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NEWS AND VIEWS OF LABOR
300 ‘Wildcat’ Strikers
Shut St. Louis Plant
ST 1 OUIS Thrrr hum r.i < p-
staging a wildcat' *.ti.ke
protest against « w h.'e tn cman
last FndJ' threw 4 ;<bO prism * «-ii’
rs work and held up pi dint >n at
the General Steel* Cast.ngs C>r
jvwatmns Comni mi wealth plant «:
Gtar.te City Thr m:ik* hr„.«n on
Thursday when the <h>pp* * irt
their jobs so: four v . ui: berau-r
the company refused t >< • .. nr
tne foreman or " msfr- h m • an
other depart me* is T e w<> kis
cnarge.i that thrv wmp be.'.g
• hu.«*rd" by the f :cr«-
An official of CIO United S'eel
Workers of Arrrri 1 > ;< 1022 to
v h;ch the strikers b* 1 <>r.c. s.* d tn t
although the union is pp <m d '■• t r
s’nke the chippers h.<d a b< ■ ,i f;<le
grievance against the f >rerr.an and
the company had kicked the griev
ance around !.«r a 1 "Unal The
rr.en were still out. al;« nigh earlier
tney had agreed to return to work
*V> internal onal officers f their
union and company ever:,- it's in
vestigated their charges aga nst the
foreman
A sp kfsrran f*r the C< mpai y,
which manufactures stoeT’ Ya*t ng
for tarrs hulls and turrets stated
word of the strike was apparenti>
passed to other employer's on Fri
day morn.ng and they left their
jobs He also «tatrd that a pifKCt
line was established before the 7
o'clock shift reported for work, was
withdrawn later, then formed again
before the .1 pm and 1 pm. shifts
were to report. A union officer de
nied the company s contention,
however, saving that when he and
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otneis reported for work they were
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he no w opk and "they sh uid go
home "
Re irs.s»ed th-«t there were
r <uth men to gel S"rr.e w rk done.
t>\ rn though theie was not a full
w•:k i z forte in the plu: • Plant
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Steel Woikem of America, local
1f.22, the s'i ise is “unauthorized.’’
although the foreman had been
trying to ‘drive the men and
refuse to work for him "
Negro Labor Body
In Third Phase
Of Its Campaign
Th r sdav. J_u'y 20, the Necrn I,a-
Vict comm it tee opened 11 <
th.id phase of its pol tical action
campaign for the election of labor
endorsed candidates with an open
u.r rally at 137th Hurt and Sev
enth avenue
This rally was first in a series of
open a r meetings and follows the
\lad son Square Garden rally and
moblizat hi of hundreds of trade
un.on members for canvassing The
meeting continued throughout in
ternuttent shower- and was attend
ed and heard by hundreds of peo
ple in 'he area.
The speakers stressed the import
ance of a record turnout at the pri
maries on August 1 and urged reg
is ered voters in the 22nd Congres
s oral D sti irt. regardless of party
affiliation, to vote for Rev Adam
Clayton Powell Jr, whose name
.vi i appear on Republican. Demo
era'ie and A r.erican Labor Party
ballots.
British M.P. Asks
End Of Flogging
In Africa Colonies
By GEORGE PADMORE
LONDON.—Leading the fight for
abolition of the barbaric practice of
flogging native worker* in varioua
parts of Africa for minor offences,
progressive members of parliament
backed by colored colonja! organi
zations in this country are moving
heaven and earth to get the colonial
officp to take action.
Carrying the fight on to the floor
of the House of Commons, the well
known champion of the colored
races. Reginald Sorensen. I.abnrite
MP challenged Colonel Oliver Stan
ley to reveal figures of cases of cor
poral punishment inflicted on Af
ricans in Uganda, Kenya and Tan
ganyika. the Germany colony an
nexed after the last war and placed
under a British mandate, where the
natives are supposed to be trained
for self-government.
Sorensen, who is a pastor of the
Congregational church and one of
the greatest humanitarian idealists
in Parliament, also wanted to know
what steps had been taken by the
British government in these col
onies and other African colonies to
reduce the number of offenses in
volving this form of Nazi-like pun
ishment of human beings.
Appealing for time to gather de
tailed statistics of floggings. Colonel
Stanley revealed that "the most re
cent figures available are those for
193 H In that year the total for the
tnree East African territories men
tioned were 375, plus 5c plus 174 re
spectively.
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Off To Study
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Dr. James A. Brewer, with offi
ces at 705 E. Forest avenue, left
the city last Sunday for Roches
ter. Minn., where he will con
tinue his research work in surg
ery at the Mayo Brothers' Clinic.
Later he will join his wife for a
vacation. The doctor expects to
return to his office September 1.
Mark S e I a s s i e’s
Birthday At Gala
Moscow Reception
fiv CHATWOOD HALL.
MOSCOW. (AND Ethiopia’s
yellow, green and red flag with a
figure of the conquering Lion of
Judah in the center floa'ed in the
breeze for tne first time in the
heart of Moscow last Sunday a.s
the Ethiopian legation marked an
Ethiopian national date the 53rd
birthday of Emperor Haile Selas
sie.
At the sumptuous reception giv
en by the Ethiopian minister, Lo
renzo Taez.rf7., in Hotel National,
guests included a cross-section of
Moscow s large foreign diplomatic
corps, representatives of tne Rus
sian foreign office and Moscow*
intellectual world.
Minister Taez.az and his first sec
retary Roro and second secretary
Tessema proved ideal and perfect
hosts to their many guests. The
Ethiopian mission is still housed in
the Hotel National, next door to
the American embassy and across
the square from the Kremlin. They
are awaiting a suitable building to
house their legation.
Liberia College
Head Visits U. S.
WASHINGTON. (NNPAI
Carrying his governments belief
that Liberia College must develop
into a real dynamic university
that will Tie the conscience of the
state. Dr. T. Ebenezer Ward, pres
ident of the college, is visiting in
the United States for a period of
six months to study the most ap
proved method of modern college
administration in all of its associ
ated relations to educational sys
tems in a democratic "ale.
Dr. Ward has visited already
Bennett College and A. A T Col
lege in North Carolina, and How
aid University in Washington. He
intends to visit also Columbia
University, Hampton Institute,
Shaw University. Wilberforce Uni
versity. Tuskegee Institute, Har
vard University. Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, and the
University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Ward was born on the Gold
Coast of Africa, came to America
and graduated from Wilberforce
University in 1905. Le is now a
Liberian citizen.
RAILROAD MEN
HOLD TWO-DAY
CONFAB IN D.G.
WASHINGTON, D C—A two
day conference was held in the
12th Street Branch of the YMCA
in Washington, D C, July 21-22,
for the Colored Railroad Firemen
on the Southeastern railroads, un
der the auspices of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters Provisional
Committee to Organize Colored Lo
comotive Firemen
The conference discussed the sta'-
us of the Negro railroad firemen s
case now before the Piesiden' »
Committee on Fair Employment
Practice and the Stacy committee.
Delegates at the conference rep
resented practically all of the
Southeastern railroads A. Ph,..p
Randolph presided over the confer
ence and reports werp made to the
firemen by M. P Webster, vice
chairman and member of the Prosi
dent s Committee on Fair Employ
ment Practice. Ashley L. To'ton,
secretary-treasurer, T. T ratter
son. Zone supervisor and B. F.
McLaurin, field organizer.
Much vital and constructive leg
islation was discussed and adopted
to end discrimination, because of
race or color in the railroad in
dustry.
Meet On Venereal
Disease Control
WASHINGTON. (ANP» - The
reed for community and nat.on
wide cooperation in venereal dis
ease control, and ways to main'ain
during the demobilization period
tne gains made against tVs com
municable disease p-oblem during
tne war years, were outlined at
the first meeting of the National
Venereal Disease committee held
here last week.
Attending the conference were
Dr. T. K lawless, dermatologist
and consultant, Provident hospital,
Chicago; Mrs. Mable K Staupers,
executive secretary, National As
sociation of' Colored Graduate
Nurses; John A. Senges'ackp. pres
ident, Negro Newspaper Publish
ers association; Bishop R. R.
Wright. Jr., executive director.
Fraternal Council of Negro
Churches, and Dr. Mordecai John
son. president. Howard university
In announcing the results of the
committee meeting, Paul V. Mc-
Nutt, Federal Security administra
tion, said that the efforts of the
committee represent a further step
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precedent in radio broadcasts from
army posts, the National Broadcast
ins Company will air a special half
hour program commemorating the
third anniversary of the Tuskegee
Army Air Field, on Wednesday,
August 0. at 12:15 pm. CWT.
The unique broadcast will ema
nate from the ramp of the flight
line here, home of the famed Ne
gro fighter squadrons now making
history in the European theatre of
operations.
Among the guest speakers will be
Major General William O. Butler,
commanding general of the Army
A.r Forces eastern flying training
command with headquarters at
Maxwell Field, Ala.; Colonel Noel
F. Parrish, commanding officer of
this installation; and veteran com
bat pilots of the celebrated squad
rons.
Special music will be featured by
the 613th Army Air Forces band,
under the direction of Captain
Frank Drye; and the Cadet Glee
Club of 50 voices, directed by Sgt.
Philip Medley. The program will
give to an expected large listening
aud.ence. an over-all picture of
! three years of training Negro pilots
for the Army Air Forces Training
Command
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to visit the Tuskegee Army Air
Field during the day for a series of
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B.Th. at the Baptist Theolog
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ligion undar Dean J. B. Bron
son. Rev. Ferrell is the assist
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donia Baptist church of which
his father, th* late Rev. William
Ferrell, was tha founder.
Six Illinois Men Begin
Basic At Keesler Field
KEESLER FIELD. Miss. Six
Illinoisans were among the recent
group to begin their basic training
at this field. The soldiers who will
start the recruit drill are: Pvt. Gar
field Frederick Hiller Jr., son of
Mr and Mrs. G. F. Hiller Sr., 632
Fourteenth avenue, Maywood, 111;
Pvt. David Donald Dudley Jr., son
of David Dudley, 4623 Indiana ave
nue. Chicago; Pvt. Robert Lee
Nolan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Nolan. 4739 S. Dearborn street, Chi
cago; Pvt. Howard Thomas Mc-
Quitter. son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
McQuitter, 707 E. Fiftieth street,
Chicago. 111.; Pvt. Charles Lee
Daniels, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.zell
Daniels. 3569 Giles avenue, Chicago,
111.; Pvt. Douglas Samuel Mitchell,
son of Sgt. Samuel J. Mitchell,
Evanston, 111.
in the VD control program that
has been carried on jointly with
the army, navy and FSA since the
beginning of the defense period,
and which has resulted in reduc
ing army and navy VD rates to
their lowest point in history de
spite a slight current increase.
special programs which will include
an art exhibit, a special display of
captured enemy equipment and an
aeria 1 training demonstration by
aviation cadets undergoing ad
vanced training here.
Also paying special tribute to the
anniversary celebration, a famous
•'name” band will broadcast from
one of the hangars of TAAF on the
regular Coca Cola "Spotlight Band”
series, on Thursday night. August
10. The swing crew will la’er play
for a dance in honor of enlisted
men here and their guests.
On Thursday, August 10, Captain
Charles B. Hall, holder of the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross, and the
first Negro airman to be credited
with a Nazi plane, will be the guest
of the Army Air Forces radio series,
"Salute Soldiers with Wings,” over
the Blue Network at 10:30 p.m. EWT
from Washington. D. C. He will he
interviewed on the scope of train
ing received at this station, and the
accomplishments of the Tuskegee
trained pilots in combat.
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IN INDIA GAMPS
INDIA.—They are going home!
The permission has been granted,
the farewells said and they are
under way; 18 of America’s Negro
soldiers will soon be saying, “Hello,
America!" The men are part of the
initial contingent of US troops
which set foot on Indian soil in May
1942. They will be the first able
bodied ground personnel to be re
turned to the United States from
the China-Burma-India theatre of
war.
Goodbyes were movingly said at
an American Red Cross club in
Eastern India where the group, a
few guests and friends held a ban
quet and farewell. Master-of-cere
monies, James Nix of Pittsburgh,
made pertinent comments about
each man as he introduced them.
He has been in India almost as long
as they, and is og the same port
company. The men each said a few
words—words which varied from
deeply moving goodbyes to "Boy, I
can hardly wait!"
M-Sgt. Claibourne D. Knighten,
one of returning men and organiz
er and leader of the CBI s topflight
Negro orchestra, “The Jeep*," could
hardly keep the tears from his eyes
as he received a beer mug as a gift
from the American Red Cross for
his contribution to entertainment
of the men both in the club and in
other parts of the theater. He hand
ed the band over to T-5 Ovie Allen,
of 2032 East Sixteenth street, Erie,
Pa., who has been with the band
since its inception.
Boyd Overton Talks
Among the other speakers were
Boyd Overton, American Red Cross
club director from Cincinnati, 0.,
and Capt. Anthony Ortenzie of Bal
timore, their C.O.
The men were asked to remem
ber that as returning American
troops from the CBI theatre of war,
they had a grave responsibility in
the formation of American public
opinion.
The men who will reach home
after 27 months have opened up for
the U S. Army two major ports (one
man has helped open three*. They
have set a world record for unload
ing. Coming from every part of
the United States, they are:
M-Sgt. Claibourne D Knighten.
Los Angeles; Ist Sgt. Motel Jett.
Columbus, Ga.; T-4 William L.
Johnson, Camden, N. J.; S.-Sgt.
James W. Johnson, New York City;
Sgt. Georg# T. Ash. Suffolk, Va.;
T-Sgt. Alpheus W. Fletcher, Sum
mit. N. J.; S-Sgt. Willism H. Smith,
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