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Naacp Testifies For Fepc “With Teeth” Washington, DC—In hearings on March 14 the NAACP turned thumb»( down on the Taft bill (S. 459) antf urged passage without amendment of (S. 101) for the establishment of a permantn Fat.- Employment Prac tice omluimion. Acting NAACP Sec retary. Hoy Wilkins told a sub committee of the Senate Education and Dabor Committee. “ speedy a doption of S. 101 would give real meaning to democracy for thirteen million Negroes. Its enactment in to law by the 79th Congress would testify more eloquently than words )that the Negro, the Jew, the Cath olic, the new citizen, the Spanlsh ish American, man or woman, who has served his country on the bat. | tlefronta has not fought in vain." "Under this bill, the right to work ; without discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin ‘ r>r ancestry” he continued "Is prop. erly declared to be an immunity of ■ a citizen of the United States. It defines with precision what pract ices shall be considered unfair within the meaning of this Act; it creates procedures which adequate ly safeguard the Constitutional rights of persons charged with dis crimination; it gives the Commis sion power to enforce its findings against those who are recalcitrant” Referring to the weaknesses ob Mr. Wilkins stated, “to provide, that an agency created by this Con employment shall have only the power to recommend that persons vious in these instances in S. 459, Kress to eliminate discrimination in found guilty change their policies, will leave us exactly where we are today. In fact, the present Comm ittee has recourse to the President and his war powers, whereas S.459 looking to the post war period, does not even contemplate Presidential intervention against those who re fuse to comply with the orders of the Commission. ✓ J t Mr. Wilkins pointed out the fail ure of S. 459 to define spheres of in fluence over which the commission would have jurisdiction and its failure to provide non-discriminat - ion clauses in contracts let by gov ernment. More than a dozen witnesses told Senator Dennis Chavez, the sub committee chairman, that the Taft bill, S. 459, was wholly inadequate and Ui-ged support for S. 101. 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An hour and a. half production with never a dull moment will be enjoyed by everyone, young or old. Tech's Midwestern AAC. champs who will take part in the pageant include the following: Coach Hub bard, Dean Kelly, Don Dongcrier, A1 Zach, Max Faulhaber, Bob Long crier, Churck Brown, Leo Smothers Hank Scott, George Uphoff, Ed Me | Clain, Merrill Hodges, Markus Hodg I es, Myron Johnson, Carl Wells. Coach Hubbard's own description of the production is as follows: ACT I. Father Neptune, played by Coach Hubbard, pops up from nowhere seemingly, and after finding out that the request is to tell the story of "How swimming first started" he immediately calls for "Davy Jones”, (Dean Kelly). Davy Jones brings forth from the depth of the deep blue sea, that famous manus cript which tells the story. It seems that a family of Cave Dwellers, by the names of “Stone Hatchets" were traveling in the forest looking for berries and fruit when suddenly they were confront ed and forced to fight a huge bear. 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He claims that he will be deprived of good company in his locker rooms at the bottom of the sea. He is immediately thrown in the water and sent to his home. Like everything else, there was a beginning. This second act starts out with a very simple drowning act and continues the advances made in Life Saving up to and in cluding the present American Ser vice Life Saving requirements and Warfare Aquatics for our service men and women. There are a number or comics In this act. Some of the various steps are: Simple Drowning act, (Chuck Brown) the Log Pushers, Magic Rope Thrower, Human Stair way Rescue, "Bust-em-in-the-jaw” life saving and ends up with the I amous Chinese Life Saving act by (Leo Smothers and Chuck Brown). ACT III Act III deals exclusively with the are of Fancy Diving. (Divers are: Bob Longcrier, Hank Scott, Max Faulhaber, George Uphoff, Ed Me Clain and Merrill Hodges. 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The Bicycle Built for Two: A bicycle that goes on the water, “The Aqua-Marriage” the Fire Dive and the grand finis. Henderson, Regional FEPC Director Speaks at YWCA Friday at Noonday Luncheon Elmer W. Henderson, Director of Ihe Regional Office of the Presid ent's Fair Employment Practice Committee was in Omaha, Friday March 23 and addressed the mem I hers of the local Council and invit | ed guests at a luncheon at the Cen i tral YWCA., at noon that day. The Council had previously invited all interested in non-discrimination in employment practices to attend. Mr. Henderson interpreted to the local Council how a permanent FEPC. would add to the job secur ity of minorities in the period fol lowing the war. Created by Exe cutive order in June, 1942, the fed eral department represented by Mr Henderson has don much to assure an adequate labor supply and to integrate minority groups into war industrial occupations. 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