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NEGRO EDITORS SPEAK . . .
P. BERNARD YOUNG SR.
EDITOR and publisher of the
Norfolk Journal and Guide and
author of the guest editorial, “Re
move Bars to Training; Negroes
Will Find Jobs" second in the “Ne
gro Editors Speak” series:.. (ANP
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NEGRO WILL
FIND JOBS
(by P. Bernard Young Sr., editor
and publisher Norfolk Journal and
Guide, for ANP)
In states maintaining separate
schools for the races, the defense'
training program, financed by the
federal government, ;s not fund
ionir.g according to aw mainly b-:
cause (1) the schools for Negroes
are poorly equipped, and (2) of the
long established policy of restrict
ing vocational education for Ne
groes to “training for jobs in
which they are likely to be placed
he unreadiness of the Negro
schools from the standpoint of
mechanically equipped shops is
the result of seporate and unequal
school facilities, pus techniques,
Bars To Training
because there has been opposition
to such training from the labor
unions, which have been determin
ed to control apprenticeships in all
the skilled crafts. School author
ities have surrendered to this at
titude on the part of union labor.
Employers have surrendered to it.
Result is an emasculation 0f Negro
education which subjects the race
to every form of repression and
discrimination which stalks its
pathway in American life.
The present war accentuates the
harm which has been done the
Negro by the prevailing educat
ional policy. President Rooseve’t
on June 12, 1941, addressed a
memorandum to William S. Knud
sen and Sidney Hillman, of the of
fice of Production Managemei’T,
warning them against the exclus
ion of qualified workers from de
fense industries on account of
“race natoiral origin, religion 0r
color.” On June 25, 1941, Presi
dent Roosevelt implemented his
name to Messrs. Knud sen and Hill
man by issuing his Executive Or
der Number 8802, “Reaffirming
policy of full participation in the
djiense program by all persons,
legardless of race, creed, color or
national origin, and directing cer
tain action in furtherance of said
policy.” On July 19, 1941, Mr.
Roosevelt appointed his Commit
tee on Fair Employment Practices,
after numerous reports of discrim
ination had been made and sub
stantiated- On Se 6, 19*1.
President Rf osevelt s,r>t a le‘ccr
to the needs of all a< partmeo'.o
anl independent of the fede .»i
government “emphasizing the ne"
(Continued on page
NAACP TO BEGIN
MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE APRIL 27
The Omaha Branch of the NA
ACP. will hold a membership
drive to begin April 27 and con
tinue until the 15th of May.
The Executive committee will
meet at the NAACP. office 2418
Grant street, Friday, April 24th at
8 p. m. to elect team captains,
each of wh0m will have from five
to ten persons working with theni.i
A house to house canvas in every
community of the city will >>e
made in an effort to reach our
goal.
There will be a mass meeting
opened to the public held at Bethel
AME. church, 2428 Franklin St.,
Monday evening, April 27th at 8
p. n».
Watch or further announce
ments as to meetings and enter
tainments of the NAACP.
WAR DEPT POOL PERSISTS
Washington, April 22 (ANP) —
Stories of the famous "war dep
artment Pool” persist in coming t0
light now and then with slants
that are almost unbelievable. Lo
cated, it is said on 18th street n a”
Pennsylvania avenue, the huge
pool of girls represents tbe large
number who have been called in
to Work and have not been sent to
a regular post.
The majority are Negro at pres
ent, it is reported, with more com
ing in daily.
Thep spend their time playing
cards, strolling the nearby streets,
working cross word puzzles, copy
ing the 18 page material given
them to keep them busy (if they
desire) or just sit and talk. Eat
ing is a favorite pasttime among
the girls who troop to the nearby
lunch stand, from which they are
barred by a vicious jim crow sys
tem, and bring their repasts back
to the room in which they are lo
cated
This
week’s
Editorial
Review
COLORED WORKERS
MAKE GAINS
A few months ago Armour and
Conrfpany employed Colored wom
en for the first time. Two weeks
ago Swift and Company opened its
doors. The Cudahy Packing Com
pany has employed colored women
here for many years. This leaves
only the Wilson Packing Comp
any, of the larger companies,
which has failed thus far to em
ploy colored women.
The colored men, and women of
(Continued on page £5*^4)
V. S. ACCUSES 7; EDICTS 3
N.Y. Governor
Signs Anti
Prejudice Bill
Albany, N. Y„ April 22 (ANP)
Gov. Lehman last week signed the
Mahoney bill, making it a punish
able offense to deny employment
in any capacity in defense indus
tries because of race, color, or
creed- The governor urged pas
sage of the bill in his annual mes
sage- Upon signing the bill he
wrote:
‘‘I am happy to sign this bill
which makes it a crime to deny
employment in industries engaged
in war contracts to any person be
cause of race, color or creed- By
striking at bigotry and intoler*
ance we strengthen the civil liber
ties of all of the people of the stale
and make possible the realization
of our maximum war effort.”
PRE-MOTHERS’ DAY
PROGRAM
Sunday, May 3, at the YWCA,
at 4:00 o’clock. A Pre-Mothers’
Day Program Sponsored by ‘.he
Family Relations Committee- A
Panel discussion on “What Every
Mothers Should Know” will be the
topic of discussion. The following
will take part on the Panel: Mrs.
Thelma Hancock, Education; Mrs.
Evelyn Murray, Health; Mrs. An
derson, Religion; Mrs. Grace Brad
ford. Social. Let’s have eveiy
mother come out and bring a
friend
MAX YERGAN TO GIVE RADIO
ADDRESS SUNDAY, APRIL 26
OVER WNYC. ON “NEGROES
AND THE COLONIAL WORLD”
New York-Dr. Max Yergan,;
Executive Director of the Council
0n African Affairs .will be inter
viewed next Sunday afternoon,
April 26, over station WNYC. on
the “Those Who Have Made Good”
program (4:00-4:30 p. m.) conduct
ed by Clifford Burdette
In Sojourner Truth Riot
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
TO MEET
Indianapolis, April 22 (ANP) —
Sumner A. Furniss of Indianapolis
sovereign grand commander of the
United Supreme Council AASR.
has issued his official summons
for the 61st annual session to be
held in Philadelphia May 10-12.
Representatives from 44 consistor-|
ies in northern and western states
will attend the session.
The Scottish Rite among colored
Masons was established in Phila
delphia in 1820; the present Unit
ed Supreme council was founded
in 1881 by the union of three sup
reme councils in northern stat s.
Dr. Yergan will Speak on the
topic, ‘‘Negroes and the Colonial
World”, drawing 0n his first hand
experiences in the Union of Soutn,
Africa, where he spent fifteen,
years studying and teaching in the
YMCA’s.
WAR TIME SUGAR RATIONING
APPLICATION FOR WAR RATION BOOK (To be filled in by Registrar only)
IMPORTANT.—A separate application must be made by (or, where the Regulations permit, on behalf of) every person to whom a War Ration Book is to be issued. The
separate applications for each and every member of a Family Unit (see Instructions to Registrar) must b* mad* by one, and only on*, adult member of such Family Unit. -
Local Board No. .... County State .——
Applictioo nude at Ham* 'of bchoou botldiVo."ok OTHIK ADDUS* —
Date___ 194_ Book One No.
1 NAME. ADDRESS. AND DESCRIPTION of person to whom the book is to be
issued: -- “
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LAST "NAME ~ FIMtInAME* *MID 6 LE~ NAME
STREET Na”dB"P.“d.”B6i”Na” """ STREET "or'rT f7 IX cffY"OR“f6wN
‘ "COUNTY *" STATE
ft. _in. _lbs. _ _ _yrs. Sex 9
HEIGHT WEIGHT COLOR OF COLOR OF AGE Ifemale LI
EYES HAIR
2. (a) If the person named above IS a member of a Family Unit, state the following:
(1) Number of persons in Family Unit, including the person named above
(2) The person named above is my—
□ □ □ □ □ □ □ -
SELF FATHER. MOTHER. HUSBAND. WIFE SON. DAUGHTER. EXCEPTION
(3) Total amount of white and brown sugar in any form which
is owned by the Family Unit or its members: —-—.........— lbs.
(1>) If the person named above IS NOT a member of a Family Unit,
state the total amount of white and brown sugar in any form
which is owned by the person named above:---lb*.
3. Number of War Ration Stamps to be removed from War Ratios
Book One (upon the basis of information stated above):
IF NONE. WRITE NONE
I hereby make application to the Office of Price Administration, an agency of the
United States Government, for the issuance to the person whose name, address, and
description are set forth above, of War Ration Book One and all War Ration Books
hereafter issued for which the person named above becomes eligible under Rationin g
Regulations. I hereby certify that I have authority to make this application on
behalf of the person named above, that no other application for a War Ration Book
has been made by or on behalf of such person, and that the statements made above are
true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Section 35 (A) of the United
States Criminal Code makes it a
criminal offense, punishable by a
maximum of ten years' imprison
ment, $10,000 fine, or both, to
make a false statement or repre
sentation to any Department or
Agency of the United States as
to any matter within the juris
diction of any Department or
Agency of the United States.
SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT"
I hereby certify that I have witnessed the
Applicant's signature and that War Ration Book
One, bearing the above number, has been deliv
ered to the Applicant with the above-stated
Dumber of stamps removed.
" * 8IONATU RE "OF REGISTRAR
(This space reserved for later entries by Local Board or Applicant)
The undersigned hereby certifies to the Office of Price Administration that he
received the following War Ration Books on the dates indicated below or on the back
hereof, and that with each receipt he reaffirms the truth of the statements in the
foregoing application.
Dau Book No. • Serial No. Signature of Applicant
•IV.
OP A Form No. R-301
W. •- GOVERNMENT PRINTING OPPICE 1®-9®®50-l
Continue on reverse tide.)
Applicants for sugar rationing
books are urged by the Office of
Price Administration to study
carefully the application card, Il
lustrated above, and have the cor
rect answers when they register
on May 4, 5, and 7. A separate
application must be made for ev
ery person for whom a ration bo«Jt
is issued, but only one member of
each family unit is to appear at
the nearest elementary school to
apply for all members of the fam
ily.
This is the biggest registration
job ever undertaken in so limited
a time in the United States. With
in four days the nation, 130,00",
000 men, women and children w‘ll
be registered and will receive their
ration books. T# accomplish so
big a job in that short space of
time, the Office of Price Adminis
tration which administers ration
ing s urging every applicant for
a ration book to come prepared
with accurate information to all
questions which the registrars will
ask w-hen filling out the applicat
ion form.
If you answer th0s? questions
promptly OPA estimates it will
only take four minutes t0 fill ,,ut
this form. One and a quarter mil- j
lion school teachers will serve as l
registrars.
1. Applicants should come pre
pared with a list of the members
of their families, giving the exact
name of each
2. An exact description 0f each :
member 0f the family unit, giving j
the height, weight, color of eyes, j
color of hair, age and sex of each
one.
3. The person who registers
for the family unit must state his
or her exact relationship to each
member of it.
4. It is necessary to kn0w to
the pound just how much sugar is
in the possession of the household.
The amount of sugar will be divid
ed by te number 0f people in the
family units and stamps will be
tom out by the registrar for all
sugar in excess of two pounds per
person. If more than four stamps
have to be removed, issuance of
the book will be withheld until la
ter.
One-and only one- • • .member
of each family unit is to go to the
elementary school nearest to the
persons’s residence to register and
to apply f0r ration books for the
whole family, OPA emphasizes.
Single people, not members of a
family unit, even if they board
with a family, must apply fpr
themselves.
A family unit has been defined
by the Office 0f Price Administra
tion as “a group 0f two or more
individuals consisting of all per
sons who are living together in
the same household who are relat
ed by blood or marriage ”
D Detroit, Md(Ch..Warrants
were expected to be issued Friday,
April 17, for three persons indict
ed by the U. S. grand jury on the
charges of conspiracy to prevent
Negroes from occupying the So
journer Truth Housing Project
here.
The indictments were returned
by the Federal Grand jury April
16, and four persons, not indict
ed, were named as co-conspiiat
ors. Those indicted are Graland
L. Alderman, secretary, Natjona;
Workers League; Parker Sage,
treasurer of the League; and Vir
gil Chandler organizer and exe
cutive vice-president of the Seven
Mile and Fnplon Improvemnet As
sociation
Also named in the indictment as
co-conspirators were Joseph P.
Buffa, real t state dealer and presi
dent of the Fenlon Improvement
Association; John Dalzell, secre
tary of the Feneion Improvement
Association; Fred E. Monasterski,
vice president of the Association
and Leonard J. Stewart, treasurer
of the Association.
The three defendants were fu
dicted on two counts. The first
Count charged Sage, Alderman
and Chandler with preventing cit
izens from occupying federa'ly
owned premises for which leases
(Continued on page
MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO GOP.
RELATING TO NEGROES OF AMERICA
& ►> WENDELL L. W iLLKlE
MR. WENDELL WILLKIE who
included the paragraph below re
lating to the Negro in recommend
ations he made on Monday, April
20th, for consideration by the Re
publican National Committee at
its meeting in Chicago. The rec
ommendation was overwhelmingly
accepted by the Committ e.
The paragraph was prefaced by
a statement which set forth the
conviction that America and th
United Nations will not win this
war “unles we prosecute it w:th
ardor and s'ngle-minded effect
iveness,” and that there will n,
longer be free self-governing peo
ple in the world if America do-s
not win the war.
The resolution pertaining to the
Negro follows in full:
“The postponement of exo,-r -
ments in social ref,.rm until ’he
I war is over. We realize that the
[correction of certain social injust
ices can be made under the press
ure of war which years of peace
ful effort have fa'led to bring a
bout, such as, for instance, the dis
crimination against the Negro cit
izen in industry, in labor, and in
the armed services of the nation.
Such things we do not consider'in
the realm of social experiment.
They are wrongs under the Consti
tution, and we shall work to cor
rect them. But humane social re
search can be profitably conduct
ed only in a time of normal liv
ng. There will be no such thing
as normal living for the duration
of the war and theoretical exper
iments we might all welcome in a
safer time can be positively harm
ful now to the effectiveness of
our war effort”.
Naacp Board
Keeps Pickens
Let’s Get
Org’nized
Omaha, Nebraska
April 17, 1942
The Omaha Guide,
2418 Grant
Omaha, Nebraska,
Dear Sir:
Somehow I feel as though too
little has been said about the role
of the Negro people in this war.
Our lading Negro newspalpera for
some reason or other have evaded
the war issue- Yet it is true that
the Negro people want the United
states to win this! war.
Even though we are engaged in
a war the Negro people, the larg
est minority group within the coun
try, must carry on a struggle for
the right to work in the defense
industries. A group of people
whose loyalty to the country has
never been questioned, whose
fighting ability ranks with the
best of the American people, ia
segregated into certain units. We
as Negro people must carry on our
fight to change these things, but
we must never for one moment
forget that we are engaged in a
life and death struggle with the
enemy.
A question we should be asking
ourselves at this time is, what good
are these jobs we are winning now
going to do US if we should lose
this war?
We are facing the most critical
times in the history of our Coun
try. We hear that this is a war to
preserve democracy, yet we do not
have true democracy in our own
country. We must realize how
ever, that if we are ever to attain
real democracy in the United
States we must carry on a milit
ant struggle and we must sacrifice
even our lives if need be
But we must never for one in
stant lose sight of the fact that
we can only carry on this fight so
long as we are a free people. And
to insure our remaining a free
people it is our major task at this
time to do everything in our pow
ed to help win this war.
Let us stop for one moment and
think just what our plight would
be should the forces of fascism
win this war.
Let us become conscious of the
fact that all of these forces with
in our country that are trying to
keep us out of defense jobs, that
are attempting to keep us from
the democratic rights guaranteed
us under the Constitution, are the
forces of fascism within the Unit
ed States.
So we as Negro people are con
fronted with a fight on two fronts:
the main front being to help de
feat our enemy abroad, our second
front being to fight our enemies
here at home.
If we are to carry our battles
to a successful conclusion, I sav
LET’S ORGANIZE NOW!
Yours very truly,
GEORGE T. EDWARDS.
NEW FORD BOMBER PLANT
TO HIRE 1,000 WOMEN
Detroit, April 21 (ANP) Accord
-ing to union officials here haviug
to do with the organizing of the
Ford Motor company union em
ployes at the new Willow Run
bomber plant n*.ar Ypsilanti, Mich,
among the thousands to be em
ployed there will be 15,000 women
and out of every 100 women em
ployed Seven will be Negroes. The
total w]l be more than 1,000 Ne
gro women.
KAPPAS PLAN REGIONAL
MEET
Champagne, 111., April 22 (ANP
Beta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity will be host to the north
central provincial meeting April
25-26 with Provincial Polemarch
Julius L. Morgan of Chicago pres
iding. All meetings will be held
in the women's building on the
campus of Illinois university. A
mong tbe topics for discussion are
“The Negro and National Defense"
and “The Future of Fraternities
During This Crisis”.
President Arthur Cutts Williard
of the University of Illinois will
address a joint meeting of the
Kappas and the Alpha Kappa Al
pha sorority, who is holding its re
gional meeting in the same piacp
and time. After a banquet oy
each group, they will be honored
with a cocktail party by the Al
pha Phi Alpha fraternity. The
Kappas and AKA’s will also co
operate on a formla dance in the
evening and a program Sunday
morning April 26 at Bethel church
at which time Major Theophi’us
M. Mann 0f the 795th Tank des
troyer Battalion, arid Mrs. Estella
a VOTES TO NOTIFY HIM HIS
STAND IS ‘DIFFERENT
FROM THAT OF ASSOC
IATION’ AFTER DEAN
REFUSES TO BACK DOWN
NEW YORK .April 22 (ANP) —
After practically firing Dean Wil
liam Pickens, director of branches
now on leave to the U. S. Treasury
department, for statements which
the NAACP board of directors
considered advocating segregation
the board at its meeting Monday
voted merely to notify Pickens
that the article in question “is con
trary to the repeated stands taken
by the association.” Reading of a
prepared statement by the dean in
which he refused to back down
from his original stand preceded
the voting.
The statements which stirred up
the trouble were contained in a col
umn released early this year by
the Associated Negr(> Press under
the title “Fort Huachua and the
99th Pursuit Squadron,” in which
the dean declared that “the army
is planning to win the war in spite
of segregation or of those who op
pose segregation”, and praised,
both the army post, and the 99th
as efforts “that will make a dent
in segregation.” He also assert
ed that "segregation based 0n skin
color or eye color is damned non
sense of course.”
Following publication in the
New York Amserdam News, Wal
ter White, NAACP executive sec
retary, wrote Pickens a letter tell -
ing him that on Feb. 9 the board
stated it felt he "could not be re
appointed to the executive staff ’
and gave him permission to ap
pear at a future meeting and pres
ent his side of the case.
Because of Picken’s prominence
nationally and the general realiz
ation of his contributions to tho
success 0f the NAACP and racial
advancement in general, a storm
of protest arose when the board's
action became known. Letters
and telegrams of protest poured
Into national NAACP offices from
n u.ituiueu on pase
it
Massey Riddle of St. Louis, will be
guest speakers.
Mrs. Blanche Patterson of St.
Louis is regional director of the
Alpha Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority^
Other Kappa officers are How
ard Geter, of Northwestern, vice
polemarch, Phillip Harris, of Ill
inois, keeper 0f records; Thomas
Richardson of YMCA college, stra
tegy and Morris Prof fit of North
western, lieutenant strategy.
Each organization expects about
150 delegates.
BOSTON NAACP RAISES
$1,402
Boston, Mass.,. .In a prelimin
ary report, Mrs. Daisy E. Lamp
kin, NAACP secretary, said thi3
week, that the first incomplete re
turns show a total 0f $1,402.50
raised and 1,045 members gained
to April 8. Mrs. Lampkin said
that final reports will probably
show a substantial increase over
present figures.
SOUTHERN UNION GETS
PREJUDICED WHITE
WORKER FIRED
Rockwood, Tenn., April 22 (AN
P)—In what was believed to be
the first action 0f its kind in the
south, Local 579, Internationl Un
ion of Mine, Mill and Smelter wor
kers, had an anti-labor, non-union
ad Negro-bating employe of the
Tennessee Products company dis
charged- The man, whose namo
was Nichols, offered t0 pay TlO
initiation fee and otherwise satis
fy union demands. He had, how
ever, not joined the union during
the required period and had stated
whe asked to join, “I would not
join a union and sit in the same
hall with niggers, nor be obligated
by a colored vice president."
This insult .hurled in the far 0f
370 militant white and Negro mem
bers of local 579 who have strug
gled against great terror and op
position to build their union, got
immediate results. Both whit *
and colored committee members
voted unanimously to have Nichols
fired, and the entire local union
supported their demand. The
grievance was taken up last week
and Nichols along with tw0 others
"went down the road”. Some lo
cal 579 leaders, remarked that
“any further attempts by the Kj
Klux Klan or other Negro-bating
Hitler elements to tear up the lo
cal union will be dealt with in the
same way.”
“We are fighting for colored
and white alike,” said W. H. Grav
er, president of Local 579 "and any
inquiry to one is an injury to all.
We will not allow any Hitler-pke
spirit in Rockwood.” Local 57)
has a membership about half
white and half colored.