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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04

While General Rommers army OF
an estimated 100000 men pressed
TO within 100 miles of Alexandra,
Egypt after taking Matruh; while
a United Press staff correspondent
attempted to save face for the
British by describing the abandon
ment of this second important far
east stronghold as a strategic move
10 save the army; while the British
high command was firing General
Neil NJ Richie, commander Of the
Eighth Army, and while the Soviet
army drove the Germans from re-
Gently gained footholds along the
Sebastopol line, the second spot
light in the great theatre of war
was focused on the darker races
who still remain a question mark
to the United Nations,
MOHANDAS X. GANpH1, leader
of the All-India Congress, famed
throughout the world for his
demonstrations of passive resist
ance. ard whose support Of the
British war effort is still a matter
Of speculation in military quarters
will face a test Of strength when
the All-India Congress meets on
July to pass judgment on the
Mahatma's policies Cause Of the
hasty judgment on Gandhi is his
! o.,-,-+o,,. JaFfpitfot, ~ thaen NIL
icies in his own newspaper, Hari-
jan. Gandhi believes that % /.
was wrong for tn, United States
to enter the war because ta) Amer
lea and Great Britain lack the
moral basis for engaging in this
war unless they put their own
houses j. order and (b) Americ I
/ ana Great Britain should make it
their firm determination to with
draw their influence and power
/ from Africa and Asia and remove
the color bar: ~ British rule over
India is the incentive for japanese
attack and these attacks can be
prevented if (a) the British decid-
ed 10 leave India to the manage
ment of her own affairs and (b)
the stream Of soldiers from Ameri-
ca and possibly from China were
stopped, ending American influence
if not American rule added tC
British rule.
| GANDHI CONTENDS that the
path along which he wishes hi!
country to move might start from
chaos" but would lead 10 "rea
popular order" The All-India Con-
gress, however, is not in agree.
ment with Gandhi, though how
much of the Congress disagrees is
not known II is said that not one
third of the membership Of the
working committee of the Party is
sincerely at heart with the old
leader, but his greatest potential
strength is in the second third that
allows Itself to be inundated by
the prospect OF an eventual schism,
with the middle group likely to
settle the question by asserting it.
self as a majority in support of
the Mahatma Before Pearl Harbor,
Gandhi stood for some restricted
and symbolic form OF civil DISC
bedience. but under the spur OF
japanese aggression the leadership
Of his Congress party was taken
from him and the probabilities then
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
Rubber Workers Stage Protest
Rap Klansmen In Local Plant

pervisOr. or TO hire an assistant
Negro industrial relations super
visor. Such requests are usually
met with suave, diplomatic replies,
but more recently the answers have
been more naive and blunt, and the
Negroes are told that il is not time
yet. If we are TO Judge the future
by the past and balance that against
our information Of the managers
attitude toward Negroes. we fail to
See that II shall ever he time so far
as the industrial relations manager
is concerned.
Your committee also found that
there is another trick used of late
against any Negro who dares ia
sneak up above a whisper against
the abuses in the plant. Some white
persons begin campaign TO brand
such nerSOn or persons as Reds
We have letters written TO the Dresi-
dent Of Local IO1 labelling him a
Negro lover because he tries to
carry out the constitution of the
clio. which forbids discrimination
AGAINST any person or persons be-
cause of race. sex. creed or color.
II may be information for the
members to know that we are Ger
tain there are members of the Ku
Kiux Khan active among the rubber
workers right here in Detroit. The
Black LegionS and other un-Ameri-
can SuhverSive forces are busy
among the EMPLOYEES Of the plant
stirring up race hatred and irving to
keep the Negroes down. We have
names Of members of Local I01 Wha
have done everything to show that
they are directly affiliated with just
such forces. and If called upon TO
prove this, we shall be prepared TO
do So
All Fight, Die Alike: Must Work
Alike
While we are striving against
each other, Negro soldiers and
white soldiers are in Australia liv-
ing together and fighting together
and DIVING together for the land Of
the free and the home Of the brave.
Today on seven seas and perhaps
on five continents and thousands
Of islands, white Americans and
col7rrd Americans are moving on
tOwaSd the battle of Armageddon
and while thew are marching over
there under the stars and stripes
to do their b'st, here in America
some low. debased, nit-wit. pin
headed, crack-pots whose feeble
minds are poisoned with the ven I'M
Of race prejudice, are throwing the
monkey wrench Of discrimination
into the machinery of defense pro-
duction. In times like these. when
the tOtalitarian nations have con-
solidated their strength and skill
and hurled them AGAINST the de-
mOcracies in one desperate chal-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
HONOR UNION HEAD

Willard S Townsend. information
al president Of the United Transport
Employees Of America and recently
elected r. the executive board Of
the Congress Of Industrial Organi.
cations will be gues. Of honor at =
reception to be held in Chicago.
Thursday at the Good Shepherd
Community center located on South
Parkway.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04

Probing discrimination at the
U, S. Rubber company. the Investi-
eating committee of CLIO Local lOI
of tina company this week issue i "a
report containing a series of con-
crete cases Of discrimination
Tank Building Dept Cited
T Among the departments in watch
determination is most fragrant is
the Tank Building, Department SO
Of U S Rubber, The report reads
relative to this section of the COM
pany's production. For more
than three months everything has
been done by several Negroes en-
ployed by the company to get a job
in department No 49, but they have
always met with evasion.
In a conversation with one Of
the supervisors. since Pearl Har5o:
he let the statement fall that the
management wanted American
born WHITE CITIZENS to work N
department 80 and that the man.
lsement and supervisors had agreed
that no white man would take a
colored mans job and no colored
man would take a white mans job
Or in other words, there were
certain Jobs within the plant which
we're definitely relegated to Ne
eS-Mast-af-tAese-i obs--in- there
ceiving department, the press room.
certain parts Of the mill room. the
salvage and janitors' departments,
Other Instances Of Bias Told
Scores Of other instances of the
entry Of race bias in employment at
the company were cited including.
ignorance Of seniority rights Of Ne
gro employees. improper re-instate-
menis following Law off periods
refusal 10 transfer Negro workers
upon presentation Of sound request
ct cetera
Separate Toilets Sought by White
Workers
On June IS. the report continues.
George Williams found the follow
ing statement in building on the
third floor: "WARNGNGn This
bathroom is not for colored Please
move 70 the second floor Thank
YOU Rank discrimination has also
been practiced against Negroes in
department So in an effort by white
workers in that department who
attempt TO keep Negroes out OF the
locker room.
Khan Activities Rampant in Plant
Condemnins the plant manage
ment and pointing out that much
Of the "jim-crow" tactics employed
by the plant emanated from the
many Ku Klux Klansmen now in
the factory, the report concluded
quote:
On several occasions some Of the
Negro employees have asked the
manager Of the industrial relations
department to appoint a Negro su-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
RESULTS OF soJoURNER
TRUTH ANNOUNCED

Attorney C. Lebron Simmons an
nounced the final disposition OF all
cases handled by the legal COM
mittee of the Sojourner Truth
Citizens committee. All boys
whose cases were under the com
mittee's jurisdiction, have been
freed, he announced.
Gloster B. Current, executive
secretary Of the Detroit branch. re-
ported on fifth column activity
in Detroit plants. The opposition
is tough. smart, and ready" said
Current. He outlined the recent
strikes at Packard Motor Car COM
pany. Dodge Truck, Hudson Naval
arsenal, as proof that sinister
forces are at work in the plants
to prevent Negroes from occupying
positions of skill and advancement
to machines.
Other speakers on the program
included Rev. Charles A. Hill,
chairman OF the Sojourner Truth
Citizens committee and Rev. Hen
derson Davis. Rev. Hill thanked
the people for the cooperation CIV
en- during Sojourner Truth and
outlined the plan whereby the final
debts will be paid off. He urged
the purchase Of the statue of So
journer Truth, the Negro abolition
ist, as the lady who came back
in AZ to lead a fight for Negro
rights"
Rev Henderson Davis. newly ap-
pointed assistant pastor of Bethel
AM;E. church, spoke fervently on
the subject of protest" Citing the
early prophets and other great
Christians who protested" in the
face of all consequences, he gave
a religious analysis of the N. A.
A. c. P's fight for Negro rights,
Music was furnished by the Cen
tennial choir Of Second Baptist
church.
Resolutions were passed urging
o Federal investigation of the Fifth
Column element in Detroit and
calling on President Roosevelt to
appoint board of inquiry 10 inves-
tigate the case OF Odell Waller
Resolutions were passed in behalf
Of the action Of Capt Wotherspoon
of the Navy and R. J. Thomas Of
the UAW-CIO supporting their
stand in the recent strike contro-
versy.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04

Thirty eight-year-o Id Roosevelt
Wilcox OF 1914 Lumpkin avenue,
suddenly collapsed while at work
for the Colwell Construction COM
psny, 1871 Griggs avenue.
He wss rushed to St. Mays
hospital and was dead on admit.
lance.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
NAACP HEAD
TALKS TOWER
FLOW GRO WD
Hits Fifth Column On
Home Front

Walter White, national secretary,
N.AA.C.P.. spoke of continued
protests" TO an overflow crowd Of
1000 at the N.AA.CP. mass meet
ing, Sunday, June 90. at Second
Baptist church. The mceGng was
called by President James J. Me-
Clendon, MD. to register protest
against Detroits fifth columnls;s
who have been fomenting strikes,
neighborhood friction. and general
Face hatred against Negroes.
White pointed out that prior 10
the Franco Prussian War, there
was little feeling of white race
supremacy. He traced the mad
scramble for colonization of Atrlcs
by England, Belgium, Germany and
France, pointing out that as these
countries parceled off Africa, they
also evolved race superiority my.n'
and completes.
an the Belgium Congo" sac
White. the hands of the natives
were chopped off because they did
not produce enough"
White also pointed out that it
seems that the American white man
has not learned anything from this
war. Stressing the fallacy Of Amer
icas adamantly refusing to give
100000 Negroes their rights, he
cited examples of recently uncover
ed fifth columnists and saboteurs
to prove that the prosecution of
this war on the home front needs
to integrate Negroes more com
pletely into the entire picture.
The audience applsuded roundly
Whites statement that he is ready
TO suffer the consequences and g.
10. jsAFTf need be- He also pointed
out that the Detroit branch, N. A
A. c. P. has given the other
branches Of the association some
thing to shoot at by the goal set
in the recent membership drive
which netted more than ll,400
members
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
Continued Protests Urged By Walter White At Meet
Poll Tax, Fifth Column
Hit At Peoples Meet

NEW YORK cITY-Fuller par
tieipation OF the Negro in the War
effort was the keynote OF the man.
moth Trade Union and Peoples
Victory Conference held here last
week.
Referring to the position OF the
Negro in the segregated military
system, the discrimination against
which he battles on the defense in
dustrial front, the lack OF training
facilities available for Negroes,
Keynote Speaker Ferdinand c.
Smith, national secretary OF the
National Maritime Union, said:
For US in the organized labor
movement this must mean more
vigilance in raising the problems
which the Negro people face, and
in doing something to solve these
problems. Organized labor today
has achieved a position Of influence
in our country never before heard
Of"
Smith also pointed out that there
were in New York City at present
10000 unemployed persons and
averred that the problems OF the
Negro people must be included in
the discussions and actions that are
taken to bring more war contracts
20 New York City" The speaker
further stated that the Presidents
FAIR Employment Practices Com
m.ttee, which is a year old this
week. had through It's many probes
into industrial discrimination. re-
vealed that Negro Americans
when en- ployed. are in the main
being given mental jobs only. That
pattern calls for bold and deter
mined steps" he stated we must
abolish this kind OF discrimination, "
he concluded,
Raps World Telegram
Mr. Smith also raped the New
York World Telegram declaring ii
to be the most notorious example
of defeatism IN existence" The
Telegram is accused Of having at
tempted TO brand a recent Negro
Madison Square Gardens rally as
an against the wa" meeting and
as such highly un-Amerlcan. Ex-
planning this Smith said: In an
attempt to keep the Negro people
divided, tt newspaper red-baited
the conference, tried to make il
out that we were gathering here
in opposition to the March or
| Washington" movement The speak.
er stated, however, that the 2O,OOt
assembled Negroes brushed asidt
those defeatists and showed a
every opportunity that they were
patriotic, loyal supporters of the
war effort.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04
Reviewing The War

were that an India united in spirit
was going to abide by the cause
Of the free nations. But following
Sir Stafforo Grips failure to solve
the Indian problem, trouble is
again brewing; and Gandhi, for all
practical purposes has again re-
sumed his leadership and what is
being printed in his newspaper is
considered as fairly explosive ma
terial. Today, Gandhi constitutes a
threat 10 the British war effort
because OF his ability to interfere
With military recruiting and with
he sale Of government bonds. for.
as one writer put it "Gandhi be-
lleves- that England's difficulties
are midas opportunities"
4 4 x
COLOR WAS AGAIN brought
into the war picture last week
when Paul H. Allng. chief, Divi-
sion Of Neaf-Essf Affairs, announce
ed through a telegram that "Ethi-
opia has not adhered to the Declar-
alton by the United Nations" Ad-
herence t. the United Nations pro-
gram is = matter for individual ma
tons TO decide. and progressive
Emperor Halle Selassie's failure TO
sign WITH 81 important a group for
forward looking Ethiopia. is a mat
ter OF grave concern among some
Americans of African descent.
while others advance the opinion
that with or without her signature,
Ethiopia would never be consider
ed an equal to other members of
the United iIations.
SPECULATION IS. OF COURSE, =
based upon international politics
and diplomacy. With terms Of the
Anglo-Ethiopian treaty still fresh
in our minds, and early predictions
that Britain would succeed in re-
ducing Ethiopia to the position of
vassal state, non-adherence OF
Ethiopia to the United Nations pro-
gram is not too alarming, though
to some authorities on international
politics, Disappointing According
to some writer's the war is being
fought for racial equality. Follow
ing that line of reasoning the status
of Ethiopia and the role OF such
nations as Liberia, Haiti, Cuba and
Brazil in the present struggle be-
come Of grave importance to the
colored and particularly the Afri-
can races throughout the world.
AMONG OTHER THINGS. the
Anglo-Ethiopian treaty provides
that Ethiopia shall be governed by
the emperor with the assistance, Of
British officials; with the army I'M
der the control of the British and
courts already being presided over
by British magistrates and judges.
All reforms are being undertaken
with the proceeds from British
loans and advice.
THE NEW EUROPEAN economic
policy is based-on the pooling Of
The worlds raw materials for the
common good Of the industrial ma
Iooming as ,ho do0,ina,,. " Japan
Fact Asi. tndia 49,, Ia,1s po"s'S Vi
throw 81 tho p.;.;sS aii, , 70
the IInited S,a,at - 800. NJ a,iu
Americas Atr;rs2h ~ y. % oI 'he
nool 81 raw na,oSi,Ja s'e sIedt
resources u.,ioh lii anu nu'ndh
tenance for tha - o ~ sus-
and America '-''' Vi europe
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04

lenge for world domination. every
man and eve" woman of the Allied
Nations should be working together
so that our way Of life shall survive
this universal crisis. How well the
thousands of Negro soldiers shall
be able to perform over there de.
ponds on how well the Negro civil
ians shall be permitted TO perform
over here.
All the American Negroes ask Is
the untrammeled and unrestricted
opportunity TO work for the same
America for which we are asked
to fight and die. Surely a civilized
and Christian nation cannot ask
some of its citizens to defend il and
at the same time refuse to permit
those citizens TO work for the same
country for which they so willingly
die,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-07-04

Probing discrimination at the
U, S. Rubber company. the lnvesti-
eating committee Of CLIO Local lOl
of thu company this week issue ia
report containing a series of con-
crete cases of discrimination
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-20
REV. EINAR KRON
ANSOMA GUEST
Zion Lutheran Pastor Ex=
changes Pulpit With Rev.
A. r. Nordgren

Rev. Almond r. Nordgren Of st.
Pauls Lutheran church in Ansonia
had charge of the opening Lent
en- service in Zion Lutheran church
on Cherry street Wednesday eve
ming. He spoke on Remember
Jesus" At the same time the pas
tor Of Zion church, Rev. E. Einar
Kron, conducted a service in ;he
Ansonia church.
Every Wednesday evening during
Lent until Holy Week, midweek
Lenten services will be held in
Zion church at 7:45, in most cases
in charge of the local pastor. Next
Wednesday evening he will speak
on the topic, with Jesus on the
Way to the Mount Of Olives"
Mrs. j. Herman johnson Is in
charge of the program for a sill
yer tea to be held in Zion Luth-
eran church on Cherry street Tues
Gay evening under the auspices of
the Iduna Circle, it was announced
at meeting of the group recent
ly, at the home of Mrs. Robert
Feest on Wood street, attended by
good number Of the members of
the society.
Mrs. johnson has secured Mrs.
Beatrice Pierpont and Mrs. 10
seph Mulkern who will take. part
in the program by presenting a
number of songs and hymns. There
will also be other numbers on the
program. The silver tea will be held
in the evening and will be open
to all.
Plans were made for a food sale
at Rowland Hughes Thursday,
March S. The comm ee in charge
will be Mrs. Gus. , R. Johnson
and Mrs. Anna Tho. 1t was de-
cided to have the Iduna Circle
furnish the altar flowers for the
service Sunday morning. The next
meeting will be held at the invita-
ton of Mrs. Gustave johnson In
the Johnson home in Oakville,
Mo rob 1H
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-20
SUGGESTS TIRE
| C0NFISCAT|0N
Suggested By Commerce
Dept. as Means of
Conservation :.

Washington, Feb. 20-(UP)-Gov-
eminent confiscation of some tires
now in use has been suggested by
the commerce department as a
means Of conserving the rubber
supply.
Recommending ways in which
rubber can be saved, the depart
ment, in an articl Elm its publica-
ton Domestic Commerce." listed ::
"Requisitioning of products from
less necessary uses for application
to more essential services"
What we have in mind" the
article explained, would be the
confiscation of tires from less es-
sent!al privately owned cars and
their rationing for use on the most
essential car Cor the same with
trucks for that NATTER"
List Many Substitutes
To save natural rubber, the de-
partment proposed the use of sub
stitutes as follows:
Synthetic rubber bullet-proof
fufel tanks, aprons, gloves, meteor
illogical observation and passenger
carrying dirigibles, conveyor belts,
gas masks, gaskets, oil hose, fuel
lines, mountings to absorb vibra-
ton, printers rolls and blankets,
raincoats, shower curtains, UNI
brellas, tablecloths, drainboards,
doormats, tank Innings and tires
for industrial trucks.
Asphalt-battery boxes.
Metal Gin part)-hose and tub
ing.
Hair felt-cushions, mattresses
and pads.
Performed plastcis develop
ment trays for darkrooms.
Reclaimed rubber-be,tings, buff
fers, bumpers, cushions, springs,
boots, shoes, resoles and heels.
Combination of natural, reclaim
ed and synthetic-auto tires.
Leather-boots, shoes, resoles and
heels.
Reclaimed and synthetic rubber
-hosing, outings, packaging gas
kets, insulation of wires and cables,
and outside jackets over insulation
of natural rubber.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-20
War Industries To Use Women
AS a Gigantic Labor Reservoir


BY ELEANOR RAGSDALE
tNEA Service Staff Correspondent
Washing. on-With the probability
that selective reclassifications apc
extended age limits, will drain of
more men from the nations produc-
tive plants, war industry is takinf
no chances Of being caught shor.
handed. Remembering that eac'
CONSUMPTION in World War I we
followed by a surge of women int
arms and munitions factories, lea5
ers in the Labor Supply Division O
the new War Production Board an
the Women's Bureau of the De
partment of Labor are getting thei
heads together to see how the situa
ton can best be handled.
Both Miss Thelma McKelvey OF
The WPB Labor Lewiston and Mis-
Mary Anderson, Director of tn
Women's Bureau, stress the fac
however, that there need be NJ
panicky feminine rush to industry
It must not be forgotten that the
big job Of plant conversion, which
Production Ross Donald Nelson IL
really starting to roll, is leaving
whole communities of male work
ers temporarily jobless and in neet
Of transfer to war production. 1t is
therefore estimated that not for four
or five months will there be any
general pressure on industrial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-20
BOUND TO BE READ
FORCE II. JOHNSTON demon

FORGE Fl. JOHNSTON demon
" stra.es that a good reporter still
can dig behind the communicates
and official statements and come
up with a good story of the war,
like his "Action at Sea-" (Hough-
ton, Mifflim.
This is the story Of the Austria
liam navy cruiser Sydney and her
seven months of war service with
the British Mediterranean fleet, a
saga of hairbreadth escapes.
The Sydney steamed 10000 miles
after it left home for the Mediter-
ranean, and was attacked heavily
by bombing planes some go times.
She was in action a score or more
times, fired some 1000 shells, and
never lost a man or an hours fight
ing efficiency.
She came home to the plaudits
of the entire continent down I'M
der" Then she came to grips with
the German raider S.eiermark,
sank her, but never was heard from
again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-20
"They can and will

ems Bureau. "They can and will
respond"
One thing clearly different from
World War days is the tremend-
Gus increase in the percentage Of
war jobs women can fill. A recent
survey of 1894 tasks in 81 key indus
tries shows that two-.hird of them
are suitable for feminine workers.
Testimony from aircraft compa MES
and leading manufacturer of army
reconnaissance cars underlines the
fact that women are 'hiohly COM
petent and equal to men in many
jobs"
BIG MUSCLES ARE
OUT OF DATE
improvement in machinery SO
that conveyor belts and hydraulic
lifts cuts out most of the heavy
work of lifting and hauling has
made the mighty-muscled women
Of the last war as out-of- date as
the massive operate soprano. An
electrical switch setting giant
punch press in operation can be
turned by the most carefully mani
cured hands. The trend toward
"AMAZONS UNWANTED" Is one
more factor making the potential
labor supply of women workers one
of the least Of Americas production
problems.