The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-09-16
OBSERVE GOTH
anniversary
OF G R @ U P
Peter Craig Is Sponsor
Of Two New
Resolutions

Among the &c delegates attending
the Golden Jubilee convention Of
the National Association of Letter
Carriers were Turner W. Ross Of
Beeehwoed avenue l.. E. Brown of
Can Court avenue. Al Mathis OF
Binder avenue. Baxter Watts of
Revere avenue, Peter H. Craig Jr..
YMCA and Emory C Davis Tire
man avenue,
The Detroit delegation enjoyed
equal accommodation in the FASH
ionable Pfister hotel and also in
other convention activities The
Milwaukee convention committee
was extremely cordial and gave the
delegation splendid entertainment
for the six days, September 40
OF the near 200 resolutions acted
upon two are of definite impor-
lance TO our Race group: Where
as the examination for substitute
letter carriers IS an open, cohrpeti-
tive test and the present system of
selecting men FOR appointments is
unfair, due TO allowing for the ap-
o pointment OF any Of the first three
men on the eligible list; and this
system has been taken advantage
Of by some postmasters be it re-
solved that this regulation be
changed so that the applicant with
the highest grade be appointed if
he is otherwise qualified; second,
Whereas the central purpose of the
N.AL.C. is unreservedly committe :
to work for the best interests and
welfare Of all, regardless of creed
or color and the present photo
graphic method Of Identifying Civil
Service applicants may be used for
purposes of discrimination and fin
ger-print system provides an ade-
quate means Of Identification with
out disclosing the racial identity
of the applicant, resolved TO
adopt the. finger print system as
the sole means Of Identification. "
Both these amendments were
sponsored by P H. Craig Jr. with
the assistance Of William Sugars.
who is local scribe for the Postal
Record, in the Michigan State As
ISOLATION convention in Ann Arbor
this past May and adopted by the
National convention just convened
uncontested. These resolutions will
not be presented by the NAL,C,
national officers to the Civil Serv-
ice department either directly or by
Congressional legislation. Congress
man Arthur Mitchell of Chicago
and several other national legisla-
tors as well as our own Senator
Digs of Detroit have in the past
sponsored similar proposals in their
respective assemblies.
The Louisiana and Alabama del
egation proposed the following
amendment which was defeated by
both the Resolution committee and
the delegates in session; Whereas
there exist conditions here in the
South that are not found in many
other sections of the country name
" about an equal number bf white
and colored carriers and in some
cases the colored have the charter
for membership in the association,
and in some cases the white have
the charter, and in many of these
cases the one will not let the other
group in their local branch
resolved that we favor the
issuing of dual and separate char
tiers where these conditions exist,
Veteran Carrier P M Hill tnow
retired of Lincoln, Neb., refuted
the accusation that colored car
riers refused white applicants
Burnstein Of the Chicago delega-
ton. and the national state vice
president Of the Florida delegation
supported this accusation and
deemed the resolution anti=orgau=
ization and the delegation con-
CURED by voting it down once and
for all, it was hoped
The definite progressive not Of
the convention was expressed by
Honorable Senator James NJ Mead
Of New York when he said, the
NALC. should set the pace for
unity and harmony for the divided
forces Of labor | forecast a &c.
hour week for labor in the neal
future and it is the only means OF
absorbing some Of the millions OF
unemployed