The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-02-13
MANAGEMENT
HAS UNSAvoRY
RACE HISTORY
Negro Girls Sent Ba ck
To Training School;
Whites Stay

are DO unUsua, sigh; al Norih Amer
can Arersf, plant, declares VI SIS
Dorothy LJgo Who MAS discharged
from mere as, week
Additional revelations Of indus
trial monkey business come bound
ing out o. the North American Ar
craft framing school ms week fol-
loN ug al INITIAL expose.
Operation OF an extensive JIM
crow system. rep'e.e Nth Negro
s;oogeS, -Was disclosed by Negro
frances. along With testimony 20
the cfec, that Negro women are
beng fired fsom skilled classes en-
TnaSsc
Typical IS ;Ae s.aE&eL DolaihY
Lugo. VINO was fred from the Nortf.
American tcain.ng school recently
Sent To North American
After four weeks OF framing in
December, Mss Lugo was sent GU,
from the framing school to The
North American lnglewood plant
along with a mixed group OF about
dozen trsinees. Three were col
ored.
Upon arrival in a department
working on wing tips" she states,
the women supervisor attempted 10
bunch the Negro girls together
However she said they managed
20 stand in groups OF whites and
were not sent 10 their work ia
Jim crow.
After about two hours OF labor
on the wing tips. Mss LGgo states
the woman supervisor came 20 her
and asked, Are you American
She sad yes
--.i Whist Kind OF an American was
the new question.
I'm an American Negro" she re-
sponded.
A few moments later the super
visor returned, stating that her de-
pariment was full.
The assistant supervisor, Jew
ish man, came up and said that the
department; was not filled and that
as many workers as possible were
needed Mss Lugo said.
BY this time, the other two Negro
girls in the department had been
removed from their work, and the
three were sent back 20 the training
school.
Back At School
Back at the training school, the
women confronted their sheet me.
tai instructor, Karl Linsinmier, who
had dispatched them TO the plant
He told them their plight was. moi
his fault.
When pressed. said Miss Lugo the
instructor told the women, What.
the difference? You get paid ir
training just the same"
we went there 10 work on air.
t planes, continues Miss LHgo@ aHt
that's what. we wanted to do Since
it seemed impossible for us TO ge
work from the sheet metals depart
ment, we asked to be transferred tc
a class in some other subject.
We were told this was impossi
BILE. although white trsinees ar,
transferred 10 other classes every
day.
I'VE were told. ii you don't wan
20 stay in sheet metal, get out"
On January !. Miss Lugo relates
with the confirmation OF a number
~ a. har u-orka re Tho rao1 hIo,,, foII
All Negro workers in tie sheet
metal classes were dismissed
"Colored girls" continued the in.
formant. 10 reporter. were cry.
ing in the Railways: A lot Of u.
loved that work. We thought ii wa.
real chance. We thought We coulo
help win the war"
Bill Gordon Again
A name becoming increasingly
familiar 10 North American Negro
Workers, Bill Gordon. company
hired race relations trouble shooter
came 10 talk 10 the girls.
According 10 Miss I,ugo. Bill
Gordon came down 10 the training
school. He said he was gong 10 Try
ITO help us girls out. We kept wait
7 ing He never did anything. Later
talked 10 him. He said We hadn't
gone about il right"
From other sources. il was learned
this week that open Jim crow diVis.
ION exists in the North American
rfyAtipp dppartnept
II is a fact that Negro workers
trained for inspection have been re.
fused this employment, and told by
Margaret Long. North American
personnel department spokesman
the white people are no, ready tC
take orders from little coiorec
Cir
Compilation Of evidence is under
way by the Negro Victory commit
tee
The Go Automobile Workers
VINO hoId contract. with NORTH
American. have been in the fore
front batting for Negro rights.
The management however
bos>'S q long and unsavory race
batting history.
J. II K ndelburger. president. o.
Norm American. once vowed thai
regardless u qualifications. ne
would never employ Negro in
other than a menia. job