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the Federation of Colored Women's
She resigned the presidency
of Bethune-Cookman College which
she founded, to give all her tine to
the NYA- She now has neither post.
portfolio or college.
Alfred Edgar Smith. who took
over the place vacated by Forrest
er 3. Washington in the early days
Of the New Deal, and continued with
the WPA until it was scuttled.
LANCASTER GIVES VIEWS
OF JOB
Emmer Martin Lancaster. Special
Secretary of Commerce; a practicing
attorney in Akron, Ohio. for is years
before he took the spot vacated by
Eugene Kinckle Jones in 1910.
He came to Washington from an
independent professional practice
and not from an institutional Job.
He considers his and that Of all race
advisors frankly political.
Edgar G. Brown, onetime tennic
champion, who was a biz factor in
the old Civilian Conservation Camps
(CCC).
Former Federal Judge William
HASTE. who went to the War Depart
ment as Civilian-Aide-on Negro af-
fairs to the Secretary of War. He
later resigned and the statement he
released created a national furry.
Truman K. Gibson, Jr.. his assist
ant. took over. Gibson is a young
Chicago lawyer.
Theodore r. (Ted) Poston, form
er New York newspaperman, who
was given a job in the office Of
War Information (OWD.
MOON, JOHNSON. HILL
AND JONES
Henry Lee Moon. who has a long
career in public relations and journ-
alism, came to Washington to be
DR. Weaver's press relations expert.
Clarence Johnson from the West
Coast and former organizer for the
Dining Car Employees Union. went
from HOUSING 10 w MI anu IS HOW
back in housing. Of the staff of
rae relations advisors, Eugene
Kinckle Jones was the first appoint
ee. T. Arnold Hill, Mrs. Bethune's
assistant in NYA, who later worked
as a special OPA advisor, were the
only ones in the group whose prev
ious careers were devoted entire
ly to race relations as a full time
profession. Jones had zen general
secretary of the National Urban Lea
i-gue for 35 years; Hill was with
hat~organization for rs years.
Frank Horne. former dean at Fort
Valley Normal, Georgia. took Wea-
ver's place in the Federal Public
Housing Authority where he still is
Representing no organized group
in Negro life, responsible to no or
ganized group without defined au-
thority or official status. these fed
eral ADVISORS" c~rystalized, it seems.
into an artificial hierarchy of petty
government officials divorced from
the economic and social forces of
Negro life and on the periphery Of
the technical stream Of government
administration.
ct be Continued next week.
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NAACP ASKS HEALTH BILL

Washington, D. In testimony
March 23 supporting the principle
of hte bill IS. 1919 to amend the
public Health Service Act, DIR. Louis
7. Wright, NAACP Board member
told the Senate Education & Labor
Committee that because of the in
equitable ann in which certain
states allocate their own general
funds under the resent system, elm
ical and hospital care for Negroes
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is practically nonresident.

is practically nonresident.
In support Of his stand for an a.
mendment to insure medical assist
ance to Negro patients and protect
Negro members of the Medical pro-
fession. DIR. Wright declared that
a white erson who is i'll has IA
times a better chance of recovering
than a Negro. He said that the Ne
gro suffers more from all sorts of
diseases than whites as a direct re
suit Of wide differentials between
ahounts spent by the states on pub
lie health. Current figures, he
ointed out, show that infant NOR
tally is 69R higher than for whit
es; that a Negro child has an av-
erage life expectancy of only SO
years in contrast to a white child
who can look forward to 65.'
BLAMES DISCRIMINATION
DR.. Wright eXlained, from a med
zeal standpoint. these d~ifferentials
had nothing to do with the Negroes
susceptibility to disease, but rath-
er shows the combined impact of
discrimination in economic life and
in obtaining medical assistance"
He used as example. Mississippi
where despite a Negro population of
1,GT4,57S there were only or beds
pd thousand for Negroes in 1898 and
as few as IS set aside for over a
million Negroes in 1902.
STATUS OF PROFESSION
The status of Negro physicians.
technicians and nurses was also at
tached. In 1914, Wright charged
there We're $500 physicians in priv
ate practice and 1900 nurses. Be
cause Of race discrimination a quail
flied Negro physician is denied staff
and impatient privileges in practic-
ally every non-Negro hospital in the
United States.
In southern areas. Wright declar
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PATROL LED BY PITTSBURGH
OFFICER KILLS THREE NAZIS
IN ITALY

With the Fifth Army, Italy-With
out suffering a casualty. a 10 man
patrol from the 92nd Buffalo" In
fantry. led by Lieutenant Benjam-
IN w. Hohmann Of Pittsburgh. Pen
nsylvania, recently killed three
Germans on the Fifth Army front in
northern Italy.
Holding key positions in the
group were Corporal Leon d. Straus
berger of Craig, Colorado; Privates
First Glass Leo Johnson, Route l.,
Beresford. South Dakota, and Rudy
o. Melquist Of Gibbon, Minnesota.
Their mission was to seek out a
detachment of IS or more ferries
reported occupying positions in a
shell-poked village. After making
a Thorough search of the hamlet
and finding nothing, the Yanks NOV
ed fartrer into enemy territory and
investigated four empty bunkers
which showed signs of recent oc-
cupancy. Again they found moth
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ed the result of such prejudices is
an Indifference bordering on Grim
inal neglect in the attitude of
White physicians toward Negro pa
tients. The amendment to the bill
proposed to relieve racial inequali-
ties in medical assistance.
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sent city commissioners are the men
for the job.
They nave been faithful to the
trust you have placed in them. A
vote for these men is a vote to con-
tinue good, economical government
in Omaha.
.-.(Pol. Adv. paid for by Friends) .~
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OF
BLACK CABINET

DR. Robert Weaver. considered
dean of the BLACK Cabinet" He en-
tered the Housing Division of PWA
under Harold Ickes, moved to the
U. S. Housing Authority under
Nathan Straus; met a complete dead
lock in the War Manpower Commiss-
ion. quit for a race relation job with
Mayor Ed Kelley's Chicago Commits
sion on Race Relations, then left that
for the recently organized American
Council on Race Relations. "a con-
sultant body which advises munich
pal and state committees as to what
to do when Negroes get too insistent
about their rights.)
William Trent with the Federal
Works Administration until it was
killed. He was a former special as
sistant to the president of Bennett
College. He has returned to the feild
Of education via the United College
Fund.
DR.. Mary Mcleod Bethune. pres
ident of the National Council Of
Negro Women; onetime president Of
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European war Army is stockpiling
military items at spectac-
|ular rate. Army has little faith in
legislation as a means of keeping
war workers through Jap war. Be
llieve all out drive which began last
fall must continue undated to pro-
wide backlog sufficient to balance
lsharp drop after We day.
This determination to lay in large
stocks of supplies while the produc-
Ition program is going forward on
Its own momentum, explains post
I'VE day estimates which Army has
lsent % WPB. Army says procure
lment can be reduced about 5000
l"within a reasonable time after
We lay. Reasonable time"-per-
haps 4 to IL weeks.
EyTENED FURLOUGHS; Fur
lloughs granted many soldiers to
Inject critical war plant labor short
lagos will be extended if necessary.
ISoldiers have been furloughed to
tire plants. cotton duck and tire
lcord mills and plants producing
lsteeI shells.
FLOOR FOR CIVILIAN ESSEN
lTIALs: WPB and armed services
lare comforting to fix limits below
, which, regardless of military ur-
gency, supplies of civilian essentials
will not be permitted to tall. Dis
cussed so far are minmums for cloth
ing, particularly work clothes.
textiles, work gloves, shoes, car tir-
es. batteries, general repair parts.
WPB told the gold braid that tires
for civilian needs must go no low
er; flatly rejected military demands
that would hav reduced adul civ
ilian leather to about a quarter
pair shoes per person annually.
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Are Race Relations
Advisors Helping or
Hindering Negroes
Advancement

Continued from page y
on Negro affairs" etc, has come in
to, what appears to be, permanent
existence.
In a survey carried on among the
race consultants." the advisors on
Negro affairs" etc, themselves. 1
asked:
IF it had not been for these race
specialists jobs, would you or could
you have directed your training and
talents to the expansion of Negro
insurance companies, the develop
ment of Negro banks. Negro chain
stores and cooperatives, to bringing
modern techniques Of news gather
ing and reporting into Negro pub
fishing, to Negro education. to
politics? ?"
The answer was yes, almost I'M
1nimOuS1v
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when any Of these common pains
have made you miserable?
DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills are
pleasant to take, and prompt in
action. They do not upset the
stomach or make you constipated.
A single tablet usually brings
relief. DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills
are compounded under the super
vision of competent chemists.
Vet DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills
at your drug store. Regular pack
age Use, Economy package $1.0O.
Read directions and take only as
directed.
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Negro Veterans Request
Policy Making Positions
in Veterans Bureau

The following letter went out this
week from the office Of b. II. Null
drew. 2s25 Park Ave. Kansas City
! Mo. national Commander Of the
Council 81 Negro Veterans Inc. to
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines.
Administrator Of Veterans Affairs,
Washing 25 ID. c.
Brigadier General Frank T. Hines.
Administrator Of Veterans Affairs,
Washington. rs d. C
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Newsletter "What IS
Happening in
Washington.
Continued from page ~

goods may also be included.
At wars end. an estimate Of u
million veterans become potentially
eligable forGI loans. With private
capital matching every government
guaranteed dollar, here's one of to-
morrow's biggest sales oppor-
tunities.
~Vandenberg will offer we propos-
ais at San Francisco. Ultimate Sen
ate ratification of the New United
Nations Charter may depend upon
their acceptance. He will ask:
() Provision for amending the
Charter by something less than I'M
animous agreement probably by
three-fourths of all member nations
whichu must include four of the
Big Five. The United Nations Char
ter, like our American Constitution,
must be able to adapt itself to in
evitable change.
(2) Provision to permit change
of membership Of the Big Five Sc
curity Council by something less
than unanimous consent-perhaps
by reconsideration Of its member
ship every 10 years. Original Coun
Gil will consist of the United States.
Great Britain, Russia, China and
France.
| Vandenberg will point out tina
the four largest states in 1890 were
| Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Car
DINA. and Massachusetts,. Within
80 al New York outstripped all
four. Virginia, first in 1890. has
dropped to goth. Today. Illinois.
Ohio, California, Texas and Michi-
gan none Of which were even stat
es in 1890. outrank all but New
York and Pennsylvania of the orig
inal 13 states.
Many Senators believe tina If IN
animous consent of the Big Five IL
required, it will be almost impOss-
ible ever to dilute the veto power of
m of its members on aggression
or on amendment or on changed
representation on the Security COun
&, ell. Organization would be brittle
and eventually crack up.
JOHN LIS 500, OOO-Perhaps Soon n
MiIIiOn: Few people realize that in
addition to 5000 miners. John l..
Lewis now has 200, 900 members in
other industries under his control.
They are members of District So
his catch-all union. shifted at only
two years ago. 5000 are in the
chemistry industry. He controls
one of the big rubber locals in Ak
ron-ostensibly a Go union. He
has substantial representation in
commercial aircraft ground crews.
zinc plants. smelling companies. gas
utility corporations. ~celanese factor
les. asphalt works, and shoe firms.
Lewis has cashed in on spectacular
publicity about his ability to get
big wage-raises, ever against FDRs
opposition.
District SOS 200, 900 have been OBJ
tanned at the expense largely Of
Go but partly from AFL. Hence,
a stumbling block to re-admission
to AFL.
If he wins the present mine-wage
battle, his membership will quickly
pass a million.
ROYALTY OF SC per long distance
call-to build a general welfare
fund-has been demanded by the
Washington, DC. Telephone Traf-
fie Union, supported by National
Federation of Telephone Workers,
independently.
"EQUAL RIGHTS WITH VET
ERANS": War Workers League Of
America is in process of formation
t. insist on equal rights with war
veterans in recqnversion period
Organization was born in Bucks
Melrose Park plant in Chicago.
ARMY sTOCkPILING: Fearing
mass exodus Of workers from war
plants Immediately after end of
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NJ OW, more than ever, you want
IN eto stay on the job and do your
full share of the work which must
be done. Headache, Muscular
Pains, Simple Neuralgia, Func-
tional Monthly Pains slow you
down, interfere with your work,
spoil your fun. Have you ever tried
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SPECIALISTS BEING
USED AS BUFFERS


These men and women have been
used by Washington as a buffer be-
tween government and the American
Negro, and since they have been on
the scene, no Independent Negro or
g~anization has arisen to define and
to advance the Negroes social. polit-
zeal and economic position-that is.
none that has attained the desired
status Of effectiveness enjoyed by
the NAACP and the Urban League
which themselves, are interrecial
with the white viewpoint frequently
finding expression in matters that
should be purely Negro.
Other questions l asked We're:
Are you being held responsible for
the false optimism heightened in the
Negro people by your presence in
important government bureaus, APP
pointees without any direct respons-
Utility to the Negro electorate nor
to any organized body in Negro life?
In your opinion, did you make a
valid contribution to the integral
on of Negroes into American life?"
The answer varied. All were a.
greed, however. that their years of
government job holding had not in
tegrated Negroes into American life
Who are these men and women?
Here are some thumbnail descript-
ions:
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"EQUAL RIGHTS WITH VET
ERANS": War Workers League Of
America is in process of formation
t. insist on equal rights with war
veterans" in recGnversion period
Organization was born in Bucks
Melrose Park plant in Chicago.
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ROYALTY OF SC per long distance
call-to build a general welfare
fund-has been demanded by the
Washington, DC, Telephone Traf-
fie Union, supported by National
Federation of Telephone Workers,
independently.
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ARMY sTOCkPILING: Fearing
mass exodus Of workers from war
plants Immediately after end of
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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political ADVERTISEMENT
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-21
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
M lR1p

ESTATE OF JOHN p. FAYE,
DECEASED.
Notice Is hereby given by the un-
dersigneC. NJ. ID. zINN as Admins
traitor Of the estate OF John p. Faye,
also known as Robert r. Hart. de-
ceased. TO the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, that within six months
after the first publication of this
notice they either file them with
the necessary vouchers in the office
Of the Clerk Of the Superior court
OF the state of California, in ana
for the County of Imperial, or exhio-
IL them with the necessary vouchers
20 the sale NJ. ID. Zinn. as admins
traitor OF said estate. at 207 Bank
of America Bldg. FL Centre. Cali
fornia. the same being the place
for the transaction OF the business
of the said estate IN the County Of
Imperial. state OF California.
Dated a. FL Centre. California
this 10 day of February. l04j.
NJ. ID. ZINN.
Administrators OF the Es-
tate of
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-21
VOTING IN THE COUNCIL

christian Science Montor)
At first glance the reported solution OF
the problem Of voting on the United Ma
tions Security Council does not look Ike
a compromise: it looks rs if Russia had
won the veto power for herself-or any
other one Of the Big Five. As described
bv James B. Reston in the New York
Times. the procedure will certainly per-
nit any of the Great Powers to bat eco
nomie or military action against itself.
But if his exposition of the agreement
on voting is accurate. some most import
ant freedoms have been retained for the
Council and for the small nations For
il would permit decisions by a simple
majority of the Council on questions
which fall short of decision to take
punitive action. Moreover, in such cases
no member would vote on a dispute in
which it was a party.
This apparently means that Russia
or any other Great Power-could pre-
vent the Security Councils applying sane
tions to itself. But it would not be able
to prevent-not by any technical veto at
least-the Council investigating any dis
pute in which it had become involved. In
fact it appears that the Council might
declare a member guilty of aggression,
whether big Power or little Power, and
thus mobilize the public opinion OF the
world.
This is by no means small power Tor
the Council and the small nations to eX-
ercise. If it be true that Russia-remem-
bering how the League of Nations ousted
her (although it had failed to oust Ger
many or Italy)-earlier feared this pow
er. then the new arrangement can we'll
be termed compromise. And one to be
welcomed, for it seems essential for the
Council to have the power to bring even
members of the Big Five before the bar
of public opinion.
The argument over veto by any pig
Power on economic or military sanctions
against itself has always been somewhat
academic If affairs get to a stage where
one of the Big Five is defying the world
organization, the other nations might find
it convenient to use the existing machin-
cry for police action. But the action
would probably amount to full-scale war,
and for that they would have to take
additional steps in any case. The spirit
of the new peace effort counts far more
than its mechanical forms, and it is en-
couraging that a spirit of common-sense-
cooperation has enabled the Big Three to
solve the voting problem
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-21
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by Florence Page Jaques.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-21
PLANS SPEED TO RETURN
RESCUED BATAAN HEROES

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. q. up
The rescued heroes Of Bataan will
be returned 10 the U. S. as soon as
possible. Gen. Douglas Macarthur
said in a letter to Mayor Roger
Lapham and the san Francisco
board e supervisors.
The general also said he would
be grateful 10 the city for any vel
come extended the men here.
The letter. relayed 10 Lapham BY
Major General c. H. Kells. COM
manding general Of the port OF en-
bafkation. said the liberated men
could not be returned all at cnce
and added
The magnificent desiie OF your
self and your city to welcome these
Americans Is deeply appreci-
ated by me. You will have my graft
tude for any attention you show
ten upon their return to their
homeland s
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-21
DeGauILe Snubs
Roosevelt on
Conference Bid

PARIS, Feb. 81. CUPD-General
Charles de Gaulle's refusal to meet
President Roosevelt in Algiers after
the recent big three conference
threatened to raisa further prob
lens relating to Allied unity We'd
nesday.
Informed quarters limited the
French may pass up the forthcom-
ing United Nations conference in
San Francisco in April.
Despite frantic efforts by French
and American authorities to keep
the matter hushed up, the full story
of de Gaulles snub to President
Roosevelt broke into print here to-
day, creating something of sensa-
ton.
The morning newspaper Combat
gave the French public its first de-
tailed account Of the incident, pub
fishing lengthy excerpts from for
eign press reports.
emi-official French sources de-
Tended da Gaulle'S action, asserting
that President Roosevelt's invitation
to the French proviaional president
had been couched in unfortunate
terms which made it appear like a
summons.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-21
ForrestaI Wants
Powerful Fleet

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. tUP1-
Secretary of the Navy James For
restal wants a big postwar fleet
and an independent government re-
search agency to keep all American
armed forces up-to-date.
After the war Forrestal told
President Roosevelt in his first an
nual report as a cabinet officer,
the United States and its Allies
should keep fleets capable of con-
trolling the worlds oceans" He said
such power fits right in with plans
for international collaboration.
Forrestal said that an independent
federal research agency is neces-
sary to enable scientists to work
for the nation in peace as success
fully as they have in war.
Such an agency would devote it
self to long-term basic military re-
search, obtaining its funds from
congress and responsive TO, but not
dominated by, the army and navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-21
Six Circus Men
Draw Terms
On MansIaughter

HARTFORD. Conn. Feb. 81. CUP)
Six men charged with responsibility
for the circus fire which claimed
1853 lives, last July, were sentenced
to prison and Jail terms Wednesday
by Superior Court Judge William j.
Shea.
The defendants, officers and en-
ployes of Ringing Brothers-Barnum
& Bailey Combined Shows, Inc, had
pleaded nolo contendere, along with
the corporation itself, to 10 counts
of manslaughter.
The corporation was fined Sl0,-
600.
Vice President James A. Haley
was sentenced to one to five years
in prison on each of the counts,
the sentences to run concurrently
The others sentenced were:
General Manager George w.
Smith, two to seven years on each
count. concurrent.
Chief CanvasSman Leonard S.
Aylesworth. two to seven years on
each count, concurrent.
Rolling Stock Superintendent Da-
yid w. Blanchfield, six months in
iail on each count, concurrent.
Chief Electrician Edward r. Ver-
steeg, one year in jail on each
count, concurrent.
William Galley, a Seatman, one
year in Jail on each count, concur
rent.
Judge Shea said that "all of
these accused are guilty of involun-
tary manslaughter where death Is
caused Internationally
The imposition of sentence in
criminal cases is not as punish
ment," he added but rather as a
basis for the reformation of the
accused.
The spirit of vengeance has no
place in the administration OF
criminal law. The sentence imposed
is not an expiation or an atonement
for the offenses. but to prevent their
recurrence"