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PAGE TWENTY FOUR Tfo PltttTSzrsh Ccsritr nnn UbvJ ITUSKEGEE'S flying men prove themselves efficient Iff 1 PR Lb bat raw TUSKEGEE, July 2. At a dusty, booming airdrome in the Southeast Air Forces Training Center, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, wprld's first. Negro aerial fighting unit, is girding for its opening sky joust with the enemy. Horn and training around of the'f squadron is tne new Army lying school at Tuskegee, Ala. In the patchwork pattern of Held over wnicn new negro cyers atoom members of their race look up to wish them well.

A LONG, HARD GRIND For these pilots are getting ebancs they have sought for long time, a chance to fly with the U.S. Army Air Forces and to re ceive Air Forces commissions, Many Negro youths who aspire to be fighter pilots now may become aviation caaeis. iz iney survive the hard grind prescribed for all cadets, whits and black, they will be commissioned second lieutenants in the Air Forces Reserves. Here is their long wanted opportunity to fly. And they are taking it They are flyine! This chance is not to be looked on as all glamor and glory.

A chance to ffy as a fighter pilot is also a chance to die as a fighter pilot. The phrase rhymes. So docs death and combat flying In many Instances. The Negro youths at the Army school know this. The fact does not deter them.

The motto of the Southeast Training center is "Pre pare for Combat." Every fledgling must be taught not only how to fly but how to kill. Slaughter is his business, and Jn war slaughter is a give and take proposition. MUST OVERCOME MANY OBSTACLES All this the young cadets know. They realize the gnmneas of their Job and the seriousness of their purpose. They are at Tuskcgee not to picnio or Better tnemseives.

but to learn to carry flra and destruction to the enemy. As cadets, many already are proving themselves, and are obtaining commis sions. As organized sky fighters they, will have a chance to prove their mettle when the flies out to combat. The cadet. Negro or white, must have a great desire to fly and a greater desire to serve his country if he hopes to succeed.

Look at tha hurdles to bo cleared. To qualify as cadet, a man must As between the ages of 18 and 27. and physically perfect. He must Sass an entrance quiz of 150 ques ons. Accepted for the course, he must nter a replacement center design ad to transform him from civilian to soldier.

Here ho is put through the most concentrated period of military drills, the touchest physi eal workout, and the quickest men tal brushup of his lire. MTJ8T FLY TYPES OF PLANES In top physical shape he tackles the job of learning to fly three different types of training planes, These he must cope with one at a time while learning such prac tical courses as navigation, radio code and mechanics. The ships In the order in which they must be mastered are: the primary trainer, in which each man learns to solo and do acrobatics in elementary school; the faster, heavier Basio Trainer in which he learns night and cross country fly ing by instruments; the Advanced Trainer with even greater weight. speed ana horsepower, wnicn he completes his training period. Then he is commissioned, only to find that he now must try the lightning 20.

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(Adv.) :0: dash snd speed make all training ships hitherto mastered look like slow barnyard hens. This is the type ship he will fly to combat! His first ride in it. and all future rides, must be solo. In its single cockpit there Is no room for an instructor! He has asked for speed, firepower, performance and the chance to take the initiative. Here it is in one compact thunderbolt.

Let him take It. But be sure he can handle it. One mis take in this thunderbolt may be his last. NEGRO INSTRUCTORS These are the difficulties would be combat pilots face. NOw let's look at those thlncs which aid th young flyer at Tuskegee.

ihe neid on which he tests his wings is one of the most expan sive in the country. His instruc tors in elementary school where he either "washes out" or gets his first boost, are experienced Negro pilots When he reaches Army School for basic and all subsequent phases or training, he is taught by white officer instructors who are anxious to get him through if it is human ly possible anxious because each instructor is proud of the students he is able to pass in the course Every white instructor at Tuske gee competed for his place there. OFFICERS ARE HAND PICKED The post, commanded bv Colonel Frederick V. H. Kimble, is under the supervision of a handpicked group of efficient and capable of ncers.

Because hite officers have had much longer experience in the air forces, they act in a suner visory capacity in many departments, but 60 per cent of the of floors at the post are Negroes. Negro personnel handles both airport and airplane maintenance. iegro pilots and cadets flv the alrplares. Negro control tower operators keep air traffic straight. Negro ground crewmen service the planes.

Negro mechanics keep them in shape. Negro doctors hold responsible places in the post's fine new hospital. Negro instructors teach and direct sca demic courses. And Negro specialists and typists of high civil ser vice ratings work in various de partments. THIRD FINISH Everyone connected with the Tuskegee Army school is roud of its rapid development.

A little morej than a year ago the site of the new air field was a high hill an ohe side; on the other a bog hole full of beavers. Today it is shaping up into one of the best air fields in ths country. Approximately 15 cadets entered as the first class last November. About one third of this class came through to obtain Air Forces commissions. Larger classes are now going through on regular schedule and are being at regu lar intervals.

iiost newly commissioned grad uates are taxing tneir places in the cockpits of fighter planes as members of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, or its new sister Squad ron, xne lwtn. If the same rate of progress can be maintained and nothine indi cates a slackening Jn this rate fighter squadrons, manned bv Ne gro pilots should be flying out to engage enemy aircraft in the near future. 1 Rankin Rants On Poll Tax WASHINGTON. D. C.

July 2 Renewing his attacks on advocates of equal icivll rights for colored people. Representative John Rankin from Topelo. direct ed his spleen In the House last Monday against proponents of the hill to abolish the poll taxes in Southern States and advocates of the March on Washlngton This poll tax movement." he de clared, 'is just the beginning of a series of such drives against the election laws of the various states." "These acita'ors." Rankin said. are determined to create trouble iiijifcfinfiGJOG Cultural Whelescr.e Religious Influence Specialized Training fcr Service COURSES OFFERED LEADING TO B. 5.

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aa Satkatbail. Master at C.IJLA. FALL TERM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 10, 1942 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS ST. PAUL'S POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE IJSXTZZZWLZX Scenes at Tuskegee's Army Air School bring" proof that our boys can do the job when given the opportunity. Phases of the curriculum nre shown above.

Top left After several weeks of pre fligrht training. Cadets teach Elementary School where they must solo within 12 hours and learn acrobatics in light but rugged Primary Trainer, shown above. Instructors in Elementary School are Negroes. Top right A lesson in how to fly invisible traffic loutes upstairs' is given new cadets by instructor stooping on ground and drawing diagrams in the dust. In ship behind them they must loop, spin, do chsndelles and other stunts until each is rated "satisfactorj'." Photos by S.

E. Army Air Forces Training Center. Left center Now thnt he has learned to fly pursuit ships. Second Lieutenant MacRoss takes up another phase of Army life. He is now commanding officer for one cf the new pursuit squadrons at the Tuskegee Army Flying school.

He halls from Dayton, Ohio. Insert Lt. Bascom F. Hodge, veteran officer of World War I days in France, who Is back on active d'jty again, this time at the famous Army Fly unjr srnooi. to is pipcuuvb miju tant of th squadron.

Iwcr Ieft nfore barracks' inspection at Tuskegee Army Flying School. Cadet First Sergeant V. E. Punch stralehns tie for fellow "dodo," just to be sure, it's right. Scene is at the Replace ment Center where radets get pie flight training before going to Elementary Flying School.

Photo by S. E. Army Air Forces Training Center. Bottom right Two soldiers from Los Angeles. Private Allan Robinson left) and Pfc.

Larry Wilkens. right, on duty as operators in the central tower, which is 60 feet above the runways. Robinson's home address is 50 E. Fortv nin'h place, and Wilken's home, is at 1355 E. Fifty third street.

Ijds Angeles. Th soldiers work in shifts of eight hours each on this all important Job which directs aerial traffics in snd out of the field. Army Air Corps Photo. all ov.r tho country" His cutpoor'ng was of the type that Japan has found useful for dissemination ar propaganda among tho colored peoples throughout the world, vho are Support ir. the United, Nations their war against the Axi.

and retards national unity in this country. A i I. if hiv9 fceen regular fenturm cf The Courier. Jfr. Srnft hni ben granted a Irnv of nMencs from fits position tt nssiafinf pthfiruif director and ad lir on Segrn Affntu tt thm chairman of thm Ke pubHran Xatlnnat Committer to accept a porition Personnel Dlrte tor at the new thtpvard of th Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Doric Com pani, to tnrnnrd by an aTl Segro By EM3IETT J.

SCOTT WASHINGTON, D.C.. July 2 The critical period of the war has arrived. This fact ia recognized throughout the world. It ia nowhere more definitely recognized than here in Washington, which has become the Capital of the World. America has truly become tn Arsenal of Democracy, lt Is sup plying Implements of war for Eng land, Russia, China our Allies and is meeting our own tu pendous needs.

With all of our war troubles, we are also In the midst of meeting snd attempt ing to solve many domestic lnu'ei which continus to vex and to threaten our unified ef forts to present I a unitea rrom i to the Axis enemies. TROTJBTJES03rJG DOMESTIC ISSUES a1 or. scan i Chiefly these domestio Issues are concerned with. Inflation, executive and directive functions, financing the cost of ths war. labor rrob lems.

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still obtains to xeep Negroes from full participation in the war effort The struggle to overcome present inhibitions has been somewhat long and bitter. Some concessions have been made under pressure, but, as compared with needs and the emer gencies, the response nas Deen negligibly emalL Following in tne slow wane 01 Army and Navy administration, and Departments of ths Federal Government Itself here In Washington and In ths field, great in dustrial concerns have denantiy rejected ths reasoned fores of public opinign, the President's Committee on Fair Employment Prac tice, and ever) other pressure cell ing for fsir play, a squsre deal, for the 1S.000.000 colored reople of the United States, who are citizens of tha Republio by mandate of Constitutional decree. In ths words of Fortune Magazine, "America Is all the American Negro knows." AJIEBIUAX IIEAU ABE CHERISHED The loyalty of their citirenship has never been questioned. They have written many pages of valor and heroism on the records of the U.S. Army and ths US.

Navy. They havs proved their worth and their courage ia ths face of many discouragements and disappointments. They still love America. Its Ideals ara precious to them. Its full opportunities they wish to share.

The equalities of citizenship so cordially granted others they wish to have accorded them without reservation of any kind or degree whatsoever. It Is true thst the sroirlng short age of man and woman power has forced some recognition for Negroes in Government, and In Industry, but tt has not bean ajufrleienUT porrsrfnl to eompletaZy alimlnats persistent discs tmlnatlona and ax 4 tW. iji old traditions. All too slowly have the doors of opportunity been opened, and then mainly by tokeo employments. Th democratic trsdltlon of equal justice to all citizens of ths nstlon has so long been in ths discard that it has be difficult to restore It as a keystone of unfettered democracy.

A PRAISING OUR RESOURCES In our all out. total war offense planning, it is now patent thai there must he a frank appraisal of our tesources of every kind most particularly of a subjugation of the Irritations which keep ons tenth of our Ameilcan population in a critical state of mind These observations concern not the Negro alone, hut the safety and the perpetuity of America It self. They are Interlocked with the preservation of American prin ciples of Government, and all they mean as a part of the deathless heritages which have come to us from the founders of the Republic. This constant struggle of the Negro to establish himself as a serious factor Ln American life should be ended. His plight Is so serious that It Is pure patriotism to tall for a willing and ungrudg ing abandonment of every hin drance likely to Interfere with the victory of American arms, and that oneness of spirit which tri umphs over racial barriers, and intolerances and bigotries of every kind snd character.

The over all survey of ths Negro recently published In Fortune magazine fittingly concluded its dis criminating comments with these words of wisdom which need to be burned Into the consciousness of those complacent persons who have not vet divined ths struggle we ar ln: "In the consciousness of all peoples In ths world, thii war Is being fought for and against the Idea of rtfMv. v. A u'mhhzmm mmzrm Issues CJaiiipeir Our War EfforSs Victory of Our Arms Depends Upon One ness Spirit American Ideals are Cherished By Negro Citizens. Editor's S'ott: Thli ia fas lnt of Mr. Scoffs treeVIv articles ffcit i r.V t.

i ii racial superiority. America's Con stitution Ilka Christianity is based on the principle that every man Is horn with the Inalienable right to equality of opportunity. Whether or not this assumption Is 'realistic' we must either stick to it or change sides. Anything else would he not only Immoral, it would be a military mistaks. For men do not die for causes they ars cynlcsl about; and they canot conquer on behalf of a principle they discount Thst one tenth of our population may lack enthusiasm Is bad enough, but not crucial.

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