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CANDY XMAS TREE FOR SERVICE MEN
CHICAGO, ILL.—Servicemen visiting the USO lounge at the Rock
Island Station here during Christmas week will not want for a Christ
mas tree, nor Christmas candy, just because they are away from home.
Through the cooperation of Curtiss Candy Company with the Trav
elers’ Aid Society, which furnished and maintains the Servicemen s
lounge, a tree has been provided and decorated with Baby Ruth
Saf-t-pops; and Virginia Draper, shown above, hostess of the lounge,
will help make Servicemen’s Christmas both a merry one and a sweet
WOOL AND THE WAR EFFORT
TRENTON, N. J.—Planes, tanks and guns are used to carry the
war directly to the enemy, but the conservation of wool is important,
too. Snowball, chosen as “queen of the nation’s lambs” at the recent
New Jersey state fair, plans to use her cedar chest to safeguard her
wool shearings from destructive moths. It requires shearings from
fifteen lambs like Snowball to make one of the laskin-lamb flying
suits worn by army and navy pilots and bombardiers and shown
with her in the chest.
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URGES NEGRO ORGANIZ
ATIONS TO CANCEL MEETINGS
AND CONVENTIONS FOR
THE DERATION OF THE WAR
Negro civic, social, religious, frat
ernal and labor organizations were
urged this week by Joseph B. East
man. Director of Defense Trans
portation. to abandon all meetings
and conventions that will not con
tribute in an important wav to win
ning of the war. A number of Ne
gro organizations have already tak
en this step.
Responding to requests for the
attitude of the Office of Defense
Transportation on the holding of
conventions involving intercity trav
el. Mr. Eastman said in a formal
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LAWYERS' GUILD
URGE LYNCH PROS
ECUTION BY GOV’T
Washington. D. C.— Attorney
General Francis Biddle met this
week with a committee of the Na
tional Lawyers Guild who demand
ed a more vigorous prosecution bv
the Department of Justice against
peTsons and State Officers respon
sible for hitching and the denial of
the franchise to Negroes in Tex.is.
South Carolina. Arkansas, Alabama
and Mississippi. Present at the
Conference were Eugene Compton,
Martin Popper. Wendell Byrd. Vic
tor Rotnem. Chief of Civil Libert
ies Section, Dept, of Justice and
William H. Hastie. civilian aide to
the Secretary of War and Thurgood
Marshall .Special Counsel for the
NAACP. Robert Kennv, president
of the National Lawyers Guild ’s
the recently elected attorney Gen
eral of California.
The Committee sought the filing
of a brief amicus specifically in the
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“THE THREE GIFTS’’
by RUTH TAYLOR
Three were the gifts of the wise
men of thf East bore to the mange.
where la' the Prince of Peace.
Three were the gifts—gold, frank
incense and myrrh.
His birthday dawns today in -vr
•orn world where the fo-ces of v'o
' nee a-e waging relentless war.
l>esO!ate are lands that mo" w?1
corned His day wit hthe ctrmirg o'
bells and the caroling of voices.
Only in the British Commonwealth
of Nations and in Our own beloved
land are men free to c lebrato *Vp
b'rthday cf the Prince of Peace
Only on this continent will to -
sound of ringing bells mean the cel
ebration of the great holiday of the
world, which for centuries had
brought joy and gladness to all peo
pie. even to the humblest homes.
Three are the gifts we must of
fer on this Christmas Day if the
forces of right are to prevail and
peace reign on earth. As they
were centuries ago the gifts are
still gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Gold is the gift of material things
statement that individual associa
tions must make their own decis
ions. He indicated, however, that
no such gatherings would be justi
fied. in view of war burdens on the
transportation system, unless they
I would help shorten the war.
HOTEL OLGA
NEW YORK CITY
695 Lenox Avenue
(Comer 145th Street)
Select Family and Tourist
Hotel
Running Hot and Cold Water
in Each Room
All Rooms Outside Exposure
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Door; Rates Reasonable.
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Texas Primary Case and criminal
prosecution of all recent lynehings.
The Attorney General assured the
committee that “careful consider
ation" would be given all cases
mentioned.
JERSEY ‘WITNESSES" FACE
RE-ARREST ON NEW CHARGES
Jersey City, N'. J.....l'pon their re
lease from the Hudson County jail
following dismissal of cases against
tavern owners several of the (en
Negro women who had been held
incommunicado for a period of six
months as " witnesses" without
charges, were re-arested Dec. 18th
by Bayonne police on' charges of
prostitution and disorderly conduct.
Donald Crichton.NAACP counsel
announced this week.
Intimidated by reports that Bar
oness De Wirth, white, who while
under duress gave a statement con
cerning the case and later repud
iated that statement was sentenced
for 3 years for perjury, tht* Negro
women did not retract their stories
concerning the operation of vice
houses by the tavern keepers when
they testified at the recent trial,
and on the )>asis of their own forc
ed testimony now face sentences
on disorderly conduct charges.
OPEN NEW LUCY 1>. SLOWE
RESIDENCE HOTEL
The $760,000 Lucy D. Slowe Resi
dence Hall, first government con
structed hotel for Negro women,
this week was helping to relieve the
crowded housing conditions occas
ioned by the influx of war workers
to the Nation's capital. Opened less
than 10 months after ground break
ing ceremonies, it is in one of Wast
ington's uuietest residential sect
ions at Third and r streets. N. \Y.
Built by the Defense Homes Cor
poration and named for the firs:,
Negro dean of women at Howani
University, the Lucy 1). Slow* R -i
dence Hall offers modern and com
fortable accomodations to 322 Neg o I
women. Within ten days of its op
ening on December 5, more than
two score war workers had air any
taken up residence there and more
were moving in daily.
Occupancy of the 299 outside
rooms, 22 of which are double, is j
confined to Negro women war wor
k rs who have come to Washington
nee July 1, 1941. Each room is
■ompletely furnished and maid ser
vice is provided once a week.
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—money .possessions, luxuries, a
way of life that we once held ess n- !
t-al to our happiness
^ Frankincense is the gift of toil, of
/unending labor, of effort sustained
| boyond our strength because it -s
for the common welfare.
Myrrh is the gift of sacrifice —
the immolation of self, the free g;v
ing up of our own desires in the
one burning aspiration to attain
freedom of soul and spirit for all
mankind.
These are the gifts called for at
this Christmas season. We are call
ed upon to fight for Him whose
name is Emmanuel—“God With
Us"—to see that men are free still
to worship Him according to the
dictates of their own consciences.
Gifts we bring—in His honor—gold
of ambition, frankincense of work,
and myrrh of sacrifice- So may His
Kingdom reign over us from ever
lasting to everlasting—and. accord
ing to the promise given unto the
Prophet Isaiah, "with righteous
ness shall He judge the poor, and
reprove with equity for the meek
of the earth: they shall not hurt
nor destroy in all my holy mount
ain for the earth shall be full of
the knowledge of the oLrd.”
Lost, a cough due to a cold—thanks to the sooth
ing action of Smith Brothers Cough Drops.
Smith Bros. Cough Drops contain a special
blend of medicinal ingredients, blended with
prescription care. And they still cost only a
box. Yes, a nickel checks that tickle.
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NEGROES HAVE VITAL POSITIONS IN PLANTS
THAT TURNS OUT ARMY AIRPLANE WINGS
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TRAINED SKILL is required for fabricating wings
for U. S, Army cargo and troop carrying airplanes,
Riveting the bottom skin on a wing tip in the aircraft
plant of Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co.
are Mitchell Johnson (left), 3915 Prairie ave, and Ro
bert Hughes, 4826 Indiana ave., both graduates from
a special school the compaiw has established for pros
pective aircraft workers.
Accepted On Merits g
At Pullman Works
(from the Chicago Sun)
Of all industries devoted to the
war effort aircraft production prob
ably has been the most difficult for
Negro workers to get into.
The President's Committee on
Fair Employment Practice has held
hearings on the matter, the now de
funct OPM took up the problem,
and there have been delegations of
Negroes descending upon Washing
ton for the sole purpose of obtain
ing federal support in the fight to
get qualified Negroes into jobs at
certain aircraft factories.
However, there has been a bright
side to the picture. Some plants
have gone ahead hiring personnel
on the basis of ability' instead of
race. Among them is the Aircraft
Division of Pullman-Standard Car
Mai ufacturing Co., in Chicago. In
normal times. Pullman officials hire
many Negroes in the construction
Of luxurious railroad coaches On
which still other Negroes work as
porters. It was only natural, there
fore, that Negro workers be includ
ed as the company turned its im
mense facilities to the manufacture
of instruments of war.
TURNS OUT PLANES WINGS
The aircraft idyision is separate
and distinct from other Pullman
Standard activities. Operated only
a few months, this plant—physically j
apart from other company works
and as such a complete unit of its
own—turns out nothing except
plane wings for U. S. Army aircraft.
Nearly all workmen here must he
highly skilled. The demands are so
exacting, in fact, that Pullman puts
applicants through a special course
of training at the Chicago Vocation
al School Annex. Since this is a
project of the Cihcago Board of Ed
ucation. trainees learn without ccst
to themselves. -If.an applicant ap
plies for work at the aircraft djvis
ion and is accepted, he takes a spec
ial course and on passing, is assign
ed to work at the plant. All of this
is necessary because the material
used is both expensive and scarce.
Officials can take no chances on
workers ruining these vital mater
ials.
Currently there are 15 Xegroes on
technical jobs in the aircraft plant,
all of them having graduated from
the training school to skilled produc
tion jobs since the plant opened.
They are at work on wing tips, ail
erons. wing assembly, welding, riv
eting of doublers on tin- root end of
main wings, riveting on trailing
edge of main wing, sub assembly,
sheet metal fabrication, etc. All
draw pay commensurate with the’r
classification, with some of them
in the highest paid jobs available
on the production lines
ACCURACY IS ESSENTIAL
One young Negro woman is em
ployed as a rivet Sorter. This
means that she must distinguish,
sp edily and accurately on sight be
tween small pieces of metal that of
ten vary- no more than one 32d of
an inch, and distribute them prop
erly. A mistake in this job means
- slowing down of production and
possible injury- to critical materials
when the riveter attempts to us
the wrong rivet
One of the valued Negro employ
ees is Harriett McAllister matron
in charge of women's facilities at
the plant. A graduate of Illinois
State Normal College, Miss McAllis
ter also is working on her master's
degree at the University of Chicago.
She has helped integrate women in
the aircraft division when company
officials decided to add them last
January. Another Negro woman in
this department is Eulab Reese.
There also are several janitors
and window washers on the payroll.
Some of -thbeen sent to
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school and are expectprt^tfT graduate
and be assigned skilled johs at th
plant.
Officials offer this to substantiate
their pjolicy of non discrimination,
declarng that any Negro who is hir
ed is allowed to advance to any po
sition his ability permits. The work
of Negroes is described as 'Hhor
'oughly satisfactory" in the air
craft division, just as it has l>eer.
through many years in peacetime
manufacturing pursuits.
HARMONY PREVAILS
Since it’s no novelty for Negroes
to work at Pullman and white em
ployees realize this, there haV“
been no interracial incidents. Inic
grat d throughout the plant w.d
using the cafeteria and other fac
ilities without segregaion or dis
crimination, they are accepted Vy
the white employees at face valur
As for th unions, plan officios
say this is a personal letter with
each employee whether he belongs
and the company has adopted a
strictly hands-off policy.
NEGRO LEADERS OFFER RAC
IAL PLAN TO DEVELOP SOUTH:
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South to the extent that they were
•qually capable. Labor unions
which bar Negroes from memlier
ship or otherwise discriminate a
gainst them are working against
the best interest of the labor move
ment." the group declared.
urged that service workers be oi
ganized into unions.
FOR BETTER TENACY SYSTEM
Recognizing the fact that the
South is economically handicapp
ed.and that ‘‘many of its disabifi -
ies are deeply rooted in agricultural
maladjustments”, the group propos
ed establishment of sufficient site
guards in the system of tenancy to
promote the development of land
an dhome ownership and more se
curity by "written contracts. l6ng
er lease terms, higher farm wages
for day laborers, and balanced farm
programs, as well as adequate Fed
'eral assistance on an equitable bas
is.
Minimum health«mensures, it was
stated, would include mandatory
provisions that a proportion of the
facilities in all public hospitals be
available for Xegro patients.
Of the friction that arises where
Negroes are in training for the arm
ed forces, the statement said: “Ne
gro soldiers, in line of military duty
an din traiinng in the South, en
counter particularly acute racial
problems in transportation and re
creation' and leave areas. They
are frequently mistreated by the
police. We regard these problems
as unnecessary and destructive to
morale.”
In addition to Dr.' Johnson, chair
man. the other members of the com
mittee who signed the statement
were Dr. Gordon B. Hancock, Vir
ginia Union University: Dr. F. D.
Patterson. Tuskpgee institute; Dr.
Benjamin E. Mays, Morehouse Col
lege: Ernest Delpit. presiednt. Car
penters' Local (AFL). New Orleans;
Dr. Rufus E. clemnet, Atlanta Uni
versity. Dr. Horace Mann Bond,
Tort Valley State College. (Ga.,;
James E. Jackson, executive secre
tary. Southern Congress; William
M. Cooper, extension work, Hamil
ton Institute and ijv, p. b. Young,
publisher. Norfolk Journal ’"and
! Guide. * “*■ ’*