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NAM Watching Conduct Of Negro Defense Workers
COMPILING A
REPORT FOR
FUTURE USE
Threat To Post-War Race
Employment Is Seen
In Report
Bt JOHN T. WOOD
T National Association of Man
ufacturer*, accord.ng to a re’.able
aource. if cotrpil.ng * report on
the conduct of Nrero worker# !n
defcr.*e plants. The rx port will
deal exr’jfivefy w *h conduct with
ro refer* nces to efficiency of col
rrod workers, for the NAM has no
quarrel w.th the Nr-ro ;r.*ofar a?
efficiency xa cancer nod.
The NAM .« mak ne a earefu
ftudv of the conduct of vounp Ne
fro war worker*. tho<e young :r
year? in pc nt of serv.ee and mo* 1
of the findings cf the report wi!'
be based on recent d .st urban res by
Jour.f Negroes at Ford's and other
defense plants in Detroit. In com
p.hng th.s report, the NAM i« no*
taking into con#iderat;on the back
ground environment or previous
place and status of employment o!
the workers responsible for dis
turbances in their new found em
ployrrent As w.ur pointed out
to this reporter, the NAM is no:
conducting a sx-.al clinic; it is
merely compiling a report on con
duct.
Deals With Newcomer
It Is understood that the NAM
baa no intention of smearing the
Negro race as a whole, for the
records of coloied factory workers
pnor to Pearl Harbor and Fxecu
t.ve Order RBO2 both of which fa
cilitated the mcrea-ed employment
cf Negroes :n hundreds of factories
throughout the country speak bet
te- for the old employees than do
more recent records for the young
er worker. It is the newcomer
into industry with which t.ne report
w ill deal. for. unfortunately, it is
the newcomer into a new field of
employment at a new rate of pay
that i* creates a national head
ache.
The report will not be released
for newspaper publication. Why.
then should the NAM spend so
much time and money compiling
auch a brief? The answer is ob
vious; the NAM controlled factories
•re hiring Negroes for two reasons:
41) there is a labor shortage and
(2' Executive Order 8802 forbids
diacrimination in defense industry
for reasons of race or color, con
sequently. there is only one rea
son why such a report should be
compiled, and that is for future
reference. The old rule of firing
Negroes first will prevail after this
war is over when industry is nc
longer liable to prosecution for re
fus.ng to employ Negroes, or mem*
bers of any other minority.
Whether the Negro worker will
hold his job after the wai is up to
the individual worker for the rec
ord he is making as a defense work
er is the handwriting on the wall
that can be interpreted in his fav
or, or against h.m. The conduct of
many Race employees, and espe
cially the young worker who has
rot accepted his job as a respon
sibility, is rapidly developing into
• problem that will be hi undoing
Negro leaders and loeni ur.ioni who
have waged a relentless battle for
the Negros right to work row find
themselves forced on the defensive
by the unforgivable conduct of ir
responsible workers, and manage
ment none too sympathetic, con
aider* immediate discharge of mis
chievous trouble makers the only
solution to the problem. Reports
cf cuttings, sluggings and petty
quarrels of a personal nature while
on the job are mount.ng rapidly
• ga.nst youthful Negro workers
ard also a number of older work
er who fail to realize that, to a
certain degree, the economic future
cf their race depends upon how
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PRESIDENT OF DELTAS
Atty. Elsie Austin of Washington. D. C.. grand president of Delta
Sigma Thata sorority, who called an executive conference of her
sorority which convened in Chicago, April 23 to 25. One purpose
of the conference was to work out plans for tuning the entire
sorority to a national drive for "Bringing Democracy to American
Communities." Among the accomplishments of the meeting was
the purchase of a SIO,OOO war bond by the sorority, thus bringing
its holdings in government bonds close to $25,000. At the meeting
one chapter alone, in Memphis. Tenn., reported raising $98,000 in
the recent war bond drive.
Flint Urban League
Holds First Meeting
FLINT, Mich—The board of di
rectors of the recently established
Urban of Flint held it?
first meeting, since the arrival of
the executive secretary, yesterday
in the offices of John L. Irwin, man
aging director of the Fljnt Com
munity Chest.
William R. Valentine Jr., who
assumed the duties of executive sec
retary only two weeks ago, re
ported to the board, outlining a
basic plan of operation for the
league. The plan Included pro
visions for a preliminary survey
of the problems, needs, and activi
ties of the Negroes of Flint rela
tive to health, welfare, delinquency
and crime, housing, recreation, mor
tality, employment, and income. The
survey will assemble vital infor
mation concerning the Negro pop
they work and conduct themselves
on their present Jobs.
Uninterested In Segregation
Management is not concerned
with the effects of forced segre
gation, the reactions of Negroes
who are forced to work on certain
type* of jobs despite their training
or the natural resentment on the
par of Negroes when white over
deers became abusive. Nor does
management easily forgive the Ne
gru worker who accepts his job
with a chip on his shoulder, with
no intention of going out of his
way to help create harmonious
working conditions. Management
is concerned only with production
and profits; and believes that the
end. no matter how a given group
of workers are affected, justifies ail
means.
Consequently the responsibility
so improving the conduct of the
careless type of vyorker must oa
placed on the shoulders of labor
un.ons and Negro leaders. Man
agement has been far too ind.s
criminate in its hiring policy and
for this mistake, unions and Negro
lerders are much to blame.. There
are only a few isolated case.'
where Negro personnel managers
•*ere selected on their ability ot
cope w.th problems affecting both
employer and employee. Most W
gro personnel managers have
hired, because they knew some per- 1
son with a "pull” with the com
pany and the moment he assumed :
nis duties he became, not a gooi-
Will ambassador bat wean empl->\ I
er and employee, but a “fair tuv !
so his company. He has offered
no suggestions, either to jnions
or management pertaining to the
selection of employees for certain"
jobs and certain depart -nts; he
has become a “pay check” worker
who has neither hi* company nor
tr... war effort at heart.
Labor unions and Negro leade'-
can render management a great
service, and at the same time im
prove the department records In
many defense plants by suggesting
that management cither integrate
\-* personnel department or en
ploy Negro personnel managt-s
who will realize that, in employ
ing workers they are dealing with
human beings and not Just with
human robots. Labor un.ons could
recommend just such persons l?
management. Negro leaders could
provide workers sc.noolj where
each worker, after s. s nmg up
h.s Job, could spend about ive
days learn.ng that .is job Is n>:
only to produce for the war effort
but conduct himself in such a
that there will be no reason for \s
lmmed.at* discharge after the war
Management Is buildin* a strong
1 case agamrt the Negro worker,
and unless the un.ons and Neg**
leaders get to work on this problem
. of conduct. Negro workers will be
the first t .rned out of their Job?
t after tbe war.
rHE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE - - 'A REUABLF INDEPENDENT WEEKLY-
ulation of Flint, to be used in in
terpreting problems to the general
rormnunTty and to provide a found- }
ation for a sound program based
upon actual problems faced by the
Negro.
Efforts will be made to coordinate
and supplement health, welfare, and
recreation services available to Ne
groes; to find increased employment
opportunities for the Negroes; to
develop a program of worker edu
cation; and to further favorable in
■ terraclal understanding and rela
tionship. The proposed plan of
operation Is sufficiently flexible to
allow for emergency measures In
any of the fields of activity with
which it is concerned and to focus
attention upon any among these
fields in which the greatest needs
might develop. The aim of the
Urban League is not to compete
with, or replace, any existing or
ganization or service, but rather to
cooperate with all agencies in pro
viding the best possible service to
the Negro community.
The meeting of the Board was
over by Edward (Turnings,
temporary president. Those pres
i ent included: Dr. J. W. Moore, vice
’ oresident; Mrs. Marie Wright, sec
! retary; and A. B. C. -Hardy, treas
urer; Mrs. J. P.. Bryant, R. C
■ Chandler, Ernest Dorsey, Mrs. H.
; G. Gault, Dudley Mallory, J. D.
McCallum, C. S. Mott, Miss Flor
ence Riddell. W. C. Ross. R. Spen
cer Bishop, ex-officio rnember, and
John L. Irwin, Chest director.
Members not present were: J C.
Brayton, R T. Longway, Deke
Lynch, Mark Reek and Dr. J. D.
, Wilson.
! The Urban League, which Is a
member of the Flint Community
Chest is occupying offices in Room
412 of the Industrial Building.
D.C. Educators At
Wartime Confab
(Def*nd«r Washington B.irrtn)
WASHINGTON—Two prominent
Washington men Dr. Garnet C. Wil
kinson. first assistant superinten
dent of schools .and Doxoy A. Wil
kerson. on leave as associate pro
fessor of education at Howard uni
versity and now serving as senior
education specialist in OPA. were
on the program of the National
Wartime Conference held in New
York at the Hotel Commodore last
week. They were the only Negro
participants on the program.
The conference was the first meet
ing of its kind, and represented
the largest Joint gathering of pro
fessionals and white-collar work
ers in the country. The purpose of
the conference was to clarify the
position of these groups in the na
tions war effort and to seek ways
in which the groups can be fur
ther utilized.
With current production of war
plane* pa*s;ng the 6 OoS-a-month mart*,
it lb recalled that only one American
, made airplane reached the fighting
front in the first year of the last war.
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VETERINARY HOSPITAL
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LECTURE GROUP
ML PRESENT
ZELMA DUKE
Recital Will Be Held
At Plymouth Church
Friday Night
The Lecture Series committee of
Plymouth Congregational church
will close its season Friday night,
May 14, with a lecture-recital fea
turing Mrs. Zelma Watnon Duke.
The committee, in the six years
*mee its organization, has presented
peakers who are authorities on
urrent issues. This was done, se
eding to a spokesman, as an ex
cession for the response of the
immunity.
In presenting Mrs Duke the
.mmittee feels that it is offering
.other distinctive feature Mrs
) ike, a dramatic soprano, is an ar
t of merit and a graduate of the
ew England Conservatory of Mu
'of Chicago. Her program of Ne
. 3 music is presented 'with inter
relation of its deeper meaning
ihe not only traces the develop
ment of Negro themes from prim
t.ve forms through their evolution
into classical art forms, but also
emphasizes the social significance
of th° music.
Mrs. -Puke is a candidate for the
logree of doctor of philosophy in
intercultural relations from New
York university as a Fellow of the
Rockefeller Foundation.
Her 1941-42 season of lecture re
citals, a coast to coast tour, was
dedicated to a presentation of the
art music of Negroes. It was re
ceived with such enthusiasm that
it is being extended into a full-time
research project.
Robert L. Nolan, Detroit musi
cian and director of a local choral
group, will be Mrs. Duke's accom
panist.
The lecture-recital will be at 8:30
pm. in Plymouth Congregational
church auditorium, Garfield and
Beaubien streets.
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courtesy of being treated like other
Americans on the home front."
Peacock, along with his fellow
musicians, Garland Fleming, 30, end
Melvin Phillips, 28, told the jury
they were refused service at Green
field’s Case on the early morning
of March 7.
On a motion made Monday by
Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Ban
ningan, charges of violating the
State Civil Rights Law against Ben
Carcasdden, 47-year-old employee
of the case were dismissed for lack
of sufficient evidence.
Meanwhile, Ollie Barry, 36 and
white, manager of the case testified
that he feared trouble when the
three sailors came into the estab
lishment for service. He stated
that his help quit and refused to
serve the sailors, standing in line
with whites while waiting for an
order of ham and eggs, which Bur
nie Peacock stated he had ordered.
Prosecutor Joseph Baningan de
clared: “This (refusal to serve the
three sailors) is what breeds riots
in war time, and when a man is
in uniform is being denied the
rights they are fighting for the
condition is aggravated"
The three sailors, each of whom
took the stand Insisted they were
merely hungry and had gone into
the establishment with the purpose
of getting something to eat after
they had played for a dance at
University club for white naval of
ficers on March 6.
Fights—
(Continued ,’rom P»ge 1)
Investigation of the reported as
sault.
Furman was stabbed in the left
thigh. His condition was not re
ported as serious.
Wilbert Hill. 41. of 1385 Garfield
street, was taken to Receiving hos
pital from Riopelle and Canfield
and given aid (or a lacerated fore
head and left ahm.
He was held a prisoner.
Lily Carmack. 36.\ff the same ad
dress was also treated at. the hos
pital. She suffered from a lacerated
forehead "
Police learned that she and her
husband had an argument and he
struck her with a meat cleaver and
she then cut him with a knife.
TELL OUR ADVERTISERS YOU
SAW IT IN THIS PAPER
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James Hill of 1927 Dubois was honored with a
surprise birthday party given by his wife on
Sunday, May 2. at their home. In the above
Labor Economist
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Charles M. Brooks, former foot
ball star of Virginia Union uni
versity. Richmond, Va„ has
been appointed economist with
the War Labor board of Detroit.
The appointment was made by
the United States Civil Serv
ice commission. Brooks holds an
AB degree from Union, a mas
ter's degree in business admin
istration from New York uni
versity and a master's degree in
economics from Columbia uni
versity. He has completed all
requirements for the Ph.D. de
gree in economics from New
York university. He is on leave
from Tuskegee institute and a
member of Omega Psi Phi fra
lernity.
Baptists—
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munity of the city. During the
regular school year it offers 23
classes at churches in various com
munities. Recently four classes
were offered at the First Baptist
church, Inkster, Rev. A. L. Merrit.
pastor; one class at the Community
Baptist church of which the Rev.
F. G. Melvin is pastor, and two
classes at the First Baptist church
of Ecorse. Rev. J. D. Davis, pastor.
In order that churches throughout
the city may have thoroughly pre
pared leadership, the school is con
ducting glasses throughout the
sprjjig and summer. Mrs. Mildred
MeTyre Tate has been acting dean
since the resignation of Rev. Fisher.
In 1940, retail food prices increased
400 per cent in Chungking, Chinas
capital, leading to food control meas
ures by the Chinese government.
I SCRAPI
NOW
Means More EMPLOYMENT
More PLANES. More CUNS
To Save Democracy!
Old auto part*, fenre wire,
toor tatters, broken ma
chinery tn fact anything
that contain* Iron nr metalt
DO YOUR PART AND GET
CASH FOR YOUR SCRAP
JONES IRON & METAL CO
Cor. Wyoming and Southern
Near Michigan Ave.. Dearborn
Oregon 8040
SURPRISED WITH PARTY
Headlines —
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crocodile tears. These ignorant,
immigrant women have been so
well propagandized by Buffa, Vir
gil Chandler and other fifth colum
nists that they will scream, tear
their hair and sob all over the place
at the suggestion that a Negro may
move next door to them. They
kept up such a racket at the hearing
that even the council members
sighed in disgust. By contrast the
Negroes present were so gentile
and refined that if a man from
Mars had dropped in he would
have sworn that the colored people
were members of a superior race.
* * *
STYMIED
The local news hounds were all
ready to do a bang up, knock-down
and drag-out story on race discrim
.nation at Selfridge Field when
taey heard about the colonel shoot- j
:ng his chauffeur. The army high
command, however, stepped in and <
dug up a scandal which had no par
ticular race angle to it and the
news hoys were straining at the
loash. The NAACP and the Citizens
Committee were set to put their
teeth in the pie but they too cooled
off when it appeared that the col
onel had simply gone batty and
might have shot anybody, regard
iesr of race, color, creed or na
tional origin.
* * *
BRIGGS STADIUM
The War Parley of the NAACP
which is sure to be a big affair,
will feature a mass meeting at
Briggs Stadium on June 6. accord
ing to the info. The idea is to get
100 000 Negroes in the ball park to
impress the white folks with the
importance of Negro participation
in the present world affairs on an
equal footing. Jim-Crow:sm will be
given plenty of attention at this
parley and it may be the only after
noon during this baseball season
that Briggs Stadium will have a
crowd.
During the first quarter of 1943.
Lend-Lease shipments accounted (or
'a pound of butter out of every 100
pounds produced tn the United* States,
and 15 eggs out of every 100 eggs laid.
Pl tAs[
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AS Michigan’* war industry hits full
•tridr, more and more long distance calls
have to be made—war calls vital to victory.
The burden of calls on many long
distance lines has reached a critical stage.
Central office equipment, fully manned
with operators, is being used to capacity.
At times, each unimportant call, regard
less of its destination, affects the speed
with which all other calls can be handled.
Many calls are delayed-some for hours.
And materials to expand the system can
not be had.
photo kra a few of the friends who cama to wish-
Mr. Hill many happy returns,—Photo by Odall
Bradley.
American war expenditures for the
first quarter of 1943 were about a bil
lion dollar* more than for the entire
war year 1918.
* BUY MORI WAR BONDS AND KCfP THIM *
VOLUNTEERS FOR N.A.A.C.P.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE j
Sign Up For Membership Campaign!!
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Name and Address
hereby sign up to work in # the coming N.A.A.C.P. mem- •
bership drive. May 30 - June 18. 1943.
My phone number is •
Mail to N.A.A.C.P., 446 East Warren TE. 1-3609 •
With Quiet Dignity. ..
W« conduct a funeral In a manner that (a
worthy of the tribute you wish to pay your
deceased. Regardless of the price you pay,
all details will be handled in an Impressive
way that will be a comforting memory.
FRED A. ANDERSON
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
COLUMBIA 4294 50S WILLIS AVENUC
Yet, war calls must go through
promptly! So it is necessary that w-; all
curtail both our personal and our business
use of long distance. Therefore, please—
1. Make fewer long distance calls and
keep them short.
2. Give the operator the number of the
telephone you are calling, if possible.
3. If your call can't go through at once ,
stay near the telephone ready to talk
when the operator notifies you.
MICHIGAN Bill TELEPHONE COMPANY
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1943
FOUR WOMEN
TURNED DOWN
BY 8 PLANTS
Each Rejection Based
On Color Of The
Applicant
One thousand, three hundred and
seventy-four hours of defense train
ing were wasted last week when
eight war plants refused to accept
Negro women who applied for war
jobs, the N.A.A.C.P. Labor commit-
I
I tee was told at its meeting Sunday,
May 9. at the St. Antoine Y M C A.
Four women who reported back
!o the NAA CP. had a total of
’,374 hours of training for work on
machines. These women reported
;a«es against Ainstworth Manufac
■uring company, American Lady
Jorset, Aeronautical Products,
Crysler-Amplex, Detroit Lubricator,
Detroit Gear and Machine. Eureka
Vacuum company and Palmer Bee
. corporation. The cases were re
i ferred to the FEPC.
Prince Clark, chairman of the
NAACP. Labor committee, pre-
I sided.
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