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Their Cheers Inspired South Carolina Grid Team
Well, just look who blew into Atlanta Saturday to witness the
7-7 tie football game played on Harper's Field between Clark C* 1
lege and South Carolina State. None ether than Miss South Caro
1 ,,a State herself—she is fourth from left and is Miss Frances
Simkin*—and a bevy of olher Carolina lovelies. Left to right: Helen
Covington, Mr*. O. C. Dawson (the coach’* wife), Edna Foote, Miss
Simkins, Mildred Pequette, Virginia Chisholm, Lenora Hull and ;
j Eiease Weaver. They had a good time. (Photo by GRIP DAVIS).
REGISTRATION FOR DEFENSE
TRAINING COURSES IS URGED
it is of the greatest importance that colored men
and women and young people who wish employment in
defense industries secure the necessary training in
classes which have been established.
This newspaper urges you to register for defense
training classes of the NT A, WPA. or local vocational
schools; also in training classes at industrial plants.
Register today!
; Dr. Logan Named |
To Haitian Order
WASHINGTON. D #C. <SN8h —
| M. Elie Lescot president of Haiti
has just named Dr. Rayford W.
Logan, professor oi history at How
ard University, Commander *n the
Order of Honor ana Merit, it was
1 revealed today by university of
! ticials.
This signal honor, Widen is the
rank above Chevalier, was confer
red upon Dr. l.ogan especially be
——... i
The Globe Trotter .
B\ Cliff Mackay
Two Labor Stories
TWO LABOR STORIES dealing with Negroes
; poared in the news-last week. One concerned
1 attitude of the American Federation of Labor
toward black workers, the second came m the
fc rm of a resolution passed by one of the largest
units in the Congress cf Industrial Organizations.
The wide divergence of opinion expressed m
thoVe stories is typical of the seemingly insur
mountable gap between the philosophy and ideol
ogies of these twro branches of organized labor.
Irritating tc say the least w*as the statement
c’,.iip Harrv O’Reilly, regional
H new of the AFL in Chicago.
V ? O’Reilly is quoted as telling
a Committee from the Chicago
NAACP branch: ‘‘I consider the
Negro an evil rather than an as
t to organized labor. I don’t be
lieve all of this discrimination
e' i^ts against the Negro: if it
does, it is the Negro’s fault and
ai%> his fight.”
KNOWS IT EXISTS
Mr. O'Reilly being affiliated
wit. the Ameiican Federation of
Lai.or knows that discrimination
dop-i exist against Negro wortcers, no matter now
jmvm he chooses tu play the ostrich and hide his
bean against the facts that are all around him.
j-K ( ould not be affiliated with the AFL. the great
est supporters of this economic warfare against j
bhi.-k folk and not know it.
* No single organization has contributed so
much to the “freezing out” of black workers as
the American Federation of Labor. And that tin*
organization even at this late day stubbornly re
i-x .rs to see the “light” was snown during the re
r( hr .Seattle national convention when the conven
tion refused to even consider lowering the “white
i iily” barriers to membership in the face of in
creasing public opinion against this anti-democrat
ic stand.
\|r o'Reilly no doubt was in the convention
1 i|. when A. Phillip Randolph, president of the In
tt national Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters,
ih only all-Negro AFL affiliate, made his brave,
bu< entirely futile fight to break down thgse bar
,-iei-s. through which the AFL machinists, shipyard
v ( i leers nainters, metal trades unions and more
ibr.ii 118 other affiliated brotherhoods put the
“ij * are play” on Negro workers.
/V. A INST DEMOCRACY
prCira the tone of his Chicago statement, he no
doubt helped to vote down Mr. Randolph’s plea
d'ist democracy be reinstated in this wing oi the
American labor movement,, .
In direct contrast to the anti-Negro position
the AFL has plainly shown it is so determined to
maintain was the action of the International Execu- :
tive Board of the United Automobile Workers one ,
ui the strongest affiliates of toe Lcnp;resS of 1 .
dustrial Organization,
For years Negroes had pleaded it vain for j
membership in the craft unions the AFL started j
ir the auto industry, then the United Automobile .
Workers came along and accepted all who were .
workers, no matter what color their skins chanced •
to be. i
Though this union would take in black mem- |
bers some of the automobile manufacturers were j
not quite so democratic. So last week the union ,
went on record as censuring these industrialists. •
liOW loaded down with government contracts to
build weapons to insure the perpetuation of * de- '
mccracy” in the world.
RAP DISCRIMINATION
The resolution, written in unmistakable lang- ;
uage demanded an end to discrimination against j
Negroes in plants holding contracts with, the ,
union.
It was pointed out tnat curtailment oi auto- j
bile production would ‘‘seriously aggravate the
nroblem of the Negro worker, and that it would
be hard, because of his race, for this class of work- :
er to get transferred front non-defense to defense j
work.”
The resolution passed without a dissenting
vote by the executive hoard resolved that all plant
managements “covered by UAW-CIO contracts be
immediately notified that any further racial dis
crimination will not be tolerated; that the interna
tional president appoint a committee to make avail
able reports on the problems of Negro workers: that
when dissension occurs among Negro and white
workers, we recommend that the local union in
volved establish a joint committee to make a sum
mary and investigation and report to the regional
director and national committee.”
BACK PRESIDENTIAL ORDER
The United Automobile Workers, it can plain
ly be seen, are anxious and willing to comply with
the President’s Executive Order that there be no
j discrimination in national defense work.
Most of the American Federation of Labor
] Unions and several of the CIO unions along with
i a rapidly diminishing number of industrialists still
! choose to defy the president.
It is this small group, who by their actions say
; they do not believe in the democratic principles
• for the preservation of w'hieh America is now
j arming, that must be brought into line, even if it
! calls for legislation to do so.
The United Automobile Workers have shown
that it can be done without this legislation. Other
unions, if their members would but practice the
same democracy they talk, could do the same.
cause o' his recent book entitled
“The Diplomatic Relations of thf |
United States with Hiati, 1778—
1891.” published by the Univer
sity of North Carolina Press.
Dr. Logan rtmu-ned a numbei |
of years in Europe as seeietajy ;
and interpret*-*i of the Pan- Amar- !
lean Congresses and as serfcetaire
ad.ioint of the Pan-American As- 1
social ion i
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41 Leaders Sign Statement
Repudiating Request For
Jim-Crow Officers Training
Declare Brown,
Others Would
Split Schools
Anti-Negro £
Forces Reported
Delighted in D. C.
NEW YORK »SNS> Emphatical
ly repudiating the appeal allegedly
made to President Roosevelt ex
pressing opposition to the Army’s
present system of training- Negro
churchmen. eriitoi^j, lawyers,
business and professional men
signed a statement to the Presi
dent today, urging him to resist
any "backward step.”
The statement came after a
checkup on a broadcast by news
caster Fulton Lewis, Jr., on October
20 over the Mutual Broadcasting
system, during which he said “A
large group of the most respon
sible Negro leaders in the coun
try has appealed to President
Roosevelt in a formal, official let
ter opposing the present
policy of the Army wherebv Ne
gro officers are being trained in
the same schools as white offic
ers
The newscaster’s assistant, David
Stick, in answer to an inquiry
from the NAACP about the source
of his information, replied: “In
formation from Edgar G. Brown,
Employees,” and others
Anti-Negro forces in Washing
ton and particularly in the Wat
Department ATp reported to bfc
delighted at the request of Edgar
Brown for Jim Crow officers’
training §„amps since it permits
them to justify segregation on the
grounds that Negroes themselves
have asked for it.
SIGNED BY LEADERS
The statement opposing separate
officers’ training schools beads'.
"We repudiate any and all re
quest that the present successful
methodist of training white and
Negro oflicers in the same camps
be changed ana that Negro of
ficers be sent to segregated of
ficer's’ training schools. Segrega
tion has always led to discrimina
tion and widening of the chasm
between races which menaces our
country in this hour of peril. We
petition you as Commander-In
Chief of the Army and Navy to
resist any backward step an* to
push forward in the national de
fense program toward the truest
democracy without distinction ol
race, ei'etd, color, or national ori
gin.”
Among the signers of the state
ment are: A. Phillip Randolph,
international president of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Port
ers, New York City; Dr.. Dcrothy
Boulding Perebee. president. Al
pha Kappa Alpha sorority. Wash
ington, D. C.; T. G. Nutter.
Charleston. W. Vn„ fraternal
leader and former West Virginia
state legislator; Euclid L. Taylor,
president, Nations Bar Association,
Chicago, 111.; Rayford W. Logan,
president, Alpha ’Phi Alpha fra
ternity. Washington. D. C.; J,
E. Smith, chairman of the execu -
tive committee of the National
Negro insurance Association,
Louisville, Ky.
PREVENT LABOR RIOT
LOS ANGELES — (ANP) —On
ly quick action on the part of col
ored officers prevent a serious labor
riot last Tuesday.
The cause of the trouble was the
attempt of the American Federation
of Labor to break up a CIO picket
line in front of a drug store be
longing to the city-wide chain of
Thrifty stores.
HOLD SERVICES FOR
MAJ. W. H. BUTLER
ST. LOUIS, Mo. —(ANP* — Fu
neral services for Major William H.
Butler were held Wednesday at his
home here. The 76 year old major
died of a heart attack Saturday
after an extensive military career i
and long service for Meyer Brothers |
Drug Company.
PAUL WILLIAMS SELECTED
WASHINGTON, — (ANP) —Dr. i
Ira D. Reid, chairman of the lecture
committee of the Omega Psi Phi
fraternity, this week announced
this week that Paul Y. Williams,
noted architect of Los Angeles
would deliver the annual lecture to
the Omega Psi Phi fraternity at its
1941 conclave in Indianapolis.
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Strictly American Scene Wins Prize
PITTSBURGH — “American Pieta,’’ by Tom
Lofton Johnson, of Bedfrod Village, N. Y., which
was awarded first prize of $1,000 in exhibition °f
morning after •
“Directions in American Paintings,” at Carnegie
Institute. The painting depicts a Negro family
i preparing to carry home the body of the father the
i lynching. (ACME)
Law Professor Must Go To
Court; Eviction Is Sought
Residential
Battle Rages
In St. Louis
ST. LOUIS. (Special* —The past
few days have been eventful ones
for Negroes who have recently mov
ed to 4600 block on North Market
and, as a result. Prof. Scovel
Richardson, of the Lincoln Uni
versity Law School faculty, has som
legal problems to solve, foremost
of which is a suit to force him and
his family to move from their home,
at 4635 North Market, the home
into which they moved about two
weeks ago.
The same suit, which was filed
Tuesday, October 21. demands action
to compel the families of Richard
son. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell G. Bryant,
4641 North Market and Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Henderson, 4649
North Market, to stay out their
newly secured homes. The action
was filed by two officials of the
St. Louis Real Estate Exchange,
acting for a group of white proper
ty owners in the neighborhood.
Judge William B. Flynn ordered a
hearing set for October 30. Hender
son and Byrant are postal employ
ees.
Not named in tne suit were Dr.
and Mrs. Vaughn C. Paynes. 4635
North Market street. The Paynes
have resided at the North Market,
address for sometime, and, until
the past few days, had not been
It was Saturday night, October
molested by their white neighbors.
18. just as the LeMoyne Lincoln
football came to an end, that
stench bombs were thrown on the
porch of Prof. Richardson and
through the front window glass at
the home of Mrs. Byrant. Only
damage at the Bryant home a brok
en window glass while the bad odor
caused the trouble at the Richard
son home.
Friday morning. October 24. be
fore day broke, a bottle, contain
ing a quantity of the objectionable
fluid was thrown through the rear
kitchen window at Dr. Payne’s
home. The bottle smashed the kit
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worry than anything else. Practi
| caly every case has ended in
victory for the social group, it is
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Missionaries Name
Three Race Schools
As Beneficiaries
GOLDSBORO. N. C.—<ANP>—
Atty. W. H. Best. Jr., filed this
week in Wayne County Superior
court the point will of the late Rev.
Benjamin Forsythe Ousley and
Henrietta Bailey Ousley, his wife,
who had served as missionaries in
Africa. The will provided scholar
ships in three Negro colleges in
Africa, give to the support of re
tired ministers, and donated a
library to Brick Junior college
Brick, N C.
Rev. Ousley died in 1931 while
living in Wayne county and his
wrife died recently in Texas. Both
are buried somewhere in Mississ
ippi. according to Attorney Best,
who said the estate did not run in
to a large sum. The proviso of the
will designated that the jointly own
ed property would go to the surviv
or.
After the library at Brick col- .
lege was furnished, the well sti
pulated that the remainder was to
be converted into cash and divided
between Fisk University. Nashville,
for a missionary scholarship in
Africa; Methodist Episcopal Church.
North. New York, for a scholarship
in Kambeni Mission station school in
hanbene, Mozambique, East Africa;
Commissioners for foreign missions,
Boston, for scholarship at Malan
gue Mission Station Amgala, West
Africa.
The remaining fourth was willed
to the Congregational Board of
Ministerial Relief fund. New York,
for the aid and support of needy
retired ministers.
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external cause.
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