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VOLUME XXXIII - NO- 37 '
Durham; north carouna, Saturday, September sth, 1942
BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDI
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Six Ships To Be Launched In Labor Day Celebration
Widow Of Dr. Moton
First Of Race On
Red Gross Council
Wasbing^ton, (ANP) — The «p-
pnintment of Mr*. Robert Moton
of Cnpahosic, Va., to the Nrttion-
al Council on Red Cross Home
Nursing was announced, at a
meeting of the oou^il held/at Rod
Cross national liecdquartefs re-
eently Mrs. Moton is administra
tive offieer of the sonthery divis
ion of the AAA. She repr"?.
«eut the cpjprfd jwpuln^ion o£ t|u*
inrfTNr'States (Ml the *ouijcil niid
wiH take an active part in promot
ing Red 'Cross home nursirg
eoiirsea.
In inviting Mrs. Moton~trt join
the rouneil, Mrs. August Rehiiont,
ehairmnn of the eounoil, said:
“If possible, we would like to see
one person in every home given
nn opportunity to take the Red
Cross course in home nursing. It
is difficult to imagine that the
effect on the health of our n"-
tion if this ideal is reached. Cf'
tainly we would he able not ■ only
to raise the health standard ma
terially, hut also bring ahou; a
better understandThg'TJetween peo-
tlirough a inuti^a] interest.” ^
In accepting the appointmortt,
Mrs.. Moton pt)inted out that dis
ease knows no color line. “Home
nnraing, 80 important to the
health of the nation in war-time,
will never be completely success
ful until it haft one hundred p^r
cent ct>operation of all the people
in the United States,” sho said.
“Tt is up to everyone of us fo
Continued on Page Seven
NO JIM CROW
IN RED CROSS
OF ENGLAND
New York — “All of the j-it*
vice clubs and recreation centers
established by the Amf^riean I’ed
in England ^-e for the use
of all United StatM Service mon
including Negroes,” Norniau H.
Davis, chairman of the American
Red Cross told the NAACP on
August 24.
-
The N»tACP hml^’igorriualy de-
manded to know if reports thfit
jim-!row recreations centers
would be set up in England wovi?
I rue.
The Rc(i (.'ro.-ia stated that lie
Army itself has unilit etmiposed
entirely of Negroes,” and addel
that for the convenience of these
units the Red Cross isi estaliHsh-
ing “with the approval of the
commanding' officers,” a recre"!-
tion club in Ijondon, but the pri
vileges of this club will alss be
extended to all service men.
The NAACP answered Davis
stating, in effect, that was all •.cry
well, but because of its expericuc.'
it urged the Red Cross to be on
constant guard against any .’fm-
blance of discrimination.
Appointed To Red Cross Council
NAACP Urges Senators
To Vote For Passage
Of Anti-Poll Tax Measure
rEDITOR AUSTIN
SPEAKER AT
MASONIC MEET ,
Chapel Hill — The l">th Dis
trict meeting of the Free Aneicnl
and Accei)ted Masons of Ni»rth
Carolina will convene in Cha''.-1
Hill Monday Sept?^iilj«r 7-
12, according to an announcenient
coming from the office of l)is:rir*t
Deputy W. If. Tapp of Durhair,
Monday aftern(>f)n.
Speaker
WEST POINTER
SERVING WITH 184th
FIELD ARTILLERY
Fort Custer, Mich. (ANP) —
The 148th Field Artillery for the
first time in its history has *u
West Pointer serving with it as, in
keeping with a war department
Dolie-V-of . attaching-first clas^nlpn classmates at
to a tactical units for trainins.
Cadet Clarence M. Davenport Jr.
of the United States Military
academy has reported for teii’pcr-
niy duty_
Cade! Davenport entered \V'e?t
Point on July 1, aft^r re:;ei.'-
ng an appontment from Congrcs-
mnn O. D. O’Brien of the lUth
Congresaion district, Michigan.
His jiresent assignment vfith the
184th is to give actual train'i-.g
with troop, and during his Vour
of duty he is performing ^the
^■ork of a platoon leadinger.
Recognizing the importance of
young officers being prop’ My
started and the effect proper
guidance has on their future
career. , Col. Artderson P. Pitt.i,
the regimental commander, has
Washing^toii, D. C.—Mrs. Aognst Belmont, chairman of the National Conncil on Red Cross Home Narsing«
sad Mrs. Rob^ R. (ricbt)> an ^ministrative officer of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
and a newly appointed member of the Home Nnr^g Connell, are examfiling a chart elioirfaiir tte progress
•f home nursing classes throughout the nation. Mrs. Morton said, "Disease knew w» color Mae, so it ia the/
dtetjr of every person to haT« haowiedge af H—w Normng^** ^
Thousands Of Negro
Shipyard Workers Aid
Nation’s Ship Building
vision of officers who are keenly
interested in his progress and
training and who jvilling devote
all time necessary in assistin;;
him. -H, [
Cadet Davenport will rejoin his
the United
Military academy this week.
Praises Phamlet On
High Price Of Food
In Harlem
—New yoik —> Calling—the ntw
Cadet Davenport under the snper-inflation, ”
NAACP pan^phlet “Food t.'os-ls
More In Harlem” extremely e.f-
fective, Walter Gellhorn, attorney
for te New York region of the
Office of Price Administration
stated that “it is a highly sugges
tive and very persuasive presenta
tion.”
Mr. Gellhorn also stated that
there are limitations on the ikiupt
of the OPA and that “the job
which has l>een assigned to this
agency is already a colossal one.
OPA’s basic purpose is to prevent
Washington — Thousands of
Negro shi{)yard .workers, members
of both AF of L and CIO unions,
will celebtt’utc Labor Day on Mon
day by participating in the lauiic'i
ing of si.\ liberty ships, nan)cd
after heroes of organized labor.
At the sauic, additional th«)U-
sands of Nt'gro workers will re
port to their regular jobs that day
in sixty shipyards which are rijs'i-
ing to turn out 2,300 new ships !>y
the end of 1943.
More than 1,000 skilled, semi
skilled and unskilled Negro work
ers w*!!! pai’ticipate in the Labor
Day ceremoney at' the Bethlehea-
TairTTelJ "Bfetpyard in Baltimerei
ilaryland, where the Liberty ships
“John Mitchell,” and “John W.
Brown” will be launched.
The majority of“{hese . Negro
workers have received jobs at tne
Bethlohem-Fairfield yard within
the last few months as a result of
negotiations between the Ne?ro
Mwipower Service, WMC, and
the management of the company-
T^ss than 100 Negroes were em
ployed in the yard at the opening
of the negotiations. ^IxpS55sTon of
Kegro employment was also sup
ported thei’e by the Industrial
Union of* Marine and Shipbuild
ing Workers of America. John
Green, president of that CTO un
ion will speak at the launching of
the tw6 ships.
On the West Coast, hundreds of
Negro boilmakers, chipjjers, caul
kers, and other skilled and semi
skilled workers will participate
in the launching of four a3ditional
Liberty Ships: the “Samuel Oom-
pers” at the California Ship
building Company in W'ilmington,
Cal.; the “Andrew Furujcth”
and the “Peter J. McGuire” ut
the Rielimond Sliiipyards in Rich
mond, Cal. and the “James Dun
can” at th«LOregon Shipbuiliing
Corporation_ John Frey, presLd’ nt
of the "Metal "Trades Departi>'.eP»
of the American Federation of
Labor will speak at the launching
ceremonies of the “Samuel Oom-
, .. .
One of the founders of the
American Federation of Labor,
Samuel Gompers was America’s
first great labor leader, devoting
a lifetime to the cause. Under his
leadership in 1906, the AFL in-
augurated a non-pflrffaan cara-
paign to secure necessary legisla
tion as asuring-the rights of hbor
and promoting ihe interests and
welfare of the •working people.
Up until theTTme of his death in
1924, Mr. Gompers'had been head
of the AFL for over 35 years.
Andrew Pursueth came to the
United States from Norway in
1880 and for many years w.ns a
sailor. RecogniTied as an authority
on the merchant niarne, Mr. Fur-
sueth fought the cause, of the mer-
dhant seamen through the hall of
Pri!ici|)«l speaker for the o^-i’as-
ion will be L. E. Austin, editor of
Carolina Times and president of
the North Carolina Interdeno'nin-
afumal U^ers Associ.Ttion. A
short talk will also be delivor'“d
by T. A. Ha mine, superintende*it
of thi> Oxford Colored Orphanage.
V
PINE ST. PRESBYTERIANS TO
HOLD HOMECOMING SUNDAY
Sunday September 6th will be
Home-coming day at-the Pin-' Sf.
Presbyterian Church it was an
nounced here tis week. All Pres
byterians and friends of the
church are invited to attend the
services throughout the day.
Rev. Otha C. Harris, Presbyter
ian minister of Hillsboro will ’>e
the guest speaker for both Hie
morning and evening services.
W. D.
Carolina, ChatH?! Hill, as prin-
er of the University of North
cipal si>eaker for the summer
I convocation of A and T Coll-
' ege, said, ‘This is a time for
straight thinking,*
PRACTICES
Gaston County farmers are
osing no time in earning their
oil-building practices under
he AAA program, as orders
J*ave already been, placed for
3,593 tons of agricultural lime-
' tone.
IN IRVIMG BERLIN SHOW
Congress and*in public offices for
many years. He was President /or
many years of the International
Seamen’s Union and-was secretary
of tliti Sailor’s Union of the Paci
fic.
Originator of Ijabor Day, Pet
er Day, Peter J. McGuire was al
so founder of the United Brother
hood of Carpraters and Joiners
of America. He joined a I'lbor
unon n 1872 and from tha time
forward took an active interest in
the trade union movement. He
was secretary of thw American
Fedei’ation of Labdr when it was
founded, and was elected second
vice president in 1J89_ _ '
James Duncan was president of
the Grainte Cutters' Internatioual
Association of America, and first
vice president of the AFL sinie
1894. A granite cutter and craver
by trade, Mr. Dunan was also the
author of “Labor Phases," flnl
other books on labor.
John Mitchell who went to work
in the mines at the age of 13, was
identified with miners’ unions
most of his life. His chief con
nection fiegan in 1885 at whieh
time he affiliated himself with the
the National Trades Assembly
No. 135 Knights of Labor. He
later joined the United Mine
Workers of America and was elect
ed its president in 1899. He was
re-elected at. every convention
until hia death in 1919.
Private James A. Cross of Service Company, Third aStudenit
Training Regiment at Fort Banning, Cteorgia, says goiodbgre to
his regimental commander. Colonel R. H. Lord, before le»v-
ing for New) York City to dance in Irving Berlin’s Arn^ Show.
j New York — The mti-pnll tea
I am ■n*Jmen|t to the *‘soldiers rots
I bill which was fiassied by a 33-20
j vole ,in the U. S. Henate, is nov
r»n 'itugtr tif killed in the
j eonference eommittpv brtwren
* nit'inljers ofthe Ho u*e mod the
Senate, the NAACP »tat«i ttos
week. /
The NAACP last we«4:
alt senators to insi.-«t on' pusage
(if the amendment.,t-umnfteiided tK
.'13 senators fo insist on the nta-
siire, and telegraphed thos^ who
h.id voted against it: "If white
and Xesfro soldiers and saiK^ri
.7re wiHTng^ risk' their live?
the service of their eountrv,
should the payment of a poll tax
prevent them from exereisiitg
their eor-^titutional ri»hf^ to vote!
The amendment, which is at-
attached to a hill to allow soldiers
and sailor'* to cast absentee bnllot'*
in primary and general election^,
provides that service men would
not be required to ptiy a poll tar
to vote in primaries. The raeastm?
goes to the conference conjmitt*;®
of the House and the >^n»t j for
discussion and revision before it
is referred to the l^use for a
vote. •
The NAACP said it was dis
turbed over reports that Ti«?e-
President Henry A. Wallace ap
pointed to the tfommittee three
Democratic enemies of the anti
poll tax amendment along vita
two of its Republican friends.
‘‘Sabotage of the amendment !n
conference,” the NAACP stati>d,
“would be a disheartening below
to 13 million Negroes an^l thon-
sands of white soldiers alid sai-
l(ir from stvealled poll tax states.
“We ask yon to ima^e their
thoughts and feelings when tih?y
leara that even as they fjee
death they we»e debarred by par-
liament/ary trickery from voting
on who shall admini.ster th»? af-
fair^ oi the country which tfcey
are dving to defend.
DFMOCRATlS-18: HomCj.- T.
Bone, Washington; Prentias M.
BrowHv Michigan;. Sheridan Dow*
ac, California; Kdwin C. Johnson,
Colorado; Hailey M-
West Virginia; tVancw Maloucy,
Connecticut; Pat MeCarran, Ne
vada; Ernest W. llcFarlasd, Ari
zona: James M.M Mead, Sew
York; James E. Marr«y, Mnm-
TTraa;—Chmde—Peypw,—Flo»»d«^
Robert R. ReynoWs, North CatT*-
lina; Joseph Roei^r, West Vh*
ginia; H. H. Sehwsrta, Wyoaini;;
Tom Stewart, Tennesaee;
D. Thomas, Utah; Jaa»e« M.
nell, Delaware; David I.,Wabi4,
Massachusetts
itEPUBLICANS - 13: (k
Brewster, Maine; Styles
New Hampshire; C.
Brooks. Illinois Arthw
Kansas. Hiram
Cahfomia:' Hearr CMibA !
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