The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-01-22
SAYS RACE MUST
BE INCLUDED IN.
POSTWAR PLAN.

NEW YORK.-Full employment
In the postwar period isNimpera-
tive to the industrial and economic
life Of the nation, and must include
the Negro. top figures Of labor de-
clared in the two-day Conference
on Full Employment" held here
under the auspices OF the Clio Pc.
litical Action Committee last Fri.
day and Saturday.
The conference was keynoted by
Sidney Hillman, chairman OF the
committee, and also heard Philip
Murray. Clio president. Participant
ing in the program were willard
S. Townsend president. United
Transport Service Employees OF
America; William II. HASTE, dean,
Howard university; Ferdinand c.
Smith. secretary. National Maritime
Union; and Mrs Jeanetta WEIGH
Brown. executive secretary. Ma
tional Council of Negro Women.
Victory Contribution
In opening the meeting Mr.. Hill
man called il war conference"
one which can make "a very SUBJ
stantial contribution 10 victory"
He described full employment" to-
mean jobs for workers. although
such a realization, he said, would
benefit every ether group and Sec
ton OF our population"
arino tha rannaetS ~ M
gro newsmen for his comment re-
gsrding the significance OF the Po-
ltical Action Committee to Negro
people. Mr.. Hillman handed them a
statement in which he pledged the
committee TO do three things.
namely:
/. To urge those southern Negroes
who are able 10 do so 70 pay the
poll taxes;
2. To seek protection for those
attempting 10 register for the pur-
pose OF voting and also in the cast
Ing Of their ballots; and
3. To solicit the support OF Negro
groups in the 'ulhllment OF their
respective programs at points which
parallel"
EtctuOus won LOtdHy
Elections are not won or lost ma
tionally. They are won locally. and
the people can win this one by
realizing that they control their own
future" Mr. Murray stated. In
every city. town. village or county
land even in the poll tax states
the people can win elections IL they
know what they want and vote &C.
cordingly. All the propaganda. all
the misleading newspaper stories.
all the whispering campai sns. cam
not defeat the average man in our
democracy If all OF US stick to-
gether."
Leading the discussion on Full
Employment and the Negro" Mr..
Townsend reminded his listeners OF
the difficulties which followed
World War when. as he said. the
Ku Klux Khan was revived. Ne
groes were used merely as the
pawn between labor unions" and
when the dreams of a peaceful.
democratic environment in which
20 live and rear his family became
"a Pigment OF the Negroes magma
lion.
Smith assured that Negroes do
not place their special problems
ahead OF the major task OF winning
the war;" nor do they seek an i'm
mediate solution OF their just
needs" he said.
Dean HASTE maintained that
economic democracy" is essential
20 the elimination OF race conflict
and TO the political effectiveness"
OF labor. He called democracy in
unions a practical education in the
American way Of life
Like labor. Negro women have
no assurance OF adequate or stable
income after the war" declared Mrs.
Brown. I'VE must therefore depend
upon some form of federal agency
or legislation TO begin now 10 plan
for the transition period from war
% peace II left in the hands Of the
states, plans will get caught in
bottleneck OF conflicting interests
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