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1 ri ft TODAY GEORGE S. SCHUyUR yama's Senator John D. ead suggests to Chief General Marshall that iern Ngro soldiers be wed in the Northern Conlv Knowing that the ji is not going to change fiititude toward our sol and that the Federal (gaaent is not going to it to change. 1 agree Senator tianKneaa, lor IB A YKAR ago this writer th.it egro soldier rwirl in Dixie unless they Labr triMtfd right. Thin waa ii hv many who naively ftipy could pressure Wah into taking iidi' against yrn HiMum.

Report received pit that no I'hunfM have nc Jlni i row rules and the I fteti" ti prevails, even Wr. li circ 5t it nut be wi 1 I circumstances VV MVS i ALL Negro soldiers siern and Northern in outside the South? i is plenty of color preiu4 and discrimination put i the but at least soldiers are not beater. I and humiliated. Senator iihead knows that the. is not going to change i that Washington is not compromising with evil, Iso.

for that matter, is ac rxice or um crowism in armed f(rces. HMKNTIM; PON the Grand hif msh the Cleo Wrlaht, frs. loiiiH dailies have I lr th tment of a Fed uiti lMu hine law by Congreita. iKui't i a law and wnillil iint if thf Knnthtrn fr had not nii ITH ir. f.Hiv'Ht the hill to a WmUI.

s. s. It seems If hit. fo ret bt av inothi hill. Nsro buwball hero Satchel told tr.e A.ssorifltpd last week that entry of eu payers into major i.i i3' r.

fj i Mo Vtii ill 111 rn Judre Lu nil uccessfully be the nice state "A from both a. to knock rrow. 7his is a iess nt man any KOOSKVELT: Hill I it if i iti ii area ha harwomen. uni i int i. i hom rm rnL 'IT k.

Iri.iti'.vl ii'n nnrl nail OTUU. I lluru a. ii gri nve cents 11 hfiilr Il 1 a unci, mh 7 im ooosiea irom Theae are Bahamas, last i 'inal court sen re Nesro rioten egro noters int years. The 'ers i a living food and cloth resented the vvhite workprs more jn an in a day. Windsor flew Islington to 8ct The work getting time ls "iis.

the N. A. A. 4 to into that "Hi .1 the HectJon. it isn't true.

Well. vu 'ivH ay. If 1n "winit 'tlona by 1'. making iniu 1i "'n fUriblA to group do r'' nf Parate racial n'A adopted S'L; A United hi from Kunming. Mer, rePOrted U.S.

firir, in tne uscu is' bWER OF i a A I DCPDIIITC fib IM I ATr rnAL I 1 i i ST NAVAL RECRUITS GRADUATE PROM PRELIMINARY TRAINING 57 Epochal Meeting; Talmadge, Dixon, Held In Nation's Capital, Blasts Rankin And Others As Leaders DA GERED BY. SURPR. FT 15? 3. IBs? 1 9 a I The first eroim of Neern 1 rr M' oouicu ti auudicu aaat inursaay at Lamp gLi Station' niinois' completing eight weeks of pre 2S257n5f TP11 Sent t0 shiP ty immediately while others will enter a third ouP wil1 left behind to train new arrivals. U.S.

Navy Official Photos. BOSTON ATTORNEY GETS STATE POST BOSTON. August 13 r. tiruce Robinson, Boston at torney, was appointed assistant to Attorney General Robert T. Bus nell at Boston Saturday.

Attack ing: by inference the recent brutal treatment of Roland Hayes in Rome. Georgia, Busbjiell' said. "I hope this appointment will in some way atone for the injustices heaped upon Robinson's race in these critical times." i "i WHITE ACTED 8 OAiETS iiTWDMIS TUSKEGEE. Aug. 13 On Wednesday morning.

August 5, at 10 a. another pago in the an Amur fun aviation written when the fifth class of aviation cadets at the Tuskegee Army Flying: School. Tuskegee. Alabama, received wing. The newly commissioned flying officers Include tha following: Sec ond Lieutenant Richard Davis.

vnv. (Teora ia: Willie How ell Fuller, Tarboro. Nortn taronna Casslus Alonso Harria, Philadel nhia Pa.t Earl Eugane King. Bes semer. Ala: Walter Irvin Lawson.

Newton Virginia; John William MfCUirm. Kokomo. Indiana; Leon Claud Roberta. Pri chard. Alabama, and John Waahington Bogen, Chicago, Ililnouu fi i gi mm wm 0 VOL.

XXXm No. 33 PADMORE UTZ" TATD By GEORGE PADMORE (Special Correspondent) ported this week, when Marcellua Green, trumpet player with Erskine Hawkins Band, waa killed and four others hurt. The accident occurred between this city and Chattanooga. as the caravan was enroute to nil a nights engagement. The injured persons are: Saxaphonist Heywood; Avery Pari ish.

pianist; Lee Stan fleld. bass vtolinlst and the band leader's secretary. CAR HITS ROAD SHOULDER From reports, the accident oc curred when a car in the Hawkins caravan struck a soft shoulder along the road, causing the car to swerve into a big rock. Green, whose leff was badly crushed, diea Continued on Page Cot. S) VISITS Courier Correspondent Says Their Conduct Is Good; Efficiency Superb Morale High Admits Some Are Homesick.

FYriJIWFI SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, Aug. 13 EAtLUJl (By Cable) Amidst war torn areas in Britain and. Northern Ireland, Uncle Sam's colored fighters have settled down for intensive training the latest blitz krieg tactics, preparing for the opening of the second front. These lads represent a crosa sec tion of Dixie Land and are ex tremelv Docular with the British ers. Army officials and civilians alike praise their behavior.

Al though homesick amidst strange surroundings, these Afro Amen cans have adjusted themselves re markably well. The commanding officers report that their conduct is good: their efficiency is superb; thear morale is unusually nign. MET BY AFRICAN LEADER I have visited some of the largest camps here and they are typical of the camps in general. At one particular camp it waa necessary to travel overnieht by train and then to complete the journey by automobile. It was a most pleas urable journey as we passed great industrial and agricultural areas.

L'non reach in camp I was met hv Pastor Daniel Ekarte. one of th best known African leaders in RHtain and superintendent of Church Missions at Liverpool. 1 i a waa warmly wsicomea ny mjui Frank Taffel. chaplain and religi ous co orainaior OI ail American campa in thla (unnamed) military mnc. Greeting were also ex changed with Lieutenant Marshall.

a cultured Montana assistant chap lain. OFFICKRS AIIOW KEKN INTEREST Major Taffel outlined me hi plans for the spiritual and social welfare of the troops. The major hails from Louisville, whete lie was pastor of the Fenner Memorial Lutheran Church for 13 years. He was active while there in interracial activities and shown (Continued on Page 4, Col. 5) HAWKINS BAND MEMBER DIES IN CAR CRASH NASHVILLE, Aug.

13 The first band casualty since the ban of the use of buses by the Office of Defense Transportation, was re ONTRARY TO WASHINGTON, D.C.. Aug. 13 (Exclusive) Southerners white Southerners met in this city last Thursday evening to lay plans to combat the menace to national unity in the South which has been characterized by recent public utterances of anti New Deal and anti Negro minority elements among1 whites in the South. These Southern whites, representing a broad segment of union labor (AFL and CIO) in the South and the or liberal white South. came III i ft AMEmCA Stlfe NAVY RENAMES GREAT LAKES CAMP FOR NEGRO WASHINGTON.

D. Aug. IS For the first time In Ita hlatory the Navy Department haa honored a NgTO her by naming a training center In honor of him. It waa announced late Saturday. Tho Great Lakea Training Center where this Navy la conditioning t.OOO Negroes will now be known aa Camp Robert Smallt.

Captain Smalls gained renown on May IS. 1S62. when he ran the Confeder ate tranaport "Planter," on which he waa pilot, out of Charleston. S. harbor and delivered It to the Union squadron.

For hla gallant action he waa later promoted to captain on December 133, and given command of the "Planter, the ahlp he delivered. CRACK ANTI AIRCRAFT UNIT AT TRINIDAD WEEKLY 1111 1 1 vf Lirimi mmltk II flu il Says President Apparently Forgot Statement Made to i ttr I I the Marcn on Yvasnxnjion iaoers Skeptical of McNutt's Supei vision. WASHINGTON. D.C.. Aug.

13 "Stage March on Washington Rescind order transferring of Committee on Fair Employment Practice to War Manpower commission Double Cross These are lust a lew statements heard following the announcement that the President had ordered his former Fair Em nlovment Practices woramii.i.ee. onlv srovernmental milita" organi zation ngnting tor tne rvgnu i th minoritiea in the defense in dustries, into the War Manpower Commission setup. Walter White, secretary of the NAArp. charred in a telegram nt tn tha White House on Thui day that the President had prac tically aounie crossea ment of June IS. to Mr.

White and A. Phillip Randoipn, leaner v.n March On Washington movement. SOUTHERXEBS BLAMED Th mt tlnn was attributed to pressure from southern white poll or. tne wno nava vpfuavu win luiii mlttee's efforts to gain comparable wages for colored and whites In defense industries. Here is what Walter White said In a telegram to Mr.

Roosevelt, Continued on Pane CoL 7) VV KNOXVILLE ELECTS JUSTICE OF PEACE JCNCXVTLLE, Aug. IS For the first time in a quarter of a century, a ixegro waa eieciea as Justice of the peace In the First District here. Last Thursday in the city elections Boyd (Nix) Browder. a janitor In the court house, waa elevated to the office. yt XA A crack gun crew of a Negro anti aircraft unit is shown in action during practice with their weapon at a post in Trinidad, where we now have a powerful base protecting this approach to the vital Panama canal.

These men are highly skilled in the operation of the complicated instruments that comprise a modern ack ack setup. International News Photo. UAW CIO OOEHVEESITIOEa ADOPT mMmm mm V. and the strong condemnation or racial discrimination. The latter resolution, worded in exceptionally atrong language, was passed at the insistence of both white and colored rank and file convention delegates.

It urged Con gress to give FEPC "enforcing powers;" asked for a probe of Klan activities; instructed the union to Integrate Negro women into industry; sought Integration of i'Jegro workers in plants where none are employed: called upon responeinle heads in the government to establish mixed regiments tn the Army and cited the UAW Constitution which reads In part: "To unite in one organization regardless of race, creed, color, political affiliation or nationality, all employees under the jurisdiction of the International Union. i ISSUES DRAW FIRE This union, which met here last week. is the youngest, largest, roudiest and most democratic union in the country. It came dan ztrously close to kicking over all traces, as several points came out in direct opposition to the cartful plans of the unions administra tion. Nothing is sacred to those boy in the automobile Industry, and the queation of rank and file control time and again upset con ventlon deliberations.

The officers of the union shared to an extent the dissatisfaction of the rank and file delegates as to the equality of sacrificing principle to voluntarily make a pledge of no strike" for the duration. They did not want the union to go as far aa It did In challenging the A. F. of L. and company (Continued on Paym CoL I) mmm By HORACE CAYTON (Labor Editor) cutcaco.

13 The United Auto Workers. CIO the largest body of organ itpH workers in the world held its seventh annual convention here last week, with ap proximately 75 Negro delegates among the nearly 1SOO in attendance. rlignilgnimg x.ne convention aiuviuca wcic mc icowiunwiio 't, Courier'a "Double campaign OOSE rao VEU IKE Live Features, Latest News Leader In Aivertmnz, Circulation and Newt Clean and Propwsivai PITTSBURGH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1942 iflrirHifTfTVV PRICE TEN CENTS TROOPS IN BRITAIN III PROBING DIXIE PEONAGE WASHINGTON. D.

C. Aug. to Washington almost dirtctly aa the result of: The Department of Justice is nowjgressman investigating ana prosecuting cases involving violation of the Federal antl peoaage statute la seven Southern States, the Office of War Information announced thla tt'k. 1. The ret'ent statement of Gene Talmadge that aU Negroea who didn't like the way Georgia treated Ita could get out.

2. The recent action of Governor Dixon of Alabama In refusing a federal contract rather than aubmlt to Ita provisions agalnat racial discrimination. 3. The "Racial Relatione" speech delivered before the Kl wanla club of Bessemer. July 22 by Horace Wilkinson, a Birrningham latryer and politician.

4. The action of rn I ted Stulem Senator Bankhead who wrote a requeat to Chief of Staff. General George C. Marshall, to remove egro soldiers from the South. 5.

The assertion hv WUklnsnn that "if there la room enough' in this country for a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, there la need of a League to Maintain White Supremacy. WIDESPREAD CONSPIRACY Among Negro leaders who sat in with these white southerners were Walter White of the NAACP and Channing H. Tobias of the Young Men's Christian Association. These Southerners. In a prepared statement charged that there exists: "A "Copperhead conspiracy in the South to organize an open revolt against the war policies of the government of the United States." INCITE VIOLENCE "Masked under slogans of "maintaining white supremacy'.

the charge continues, "a group of high placed public officials have devel oped widespread propaganda in the which tends to alieniate 'southern people from the Roosevelt 'administration, to interfere with war production, to incite violence against Negro soldiers and civilians." Among the leadera In this conspiracy, according to these southern whites, are John Rankin, con front Mississippi. Gov Dixon of Alabama. Senator Bankhsad of Alabama. Wilkinson and Talmadge of Georgia. These southerners do not think that Dtxotu Talmadge and these otners represent the average.

Theae cases, which are blnfitmnltin' htte South. They believe handled through the Civil RighUithat these. men are using the Ne section of the Crtminsl at a "whipping boy" to torpedo of the Department of Justice, are, the New Deal and Roosevelt. no. the process of Federal grand (tAB MIGRATION jury investigations.

Thy are eager that some actron trials and Federal Bureau of In :0 taken to take the Negro and I vesf ip a inn nrohes. 1 n.jai ijuuitc vub VI UJC liuio The cases are being conducted no that issue which is behind in the following States: Georgia. Dixon and these others can be Texas. Mississippi. Ala ibiought out into the open.

bama. 4: Florida. 3: Missouri. 2: They fear that if the pressure and one each in Tennessee and' Arkansas. (Continued on Page Cot.

31 COHESS MOW E3A POWER TO DO0ME3AT. HfllLITAKT AOEHCV WASHINGTON. D.C.. Aug. 13 Extreme confusion reigns at present in the office of the Fair Employment Prac ROOSEVELT UNFAMILIAR WITH FEPC TRANSFER BIIETtJf D.

Aug. IS President Room. DULLtlllla elt Indicated at hla preae conference on Friday that he may not have been thoroughly familiar with the contents of letters sent to Paul V. Mc.Nutt. head of the War Manpower Commission, and to the Fair Employment Practice Committee, placing control of the Ft PC under the The Chief Kxecutlve aaJd that he doubted very much that one agency haa ben subjected to another.

tice committee, the one militant government agency seeking to break down racial barriers in defense industry, since India Riots Affect Safety Of Troops t.L NEW YORK. Aug. IS rging President Roosevelt to a mediator In the etplosUe Indian situation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Monday auggeated that the President propo the establishment of a board for the military defense ef India, with General MacArthur aa the American member, ta act with one Engtlahman. one Indian and one Chlneee. The Aaeeclatlon alao urged that the President propose that India be granted her freedom now with detalla to be worked out In con ference.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 13 Frenzied mob violence on a widespread scale in a "do or die" campaign to oust British rule in India is causing alarm among colored Ameri cans who fear for the safety of race troops stationed in that turbulent country, Negro troops have been garrisoned in the country for about two months and art on guard with British. Indian and African troops, along with an American air unit, against a threatened Japanese invasion. What effect the uprising will have on the ability of the united Nations forces to meet tha Japanese threat is being gravely debated In Washington circles and throughout the capitals of the Al Continued on Paye CoL 3) DEAN DIXON GETS KAPPA INVITATION NEW YORK. N.

Aug. 13 Dean Dixon has been invited to Join the professional education fraternity. Phi Delta Kappa. Beta Chapter of Teachers' college. Col umbia university, until thla past spring the fraternity had a caJuse in its constitution excluding groes.

rthe President surprisingly shifted me unit last wee, from but super vision to the War Manpower Commission headed by Paul V. Nutt. If there had previously been criticism that the committee lacked sufficient power in its work it is truly so no, aa an offlcia' on Friday admitted that the unit does net know what ita duties anc leral authorities will he until the teorganlzation ia completed. Th committee, it may he said, absolutely lacks ammunition. TEXAS HEARING CANCELLED One immediate effect was th railing off of public hearings if El Paso.

Texas, into unfair labot practices. Lawrence Cramer, secre tarv of the committee declared. Hi also stated that the committee wif hold its regular bi monthly meet ings on August 17. and the ouee tion of reorganization aa a resut of the transfer will undoubted! be discussed. The immediate effect on the per sonnet waa not known.

On July 8. the Preaident alio cated to the committee from hii funds U12Z2 for its operation ant salary expenses for the first quar ter of the year. In a letter Mr. ilcNutt. who has been male ing favorable utterances recentl; so far as the race Is concerned President Roosevelt told him thai the unexpended balance of thai sum ia to he available to carry tlv committee to the end of tha firs quarter.

The President will tnak no further allotments, since Ml McNutt has bean instructed go through the regular budgetary channels. In making the shift. Mr. Roos vtlt la reported not to have co (Continued on Pag CoL Mi 7 1.