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The Phoenix index., 1941-07-05
The Presidents S
Executive Order

WHEREAS it is the policy of the
United States to encourage full
participation in the national de-
Tense program by ali citizens sf the
United States, regardless of race.
creed, color, or national origin, III
the firm belief that the democratic
way of life within the Nation car
be defended successfully only with
the help and support of all groups
within its borders; and
WHEREAS there is evidence
that available and needed workers
have been barred from employment
in industries engaged in defense
production solely because of con-
sideratiOn of race, creed, color,
or national origin, to the detri.
ment of workers morale and Of
national unity:
NOW THEREFORE, by virtue
of the authority vested in me by
the Constitution and the statues,
and as a prerequisite to the sue
ceSsful conduct of our national de
fense production effort, / do here.
by reaffirm the policy of the United
States that there shall be no dis.
elimination in the employment OF
workers in defense industries OF
government because of race, creed,
color, Or national origin, and / do
hereby declare that 1t is the duty
of employers and Of labor Organi-
zatSpns, in furthefance of said
policy and of this order, to pro-
vide for the full and equitable
participation of all workers in
defense industries. without discri'
minatiOn because of race, creed,
color or national origin:
And it is hereby ordered as fol-
lows:
l. All departments and agencies
of the Government of the United
States concerned with vocational
and training programs for defense
production shall take special meas
ures appropriate to assure tina,
such programs are administered
without discrimination because of
race, creed, color, Or national ORR
gin;
2. Ali contracting agencies of the
Government of the United States
shall include in ali defense con-
tracts hereafter negotiated by
them provision Obligating the
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NV SGT. A. J. SINDT)

CHANUTE FIELD, Ill.-(ANP)-
The goth Pursuit squadron, tenn
porarily located at Chanute field
is as busy as the proverbial bee
hive" these days, with 275 men now
attending the Air Corps Technical
training schools.
These men are receiving instruc-
ton as airplane mechanics, clerks
aircraft armorers, radio operators,
parachute riggers. teletype MAIN
terance men and operators, wealth.
er observers and forecaSters, air
craft Welders, aircraft metal-WofK-
ers, link trainer specialists, every
thing pertinent to the maintenance
and upkeep of modern military
aircraft.
In addition, 80 colored flying
cadets recently began their flight
instruction at Tuskegee institute;
the course of instruction given
these cadets is of the same stand
ards as that given to those attend
ing Randolph and Kelly fields
Texas. Other groups will follow.
ACTIVATED MARCH 19
But. first a word about the 99th
Pursuit squadron The 99th was
activated March l9 and although
the recruiting seemed slow at
first, this organization has now a
strength of 397 men. They came
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Governor Sidney P Osborn has
addressed letter to the Secretary
of War, Secretary of the Navy,
Director of Production Manage
ment william S. Knudson, and to
every airplane manufacturer
working on government contracts
q letter setting forth Arizona's ad-
vantages as an airplane manufac-
turing center. The letter follows:
INV dear Mr.. Knudson:
News dispatches from Washing
ton some days ago quoted the
Honorable jesse H. Jones as stat
ing that he intends to provide one
billion dollars Of RFC funds for
building plants for the 500-Bomb-
ers-a- Month program. These fac
tories. the news articles said, were
to be government owned but leas-
ed to private companies for oper-
ation.
On the assumption that such
new plants as may be constructed
will be located at points convenient
to raw materials, at safe distance
from possible coastline attack, in
favorable climate for economical
all-year operation, and in locali-
ties which offer a potention suf-
ficiency of electrical power, I am
writing this letter to call atten-
ticn to the many advantages pre-
se..ted by Arizona sites in this
connection.
This State has almost unlimited
natural resources in raw materials
of nearly every description which
60 into manufacture Of heavy
goods, all of them easily accessible
by rail and road. 1t has, in add1-
tion to its existent supply, an al
most limitless potentiality of cheap
hydro-electric power through new
developments like Boulder Dam
along the Colorado River and 9TH
er streams.
Arizona is particularly fortunate
in its freedom from labor disorders.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.-(SNS)-
DR., Robert c. Weaver, chief OF
the Negro Employment and Train
ing Branch of the Office OF Pro-
duction Management, reported the
following developments this week
in the training and employment OF
Negro production workers for the
aviation industry:
/. The Grlumman AeronauticaI
Engineering Corporation Of Beth
page, l.. l.. and the Republic Avia'
ton Company of Farmingdale, L.
L, have joined the list of aircraft
manufacturers now training and
hiring Negro workers.
2. The Curtiss- Wright Company
continued its leadership in this
field by expanding job and training
opportunities in its Buffalo, N. y
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"GIVE US THE TOOLS (CHANCE),
AND WE'LL DO THE JOB"
Ry MACK C. NANCE

Mr.. Guss E. Make. Locomotive
Engineer and Mr. Louis CLARK,
Brakeman, both Of the S. P R r.
Nogales, Arizona, presents splen-
did example of what the Negro
may accomplish if given chance.
Mr.. Make was born in Houston
Tezas He k,gan his ca~eer as l.s.
connective fireman June 80, 1909.
Promoted to locomotive engineer
January /, 1918. Service and pro-
motion, in the Republic of Mexico
Mr.. Louis Clark. born in Lex
ington. Kentucky, began his career
as brakeman in 1920. Service in
the Republic of Mexico. These
gentlemen, like others of their
race, do not ask or desire to mix,
mingle, associate Or sleep with
billy goat, they merely beg to be
given a chance to follow a pro1eS-
sion of which they are we'll quail
fled. Their social status is pleas
ingly fixed.
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All But Punished,
Boy Proves Hero

BAYONNE, N. June (AP)-
Johnny Piccolo, who is 10 and has
felt parental ire because CT his
fondness for swimming, slipped in
to his home as quietly as possible
last night. He hung his clothes
up to dry and crawled into bed.
Sometime later, his father, Car
none Piccclo, noted the wet
clothes and begin to upbraid john
ny for getting wet again.
Tn vain the ycungster tried to
say he jumped into Newark Bay
tc rescue Barbara Petrakian, eight,
who fell in while playing ball. The
father told Johnny so big a f1b"
only made it worse and was ready
to take more drastic measures
when a newspaper reporter enter
ed the home to learn more about
the young hero, Johnny Piccolo.
Today in all of Bayonne there is
no prouder father than Carnine
Piccolo.
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Presidential Executive
Order F0rfends Move
u. S. To Require Contracts
With N0n-DiscrimjnatOry
Clause; Committees In Tact

WASHlNGTON-(SNS)-In view of the issuance of
executive order by the President of the United States re-
qurng that all contracts awarded by the government
defense industries shall contain provision that
dusries accepting such contracts shall agree that they
will not discriminate against worker race
color creed national origin but that such worker shall
be considered for employment solely the basis of
sona qualifications and since the President directs in the
executive order that employers and trade unions recog
nze binding the rights of a worker to employment in
defense industries free from the aforementioned dscrm
nations and since the President further directs that
Board shall be established the Office of Production
Management of five members which shall
and investigate complaints of discrimination against work
by defense INDUSTRIES because of race creed color
national origin said Board deriving its powers from the
President to redress and correct such determinations the
Negro March Washington Committee feels justified
and morally obligated to consider that Negro March
Washington for Jobs and justice in national defense is not
at this time dictated by the best interest of the
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For the maneuvers just complet-
d, the Company, comprising more
han 125 men, stood guard duty and
eaded freight cars at the Chatta-
ooga, Tenn, Quartermaster Depot
nd at perishable sub-depot in
he downtown section of that city.
General Frink said reports from
Chattanooga spoke highly of the
zeal and efficiency of the men,
most of whom were inducted into
ervice less than half a year ago.
The Selectees in their five weeks
of work, loaded and unloaded liter
ally millions of pounds of meat,
flour, canned goods and spices for
men from Fort Jackson, S. c.; Fort
Benning, Ga; Fort Mcclellan, Ala;
Fort Custer, Mich, and Camp
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Performance OfRace SelecteesD During
Maneuuers Prais ed By General

Joseph T. Robinson, Ark.
One of the lessons in food hand
ling which they learned concerned
the newest method of fresh meat
distribution.
MEAT is FROZEN
'Boneless beef" developed as a
result of studies carried on by the
luartermaster Corps and packers
was served in great quantities to
he men Of the Second Army. The
eef, packed and frozen at major
'acking plants throughout the
ountry, enabled mess sergeants to
erve in the field without waste,
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Three Agitation Companies Begin Training Negroes
3 Aeronautics Companies
Open Schools To Negroes

tor at Grumman, informed the
CPM representatives that Leroy
Grumman, president OF the firm,
had given instructions that every
qualified Negro resident OF the
two counties be given an opportun-
ity for training and employment
in the company's two Long Island
plants.
Two Negro production workers
are now completing their training
for employment at Grumman, and
On last Monday, MIR. Gilbert hired
William Dolly King, former
basketball star Of Long Island Uni
versity, in a clerical capacity at
the new plant. King, who became
the ninth Negro employee at Grum-
man, will also play on the COM
pany's basketball team
PAY YOUTHS TUITION
S. E. McMurtie, employment
manager at Republic, revealed that
his firm has paid the tuition and
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Marchers Hear
A. P. RandoIp ph
Over MBS Chain
Second Order Is
Needed, Leader
Tells Hearers

WASHINGTON, D. G. (SNS)-
Declaring that the March on
Washington is no longer neces-
sary in view of President Roose-
velt's history making executive
order banning discrimination ir
defense industries, A. Phillip
Randolph, president of the Pull
man Porters Brotherhood and or
ganizer of the march, In stirring
message broadcast to the nation
Saturday evening urged the local
committees to nevertheless main
tain vigilance.
watch, wait and check the
speaker heard over the Mutual
Broadcasting Systemfi told the
committees, which had been form
ed from coast to coast for the
proposed march of 100000 Negroes
in the nation capital on July l.
Keep ever alert in your local
communities to see if this order OF
the Chief Executive is carried
OlIt'.
Praising President Roosevelt''s S
craftsmanship in issuing the order,
the first dealing specifically with
Negroes since President Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Procla-.
nation, Mr.. Randolph speaking in
a vibrant tone, declared that it
was his opinion that the March on
Washington's organization and
performed a needed service to the
United States.
I'VE have aided" he said, lin
cleansing the soul Of America OF
the poisons of hatred and thus
given added strength to the ma
tional defense effort. at the time
this strength is needed
Though hailing the June 25 order
as a step toward ''our goap', Mr..
Randolph during his address SCUM
ded plea for second order which
he said should supplement and
complement the first"
The second order, he asserted,
should nov and forever strike
down the discrimination which
now exists in all of the federal
and governmental departments.
During the address, the speaker
reviewed the wide and sweeping
provisions of President Roosevelt's
order and called attention to the
formation of a committee On Fair
Employment Practice within the
Office of Production Management.
In ringing zones he read the
Presidents declaration:
Nov, therefore, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the statues, and
as a prerequisite to the successful
conduct of our national defense
effort. 1 do hereby reaffirm the
policy of the United States that
there shall be no discrimination
in the employment of workers in
defense industries Or government,
because of race, creed, color, or
national origin, and l do hereby
declare that ii is the duty of en-
polers and of labor organizations,
in furtherance of said policy and
of 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 orig
SIM
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REPUBLIC OF MEXICO
A TRUE DEMOCRACY

In order to follow their profess
sion, free from race hatred, free
from cowardly intimidation, free
from discriminating activities C1
the criminal thugs of the AF'L-CIO,
these gentlemen must leave the
land of the FREE AND. BRAVE
(1he United States and enter a
Republic whose people will not bow
or stoop to the level of race
harassment, to satisfy the criminal
whims Of a lower element A re-
public possessing and prosecuting
the true tenets of Democracy. !
refer to that noble and grand re-
public, South of the Rio Grande'
The Republic of Mexico.
HONOR TO WHOM
HONOR is DUE
Hats off to these splendid ambas-
sadors of the Negro Race. They
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Gruman, Curtiss-Wright And
Briggs Enroll Race Students

olant and by formulating plans tof
sirniiar work in its new plant III
St. Louis, Mo,
3. Negro enrollees are now re-
ceiying training in defense classes
operated in Detroit for the air-
craft division of the Briggs MANI
featuring Company.
OPEN AIR COURSES
After representatives OF Or. Dr.
Weayers staff had conferred with
Grumman and Republic officials
at the Long Island plants, the
Chief of the Negro Employment
and Training Branch revealed that
all aviation defense training cours
es in Suffolk and Nassau counties
have been opened to Negroes.
Paul S. Gilbert, personnel direc"
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While the Negro March on
Washington Committee wishes IN
this connection publicly to express
its appreciation and gratitude to
the President for his statesman
like action in realistically facing
this grave question of diScrimina-
ton in defense jobs arising out of
race, color, creed and national
origin. and for the PRONUNCIATION
of this executive order, it cannot
too strongly emphasize and stress
the fact that this act of the Prest
dent does not meet the vital and
serious issue of discrimination
against persons on a basis of race.
color, creed and national origin in
various departments of the fed
eral government itself. 1t Is the
firm and reasoned Judgment Of the
Negro March Oh Washington Com
mittee that the ineXcusable prac-
tice Of discrimination against per-
sons because of race, color, creed
and national origin, by the gov
ernment itself serves as a cue to
and pattern for, private employers
to commit un- American and un-
democratic offenses of discrimina-
tiOn also.
The President has declared in
this executive order that it is the
policy of the government not to
countenance discrimination on ac-
count of race, color, creed or ma
tional origin in government Serv-
ice. Therefore the Negro March
on Washington Committee wished
to express the hope that the Pres
ident may fine it possible, in the
interest of National Unity and Ma
tionaI Defense, at an early date
to issue a second executive order,
complementing and supplementiEg
this one. that will strike down for
all time discrimination due to
race, color, creed or national orig
in in all departments of the fed
eral government, and which will
give reality and force to our pro-
fession concerning democratic and
to the great and all out struggle.
our country is making to crush and
destroy all subveTsiye forces seek
ing to wreck our democratic way
OF life
The Committee also wishes to
make known to Negro and white
people of America that the Negro
March on Washington Committee
considers as part of its unfin-
ished task the business of con-
tinuing the fight to wipe out all
forms of discrimination in all de-
partTnents of the Federal govern
ment, including the Army, Navy,
Marine, and Air Corps.
ITO this end L. in the name Of
the Committee, call upon every
Negro March on Washington Com
nittees in various sections Of the
country to remain in tact in order
to watch and check how industE les
are observing the execution order
the President has issued" A. Phil
lip Randolph said.
Finally let me again definitely
and positively state that the Ne
gre March on Washington Com
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65 PERCENT ON RELIEF

WASHINGTON (ANP)-Accord-
ing to the annual report of the
Washington Urban league, Negro
es average IS per cent of the pub
lie relief roofs: 70 per cent of the
prison population and 81 per cent
of the patients in the public hos
pitals,
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WOMAN. lO4, WOUND AID
nEEENSE

MILTON, Fla (ANP)- Mrs.
Susan Kelker listed her age as
l04 when she registered here for
civilian defense. She said She could
take care of children, cook, sew,
knit and do any kind of household
work
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Coored selectees from Michigan and Illinois, members
OF Company of the 94th Engineer Regiment, COM
mended Saturday by Brigader General James l.. Frnk
Fourth Corps Area Quartermaste for the efficient
in which they handled their part of the gargantuan
task of feeding $4,000 officers and of the Second
Army during thrty-seven days of maneuvers in Middle
Tennessee.
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antplan task of feeding $4,000 Of
icers and men of the Second Army
during thirty-seven days of maneu-
verS in Middle Tennessee.
Those men were credit to the
communities from which they
ame," General Frink said. 'They
handled a hard job in fine shape"
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Colored selectees from Michigan
nd Illinois, members OF Company
of the Oath Engineer Regiment,
were commended Saturday by Bri-
gadier-G General James L. Frink,
Fourth Corps Area Quartermaster,
for the efficient manner in which
hey handled their part of the gar
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MarvaOnShortEnd
In Suit For $1,000

brought the amount UP to the ST.
600 figure.
The pair attemptd to out-nla- =
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seth Squadron, Now With 3s7
Men. Is Learning Quickly

from all walks of life, from the
Morris Brown College, from cities
throughout the nation; potential
lawyers and other students Win
great possibilities of a fine career
ahead of them. All forsook these
opportunities to enlist under the
colors of Uncle Sam.
Quarters and separate messing
facilities were set up on the north-
eastern portion Of the field. Ac-
tually, they comprise a section by
themselves. ,
1t Col. E. L. Branham, 3rd
ranking chaplain in the United
States army, senior post chaplain
here at Chanute field, set up spec
ial facilities to care for the splr-
itual needs of the 99th.
SUNDAY SCHOOL HELD
Every Sunday morning a Sunday
school is held in the old post thea
ter, which has been set aside as
an assembly room for lectures
services, and other occasions, ana
at 10 m, the Rev. George Jones'
an AME minister from Urbana'
Iii, conducts the religious services
attendance at these services Is
much higher in comparison than
those held for the white boys
Chaplain Branham remarked.
Rev. Jones now has an applica-
ton for a commission in the chap
lain's reserve corps pending.
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-28
Choir Concert at
japanese Church

Southern Imperial Valley Young
Peoples church will present its
first annual choir concert Sunday
night at o'clock in the Ell Centre
Japanese church under the direc-
tion of Harry H. Minami.
In addition to numbers by the
choir, Amy Takahashi and Alice
Mazda will be heard in a duet;
Ruby Kawakita in a soprano solo
Alice Kodama in piano solo; Kay
Kokubun, Frank Kumagai, Jack
Yoshido in a trio number; Amy
Yoshida in a soprano solo; Lily
Kimagai Alice Kodama, Grace
Mazda in vocal trio; Hatsuyo Ka-
wanami in a piano solo.
Alice Kodama is chairman fol
the choir, Mary Yano, accompanist
Lily Kumagai, Amy Yoshida, Ruby
Kawakita, Fumi Watamura. Doro.
thy Kawakita, sopranos; Alice Mae
da, Grace Mazda. Tamiko Kodama
altos; Alice Kodama, Amy Taxa
hashi, Hatsuyo Kawanami, tenors,
Kay Kokubun, Frank Kumagai
Jack Yoshida, Fred Kishaba, BASES
The concert is open to the genera
public.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-28
veHos+esses
Give Party
Miss LechIer

CALIPATRIA, March 28.-One of
the gayest and most delightful OF
the spring parties was held at the
Del Lingo hotel on Saturday, March
% when Miss Eleanor Lechler was
honored with a miscellaneous show
er. The hostesseS were Mrs. G. Roy
Thomson, Mrs. John Kepley, Mrs
Dennis Ford, Mrs. Wilson Moore
and Mrs. c. j. Moniz.
Large bouquets of spring flowers
were used in the decorations with
smaller bouquets for the tables
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hostesses.
Miss Lechler, who will marry John
Augentein in the early spring, re-
ceived many lovely and useful gifts
Miss Lechler has been teacher IL
Fremont school for the past foul
years and has made many friends
who wish her every happiness II
the future.
Guests invited from Calipatria
we're: Mesdames Jack Bryant, w
~. MdlIllIlS, M. l.. MChSIluIy CeCi
Clouse, Raymond Rose. C. A. Sper-
ry, Vance Wilson, Irene Wilkinson
Earl Holmquist, l.. L. Lyerly, jim
Coulter, w. c. wilkinson, w. 7
Fowler, l.. A. Wallace, Mary Ford
George Prather, Ruth Chase, w. w
Smith, A. F. Adams, L. w. EddinS
Tom Riley, Irma Mccullough, E. E
Grosvenor, Eddie Rademacher, D. C
Hays, Guy Wood, and Miss Anr
Wall, Miss Diana Stimson, Miss
Ella Wetherly, Miss Hunt and tht
guest of honor, Miss Lechler.
Guests from Brawley we're: Mrs
H. H. Brandt, Mrs. Ida Rogers. Mrs
M. j. Augenstein, Mrs. Janet Pin
ner, Mrs. Catherine Hart.
From Ell Centre were Mrs. r. w
Ware, Mrs. E. L. Hiteman, ant
Mrs. Ben Herring, and from Heber
Mrs. Helen Netzley.
Mrs. Charles Lechler and Mrs
McMackin, mother and grand-moth
err of Miss Lechler were invited
from Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-28

G. {. Marshall.
McCabe school children, under
the direction of Mrs. Constance
Holland, were presented in a charm
ing musical number, a skit from
an operetta "Pinocchio'. Don Christ
ian was heard in an excellent piano
solo,
A pot luck luncheon was served
at noon by the hostesses for the day.
Mrs. Sunstrom, Mrs. Fred Veil
quette, Jr, Mrs. R. w. HaWorth and
Mrs. H. Lee Landerman.
In the afternoon Miss Helen
Sheppard, supervising public health
nurse for the county health de-
partment, spoke on her work and
on the health problems of Imperial
Valley.
Those present were; Mesdames
Elton B. Christian, R. w. Haworth
Hugh T. Osborne, w. E. Hancock
Nettie Meyers, Mary Anderson, C.
Thanner, Alex McRae, George
Swami, Cecilia Hall, J. F. Swain,
Edna Carson, Charles Hackleman
Margaret Glaser. R. O. Clark, F.
E. Clements, Ray jerks, R. H. Hall
E. D. Dinsmore, A r.. Tagg, Fred
Veliquette, ST., Scott B. Foulds
Norman P. Pearse, V. K. Corfman
j. A. Wilson, G. c. Marshall, F. o
Rosenbaum, N. B. Fisher, H. l.
Landerman, Fred Veliquette, Jr.
Fred Sunstrom, Shirley Wells, Miss
Sheppard.