The Omaha guide., 1941-11-01

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Ter; E. Washington Rhodes, pub
Usher, the Philadelphia, Pa. Trib-
une; G. A. Franklin editor, the
Kansas City, Mo, Call; G. A. Scott
editor, the Atlanta, Ga. Daily
World; Carl Murphy, publisher
the Afro-American, Baltimore, Nd
Walter White, executive secretary
National Association for the Adj
vancement Of Colored People. Roy
wilkins, editir of The Crisis mag
azine; DIR. Rufus E. Clement, pres
ident, Atlanta University, Ga; A.
C. MacNeal, editor, the Chicago,
III. Defender; Judge James @. Wat
sin Of the Municipal Court, New
irk City; DR.. Dwight o. W. Holmes
president, Morgan College, Balti-
more, Md; Miss Elsie Austin.
president, Delta Sigma Theta sor-
ority, Washington, d. G.; Louis
Martin, editor, Michigan Chron-
icle, Detroit, Mich; Charles H.
Houston, attorney, Washington, D.
c.; Louis L. Redling, attorney, vii
mington, Del; Elmer A. Carter,
editor Of Opportunity magazine,
New York City, Eugene Kinckle
Jones, executive secretary, Nat
ional Urban league, New York
City; James E. Scott, grand pole
march, Kappa Alpha Psi frater1-
ity, Washington, d. c.; Earl j.
Dickerson, member of the Presi-
dents Committee on Fair Employ
ment Practice, Chicago, ILL.,; John
w. Davis, president, West Virginia
State College, Institute, w. Va.
Among the kilograms which
came into the New York office Of
the NAACP., endorsing the state
ment to President Roosevelt in re-
pudiation of the request for a Jim
Crow officers training school are
these
"You may have no misgivings a.
bout where the Pittsburgh Cour-
Ter stands on the question Of Sc
gregation in the entire defense
program. If Negro officers are
being trained in the same units as
white officers, it is reasonable to
assume that they are receiving bet
ter training than it would be pos
sible to secure under any type Of
segregated setup. You may use
my name to that effect"
Ira F. Lewis,
The Pittsburgh Courier.
"You have full authority Ito sign
my name to the petition you pro-
pose to present to the President of
the United States as outlined IN
your telegram of today. Any such
mawkish diatribe from socalled
Negro leaders is reasonable to the
equality and justice for which
sound Negro leaders have been
striving"
Euclid Louis Taylor, President,
National Bar Assn.
II join enthusiastically with you
and others in statement set forth
in your telegram this day with ref
erence to training of Negro and
white officers in the same camp
You may place my name as n Of
the endorsers of such a statement"
Earl B. Dickerson.
evil be glad to join you and
others in protest to the President
and Secretary of War against all
folms of segregation Of Negroes
n the Army, including training,
etc."
Philip Randolph
"Repudiate emphatically apy
suggestion Negro leaders in fav-
Of segregated officers training
CAMPS. Use my name on your pro
posed petition. You know ny
sentiment and can quote me as IN
alterably opposed"
L. al. Ransom.
"The principles expressed IL he
proposed statement to the Presid-
ent | gladly endorse. They r4f'cc.
NY life long attitude on the CUES
ton. You may add my signature"
Frank r. Crosswa r.
"Sign my name twice to safe
inert opposing s<gregatitu in Ar
my G.icers' training"
Roscoe Dunjee
"YG1 may sign my name to your
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