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UULz TODAY 8 Cwf S.SdmyUr rta'dgh'bf the Week: Sidney 1, tells Louis StarK oi N. Y. Times that the CIO jlitical Action Committee is ily a non partisan politi rHELADEI.PIIIA'S TBAX8IT Mbleg i are in contract to the har iiou race relations in New ark'i transit system where 4500 I the ernpioyep are colored, grange from laborers and porta Xo motormcn, conductors, tsa dispatchers and station kmti. Such contrasts between miles apart make cen Miutlanii about Ameiiran race hazardous and blanket wtioin difficult. Local tradi mt play a big; part.

I 1 Consider the marked differ jsces between "Chattanooga Id Memphis. Galveston and Isuston, i i nati and veiana, avannan ana ai ttta, Decatur, and Opelika! teetimes adjacent counties ave entirely different race slations. It will be a sad Sywhen they are the same prywhere, because they will V. 1 i. i York, target of tlie Nation' Pt intf'ns' smear campaign be ne to stem in nur intervention, won the OOP nom Son nevertheless.

Those who Fish's championing of the dUftion of the no discrimina imendmont a th Selective iw Art will be rratinetl, and him in November. War MannAwer officials week decried statements; n.Hdf? about an early to the war which have; pssed thousands of wari rTksrs to nuit their iobs.i harr; Bering production. sre Quite rieht. Talk' quick victory over the I is to keep! SDirits. The con Kiv into 1946 deal of some kind.j rto: r.o A' the Allies are 'jf another deal be Hitler and Stalin.

HlR JHLL'S REPORT on ro rn'in5 of London reveal a ri utiy rhanje military strat tanks, airplane, axstl at sjiiri. as obsolete as wwx.w s. Vou cannot langb off 'n 'Tnal instrument that In damages 8000 i iijuw neopie. 3r forces migration of jLr i Mr is no limit to fc rotwt boinn can ne t'i fly. given sufficient pro fens i here are no non Hther ide.

all this horror perpe Lhristian nations each other, news "paean" India ''her famine is im feiggest aid is com from British capital own India, but from ew oy 4. Col. II EL I TOR I A An American Contrast Last Friday night the world famous Madison Square Garden was vibrant whM? the exultant shouting and a claim of more than 15,000 rabid prize figfW' spectators. Every" our was'repre sented. There were injured and maimed heroes from all the fighting fronts and the seven seas.

There were multimillionaires, Wall Street brokers and war plant workers. There were New England Yankees and Southern die hards. They had come to see a fight between the two best little men In the world Bob Montgomery and Beau Jack (Sidney Walker), both' of whom are Negroes. The admission price was a war bond, ranging In value from a $100,000 bond for the best seats to a $25 bond for the least desirable ones. The effort gained $35,864,900 in war bond sales.

The fight was a corker each fighter giving to his limit of strength, skill and endurance. Both fighters are in the Army and there was no purse or remuneration of any kind except the cause BUT WHAT A CAUSE. They fought to cleanse America of her color and race hates and prejudices. They fought to repudiate forever the damnable lie that there is a master race. They fought to make America a true symbol of tolerance and goodwill.

They fought for all the ideals dear to the hearts of downtrodden people everywhere. These purposes and yearnings must have been In the minds of the contestants, for they have felt the heel of the oppressor. At the very moment these Negro fighters were being bruised and battered, voluntarily and beyond the call of duty, 6,000 white American motormen and conductors in one of the contestant's home town, were striking to prevent Negroes from being employed as conductors and motormen. I City officials and prominent citizens appealed to the strikers to remember the good name of Philadelphia and the Injury that business and Individuals were sustaining by their heedless strike. High federal and Army officials reminded them that this is the jsecond largest war production area In America and that there Is a critical shortage of manpower, and In certain type essential war goods.

And that the war fronts would suffer by the needless sacrifice of life due to their wanton stubbornness. Many of these workers have sons at the front. Yet their hate and prejudice was so intense and bitter that none of these appeals prevailed. By their own considered choice these strikers elected to defy and betray the United States Government, rather than work with eight Negroes. They preferred to Inflict millions of dollars in damage on their neighbors and city rather than seeNegroes wear the same uniform.

They elected to sacrifice the lives of their countrymen, and if need be, their own sons, rather than abate by a tithe their prejudices. Ther referred to oppose eight Negroes here, rather than to servl rnK eTeryerA hat so consuming, perverted and mmxmi defies understanding The' company roster of employees discloses these strikers are Irish American, Italian American, German American and Jewish American, from all of Europe and oer hyphenated peoples. These peoples, who have sought America as an asylum from the injustices and persecutions of their native homes, have turn become per sttc The oppressed appear to always look for others whom they may oppress. The measure of them prejudice and their community standing is revealed by the fact (Continued on Paga k. Col, h) i Til Uahaumr nro motes race hate.

ill mannered ehavior promotes race Unethical or tmiuoaa jr Bridgeport Boy Surrenders to Dead Gernufa By RANDY DIXON Courier War Correspondent WITH ALLIED FORCES i IN NORMANDY Circum stances have worked a subtle alchemy on my soul and all my gaiety is gone. I'm thinking that if I die I must go to heaven as I've been through every gate of heiJ. I have wended my way no front to contact the U.S. Nejrro Signal Construction Corps laying military caoie nnes unaer nre. You may have heard of the two Negro soldiers who 15 Germans.

They belong to this unit. You may not have heard of the soldier who surrendered to a dead German. He belongs to this unit. If you have heard of the untt wmcn laid cable lines all the way into Cherbourg and is now following as close behind the front lines as tactical developments permit, well, this unit is it. SHELLS SCREAM OYER DEFENSES It was necessary to cross acres of smashed defenses' and deep lay ers of uncleared rubble mine fields and booby traps to reach the unit.

Shells screamed past. Villages surrounded by circles of brownish shell craters, mere shattered remnants of habitations, were common sights. The Germans were dug in a half mile away on the road parallel to ours. Huge armadas roar overneaa. ji is our saturation bombers, softening things up preceding a major break through.

The bombers swing into thetr runs to discharge their liberating cargo. Our momentary silence is shattered by low hums of conversation, and movement spreads across the only buffer against demoralizing terror our split trench terrain as we scurry to our sanctuaries. A silence falls. Then the explosion! Atop a pole Sgt. Charles Turner from Virginia continues stringing wire undisturbed.

He is perfect sniper bait. Some Of our bombs fall short. More fall short. Turner stays put. Dirt and fragments fly by from a nearby crater.

I'd give an arm to get out of this spot. My fright is eloquent in its reality. DANGER BECOMES ROUTINE WORK I can guarantee by my experiences the hazards and perils these lads live with routine 'abandon. Any endeavor to dis count the assertion that regardless of classification, every troop in Continued on Page 5, Col. 4) RAP RACE BIAS Jy GEORGE PADMORE LONDON (Via Wireless) Two issues, both vitally affecting the civil liberties of British and Amer ican colored, peoples, reveal xne attitudes of the supreme lawmaking bodies of the United States and Great Britain.

Just as the U. S. Senate streneously opposed legislation against lynching. Parliament refuses to enact legislation making the color bar a criminal offense. Nevertheless.

British high court judges are expressing themselves forcefully against cases involving racial discrimination. This is ciearly shown in the case of Leary Constantine, where Judge Sir Norman Burkett gave judgment in favor of the West Indian cricketeer in an action against the Imperial hotel. STRIKING VICTORY FOR NEGRO RIGHTS A striking victory for Negro rights and a defeat for race prejudice was scored before the Liverpool high court when Judge Hem merde, president of the Liverpool (Continued on Pan i. Col. if AM By JOHN P.

DAVIS, Courier Correspondent tT T.m;iS. Mo. Now that the long awaited FEPC hearings in St. Louis have been concluded, it is possible to mane some appraisal iof" their value and significance. These hearings the first since the; 'relative silence of the FEPC for the long period during which it; was fighting for a Congressional onnrnnrlltlnn VVPIP looked UDOI1 "KK BRITISH gle many Negro people here as the max of a long and bitter strug to integrate Negro workers, especially Negro women, into St.

Louis industry. In fact, there was everywhere apparent an over expectancy that the FEPC hearings would be a cure all of the grave and acute problems of discrimination that have existed in the St. Louis area since the beginning of war industry here. The fact is, however, that nothing has developed out of the hearings to justify the hope that the employment patterns in this area will be materially changed. Despite the valiant efforts of local St.

Louis organizations to blast at jim crow industry practices, the hearlnes moved alone at a slow pace without much promise of real! accompusnmem. COMPANY PLEDGES NO BARRIERS BUT For example, charges were lev eled at the St. Louis Shipbuilding company by counsel for the FEPC. i It was brought out mat me com (Continued on Page 5, Col. 1) VV DAUGHTER IORN TO THE JULIAN STEELES OF ROSTON ITS ON TO IERLIN TROOPS IN FRANCE right, our froopt of R.IJ AHIII.ry baH.ry mplc First Amrien Nagro troops attionad to combat on a 155 mm.

howitzar in Franca. Tkasa battarymaa tha Normandy Invasion Coast (photo at laft), shown follow tho advanca of ths infantry and sat up saw laaving thair troop train at Charbourg. In scana at positions. INS Photo. TMIILEY STRIKERS LOSE: fJMOES STAY U.

S. Arrests Four Strike Leaders Troops Guard Ketiirning Workers By JACK SAUNDERS, Siff 'Correspondent PHILADELPHIA. Pa. The back of the Philadelphia Transportation company "hate" strike, which started last Monday night because employees resentea tne upgrading of eieht Neeroes. was broken here Sunday night, but only i Recorder Of Deeds Rites Held For W.

J. Thompkins WASHINGTON Dr. William J. Thompkins, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia since 1934, died last Friday in Freed men's hospital here, after a prolonged illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Metropolitan AME church, with Bishop J.

A. Gregg officiating. Dr. Thompkins, was born in Jefferson City. July 5, 18S4.

He was a graduate of Lincoln University. the University of Colorado, and the Howard University School of Medicine. In 1905 he served a year's internship in Fteedmen's hospital following (Continued on Page Col. 7) Foreshadows Post War Problem FEPC Is 'Ineffective, At St. Louis Hearing warier ine case iiau un tnicu to the White House and the U.S.

Army had moved in to maintain law and order. Officers of the regional office of the FEPC. located fffere, stated McMenamin Monday morn ing, that their order, which insisted that Negroes be upgrad ed to tanks of motormen and conductors, still stands. They further stated that they expected the Negroes, listed to receive in struc i as trolley car operators the day the strike began, would start rec i i instructions with in the next 48 hours. The whites returned to work Sunday night, knowing that they had lost the issue for which they struck.

The Army has also declared that instruction of Negroes will be resumed immediately. NEW ANGLES BEGrN TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY As FBI agents started a complete investigation, and as a grand jury inquiry was scheduled for Wednesday morning of this week, several new angles, which rather definitely pointed to company ac Continued on Page 4. Col t) AT NOTRE DAME rraner Fr Thompson, II year old PhiladeU pfiian, is now a pr medical student BOSTON. Mii Mr and Mn Juiien. under tna Navy's 1 2 program ai hirth of a daughter, fcmily, oorn at Mondav moraine.

Au(ut 7 at Richard 1 from Graat Ljkas, Thompson it ann House Steele nl be Ska firsf Kiev Nere tared aa tha Inreiw Fatly n.m. of ex vtcs preside a l. Charles O. Cava. Da ma.

A Oh, Liberty! What Crimes Are Committed in Thy Name! When Patrick Henry, a Virginian, not held In too high esteem In his day, declaimed against the British' struck his breast and "Gtv me liberty ee grve me death!" he uttered words that have Inspired millions of Americans since, and that have earned him a secure and haloed spot Ih American history for centuries to come. When Charles A. White, a Negro war worker, during the transit strike In Philadelphia last week, called to deny Negroes jobs, entered Independence Hall, struck the Liberty Bell with a paper weight and cried: "Liberty bell, oh, liberty bell liberty, that's a lot of bunk!" He was arrested and later sent to a hospital for observation. When a white man makes a dramatic gesture for liberty, he is apostrophized as a hero. When a black man makes a dramatic gesture for the same liberty he Is sent to have his head examined.

SAYS COLORED WAC IAN0 WAS NOT AUTHORIZED DE8 MOINES. I. Tha colored WAC band at Fort De Moinci wii dlabandad because it was never authorized, accord trig to Col. Frank U. McCoskrie, com mandlns osicer rv American SOLKERS NOTHING A A rlsiriffTTVy ft ft ft 1 as it ii mm WUI1F 6.000 WOULD BE AMEArCAM WHITE MEN IN PHILADELPHIA.

UNI 1 1 iu dADOTAuc TJit WAR EFFORT. IIIIILI. UNllt iu 3A0GTAGE THE WAR EFFORT tm VOL. XXXV No. 33 Signal Unit Works Under Shell Fire LtYI HATURIS LATEST NEWS LEAOEt IN ADVERTISING.

CIECULATION AND NEWS PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1944 CLEAN AND FROfttJSSIVI OJCUI)(l)101O 6 PRICE TEN CENTS Group Loses One Plane In Wild Dogfight Twelve Plane Formation Bests Fifty Of Hitler's "Supermen" Jo Louis in Italy SOMEWHERE IN ITALY (By OUie Harrington) The joe Louis show arrived In the Mediterranean theatre of operations, this week. The show is booked solid with engagements straight to September IS. By OLLIE HARRINGTON (Courier War Correspondent) AN ADVANCED AIRDROME IN ITALY In one of the few instances when Nazi pilots have had the jump on them, the hard flying pilots of Col. Benjamin O. Davis' Mustang group, in a 12 snlp formation.

led by the squadron commander, Capt. Lee Rayford, Washington. D.C., came out from behind to score a smashing defeat over 50 of the Luftwaffe's highly touted fighter aircraft. Eight of the Nazi "Supermen" were shot from the skies and the remainder Ths Victorious Ms returned home to lick their minor wounds after sustaining a loss of only oh ship. The Mustangs were winging into Hungary, heading for a rendezvous with their bombers over the Budapest area when the much superior Nazi force dived out of the sun on their formation.

AMERICANS SOON GAIN ADVANTAGE The diving Messerschmitt 109s and Focke Wulfe 190s had a definite advantage over the unsuspecting colored airmen they came in with machine guns and cannpn, but the cocky Americans, breaking into deadly two ship teams, soon stole the edge and engaged the Nazis in one of the wildest dogfights yet experienced by the seasoned group pilots. Their faster, more maneuverable, faster diving 51s smothered the astonished Nazis in a fury of blistering fire, forcing them to scatter and leaving eight of their ships burning furiously over hundreds of miles of Axis occupied countryside. Lieutenants Gleed and Gor bam got two each while Lieutenants Govan and Jackson Leonard, of Fort Worth, Texas, got one leach. Other pilots of the forma tion are anxiously awaiting the The band wii locally organized, but no findings of the intelligence officers the wing camera photograph. each post.

lire Dewey Begins Drive To Woo Negro Vote By JOHN P. DAVIS, Courier Correspondent ST. LOUIS. Mo. Thomas E.

ifewey has begun his campaign to be President of the United States. In a six day trip through the i pivotal Middlewest, culminating in a highly significant tw day con iference with 26 Republican Governots, the Pvcpublican Presidential nominee and his managers have begun to unfold the campaign strategy which they hope will end in victory for the Republican party in November. It is clear from developments on this first campaign tour that: the New York governor and hiai managers are banking heaviiy upon wooing the Negro vote away from Roosevelt by bringing Dewey face to face in intimate friendly contact with Negro political leaders. HOLDS CONFERENCES 1 WITH LEADERS No Delay Los Angeles FEPC Hearings Mast Go On, Ross Insists ST. LOUIS, Mo.

Mayor Cl ni. An. Both at Springfield. "CI nvnivu kjl ijb i heie. Dewey held conferences with geles twice made an UnSUC Biie iae KrouP 01 cessful attempt to nave Mai lican leaders and discussed in de rf, tail his philosophy on the Negro colm Ross, FEHC chairman, call In a meeting with some rsegro Republican leaders of Missouri in Street Railway company, the Statler hotel here last Fearful of tesults in Los Ange Dewey told the group, "I am not lea similar to those which ended one of those people who goes'in a tie up of street car and bus around making promises.

Mv feel lines in Philadelphia last week, ing is, the way to make progress Mr. Bowron sent word to Chair is by action." Ross here, that the situation Earlier, at a general press con in I os Angeles is and ference. he told reporters, in re the scheduled hearings should sponse to a question as to whetherlbe postponed. the Republican governors would! Mr. Ross replied to the message juisi uDs (jiwuitiiio ui iiniiui ilivb.

Dy stating inai int neanngs naa iicic tcui wza iu uc iiu long Deen scneuuieu ana mat ne for such discussion, since there! would not call them off. Later, was no disagreement among the as Mr. Ross was concluding hia (Continued on Page Col. i) VV NO CURRENT PLANS FOR PERMANENT PEPC HEARING WARHINOTO.V. DT IANPi Thre are no immediate plane to continue br nnai work on the hearings held iheie last week.

Mr. Bowron reached him by long distance tele phone and repeated his rentiest' that there be no FEPC hearings. (Again Mr. Ross insisted upon The FEPC chair nu left by nss on lejnaiauon looking ro the estabiiEh plane for the West Coast Thurs Heuee TauradajT' Labor commute revealed Laat "nils pro r. 'Ism vr Uat weak tad, I i.