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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
DaUson SAYS
I'm al

WASHINGTON CANP) - Con-
gresham William L. Dawson, Chi
cago Democrat. declared that the
problems Of Negroes throughout
the. country are Identical with those
Of his constituents back home. and
that every successful effort 10 find
solution for the people Of his dis
trict will indeed he help 70 other
Negroes. he spoke last Tuesday
night az the Barneker Junior High
school auditorium before strictly
local and modest audience that had
been collected by the Howard Park
Civic association.
In fortnight language the Con-
gresham made il clear that he is
not looking through rose-colored
glasses in his relations with his
colleagues Of the house. The fact
is" he said. that don't give rip
about them and ] know that they
don't give rip about me. But in
coming here il is my hope 70 be OF
some service in solving some OF the
problems in The United States"
Mr.. Dawson did not attempt 70
turn his attention from the plight
~ the Negro in the South and
elsewhere. He recognized that
there is much injustice. having
como from Georgia as nc re-
minded his listeners But he saw
no good 10 be achieved in con-
slant harangU91 tigc-+.-.s!t its-nf which
We all know" He dep,orcd lynch
Ing but maintained that there is
gong 70 be some more dying IN
the South" before anything Ike
democracy is flilv realized
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Opera Stars
Refused Cabs

INDIANAPOLIS CAMP - Ma
tionally known and loved stars.
bright in the entertainment world.
were the object Of Hoosicr pro-
vincialism and Scrimnation AT
the Union station here as drivers
for Rcd Cab company refused 10
ride members 81 the Porcy and
Bess cast as The group prepared 10
begin What proved 20 DC the high
light 81 the local season.
Residents o, the Hoosier capital
felt a great surge of resentment
that Mr.. Duncan. native 81 this
city. should find such humiliating
reception from TIC less democratic
whites. a feeling which was mir
rored 10 tho other extreme as crit
ics and theatre Gocrs hailed Porgy
and It's cast as we'll worthy 81 the
greatest honors America could be-
stow and backed lis unbounded en-
thusissm by jsmminc the down.
town playhouse TO capacity-plus.
Mrs. Priscilla Dean Lewis and
w. Chester Hibbi,t- MA A.C.P.
prcsidcn, and committee chairman
respectively. Immediately launched
an investigation Of the incident
Not only were members 81 the cast
ccnicd the use Of Rcd Cabs but a
supervisor for that company is re-
ported 10 have gone some distance
down the street 10 direct other
Rcd Cab drivers not 10 accommo-
date tho Porcv cast Some persons
who had entered this companY's
cabs are reported 10 have been
ordered by tho supervisor 10 leave
them. Indianapolis residents SUI
fer this humiliation almost con-
stantly.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
THURMAN WILL
SPEAK AT ~
dinner MAR. Is
YMCA To Observe 18th
Annual Ceremony
At YWCA

TIL Rev. Howard Thurman, dean
Of Rankin Chapel. Howard univer-
sity, will be the speaker al
Y.MCA's eighteenth annual din
ner 10 be held on March rs at Lucy
Thurman Y.WCA.
Thurman. a native OF. Dsytons
Fla. attended Morehouse college
and did advanced work at Oberlin
university and Haverford college
He was selected by Student Chris
ton Movement 20 represent them
in India and Japan in 1887
For five consecutive years he con-
-daetcd seminar at Universi;yei
Southern California and has spoken
IN all OF the large colleges.
A. Roscoe Tyler, chairman Of
y eighteenth annual dinner, in
making this announcement. states
hat this Will be the only appear
ance that Rev Thurman will make
AZ the ST. Antoine Y,MC-A. during
,943. The committee has set Tues
day. March %. as the deadline for
reservations.
Other outstanding features OF the
program will be the report OF the
highlights OF 1912 and the "Y's'
challenge for 1913 by w. c. Wood.
son. executive secretary. Solo by
B J. Waits OF the Ford Dixie Eight
Also. the I943 ~" Patriotic Honor
Roll will be unveiled. The honor
roll Will include the names OF all
y" friends who enroll one member
before the night Of the banquet. The
public is invited 20 the dinner
which NIL be at the Lucy Thurman
Wv { A. Reservations must be
made by March %.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
CIO AND POLITICAL ACTION

That plan of the Detroit unions
of the Clio 10 organize for poll
lcal actions sounds very good from
where we sit. With the forces OF
reaction yapping at the heels of
labor, minority groups and the New
Deal gains in general such an or
ganizstion should prove effective in
s.emming the tide OF reaction. The
use Of the ballot is still the best
way Of getting and keeping gov
ernmental reforms.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
War Widows To Stage Whist Party On March 24tl

types OF reviews by the critics. All
agree, however that Miss Hayes
as usual does a magnificent job OF
character portrayal and the diff
Guilty seems to be that Mrs. Stowe
was not too exciting a character to
begin with. No matter how drso
the lady may have been her book
certainly set the North or fire witk
abolitionist zeal. We could use
some OF that same zeal today. but
there seems to be more lacking
than the spark OF an Uncle Toms
Cabin"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Negro To Address
Ohio Legislature

For the first time. Negro edu-
Gator has been invited to deliver
an address before the session Of
the Ohio legislature. President
Wesley is scheduled to address the
Ohio State legislature on Wcdncs-
day. March 3 at ! pm. The Will
berforce Singers" will accompany
him and render short musical
rrogram-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
RED CROSS

The current Crisis knocks the
Red Gross jim crow pattern in the
service clubs set up in England
The caption on spread OF pic
lures is that the Red Cross de-
MES Jim Crow bpt that the pic
lures are evidence 10 the contrary.
Also along the Red Cross front
is the report that Judge Jane Bolin
of New York in true legal fashion
answered their request for dona-
tiol with a few questions Of her
own on their blood donation policy.
Our private grapevine reports that
lot OF other Negroes are asking
the same questions that Judge Bolin
raised.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
HENRY 4. BOYD IN OAKLAND

-OAkLAND, CaIf. tANPl-Dr.
Henry Allen BOYD. secretary
treasurer OF the National Baptist
convention, unincorporated. was
The principal speaker at a mass
meeting held al the Mt. Zion Bap-
tsst church here Sunday. On Mon
day he spoke az Parks chapel under
TIC auspices o! tho local Ministerial
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
PRESENTS BUDGET

RANDOLPH. Mass. (ANP)-Atty.
Irwin T. Dortch. prominent in Bos-
tons legal circles, lives here in
Randolph where he holds the
unique post Of chairman OF the
finance committee OF the town
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
BOY KILLED BY TRUCK

NASHVlLLE-The death last Sat-
u~dsy OF Harry Cowan. killed by
truck near his home. marked the
third traffic death OF the year in
Nashville
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Headlines


ori;y groups but men like Pckcns
and Ginsburg are viciously attacked
on racial grounds.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20

Confined from Pare u

having the gun and said that Gass
ton had chased him with the gun.
However. police learned that Gass~
ton was unarmed.
A warrant is expected 70 be Il.
sued this week for Phillips.
Funeral On Wednesday
The funeral OF Mrs. Kendrid will
De held on Wednesday at the
Wright funeral psrlor. The gun
shot victim is mourned by her hus-
band, Richard, and host Of friends
and admirers.
She was celebrating her twenty.
third birthday when the stray bull
let ended her life. She and Hazel
Dopson were together at the bar
when the tragedy occurred. wit
nesses disclosed.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
To BUY BONDS
WITH RECEIPTS.
ALL WELCOMED
Bond Sales Captain
Reports Progress
In Drive

Determined TO make their War
Bond Sales Drive a browning sue
cess, the Michigan Chronicles
war Widows Club" under the
leadership Of the bond sales cap
tain. Mrs. Fred Douglas. has planned
whist and bridge party to be
held on March "a at Brewster Gen.
ter.
Mrs Lillian Mathews. president
OF the W.W.C., reports that splendid
progress is being made by the club.
whose members are working hard
To realize their objective OF pro-
vlding entertainment. recreation
and educational interests for the
wives. sweethearts and mothers of
men now serving in the armed
a forces OF our country.
Last week the W.WC. obtained a
city charter giving them the ex-
elusive right TO use the name War
Widows Club.
Farty On March ~
Proceeds of the whist and bridge
party 10 be held on March "a at
Brewster Center will be used by
the club for the purchase OF war
bonds.
An invitation for all friends Of
the WWC. 10 attend the bridge and
whist party was extended this week
by the chairman OF the program
for March "a. II you enjoy a game
OF whist or bridge. then be sure
10 attend the grand party planned
by the Widows Club" on March
"a.
Any organization. club. irater-
nifty or sorority interested in join
Ing in the city-widc war bond sales
drive is urged To contact VIC.
captain. Mrs. Fred Douglas or the
Michigan Chronicle at once.
The huge war bond sales drive
will end with gala cabaret party
% be held near April % al some
local mite club. al which time an
evening Of grand entertainment
will be afforded all who attend.
Watch Tor further announcements
OF the progress and activities OF the
War Widows Club.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

That new play on Broadway
based on the life OF the author OF
Uncle Toms Cabin md starring
Helen Hayes has been given various
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Fl. Brady
CONTINUED from Page ~

10 be a party 10 discrimination
In none OF these Ave places can
Negro be served. Bartenders
tell them there are plenty Of dives
on the West side Of ,own--you Can
20 over there and get drunk il
you want 20 bat We amt gong 70
serve no n...rs in here.
When pressed by groups OF Nc
Sroes the bar'eniers usually a.
tempt 20 pscty them by passing
nc buck % the manager. Sign
fcan'ly. Negroes have been insult
cd ever since they were Stationed
a. the 500 bat there have been no
reports o! violence on their part as
compared 20 other parts OF the
country where oolored soldiers have
been known 20 practically dcmolSt.
a restaurant or tavern II they are
refused service.
Profitecring BY Officers
The soldier also reported tina:
certain white officers are "profitecr.
ing" al the expense of the Negro
soldiers. One OF the officers, a
white major. buys cigarettes on
-tais S.de-et- 500 and takes
them 10 the Canadian side where
re sells them 20 the Negro troops
a, twice what he paid for them, -"
ne aid.
an another case, one OF our
troops .os,. or had stolen from him
some army cqJ pncrt. and every
soldier on the place had 20 chip
n ana help pay for tho equipment
beiore VIC cou,a 20: passes 20 leave
ne post. But the ro,;enes; dcal
\ soldier could &C; is attempted a.
the officers -6fub Na+te officers
can become members by paying s.
a month. but when Negroes ask TO
JOIN they arc told ;tat 20 become
members Trey mus. pay SO join
NJ Zee. O, course this is done
% keep co'orcd officers out Of the
club
The officers mess Is another
place where subtle scr.n1lna.ion
5 prscaccd. There are hundreds
II empty places N nc mess bal;
he officer IN charge G,Nes the m.
prc>s.on that there IS oycrcrowd.
ne.
When a Negro officer wants 10
cat in the of cccS mess he must
first telephone and tel just who
re Is. then he Viii be tod that =
place Viii be arranged for HIM
--oue for two days later.
During this time they check up
20 find out whether or not you
arc co,orcd So thd; ;hey can be
sure 20 scat all the colored on
GERS together"
4 pro;cs. TO conditions In The
camp has been made 20 the COM
mandins Officer and several soldiers
arc planning 20 file suit against the
P..bAc places where service was 70
fused.
TaS.on thc manager Of cafe called
ne military police 20 eject Negroes
from, his p,s,c blt fhc Mp's refused
Evening star., 1943-07-07

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All with 1914 fashion that make these sabIe.dyed
muskrats tmeless treasures
4 EASY WAYS TO PAY III =. ass'As,
/. BUDGET ACCoUNT-Pay u down-the rest In II easy
monthly payments plus small service charge. Delivery
by November.
2. CHARGE LAY AWAY-20es Of total price will appear
on July August, September October and November
statement. Wen store your purchase until November.
). CASH LAY AWAY-Pay 1919 deposit at time Of pur-
chase, make four monthly payments OF l0T. Pay the
balance on delivery In November.
1. REGULAR CHARGE TRANSACTION Charge to your
account at time Of purchase. Pay 40 days after state
ment Is received
THE PALAls ROYAL AR-cooLED SHOP. THIRD
Evening star., 1943-11-29

anything seen In Africa or Italy.
the flyers say. At first sight they
appear like groups Of army tents
and there Is danger OF mistakine
them for military camps. The great
lakes Ohridsko and Prespansko
present . charming view with the
multitudes OF white-sailed fishing
boats darting over them after one
has passed over the green western
marshlands.
Up to date very few American fy-
ers have been forced down over the
Balkans and those who have bailed
out are believed to be safe. At least
one of them is known to be fighting
actively with the Greek guerillas
after being forced down over the
Argos airport about the middle of
last month. He was on his fifth
raid at the time and had accounted
for one ME-109 before meeting dis
aster. In joining the guerillas, Air
Force officers here say, the pilot is
acting clearly within his military
rights. He is living quite comfort
ably with the guerilla band who sub
sist entirely on supplies captured
from the Germans, according to re-
ports which have reached his asso-
ciates here.
Evening star., 1943-11-29


five major airfields within a 50-mile
radius of the ancient city. Four OF
these are within a 20-mile radius
Despite the defenses, heavy dam
age has been inflicted on all OF
them, with very slight American
losses. Besides its Importance as
an air base, Athens is significant
railroad center and seat of war in
dustry and apparently is a vital
point in the German scheme for
Balkan defense.
The nearest approach to the In
tensity and accuracy of fax over
Athens and its suburbs, American
fighter pilots say, was that en-
countered over the Strait of Messina
last August when the enemy was
making a supreme effort to cover
the evacuation of its army to Italy
Naples, they say, never was SO
heavily defended. They have
found the fax extremely accurate
up to $4,000 feet. There is by no
means so intensified a defense over
any other Balkan city.
A new field of activity to Amer1-
can flyers, the Balkan theater is a
scene of much romantic interest to
the American pilots stationed here
and there are constant efforts to
pick out below them ancient ruins
and spots associated with Greek
legend. There is always special in
terest In coming close to snow
capped Mount olympus. tabled home
of the Greek gods, at sunset or early
moonrise.
They see below them an extremely
rough country, but with the noun
tainsides heavily wooded with pines
and chestnuts and with olive groves
on the lower slopes. They see deep
green valleys where farmers are en-
gagged at their fall ploughing. The
villages, mostly quite small. present
an appearance from the air unlike
Evening star., 1943-11-29

I ing omcer Of the field, said last
night "the search will be carried on
with vigor."
During the day more than so
planes new over the wide, sprawling
swamp, while on the ground more
than 1000 troops and civilians, some
with machetes, methodically car
ried on the search.
In the past the swamp has claimed
the lives Of scores Of persons who
have become lost in its wilds. Yes
terday several groups Of searchers
were themselves lost for several
hours until they were located by
Evening star., 1943-11-29

nue. adjacent to produce receivers
located In Union Market.
Located on the former Patterson
tract between New York and Flor
ida avenues, the yard will be known,
as Union Market Yard and will
serve both produce and general
freight receivers.
Space has been provided on four
tracks for 81 cars, and floodlights
have been installed for night oper-
atoms. Ultimate plans call for a
maximum l8 tracks in the yard,
Evening star., 1943-11-29
Appeal in Rute Case
Fills 5000 Pages
IL the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY.-Utah Su.
preme Court Clerk Leland M. Cum.
mings is in the market for wheeled
cart.
An appeal. filed in a utility rate
case, filled a record total of more
than 5000 pages.
He wants to cart it to the next
judges Office.
Evening star., 1943-11-29

yet seen In the
M e d 1 t e rr a.
mean theater, ac-
cording to pilots
returning to a
United S t q t e S
base here after
raids over the
G e r m a n held
Greek capital.
This indicates,
t ey believe,
that the enemy
Is making q
supreme effort
to protect in
stallations there,
Evening star., 1943-11-29
Cadet Flyer Still Missing
After Four-Day Search
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASkoCiANd PfeSs.
SHAW FIELD, S. G., Nov. o.
The fourth day of search for Avia-
ton Cadet Gerard T. Held, 20,
whose empty, wrecked plane was
found in the depths of Wateree
Swamp near here Wednesday
brought no clue to his fate.
Col. r. G. w. BleSsley, command
Evening star., 1943-11-29
|German-Held Athens! i!
Is Well Defended,
U. 5. Pilots Report
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star staff CORRESPONDENT.

SOMEWHERE IN ITALY.-Over
stored Athens, American flyers are
encountering some Of the heaviest
and most accurate antiaircraft FIRE
Evening star., 1943-11-29
Freight Delivery Yord
Opened by P. R. R. Here

The Pennsylvania Railroad today
opened a new freight delivery yard
off its main line at New York ave-
Evening star., 1943-11-29

guides and led back to the main
paths.
Marcel =. Held Of Chappaqua,
N. Y, father Of the cadet, flew to
Charleston from his home and
joined the search.
Evening star., 1943-11-29

Place . stamp In that vacant
space in your War savings stamp
book; It will help put the Axis on
the spOt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

selective service director to draft
boards urging them to honor the
requests and notifying them that
the Federal agencies will appeal all
certified requests which are denied
Disappointed at Reaction.
and alarmed to find that a num-
Der of agencies had not been able
to report the draft status OF their
male employees. despite year-old Or
derS from the President to make
an inventory, the committee an
nounced that on the basis of a
sampling from 70 agencies as of
December, 1912, the military status
of the men among 100000 en-
ployeS was as follows.
Thirty-four per cent of the en-
ployes were men between l8 and
81; 1+5 per cent had been granted
occupational deferment. II per
cent were in Ia and rs per cent
were in the armed forces.
It's tabulation, the committee
said, showed that on the whole de-
ferment requests had been mod
crate and conservative comparing
favorably with the experience of
private industry, in which a per-
centage figure of deferments at
least twice as high is not deemed
to be excessive and unwarranted. "
OF Federal workers in the armed
forces, 81 per cent had enlisted, 1e
per cent had been commissioned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

a. per cent had been drafted and
in per cent of the cases the
method of entering the service was
unknown.
The committee estimated that l.
900 900 men now in the Government
service were between the ages OF
Is and 81 and that 1900 900 Gov
eminent employees were directly en-
gagged in war production.
Urge Manpower Economy.
Although appointed primarily to
examine draft procedure, the COM
mittce justified its recommendation
on Federal handling Of its personnel
by declaring that a more economic
use of the available supply of Fed
eral manpower would tighten the
burden created by drafting of many
of them.
/ Pointing out that 100000 per-
/ sons had been hired b. the Gov
I eminent last year TO fill 1000, 900
Jobs, the committee declared:
This 100 per cent labor turnover
/ is serious reflection upon the ade-
. iAshSS VA NAiC pIA StAlAACI anu HAL
agement policy of the Federal Gov
eminent
/ The committee, in recommending
ranking personnel officer with wide
authority for each agency, asserted
that ineffective supervision Of Fed
eral employees is causing great dis
satisfaction, has increased the num-
Der of personnel necessary and is a
waste Of manpower'
AS examples Of waStefpl activi-
ties it cited unnecessarily comph-
Gated registration procedures for
entering and leaving military
Government buildings. particularly
in Washington; maintenance of du-
phcate and complex files. circuitous
handling of incoming and outgoing
mail, redundant forms for many
Government activities, repetitive
auditing Of fiscal affairs and con-
tinued making of reports which no
longer serve a useful purpose.
1t also urged extension Of Joint
management-employe suggestion
committees which, it said, had ini-
tiated valuable economies in time
See FEDERAL DRAFT, Page Aid
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Federal Draft
Continued From First Pa 9

mttee termed useless. non produc-
tive and time-consuming proce-
dures."
Soldiers now holding down desk
jobs would be subjected to periodic
reviews to assure they are not be-
ing held in work which could be
performed by civilians ineligible for
military service This proposal was
accompanied by the comment that
there was tendency on the part of
the armed forces to extend their
operations to cover functions nor
mauy conducted by civilian agen-
cies which may we'll represent a
freezing of military manpower in
some combat functions which
cannot be justified"
Bellamy Heads Group.
The committee making the recon-
mendations, composed on Paul Bel
lamy, editor of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, chairman; Eric Johnston,
president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, and Ordway
Tead, member of the New York
City Board of Higher Education,
was appointed December IS to form
ulate a policy to cover draft defer
ment of Federal employees after the
President had ordered that all de-
ferment requests go through his
office.
After two months of research, the
committee declared in its report
that its investigation had con-
WINGED it the Federal Government
lis not a draft evader's paradise
as has been loosely charged"
At the same time, however, it said
the Federal Governments record in
asking draft deferments Should be
better, more self-sacrifcing and
more patriotic than the American
community at large-in brief, a
shining light"
eve believe, therefore, the COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21
Roosevelt Asked
Took. DeferroI
Certificates

Issuance of a Certificate OF hon.
orable deferment for essential war
employment" for men in both pri-
vate and public employment who
have been exceptionally deferred
was recommended to President
Roosevelt yesterday by his special
committee on Federal draft defer
mentS.
The committee explained other
wise. men with occupational defer
mentS suffer "a personal and social
disadvantage. both now and in the
future
The citizen who enters the armed
forces gets a uniform. whereas no
such evidence exists regarding the
necessary character of the civilian S
work" the committee pointed out.
To give public acknowledgment
to the man virtually drafted for
non-m.litary duties is. therefore, an
important and desirable requirement
in a war where production is SC
crucially essential
The committee recommended that
the certificates be issued by loca'
draft boards to the men when they
get their notice of deferment.