The Omaha guide., 1941-11-01

torney Earl B. Dickerson Of Chi
cago, David Sarnoff, head of RCA.
M. E. Webster, Pullman Porter Of
fetal; John Brophy Of the Go
and John Fenton, representing the
ALL.
In fact MI. Dickerson, who did
a brilliant job Of cross examir-
alton for the committee, forced
some of the self whitewashed in
dustrialists' representatives to
spend uncomfortable moments on
the witness stand as he probed
sharply, and sometimes with a
touch of sarcasm, for the reasons
why they now have a few Negro
employees in the light Of their self
professed policies of fair play.
The international Association CT
Machinists, and AFL affiliates,
didn't even desire to send a repre-
sentative to the hearing to ez-
plain why, by barring Negroes
from membership in the union, it
was preventing Negroes from work
ing at an Francisco shipyards and
| airplane factories at Seattle. Con
WINGED by direct testimony of Dan
/ lei Sullivan of San Francisco that
he had been prevented from work
ing because of his inability to get
a machinist's card from the union
and nettled at the non-appearance
of the union to defend itself the
committee ordered Harvey Brown,
international head of the macain-
lists union, to appear at its next
session in Washington.
While evidence presented at the
hearings indicated that AFL unions
and employers were engaging in
sharp practices to prevent Negro
es from working at jobs for which
they are qualified, the CIO, by
statements of its officers, has a
hard and fast rule against dis
crimintion by its affiliated unions
and told the committee that refus-
al to work with Negro members
would lead to suspension or ex-
pulsion.
The committee held executive
sessions late Tuesday to inquire
into practices of governmental a.
gencies and schools receiving gov
eminent money which were charg-
ed with discriminating against
members of minority groups. AT
ter sitting such charges and after
studying the testimony the comm
ittee is expected to make the re-
suits of its findings known to
President Roosevelt and to sug-
gest action against firms which
either openly evade the order or
give it mere lip service.
Presentation of the evidence was
in the hands of Eugene Dawson,
Washington attorney, who has
been here two weeks preparing
for the hearing.
Early Monday sessions were
given over to representatives of
minority groups to make COM
plaints and many were voiced by
persons representing Jews, Negro
es, Mexicans, Indians and Orient
ais. In all cases the complaints
were similar stories Of the run-ar-
ound or downright refusal based on
/ race.
Among local spokesman who
presented complaints, either oral
ly or by filing complaints for the
record were: George A. Beavers.
Allied Organization Against Dis
elimination chairman, the Rev. ].
A. CASTOR, Assemblyman August
US +. Hawkins, c. L, Kellums
Leon H. Washington, Sentinel pub
Usher; CIO head Walter Connolly:
Manuel Ruiz, Mexican attorney:
David Coleman, representing the
Jewish B'nai Birth; Atty. Thorn
as L. Griffith, NAACP head: At
torney Hugh Macbeth, YWCA.
Secretary Dorothy Quinn; YMCA
Secretary Baxter S. Sruggs, Urb-
an League Secretary Floyd c.
Covington and others.
Firms which appear in answe,
to committee citations included
Douglas, Lockheed-Vega, Vultee;
North American and Consolidated