Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-11-13
Comptroller General Warren And The
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

Last Comptroller General of the Unned States,
Mr. Lindsay Warren, former Congressman from North
Carolina all but abrogated the President No 9346
and rendered all but useless the past efforts and possible
future good to be accomplished by the Fair Employment
Practice Committee, created by the President to put into
effect the provisions of the order when ruling respect
ing the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, he denied
that the President seriously intent upon all employers
Of labor handling government contracts, bdng by the
provisions of the order and the ruling of the committee
which outlawed discrimination in the hiring of labor based
upon race, religion, and national origin
From the beginning of the national emergency through
the declaration of and up to the present day. Ne
groes Jews other racial and religious groups comprising the
nations minorties have chiefly concerned with the
right and opportunity acquire jobs in the expanding
industries of the nation the issuance of Executive
Order 8802 the creation Of the Fair Employment Practice
Committee, and the subsequent Issuance of Executive Or
der 1885, gave evidence that the President the highest
authority the nation mindful of the justice Of their
cause It would be difficult indeed to est
the spiritual and moral affect of the issuance of these
ORDERS and the creation of the Committee upon those racial
and religious groups long the almost defenseess victims
of prejudice and discrimination N the nation 1t would be
equally difficult determine the i'll that would result to the
spirit and morale of these groups should the order and the
committee become permanently nulfied and destroyed.
When Executive Order 1902 issued and the Com
mttee created the action everywhere regarded as
paeang the Negro of the nation whose protest over de-
NAL of job opportunity had become nationally embarrass
ing Subsequently destroyed but resurrected through Elk
ecutive Order 1885, the progressed and the de-
mands for and manpower developed this action
of the President grew In Importance as affectng not
alone the spirit and the Negro regards the
whole picture of national manpower which today faced
with number of serious disocatons because of the
fsal of large number of employers well as labor
ions to abide by the Presidents Order and the ruling OF
the Committee
It seems all to evident, in the action of Comptroller
Warren that he has proceeded the assumption OF au-
hor and power greater than that of the President of the
United States the tragedy of which lies in the fact that
both he and the Southeastern Bell Telephone Company
seems to still regard FEPC and Executive Order 9346 as
action taken primarily pacate the Negroes of the Ma
on and regards neither of any important significance as
thew relate to the national manpower problem and the
tonal war effort
But the greater tragedy lies in the fact that the action
of COMPTROLLER Warren and the Southwestern Bell Iele
phone Company symbols Of two elements OF power in the
IT, S. gives greater c those both at home and among
eur allies who, as victory nears views with growing
cyncs claims to be the champions OF those prlnc
ue of universal brotherhood and christian democracy for
which thousands of the flowers of the nations youth have
died and for which other thousands will die before the end
of the war