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legal committee.
The five recommendations in the
memorandum read:
"We urge that no segregated
hospitals for veterans be estab-
lished. Especially in this war in
every theatre of operation, it has
been demonstrated that veterans,
irrespective of place of birth or of
race, can be integrated without
friction or difficulty in hospitals
where all receive the same quality
and quantity of treatment;
. eve recommend and urge the
use of qualified Negro doctors,
nurses, specialists and administra-
tive personnel in all veterans hos
pitals and facilities;
"f necessity causes the estab-
lishment of an investigatory force,
we respectfully urge use of quail
fed Negroes in all branches of such
a department;
ave recommend that on the
basis of ability, qualified Negroes
be used in all divisions of the Vet
Grams Administration, including ad-
ministrative and clerical depart
ments;
Q TO implement the above,
and to assist in maximum eff
cheney of the Veterans Admin
istratiOn, We urge again the
appointment of a qualified
Negro at the pOlicy-making,
pOlicy-exeeuting level in the
Veterans Administration. In
this connection may we repeat
what we have said to the late
President Roosevelt, to Presi-
dent Truman, and to your pre-
decessOr General Hines, that
in making this recOmmenda-
eiOAJ VIC NO uOt contemplate
the appointment of an "Ad-
visor on Negro affairs" While
the appOintee we recommend
would, of course, have a par
ticular interest in assisting to
assure Negro veterans equality
of opportunity, we strongly
recommend that his duties
should NOT be confined purely
to racial matters. If the proper
selection is made, this indi-
vidual can be of very cOnsid-
cradle value in formulating
overall policy and helping to
administer it."
The Associations representa-
tives discussed at length with
General Bradley the special prob
lens and difficulties Negro veter-
ans face, particularly in the light
of employment cutbacks.
General Bradley, with whom Mr..
White worked in the European
Theatre of Operations, expressed
deep concern regarding the elimi-
nation of discrimination against
veterans.
He stated, however, that
certain Negro doctors were
urging him to establish all
Negro hospitals in order that
they might have the OppOrtu-
nifty to work in them. The
three NAACP men assured
Bradley that many Negro doc
tors do not favor segre-
gated hospitals, and that ap-
parently he had heard only
from those who for personal,
or other reasons want segre-
gated hospitals established.
Bradley stated that if the Negro
doctors who are opposed to segre-
cation knew Of the representations
which had been made to him by
doctors who favor separate facili-
ties for Negroes, the opposition
would be exceedingly vocal and
widespread.
The General also informed the
delegation that he and Major
General Paul R. Hawley, who is in
charge of veterans hospitals, are
familiar with the experience in the
European Theatre Of Operations
where non-segregation had worked
out favorably and without Difficult
ty. He expressed concern, how
ever, as to whether or not the
South had progressed to the point
where non-segregated hospitals
could be successfully maintained.
The NAACP men urged that the
experiment be tried, and pointed
out that considerable progress had
been made during the war towards
Indignation, which was less expen-
sive and more efficient than a dual
system of hospitals.