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The sub., 1945-08-16
AFL Aircraft Workers To See Tokyo Bomber

Workers in principal B-29 pro- duction plants throughout the country are due to receive a visit from the B-29 ''Thumper," a veter- an of 30 blasting trips to Tokyo, and her crew of five off cers and five enlisted men. The group, headed by It. Col. Robert E. Haynes, 39, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., who piloted "Thumper" on the first BPS raid over Tokyo, will tell BPS workers what an out standing contribution they have made to the progress of the war on Japan.
 In all, several hundred thousand union members will see Thumper and crew during the coming month. First stop on the tour will be Se- attle, home of Boeing Aircraft, where thousands of them have been built by AFL members.
The sub., 1945-08-16
More Work Clothes To Be Ready Soon

Washington, D. CA temporary increase in the amount of herring bone twill available for production of mems work clothing will result from the declaration of holiday" for about three months in procure ment of this type of finished cot- ton fabric by the Army Quarter master Corps, WIPE announced. Though the holiday" is effective immediately, WIPE said, 1t will be about six weeks before it is re- flected in increased quantities of work clothing.
 Army purchase of herringbone twill during the last year and half has ranged between 12,00O,OOO and 13,00O,000 yards month. By special arrangement with the Army, WIPE will devert all herringbone twill that would normally be pur- chased by QMC to manufacturers of mems work clothing and foot wear.
The sub., 1945-08-16

Employment in paint manufactur- ing is bound to expand many times beyond the levels ever reached be- fore. In plastics and synthetic pro- ducts, there is an almost hmitleSS market, enhanced by many new de- velopments achieved in wartime. There, too thousands Of additional jobs will be created.
 There are new products also in drugs and medicines, like Sulfa, penicillin, and DOT. In cosmetics, the demand will also expand. The industry has a 500-million-dollar program of new plant construction already developed. It is planning to expand new production capacity still more.
 The outlook for the entire chem ical industry is exceptionally bright. After temporary setbacks and unemployment, in the readjust- ment from war to peaeetime pro- duction, there is bound to be a ra- pid expansion in employment op- portunities, reaching perhaps 3OO.- 900 additional jobs.
 The International Chemical Workers Union of the American Federation of Labor is leading the way to make sure that improved wages and working conditions will raise the living standards of the chemical workers and assure them stable jobs. As H. A. Bradley, presi- dent of the international, puts it: we are prepared to win better living standard after the war for all workers in the chemical indus try"
The sub., 1945-08-16
More Jobs For Chemical Workers
By BORIS SHISKIN AF of l. Economist

f Our chemical industry has borne
 De brUnt of the war. With all the planes. tanks. ships and guns in the world, wO couldn't win without 1no powder and explosives turned out in vast amounts by the Ameri- ean chemical workers.
 The chemical industry did not convert to war production. Instead, 1t shifted its civilian output to war purposes. Now and after the war, 1t will be shifted again, this time back to civilian production. It will also expand.
 To be sure, there is bound to be temporary unemployment, when powder and explosive plants close doWn-aS many of them already have. But the production of chemi- calls from which explosives are made is desperately needed for superphosphates and other fertili- gers, to grow more food, which will continue to be scarce everywhere for a long time.
 A large-scale postwar housing program is already in the works. In addition to new construction there will be vast amount of work to modernize and repair the existing homes and buildings. This will take paint. and war has cut down paint production virtually to standStill.
The sub., 1945-08-16
Labor Pressmen Flying To Pacific War Front


 Washington, D. C.-At the 1nvi- tation of the Army and the Navy, small group of labor press cor respondents are new flying over the Pacific on an unprecedented tour of the fighting fronts.
 Representing the AFL Weekly News Service and the American Federationist in the party IS George Richardson, secretary treasurer of the International Fire fighters Union.
 The labor press representatives were asked to make the inspection trip SO that they could report back directly to the workers on the problems faced by our fighting forces and the need for continued war production to keep them supplied.
 MT. Richardson will report highlights of the trip in short wave radio broadcast over the AFL's "Labor-USA" program and will also prepare articles for pub lication in the AFL Weekly News Service and the American Feder- ationiSt.
 David J. Stern, publisher of the Philadelphia Record" returned this week from months tour of our island bases in the Pacific and reported:
 "The amazing Seabees, most of whom are members of organized labor, with their bulldozers. have done as much to drive back the Japs as the men with guns in their hands. "The way we push the dirt around" Stern said, ''is even more wonderful than the way we push the Japs around. The Seabees have produced miracles of construction which no other nation in the world could have performed"
The sub., 1945-08-16

en virtual carte blanche to estab- fish and put into effect such pole icies and practices as he, or 1t, may choose.
 "It is difficult to imagine . harsher anti-labOr provision. I say this because am con- vinced that bill which Is anti- labor is no solution to the prob Iems of labor relations"
The sub., 1945-08-16
''B-H-B'' Proposal Held Effort to Destroy Unions
"B-H-B" PROPOSAL, HELD

"B-H-B" PROPOSAL, HELD - -
 Just before the Senate adjourned Brien McMahon, young Democratic Senator from Connecticut, literally took apart" the Burton-Hatch- Ball Industrial relations bill, de- nouncing 1t as a fomenter of strife and an effort to weaken if not to destroy the labor movement.
 As part of lavish propaganda campaign to gain favor for the measure, its authors have filled numberless pages of the Con gresSional Record with speeches and editorial comment. McMahon is the first Senator to attack these arguments, and he did his job in the most devastating fashion.
 As an official of the Department of Justice, the youthful Senator gained familiarity with labor prob lems, and this knowledge, he said, has been supplemented at extensive hearings by special Senate com- mittee which he heads
 Not His Idea of Justice
 In sharp exchanges with Senator Carl A. Hatch Dem., N. MO and Senator Joseph H. Ball (Rep., Minn.), sponsors of the bill, Me Mahon demonstrated that he was more than able to hold up his end.
 When Hatch insisted that the ob- ject of the bill was to establish Justice" McMahon countered:
 "If the Senator was looking
 for justice to labor when he
 wrote his bill, he did not look
 very far, let me say. His con-
 ception of justice is totally diff
 ferent from mine"
 In was monstrous, McMahon ar- gued, to write legislation of such far-reaching importance without consulting either management or labor, as the authors have boasted.
 Tt has occurred to me-" Mc- Mahon said, "that this is like trying to run a marriage clinic without prospective bride and groom"
 Conceal Important Fact
 McMahon recalled that the spon- sors of the legislation have con- tended it is patterned after the Railway Labor Act, and then he pointed out their failure to disclose a very important fact-that the railway act was drafted by the unions, and not by enemies of la- bor.
 Going over the bill section by section and indicating the flaws, McNGahon summed up by asserting that the whole. purpose is to weak en labor unions and to give en- p1oyers an unfair advantage in dealing with their employees.
 Particularly vicious, in Mo Mahon's opinion, is the virtual wiping out of the Wagner Act by the proposed bill. This, he said, would remove the benefits and pro- lection of the Wagner Act from hundreds of thousands of workers.
 Breeder of Confusion
 At the same time, McMahon en- phasized, scores of court decisions rendered during the 10 years the Wagner Act has been effective would be wiped out.
 with such markers de-
 stroyed," he warned, "unwar-
 ranted confusion would be the
 certain result"
 Under the bill, McMahon assert ed, "the unions right to take econ omic action for the protection of it's membership is effectively fore oIosod while the employer Is giV-
The sub., 1945-08-16
AFL LOngshoreman Wins High Army Decoration

AFL LOngshoreman Wins
 High Army Decoration
 Washington, D. Give bazooka rockets, launched from the middle of a bullet-swept Manila street, by Pfc. William E. Grim, 21, an AFL union member from St. Louis, crashed into two Japanese pill boxes last February 10 and cleared the way for the advance of Grim'S platoon. Launching those rockets in full view of enemy machine gunners won for Pfc. Grim the Dis tinguished Service Cross, second highest decoration of the Army.
 Grim, a member of the Interna- tional Longshoremen's Association, Local 1642, volunteered to try to destroy the pillboxes after his platoon had been halted by con- centrated machine gun and rifle fire.
The sub., 1945-08-16

One-third of all the people in Ulster live in Belfast.
The sub., 1945-08-16
First Front News

(COMtinxEd from Page Fo~T) of them did. I almost sailed back over the cliff when I was wound ed"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-27
Hill
Continued from Page II

except 10 give them a decent city
government and TO make Detroit a
city where life is worth living.
Hill urged support of the whole
Peoples slate TO guarantee the best
results after the election. Doll
warned that the ruling class has
pitted race against race and class
against class for more than 1000
years, and will continue to do it as
long as they are in power
At the football game Franken-
steen said: All of us have a JOB
TO do. That job is TO see that our
city is one which recognizes the
individual and collective right of
all people TO enjoy life to its fullest
without the challenge of bigotry
or intolerance. The true American
way is that of the sportsman who
rates a man according to his ability
and accomplishments. rather than
according to his color or religious
faith"
The Rev. Mr.. Hill. speaking a.
half time, asserted: The time has
come for the people to have some
thing to say about how their city
should be managed We will no
longer allow ourselves to be ig-
nored. We must have a unified
people and a government which
has at heart the peoples needs and
desires"
Mr.. Hill urged support of the en-
tire PAC-endorsed slate IF Frank
ensteen for Mayor, Tracy NJ. Doll,
George Edwards and himself for
Common Council.
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Cushman-
Continued from Page u

would be at cross purposes with
our functions and philosophy to
advocate discrimination in employ
ment."
He explained that inasmueh as
great deal Of the work done by
the USES is with marginal labor
the use OF discriminatory tactics
would increase the difficulty of
placing people in jobs who are
marked lowest on the desirability
lists by employers.
Mrs. Geraldine Bledsoe. minority
cOnsultant for the USES, gave
figures TO show that the job re-
ferrals and placements of non
white workers in Metropolitan De-
troit from June l945 TO September
l945, was greatly in excess TO the
percentage of Negroes in the popu-
lation We have referred and
placed between 10 and Is per cent
non-white workers in this period"
Mrs. Bledsoe said, land we are
still placing Negroes in jobs"
Mr.. Cushman explained the ES
$40 procedure for processing dis
crminatory cases by which dis
eliminating employers were turned
over 10 the FEPC.
We processed more OF these
cases than all OF the other states
combined" Cushman said. but
with the removal OF manpower
controls our most effective weapon
was eliminated. We now feel that
we can do our best work for the
public by accepting discriminatory
orders and attempting TO persuade
such employers to accept all quail
fled persons regardless OF their
color"
The USES director said, how
ever, that it is still the policy to
refer workers on non-discrimina-
tory basis in spite OF discriminatory
orders.
1T is the only way that we can
get chance TO fight discrimination
in employment" Cushman said.
Taking slap at the men who
had charged him with endorsing"
discrimination. Cushman said, "In
my opinion, neither Mr.. Adds, Mr..
Crockett. or Mr.. Swami are sin
cerely interested in making en-
ployment opportunities for Ne
groes. They are making political
capital Of this situation. I have
been reasonably active in this fght,
and it hurts me to have cracks
taken at me-"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-27
DETROIT MAKES
FINAL PLEA IN
FUND CAMP AICN

Only a few days more remain in
Deuoit's last Community Wal
Chest campaign and from the looks
Of the reports 10 date Detroit may
not reach It's sS.4eO.336 goal th.s
year. Perhaps eight and = hall
million dollars Is too much "a ASK
this metropolitan area 10 give for
humanitarian services But u
shouldn't be There are ZOO, 900
people 10 help raise that amount
That means an average Of $3.50 PEI
person.
Many people give more than
1855. In fact some Gifts run into
the hundreds Of dollars. Yet that
doesn't make the $40 and SIS.
80 cents and 81 gifts less impor-
tAnt.
FTNE.YEAR- OLD Electra VII
appreciate your Stft no matter how
small II Is. To her your gift Is .lfc
itself -Four years ago Electra had
q mother. \ father and brothers
and sisters Today they are all dead.
But Electra is alive and she de-
pends for her daily bread upon the
generosity of Americans who don
know What II means really 20 be
hungry and homeless with every
one around you hungry and home
less and on lhe point Of despair,
too
II you could personally give your
Community War Chest G.fi to
Electra or 10 one OF the other
starving youngsters IN Europe,
China and the Philippines whom
your War Chest contribution ac-
tuslly helps. you would not give
JUS, a ffty-cent piece or 1--WE
dollar bill in casual way and for
get about IL You would dig deep
and sacrifice. 10 provide this little
unfortunate victim o. war with the
necessities Of life. You can't give
Electra loaf OF bread personally,
but YOU can be certain that the
relief agencies in ilfe War Chess
will give her AS much bread a.
they are able 10 provide.
Community War Chest agencies
provide many other services in adj
diuon to emergency food, clothing
and medicines.
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Soldiers
Continued from Page II

pension Of dishonorable discharge.
Cpl. Harold Perry. Chicago--l0
years. reduced 10 3 years with Sus-
pension Of dishonorable discharge.
sentence entirely RENTED last
Aug. g.
Pfc. Jimmie l.. Day. Chicago
years. approved by review board
with suspension OF dishonorable
discharge.
Pvt Walter J. Johnson. Chicago
5 years, approved by review
board with suspension of dlshonor-
able discharge.
SGT. william =. Fristoe. Chi
cago-l5 years reduced 10 10 years
with suspension OF diShonorable
discharge.
Cpl. Richard r.. Geaither. Joliet
10 years, reduced 10 years with
suspension of dishonorable dis
charge, sentence entirely RENTED
last Aug. g.
Pfc. Robert II. Berry. Jackson
vile, lll.-8 years. reduced 10 5
years with suspension OF diShonor-
able discharge.
sgt. Theodore {. Wilson. Sagi-
nav. Mich.--l5 years. reduced TO
10 years with suspension OF dis
honorable discharge
Pvt william Il. Withers. Pontiac,
MIGHT'VE years approved by re-
view Board with suspension OF dis
honorable discharge.
Pvt. Mckinley X. Ballard. Jr.,
Salem, N. Ga years, reduced to
10 years.
Pvt Henry Davis. address UNI
known--l8 years, reduced to l3
years.
Pfc. Paris r. Davis Jr, Austin,
Texas Eight years reduced TO FIVE
years with suspension Of dishonor-
able discharge.
Pvt. James Folders, San Diego
Calf. 10 years, reduced TO -
years.
Pvt. Aaron Smith Jr.. address un-
availablc-l8 years, reduced 10 Is
years.
Pvt. Robert l.. Roots, Gould Ark
Five years, approved by review
board with suspension Of dishonor-
able discharge.
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won the arny's second highest
award, the Distinguished Service
Cross. FOR extraordinary heroism
IN action when. as platoon
leader with the 92nd. he killed OF
wounded nine Germans while per-
Sonally knocking out three enemy
machine gun nests and an obser-
walton post The intrepid lieuten-
ant was the third Negro to win
the DISC IN World War II.
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CONTINUED from Page II

terror TO 20 American cities in
one year. can be prevented"
MIR. WHITE said that although
Mr.. Randolph may be correct in
ms prediction, as they both of
course hope he isn't. he questioned
the psychological effect OF a flat
assertion that bloodshed is inevi-
table Too ready acceptance OF
such a belief can only encourage
violence both on the part OF whites
and Of resistance by Negroes and
other minorities." White said.
Taking similar view DR.. To-
bias chided. Il don't think we
make any time trying TO brighten
the country by the spectre of mob
violence. II may come. but all OF
US hope that it won't come. ] don't
think 1t helps to prevent il, TO say
II you don't do so and so, this
Will happen think action must
be taken because il is the only
democratic and American thing
10 do 7#
Mr.. Randolph told newsmen that
he reached his conclusions after
surveying conditions in st. Louis,
Pittsburgh, Detroit Kansas City
and New Orleans and consulting
with members of the 70 national
PLANTATIONS supporting a perma-
nent FEPC. He also warned Con-
gress that by spring America
would have eight times as many
jobless as il had in 1919, and
charged that Congressional mac
ton encouraged discrimination. He
added, Saving FEPC will not pre-
vent violence completely, but
would certainly tend to restrain
employers and give hope 10 vast
numbers OF the minorities."
Both Mr.. White and DIR. To-
bias dashed out at the Democrats
and Republicans, particularly
the latter, for not giving strong
support TO the FEPC bill. White
declared. "Mr. Randolph's asser-
ton, however, should please the
reactionary collection Of Repub-
licans and Democratic members
Of Congress who fiddle while
Rome burns. For example, II the
Republicans In the House of
Representatives would only live
up to their platform pledge of
1914 unequivically pledging sup
port to federal legislation for
an FEPC and would sign the
discharge petition on the Speak
er's desk, the bill would pass the
House within a very few weeks"
DR.. Tobias recalled his earlier
statements while he was in Wash
ington recently at . conference
sponsored by the council. There
had been no serious intentions on
the part of any but a few friends
Of the FEPC legislation TO do any,
thing about it. And that applies
to both major political parties.
They were endeavoring TO stall
and put off action in the hope that
Negroes would cool on the issue.
! felt that the council was vast
ing its time negotiating with Con-
greSsmen who were passing the
buck. What they really need to
do is TO get behind the next Con-
gressional election and serve no.
tice that if these men will not
help us, then we Will elect some
who will
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92nd Div
CONTINUED from Page II

10 be known. was assigned 10 III
Corps, Second Army, al Fort Nc
Clellsn. Ala, going 10 Fort Hus-
chucs. Ariz. in April, l943, under
the Third Army.
In july il was assigned 10 VIII
Corps. US. Third Army and from
Feb. Z 10 April 3. 1914 psrtici-
pated in the Third Army maneu-
vers in Louisiana.
In June. 1914, the S2nd left
this country for North Africa
under the command Of Maj.
Gen. Edward Nj. Almond.
AT THE TIME OF its departure
for overseas IL was composed OF
the 365th. 370th and 37lst Infantry
Regiments, and the seth, 598th,
5oeth and 60oth Field Artillery
battslions.
During the week Of Aug. 20.
1914. the first units OF the division
were committed to action under
the Fifth Army in Italy, with the
initial action being a defensive
one.
The hrst major offensive action
OF the division was participation
in the crossing Of the Arno River.
the division having entered COM
bat in the upper Arno valley.
The first full attack OF the divi-
sion came in February when the
END jumped of along a line OF
rumc-LsFoche. some three and a
half miles south Of the enemy
stronghold OF MaSsa. with the
Monte Csnale. a tremendous peak
dominating the entire coastsrt ter
rain, being the divisions objec-
tive
A, the end OF their hrst six
months in combat the Buifaloes
had won seven awards Of the Le-
gion OF Merit, IS Silver Stars. 1852
Bronze Star medals. four Air med
ais and 5.99l men Of the division
had been awarded the Combat In
fantryman's badge. Altogether,
1000 officers and men had been
awarded some type OF recognition
for their efforts against the enc
my. with 1877 receiving the Pur-
pie Heart.
Upon his return 10 the United
States last summer Gen. Mark w.
Clark. commander of the Fifth
Army'S successful campaign in It.
ally, under whom the 92nd fought.
had this 70 say about the efforts OF
the e2nd Division:
The 92nd jumped into La
SpeIia and with other Fifth
Army units took Bologna. Then
they moved into Genoa and took
II. much 10 the surprise Of the
enemy and headquarters. I
needed the SEND and II anyone
had tried TO take II from me
would have protested loudly
they were glorious"
AMONG THE divisions heroes
10 come out OF the struggle with
the Germans is LIST 1t. Vernon J.
Baker Of CHEYENNE. WvO who
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Powell

Continued from Page u
and on Its receipt will again COM
municate with you"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-27


LAST WEEK, Congressman Pow
ell received a letter from 1t. c. G..
Wadbrook. US Marine Corps. Re-
tired, Of Princeton, n. j., praiSing
him for appointing Negro to the
Academy and suggesting that he
appoint other Negroes in the years
10 come.
Wadbrook. graduate OF the
Academy in 1926. said. Il was at
the Academy last Saturday and
saw the young man you have APP
pointed TO the Academy. ! wish to
congratulate you and trust that
you Will appoint a colored young
man each year. As you know, no
Negro has as yet been graduated
from the Academy; it is my sincere
wish and hope that the young man
at present a member Of the Fourth
Class Will graduate with honors. !
know what he is up against. tell
him to stick 10 it trust that
shall have the privilege of being
present when he graduates"