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VOL. KXIII - NO. 28
DURHAM, NORTH CAKOt JNA SATORDAY, JULY 24,194-3
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R. J. Reynolds Workers Hold Election August 3-4
Tobacco Workers
Ought to Do Their
Own Thinking
(EDITORIAL)
Like a deadly rattlesnake that hides in the dark and sud*
denly lunges forward, M>itlput warning, to sink its poisoned
fnrtffS tnfo fliiF flesH oT tlie traveler, a croup of so-called Nejfro
leaders of Winston Salem struck last week at the Negro work
ers of the Reynolds Tobacco Company in an effort to poison
tlv'ir minds against organiaed tabor, and to silence forever their
attempt to formulate a means by which they may better pro
vide for themselves and their families, live honorably among
their fellowmen, free from the curse of fear and tl\e nusary of
want. V *
It was a stab in* the back, inflicted upon its victims for
the sole and selfish purpose of aiding these belly crawlers into
the good graces of the Reynolds Tobacco Company and not bo-
cauRs a single one of them is honestly concerned about the fu
ture of Negro Xvorkers. The deed stinks to hig-h Heaven »nd
Cod alone is able to tell how lonjf it is going to take to bridge
♦he gaji that has bieeyt made betvvi^n the laboring etcm«nt of
Winston Stalem and those wh(o, Ibecause of their education and
ot hor' opt^ortunitieB, ought to be willing to tilake whatetwr SMV
rific'»s are necessary to bring the tobacco workers into organs
iztnl labor.
Thank God the aim of these human rattlesnakes has missed
it.i mark, and the tobacco workers of Winston Salem, both col
ored and white, will be he^rd, they wrtll b« o'rgania^—not for
the purpose of attempting to destroy the Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany, or to intefere with its successful op^j-ation but for the
purfiose of having the right to bargain collectively with their
employer and to enjoy the other benefits that are to be derived
from organization.
This right is approved and protected by the gov>rnmeht
of the United States, it is endorsed by thfe best jtudorits^of la
bor. Againt these iWMror/ttj forces a bunch of professional
Ippches who have led the white .people of Winston Salem into
bolieving that they could influence the Negro ma,sses, are fight
ing w'lith their backs to the wall in an effort to keep th^m from
finding out that they have ho more influence with the Negro
masses than a braying jackass.
From information contained in a statement of the Reynolds
.Tobacco Company, published elsewhere on this page, these so-
called Negro leaders have been left sitting out on a limb high
and dry. The company’s attitude on the matter of its employees
joining lalx)r unions leaves it entirely up to the workers them
selves to organise or not to organize, to join or not to join and
to vote their own choice when the time arrives for them to vote
on the question. The statement is fair, to the point and erases
all doubt or fear from the minds of the employees of the com
pany. It remains for these synthetic leaders to throttle the
niovprnent and to tell the workers of the Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany, that they are doing the wrong thing to organize.
Wp think the time has come for the Negroes of Winafton
Sfilem to avvfaken themselves to wh^t is going on in their fair
city. They ought to do a little invsstigating into why certain
persons of their city always jump into the driver's seat when
any momentus question concerning the Negroes of Winston
Salrni arises. They ought to find out about their frequent vis
its, private conferences and confidential telephone conversations
in which Negroe.? of their city have time and time again been
•soM dovvn the river for the purpose of raising the stock of
one man or a. small group of men. They ought to find out why
some of their so-c^illed leaders are not practicing the profession
thny have been trainee! to practice. They ought to raise a little
money and send an investigator into a far western state and
make themselves intelligent on tlVe type of men w^ho have the
R-aul to attempt to -set themselves up as leaders of tHeir race.
They ought to get wise, they ought to wake up arid live.
The time, has come for Negroes in Winston Salem to select
their own leaders and noit permit them to be hand-picked, or to
placcd at the mercy of self-appointed leaders. The hour has
come for th»m to chart their o^ course and not permit it to
l)p charted by Negro stooges whose motive is selfish and whose
object is damnable.
We think the Negro {obacco workers of Winston Salem
ought to be organized, they ought to do their own thinking
and select their own organization with which they art to be
affiliated. That is thpir right aa free men, as American citi
zens, and any man or group of men who threatens to take that
right from them should ba recorded in their memory as a trai
tor to the cause for which men of both races are now bleeding
and dying on foreign battUfields.
A. M. MOORE CHAPTER OFTHF- AMERICAN RED CROSS
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Tobacco Compaiy
Gives Views Or
Labor Organizatim
Working with the American
Red Cross the Negro Division
of A. W. V. S. in Durham has
opened a Production Room for
the making of surgical dressings.
Ai an hono^ to the late Dr.
A- M. Moore, prominent physi-
eian leader of civic interests and
one of the founders of the
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company. The group
organized and known as the A.
M. Moore chapter of the Ameri-
pan R^ Cross.
The Production Room which
is in the basement of the Stan
ford L. Warren Library is open
each Monday, Wednesday • and
Friday evening from ti:30 to
9:30. Also each Tuesday morn
ing from 10:30 to 12:30.
The monthly quota of dress-
ing is five thousand and during
the month of June the chapter
made a total of 0125 dressings.
The above picture shows the
work room in operation. Some oI
the supervisors are shown stand
ing around the tables and hold
ing the scroll bearing the nanij
of the chapter. The supervisors
were given their training at the
City Hall under the direction
of Mrs. Foy Roberson, Mrs. S.
S. Eberly and their assistant?
Mrs. A. M. Moore, widow of
Dr. Moore, shown seated at th.
left of the foremost table.
All persons desirin^ to help
in this worthy and needed un
dertaking are urged to meet
■(|^ith the grQup. No previon;^
training is necessary. The only
requisite being the wearing of a
cotton dress ^and a covering fov
the hair. The latter is furnisii
ad at the Production Room
Those directy responsible for
the setting up of the chapter
are Mrs. E. R. Merrirk, Mrs. A.
Ileninpburg, Mrs. Clyde Don
nell, Mrs. .7. H. Wheeler and
Mrs. W. D. Hill.
—PHOTO BY A. S. HUNTER
MISS SARAH DODSON NOSESHNTO
FIRST PLACE IN CAROLINATIMES
BEAUTICANS’ POPULARIT YDRIVE
The third week in the CARO-*
UNA TIMES Beauticians Popu
larity Contest saw Miss Sarah
Dotson jump back into the lead
over Miss Elizabeth Stone but
by a small margin of only 24,000
votes.
The greatest gain of the week
was registered by Mrs. Margaret
Minor who easily passed over
from eighteenth place to third
position, which was held last
week by Miss Margaret Harris
who dropped to seventh place to
tie Miss Lanay Williams.
Other persons who made spect
aoolar achievements last week
were Mias Victoria Moore who
advanced to fourth place; Mis?
Notie Curry took sixth place
and Mrs. Estelle Freeland also
showed considerable strength in
advancing to the eighth posi-
tlon.
THE THIRD WEEK'S hkBt^4
TioK 18 AS roiiidw^
Miss Sarah Dotson . .^wST^O
Miss Ellizabeth Stone . 1,963^0
Mrs. Margaret Minor.. 1,557,000
Miss Victoria Moore .. 1,458,000
Mra. Notie Curry .... 1,450,000
Miss Lanay Williams. 1,378,000
Miss Margaret Harris 1,378,000
Mra. Estelle Freeland, 1,124,000
Mrs. Hubert Loi;^e .... 998,000
(Continu* on Page Eight)
NAACP Seeks Reason For WAC
Discrimination At Fort Des Moines
NEW YORK — Colonel Ovet.i *
Cult Hobby was asked this week
by the NAACP to verify reports
of discrimination against Negro
WACs at Des Moines.
A telegram from the Chicago
NAACP stating that all Negro
recruiting officers in the WAC
have been relieved from all re
cruiting duties in the United
States and ordered back to camD
was referred to Colonel Hobby.
This is not true of white WAC
officers who are recruiting.
The complaint from the Chi
cago NAAOP state tdhat though
pany of the Negro personnel
At Des Moaines completed all re
quired training weeks ago they
^re kept at Des Moines doing al
most nothing. On the other
hand, the Chicago branch charg
es, the white personnel is sent
out immediately upon comple
tion of training. It was pointed
out that the situation, if it ex-
'ts, is deatmCtiT* to the moral.^
of Negro WACS and will breed
confusion and discontent.
SPEAKER
DR. -T. B. DAVI>', j)romiiu'iit
Fuquay Springs Physician whn
was the principal speak('r last
Sunday afterno>n in LilUngton,
Missionary Sisters at th.‘
Baptist Church.
iTUHHuy aiier
Missic
me Will B
To Perfect FEPC,
WMC Agreement
Tiiis Week
Washington, July 24~(ANP)
I l’"e “sphere of inclufenco” and
modus operandi” agreement
being worked out between the
Fair Employment Practice
‘ommittee and the War Man-
oO be completed and approved I
sometime this week, it is learn
ed. , „
According to one source, it
'vill be substantially the same
•IS the agreement that was
concluded between the com
mittee and the commi.'^sion on
,^ct. 26, 1942, but which never
’)ecame eflfectice for one reason
>r another.
The objective of the agree
ment is to clearly define where
ach of the organizations will
head rift.^e elmination of dis-
■rimmina^n in industry, and
n .securing the fullest possible
itilization of manpower.
FEPC meanwhile is going
ihead selecting personnel to
et up its 12 regional offices.
These directorships will be
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Woman Beaten By
Cops Goes Insane,
Result Of Brutality,
T.UIPA, Fla. — Melissa Wi.-
liams, 3.5-year-old Negro woman
here, who was beaten up by city
iMjlicemen, has been declared in
sane by two docctors, and the
officers have been cleared by
Mayor Chancey, the NAACP
reve>aled this week. NAACP
attorneys have filed a complaint
with the Department of Justice
in Washington. ' —
^ Melissa Williams was a prin
cipal w^itnesS in the federal
court peonage case against Joe
^ttKrlamery, Tampa sanitary offr*-
cer. A short time later, she was
arrested. She was declared in
sane by a sanitary commission,,
which found, however, that she
was beaten up by the poUce just
before the mental breakdown.
The NAACP reports that City
Prosecutor Feinberg of Tampa,
said that he would ask the TOI
to investigate her treatment by
the officers.
Honor Student
KATHKiH
Comely Miss Kathryn M.
Davenport, senior student at
Bennett College, Greensboro,
who is president of the student
senate at the institution for the
school year 1943-44. One of the
most outstanding students of the
college. Miss Davenport is ma-
{oring in sociology and minoring
in physical education. Her other
esthetic dancing and psyehoana-
lysis. During her student life
has been active in her class, Ime
Little Theatre Build, and the
Board of Marshalls.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William D. Dane
Davenport of 608 Green Street,
Norristown, P».
' In response to many requests
irom its employees for an ex
pression of its attitude witk\
respect to the forthcomiag.;
election ordered by the Nat
ional Labor Relations Bo«nf
-o determine the question of
employee representation for
the purpose of collective b*r»
Jraining, R. J. Reynolds Tob»v
CO Company submits the foJ-
lowin«r s»tatement:
“No employee of the Co*,
pany is required to join any
labor organization in order to
hold his or her job; neither
will the Compaiby in any man
ner interfere with, restraw «f
coerce its empto^^ees In th« «*- .
erciae of their rijrhta to aeif-^
organix*tion, to form, Jon «r
assist labor organ(izationa„
bargain collectively tbrtMigli
representatives of their own
choosing,, and to engage in
concerted activities for tke
purpose of collective bargain
ing or other mutual add or pjro-
tection.
“The Company will not di»-
courage or encourage member
ship in Tobacco Workers Or
ganizing Committee of tiie
United Canner.y Agricultor»l.
Packing & Allied Workers of
America, fCIO), or Tobacco
Workers International Unioa.
(AFL), or any ohter labor or-
gnization of its employees,
icrimination in regard to hire
or tenure of eraployment or asjp
term or condition of employ
ment or otherwie; nor will tlM
Company discriminate.is
manner againt any of its
ployees who do not see te
join either of said labor «>-
ganizations. Our emptoyaMa-
are free to become or remafii’
members of either of tke afore
said labor organisations, or 4^
refuse to join either of theno,' u
as they see fit; and the Comp-
any will not discriminate mg-
a»inst any- employee because of
membership in either of
organizations, or will it
criminate against any of
employees in the exercise «# ■
their free choice to vote for a#-
against either of said labor
ganizations, or for no labr^
organization or union, at tl
forthcoming election. ^
“With respect to the electtOj^
to be held on August 3
1943, all of the Covpa^H
production and maintMM^i
employees, exclusive o^ss^
visory and office empk^ret^*^
cated at Wftiston^Salmn,
Carolina, and who were
payroll for tbe> we^
June 26, 1948, wit! be
to vote regardlcM of ^
or not they beloif^iB my ^
organisation or m&mt
signed an awUiovteAiiK
plication card to that «
majority of tha.«M^9
uaUy voting (no^
those entitle^ io vcii)
cide tha M M
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