The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-05-24
MORE WALTER WHITE
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ficers took a positive stand for
fairness and had very little
trouble In their localities.
COURTS MARTIAL - A spe-
eial board of review of courts
martial cases was recommended
by White who said that great
unhappiness" has resulted among
Negro soldiers because of their
belief that they are punished
more quickly and more severely
than white soldiers" Ate" cit
Jag a number OF cases detailed
to him by Negro prisoners with
whom he was permitted to talk
freely, White urged that the spe-
eial board OF review include an
eminent Negro lawyer, who
would be brought in to serve
with appropriate rank.
COMBAT TROOPS - The de-
partment is urged to send Negro
combat troops to Englasd. White
said stories were being circulated
that there are no Negro combat
troops in England because Ne
groes are afraid to fight" He
termed as unfortunate" the fact
that, with the exception of some
anti-aircraft units, only Negro
service troops had been sent to
the European theatre. 1.-THE Ne
gro troops in the ETo," said his
report, "have little or none of
the excitement of war necessary
to raise the spirits and to give
a sense of participation to men
engaged in waging war"
Also recommended was that
Negro medium bomber crews be
sent to England to "fly in nom
segregated units" and that Ne
gro service troops now stationed
therein be given refresher courses
in the use of combat weapons,
"as many of these troops will
closely follow the assault waves
of invasion, will be under fire,
and need to be made competent
in the use of weapons"
Supporting his recommended
ton for more combat troops, he
cited the improved atmosphere in
the Mediterraseas as a result of
the exploits of the Goth Pursuit
Squadron. He recommended that
Negro and white fighter squad
ross function in the same group;
and he also urged reconsideration
of the conversion of the End Cav
airy Division into service troops.
In conneetios with the moral
value of the presence of Negro
combat troops, White also urged
that more Negro officers above
the rank of captain be sent to
England.
ANTI-NEGRO RUMORS- Some
Negro soldiers abroad have taken
the spreading of vicious and fan
tastic rumors about Negroes as a
joke, but some have resented the
stories deeply, said White, in
recommending that CO (Army
Intelligence) try to track down
and scotch moral-sapping stories.
White reported less anti-Negro
propaganda in the Mediterranean
than in England, but suggested
that Army Intelligence run down
the people who were issuing leaf
lets. placards and other material
seeking to poison Italians against
Negroes. Upon inquiry one such
was found to have been
issued by a non-existant organi-
and signed by a fictitious
person.
MILITARY POLICE - White
the same complaint abroad
on Military Police that has been
made in some parts of America,
namely that white MP's are
but Negro MP's are not.
He recommended that no MP's
be armed except when guarding
payrOlls.
PATERNALfSM - P~aternalis
lie attitudes on the part Of white
1ffieers is resented, White re-
ported, saying that both well-ed-
and less educated Negroes Z
resent being treated as ''boyi"
abandonment of the idea that
southern white officers are lest