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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
LA B 0 R
L00KSAHEAD
By GEORGE w. CROCKETT
Executive Director
JAW Fair Prsetieess
Committee
Continued from Page g.


that their financial accounts are in
order.
William Oliver from Local 400 is
regarded as an authority on JAWS
contract with Ford Motor company
and is, therefore. assigned to the
Unions Ford department under Re-
gional Director Richard Leonard.
Down in Indianapolis, JAW Re-
gional Director. Arnold Atwood,
entrusts to Leon Bates, a represen-
tative on his staff, the highly i'm
portant task OF writing the briefs
and arguing before the War Labor
Board some OF his regions most
important dispute cases.
Oliver LaGrone is on the staff OF
the lnternationals Education De-
psrtment where he employs his
technical skill in the exhibition OF
educational films before JAW To-
calls throughout the Detroit area.
Only one Of the Unions re D.
resentatives has what might be
called rowing assignment" Mrs.
Lillian Hatcher, who is on PreSi-
dent Thomass staff. has the job OF
assisting the director of Women's
Bureau in the Unions War Policy
Division in the handling of all the
-. IL
to women workers in automobile
industry.
1t so happens that each OF the
Is International JAW representa-
tives mentioned above is a Negro
But it is quite obvious they do not
perform "all-Negro" assignments
another indication OF JAWS policy
of using the best person for the job
at hand, regardless of race, creed
or color.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Plan Conference
. On RecOnverSiOn

NEW YORK - Ferdinand c.
Smith and. George f. Brown, CO.
chalrmen of the Negro Labor Vic
tory committee. last week called
upon all CIO, AFL ard independent
unions in Metropolitan New York
to send delegates TO the Metropoli-
tan Area Labor Conference on
Reconversion and Related Prob
lens, being held next Saturday and
Sunday, March "a and %, at the
Fratcrnal. Clubhouse. 10 West 48th
street, New York City under the
auspices of the committee.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24

m FEPC legislation we're a Ph E
Randolph. leader OF he March on
Washington Movement plc>ldcn'
OF the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
poriers. and co-cha rmau of 'hc
Nat onal Couucii for q pcrmancn,
FEPC, Dr. Claiming h Toh.a>
senior secretary Of Negro Work of
the YMCA; Roy wilkins. acting
secretary OF the NAACP. MIR, Ruth
VI Worrc.l, executive secretary Of
The United Council Of Church
Women, Dr. VIII Alcxdndcr. Of
the American CounCi! on Race Re
lauonS; Rabbi J X Cohen. II The
American Jewish Congress Clarke
Foreman. president OF tho Southern
Conference on Human Welfare:
Mrs. Allan knight Chalmers, OF
The public affairs committee OF the
National Board. YWCA. George
Weaver. Of the An;i-DiScrlmInation
Committee OF the ClO: and other
labor, church ard civic leaders.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Randolph Backs
Aubrey Williams

NEW YORK, ". Y.--At the in
tcrnatlonal headquarters OF the
Brotherhood OF Sleeping Car Por-
tiers, A. Philip Randolph. interna-
,lonal president. states that the
Negro people Of the country should
back the fsht for the. confirmation
OF Aubrey Williams by the Senate
as the head Of the Rural Elec-
trification Administration
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
TAFT BILL FOR
FEPC BLASTED
AS INADEQUATE
Nv HARRY McALPIN

WASHINGTON. DC. CNNPA-
More than 30 promincn; witnesses
we're unanimous in telling The Sen
tie subcommittee on Education
and Labor last week that the Taft
6ill FOR voluntary FEpC Is m
adequate and soic>S without
dissenting voice. they urged q iav-
cradle report on INC bill Of SEN
Dennis ChsvcS IS l0l fur = per
manent FEPC with enforcement
powers
AmoTg The most STRIKING tesla.
mony was that NJ Rodcrck Sicph-
ems, president ~ iBc Stephens Fuel
Co, Of New YORK Clty. ~ aNoNed
Republican nc denounced Tsf's
Inconsistent" attitude % voting
for an FEpC with enforcement,
powers before the last c.c,uo~.
end then presenting 60 The senate
bill which would Uakc nc
agency mere Investigating bureau
after he had Won ia the election
ANOTHER II nc very strong
statements MAS mace bN Henri Ep-
stem. New York lawyer. Nho a.,
one time was rsmed special Coau-
eel for The FEPC- Railroad 1caurs,
which were postponed by acton %
Pau McNuit War ManpoWcr Com
missioner Epstein resigned as ,pC-
Cisi counsel IN protest o! Inc post
ponement
Malcolm Ross. chairman ~ nc
present wartime FEPC. told the
hearings that Authority IS some
thing 10 be cNCrtcd when pcrsua-
sion fails bat TIC ultimate TACT OF
authority must be prcscu; II per
susslon IS 90 have any value
THE INTERNATIONAL imph-
cations Of discrimination because
II race. creed and natl nal origin
were. stressed by Alfonso Pefalcs
legai adviser 10 the United States
Electoral Mission IN Nicaragua in
1882: Or. Carlos F. Casicncda. spe-
cisl,s4 on Latin American prob
lens and regional director for
FEPC IN the Southwest: and Ed
wardo Quevedo. president Of the
Co-ordinating Council OF Latin
American Youth.
Among others tcstifying and in !
eistlng upon enforcement powers |
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Gu rran Urges
World Wide End
To Racial Bias

NEW YORK-World labor ma
chinery to wipe out exploitation
and discrimination in every cor
ner of the globe was urged by
Joseph Curran, president Of the
National Maritime Union. and vice
president of the Clio, in a stirring
address at the historic London
World Trade Union conference last
month
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Worker Fails To
Save CO-WOrker

James Grant, AZ, 2047 Griggs, an
employee of Holbrook Coal Co.,
1891 E. McNichols Road, failed last
week in an attempt TO save the life
OF fellow worker, who was cleo
trocuted while plugging cable
into coal conveyor
Fred lie Gree. 2258l Panama
avenue Warren, Mich. father Of
nine children, was dead on admit
lance to Receiving hospital Grant
pulled the plug and broke the con-
tact Of the wire which electrocuted
lie Gree in the company coal yard.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24

with the orders OF the commission"
Mr.. Wilkins PORTED out the fall
urc Of S. $50 10 define spheres Of
influence over which the commits
sion would have jurisdiction and
It's failure 10 provide non-discrimi-
nation clauses in contracts let by
government.
More than dozen witnesses told
Senator Dennis Chavez, the sub
committee chairman. that the Taft
bill. s. 459, was wholly inadequate,
and urged the support for S. l0l.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
Vandenberg Fauors
Strong FEPC Bill

Council, National Negro Congress;
Miss Matte Wilkes. Lewis Business
college; Mrs. Beatrice Preston. De-
troit Association Of Women's Clubs,
Rev. c. E. Askew. IBPO Elks OF
w.; Mrs. Odell Glover, Lewis Busl-
Evening star., 1945-08-01

offered generally to the industry.
They declined to name the supplier
but said the butter was unfit for
human consumption.
DR.. D. A. Fitzgerald told the Sen
ate committee that only about 5000
pounds out of 100000 stored under
VIA jurisdiction in Illinois had be-
come rancid. He conceded it might
go to a soap manufacturer"
Reports Declared Unfounded.
Before DR.. Fitzgerald supplied his
answer, Henry G. Van Veen of the
OPA general counsels staff, de-
clared many" previous similar re-
ports had been investigated, and
that all were without foundation.
Later, the OPA got out a formal
statement. 1t said that an In
dianapolis newspaper story had de-
clared tons of rancid and spoiled
cheese" had been sold through an
indianapolis broker to make soap.
Like many similar reports in
veStigated by us concerning butter
spoilage, because of high point val
ues." the OPA said, I'VE have found
this statement to be incorrect. Sc
far as we have been able to deter
mine no rancid butter or spoiled
cheese has been sold in Indianap-
oils to soap makers"
Evening star., 1945-08-01

Ihe names OF ST more District
area men are listed today among
groups of veterans returning to this
country from Europe aboard Army
transport ships and planes.
Eighteen of the men are scheduled
to dock within few days at New
York aboard the Hermitage A
ajority of these veterans, after
furloughs at home, will head for
the Pacific, the Army reported.
Those returning on that ship are:
T/5 Joseph B. Quincy, 2313 North
Wakefield street, Arlington, Va;
Pfc Kelly w. Beach, 1882 I street
NV; Warrant Officer Frank E.
Copeland, 629 Massachusetts avenue
NV; Corpl. Wilson Pierpoint, 1922
High street Sc; Pfc. Robert
Rausch, 3211 Columbia pike, Arling-
ton; 1st 1t. Robert B. Case, South
Court House road, Arlington; Maj.
Erwin Shupp, 4121 Illinois avenue
NV; IT'S Robert S. Matthews, 1882
Columbia road NV; Sergt. James
H. Carter, 1917 F street NE.
Also Pfc. Donald B. Crider, 1903
M street NV; Pfc. Robert A. Cum
ningham, 113 East Gusts avenue,
Alexandria; 1st 1t. George Schhitt,
1926 Eighteenth street NE; 1st
Sergt. Charles Flanary, 1912 Staples
street NE; Sergt. Thomas L.
Fletcher, 6010 Wilson lane, Be
thesda, Md; Pfc. William H. Clo-
man, lot Fifth street Sc; Pfc.
Stanley H. Davis, 1912 Thirty sixth
street NV; Pfc. Keneth r. Jo-
seph, 57O6 North Tenth road, Ar
lington, and Pfc. Isaac A. Spaugh,
339 Emerson street NV.
Additional nearby Maryland and
Virginia men arriving on the Queen
Mary at New York tomorrow in
clude: IT'S John M Stewart, 507
Schuyler road, Silver Spring, Md. !;
Pfc Eugene r. Hord, 1909 Mount
Vernon boulevard, Alexandria; Pic.
William F.. StringfelloW, 200 East
Raymond avenue, Alexandria, and
Pvt. Otis l.. Mcfarland, Culpeper, Va.
Nine men from this area whose
names have not appeared on pre-
vious lists of returneeS. arrived at
Camp Patrick Henry, Va, yester-
day. They are: Capt. Charles A.
Norris, 4450 Ordway street NE;
S/Sergt. Finley P. Maeder, 2745
Twenty-ninth street NV; Pfc.
Willy E. Morris, 525 South Henry
street, Alexandria; Pfc. Bernard E.
Carol, 6610 Exfair road, Bethesda
Pfc. Lowell F. Maloney, 4507 -Four
Mile Run drive, Arlington; Pvt.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
w. D. Coombs Dies;
Real Estate Agent

William Daniel Coombs, 10,
Georgetown real estate agent, died
yesterday in Georgetown Hospital
after a long illness.
A native Of Washington, he at
tended District schools and Rock
Hill College, Md Before beginning
employment 18 years ago for Joseph
M. Wise, Georgetown real estate
dealer, he worked for the J. Maury
Dove Coal Co.
Mr.. Coombs, who resided at 3066
@ street NV, was a parishioner of
Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown,
and a member of the Knights OF
Columbus.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at a date to be arranged later at
Holy Trinity Church.
He is survived by one brother,
Wade H. Coombs, former District
license inspector; two nieces, Miss
Margaret Coombs, Washington, and
Mrs. Helen Hickman, Waynesboro,
Va, and a nephew, DR.. Samuel
Coombs, Washington dentist.
Evening star., 1945-08-01

Additional contributions of $45, ,311
to the Georgetown University new
hospital campaign were reported
last night, bringing the total fund
to date to $505, ,689, or more than
two-thirds of the $750,00O goal.
The report was made at a meet
ing in the university's dining room
at which Senator McCarren, Demo-
crat, of Nevada pointed to the need
Iof improved hospital facilities in
Washington.
Other speakers included James E.
Markham, alien property custodian,
who is member of the campaign
executive committee; the Very Rev
Lawrence c. German, S. j., president
of Georgetown University, and the
Rev. Paul A. McNally, S. j., uni
versity vice president.
James E. Colliflower, campaign
chairman. announced that during
his absence from the city in the
next two weeks, DR.. Philip A. Caul.
field will be acting chairman. The
next report meeting will be helo
Tuesday.
Reports to date by divisions are
as follows:
Advance gifts, $233, ,379; Medica,
and Ladies' Board, $129,859; dental
l7,140; alumni, $13,134; nurses
$5,478; community, $25, 5,076; parishes
$3,36l, and gifts from out of the
city and other sources, $78,261.
The $750000 is being sought tt
meet conditions of a Federal grant
of 81 ,820, 900 requiring the university
to provide the site and part of the
equipment and money needed fol
the new h0SDita1
Evening star., 1945-08-01

miles north of Leesburg, 1000 yards
Of fence on the estate of w. w. Lips
comb were reported washed out, and
in Leesburg the town branch was
reported higher than in years, stop
ping traffic for two hours and flood
ing easements in the business area
Firemen were called out to pump
out the cellars.
The rain was excessive all along
the eastern Seaboard from New
England to Georgia, with $50 per
cent of normal recorded. Only Flor
ida escaped.
The wettest portion of the coun-
try was in the Ozark region, Mis-
souri, and Arkansas, where during
the past two months the precipita-
ton has been 200 per cent of nor
NAL, and Western Colorado and
Northeast Utah with 300 per cent
Of normal.
The rainfall brought crop dam
age along the eastern seaboard, and
promoted the growth of weeds
especially in victory gardens
Evening star., 1945-08-01
|Fundfor G. u Hospital 81 More D. c. Area Sevicemen'
Increased by S45311 Listed as Returning to U.S..

Leon Stein, 2O3O North Twenty
first street, Arlington; Pfc. Wood
row j. English, TOO South Fairfax
street, Alexandria; TIA Anthony Di
Filipino, Fort Belvoir, Va, and 1st
1t. John H. Gregg, 1910 Garfield
street, Bethesda.
When the Central Falls Victory
docked in Hampton Roads, Va, yes
terday the following nearby Mary
land and Virginia veterans were
scheduled to be aboard: Pfc Irving
L. Davis, Culpeper; Pfc. Robert Vel
thuis, 206 Washington boulevard
District Heights, Md; Pvt. Henry
M. Shepard, Belair, Md, and TIA
Woodrow w. Walters, Gaithersburg
Md.
T/Sergt. Eugene w. Woods, 681t
F street, Seat Pleasant, Md, is LISTED
among the arrivals aboard the Ex-
change at New York yesterday. His
name did not appear among those
previously listed in The Star as ar.
irving aboard that ship.
Flown from Italy by ATC plane
Pvt. Wilbur E. Williams, 1881 Web.
ster street NV, arrived at Miami
Fla, recently. He served overseas
eight months with the infantry
Evening star., 1945-08-01
New Discharge Total
Not Yet Determined
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The War Department yesterday
postponed announcement of new
point score for discharging troops
under the redeployment plan.
Early in June, after the present
interim 85-point discharge score
had been fixed, the department
promised that its permanent critical
score" of points for release would
be given out during July.
ut is probable" the Army said
in June, that there will be some
reduction in the present minimum
discharge score of 85, but the re-
duction is not expected to be very
great"
Officials said yesterday the new
critical score was not ready yet,
Indications are that it will be an
nounced in the next few days, en-
failing a somewhat reduced point
score as well as a later date for
calculating point credits.
Under interim scoring now in
effect points are calculable to May
II, with credits for service in this
country and overseas for combat
and for parenthood. About 235, 900
men already have been returned to
civilian life under the system. The
Army plans to release approximately
100000 under the point system by
June l, 1916.
The War Department said the
delay in announcing the new scoring
will in no way result in the slack
ening of the present rate of dis
charges. No soldier who might
otherwise leave the Army will have
to stay in as a result of the tempo
rary postponement of the announce
ment."
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Arab Leaders Oppose
Jewish Immigration

JERUSALEM, Aug. l (P).-Arat
party leaders open their own con-
ference on Palestine affairs today
at Amman, capital of TranSjordan
simultaneously with the convening
of the Zionist World Conference in
London.
Arab spokesmen said they would
demand that the British labor gov
ernment permit no further immigra-
ton of Jewish refugees to Palestine
and no further land transfers to
ZionistS or colonizing groups.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Postwar Navy Reservists
Offered Annapolis Equality
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Navy Forresta
promised yesterday that reserve of.
Ificers who transfer to the postwar
regular Navy will have IAN eoua
opportunity" with Annapolis trained
officers
Mr.. Forrestal said in letter cir.
culated to the reservists:
I'VE know now that the Navy viii
need after the war more officers
than it has-perhaps 10000 more.
The best source of more officers
is the Navy itself, particularly re-
serve and temporary officers now or
duty"
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Zionist Head Urges
Big Three 70 Back
Jewish-State Plan
BY the Associated Press


LONDON, Aug. DIR. Chain
Weizmann, president of the World
Zionist Organization, today called
on the Big Three at Potsdam to in
dorse the establishment of Palestine
as Jewish state and declared, ''the
need is imperative-we cannot wait" :"
In an address prepared for the
ference in London, DR.. Weizmann
asserted that the establishment of a
Jewish homeland and the immedi-
ate admission of hundreds of thou
sands of displaced European Jews to
Palestine was "one of the fruits of
victory" which the Jews had earned
by their contribution to the Allied
victory in the European war.
Hopes for Attlee Action.
Declaring that the British govern
ment white paper of 1889 had per-
mitted only $4,000 Jews to enter
Palestine in the last six years, DR..
Weizmann said delay in the abro-
cation of the white paper and its al
most exhausted immigration quotas
means prolongationS of the agony
for the survivors in Europe" crys-
talization of the present situation
in Palestine and growing tension
and finally crisis"
DR.. Weizmann expressed the hope
that Prime Minister Attlee's new
Labor government. would make good
quickly on the party's declarations
denouncing the white paper policy
and indorsing the Jewish state in
Palestine.
Sees No Harm to Arabs.
He said that increased Jewish i'm
migration would not harm the
Arabs in Palestine, adding that the
Arabs there will remain secure in
their possessions, linguistic cultural
and religious identity and enjoy
ment of complete equality of rights"
DR.. Weizmann demanded that the
British government act Immediately
upon the repeated Zionist requests
for the emergency ALLEGATION of 10O,-
600 more entry permits to Palestine
'aS the first inStallment of a post
war immigration program to satisfy
the most pressing requirements"
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Continued From First Page.

his head. His only chance of get
ting out of his predicament was to
chance the sewer. He chanced it.
Fortunately the water level in the
sewer was not quite to the top and
he managed to keep his head in
the air space as he was swept along
past other openings that were pour
ing water into the conduit. The
sweep of the sewer carried him well
out into the Anacostia River. Dan
swan back to the shore and found
he had lost his trunks.
The boy went to a house near the
river. There a good Samaritan
gave him a robe and telephoned one
of Dams neighbors, the Rev. DR.. T
D. Roberts, pastor of Strauss Me-
mortal Church, 40 Anacostia road
Dr. Robert came in his car and
drove Dan home.
Injuries Not Serious.
The boy had brush burns from his
neck down to his waist from the
debris of the sewer After he had
donned some clothes he was taken
to Casualty Hospital for a check
He was o. K, they said at the hos
pital. He was taken home where he
told newspaper reporters all about
it. His mother said he had de-
veloped bad headache before he
finally got to bed at $3.50 am. She
gave him two aSpirinS and a Sleep
ing powder.
Danny was a little stiff when he
awoke this morning, but 1 feel
good now" he declared.
No, he said, he wouldn't like to
go through the ordeal again, adding
Its dangerous"
Mrs. Keller was cooking last night
when Gordon Reid rushed in-bare-
foot and painting.
Danny slipped into the creek,
he shouted. Hes holding on to the
iron bar on the sewer gate. He
says he can't hold on long"
Mrs. Keller rushed into the kitch-
en-, turned off the stove, put on a
raincoat and ran out. She was al
the creek-about so yards down the
street from her home-in a few
moments. But Danny was nowhere
in sight. She said she walked ur
and down the bank, water splashing
at her feet, calling his name.
PatrOlman Pessimistic.
Other neighbors summoned by
Gordon, Joined in the search, anc
then the police came. One patrol
man, told what happened, was pes
Simistic
IF the boy was swept into the
sewer we probably will never fine
the body" he said.
Finally, Mrs. Keller went home
grief-stricken. An hour later Danny
arrived.
Says He Was ,Unafraid.
This morning his mother pressed
him to admit he was frightened as
the swirling, muddy waters swept
him through the 5-foot sewer, but
Danny was positive he felt no fear
THE only thought I had was to
keep from hitting the sides of the
sewer tunnel" he said. "It was bad
enough having brush and stuff bang
against me, but when slammed
into the sides of the sewer it really
gave me beating
Danny already was under doctors
orders to be quiet and for that rea-
son gave up his job as a delivery boy
at the Palais Royal two weeks ago,
Mrs. Keller said. But I can't tie
him down." she added.
Danny is in the ga class at FL
lott Junior High School.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
U. S. Spent 50 Billion
Abroad in 81 Months

Government agencies between
July l, 1910, and March 81, 1945,
spent abroad a total of $11,437 ,000,-
900 directly and $39, 900, ,0O0,00 under
the lease-lend program, Foreign
Economic Administrator Leo Crow
ley disclosed today,
During this period, the United
States received S3,257 100000 in cash
payments and s5,600,000,O00 under
reverse lease-lend, Mr.. Crowley re-
ported in a summary covering Gov
ernment transactions abroad since
the start of the defense program.
Over half of the direct spending
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Gates Says Jap Fleet
Is Virtually Wiped Out
Ey the Associated Pres.

PJ the Associated Press.
Undersecretary OF the Navy Arte-
mus L. Gates, claiming final sue
cess for the Navy in "wiping out the
japanese feet as fighting force, u
said in a broadcast last night that
"the Japs do not have single
battleship left in operation"
THE Japs probably still have two
or three carriers that may be oper-
ational, but they are no longer a
serious threat" he said in the Navy
Hour radio program.
IF the Jap feet has three cruisers
left that can still steam, I'd be very
much surprised" he continued,
They may have IS to 25 .destroyers
and some submarines.
Evening star., 1945-08-01
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Consider-
able sunshine, warm and humid this
afternoon and again tomorrow. with
highest temperature near 80. Show
ers and thunderstorms both eve
nings. Low tonight near 10.
Maryland and Virginia-Consider-
able cloudiness with scattered thun-
dershowers, continued warm and
humid tonight and tomorrow.
Report for Last "a Hours.
Evening star., 1945-08-01

NI1TH the full weight of Allied power shifting
w to the Pacific, we still have tremendous pro-
duction problem on our hands To turn out the
needed ships, bombers and munitions we shall have
to work long and hard. In 1945, the great ma orty
of Americans will still have money to spend"
What they do with that money will determine, to
very large extent what future comfort and security
they will enjoy.
1t will affect them in two fundamental ways.
as individuals with personal financial problems to
solve, and as citizens of nation still faced with
the threat of inAationary price increases.
If these millions of Americans will take it "slow
and easy, will buy only what they really need and
all they until civilian production returns
in adequate volume, they will do the best possible
thing for themselves and for their country.
If they spend it carelessly and prodigally, they
will not only waste money, but help to destroy the
value of the money they have saved.
Evening star., 1945-08-01

was for foreign supplies and mate
rials, largely for war production and
civilian use in the United States,
it was said. Nearly two-thirds of
all supplies and materials procured
abroad have come from Canada and
Latin America, with copper, sugar,
rubber, tin and aluminium leading
the procurement list.
Speed victory by buying bonds
through payroll savings.