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'We Still Have a Job to Do”
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Drawn for the Natimal War Fund—Bruce Russell. Los Angeles Times
Labor Review..
(by George E. DeMar for CNS)
CONGRESS MUST ACT
The question of jobs for all who need and want to
work is uppermost in the minds of the people. The
matter of government, private enterprise and labor,
cooperating has been repeated over and over. Presi
ident Truman has announced his policy. Henry
Wallace has put down on paper the method by
which full employment may be accomplished. Only
action by the Congress remains to effect full em
ployment.
There is this for the people of each section of
each city to do, Congress acts when the people let
it be known thy are interested in eproposed laws.
Have you in you in your community held a “Jobs
for All” Rally or conference? Did you let your
local Congressman know that you want jobs and
that government through Congress holds the key to
the problem i No matter how small the group of
which you are a part, have you gotten together and
individually and collectively asked for full employ
ment? A man should not be returned to office 1111
ess he is responsible to the people who elected him.
Remember, you give a baby milk when he cried.
This is a democracy—let your voices be heard over
and over again. »
SENIORITY PROTECTS
Since Negroes entered war industry, there has
been much discussion of seniority aid a sharing of
jobs with lay-offs. Last hired in war industry,
Negroes have been the first laid off. All Negroes
did not lose their jobs and neither have all whites.
All Negroes will not be re-hired, nor will all whites.
As a people, we must keep the principle of senior
ity and insist upon its application in rehiring. It
is the one objective yardstick by which employ
ment and re-employment can be measured. It is
the one yardstick accepted by both management
and labor. As a principle, it should not be tamper
ed with. It can now be used by the laid-off work
er as a means of securing employment now that
there is unemployment. All the worker today can
ask is the same rights enjoyed by his fellow worker.
Working to-gether—black and white, full emnloy
ment can be realized'.
At Oil Strike Hearing
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Chicago, 111 ,—With the oil indus
try as the guinea pig, the industrial
future of the United States was be
ing decided as government manace
ment and union officials entered the
second attempt to reach conciliation ■
in the nations serious gas strike- !
This picture made at the Federal
Building where the oil strike confer
ence in sesion is beng held shows
left to right: August W- Hummert
of St Louis, Justice Wm- L
Knous, of Supreme Court of Color
ado, and James O Houston of
Texas All are on Conciliation
Commission
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fODAY!
Omaha]Choral
Direct’r Scores
in Marseille
WITH ARMY PORT CHOIR
With United States Forces, Mai -
seille, France—From time to time
there emerges in the armed forces
someone whose innate musicianship
and intuitive feelings for musical
expression brings him before the
Rev. T. E. Brown to Preach at Zion Bapt
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Report Dutch Troops Sent
from U.S. to Kill Java People
Chicago Minister
to Hold Revival
Rev F C- Williams, Pastor of
Zion Baptist Church has returned
to the city after having attended
the National Baptist Convention
which held is sessions in Detroit,
Mchigan- He reports a very suc
cessful meeting both financially and
spiritually
After leaving the convention Rev
Williams left Detroit for a short
vacation which he spent in Canada,
Chicago, Nashville and Fort \\ orth,
Texas
While in Chicago he preached at
the Progressive Baptist Church of
which Rev T E Brown is pas
tor Beginning Monday 1 evening,
October 15th- 1945 Rev Brown
will be at Zion Baptist Church, 2213
Grant street, preaching in a Revival
which will last several days
The pubic is urged to attend these
series of meetings, and hear this
very fine minister and to touch
some sinner and help make this a
city-wide soul-saving campaign.
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spotlight's glare- This is typical of
Sergeant Sylvester Stroud, Omaha,
Nebraska, choral ensemble director
of an Army ort choir in Marseille,
France.
His appearance with the 18-voice
group on this Continent reveals a
definite direcforT,s personality with
fine interpretative gifts asd an abil
ity to lead men
A critic who heard the Stroud
singers recently remarked: "He
seems to know the music he directs
and responds to it emotionally".
The Omaha sergeant, who has dir
ected the group from North Africa
to the Rhineland and to Southern
France, has a good ear; controls
his music and its dramatic, emotion
al and lyrical effect.
The group’s interpretative rendi
tions of ‘‘The Pilgrim’s Chorus”
“The Hallelujah Chorus”, and oth
er classics and hymns are integrat
ed with personality, culture and ex
perience
A former choral director of
groups in Omaha and Drake univer>
ity where he was a former student
of voice and piano, the soldier's am
bition in the Army has been bent
in that direction and as a result he
has acquired a conservatory educa
tion from his Army experiences
NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSN
REPUDIATES NEGRO DOC
TORS ASKING FOR JIM
CROW VETERANS
HOSPITAL
New York—“The National Medi
cal Association is definitely oppos
ed to establishment of segregated
veterans facilities,” Dr.. E__ I.. Rob
inon of Los Angeles, President ot
the National Medical Association,
| Inc.., telegraphed the NAACP today
in response to an inquiry made of
the National Medical Association
j President following General Omar
' Bradley’s statement that certain Ne
I gro doctors had been urging him to
j set up separate hospials for Negro
I BAHA’I TEMPLE MOVIE
TO BE SHOWN AT YWCA
Mrs- Claude S- Winans, of the
Haha'i Temple, Wilmette, III-, will
exhibit a moving picture of the
Baha’i Temple, House of worship
at Northside YWCA- Thursday,
October 11, at 3:30 pm- All ± are
invite d
veterans.. ,
“Any minority group of Negro
doctors desiring segregated veterans
facilities are nit known to the Nat
onal Medical Association and cer
tainly expresses a very small min
ority opinion requesting segregated
veterans hospitals," Dr.. Robinson's
telegram declared further.. "I can
not envision any member of our na
tional organization making any such
request.. I wish that the Veterans
Committee of the National Medicai
Association could have conference
with General Bradley, Administra
tor of the Veterans Administration,
and suggesting that a joint confer
Truman Urged by Maritime
Seamen to Investigate
New York, September 28, 1943—
The following telegram w'as sent
today to President Trumas follow
ing a meeting of three thousand
merchant seamen at the National
Headquarters of the National Mari
time Union, 346 West 17th Street
Meantime more than one hundred
seamen staged a demonstration be
fore the Greek Consulate in New
York in protest against a report
that Dutch troops on U.. S__ soil
are about to depart for Java to
quell a popular uprising
The text of the wire to Presi
dent Truman follows. The wire
was signed by Joseph Stacc, NMU
Agent in the Port of New York:..
“3,000 members at special member
ship meeting of National Maritime
Union today were shocked by re
port that thousands of Dutch sold
iers trained at expense of Ameri
can taxpayers and equipped with A
merican lend lease are about to be
transported, with apparent approval
of our government, from Jackson
iille> North Carolina, os United
Nations’ ships for the purpose of
killing the people of Java- The
Javanese people seek only the same
rights enjoyed by American people
We charge such an action is out
right fascism and in direct conflict
with all the base principles for
u'hch we fought this tear. Respect
fully urge you immediately investi
gate this autragemis situation and
inform us of any acton you take■"
Willkie House To Be
Dedicated/ Oct. 8th
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New York—Annotfn<$emont was
made this week of the formal dedi
cation of the Wendell Willkie Mem
orial Bcilding at 20 West 40th St,
New York, in a gala ceremony on
ence of the NMA.. and NAACP
with General Bradley be held to
demonstrate the unity of thoughtful
and intelligent Negro opinion a
gainst the segregation of Negro
veterans in American hospitals af
ter they have been injured in fight
ing for democracy overseas
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Unique Calendars Help to
Promote "Good Neighbor” Policy
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—Calendars now are doingp their part in
promoting the “Good Neighbor” policy with South America. The
calendars contain original Gaucho paintings by F. Molina Campos,
Argentine humorist, and because of their success in 1944 and 1945 for
the third year now are being planned again by the Minneapolis-Moline
Power Implement company in 1946. Campos is shown at left above
with Walt Disney whom he assisted in making a movie, “Saludos
Amigos.” The picture, above, is “The Lasso,” one illustration that
appears in this year’s calendars. The calendars are so popular that
they are considered collectors’ items by many.
iTo Discuss FEFC. Legislation
with Governor Griswold
Monday, October 8th at 12 noon..
Among the speakers at the outdoor
ceermony will be Sumner Welles,
former Under Secretary of State;
Helen Hayes, famous actress whose
portrayal of Harriet Beecher Stowe
in HARRIET marked one of the
outstanding theatrical performances
in recent years; Walter White, Sec
retary of the NAACP, which organ
iation will occupy two floors in the
Willkie House; Dr . Harry D
Gideonse, President of Brooklyn
College and other
Arrangements have been made for
roping off 40th Street between Fif
th and Sixth Avenues to accommo
date the huge throng which is ex
pected to attend the dedication
which is being made on the first
anniversary of the death of Mr
Willkie..
NAACP Branches, members and
friends have to date contributed
$24,437-00 towards the NAACP
pledge of $30,000 towards the cost
of the purchase and remodelling of
the building which is located direct
ly across the street from New
York’s famous 42nd Street Library
It is hoped that by the date of the
dedication the balance will havt
been raised so that the NAACP
will be the first organization to pay
its pledge in full
TO RESIDE IN OMAHA
__I
REV. E. F- RIDLEY, the form
er Pastor of St- John A ME
Church, will reside in Omaha» Ne
braska. indefinitely.
He is at home to his many friends
at 2860 Miami Street.
ASSISTANT IN SURGERY
AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY
DR- EWARD N. WIGGINS, son
of Dr- and Mrs. Her pert Wiggins•
who recently finished his interne
ship at Freedman hospital at IIinv
ard University in Washington, D.
C-, has been appointed to an As
sistant Residency in Surgery at the
same institution
Postwar Segregation
of Negro Aviation
Training at Tuskegee
Denounced
New York—Unqualified opposi
tion to the proposed Army Air
Force plan to establish a "compos
ite group” of Negro bombers and
fighters as a segregated unit at the
Tuskegee Air Field was voiced to
day to Secretary of War Robert P
Patterson, by the NAACP.
The Association’s stand is based
up three points, Walter White, Sec
retary, informed the Secretary ot
War.
“(l) We are unalterably oppos
ed to segregation in the postwar
Air Force or Army- The United
States has an excellent example of
sucessful integration in the exper
ience of the 332nd Fighter Group,
and particularly of the 99th Pursuit
Squadron in North Africa and It
aly which served without friction
or difficulty with white fighters,
many of them from the Deep South
"(2) The racial atmosphere of
Alabama is such that no self-res
pecting Negro member of the A-r
Force could serve there without the
risk of clashes with the dominant
community aptteni of anti-N'egro
ism. In the reduction of the Air
Force there will be many excellent
fields far better equiped and suited
for bomber and fighter training
thin is the field at Tuskegee, which
fields are located in areas wherw
Noted People
To Speak
I '• ; 1
At a recent meeting at the Urban
League Community Center, an Exe
cutive Committee set up by Mr.
Ryland E- Melford, Ass’t Director
of V D Education and Control,
State Department of Health, decid
ed to assist in sponsoring a state
health conference on October 24, 25,
and 26 to deal with social hygiene,
tuberculosis control, nutrition, child
health and infant care, and social
protection.
Some of the most outstanding
men in their fields in America have
b**n invited to participate in the
conference- Among them are, Dr.
Paul B Comely, head of the de
partment of Bacteriology, Howard
University; Dr Roscoe C Brown,
chief of Negro Health Service, U
S Public Health Service; Dr
Walter H Maddux, Children's
Bureau and Flanner House Health
Center; Dr Roderick W- Brown,
one of two Negro members on the
Board of Directors of the National
Tuberculosis Association; Mr
Charles O Rogers of the American
Social Hygiene Assn; Mr Edward
V Taylor of the Federal Securit
ies Agency; Miss Frances Edwards
of the Omaha University faculty;
and Miss Floernce Atwood and Miss
Mable Doremus of the Nebraska
University College of Agriculture
The following committees have
been appointed to prepare for the
conference: Finance—Mr Duward
R Crooms, Miss Elizabeth Jordan,
Mr Donald Serafy, and Mr J. C
Harris- Arrangements— Miss Mae
B- Taylor, Mrs Rudolph Gerron;
Mrs Walter Harrold, and Miss
Leeta Holdredge Ladies’ Division
— Mrs- Mendel Clay, Mrs John
Albert Williams, Mrs- Marcus
Greer, and Mrs. Pinkie Anderson
Program—Mrs Albin Simmons,
Miss Josephine Albrecht and Mr
Ryland Melford- Dr D W
Gooden is General Chairman of the
Conference- ,
Yohth Committee to Aid in
Health Conference
A youth committee was set up for
the purpose of actively participating
in the state health conference to be
held October 24, 25> and 26 Mem
bers of he committee are Misses
Pearl Faulkner, Dorothy Eure,
Juanita Hanger, Della Mae Jones,
Wanda Montgomery and Ovalvn
Grice and Messrs- Harold Matth
ews, Von Richard Trimble, Clar
ence Reynolds and Cleveland Marsh
all
Advisors to the group are Mrs
Robbie T Davis and Mr Don
Warner ,
Negro fliers would not be subject
ed to constant humiliation. Tuske
gee Field does not at present have
adequate facilities for training com
rnand or tactical units- Nor does it
have adequate housing and other
facilities for officers and enlisted
personnel. We realize that such
facilities can ge created by the ex
penditure of considerable money.
But fields already created could lie
used and thus avoid uneconomical
spending of money for the erection
of additional facilites at Tuskegee
“(3) We understand that the
proposed establishment of a compos
ite group for the training of Negro
fighters and bombers applies only
to Negroes, being a device to com
bine all training of Negro fliers in
one place. White fighter units will
be assigned to one field and white
bomber units to another under dif
ferent commands. We do not be
lieve that the same excellence and
efficiency can be attained by at
-tempting to combine the two mere
ly to segregate Negroes in one com
posite group-” ,
Tuskegee President Queried
When it was reported to the NA
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Praised by Chicago’s Mayor Kelly
Dr. A J. Of ford and co-workers \
praised by Chicago's Mayor Kelly
as final summer park district music*
al “Search For Talent” concerts
close. The programs were present
ed weekly uhth more than three hun
dred participants Top I to r, Wil
liam FI. Jones, James H Barr, di
rectors. Robert McKenzie, Shiloh
SDA., Choral Society, T alma n
Thomas, Shining Light Harmonic j
Choir; Arthur S. Logan, Monu-]
mental Baptist Goodwill Spiritual
Choir• Garner Kendrick, Christ
Temple Youth Chorus, James T
Campbell, Hartzcll Methodist
Church Chorus. Middle row Dr
A. J. Of ford, general chairman,
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director, Monumental Baptist church
Glee Club; Oscar Wy cliff Harman,
Atty. for the Association, Max
Targ, Ex-President Music War
Council of America. Marjorie S.
Joyner, director Search for Talent
Contest. R. V. Pierce, supervisor
of recreation for Chicago Park Dis
trict, William C. Hoffman, engin
eer Chicago Park District Seated
are the prise winners Helen Ward,
Jacob Evans, Jr., and James Hunt.
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On Saturday October 6th the O
maha Council for a Permanent
FEPC will journey to Lincoln to
discuss legislation of a Permanent
Fair Employment Practice Comm
itee- The committee met Thursday,
at 8:00- October 4 at the Urban
League to complete their presenta
tion plans to the Governor
R- S- Davis, is chairman of the
Omaha Council of FEPC
Most of the members of the Com
mittee have made plans to attend
the Minnesota-K,9bdaska football
game at Lincoln Saturday, while
they are there
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