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OUTPUT HAMPERED

II was not decided whether
Ford foremen would move 10 lOin
others IN the FAA on strikes
should the company refuse rccog-
milton
Production in the Briggs. Hud-
son. and Packard plants. in addl-
ton 10 the Murray Corp. Is ham
pered by striking foremen and the
danger that other FAA chapters
would JON was seen IN a threaten
ing announcement by Robert n
Keys. chairman. demanding NLRB
recognition
The break i'm strikers ranks
evinced by the vote of $500 JAW
Go workers Of the closed De Soto
Warren plant 10 end their strike
and resume operations last mid
night was clouded by persistent
Continued on Page .. Col. 81
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY wM. SHARP

getting photographs Of them with special camera con-
cealed in the palm Of the hand 1t noted too that
whenever japanese passenger liner put Los Angeles
its officers royalty entertained by Mrs. Furusawa
And frequently she boarding ship just before
its departure for the Orient carrying brief case or large
package and coming of ship without IT, The hospital was
obviously clearing house for the work Of japanese spies
On the afternoon Of August 1, 1934-more than seven
before Pearl Harbora copy Of The Service Of In
formation and Security highly confidential book printed
expressly for very limited number Of high ranking Navy
officers disappeared myserousy from Room 264s OF the
Navy Building in Washington -.
Continued tomorrow
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A SIT ttiite IF 6J6 employees If the
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation
Co, all members Of the SeafarerS
Union. AL. today threatened 10
tie up all Of the lines five vessels.
The steamer. Eastern States,
scheduled 10 leave for Buffalo Al
) 80 p. m yesterday. remained AZ
its pier The City of Cleveland,
destined for Cleveland. was un-
able TO leave port SATURDAY night
because OF the strike
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Ace Ties
Rick IS
Record

EIGHTH AIR FORCE
FIGHTER BASE, England, May
s (UP)- Capt. Robert Johnson,
Lawton, Okla. Thunderbolt pilot.
tied the American fighter ace rec
ord today by shooting down his
18th and 9th German planes.
johnson. the European theater'S
leading fighter pilot, has made all
his kills IN the air. lie equaled
the mark set last month by Mai.
Richard J. Bong of Poplar, Wis,
in the southwest Pacific.
Bong. who was proclaimed
America ace Of aces By Gen.
Macarthur when he broke the rec
ord Of 26 set by Capt Eddie Rick
enbacker IN World War l. also
Shot down all his enemy planes in
combat.
In the European theater john
sons closet rival Is Capt Don S.
Gentle Of Piqua. O.. who. before
starting a recent leave destroyed
% German planes IN the air and
Seevn on the ground
Two other southwest Pacific
flerS have exceeded Gentle'S
combat record Mai. Joe FoSs of
Sioux Falls. s. D., and Mai. Greg
DRY BOyington OF Okanogan,
Wash. each with Is planes Boy
ington has been reported missing.
LONDON. May s up Wing
Commander J r. y. Braham shot
down ms 18th enemy plane yeSter-
day 10 move into tie with Wing
Commander J. z. ohnson for
first place among Raj pilots still
flying. Braham is a wears son.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-08
HEARING DUE MAY IS

A War Labor Board hearing on
the dispute is scheduled for May
Is IN Washington, IL was reported
Mardy Polaner. Secretary-tTeaS-
urer Of the union, in kilograms 10
President Roosevelt and the WLB
stated the strike was called be-
cause the firm refused 20 bargain
across the table with union lead
erS and brought in the labor
board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-08
GREATER DETROIT HIT

The Greater Detroit made the
return trip from Buffalo 10 De-
troit this morning but Will he i'm
modified here by the strike the
union stated
James Mcmillan. general man
ager, said the men are asking
that they be- paid the lake car
rlerS scale, piue A 10 per cent
bonus after 30 days of employ
ment.
a counter proposal by the COM
pany agrees 10 pay the crew
members the lake carriers scale,
but bonuses only 10 men hired
up 10 Aug I Of the season who
remain with the company until
the end OF the d and c shipping
runs. usually abou, Dec. !.
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They sent him into Tarawa
on the fourth day, He helped
in The ouuals then. Burials
interrupted by repeated Jap
homhings. Buuals in the horrible
stencil OF the thousands Of Jap
dead. Buuals seemingly with
Iout end.
When the work was finally
done. they had four cemeteries
on Tarawa. in addition TO the
many isolated graves But
these were strange cemeteries
strange that is. 20 the Amer
lean eye 40 blade Of grass.
80 bi, of shade. No flowers Of
any kind. Only simple white
crosses. And sand.
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Army Air Transport Crashes

ROME. n. Y. May 8 ms
Six army airmen persisted when a
CSC Lockheed transport crashed
into A hill and burned near Elmira.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-08
Coast Forts
DesffoyedbY
Allied Force

LONDON, May s (UP)-Al-
lied Commands destroyed newly
constructed coastal Notifications
along the Italian Riviera in a
series of daring weekend raids,
Italian Fascist press dispatches
said today.
Fascist newspapers reaching
Switzerland acknowledged that
some Commands. striking from
Corsica and Sardinia. had sue
ceeded in re-embarking after de-
stroying coastal defenses recently
completed by Germanys Todt
construction agency.
OTHERS BLOCKED
other Commands were
quickly annihilated, the news
papers said.
The Florence newspaper Nazi-
Oen ported that, although
other Commando raids had been
carried out against the Italian
coast in recent months, never
before have the attacks reached
such high number"
Everything leads to the be-
lief that II the Allies attempt a
huge landing i'm western France,
IL will be accompanied by nu-
merous Commando raids along
the Italian Riviera and In south
ern France" Malone said.
ROMMEL IN ITALY
The newspaper also reported
that Marshal Rommel. Germany's
anti-invaSion commander. had ar
rived in Italy for conferences with
Marshal Kesselring. commander in
Italy, after inspecting defenSes
along the southern coast OF
France.
Tension was growing in Britain
today with the disclosure that
American and British forces re-
hearSlng for the invasion have
just completed the greatest air.
borne landings in history.
The practice landing exercise
by glider and troop carrier forces
were conducted with such secrecy
that even accredited newspapers
men were not permitted 10 Wit
ness them.
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WANTED FLOWERS

So Capt Gould spoke ~ a
lieutenant and The Lieutenant
spoke TO The boys. Was there any
man among them who knew any
thing about flowers any man
who might possibly add touch
Of beauty 10 these forlorn resting
places
That's where Tony CYL came
In. lie told mo about il today as
We stood together in his green
house. Just beside The main GENE
terry. The greenhouse. by the way
IS an old Jap shed about 10 feet
long and 8 feet wide with half the
roof blown away and an empty
gas can as the only chair.
"Nhcn they asked Tor vol
untccr," Tony said II told them
I'd take crack at il If they
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THE WEATHER
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

Tre sun VIII ssf SIS m "a.
ds- and rise tamrrrrv ar s.Isa ~
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Continued on Page ,, Col. I
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-10-18

ask you the question. isn't this
the type of man we should trust
with the management of our ma
tional government? Mr.. Dewey.
I am thoroughly convinced, is
the type of man who will steer
cur nation 10 be the type of
nation all Of us. regardless of
race, would enjoy. and of which
We would be justly proud.
In my next article, which shall
appear some time before the No
vember election, l shall give you
resume of the facts I have tried
to present in this series, and
from this resume draw logical
conclusions. In the meantime ]
urge you to read and digest the
political articles written by Mr..
II. A. Johnson and Attorney
Charles T.. Stokes.
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tio9al defense program vas well
on the way. there we're still TEN
MILLION Americans Of all colors.
creeds ana religions STILL out
Of work. We might as we'll look
the facts in the face. Mr.. Hitler.
not Mr. Roosevelt. relieved the
unemployment situation in this
country.
The Negro people in the United
States are working people. They
have not been able to make
money other than that which
they have made as wage earners.
They are too young yet. even in
their LIMITED FREEDOM, TO
have acquired wealth. They are
very much concerned about jobs
which come from the prosperity
of their country and not a WPA
dole. They know. only too well,
the work ree'sd as II applies to
them. It is a known and ac-
cepted fact that the Negro is the
last hired, first fire Even
now, after I24 yea's OF hard
work spent in helping to build
the count *rd fitn iIg in all
wars, he still must fight for the
right to establish himself as d
citizen without morale-shatterin
reservations "A mere indica.
tion of his lowly position on the
economic ladder.
At the end of the war with
Germany, we shudder at the pic.
ture experts are drawing of the
economic situation. We have q
deep concern for the working
people of this country two
months after the war with Ger.
many is ended. 1t is reasonable
to assume, from these experts
that fully 100000 people, botl
men and women, now engaged il
wartime production, will be look
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Of President Roosevelt? Accord
Ing to the records, there we're
more than 100000 people out
Of work. marching through the
countrys' streets looking for jobs
and milling about in "breadiines,
when Mr.. Roosevelt took office
In 1888. The Republican party
cannot escape the responsibility
or the sad lack OF leadership
which caused this condition to
exist. They were in power fcg
IL years under three presidents.
Mr.. Roosevelt took office on
March 4. 1898, with both houses
on Congress eagerly following his
lead in legislative enactments
He showed high courage and q
knaek OF leadership in a gra We
emergency which assured for him
ranking place in American his.
tory. He advocated LEGISLATION
fec I'M low income groups
which directly benefited Negro
Americans. He set up agencie,
under the extraordinary power,
given him by Congress which en-
abled the workers of this coun
try to escape starvation ami keel
their families together.
Now, the government has be
come dangerously centralized, die
tating the daily lives of the cit
izens of this country. 1t Is nov
telling the people where they ar,
TO work, when they shall work
for whom they shall work ant
for what pay. It IS bent on reg
ulating and regimenti.ting boil
industry and the individual Will,
the national debt reaches astro
nomical proportions. is THU
AMERICA? The record show
that after seven years OF un
lio,ited spending and taxing, a
late as May, 1910, when the ma
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quarter of a century active as
publisher and civic leader. His
influence is wide; his contact
varied; his viewpoint profound.
There has been considerable
discussion about double talk in
this campaign" the doughty
Grand Exalted Ruler declared in
press interview at the Hotel
Theresa last week. I'm regard
to double talk, what of the
double talk of the Four Free
doms with the Negro soldier jim
crowed and beaten, Inundated
and sometimes murdered in an
army dominated by bourbon ira
dition, and the Democrats writ
ing a platform weaker on Negro
issues than the Republicans and
throwing out Vice President
Henry A. Wallace, who alone OF
the candidates at the New Deal
convention spoke up unequivoc-
ally, forcefully and dramatically
for American ism and equal
equality. The Democrats substi-
tuted Senator Harry S. Truman,
a messenger of the vice and
crime Pendergast machine and
office boy to a controller of those
vicious activities which have
throughout the years stigmatized
the Negro community as unfit
and indecent for habitation. as
their vice-presidential candidate.
This is more than a political
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ing for new jobs. Then there
will be millions OF returning
soldiers. At the end OF the war
and four more years of Mr..
Roosevelt, with the WPA. the
MA and the CCc gone. there
is nothing in the present admin
istration's program OF poliev
which offers any hope of being
a. le to meet and solve the IN
employment dilemma.
Then, we might be asked. what
does MIR. DEWTY offer? Mr..
Dewey is the nominee OF the Re
publican party. The Republican
party owns 80 per cent Of all
industry and commerce in this
country. 1t is the group of.im IS
referred TO as private industry -
We believe that party Is better
qualified to handle the business
and financial affairs of this
coun ~ to get industry moving
during the peacetime era.
OF still greater concern to tn,
Negro voteer is the vital ques
ton: HAS the Republican part!
produced a PROGRESSIVE lead
ership?" We offer no excus,
for the spineless leadership o
Haruing. Coolidga and Hoover
mere WIS absolutely no reason
for tie selfishness and do-ro
thing attitude of the reaetionarl
Republican clique. II it can b.
shown that the same Leadership
controls the party, WE ar
against it still and yet. flow
ever, it is our firm conviction
that younger men vigorous
alert, progressive and liberal =
are now in the saddle. Men Xix
Governor Dewey of New York
Governor Warren of California
Governor Griswold of Nebraska
Senator Ball and Commando
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-10-18
]. finley VISION THROWS SUPPORT OF
ENTIRE ELKS FOR DEWEY'S ELECTION
24s EP'EQ3

NEW YORK;. Finley Will
son, Grand Exalted Ruler of the
Elks, with a membership of over
100000 and chairman of the Ma
tional Voters League Independent
Committee for the election of
Dewey and Bricker, this week
threw the entire weight of his
fraternal organization behind the
Republican ticket, declaring:
"Our committee calls upon
every sane thinking and sober
minded American to determine
whether the best interests of this
minority group and the nation
lies in a segregated wing of New
Deal RECOMMENDATION or under an
administration pledged to grant
and secure first-class citizenship
to every American regardless of
race, color, creed or national
origin.
every sincere American is de-
sirous of giving his country the
best and most efficient and hon
est administration in the postwar
era, and resents the tactics of the
machine bosses in their efforts
to villify and malign Gov.
Thomas e. Dewey's position in
support of permanent FEPC for
the State of New York and for
the nation" he declared.
The famous leader of 100000
Negro Americans, who has us
ually taken a stand in national
political affairs that is best for
all Americans. has been for a
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: DEWEY and HIS PUBLIC SERVICE :.

there are two Negroes. one rep
resenting The Afro American
Newspaper. the other represent
ing The Amsterdam News. These
representatives of the Negro
press are accorded the same priv
ileges and accommodations that
are given members of the white
press. Not only that, Mr.. Dewey
Dewey sees to 1t that others ac-
cord them the same rights. In
one southern city where the hotel
manager refused to make accom-
modations for the Negro mem
bers in his party, Mr.. Dewey re-
fused to leave the train until
every member of his party was
treated with equal courtesy. Now
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WE ADVOCATE THE ELEC-
TON OF DEWEY AND BRIO
KER.
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Stassen OF Minnesota can furnish
the type Of leadership America
needs.
Today, on the government pay
roll, together with the families
OF those employed. are poten-
tial five million persons. That is
tremendous number ~ people
to be influenced by a party in
power. Add 3. this huge list
OF voters the coalition between
the bug city bosses--men like
Vague OF New Jersey. Lawrence
OF Pennsylvania. Kelly OF Illinois.
flynn of New York, Crump OF
Tennessee a4d vt remains OF
the Pendergast machine - who
are at all times ready an
willing to do business with the
reaetionary and prejudiced South.
There is combination which
presents dangers to our country
more alarming than any before
conceived. Four more years OF
Mr.. Roosevelt could mean the
end OF the two-party system In
this country.
Power leads to tyranny. The
Negro needs only to guess al
what his position would be un
der a one-party system. Loci
at Germany Look at Italy
Look at the South. All are tn,
result of the one-party system
Germany is doomed. The Soutl
is Americas poorhouse: Poo
hospitals, the poorest schools
the poorest social conditions ant
the lowest wages. Whatcve
tends to destroy the two-part.
system in this country Is dan
gerous to the Negro.
In our opinion the last yes
tige OF good in the New Dea
departed on that Friday after
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-10-18
OUR COUNTRY FIRST!

Negro must use his ballot in the
best interest of himself and his
race. His vote at all times must
be used effectively. His vote
must be used to advance the for
tunes of his group in this cour
try. At the polls he represents
FORCE and POWER. That is
the ONLY place in the United
States where the Negro actually
has FORCE or POWER.
Negro Americans are vitality in
terested in the future of their
country. They are interested in
permanent employment with the
security 1t brings. They are in
terested in the welfare OF their
fighting men in the armed serv-
ices. They are interested in
progressive social legislation -
legislation which includes all
groups of workers. They arc in
terested in a progressive Con-
gress. They are interested in
policy-n aking and pclicy-forming
positions in government. They
are tired" of advisory roles
without real power or nipple
nentation. They want integra-
ton, not separation. They want
recognition, not beneficence. They
want first class citizenship with
the rigL' To speak and be heard
for thems ives without friendly"
white interpreters.
What party will give them
these things? Will it be the Re-
publican party of Governor
Dewey or the Democratic party
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noon n Chicago last July when
vice President Henry Wallace
was sacrificed on the altar o.
greed, power and prejudice. Mr..
Roosevelt gave Mr.. Wallace the
kiss Of death" IN an effort TO
placate the lily-white South.
There have been times when we
believed Mr.. ROosevelt's interest
In the Negro was so per cent
political and 10 per cent humani-
tartan. During his administra-
ton, there has been legislation
Of such deep interest to the Ne
gro that it was 9 challenge to
all people who believed I'm fair
play and the extension of every
American privilege to every Ams-
rlcan citizen. For example, the
Wagner-Costigan Anti-Lynch Bin
was filibustered to death in the
u. S. Senate and that great man
in the White House said nothingi
The GaVagan Anti-Lynch Bill met
the same fate and that great man
in the White House said nothingl
The Pepper Anti-Poll Tax Bill
was filibustered to death In the
U. S. Senate by the prejudiced
South, and that great man In
the White House said nothing!
The Observation-Disclosures Anti-Poll
Tax Bill met the same fate, and
that great man In the White
House said not membling
wordl
The Pittsburgh Courier was
against the third term. We are
against the fourth term. We be-
lieve and do advocate a change
in the national administration
for the good of the country we
all love.
WE ADVOCATE THE ELEC-
TIoN OF DEWEY AND BRIG
KER.
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Rr PRENTIs l. FRAzIER

Last week gave you the
public service record of Franklin
D. Roosevelt during his political
career, as It relates specifically
to the group with which I am
identified. This week it gives me
great deal of pleasure to re-
view for you the public service
record Of Thomas E. Dewey, from
the same point of view.
From my observation Mr..
Dewey has been most outstand-
ing in his service to his commun-
ity. his state and his nation be-
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The Negro citizens of our coun-
try--like all other minorities and
all other Americans-have deep
responsibility to perform on this
occasion. On that day they will
exercise their most priceless her
itage-the ballot. They will be
called upon to use the most val
liable possession of any American
citizen-his (or herr right to
vote.
In the pivotal states, from Mis-
souri, to Massachusetts as well as
in the great State of California.
the Negro vote will be a tremen-
dous factor in this election. I'm
like other minority groups, the
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reprint from Pittsburgh Cour-
Ter, Issue of Sept 30, 1944)

Tuesday, November 7, stands
out before the American people
like a blazing signboard. offering
the choice of two roads.
On that memorable date, the
citizens of this great nation of
ours will make decision which
will chart the future course of
the United States, No previous
election has ever been fraught
with as much significance as this
one-an election which will de-
ternline the ultimate future of
this young country. The issues
involved are so important th1t
they outweigh and transcend the
personalities of the candidates in
yolved.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-14
CLINT {. ALEXANDER
IN ARMY AIR FORCE

AMARILLO ARMY AIR FIELD,
AMARILLO, Texas-Clint C. Alex
ander, of Juneau, has completed his
course of studies as an aviation
mechanic in this Army Air Forces
Technical Training School
His graduation from this technical
school now fits him for airplane
maintenance and he will be sent to
some air base where he will assist
in keeping Americas Flying Fort
resses in the air for Allied victory.
In addition to completion of the
schedule of academic and practical
studies as an aviation mechanic, he
has been thoroughly drilled in mill
tary tactics and defense and a course
of physical training that has con-
ditioned him to meet all require
nents OF an American soldier.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-01-14
LAUNCHING
M0RT0NS"
In ACTION
Former Juneau Residents
Chrisfen Many Lib
ertY Vessels

The recent holidays were a time
of reunion for the launching Nor
TONS" formerly of Juneau and An
chorage, who are now San Francisco
residents.
Harry j. Morton, General Counsel
for the Henry j. Kaiser Corporation,
returned to San Francisco briefly
from New York City, where he has
been occupied for the past three
months. His son Jack, Captain.in
the U. S. Army Air Corps with the
Ferrying Command, journeyed there
with his wife and small daughter
Patricia, from Memphis, Tennessee.
Daughter Myrtle, Assistant Director
of Labor Relations at the Rich
mond. California, Kaiser shipyards,
returned from assignment in the
New York office in time for Christ
mas.
High spot of the season for the
family was the christening of the
William Ford Nichols" Liberty
ship launched December % from
Kaiser's shipyard No. 2, with Mrs.
Harry Morton as sponsor.
Other ships christened by the
Morton women are the John j., the
thirteenth ship built at the Port
land yards, launched in February,
1912, and the Walter Cotton, a
Richmond vessel which slid down
the ways in December, 1912. Mrs.
Morton christened these two, while
Myrtle Morton did the 1honors for
the Louis Joliet launched January
6, 1913, at the Richmond yards, and
the S. S. Richard Mansfield on De-
cemher 10, 1912, at the Oregon Ship
building Company.