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Left—Left to right, front row. Carl Murphy. Baltimore Afro*
American. Baltimore. M&; Milton Bledsoe. Kanaas City Call, Kan
sas City. Mo.; Dan Burley. Amsterdam Star News. New York City;
P. Bernard Young. Jr., Norfolk Journal and Guide. Norfolk. Va.:
Truman K. Gibson Jr„ Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War; Brig.
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David Taylor. 1710 North Prieur. New Orleans, La., goes on : and
•n. Mesa kit on the board is handy article about three times during
a 12-hour shift. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Taylor of New
Mid-West Conference Seeks To
Gain Support Of Detroit Clergy
Edward Tolan, executive director
Of the Mid-West Conference, re
ceived the endorsement of the con
ference to be held in Detroit, May
29 and 30, from the Greater Detroit-
Wayne County Council. The en
dorsement was contained in a letter
gigned by Pat Quinn, the president
©f the council, when he said: “Be
assured that we shall cooperate
with you in every way possible, and
that all locals affiliated with the
council will be urged to cooperate
fully to sponsor and send delegates
to the conference on "The Prob
lems of the War and the Negro
People.**
A meeting of Negro labor lead
ers was held in the YWCA, Sun
day morning during which was dis
cussed the role that labor must play
in making this conference one of
the “greatest gatherings of Negro
and white trade unionists that De
troit has ever seen.” Shelton
Tappes. recording secretary of Ford
Local 800. was elected chairman of
the group and Samuel Fanroy.
Chrysler Local 7. secretary. Among
those present were Walter Hardin,
Chairman of the Interracial com
mittee. U.A W.-C.1.0 : Oscar Noble,
International organizer. UA W -
C. 1. 0; Edward Tolan. executive di-
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NEGRO NEWSPAPERMEN OBSERVE LOUISIANA WAR GAMES
I rector of the Mid-West Conference;
Allen Carter, Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
j Work of Local 208; William Oliver,
Sanitary Workers C 10.
Edward E. Strong, executive sec
retary of the National Negro Con
gress. in a special message from
Pittsburgh to the headquarters of
the Mid-West Conference on the
Problems of the War and the Negro
People stated that a large percent
' age of the churches in the area have
| agreed to participate in an FEPC
Sunday service. May *,3. He states
‘ that Michigan is the only state
; remaining to complete the chain of
mid-western states participating in
a united Fair Employment Practice
Committee Sunday.
I One of the features of the Mid-
West Conference will be to organize
forces to restore the potency cf the
1 President's committee. A group of
ministers in the city will be lunch
eon guests of the executive board
i of the Mid-West Conference. Friday.
May 14, at the Lucy Thurman
Y WC A. Among the points to be
discussed will be the participation
of Detroit clergymen in the mid
west drive to conduct FEPC serv
ices May 23 Mr. Tolan expresses
the hope that the Michigan clergy
! will support the Mid-West Confer
ence.
A letter of greetings has been re
ceived from the Paper Hangers
Local 1000 of Monroe, Mich., 'in
which the local extended greetings
ar.d pledged full support of the con
ference and assured the committee
us a large delegation from Monroe.
Other endorsers include National
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Gen. Benjamin O. Davis. Office of the Inspector General; George
Coleman Moore, Associated Negro Press. Chicago; William G.
Nunn. Pittsburgh Courier; William O. Walker, Cleveland Call and
Post. Second row, left to right: Robert Rateliffe. Atlanta Daily
World. Atlanta, Ga.; Eustace Gay. Philadelphia Tribune; Ben
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Perched on top of a tank in the Louisiana maneuvers of the Third
Army, two tankmen survey the terrain before dismounting for the
fight. They are Pfc. Edward Lee Jr., left, gunner, 743 North 45th
street, Philadelphia. Pa., and the tank commander, Sgt. Leonard
Holland, 444 East Euclid avenue. Detroit, Mich.
Marine Engineers Beneficiary Asso
ciation of Pittsburgh, Pa., Chicago
Industrial Union Council, United
Canneries. Agricultural, Packing
and Allied Workers of America.
Pupil Struck
Music Prof.
BALEIGH, N. C.-(ANP)—Leroy
Lassiter, 16, was convicted last week
of simple assault on George Van
Hoy Collins, his music teacher.
Judge Paul C. West ordered him to
pay cost of court.
Lassiter, an eighth grade student
at Washington high school, was
charged with kicking Collins down
in the classroom and breaking his
glasses.
According to Collins, Lassiter was
ordered to step out of a lineup of
students who were preparing to at
tend a broadcast, because Lassiter
refused to count-off for him. When
the boy stepped out of the lineup,
he started cursing. Collins went to
him and asked what he had said,
and the boy struck him and knocked
him down.
In considering the case. Judge
West said. "We might as well turn
the schools out if a teacher allows
children to get away with such
conduct He owed it to the other
students that this boy should not be
allowed to curse in the classroom."
Publishers Revive
African Magazine
NEW YORK. - The present In
terest in Africa and its people has
caused "The African" magazine to
resume publication on April 28, un
der the editorship of A. Balfour
Linton.
Featured in the first issue in four
years will be George Padmore,
noted author, with an article on
"Native Problems in North Af
rica." George Tate with "Africa and
World Peace," E. A. Laing with
•West Indian Topics," George S.
Schuyler with "Things of No Im
portance," S A. Haynes with “On
This Rock," David A. Talbot with
"Things Worth Noting" and two
picture features, "The African On
Fighting Fronts" and "Women Be
hind the Men Behind the Guns."
"The African" is th* only maga
zine devoted to African problems,
owned and edited by African-
Americans.
Limiting the quantity of sleel used
In bed spring* is resulting In an an
nual saving in steel sufficient to meet
the |teel requirements for M Liberty,
ships.
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URGE NEGROES
TO VOLUNTEER
TOOPA PANELS
WASHINGTON (A FTP) Si
multaneous with the announcement:
of Prentiss BroWn, price adminis
trator, that price panels are being
created to "police" the dollars and
cents ceilings being set upon a
number of grocery products in 150
cities, Negro social work and con
sumer groups were urging Negroes
to hurry and volunteer for places
on these panels to assure That they
arc given the maximum of protec
tion.
The price panels, created at Mr.
Brown’s direction, are citizen com
mittees whose function is to assist
in enforcement by educational
work, by helping to keep the dealer
informed, by helping the buyer un-J
derstand the ceilings, and by re
ceiving reports and making checks
on violations.
It is learned that the local units
of the Office of Civilian Defense
will be the recruiting agency for
persons seeking to volunteer. Those
interested are urged to apply imme
diately before the panels are com
pleted-
Father, Son Die
In Virginia Fire
RICHMOND, Va. (ANP)
Claude Tyler, 44, and his son,
Claude, Jr., 4, were burned to death
and scores of apartment dwellers
were routed from their apartments
in two early morning fires here last
week.
Tyler's wife, their 13-year-old
daughter and a 2-year-old son es
caped by way of a rear window.
The 13-year-old girl jumped out first
and the mother tossed the 2-year
old boy to her and then leaped her
self. They were uninjured. The win
dow was about 10 feet above a slop
ing rear yard.
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Burns. Chicago Defender; Ray Wilkins, editor of the Crisis Mag
asine. New York City: Louis Martin, Michigan Chronicle, Detroit;
Ol Harrington, People's Voice, New York City. Center—Louis
Martin, representing the Michigan Chroncile. Detroit, Mich., reg
isters at the Publie Relations section on the occasion of a visit
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Maj. Gen. Fred W. Miller pointing out positions of regiments to
Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis of the Office of the Inspector Gen
eral during Third Army maneuvers in Louisiana. General Miller
heads the 93rd division.
Liberal Oberlin To
Be Invaded By Navy
By T. JOHN WOOD
OBERLIN, Ohio. What effect
will the enrollment of navy re
serves have upon the traditionally
liberal policies of Oberlin college
and Oberlin Township?
That is the question asked here
by students and townspeople as
Oberlin college, the first institute
of higher learning to admit Negroes
on an equal basis with whites, pre
pared to welcome approximately
730 navy men who will enroll for
the summer term in the navy V-7
and V-12 program.
So far as could be learned, no
Negroes will be included in the
group of 730 men, which will con
sist in part of prospective aviation
cadets and prospective deck offi
cers: no Negroes are included
among those entering the V-12
courses as freshmen, a course for
aviation cadets who will spend four
16-week terms here, or the pre
medical students who will spend
five 16-week terms at the college.
Four local youths were influenced
to take the V-12 exams, but the
results of these examinations had
not been disclosed as we went to
press.
Besides classroom instructions,
the navy men will undoubtedly re
ceive a real lesson in true democra
cy, for the college announced last
week that '‘it will be permissible
for students in the navy units and
civilian.students to attend the same
classes.” This means that contrary
to the navy and war department
policies, navy students will attend
classes with Negro students during
the summer terms, most of whom
will be girls. How the navy depart
ment will react to this procedure
is problematical.
According to President Ernest
Hatch Wilkins, present indications
are that the units for the summer
term will include men from other
colleges now in V-7 and entering
freshmen now in the navy. The
college training these units will set
examinations for the various courses
given according to their own prac
tices. Also the usual scholastic
standards of the college will pre
vail, but near the end of the sec
ond term the Navy Department will
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give a qualifying examination of
its own to all students.
Oberlin has long been recognized
as the seat of liberalism in Amer
ica. Long before the outbreak of
the Civil War, or even before the
beginning of the Abolitionist move
ment. Negroes were admitted to
Oberlin college on an equal basis
with white students. It was also
the first co-ed college in the coun
try. .
During the Abolitionist move
ment Oberlin served as an under
ground contact, and many were the
runaway slaves, seeking freedom in
other parts of this country and in
Canada who were aided in their
flight by Oberlin townspeople. Here
Negroes conduct businesses in com
petition with white business men;
most of the Negro residents own
their own homes and at no time in
the history of the town has the
peace been marred by racial dis
turbances. Until recently Negroes
have always been represented on
the city council and at all times
they have a voice city gov
ernment.
Townspeople are hoping that the
coming of the navy units will not
alter the policy of the college or
the township in so far as civilians
are concerned.
NAACP Demands
Shooting Probe
The NA A CP. asked the War
Department for ‘an immediate in
vestigation of the shooting of Pfc.
William Mcßae by Post Commander
Col. William T. Coleman,” <n a tele
gram to Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson and Civilian Aide Truman
K. Gibson. The N.A.A.C.P. com
munications, signed by Dr. James
J. McClendon, prexitent N.A.A.C.P.,
were sent Thursday, May 6.
by 14 editors and correspondents of tho Negro press to tho Third
Army maneuvers aroa in Louisiana. Othara wail thair turn. Right
—Lt. CoL Harwood L. Marshall, Assistant Chiaf of Staff, o*3 (op
orations), Third < Army, axplains tha tactical situation of a Third
Army manaurar problam in Louisiana to risiting representations
of tha Nagro Press.
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East Euclid, Datroit, Mich., laughingly surreys soma of tha Lou
isiana mud his "baby” morsd about fira miles cross-country during
Third Army manaurars.
N.A.A.C.P.
Says Fight
For Selves
CHICAGO—(ANP)—“There Is a
proper time to work and fight for
the right and that time is always
now." This is the conclusion drawn
by Arthur B. Spingarn, president
of the NAACP, in the May issue of
Negro Digest, published in Chicago
at 3507 South Parkway.
Writing on the subject. “If I Were
A Negro,” Spingarn says: “If I were
a Negro I sincerely believe that my
present attitude toward the war
would not be materially changed.
I probably would be a little more
bitter about the hollow hypocrisies
of the loud-mouthed fascists among
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us who prate about democracy with
out believing in or practicing it,
but I would feel that with all of its
faults and despite the discrimina
tions, cruelties and injustices from
which I xuffer under our democracy,
that democracy as practiced in
America is infinitely better than
any system that would prevail if
the axis won.
“I would keep my soul alive with
the conviction that sooner or later
that ideal of democracy which
America proclaims and so often fails
to live up to, will some day be not
merely the hope of the world but a
reality.”
CLOSE SUNDAYS
The main library has discontin
ued Sunday service for the sum
mer. It will be resumed in the falL
Weekday hours of 9a m —lO p. m.
remain unchanged. Branch library
hours continue the same as they
have been.
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