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HAITI AGREES
TO STATE DEPT.
COLOR EDICT
Diplomatic SUIT Now All
LI f h t • Complexioned
Or White Americans
WASHINGTON— •owing H
U. S. Slat* Dapartmant preju
*ca. officials of Hit littlo Mack
ttpoMk ts HaiH kava ordarod
ktma all dark-camplexionad
dtp lam att and ar a raplacing
tkafn with malatfaaa “wha
can past" or witli white Amar
kana in same cates!
Tha Chicago Defender
learned this weak from highly
confidential and authoritative
aourcaa that the discrimina
tory policy hat bean in affect
for aavaral months.
There it no written agree
ment merely a verbal un
derstanding which represen
tatives of both countries have
agreed to and which carefully
defines the complexion of
Haitians to be accredited to
the United States.
This policy is being carried
nut under the pretext that
dark Haitians create embar
rassing social problems in
this country.
It is chsrged that the Amer
ican State Department offi
cials meat responsible for tl»is dis
criminatory understanding are Law
renee Duggan, chief of the division
of Latin American Affairs, and
Willard Barber, assistant chief of
the same division, who are directly
in charge of United States relations
with Haiti
Hell Stand Nat Known
Whether they are acting on in
structions from Secretary of State
Cordell Hull, or merely on their
•am authority, is not yet known.
It it known, however, that Bar
ber, who does most of the work of
the division since Duggan is suffer
ing from a malignant disease, is a
personal friend of Jacquc Antoine
Under-Secretary of State for Haiti
and member of the mulatto oil
garchy.
A iurvey of the "color pattern**
•f the diplomatic and consular
•gents from Haiti on duty in this
country tells its own story. Here
la the Haitian diplomatic personnel
and its complexion:
WASHINGTON. D. C.
Andre Liaataad (Ambassador).
Light complexion. His father was a
white Frenchman who made his
borne in Haiti.
■ache La Kaebe (Military AL
trche). Light-complexion.
Bile Gareie (lit Sec. of Embassy).
I nht-complexion.
DaaM Theard (2nd Sec. of Em
bassy). Light-complexion,
X* n ite
NEW YOU CITY
Dr. B«lx Least (Consul Gen).
Light-complexion
Yet as Verna (Vice Consul). Llght
•omplexion.
Heart liwead (Attache). Black-
Complexion.
Leatae Rlpke (Secretary). White.
PHILADELPHIA
tenia Elaen (Consul). White.
MIAMI
Paa! Cnrtis (Consul). White.
BOSTON
Herbert Clark (Consul). White.
NEW ORLEANS
Fernand La Baaaa (Consul).
White.
BALTIMORE
FeUx Martin (Consul). Light
complexion.
This survey shows that with the
exception of Rosemond, attache in
New York, all the other representa
tives in thia country are either
llght-complexioned. or as they arc
In the south, white Americans. It
la rumored that Rosemond is soon
to be recalled under the terms of
the understanding.
H*ltl Pocial Chasm
Thit the Haitian government has
•cquiesed in the State Department
demands for a color bar in its diplo
matic service is not surprising, for
the history of the country is replete
with incidents which indicate that
there is a wide social chasm between
tnulattoes and blacks. The mulat*
toes, though outnumbered by a
ratio of 10 to 1, have constituted
the governing class since 1015,
largely through the support of the
American government.
The last black to head the coun
try's government was President
Velbrun Sam who was assassinated
In 1915 as he sought asylum in the
French legation at Port-au-Prince.
Shortly afterward American ma
rines occupied Haiti The American
government has dominated Haitian
foreign policy ever since.
Informed observers claim that
tnulattoes could not now stay in
power if it were not for State De
fiartment support Dark-complex
oned Haitians are reported to be
frwghly incensed over this American-
Haitian "color bar" understanding,
for while the mulattoej are getting
the important government posts,
practically all of the intellectuals
with international reputation are in
the darker group They realise that
there Is little they can do to change
Ihe situation as long as President
Lescot has the American govern
ment behind him.
Maintain Color Bar
On his recent visit to the United
States, President Lescot, who is a
light reddish-brown, vigorously ad
hered to the "color line " He was
the darkest member of his party
During his tour of Canada, an
American Negro newspaper corre
spondent. Ralph Matthews of Ihe
Afro-American, was openly Insulted
by his secretary. At the beginning
rt a press conference. Matthews was
naked by the secretary to leave un
der pretext that his presence might
prove embarrassing to the presi
dent.
The record of the American State
Department on the color question
has long been a black one. Ameri
can Negroes when returning from
abroad prior to the present war.
cans latently reported discourteous
treatment at our consulate offices.
Not even Brasil who boasts of its
Boa-discriminatory policies, has
dared to accredit a dark-complex
toned diplomat to the United States,
hlormsd Brasilians claim that the
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Returning from a ten-week itinerary of AAF
camps and stations throughout the Eastern Fly
ing Training Command is Cpl. Wendell Logan of
the Tuakegee Army Air Field. Cpl. Logan's
itinerant teacher training mission was heraldad
as a huge success by VD Control Officer of the
Eastern Flying Training Command. Capt. Orln
M. Stout (left). Captain Stout, commended the
vigilant VD Control crusader on his splendid
work and axpreaaed great delight over hia en
couraging reports on the success of the VD Con
Smith Charged With
Trying To Kill FEPC
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Resistance
to the attempt of the Smith Con
gressional Committee to break down
the anti-discrimination principles of
Executive Order 8802, through its
attack upon the President's Com
mittee on Fair Employment Prac
tice, wa* urged today in a state
ment issued by the National Ne
gro Congress.
The Smith Committee, ostensibly
set up to investigate over-reaching
of powers by government war
agencies, this week opened hearings
designed to develop evidence of
unconstitutional exercise of powers
by. FEPC in its efforts to fill war
manpower needs by ending dis
crimination against Negro workers
in the railroad, rapid transit and
machinists fields.
Leading figures in the Smith com
mittee are Representatives Howard
W. Smith of Virginia, Jerry Voorhia
of California (former liberal front
for the Dies committee) and Clare
Hoffman of Michigan.
Three formal reports to congress
by the Smith committee have been
devoted to attacks upon the prin
ciples of Executive Order 8802 by
government agencies.
•‘Seizure of the records of FEPC
by the Smith committee last De
cember foreshadowed ar) all-out at
tack upon the principles upon
which the committee is founded. Its
hearings thia week can only be re
garded as •’’farther development of
this attack,** the Congress state
ment said.
“The Smith committee represents
an important phase of the anti
win-the-war fight which is now be
ing carried on in Congress by the
U. S. Legation
Was Opened In
Addis Ababa
WASHINGTON— (ANP) Min
ister John K. Caldwell, American
envoy to the Ethiopian government,
tells of the reopening of the Ameri
can legation at• Addis Ababa and
the presentation of his letters of
(credence to Emperor Haile Selassie
in the January issue of the Ameri
can Foreign Service Journal, un
official publication of the state de
partment.
He arrived In the capital on
Augurt 26 and was met at the air
port by Blatta Ephraim Towoldo
Modhon, then vice-minister for for
eign affairs and now his country's
minister to the United States. The
legation. Mr. Caldwell reports, was
considered open to the public from
September 1, 1943, "since the needs
of all who have called have been
given attention.”
Qlear Robeson
In Union Row
NEW YORK—(ANP)—PauI Ro
beson. actor-singer. Thursday won
a clear bill from the Actors' Equity
association <AFL> on the question
of his honorary membership in two
unions of the rival CIO. In reply
to complaints from some AFL
sources against Robeson's CIO affili
ations. the Equity council an
nounced “there is no action that we
can properly take."
Joseph P. Ryan, president of the
International Longshoremen associ
ation. had asked Equity to expel
the actor or persuade him to drop
his CIO connections
prejudice of American diplomats
has made their government hesitant
about sending dark diplomats
abroad and thereby has retarded
their progress in the foreign service.
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trained VD non-coms at othar fields in thia area.
Tha aplandid cooperation between the medical
officers and VD non-coms trained at tha AAF
VD Control school hare was highly in evidence
at Cpl. Logan contacted over 5.000 men and
officers working to stymie VD at these various
camps and fields. Logan, a native of Philadel
phia, is the son of Rev. John R. Logan of that
city. He is a graduate of Lincoln U. (Pa.), and
'has done graduate work at the University of
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enemies of the administration. If
it can succeed in eliminating one
tenth of the manpower of the Unit
ed States from the war effort, it
will have accomplished much to
ward the victory of fascism at home
and abroad.
“This assault against the victory
of the United States and the Unit
ed Nations must be defeated by the
people of our country. We urge the
Negro people, and all those who
want to win the war, to help stop
this scuttling of Negro rights and of
the war-effort, by writing to their
congressmen demanding the disso
lution of the Smith anti-war com
mittee, and passage of HR. 1732,
the Marcantonio bill, to give statu
tory powers to FEPC to enforce its
orders.”
Editor Named To
Special Unit In
Bond Campaign
WASHINGTON—Ted R. Gamble,
director of the War Finance Divi
sion of the Treasury Department,
announced this week that Nat Wil
liams, editor of the Memphis
World, will be a member of a spe
cial news unit to provide the na
tion's newspapers, magazines and
trade press frith news concerning
the Fourth War Loan campaign.
Mr. Gamble said the forthcoming
drive, which began January 18. will
stress the importance of individual
bond sales, and this fact will lead
to many human interest stories,
spot news developments, and state
ments from the nation’s leaders.
Chronicle League
Goes Into Action
The Senior and Intermediate Di
vision of the Michigan Chronicle
league swung into action at Brews
ter Recreation Center on Sunday
evening, and before the final
whistle was blown, the fans were
hoarse from yelling for their fav
orite team.
Probably the game packed with
the most thrills was that between
Selfridge Field and Tord Local 600.
the soldiers winning in overtime
38-36. Selfridge enjoyed a 22-8
lead at the halfway mark, but the
Ford players spurted in the third
period to hold their opponents to
two points while they made 15.
They knotted the count in the
f period.
Briggs All-Stars trounced Outer
Drive, 55-21, George Peaks piling
up 25 points for the winners. High
land Park Aces won a 37-36 vic
tory from the Heart of Detroit,
and the U. S. Coast Guard defeated
United Rubber, 39-16.
The Clowns defeated the All-
Stars in the Intermediate division.
22-16. National Insurance won
from the Jokers. 20-17, and the
Legionnaires lost to the Aces, 22-20
Teacher’s Suit
Set For Jan. 24
CHARLESTON. S C. (ANP)
The suit to equalize teacher sal
aries in South Carolina, filed in the
U. S. district court in October by
Miss Viola Duvall, a teacher in the
Burke Industrial school here, has
been scheduled for hearing the
week of January 24. the state's
NAACP office announced this week.
Atty. Harold R. Boulware is ex
pected to make final arrangements
Monday and to confer with his asso
ciate. Thurgood Marshall, special
NAACP counsel, who will arrive
this week.
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NEW YORK—Opposition to a
national service act. as suggested
by President Roosevelt and as em
bodied in the present Austin-Wads
worth bill, was voiced January 12
by the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
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of the NAACP. Walter White and
Charles H. Houston, testified before
a Senate Committee on the Austin-
Wadsworth bill, opposing it on the
grounds that (a) thousands of Ne
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(b) other thousands of Negroes
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would result in freezing Negro
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secretary of the NAACP. “Negro
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Ga., area were by-passed, with few
exceptions, and white workers im
ported when a Bell Aircraft fac
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assembly plant for four-engined
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