The sub., 1943-06-17

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 given, in accordance with the Bill
 of Rights, their right to work in
 a free country, the freedom of
 which they and you are fighting for.
 And I thought of how colored
 boys are fighting our battles "out
 there"; of how whole new group
 of fighter pilots the first, by
 the way are doing their all in
 North Africa, and doing 1t well.
 They were trained in Tuskegee, are flying P-4O fighters and are under
 the command of It. Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the son of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, the first Negro
 in the history of the United States
 ever to be advanced to the rank
 of general. Of how Booker T. Washington, the great Negro edu-
 cator, dined with the late President
 Theodore Roosevelt at the White
 House; of how Dr. George Wash
 ington Carver, Negro and one of Americas outstanding scientists
 was greatly admired and enter
 tained by Henry Ford. Then there
 is Capt. Hugh Mulzac, the first
 Negro captain in the American Merchant Marine, who, with crew mostly white :. all loyal to him assumed command immediate ly after launching of the Liberty Ship, Booker T. Washington.
 Then more recently, President Edwin Barclay of the Negro Re- public of Liberia, was an over night guest of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House. And, stepping down into the Low ly Life" (part of the title to book of ever-living verse by Paul Lau- renee Dunbar, famous Negro poeD we have the photograph and the thrilling account of Mess Attend
 ant James l.. Perry on the Spen- cer. The Spencer, you will recall, less than two weeks ago sunk one of Der Paperhanger's U-Boats, in an attack on one of our conveys. For his self-sacrifice and heroism beyond the line of duty he was lauded in the nations press and radio and has been prompted to the rank of Pharmacists Mate. Thus we see that the colored boys haven't done so badly.
 So as we talked about these things I heartily concurred with their opinion that loyalty to our cause asks nothing about color or creed. It asks loyalty and cooper ation, plain and simple that's all. And that goes for lover there" or here at home.
 Like Westbrook Pegler, I'm strong for the protection of labor, but I can't enthuse over the guid- ance of some of its leaders.
 And, as we sit comfortably in free America, slipping the drink l was glad to buy, we all wondered how these strikers and trouble makers could possibly stack up their claim of more money, shorter hours and recognition" and what have you, against fifty bucks per month, plus keep" and one of those fox holes" to live in. Not even if they got a nice slimy fox hole" right in the center of the theatre" At the moment recognition, means little lover there" and rings the bell for less than quarter of that. I see by the papers that lover there even the general wears a rough shirt and at times no stars on his shoulders to show who he is. His one idea is to get the job done bestest and quickest in the true American way.
 Then, as a climax they told this to me-one who is forced against his will to stay at home: We don't have any time clocks over there There are no times we don't even check in. Or even check out, for that matter, unless, of course, we go west We just keep on working and fighting whenever and wherever we're told or wherever as individuals we can horn in and get the edge"
 Then I asked what sort of job