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works on the Negro and trade I'M
ions, as a witness for the govern
ment assailed the auxiliary" set
ups and the Boilermakers Interna-
tiolaI as their creators as being
the most discriminatory union in
the nation as far as Negroes are
concerned"
In opening the hearings here
ard in Portland, FEPC chairman
Malcolm Ross stated that the hear
nlgs were intended to discove1
what if any determinations had
teen made to deprive any workers
Of making a contribution to the
war effort at his highest level Of
ability on account o his "a e creed,
color or national origin and that
such facts as disclosed during the
hearings would become the basis Of
corrective measures to be determin-
ed. in part by the attitudes of the
nation now in matters of equality Of
opportunity in labor problems in
Volving discrimination.
Marvin c. Har. ison, counsel for
the FEPC opened the governments
case aoei.cs+ labor and management
in Portland, while George c. Hayes
special counsel for the body per-
formed similar duties when the
hearings opened here Friday. The
meet was highlighted here by pa
radc of witness protesting and tes-
tifying to the domineering and CO.
ercive attitude of BoilermakerS LO-
cal 90 over Auxiliary ABS and Ne
gro workers employed in the shir
building industry in general. Work
err witness roundly assailed the
union bargaining agency, while
tending to abSolve management o.
any intentional wrong doing in the
matter of race discrimination.
The whole pattern Of employment
in the shipbuilding industry, its
/, method of upgrading and otheI
phases Of employment wee reveal
ed by competent witnesses. Testi~
mony given before the committee
clearly indicated the denial of prop
er opportunities for upgrading Ne
gro workers. Industry was well rep
resented by counsel and witnesses
after witnesses testified to show
their hands were tied in the mat
ter Harrison, counsel for the FEPC
however, was reluctant to dismiss
responsibility for the fulfillment Of
he presidential order against
management. He charged then
with their share of responsibility
md duty to put the order into prac
Fical effect.
UNION NOT REPRESENTED
No members of the Boilermakers
International, or the Executive di-
vision Of that body were in atten-
dance either at the Portland or the
ocal meeting of the FEPC although
hey were invited on both occas-
ions. AS was charged by Tom Ray
# Portland before the FEPC, j
4. Franklin, Of Kansas City, Boil
armakers international president
nd the international are all guilty
t "nius fraud" in connection with
ne "jin crow" auxiliary setups.
Dr. Northrupp said the "auxili-
ries" were dues collecting agencies
vithout intending to give Negroes
ny rights or representation, let
lone privileges normally allowed
he brotherhood. The noted econo-
mist and Negro-labor expert then
,ompared the percentage of Negroes
n skilled jobs in World War ], aga
inst figures of World Wa 2. The
hart showed 10 percent of all ship
ard workers on metal ships durins
World War I were Negroes, and
hat 20 percent of them wee work.
ng as skilled mechanics. AS of to-
lay, he related all but a handful of
the 600 Negro shipyard employees
at Tampa, Fla, We're discharged