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Fire Hose Waters 'Daddy' Grace's Flock
_____
WASHINGTON. D. C.—(SNS)—When more
than 200 members of the United House of Prayer
requested baptism. Bishop C. M. “Daddy” founder,
>r;»t an S. O. S. to the fire department and was
quickly obliged. Here, he’s shown sprinkling the
fleck in Washington, D. C., August 24. The Dunk
I *ng was done vicariously by the bishop. Fireman
i J. M. Carter was actually in charge of the hose,
I which is banked live a howitzer against the side of
| a fire engine from company No. 4. (International
| News Photo)
larch-On-Washingion Committee
Plans Report To Nation Meeting
Slated Speakers
Include Heads Of
Militant bodies
Plans are afoot to stage a huge
zvblic meeting by the March-on
Washington Committee in Chicago
'n Sunday, September 28th, foi
‘be purpose of making a report
co the Nation in the midwest. The
meeting will be under the auspices
of the Chicago Division of the
r-T ■ r dh - on - Washington movement*,
whose local director is Dr. Charles
Wesley Burton
Speakers on this occasion will
include A. Phillip Randolph, Na
tional Director of the March-on
Washflhgton Committee; Walter
White, Secretary of the National
j Association for the Advancement
Colored People; Lester B.
.ranger, Assistant Executive Sec
, ret ary of the National Urban Lea
* cue; Mr. M. P. Webster, First
International Vice-President of
t the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
* Porters and a member of the
) President’s Fair Employment
s Practice Committee; Mr. Earl B.
. Dickerson of Chicago’s Aldermanic
’ Board and also a member of the
president’s Fair Employment
Practice Committee. An invitation
has been sent, to Mr. Mack Eth
-ridge, Chairman of the Fair Em
'nlcvment Practice Committee, to
address the meeting.
This meeting will be a part of
the program to mobilize public
sentiment behind the President’s
Executive Order and the Fair Em- j
ployment Practice Committee to
ben discriminations in National I
Defense on account of race, creed, ,
color or national origin.
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r off the European war with the
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Europe two years ago.
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Julian's Wife Bails Out On Black
Eagle, Refuses To Talk About It
NEW YORK—(C)—Mrs. Col. Hubert Faunteroy
Julian has bailed out on Harlem’s Black Eagle. She
landed in court with a separation action against the
flier, who himsell landed in the East River mudflats
on July 4, 1926. At that time, Julian was starting a
Vound the world flight”.
Mrs. Julian charges cruelty and abandonment by
the man who lent a helping hand to beleagured Britain
by going to join R. A. F. forces in Canada.
But the Colonel’s wife refuses to talk about the
whole procedure. “It’s something I don’t wish to dis
cuss’’, she said, when questioned at the Julians’ apart
ment, 98 Morninggside Ave.
Stenographers in War
Dept. Segregated
WASHINGTON — (ANP) _
Hidden away on the second floor i
in the sixth wing 0f the huge mu
nitions building of the war de- j
partment is a little coterie of five j
colored stenographers — part of ;
the famous “pool” of colored
girls hired.
According to information, a
pool is merely a receiving sec- j
tion. where girls await calls to
oilier appointments in the de- !
partment. They work here until j
a vacancy occurs and then they [
are assigned to offices needing J
their services.
The usual length of service in j
pool is from four to five weeks 1
but these girls have spent as j!
many months in this private |<
pocl with no changes.
Each ot the young women ■
has her name on her desk, print
ed in huge letters on a card, and
each one has a typewriter.
The majority cf their work i
consists in making stencils and j
me young woman is reported to ! ,
have typed one manuscript 36
times—just a repetition of what ]
she has done before. .
White girls who wish to be <
friendly with them are warned
not to speak to the colored girls :
■<nd leave them severely alone
One girl from Pennsylvania, who 1
Governor Stassen Denies
Racial Discrimination
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.— fANP)— :
White and Negro citizens of the |
twin cities rubbed elbows at a mass |
meeting sponsored by the Minneso- ;
ta Negro Defense committee, Tues
day night, in the Hallie Q. Brown
Commiunty house, to hear Gov. |
Harold E. Stassen defend himself :
against charges of discriminating j
against Negroes in Minnesota
Home Defense force.
Rev. Clarence T. Nelson, pastor !
of Camphor Memorial Methodist i
church and publicity chairman of
the defense committee, gave a brief !
review of the committee’s fight to j
have Negroes enlisted m Minneso- :
ta’s home defense program. Follow- j
ing this, Frank L. Alsup, chairman j
of the committee, in his introduc- 1
tory remarks, told the governor that
the people would not be interested j
in his speech if it were on any other j
subject than that which they had I
gathered together to hear.
I ;
Gov. Stassen’s address for the
most part was given over to the cit-'
; ing of instances to show that he
i is not and never has been preju-c
Cites Instances
To Show He Has
Not Been Biased
diced nor ever done anything in
his public career that could be la
beled discriminatory to the Negro.
He referred to his association with
Negroes in the ROTC and as a
pullman conductor, saying “I am
against discrimination an dthat has
been my attitude from the chadle.”
He lauded the work of Atty. Ray
mond Cannon, Mill City, Minn.,
and Lawrence Tarver, St. Paul, in
compiling a report for the inclusion
of Negroes in the defense force of
the state and remarked that it was
their suggestion that the organiza
tion of a jim-crow unit in the home
defense program would be inadvis
able.
Blame for discrimination of coi
fed was placed upon the United
States army officers in the force !
who are following the army code i
of placing Negroes in separate I
units. To the charges of the gov- I
ernor that the committee had been i
unfair to him, J. Nataniel Smith,
St. Paul, defended the committee’s
action in asking that practices of
discrimination be wiped out. Smith
said that the committee had been
informed by Rep. Melvin Mass that
the U. S: government had nothing
to do with the state militia, hence
the committee requested Gov. Stas
sen to issue non-discrimination or
der.
In answer to the governor’s state
ment that he would work with the
committee to make a test case of
the discriminatory army code, Ce
cil Newman, editor and publisher
of the St. Paul Recorder and Min
neapolis Spokesman, challenged the
governor to strike the first blow in
the fight by the issuance of an or
der to the effect that Negroes be
inculcated in Minnesota's home de
fense, to which the governor replied
that he could not do that.
No Nazi Fear In Liberia; U.S. Keeps
Weather Eye On Africa Republic
Officials Declare
Neutrality State
By ALVIN E. WHITE
WASHINGTON—(ANP)—Liberia, the Negro republic
of western Africa, is in no immediate danger from Nazi in- j
fluence, according to officials of the department of state who i
have had the situation under close observation for some I
time. ^
Immediately upon the declaration of war, Liberia issued
a statement on its neutrality, which has been strictly en- i
forced. Sc much so that the Liberian government has al
most bent over backward to keep from offending the warring
nations.
British officials, however, have
rot been very helpful in the en
forcement of this neutrality and
in one instance there was a very
close shave, causing the United
States government to back up the
Liberians in their stand.
COUNTRY SUFFERS
ECONOMICALLY
Economically, the Liberians have
suffered from the war in that their
trade with the adjacent French
possessions has been cut off. French
territory almost completely sur
rounds Liberia with • the exception
of the northwest border which ad
joins Sierra Leone, a British terri
tory.
At the time, the few Germans
who were left in Liberia. mer
chants and traders who had been
there for years, were doing their
best to keep the little trade they
had. Intense trading was done
with a product known as ‘piassava’
a hemp like material which is
manufactured from fibers of a
Liberia plant. Germany had been
buying this when the British step
ped in through their charge
d’affaires and precipitated k very
unpleasant situation.
Because the British maintain a
strong blockade of the West African
coast, it is almost impossible for
any vessels other than those of the
British and her allies to enter the
few ports Liberia has. At the same
time. Britain maintains a wide
spread blacklist of nations suspect
pd of dealing with the Axis powers
and once threatened to put Liberia
in this category. Only the insistence
of this government is said to have
prevented such a step.
Information from this section of
the West Coast is rather meager,
it is reported, since the United
States maintains a man at Daker,
in the Sengal and another at Lagos,
some thousand miles apart in a
rough wild territory.
FIRESTONE RUBBER
INTERESTS
United States interests iit Liberia
are centered in the Firestone Rub
ber plantations., which have in
creased their output several hun
dred percent in the past four or
five years; the Bank of Monrovia,
and the United States Trading
Company. Few Americans are in
the. country, so no problem of
evacuation would be involved
should there come a time for such
action. Scattered throughut the
country are a few Americans—
‘drifters” as the state department
:alls them— who would naturally
A short while ago, there was
some trouble about the natives, but
his was quickly put down and now
>eek to get back to this country in
•lie event of trouble.
Liberia seems to ‘‘be on the right
side of the fence” according to de
oartment.
One of the difficulties Liberia
was not accustomed to such treat
ment, bucked the lir.e and was
immediately transferred to a
point where she would not come
in contact with the colored work
ei’S.
None of the girls will permit
her name to be used to protest
against such treatment and it is
said that the condition confront
ing them is well known to of
facials of the war department
who, it is believed, could do scme
fhing to remedy the situation.
faces, like the United States, is
transportation. The lack of facilities
to transport the few products of the
country has proven a serious handi
cap. However, it is interesting to
note that the development of the
port, of Marshall, just below Mon
rovia. has been one of the out
standing achievements of the coun
try to date. Marshall has surpassed
Monrovia as a seaport and al
though a smaller town, has made
great progress in the past, few
years.
STERN MEASURES TAKEN
Little evidence of political in
trigue is found in Monrovia, so
stern are the measures adopted by
the government. Although all of
the first class nations have repre
sentatives in the little town, there
is little political entanglement and
the general situation is well in
hand.
Entrusted to the care of Lester
A. Walton, the affairs of this gov
ernment are capably administered.
Reports to the state department
cover a wide range of topics, much
of which is confidential and can-*
not be released to the general pub
lic. However, Liberia has not been
considered as a possibility for the
construction of air bases, although
there have been many reports to
that effect).
Any fear the Liberians may have
that Germay and the Axis powers
are headed toward the country
may be dispelled, it is reported, be
cause the Axis has its hands full
elsewhre at present, anl any drive
on the African counties would
have to be a concentrated effort,
involving the territory in Africa,
but any moves iu this direction,
would involve Germany directly '
with the United States, which will j
not brook any infringment upon
Libera nor its sovereign rights nor
territory. ?
I Haiti Gives
Details Of Nazi
Protest Refusal
Charge cPAffaires
Rebuked For His
- Objections
WASHINGTON—(ANP)- — A j
German protest to the govern
ment of Haiti against acceptance j
of the American black list has
been forcefully rejected, and the
Germans charge d’affaires in ef
fect rebuked for having inter
posed objections. This was learn
ed Friday with the transmission
to the Haitian legation here of
the exchange of correspondence
between the German charge
d’affaires, Walter Kaempfe, and
the Haitian minister of foreign
affairs, Charles Fombnjn.
The issue arose when, on July
30, the German legation in Port
au Prince transmitted its protest
to the foreign office. The protest
declared that the black list had
terribly handicapped the com
mercial activities of German
firms in Haiti.” But it went
further; it conveyed threat that
if Haiti accepted this America!
“infringement,” she would suf
fer reprisals from Germany aft
er the war.
The acutal lanuage of the pro
test at this point was, “An ac
ceptance of this American in
fringement without opposition
from the Haitian government. . .
would not, after the war, remain
without bearing on the German
decisions at the time when Ger- ;
man-Haitian commercial activi- |
ties are renewed.”
WARM REJOINER
This threat drew r, warm re
jciner from the Haitian govern
ment, doubtless at the direction
of President Elie Lescot, who un
til his inauguration last May 15 i
served as Haitian minister in
Washington, and who is a strong
supporter of inter-American co
operation.
The Haitian action in this mat- |
ter was more than a mere ges
ture, since the commerce and in
dustry of Haiti are made to suf
fer by acceptance of the black
list, there being several German j
firms in Haiti which employ
numbers of Haitians throughout I
the country. _ _
Punch 'Em Well, My Son!
Punching rivets has taken on added importance in recent days, due ■
to increased orders! of war materials for the machines of the fighting
Democracies and defense of our native land. For numerous causes, Ne- j
gfroes heretofore have been denied the right to handle electric-hammers i
such as (his in the hands of Corporal Anthony Jones, of Champaign, ^
111. Jones is at the Chanute Field Air Corps Technical Training School '
for a 12-week course. Increased pressure from Hitler is changing ;
things. (ANP) Photo).
Defense Theme Of
Urban League Meet
DETROIT—,ANP> — The annual
conference of the National Urban
League, held over the Labor Day
week-end, brought more than 200
staff, board and committee mem
bers of urban leagues the coutnry
over to the Green Pastures camp
of the Detroit Urba nelague, just
outside Jackson, Mich. The con
clave, which convened Saturday, |
lasted three days, featured the i
theme of the Negro in national de
fense, indicative of the league’s rec
ognition that integration in present
day emergency programs will be the
basis of future social status of Ne
groes in America for several dec
ades.
The newly-appointed executive
director of the President's Fair Em
ployment Practice committee, Law
rence Cramer, discussed plans
which are to prevent racial dis
crimination in defense industries.
As a rebuttal, he was presented
with authoritative facts proving the
continuance of discrimination de
spite the Presiednt’s executive or
der.
The first conference, session, Sat
urday evening, was opened bv L.
Hollingsworth, president of the Na
tional Urban league, with Fred M.
Butzel, member of Detroit’s urban
league executive board, greeting the
members. Speaking on the topic
“Action Forward,” Miss Sara South
all, chairman of industrial com
mittee of the Chicago Urgan
league, gave the viewpoint of board
members on the job that the league
faces today and in future years.
Lester B. Granger, assistant execu
tive secretary of the National Ur
ban league; Edward S. Lewis, ex- '
ecutive secretary of Baltimore Ur
ban league, and Jesse O. Thomas,
field director of the National Ur
ban league, also addressed the
body.
Specific ways of attacking exist
ing problems on national and local
scales were discussed in Sunday j
and Monday sessions. Feasible
methods and techniques to be em
ployed in the defense program by
which Negro and white communi
ties can be encouraged to woik co
operatively in solving problems fac
ing the Negro population were dis
cussed and the findings were pre
sented in resolution form at the
oonferbncbl closing session, Mon
day evening.
Invitations were also issued to
officials representing the OPM, the j
Division of Defense Housing Co- !
ordination. Bureau of Employment
Security. NYA, and FWA to confer :
with the league members on the
position of the Negro in national
defense.
REFUSES TO PROSECUTE
FRIEND WHO CUT OUT EYE
LOS ANGELES — (ANP)— A
knife-blade was not sufficient to
severe the life-long friendship of
London Gale and William (Kais
er) Duncan, airport employees, it
was established last Thursday
night, when Gale suffered a left
eye wound, assertedly at the
hands of his pal, which necessi
tated removal of his eye.
The altercation occurred fol
lowing an argument between
Duncan and his asserted girl
friend, Miss May Levy, at the
home of a friend of Duncan’s,
when it was asserted that Duncan
was discovered by Miss Levy
entertaining another woman. Be
coming enraged the woman. Be
reled with Duncan and left the
scene, it was said.
Returning to her home in the
. Roxie Apartment house, which
she is said to own, Miss Levy was
interrupted by banging on her
door and was allegedly confront
ed by Duncan, who had kicked
the door in. A short altercation
followed in which the woman al
American makes accounted for 83
j percent of all motor vehicles
throughout the world on January
1, the Department of Commerce
says .
legedly suffered two black eyes, j
Duncan, it is alleged, had been j
drinking heavily.
Attracted by the noise, Gale '
whc also resides in the apartment !
house, attempted to separate the
couple and was accidentally stab
bed in the left eye. His eye was
removed at the California hos
pital.
However, no charges were pre- j
ferred against his assailant. The j
two men were life-long frionds, j
having grown up together in
Shreveport, La, According to i
friends of the men, Gale assert- I
edly preceded Duncan to Los I
Angeles and shortly after his ar- !
Waiters, Red . ,
Caps Planning
Strike Soon !
But Railroad
Association \
Plans Reduction **
By RIEN/I B. LEMUS
WASHINGTON — r/.NP)— Or?
August 23, it was officially stated
in the papers that American Fed
eration of Labor dining car work
, ers will take a strike vote owing to
long practiced ignoring of their
demands of the nation’s railroads
for wages and working rules’ ad
justment, and it- is reported that
! redcaps will do likewise, for similar
reasons. Such moves put these
classes of employes into the big
narade—a nation-wide rail strike is
in the offing.
August 26. all railroads were
formally advised by the Association
of American Railroads to com
mence drastic curtailments in
pasenger train operation now. This
association is same to the railroad
managers as labor unions are to
the workers, and its headquarters
are located here, its reason for so
advising its members railroads was
stated to be the imperative need of
clearing all tracks and terminals
for freight and troop trains be
cause of national defense needs
Obvious objective is, though, the
railroads’ ‘‘need'” of taking much
of the ground from under the feet
of the strike threatening unions
It is palpable that ere long, war
shay virtually eliminate passeng
er train service genrally, so “might
as well now as just a little while
later.” would appear to be the way
in which the railroads are called
upon to view the situation at this
time. That would send many sen
ior passenger train operatives in
to freight tarin service, and jun
iors to extra work and WPA.—
which is the ultimate fate of many,
anyway. 4
IN NEW AUfc
Perhaps never before were pres
ent demands of the public for rail
passengers accommodations equall
ed. They are accounted for by war
wages, on the one hand, and on the
other hand by Diesel-powered,
light-weight, streamlined trains of
all deluxe coaches.—plus a 2c a
mile coach-fare. But the prime
factor is oil. heavy oil fuel for the
Diesel engines; all of which soon
shall be required for our sea-going
war Diesels. Coal-turning locomo
tives are comparatively too expen
sive for general streamline train
service. Besides, the national coal
situation remains potentially there
fore far less untenable than the
positions of the unions.
At actual handling of passengers
in keeping the stream flowing
steadily, the great common denomi
nators in the employ sphere are red
caps at terminals and dining car
cooks and waiters en route. Elimi
nation of most passenger trains
means eliminations of most of the
great common demoniators. Ade
quate dining car personnel has
become a headache for most man
agers and the Association of Amer
ican Railroads has not yet become
reconciled to the fact of a minimum
wage established' for redcans for
the first time ever- by an act
congress in 1938. The associations
;all on the railroads to curtail
passenger train operation now ap
pears to be effect, threatened strikes
pf dining car workers and redcaps
:he precipitating cause.
rival sent Duncan money to join
him, _
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