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July 4th, 1942...
BY KI TH TAYLOR
Many centuries ago, Pericles the
great Athenian, said “The secret of
happiness is freedom: and the secret
of freedom is a brave heart.”
We realize this truth anew today
as we Jane the changes wrought by
total war. We know that every
th rear to freedom is a threat to ocr
personal and national happiness, and
because of this we gladly lay aside
for the moment our liberties and
place restrictions on our freedom for
the sake of a strong defense an pres
ervstion of those liberties and of
that freedom.
Happiness is the result of free
choice: Of the ability to give freeiy
and not upon the demand and ac
cording to the win or whim of some
self imposed overlord. Happiness is
found is the freedm to live accord
ing to the laws of right and justice:
to work is a spirit of friendly inter
course with our fellow men, unham
pered and unhindered by prejudice
against anyone because of race or
creed or color or class. Happiness
rests in freedom to worship as our
conscience dictates: to pray to God
as a free man, at peace with, one's
own soul, and to see to it that our
neighbor has the same privilege.
There could be no happiness for a
tree born and free spirited American
under totalitarian rule.
Freedom is the absence of fear—
of that corroding dread of impend
ing evil, that cancerous mistrust of
one’s closest comrades which is the
deadliest weapon of the dictators
Freedom is the security given by
peace of mind in a world in which
men are motivated by respect for
the rights of others and by a sense
of their own obligations to society.
Freedom is the knowledge that suc
cess depends upon one's own seif
and the way in which one's talents
and abilities are utilized. Freed--m
is the way of life for men who are
not afraid of living.
A brave heart is one that ti.-i« co ir
age and faith. It has courage to go
ahead: to believe in the integrity of
others: to combat evil wherever it
exists: to fight loyally ans whole
heartedly to the bitter end: to face
the unknown because of the guid
ing light of purpose, the hope of a
finer goal. It has faith—faith in
one’s self, in one's fellow men, in
the ’."rod of on- - belief—and m -it
future whether it be a future in thi
worid or beyond our earthly ken.
“The secret of happiness is free
dom; and the secret of freedom is a
brave heart."
Mississippi Paying for failure To Educate Negro
Rev. Austin and CIO tell hegro
STAND UP
and FIGHT
(by George F. McCray) £
CHICAGO. July 1 tAXP—In a I
fighting speech before a mass meet
ing of Negro and white CIO steel
and auto workers at Pilgrim Baptist
church Sunday, the Rev. J. C. Aus
tin again stated his position on
communism. After listening for
several hours to the reports of Ns
gro and white workers on then
joint struggles to secure better soc
ial and economic conditions for Ne
groes. Rev. Austin took the floor.
‘ Every time somebody sees a Ne
gro and a white man fighting side
by side in fellowship, somebody cries
■communism’. Well, if that be
communism, then I am a Commun
ist.
“Nobody Deeds to tell me.” Rev.
Austin continued. “I know labor is
the salt of the earth and as for me.
I want to work with the toilers of j
this world.”
The minister had a special mes
sage for the Negro toilers. “No
matter how hard these white brota
ers work on your behalf they can't
save you. The Negro will be saved
when he learns to stand on his own
feet. And he’ll do that when he
stops being- afraid of dying Wh.u
we Negroes decide you don’t mind
dying.” he shouted, then we'll be
gin to live ”
Walter Hardin.. internation union
official from Detroit, described what
organized labor had done for Negro
and white workers of all ages in the
Detroit area He stated that the
education of white workers is not a
job to be done overnight and that
such anti-Negro, anti-labor organiz
ations as the National Workers lea
gue. the KKK. and followers of Fa
ther Coughlin, are constantly appeal
Trig- to the prejudices of the tho-is
ands of southerners now living in
Detroit. He also claimed that K. J.
Thomas, president of the UAW-CTO
used all the political power of the
union and successfully forced local
officials to protect Negro families
moving into Sojourner Truth homes
Others on the program were John
Conyers. Wesley Thompson. Gieav
ee. Meno Collins, and Norm Smith
from Detroit and Chicago.
REV HOLMES. FORMER “SUN
SHINE SAMMY' TO PREACH
AT MT CALVARY CHURCH
Rev. Holmes, the former. ■■Son
shine Sammy" of the movies, will
conduct Evangeiistical Services a:
the Mt. Calvary Church starting on
Sunday morning. July 5, 1342 at li
o'clock.
During Rev. Holmes movie career
he had a very severe sick spell and
the doctors in Los Angeles gave him
up. declaring there was no hops. He
made it up in his mind that Jesus
was a devine healer, and if he would
heal his body, he would carry his
gospel.
Now. Rev. Holmes is one of the
outstanding Evangelists of the Baiv
tist Denomination.
Come out and hear this former
movie star teP the world about
Jesus.
DISPLAY THE FLAG
(by William Henry Hoff for AN Pi
Let everyone display the flag.
Old Glory must be seen:_
We are at war. no one must lag.
Our interests must be keen.
How great to see our banner fly.
The red and white and blue:
For her we all would freely die.
To her we all are true
(2) . ,
Display it where you meet for
prayer
And where you dine and dance;
Where’er you be let it be there.
Tour doings to enhance.
God bless that noble flag of ours
And keep it waving high:
'Twill never bow to axis powrs.
The foes that we defy.
NAACP GETS JOBS FOR 14
SKILLED WORKERS ES
AUTOCAR PLANT
Bryn Wawr. Pa.—After more than
a year of effort, Negro skilled work
ers are on the payroll at the Auto
car company in Admore, the Bryn
Wawr NAACP reported last week.
Six men are at work on the assem
bly line, four men in the machine
shop and four working as paint
sprayers. The plant has a govern
ment contract.
Warren F. Chew, president of the
Bryn Mawr NAACP states that the
branch was aided by the President’s
Committee on Fair Employment
Practice in getting the commitment
from the company to hire Negroes
in skilled capacities.
NAACP ASKS PRESIDENT TO
STRENGHTHEN FEPC ON
ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Washington, D. C. (Special. NA
ACP Bureau).. Marking the first
anniversary of the signing of the
Executive Order. 8802. the NAACP
'*>ngraru!ated President Roosevelt
on the progress of the Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee and urg
ed him to continue to stand behind
the Committee- increase its budget
and authority and permit it to con
centrate on the “enormous task you
have assigned it of exposing and cor
recting job discrimination in private
industry and government." The
Executive order was signed June
23. 1941.
The NAACP said affirmative gov
ernment action in industrial and la
bor discrimination has ben helpful
but that only a beginning has been
made.
BURY WTFE OF SCHOOL HEAD
Washington, July 2 (AN?> Funer
al services were heid here last weert
for Mrs. Blanche B* Wilkinson, wire
of Dr. Garnet C. Wilkinson, assist
ant superintendent of schools in
the District. Mrs. Wilkinson di id
at her residence after a brief illness.
Surviving are her husband, brothe’’.
i Harry Ohid«r and many relatives.
| Services were conducted by the
| Rev. Henry W. Campbell at He
! Guire’s funeral establishment. In
j terment was in Lincoln Memorial
cemetery.
"MILITARY FIRST AID"
_
DR. LEO S. HOLTON
Naahvilje. July 2 (ANP)—"Militarv
first aid" demonstrations and discus
sions fcf- Dr Leo S. Holton. Wash
ington. will feature the 29 th annual
convention of the National Dental
association at Meharry Dental col
lege. August 10-14.
Dr. Holton win condense the in
structors, advanced and beginners
Red Cross first aid course along
with his studies of the textbook on
' Military Dentistry’' published with
the approval of the army dental
corps for the dental profession.
Three afternoon sessions Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday, will he
devoted to this course for the den
tists in attendance The instruct
ions and demonstrations presented
will qualify the dentist to aid the
physicians and nurses in adminis
tering to the wounded and injured
in areas of bomb destruction or
sabotage. j
Among the first aid measures to
be demonstrated are the mainten
ance of respiration or breathing, the
control of hemorrhage or bleeding,
general measures for combating
shock, means of immobilizing frac
tured arms an dlegs. technics, fre
moving injured patients and band
aging with special reference to head
injuries.
I>r. Leo S. Holton combines the
general practice of dentistry in
Washington with dental services in
the public schools as a member Of j
the D. C. Health department and is
also exalted ruler of the Elks Morn
ing Star Lodge No. 40.
CHICAGO CIO COUNCIL ASKS
CoFEP TO BAN ALL LABOR
DISCRIMINATION'
! Chicago. July 2 (ASP)—Extension
;of the CoFEP decision against the
1 aFL. to other parts ef the nation
plumbers and steamfitters locals, j
was asked in a letter sent to the Co-1
FEP Wednesday by the Chicago In- I
dustrial Union Council. ClO^ffii ite
signed by Fullerton Fulton, secret- j
ary.
Commenting on the order remov
ing the ban against Negro plumbers
and steamfitters. the letter said:
“In writing you on this subject
matter the Chicago Industrial Union
Council is happy to state that we are
in full accord with the decision made
by your committee in the above
| mentioned cases. Your decision i>
absolutely in line with policy of the
Congress of Industrial Organization.
which stands for equality and jus
tice regardless of race, creed, color
| or national origin.
“In view of such a valuable dec
ision. which means much to the Ne
groes not only of this area but to
| the nation in general, we ask that
the jurisdiction of your committee
be extended into every industrir-J
area, because Chicago is not the only
RELIGIOUS AND FRATERNAL
LEADER—
Rev. Harris
Succumbs
SON IN AUSTRALIA
Rev. P. M. Harris, terminate!
this life at his home. June 27th,
where he has been seriously ill for
sometime.
Rev. Harris had been a resident
of Omaha for twenty four years. He
was a member of Pilgrim Baptist
Church and the State Missiona-y
for the New Era Association. He
was a member of various fmternal
Organizations and a part owner of
the Keystone Barber Shop
He leaves to mourn his death his
wife. Mrs. Ada Harris, two sons,
William Harris of Omaha and El
venstine Harris who is now in Aus
tralia in the army, a brother James
C. Harris of Omaha, two other bro
thers and four sisters, three grand
children, William. Jr.. June and
Audrey Harris, a host of nieces and
nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held.
Saturday, July 4. from the Pilgrim
Baptist Church with Rev. Hickerson
and Rev. Robertson officiating.
The NAACP will hold its annual
conference in Los Angeles, Calif
ornia July 14. to 19, 1942.
place where these discriminatory
tabor practices are occurring daily.
This decision, we hope, will put an.
end to all unfair labor practices a
gainst the Negro people of this Ca
tion."
PHILADELPHIA DEFENSE
HOMES RESTRICT NEGRO
OCCUPANCY
Philadelphia. Pa.—Although the
Philadelphia Housing Authority ha
voted the occupancy of defense hous
ing projects should be in proport
ion to the Negro populations in .he
neighborhood the Philadelphia Na
A CP and ther organizations win :2l
have formed a Citizen's Committee,
stated this week that the plan is not
satisfactory.
At least two Negro employes of
the "War Department in the signal
corps here say they were told that
colored families could not occupy
the recently constructed Abbottsford
Defense Homes in the Germantown,
section. They state they moved to
this place from other cities on the
promise that the houses would be
available to them, and that they are
now living in cramped quarters le
cause of inadequate housing facil
ities.
Theodore Spaulding, president of
the Philadelphia NAACP said this
week that the racial proportion
plan of the Housing Authority is
unsatisfactory because the present
location Of the projects already e
rected would not, under this plan,
include a fair proportion of Neg.-o
defense workers on the basis of
need. Further action is planned by
the NAACP and the Citizen's Com
mittee.
VNCrOTT OFFERED SHl.fWO
TO FIGHT BEAT JACK
New York. July 1 i.ANPt-A syn
dicate of wealthy sportsmen back
ing a SIO.OW guarantee for a title
fight in a wire sent to his manager
Charlie Jones at Louisville, Chic*
tVergeles, Jack's pilot, said “any
date and any site will be agreeable”
and offered Angott percentage of
the s»t»
? SAYS MISS. EDITOR:
COSTING STATE ALL OF
HER WHITE YOUTH
JACKSON, Miss., July 2, (AMP)—
By neglecting- to provide adequately
lAr Negro education, the state is
now paying through the army re
jecting thousands of colored seiect
1 ees because of illiteracy while white
youths are being drafted .an editor
ial in the Jackson News, edited by
Co!. Frederick SulleHs, pointed out
last week.
Under the title. “Unfair to Negro
es.” the editorial said:
“A recent address by Hon. H. V.
Watkins, pioneer educational lead-!
er. and Jackson’s most useful cit- j
iaen contained some unpleasant rev
aiauons concerning the inadequacy
j of the Negro school system in Hinds
county and rank injustice to the
Negro race in the apportionment of
i school funds.
MfhAii.1. . ,
“It was unpleasant, but it should
not have been interpreted as mean
ing that Hinds county is alone in
I this respect. The same or similar
conditions prevail generally over the
state, and in some counties are in
finitely worse than in Hinds count-.-.
i “Take for illustration our neigh
1 boring county of Madison Last
census in that county showed a total
white population of 7,560 and a total
Negro population of 8.127. In spue
of this large Negro population there
is not a single four year high school
in the county, outside of the city cf
Canton. The census report also re
veals that there were 2.360 Negro
' boys and girls in Madison county of
high school age. It is no wonder
Negro draftees are being turned
down by draft boards because they
do not have as much as a fourth
grade education. We thougnt we
were smart in getting by with this
neglect staring us in face when were
having to send our own boys as
cannon fodder for the Germans in
order to fill up the gap left by Negro
illiterates.
“We also find from public records
that during the school year 1949-41
Madison county school authorities
■pend $30,711.69 on a colored school
population of 14.151 children, whi'e
they spent $14121221.35 on a white
School population of only 2.7»4. If
this is not chiseling and fudging we
should like to know what it is. We ;
cannot put this question aside by
saying that the Negroes do not pay,
taxes. Everybody pays taxes in
Mississippi. We find from the -ec
ords there are 649 individual white i
farmers, owning 1182161 acres of
land in Madison county, and 518 in
dividual colored farm owners, own
! 4.976 acres of land in this same
county.
In all our counties similar condi
tions will be found. It is unjust and
closely approaches downright dis
honesty. is not criminality.
PORTERS BROTHERHOOD
JOINS NAACP FOR LIFE
New York—Newest paid-in-'u 11
| I-ife Membership of the NAACP is
j the Brotherhood of Sleeping Ca
Porters which recently sent a chert
for $.100 to the Association. The
International Executive Board of
i the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
I Porters voted at its session in Chi
| eago. first of the month, to take out
j the Life Membership "because of
the solendid work the Association
is doir.g for the Advancement of
the Negro People.” A Philip Ran
dolph is international president cf
the union: Ashley Totten, internat
ional secretary-treasurer
jj: "ALL American" ★ DORIE MILLER
]► THE SEC RET OF H APPINESS IS FREEDOM; AND THE SECRET OF FREEDOM IS A
![ BRAVE HEART ' (SEE STORY JULY 4th Opposite'
DORIE MILLER. MAttlc, CSX—
CLOSE- CP SHOWING NAVY
CROSS RECEIVED IN CEREM
ONY A PEARL HARBOR. MAY
27. 1#42.
ADMIRAL C. W NIMITZ Cirv
CPAC, pins Navy Cross on Done
Miller, MAttlc. at ceremony on bo.<. 1
warship in Pearl Harbor. May IT.
13*2.
&ALL&WAY
from
Clifford C 77?iicholl
l
While we, or most of us. wid
be celebrating, in one manner or
another, the Fourth of July Week
End, I can't help but think, C. C. of
hundreds of my friends in the Ba
hamas British West Indies.
—ecu—
You know. C. C. fully ninety per
cent of all the inhabitants there are
what we would call colored people.
They axe our brothers and sisters,
so to speait. And while we are en- ;
joying our freedom, I knew that
they must be catching plenty of
trouble right now
—CCM—
It was only a few weeks ago when
the Duke of Windsor had to rush
from Washington. D. C. to the Ba
hamas. because of a fierce riot there
In that riot the natives literacy
wrecked the main business district.
The police were unable to cope with
the situation and British troops
were called into service and an ab
solute curfew system installed. No
native to be on the street alter
eight o'clock at might. And in read
ing some of the daily papers I get
from there f see such references as
“So and So was shot and killed last
night for resisting the curfew en
forcement officers." Mind you.
nothing more than that. But. to
me, these mere statements indicate
how strict they- are on he natives.
And the curfew to remain in force
indefinitely. Even in the day time
no gatherings of more than three
people can be had without a police
permit, and no more parades, of any
kind, are permissabie. and to theme
natives parades are part of their
(Continued on page 2)
JIM CROW MUSICIANS’ UNION
BARS NEGROES FROM JOBS
New York—Although the Colum
bia Broadcasting System, the Na
tional Broadcasting Company and
the Blue Network are now hiring
Negro musicians for regular jobs
in their New York stations, the A
merican Federation of Musicians
lily-white locals in key cities outside
New York bar Negro musicians
from certain jobs. The NAACP
learned this week that the AFM's
jim-crow locals may be in violation
of the President’s Executive Order,
802. banning discrimination in labor
unions
Chicago local 10. for example, is
all white, and has an exclusive con
tract with radio stations there to
supply musicians for regular job3.
Negroes in the jim crow local arc
not called except for fill-in work the
NAACP said.
The fight to abolish separate loc
als entered the first round when
this month's issue of the magazine
Music and Rhythm edited by Joh i
Hammond. NAACP board member,
featured statements from topflight
bandsmen of both races who favor
I single locals.
Among those who spoke out art:
Glenn Miller. Jimmy Dorsey. Claude
Thornhill, Emery Deutsch, SheP
Fields, Woody Herman, Count Basie
Abe Lyman, Hal McIntyre and
Zutty Singleton.
They declared that Jim-crow loc
als are not satisfactory and are un
profitable to Negro musicians. Chief
evils of the separate system are un
equal wage scales, virtual shut outs
| of Negro bands from radio stations,
theatres, and high-paying spots over
j which white locals have jurisdte
. tion. and a generally lower economic
‘ standard among musicians.
The AFM has 135.040 members
! throughout the country, many of
whom are colored. Segregated lo
cals are the rule in most large cit
ies, except New York.
James C. Petrillo, czar of the AFM
and president of the Chicago local,
minimizes undesirable effects of se
gregated units. In a statement las:
week, he said: “In some jurisdic
tions colored musicians have their
own locals and in other jurisdie
tions they are apart and parcel of '
the local. It seems that someone
is barking up the wrong tree, as the
setup with reference to color*-! and
white musicians in the Federation
always has been open and amicable ”
Typical of the opinions of band
leaders is that of Glenn Miller ‘N%r
when we are fighting Hitler because
he insists on racial prejudice, is r he
time for our country to show its de
mocratic hand. Keeping colored
artists out of the same union as
white musicians throughout th- ■ *
don is definitely a borm of bias
Abe Lyman, in demand for his
, “sweet” music stated: “Sure the id
eals should be combined. Look ho v
successful 302 (New York) has be-a.
[When a colored local has t© eom->
i ete against a white local, there s
likely to be scale-cutting and
colored musician invariably gets ;L
worst of the deal. It’s a hell of a
situation. Thousands of cater. <1
soldiers are fighting battles to *av-»
us at home. It’s a rotten unfair
situadon to segregate the Negro in.
or out of the music business.”
REFUSE NEGRO GERL IN ‘FOOD
FOR VICTORY’ CAMPAIGN IN NY.
New York—Someone in the office
of the New York State Employment
Service forgot that the Service has a
Negroes in placement last week..
and that the United States is trying
to win a war. the NAACP said this
week.
Hunter College student Cynthia
Linton of this city signed up. wi-n
seve-al companions, at the NYSES
to work on farms for the summer to
efp in the ‘‘Food for Victory" can
:>aign. The giris had been urged to
i io so at school Hiss Linton made
Ter application and later received
a special delivery letter telling ue
to report Wednesday morning June
' 10. ready to go out of the city to
work.
When she reported she was told
that she eculd not be acepted be
cause she is a Negro.
Miss Linton reported the incident
to the XAACP which has written t .
Richard C. Brockrway. director of
the State Employment Service stat
ing that it is awa-e of the NTSES
policy against racial discrimination
and it is sure prompt steps will be
taken t oprevent the recurrence < f
treatment like that accorded Miss
Linton.