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bar Negroes from membership.
Other unions which have definite
influence on defense work and fire.
quently handicap the employment
of Negro workers are the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electric
Workers and the United Associa-
ton of ,Tourneymen, Plumbers, and
Steamfitters.
Negroes meet unfair restrictions
in defense training courses. Since
Negroes are difficult TO place, dl-
rectors therefore discourage Ne
gro applicants. Besides being con-
trary to democratic practices, this
is particularly shortSighted in view
of the potential man shortage, and
the crying need for workers which
America is alfeady feeling" COM
mented Lester B. Granger, Exc
cutive Secretary of the National
Urban League,
The problem of Discrimination
as praetised by public and pr
vate employment agencies Is equally
serious. The Governors Commit
tee on Discrimination in employ
ment has recognized this and is
currently sponsoring a bill which
will make it unlawful for an en-
pioyment agency to discriminate
against any person seeking en-
ployment in a public utility or de
fense industry. This bill would al
So make the records of the en-
ployment agencies available for in
spection. Such inspection is eS-
Sential if Government agencies
are to discover discriminatory en-
ployment placement practices
which are unlawful under such
acts as the New York State Ma
honey bill.
f'There can be no democracy In
employment while these discrimin-
ations are practised,' said Lester
B. Granger. america, moreover,
will not be able to shift into high
gear and produce the amount OF
material required for victory, while
a large segment Of our WORKING
population is excluded from this
production. We are at war. 1t is
time now to get out Of second
gear and shift into high, Giving our
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private institutions and agencies. In
this connection it is regrettable thai
in a democracy Negroes should pe
treated without respect Tor Jhe
dignity of their personality ana
the exercise of their citizenship.
"Negro Americans seek only the
unhindered opportunity TO make
their full contribution to the de-
tense of America as is their right
as loyal citizens. Hundreds OF thou
sands of Negro men and women
must and should be permitted
training and employment for war
industries, for aviation and for all
phases of the war effort. We are
deeply conscious of the action taken
hv our President to correct abuses
and determinations in industry and
public affairs-policies which tend to
foster disunity in the nation.
I'm the spirit of loyalty we urge
our President, the commander-ln-
chief of our. country at war, to
continue and expand these actions
to the end that there may be fullest
mobilization of the human ana
material resources of all the Negro
people for the winning OF the war.
"In the face of the conditions be-
fore Negroes today, we call upon
the President to see that the govern
ment sets the pattern for the de-
mocratic participation OF all cltl-
zens without regard to race, color
or creed, in government jobs, the
army, the navy, the marines, the
air corps and in all government
activities. We call upon the Pres1-
dent not only to support this ideal
hy executive orders but also to make
fun use of his war r-emergency pow
ers and to see that these orders
are enforced. We call upon govern
ment to stop discrimination in de-
tense housing and all defense acti-
VitieS.
I'm order to provide suitably
trained Negro officers, We request
the President to use his good Of
fices to have Negroes appointed to
West Point and the Naval academy.
The Negro soldier has always prov
ed, his courage and heroism4 This
is the heritage OF Negro youth. In
giving their lives as loyal Ameri-
cans our Negro soldiers imposed no
condition. In the support Of the
| best traditions of freedom and de-
mocracy, we pledge our allegiance,
our loyalty and our lives in the
| defense of the nation"
The committee which formulated
the resolution taken to the PreSi-
dent was ordered continued and
asked to hold itself in readiness 70
report to the next session of the
body which is scheduled for May in
| Cleveland.
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Also Nannin H. Burroughs, Bap-
fist. 6. Spottswood, ANIEz, Wash
ington; Charles H. Fowler. ME, u.
c.: George A. Crowley, Baptlst'
Baltimore: Mrs Christine Smith,
TINE. Detroit; Rev. j. E. Ander-
son. AME, Pittsburgh. Rev. j. H.
Marshall, Baptist Washington; F. II
Alstork, AMEZ, Washington; H. I.
Medford, AMEz, Washington; D. G.
Pope, AMEz, Washington; G. l..
Caddell, AME,, Ohio; j. G. Robin
son. AME, Philadelphia; Thomas G.
Cant. Baptist, Philadelphia. Mer-
rell D. Booker, Baptist, New Jersey;
Leon Wormly, Baptist, Washing
ton. G. E. Stroud, AN1E, North Ca
rolina; Prof. f. A. Selby, AME,
Nashville; Rev. w. r. Lowell, AMEA,
Nashville; Rev c. T. Murray, Bap-
tist, Washington.
Also j. w. jackson, Baptist, Chi
cago; V. C. Hodges, Baptist De-
troit; l.. A. Haynes, AME, Cleveland.
H. T. Henry, AMEz, Louisville; E.
r. Woods, AME, Philadelphia; James
Clair Taylor, AMEz, Paterson, N.
j., c. j. Powell. Springfield, O., II.
H. Randolph, Baptist, Washington;
Bishop Gregg, AME; W. K. Hopes,
AME, Philadelphia; Rev. and Mrs
E. O. Cowan, AMEz, Philadelphia
S. NJ. Dudley, AMEA, Washington;
G. T. Hall, AAIt;A, Greensboro; Ar
thur Gray, Congregational, Wash
ington; George Murphy, National
Negro congress, Washington, DR.
Mordecai Johnson, Howard univer-
cft
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Union meeting of the Salt River
Valley Association will meet with
the Friendship Baptist church.
This meeting viii be held at An
tioch Baptist church, 1lth Street
and Monroe. You are cordially in
Vited to be present.
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Death Notes

Richard Eugene Favors, son OF
the Rev. and Mrs. Charles FavorS,
brother OF, Charlesetta, Ihelma.
Nlanita and John Favors, who was
fatally injured Thursday, February
10. while going for a ride with
friends. body was funeralized Men
day, February 90, pm from the
First Colored Baptist church. East
Lake Mortuary in charge. Mrs.
Francis Vaughn and Mrs. M w.
Sadd,er, sister of Rev. Favors, ar
rived in the city Saturday night.
February 81, from Oakland, Calf.
Richard was the youngest child Of
the Favors family.
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Representative of the Urban
League charged at the recent Fair
Employment Practice Committee
Hearings that Negroes were being
discriminated against ir defense
training courses. defense indus
tries, public and private employ
ment agencies making defense
placements. unions operating IN
defense plants, and defense hous-
ing units
Basing it's remarks on the ex-
perience and records of the Urban
League organizations in New York
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Slick Supervisors
Foster Jim Crow

WASHINGTON-(AN Day
by day the pressure on Negro
government workers g T o W
stronger, with supervisors sug-
gesting through "gentle hints
segregation in the dining rooms
in the various buildings.
Latest report of this vicious
practice comes from the Railroad
Retirement building, behind the
Social Security building and
across from the Census building,
where colored girls working for
the ouartermaster corps of the
army are told by their superiors
to use the dining room for col
ored workers.
They make the suggestion in
the subtle manner telling the
GIRLS. it is alleged, "You may
want to know that there is a din
ing room for colcred downstairs
where you may be more comfor-
table"
The reaction naturally is one
war machine all the gas necessary
The Phoenix index., 1942-02-28
Wedding Bells For
Miss RObie Hodge

Mr.. Ed. j. Hodge announces the
marriage of his daughter, Robie
Lee, to Dr. Denzll E. Perdue, Jan.
2, 1912, at Lordburg, New Mexico.
Miss Hodge formerly of Dallas,
Texas, attended Prairie View Col
lege of Texas and graduated from
Tempe State Teachers College,
Tempe, Arizona DR.. Perdue at
tended the University of Chicago,
Standard institute of Theropeu-
tics, York, Penn, and college OF
Physicians and Surgeons of Los
Angeles, Calf. They are at home
to their many friends, BIS E. Mon
roe ST., Phoenix.
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Church Leaders
Urge Roosevelt
T To End Jim Crow
BY ALVIN E. WHITE

WASHINGTON (ANP)-A resolution pledging Negro
sppor for the war effort calling the President to
set model for country at large by banning dscrlmna
on in the agencies Of the federal government was presented
o President Roosevelt through his secretary Marvin H.
Macvre bv representatives of the Fraernal Council OF
Negro churches which held one+day meeting at John Wes
ley A NJ e. church. - So.
ters and leaders: Bishop W. M. Matthews, AMEZ, Wash
nqton Francis Vanderhorst, New Jersey; c. W. Airing
ton AME Nashville; F. J. Miles, AME Columbia, S. c..
c. S Spivev AME, Wilbelforce; Edgar Love- Methodist
church, New York; VIM. Stwart Nelson Baptist Howard
university " emison president Baptist convention Sci
Funderbunk AMEZ Fayetteville; Charles H. Wesley, AME
Washington; SeGrst Lampkins Baptist Washington H. D.
bury " c.: H. C Boyd, AME, Des Moines Sarah F. Lewis
Baptist Womens conference, D. c. Fl Peters Metnoast
Washington Samuel S. Norris AM, Nashville X W. roy
Baptist. Washington.
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war machine all the gas necessar.
to produce for victory"
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Rev. T. S. Stewart, of 1414 E.
jefferson ST., returned Thursday,
February 18th from the northern
part of the state, where he reports
the weather was very cold and
snow still on the ground from De-
cember.
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PERSONALS

Mr. II. j. Dixon, at one time
supervisor of the mattress clubs OF
Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Mobile
and other nearby towns, returned
from Ft., Braggs N. c. on business
q few days ago. .
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Word has been received that Mr..
Clarence Hamilton, of E. Washing
ton, is i'll at this writing.
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of resentment and the colored
girls continue to use the main
dining room, leaving the segDe-
gated room for those who care
to follow the advice given by the
southern supervisors.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Is CreWmen
Are
From Vessel

Norfolk, April l.-(AP)-Wcait
and numb from exposure, Is crew
men of a torpedoed Panamanian mer-
chant ship were landed at Norfolk
Saturday night by a rescue vessel
which picked them up after As hours
adrift on tn stormy Atlantic ocean in
n life boat and two RATS.
Two crew members We're known
dead and SO were presumed lost, the
fifth naval district said today in an
nouncing the sinking of the medium
sized ship. which occurred early
ThurdSay night. Seven Of the l3 u
ViVOrs We're hospitalized here Tor
treatment of exposure and minor
injuries.
Fireman Ray Prichard said the
ship went down three minutes after
the nsetn attackcr fired a single
torpedo into heW bow. Two lifeboats
We're launched but n capsized and
the other had Il hole punched in its
bow when hurled against the ship by
heavy seas.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Official u. 8. Navy Phonephoto

few results.
The State liquor officers have au-
thUrlty only i II wet counties and
though on occasion they get Il truck
load OF liquor sent to a b~ootlegger.
as it passes through Il wet county,
that happens only on are occasions.
The liquor is shipped direct to
bootleegerS in the state in trucks
from dry counties. 1t cOmeS from
several states. No law is violated
until the liquor reaches North Caro-
lima. (Therc is one instance OF a
bootlcgger who purpoSely had a
truck stopped as 1t came through
Tennessee from Kentucky in order
10 have a test case. He won his case
and got Supreme Court decision
which in effect gives him a green
light thrt ugh the Volunteer state.)
When thty reach the North Carol:nu
line the truckers, always lead by a
"bluCK car to scout for them, choose
Il route which goes through as few
wet counties a. possible. They, &C
curdlng To Johnson, are fan less Wor-
ricd by the local, dry county off,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01

GERS than by the State enforcement
lei
There is one company which, in
its reports Of liquor shipped into
North Carolina, has never reported
less than 10000 gallons in any n
month and there is bat one record q!
this company even having made q
shipment to Il destination in a wet
county.
II believe that the ABC system is
the best control system developed
but it will y function at its best
until the counties look upon it pri-
marily as a control system rather
than a revenue meaSuro.' said the
outgoing liquor chairman. But even
then and regardless OF how many az
rests are made, youlI never break
up lJotlegglng until the judges give
SEN noes instead of letting notorious
~Dooi!eggers off with fines
Jc.-nsOn said that Wake county
was the worst ot the % wet when
It cams to l~eniency with b~ootlesgevs.
The State officers have brought up
many an old offender VINO got OH
Wltn a minor fine. Guy Smith, a Ra-
leigh mun, recently vas arrested ON
SIX charges of selling whisky. Gle
Is alleged % sell single drinks and
bottle goods when the liquor stores
uIe cio>ed,) He was fined Sl5 in II
ause and faxed the costs III ali. IN
the sam group Nas Tom Jones,
brother Of the locally famous Casey
and alleged to have been his busG-
mes partner lor years., His card i'll
deX record was found TO be missing
when he was uied before Judge paul
West in the city court. He got of
with d tine.
Wake county, the home Of the new
liquor chairman, Carl Williamson,
nd the Raleigh court are far from
.}uIar WltH the men who, begin
.llug today, Will work under Vii
hanson. they wonder what he can
and viii do about it.
Cumberland county, SAID Johnson,
used to be bad but mas become one
OF the best. The officials are now
using the paddock. New Hanover Is
among the best. "PaSquotank is
clean, said one of JuhnsOn's me@,
but you hardly set aero, into
Cumberland before you start falling
0ver the bu0tlegserS.
The distinction once claimed by
Craven rs the No. ! white liquor
county IN the state now belongs to
Granville. SAID Johnson. ITS one of
the Nette5t dry counties you evel
saw.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Watson Deal
into Open


are going to move the shops away
from S~,alesVIlle, said Watson, Wncn
Ieacueu by l~n4 distance telephcne
and asked tor MS SIDE OF the CON
1rov-rsy. "liey are looking Tor any
thing lhey can tina to embarrasa
me ana cruelty me.
The charges FIRST 'broke,' insofar
rs can be learned here, IN a speech
John Mclaughlin made at a meeting
III StatesvilIe last week protesting
the proposed moving OF the nlntn
and seventh district highway shops.
now located in StatesVilIe, ID SholDy
and ALbemarle, respectively. The
matter was brought 10 the attention
Of the attorney %gener~l, He mas not
written a formal OPINION ana de-
clines to express his private one, bu,
there is no doubt that the charges,
formal or informal, caused consld-
cradle CONSERVATION in State circles.
Very carefully nothing was sac
about il.
In brief, the charge was hat re-
Gently N!INtI NtlSpIl N%o lldNtANsdl
ing his Watson Motor Company he
sold a great quantity OF parts to the
highway shops in his district,
1t was also charged that the sale
was camouflaged so as to appear II
wa made from the Doggett Motor
Co., which W2s the name Of the
company Watson bought out.
WatsOn's Side.
Here is Watson's version Of the
matter. Although he bought out the
Doggett automobile business. he said,
Doggett remained in the tractor bust
MSS. So, when he was liquidating
the Watson Motor Co.. Doggett dis
cussed buying WaEson's stock Of
parts. But when Doggett learned
that this stock was worth 'four or
five thousand dollars" he said it
vas too lerge a deal for him to
swing.
Watson then, according TO his
)Wn statement. went to the highway
shops in his district ana asked what
discount it usually got on parts.
J He was told the State usually got
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Launching of Offensive
Draws Near
Continued from Page One)

and seize the oil-rich Caucasus.
There remained the difficulty
however, of halting the Soviet jug
gernaut, and Hitler's field headquar-
tiers again acknowledged powerful
Russian attacks We're continuing in
the Ukraine, on the Moscow front
and in the northwest around Len
singrad.
Soviet dispatches reported new
Red army assaults against khar-
kov, in the Ukraine, and said de-
tenders of long besieged Sevas-
tOpOl In the Crimea were counter
attacking.
lass, the official Soviet news
agency. declared the SevastOpol
garrison had struck extensively
on the axis ring about the Black
e naval base after $50 days
of siege in which Germany was
estimated to have lost $4,000
men.
Axis dispatches reported Red army
armored units had attacked khar-
kov from three sides after an artil-
lery pounding Of defenses Of that
Donets basin industrial center. The
Berlin radio declared all these
.thrusts collapsed"
The Soviet information Eul$Su an
II ,unced the capture OF three more
communities, unidentified in its COM
munique, and sinking of a U-boa,
and an enemy transport in the Bar
tents sea.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Badminton Tourney
Open At nuhe | On
Wednesday \lnrning

Durham, April lit was Dave
Freeman against ,he t'e.a u bad
minton stars from every corner of
the nation convened here today Ton
the grand opening of the sixth an
nual United States Badmin1on
championships in the Duke uniNer-
sity gymnasium tomorrow morning
at 9 o'clock.
Freeman, the slender, smiling
Pomona college student whose home
is in Pasadena, Calf, has Won the
highest amateur honors in the mol'S
singles. doubles and mixed doubles
for the past three years. And there
was little reason to suppose that
the perSonable c"ollegian was due
to step down.
In the women's division, comely
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Defenders OF
Toungoo Withdraw

Continued from age One)

Continued from age One)
along the IrraWaddy river had been
forced to withdraw to protect their
right tlang against enemy intiltra-
ton.
Allied tliers battling to defend the
approaches to Australia were Off
cially credited with destroying or
damaging at least Is Japanese planes
in two days without losses to them
selves.
By contrast, imperial Tokyo head
quarters asserted that % allied
planes had been destroyed in Japa
nese attacks on Darwin, Australia.
and Port Morsby, New Guinea, The
Japanese command said Rising Sun
fighter planes shot down nine out of
ten defense planes which rose to
meet them during a heavy raid OF
Darwin two days ago.
Certain suggestions de by
.GeneralissimO Douglas NacAr-
thur regarding the army and
Australian defenses are receiving
immediate attention. said Army
Minister Francis NJ. Ford. He did
not say what these suggestions
were.
General Macarthur, however,, was
quoted as saying he wa impressed
by Australian officers he had me;
and was certain he and General Sit
Thomas Blamey, commander ol
ground troops in Australia, would
work together like twin brothers,
On the diplomatic front, the re-
lection Of Britain's offer of full dom
inion status to India was forecast
in New Delhi.
Indian leadcrs-Hindu and Mos
lem-object primarily to the plan
presented by Sin Stafford Cripps be-
cause Of the provision that Indian
wartime dclcnses be left in British
hands, a New Delhi dispatch said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01

Continued from Page One>
retaries Of the Navy TO the nation"
he added.
II was the first lighter-than-air
base to be constructed on the east
coast south Of Lakshurst, N. j. Be
cause Of wartime secrecy many of the
details of the big base were kept
secret and the public was not admit
ted to the grounds for the commits
sioning.
Commander J. X. Thornton was
placed in charge of the station, which
V several hundred acres.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
Dry Counties Also Wet,
johnson Says In Swan Song

dry as wet counties in the state and
they use at least three times as much
liquor SAID Johnson. That does not
mean there is as much liquor sod
Per capita "a IN the wet counties. Tor
the average dry county is larger
The average monthly consumption Of
liquor in the wet counties is around
10000 gallons.
The State Board Of Alcoholic Con-
tro! gets reports OF liquor being ship
ped into dry counties from out-of-
state distillers-or, at least, some Of
thcm-5u) there is nothing the State
Officers can DO about it except pas,
OH their Information to the local Of
IcerS.
This is ALWAYS done. but with very
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-01
N1u 'l!l:;;'5:! S, 7N ;!!:!! 70 z! I ! ]
LORENA

I dictine, And now I'm planning to
do it again. This time, it is love-"
Anette paused in her task of Sc
Letting bath tablets to stare at the
actress. Will you please tell me
when, what and Who?"
Sun Valley-I burned my finger
on a toasted marshmallow - Ted
Beekman."
A grin flashed over Anette's red
lips. Still sounds like money to
me-"
"Uhm yes" drawled August.
"a string of pearls to match each
string of ponies, but in this case
the money is secondary" Her eyes
lit upon the electric clock. Great
day! If 1 don't get to bed I'll have
to yank up the circles under my
eyes, and stick them there with
grease paint"
1t was a little after IL o'clock
when everyone gathered at Clar-
idge;s. "Unbutton your coat"
Larry directed in a whisper and
made his wife pull back the neck
line of her silvercloth wrap to X
hibit the diamonds that seemed to
be alive and dancing in a frenzy
about her throat. The gaping side
walk spectators cheered as they
left their al and made their way
through the glass entrance of the
restaurant.
1rcjIn cnnfa1 Of fIair n h1a M
Immediately removed her wrap.
And that was when he led her,
in a slow purposeful walk, down 20
join the dancers.
Anette knew Lois would be there
somewhere, so it was no surprise to
find their chairs almost back to
back. This made it convenient for
Larry to dance often with the
blonde girl. Not that Anette lacked
for partners. The party was differ
ent from most Hollywood affairs in
that there we're extra men.
She realized that Larry wanted
her either on the dance floor, or
walking up and down the long
flight of wide steps to one bar or
the other, OF on up the stairway to
the lounge, then back again, on her
way somewhere constantly. To pa
rade his diamonds.
Once when she returned to the
table on the arm of a young man
in the party. Lois and Larry, both
turned about from their respective
tables, were engaged in an arsu-
ment. Neither paid any attention
to Anette or her escort. Perhaps
they felt the champagne that had
deadened their WI hearing had
deadened that of others.
Larry "a saying, stop being so
bossy. You're bossier than a wife"
What do you know about a
bossy wife ?" the girl derided. You
have n who let's you get away
with murder. Well, l won't be that
kind. You may as we'll know it in
advance"
What do l care whether you'll
be a bossy wife or not. Say"
Larry said in lazy jeering compre-
hcnsion, "if you have any ideas of
being my wife, you'd better forget
about them now" Suddenly he be-
gan to hcot with laughter.
Such ghastly misery dashed c
the blonde girls face. that Anette
could not help feeling sorry for her.
Eut Lois recovered quickly. With
an inquisitive f%orefnger and an &C
companylng c that, strangely,
made her looi: more a kid than
usual, she touched Laurence Pey-
tons temple.
is that another gray hair"
Ito Be Continually RI