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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19

NEW YORK Cl1Y-fSNs'- Ne =
gro citizens we're "keenly oiSap-
pointed" in his statement endorsing
. states rights soldier vote bill.
Governor Thomas Z Dewey was told
this week by the NAACP, because II
gave enormous aid, comfort. and
prestige to the persons who had I'm
ashamed!y- exploited violent ana,-
Negro sentiment in supporting their
side of the argument.
After recalling the race hating
speeches of Pep. John E. Rankin
and senator James o. Eastland both
Of Mississippi, declaring the states
rights vote bill was necessary to
maintain white supremacy. t h e
.NAACP letter declared:
Many opponents of a federal ser
vicemen's ballot took no pains to
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19

1t was in 1343 that the first 100
conventions of the Anti-slavery
party were held with Frederick
Douglass as exhibit-A. 1t was a
time when the application of new
inventions, telegraph, railroad and
machine power. backed by capi-
talism was making the slave-labor
system of the south valueleSs, and
the political power was determined
TO bolster II,
The fury of the opposition 10
any change in the status of the
colored-American grew apace end
by 1916, drastic BLACK Laws" we're
enacted TN the states from Virgin
La and Maryland south 90 Florida
and west 90 Missouri. while Adolf
tionists were hated. attacked end
mObbed
Today's activities, stemming
from the same economic root. the
need and demand FOR the lab0riug
and fighting arm Of the colorcd
Americans. as part Of the man
power Of the nation. vital but un-
appreciated. cause opposition 20
the FEPC. 20 the removal of cleo
ton restrictions. to educational
aid 10 states that claimed poverty
as the reason for their diScrimi-
nation, though now boarding sur
pluses i'm their state treasures. md
to fair employment Of colored PEG
pie according to their capacities.
AS then, so now. it will get
worse before il gets better. and
calls for careful postwar planning
in every community where there is
any considerable element Of our
group.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
BLOC ALREADY FORMING

The reactionaries including the
perennial opponents of all pro-
gress, lily-white union officials and
other hostile pressure groups, are
already forming a bloc to knife
this vitality important measure,
lust as they have knitted the anti
lynching bill, the anti-poll tax
bill. the federal school aid bill
and the federal soldier-vote bill.
A hopeful sign however Is seen
in the forming Of an equal power
full group in support of the bill.
The hackers themselves represent
a cross-section, coming as they
do from Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Washington and Indiana, pres
tige that none Of these other
measures enjoyed.
One, however, would be less
than realistic to say that this
bill does not face bitter
struggle before it is enacted.
But enacted it must be If all
the sacrifices we are being CALI
ed upon to make in this war
are not in vain. 49,. .,s
The bill needs the active sup
port of every right-tt1inkiflg An1eii
rican if it is to hurdle the barrier
of reaction it now faces. And that
support must come from you, your
family and your neighbors bonn
harding congress with letters and
kilograms expressing your deep
interest in the passage Of this
measure, which rightly could be
hailed as a second Emancipation
Prnc1aYnatinf1
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
Negro Engineers
Build China Road

officer in the outfit, Snow reports.
Mai. Gen. Raymond A. Wheel
err, chief engineer here, himself
said they were as good as any en-
gineering troops he ever had on
a job. and Wheeler has had plenty.
one of the stories that spread
through Assam deals with tho
strength of the Negro
troops, and tells how an American
watched four underfed Indian
coolies trying to move huge log
from one side of the road to an
other. Presently he interrupted
their struggle, pushed them aside,
lifted the log over his shoulders
and tossed it over their heads.
Then he grinned and said; REST
yourselves, brothers, you just did
four days work"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19

Council of Social Agencies. IF we
can reach peaceful solution of
our race problems, that will be a
transcendent victory over the
tenents of nazism."
Smith traced the background of
Chicago from Jean Point Baptiste
DuSable to the year 1910, as a
means of supplying compressor
sive picture of its various racial
groups.
DR.. Louis Wirth, of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, declared that as
a city, Chicago has come of age
and can now work toward a solu-
ton of its problems. He urged
greater tolerance and skill in live
ing together
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19

CHICAGO 49, "a N P) How
American Negro engineer troops
are completing a spectacular motor
road which will ultimately link
India and China for the first time
in history is told by Edgar Snow,
foreign correspondent famed for
his book, Red Star Over China, +"
in an article Road to Toxic"
which appears in the February is
sue Of Negro Digest published
here.
Despite the handicap of work
ing with wet feet (the troops are
without rubber boots and of
malaria and the wilderness and
a steady three months diet of corn
ed beef and rice, the morale of the
colored troops was praised by every
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
Dewey Aided Demagogue I'm
Soldier Vote Bill Is Charge

violent and anti-Negro sentiment IN
supporting theft side of the argu-
ment.
" II is the opinion of this Assoc
citation v4lich has local chapters III
Geo communities IN 40 states, that
the alignment Of Republicans with
this bloc in Congress on this bill
and other issues presents a grave
question for the decision of Negro
voters in the coming election The
present temper of the Negro
minority is to regard the collabora
tors with the Rankin Eastland boo
as opponents n the legitimate
aspirations of Negro citizens.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19

Philadelphia: HORACE McEyery,
Georgians, Ala, Charles Baker,
Batesville, Miss; Andrew Buchan-
an. Nashville; Robert d, Forces
tin, Daytona Beach, Fla; Jessie L.
Carter, Harrisburg, Va; Harvey
Ford, Quitman. Ga; John G.
Hearn, New York City; Earnest
Craft, Wilmington, Del; James
H. Anderson, Atlanta, and Leroy
E. Hinkle, Los Angeles.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
BY cliff Maekay

the basis of all freedom. Without
it attainment of social and politi-
cal freedoms means little. The
right to make a living, to eat.
TO adequate clothing, to decent
housing. are all allied with the
right to hold q job and only with
the protection of that right can
black Americans begin to feel that
at last they are free.
The nlcn-Dauscn-CcHee-
r.sEoIIette bill would go fur
ther than eliminate employ
ment discrimination in those
plants with war contracts.
It would make 1t unlawful to
discriminate against workers
because of race in all employ
ment relations subject to the
control of the government.
Which means those plants and
businesses which are now subject
to the Fair Labor Standards Act
or the Social Security Act would
also have to comply with nom
discriminatory directives of the
FEPC.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
Hungry Men Can't Be
Free, Says Johnson

the fear that there would not be
enough bread or the childless mar
ried couples who bear no children
because Of the same fear. He as
sailed the system which forces wo-
men to leave home and children
to the 'brutalities of the world
while they seek security"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19

NO MORE IMPORTANT mea-
sure to black Americans will come
before the turbulent 18th Congress
than H. r. 1886 known generally
as the Scanlon-Dawson-Co Coffee
I,aFollette bill, which would not
only put real power IN the hands
of the Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practices, but
would make it a permanent agency
of the federal government.
The dire need for this helping
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
HIT that RHEUMATIC PAIN
RIGHT. WHERE IT HURTS

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19

hand to the
only govern
mental agency
devoted solely
TO achieving
economic free
dom for Anne
rica's la rg-
est minority,
is brou 8 h t
sharply in t Q
focus by the
defiance t II e
DIrnr f,nc fraOt
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
Biscuit Commands Backing Up Biscuit
Bombers In Pacific Battle Of Food Supply
History Repeats
On Race Issue

Racial clashes today celebrating the situation OF
100 years ago. Then the changing economic stua
ton confusing the minds of the dominant whites and slim
uang the suppressed aims of the minority groups leads
to demonstrations of power and hostility towards those
who seem "to be getting out of hand".
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
~ ACNE
P|AApLESS
RUIN GOOD TIMES

-. picking at them can
cause you endless em-
baftassment. When you
follow such annoying,
irritating actions, you
feel as though beng
With people IS the last
thing you want to do in
this world RlacL and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19

CONCEAL he low and bigoted plane
upon which they were basing their
opposition. Tt is greatly to be re-
eretted that your statement on
ibis legislation should have placed
YOU in such company
TEXT OF LETTER
Complete text of the letter slgned
bv ROY wilkins. assistant secretary:
"The proposal that a method be
advised to enable the millions OF
men and women III uniform TIC cast
a ballot in the 1914 elections was,
in tn very nature of things, bound
to precipitate debate 1t was to be
expected that there would be under
standable differences of opinion on
method. but we are certain the
country was not prepared tor the
tone D racial higotry watch finally
came to dominate both the debate
and the action in both houses u
the Congress,
1.-THE voting record on the various
moves in both houses shows al
almost sold lineup of southern
Democratic members with q SUD
stantial bloc Of Republicans. InlS
coalition was maintained through
out, despite the vicious, den1agogic
race-hating speeches in the House
hv Representative John E. Rankin
Of Mississippi, and tie equally
vicious utterances of Senator Jas
O. Eastland of Mississippi III the
upper chamber.
QUOTE EASTLAND
The newspapers Of the country
carried an Associated Press S t o
quoting Senator Eastlard as SAYING
that the so-called states n {
soldier vote bill must be passed ~
order to maintain white supremacy
MIR. Rankin made similar state
ments in the House. Almost one
whole dav i'll the senate. aefofdlflg
TO the Congressional Record, was
devoted to q discussion III WHICH
the Negro issue was pGroulollllt'
MANY opponents Of federal ser
vicenlen's ballot took no i}all2s 10
conceal the low and bigoted plane
upon which they were bastng their
opposition.
I'm such circumstances ] am sure
YOU can understand that the Negro
citizens y this country are keelliy
eIissppointed in your statement OF
this legislation which, although
avoiding any reference to race ana
color. endorsed a states rights
hill and in effect gave enormous ald
comfort and prestige to the persons
who had unashanedly exploited
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
Handle Tons OF
Rations For Men
In South Pacific
CoIored Officer
Handles Detail
OF Railhead Co.
Rv SCOOP" JONES
Associated Negro Press War
TarreSpoudent1

WITH THE AEF IN NEW GUl-
NEA-(A NJ p) - Every morning
about dawn you can hear those
huge motors droning. headed out
70 sea. A fleet of big planes cast
inc flock of shadows against the
skv. A white star dimly seen on
The wings. It's the biscuit bomb
ers" headed for Cap Gloucester
and Arawe on the battle tllleo
territory of New Britain. the
world knows what a great job
the biscuit bon1bers are doing
but few have heard about their
supporters those. tireless scrappers
the biscuit comuandos.'
The biscuit bonlbers are the big
transport planes, CAT. They carry
tons of rations daily to the front,
dropping them in a safety area
lust behind the lines so that the
troops may have food. In order for
this to be a complete success. it is
necessary for a perfect coordina-
ton of service forces in the rear,
but vet in an advance territory
There's a network of activity here
i'm setting those rations to the
transports and loaded. The source
of these supplies is a young met
ropolis of boxes on top Of boxes Of
.-rub "a bunch Of dusky lads
sorting. classifying and handling
the general shipment of them
The biscuit commands
chief Commando is 2nd L0oie
James T. Hicks. 1917 @ 81. Wash
fneton u. q eve got ara organiza-
zion here" says the proud G. o
these Guys ore magicians ~
handling these rations. Troops for
miles around depend upon them
ior chow The game Is new for
mn hoeauec prior 60 my commits
sion 7 was a sergeant in a trucking
regiment. when I took over here
7 hadn't realized how interesting
roe i0b could be- or how techni-
cal H IS bul ] am proud Of my
men and the way they perform
their task"
The biscuit commandos are
really quartermaster railhesd
ontht divided into platoons of
men. who can Independently work,
If necessary, as a detachment to
operate a ration depot.
Tie real technical work comes
M The distribution The three
meals-a-day that each man con-
sumes is termed one ration" When
an order comes down from the
Q. NJ. depot headquarters authori-
ling a breakdown of rations. the
figuring of how much of an as
sortment of food to make up q
ration, sometimes involves some
intricate math.
LIST HONOR MEN
some of the honor roll Comman-
does are: 1st Sgt. Van l.. Chaffo,
. Canton, Miss; S-Sgts. James T.
Berkeley. New York; Escoe W.
Branner. White Pine, Tenn,
James z. Baker, Lewisville, Ala;
Cpl. Robert L. Humphrey, Youngs-
town, O.; Cpl. Hyan Hill, Gatskill,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
LIST HONOR MEN

some of the honor roll comnan-
does are: 1st sgt. Van J.. Chaffo,
Canton, Miss; S-Sgts. James T.
Berkeley, New York; Escoe W.
Branner. White Pine, Tenn;
James z. Baker, Lewisville, Ala;
Cpl. Robert L. Humphrey, Youngs-
town, O.; Cpl Hyan Hill, Gatskill,
~ Y, Pvts. Shijah j. Gould,
Bridgetown, NJ j.; James Jones,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
The Allen Hotel

from 81. Phone Arlington 1861, 2516
West Madison ST., Louisville. Ky.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-02-19
New York Governor Assa;tc1 By
NAACP For Supporting Eastland
ing Command

conceal he low and bigoted plane
upon which they were basing their
opposition. Tt is greatly to be re-
eretted that your statement on
ibis legislation should have placed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
BY THE OUT EASTER

Old railroad days came back to us when we read of the death of John J. Cronan of l8 Adams street 8 short time ago, for MT. Cronan was associated with the New Ha- ven Company for @ long number of years, and knew the history of railroading in Waterbury as well as anyone in the city. Back years ago when he started out on his career, Waterbury had three rail- roads, the old New York and New England which piled between Bos- ton, Hartford and Fiskill Landing. the Naugatuck division of the New Haven road running from Winsted to Bridgeport and the Meriden and Waterbury railroad which ran its trains from the old Dublin street station to Cromwell, for connection with some of the old time boats of the Connecticut river.
 We ourselves were brought up along the tracks of the Meriden railroad. and knew almost every em- ploye of that road who wore the accustomed uniform of blue for the conductor and trainmer. And we also knew the engineers and flremen and the station attaches. It was our respect and admiration for the railroad man. and the many errands we did for him that gave us the first thrill of young life in riding on the locomotive from the Dublin street depot. over the trestle work in the south end, and northerly again to the old New England railroad station on the then muddy Meadow street.
 Waterbury had many trains In those days, including many freightS which ran along the old New Eng land tracks. John Cronan, as a boy used to watch them as they passed through his native town, Ter ryville. He like many others, loved the train. and eventually made up his mind that when he grew up, he would be @ railroad man. That was over 50 years ago. Finally, the day arrived. and of he went, and hired out with the old New England railroad. And he stuck to his post right along or up to Q few years back when he retired after 4S years of service. And dur ing this period, he was a brake man on tine old time freight trains, standing on top of the box car on cold and stormy days. waving his bright white light at night. in sign naling to the train crew, and jump ing of here and there along the line to turn various switches. in the preliminary work of having the freight take to a siding, to make way for Q passenger train. This is just what he had observed of the railroad man as he stood in and about the station in Terryville. as a boy. and now he was 8 trainman himself. He loved the calling. and gloried in his duties from day to day. As time went on he was changed from the freight train to act as baggage agent and train man on the various trains which pulled into the old New England depot. And then one day, the New England road was gobbled up by the New Haven company. The line was called the Highland Division. but MT. Cronan remained on the roster. under this new designation.
 Every time we hear of the New England railroad it reminds us of the well known James Mulllgan of the west end. who was engineer of the Hartford train which always arrived at the Meadow street sta-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

at e central position in tae 'yI'Ie President Maurice Griffin appclnle william Muus and Charles Ahaazns both of whom served on the come mittee that erected the World War I Military Honor Roll, which is now located in the Hopeville schonl, nr co-chairmen of 6 committee to WofA on the project. A committee hAao- cd by John Hyland was appointed to arrange the details for . Iinettr ing of the Children in Wartime Committa in HopeVille.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
U. s. AIRMEN FLY MIGRWAYSTO GLODAL POINTS

0odge City, Kan, March 2A- NuF)-Army pilots can travel from She DOdge City Army air field to india Africa, China, England or South America over . well-marked highway that is 'visible" day and ptght-and through drowning rain, lowering fOgs and swirling snow storms.
 Pilots say they are riding nome @n the range" or being lon the beam." They refer to the signals emitted from radio ranges that mark these airways. The pilot sees this highway" with his ears as well as his eyes, for he follows q described route at any time, under any conditions, merely as listening Co the chirp in his earphones.
 Under normal conditions and in good weather Marauder BPS pilots from this base fly Ion contact" Their route may be independent of the beam for training purposes, but they are in constant two-way radio contact with the field. They use the radio range system as an aux Hilary aid except in emergencies and bad weather.
 Recently, a larger number of students were flying near Dodge City when the weather suddenly closed in, 30 that the pilots could not see the ground. The pilots merely Tipped a cwitch on their radios and rode the beam safely int othe field. But at one time such an occurrence probably would have caused the loss of several planes and crews.
 In operation of 6 radio beam, signals are emitted along @ pre- determined course. On one side, from a width varying from 10 to 20 miles. the signal is radio code for the letter "a"-a dot and a dash. On the other side the signal changes to an ma dash and 8 dot. Air traflc usually proceeds to the right of the beam.
 The pilot can tell exactly how far he Is from the center of the highway" by the intensity of the signals. When he's riding exactly down the center, he gets Q contin- IouS signal, as the "a" and n" blend into one constant tone. In addition to beam stations, etaere gre fan markers and radio beacon markers along the route that throw a vertical radio signal straight upwards. At the exact mo. 5nent c plane passes over one of these markers, 8 series of long l calrpG IS heard in the earphones 1 and q light flashes on the instru. Rt1ent panel. Both the radio beam | and the fan markers break their ' regular mechanical chirping to identify themselves with individual call letters, so pilots may know ex- actly which beam Is guiding them and what marker they have passed.
 Radio range stations, operated by the Army Airways Communica- tionS system, reach to the farthest corners of the world. They have been built in the Australian bush. where heavy fences protect them from kangaroos. Native laborers helped install ranges in the rice paddles of India and China, haul Ing Ultra-modern equipment in crude bullock drawn carts. Eskimow sometimes quit work on range sta tions because the weather was too cold for them.
 ! But without these facilities that help maintain the How of fighter and cargo planes to the men at the fronts, flying would indeed be haz- ardouS. Instead, Army aircraft, taking of every minute of every hour of the day and night, can fly safely to their destinations along the invisible but audible "high- ways" in the sky.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

November 1 and December sl, 1ots. the excess sums collected were as follows: onions, e21o.Io; apples. S57.16; lettuce, ts2.4l.
 An injunction restraining the oon- cern from further vilation of the OPA regulations also was issued in the federal court. The judgment for damages was issued after a stip- ulation agreed upon by the parties was presented to the court.