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PAGE TWELVE
FDR Pledges Support
For A Permanent FEPC
By BABKY Mr M.riN
WASHINGTON. D C - < NNT \*
President Roosevelt conferred
%ith a group of three represent
tiva Negroes on Friday in » con*
ferenee described »* ‘•non-pol-tic.il
granted to discos* roita.n rar
problem« and welfare It wa* tnc
third audience this year ttiven b>
the President to Ncgio groups and
individuals
The conference was nr cr .'Hv
fought bv A. Philip Randolph. r !t < *
Ident of’the March on Wash mM «
Movement, and co*cha rman of trie
National Council for a Pcimn'en'
FEPC Hr proposed it juM p or !
the Quebec conference bttven
ftonaevelt and Brit.-h Pr t,p M ;
Ister Church 11. Mr Rand ph
Wanted to discuss the p« id • lc -s
--lation for a permanent FI
hope of gettng s-mie action t>< f e
Congress t**ok its e eet. r reec.-s
He did not attend. howr\cr, th<
conference held F:id.<' s*<
Is reported, that he >a r.o p* >■!
in it since Congrc.-J- already hud
recessed
Permanent FFPC
The establ shment of • pef m- rt
FEPC was discussed at ” r co 1 f« r
ence. nevertheless, bv t ■ thi«e
leaders who attn-drei l*u> "ere
D Channirc Tobias W-l:.- White
and Mrs. M-ry McLeod Beth.ire.
The Preside*.t is :rp rted ! <nc
rdedeed hut su
ation mi} mg hr nvri'Td t u 1 F.PC
He was reported ais 1 to liave rx-
Eressed h i approval and pro.i cd
is support of efT-uts to diet the
House Lai*'! Com r itt t t > * ' Lc m
mediate actmi on t'e bill for a
permanent KEPC w.th-'i'
hearings *o the ir.f.isurc n ay be
presented to Cong us.- »*s soon •«.' it
returns.
The group also ri.s< w th
the President p* nii-n; It i-l to» i
to make it a federal ci.miral of
fense to attack a person wearing
the uniform of the Amcr can armed
forces The bill. S 1127. is to amend
an already existing law mak.t.g it
a federal offense to assault or kill
certain fedeial officers The present
law, however. doc> not include
members of the Army. N ivy. oi
Marines. Tne amendment was pro
p'ted by the War Department and
approved by the Department of
Justice ’lt has pas.--ed the Senate,
and is pending in the House Jud.-
Ciary Cnmmtwe
The President was reported hy
the group to have pledged h.s sup
port of this legislation
Mr White pointed out to reporters
at the White House after the con
ferenee that this legislation is of
particular concern to Negroes be- .
cause there have been numerous
assaults upon Negro soldiers in the
South. “The last killing of a soldier ,
named Spieely ip Durham. N C..“
he said, “who was shot and killed
by a bus driver, was tried in s
state court and the dr.vet acquitted
in 28 minutes”
Army policy of segregation in its ,
Reporters Learn
Walter White To
Visit India Soon
WASHINGTON. D C <NNPA>
Walter White, executive secretary
of the NAACP. told White House
reporters last week, following a
conference in which hr and two
other Negroes participated with the
President, that he expects to go to
India sometime soon.
He made the remark while dis
cussing with reporters the matters
taken up with the President Among
these was the question of colonials
end their status after the war.
Asked if he was particularly inter
ested in India. Mr. White said he
was and volunteered the informa
tion that be expects to go there
toon. *
Earlier in the year. Mr W r hite
went to the European, the Medi
terranean and North African war
theatres as a war correspondent for
the New York Post After his trip,
he made two exhaustive reports to
the War Department on conditions
affecting Negro soldiers as he ob
served them.
AGENTS WANTED
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LAND CONTRACTS
Bought and Hold
Notary Puhlir w.th Krai
Birth rrrtilintrs
Imorna Tax kervlr*
Frederick Douglass
Realty Co.
4715 St. Antoine at Forest
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6472 North field
nr iwn
ART HI R JOHNSON, Mgr.
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lillrt: tall or part tuna
f.ood ( oinmlhum I
newly established program of re-I
distribution centers for men re- ,
I turned under the rotation system i
ficm overseas, was also discussed
with the President The group said
the Pre> dert told them there will
he consider able abandonment of the *
proposal, and that the,
War Department will shortly an- I
t mce the chang'd policv All 1
n:c of the conferees said they
were pleased with the change
The n ,il po nt discussed with the
Pie*:dent was the whole question
of v» h«t the position of the United
States g vc m.ncnt will be with re
-l>eet to x ilomal policy, particular
ly ir. those areas that are recap
rod f:om tlu enemy The group
expressed concern over whether
• ,sc a: i-a* w 11 hr returned to!
fo*-, r »n: t: c> which exploited
::u-m before the war
We would l.ke to see our gov- I
i iiit make it clear that it will.
tie a party to colonialism,” Mr. •
W 1 te t->ld the reporters.
The croup declared that no pdi. |
t w.is diseus'cd and that the
< t fen nee u.k “strictly non-poli-
Thi \ II appeared pleaded
a th the re; i ts of the meeting.
Baptist Church Practices Democracy
In Peep South A nd Vote Goes To FDR
opeeial to the Defender)
KL DOIIADO, Ark. —Presl-<
d«*ut RoospvpU was elected to
a fourth term here this week
In a hard fought campaign
replete with poll tax pay- j
ments. pre-election *foeeches. and |
with an array of election judges and I
official tellers to see that everything j
wax on the level, the President |
nosed out a victory over Governor
Thomas E Dewey, polling 1197
votes to his opponent’s 1079
Denied the privilege of voting in
real elections. El Doradans wen*, j
into politics anvhow. and conducted J
a mock election that proved that |
there's not a thing wrong with be
ing a Democrat, even ir. the deep
South where Negroes are “sup
posed'' to vote the Republican ticket
'cause “Lincoln made us free."
Members of the First Baptist
church chose Roosevelt at a straw
ballot election Monday night con
ducted bv the Brotherhood, a men s
organization of the church Qualifi
cations for voting were the pay
ment of a five cents "poll tax." and
the willingness to “go to the polls"
Pre-election registration was dis
pensed with
The respective merits of each of
the candidates were aired bv ardent
boosters who discussed the issues at
stake in the coming national elec
tion Managed by Aaron McGhee.
J. W Wysinger represented the
President, while Gov. Dewey was
represented by J O. Johnson, local
real estate man. whose manager
was Joe *tkins.
Keynote speeches on the night of
the election for Roosevelt and
Dewey were made by N F Jackson.
Washington high school principal,
apd by the Rev Thomas O Mc-
Junkins. First Baptist church pastor,
respectively.
A large number of El Doradans
who crowded the church auditorium
witnessed Mrs. T O. McJunkins
and O Harris, local mortician,
serve as judges of the electjpn. Ofli
ciating tellers were Mrs Marguerite
Williams. Mrs Julia Franklin and
Mist Bobbie J Jackson.
Fersons who had never before
voted, learned from actual experi
ence how to mark ballots and it's
a sure bet that Negroes in El Do
rado are going to do more than
just sit by when the Department of
Justice begins to bring suit against
electors in southern states who re
fuse to abide by the Supreme Court
Lonnie Smith decision
Members of the winning party
were served free refreshments, and.
as falls the lot of losers, the Dewey
aagresation was forced to wait un
til all Roosevelt supporters had
been taken care of. Dr J. W Gra
ham is president of the Brother
hood
Persian Color
Lines Smashed
Without Incident
By FRANK E. BOLDEN
(NNPA War Cor respondent!
TEHERAN. Iran - iNNPA) -
Among the many strange sights and
incidents which I have run across
in my travels the past, 1
experienced a new one here in
Persia, at Camp Amirabad
Two units of colored troops, a
complement of the 153rd QM Bak
ery company and the 519th QM
Car company, and a white unit, the
ISfith QM Depot company are sol
do ring together
They live in the same area, use
the same mes* hall together, share
the .-anie s ower room, lafrines and
recreation room, and use the same
PX. On.y their sleeping quarters
arc separate.
The “good n< ighborhood policy*
is in vogue, and there have been
no icporls of any “incidents ”
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ebaiod of fKk»t oi occasional (halt
choica of radio Labia cocktail labia,
eoffaa tabla or aoational tahla: Salt
foil tit to tag; bctutilal üblo it nip
beautiful bodi oom outfit aontittmg of
fall tua aed nandaoma Oraaaar at
room* chatt. coil had «print and flaffj
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braakfaat diaatta; useful aafiaiahad
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CASH FURNITURE MART
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Organizer
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Miss Olive Diggs, editor of the
Chicago Bee. was named direc
tor of publicity for women in
the Democratic campaign, it
was announced last weak. Miss
Diggs is a wall known news
paper woman and former mem
ber of the executive board of
tha Negro Newspaper Publish
ers' association.
EXCHANGE VOWS
PPPPH
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Saturday. September 23 at 8 p.m.. Helen Jones, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Jones, was joined in marriage to John Paul
Anderson. The wedding look place at the home of the bride s
parents. Officiating was the Rev. B. H. Wright, pastor of the
First Institutional Baptist church in Hamtramck. The bride wore
a gown of white satin with sweetheart neckline and tinger-tip veil;
she carried a bouquet of carnations. Her one attendant. Miss
Ruth Daniel, wore yellow chiffon and satin. Sha also carriad a
bouquet of carnations. Best man for Mr. Anderson was Saul Daw
son. A reception was held immediately after the ceremony.
Blast Jim Crou)
In U.S. Public
Health Center
WASHINGTON lnfiltration of
sectional Jimcrow racial patterns
into the practices of the United
States Public Health Service, par
ticularly in Muskogee. Oklahoma,
was hit this week in a letter sent
to Sur'geon General Thomas Parran
“We are reliably informed that
the Public Health Station in Mus
kogee. does not permit Negroes to
use the front entrance.” said I>cslie
NOW OPEN --THE
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JIMMIE LARKINS
FORMERLY OF LARK GRILL
GENERAL MANAGER
Co-Ordinator
S' >
A I A
Wf/k
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Mrs. Thomasina Johnson, for
mer lobbyist for the Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorority in Wash
ington. D. C.. has been named
national coordinator of political
activities among women by
Congressman Dawson of the
Democratic National commit
tee. Mrs. Johnson is a member
of the Democratic State Central
Committee of Massachusetts.
Pe* ry, administrative assistant.
NAACP. “And if the above de
scribed condition does obtain, I be
lieve this matter merits your care
ful investigation with a view to
corrective action. ' •
“It is bad enough when State
legislatures incorporate racist theo
ries into the law*, thereby segregat
ing and oppressing a group of its
citizens. When, however, an agency
of the Federal Government under
takes, cither by its own directives nr
by acquiescence in, or observance
of, bigoted local and sectional ra
cial patterns, it is not only repre
hensive but dangerous. There is
a limit to which government can
go and still continue to call itself
democratic.
4863 RUSSELL Cor. Warren
Director
y- --
Bp ;• .
HU :
Mrs. Jeanella Walch Brown,
formar axacutiva secretary oi
tha National Council of Nagro
Woman, waa appointed direc
tor of Special Activities among
woman in tha Democratic cam
paign. it was announced by
Congressman Dawson last Fri
day. Mrs. Brown is a Datroii
ar and has bean active in Demo
cratic politics for several yaars.
350 STRIKE AT
MEMPHIS PLANT
MEMPHIS. Tcnn.-(ANP)— The
wholesale tiring of Negro employes
of the Andeison-Tully company here
resulted in a wholesale walkout ol
the more thin 350 Negro workers at
the plant Thursday.
The trouble stems from the com
pany's attitude toward organization
efforts of the CIO International
Woodworkers of America, among
the workers, it was disclosed Al
though the National War Labor
board had ordered company officials
to meet with union representatives
to work out contract details, the
company had continued to ignore
the directive, according to George
Bentley, union organizer.
Only a small minority of the A,n
derson-Tully workers are white. *
The workers, through their rep
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DR. H. MICHELMAN
OPTOMETRIST
Appointed
* Hi
Mrs. Edith Sampson. prominent
Chicago attorney, has baan ap
pointed organiser of Profes
sional groups in the Demo
cratic campaign. Congressman
Dawson announced Saturday.
Mrs. Sampson has been active
in Democratic politics in Illi
nois for several years.
resentatives, kept pressing for a
meeting in order that contractual
arrangements with the company
could be affected. When some ot
their number became impatient and
advocated a strike, the majority
voted a no-strike action. The ma
jority wanted to wait until the
company complied with the NLBR
and War Labor board action.
. However, the sentiment of the
majority shifted Wednesday night,
148 voting to strike and 47 voting
no strike. The strike vote was the
result of the firing of 23 workers,
when company stooges had pointed
out as leading spokesmen of the
union, it was said.
Moving swiftly, the WLB has or
dered the company and the union
to send representatives to Washing
ton for a hearing, at which time the
company will be called upon to ex
plain ‘ why it ha* not complied with
the WLB directive" and the union
will be forced to explain why it.-
members walked out of a war plant
in violation of the CIO pledge to
continhe war production uninter
rupted for the duration.
YOUR EYES
ARE WORKING HARDER
THAN EVER BEFORE
If von are nut teeling up to par, If
may be YOUR EYES.
SEE ... .
DR. MICHELMAN
TODAY
For Scientific Examination
Downtown Ottle*
275 Gratiot Av.. Ph. Ca. 1522
Detroiters At
Business Meet
In Chicago, 111.
Aaron C. Toodle, president, and
Henry S Dunbar, secretary of the
Detroit Memorial Park cemetery,
returned last week from a war
business conference in Chicago, to
which they were called by officials
of the American Cemetery. Owners
association to confer and advi.-e
upon post-war problems confront
ing the industry.
Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery
is a member of the ACO association
which is composed of the leading
cemetery associations throughout
the country.
Among the subjeefs discussed and
decided upon was a national edu
cational campaign to be conducted
by the association during 1945.
LINCOLN SCHOOL
of MUSIC and DANCE
INSTRUCTORS Tp ECI AL
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• Instruments Civen to those who would
VOCAL AND DANCE like to be entertainers.
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283 CRATIOT AVENUE
Office: Cl. 0200; 2 - 7 P.M. Res.: Te. 2-6316; A.M.
1941 1944
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SCHOOL of MUSIS
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Announces
ns 4th YEAR OF PROGRESS
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1944
Announce Sixth
Annual Youth
Confab, Nov. 17
NEW YORK.—Ruby Hurley.
Youth secretary for the NAACP,
announced this week that Youth
Councils and college chapters of
the NAACP will meet in confer
ence at Virginia Union University
i- Richmond, Va. t Nov. 17-19.
The conference will be the first
joint meeting of college chapters
and youth councils. Previously the
fall confab has been confined to
students in the college chapters,
but tremendous increases in youth
memberships have made it neces
sary to broaden the scope of the
conference to include youth coun
cils.
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