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W “crf3iS*“.S“^i^Pho„°fWE.Nebrask* Saturday, February 6,1943~ OUR 15th Year-No. 52~City Edition, 5c Copy
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NEED AIR RAID WARDENS
This local area needs Air Raid
Wardens! DO TOUR PART! If
you would like to become an Air
Raid Warden, please come to the
classes sponsored by the Red
Cross being held each Tuesday
night at Long School. The time is
7:00 p. m.
USO NEEDS FURNITURE, ETC.
LETS RESTORE OUR CANTE N
New and used lounge furniture,
lamps, books, and other accessor
ies which should go to make up a
homey, and comfortable canteen
for our service boys are sorely
needed, to help restore it and to re
place that lost in the fire which
last week did nearly $3,000 worth
of damage to the USO canteen at
2307 North 24th street.
Persons wishing to contribute
furniture are asked by officials to
phone the USO office and lounge
at 1906 Farnam street. The num
ber is JAckSon 5250.
The new probable site for the j
USO canteen for Colored Service- j
men. is the old Shultz Bakery at ]
2700 North 24th Street.
Let s all pitch in and help to re
store this useful organization in
our midst.
Wm. Hastie Gives Army Air-Corps
Discriminaton, Reason for Resigning
NEW FEPC CHOSEN |
INCUDES HASTIE.
GRAHAM. ROSS
New Yafrk, N. Y._..Attorney
Francis Biddle .who was charged
with the responsibility of working
out a reorganization of the Fair
Employment Practice Comnflttee
announced this week teh names of
four new paid members to sup
plant the present unpaid FEPC
group, according to a copywrited
story in the New York Post. The
new committee which will function
independent of the War Manpower
Commission includes Frank Gra
ham as chairman. Malcolm Ross.
Father Haas and William Hastie,
who was until recently Civilian
Aide to the Secretary of War.
Waacky Meets Waac
••wacky” and WAAC meet in
Hollywood, the Wacky in this case
being the famous radio and mo
tion picture star. Red Skeleton. ]cft
and the WAAC being 2nd Officer
Irma Jackson Cayton. now assign
ed to the 25th post headquarter*
company of the WAACS at Fort
Huachuca. Ariz.. where she is now
serving as a staff officer under the
•command of Captain Frances Alex
ander. L*. Cayton. who was born
in Brunswick. Ga.. the daughter of
the late Dr. Raymond S. Jackson,
who was one of the first men in
that area to enlist in World War
1. fook undergraduate and graduate
work at Atlanta and Fisk universit
ies. becoming a social worker. She
is the wife of Horace R. Cayton,
director of the Parkway Community
house. Chicago, who was professor1
of economics at Fisk when they
first met- Lt. Cayton was in the
first group of WAACS to be train
ed at Fort Desmpines ,la„ last
July, receiving her commission in
j September. She has been at Fcrj
Huaehuca since December.
(AMP Photo)
WHITE CALLS FOR
FEPC INDEPENDENCE
SAYS NATION MENACED BY £
COALITION OF SOUTHERN
DEMOCRATIC AND REAC
TIONARY REPUBLICAN
BLOC
Washington. D. C... “Unless the
Wiir Employment Practice Comm
ittee has the full backing of the j
government such as was given to
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission and th® National Labor
Relations Act when they were un- j
der fire at their inception, the
FEPC can never be of much value j
asserted Walter White. Secretary
of the NAACT at the John Weslev
A ME. church here January 2*.
•The Committee", White said. j
"must have effective 'anction-. j
such as the right to impose money
pen.llties and prison senteneea
and to hold public hearings when
war contract holders, labor unions
or gov rr.ment officials refuse to |
■comply with Executive Order No. \
8802 prohibiting discrimination on
account of race, creed, color or
national origin. Whether the
Committee members are paid or ■
■not is a minor issue in comparison
with this more fundamental issue
"Even if they were paid magnif
icent salaries they would be just
-as ineffective as they now are on
a voluntary basis unless they are
backed unequivocally and given
real authority- I
'The Committee to date has
been an unwanted sttpchild kick
ed about from pillar to post when
ever the professional bigots saw
fit to give it the boot.
"The fundamental needs of the
•Committee are first, complete in
dependence as an inevstigatory
•vind corrective agency which should
be located in the executive offic
es of the President with respons
ibility solely to him as Commander
'continued on page^^=>2)
TEACHERS
SALARY DIF
FERENTIALS
UNFAIR
• Newport News. Va. A decree
in favor of Dorothy F. Roles and
the Newport News Teacehrs' As
sociation in which the court de
clared that discrimination evid
enced in teachers salary discrep
ancies here is based solely on race
and color has been signed for
judge Luther B. Way 0f the Eas
tern District Federal Court of Vir
ginia. Oliver W .Hill and Dr. Leon
A. Ransom, members of the NAA
CP. legal staff announced this
week The suit was filed on Dec
ember 24. 1941 against the School
Board of the city of Newport News
to equalize the salaries of Negro
and white teachers.
Dr. Ransom said that this d cree
was the first to be issued on any
of the school teachers’ salaries
cases brought by the XAACP thru
out the South in which judgement
was based upon the finding of iact
In all other school teachers' sal
ary cases the school board had
themselves eventually agreed to
salary increases. The Newport
News School Board in defending it
self offered as one explanation of
the paying of less money to Neg-o<
school teachers than to whites the
reason that the cost of living of
white teachers is substantiaily
greater than that of colored teach
ers.
Judge Way said in his opinion
“it is patent that the difference
in the cost of living cannot be the
(Continued on page 3)
Management
Assn. Surveys
Negro Manpower
WOULD
USE IT
(BY ALVIN E. WHITE)
Washington, Feb. 3 (ANP). . In a
special research report by the A
merican Management association,
(he question of the Negro worker
has been thoroughly analyzed by
personnel directors and manage
ment experts, with a view toward
the employment and integration of
the Negro in industry. Privately
printed and circulated, the report
is a frank and open discussion in
volving questions which have baf
fled many government agencies
Arriving at a 10 point summary,
the AMA finds that there should
be mutual cooperation between
employe and employer. The re
port points out that Negroes can
and have been trained for occupa
tions requiring all levels of skill,
as the lists of jobs on which col
ored men and women are now
working indicate: the program of
Negro integration requires, first, a
firm declaration of company pol
icy; personnel managers now know
there is as much danger in not
dealing with the problem of the
Negro worker as there is in deal
ing with it ineptly: both the CIO
and the AFL are officially commit
ted to the policy of nctn-discrimin
ation; successful integration of
colored workers is predicted on a
planned piogram of selection, in
duction. training and upgrading:
intelligent use of the service of
federal, state and local agencies as
a source of selected Negro applic
ants and strategic placement of
colored manpower in the plant will
yield a substantial dollars and
cents return to industry.
Many questions are raised by
white employers among which are
the following; Is the Negro as in
telligent as the white? Does he
respond as readily to training?
Does the Negro produce as much
as the white worker on a similar
job? Does the attendance record
of the Negro compare favorably
with that of the white? Is the
Negro financially as responsible as
the white? How does the Negro
compare with the white in the
matter of health? Is he more
I pront to specific diseases? Is seg
regation necessary where the N—
gro and the white are working to
gether? Is the Negro more prone
to accidents than the white?
In many of these questions, the
answers come only through actual
working and determining just iinw
Negroes compare with white work
I ers under similar circumstances.
Pointing out the limitations in
: training for Negroes in some sou
| them states the report indicates
1 there is now a considerable res
' ervoir of skilled Negro labor, only
a small fraction of which is being
utilized in appropriate categories.
It is estimated that 5,389,000 color
ed persons were gainfully employ
ed in 1940- Howecer. many of the
men and women were on jobs far
below what their actual or poten
tial abilities would warrant. In
(April, 1940 .these employed No
U S, INDICTS TWO ST. LOUIS
MEN FOR SEDITION
groes made up 10.7 percent of the*!
work force of the country'- Of the
total of unemployed at that time.
Negroes constituted 12.5 percent
In June. 1942, the bureau oi em
ployment security indicated that
“over 500.000 Negroes who should
be utilized for war production are
now idle because of the discrimin
atory hiring practices of war in
dustries.”
The report continues, “Yet some
significant changes are reflecting
over their status a decade ago. In
1930, there were 3.662.893 Negro
males ,10 years of age and over,
gainfully employed. Of this num
ber. 1.492,555 were classified as
agricultural workers: 123,898 as
general laborers: 109.586 as serv
ants: 108.241 as chauffeurs, truck
and tractor drivers. 93,714 as por
ters (except in stores* and 72,382 as
janitors and sextons. Relatively
I smaller numbers were laborers,
porters and helpers in stores, work
ing in laundries, in cigar and to
bacco factories and in cleaning,
dyeing and pressing shops. Still
others were working as barbers
! and coal miners.
Making a strung plea for Negro
women, the survey states: “Since
the draft draws no color line and
since large numbers of colored
men have enlisted in the armed
forces, the Negro woman as an in
dustrial worker must come in for
an increasing share of attention.
“Traditionally, the Negro woman
i has been identified with personal
and domestic service as maid ser
vant, cook and laundress. She has.
long been an agricultural worker.
Her participation in the manufact
' uring and mechanical industries
has been very limited. Her ad
vent into the profession and into
clerical work is even more limited
I and of quite recent vintage.
But the niche of the Negro wo
man in our industrial set-up is be
ing carved. The younger women
is slowly finding her way into
many diverse occupations. She is
laboratory technician, nurse- steno
gTapher and personnel worker, in
th efactory she operates a milling
machine and a lathe or makes
parts for radios and for precis
ion instruments.
Discussing the future employ
ment of Negroes, the report prais
es colored workers, who themselv
es by virtue of their performance
and attitudes have won encourag
ing victories over tradition and
prejudice.
“We must bear in mind that. for
j every step forward, the road back
is twice as long and as hard. The
Negro is surely plagued by such
thoughts as these: “Shall I be the
first to go when the war is won?’
! Must I return to the jobs to which
traditions has so long held me
bound?' The statement above ‘Af
J ter the war management is going
to keep the best workers.Negro
or white. Workers will not be
| kept for sentimental reason,' is
thus significant for its implications
FORMED ‘CHURCH’ TO KEEP
ITS MINISTERS OUT OF
ARMY
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4 (ANP). .A fed
eral grand jury sifting at East St.
Louis this week returned indict
ments against two leaders of the
Pacific movement, an alleged Jap
anese sponsored organization,
charging them wit hconspiracy to
violate the wartime sedition stat
ute and hamper the selective serv
ice law. The Organization and a
Japanese referred to only as ‘John
Doe' were also named.
Indictment of the two Negroes
marks the fourth time a federal
jury has lodged similar charges a
gainst Negroes. Recently several
Negroes were indicted and convict
ed in New York of sedition. A
New Orleans jury has also indicted
a group of colored Persons for
draft evasion but they have not
been brought to trial. In Chicago
a trial of several Negroes is in
progress affer action by a federal
grand jury.
Tne two leaders who were im
mediately taken into custody are
David D. Erwin, a cook, and Gen
eral Lee Butler, a janitor.
Erwin said he is a “bishop" of
the “Triumph church of the New
Age.” described by the government
as a “pseudo religious adjunct” of
the Pacific movement that enroll
ed members of the organization as
ministers for a small fee in order
that they might claim draft defer
ment. Butler succeeded Erwin as
president of the movement at an
election in 1940. it was revealed,
and became national adviser there
after.
Activities of the Pacific Move
ment since Pearl Harbor are the
basis of the indictments. A series
of meetings in the home of Butler
and the residence of K. D. Branch
are described in the formal charge
which alleges that the defendants
an their followers made such state
ments as:
Japan will soon invade and con
quer the rnited States.
Members of the Pacific Move
ment would be “taken care of”
when the invasion came.
Japan is the champion of all
colored persons.
"This is a white man's war and
Negroes should not fight.
Pacific movement members
should pay $1 a week to help Jap
anese soldiers.
Negroes, if sent to Tight the Jap
anese. should surrender.
Members of the movement ac
cumulate guns and ammunition to
aid the Japanese when they invade
(Continued page 3)
^——mmm
It gives assurance that a man’s
record of service shall be the det
ermining factor in his retention on
the pay-roll—not the color of Lis
skin. It is. in fact, a pledge of
management's good faith_a
pledge that the efforts to consoli
date the Negro's position and make
him a more production member of
industry will not be relaxed."
SAYS FOR !
NEGRO BOYS
TO BE BEST
OF SOLDIERS
Reactionary policies and discrim
inatory" practices of the Army Air
Forces in matters affecting Negro
es were the immediate cause of my
resignation as Civilian Aide to the
Secretary of War.
The Army Air Forces are growing
in importance and independence. In
the post war period they may be
come the greatest single compon
ent of the armed services. Biased
policies and harmful practices es*
ablished in this branch of the Army
can all too easily infect other bran
ches as well. The situation had
become critical. Yet. the whole
course of my dealings with the
Army Air Forces convinced me that
further expression of my views in
the form of recOmmendtaions with- <
in the Department would be futile
I therefore, took the only course
which can. I believe, bring results.
Public opinion is still the strong
est force in American life.
To the Negro soldier and those
who influence his thinking, I say
with all the force and sincerity at
my command tha tthe man in uni
form must grit his teeth, square his
shoulders and do his best as a sol
dier. confident that there are mil
lions of Americans outside of the
armed services and more persons
than he knows in high places with
in the military establishment, who
will never cease fighting to remove
every racial barrier and every hum
iliating practice which now con
front him. But only by being at
all times a first class soldier can
the man in uniform help in this
battle which shall lie fought and
won.
When I took office, the Secretary
of War directed that all questions
of policy and important proposals
relating to Negroes should be re
ferred to my office for comment or
approval before final action. In
December, 1940. the Air forces ref
erred to me a plan for a segregated
training center fflr Wegrd! pursuit
pilots at Tuskegee. I expressed mv
entire disagreement with the plan,
giving my reasons in detail. My
views were disregarded. Since
then, the Air Command has never
on its own initiative submitted any
plan or project to me for comment
or recommendation. What inform
ation I obtained. I had to seek out.
Where I made proposals or recom
mendation. I volunteered them.
This situation reached its climax
in late December. 1942. when I
learned through Army press re
leases sent out from St- Louis and
from the War Department in Wash
ington that the Air Command was*
about to establish a segregated of
ficer candidate school at Jeffer
son Barracks. Missouri, to train
Negro officers for ground duty
with the Army Air Forces. Here
was a proposal for a radical de
parture from present Army prac
tice, since the officer candidate
training program is the one large
field where the Army is eliminat
ing racial segregation. Moreover
I had actually written to the Air
Command Several weeks earlier in
an attempt to find out what was
brewing at Jefferson Barracks.
The Air Command replied as late
as December 17, 1942, giving n»>t
even the slightest hint of any pian
for a segregated officer candidate
School, It is inconceivable to me
that consideration of such a pro
ject had not then advanced far
enough for my office to have been
consulted, even if I had not made
specific inquiry. The conclusion
is inescapable that the Air Comm
and does not propose to inform,
much less counsel with, this office
about its plans for Negroes.
But the reactionary policies and
discriminatory practices of the A,r
F'orces are much more serious
than the matter of ignoring mi
office. It should be Understood
that from the beginning the Air
Command did not want Negro per
sonnel Resistant^ bred of that
attitude has been met ever since.
Moreover .even now the air comm
! and views the use of the Negro as
an “experiment” designed to det
ermine whether he can do this or
that in the field of aviation Thin,
attitude is the result of wholly un
scientific notions that race some
how controls a man's capacity ana
aptitudes. The tragedy is that bv
not wanting the Negro in the
first place and by doubting his
capacity, the Air Comand has com
mitted itself psychologically to
courses of action which themsel
ves become major obstacles to the
success of Negroes in the Air Fore
es.
The Negro program of the Air
j Forces began some two years ago
with the organization of several
i so-called “Aviation Squadrons" -—
' (separate)”. Th,ese units, now
Wings O’er Jordan
NORMA E. BOYD. Washington
teacher and national chairman of
Alpha Kappa Alpha’s National Non
Partisan Council on Public Affairs,
who will tell of the Council s work
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiftmiitti’
greatly increased in number, were
organized to serve no specific mil
itary need. They nave never had
a defined function. Except as in
dividual commanders on their own
initiative have found some milit
ary function for particular small
groups of men, the characteris
tic assignment of th« "averHon
Squadron (Separate)” has been the
performance of odd jobs of com- I
mon labor which arise from jime
to time at air fields. There are
no equivalent white organizations.
‘‘Aviation Squadrons (Separate)” '
would never have come into exis
tence except fo rthe necessity of
making provision for Ngro enlist
ed men in the Air Forces. Reiac- j
tant to use Negroes at all, the Air
Command started off on the wrong j
foot by organizing some Negro )a- '
bor units, while every effort wan j
being made to recruit white vol
unteers with mechanical ability
for skilled service.
Somewhat later, in order to pro
'Cont nued on pagt j^=4>
SETTLE LETE KOLVIN ESTATE
KANSAS CIT YBROTHEKS
GET HALF OF 87.413,286
FORTUNE
Tulsa, Feb. 4 (ANP)—Disposal of!
the $7,413,286 estate of the late
Lete Kolvin. an Indian woman,
was announced this week by Char
Sunday, on Wings Over Jordan.
TO REVIEW PUBLIC
AFFAIRS OF ALPHA
KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY
Washington—Wings Over Jordan
radio audience for February 7. will
hear Norma E. Boyd, of Washing
ton, D. C., in a review of the work
of the Non Partisan Council on
Public Affairs Of Alpha Kappa Al
pha Sorority.
Miss Boyd, an incorporator of the
Sorority, is founder and national
ch»ir""T> its National Non-Part
isan Council on Public Affairs,
which for three years has maintain
ed. at Washington, a legislative
headquarters with a full time leg
islative representative—the only
Negro women's organization serv
ing the public on this basis.
In addition to a long and dis
tinguished career as teacher of
mathematics in the junior high
Schools of the District of Columbia,
Miss Boyd is also a sponsor of the
Federation of Student Councils in
the colored schools of the District
and js at pres nt serving on the
Farm Committee of the National
Women's Organizations for the Mo
bilization of Women in the War
Effort—an interracial group.
The recent conference on the Ne
gro Women and National Defense,
called through her efforts, at Wash
ington .was attended by represent
atives of forty-three national organ
izations. Miss Boyd is a native
Washingtonian, educated in its
public schools and at Howard Uni
versity.
les B. Rogers, white, an attorney,
who said that 48 of his clients fig
ured in the award. Division of
real estate besides the seven mil
lion dollar cash estate was also a
greed upon, he stated.
Floyd and Willie Mjay weather,
employees of a packing plant in
Kansas City, will receive half of
the estate under terms of the a
greement. and 46 collateral heirs
will receive the other half. Mi»s
Izora Alexander Lee of Claremore,
is among those who will share in
the bequests.
The division of the hotly contest
ed will follows a reversal by the
state supreme court of a district
court opinion that also gave t'ne
Kansas City brothers one half of
the estate.
BOY SCOUTS MEAN BUSINESS
t i
Scouting * &
W86HE* W r
BttWtfW*" 1
m ^arryontoVtctc^
C. **Toughen up. Buckle down, and Carry on to Victory", is the
Boy Scout major task this year. Their 1,570.000 members are in the
conflict to the hilt on the home front, doing everything boys of
Scout age can do to help win the war speedily and a just peace
permanently. -
