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Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
n. Y. STATE PASSES
EMPLOYMENT BILL
OF RIGHTS

NEW YORK --- The New
York State senate passed the
Ives-Quinn Anti-Racial Bin
last night AZ to 6. II had previ-
0usly passed the lower house
last week 1909 to 80. Governor
Dewey is expected to sign inn
mediately. The governor, as
soon as he learned of its pas
sage, sen the following message
of congratua alton TO the Legis-
Iature:
Il am happy indeed that our
state had led the entire nation
in this great social advance
which will assure equality Of
opportunity for all our people,
regardless of race, creed, color
or national origin.
II congratulate the leaders of
the legislature and its members
onthe passage Of New York
States Employment Bill Of
Rights"
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
Eight Ohio Plants
To Face President
Comm. March Is

Complaints of discrimination in
employment because of race or
color against eight Cincinnati
(Ohio) war plants will be exam
ined in public hearing in Cincin-
natl March Is, 16 and IT, NAL
colmn Ross, Chairman of the
Presidents Committee on Fair
Employment raetice, announced
today.
TIE firms named in the COM
plants are the Crosley, Corp,
f. H. Lawson Co, Baldwin Co.,
Victor Electric Products, Inc,
Kirk and Blum Manufacturing
Co, Cambridge Tile Manufactur-
ing Co., Streitman Biscuit Co.,
Division of the United Biscuit
Co., Of America and the Sehaible
Co. All are engaged in essential
war work
Sixty three complaints have
been listed by the committee
against the firms, alleging refus-
al to employ or train qualified
Negro men and women in other
than mental capacities despite a
ned for workers and accusing
three Of the companies cited Of
refusing to hire Negroes at all.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
Talladega College
OffersAll-E
Scholarship

TALLADEGA, ALA. - Dean J.
r. Cater has announced that Tai
ladega College will continue its
policy of awarding an ALEX
PENSE SCHOLARSHIP to the
highest ranking student in COM
petitive examination offered to
high school seniors and gradu-
ates living in thirteen southern
states. This is the ninth con-
secutiye year that the College has
given this examination.
The highest ranking student will
receive all expenses, renewable
each year if his achievement war
rants. Other high ranking stu
dents will receive scholarships Of
500 and S120. All students in
terested in competing for a schol-
arship should write to the Col
lege before March 20.
The following students on Tai
ladega's campus now are recip-
tents Of all expense scholarships
Jametta White Avery Institute,
Charleston, S. c., Walter Bing-
ham, Booker Washington High
School Memphis, Tenn, Oliver
Brown, Atkins High School, Win
ston- Salem N. c., Ralph Cum
mings, Dunbar High School, LIT
TIE ROCK, and Levi Biggs, Will
liston High School, Wilmington
N. c.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09

owe a vote of thanks this
week to Irving Hoffman, the
Hollywood Reporter for taking
over" my column this week to give
me the opportunity to visit my
favorite psychiatrist for psycho-
pathic check-up. am beginning
to feel more and more that some.
thing is wrong with somebody.
You see. ] was judged crazy as
hell by one OF my contempora-
rios who IS on an Ohio paper.
when ! told him that some day
the South would practice democ-
racy instead Of just talking about.
His reply was You are lust
crazy as hell, the South is salts
lied living her own life, and as
long as the North and East
See I'm. Page &
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09

WASHINGTON, d. c. $500 Fol-
lowing fistieuffs last week in
which Congressman Frank Hook
of Michigan was struck in the
face for his espousal of FEPC'
the NAACP warned branches in a
letter from the Washington Blu
reau, that "the welfare and Sc
Guilty of the Negro and the
common man in post war America
is being seriously menaced by the
reactionary group in Congress led
by Rankin, Bilbo, Taft and Co.
Not only were branches direct
ed to prepare now for the defeat
of every member of the House and
Senate following the Rankin-Bil-
bo- Taft line, but to let respective
Representatives and enators know
that such an affront as occurred
on the House floor is under Sc
we're scrutiny. This cowardly at
tack wrote Leslie Perry, NAA
CP assistant, clearly indicates
the length to which these reaction
aries will go to intimidate Con-
gressmen working for the passage
of progressive legislation. Rankin
made this attack only because he
knew that he had the support of
large bloc Of Republicans and
Democrats of which he is the titu-
lar head.
While there have been no
fisticuffs in the Senate" the let
ter continued, Senator Robert A.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
DR.. Sherwood
Eddy Speaks
At A NJ & N

Pine Bluff Speaking before
one OF the largest crowds to hear
a guest speaker this season at
A. NJ & N College, DR.. Sherwood
Eddy, world traveller. lecturer and
writer of many books, said that
the world is moving rapidly to-
ward better world for all the
races of the earth, and that Amer
lea would soon take a stand for
brotherhood and justice to all its
people" DR.. Eddy called upon
the Negro to lift himself up and
not wait on others to do 1t for
him. The Negro must not look
for a Escape goat" DR.. Eddy said
as he outlined the new pattern for
a better world.
DR.. Eddy said that Russia had
broken all records in education
and health for its population
which is made up of 1S9 different
races. Too. Russia has always
stood for justice and brotherhood
but has failed on the other two,
religion and liberty. However,
America has done we'll on the plan
of religion and liberty but has
failed in giving justice and bro
therhood to all the people. There
are three tasks before America
now" said DR.. Eddy The task
of winning the war, winning the
peace and creating better
world"
The economic conditions of
America make impossible justice
for the people, DR.. Eddy stated.
America with 100000 slums.,
| denial of the vote to all the peo-
pie and limitations on education
for the masses, segregation and
other evils make a better world
impossible DR.. Eddy called up
on America to take a stand for
justice to all, destroy segrega-
ton, spread brotherhood, liberty
and create dynamic religion.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09

is especially true in this case, for
example, included among the fifty
men, all tried for the same crime,
was one man, Berlin Kelly, who
was on sick call during the time,
another, Ollie Green, had his arm
in a sling during the alleged dis
obedience of orders, another,
julius Dixson, 104 ID, boy, was
instructed by Navy doctors to be
used as mess cook only and not
for thep urpose of loading am
munition. However, all of the
men We're tried together in the
mass trial.
In commenting on the type Of
justice received by the men, the
brief declared: Although the
trial of this case involved fifty
men, included the testimony OF all
fifty of the men, plus the testi-
mony of the prosecution and de
tense. and although the record of
the actual trial of the case in
cludes ABS pages, single spaced
and on legal size paper, the court
arrived at its findings of guilty
between 11:55 a. IN. and lis p.
M. We assume that during this
eighty minute period the court al
so had time fer lunch. Even If
We assume that the entire eighty
minutes We're spent in deliberation
on this case, each individual ae-
cused received about minute
and a half of deliberation. This
callous disregard of even per-
functory justice is amazing
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
NAACP FILES BRIEF ON BEHALF OFF
Fifty SEAmEM WITH navy BOARD
"Mutny" Charge Not Supported By
Evidence court Used 80 Minutes to
Study Trial Record Of Fifty Men

Washington, d, G.-An exhaus-
tive brief in behalf of the 80
Negro seamen convicted of
'mutiny" in California last year
was filed here March by the
legal department of the NAACP.
The brief submitted to Admir-
al T. l.. Catch, Judge Advocate
General OF the United States
Navy. asserts that the trial did
not establish the guilt of the ac-
cused to the crime of mutiny,
that mass trials are unfair and
generally condemned by legal au
thorities, that the trial court took
so. minutes, including the lunch
hour, to study the record and ar
rived at a decision, even though
this record occupied 1885 single
spaced typewriter pages on legal
size paper and that the verdict
should be set aside as there could
not be any reason for mass trial
other than a deliberate attempt
to discredit Negro seamen,"
The brief points out that when
the trial was started on Septem-
Der IA, 1914, the Navy Depart
ment released publicity pointing
out that this is the first mutiny
trial of this war and the first
large mutiny trial in the history
of the Navy. This publicity ear
ried with Il the pictures of the
men for the purpose of showing
that they We're Negroes.
The brief points out also that
mass trials are roundly condemn
ed by most legal authorities. This
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
NEGRO BAKERS ADD KILLING
NAILS TO THEIR
RECIPES IN FRANCE

From headquarters in France
comes news today that killing
Germans while mixing dough is all
in the days work for U. S. Army
bakers on the Normandy Front.
The Negro unit about which the
story is concerned has been
awarded the Normandy Battle Star
for participation in the campaign.
It, incidentally, baked 750 tons
Of bread for front-line troops,
and often fought off German air
raiders with heavy machine gun
fire.
Among the fighting Negro bak-
ers is Pvt. Francis Massey. Of FL
Dorado.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
Inspect First Negro WACS Overseas
Philander Smith College Students
In Great Achievement $500 Raised

A total of $500 cash was re-
ported by the students of Philan-
der Smith on Monday, February
26, at a special assembly after a
short Campaign which covered
only two weeks. The uniqueness
of the Campaign is in the fact that
it was organized and handled by
the students themselves. In a spec
iaI assembly on Monday, Febru-
airy 5, the students setu p a plan
ming Commission composed of 4
students and faculty members,
elected by the students At a
special assembly on February IL,
the committee made a report and
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
+. J. LUNON, EDUCATOR
AND CHURCHMAN, DIES

The Rev. f. j. Lunon, former
dean of the jackson Theological
Seminary and secretary of the Ex-
ccutiye Board Of Shorter College
died at his home in North Little
Rock at 5 p. m, Tuesday. He was
presiding elder Of the Monticello
district Of the Southern Arkansas
Annual Conference, A ME-. church.
Funeral arrangements will be an
uounced later.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
Key Transit to
Be Investigated g
By F. E. P. c.

The Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice will
air complaints of discrimination
beginning next Monday against
tie Key Transit System. The
complaints filed with FEPC state
that the Transit System which
operates through Oakland and
other surrounding cities in Cali
fornia has refused to hire Negro
applicants as bus drivers or as
street car operators and conduc-
tors.
The hearing will take place in
Oakland.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09

was authorized by the students to
become a Permanent Committee
on the Campaign. A goal of ST.
10000 was approved and each
student was furnished 6 postal
cards to be mailed to 6 of his
friends requesting a contribution
for the Campaign, Competition
was on the basis of classes, with
each class selecting by rotation
the faculty members to work with
it until all faculty members had
been placed in classes. Recogni-
tons were acknowledged through
special certificates to classes, stu
dents and faculty members as
follows: Certificates of Highest
Merit, to the Senior Glass which
reported $6S0.20; to Mrs. C. v
Quinn, of the Senior Glass who
reported $500; and to Mrs. G.
N. Harris, of the faculty, who re-
ported $l6S.50. Certificates of
High Merit were awarded as fol-
lows: To the Freshmen Class
$60S.10; to Miss Eta Mae Cowan,
Freshman, $500; to Miss E. H
Moss, faculty $4,000. This sue
cessful achievement represents
the students efforts to provide
more largely for facilities and
equipment for Longing rooms
and electrical refrigeration water
fountains for all campus use.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
- lR Seee4Rsa.Ek,sa~I9ook Fight
Menace To FEPC And Common Man

Taft of Ohio is working overtime
to confuse the issues there. In
the hope of divorcing any luke
warm supporter Of the FEPC bill
in the Senate, Taft has introduc-
ed phoney FEPC bill Of his own
which would reduce FEPC to a
mere study commission without
powers. of enforcement. Taft now
is reported to be preparing a trick
Federal Aid to Education bill"
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
LOOK MAGAZINE
FEATURES NEGRO GI

New York CCNS)-A Negro G..
l. is featured in My Favorite
War story" in the March goth
issue OF Look Magazine. 1t Is
written by Edward Gottlieb, n
former newswan, now with the
.OWt.
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09
Broadcast From Italy

Left to right Teelnician Fifth
BROOKLYN New York; Captain Robert d. Orange
New Jersey Second Lieutenant Frank Washington
d. c. their script before participating Array
Hour Radio show Italy Lieutenant
billiard awarded medals gaantrp
Infantry (iiuffao) Division (u Signal Corps BPR
Arkansas State press., 1945-03-09

Sutton, statistieian earned forces)
A. j. Hicks. acting statistician;
W. G.. Pott, master of ceremonies
and news reporter.
Evening star., 1945-09-30
What's So Funny?
BY WILLIAM A. LYDGATE

Here are the best gags of
the best comedians. You'll
never hear them on the air
6eW7HAT's he done that's so funny"
w That is what you itch to know if
you're an average radio listener. when you
hear the wild storm of mirth which sweeps
comic star to the microphone as the show
opens. What you have heard was the eli
max of the "warm-up."
Radio comedians consider the studio
warm-up highly important 1t puts the show
on the air in suitable atmosphere of gaiety
After hilarious warm-up the studio audi
ence is more responsive, laughs longer and
louder during the show. This is supposed
to put you in the mood to laugh - we'll.
chuckle, anyway as you sit listening.
Jack Benny plays an off-key solo. usually
Love in Bloom" on the violin for his
warm-up. The members of the orchestra
toss nickels and dimes at him. Benny drops
on his hands and knees and scrambles
for the money while the audience
howls - the laughter you hear as the
Benny show comes on the air.
Ralph Edwards, of Truth or Conse-
quences," puts on holocaust of zany acts.
Most of them are oorny. but the cumulative
effect gets people laughing uproariously.
A man walks on stage with bandaged hand,
Evening star., 1945-09-30

the bandage bloody-looking with red ink.
Have an accident?" Edwards asks
blandly. mo, thanks just had one" says
the man.
Edwards always walks through the audi
ence picking out the contestants who are
to go on the program later. An actor wear
ing a horror mask - a mask gruesome
enough to give Himmler's ghost the willies
strolls up and stands beside Edwards,
who looks at the mask, but shows no reac-
ton and goes on about his business.
Then the man takes off the mask.
Edwards looks up, jumps, let's out blood
curdling scream.
Suitcase Race
HE famous Edwards Suitcase race"
starts a minute or so before airtime. Two
male members of the audience are called
up and handed suitcases containing wom-
ems clothing. The game is to see who can
put them on the fastest.
The sight of the contestants struggling
into chemises, bras and corsets provokes
that storm of mirth you hear as the show
comes on the air.
Bob Hope uses no set routine, but some
times pulls such warm-up stunts as these
with Jerry Colonna: They walk on stage
from opposite sides, pretending to be farm
ers. They shake hands vigorously. Then,
still holding the handshake, Colonna sticks
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
Truman DELAYS
Policy on Wages
Times Photo

WASHINGTON, Oct. 90 UP)
President Truman today an
nounced that Chief Justice Walter
+. Stacy of the North Carolina
state supreme court has accepted
Craftsmanship of the national
labor Encouragement conf @ r e
scheduled TO open here Nov. >.
Meanwhile, the President post
poned an announcement, pre-
viously expected today, on the ad-
miniStration's wage-price policy.
Mr.. Truman met with his cabinet
Isl Friday -to-diScuSS- machinery
Tor handling mounting wage-price
problems which threaten 10
hamper reconversion.
Eben Ayres. a White House
secretary. said that he did not
know when the announcement
would be ready
Judge Stacy, who has been on
the North Carolina supreme court
since 1925. has served frequently
as a mediator in labor disputes
since the Coolidge administration.
He was appointed by Roosevelt
in 1911 as an alternate member
OF the national defense mediation
board and later as an associate
member of the NATIONAL War
Labor Board and the national
railway labor panel. ~
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
House Group Blasts
GPA as Business Foe

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22-tINS)
A House committee formally
charged today that OPA price
policies are retarding reconversion
and recommended i'm portant
changes IF the nations, S, industries
are TO achieve an orderly transi-
tion from war time status"
The Smith committee investi-
eating executive agencies, in a re-
port on its findings, declared the
rigid formulas of OPA are retard-
ing reconversion. preventing pro-
duction, and compelling manufac-
turers 10 discontinue and abandon
the manufacture of prevar low
priced commodities which they are
skilled in making"
The report asserted that the
OPA is permitting new industries
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
DANG le Marvellous Promises

"She knows from experience that any event. this policy
is harmful TO the family which il high price
In goods and blood
Accordingly wise woman fayOrs policy of class
struggle Her vote is a o peace"
Earlier the Pope said totaarian systems dangle
"marvelous promises before the such equality of
rights with pregnancy public kitchens and other in
stutions and benefits maintained by the
I'm these concessions made TO women" he warned zone
easily not 10 their diety their mission
and Of
totatarian state which att be inexorabiy subordi-
mated
Asking if womens welfare be served by a regime dom-
mated by capitalism he deneated this systems excessive
concentration cities big
ing unemnloYment.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
Young Girls Uaprepared for Life

Members Of the family work separately in the
quarters Ut r ami with different working hours, he
added Scarcely do they lind themselves together for
dinner after WOrksti less prayer common.
What is left of family life And what attractions
children"
Another derorahe consequence Of the mothers absence
neglect Of educating and preparing young girls for m he
said.
"HOw, he asked "can children especially the daughters,
learn to understand the beauty and nobility of domestic life
the mother is homeS"
He said the duty Of every rightthning
part public life and leave others who destroy
social and domestic ife.
This practical end this activity effective
collaboration in the work of social public spheres
In way affects the womans normal tasks" he
explained.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
ILLINOIS LICENSE

to manufacture identical products
at higher prices.
1t charges failure Of the price
control agency to- announceta new
pricing policy 'has been a most
serious mistake" A
To correct the situation, the re.
port recommended TO the House
that IL embark on a six-point leg
iSlative program embracing a pric-
ing policy which will reflect
current costs Of production plus
a norm al prewar margin of
profit"
The committee specifically. rec
commended that prices at retail
be adjusted TO reflect any dollar
increase allowed the manufacture
ers except where markup on
the particular item is sufficient
to reflect a normal profit
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
Pope Urges
w omen Get
Into Politics

ROME, Oct. 22 tUP)-Women Of all the world were
urged by Pope Plus MI yesterday to participate in public
fe to their for peace and to protect the home
against the threads of totatarianism and capitalism.
His admOnitiOns were directly to 13,0OOOOO Italian
Catholic who will vote for the first time but
his address broadcast worldwide 1t also cOncded with
the first exercise of suffrage by the of France
Sunday. |
The Ponf opened the second half of his 40minute address
which dealt with womcn duties in political life distinguished
from social life with the invocaton
Your day Is here Catholic girls. Public life
needs you"
He said the real intelligent cannot understand that
politics domination by class Others ambitious
striving for extensive economic and national empire
"She knows that such policy paves the hidden
civil TO the growing accumulation of
and 10 the constant danger of
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
Henry Armetta Dies;
Collapsed on Stage

HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 22-GNS)
The film industry today mouned
the passing of Henry Armetta,
wldely-known character actor.
He collapsed on the stage dur.
ing the opening act of a new
musical revue. Opening Night" /"
at the Russ auditorium in San
i9rrE0- last night and died shortly
later at Mercy Hospital. Physi-
clans said death was caused by a
heart attack.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
Lead in AeronautiCs,
Air General Warns

DAYTON. oct. % UNS)-Thc
United States must keep abreast
of the faSt-moving science of aero
nauticS, Mai. Gen. Hugh J. Kncrr,
commanding officer Of the air
technical service command. de-
clared al the close ofthe nine-day
AAF 9air at Wright Field
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23

Thomas II. Green, acting Judge
advocate general.
Gen. Green quoted from a. re-
port he had received from the
European branch office of the
Judge advocate general, which
stated.
"ITiS IPfc. Gluski'sl case has
again been called to the per-
sonal attention of the theater
rehabilitation officer with a rec
Ommendation for immediate
restoration TO duty"
Sharing in the fanily's hopes
are the alumni, faculty and stu
Continued on Page ,. Col u
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
Reds Get Blame
In Venezuela

MIAMI, Oct. % up
Eleven Americans returning
by plane said today chat the
death toll III the Venezuelan
revolution was between 1000
and 5000 persons.
No Americans from the large
colony of oil company workers,
businessmen and lend-lease work
ers have been reported among the
casualties, they said.
Clark Brown. Allentown tPa)
businessman. who arrived IN Cara
cas- two days before the revolu-
ton started. charged that II was
Communist inspired.
II know for "A fact" Brown
said "that a Russian delegation
of about Is or 20 men arrived
last Wednesday and the Conn
muniSts have taken a pretty
solid hold of things"
The Americans said all Of Cara
cas- was Cripped with terror and
no one dared venture onto the
streets without wearing the white
armband OF the revolutionlStS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
Warns Of Danger TO Home

"TO restore possible the honor of the woman's
and mothers place in the homethat is the watchw
hears from quarters like OF alarm the
world awakening terrified by the fruits of material
scientific progress of which il before proud"
He warned of dangers the home working "a
augment the family incomes.
She leaves her house abandoned during her
the house unty and perhaps small before becomes
ntefe- miserable for, lack OF care" he said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
ECUADOR FEARS RIOTS

QUITO. Ecuador. Oct % (INSl
Fears of rioting were wide
spread in Ecuador today after a
government resolye 10 call an
extraordinary session of congress
Dec. 10 ratily the United Ma
tons Charter.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23

Henry and three other compan-
ions were court rt-martialed for de-
scrtion early last Spring after
they were separated from their
outfit during a heavy German
contcrattack.
fift-Sy'--t+-r--r--- vrTTrr7T-T-ii .'-1 a
years imprisonment IN Belgium.
The other three have already been
restored 10 active army duty
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-23
.DeGGduIIe,
Reds Win at.
.ErenCh-PoHs

PARIS, Oct % % tBP}-Com-
munists and Gen. De Gaulle
shared victory today in Frances
first general election in nine
years.
Final semiofficial returns gave
Communist candidates 1442 ma
uonal assembly seats, a plurality
OF two over De Gauhe's socialist
Catholic popular Republican party
and of nine over Leon Blum'S So
clalists.
De Gaulle's moderate party-not
only showed surprising strength
in the assembly race, but the
majority Of his cabinet members
won easily ana be scored a land
slide victory on his referendum
demands for a new French consti-
tuition and for emergency powers
until it has been written.