Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-09-25
Witnesses Testify
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is some solution"
Wheeler's remarks were pretaced
by those of Crum who recalled In
his opening statement that he had
set as the objective of the hearings,
determination of the facts, and
the evolvement of solution, and
further that any suggestions from
the carriers toward the attainment
of this goal would be welcomed at
any time during the hearing. The
Central's statement was in line with
this invitation.
Privately, it Is understood, coun-
sci for the carriers at the conclu-
sion of the hearing were showing a
greater disposition to approach the
problem with a view toward work.
ing out a solution than at the out
set. They had been accused of Sit
ting down and permitting the pro-
ceedings to go on without benefit Of
comment from themselves.
Sidney S. Alderman, representing
the Southern Railway company,
but speaking for the group of COM
panies represented, disclaimed this
as the position of the carriers. He
said that they had avoided put
ting Constructions" In the way of
the cases, for which they were
criticized. He thanked the commit
tee for the courtesies that had been
shown, and expressed his personal
view that the hearings had been
kept on very high plane" and
himself looked to solution of the
problem.
LABOR NOT REPRESENTED
At no time in the proceedings
were the labor unions represented,
although it is known that observ-
ers for several of the brotherhoods
were among those attending. On
Saturday, however, A. r. O'Brien,
identified with the Brotherhood of
locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, against the preponderance of
the union charges had been level
led, was given permission to say
for the record that he was present
as an observer but could make no
further representations. He asked
for and was allowed until four days
latter the hearing" to file what he
called a statement of position"
for the brotherhood.
Among those railroads which fill
ed answers to the bill of particulars
which had been sent to them on
Sept. 3 by the committee, that of
the Norfolk and Western Railway
company appeared to be saying
with greatest clarity what evident
ly was in the minds of the others.
The company had been charged,
among other things, with refusing
to fill vacancies as firemen with
what are called mon promotable
men," Flatly counsel told the
committee that mon promotable
men means Negroes"
Later Mr.. Rivinus said, in answer
to invitation to make a statement
If he chose, that he preferred not.
1--WE simply present the bold fact
which we regard as completely re-
sponsible to and pertinent to the
subject of the complaint. We offer
no comment and we make no JUS
tification," he concluded.
PROPAGANDA ANGLE
Outside of the discussion of the
specific charges involved, perhaps
some of the most striking con-
tributions to the hearing we're made
by the expert witnesses who testi-
fled that the treatment being &C
corded minority groups in the
United States is being made the
subject of short-wave broadcasts
to South America, Africa, the far
east and "even to the folks at
home" for the purpose of spread
ing disunity.
Clyde r. Miller, associate pro-
fessor education, Columbia univer-
sity, and co-founder in 1887 of
the Institute for Propaganda Ana
lysiS, was the first of the two wit
nesses. He took the stand on the
opening day, was shown sample
broadcasts which had been made
available to the committees coun-
sci by the intelligence division of
the Federal communications COM
mission. which he identified as
typical"
Japanese and German propa-
gandist exploitation of feeling of
racial superiority and racial infer
iority is extraordinarily effective,
almost Immediately effective, dy-
manic and dangerous, Mr.. Miller
declared. "One of the strongest
weapons in the hands of Hitler
and American propagandists con-
sciously or unconsciously following
the Hitler patterns exploitation
of what anthropologists call the
myth of racial superiority"
JAP DOCUMENT. READ
On Friday afternoon, Otto D.
Tolischus, journalist and lecturer,
and for years the New York Times
correspondent in Tokyo and in
Berlin, read portions of a docu-
ment called the "Way of Subject"
used by the Japanese Ministry of
Education for the guidance of edu-
cational as well as the propaganda
system of Japan. This pamphlet
forth, he said, the thesis that the
white man is depressing and ex-
plotting the all-colored races, and
that Japan is fighting the white
man as the champion of the color
de races.
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