The Omaha guide., 1945-03-24
General Hines TO Seek Negro Veterans Wishes in Hospital Polio
In Address Before
Natl Urban League
Postwar Discussion,
Planning Group


as to what the Veterans Admins
t~ration's future policy would be on
segregated veterans hospitals,
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines.
Veterans Administration head. re-
piled that he would ask Negro vet
Grams themselves what they want
ed to be done about it. and would
follow their desire. This promise
was made by General Hines as ne
appeared with a panel Of speakers
at a Forum on planning Now for
Jobs Ahead" sponsored by the Ma
tional Urban League at New York
Times Hall. on Tuesday evening,
March 13.
Mrs. Lillian n. Poses, War Man
power Commission Regional Attor-
ney; ]. Raymond Walsh. Go Eco
nomist; Nelson H. Cruikshank. A.
r. Of Il. national representative.
and c. S. Mcdowell of the Anna
Corporation were other members of
the panel of government, industry
and labor experts discussing future
job planning with emphasis on Ne
gro employment. Flanking these
were Urban League staff members
from some of the racial tension
areas throughout the country who
acted as consultants: William Val
e%ntine, Jr.. Administrative Assist
ant of the Detroit Urban League;
Howard Gould, Director of Indus
trial Relations of the Chicago Ur-
ban League; Richard Jefferson, In
dustrial Secretary of the St. Louis
Urban League; A. J. Allen, Jr, Ex-
ecutive Secretary of the Baltimore
Urban League; and W. Y. Bell. Jr.
Director Of the Southern Division
of the National Urban League Leo
Cherne, Executive Secretary. Re
search Institute of America. served
as chairman of the Forum, with
Lester Granger. Executive Secret
airy Of the National Urban League
introducing the panel.
Speaking formally earlier in the
evening. General Hines had insisted
that for almost a quarter of a
century as the Administrator of
Veterans Affairs. it has been my
privilege as well as my official re
sponsibility to carry out the laws
of the Nation as they provide var
ious rights. benefits and privileges
for former members of the military
and naval forces of the United
States and for their dependents and
survivors. No distinction has ever
been made by that Administration
between veterans because Of race,
color or creed Hines assured his
audience that as far as the Veter-
ans Administration is concerned,
there will be established and car
ried out freedom from discrimina-
ton in the administration OF the
law; freedom from inequality in
education; freedom from Unequal
ity in expenditures for health, hos
pftaIizatfo1 and rehabilitation;
freedom from obstacles and preju-
Aices which prevent equal work OPP
portunity and equal pay
BoILERMAKERs, AUXILIARY
ABOLISHED
Nelson H. Cruikshank in his
speech announced the recent vote
of the Executive Committee of the
international Brotherhood Of Boil
ermakers. Iron Ship Builders and
Helpers af America to abolish the
class or auxiliary" status of Negro
locals. He also asserted that h
A. F. L had incorporated the
principle Of non-descrimination as
far back as 1881. at its first Con-
vention in P~ittsburg, and disclosed
further the fact that the total mum
Der Of Negro members in A. f. Of
/. unions lis greater than any
other. now numbering upwards OF
a million"