals with the effect of an i Mrs. Ilyder^ charges that she I former President of Oeni^a Se-
elqctric field of c^r^ain,strength ,^,n| Mis.s Mayor bearded the oiis|nate. and Cnnnin^ham were ia-
on the polarizability constant of i ;45 A. M. in Baltimf^re and I licte«i May 2!>? 1941. The grasd
the Notmal Hydrogen,atom. The reserved: i^ats about ihel'jurj' chained that the tew Geor-
pf center. When Miss Mayor, aftejisia men had eiw«^>ired to de-
la ion me ° ^ f ab^ut half an hmir, sto»>d un to prive'6bkagt> Negroes of theur
thpnr^ ftnnljpfl tnt thp stoppcd the bus, says ^ 13th .^niendiwiit. The indiet-
tfUrb&tion tnGory ftppjicc* tn€ . .. . » « n j * xi • j j ^ ^ a
Stark'effect of the hydrogen; pulled to tlu^ K.de, ments stated laborers
I. Waller ^ held in bondag? on Cunn-
men to take seats in the hack, ripgham^ plantation ‘*bv strik-
They refused, pointing out | ing. boating and laslilug of tl*®
that their tickets entitled them ^ pei-sim. and other foi*ms of fxxl-
to sit anywhere. ■'It is claimed iily abuse'.”
that the driver insisted'that be-j
i unninghaBi and MeWcrter
denied '■the ehar^es. The indlct-
tttents * grew -out .»f a triu br
atom by G. Went^el,
and P. S. Epstein. Dr. Robin
son is . well known in; the sci
entific field especially physics,
Remarkable Growth At
41st Annual Session
When an individudal gets a legs,: knock knees iractures of
life-time job, whether large or every degree come to Provident
snjall, there is the danger that hospital in Chicago for his care,
the individual will forget the .fee Louis, Marian Anderson and
. -interests of the public and enjoy J Etta Moten are among those
the snecure, I who attest hia skill..
whose skill in orthopedic' work relations: scholl libraries seek to
hai won him wide praise. Cur-(Provide books and snpplemen-
vature of thesplne^rlckets, bow tary materials nece&sary for
■ such study; that teachers’ col
lege and public school teaching
of geography, history, civics,
literature, music; thiit programs
MEMPHIS, -- (By Nat D.
Williams for ANP) “We hope
that thei idea of f closer relation,
between Negro«« in educational
work andNegroes operating bus
iness enterprises, from peanut
parchers to- ^corporation mana
gers, will be accepted by overy
community in the nation where
Negroes reside in large number*
were the words of Dr. J. E. Wal
ker, president of the Universal
Life Insurance Company of
Memphis, and reelected to start
his third term as president of
the National Negro Business
League, expanded the theme of
the 41st annual convention of
the organizatipn.
The league’s convention ses
sions were held at LeMoyne Col
lege Aug. -27-29. The theme was
“Education and Negro Business.
Meeting in conjunction with the
business men’s organization w'as
the National Negro Housewives
league, headed by Mrs. Fannie
B. Pecjc, of Detroit.
women representing the organiz-Washington, D. C., sought* to
(Continued on page four),
Adhering clasely to the con
vention theme, delegates from ail
sections of the coimtry, Mpre
v^enting business institutions and
ed housewives .of the nation, en
tered enthusiastically into the
various panel discusions on dif
ferent aspects of the subject, and
listened to speeches by outstand
ing personalities reprinting
the busines or professional fields.
Generally harmonious preced-
ure which was the chief feature
of the 1941 league convention
was indicated by the speedy re-
election of all national officers
of the organization, with the ex
ception of several who declined
ton serve another year. The con
vention adopted' resolutions
whose general tenor -, expressed
appreciation of past and cur
rent opportunities enjoyed by
Negro business, ponited to the
distbilities suffered by Negroes
under the defense preparaton
program, urged ' increased em
phasis on vocational training for
Negro youth: and proposed steps
for the organization of proced
ure for securing increas^ em
phasis in Nergo schools on the
needs and requiments of Negro'
business.
have the recommendations com
mittee, for which M. S. iStuart of
Meinphis was spokesman, include
ah endorsement of his plans to
raise $100,000 for the establish
ment of a Negro lobby in Wash-
ingtop. The epmnjsittee. took, the
position that it had not the time
to study the background or ob
jectives of the Brown proposal,
nor felt the responsibility to
“serve as a Mother Hubbard for
every scheme proposed as a rac
ial panacea.”
One of'the, featured address
es of the session was that of L.P.
Dickie of Atlanta, manager of
the southe^ern division of the
United States Chamber of com
merce.
•Mr. Dickie told the businessmen,
among other things, that “90
per cent of this country's busi
ness is composed of small enters
prise” ... . that “the nation is
now facing the danger of having
smaller business thrown out of
'commission by larger concerns
cause they were colored, they!
had to sft'in the extreme back'
ijof .the l)u.s and if they didn’t,
they would be put ofT. j
They were put off. ^ i
The driver also ^efnsetl to
>ffive them their hags, .the state
ment . continues, .but tqld them
they would have, to get them ,at
the t terminal, Mrp. Hydes ap
peals that .she wa.s cold and
needed her coat, .had iu> affect.
‘.‘He said.he didn’t cane how
cold it was,” Mrs. Hydes re-
port.s. “He* said we cnild get
back on the bus on his terms,
but Avo refused; "He then got in
the bus and drove away.
“We waited on the road until
daylight, when^a tnick driven
b}' a Negro picked us up and
toqftc me to New York—As a re
sult of this experience I was sick
for a few daj-s with a s»evere
cold, a sore throat and paiPs in
my legs and back.”
j. Cumming, regional manager
of the Greyhound Lines, told the
NAACP he would report the re
sult of the company’s investi
gation of the case.
grew
Cuumngha'M and McWorfer to
Chicagi> ih September 19^.
They tried to return t>iree Ne»
groe to- Georgia on charges of
stealing two bushelH of cons
frtmi' the Sant^v Crtss Planta
tion in 1935. The late Heaafy
Horner, then Governor of DMr
nois, refusetl to extradite the Ne
groes. Illinois officiate aid
Georgia pair also soofrht
dition of three other N^^ooifar
whom, they did not have war
rants.. Deaver,ia
to . grant transfer of Ci
ham and McWi*orter to
followed in the traditikMttl
of Georgia misjustice. '
national defense contracts” .
that “if we don’t take care flf
organizations of all kinds, the cured when Edgar Q. Brown, of ,(0>ntiniiad OB loiir]^
One brief convention tiff oc-
which are taken over most of the
Whiskey agents of Dwham
are having their troubl^ ^
Harris has put off from lus
ins force) about thre men.
put on aJQout 3 others,
the public should know the
ords of at least two of
new whiskey merchants.
There is a move oa
new.vriiiskejr head to ti^
idace. : Cbarlie Amis is
pushed for the post hr
A. P. Carlton and J.
se^ ti» have of
Ime C^arlM . fm
chant.. has a lag \m