Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-03-28
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for training are allocated and OF the
United States Employment Office.
Members of the council who at
tended the conference were w. Y
Bell, chairman; w. J. Shaw, DR.
william Dean and Cliff Mackay
Also In attendance were President
Rufus Clement of Atlanta Universe
ty, Alonzo Moron, housing executive
and L. A. Oxley, advisor Of Negro
affairs.
/ M. D. Mobley, who is head Of the
Voca tional Educational Department
disperses federal funds appropriate
ed for the purpose, under lengthy
questioning OF council members, adj
mitted that no provisions had thus
far been made for tie training OF
Negroes to be used In the Bell Air
craft plant.
NOT CERTAIN OF WORK
| He fastened to add that the
reason no courses had been pro-
vided for Negroes was the uncef-
tainty of his d. partment as to just
| what places and how many Negroes
were to be used by the company.
did Mr.. Bell specifically state
no Negroes were to be used?" asked
DR.. Clement.
mo, he didn't put it In writing"
"Then it was you who assumed
that of the 10000 workers were tn
be white?' queried Mr. Moron.
well, yes" was the reluctant re-
ply.
The conference was brought to an
abrupt ending when Mr.. Mobley an
nounced that he planned to leave
Monday evening for Buffalo for a
conference with the Bel Aircraft
officials.
While there, at the instigation OF
council members, he promised tC
have a thorough discussion abou,
the indignation of both Negroes
and women in the training program
TO MAKE REPORT
A report of the pl2ns OF the com
pany In this regard was promised
the Council for Defense Training fol
Negroes, which is subsidiary O.
the Atlanta Urban League.
1.-The minute we can find out def
initely just how many Negroes, i
any, the company plans to use anS
in what occupations they are to be
used, we will instantly set up train.
ing courses" Mr.. Mobley asserted.
Chairman Bell of the council or
hearing this remark pointed out
that under the rulings of fedora
policy, 1t was not necessary for the
number OF a certain class of work.
ers to be determined before a train.
ing program was started.
"All you need to know" contendee
Mr.. Bell, directing his remarks tt
Mr.. Mobley, "is how many worker.
are needed and in what skills, no
their racial Identity"
HOLDS TO CONTENTION
| Mr.. Mobley, admitting that thi.
was true, nevertheless, held to hi.
contention that no Negroes woult
be trained until it was clearly seer
| that job opportunities would present
themselves.
The attack upon the resolution
drawn up by the administrative
council centered around the para
graph stating that courses for Ne
groes were to be setup only after
a demand for them had been voiced
by employers holding defense con-
tracts.
DR.. Clement. leading the attack
contended that this would nullify
the whole purpose of the resolution
and would automatically prevent
Negroes from receiving anything
like proportionate share Of the
training.
He was quickly backed up in this
contention by DR.. Dean and Chair
man Bell, who added that this pro-
vision was against stated federal
policy.
1t was here that l.. A. Oxley, who
appeared to be totally unfamiliar
with the local situation or the
work already done by the council
for Defense Training for Negroes
interposed the suggestion that "per-
haps this paragraph had been in
terpreted wrong" by those attacking
| it.
He sought to place a different in
depreciation on it than that held
by the council members.
1t was announced by Mr.. Mobley
who presideS as chairman of the
Georgia Administrative Council fol
Defense Training, that copies of the
resolution would be forwarded to ali
local offices of the U. S. Employ
ment Office throughout the state as
well as to other individuals, whose
| efforts are cOOrdinated with the de-