St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-07-23

though it was stated that the poll
cy affecting use of colored WAVES
is now under consideration.
A discussion of the inability of
colored newsmen stationed in
Washington to gain admission to
Secretary of the Navy Knox's press
conference resulted in a promise
that action would be taken upon
the matter following conferences
between Washington newsmen and
Navy Department officials early
this week.
The problem of War production
training for colored workers, Sc
verely curtailed by the elimination
of the NYA, was taken up with
Manpower Commissioner Paul v.
McNutt during the second confer
ence held by the group on Sat
urday.
In an earlier conference held
with H. M. Bittner, chief of the
Printing and Publishing Branch of
the WPB, the publishers outlined
the difficulties and hardship which
would be brought upon them by
the curtailment of newsprint al
lotments.
Commitments to give the prob
lem further study were obtained
from the WPB officials.
At the McNutt conference the
group commended Aubrey Will
liams, NYA administrator, upon
the job done by his agency before
it's liquidating and requested ac-
ton by the War Manpower Com
mission to insure the following:
1. Opening of all war production
training to colored trainees;
2. Publicizing of information out
lining training programs available
to make certain that colored Amer
leans understand the training op-
portunities offered;
8. The placing of advertising pub
licizing war production training
and placement opportunities, paid
for by the government, in Negro
newspapers.
4. Fullest possible utilization of
all available labor supply and the
payment of particular attention to
the elimination of practices which
prohibit normal participation in
war work programs by colored
workers.
In answer to these requests,
Chairman McNutt said that every
effort would be made to secure full
and equitable participation in the
war production training programs
and declared:
"The full utilization of every
worker on every job is one of the
primary keys to our task of sup
plying manpower for war.
eff you will examine the record,
I think you will agree that the
War Manpower Commission has
consistently promoted the full util-
ization of Negroes. Through all the
activities of recruitment, training,
placement, utilization, and upgrad-
ing, we are continually urging the
full use of all available manpower
-.
"The fact that the Fair Employ
ment Practices Committee has been
removed from this agency does not
mean that Executive Order 1902
will not continue to apply in the
War Manpower Commission down
to the areas and local USES Of
fees"
Members of the Executive Com
mittee in attendance were: John
H. Sengstacke, President, Chicago
Defender; Howard Murphy, Secre-
tary Treasurer AFRO AMERI-
CAN Newspapers; C. A. Scott,
Southern Vice President, Atlantic
Daily World; Alexander Barnes,
Eastern Vice President, Washing
ton Tribune; Frank Stanley, Cen
trail Vice President, Louisville De-
fender; Olive Diggs, Chicago Bee;
Carter Wesley, Houston Informer;
William o. Walker, Cleveland Call
Post; ]. E. Mitchell, st. Louis Ar
gus; P. L. Prattis, Pittsburgh
Courier; Arnett Murphy, AFRO
AMERICAN Newspapers.