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Evening star., 1941-03-15
Pepeo Report Lists
194t Construction
OF S9,045,000
Additional Generator
AT Buzzurds Point
Plant Included
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

According to the annual report
of the Potomac Electric Power Co.,
made public this week, the COM
pany's l941 construction program
including allowance for some con-
struction work carried over from
1910, amounts to S9,045 900.
The program includes an add.
tional $4,000 killowatt turbo-gen-
orator now in process of installation
at the Buzzards Point plant, and pro-
vides for important improvements
and additions to be made in trans
mission and distribution systems.
The expenditures are being made,
the report says, to maintain ade-
ouate reserves of capacity and to
meet anticipated demands for
service arising from normal expan-
sion of business, as well as emer-
gency demands arising from the
national defense program.
Gross property additions during
1910, the report adds, were s10,246,-
300 and net additions we're S8.343,-
e86. AS of December 81. 1910,
population of the territory served
was estimated at $4,000, of which
$4,000 was in the District of Co.
lurnbia.
During 1910 the Federal Govern
ment and its various agencies used
in the aggregate 1877 ,22S kilo-
watt hours, or 208 per cent of the
total output sold, and the govern
ment of the District of Columbia
used 4l,905,396 kilowatt hours. or
43 per cent of the total. The COM
btned use was 11.3 per cent higher
than in 1889. Sales to the Capital
Transit Co. were 10 per cent greater
than a year ago, the report shows.
The average number of Potomac
Power employees during 1910. in
Guiding those on construction work,
was 2,646, of whom 333 were women,
and the average wage for all en-
ployes was 5000, the report reveals.
Evening star., 1941-03-15
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

by IFlt AsSOCldlcd FFtsS,
NEW YORK, March 15.-Another
advance into new high ground for
the season produced by active Bonn
bay, mill and New Orleans buying
attracted increased hedge selling
and realizing and the market re-
versed its early trend toward the
close.
Final prices were points lower
to higher.
Spot houses sold May and July
IN late dealings, apparently liquida-
ton after acquisition of repossessed
loan cotton or purchases of equities.
Range follows:
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Cuban Tob IS A. 56ia 56i7 56
stins Sd As 5s std 81 81 81
wv-With warrants. xv--Without Va
rants. New. ST (stp)-etamped.
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Washington Exchange

SALES.
Capital Traction 1st 5s-s1 900 at
l045.
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h E W
Stocks
By Private wir. Direct 70 The starJ

Stock ana OAles-
Dividend Rate. Add 90. Hixh Low Close.
A L. AZ, L.
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Training PIone Crosh
Kills Two Flyers
special Dispatch to The star.

~ The 8soclated Pro5s.
OAKLAND, Calf, March iS.-An
Army training plane from Mofett
Field crashed in q power dive yes
terday, killing It.. Mortimer D.
eager. jr, 23, and Flying Cadet
Thomas e. Rose, jr, n. Both were
Texans.
Evening star., 1941-03-15
Cottonseed Oil

Middlins, spot, 11.14n.
nEominsl,
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rim bankruptcy or reesiysrship or hsing
reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act. or
securities assumed ~ such companies.
Rates Of dividends In the toreEotnE table
are annual disbursements based on the
TanI.sV 1asi 9usy nts.Iv,e. not.s anse,s A. sstrs
dividends are not included.
Also extra or extras Cash or stock.
able In stock. Paid last year. h Psyabls
in Canadian funds Aceumuiated div
warrants Nv without warrants. war War
rants. Unit Of trading less than l0c
shares: sales are given In full.
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'Ex dividend

Plus extras: 2ss extrs ,Essee .x-
ira ( zoe extra m 81 80 extra. PSI 90
paid September go. 1870 sS2 90 paid in
1910. S1.00 paid in 1910. $4,000 ex-
ira.
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, BOND AND CURB MARKETS
Bonds

By privats wire direct v ne ssss.
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Ik EASUk kY.
FOREIGN BONDS.

NEW YORK CITY sokDs.
5slss0- 102 lolh 10;
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A healthy Ioo-foot whale wfB
weigh $50 tons and yieA n scsas u
oil.
Evening star., 1941-03-15

Cottonseed Oil.
Eeschsbls cottonseed oil futures closed
10 TO Is higher. Sales. 331 contracts.
March. 7.30b: May, 745b: July, 756b. !
September. T.6a; October. 727b.
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20
The Globe IrOtter Bv cliff M@ekey

meaning of this law, just as many
police and other peace officers who
daily deliberately violate Article
Four holding that 1.-THE right of the
people to be secure in their persons,
houses. papers and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated, and no war
rants shall be issued but upon prob
ably cause, supported by oath or
affirmation, and particularly de-
scribing the place to be searched,
and the persons aid things to be
Seized.'
In spite of these isolated and ir-
ritating refusals of some Americans
to recognize that the Bill of Rights
covers all citizens, black Americans
nevertheless can join wholehearted-
ly in the observance this week.
For this week marks not only the
anniversary of this, great idea of
government which stands perilously
threatened by forces that would
throw human freedom back to the
Dark Ages, but also the 10th ami
versary Of another move toward q
broader establishment of these
principles.
ON December t9, 1865, the Thlr-
teenth Amendment, was declared to
have been ratified in a proclan12-
ton by the Secretary of State It
was this amendment, and not the
Emancipation Proclamation that
marked the end of slavery in this
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20
Woman Who Killed
White Rapist Is
Forced From City

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - (ANP) -
A woman here who fought off three
white men who attempted to rape
her, shooting one Of them dead,
has been terrorized into leaving
town after she was exonerated Of
the Staying. She is reported in New
York City.
Mrs. Mary Moore, on her way
home from work about 1:20 the
morning Of November 1S, was
criminally attacked by three white
men in an automobile who drove UP
besides her with one trying to pull
her into the car.
She ierKed loose and fired a pis-
tol shot, killing Robert Roland Nc
Donald. Jack w. Stansberry and Joe
D. Isaac, the latter said to be
dead drunk in the back of the car
at the time Of the incident, got
away
1t is believed that it was feared
that an effort would be made to
prosecute the two living men if the
rape victim had been allowed to re-
main in Birmingham.
She was working on the night
shift at a southside cafe when she
was moleSted. No charges were lodg-
ed against the white men.
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p. B. Prescott
Named Judge In
Chicago Courts
Appointee Is
Former Newspaper
Columnist

CHICAGO-(ANP)-Living up to
his pre- election pledge that lie
would select men to fill public OF
fices On basis of merit and not
color Gov Dwight H. Green an
nounced the appointment of Atty.
Patrick B. Prescott, Jr., to the
municipal court of Chicago.
Notification of his appointment
to fill the vacancy caused by the
election of Judge Edward 5.
Scheffler to a higher post-that
of chief justiceship of the munich
pal court last November 4-was
received by Atty. Prescott last
Wednesday. Judge Shelter had a
wear To serve on the bench and IL
IS this term that the attorney will
fill. which expires in December
1912.
Long active in political and
civic affairs of Chicago, Atty.
Prescott's first major appointment
came under Mayor Thompson's
administration, when ne was made
assistant corporation counsel. In
this position he served from 1927
To 1881 as adviser to the traction
committee. In recent years, Mayor
Kelly appointed him 10 similar
post under william H. Sexton,
then corporation counsel, in con-
demnation cases.
A native Of New Orleans, Atty.
Prescott came to Chicago through
transfer In government position
In the post office. Before taking
UP law, he was engaged in news
paper work as a colunlnist on the
old Chicago Whip.
The appointment of the at
torney to the bench makes him
the second colored man to hold
that position here, the first being
the late Albert Bailey George, who
was elected to a six-year term on
the municipal bench in 1924, but
failed of reelection in 1880.
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amendments on that date to become
the eleventh state to do so, effected
their adoption as law. Strangely
enough three states did not ratify
the amendments until two years
ago. Among these was Georgia
which not until March 18, one hun
dred and forty eight years after
ward. decided to put its belated ap-
proVal on the measures.
When originally adopted the lib
eral provisions safeguarding civil
liberties to American citizens, were
not extended to black residents of
The new states. In some sections OF
the country even at this late date,
there is q number of persons, who
by their actions indicate their be-
lief that the human guarantees un-
de rthe Bill of Rights should be de-
MED Americans whose faces are
black.
For example 1t is hard for many
in this section to understand the
broad provisions of Article Five,
which specifically holds that No
person shall be held to answer for
capital or other infamous crime
unless on prssentrnent or indict-
ment of z grand jury. -"
DO NOT UNDERSTAND Law
Lynchers through the years have
never been able to grasp the full
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20
Restrictive Covenant
Suit Won In CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Ill. - (ANP) -- r h e
restrictive covenant suit filed last
year against Arthur Penn and
Thomas Conroy, white, was dismiss
ed Monday morning by Circuit
Court Judge Benjamin Epstein, it
was announced by Ira w. Williams,
president of the Chicago Branch N.
A. A. G. p.
The suit was filed on the grounds
that Conroy, in leasing the premis-
es to Penn acted in violation of the
restrictive agreement signed by
white property owners stating that
no Negro could rent, own Or other
wise live in the premises except as
2 servant.
Conroy brought his case before
the NAACP and Attys. irwin G.
Mollison and George A. Blakey
we're assigned to the case to repre-
sent the interests of both defend
ants.
COnroy, who Is q police officer,
owns the premises and when suit
was brought against him and Penn,
he Immediately sought the assist
ance of the branch. Attys. Blakey
and Mollison Immediately filed
their motion to dismiss the suit and
the action Monday was the result
OF their petition.
In thanking the lawyers for the
victory, Mr.. Williams said tbs N. A.
A G. p will do It's share in fight
ing TO see that Negroes in Chicago
are provided with sufficient homes
to live in and at reasonable rent
ais.
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20

Word has just reached the Unit
ed States that OH SepteTnbe~ 20,
1871, His Excellency Edwin Bar
rlay. president of the Republic Of
Liberia issued decree which nam
cd DR.. w. E. B. Dubois Of At
Ianta University, Knight Com
lnander of the Liberian Humane
Order Of African Redemption. This
action was taken on the advice of
the Honorable Lester a. Walton.
United States Minister to liberia.
The Order Of African Redemp-
ton was founded in 1879 by Pres
ident Anthony w. Gardner just
after he, himself, had been deco
rated with the Knight Grand
C'Oss of the Spanish Order OF Isa-
bella Catolica. 1t consists of a star
with ray5 pendant from a wreath
of olives. American Negroes who
have formerly received the Order
are Booker T. Washington and the
late Bishop Alexander Walters of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church. Among the dis
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upon their use.
Thirteen million American Me-
groes want to knowsif only white
Americans are to be permitted to
fight and perhaps die for our
country in the Navy
It was pointed out that th7 Nays
present policy is doing more than
almost any other thing to dampen
enthusiasm of Negroes for all-out
aid to their country. i.
In spite of radio and newspaper
appeals for enlistment, Negroes are
still being turned down by the
Navy for service in any division
except the messmen branch.
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country.
The measure proposed to the
Thirty Eighth Congress by Presl-
dent Lincoln, was deemed neces-
sarv by the Civil War executive be-
cause of efforts made by poSt-pel-
lum legislatures of South Carolna'
Georgia and Mississippi to perpe"
tuate the institution of slavery un-
der other names.
Three years later on July 70,
1868. the Fourteenth Amendment
holding the citizenship rights OF
black Americans we're not TO De
abridged, became law. And TWO
years later, March 30, 1870, the
Fifteenth Amendment establishing
equal rights for Negro ana WnlVe
citizens was passed.
Interesting is the tact that four
wears before the 18th Amendmen6
was passed the only bachelor
President, James Buchanan. way
back in 1861 sought to solve the
slavery issue by appeasement.
At his suggestion joint resoiu-
ton was passed by Congress, whlcn
would have left the whole matter
of slavery up to the individual
states. Fortunately for you, this IN
famous law, called the CorW1n
Amendment, failed for lack OF
sufficient number of rat1f1catlons'
though it was approved by ONO
and Illinois.
WOULD NOT HALT SLAVERY
This propcSss which would have
been the Thirteenth An1Sadments
read as follows:
"No amendment shall be made TO
the Constitution which will autho~
rize or give to Congress the power
to abolish or interfere within any
state, with the domestic 1nStlu"
tions thereof, including that OF per-
sons held to labor or service by the
laws of said state"
Because they have so long been
victims of oppression by those who
would deny them the basic princi-
pies of human freedom, black
Americans better than any others
can understand the struggle In
which America, Great Britain,
China and Russia are now engag-
ed.
They know that only under de-
mocracy will they ever have any
hopes of achieving full recognition
for themselves of those "inalien-
able" rights accorded others under
the Bill of Rights.
They feel that it is not a vision
ary document expressing noble
sentiments in lofty language. They
see in it a promise of freedom from
the tyrannies of men, as well as of
intolerance, bigotry and hate. 1t
protects individuals, races, ninori-
ties, end society as q whole, from
religious, intellectual, and political
restraints.
That's why the thirteen millions
Of black Americans today, as IN
past years, stand ready, able and
willing to give their very all to their
country in this the greatest period
# danger in its history.
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20

The terms of the settlement OF
the yalkout, which occurred after
Negro youth had been employed III
the tool and die department, were
reported to Sidney Hillman, asso-
ciate director general Of OPM, by
DR.. Robert G. Weaver, chief OF the
Negro employment and training
branch of the labor division OF
OPM.
According to DR.. Weaver, agree
ment on the following points were
reached in conferences between
MANAGEMENT, a committee repre-
senting Curtiss- Wright workers and
a representative of the labor rela-
tions branch of OPM.
The Negro youth was employed IN
the tool and die division of the Co
lumbus plant on Nov. l8 following
a commitment made earlier by
management to OPM. Shortly after
the assignment was made, 67 white
workers walked out. Approximately
300 additional workers did not re-
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20

TAMPA, Fla.--(ANP)--Miss Hill
da r. Turner, teacher at the Mid
dleton Senior High school, has filed
suit in federal court seeking to
force the county school board to pay
Negro teachers salaries equal to
those OF white teachers. She is be-
ing supported by the Hillsboro
County Branch of the Florida State
Teachers association, headed by
Ben. D. Griffin, president.
The county board has announced
that it will fight the case which is
to come off On December 18.
The complainant is a graduate of
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20
Tampa Teacher Resorts To
Court In Equal Pay Fight

nent injunction, restraining the
school board from paying Negro
teachers less than the salaries paid
white teachers with similar qualifi-
cations and positions.
The suit is the outcome of q meet
called by Noah w. Griffin, execu-
tive secretary of the Florida State
Teachers association, in which a
petition was made to the county
school board for equal pay. The an
swer to the petitioning letter COM
pletely ignored the requests and in
the next meeting plans to file suit
were made.
Atty. McGill of Jacksonville filed
the case. He will be assisted in the
court proceedings by Thurgood
Marshall.
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20
Justice Dept Hits
Georqia Labor Law

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(SNS)-
The Department of Justice has
filed b ief amicus curiae in the
U. S. Supreme Court attacking the
Georgia Labor Contract law,
which, it maintains, coerces labor
ers into servitude and peonage in
violatlon Of the Thirteenth Amend
nent to the Constitution
The brief was filed last week in
support of the appeal CT a Tay-
Tor Who was convicted under the
Georgia law, the NAACP ennounc.
ed.
The interest of the federal gov
ernmei,t in this case stems from Il
provision of the Georgin law sane
tioning the conviction OF a laborei
for cheating the swindling" mere
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20
Do Your Xmas
Shopping Early
Petition Will Be Opened
County Board Announces That

Atlanta university, holding bach
elor of arts degree and life certl-
ficate as a teacher from the state
board of education. She receives a
salary of $87.83 as compared with
salaries of $148.62 received by white
teachers with the same qualifica-
tionS.
The complainant charged that the
difference in salary was "solely be-
cause of race" and therefore was
violation of the 14th amendment OF
the United States constitution, pro-
viding equal rights for all citizens
She asked the court for a perma-
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20
The Bill Of Rights

IN THE MIDST OF a worldwide
attack on the -four freedoms" !"
speech, press, religion and the right
of assembly, America, at last suck
ed into the terrible holocaust by a
treacherous attack, this week pauseS
to celebrate the 150th anniversary
of the Bill of Rights.
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20
Asks Navy To
End Jim Crow

NEW YORK-Now that war has
been declared, the U. S. Navy was
asked last week to change its jim
crow policy by the National AsSo-
citation for the Advancement OF
Colored People.
The NAACP wired Secretary of
the Navy Frank Knox, December
8, stating: Because our country is
in peril, we ask revision of the
Navy'S policy with respect to the
use of Negroes and the limitation
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20

,inguished white men who have
received IL is Frederick Starr,
former professor in Chicago Uni
versity.
DR.. Dubois was associated with
President King of Liberia at the
second Pan-African Congress in
Paris in 1921. After the third Pan
african Congress held In London
Paris and Lisbon in 1928, he visit.
ed Liberia at the time Of the Sec
ond inaugural of President King
he was designated by President
Coolidge as special representative
with the rank of Minister Pleni-
potentiary and Envoy Extrao- di-
nary. At the time this was the high
est rank ever given a minister TO
Liberia and il made DR.. Dubois
dean Of the diplomatic corps then
in Monrovia. DR.. Dubois has writ
ten of Liberia in various AmeVi-
can periodicals like Foreign AT
FAIRS and in his books THE Ne
GRO and BLACK FOLKS: THEN
NOW.
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20
Huge Posters
Forwarded To
$4,000 Plants
Reveal Contractors
Had Asked That
They Be Printed

WASHINGTON. D. C.-(SNS)-
Tie Governments policy OF non
4isc inination in defense employ
71ent was brought directly to the
ottention of workers in 10000 in
austrial plants throughout Amer
ica this week.
Organized and uilorganized
workers were reminded Of this
Federal policy when rosters quot
',7g President Roosevelt's Executive
order No. 1902 we're dispatched to
license plants for Display in per-
r0nrel offices and On shop bulletin
1oards in all defense establish
7lents.
EARS FDR's NAME
The % bv 28inch blue poSIe
0rcpared by the Labor DIVISION OF
he office of Production Manage
,7c-1t and sent to defense con-
-ractors bv Mark Ethridge, CHAIR
man of the Presidents Committee
n Fair Employment Practice.
Years a facsimile Of Franklin u
Poosevelts SIGNATURE and o''oteE
he following section Of his Exec
tive Order:
"..I do herebv resffirm the
>nliey of the United States that
here shall he no discrimination
~ the emnlovment Of workeTS in
Sefense industries or government
Necause of race. creed, color, or
national origin. and I do hereby
declare that it is the duty Of en-
-loye-s and Of labor organizations.
IN fUrtherance Of said policy and
NJ this order. to provide for the
full and equitable participation OF
all workers in defense industries,
without discrimination because of
race. creed. color. or national
In a letter to defense ccntrac-
tors which accomranied the pos
tiers, Mr.. Ethridge, chairman of
the Fair Endowment Practice
Committee established by Presi-
dent Roosevelt on June IS, 1941,
stated:
REQUESTED BY CONTRACTORS
These posters were prepared at
the request of several defense con-
tractors who felt that the Govern
ment's policy should be bought
directly to the attention of work.
erS in their plants
1T is the wish of the Presidents
Committee ON Fair Employment
Practice that these posters be
prominently displayed in your
personnel and employment offices
and on the bulletin boards in the
shops Of your establishment.
I'VE are sending these to facili-
tate the cooperation of your work
ers with you in your efforts to
cary out a rrooram Of full utili-
zation Of all labor resources in
defense production.
,Althoueh nation wide distribu-
ton of the posters was inaugurat-
ed this week. the first set of the
nlacards which bear the heading
Fair Employment practice in De-
feree Industries, wee sent IN
November 20, 1941, to the Colum-
bus, Ohio. aircraft plant of the
1Urt1ss-Wright Corporation where
- tool ard die makers staged n
valkout when a Negro youth was
emrloyed in their department.
The walkout was promptly
settled through conferences be-
tween management, a committee
of Curtiss- Wright workers, and
representatives of the Labor Re-
lations Branch of the Labor Di-
vision Of OPM, and the Presidents
Committe OH Fair Employment
Practice. The agreement embodied
the following points.
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ly urcn showing that he received
an advance from an employer and
then failed to carry out a contract
for personal services without good
cause, according to the Justice De-
partment. 1t stated that the Su-
IRENE Court in 1911 held a similar
Alabama statute to be unccnstitu-
tional On grounds that is created
condition of involuntary servi
tude.
In this case Taylor was charge
with receiving $3.50 in advance
on an agreement 10 assist in the
construction of a house. His en-
ployer accused him Of cheating and
swindling when he later failed to
report for work.
The Phoenix index., 1941-12-20

This week by Presidential procla-
nations and by proclamations of
many governors and mayors, public
attention will be focused on the
Bill of Rights. which was formally
ratified and became 2 part Of the
Constitution on December Is, 1871.
GEORGIA RATIFIES IN '39
Virginia's ratification of the
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Many, who accept
the precious qua
rantees Of the Bill
of Rights as a
matter of course
are really not IA
miliar with this
great human do
cument, which is
formed by the
first ten amend
ments to the Con-
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port Tor duty on tne leAI el"AV.
The labor relations branch OF
OPM Immediately dispatched G. w.
Mitzel, special representative Tor
Columbus, to confer with manages
ment. and representatives of work.
ers in the plant. AS result Of these
conferences, the strikers returned to
work and the Negro youth was re-
tanned at his job in the tool and Ole
department.
Subsequent conferences between
management, Mr.. Mitzel and cons
mittee representing the workers re-
suited in the agreement for the IN
teeration of Negro workers into all
divisions of the plant. The plant
committee suggested the employ
ment of Negro clerical workers and
engineers and management accept
ed the suggestion.
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Curtiss-Wright To
HireMoreNegroes

WASHNGTON, D. c. = (ANP) = QuaEIled Eegro L,
or will be nteorated into all divisions of the Coum-
bus o. plant of the Wright corporation hcuoins
be clerical and engineering staffs it was revealed mere
tb woo as result of the settlement of November 10
ualkout in that aircraft factory. ,,.