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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-25

Tn the year 1941 516,OOO people were employed in auto, auto body and parts factories in the United States.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
CHICAGO CHURCHES ACTIVE IN
NAACP MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

Chicbgo, Il-.-NAACP member
ship drive here has received sub
stantial impetus from local church
es. Among the many churches par
ticipating in the campaign have
been the AAIE. Zion churches who
brought in more than 5000 and the
Cosmopolitan Community Church
which has recruited more than roo
members from its church rolls OF
S26. Rev. Evans, pastor of the
Community Church 5249 S. Wabash
avenue said at the church meeting
If three Negroes can be 1ynched
in one week in Mississippi we Ne
groes should on our knees Join the
one organization that is fighting
iynching" The recruited NAACP.
members knelt at the alter to sign
pledge cards.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
FREEDOM is MAJOR WAR ISSUE
NOT RACE OR COLOR
SAYS DR.. CALIVER

Declaring that the major issue Of
this war is freedom, not race or col
or, DR. Ambrose Caliver. Senior
Specialist in the Education Of Mgr
oes. U. s. Office Of Education, urged
all principals Of Negro high schools
to organize Victory Corps in their
institutions 50 that Negro students
may have an opportunity to Dartic-
ipate and share in the war effort
In a letter mailed to more than
1000 principals Of Negro high
schools. DR. Caliver declared:
While we must continue to com
bat race and color prejudice and DIS
examinations. in our present effort
to save democracy we should keer
ever before Us that the major issue
Of this war il FREEDOM. not race
or color where tie latter have
been made to app'ar as the MAX
issue they are used merely as {
smokescreen- When we win this
war and establish l7ru edom as tnJ
animating principal Of life, the prot
lens Of race ami color which re
n.-n' ca nbe aLarkel IN greater
Continued on page 81
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14

gro teachers for the reason that
the money to pay teachers, both
Negro and white is raised by taxa
ton in the special tax school dis
trict in which the particular teach
er is employed and that the distri-
bction Of these taxes is fixed by the
trustees Of that district.
The school board says further
that they cannot prevent the dis
elimination complained Of by the
plaintiff because it does not control
the distribution Of the funds Of the
special tax district as these funds
are under the direction Of the trlS-
tees in each district
In other words. the school board
is attempting to hide behind the
fact that Negro teachers in the
schools of Palm Beach County are
in some instances governed by Ne
gro trustees.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
EXPOSED BY
DC. BRANCH

Washington, d. C.-Within TWEEN
ty-five minutes after Lula Mae Rod
well. an employee OF the Family
Allowance and Allotment Branch Of
the War Department, was slapped
by a male white employee reprps-
entatives OF the Washington Bur
eau had arrived at the building ana
begun a first hand investigation ~
the incident.
The Allowance and Allotment
Branch, which moved it's offices
from Washington to Newark Ln
November 8, is in the process OF as
signing the several thousand en-.
ployees who remained in Washin--
ton to new posts in the War Depart
ment- Long lines of anxious, tense
clerks moved forward to receive
their assignment cards A white
man Immediately in front Of Miss
Rodwen complained about pushing
in the line and is alleged to nave
asserted that If she pushed against
him he was going TO 'sknock hcr
down" As the line pushed forward
Miss Rodwell was involuntarily
thrust against her menacer. Be
fore she could apologize. the maa
grabbed and pushed her, admins
tering a resounding slap in her face
The young lady and witnesses
were interviewed by Representatives
Of the Bureau and within the hour.
q conference was had with Col. Har-
old n. Gilbert, Acting Director of
the Office Of Dependency Benefits.
At the conference were Miss velma
A Smith, Director Of Personnel, the
Captain Of the Guard. Messrs Perry
and Reeves Of the Washington Bur
eau, and Roy Garyin of the d. @.
Branch 1t was agreed that the
Department had little or no control
over the circumstances which zav.
rise to the incident. "A thorough
Investigation by the Department
was, however, recommended with
the view Of disciplinary action a.
gainst the employee.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
MANPOWER COMMISSION
URGES WOMEN TO SEEK
TRAINING FACILITIES
MRS. DAVIS, MRS. HANGER
ACTIVE SORORS HERE

Washington.-In a conference
this week with officials of the Non.
Partisan Council on Public Affairs
Mrs. Maudelle Bousefield, member
of the Women's Advisory Board OF
the War Manpower Commission,
urged race women to take advent.
age Of present training opportunir-
les.
Mrs. Bousefield, who arranged the
conference. is the only Negro mem
Der of the Women's Advisory Boar
to the Manpower Commission and
is also principal Of Wendell Phillips
High School, one of the largest
high schools in Chicago, with a
teaching staff Of 1913, only twelve
of whom are colored, and an en-.
rollment Of more than 5000 pupils
Council representatives told Mrs
Bousefield that race women had
worked three hundred years for
nothing and seventy five more fol
nearly nothing, and were fast BE-
coming impatient with the employ
ment situation.
Mrs. Bousefield is interested il
having colored women take immed
, late advantage Of training courses
now offered. whether or not they
feel immediate need for these skills
Channels through which inform
alton on traiinng courses might
reach the public were also discusset
such as the churches, religious and
fraternal organizations, educationaI
Organizations, including parent
teacher groups. and women's clubs
Sorors active in this section ot
the National Non-Partisan CouncL
on Public Affairs Of the Alpha Kap
pa Alpha Sorority are: lone VIII
Jams Hanger and Robbie Turner
Davis
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
CHARLINE MAY, formerly
of Falls City, Nebraska. Takes
Charge Of 9Th Corp WAACs

FORT DIES MONIES, IA Novem-
Der lone Of the two Negro Won-
ems Army Auxiliary Corps Third
C:ice rs from Nebraska is returning
this week to her home state She
has teen assigned to TIE Seventh
Ser yice Command to 40 recruiting
work
She is Third Officer -narilne
May, daughter of Mrs. Lois May Of
1i1e stone Street, Falls City. Nebr
Officer May was indu s..s,i into the
Wo.n.r s army at Omaha Oh JUL II.
She immediately entered officer
candidate school at this Training
Center. She was graduated in the
first class of officer candidates on
August 29.
Following this, she was assigned
to the 14th Company, 3rd Regiment,
a company composed Of Negro
wAACs, where she did administra-
tive work
officer May is a graduate of Ne
braska Wesleyan University at Lin
coin, class Of 1912. She majored in
sociology and psychology. While
there. she was a member of Psi chi
national honorary psychology frat
ernity for men and women; and Phi
Mamma Mu, national social science
fraternity She was active in pub
lie speaking. youth activities and n
ter-racial work throughout the
state
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
Score OAR Stand
On Anderson
Concert In DC.

Washington, D C.-Scoring the
OAR for its lack OF courage and A.
mericanism displayed by its refusal
to accept the very modest condit-
ions Miss Anderson in self respect
established for the acceptance Of
the OARS invitation that she sing
a benefit concert in Constitution
Hall" he NAACP told the President
General Of the Daughters of the A.
merican Revolction:
Americans would have respected
the OAR more, even though they
might not have agreed with the
OARS decision to reject Miss An
derson's terms. had the OAR not
made the casuist and ridiculous ex-
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
Colored Girls Poetry
Chosen for YaleP Prize
is FIRST OF RACE
TO WIN HONOR

New Haven, Conn. tC) Stephen
Vincent Benet, eminent poet and
judge OF the Yale Series Of Young
er Poets, selected the first colored
winner since the beginning of the
contest in 1919, when he praised the
winner, Miss Margaret Walker of
New orleans, La
The Series honors poets who give
promise of contributing literature
for the future of America. Her
title was .sFor My People" 1t has
been published by the Yale Univers-
ity press Mr.. .Benet described it
as the expression of the times writ
ten in STRAIGHTFORWARD words con-
veying the controlled intensity OF
emotion" of this young poet. The
tone of the poems in this collection
is that of spiritual and folk songs
Mr.. Benet said OF her language:
Even when it is most modern it
has something OF the surge of bibl-
ical poetry And it is obvious that
Miss Walker uses that language be-
cause it comes naturally to her and
is part Of her inheritance.
"a contemporary writer, living
in contemporary world, when she
speaks of and for her people, older
voices are mixed with hers, the
voices Of Methodist forbears and
preachers who preached the Word,
the anonymous voices Of many who
lived and were forgotten and yet
out of bondage and hope made a
lasting music
They are set for voice and the
blues, they could be sung as easily
as spoken, and first and last, they
are a part Of our earth" Mr.. Benet
said II do know that, in this book
she has spoken Of her people 50
that all may listen. I think that is
something for any poet to have
DONE
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
Negro Voter
Elech'n Role
UNDER-RATED BY
WHITE PRESS
SAYS WHITE

New York, n. Y.-Declaring that
the Negro vote played a larger pa-t
in the 1912 elections than is rec
ognized BY the white dailies Walter
White, Executive Secretary of the
NAACP in a statement to the press
said that the shift in a number Of
Congressional districts Of Negro vo-
ters from the Democratic to the Re
publican side is in large measure
due to resentment against the dom
ination OF national policy on the
Negro by the reactionary south.
The mistreatment Of Negro soldiers
and civilians in the South particul-
arly, continuation of Jim Crowism
nthe armed forces and war efforts
generally transfer OF the Fair EN-
ployment Practice Committee from
its independent status under rhe
President to the War Manpower
Commission and other evils ma1e
Negroes sore enough to shift their
political affiliations. Mr.. White
stated:
1T is true that much Of this is
due to the attitude of voters gener-
ally to throw the rascals olt''
-v-be,, +I,;,,o~r ~ 80 - I'll IA 4
would be a serious mistake for the
Republicans to believe that they
now have recaptured the Negroes
vote and will continue to hold it no
matter what they do. On too many
fundamental issues, economic, mil
itary and social, there has been an
unhoIy alliance in Congress between
Negro-hating Southern Democrats
and reactionary Republicans who
think of the Negro only when he is
forced to around election time.
AS the Norfolf Journal and Guide
stated editorially on November re
garding the Republican Party's ov
ersight in adopting a ten point dec
laration of policies and principles
Republican House leadership miss
ed the bus" when it insisted that
capable and trained leaders be Ise-
IN the war effort, ssregardless Of
party, group. class or section, bu;
did not include regardless Of race
creed. or color"
Negroes are learning the lessor
OF the shifting national and inter
national forces and utilize theil
strategically located politica
strength wisely, unselfishly, an
with complete independence. onl.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
Proposal oud
Prohibit Redcaps Tips
Counting AS Wages

An amendment to the Fair Labor
Standards Act to prevent redcap's
tips being counted as part of the 30
cents an hour minimum wage guar
anteed them under the Act, was pro
posed in report sent to the u. S.
Senate by l. Metcalfe walling, adj
ministrator Of the Wage Hour ara
Public Contracts Divisions OF the
q s. Department of Labor.
The proposal was advanced in
report to the Senate on a survey Of
wages. hours and working condit-
ions for redcaps in railroad and
terminal companies The survey
was ordered by the Senate in a res
olution introduced by Senator Ell
bert d. Thomas Of Utah.
Importance of Mr.. waling's sug-
gestion was seen in the fact thar
the amendment, as proposed, would
prevent other industries covered bv
the Act from adopting the tips az
counting plan" which the railroad
originated.
The record shows clearly tnat
the Accounting and Guarntee Plan
operated in many instances to de-
-priVe redcaps- of the minimuHa -a
rates guaranteed to them by the
law" Mr.. Walling said in the re-
port Many redcaps who received
less than the minimum wage in
tips nevertheless reported that they
had received the minimum wage.
either under real or imagined in
timidation from management, or
out of fear that they would be dis
charged or disciplined if their tips
earnings did not meet at least the
minimum wage level
In 1910 this plan was replaced in
most companies by the 10 cent a
bag system, under which redcaps
were employed on a straight wage
basis and required to collect 10
cents bag from passengers. which
they turned over to their employ
ers. This system created friction
between redcaps and employers. the
report indicated, because the red
caps objected to turning over mon
ey which semed to them to be ii
the nature of personal gratuities.
and further because they Thought
the system reduced the tips or pay
ments in excess of 10 cents wnicn
they received.
Many of the problems arising out
of this system have been solved BY
collective bargaining, the report
said. Mr.. Walling noted that the
Wage and Hour Division had never
questioned the legality OF the 10
cents a bag plan. The proposed a.
mendment, he indicated. was aimed
primarily at complete elimination
Of the tips accounting plan"
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14

cuse that other artists invited to
sing in the series had not imposed
any conditions.
There is no analogy in that. as
far as we are able to learn, all OF
the other artists who were invited
are white, and there has been no
ban on the appearance Of white art
lists whether they be Americans or
foreign born Only Negro artists
have been banned by the OAR from
use Of Constitution Hall.
1T is very certain that the DAP
and not Miss Anderson will suffer
in public esteem by this decision of
the OAR at a time when the demo-
cratic process itself is in peril"
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
HAMPTON OBSERVING NATL.
EDUCATION WEEK

Hampton Institute, Va..-Hamp-
tor Institute is observing Ame-i--
an Education Week this week, with
a series of lectures and discussions
centering AROUND the general theme
Education for Free Men" which
has been adopted BY education so1-
ieties and institutions Throughout
the country All events are opan
to the public.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
FLORIDA EDUCATION BOARD
DISCLAIMS DISCRIMINATION
RESPONSIBILITY

Palm Beach, Fla-,-In the Palm
Beach Teachers Salary EquaIizl-
ton case which the NAACP is fight
ing here and of which Charles Step
bens is plaintiff the defendants The
Board OF Education. have filed ad-
ditional deenses to the effect tha I
it is impossible for the Palm Beach
County Board Of Public Instruction
to equalize the salaries of the Ne
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
Picket W ar
manpower
Commission

Detroit. Mich--Belittling the De-
troit NAACP's claim that the fact
that less than percent Of the wo-
men employed here in war industr-
les are Negroes as evidence Of dis
elimination Mayor Jeffries refused
to issue any statement against the
anti-Negro policies Of local war
plants
The conference with the Mayor
took place while a picket line of $50
encircled the Boulevard building
which houses the War Production
Board and the War Manpower Com
mission Regional director Cusn-
man Of the VINO informed an MA
ACP committee that making OF pol
icy and the forcing of the employ
ment of Negroes was not within the
power Of regional heads.
The Detroit branch has declared
its disapproval of the appointment
of a former discriminating person
mel manager Of U. S. Rubber Comp
any as new regional head of the
War Manpower Commission in this
area.
Urging that the NAACP National
Office continue its fight to remove
FEPC from the War Manpower Com
mission the Detroit branch stated
that inasmuch as ''the War Man
power Commission cannot enforce
its own policy it is inconceivabie
that WNIC will allow FEPC to crack
down on recalcitrant employers.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
BEULAH ELLIS.
FIRST RECRUIT
JOINS WAACS

This is to announce that Miss
Beulah Ellis. the first girl Of our
race to volunteer for and be accept
ed from this district as a member Of
the WAACS, has been called to act
i've duty at Ft. DesMoines, Iowa
She is the daughter of Mrs Eleanor
Martin. 2714 North 25th St., Omaha
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
Nebraska Saturday.
INDICTED FOR
NEGRO PEONAGE

ed States Sugar Corporation; NJ f.
Won Mach, personnel manager,
Clewiston, Florida; Evan Ward Nc
Leod, superintendent, Bare Beach
Plantation; oliver H Sheppard, su-
perintendent, South Shore Plantat-
ion; and a Mr.. Neal, superintendent
Miami Lochs Plantation
Count one of the indictment charg
es that the defendants injured,
oppressed. threatened and intimldat-
ed Negro field workers in the free
exercise Of their rights under the
Thirteenth Amendment of the Con-
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14

stitution by holding them in in
voluntary servitude. Count Two
charges a conspiracy to violate the
eFderal Anti-Peonage statute.
Maximum penalty under the first
count (Section 81, Title IS, U. S.
Code) is imprisonment for ten years
and fine Of $1,000 Conviction on
the second count (Sections ss and
444 Title is, U. S. Code) carries a
maximum penalty of two years and
fine of $4,000.
The Indictment Followed investig-
continued on pagerW2)
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14

by so doing can he cause the polit-
ical leadership OF al parties to know
that the Negro voter. is alert intel
ligent and is watching critically ev-
cry word and deed Of the various
political parties.
Test of the administration viii
be particularly severe in that co.l-
gressmen from the poll tax states
were able to return to the House
and inasmuch as the Democrats arc
still the majority party their power
has increased"
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
Assault On Negro
Woman In War DEBT.
HOUSTON BRANCH CONTRIBUT
ES TO WASHINGTON BUREAU

] The NAACP received this week a
gift of s176.70 from the Houston
Texas. branch. In an accompany
| ing letter Henry Grayson, branch
Secretary said the contribution was
for the maintenance and work Of
the NAACP Washington Bureau.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14

Attorney General Francis Bidele
announces that a Fe.1eral Grand
jury sitting in the southern district
OF Florida. at Tampa, returned an
indictment on two counts charging
the United States Sugar Corporat-
ion its personnel manager and
three Of it's camp superintendents
with conspiracy to hold Negro su-
gar cane workers in a condition of
peonage. in violation Of the Federal
Civil Rights and Anti-Peonage sta
tutes.
Named as defendants We're: Unit
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14

Four major war agencies. the
War Manpower Commission the
war Production Board. the Navy
and the army !. urged American
war contrac 'ors TO hire more Negro
wokers rs . means Of increasing
war producIlon
This action is stressed in a Is
page illustrated pamphlet MAN
POWER: Ore Tenth Of a Nation
issued by the War Manpower Com
mission and siglad ~ Paul " Nc
Mutt, Chairman. VINO; Donald M.
Nelson Chairman. wPB; Frank
Knox, Secretary of the Navy. and
Robert p. Paterson as Acting Sec
retary OF Var
The strongly wCrded pamphlet
which is being mailed to more than
80 900 war production contractors,
reviews Americas goals and tells
employers:
'sYou are going to need more wor-
kers Of every kind, skilled, semi
skilled and unskilled. You're go
ing to need every worker ou can
get. But labor is going to be short
yer yshort- That means that no
worker can be overlooked. 1t means
that skilled workers must not be
wasted on unskilled jobs 1t means
that we must get our whole labor
force to work, with every man 10
ing job that fits the lint Of his
skill and strength"
On the availability Of Negro work.
ers, the booklet points out:
There are 10000 900 white peo.
pie in this country. There are al.
most 12,Ooe. 600 Negroes. More than
. co0,OOO Of these merriam Negroes
are workers. They are men and
women of all skills a I'D trades, in
all parts of the county over $50
COO OF them are already equipped
for skilled and white collar work
and more are being trained daily"
Declaring that the whole nation
pays the cost of discrimination, the
pamphlet states:
Discrimination limits production
because it keeps needed workers out
Of war plants; it keeps skilled rsvn
on unskilled jobs; it creates artif
icial labor shortages.
Every time you pass over Ne
gro worker, for no other reason
than his color, either in hiring or in
pomotion, you place one more Oh
stacle in the path of about produc
ton"
Pointing out that I'VE are usine
them but we are not using them G.
nough," the booklet declares:
sNegroes are being used today ir
all branches Of war industry. Ir
United states Navy yards, in arsen
ais, in Army cantonements and al
naval bases, thousands Of skilled
and semi-skilled Negroes are al
work. .. Before the Government
| tackled the problem, however, near
ly three quarters of all our defense
plants refused to hire Negroes ex
eept as janitors Many Of those whl
did hire Negroes for industrial
work confined them to jobs below
their skills Can we afford to limi-
production-merely because Of ths
color of workers skin?''
The booklet lists and anaIyze.
four basic objections which some
employers have raised to the emplo,
Continued on page N y
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
NAACP TAKES TAMPA
TEACHER SALARY CASE

Tampa. Fla a pre-trial confer
ence in the Tampa school teachers
salary case has been set for Novem-
Der 18th by counsel for the NAACP.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
Stress Need for Using NesroLabor
KNOX, PATTERSON,
McUTT, NELSON
CALL ON INDUSTRY
TO USE NEGRO
America Needs
Every Worker

We need ships, airplan
es, and powder to carry
the war to the enemy.
Ability, not color, Must
determine who holds
the welding torch, handl
es the rivet gun, or mix
es the chemicals.
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14
What's Behind
Discrimination?

Ask employers why
they don't hire Negro
es- They'll give you a
lot of reasons: Negroes
can't do the work
whites won't work with
them-the unions won't
have them. How valid
are these objections?
The Omaha guide., 1942-11-14

portan the manufacture
Of The slightest fault I'm may mean e
skilled of
the huge job of turning out the b
are placing defen and all
Above Uncle Sans arsenal workers, checks tor
IA q 3inch nntiarcraf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-09-03
u. S. Navy Offers
Unusual Opportunities

Attention-All small boat own
ers and men with experience in
handling all types of small boats.
This is your opportunity. The
United States Navy is in urgent
need of men with these qualifica-
lions. At your earliest conven-
fence contact Chief Quartermaster
Rosenson of the U. S. Navy Re-
cruiting Station, 1920 G Street, N.
w., Washington, D. C. Write,
Phone, or better still, come in and
let US cover the unusual opportun-
ity that this classification offers
you. Do not wait! Act at once
before this classification is COM
pletely filled. Here is an oppor-
tunity for you to follow your
hobby and at the same time be of
the utmost service to your coun-
try. Don't wait! Act Now!
If you are unable to contact
Chief Rosenson, ask for Lieuten-
ant w. S. Hatch.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-09-03

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