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The Globe Trotter
Bv cliff Maekay

in the mast have been SO dead set against the Ne
gro minority achieving any of the civil and pollt-
cal rights which the United States constitution
guarantees. - T.
= ! The few rights which Negroes have won
through long and valiant struggles <and by terrlflc
sacrifice would be- quickly wiped out under 5thls
safsneh sT fassasm F. (Which, now
gripsosnsanyS our %clsnped on
even tighter. and sJl. n
&c row woIld beSgyen stronger slease on llte AS
+ the largest minority group%ln this country, en-
slavement, WOULD be cur LOTS make !. no mistake
! TROUBLES Would INCREASE 4
= :. There would s be no comparison OF our fate
under Hftlerized; America to shat the jewish peo-
Z pie are undergoing in Hitlefized Europe Our
t~eubes would undoubtedly be increased = four
fold i For {dd mot: Hitler turn to- America for his
tech1fioue offs racial pdrsecution?. 1t would be
certainty that he would add $his own5
tions the ydeas che obtained here before bring
. ing them; backs to. PRACTICE upon our people
r. Ours, therefore is greater stake@ IN 3thls
World7Mdee battle against SHitler of Iany
other people The rally cry toi defeats Hitler should
and3 in most instances is fnding aEqulckreSponse
n heaftsof all black 3nIenS for the ssmple rea-
i very eVis thatSN }oYer :thes world have
been battling against for years.
defeat of Hitler means defeat of the Hit,
erian philosophy which for toe long has dominated
the thinking and actions of many white Americans
in their relations with Negroes.
1t is utterly impossible for Americans to take
81 a-out stand against Hitler without also taking
similar clear-cut position against the forces in
this country who held similar beliefs the Aus
trian ex-paperhanger r.. .s.
TREND .ToSrHE BETTER
Those who are plotting the foreign policy of
tbis country realize 4ths. That is why today you
asgradua shut, sure trend toward better treat
Aments Negroes hesesforces aho sopposeA this
I pregress, iedngss yielding.
J. You see NegroesR dimes skilled positlonsAin
factories where never before has a black man even
swept the floor. Color barriers which for years
have kept Negroes out of federal positions are be-
ing lowered Negroes being called in as con-
sultants in various branches of the defense set
up Even conservative army officials are giving
ground under this mass pressure.
We still have long way to go, but are
definitely our way. Only the final and com
rlete defeat of Hitler will insure the continuance
conflict spells disaster and oblivion to all the
hopes entertain for fair and equal treatment
under the law, politically and economically.
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iZleS this EWTlter is why
to- sthat Hlers greatest attack wlll not be OF.
"a nilitary4natfe but is more likely come along
Theological lines y II: ~ =, :, !:
BODES{ US NO GOODl !; II ~. =
The Hiteriair philosophy as ally who. can read
ltrow BODIES goodwill towardg m1nofltyf:
ffrttularlBg those peoples of African G
Hitlers feelings toward Negroes are no secret he
has stated his belief that Americas greatest mis-
take was the freeing of the slaves, HIS soldiers
ruthlessly tore down tine statute erected In Parls
by liberal Frenchmen to the black men who sned
their blood in the struggle for democracy during
World War l.
And he wrote in Mein Kampf his utter con,
tempt of you and your kind, whom he referred
to as "half apes" Sneeringly he charged the de
cadent democracies' with wasting money by, per
hitting black peoplet to secure an education.
Behind this Indifference to the world sltua-
ton held by far too many Of our people IS the
false belief that we as a race will be no worse OIL
under Hitler than we are now. 1t seems Ealfn9st
impossible for anyone to hold to% such benetTl III
light of all that is at present going on in Europe
BLISSFULLY IGNORANT
Unquestionably this distorted picture of the
Fiter revolution is held only by those who are
completely and blissfully ignorant of all of its
implications.
Forgotten is the fact that alreadv in America
are hundreds upon hundreds of little would-be
Htlers, who are merely biding their time. waiting
with fond hopes here that Hitler will emerge the
victor over there.
Should he win. these little Htlers would begin
the first phase of Htler's attack Amerca-idc-
illogical warfare. They will immediately attempt
to set in motion all of the forces of reaction that
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Many Adamant
Business Men
Defy President

war department has ruffled other
departments and agencies whose
scope of activity permits them tc
issue contracts. The feeling is thai
the entire program Of procure
ment of vital materials can be very
easily hamstrung through what
some choose to consider fcoerciVe"
measures on the part of govern
ment.
. In private discussion with per
sons Interested in: full compliance
with the Presidents anti-discrimi-
nation ORDER, Lawrence w. Cram
er, executive secretary of FEP, is
understood. to be relying in part
upon similar measures, as that
here involved in order to get. more
Jobs l'fort Negroes. (: IT, this be- true;
5and@it5 is>noti Illogical I-the$ outcome
of the Lincoln MilIs-CIO dispute
;Wolud bear close watching. :. - ;
!. It is conceivable that ( public
opinion will not u tolerate. a him
drance- to the defense program, as
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SllCc W GIlC 1NCSIO 1dCC Wy OH n. T.
of L. leader.
Randolph, head of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters and
key figure in the March to- Wash
ington movement delivered a blis-
tering attack on racial policies
practised by leading unions of the
Federation, and presented impress
sive evidence that could not be re-
futed as proof of the veracity of
his charges.
He gave the convention an array
of names, unions and specific in
stances where unions affiliated
with the Federation had been in
strumental in barring Negro work.
ers from jobs.
He was preceded on the platform
by Mark Ethridge, publisher of the
Louisville Courier journal and
chairman of the Fair Employment
Practice Committee appointed by
President Roosevelt to remove dis
elimination from defense indus
tries. Ethridge likened discrinina-
tory union policies to Hitlerism..
Unfortunately" he told the dele
gates, there are still many, unions
and locals of unions which bar their
fellowmen because of color. would
not be frank at all with you if I
did not say that most of them are
yours
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Threat Seen TO Enforcement
Of Fair Labor Unit RuIinqs

here represented, simply to bene-
fit even so largely a segment of the
population as labor when much
more is considered at stake. BY the
same token, a less popular cause
such as the rights of a racial
minority would suffer proportion
ately more from the use Of these
tactics.
WILL REACH FDR
The case is now in the hands of
John Lord C'Brien, general counsel
for OPM. Adherence to this line
Of thought might influence Mr..
C'Brien in his decision. Even so, it
IL thcUght likely that the issue
VII ultimately reach the President
for a definition of policy.
If the decision is one that over
rules. Hillman, it is felt doubtful
that the same method of enforce
ment compliance with the orders
OF important governmental agencies
seeking to expedite the 7 defense
.prdgfsnlzwill, be; employed Ito any
great degree. in the sfuture.a X, -
:. In this event, I the ! PEP +. might
find itself stripped of tat$ least one
known effective way + of doing = it's
job :. of !, ending discrin1ination
against minority groups in ! defense
industries. -'..;4' !: :; J
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Blind Inventor
To Test Gun He
Has Perfected
Weapon Will
Shoot 5000 .#
Times a Minute

NEW ORLEANS, LAMP Will
lis Jackson, 72-year- blind in
ventor, has completed the gun he
was building for the United States,
after two years Of work
Jackson's fore finger was torn by
a shot from his gun when he for
got to take it out of gear.
The gun has three barrels and
is geared to fire as many as 5000
bullets a minute.
The aged inventor demonstrated
how the gun operates on a pivot,
swings in any direction and can be
inclined upward at a 80 degree
angle for anti-aircraft use.
Shells are fired by small crank
which revolves the three circular
cartridge cases. Above the three
barrels there is an anti aircraft
unit with a funnel-type gunsight
which jackson says will be accurate
at a twc-mile range.
Jackson is a former watch re-
pairman whose sight failed him
28 years ago.
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| Selassie Thanks Red
Gross For Q)odstllffs /

robi'. in the heart of British, Kenya.
lie reports that. during a private in
.:tetvtew+wfth Emp perorAH ailesSelassie
in the Abyssinian capital, the en-
porer expressed sincere gratitude
for American generosity and good
will"
Since the start of the war, civili-
an refugees and wounded soldiers
and sailors of the Middle East
have received from the American
Red Cross q total of $2,328,674 worth
C supplies, including drugs, cloth
ing, comfort articles for British
wounded, and such foodstuffs as
rice, flour, evaporated milk and ma
Wy beans.
The supplies are distributed in
Egypt. Eritrea. Abbyssinia and Sy-
ria through % relief agencies in
Guiding the British Red Gross, the
Greek Red Cross, the French Red
Cross, the Egyptian Red Crescent
and the Lady Lampson Refugee
committee.
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: ss.wAsHINGToN, CAMP Safe
sly landed at: the Eritrean port. of.
'MasSaWa are $4,000 tons Of Ameri-'
can Red Cross foodstuffs and
blankets for the relief of hard
pressed civilians throughout the
colonies of East Africa, it was an
nounced here Wednesday.
The news was received by cable
from Ralph Balm, Red Cross rep
resentative in the Middle East, who
has just returned to Cairo from a
5000 mile trip abroad a RAF' fight
er plane.
He visited Adds Ababa in Abys-
sinia, Asmara in Eritrea, and Mai
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Nominations For Spingarn
Medal Open, Says NAACP

during the preceding year. The
award was instituted in 1914 by
Joel E. Spingarn, late president of
the NAACP, and its purpose is to
call the attentiNn of the American
public to persons of merit and dis
tinction and to serve as reward
for distinguished service and as a
stimulus to the ambition of color
ed youth. 81
There are 26 holders Of the Spin
garn medaIs now. They & include
William E. B. Dubois, George w.
Carver, Roland Hayes, Carter G.
.Woodson, Mordecai w. Johnson,
Henry A. Hunt, Max Yergan, Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune, Walter
White, Marian Anderson, DR.. Louis
T. Wright and Richard Wright.
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Treatment OF
Minoriities Is
Crisis Cause
America Must
Learn Lesson
Says Mac Lean

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va
Is N S)-President Malcolm S
MacLean Of Hampton Institute
said today that if there is a ma
jor underlying cause for the
ppesrnt crisis, it is the misun-
derstanding and mistreatment OF
our minority groups in the+.world E.
In a statement released in con-
nection with National Americans
ALI" Week, which opens Tuesday,
the Hampton Institute educator
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WASHINGTON CANP)-A po-
tential threat to the enforcement
Of decisions of the Fair Employ
mcnt Practice committee in pursu,
anCe Of itsSta Of ending racial
discrimination in defense indus
tries is seen in the attitude OF
various governmental agencies
which ARE protesting the barring
CT defense contracts by the Office
Of Production Management from
companies which refuse to abide by
reconInendations Of the National
Defensk Mediation board
The gconcern, if not apathy, of
those Vho have been in the fore
front pf the fight to secure the
ISSUANCE of an executive order by
the President which would end in
dustrial discrimination, has Ger
tainly been aroused although none
arc willing to- permit their names
to be sused for fear that de-
featists attitude might be encour-
aged Hereby.
ENFORCEMENT LACKING :, B
The dttffCufty,f if lit exists, stems
from the fact that ,1in I. the /. order
creating the FEPt no specific meth
'od. of enforcement !. of its. insruc::
tiohs TO guilty. firms was :. given
that Would achieve the dramatic
cireunktances> that preceded the
order5.plus the weights of fthe chief
eyecUtiye himself. These. of :coufsey
I ara surface >sprod, of 1.-The }typeS that
! might : well be- sevadeds by !. less
. scrJpulousf employers as has : al.
= ready, been done. = Defying the Pres
p, ident;;g however, { Isl no sineW @practice
I Of Ebusiqesss2 even I ing SUCH. times cas
the. present emergency. III.
But a, practical government finds
waFs1 Of comp cling coinpliante with
Z its<Hd1lss II olaSss and ssoraej,s5 mainly
through the eXertion of pressure in
quarters not necessarily directly
related to the immediate thing to
be achieVed
Such issthe case now under con-
sideration that carries real impli-
cations for the enforcement of the
directions1of the FEP. A labor dis
put involving the Lincoln Textile
mills of Admission, Alabama, and
the CIO textile workers union
found its way to the defense n4edi-
alton board. The firm is on a list
of acceptable bidders prepared by
the purchase division os the army
quartermaster for the manufacture
of a huge quantity of cotton duck
When OPM was informed of the
refusal of the company to ad-
here to recommendations of the
board, Sidney Hillman, labor di-
vision head of OPM instructed
that the Lincoln firm be struck
from the list of companies that
might receive government con-
tracts
RUFFLED OTHER DEPTS.
This hand-in-glove cooperation
between the two governmental
agencies to whip into line re-
calci4rant employer admittedly
ca~able of turning out the ma
terialS so urgenrlV required bv the
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said that, america must, !. learn
with breathless rapidity to enfold,
absorb and make use of, and
profit by all her minorities,,9 he's.
! foreign corn, her Jews, her Ne
groes, her people of Mexican,
Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Europ-
can and other Asiatic descent"
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!'of De Opposite ;{graipp94 81 are like. !.
55wisef completely Il lulled y into y a,
false; sense >of security by ] those
jwhc ,sayS that 'twe 3are.< safe ;behind.
$1,000 miles Of: :Tocean.2:S that. Hit
Ter does not! plans to attack this
country. and 2other ! arguments.
that are completely @,cut of har-
mony with .Hitler's I: stated + aims
and his revolutionary. actions. Z;
It might be- trne that Hitler
plans no direct military, attack on
America. but. the z1thing, that puz-
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OVERSHOOTS ITS

DALLAS, -(ANP) The sew
enth annual membership campaign
Of the Moorland Branch YMCA
closed with bang last Friday night
with its membership goal of 1000
members outdistanced by 280 and
its financial goal of $4,000 cash ov-
ershot by $500.
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NEW YORK-(SNS)- Nomina-
tions are now open for the 1912
Spingarn Medalist, the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People announced this
week.
The medal is awarded every year
at the Associations annual con-
ference to the Negro American who
has made the highest achievement
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AH Sidesteps
Jim Crolv Issue

SEATTLE, WASH.--(SNS)-In voting down A. Philip
Randophs proposal for the appointment of committee to
investigate act upon the question of discrimination
against Negro workers by it's member uons the American
Federation Labor in convention here last week exposed
the hypocrisy Of it's antNaz declarations and actions and
indicated that though it has decided to fight Herism abroad
if necessary does not intend to combat it's manifestations
in this country.
The conventions NEGRO
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Uruguay was one of the first La
tin American cou ltrie3 to encour-
age development of manufacturing
industries, the Department of Com
merce.
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Chemical treatment of wool to
resist attack by moths is being
studied at the National Bureau of
Standards, Depar tment of Com
merce.
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PULLING INDIFFERENCE

BOTH, ALARMING and puzzling to this witt
er has been. the utter Indifference displayed by SO
many members but by no. means majority, OF
cur race to the shaking events that'ar oc-
5''iaS Gf ssssss: esss tAs t.
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The cOnVentlOn'S acClOn 1OIIOWeu
a bitterly conducted debate on the
subject which was marked by per-
sonalities and an insulting refer
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RUFFLED OTHER DEPTS.

This hand-in-glove cooperation
between the two governmental
agencies to whip into line re-
calcisrant employer admittedly
ca~able of turning out the ma
terials so urgently required by the
Evening star., 1941-07-30
York to Be Feted
By State Society
Of Tennessee

The Tennessee State Society
will honor its hero. Sergt. Alvin
G. York, in series of receptions
during his visit here.
The society. headed by Its act
ing president, Senator Tom
Stewart, was part of the Re-
ception Committee greeting Sergt.
York when he arrived at 1890
o'clock today at Union Station.
Undersecretary of War Robert
P. Patterson also was present to
welcome the visitor.
Sergt. York will be the guest
of honor at dinner at the Will
lard Hotel at $50 Thursday, and
after a short reception the en-
tire society will escort him to
the premiere of the motion pic
ture, "Sergt. York" at the Earle
Theater. The film, based on the
mountaineer hero's life, was
sponsored by the Tennessee State
Society.
Gov. Prentice Cooper of Ten
nessee, who accompanied Sergt.
York to Washington, will also be
honored at the various events.
Evening star., 1941-07-30
College Instructors
Are House Guests
Of Mrs. Nav Evans

Mrs. May Thompson Evans, ma
tional president of the Alumnae As
sociation of Westhampton College,
University of Richmond, has as her
guests this week Miss May L. Kei-
Ter, dean of the college, and Miss
Pauline Turnbull, Latin teacher
there.
The visitors were among honor
guests at a luncheon Mrs. Evans
gave yesterday at the Shoreham
Hotel Mrs. Mary Hutchison, area
chief of the Bureau of Employment
Security, Social Security Board, who
is being transferred to California,
also was an honor guest.
Among those at the luncheon were
Mrs. Francis Baldy, newly-elected
president of the Westhampton
alumnae here; Mrs Henry F.. Butler,
a former president of the local
chapter, and Mrs. Margarete Clark
of Los Angeles, chief of the Division
of Industrial Welfare for California.
The hostess. staff member of the
Office of Civilian Defense, used
civilian defense pins with the place
cards.
Evening star., 1941-07-30
BY the Associated Press.

by TIC AssOCldIeu FIeses
Vice President wallace's accuracy
as . Bible student was a matter of
Senate record today after some con-
fusion.
During debate on wheat penalties
yesterday, senator McCarran,
Democrat, of Nevada protested
these as penalty on the staff of
life"
Answering this argument, Senator
Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico
attempted to quote the Bible on
man shall not live by bread alone"
and then asked Senator Gillette,
Democrat, of Iowa to help him out
because Senator Gillette had con-
ferred with his fellow Iowan, Mr..
Wallace, who has a reputation as
a biblical expert.
Senator Gillette said the quota
ton was, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out Of the mouth of man"
The Vice President attempted to
interrupt, but Majority Leader
Barkley wanted to know If 1t takes
two able men from Iowa to quote
the Scripture" when other men
could do it alone.
This brought up the veteran SEN
ator Glass, 83-year-old Virginian,
irritated at unending debate, to OBJ
serve that if Senator Gillette was
correct on the Bible Il expect to live
for 500 years or longer" Senators
and galleries laughed.
Senator Hatch said, I'VE hope that
he GLASS does live for the next
500 or 5000 years if he so desires.
but in the present state Of the world
it is beyond my comprehension that
anybody would care to live 500
years"
Finally. after second huddle
Evening star., 1941-07-30
d. A. r. Tour Group
Mrs. Daniels Guests
At Mexico City

District Daughters of American
Revolution who are in Mexico this
week on a good will pilgrimage"
will be guests this afternoon at
tea to be given by Mrs. Josephus
Daniels, wife of the United States
Amba ssador to Mexico, according
to information received here.
Miss Luella P. Chase, past regent
of the Susan Riviere Hetzel Chap
ter, has written her sister, Mrs.
Wade H. Ellis of the delightful"
time that the Daughters are having
and of their pleasant anticipation
of the tea.
The chapter has three members
in the party of approximately so
District Daughters who are on the
tour. In addition to Miss Chase,
the chapter is represented by Mrs.
w. w. Sloan, who also is president
of the Political Study Club, and
Miss Minerva Culton.
Mrs Harry C.. Oberholser, state
regent of the District. heads the
party, which was arranged under
auspices of the District Society.
Evening star., 1941-07-30
Phi Mu Chapter
Plans Rush Party

An informal rush" party will be
given by the George Washington
University Chapter of Phi Mu
Sorority tomorrow evening at the
home of Miss Ruth Sphinx, 1920
South Quincy street, Arlington. Va.
The party will be one of a series
for high school graduates who ex-
pect to enter George Washington
in the fall.
Miss Sphinx and Miss Joan Boyd,
summer rushing" chairman, will
be hostesses. assisted by Miss
Miriam Jaggers and Miss Betty
Knighton.
Entertainment will include dane
ing, bridge, volley ball and bad
minton. Light supper refreshments
will be served.
Evening star., 1941-07-30

and Congress members opposing
entry into the war.
Senator Wheeler subsequently ex-
planned that the cards were sent by
the America First Committee, at his
direction, to a commercial mailing
list representing a cross-section of
the population and that it was only
incidental that some soldiers names
were included.
Evening star., 1941-07-30
O'DunieI to Take Oath
As Senator Monday
, the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, July 30.-Gov. w.
Lee ODaniel announced yesterday
he would take the oath of office as
United States Senator Monday.
He announced a schedule Of his
movements until that time, but did
not say whether he would resign his
present Office or merely take the
oath of the new one to which he was
elected June %.
Evening star., 1941-07-30
WoIIoce's Accuracy in Quoting
From Bible Shown in Senate

with Mr.. Wallace. Senator Gillette
informed the Senate he had done
the Vice President an injustice and
read the passage from the Bible
that man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that pro-
ceedeth out Of the mouth Of God"
Evening star., 1941-07-30

Brazil's new official modern spell
ing drops the letters w and Y, and
H is used only as phonetic SYM
Dol and at the beginning of certain
words of classic origin.
Evening star., 1941-07-30
Seven in D. T.. Area
Among 90 Passing
Virginia Bar Test
Stute Examiners List
Those Successful in
June Examination

Three Washingtonians and four
candidates from nearby Virginia
were among the 98 who passed the
Virginia State bar examination,
which they took in Roanoke June
"a and Is, the Virginia State Board
of Law Examiners announced in
Richmond yesterday.
The Associated Press reported that
those from this area who passed
were David N. w. Grant, jr.; E. G.
Hawkins and Rayner v. Snesd, all
Of Washington; John E. Dunphy,
Alexandria: Glen L. Randall, Falls
Church. and Daniel B. Kimball and
Ralph Workinger. both of Arlington.
Carter Glass, Sd, grandson of Sem
ator Glass. also passed the test. A
total of 167 took the examination.
Others who passed were.
Evening star., 1941-07-30

Aaron. william g., ir.
Abberley. John J.
Bandy T. R., jr.
Barban. Sidney J.
Bard, c. Robert
Baylor. H. G., jr.
Beales, Howard H.
Beatty, Julian B., jr.
Bisgs, Sewell C.
Boswell, Archie Lee
Breedlove, W. r.
Breithaupt, H. j.. il
Brown, Leroy E., Sd
Busby, Max
Campbell, Volney H
Causey, John Paul
Copley, Ernest L. il
Coke, Andrew s.
Craft, w. r. l., jr.
Dale. Mrs. Sarah G.
Davis, Herbert H., jr
Duer, A. A., jr.
Duke. Robert C.
Edmonds, J. E, Sd.
Elder. FitZhugh. jr.
Elliott, John PAGE
Fickes, William H.
Franklin, H. 3. r.
Gernerd. David K.
Goldstein. Marvin
Goodrich NJ. D, Jr.
Gwsthmey, r. R, 3d
Harman, Hubert S.
Harris, W. Gibson
Hobbs, Stewart B.
Horne. Hugh r.
Hubbard, Robt. T., jr.
Jones, Ligon L.
Jones. Stanley W.
Kenny. c. j.
Keyes, Geo. T., jr.
Larkin. Thos. B., jr,
Leitch, John D.. jr.
Lewis, Ivey F., jr.
Littlejohn, A. c.. jr.