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LABOR LOOKS AHEAD
By GEORGE w. CROCKETT


goals. II has prodded WPB to
permit limited re-tooling and quota
production OF automobiles in those
plants no longer needed for war
production. Recently WPB Chair.
man Krug has come around 10 ac-
cepting this view.
1t has urged the Army and Navy
procurement officers 10 give indus
try and unions reasonable advance
notice of contemplated cut-backs
and lay-oTs. This would have
enabled labor and management 10
make provision for the transfer Of
displaced workers. The almost
overnight curtailments al Willow
Run with the resultant increase In
the number OF unemployed auto
workers on the streets 81 Detroit
and the picketing of WINGS De-
troit Office, might have been avoid
ed IL the government had not re-
fused this request
Within the past two weeks both
CLOS Philip Murray and JAWS
President Thomas have conferred
with President Truman and told
the President that something had
10 be done 10 speed reconversion
and 10 take care OF employees
temporarily displaced II may De
just bunch on our part. but we
suspect that President Humans
recent message 10 Congress calling
for increased unemployment COM
pensatton during the reconversion
period resulted in part from the
Murrsy-Thomss visits 10 the White
House
On the discrimination front JAW
also has been outsisndinEy ener-
2etlc. n created its own Fair
Practices Committee 10 make sure
that all cases OF alleged discrimins-
ton in JAW plants and locals are
handled promptly, fairly. and efYec-
lively; and il has been in the van.
guard Of those seeking perma-
nent Federal Fair Employment
Practices Commission
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16
Large Numbers
Graduate From
Atlanta Univ.

ATLANTA-Forrester B. Wash
ington, director OF the Atlanta
University School Of Social Work.
announced recently the most sue
cessful year of operation in the
schools twenty-five year history.
Thirty-fve graduates were
awarded the professional certificate
Of the school. with Is receiving
the Master OF Social Work degree.
OF THESE graduates 10 are al
ready working in the social work
field in such centers as Providence,
r. l., Boston. Mass. Bridgeport,
Conn. New York City. Brooklyn.
Montclair and Jersey City. N. j.,
Philadelphia. Columbia, S. c..
Dallas, Texas and many others The
remaining have been recommended
for employment and will begin
work shortly.
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THE CHRONICLER
ev coNFUclUS

Small World Department"-No-
ticed in one of the daily's society
pages that a socially prominent
family here is marrying into FAM
lily of Debardlebens in Birming-
ham. Alabama. A recent Negro
lynch victim in Selma. Ala, was
Mrs. Hattie Debardleben.
Secretary Of State Stettinius said
he couldn't conceive OF any q. s.
army officer being so deficient In
Judgment" A. to advocate war with
Russia. Wonder what the Secretary
thinks of the deficiencies Of those
sIap-happy Senators who asked
els in Italy II they would fight
Russia.
The grapevine says those social
register" divorces are not ended
yet. There is more TO come and
from unexpected quarters.
Speaking Of divorce. P-V says
CONGRESSMAN Adam and Hazel Scott
are definitely going to wed after
the present Mrs. Powell gets her
Reno decree. Must be so. cause
the Congressman Just couldn't let
P-V down now!
Anne Browns father died in Bal
timore a week ago.
Col. 3. o. Davis is slated for that
brigadier- generalship, the boys in
the back room are saying again.
Westinghouse are pretty down.
cast cause the Supreme Court re-
fused 10 review the Mays case
D. c. housing restricted covenant
case. Covenant due 10 expire next
year so Mrs. Mays will probably
keep the house but the legal set
in Washington wanted 10 have the
case 60 through on principle.
Clarence Davenport. the West
Point grad from here. Is q major
these days. He came out as lieu
tenant just two years ago. Good
work, hmm
Work on that unemployment In
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BOOK
NOTES
BY GERTRUDE SCOTT
MARTIN
BLOW GENTLY

WINDS, BLOW GENTLf
Winds. Blow Gently" by Ronald
Kirkbride is an engrossinR novel OF
life in South Carolina during the
years 1921 1881. A successful blend
OF the honeysuckle and magnolia
school and the harsh realism of
Caldwell and Faulkner. the book Is
forceful in It's presentation Of the
problem OF the southern farmer
Negro.
David who tells the story is the
youngest Of the Jordans. q Quaker
family who left the blue hills OF
Pennsylvania 10 settle in the South.
To their dismay they discover that
the farm bought by the father 10 q
large plantation with many Negro
workers They miss the kindness
Of their Pennsylvania Quaker
friends ard hrd antagonism grow.
ing toward them. They are threat
ened with trouble IL they continue
to pay their Negro workers q living
wage.
The eldest son. John. q lawyer,
decides to devote his career to de-
Tending the Negroes from the
wrongs committed against them.
The second son. Benn. who loves
the land, with his father does not
follow the one-crop system OF their
neighbors. Their methods OF crop
rotation and growing Of vegetables
are highly successful.
The increasing resentment Of the
community rises 10 It's climax on
the night Of meeting Of the Me-
groes TO plan their strategy for get
ting a fair wage. The leader Of the
Negroes is Doe larry from the
Jordan plantation who has been
educated by them TO work with his
people.
The attack OF the Klansmen ends
in tragedy for the Jordans but they
refuse 10 retreat. Paradoxicslly, II
is the death Of the father. Joseph.
which is the turning point in their
relations with the community. The
owners adopt a more enlightened
policy toward the workers and the
Jordans are finally treated with
respect
The story Of the Jordans Is
woven smoothly into the larger
pattern NJ their life in the South.
The author is able 10 show without
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n a v e CO m e
something def
mite. T h e r e
are I h o S e
among us who
say that con-
ferences are a
waste Of time.
Any con I e r.
ence can be
just a waste of
time but that
does not need
10 be so.
When a con-
ference is call
ed on Race Re-
lations such a
conference is
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their native land without discrimination because of
race or color. The facts plainly show that by and
large Negroes do not have equality of opportunity
and they never will have it as long the majority
group insists on drawing the color line.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16

when black and
white meet. our
conve RS a Il o n
turned 10 the
subject OF race
relations.
| was then
EN- p oy e d in
Washington as
a hearing COM
missioner for
the President S
Committee on
Fair Employ
ment Practices.
NJ y travelling
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Randolph Floyd. 22s7 Madison

! worked for
three years for
the DSR and
was dismissed
when ! was
hurt in an ac-
cident. s n c e
( h a I tim e |
worked for a
short period of
tim e in the
Dodge plant. ]
do not plan or
want 10 leave
d etroit. II
w Oul d cause
too much trou-
BILE 10 m ov e
my wife and
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Il would go 10
another tow n
for work. If |
{ h Dug h t the
job was A good
one and the
e m p ! o y
ment practices
w e r e right.
II o W ev er, |
have been in
Detroit all Of
my life except
for the period
OF time that |
spent in the
armed forces.
After return
ing from the
earuicee I WOr
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surance issue. Write Senators
vandenberg and Ferguson. and
your Representative about IL. Get
some action now! And above all.
don't forget 10 register. You're
only as big as your vote In this
country. Don't grippe, VOTE.
Buy bonds and KEEP THEM
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war. | worked
in NJ G m p h is.
Tenn, and If |
could get my
form er so b
back. i would
gladly 60 back
there. | have
been In De-
troit. working
at the Chrys-
Ter plant since
| was released
from the Army
last July. At
present, how
ever. there are
certain family
~, attore bare
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six years that
] have been in
D e [ r q / I.
] worked three
years at o the
Chrysler plant.
| have no de-
sire TO leave
D e troit nor
does my wife,
for il would be
too much trou-
BILE 10 move TO
another place.
I might consid-
er going To
& ON 2 OF h e r
place where a
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16

ONE YEAR AGO while seated
in a Pullman enroute to Washing
ton from Detroit, We made the &C
quaintance OF white passenge.
AS usually happens here in America
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THE FACTS
m OUR NEWS

Some Ways Of Dealing With
Race Conflict There have
been conferences dealing with
race conflict in Detroit and else
where. Out OF these conferences
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Job was available IT conditions
there are favorable. But do not
intend TO return 10 Arkansas
where l came from"
william Dorsey. 1869 Lumley:
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ENDURING Reporter

Question: Do you intend to re-
turn to the place from which
you came or would you consent
to 60 to another town II offered
\ job there?
ASKED Of people who have
recently been laid off from jobs
in defense plants.
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that I must straighten out before
could consider going 10 another
place TO accept job
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would 60 10
some other city
in the North
or West II a
good job was
available there.
but | do not
intend ever 10
return to- the
South to live.
For the past
two years !
h av b en-
working at the
w lilo Run
plant where j
came when I
was discharged
after six and
the Army"
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family to another place. I should
like to be re-instated on the DSR.'
Wesley HAYES, 1905 Cameron:
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Jake Mckinney, 2l34 Jay street:
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-06-16

services ! worked az the Ford
Motor COMPANY"
Jim Crawford. 95l Benton: 81
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a half months in the Army"
Evening star., 1945-04-24
investment Demand
|0yerrides Cautic
Stocks Advance
BY VICTOR EUy
Associated Press Finant

NEW YORK, April IT.
ment demand overrot in
today's stock market h q
late burst Of biddin 5eels,
rails and selected indu many
favorites posted furthc highs
since 1887.
Frequent slowdowns intervened
after the opening as profits were
cashed on the lengthy advance and
around midday prices were pretty
well jumbled.
Ligtness Of liquidation then en-
couraged bulliSh customers who re-
sumed purchasing ON broad front,
Gains Of fractions to about 2 points
predominated near the close with
the pace quickening. Transfers for
the full stretch approximated 1,800,-
600 shares.
The urge to get idle funds en-
ployed was credited to the belief
the reported juncture of the Ameri-
can and Russian Armies meant that
the Nazis were beaten and that
postwar prosperity soon would fol-
low settlement of reconversion prob
lens. Many Wall Streeters, how
ever. still inclined to step carefully
pending the United Nations San
Francisco Conference ana adjust
ment Of international questions.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, April "a Ap.-Evening -up
operations in the May position prior to
first notice day tomorrow featured activity
mill buying and short covering encoun-
tered limited offerings.
New-erop months we're barely steady
profit taking. and hedging, partly In
huenced by. the srowing belief that the
cotton purchase prosram will not be con-
Late afternoon values were 25 cents q
bale higher to 5 cents lower, May, 22.S2;
July, % so, and October, 22.0l.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Demand Deposits Up
14.6 Per Cent in
Six Months
By EDWARD c. STONE.

Demand deposits in 1853 member
banks Of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Richmond showed q gain Of l4.6
per cent in six months ended jan
uary 81, according to the Richmond
Banks March Review, the raise be-
ing q direct result of the expansion
of credit extended to the Federal
Government by bank purchases of
Government bonds.
Deposits will continue to rise SO
long as banks must extend credit to
the Government. However, the
amount of the rise occasioned by
this financing. according to present
reckoning, will be about % per cent
smaller in the fiscal year 1916 than
IN the current fiscal year.
The prospect over the next year
points to a further rise in the de-
posits of the Nations banks aug
mented or tempered in degree by
the manner in which the citizens in
vest in or divest themselves of Gov
ernment securities, the review says.
Fifth district banks deposits are
now maintaining about the same
rate Of growth as that of the rest
Of the Nation. after being higher for
a considerable period.
League Honors Santelmann.
Rudolph w. Santelmann, secre-
tary Of the Metropolis Building
Association, has been appointed vice
chairman of the State Section Com
mittee OF the United States Savings
d Loan League, by President VIII
liam M. Brock, 1t was learned today
Mr.. Santelmann Is vice president
d the District Building & Loan
League and slated for the presidency
next year. He has had many honors
In the national association.
Banks Plan Drive Contests.
Washington banks are holding
stan meetings and planning con-
tests among the employees in con-
nection with the coming Seventh
War Loan Drive which opens off,
cially on May IA. In the past, some
banks have had very lively contests,
War Bonds being awarded to the
winning teams. With the highest
bond quota on record, greater efforts
than ever will be required to put
the drive over the top, bank officials
say.
Many banks will have special bond
booths, decorate their lobbies with
War Bond posters, and use a portion
Of their newspaper advertising space
in boosting the campaign. Thomas J.
Groom, bank unit chairman, an
nounced today.
los Stocks Reach New Highs.
m Via Nav, vnrlr CS&oJ VIVA
yesterday, los stocks registered new
highs for 1945.
Now quoted ex-dividend on the
Washington Stock Exchange are
Washington Gas common, National
Savings & Trust, Washington Loan
& Trust, American Fire Insurance
and Hecht common.
The 101st semiannual edition of
Folks Bankers Encyclopedia is ar
irving in the financial district. The
book says deposits of l4,758 banks
and branches gained $4,000, 900 600
in 1914.
Capital Traction SIS sold at 1071z
on the Washington Stock Exchange
today. Georgetown Gas SIS came
out at 125 and Capital Transit IS
moved at 1854. Trading in many
stocks was exceptionally heavy.
The flrst-quarter report by Fed
eral Housing Commissioner Abner
H. Ferguson shows that the FHA
has insured home loans aggregating
S8,30o, 900 900 under all phases of its
operations. More than 100000
American families have bought,
built or improved their homes
through the FHA.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Washington Exchange
Int, MnACh var

dsorsetoxn % VICE. Gas 5sAs1 M 900 At rs. II i0'''
AFTER CALL.
capitsI TTansit, don lst Eef 4sMsi ooS 900 2
Capital Transit Yo co,E5o % At 51m. ma - i''''
Potomac Electric Power 60 pfd.-10 al
Ito, l at 110.
Potomac Electric Power 5hS pfd.--1o
1904.
Washington Gas $3.50 pfd-5 at 1o-'
35 at 1914.
Mergenthaler Linotype-14 at 66L.
washington Gas common-10 at 81,
Evening star., 1945-04-24

Hourly Sales on the Exchange Today.
100 An, 42o 600 1900 noon Us occ
100 pm. 600 900 300 pm 100 ooe
tUnit Of trading 10 shares: sales printed
in full. In bankruptcy or receivership o.
being reorganized under Bankruptcy Act.
are annual, disbursements based on last
quarterly or semt-annual declaration Un-
less otherwise noted special or extra divi-
xr Ex rights. . Also extra OF extras d Cash
OF stock. Paid last year. fPayable in
stock Declared Or paid 80 far this year
lated dividends paid or declared this year
Evening star., 1945-04-24
IN. 7. Bond Market
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Evening star., 1945-04-24
Chicago Grain

Half Of the total resources of the
United States are now being devoted
to waging war. Since Pearl Harbor
war expenditures have amounted to
about $20S, 900, 900 900. More War
Bond money is needed.
Evening star., 1945-04-24

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-30

merchant seamen dead and missing
and AIT prisoners of war, a total of
6,066 as of May l, 1945.
An overwhelming percentage of
the merchant vessels were destroy
ed by German or Italian subma-
rines, air attacks and mines, with
So lost in Japanese areas. The most
extensive destruction was in the
north Atlantic, where wolfpacks of
U-boats prowled against conveys to
the British Isles and north Russia
until curbed by fast-expanding ALI
ed naval and air power, including
the use of escort carriers, such as
the so designed and built by the
United States Maritime Commits
sion for the Navy.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-30
One Killed In Plane
Crash At Goldman Field

gator bombardier; Cpls. Charles c.
Harley, %, Washington, D. c., radio
gunner and Harold Few, 81, Cleve-
land, aerial engineer.
A board of qualified army air
force officers have been appointed
to determine the cause of the crash
a public relations officer said, and
the next of kin has been notified
J about CPL Williams death Accord
ing to army air force records, the
477th has an excellent safety rec
ord
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-30

GOODMAN FIELD, KY. - CAMP
Cpl Gilmer w. Williams, 20,
Newport, r. l., was instantly killed
Sunday when BIS medium bomb
err crashed near here while on a
combat training fight.
CPL Williams, the ships armorer
gunner, was the only casualty of
the Six-man crew, all members of
the 477th bombardment group. The
rest were slightly injured, some
suffering from shock and slight
decorations All have been dismissed
from the hospital.
Those surviving the crash were
End 1t. John B. Turner, % Atlanta
pilot; Flight officers Thomas M
Flake, %, Detroit, co-pilot and AL
vim x. Waters, %, Baltimore, navi-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-30
TWO OF IS NEGRO NAMED
SHIPS LOST BY SINKING

Americans and Negro Seamen who
have lost their lives in this war
were among the $40 United States
flag merchant ships lost from di-
rect war causes between September
/, 1899, and May 8, 1945, the War
Shipping Administration announced
this week.
Two ships sunk py dlrect enemy
action were the SIS FREDERICK
DOUGLASS, named for the famed
abolitionist leader and editor, and
lost in the northwest Atlantic Sep
TENDER 20, 1943, and the SIS RO-
BERT L. VANN, designated in
honor of the founder and publisher
of THE PITTSBURG COURIER,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-30

and sunk in the northeast Atlantic
on March /, 1914.
UNDER FOREIGN FLAGS
The VISA report did not include
American-owned vessels un d er
foreign flags. Two of the Negro
named vessels are in this category.
They were the SIS PAUL LAUR-
ENSE DUNBAR, bearing the name
of the famous Negro poet, and the
SIS ROBERT S. ABBOTT, the
Liberty ship, which honored the
founder and publisher of THE
CHICAGO DEFENDER.
The $40 vessels were parts of l,554
United States flag merchant ships
of 6,277,O77 lightweight tons lost
from war causes and marine casu-
alties largely due to war conditions
between 1889 and 1915.
The destruction of ships by the
enemy was accompanied by heavy
loss of life. The latest Merchant
Marine casualty list reports 5,57s
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-30

pose of closing the NAACP County
wide membership. G S. Porcher
branch president is asking that
all chairlnen throughout the
county and city be ready to make
good report. All members and
friends are invited to hear Mr. Z
Clement and to see what the
Georgetown branch is doing.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-30
Georgetown To
Hear Clement To
NAACP Drive

GEORGETOWN, S. c. Mr.
A j. Clements, Jr., Assistant Dis
trict Manager Of Mutual Life In
sursnce Co. of Charleston will
speak at Bethesda Baptist Church,
Sunday July 9th at 4:3O P. NJ
His address will be for the pur-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-06-30

WASHINGTON - (SNS) - Only
two out of the IS Liberty ships
named outstanding Negro
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-03-29
Joseph PosUeU Dies
In Orange TtUp. Home

Joseph Powell, 55, prominent
Orange township farmer and horse
man and member of the Bluffton
Mid-Winter fair board of directors
for many years, died at II a. m.
last Sunday at his farm home, fol-
lowing a three months illness.
In addition to activities associated
with the Bluffton Mid-Winter fairS
Powell had served as the first treas
urer of the Hancock county agricul-
tural society, sponsor of the Han
cock county fair. ~
He was born May /, 1891, IN Eagle
township, the son of Lewis and
Mary Powell. In 1914 he was mar
ried to Edith Battles who survives.
In addition TO his wife, survivors
include one daughter, Mrs. Woodrow