The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
Hire More Negro Men Stresses Army, Navy
Contractors Given Suggestion to Increase War Pro duction; Discrimination Creates Artificial Shortages

when the defense program was launched, there had been sufficient employment of negroes by Ameri- can industry to convince most peo- pie that negroes, as individuals and when subjected to the usual pro- cesses of training and selection, can do any and all types of production jobs"
 (2) Negroes and whites just won't work together,-"the best an swer to this one is @ simple truth negroes and whites do work to- g:ther. They are working together in plants like Ford, Kelsey Hayes, Murray Corporation, and others in plants like Bethlehem Shipbuild- ing and the Denver Ordnance Plant
 lin the shipyards of Virginia, and North Carolina--in the iron and coal fields of Alabama--in all parts of tte country"
 (3) The unions won't let us hire negroes-"Les than two dozen of tho more than 200 major unions in this country have constitutional bans agains negro workers. In many cases of union discrimination the government has stepped in to get for negroes full membership or work permits. An employer who meets union resistance to his at- tempts to hir: negroes may invoke the full support of the Federal gov ernment, the President of the United States, and the heads of both major labor groups"
 (D We're only interested in pro- duction the employment of negroes Is q production factor |. unless American industry uses quail ifed negro workers, and trains thousands of additional negocs. just as we train white men and women, we cannot have full production"
 Under the title, What you can do about. it," the pamphlet lists seven steps which employers can take to utilize fully the negro labor market:
 "(D Sec to 1t that the fair em- ployment policy of your company is in fact the policy of all of your company's agents.
 "(2 If you hars @ union in your plant, seek It's help. A policy which the workers help to make will have their support.
 "(S) Enlist the aid of negro or- ganizations and of the United States employment service in get- ting qualified negro personnel These organizations are prepared to help you get trained men.
 "(D As you hire negroes for the factory, hire them also for your offices. There are thousands Of capable negro clerical workers.
 "(5) When you consider the enl- ployment of women, consider negro women also. Hundreds of them are already employed in war production we need the additional thousands now available.
 "(e) Enlist the cooperation of your supervisory personnel and see that they secure the cooperation of your workers.
 "(7) Give negroes in your plant training opportunities equal to thos. you give to white workers. Study should be given to the local supplies of negro labor so as to de- wise programs for the training and employment of workers in capacities which will make them most produc- tive. TheSs things cannot be done overnight. They must be anticipat- ed and planned. Tn a word, since such employment is generally in- evitable, steps should be taken now to start 1t. Many sound manage ments realize this and are acting accordingly. Their numbers must Do increased if we are to meet our