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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04
THE NEGRO AND THE LABOR SITUATION
IN MISSISSIPPI
BY Willie j. Miller
(Reprinted by Request)

This week the daily papers have carried articles
and editorials to the affect that because of the large num-
Der OF men and women colored and white, who are res
ing to work city officials have found it necessary to ask
strict enforcement of the vagrancy ordinance and has
even been suggested that the Governor issue Work
Fight Proclamation
Never before in history was the labor of every man.
and in instances child needed And for
any man, child to refuse to work especially
JOBS that are contributing to the effort nothing short
of treason.
No Negro here in Jackson who is old enough to work
now needs any great imagination to recall the hard days
that followed World War No. l. No jobs, money-so-
dlerS returning war workers who had left their homes
moved their families to distant towns finding themselves
turned off and unable to get work returning to their old
homes, still unable to find anything to do.
And remembering these things it seems that these men
and women who refusing to work. would realize
how necessary important it is that they should take adj
vantage OF this opportunity to make money! make
money in many instances than they have nade-how
necessary it is to show their loyalty to their country by
pitching IN and helping by their labor to preserve those
very things that our boys the battlefield fighting
We do not mean to tell you where to work and for
whom to wor-but we do say that one glance at the nat
iOna news will reveal that in spite the bic wages being
paid in other sections living conditions usually so I'M
favorable that 1t hardly pays one to leave home and friends
for these jobs.
We urge Negroes who are planning to live in Jackson
and IN Mississippi to begin to plan for life and living
after the And of the best ways plan for this
postwar period, is to WORK and SAVE. Be Industrious
SelreSpecng loyal and good citizens You are, without
doubt justified in wanting better wages better working
condltons-but there IS right way to go about getting
these things Do not be influenced bv outsiders who
ers We suggest that you get together among yourselves
select your leaders out of your own group of fellow workers
men who really know your problems and then have this
group 60 to employers for proper and friendly so
TONS
We still admonsh every Jackson and Mississippi Negro
to Cast down your bucket where you are cast down in
making friends Of those persons who you" And
beware OF those persons who in attempting stir up
racial friction and whose main purpose is to capitalize
the southern Negro for their selfish gains
Economic security one of the greatest assets Of anv
race-let us WORK and SAVE and in this way gain for
our race this security that will help to be sefrespecting
SeSupporng and loyal citizens the days the war
NOIE-The above Editorial has been reprinted in the
jackson DAILY News The Winston County Journal The
Commercial-Dspatch
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04
the grandeur we behold

Mcguire proposed that the day
should start a street parade. (which
would publicly show the strength
and spirit de corps of the trade
and labor organization" The pa
rade should be followed by pic
mic or festival in some grove.
After few years the observance
Of the holiday began in other cit
les all over the country and in 1894
the event was first celebrated in
Washington as a national holiday.
Labor Day stands for Labor's
faith. Faith in America. Faith in
institutions. Faith in her democ-
racy. Faith in her representative
government And above all, Labor
Day stands for faith in the WORK
ERS. Faith in their ability and de-
termination to show the world that
within the field of democracy La
Dor can forge its way straight
ahead and strike from its path the
barriers of reaction, greed, oppres-
sion and tyranny wherever found
and by whomever planted.
And Labor Day stands for
FREEDOM"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04

You'll find the Coat that will
satisfy your purse :. for School,
for Dress Wear New lots
just received in the latest style
and patterns for Girls and Young
Womeni
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04


American labor movement, and
they express today the sentiment
and feeling of American labor I'M
ionists, who have butt the first
Monday in September into this
country's symbol of labor freedom.
A direct line of thought and ac-
ton may be traced between P. j.
McQuire's original proposal for La
Dor Day, made on May 8, 1882, to
the infant Central Labor Union of
New York City, and the slogan
which labor has selected to symbol
ize its fight in this crucial war
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04
August Shower

The moon has drawn her stars
away, has hidden them, tonight;
And only blackened clouds will
stay, to startle and alright.
The rain comes dashing madly by
with crashing thunder-roll;
Pink tongues of lightning lick the
sky, as cats will lick a bowl.
The ground is thirsty; grass and
flower were parched; the air was
dust;
Now cooled, refreshed, within an
hour, as dry clay melts its crust
The air is newly washed and sweet
the thunder grumbles far;
No more of suffocating heat, and
yonder shines a star.
Clara EdmundS-Hemmingway.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04

year:
FREE LABOR WILL WINl"
Mcguire himself, in an interpre-
tation of his Labor Day proposal,
said in 1897:
Pagan feasts and Christian OBJ
serVances have come down to us
through the long ages. But it was
reserved for this century, and for
the American people, to give birth
to Labor Day. In this they honor
the toilers of the earth and pay
homage to those Who fro mrude
nature have delved and carved all
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04
THE ORIGIN OF
LABOR DAY
BY RUTH TAYLOR

BY RUTH TAYLOR
"All men are born alike and
equal" Liberty and Union"
So read some of the banners car
ried down the streets of New York
by meat and well-dressed men in
the first Labor Day parade, on the
afternoon of September 5, 1882.
The banners voiced the philoso-
ply of P. ]. Mcguire, one of the
famous dreamers and doors of the
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04

Absence of a Soviet representa-
tive at Quebec was not so sur
prising. Stain is merely follow
ing his long standing policy af tell
'em nawthng.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04

Special privilege has reared its
ugly head in the Jap war machine.
The Kiska garrison was permitted
to lose face instead of neck.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04
TREASURE CHEST

There only God people, one land his universe
lie that has made has the power to destroy man and
everything thereof therein Let he who desires to be
righteous be righteous he that desires to be holy be holy
he that is indel, cleanse him by the word Of God
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Washington Grove
Takes HOnOrS
lin Tournament
Rockville S e cOnd And
Gaithersburg Third In
Recreation Affairs

Washington Grove carried off
top honors in the Upper County
recreation centers' ping pong and
badminton tournament played in
the gymnasium on Monday eve
ming. Washington Groves total
score was "a; Rockville placed
second with IL points; and Gath
ersburg earned 16 points.
The following is a list of the
winners in the various events
Boys Midget Ping Pong-Harding
(Rockville), first; Way (Grove)
second. Boys Junior Ping Pong
Federline (Grove), first; Schwartz
beck (Rockville), second. Boys
Senior Ping Pong-Arnold (Grove)
first; Burdette (Gaithersburg)
second. Girls Junior Ping Pong
Weddle (Rockville); Liller (Grove)
second. Girls Senior Ping Pong
Griffith, (Gaithersburg), first
Monday (Rockville), second.
Boys Midget Badminton- Way
(Grove), first; Trevey (Rockville)
second. Boys Junior Badminton-
Federline (Grove), first; Riggs
(Rockville), second. Boys Senior
Badminton-Young (Grove), first
Stull (Gaithersburg), second. Girls
Junior Badminton = Larcoml
(Gaithersburg), first; Ervir
(Grove), second. Girls Senior
Observation-Disclosures (Rockville)
first; Eeber tGrove), second.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Washington Grove
Men Serve Supper

On Sunday evening at 1880,
Mayor Roy McCathran and Mr..
David Bradley held a most success
full "Biscuit Party" at the Woman's
Clubhouse in Washington Grove.
The two gentlemen, as civic-minded
individuals, decided to start a fund
to retire road bond, and this was
their first attempt to raise money.
The "piece de resistance" of the
supper was biscuits, of course, the
kind that mother Tor should one
say "father") used to make. The
cooks were attired as cooks should
be-all in white with very high
starched white hats. They were
assisted in serving their thirty
two guests by Judge Clyde B.
Aitchison and Mr.. Carroll Ware.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Local Minute Men To
Parade In Washington

Ten companies of Minute Men
from Montgomery County will
march in the Civilian Defense
Parade in Washington tomorrow
friday according to Judge AL
bert E. Brault, director Of civilian
defense for the county, who will
be one of the assistant marshals.
Judge Stedman Prescott of the
Montgomery County Circuit Court
captain of the Rockville Minute
Men will be in command of the
Minute men, who will be lead BY
the Seventh Battalion Band made
up of men from Frederick.
All civilian defense units of the
county will participate and viii
assegble at 3rd and Madison Driv,
N. w. The parade will start at 6.15
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Explosion Injuries
Hunting Hill Child

A nine-year-old child lost mis-
left hand and suffered cuts and
bruises on his right hand Monday
afternoon when a dynamite cap he
was playing with exploded. He is
Ray Baker, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Grover Baker, Hunting Hill.
The child, with his brother, Le-
land, s, and younger sisters, Carol
8, Mary 10, and Ida Flo, was play
ing in the barn on the Baker farm
Ray picked up a dynamite CAP
which exploded, Carol, who was
standing nearby, suffered cuts and
bruises on her head and face. The
rescue squad of the Rockville Vol
unteer Fire Department admins,
tered first aid and rushed Ray tt
Georgetown Hospital.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Telephone Business
Office Moves

Rockville subscribers of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Company of Baltimore City win no
longer have to climb a fight Of
stairs to pay their telephone bills.
it was announced BY Mr.. George
t. Davis, Manager, today.
The new location after Monday,
August End, will be 209 East
Montgomery Avenue. The new
quarters have been attractively re-
decorated. This move Is being made
in order to provide residents Of the
County Seat with a more conven-
lent means of discussing their tele-
phone problems with him and Miss
Mildred Ward, the Service Repre-
sentative for this area.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Rockville Vacation
Bible School

A Daily Vacation Bible School,
sponsored by the Rockville Baptist
Church, started on Monday to be
in session for 2 weeks. Monday
through Friday, concluding on Fri
day evening, August 9th with
Commencement exercises az 8 P. NJ
There are 8 Groupings, Begin
ners, Primary, and Juniors. Classes
are in session from 9.15 to 11.45
every morning.
Serving as members Of the fac
ulty are Miss Marie cofyey, Miss
Charlotte Frost, Miss Patsy OAR
nell, Miss Blanche Ray, Miss Ros-
allie Nichols, Mrs. Robert Kinder,
Miss Doris Candy.
Mrs. H. o. Cooper, Mrs. E.
Hutchinson, Miss Martha Roger,
Mrs. G. Merry, Mrs. @. Ramey
fSewing Teacher)
Miss Irma L. Burke, is the Sec
rotary and Rev. H. o. Cooper heads
the work.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Swimming Pool
License Suspended
By Commissioners
Action Recommended BY
DIR. EIlicOtt-Other Official
Proceedings

Upon the recommendation of DR..
w. L. Ellicott, County Health
Officer, the Board of County Com
missioners on Tuesday suspended
the license granted the Chevy
Chase Swimming Pool Company,
owner, George j. Heon, until the
owner places responsible qualified
operator in charge, to be on the
premises at all times when the pool
is in operation.
No motion for the reinstatement
Of the license will be entertained
by the Board Of County Commits.
sioners unless the swimming poo
company, corrects conditions to the
satisfaction Of DR.. Ellicott and un.
til an operator is placed in charge
of the pool.
DR.. Elliott advised the board
that inspection of the pool revealed
that it was not being operated in
manner which safeguards the
health of the bathers; the water
not being treated adequately chem
ically and no responsible person be-
ing placed in charge of operations.
APPOINTMENTS MADE
Mrs. C. H. Hanson appointed
Area Supervisor of the Canning
Program at Silver Spring, effective
as of July Is, 1913.
Miss Frances Puryear Of $40
Pershing Drive, Silver Spring, APP
pointed Clerk-typist in the Office
of Civilian Defense at Silver
Spring, at $4,000 annually.
coming BOARD CHAIRMAN
The Board of Zoning Appeals for
Montgomery County notified the
Board Of County Commissioners,
that Oliver Walker, had been made
chairman Of the board.
A permit was granted the
Emory Grove Camp Meeting Asso-
citation for the holding of camp
meetings August 8, Is and % al
Emory Grove.
Mrs. Harriet M. Griffith, county
! s g WORKER, Presented & fep6r!
on expenditures and reimburse
ments Of the Office of Charity and
Medical Relief for the quarter end
ing June 80.
Disbursements totaled $10,674.0e
and included: Pensions, $385.95;
disqualification, 5000; medical
services, $1S1; undertakers, $162;
institutions for the insane, $685.
"a; training schools, $1,001.79, and
miscellaneous, $50.
disbursements totaled $2,419.30
Mrs. Griffith reported.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Richard F. Green
Elected President
Community Chest
Budget Committee Reviews
Agency Estimates OF
Several Groups

Richard +. Green Of Kensington
president of the Farmers Banking
and Trust Co., of Rockville, was
elected president of the Board Of
Trustees of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Community Chest at a meeting
held in Silver Spring Friday even
ing.
Other Officers are:
LIST Vice President, Mrs. Walter
E. Perry.
End Vice President, Mr.. Everett
Wilson.
Bird Vice President, Judge
Thomas Anderson.
Secretary, Mrs. PGad Morehouse
Treasurer, Mr.. Harry WEIGH.
Chairman Budget Committee
Mr.. Fred Lutes.
Chairman Campaign Committee
Judge Stedman Prescott.
Chairman Public Relations, Mr.
Randolph G. Bishop.
A meeting of the Budget Com
mittee was held on July 26 for ths
purpose of reviewing the budgetl
submitted by the various agencies
participating in the Communit,
Chest. Representatives Of th'
county agencies were invited to at
tend if there was any question con
corning their budget.
A meeting of the Negotiation
Committee was held on July % +
familiarize the members with tn
budget Of the Montgomery Count.
Community Chest before present
ing it the Community War Fund OIL
July %, 1913.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Blood Donor Unit
In Rockville Aug. 6

Give your fighting man a
fighting chance-the Army and
Navy need four million pints Of
blood this year. Rockville is
asked to give 100 pints when the
Red Cross Blood Unit comes to
the Old Gymnasium on August
6 from 9.15 10 2. Mrs. s. W.
Preffitt heads the committee in
charge. All organizations Of the
town and vicinity are cooperat-
ing to make this visit a success,
Won't you give a pint Of blood
for the man who is doing the
fighting Call Mrs. PrefEitt al
Rockville 63-M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
i Might Be Wrong--BUT
Nv p. G. STROMBERG-

insurmountable difficulties face
those of the United Nations
whose job it will be to super
wise reorganization of the new
government set up in Axis coun-
tries. Yet even if it takes a
generation or more Of occupa-
ton, supervision and education
it must be done. Anything
less than insurance against an
other world war will be UNI
acceptable to the people of the
United States. Imposition of
some Of the methods designed
to insure future peace viii fall
on the strong
u. S. Will members of the
Be Respected United Nations.
By All And we will
experience real
difficulties in convincing some
of our allies of the merit of
our case. But by the time I'M
conditional surrender will have
been imposed on all the Axis
powers we will have so well
shown what we can do that we
will enjoy both the good will and
high respect of ALL NATIONS.
Our suggestion viii carry more
than average weight.
And so with all the absorbing
news events Of the day we are
more than likely to forget what
real life means. With the force
Of public thought and convic--
ton behind them our rcpresen-
tatiyes at the peace table will
be able to exert a dominating
influence. Never should any
American permit the thought of
peace to be out Of his mind.
We must win the war and the
more sincere we are about
fighting for peace the greater
will be our effort to win the
war.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
NelUs Of County Service Men

Corpl. G. Hunter Humphrey, for
merly Of Germantown and Lay
louisville, has returned to camp
following ten day furlough
spent in visiting relatives and
friends in Montgomery County.
Corpl. Humphrey, who took a
13-week course while stationed in
Salt Lake City, is now a food
inspector attached to the Medical
Detachment Veterinary Service
U. S. Army Air Force, Army Air
Base, Dyersburg, Tenn.
4
Pfc. William M. Christie has
been transferred from Fort Dix,
New Jersey to a technical train
ing school at Fort Benning, Ga
His new address is Pfc. William
M. Christie, 3313O923, 22nd. Co.
LIST Stud. Training Regiment
Class No. 81, Fort Benning, Ga,
X
Among other promotions re-
ported recently by the Army Air
Forces, was that Of End. Lieut.
Thomas 2 2. 1s s,ser to the rank Of
LIST. Lieut.. He is the son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry F. Baker, 400
Anderson Avenue, Rockville. He
is assistant to the chief Of oper-
atoms and training in the AACS
wing.
Lieut.. Robert Dannemiller has
graduated from the Aviation
School at Albuquerque, New Mex
leo and with his wife che former
Clara Ray Waters, Rockville, has
been visiting Judge and Mrs
Richard L. Waters, of Carson
City, New Lieut.. DannemilIer is
now stationed at Salt Lake City
X
His friends in Maryland are
glad to hear that Lieut.. Richard
L. Waters, Jr., combat flyer, who
was slightly injured on May IS,
was in hospital only week
and has now entirely recovered
He is in the Pacific area.
\
Lee c. Hooker S2/c has been con.
fined 30 the Naval Hospital in Nor
folk, because Of an ankle operation
He would enjoy getting some mai
from his old friends in Rockville
His address is: Lee C. Hooker safe
A.B.A.T.U. Sp. 20, Naval Air Sta,
ton, Breezy Point Barracks, Nor
folk, Va.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Victory Garden
Thieves Are Warned

E. L. Stock, Jr., Victory garden
chairman for the county has issued
a warning that State law pro-
vides penalties as high as $1,000
for stealing from a victory garden.
Several such thefts have been
reported to county police who are
Investigating. Hundreds Of gard
ems have been entered in the con-
test which will be judged in Sep
TENDER.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Local Feed Firm
EnIists In Crusade

Protein shortages threaten live
stock. The Ward Bros. of Rock
vile have newly adopted plan of
assisting farmers to produce more
Food for Victory. The firm is en-
rolled in a crusade aimed at con-
serving feed, plugging sanitation
and management leaks and in
creasing food production. See their
advertisement in this issue of the
SENTINEL.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29

Pfc. Robert w. Hartley, Co. B.
BOT Q. M, Camp Sutton, North
Carolina, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Hartley of Bethesda, has
been home on ten-day furlough.
He was indicted February @.
X
A card received from Pfc.
Thomas Keys this week, notified
us of his change of address and
saying how much he enjoys THE
SENTINEL. His address is Pfc.
Thomas Keys 3318O252, Btry. B,
469th A. A. A. Bn., Camp Davis,
N. C.
Corpl. John Woodrow Kraft.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. ]. Kraft
of Halpine, is with the Army
Signal Corps, and has been To-
Gated somewhere in New Guinea
for the first five months. His
address is Cpl. John Woodrow
Kraft 13074637, Headquarters
End Post T. c., clio Signal Office,
A. p. o. 928, c/o Postmaster, San
Francisco, CALI.
X
End. Lieutenant commissions
have been received by Richard
Alan Duvall, Rockville and James
Francis Thomas, Sandy Spring.
End. Lieut.. Duvall graduated
from the University of Maryland
and End. Lieut.. Thomas grad
uated from the Virginia Poly
technic Institute, Blacksburg,
Va.
X
ia John o. England, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John o. England
Of Rockville is now somewhere
in Africa. His address is 754th
Engineer Co. parts Supply
A. p. o. No. TOO A. S. N.
131O5977, c/o Postmaster, New
York, N. Y. John graduated
from Richard Montgomery High
School, and before entering serv-
ice worked for A. G. Watkins.
\
Lieut.. Arthur w. Beall came
home to spend a few hours with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
w. Beall of Jamestown. His
address is eth A. A. F. F. T. D.,
Union City, Tenn. Lieut. Beall
entered the service about six
months ago, and is now assistant
Supervisor Of Army Air Force,
Flying Training Detachment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Bar Association
In New Quarters

The Montgomery County Bar
Association has moved into its new
quarters in the old Courthouse, in
the space occupied by the Welfare
Board for many years before It
was moved to the old school build
ing.
I The Juvenile court will occupy
the former Law Library in the
New Courthouse when the work
Of redecorating is completed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Hospital Gets
Memorial Gift

Sponsorship of private room
In the new Suburban Hospital in
Bethesda by Mrs. John Imirie in
memory of her daughter, Mary
Imirie Rowe, has been announced
by Mrs. Alvin L. Aubinoe, Chair
man of Room Sponsorships for the
Women's Auxiliary of the Hospital
Association. This is the first gift
made to the hospital as memorial.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-29
Sugar Stamps Is and Is
Must Be Accounted For

According to the Rockville Ra-
tioning Board sugar stamps Nos.
Is and is are for canning only.
"Until you have used this sugar
and can give an account Of the
use Of same please do not apply
for additional canning sugar. This
year S pounds per person is allow
ed for preserves, jelly or fruit but
ter