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PAGE TWELVE
ARMY ADMITS
USE OF LABELS
IN BLOOD BANK
Bv HARRY McALPIN
WASHINGTON, n C PCXPA*
—The War Department h»* ad
m.tted jn writing it? responsibil
ity for the separate labeling and
•ecrrgation of thr b'oort of N’r-
f r oe» from that of white* :n thr
Red Cross blood plasma banks It
*»>* it deems it inadvisable to
modify, chance or teverse thr pol
icy It admit? the-e is no ~r:cn
t.flc ban? for the pr.icLcc of pl.t--
tna segregation.
• • •
THESE FACTS were contain- d
In a letter of March "4 f .im thr
Office of the Surgeon General.
Army Service Force? > tied bv
M ajor F N Schwaitz. who said
the surgeon general had ri. reefed
him to write the letter? The sur
geon general i.« Mai Gen Norman
T Kirk He was answer.n > a let
ter from Dr Mi hael P Lawrence
cf Lone Island. N Y The Ameri
can Red Cross had previously ad
vised Dr Lawrence that the seg
regation of blood was not its rul
lnc, but a government ruling
Based on th.s correspond! e a
delegation called on the Office of
the Surgeon General to protest
the un-s ient.flc and un-A-merican
policy of the Army In the dele
gation were D<>xey A Wilkerson
representing the National Negn,
Congress; Robert Sherman
twhitei, representing the CIO In
dustrial I’nion Council: Mr.s Rea
trice Reed representing the
NAACP: Miac Qurlotte K May
represent.ng the National Associa
t on of Colored Graduate Nurses
and this correspondent, represent
Ing the legislative committer of
the National Bar Association. They
were referred to Brig Gen. F. W
Rankin. »dvi*er to the surgeon
general.
Gen. Rankin did not hesitate
to admit that thr wrrrgation
policy Is the Army’s. "The War
Department has to take these
responsibilities and it is per
feetly willing to take them," he
•aid He admitted, however, that
there is no scientific basis for
the segregation.
He repeated the sentiment ex
pressed in the letter written by
Maj Schwartz, in which he said:
“Unfortunately, there IS a di.Mn
elmation on the part of many
W’hites. which you of course rec
ognize. to have Negro blood in
jected into their veins. Whether
that disinclination is the result oi
prejudice or ignorance it. never
theless. exists, and is a factor with
which this office must reckon in
carrying out the plasma program
for the Army.”
• • •
GEN. RANKIN added to this.
**lt is a decisive index of democ
racy that the majority rules That
is what democracy indicates We
believe in the rule of th» major
ity"
But the general refused to an
swer how he had determined that
the majority of the American peo
ple wanted the un-scientific. un-
American policy of the Army fol
lowed. Instead, he said: “I don't
think we need debate whether
there are people who object" to
having the blood of Negroes in
jected into their veins.
Falls At Home
Dies In Hotoital
Charles McCoy. 44. 7630 Gould
•treet. according to his wife, fell
at home and died Later at the hos
pital.
The police learned h»* had
fallen dowm the stairs at his home
after consuming a quantity of
whiskey. He died at Receiving hos
pital
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PRESENTS:
ROY WILKINS - National Secretary of The NAACP
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Archie Flowers, 13-year-old son of Mrs. Hattie
Lee. 632 Erskine and a Michigan Chronicle
newsboy, observed his birthday with a party
at the home of his mother. Helping Archie
celebrate are: first row, left to right, Charles
Walwyn Jr., Donelda Barnette, Richard Wat
kins. Delores Robinson. Archie Flowers
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tion to better race relations as an ambassador of good will. Miss
Lena Horn* First Lady of the radio, stage and screen, was pre
sented a bouquet of flowers by Clarence E. Jackson Jr„ 11-year
old son of The Michigan Chronicle’s advertising manager on
behalf of lha Chronicle. Saturday, at the Paradise theater. Miss
Horne has just opened a week's engagement at tha local play
house.—Photo by Bradley.
Reuther Urges Mass
Housing Production
“Employment for 4 000.000 people
can be provided by converting the
plants which will not be needed
to make airplane* for the manufac
ture of prefabricated housing." de
clared Walter P. Reuther at the
monthly meeting of N.A A.C.P..
Sunday. April 22. in the Second
Baptist church.
Reuther. vlre president of the
General Motors I)ept.. HAW
CIO. emphasized the need for
immediate and careful planning
for the period of reconversion.
“We need housing In America
more than any other one thing,"
he continued.
• • •
••WE COLLI) and should rebuild
American cities on a sound func
tional basis by ma?s production of
prefabricated housing. Such a
house would cost $3 000 and would
be better than a hnu«e which now
costs $9 000 in Detroit.
“We must be realistic in mobiliz
ing to meet the challenge of peace
as we did in meeting the challenge
of war. The economic peace of the
world will be won if we can plan
for plenty in peace as we have
done in war." continued the
speaker.
# • •
PLANTS LIKE the one at Wil
low Run. which coil the taxpayer
$156 000 000, could be used tu create
the good things which are needed
But our distribution economy must
be developed as highly.as our pro
duction economy."
Emphasizing the fact that we
face a more difficult job at home
NOT UNLUCKY FOR HIM
than abroad, because the forces
which must be combated are more
subtle and more intangible. Reuth
er urged coura-ge and honesty and
plan hard work as the most neces
sary things in meting the prob
lems.
“We must fight the forces that
make for war not only nn the mili
tary field, but also on the economic
field and political field." he stated
“These forces which make for war
are also the ones which make for
racial intolerance and bigotry.
“Freedom and democracy are
weapons to fight with now and
tools to build with tomorrow. The
four freedoms must be brought out
of the stratosphere and it will take
courage to implement the ideals
that our boys are dying for. But
these ideals must be implemented
in a practical way 'with a program
that must be worked out in the
lives of the people every day in
the year.”
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(honoree) Gladys Fallings. Solomon Robinson,
Dorothy Burkes, Donald Rowe. LaVerne
Scales; (second row) Willard Simmons Jr.,
Charles Scales. Bernard Steward, Robert
Mosely, Bernard Murray. Fenton Brooks,
Robert Andrews, Martin Holiday, Calvin
Andrews.—Photo by Brown.
Ecorse Youth
Earns Bronze
Battle Star
Pfc. Magellan Gomez McCrary,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Magellan Mc-
Crary of 3732 Ninth street, Ecorse.
Mich., is now serving in the
Southwest Pacific area wfth a
crack engineer
company. H e
it'll) o’, er
sc
Ap ! 1 "f i, t
year and is
years old
McCrary whe '’"hH
is a graduate TEM
of the Ecorse
High school,
has recently
been awarded
tlte ribbon and
medal for par-
the Asiatic Pa
cific theater of pfc. McCrsry
war and the
bronze star for action in the New
Guinea campaign.
* • •
FOt’R MEN operate the ma
chine shop for the company,
among whom McCrary is one. He
received his training in the Ford
Willow Run aircraft plant. His
paintings adorn the walls of the
officers' quarters, company day
•oom and men's foot lockers. Al
though he has had no formal art
training, his work is said to show
great promise.
Negroes Active
In Invasion Of
Okinawa Island
"Hell! W-e've seen more D-Days
than liberties. We can take this
in our stride." This \mms the atti
tude of a large number of Negro
coast guardsmen who participated
in the invasion of Okinawa.
As the invasion armada neared
the objective, only the most es
sential work was continued. All
other effort on the part of the
Negro sailors, mostly stewards,
was directed towards gAting the
troops and cargo ashore with the
least possible confusion.
On D-Day morning, these vet
erans of the assaults on Majuro,
Eniwetok, Saipan, Tinian. Leyte
and Luzon attended sunrise serv
ices on the deck of their trans
ports. The divine worship was
observed with men standing ready
at their battle stations.
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Rebuke Critic Of
Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt
WASHINGTON. D C. (NNPA) ,
—The Washington Daily News, it- |
self frequently critical of Mrs.
Roosevelt while she was First l
Lady of the Land, ran the follow
ing story last week:
‘'What started out as a friendly |
banquet of the National Associa
tion of Home Builders at the Stat
ler, it developed today, has ended
in a lot of embarrassment for the
organization and proof that Mrs.
RoOMVelt has a lot of friends here
who aren't going to allow her to
be criticized now, even if they
don't agree with her.
"Many of the two-score senators
and representatives at the party—
Republicans and Democrats alike
—were disclosed to have walked
out on the party Tuesday night
when one of the speakers alleg
edly declared Mrs. Roosevelt's in
terest in public housing grew
from her 'Communistic and So
cialistic’ views.
"Other members from Capitol
Hill remained to rebuke the
speaker. They identified him as
Don A. Loftus. developer of Bev
erly' Hills, near Alexandria, who
lives at Wardman Park Hotel.
“Rep. Herman P. Eberharter
I>. Pa.), and Rep. Walter B.
Iluber <D., <)). said they lec
tured him on ‘bad taste’ inas
much as the President was
‘ ‘scarcely cold in his grave.*
"As the story was gathered
from several sources, many mem
bers of the NAHB. a non-partisan
organization, gave Rep. Huber a
round of applause Joseph Merion,
of Chicago, president of NAHB.
'who felt bad about the incident,'
quickly adjourned the meeting.
* • *
"REP. FRANK HOOK <D.,
Mich.), told the News he also re
mained to rebuke, but his two col
leagues 'did such a thorough job’
that any remarks from him were
unnecessary.
"George Miller, of Detroit, a
delegate to the NAHB meeting,
said hq. condemned the remarks as
‘thoughtless, unkind and unfortu
nate.’ and declaVed ‘he should
have been spanked.’
"A member of the office of
Frank Cartright, NAHB vice-pres-
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ident, asserted Mr. Loftus was an
independent builder and not a
member of the NAHB. One con
gressman said he understood the
NAHB intended to write an apol
ogy \o the guests.
•Rep. Eberharter reminded the
builders that government guaran
tees, under .the Roosevelt Admin
istration, had enabled many of
them, including Mr. . Loftus, to
stay in business.
“Mr. Loftus. meantime, had left
town to spend a few days at his
farm in Virginia, a member of his
family told the News today, and
coud not be reached for com
ment.”
Sells Colored
Water For $8
To Thirsty Man
Accused of selling colored water
to a thirsty former serviceman.
Mance Wyatt, 19, 1307 Al
fred street, was named in a war
rant this week charging him with
obtaining money under false pre
tense
Police disclosed that Wyatt had
sold two quart bottles of red water
for eight dollars to Walter Lee
Thomas, 32. 1320 Adelaide street.
Thomas said that Wyatt had told
him the bottles contained whiskey.
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