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!g I w & JAIL 61 WHO "WED" MALE TO GET ALLOTMENT NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (ANP) Arrest of a Negro corporal for marrying another Negro man mas querading as a woman in order to obtain government dependency al lotments was revealed here. Conroy said the two planned to use army allotments of $50 monthly to establish a bar and grill after the war. UFWA LAUNCHES DRIVE TO PROTECT NEGRO GOVERNMENT WORKERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (ANP) —The United Federal Workers of! America (CIO) has launched a vig orous campaign to protect the jobs of thousands of war service ap pointees. Included in the high proportion of war service appointees are Ne groes, in which they have made great federal gains. FEPC figures show that in Washington alone there were 9,717 Negroes on the federal pay roll and in January of 1945, there were 41,556. The cause for the alarm and con cern of UFWA for the war service appointee is a current proposal be ing drafted by the civil sen ice com mission for President Truman which would be issued as an execu tive order and terminate all war service appointments and fill posi tions not filled with permanent em- MARKET REPORT Monday, January 14, 1946 N. Y. Summary— Stock 2,7(4|0.006 Bond. 94(2)0 000 Carb 1,1(4)0,000 N. Y. Stock 424 N. Y. Bond 924 Previous Day— Stock 1.2(5)0.000 Bond 3,7(0)0,000 Curb.. 6(0)0,000 A. P. Bond Summary— 9,120.000 Bond Key 924 Bond....... 044 A. P. Stock Summary— 2,740,000 Stock Key 348 Stock... 088 Reuben Anderson, 34, was charg ed by FBI agents with defrauding the government of $1,000. E. E. Conroy, agent in charge of the New York FBI office, said Anderson en listed in the army in 1942 and went through with a marriage ceremony in June, 1944, with “Lucy Hicks,” in Oxnard, Cal. “Anderson knew that ‘Lucy’ was opportunity to fill all job openings, a man at the time of the so-called marriage.” Conroy said, adding that Anderson had been a partner of “Lucy” in operating a disorderly house. I ployes for registers established by (open competitive examinations. In the period of issuance, which will be very soon, and the establishment of registers, which will probably take two years, agencies would be allow ed to fill them at their own discre tion. Such a proposal would be an open invitation for prejudice-ridden indi viduals, UFWA believes, to go on an all out spree to make government employment “white, gentile and non-veteran only.” UFWA proposes that during the time it will take for the civil service commission to establish lists that I war service employes be given an They also propose that war serv ice appointees be given an oppor tunity to hold their jobs, if they make a passing grade. EQUALIZATION BILL GOES TO MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 14— 1 The Mississippi State legislature which convened here Tuesday will be presented a bill for the increase and equalization of the salaries of teachers in public schools. The bill i is under sponsorship and the result of a state-wide study by the state department of education and the Mississippi Educational association, and organization of white teachers of the state. Aside from its provisions for in creased and equalized salaries the □ill will contain also a number of other important provisions seeking to improve education in the state, important provisions seeking to improve education in the state, im portant among which will be the setting up of a teacher-training di vision in the state department of education. The salary scale, as recommend ed, will call for giving teachers with a master’s degree, $1,160 or $1,400 yearly, depending on experience, down to $280 to $520 for those with three years high school or less. Negro education in general will 1 be the subject of a number of im- (WATCH REPAIRING Guaranteed 10-Day Service GARLAND’S BROADWAY AT GERMANTOWN Open Evenings portant provisions in the bill among which will be a recommendation for further teacher training facilities for Negro teachers. Simultaneous with the convening of the state legislature it was re vealed that an overwhelming num ber of Negro teachers are in favor of carrying their fight for equaliza tion of salaries to the courts. The realization that the majority of Ne gro teachers favored carrying their fight for equalization to the courts came as a result of a poll conducted by Prof. E. S. Bishop, principal of the Corinth Negro High school and president of the Mississippi Asso ciation of Teachers in public schools. BEGIN HUMAN RELATION SERIES IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (ANP)— The Mayor’s committee on Unity and the City-wide Citizens commit tee on Harlem joined with the New, York public library in sponsoring the first of 20 public lecture series “Human Relations in New York City.” Those slated to appear on the series are Dr. A. M. Schlesinger, Jr., author Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, Howard university Cleveland Rod- 2 CROSLEY7 SRELVADOR SERVEL GAS REFRIGERATOR Easy Washers Remington Corona TYPEWRITERS Ask About Our UltEDIT PLAN GAULAND'S Brimduay at Germantown Streets OPEN EVENINGS Monday, January 14, 1946 |HE DAILY BULLETIN gers, New York City planning com missioner Dr. Homer C. Leh, secre tary of Chinese Students Christian association in North America Les ‘ter B. Granger, National Urban lea gue executive secretary Dr. David Petegersky, American Jewish Con gress Dr. E. C. Lindeman, New York school of Social Work Dr. Dan W. Dodson, Mayor’s committee on Unity Elmer Carter, State Com mission Against Discrimination Dr’. Leonard Covelle, Benjamin Franklin High school and Dr. Al geron Black, City-wide Citizens’ Committee in Harlem. THE STARS SAY 143 Now In Stock See the New 1’HILCO ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR 255 3 I