The Omaha guide., 1948-05-15
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SECRET ARMY DOCUM--
ENTS TO JIM
CROW o

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Secretjimcrow Army orders
and transcripts of court mart
ial, now in the possession OF
Grant Reynolds, former Army
chaplin, will highlight testimo-
ny 0 wartime treatment of Neg
70 CTS on Saturday and Sum
day, May 9Th and 9th, at the Il
tn Street branch Of the YMCA,
1916 18th Street N. w. Wash
ington, ID. @.
The two-day hearing before
the Commission of Inquiry in
to the effect Of segregation on
colored troops will be featured
BY Negro and hite witnesses
and BY introduction into the
record of secret War Depart
ment orders placing restrict
ions on Negro servicemen. Me-
mbers Of the Commission in
clude /:
Margaret Halsey, author,
"Some of My Best Frieds are
Soldiers, "Colorblind'. DR.. Ed
ward c. Lindeman, New York
School Of Social Work, DR.. CHI
aiming H. Tobias, member, Of
Presidents Committee on Civil
Rights Max Lerner, Author.
DR.. Kenneth B. Clark, psy-
biologist, City College Of the
New York Kermit Ely, CIO
education director.
Thurman L. Dodson presid-
ent of the National Bar Assoc
iation
James T. Farrell, author
DR.. Goodwin Watson, Tea
cheers College, Columbia Uni
versity
DR.. John Haynes Holmes,
chairman American Civil Lib
critics Union.
DR.. Robert S. Lynd, social
ogist, Columbia University
Morris "A. Rubin, editor,
"The Progressive" magazine.
Mrs. Elsie Elfenbein, exec
utive director, National Coun-
Gil Of Jewish Women.
Father Allen p. Farrell, edu-
cato editor, America maya
zine
In announcing today the for
matio Of the Commission, Or
ant Reynolds and "A. Philip RAJ
ndolph, chairman and treasur
er, respectively, Of the Com
mjttee Against Jimcrow in the
Military Service and Training
217 West 125th Street, New
York City, slater that it was
at their request that the Com
mission had been organized to
hold immediate hearings in
Washington during the debate
on CONSUMPTION legislation. He
Philadelphia, shortly before the
Republican and Democratic
conventions.
Randolph, who will open the
hearigs on Saturday at ; pm.
Washington time with a state
ment on the mood and temper
of veterans and other Negroes,
declared?" recently reminded
the Senate Armed Services CO.
mmittee that large numbers Of
white Americans are still bis
sfully unaware Of the extent Of
physical and psychological ag-
gression against the Negro
soldier. Neither the Senate nor
the House has shown the least
inclination to fulfill the 1914
Republican commitment for a
Congressional investigation of
the Negro CT grievances.
This eminent group of Neg
70 and white citizens has there
fore agreed to sit as a Commits
sion and to hear the sordid ST.
DRY of the Army jimcrow. On
the basis of the testimony, re-
commedations pertaining to u
MT and draft legislation will
be made to Congress and the
people in order that Negro 20
nth may never again be threat
ened with compulsory military
segregation. The Commission
will welcome written state
ments from CTS and others IN
able to journey to Washington
to testify in person.
Reynolds, member of the
New York State Commission
Of Correction, stated: "In be-
half Of the Commission we are
appealing to Senator Robert
A.. Taft and Speaker Joseph w.
Martin, Jr. to delay floor act
ion on UMT and Selective Ser
vice until the Commissions e
port is available to Congress.
Members of both Houses have
only a smattering of informal
ion on Army jimcrow, and the
views are UNDERSTANDABLE COL
ored BY the propaganda Of ex-
pediency that the Pentagon
has long fed them. Since Neg
roes are sorely distressed by
the inaction on civil measurers,
it is the firm belief Of the Com
mission that the House Repub
lician Steering Committee and
the Senate COP Policy Com
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