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PAGE EIGHT
NEWS AND VIEWS OF LABOR
UNION PLANS
RACIAL UNIT
AT MEETING
ATLANTIC CITY. N J.- Execu
te* board of thr UAW-ClO «'
%eek created a permanent Fair
Practices committor to drj,l with
ea*es involving n mmit) diecrim -
nation either b> rmp!' vrr* or w.th
in the un.on
The step wait recommerdrd hy
George W Crockr*’ .T: rip \ orl
by the union several to- h* aco to
Work on rr not tv prnh'r: 1 Hr >a*
Connerterl w.th the FFPC
R J. Thorr a* prr> ric t of thr
Union sa.d: “Through ths «rt-ip
ft 1* planned to bring nax n m in
fluence 1o hear on employers or
government or both in rases of
racial discrimination”
“We will not a\n d dealing with
diecriminaiion with n the
union, rithr- One of the union's
Hasic principle* 1* that there must
be no discrimination because of
race "
Richard T. I.*n*-.ard, national
Ford director of the union, an
nounced that he plans to ask the
Ford company to join the union
In request ng a wage increase for
fti] Ford workers
The plan is a direct outgrowth of
Henry Ford s recent announcement
that he would raise pav if the gov
ernment would let him.
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Industry Shuns Race
In Post-War Set-Up
Bv HARRY McALPIV
WASHINGTON. D C • NNPA>
Apparent reluctance on the part
of industry representatives to dis
cuss the poat-war industrial out
look for Negroes was cited last
week by Dr. Abram I* Harris,
professor of economics at Howard
University, as indication of the
need for the type of conference
being planned by the Division of
the Social Sciences of the Grad
uate School of Howard for Octo
ber 18-20.
Of twenty-two industrialists and
industry representatives invited to
participate in the conference only
iw'o have accepted. They are Abe
Rubin, vice-president of the Na
tional Smelting company in Cleve
land, Ohio, and Emerson P.
Schmidt, director of economic re
search for the United States Cham
ber of Commerce.
The invitation has been de
clined, with a varying range of ex
cuses, by the following persons:
Bell, of Bell Aircraft;
Henry Kaiser, the shipbuilder, 1
Eric Johnston, president of the
United States Chamber of Com-
merce; R. E Gilmor, of Sperry Gy
roscope company; Paul G. Hoff
man. president of the Studebaker
corporation; Russell Greenley, di
rector of personnel and training
for Carnegie-Illinois Steel com
pany; C. D. Mackay, assis\ant pres
ident of the Southern Railway
i System;
Ivan L. Willi*, head of industrial
relations for the Curtis-Wright
Aircraft company; R. Randall Ir
win, of the Industrial Relations
Research Department, Aeronauti
cal Chamber of Commerce of
America; E. J. Lyon, director of
industrial relation* for Curtis-
Wright; Homer L. Ferguson, of the
j Newport News Shipbuilding A
Drydock company; Earl F. Blank,
director of personnel relations for
Jones-Laughlin Steel company; Dr.
A. A. Mitten, chairman of indus
trial ’■elations for the Philadelphia
Transportation company, and C. E.
Muzzer, chief of personnel for the
Pennsylvania Railroad company.
Practically every labor represen
tative invited hat accepted, Dr.
Harris declared.
Commenting on the reception
Union Worker
Quits GOP To
Work For PAC
GARY, Ind—Here s the story of
a Republican precinct captain who
resigned his office rather than have
the GOP work conflict with his
CIO union activity in support of
President Roosevelt.
Marian C. Frederick, Negro
hooker in the mill of the Carnegie-
Ttlinoii Steel Corp, and a member
of Local 1014, United Steelwork
ers. submitted his resignation, with
the statement that he could not
"put party first and country sec
ond" He said he might support
GOP candidates for local office, but
would accord maximum backing to
the CIO Political Action Commit
tee drive to re-elect Roose\e!t.
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| given the invitations 1o industry
representatives, Dr Harris said:
’ In some cases, employers are tied
! up with the government and feel
they would prefer not to go
| through the tedious process of
clearing their speeches with the
I gnv< nt id their industries
That is understandable. In one or
two cases, the invitations have
t>een late bee..use of previous de
clinations.
“As for the rest, either they do
j not see the problem as important,
or they believe it is too hot to
! handle With all their ‘thumping
for a system of free enterprise,
they really do not understand the
essential features or characteristics
of free enterprise
“The j Hem of employment of!
Negroes, or of anyone, in their j
fullest ■ parities i the crux of
fi .'c enterprise,” he sa 1.
Other industry representatives I
have been invited to participate in 1
the conference. No response have
been received from them yet.
Howard Univ. To
Hold Post-War
Confab Oct. 18
WASHINGTON, D. C. <NNPA)
—“The Post-War Industrial Out
look for Negroes” is the theme of
the eighth annual conference of
the division of the social sciences
of the graduate school of Howard
University, to be held on the uni
versity campus on Oct. 18-20. The
conference is being supported by
the A. Philip Randolph F.ducation
Fund of New York City.
It is planned to have employers,
trade union officials and represen
tatives of the government relate
their exieriences with the upgrad
ing and employment of Negro la
bor during the war, the compara
tive efficiency of Negroes in vari
ous capacities, the difficulties and
successes experienced with the up
grading and the increased employ
ment of Negroes, etc. Efforts will
be made to ascertain the probable
meaning of this experience for the
post-war period.
• 1
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FUNERAL
DIRECTOR
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They are making sure that they are registered
before Oct. 18. Only six day* are now remain
ing to get your name on tha rolls.
m
Great Expansion
Forecasted For
Post- War Period
On the basis of a healthy busi
( ness outlook following the recon
vesinn period, George M. Welch,
president of the Michigan Bell
Telephone company, today fore
-1 cast a $l2O 000.000 post-war expan
| <ion program by the company.
Welch said such a program would
require five years for completion
: after the war and that its accom
i plishment will depend upon gen
eral business conditions and the
availability of manpower, materi
als. and investment funds.
Requirements of the proposed
program, largest ever undertaken
by the company in a similar period,
call for the erection of 40 new build
ings or building additions cost
ing more than $8 000 000. the plac
ing of 1.1.500,000,000 conductor feet
of exchange cable and 250 miles
of long distance cable, and the in
stallation of more than 100 long
distance switchboard positions.
In addition to providin-g service
once again on a basis of when and
where wanted. Welch said the
company has in mind the post
war responsibility of returning its
employees now in the armed
forces to jobs “best suited to their
ability, experience, and well-be
ing.”
Race Unionists
Elected To CIO
Alabama Board
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. With the
election of two Negro unionists to
the state CIO executive board here
last week, the CIO continued its
record as the foremost progressive
force in the South today.
The men elected were Frank
Allen, international representative
of the Mine. Mill and Smelter Work
ers. and Robert McGruder, United
Steelworkers organizer. When they
were chosen vice-presidents-at
large at the Alabama Industrial
Union Council convention. it
marked the first time there have
been two Negroes on the executive
board.
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Thomas Appeals
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To High Court
NEW YORK. —In the case of R.
J. Thomas, who has appealed to
the United States Supreme Court
from a conviction under the Texas
law which provides that paid la
bor union organizers must regis
ter in order to solicit members, the
National Federation for Constitu
tion'll Liberties today filed with
Supreme Court, in support of Mr.
T omas, an amicus brief which
challenges the constitutionality of
the Texas statute. This case arose
out of a test which Mr. Thomas
made of the Texas statute when he
asked workers to join the Oil
Wor trs International Union at a
meeting at Pelley, Texas, on Sep
tember 23. 1941.
The federation brief states in
part that the Texas law’ "limits the
full freedom of association which
workers should enjoy; it infringes
on the basic freedoms of speech,
press and assembly; does violence
to the concept of equal protection
of the laws guaranteed by the
Fourteenth Amendment of the
Federal ’onstitution; deprive* per
sons of their liberty and property
without due process of law in vio
lation of the Fourteenth Amend
ment; and deprives some citizens
of the United States and of the
State Oi Texas of "-'vi'eges and
immunities secured to other citi
zens of the United States and of
the State of Texas.”
The brief further states that:
“The Texas statute is inimical to
the best interests of the nation for
it seriously curtails the rights of
men and women in trade unions
who are today making a tremend
ous and vital contribution to the
w r ar effort.”
The NFCL brief as amicus cu
riae is signed by Nathan Witt as
counsel The case will be argued in
behalf of Mr. Thomas by his own
counsel some time this week.
Youth And Post
War Employment
Because the enthusiasm was so
high at the conclusion of ten minute
speeches by Ernest Marshall, of the
Detroit Board of Education, and
Tracy Doll, of the local PAC office,
on Youth and Post-War Jobs, at
a meeting of the East Side club
of the American Youth for Dem
ocracy Organization, Friday night,
a similar meeting will follow. This
was the first public appearance of
the East Side club, which is one
of 32 local affiliates of the AYD.
Also on the program, attended
by over 200 persons, was the show
ing of three films. “The Negro Sol
dier.” “Hell-Bent for Election,” and
"Our World Tomorrow,” which
were enjoyed by the audience.
Thelma Jackson is president of
the East Side Council. Willie Sue
Moss is secretary, and Mable Lee
Smith is organizational secretary
of the AYD and director of the
East Side club.
The follow-up meeting will be
held on or about Oct. 20. A more
definite date will be announced in
next week's issue of this paper.
Originally a discussion period was
| to have followed the two Friday
night speeches, but the concensus of
j opinion was that a separate meeting
dedicated to discussion guided by
i expert resource people would be
Seek To Force
Hiring Of Race
By Big Ins. Co.
NEW YORK tWDL) The
March on Washington Movement
is beginning an extensive campaign
to force the Metropolitan Life In
surance company to employ Ne
groes by picketing all its offices.
A. Philip Randolph, president of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, AFL and chairman of the
March On Washington Movement, j
led an initial picket line around
Ihe Harlem offices of the company
He carried a placard reading.
“Metro, Metro, Stop Your Jim
Crow."
He said he had received a letter
from Charles G. Taylor, vice presi
dent of the Metropolitan, saying
the company had more Negro
policyholders than any other insur
ance firm, but employed fewer than
200 Negroes on its national payroll
of 40,000.
Union Organizers
Pay License Fee
ATHENS. Tenn.—(WDL)—An an
nual licensing fee for union organ
izers of $2,500 a year is now re
quired in Athens. Tenn. Athens has
joined the growing list of Southern
towns seeking to hamstring labor
organizing by requiring large an
nual licensing fees. The consti
tutionality of these laws is being
challenged by various unions and
the Workers Defense League.
Attended State
Regional Confab
Mrs. M. A. Jones director of
Home Economics, West Virginia
State college and Miss Eleanor Col
lins of the same department attend
ed the State Regional Vocational
Home Economic* conference called
by the State Supervisor, Miss Paul
ine Stout, in Becklev. September
29 and 30.
Statistics List
Employment Rate
WASHINGTON. D. C.-<WDIJ-
According to the Wat Manpower
commission, Negroes comprised 7 6
per cent employed in war indus
tries in May, 1944. The 1940 esnsus
revealed Negroes are 11 per cent
of the labor force.
OVERSEAS DEADLINE
October 14 will be the last day
for mailing Christmas packages
overseas, announces an advice from
Washington. The deadline had been
announced as October 15, but that
day falls on Sunday.
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