The Beal Brothers Medical and
Surgical clinic in Houston is the
pride of the southwest. Erected
by Drs. P. W. and A. W. Beal,
brothers, the 22-room, $100,000
ultra-modem clinic was recently
opened to accept non-hospital
cases. The building includes a
minor surgery room, two private
rooms. a fever inducing room,
I metabolism and x-ray and fluoro
scopic room, a clinical laboratory
with a registered pathologist in
charge, a dispensary with a re
gistered pharmacist and a large
consultation room.
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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF
THE CARVER FOUNDATION
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J. Henry Smith former assistant
to the president of Tuskegee in.
stitute and director of the U. S.
Navy Recruiting office for Negro
es in Alabama, has returned to
Tuskegee as executive secretary
of the George Washington Car
ver foundation and assistant to
the director, Dr. Russel W. Brown
In making the announcement,
President F. D. Patterson stated
that Mr. Smith’s duties will in
clude business management and
oublic relations for the founda
tion.
First Seed Sale
Agricultural seeds were first sold
commercially in the United State*
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CHICAGO MAYOR STANDS
FIRM ON HOUSING RIOT
NEW YORK, — The Arm stand
taken by Chicago Mayor Martin
Kennelly durrag the recent anti
Negro housing riot, in which 118
persons were arrested and charg
ed with disorderly conduct, was
lauded by the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People in a statement by
the Association’s chief, Walter
White.
“We congratulate you on the
firm stand you have taken against
riotous attempts to prevent Negro
tenants from the housing preject
We urge you to continue to re
fuse to yield to lynching spirit
declared the NAACP head.
The housing project, on Chi
cago’s South Side, was opened to
occupancy recently and when it
was learned that Negroes as well
as whites would move in, several
“civic'’ organizations issued thinly
, veiled promises of mob action.
At the height of the disturbance,
on August 15, almost 3000 per
sons milled about the area beat
*ing Negroes and breaking win
dows.
Forty families of white veterans
and seven Negro vetrans’ families
have been admitted to the project.
Time Savers
At least four hours a week can be
saved by an ironer In the average
family. A saving of several hours
can be accomplished by the washer.
The total gain from the two amounts
to several weeks a year.
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SEPT. 1
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check with your local Union Pacific Ticket Agent for latest
information on times of arrival and departure. Changes
will be made in schedules of several trains.
'A—- For example, the westbound San Francisco Overland will
/A leave Chicago five hours later than at present with a corre
sponding change in the schedule at stops enroute. Also some
change in eastbound schedule. *
The Streamliner “City of San Francisco" will operate on a
DAILY basis.
f K* There will be slight changes in the schedules of the xia3y
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*,. Pacific... and other trains.
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Urban League Urges
Prospective Students to
Seek Career Counseling
The autumn session of schools
and colleges all over the country
is about to begin. As the time ap
proaches young men and women
will feel the urge to seek edu
cation and training. The first step
toward a career is the desire. The
second step should be a planned
selection so that after matricula
tion there will be no waste of ef
for on a subject that does not ap
ply. Even though the desire for
preparation may be charcterized
by resourcefulness and intellectual
efficiency,there is usually present
some element of indecision. The
Urban League calls upon pros
pective students to make use of
Community resources that will
assist them in making the best
possible selection both of the car
eer and institution. The doubtful
student need not linger in a sus
pended state of mind; there is
relief and succor in the office of
the Counselor. As a part, of its
total service to the community
he Urban League is equipped with
school announcements cataloges,
and bulletins from Universities,
Colleges, Trade Schools, Prepara
tory Schools and other Institu
tions throughout the country.
There are those who only want
information others may seek ad
vise on vocational careers. They
may want to know how and where
their career can be obtained,
1 special aptitudes and qualification
needed, sources of scholarships
and fellowships, general prospects
for jobbs in the field, racial bar
riers that exist and to what de
gree, relative job fields, advan
tages and disadvantages, and the
salary range in beginning the job
as well as the possibility of future
rowth. These resources are avail
able to all persons in the Com
munity young and old. male and
female, vetertans and non-vet
erans.
The following is an example of
service wherein both counsel and
information was desired:
Miss S. P„ a recent graduate
from high school came to the Ur
i ban League presumable fcr infor
mation regarding courses and faci
lities vaailable at various colleges.
It was soon apparent the young
lady was dubious with regard to
what specific course she wanted
to pursue. Miss S. P. was certain
she would be happy to have a
career in the medical field, but
what? did she want to be a Doc
tor, definitely not it was learned,
we pointed out the advantages
and demand in he field of nursing
bujt it was qjtckly ascertained
Miss S. P. was not interested In
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I General counsel and executive
I vice president, Afro-American
j Life Insurance Co., Jacksonville,
j Fla., who won a sweeping decis
ion some time ago from the Flori
; da Supreme court affirming the
purchase of the Industrial Insur
j ance Co.
nursing.
Her high shcool subjects indi
cated a splendid background for
a scientific vocation. We knew,
, therefore that the applicant was
well qualified. ^he had taken
about every subject that the aver
age school would offer in the
natural sciences and her high
school record showed she had
. been successful in her mathematic
subjects. Also she had taken the
required subjects in literature,
other arts, and the social sciences,
i We made mention of careers
such as Dental Hygienist, Occupa
i tional Therapist, X-Ray Techni
cian, Medical Laboratory Techni
cian and several other vocations
in the medical field. Referring to
these semi-professional vocations
were of little help to Miss S. P.
[ because she did not know the
meaning of them. We gave the
young lady a group of well writ,
ten pamphlets explaining the
things she wanted to know about |
vocations in the medical field. Up.
on learning the meaning of a Med
ical Laboratory Tecnician, her ex
pression quickly changed to one
of joy and understanding. She
wanted to discuss it more in de
tails after which there was little
doubt in either the student or cou
nselor's mind but that the right
career had been found.
Under the description of the oc
cupation, which takes less than
two full pages, are paragraphs,
occupational summary, education
al qualifications and certification,
civil service requirements, related
fields and sources of employment.
Miss S. P. discovered and learn,
ed that Medical Laboratory Tech
nicans work under the direction of
a doctor, bacteriologist or clincal
pathologist in making various
routine test for diagnosing, treat
ing and resarch. They make blood
cell counts, chemical and micro
scopic examinations of gastric
contents, basal metabolism and
liver and kidney tests. In addition
they perform several other duties.
Miss S. P. also learned the place
of her employment would be a
neat laboratory equipped with
microscopes, klassware, incubators
j and various precision instruments,
i The laboratory, he found, would
be in a hospital, a clinic, a public
health place, in the personnel de
partment of some large private
firm, in a Government Hospital
Or in the office of a private physi
cian or in a university. Miss S. P.
was convinced that she would
meet with minimum racial barri
ers in this occupation, either as I
to training or employment. Her.
salary would not be unusually
high but normally good, starting
about $35.00 a week and her work
hours would be agerreeable and
short, her associates would be
doctors, and people of the medical
profession, and her work would be
a secure career, varied and inter
esting.
When Miss S. P. left left the
Urban League Building, we were
convinced sufficiently to say with
in , there goes a Medical Labora
tory Technician.
Primitive Origin
The universality of man’s love of
color was demonstrated early in
antiquity. Each region and sub-re
gion of the globe developed its own
dye sources. It is estimated that
nearly 1,000 different plants, vines,
shrubs and trees were, at one time
or another, employed for extract- j
ing dyes. However, ;,uy a few of
the primitive ayes survived to an
cient and medieval times.
‘Sweet Sea’
The Amazon river is sometimes
h- - vn r.s the “sweet sea.” _
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Members of the Gold Coast (Bri- |
tish West Africa) Police band, in
Britain on a four-months’ tour,
visited Hendon Police college, Lon- j
don. They saw and took part in !
the practical training of London’s j
police recruits.
The picture shows :TOP: Bobbies
and West African police learn
what to do in the case of a traf
fic accident. The car and motor
cycle has collided.
BOTTOM: Sgt. Jeffers, of the
Hendon Police college. demon
strates artificial respiration in a
case of drowning. Gold Coast po
licemen take their place in line
for individual instruction.
CIO, li. S. Justice Dept.
Open War on Prices
By ARTHUR RIORDAN
The CIO and the U. S. Dept, of
Justice have launched simultan
ous attacks on soaring prices.
Emil Rieve. administrative
chairman of the CIO Full Employ,
ment Committee, declaring that
speculators have had a field day
in raising prices to near all-time
highs, called upon Pres. Truman
to summon a conference of in.
dustrial, labor and agricultural
leaders to develop a voluntary
program for price reduction.
The Full Employment Commit
tee, eomposed of the pretsidents of
the CIO Stel, Auto, Clothing, Tex
ile and Electrical unions, further
urged that the President and the
Republican majority “agree im
mediately, upon the reconvening
of Congress, to meet these inflat,
ionary threats to our economic
security by enacting legislation
permitting the establishment of
price and raioning controls on
speculative Commodities.'’
Two days after he made his pro
posal public. Rieve received unwel
come testimony that th time for
action wah here. The U. S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics announced that
prices had set a record high for
the fourth week in a row. This
time, BLS bluntly said the end is
not in sight. Prices were 18 per
cent above June, 1946. last month
of extensive OPA regulations, and
59 per cent above the August, 1939
lvel.
Just after Rieve, spoke, Atty.
Gen. Tom C. Clark announced h'S
Antitrust Division would prose
cute criminally thase who con
spire to increase prices fo food,
clothing or housing.
Rieve’s statement, issued at a
full-dress press conference, was
followed or preceded by these de
velopments:
1. Sen. Robert A. Taft ‘(R-, O.),
opponent of OPA and co-author
ot the Taft-Hartley Law, announc
cd the make-up of Congressional
subcommittees which will look in
i to price increases in the East and
, Mid-West. Later, the Far West
will be studied. He made the
choices in his capacity as chair,
man of the joint Senate-House
Committee on the Economic Re
port.
2. BLS also showed that a
married man with two children
made an average weekly pay of
$48.46 in May, 1947, an all-time
high, but that, after taxes and
Social Security, this father’s take
home pay of $47 was worth only
$29.99 in 1939 dollars.
3. Rieve said following Clark’s
announcement that he felt that
though CIO welcomes Clark’s pro
be, “many prices are set by large
monopolies and monopolies do not
necessarily fall under the crim
inal law and under Clark’s investi
gation. For example, in the auto
mobile industry, General Motors
controls probably 60 per cent of
the business and therefore is able
to dictate prices.’’
At his press conference, Rieve
I
i had recalled that 14 months ago
i th NAM carried on a nation-wide
advertising campaign in which it
pledged:
"If OPA is promptly discontin
! uerd, production of goods will
mount rapidly and through free
competition prices will quickly ad
just themselves to levels that con
sumers are willing to pay.”
He also recalled that Taft at
the same time made similar pre
dictions.
But, Rieve declared prices have
not gone down with the rise in
production. Speculators have driv
en the wholesale price of meat up
85 per cent while increasing
slaughtering 150 per cent since
June, 1946, he said.
Profits are at an all-time high,
he asserted, and, if the trend con
tinues in the second half of this
year, will be almost four and one
half times greater than the mon
ies earned by American corpor
ations in th pre-war years and 70
per cent greater than in the peak
wartime year of 1943.
Refinishing Cabinets
If the old finish of a metal kitchen
cabinet is not scratched or chipped,
a thorough'cleaning to remove any
traces of greasy film, followed by
a light rubbing with very fine sand
paper to dull the gloss of the old
enamel, should be sufficient prepa
ration for refinishing. After Wiping
with turpentine or mineral spirits,
apply one or two coats of enamel
undercoater, in accordance With the
manufacturer’s directions on the
can, and finish with a eoat of
enamel of the desired tint.
! PLANS EUROPEAN TOUR
IMII mPlIil 11 ■■
Sam Parks, 33-year-old Chicago
Packinghouse labor leader, will
sail for Europe on Oct. 11 to study
the post-war conditions of Europ
ean workers, especially thjpse of
England and France. A visit to
the graves of American soldiers
as well as a survey of the status
of Negroes and minority groups
in Europe is gtlso scheduled. Parks
and his wife, Johnnie Mae, will
make the trip as winners of a
subscription contest for the
Chicago Star, a weekly progress
ive-labor newspaper. He is presi
dent of Wilson Local 25, United
Packinghouse workers of America
(CIO).
American Meat Packing
From a humble beginning 308
rears ago, meat packing has grown
o become one of the nation’s larg
est industries. Meat packers in the
United States produce more than 20
Dillion pounds of meat annually.
From five million farms and
ranches in every state the meat
packers purchase 127 million cattle,
ralves, hogs and sheep to make into
iteaks, roasts, stews, sausage items
and canned meat, as well as utiliz
ing by-products for many pharma
ceutical and manufacturing items.
John Thornton, left, and John
Mullins, Mayor of Clariton, Pa.
discuss political plans after their
appointments as PAC leaders by
Philip Murray recently, in Pitts
burgh. Mullins will be National
Director and Thornton his assist,
ant in the United Steel Workeis
CIO PAC drive to help elect a
liberal congress and to remove
the Taft-Hartley law from the
statute books.
Their supporting staff of 9 re
gional workers and 37 district
workers will cover 32 states
where the Steel Workrs are or
ganized. Thornton is also Chair
man of the National CIO Cost of
Living Committee. Mr Mullins
and Mr. Thornton wi\l have their
offices in Washington, D. C
ning their campaign by urging
They and their staff are begin,
every citigen to register for vot
ing in th^ 1948 elections “to help
restore the rights of the Ameri
can worker that were taken away
by the first session of the 80th
Congress with the passage of the
Taft-Hartley bill.”
Thornton stated that this cam.
paign is especially important to
the Negro weorker because, “or.
ganized labor is his bulwark a
gainst reactionary forces in
America. If organized labor is de
stroyed, the few economic rights
and priviledges that t.he Negro
has gained in the last ten years
1 will also be destroyed.”