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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08
Beyond the Law

Another attempt to invoke the aid
OF the Federal courts in breaking
down union discrimination against
Negroes in industry has fallen by
the wayside. This is the effect, at
least, of recent ruling by three
judge Federal court in San Fran
cisco that it lacks jurisdiction to
try a suit designed to compel the
international Brotherhood of Boiler
makers, Iron Shipbuilders and Help
ers of America to admit Negroes to
membership.
The suit was filed after a number
of Negro shipyard workers on the
West Coast had been discharged for
refusing to join and pay dues to an
auxiliary union set up by the boiler
makers. 1t was claimed that the
auxiliary was simply dues-collect-
ing device, since it's colored members
have no voice in the parent union
and are not admitted to membership
in it. Under the boilermakers'
closed-shop contract, however, they
are required to pay the dues or for
felt their jobs.
Without going into the discrimi-
natory aspects of this procedure, the
court dismissed the suit on the
ground that the complaint of the
Negro workers did not arise out of
the provisions of the Federal Con-
stitution or any Federal statute.
This means, in other words, that
union membership practices are be-
yond the reach Of the Federal courts
under existing law. And this, in
turn, means that the unions, so long
as they can secure and enforce
cloSed-Shop contracts, can compel
Negroes to pay form of tribute if
they want to work, and this without
acquiring the faintest voice in the
determination of their rates of pay,
working conditions, etc. Clearly,
this is an injustice for which a rem
edy must be found.
These conditions in the West
Coast shipyards have come to the
attention of the Presidents Commit
tee on Fair Employment Practices,
and remedial orders have been is
sued With other things, these
orders direct the shipbuilding con-
Germs to stop discharging Negro
workers merely because they have
not obtained clearance from the
boilermakers' union, and require
the union to eliminate all member
ship practices which discriminate
against workers because of race or
color.
The intent behind these orders is
good. But if the Negroes themselves
cannot obtain relief in the courts on
the ground that their grievance is
not matter of Federal concern
under existing law, it is difficult to
see wherein the FEPC acquires
jurisdiction or how it can enforce
it's orders if they are not voluntarily
obeyed
AS the obstacles to the removal of
these discriminatory practices in
American industry pile up, it seems
increasingly clear that the best hope
Of genuine relief lies in legislative
approach. If Congress we're to for
bid closed-shop contracts with
unions that deny membership to
persons because of race or color, this
form of discrimination against Ne
groes would speedily disappear. Such
law probably could be passed if it
were pressed with a fraction of the
zeal that has gone into the fight
over poll taxes or antilynching leg
islation, and the results certainly
would not be less beneficial to the
Negroes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08

will be forgotten and the entire force
will do its utmost to help us. Most Of
these men are sufficiently we'll equipped
to harass the Nazis and help sabotage
some of the enemy's lines of commune
cation. They are hardened because de-
tection-which means DEATHS stalking
them all the time. They are shrewd and
resourceful
However, underground liaison reports
that unfortunately the chances of as
sistance along the invasion coast have
been reduced to a minimum
In the last eight months, the Nazis
have evacuated most of the population
miles in depth. The few remaining in
habitants who have been allowed to re-
main to work for the Germans are COM
pletely shut of from the rest of the
country. Any one attempting to make
contacts outside the area Is punished
with death Immediately.
Occasionally enterprising underground
men can enter the impenetrable area.
But it will not be possible either to arm
or induce the coastal inhabitants to do
any kind Of sabotage work.
The Allies have little reliable informa-
ton about the type of Notifications and
new anti-invasion devices of which the
Germans have been boasting.
In the past, when large-scale Allied
attack appeared much more distant,
the Nazis were not SO careful to watch
the French coast. There was continu-
Gus traffic between England and France
and fair picture of the military
strength and preparations of the Ger
mans was obtainable on a weekly basis.
This has been almost entirely stopped.
Planes fly at frequent intervals over
the coasts of France and the Lowlands
taking photographs of the defenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08

the best thing they can do is to knock
off an honest dollar here and there.
We have set our faces against ecstasy.
Ecstasy is against the law in Southern
Italy. No more than five ecstatic people
are allowed to gather in one place, to
argue for a better Italian government
and a hotter war. So it is not only by
example, but actually by command that
we have established the mood of placid
ity and nonexcitement for free Italy
X
1t is argued that this is the only safe
manner in which We can proceed We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08

anything else; bust
ness as usual, even if
there is a hole in the
roof.
Well, maybe the
spirit of expediency
is catching. If we
C a n m a k e Victor
E m m a nu Ell a n d
Badoglio our part
ners, which, in Ital-
ian political terms,
is a form of business
as usual, the people
of Italy, observing
us, may also decide
that business is bust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08
conventional Thoughts"
Discovered in Esquire.

TO the Editor OF The Star
Not only does the Bible advise that
"the body is more than raiment," as H.
B. Bradford stated in the recent letter
to The Star, but it also denounces the
serpent that caused Adam and Eve to
be ashamed of their nakedness.
However, I am a little afraid that
some pictures of the naked human body
were not made so much to depict the
body as a masterpiece of Almighty
Cod as they were to satisfy a certain
type of humor.
do not mean to say that the nudes"
in the magazine Esquire were made for
the latter purpose. have perused many
copies of Esquire and I did not think
that the thoughts expressed therein
were entirely out OF keeping with the
average conventional thoughts expressed
on the screen. over the radio and in
ordinary conversation.
There is one thing certain; If I do
not care for Esquire, there is no law
compelling me to read it.
j. J. SPERRY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08

toned COP presi-
Dental possibilities
are tarred with the
isClationist brus h
Their contention is
that If the Repub-
lican party is to &c
before the people
with any hope OF
electing a President
next November, ii
must present a cam
didate devoted to the
cause of information
al cola boration-and
Mr.. Willkie is the
man, and the only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08

some sectors Ger-
man officers have
lost control of their
men. The other is
the statement that
Soviet papers are
publishing p h o t o.
graphs of long COL
umns of German
prisoners trudging
eastward t h r GU 6 h
the snow.
If the German Of
ficers are losing con-
troll, if the Soviets
are taking prisoners
irEreally appreciate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08

the assistance which
m ay b e expected
from the people of
France.
It is a common be-
lief in this country
that as soon as the
first Allied soldier
sets foot on French
soil the bulk of the
people will rise in
arms and cooperate
i t h the invasion
forces to help expe-
dite the defeat of
Hitler's armies. Re-
SpOnS lille officials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08
Questions Need
To Eliminate Slogan.

1t would be most appropriate for
President Roosevelt to explain why he
finds it necessary to drop the New Deal
in order to establish win the War"
as his slogan today Are the two incom-
patible? WILLIAM H. HARGROVE.
California. Mo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08
The Political Mill

Supporters of Wendell L. Willkie for
the Republican presidential nomination
are intimating, if they do not say it
openly, that all other prominently mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08

Two hints from Russian sources are
suggestive of possible German disaster
on the South Russian front. One is the
front line report which states that in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08
I'd Rather Be RIGHT

We hear from one correspondent that
the people of liberated Italy are lethar-
gic. They are selling gimcracks to the
troops, and showing little interest in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08
This Changing World

Reports from reliable French under
ground sources which still have contact
with American and British authorities
paint not too glowing picture regarding
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
HERO WHO SAVED
CHILD AWARDED
CARNEGIE MEDAL

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2.-(ANP)
Simmons, 25-year-old
Negro laborer, was listed as
bronze medal award winner by the
Carnegie Hero Fund commission
at a meeting in the Oliver building.
Simmons was one of 16 to receive
the award.
A native of Lemon Springs, N. c.,
Simmons saved Bobbie J. Carter,
white, aged four, from being killed
by train, September 6, 1943.
Among 10 occupants Of an auto
mobile, Bobbie and four other chill
dren were in the rear Of the car
when it was stalled on a railroad
track on which a passenger train
was approaching at a speed Of go
miles an hour. Simmons ran to the
automobile, carried two children
away and then seeing Bobbie alone
in the car, ra nto the rear door at
a point between the rails, the loco
motive then being but 800 feet dis
tant. Jerking open the door, he
grabbed the chill dby her arm and
took a hurried step to a point five
feet from the rail. At that moment
the locomotive, moving at reduced
speed, struck the automobile.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
HUGE MASS MEETING AT
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH

One of Americas most dynamic
speakers will be the principal speak
er at the huge mass meeting planned
for Bethel Baptist church at 8
o'clock this evening.
He is the Rev. w. C. Hodges, pas
tor of Lee Memorial Baptist church
of Cleveland.
In addition to Rev. Hodges, Har-
ry P. Jeffrey, congressman from
this district, will also speak on
problems vital to Negro citizens.
Music for the program will be
provided by the Big Four quartet
of Mt. Enon Baptist church, and
Mrs. Lucretia Few.
The Rev. H. L. Buckman, pastor
of St. Johns Baptist church, will
also take part in the program.
A capacity audience is anticipated
and Edgar Nickerson, Republican
committeeman Of the sixth ward
who will be master of ceremonies, is
urging all to come early.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
Local Social Security
Benefits List 4,403

The Dayton field office of the So
cial security board reported yester-
day that there were 4,4O3 benefici-
aries receiving $88,438.58 each
month under the old age and sur
vivor's insurance provisions Of the
law in the four counties comprising
the Dayton district.
Since January /, 1910, 2,251 lump
su mpayments aggregating $3O2,-
61O.10 have been paid through the
Dayton office where no survivors
We're entitled to monthly benefits.
Montgomery, Darke, Green and
Preble counties are served by the
Dayton office.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02

While no formal coordination has
existed among all these agencies, in
formal conferences and exchange of
information has gone on under the
direction of high administration
official. This has been necessary in
order that necessary action might
be taken quickly.
Apart from the work of govern
mental agencies, local police author
tiles have in many places undergone
courses in handling racial disputes.
Perhaps the single important con-
tribution in this field has been the
work Of J. E. Weckler and Theo-
dore E. Hall whose program to pre-
vent disorder and to improve rela-
tions between racial, religious and
national groups has had wide dis
tribution among local police author
tiles. Called "The Police and Mi
nority Groups" their program has
been circulated in booklet form
through the sponsorship Of the In
ternational City Managers 'associa-
ton. 1t is thorough-going job
which treats the problem realistic
ally and puts forth, on the basis of
the experience Of the police them
selves, specific recommendations for
the prevention and handling of riots
The role played by private social
agencies has been important also
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
jim CROW PREVAILS
AT DUNHAM DANCE

LOUISVILLE, Nov. 2.-(ANP)
Miss Katherine Dunham and her
dance group appeared at the Memo
rial auditorium here Thursday be-
fore a capacity audience and gave
an attractive performance. The only
marring incident was the fact that
generally Negroes were seated in
special sections in the gallery,
practice which irked local Louis
Williams and to which Miss Dunham
objected. So definite were her re-
actions after listening to the express
sions Of leading local colored people,
that she made speech to the audi
ence at the conclusion of her per-
formance, saying:
"This is the last time I am COM
ing to Louisville because the man.
agement refuses to let my people
sit with your people. Maybe after
the war we will have democracy
and | can return"
There were 2,200 people in the
audience of whom some 45O were
colored. Half dozen colored peo-
pie, including two army officers
were seated on the main floor. The
rest occuuied the balconies. L. H
Thurman, impressario of Cincin-
natl, who booked the engagement
said, 81 am sorry Miss Dunham feels
as she does but I must conform tt
the rules and customs which pre-
vail in Louisville"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02

Agencies such as the National Ur-
ban league and it's 48 branches, the
NAACP and it's branches, the nu-
merous interracial committees set
up by private groups-and munich
pal authorities-have all done their
jobs of easing tensions where they
were known to exist, and of allaying
fears and flames of temper where
riots had broken out. All have been
quick to jump in counseling "cool
heads"
To be sure, the employment pic
ture has had something to do with
the problem. In 1943 there was
rising demand for workers in all
parts of the country bringing with
it much migration and strain upon
public and private facilities. 1t was,
by contrast with 1914, an unstable
period. The easing of the employ
ment picture since has permitted for
a levelling off Of population shifts,
Of job shifts. The settling down pro-
cess has now set in and the human
pieces have begun to fit.
The concern of government and
private organizations in the future
will be the handling of dislocations
which will inevitably arise with re-
conversion. 1t is pretty much agreed,
however, that the experiences Of the
past few years have been learned.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
Motorcycle Owners
Must File For Gas

Owners of motorcycles should file
applications for gasoline rations I'D"
coupons with the country war price
and rationing board by November
II.
Applications for gasoline for mo-
torcycles should be made on form
534, Mahrt said, pointing out that
current gasoline rations for cyclists
expire November II. Mahrt esti-
mated that there are about $50 mo-
torcycles in Montgomery county.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02

state and local authorities with the
result that in 1914, to date, Phila-
delphia and New iberia, Miss, are
the only dark spots in the picture.
The dispatch with which the fed
eral government handled the Phila-
delphia disturbance is being cited as
a sterling example Of what can be
done by government in such crises.
While the entry of the army into the
city may have been the dramatic
high-point, it must not be overlooked
that the War Manpower commission,
the Office of Defense Transporta-
ton, Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, Fair Employment Practice
committee, National War Labor
board, and the selective service sys-
tenn, seven agencies in all, had a
hand in the outcome.
In New iberia where three Ne
groes were run out of town because
other Negroes had insisted upon a
chance to learn welding in a gov
ernment school there, indictments
will be sought when the grand jury
convenes this year.
To begin with, all threatening sit
uations, based upon the knowlege
gained in 1943, were closely watched
from incipiency. Where industria.
factors were involved, the FEPC
carefully docketed developments
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
Rev. Glenn I. Settle
Burned In Bus Fire

CLEVELAND, Nov. 2.-The Rev.
Glenn T. Settle, president and
founder Of the internationally
famous Wings Over Jordan Ensem-
BILE, was severely cut and burned
about the face and arms when the
"Wings" bus exploded and caught
fire.
No other members of the ensem-
BILE was injured. Rev. Settle was
taken to hospital in Washington,
where he is recovering.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
Handy's Book Sent
10 100000 GIs Overseas

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-W. C.
Handy, author of the immortal St.
Louis Blues, has authorized the
Council on Books in War Time to
send 100000 free copies of his au-
to biography, Father Of the Blues" !"
to soldiers overseas, it was an
nounced here.
In addition to his musical work
with his publishing company, Han
dy Brothers Music Co., Handy has
immortalized great names of the
past in a book called "Unsung
Americans Sung"
On November 19, the Negro Ac-
tors Guild, Inc, will honor the vet
eran composer with a dinner at the
Grand Street Boys Association
club. It was on his way to a SINH
lar reception last year that Handy
was injured in a subway accident.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
Survey Shows Few Racial Clashes In 1914

Where military factors appeared to
be the influence the war department
has been on the job. Threats to
civil rights violations have been
watched by the office of the attorney
general, and the Office of War In
formation has observed constantly
mob conditions.
Apart from these federal agen-
cies, those concerning themselves
with such matters as housing, trans
portation and recreation have
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02

can Teachers association, DR.. Clark
was likewise instrumental in the
development Of the Negro National
Business League, the National Ur-
ban League, the Association of Ne
gro Land Grant College Presidents,
and the Louisiana Interracial Com
mission. He also reorganized the
Louisiana State Colored Teachers
Association and served as president
for eight years.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
Founder OF Southern j.
Dies In |ew Orleans

SCOTLANDVILLE, La, Nov. 2.
DIR. Joseph Samuel Clark, presi-
dent-emeritus and founder of South
ern university, state land grant col
lege for Negroes, located at Scot
landville, died in the Flint Goodrich
hospital in New Orleans.
Victim of a heart attack, two
weeks ago, at his Southern univer-
sity residence, the aged educators
condition steadily worseneds until he
was rushed to the New Orleans hos
pital to be treated by specialists.
Placed under an oxygen tent, DR..
Clark rallied from severe setback.
and, for awhile, hope was held out
for his recovery. The end came
peacefully with his wife, Mrs. O. H.
Clark; son, DR.. F. G. Clark, presi-
dent Of Southern university, and
sister, Mrs. L. j. Oden, along with
other close friends at his bedside.
DR.. Clark was born June 7, 1871,
in Sparta, La.
DR.. Clark was elected president
of Baton Rouge college in which
position he served until 1913 when,
largely through his efforts, the
state of Louisiana established
Southern university as a new
school for Negroes at Scott's Bluff
and named him as the first presi-
dent. Under his administration
the school grew from a small tract
and two buildings valued al
100000 to 500 acres, with a plant
Of 9-odd buildings costing a mil
lion and half dollars, and a stu
dent body Of over 1000 with 12t
teachers.
Retired meritoriously by tn,
State Board of Education, in 1888
DR.. Clark was elected president
emeritus.
One of the founders Of th'
National Association of Coloret
Teachers, known now as the Ameri
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
by ERNEST E. JOHNSON

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (ANP)-
With the summer we'll behind, the
administration is breathing easier
over the fact that racial outbreaks
this year have been few and iso-
lated, and none with the exception
of the Philadelphia Transit strike,
taking on any real proportions.
A survey just completed by the
Associated Negro Press discloses
that the close cooperation of several
governmental agencies with private
agencies and authorities is chiefly
responsible for this condition.
The year 1943 plagued the coun-
try with no less than six outbreaks
having as their causes racial and in
dustrial friction accentuated, Of
course, by an assortment of social
ills such as inadequate housing,
transportation and recreational ia
cilities. These occurred in such ma
jor cities as Beaumont, Tex, Detroit,
New York, Baltimore, Los Angeles,
and Mobile, Ala.
Contingents of the armed forces
were used in several of these in
stances to quell the disturbances, but
not until after there had been con-
siderable loss Of life and damage to
property. The lessons of 1943 ap-
parently were well-taken by federal
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
Plan Now to
y O I +
NovEMB Err 7

sought continuously to improve
these conditions and, wherever pos
sible, to eliminate or subordinate
them as causes for outbreak. 1t is a
fact, too, that on one or two occa-
sions this year, United States SOL
diers have been within 10 minutes"
of areas which appeared threatened
with violence, and their presence
has been known by the townspeo-
pie.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-11-02
Make Plans for Movie Of
NeQro Soldier In Combat

WASHINGTON, Nov. Truman
Gibson, Civilian Aide to the Secre-
tary of War, and Maj. Homer
Roberts, chief Of the Negro News
desk in the Bureau of Public Rela-
tions at the War Department left
for Hollywood to help formulate
plans for the forthcoming movie of
the Negro soldier in combat.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-11-09
Podruznica stew. 80
SANSa poroSa in vabi

Cleveland, Ohio. - Razprav-
ljalo Sc je ma SANSovi zadnji
seji najprvo glede prihodnje pri-
reditve ma II. novembra, NAM
rec O koncertu, katerega Sc pri.
reja ia takojsnjo pomoe nasim
ljudem v domovini.
+ Ma. temu koncertu bodo sode.
lovali nasi "a narod cuteci pew
ci in pevke vseh collinwoodskih
in clevelandskih zborov. Char.
les Vrtovsnik, predsednik vese-
lienega odbora je ze davno ma
delu in il njegovega porocila je
bilo razvidno, da cd zacetka dc
konca ina vse dobro zamislje-
no. Prav vse! Cd casa, ko vsto-
pite v dvorano in poslusate lepo
urejen in poster program, po-
tenn spreidete v prizidek ma O.
kusno veeerjo, itd., in Sc t a m
prijetno zabavate, in ko koncno
Sc dobre wolfe in z zadovolj.
stvom poslovite cd vasih prija-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-11-09
LEPl STRI(EK
..... ~a.s.1 BEL-AMI
FrancosLi spisal - GUY DE MAUPASSANT
Prevel - OTON zUPANcIC
BEL-AMI

revel - OTON zUPANcIC

dolgimi lasmi, malo neeedne
vnanjosti, XII je tezko sopel po
stopnicah.
Forester je zelo spostljivo
pozdravil; Norbert d Warren
ne," je dejal, "pesnik, Xxi je spi-
sal "Mrtva solnca" tudi moz vi
soke Gene. Vsaka povest, ki
nam jo da, stane tristo frankov,
in najdaljse MISC niti po dvesto
vrstic dodge. Ampak stopiva k
Napolitancu, zejen sem, da kar
melim."
Toliko da sta sedla v kavar-
nj "a mizo, je zaklical Forest,
ier: 'Dve casi piva!" in je il.
praznil svoj kozarec ma dusek
docim je pill Duroy pivo S 20
casnimi pozirki, ga zlagoma po
kusal in vzival, kakor predra,
go ceno, redko dobroto.