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the language to pass the time OF
day and to eat the breadfruit, pa
paya, coconut and the fish that
they "just threw in the fire and
burned"
And he learned to pursue their
mosquitoes also, but not until too
late. Pfc. Jenkins is In the Naval
Hospital at Bethesda under treat
ment for q tropical disease.
A 1941 graduate of Washington
Lee High School. Pfc. Jenkins en-
listed in the Marine Corps in Janu-
ary, 1912. After boot training he
was sent out to Samoa.
From there his battalion moved
to Wallis Island, where the natives
told them that the Japs had been
and gone. A small French garrison
was established there but the ma
rine had no contact with it.
After almost three months Of the
leisurely island life, Pfc. Jenkins left
for British Samoa and on Septem-
ber 18 went to Guadalcanal, joining
up with the rest of the 1st Division
Marines in the effort to take the
island.
Pfc. jenkins job there was recon-
naissance and sniping. He went out
in advance Of the company, the first
to be ambushed if there were any
Jap traps. He travelled in camou-
faRe part of the time.
Sure we went up trees to shoot.
But we could come down again and
clear out If we had to. The Japs
couldn't. We found lots of Jap
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Births Reported

keHsG, kefsaa and and Anns Az a41si. Asams hey
Carman and Elsie Alter, boy.
Elmer and GLADYS Anderson. girl
.m samns ana snd Eath ssrb.r nes Sos BOY
John and Margarite .Beavers. boy.
Thomas and Annie Blaoen, boy.
Schuyler and Marcia oammann. sirl,
Louis and Adele carayslla. boy and sirl.
ehfss cdn AND and s5asef sass Dc chhs Wa4a es boy
sh5s Rsph sns sna MhfS aoE@ss psser. Boy
Edison and Virginia Edson, girl.
Clefne and Ella Ellis boy.
Marion and Willie Emerson, girl.
Menry ana la0 Rsbeec. sset hTSasd FOOD Ell siyi
Raymond Fs and Jaceuelyn Flynn. boy.
benjamin. and Mseie Hobbs boy.
%:fpsn sssP and and S9sa Msa.nne n1svfT Houston soy m
Albert and ma Mildred hH 'faae.i fnar.h.m' mr. boy.
senjamin asa aan and srs Hannah aRsn RAE sSy Soy
Nicholas and Kathleen Kuzmack. boy.
EaWrence n snH and itas Eiinos on. Low s'f, boy.
James and Lola Lyons, boy;
Mason and Eta Myers. boy.
John II. and nd Lucille Lucille MeKseysr' tesN' girl.
bsrre % ina and GIqnn aqma Messfe Mssdies EsrI DDY
John and Phebe Nelson, boy.
Harry and Martha Pearson, girl
Edgar and Margaret Pettebone, sirl.
Jean and Hazel Rehbock, boy
Morris and Evelyn Rikon, So; boy. s''
Albert and Alma Rose, boy.
Fred and Hilda Rosenbaum. boy.
Harry and Patricia Rousseau. boy.
George and Lilly Rutherford. boy.
THOMPSON and Emma Short. girl
Mi,l,sm sm.s am and Mais HsHsl sShi 6Hs M
George and Betty spottieue, boy.
Garunnie and Evelyn Spicer. girl.
Wallace apd Lou E; stiegel, girl.
Herman and Jean sumpf, girl.
Fred and Mary TansiIi. Eiri.
Grove and Grace Thompson. boy.
smsi ana a1d PGsGshy Wes :T
Richard and Ruth Weller, girl.
| David and Anita Wertheim. girl
William and Jeanne White, jr.. boy.
Owen and Kathryn Yarboroueh boy.
Joseph and Connie Anderson. twin boys
Charles and Alice Anderson, boy.
James and Anita Butler, girl
William and Geneva Gowdy, boy.
John and Blanche Harrison. boy.
John and Celestin King, boy.
Arthur and Frances Leish girl.
| Thomas and Elnora McColl, girl
Frederick and Tawanna Mcintosh, sirl.
James Hmas1 ana aa0 Teaye s sslsn snowden sli boy
Chin and Sun Sung. girl
Lewis and Lillian Talley, boy.
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lives at the Metropolitan Club.
His family has not received any
details Of his death except that 1t
occurred December 5, date Of fierce
fighting to rout the Germans from
the heights Of Monte Maggiore.
Pvt. Hale, who was unmarried,
left his position as trust of1cer with
the Marine Midland Bank In New
York 18 months before Pearl Har-
Dor to enlist In the ranks Of the
Canadian Black Watch. He trans
ferred to the American Army after
December Z, 1941. He was among
the troops landing in North Africa
in November, 1912, and at Salerno
in September, 1943.
He was q descendant of two fam
lilies prominent in American po-
litical history from Civil War times
with flve United States Senators
in their ranks. On his fathers
side his uncle, Frederick Hale, and
his grandfather, Eugene Hale, were
sent to the Senate from Maine,
and his great-grandfather, Zacha-
riah Chandler, was Senator from
Michigan In reconstruction days.
On his mothers side his grand
father, James Donald Cameron,
and his great-grandfather, Simon
Cameron, were Senators from Penn
sylvania from Civil War times until
the turn of the century.
Mr.. Hale was born in the United
States Legation in Vienna, where
his father was secretary. His FAM
lily returned to Washington short
ly after. He attended st. Paul's
at Concord, N. H., and Harvard.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by brother, Chandler Hale, jr., Of
Santa Fe. N. Mex, and sister, Mrs.
G. Howland Chase of Washington.
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CUFFS, BOWS AND
LARGE COLLARS.

Invest in one Of these warm
winter coots and you have
purchased O beautiful, fine
quality coat laden with finest
furs! SmortIy detailed,
warmly interlined. In black
and coIors.
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Stories of Veterans
Wanted by Stor

This is another Of q series Of
interviews with men from the
Washington area who have
returned from overseas duty.
Friends and relatives OF service
men returning from battle zones
are urged to write or telephone
the city editor Of The Star at
MA. 5000. The Star wants to
give these men Of the armed
forces a chance to tell their
stories to the thousands Of In
terested Washingtonians.
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Additions Set for TONIGHT

The first addition for volunteer
camp shows and Entertainments
in Washington" will be held at 7::30
o'clock tonight at the Thomson Cen
ter, Twelfth and L streets NV, 1t
was announced today. The organ
ization, sponsored by the District
Recreation Department in co-opera-
ton with Recreation Services, Inc,
brings entertainment to service per-
sonnel and war workers in the
area.
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snipers strapped into their trees
dead"
When the island was under con-
troll, PIT. Jenkins led reconnaissance
patrols to insure safety of the main
companies. On January 10 he went
to Australia and was there six
months, during which time he came
down with the tropical ailment.
He was shipped back to West Coast
hospitals and finally to Bethesda.
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OuAnuler Hale
Of 3147 p street
NV, was list
ed by the War
Department to-
day as killed in
action on the
Italian front.
His mother has
been prominent
In Washington
society for so
years.
His father,
Chandler Hale,
former Thir
Assistant Secre-
tArY Of State
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Mrs. Mary Jen-
kins. 2220 North
Nelson stree t,
Arlington, spent
two and q half
months on Wal
lis Island in the
South Pacific,
his tent pitched
b e h n d the
fro n DIR o o t ed
"fale" of the
Polynesian fam
lily " no h q d
t a k en- him In
tow.
He learned to
speak enough of
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Back From the Wars
Back From the Wars
Marine Sniper Pitched Tent
Near PoIynesion FomiIy's Home

The life Of q marine scout sniper
when he's not out sniping offers
some interesting angles.
Pfc. Bernard w. jenkins, son Of
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PVT. Donald {. Hale
Ex-senator 5 Nephew,
Killed in Action

Pvt. Donald Cameron Hale, Al,
nephew Of former Senator Frederick
Hale OF Maine and son Of Mrs.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
Bell Telephone Co.
Employing Qualified
Negro Workers, N. Y.

The experimental laboratories
of the Bell Telephone Company
located at 463 West street, has
assured the Presidents Commit
tee on Fair Employment Prac-
tice (FEPC) that in the future
il will accept qualified workers
for any type of jobs without dis
elimination. and has recently
added number of qualified
Negro workers to its staff. 1t was
announced by Edward Lawson,
Regional FEPC Director.
Mr.. Lawson stated that a COM
plant of discriminatory employ
ment practice filed against the
company by young woman who
had been referred by the United
States Employment Service as a
trainee had been satisfactorily adj
justed, and that all personnel
workers, supervisory employees
and foremen had been given
strict orders against discrimina-
ton by the plant manager
The company, which is engaged
in essential war work, had only
II Negro workers at the time
the FEPC investigation was in
itiated. Since that time, more
than forty additional Negro work
ers have been employed, most
of them in production operations.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
sec MOVES TO STOP
BOEING I'm. PERMIT FEE

The Boeing employees OF the
Seattle Civic Committee are
taking action against the A. NJ
U. No. ISL for taking $3.50 per
month from colored employees.
They have asked the courts for
a restraining order.
This is a test case for full
membership in the union. A ben
eft dance is being given Tues
day, Jan. II, at the Savoy Ball
Room 20 aid in raising funds to
aid in the expense of the court
action. The popular La Act Tois
Girls Club is sponsoring the
court action and the dance.
Organizations and citizens are
urged to join in making this a
common cause, said Don Gomez,
spokesman for the club.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
LET us REGISTER
LET us VOTE

There are fully $4,000 I'M
registered men and women in
King county eligible to vote. One
hundred sixty-six thousand are
registered to vote in the spring
election. OF the number failing
to place their names on the reg
istration rolls, where the larg-
est number of Negroes reside,
indicate less than one-half of
these are qualified.
Soon the city of Seattle will
buzzle with activity of candi-
dates and their supporters for
bership in the City Coun-
Gil. In all probability the pres
ent members of the City COun-
Gil filing will succeed them
selves.
The biggest question for Seat
tie voters to determine is who is
going to be the next mayor. Will
Seattle be a closed or open city?
VIII 1t be liberal or conserva-
tive?
Mayor DE, n Is a candidate to
succeed himself.
Former sheriff w. B. Severyns
has filed.
Wishful thinking is of no mo-
ment. Register and vote. No poll
tax is required to vote in this
state.
Progressive ministers in this
city are already urging congre-
cations to register and vote
Churchgoers have a civic duty
to perform and should not be
heard squawking after the cleo
/ ton.
Good Morning, brother OF
sister. Have you registered? Dc
il now.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
DUKE BROWNING
FOUND GUILTY
OF SMUGGLING

The narcotics case of Quentin
Victor (Duke) Browning, Seattle
Negro and race-horse owner, and
Miss Vern Amelia Russell, a
white woman, who are accused
of having smuggled opium from
Canada, went to the jury at noon
today.
The two were arrested Septem-
Der Z by customs inspectors at
Blaine and later charged with
having struggled opium across
the border. Customs agents found
the opium in a bottle, about two
inches tall and an inch wide.
tucked into seat cushions of
Browning's sedan.
United States District Judge
John C. Bowen late yesterday
denied a motion by e. X. Ma
rohn, Miss Russell's attorney.
and Henry Clay Agnew, Brown
ing's attorney, for a directed YER
dict or dismissal on the grounds
of insuffieiency of evidence.
AGENTS KNOW HIM
Federal narcotics agents have
had previous acquaintance with
Browning, Donald r. Smith, mar
cotics agent, testified late yes
etrday. He declared that last
March he and A. M. Bangs, dis
trict supervisor, had gone to
Browning's apartment and ac-
cused him of being an addict.
Il cannot now recall what
Browning said, but the substance
was that he was travelling with
people who used the stuff and
what did we think" said Smith.
Smith testified that the opium
Continued on Page ~
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
ABOLISH JIM CROW
NAT. neg. COUNCIL
UNITED GOV. employees

WASHINGTON. - In celebra-
ton of the 10th anniversary of
Abraham Lincoln's signing of the
Emancipation Proclamation the
National Negro Council and
United Government Employees
adopted resolution today asking:
That President Roosevelt, as
commander in chief of the armed
forces, direct railroads now I'M
der government control 'to abol-
ish union discrimination against
Negro railroad workers and
thereby insure equal employ
ment opportunities.
That the President abolish
as a war necessity all Jim Crow
practices in travelling accommo-
dations in the Southern states"
That the government assure
aid to the famine-stricken people
of India on the same basis as
"the so-called liberated coun-
tries"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
DORIE MILLER MISSING

The Navy Department recently
confirmed reports that Dorie Mil
Ter, first Negro naval hero of
this war, is missing in action in
the Southwest Pacific and also
disclosed that his next of kin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Conery Miller, of
Waco, Texas, have been notified.
Since Pearl Harbor, where
Dorie Miller distinguished him
self aboard the U. S. S. Arizona
on which he was working at the
time of the Japanese sneak at
tack, he had been assigned to
various other naval craft, had
received a letter of commenda-
ton from the Secretary of the
Navy, and was advanced in rat
ing from mess attendant, third
class, to mess attendant, first
class. In addition, he received
the American Defense Service
Medal, the Fleet Clasp and the
Asiatic- Pacific Campaign Medal
And yet, despite the honors
and plaudits of the nation, Dorie
Miller, missing in action, is just
mess attendant Dorie Miller
should receive his flowers today
not after his death.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
WIN. B. SEVERYNS
FORMER SHERIFF
In MAYOR RACE

william B. Severyns will en-
ter the forthcoming municipal
election campaign as candidate
for mayor.
Severyns' entry increase to 4
the field of known candidates
for the mayoralty toga, Mayor
Devin, Councilman James Sea-
votto and Councilman Frank Nc
Caffrey having filed.
Severyns is also expected to
make his ling tomorrow, al
though he may delay it a few
days. lite was declared in City
Hall circles yesterday that Sew
eryns has already opened cam
paign headquarters in the Pan
tages Building.
Still noncommittal as to their
intention are Frank w. Hull,
former manager of the Olympic
Hotel, and William Fitzgerald,
fire department chief, both of
whom have been considering the
race at the solicitation of friends
and supporters.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
MARIAN ANDERSON
OUTSTANDING WOMAN

A committee appointed by Col
umbia Pictures and The Woman
Magazine have voted Kate Smith
one of the ten outstanding wo-
men in America by virtue of her
radio performance. Others Sc
lecteed were: Hortense Odlum,
business; Pearl Buck, literature:
Vivian Kellems. industry; Marian
Anderson, music; Katherine
Blodgett, science; Dorothy
Thompson, journalism; Rosalind
Russell, motion pictures; Nancy
Anna Rosenberg, labor.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
ACCUSE COMPANY AND
BUS DRIVER IN CIVIL
COURT WITH FALSE ARREST

superior officer, Lieutenant Blass
who also tried to dissuade Po-
Tito from charging the entire bus
load, but Polite insisted and
wanted the passengers taken "off
my hands," he said, because he
was afraid of them.
Charges were made against "a
passengers, the white couple
were allowed to go about their
business and also some small
children and the Negro soldier.
At the First Precinct station the
Negro soldier offered to take the
blame for the trouble but he was
not arrested. He was turned
over to military authorities.
The next day when they were
brought before Recorder Robert
Thompson they were tried zen
masse," the petition recites, and
each one was fined SIS or or
dered to serve 80 days in jail,
they state.
After paying their fines, they
weer released. Then some of
those fined allege that their cases
were reopened and they were dis
charged.
Thos filing suit were James
Drummond, Walter J. Calvey,
Ralph Chauvin, Raoul Chauvin,
Clifton Edgerson, Lucy jenkins,
Charles w. Johnson, Gertrude
Johnson, Lubirda Johnson,a Jas.
Jones, Joseph Lewis, Wiley Ray,
Theodore Robertson, Herbert
Roux and Wallace Young.
At the time of their arrest the
NAACP and other interested or
CARNATIONS protested their ar
rest to Mayor Maestri, New Or
leans Public Service and to the
United States attorney general
The NAACP was advised by
Chief Reyer, superintendent OF
police, that the responsibility for
the arrests was squarely up to
the driver.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
jim CROW BUSES THE VOGUE
BETWEEN PASCO AND HANFORD, WASH.
OPERATORS ]. c. BOSS FOR POINTS
BETWEEN RICHMOND HANFORD. WIN.
By e. I. r.

Word has reached The North
west Enterprise of the institu-
ton of Jim Grow bus service in
the State OF Washington.
Buses exclusively for whites
and buses for Negroes are being
operated between Pasco and Han
ford, Wash. Negroes seeking
transportation at intermediate
points, Richmond to Hanford will
not be accommodated unless they
sit In a Jim Grow section re-
served for them.
Negroes protesteing the advent
of Jim Crow in the State of
washington filed their protest
with the Rev. Emmett Reed. pas
tor of Calvary Church, Spokane
president of the NAACP in that
city.
The letter of Rev. Reed and
protest were turned over to MIR.
Prentis /. Frazier, head of the
Legal Redress Committee of the |
seattle branch of the NAACP to |
join the Spokane protest.
Rev. f. w. Shorter, pastor of
me Church of the People, pres
Ident OF the Seattle NAACP, and
The Rev. F. w. Penick, retiring
have conferred and
VIII call upon every local chap
,er of NAACP i'm the state to
stand by for immediate legal ac-
ion.
The protest has gone forward
o Gov. Arthur B. Langlie at
olympia.
The following is a photostatic
'opy of letter of protest from
he Rev. Emmett Reed, pastor of
calvary Baptist Church, and
resident of the Spokane Chap
er of the NAACP, directed to
)harles F. Schaeffer, director of
he Department of Public Serv-
ce, Olympia, Wash.
The response of Governor
angle and the Department OF
public Service will appear in our
text issue.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
THE GHOST WALKS

Recently the New York Post
devoted its entire editorial to
Ghosts of the Civil War. and they
did such a jood job of it that
we reprint it in its entirety be-
low:
The widowed old ghost of the
Civil War has been conjured up
again.
Moaning about States rights
and the Unborn inferiority of the
Negro, it watts around getting in
the way of the war effort and
making a general nuisance of it
self.
Among those who pumped it
up this time are the 16 Southern
railroads which can't bear the
thought of a Negro engineer in
the cab of a locomotive, even If
he would make the best engine
driver since Casey Jones.
Negroes may continue to pre-
pare and serve food to the pas
sengers, to make their bees and
perform other intimate services,
but to rise to the eminence Of
punching the passengers tickets
as a conductor, no.
No. Not even if it means vi
olating legal government direct
ives. The men who are running
those Southern railroads don't
want to hire Negro help if they
can help it nor give the Negroes
they already have hired an even
chance for advancement with the
white employees. They don't
want it; and they put it on the
basis that their customers won't
have it.
THE GHOST Is BLIND
We'd like to point out to those
railroads that their customers
aren't all unreconstructed rebels
and secessionists. Those troops
they are carrying come from ev-
cry state in the Union-not the
ghost land of the Confederacy
And so does the freight and eX-
press.
Most of their revenue comes
from the Federal Government
and from corporations and indi'
viduals outside the region of the
actual operation of their lines.
These are their customers; noI
professional Southerners who are
still fighting the Civil War VIII
their mouths, but people wh'
through their elected nationa
government have said that th'
railroads discriminatory labo'
practices must stop.
Others who have helped initiate
the old ghost and make 1t give
out with a wheeling parody o
the rebel yell are the SENATOR
from the eight poll tax state
who organized the suceesstu
right on the Breen-Lucas soldie'
voting bill.
States rights to them mean
the right to preserve the miser
- Continued ON page 3 =
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
FINAL APPEAL FOR
CHRISTMAS SEALS

There's still time to share in
the vital year-round fight against
tuberculosis and buy Christmas
Seals, Miss Ruth Walker, chair
man of this years sale declared
today for the Anti-Tuberculosis
League of King County.
"Our 1914 plans for an inten-
sified tuberculosis control pro-
gram can be completed when we
have a complete tabulation of al
our returns. We're hoping for
record sale, and that everyone
who plans to share in the fight
against tuberculosis will send in
their dollars quickly. The new
year ahead will bring its greatest
responsibilities in preventing a
wartime rise in this dread dis
ease here in the Pacific North
west where every man-hour must
count in 1914.
Miss Walker made a strong
plea for action by those who have
not yet responded to letters sent
them containing Christmas seals
Because seals are frequently
mislaid or forgotten in the holi-
day rush, we. urge that individu'
ais search homes and offices fol
sheets of seals that may have
been overlooked, and forward the
contributions to the Anti-Tuber
culosis League of King County
at 6147 Arcade BLDG" Mis-
Walker said.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
Seek So, Damages Each
For Alleged Illegal Arrest

The New Orleans Public Serv-
ice and Joseph Polite, driver OF
the Galvez street bus which
caused the arrest of "a Negroes
returning from a War Bond rally
and North-South baseball game,
were made defendants in another
suit filed In Civil District Court
recently by Is of the "a victims.
A similar suit was filed No
vember 20 for five of these vic
tins, this last suit bringing the
total of the compliments to %.
The oath person arrested, Rether
Scott, was the only person not
bringing suit, Attorneys Joseph
A. Thornton and A. P. Tureaud
stated.
In their suit each complainant
seeks $4,000 damages. They
charge the New Orleans Public
Service and Joseph Polito, driver
of the Inflated bus, with false ar
rest and malicious prosecution.
In their petition. filed through
their attorneys, Joseph A. Thorn
ton and A. P. Tureaud, both OF
New Orleans, the parties claim
that they were returning from a
baseball game and bond rally
held in Pelican Stadium on Sun
day, September &c. That they
transferred to a Galvez street bus
at Tulane and Galvez and thai
while they were on the bus a dis
pute arose between the bus driver
and a Negro soldier over a seat
The entire bus, with the excep
ton Of one white couple, wal
loaded with Negroes.
Joseph Polite, the bus driver
ordered those standing on thu
bus to move back, and, the pc
tition reeites, one Negro passen
ger in the rear complained tina
there was no room in the back
Then Polite locked the bus ant
drove to the First Precinct pc
lice station, where he orderet
police to charge the entire bu
load of Negroes with disturbinl
the peace on the bus.
One policeman refused to &C
cept the charge and called to hi
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05

Nov. 10, 1913
The Director of Public Service,
State of Washington,
Olympia, Washington.
Gentlemen:
am hereby calling your at
tention to an innovation, an at
tempt on the part of certain ele-
ments to impose upon our state
rights Jim Crowism. From mouth
to ear and by newspaper articles,
such a practice is in vogue at
Pasco and Hanford. Buses are
being operated between Pasco
and the DUPONT Works at Han
ford, Washington that are des-
ignated for Negroes workers at
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JUST TO
REMIND YOU

Il promise to: watch my con-
duct at all times, to stop swear
ing on the street or in public, to
stop splitting on the sidewalk,
to make time on my job, to stop
being sullen when the boss asks
me to do something, to support
the war effort, to buy more
bonds and to read my local Ne
gro newspaper each week"