The McDowell times. [volume], November 28, 1941, Image 1

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World Affairs
Winter has set in all over
Europe. Warfare n0 matter how
modern or primitive now' enters
a phase of slowing down and
consolidation of gains and the
strenthening of defenses.
In the north, the Germans
are making every effort possible*
to enter Moscow but they realize
now that Stalin’s men have
accomplished the actual defeat
of Hitler’s wild dreiams of con
quest. Most of the German army
is tied up in Russia for the dura
tion of cold weather — many
dreary intenesly cold months in
which men go insane from sheer
lonliness. Russia in winter is a
scene of the vast lonliness.
silence and awful cold.
In the South England has
begun finally t0 fight. Almost
100 per cent American-armed.
English colonials have attacked
and routed the small garrisons
of Axis troops in Africa and are
fathering force for a drive 011
Hitler from that direction.
The Japanese situation has
been shrouded with silence and
mystery. It has lessened a bit
in tension temporarily but with
American troops on the way to
British Guiana developments
of first importance may be ex
pected suddenly an dunexpocted
lv. The Americans are to see
that Japan does not “expand” in
the direction of ou source of
aluminum ore. The Dutch and
English possessions are our
main source of supply of so
many raw' materias that Japan
wants that wrc are taking over
first, with consent of the owners*
When his move is known- in the
land of the rising: sun war may
well come as a matter of life or
dearth for Japan. A grain one of
the "white powers will have
come thousands of miles just to
eject natives of that regrion from
access to valuab’e minerals in
their front yard.
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N.J. Mayor
Aids
Jersey City, N.J.—Expressing
“sihock” at the discrimination
in the Jersey City Housing Au
thority, Mayor Frank Hague of
this city, wrote George J. Dalv
chairman of the Jersey City
Housing Authority, Wednesday,
November 19: “I would there
for suggest that you and your
colleagues on the Commission-,
take all necessary steps to
remedy this condition and make
it possible for these peop10 to
secure apartments in the I.a
Fayete Gardens project.”
The Mayors letter was written
after a quarter-page advertise
ment appeared in a local daily
challenging him and the cit
administration to take action on
the Housing Authority’s discri- j
mination- against colored fami
lies in the new low-cost housing
project.
The people who want to oc
cupy the new houses are fami
lies who have lived in the area
a’ong with white families in,
complete accord for more than
thirty years.
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BIG BLUE'S 1041 FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE
Not. 29—Shaw U. at Bluefield
at 2 P.M. M'ur#dp?il StatWy^i
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Race Is Loyal With
Nation At Cross Roads
OLD PLATES MUST BE
KEPT BY AUTO OWNERS
Tags to be used another
Year or so to conserve
Steel and save postage
McDowell County automobile
owners who purchased licenses
this year should take good care
of them for these same plates
must serve next year, and they
might well memorize their num
bers because they will receive
the same numbers next year if
they re-apply for licenses.
These are two developments
of the new lcen-se tag policy of
the State Road Commission an
nounced last week, by Commis
sioner Bailey. A policy growing
out of the Commission’s desire
to save steel in the interest of
national defense.
1942-42 plates will bear the
same number as the plates now
on the car but they will be small
—1 7-16 x 6 5-16 inches—white
with black numerals and cut to
fit on the lower right-hand cor
ner of the plates now in use
without obscuring the numerals.
/ 'Car owners are warned not to
throw away or destroy their
old plates if they intend to get
new licenses for the car or truck
use the old tags,
next year because they must
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MURIEL RAHN RECITAL
AT BSTC IS SUCCESS
Muriel Rahn, the versatile I
young dramatic sophrano who
appeared in recital at Bluefield
State Teachers college last Tues
day, was a brilliant success in
every respect. Her audience
seemed drawn to her from the
very first note thta came fron
her velvety throat. Even be
foee the concert Miss Rahn had
won over the student body by
her pleasant personality and
charming manner. She seemed
equally taken over by them.
The program was interseting
ly built up.
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ANTI-STRIKE LEGISLATION
NOW BEING CONSIDERED
BY CONGRESS
President Roosevelt has at
last given Congress the signal
to proceed with creation of new
and potent anti strike legisla
tion. On Monday of this week
the Chief Executive sent word
to his lieutenants in the capito
to that effect. Traders are now
busy wttb tfrtftfng such le
as are necessary to give th»j
governmetn the upper hand in
indutriaf strikes affecting pre
parations for national defense. J
Debate on the proposed new
legislation will commence Mon
day. By that time the country
will know the drift of the new
legislation. It is expected that a
25 nfr St) day cooling off period
jyill be one of the main features
31*1 suspension of protection of •
workers from such protective
Jj^iijlatlon* as'the Wagner act to •
uwufe 'prominently.
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Scott Says Fignt
Is for Square Deal
(By Dr. Emmett J. Scott)
Washington. — General read
ers are fully advised of the con
tentious situation existing in
our country at this time. Parti
cularly are they advised of the
frightfully serious threats to
the \ve]r-being of th0 country
occasioned by the hundreds 0f
strikes which are delaying pro-i
gross in arming the nation for
th(> war which, while undeclar-j
cd, is just as real as though
Congress had declared it.
The major conflict, most in
tentions of all, is a struggle be
tween tho United Mine Workers
Union and the Big Three, Mine
Owners, organizations. ‘
The U.S Congress the nation’s
press and our citizens generally
recognize the fact that ai titanic
domestic war is on, and that dis
un ity^t }iome is
by controversial factors of huge
importance and significance.
In the midst of this confu
sion and belligerence, the Negro
element remains loyal and pat
riotic, eager and willing to do
its part in upholding the demo
cratic institutions and idea’s of
the world.
The Victim of Unfair Practices
....Ironically while declaring its
patriotism and wil'ingness to
defend the institutions of A
merica the Negro group is still
the victim of the grossest, the
most unfair, and the most bar
barous treatment at the hands
of those, who, most loudy have
been crying for war and promot
ing the war hysteria which now
envelopes us.
Liberal journals of public
opinion are calling attention to
the fact that the Labor and
Agricuture groups which furnish i
basic support for Mr. Roosevelt’s
New Deal policies are now luke
warm and antagonistic.
Despite the gen-crons favors
they have received during the
past nine years at the hands of
Mr. Roosevelt's administration,
represented by every species of
favoritism they are cool and in
different. They are not whole
heartedly supporting the Presi
dent in his foreign no’icies ex-;
cept when they are abb, to ex
tort comparably larger favors hi
their own lx-half.
Take labor for instance. Work
i°npkges for eight months of
io n /were responsible for 3,
807, lo7 man days of labor lost
through strike*:. During t h«*
; eriod of intensost moment and
import to the country when all
ou! war preparatory is being
called for 17,167,312 man-davs
were lost during thp first eight
months of 1941.
During September. October,
November this amazingly large
number of man-days lost has
climbed to an even greater total
while Labor has been- demand
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ing its pound upon pound of
flesh. .
Not to be outdone. Agricul
ture is demanding 100 per cent
parity loans on* wheat, corn,
tobacco, rice, and cotton. It is
apparent that certain groups of
Labor and Agriculture wish to
take advantage of the nation’s
peril to accomplish their pur
| poses. Inflation is well on the
way.
The Negro Fights for Equality
Aud there be those who are
censorious of the Negro group
because it fights for the right
to fight upon terms of equal
treatment and recognition in the
army and navy of the country
of their <aillegianp, and because
it is contending fir the right to
have a fair and decent place in
defense employment.
This Nero suffered
unbearably fnsS^idHhdination (•
no other elements of the na
tion haive been called upon to
accept. The Negro Press w’eek,
by week continues to call atten
tion to in-justi<?ep and brulali
ies against drafted Negro sol
diers training in the Souther!
camps a>nd of the grudging ad
justments made when- protest.1
are filed in Washington with thf
War Department which appears
to be impotent or unwilling,
adequately to protect its owr
soldiers.
So flagrant has this situation
grown that group-bodies of Ne
groes have been led to say that
colored soldiers "would rather
face firing lines in Europe than
sections of the South where
they must face hostile public
sentiment with little oppor
tunity for self-protection.”
The Negro group, in all fair
ness, should be not allowed to
harbor the thought that the
country and the system it is be
ing called to fight for have a
callous attitude s nd little regard
for the dignity of its Negro
citizens and soldiers. Tyranny
is tyranny whether practiced
in Europe or in the U. S.
The Negro has been patient.
He loves his country. He hopes
for the future to hold some
thing better for him ami for
his country than conflict and
war, and disruption, and appal
ling dis’oeation-s of normal life
He believes that democracy
must he just and flexible enough
to include him in its folds. He
is willing to fight for it, but he
will not he content with another
raw deal such as has been his
portion during all of the 23
years that have followed the
first World War.
An Appeal to the American
Sense of Fair Play
He is not asking for a New
Doa\ He wants a Square Deal,
he has never employed tsetics
of intimidation. He has been
content to rest his cause upon
Ili-De-IIo, Mr. Mayor!
Cab Call, -vay poses with New York's Mayor LaGuardla at the political
rally hei.. last week m Harlem's Qolonial Park. The rally was spon
sored by the Colored Committee for the re.Election of Mayor La
Guardia Cab and his band played at the rally and the honor of intro
due mg His Honor to the capacity audience of 20,000 was given to Cab
P S LaGuardia was re elected “
appeal* to tin* American- sense
of fair play.
for this Square Deal he is
willing to suffer and die. At th<*
same time, tin* Negro wishes
his government to be brave
enough and courageous enough
to join hands with liberals of all
colors and creeds of our com
mon citizenship in blotting out
outrageous causes which con
spire to dumpen his ardour, ami
whUfa work toward causing him
to JOsPfinih and trust in the
Government of which he is part
and parcel. i ! . 1
Unity is not to be achieved
bv practices which discourage
and dfcheartcn. A continuation
•f the practices of tin; past and
>f the present lead to disunity.
They are a menace to the na
tional defense program of the!
nation and we stand on the
brink of a paralyzing national
risis.
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18 Cp for Election to NAACP
Hoard of Directors
NeW York—Throe new name's
are on the list of 18 for election,
to the natoinal Board of Direc
tors of the NAACP. The list
will he voted upon at the annual
meeting of the NAACP Jan. f>.
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Clinton Grapes Black
Clinton grapes are black, nut the
skins have a bluish cast, due to
wax.
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NAVY POSTERS (t HI (A
IT RE NEORO RACE
Not content with using race
’ahelled identification badges
the Navy Department is report
ed t0 have put up posters in all
buildings in th«. Navy Yard
[” rrying the caricature of a
Negro shooting dice with a slo
gan about speeding np produc
tion
The NAACP which received
thp report last week is invest!- j
gating the placement and source j
of these posters as a prelude to '
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fk.tion.
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NAACP Sends ’■cctings to
CIO Convention In Detroit
PETHOUT — ( ongratulat ions
to the CIO for it^ stand against
racial discrimination the NAA
CP sent greetings to the nation-!
al covention of th, labor or
ganization wh eh met here a,st
week.
('llmcliill Acknowledges
NAACPs Letter
New York.—Stating that tin
NAACP letter protesting racia
I discrimination by British agen
ces to Kngland’s Prime Minister
Win*ton ( hurchill, "is receiving
immediate attention" an ark now!
edgement came from the oUic*
of the Prime Minister 10 Down
ing street, London- thin wefR.
The acknowledgement was *
full month in transit. It was
mailed on October 16 and reach
ed the NAACP office Nov. 17.
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List of Big
Names Not
Wholly OK
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National Baptist President
Denies OK on Jim Crow
Officers Training School l
New York. — Emphatically
and definitely denying that h<
was one of the signers of th<
purported request to President
Kooseve't for separate army
officers’ training schools for
colored and white the Kevcroiw'
D. V. Jemison president of Lh<
National Ruptist Convention
Ine.. wrote the NAACP: ‘ I oir
definitely and frankly with the
leaders who aigiied the state
ment repudiating requests for
Jim-C row officers training. Tr
no sense woidd I give niy namr
to a thing of this kind. If my
name is anywhere attached t<
anything of this kind if is either
forged or t hr. facts kept secret.”
I’res id ( nt Jamison was among
those who David Stick, secre
tary to newscaster Fulton Lewis
Jr., said were named hv Edgar
G. Drown president of the IT. S
Government Employees, as hav
ing signed the rquest. Others,
are* Dr C T. Murray, president
of the National Negro Council.
Leo? rd Lewis, counsel for the
National Negro Insurance Aseo
^at ion. Dishop It. R. Wright,
Acting President of Wittier fore?
university, and Rishop of the
A ME church.
Rishou Wright wrote the NA
ACP: “I did r. >t hear the broad
cast re r have I seen th? state
ment.”
, CIO ASKED T PROBE ~ '
j STRIKE BECAUSE NEGRO
I WORKER WAS HIRED
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Colur bus. O.—Acting on re
i ports t.mt 5(H) United Auto
* i
‘.mobile Workers union <CIO adi
pate) workers walked out of the
■! < 'urtiss-Wright airplane ^.‘y>uu
| factoring plant last wee*,
i muse it is alleged that a Negro
was employed there in the ^ool
and dnv department the NAAC
I'has i<sked R. Thomas presi
dent .of the CAW-CIO to come
here immediately for invest igu
jtkhi of the situation* and for ac
jtion. The NACCP expressed ap
preciation of the unequivocal
[ staml which Thomas and other
CO officials took on the race
issu,. during the Ford strike
last spring and confidence that
he will act promptly and uncom
promisingly in the present situ
! at ion.
Reports of the walk out were
.***id to tht. national office from
tin* Columbus branch N'AACV
when the strike began to spread
from tlu* tool and die division
of the plant to other divisions.
I .oral union heads disclaim TO"
qionsl»i!ity dor the strike hut
■a d they would uphold the strik
•ng workers. Union official also
••bum that the racial issu*. does
tot enter hut that it involves a
refusual by the managemeivt to
uegot iate.
‘Tlie original issue.” the union
umbers |4hu1, "was not whethcfr
Negroes would be employed bufj
how many and where they
wan'd work.” *
Carl Copeland and William
Gibson UAW organizers got to
the daily press with statements
that someone in the Curtiss
,WT|<*t plant mutftft be “in the
0*V of HfCer" because Negr*f*
are now being employed. , J
The NAACP letter to Thom**
suggested that he suhplind
Copeland for this statement and,
many others in which he said
“they (Negroes) should be se
rregated.”
Copeland is also quoted.
having siKld that- “n Wa^hingt^p
Negroes work in separate p’acfp
ahd in the army and navy they
are segregated • t»o why not ’
hoVc?” • .......'.
The NA ACp stated : “Copatar;*
'ippenrs to he unaware of’-thy
Fact that while ther'e d» sonot
Segregation' in errqdoyement Jn
government agencies in Wash
ington steps have been baker* dur
ing recent months in accordance
with Ihe President’s executive
order to employ Negroes oh a
oon-regreguted basis
“Copeland announced that he
hud asked the FBI to check the
nlant officia’s for hiring Negroes
because, Copeland is direety
quoted as stating "I have travel
ed all over this country and I’ve
never seen n colored dip or tool
maker.” » 1 i r 1 *
“We maintain that neither
Gibson nor Copeland have any
business representing the UAW
tf they harl>or such victou*
Opinions as these. They apparnat,
’v do not know that the Presi
dents executive* order sgairvst
discrimination on account of
rac> or color creed or national
r>rigiri is n pronouncement * of
oflicial government policy, ' so
that the two of them should
itand behind that policy fin
ite# d of ordering a walk-out be
IAuh*. Negroes are employed.
And nothing is more Hitterann
Lha;\ this manifestation of ra
lial prejudice.”
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