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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-09-25
lions $4,000 DRIVE STARTS
Members Pledged to Clear Church
Of Debt by Next Easter

will continue until next Easter.
Captains named on Sunday,
Sept IS, were present and en-
listed their committee mem
mer assistants
Each captain is pledged to
raise $3.50, and each church
member, SIS. One member, the
pastor said, has promised to
contribute 500. The first re-
port on collections will be
Continued on Page Four
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The FEPC Is Dead
Lacks Power To
Force Decisions
BY Willard S. Townsend

CHICAGO - The obituary Of
the much-publicized Presi-
dents Fair Employment Prac-
tees Committee was written
in a blaze of glory, pomp and
testimony at the railroad hear
ingS held last week in Wash
ington. The burial ceremony
was witnessed by an array of
who's Who in American Pro-
feSsional Race Leadership"
who were cast into the uneX-
pected role Of pall-bearers at
the demise and funeral of an
other democratic project which
never had an even chance in
the process of its abortion.
Fer more than three eentful
years, the national government
has been satisfied to temper
ize with the question of full
employment of colored workers
in war industieS. The FEPC
was created not out OF real
desire to insure this full par
ticipation, but rather out OF q.
political necessity to placate
the growing insiStence of the
colored population for greater
opportunities in the field Of de-
Tense and war employment. 1t
was upon this false political
premise that Executive Order
Continued on Page Four
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War Department
Adamant Against
Mixed Units

WASHINGTON, D. c. - Re
affirming its stubbornly main
tanned position that it will not
retreat from a policy of segre-
CATION in the armed forces, the
War Department, in a letter to
Walter White, NAACP Secre-
tary, declared that "the Sugges
ton contained in your recent
letter for the formation Of
Continued on Page Four
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White Soldier
Supports HiIIburn
School Fight

NEW YORK, N Support
of the fight to end the segre-
gated school system at Hillburn
continues to reach the national
office from all elements Of the
population, the NAACP revealed
this week. From a white private
in the United States Army who
sent 20 per cent of his salary
the NAACP received a letter
which said: "Enclosd is a slight
contribution toward your mag
nificent fight in Hillburn. Sin
cerely, I wish you suscess.
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BREAKING UP OF COMBAT UNITS
STILL HAUNTS COLORED OFFICERS
FAMOUS CHICAGO EIGHTH INFANTRY
NOW BROKEN TO QUARTERMASTERS
BY THE ROVER

The original Red Hand Di-
vision so highly esteemed by
the Fighting French, is, &C
cording to a Washington dis
patch by John Jasper, about
to become only a memory in
the minds of military leaders,
The Washington correspondent
writes that the famous Chicago
Fighting Eighth, one of the
kingpins Of the original 185tl
Brigade, is now a quartermaS-
ter outfit.
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AUBREY PANKEY
internationally known baritone
who will appear at the first con-
cert of the Harlem Peoples Art
Group, sponsored by Solidarity
Lodge 1881, International Work.
ers Order, at Heckscher Theatre,
New York City, Sunday evening,
Sept. rs.
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Dept. Of Inter-RaciaI Relations
Gains Interest In Washington

Il wish to you that suggestion is receiving
appropriate consideration"
The above message received this week from the
Secretary of State Washington D. c. in regard to
submitted by abry KOuntze Guardian associate ed
tor calling for the creation of Department of nter-Raciai
Relations.
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DAVIS-SHERIDAN
NUPTIALS
Mrs. Mary ]. Sheridan,
WEEDS MiIIard Davis In
Quiet Home Affair
BY Lydia T. Brown

Mrs Mary Julia Sheridan,
well-mown Concert Contralto,
OF Boston was married to Mr.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-09-25

LaUrSa Tedrick of Chicago eft
SneOn Sadde ht) of New York City daughters of the
Floyd SnesOn pastor of St Paul AME
Cambridge in the city the
of Mrs Lucy Williams of 1856 Cambridge St. Cambridge
visitors royalty entertained by friends including
Lillian Averett Mr. and Mrs Oscar Cheeks Mr. and Mrs VIM
Hunter Mr.. and Mrs. York, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Hall Mrs Effe
Griffin Allen They WOrshipped
Sunday morning ST. AME Church with their brother
Floyd G. well known newspaper Of
Rev. Rembert Stokes and his mother Mrs Hazel Stokes who
mate Hedrick at Wberforce Mrs HedriCk
secretary business of Bethel AE Church.
Chicago Bishop Gregg secretary She spend
the Mrs Sadder who
wife we'll known mOran and she will also visit
Washington d. and Philadelphia before returning home
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Fought With 372nd

In the first world war, 4
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Continued on Page Four
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Commerce Publication
To Become Monthly

Domestic Commerce, now pub
lished weekly by the Commerce De-
partment, will become a monthly
publication on or about May l, Sec
retary Jones announced today.
This change from weekly to a
monthly publication is being made
with a view to serving the war effort
more efficiently" Mr.. Jones said,
adding that the change will result
in considerable savings Of paper and
other materials and manpower.
The new Domestic Commerce will
be printed, instead Of processed, as
at present. A larger formal will be
used, thus somewhat offsetting the
curtailment in space resulting from
the reduction in the number of
issues.
Frank Wilson, special assistant to
Secretary Jones, will be in charge
of the departments new monthly
magazine.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
War Bonds Bought
Through Soroptimist
Club Total $139, $50

Members of the soroptimist Club
Of Washington have been respon-
sible for the sale Of $139,55O worth
Of War bonds. either through their
own purchases or purchases by their
friends, according to q report made
at business meeting OF the club
yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Chmylko, was service
chairman, also said that the club
had given $3,184 to the Community
War Fund, the Red Cross and other
relief agencies. =
Blood donations made at the Red
Cross Plasma Center have totaled
81 pints and groups are to make
further donations on April 20
and 26.
Entertainments for servicemen
are being planned for May and
June.
Scholarships to be awarded
through the club include one for
an older woman at the Temple
School of Business and Secretaries,
according to a report Of the voca-
tional guidance chairman, Miss
Mary Bourke. Two scholarships
already have been awarded to the
Children's Studio of Drama. The
Evening star., 1943-04-15
St. Gertrude's Guild
To Discuss Benefit

Plans for the annual spring mo-
ton picture benefit for St. Gertrude's S
School of Arts and Crafts to be given
June 3 at the Newton Theater.
Brookland, D. c., will be discussed
at a meeting of st. Gertrudes Guild
tomorrow at the Kennedy Warren.
The meeting will follow a luncheon
given at l pm. by Miss Mary Agnes
Sweeny in honor of members of the
committee of which she is general
chairman.
Those invited to attend include
Mrs. Augustus E. Giegengack, presi-
dent of the guild; Mrs. Milton E.
Allies, first vice president: Miss Jane
M. Bradley, Mrs. Daniel j. Callahan,
Mrs. James E. Duke, Mrs. Raymond
F. Garrity, Mrs. James F.. Hartnett.
Mrs. James G. Haskell, Mrs. Frank
A. Hegarty. Mrs Joseph A. Meaney,
Mrs. j. Elmer Murphy, Mrs. Joseph
L. B. Murray, Miss Elizabeth c. Pace
and Mrs. Eugene j. Tighe.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Mrs. Gilchrist Named
To Head Art Club

Mrs. Raleigh Gilchrist was elected
president Of the Columbia Heights
Art Club at the clubs annual meet
ing held recently at the home Of Mrs..
Frederick Pratt. Mrs. Gilchrist sue
ceeds Mrs. John e. Briggs.
Other new officers are Mrs. George
A. Cook, vice president; Miss Mary
Embrey, recording secretary; Mrs.
James H. Platt, correspondent secre-
tary, and Mrs. M. H. Fohrman, treas
urer-. New members on the Execu-
tive Board are Mrs. Dewitt Crois-
SAINT, Miss Josephine Banks, Mrs.
John w. Frizzen and Mrs. Dudley S.
Bright. :
Miss Cornelia Hill was named q
director to the District Federation
OF Women's Clubs, and Mrs. Agnes
Wright was named publicity chair
man.
Mrs. Gilchrist will entertain the
club at luncheon Monday at her
home, 1889 Thirtieth place NV,
Evening star., 1943-04-15
High Australian Officials Wife
Says All Women DO War Work

breakfast on a tray in bed," Mrs
Evatt, prime mover in the under
taking, said. I'VE want them to
have a chance to be feminine. The
iceboX there is always stocked and
the price is reasonable-tWo shil-
lings day. The government gave
grant to build the house and
women'S organizations do the rest
Women Work in Industry.
Australian women also work in all
the war industries, in contructior
they are especially adept as crane
operators-and on anti-aircraft bat
teries.
And the Women's Land Army is
a dashing affair. Australia has
huge sheep stations" or ranches
where jackaroos, the equivalent OF
our cowboys, ride the range day and
night. Most of the jackaroos are
fighting the Japs and in their places
women ride the boundaries.
While there is no compulsory ma
tional registration of women in
Australia, everybody has registered
voluntarily and carries an identi-
fication card.
Mrs. Evatt said there are six
large child welfare centers which
care for 10000 children of mothers
Evening star., 1943-04-15

working in defense industries. The
director is Miss Christine Heinig
an American woman who is lead
ing authority in the field. The
project, which is largely for chill
dren in thes2 to 6 year age group,
is sponsored jointly by the Ministry
Of Labor and the Ministry of Health.
Victory Gardens Successful.
Victory gardens have been very
successful, Mrs. Evatt reported, and
meats of all kinds are plentiful. The
sugar ration is one pound per per-
son per week, which is ample for
jams and canning. But Australian
housewives are short on clothing.
1T is smart to be able to say, I have
had this suit for five years." she
remarked.
Mrs. Evatt's parents travelled to
Australia on business when she was
a year old and found the country so
attractive they decided to remain.
Mrs. Evatt, however, has many rela-
tives in Kansas City.
Her husband is here on his second
Evening star., 1943-04-15
BY LISBETH SOLLING.

Domestic help is so scarce in Aus
tralia that the Foreign Minister'S
wife does her own housework.
So says Mrs. Herbert Wore Evatt,
who was born in Ottumwa, Iowa,
but grew up in Australia to become
the wife of Australia's attorney
general and minister for external
affairs. just arrived with her hus-
band from down under" she re-
ceived the press yesterday in the
big, sprawling Australian Legation
on Woodland drive.
Although she's the mother OF a
21-year-old son, Peter, in the Aus
trallan Army'S armored divisions,
and an 11-year-old daughter, Rosa
lind, Mrs. EHatt looks like a very
young woman. She wears her red
dish hair wound smoothly about her
head and was attired yesterday In
a simple tailored suit. She was per-
mitted to bring only two light suit
cases on the plane.
There is very little domestic help
to be had in Australia, and the gov
ernment discourages such employ
ment, she said. One domestic is the
limit per family. but if there is
large brood of children and old or
ailing people, one can apply to
board for special dispensation.
Il have been doing my own work
in our house in Canberra," she said.
I'VE also have to bring our things
home from the stores ourselves.
Everybody has had to curtail enter
tanning great deal''
Every ounce of womanpoWer is
employed in the war effort, she ex-
planned
L. S. Sports Introduced.
The American doughboy is stamp
ing his imprint on Australia's ma
tional life, she reported. Sandlot
baseball is played everywhere and
in return Uncle Sans nephews learn
the intricacies of cricket. But you
can't teach American soldiers to
drink tea, according to Mrs. Evatt.
Especially not since coffee is unra-
toned in Australia.
American women in our armed
forces auxiliary services there were
aStounded at first when they were
served tea at II in the forenoon
and 4 in the afternoon at work.
They quickly accepted the idea as
being eminently sound, however,
Mrs. Evatt said, but substituted
coffee. Doughnuts and waffles have
become the rage down under" and
all waffle irons were sold out shortly
after the American Army was based
there. The leading brand of Ameri-
can soft drink is widely sold and
the Australians like it. Pumpkin
pie also is being made for the first
time in Australian homes.
Intermarriage Infrequent.
There are few American Austria
liam marriages, she said, because
authorities discourage hasty war
time romances and American Army
officers have built up a wall of re-
quired permits which is practically
impenetrable even for the most ar
dent suitor.
Australia has six military services
for women, including the nursing
auxiliaries. A big leave house" has
been established in Canberra for
military women of any Allied ma
tionality visiting on 24-hour leave
They get breakfast in bed.
They work so hard that we de-
cided to give them the luxury of
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Worship Held Vital
To Man. 5 Assurance
Bishop Bennett Speaks
Aquin at Lenten Service

The Rt. Rev. Granville Gaylord
Bennett, Suffragan Bishop of Rhode
Island, was to be guest preacher at
today's noontime lenten service at
the Church of the Epiphany, Thir-
teenth and G streets NV.
Bishop Bennett, who is conduct
ing the entire fifth week of lenten
services, yesterday declared that un-
less man gains that assurance that
goes beyond his reason, there can
be mo meaning, no purpose, no
destiny to his life" And that as
surance, he said, can only be had
through worship and prayer.
There must be something, he said,
that cannot be disturbed or done
away with" 1t would be dull and
deadly life if ruled entirely by rea-
son. he added, for reason goes "but
a little way"
Naming three ways that man may
be measured, Bishop Bennett said
first we must measure man in rela-
ton to the earth. 1t Is in this ca
pacity that man. as an animal,
gets into trouble"
Secondly there is the mind pride,
which is "a deadly sin," he con-
tinued.
Finally, he said, there is the stage
where man comes into the realm and
power of God. land not until man
comes into the realm of God, does
he become man and personality" i"
1t is the personality that provides
for fellowship, Bishop Bennett de-
clared, and what is life without fell
loWShip.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Medical Society
Auxiliary to Buy
|Shipwreck Kits
Packets Are for Use
On Rubber Rats
Rv SURVIVORS

Cash donations for the purchase
of four emergency kits valued at
$25 each for use by the Coast Guard
patrol boats and In the Submarine
Training Center in Miami were
voted by members of the Women's
Auxiliary to the Medical Society
yesterday at a luncheon meeting
held at the District Medical So
ciety Building. 1718 M street NV.
The kits, which are specifically
intended for rubber emergency boats,
are equipped with first-aid books,
bandages, sterile gauze, sulpha
drugs. fish hooks and tackle, small
mirrors and other items suggested
for use by shipwreck victims.
An additional contribution of $40
was voted to the crippled children's
fund. Announcement also was made
that members of the auxiliary. will
meet soon in units of five to con-
tribute to the Blood Donor Center
the American Red Cross.
The program featured talk,
Escape From Corregidor." by Mrs.
Woodbury. Willoughby. who told OF
her experience escaping with her
husband and members OF the staff
of the Philippine high commission
er from Corregidor Island last year
by submarine to Australia.
Mrs. A. Magruder Macdonald, the
president, introduced the speaker.
Luncheon was served following the
program, with Mrs. Oscar B. Hunt
er and Mrs. Edward l.. Morrison as
hostesSes.
The final meeting of the season,
to be held the second Wednesday
in May, will be followed by a buffet
luncheon prepared and served by
members in keeping with the in
fOrmaity of the times.
Evening star., 1943-04-15

official mission to the United States.
He first came IL months ago to urge
more effective machinery for con-
sultation in the war against Japan.
The Pacific War Council was one re-
suit of that mission. Later Dr.
Evatt represented Australia in Lon
don, taking his seat as a member
of the British War Cabinet and of
the Privy Council.
DR.. Evatt has long been recognized
as one of the British Common
wealth's leading constitutional law
yers and was appointed a member of
the Australian High Court bench in
1880 at the age of SO, the youngest
judge ever appointed to such hign
office
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Mrs. Ernest Rowland
Elected President
OF History Club

Mrs. Ernest G. Rowland Of West
Falls Church, Va, was elected pres
ident Of the Capitol Hi History
Club yesterday ct . meeting ct her
home, GIL West Fulton street.
Others elected include Mrs. J.
Ward Eicher, vice president; Mrs.
John w. Nee. secretary. and Mrs.
Malcolm J. johnson, treasurer.
The club, which was organized
over 40 years ago for social and
recreational purposes by women
residing on Capitol Hill, now has
only one member, Miss Mabel
Hayes, who Is still q resident OF
"the Hill" It's objectives also have
changed to study and historical
research. Latin America has been
the subject Of study for the past
two years, but q miscellaneous pro-
gram IS planned for the next season.
Three more meetings will be held
this year; the next to be at the
home Of Mrs. d. w. Holton, Thirty
first place NV. The final meeting
will be q picnic at the Soldiers
Home during the latter part of
May.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Rome Radio Praises
9th Army's Power
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April l5.-The Rome
radio, apparently trying to explain
the Axis setback in North Africa,
praised the British 9th Army last
night "as the finest fighting force
in the world today" and added:
"It represents the most modern
and most powerful fighting unit to
be found anywhere on the many
chessboards of this world struggle. "
The broadcast was heard by the
Ministry of Information.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Transit Official
Cites Need for
More Women
Zonfa Club Is Told
3 Are Employed,
400 Are. Sought

Washington is the only large city
In the country where women have
not responded in sufficient numbers
to meet the emergency need for
street car and bus operators. E. G.
Giddings, assistant to the president
of the Capital Transit Co, told
members of the Zonta Club yester-
day.
The company could use 400
women, he declared, but only eight
are employed as operators at the
present time. OF these five are still
in training, one is driving bus and
two are operating street cars.
Pointing out that the Capital
Transit Co. has been classified as
an essential industry, Mr.. Giddings
expressed the hope that zonta Club
members would become field mis-
sionaries" in behalf of its campaign
to interest women in this type of
war job.
Says Job Is Easy.
Describing Washington as a city
of white collar women workers" !"
the speaker suggested that perhaps
the women here have failed to see
any glamour in operating a bus.
But imagine the effect it would
have on the war;" he suggested, IF
public transportation facilities here
failed to operate for "a hours"
Mr.. Giddings declared that oper-
ating buses and streetcars is easier
than it looks. In California, he de-
clared, women weighing only los
pounds are driving buses all day
long.
The women employed are selected
very carefully, he continued. 80
you can feel just as safe riding with
a woman as with man." he point
ed out.
BY working on the swing trick"
women operators have time to do
their shopping and housework in
the middle of the day, he declared.
The hours are so arranged, he ex-
planned, that they work for a few
hours in the morning and again in
the afternoon, with the middle of
the day free.
Many Men in Army.
Mr.. Gliding said that over TOO
men OF the Capital Transit Co.
already have gone into the armed
services and that it expects to lose
many more under draft regulations
announced this week.
The program which followed a
luncheon at the YWCA also incMd-
ed the showing of a picture. "Tillie
the Trolley and Billy the Bus" il
Illustrating transportation problems.
Mrs. Helen T. Steinbarger, presi-
dent of the club, turned the pro-
gram over to Mrs. Lenora Logan,
who presented the speaker.
Several out-of-town guests were
present. among them Mrs. Walter
B. Marble of San Francisco, Mrs.
Howard Wright of Richmond and
Mrs. Bertha Knowles of Chester,
S. G..
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Wallace Tulks J Times
In Day on Tour of Peru

BY the Ass0ciated Press.
LIMA, Peru, April 15.-Vice Pres
ident Wallace made seven speeches
yesterday, declaring in the last that
the peoples Of South America he
had met on his tour were determined
to cooperate toward the defeat Of
Nazi Fascism."
At a meeting sponsored by the
Peruvian-N North American Cultural
Committee, Mr.. Wallace said these
peoples 'are fortified by an unal-
terable belief that peace viii bring
the world an order based on the
freedoms espoused by President
Roosevelt"
Evening star., 1943-04-15
G. w. Faculty Women
To Hear Columnist

Miss Malyina Lindsay. columnist
Of the Washington Post. will be the
guest speaker at the spring lunch
con of the Faculty Women's Club
Of George Washington University
at l pm. tomorrow at the YWCA.
The speakers subject will be Good
by Mrs. Blimp," a discussion Of
how war is affecting feminine social
history.
Mrs. e. c. Albritton and Mrs.
Elmer Kayser will be hostesses for
the luncheon. Mrs. Frederick Feiker
Is chairman for arrangements.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Council to Meet

Mark Death, member of the New
Zealand Purchasing Committee, will
be the guest speaker at meeting
Of the Democratic Women's National
Council at $3.50 pm. Monday in the
Fairfax Room at the willard Hotel.
Reports by the Nominating Commit
tee will be made at the meeting.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Beta Chapter to Meet

Bet Chapter of Phi Delta Gamma,
national graduate sorority for pro-
fessional women, will be entertained
by the newly elected members at 8
pm. tomorrow in Columbian House,
Twenty first and G streets NV.
Mrs. Jessie Kennedy is chairman of
the Committee on Arrangements.
Evening star., 1943-04-15
Dr.. KoIb to Address
st. EIizubeth's Doctors

DR.. Lawrence Kolb, assistant sur
geon general Of the United States
Public Health Service, will address
the sixth annual meeting of the
Medical Society OF st. Elizabeth's
Hospital on Postwar Developments
in the Field Of Mental Health" at
1:30 pm. Saturday.
Evening star., 1943-04-15

Lewis Hotel Training School has
offered the club three scholarships.
Miss Mildred Clum, president of
the club, was in charge Of the meet
ing held at the Willard Hotel,
Evening star., 1943-04-15

buy bonds. Give up that trip you
had planned, and give . bomber ,
trip to Toxic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Col. Johnson Here
To Tour Plants
His Job Is 10 Keep
Small Shops Alive

Col. Robert Wood J o SON,
whose lob il is 10 keep small In
dustrial plants living through the
war. arrived in Detroit Saturday
10 consult with government Off
Gals and tour plants.
Tall and slender Col. Johnson Is
vice chairman of WPB and heads
the Smaller War Plants Corp.
Monday. the former chairman OF
the board OF Johnson a. johnson
Co. manufacturers Of medical sup
plies. will be guest speaker at the
noon luncheon Of the Economic
Club OF Detroit.
"Our big job in the Smaller
War Plants Corp. is TO take dis
tressed plants and put them 10
work." he said at press con-
ference.
"My objective l. 10 convince
buyers for the government, largo
prime -cOntractOrs, states, num-
cipalities and commercial firms
that these plants must be helped
along"
Col. Johnson said many big buy
erS had felt that plans TO help
small industry could not be effec-
tive. but when told the complete
story they readily saw that II 81
their own and the nations adv1
tage to aid distressed plants.