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make for the press until a pre-
pared statement is approved by
the War Department was:
"The United States needs to en-
force constitutional guarantees to
all Americans without further de-
lay. That would be the most ef-
fective weapon against Commun-
ism for all the darker peoples of
the world and especially for Amer
leans of Negro origin.
In response to question about
segregation in POW Camp No. 2,
Maj. Harlan declared there was no
segregation in that particular camp
but that the rations and treatment
accorded them was far below min
imum American standards. He
asserted further that he was able
to communicate with his family at
varying intervals throughout his
internment.
This reporter talked with 40 OF
more colored POW's from the no.
torious Camp No. 5. They de-
l1ounced-unanimously-the Reds
atrocities. Stated that they worked
with picks and shovels-leveling
off the hilly terrain-frUm 6 am
to 9 pm. seven days a week
with only an hour of recreation
occasionally in the form of base.
ball or basketball.
Their daily menu was milet
Cracked corn and water) which
was boiled and unseasoned. NC
rice was served them until about
a month prior to their release. The
only beverage consumed was tea
about once a month. Not a single
one of the 40-odd interviewed knew
of anyone in their rank who was
gulllbie enough to swallow the
Red propaganda.
in the first company of 1900
colored POW's captured and sent
to Camp No. S, only 265 survived
More than 1900 died from lice and
malnutrition. Stated that no eff.
fort was made by the Reds to pro
vide them with sanitary conditions
and pallatives to rid themselves
of body vermin.
Cpl. Harvey Mitchell, Pfc. Joe
Morrison, and Pfc. Oliver Smith
all of Kansas City, Mo-, as we'll as
all the others from Camp No. 5
described the horrors endured as
grossly inhumane."
Among the outstanding repatri-
ates was Sgt. Mason Johnson, OF
Brooklyn, who was met by his
father, Elder Johnson, minister OF
st. PauPs Disciple Church, Brook
lyn. Sgt. Johnson was at POW
Camp SO. He read the 23rd Psalm
for 81 days continuously while in
solitary confinement, and refused
to desecrate the Bible even though
the Communists threatened to kill
him time and again.
Sgt. Johnson urged that all the
people of the world pray for worlo
peace, since he knows, he says
like Tennyson-"More things are
wrought by prayer than this worlC
e'er dreamed Of" and he in conf
dent that prayer is the only thing
chat made it possible for him tt
return home alive.
All the ex-POW's were processet
speedily and carried in buses t.
the Preside where the finest din
ner ever served to men in the
Armed Forces was theirs to enjo,
and their speedy departure to theil
respective homes by army trans
port planes and the fastest trains
Col. Albert r. Threat (pro
nuonced Threet), Of Baltimore wa:
met at the pier by his father, Elijah
Threat, who Immediately upon re
ceiving a phone call from his wifi,
last week while on his job rushed
home-had his car put in shape
then set out for San Francisco b,
motor.
He said it was the greatest thrill
of his life to see his son wave t,
him from the big Navy transpor,
ship while it was docking. Pho
tographers crowded around then
30 thickly that few were able tt
get a photo of the big hug greet
ing of father and son.
Pfc. Lucius Arceneaux, of New
Orleans, told Of how during on.
sanitation operation instituted by
Reds, each POW had to catch 2i