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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

egs,.on az such project had not
then advanced far enough for
.ls oa.ce 10 have been consulted.
even Z, had not made specific
inquiry. The conclusion is ines
capable that the Air Command
cces not propose to inform. much
less counsel with. this office about
IS plans FOR Negroes.
But the reactionary policies
ctd discriminatory practices OF
The Air Forces are much more
serious than the matter OF ig-
roring my office. II should be un-
cerstood that from the beginning
the Air Command did not want
Negro personnel. Resistance bred
81 that attitude has been met ever
since Moreover. even now the
Air Command views the use OF
the Negro as an experiment
designed 20 determine whether he
can do this or that in the field
OF aviation This attitude is the
result Of wholly unscientific ma
tons that race somehow controls
a mans capacity and aptitudes /.
The tragedy Is that by not want
ing the Negro in the first place
and by doubling his capacity. the
Air Command has committed H.
sell psychologicslly TO courses Of
action which themselves become
major obstacles 10 the success 81
Negroes in the Air Forces
The Negro program OF the Air
orces began some two years ago
with the organization OF several
so-called aviation Squadrons
Separated" These units now
greatly increased in number. were
organized 10 serve no specific mill
larry need. They have never had
a defined function. Except as in
elvidual commanders on their
own initiative have found some
military function for particular
small groups OF men. the charac-
,eristic assignment OF the Avia-
ton Squadron (Ssparate)" has
been the performance OF odd jobs
~ common labor which arise from
time 10 time at air fields. There
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

are no equivalent white organi-
nations Aviation Squadrons (Sep-
arate)" would never have come
into existence except for the ne
cessity OF making some provision
for Negro enlisted men In the Air
I'owes. Reluctant 10 use Negroes
az all. the Air Command started
off on the wrong foot by organ
lzing some Negro labor units.
while every effort was being
made 10 recruit white volunteers
with mechanical ability for skilled
service.
Somewhat later. in order 10
provide enlisted iechnicians for
tie new air base at Tuskegee. a
few Negro soldiers were accepted
for technical training al Chanute
Field where large school Is
maintained. The men were we'll
received and did excellent work 4.
] urged the importance OF con-
tlnuing such training OF Negroes
IN this existing unsegregated
school. But the program stopped
with the first group. The Air
Forces then made efforts to set
Up segregated technical training
al Tuskegee or elsewhere. Dit
ficulties were encountered. Mean
while. successive classes OF Negro
pilots were being trained. but nc
technical schooling OF supporting
ground crew members was In
progress Thus. even the segre-
gated program got badly out OF
balance in the effort to effect Il;
extension. The prospect is that in
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
Citizens Committee Moves ForwaI
With Plans For Conference On Fer

been assigned to Shelton Tan
recording secretary OF Ford d
No. 900. who Is chairman ~
subcommittee OF the Mobillrs
committee. Mr.. Tapes has
tended an open invitation Ia
organizations interested in
continuation OF the FEPc or
problems OF more Jobs for Nep,
IN war industries to attend
conference.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

1913. even with a tardy resump-
ton OF technical ground train
ing. Negro pilots will be ready
before and faster than adequate
numbers OF trained ground crews
are available.
The Air Forces also are re-
jscting Negro applicants who wish
&c become weather officers or
officers in other highly specialized
technical fields. a few such men
were trained for Tuskegee But
for period OF more than six
months. all qualified Negro can
didates have had their completed
applications returned to them with
tue information that the Air
Forces need no more Negro
weather officers. The Air Forces.
however. do need large numbers OF
additional weather officers so badly
that white volunteers are being
solicited and accepted. despite a
general policy against voluntary
enlistments in the Army. Yet. It
70 unthinkable to those in author
ny that a Negro officer can fill
such a position except at Tuske-
gee. The same situation exists in
armament and engineering both
ground specialties for which the
Air Forces have been accepting
cadets generally. but refusing Ne
groes. am advised that this mat
ter is receiving further study.
The simple fact is that the Air
Command does not want Negro
pilots flying in and out OF various
fields. eating. sleeping and ming
ling with other personnel. as a
service pilot must do in carrying
out his various missions"
Judge HASTE further outlines
many other phases OF discrim-
ination against Negroes in the
! aid forces. prejudice encountered
in and around Tuskegee where
The air training field for Negroes
Is located and concludes his re-
lease with the following state
4, meni:
Military men agree that a SOL
cier should be made 10 feel that
10 Is the best man in the best
Unit in the best army in the
world. When the Air Command
shall direct It's policies and prac-
tees so as to help rather than
binder the development Of such
spirit among It's Negro soldiers,
II will be on the right road"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

a. Trinity hospital Sunday from c
sudden attack u double pneu-
mona He was born IN Liberty
Town Nd and was the son OF Mr.
and Ms James II. Roberts. Ne
came 70 De'rci; from Cleveland %
years ago ant married Mss Mary
Miner y years aro Mr Roberts
for NUMBER O; years was head
bellman for the D * G, but for The
past eeyers. wears had been con-
nec'ed Vth TIE United Insurance
company.
Surviving the deceased are his
widow also BY three brothers.
Jsmss Roter's, % Gettysburg. Rob-
ert Roberts Gettysburg. and VIII
l.au Roberts. Cleveland. also two
sis'srs Mrs Harold Carter. Har-
Tisburg and Mrs Hattie Porter
Frederirk CITY Nd. al ~ whom
were present a. the funeral.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
POLL RESULT TO RE
ANNOTNCTD OVER Chs

>LT YORK AMP Rssgi; ~
RE ns'.cT-wits poll for The honor
il Race relations viii he
srrr.r % sunday. Feb. :. over
'-s rc.--st q Bsoadcast.rg sys-
-m-tcas'-'o-ccast Wings
ate~ Jordan program A, the
-sm4 'Ts f-s lls' ~ he e
Arsrlrars $tEro AMI white who
hsvt Ttre re most for IRE
trH etsnen' r, ~ r!Fh's an.
znt'.o- 20 re Nero vii Re
'sssea o ire daily and weekly
pen
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
BACK POLL TAX

ATLANTA-fANPt Although
'Ais stste IS rct ready 70 abolish
Re po.l tax ~ legislators took
. stsp Il that direction when the
state senate as, week approved
2 b., limiting 20 50 ne amour,
~ ro. AK delinquent voter
vc1ld ts required 70 pay 20 be
rsirs,a'ee n ne voters lis' The
tner souse IS nov considering
're reasgre
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

Last week the Eighth "A
graduates OF Higginboihan s..
were addressed by Esnes, n
shall. Of the Board OF Educa,i,
Vocational Training office
Marshall reviewed the reon'
ments and stressed the Fac,
personality is still a partner
skill for any successful ennis,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

The Reverend Charles A. Hill.
chairman OF the Citizens Com
mittee for Jobs In War Indus
tries. announced Monday that
definite plans were being made
by the Citizens committee for a
conference 10 be held on Feb
rdary IL for the purpose OF dis
cussing with various organiza-
iions throughout the district the
question OF the status OF the Fair
Employment Practice committee
as we'll as the entire problem OF
jobs for Negroes in war indus
tries.
II was further indicated by the
chairman that several outstanding
persons had been invited to par
ticipate in the conference. among
them: A Philip Randolph OF the
.Aiarch On Washington committee,
the Reverend T. T. Brumbaugh.
executive secretary OF the Detroit
Council OF Churches, Frank X.
Martel. president OF the Detroit
Federation OF Labor. and others.
The February IA conference. ten
tltiyely set at the Lucy Thurman
Branch OF the YWCA will climax
the Citizens Commuters fight TO
save the FEPC.
The plans for notifications OF
organizations and individuals for
attendance at the conference has
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

ing The Char.es
c o 2 Funeral
Home wac in
charge ard bur-
ial was IL Elm
wood cemetery.
NJ. Roberts.
who was we'll
known in the
local Insurance
hftcs~rae died
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

Although the course OF training
Al the Coast Gnard Training
station. Manhattan Beach. NJ
l. tough one viih 3 fuu sched-
uIe. recreation j. not neglected.
Dances and singing take Up
much u the leisure IN the eve
ning. Homer smith. tfnor Of the
noted radio Sonthernaires quar-
lei. !, director oi the Manhattan
Beach horal society. composed
Of white and colored enlistees.
He 7, shown rehearslng part ~
hi grrup. Also shown j. James
q. Lewis. another well-known
Negro entertainer. who has charge
of dancing and entertainment for
Negro personnel at Manhattan
Reach.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
Funeral Rites Held
For Phillip Roberts,
Local Insurance Man

Funers. services for the ia,e
Philip Roberts. OF $3.50 LAYTON
avenue. we're held Wednesday att
ernooa from the family residence.
with Father Malcolm Dade oH.ciai-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

For answers 10 any Salvage
questlon-Call RANDOLPH s2ss
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

VT. yernon-313. Six famu
apartment. Shows very good /
turns. For Information. call \
Beery. Ca. $40.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
WANTED

High school glri 10 work
downtown firm after school hoI
and Saturdays. Must he able
ride bicycle. Good pay. For d
thcr information. call at the 1
trolt Tribune. sii6 ~. Antoine
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
G. &C

WANTED-furnlshed Apt. OIL
Christian couple wants 49,
kitchenette. Reliable-Referens
1y. 5-ssGl--i-7 pm.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

RUG SALE. From my home.
store. Save the difference. axls|
versatile broadIoom $50 Cholcl
odd sizes. 12x1e 12xl5 (
Ii.3x15 - l0.6x12 - 9xi5 Al
Many Remnants. Open daiIy
1861 w. Grand Blvd. near Wd
row Wilson.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06

SALVAGE INrORMATION-RAS.
DOLPH 2s2
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Der tina; land Is n hest investing
Here i a chance for everyday 4
small down and monthly pa, med
" lots located on HnlIeck. Bul
SIDE. Mcpherson. near David
Lots s5s5-full price. Owncr.lsS
jos. Campau. Twlnbrook l.630i|
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
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HELP WANTED
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Tn. 3-60s6 I,351 Pennincl'
Drive.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-06
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iiemen. S6o' ylnewood; good tra|
p0rtatlon.
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r YOUR FAMILY EXTRA W1AMIN A.,

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rated good for this vtamn They also give you valuable
amounts OF vtamns b. and b. calcium and other minerals
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With the real California flavor Of Navel Orange juice you get
vamn per glass Five years Of independent scientific
prove it gasul gives you days normal
need California N1ves have the Hgb-Vtamm orange juice
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-19
.un AVOID WASTE.

Keep oranges a cool wclaired place avoid freezing Serve
Sccdlcss Navel Orange juice unsncd otuc coarse sieve and
stir the hcath pulp through Save shopping trips by ordering
weeks supply OF uadcmarkcd Sunks Navel Oranges They
good keepers the finest from 1880 cooperating growers
in California and Arizona Best for Jucc-and Etc2 me'
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Kodiak mirror., 1943-05-01

At Fort Benning, Ga., the President watches an "attack' staged with live ammunition.
 Paratroops train here.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-05-01

President Roosevelt, as he swung through the South on his second war inspection tour, in spects the 8Oth infantry division at Tennessee camp, from a van tage point in the front seat of q car (right) The division formed an avenue of men aud guns and other equipment. At left are 90 nm anti-aircraft guns. At right heavy hewitzers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-02
Keep In Step

Aviation is unlike other industries. It must at all times be managed and devel- oped with the knowledge that air power governs the diStirlies of nations. Many people think that American air power sprang from nowhere almost overnight. In reality, it had its beginning years ago when farsighted aviation pioneers and military authorities joined in recognizing that all our civil aviation resources could be made into multi-purpose instrument of military power.
 According to Congressman Richard H. Harness of Arizona: ". Many of the leaders in the civilian industry have very deliberately encouraged steps in the course of the industry's development which have proved of incalculable 1n- portance in this war. The civilian pilot training program is an outstanding ex- ample of civilian-inspired and civilian executed activity without which our mili- tary force today would be far less than it's present strength. And in the develop ment of the air transport industry there have been extremely vital steps taken in many of them still Secret-which have
 
 the last eighteen months"
 The aviation industry, and the airlines in particular, are fully conscious of their responsibilities. The latter are endeavor- ing to awaken Congress to the fact that government also bears great responsi- bility in determining the future of Ameri- can aviation. They consider the pending amendments to the Civil Aeronautics Act, as embodied in the Lea-Bailey Bill, eSSen- tial to the stability and growth of private aviation and of direct concern to those interested in the future military strength of the nation.
 In commenting recently on that bill, Representative Harness declared: "The legislation being considered seeks to give concrete application to the lessons we have learned in the last five or six years, and to confirm and elaborate our civil aviation program for the national de- fense as we have seen it successfully dem- onstrated since Pearl Harbor." It is the obligation of Congress, with due regard for state and local rights involved, to keep Federal regulation in step with avia- tion requirements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-02
Who Will Pay

In the course of the coal strike and accompanying wage controversy, hard ly word was heard as to the effect which the demanded wage increase might have had on the coal industry. The miners have now reached a new wage agree ment with the Illinois coal operators, the basis of which is the payment of SIPS per day to every miner for underground travel time, but which must be approved by WIPE and OPA before becoming ef- fective.
 How would this agreement affect coal mines? The effective date of the agree ment was supposed to be August 1, but the wage increases under the agreement are to be retroactive to April l. If the agreement had gone into effect on August 1, for the nations 500,000 coal miners, back wages for the four-month period would amount to $62,500,000
 As the Herald Advertiser, of Hunting ton, West Virginia, points out: Could the coal industry absorb such ponder ouS item? Records of the BituminouS Coal Division of the United States De- partment of Interior show that the gross profit of the industry for 1942-before deduction of Federal income and excess profits taxes and other eXpenSe-waS only eight cents per ton. On the 1942 production of 600,000,000 tons, there fore, gross profits amounted to only $48,- 100000. Net profits did not exceed $24,- 100000. Thus, the back wages called for in the model contract would be nearly three times the next profits of the indus try for the entire year of 1942!"
 If the effective date of the contract is delayed for six months, it is estimated that retroactive wages will amount to $95, 100000. It is now time that we showed some concern for the safety of millions of dollars of the peoples savings invested in coal mines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-02
Simpli6cation in Reverse

life there is not revolt, when the people come to prepare the first of their quar- terly income tax estimates between now and September Is, it will mean that the American citizenry has become race of mice, not men. Since the first income tax return began haraSsing few of the most prosperous in our population, noth- ing like the current orgy of statistical complication has been inflicted upon us as people. There is almost certain to be bitter revulSion. So let's clear up the record right now, in advance, and see that anger is directed against those who deserve it. These quarterly estimates, followed each March IS by final return, arise out of the pay-as-you-earn tax law adopted by Congress this summer in response to demands for the Ruml Plan. Attempts will be made to blame the con- fusion and trouble upon the Ruml Plan.
 The almost unconceivably intricate col lection system probably cannot be sim plified under the statute enacted. But the tax law was not the Ruml Plan. It was "compromiSe" modification which, whether deliberately or through inepti- tude, was made caricature of what it purportS to be. There is about the law no slight vestige of scientific construc- tion except for that trace of the pay-as- you-earn principle that was left after congressman, bedeviled and misled by Treasury experts, had swept the pantry shelves into a pot of dishwater and labeled the product soup. When you and all your neighborS go berserk trying to comply with the requirements of the new income tax law, and you get out the trusty old ballot box to go looking for victims, keep one thing clearly in mind:
 Your troubles are not inherent in the pay-as-you-earn tax principles. They were tossed in by those who couldn't bear to see simple, workable, scientific tax law minus lot of and ors, whereases, wherefore, and notwithstanding - by those who weren't willing to concede that sound, practicable tax law might come out of nonbureaucratic mind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-02

locomotives and 62,60O freight cars. In the first six months of 1043 they were able 10 get only 293 locomotives and 9,4l5 freight cars. Their continuing inability to get anything approaching an adequate amount of new equipment has created a greatly increased need for materials for maintaining old equipment The terrific hammering of the tracks also has created need for increased materials for main- taining them. The total inventory of materials that the railroads had on hand at the beginning of 1943 was less than in any year from 1917 to 1928. And yet, in the first four months of 1943 they re- ceived, only $259 100000 of materials, 8 reduction of 16 per cent compared with the same period in 1922"
 The railroads are doing the biggest hauling job in history. They realize that any slowing on their part will soon be reflected in pinched supply lines to our men fighting overseas. But do the "peo- pie back home" realize that the railroads have supply lines too that must be main- tained? Apparently many of them do not.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-02
His Memory Errs

The Japs having been driven out of the Aleutians, at long last, President Roosevelt takes occasion to gibe at those who, he says, wanted the Allies to with draw from the AtlanTic to the Mediter- ranean campaigns and divert all our vast combined strength to the removal of the Japs from few rocky specks in the North Pacific"
 That is not quite the way it was. No sane person proposed tkat the Atlantic and Mediterranean campaigns be given up, or delayed A lot of us did urge that those flew rocky specks in the North Pacific" gave Japan position of enorm- ous nuisance value. With this the Army and the Navy agreed We spent many North American lives taking back those few rocky Specks-and many more Amer ican lives, for being belated, than would have been required earlier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-02
DEATH THROUGH
CARELESSNESS New York Timesl

If the accident death rate which prevailed in l942 is maintained this year, 1t will be tantamount to clos- ing down the nations war produc- ton machine for a full week. This is revealed by the current edition of Accident Facts" just issued by the National Safety Council. AL though home accidents have the shameful distinction of reaching the top of the fatality list last year, &C., counting for 30,000 deaths, the motor vehicle toll, in view of the greatly reduced driving, is perhaps the most discouraging of the cate gories into which loss by accident customarily is divided. Despite a de- crease of 2 per cent in the death rate due to motor vehicles, 28,20O persons were killed on streets and highways in 1942. This compares with a total of IT 7,400 killed in action in all our amred services from the day of Pearl Harbor up to last week for the Navy and to the start of the Sicilian campaign for the Army. Army casualties for that campaign have been reported as a total of T,400 killed, wounded and missing. It is improbable that more than 1000 of this total were killed. In other words. in a period of greatly reduced operation of motor vehicles, traffic accidents in a single year cost e,O00 more lives than action on the fighting fronts in a year and a half of war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-02

the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands"
 Religious joy is very real thing for those who experience 1t. Some people never know anything about t throughout the whole of their lives. Either they are too well sat- lsfied with the world as t Is. or have lost hope and grown bitter, OF they are satisfied to gorge theH- selves on the husIks Of lesseF joys. But when dod performs His mir. aele Of spiritual regeneration by touching with Ills Anger tip the soul Of q man who wants to enter lnto the larger fife, then the world and ail tls inhabitants suddenly take on q neY aspect, The Old Testament wTlteF, Isaiah, described thls by saying that the mountains and hills, under such circumstances break forth Into singing and all the trees Of the field elap their hands,
 What la that peFyerse impulse s=ss.sssAaan aa which makes us perfectly content lo live within the eiFele oi . feW narrow fFteFeaia, when the vast uniFerae Of God beek0ga ie with eager haneff
 Al Fiahis geaeFVed~, Bahsan
 HewanaaanT egn4lnaiA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-02
How Do They Keep Rolling

Any industry welcomes deserved praise and the railroads have been deluged with it. But what is worrying them now is the
 question of how to continue to measure up to the high standards of perform alace they have set for themselves. The railroads are in the position of a success ful army. The people back home have grown to expect a lot They must not ke disappointed. On the other hand, they must realize that the railroads, like the Army, depend upon an unbroken flow of supplies. Government restrictions and var shortages have cut the supply line of American railroads threatenlngly thin. How thin, Is well described ln the words ~ Railway Agei "In the hvs-yeaF period ending with l02D. they installed about i.s00 locomotives and 06,000 freight ears annually, In ief2 they got only 7i2