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iis I V' lvOL 56. No. 44, KEW YORK, NYS 1942 TWELVE PA v. i sncan To Investigate Apathy Of Wed Infss Meeting it the Braithwaite Bust' bus School en Sunday, commit tee of naturalized foreign bora Ne gross discussed the newly created Anglo American Caribbean Commission and delegated Attorney Lester Taylor to leave for Washington, D. in an effort to interview President Roosevelt and five expression to their view.

The Commission, compoeed of tlx persons, three tram the United States and three from England, la expected to leave en a tour of the West Indian islands to investigate the apathy ef West Indian Negroes to the war effort. The Commission will be accompanied by an advisory commission of three, ene of whose members will be former Federal Judge William Bastie, Ne gre civilian aide to the Secretary of War. Sniuiav'c mMtinf waa aallad hv tne negro foreign corn ciuzens Alliance and was presided over by Dr. Charles Petioni, prominent physician end ene time editor ef daily newspaper in Trinidad. The group expressed disappoint mint that ne Negro was named as i member Of the Anglo American Commission' and that the only Negro representation was on the advisory Cemmlttee.

It was 'voted that Attorney Lester Taylor leave immediately far Washington to see President Iteesevelt tn an effort to ttrsuade the President that there ihould be Mean st the tSSSSatself and fesMhOKr wnmifctoe should Hf havt more ton on Wegro member. Aitsrney Taylor was also in stated to arrange for a confer axt with the President at which lit following persons would ap petr. Attorneys Lucille Chance, Richard Carey. Thomas a Dyett, Herman Stouta. Horace Gordon mnA ln.

tv rww A l' ru'rr. a TMmn. Pruoni A.jawards. I I miwen; iwoseven, are unaries Tiussig. chairman; Hexford Guy Jury February 200 for the slay Tugwell and Coart DuBois.

The in Keelan who they mugged British members were not named and strangled in Mornings! de Park other than Sir Frank Stockdale who Is co chairman of the Com minion. New Ycrk Stffl Largd Cty cf Negress ink Pcr hfca Of 458,444 In '0 Censs WASHINGTON, D. SUtisties released this week by Joseph E. Houchins, specialist in Negro statistics of the Bureau ef the Cen. lus, reveal that New York still ranks as the first Negro city in the United Staes as far as Negro population is concerned.

The 1940 Cenius figures revealed also that Washington, which ranged fifth tn(t Baltimore which ranked fourth, have changed places. The ten leading cities, according to the 1940 Census, and their Negro population follow: 1. New York: 458.444. J. Chicago: 277.731 3.

Philadelphia: 250.880 4. Washington, D. 187.286. 6. Detroit: 149.119.

7. New Orleans: 149,034 8. 121,498 9. Birminghsm: 108,931 10. St.

Louis: 108,763. 30 NAACP Scores Dehy In Moving Negress In Detroit Projwtt I 'sting that 4 the depertare Xyer Edward Jeffries from Detroit is ne excuse for delaying urr the occupancy the Se mnwr Truth Houses by Wegroes. NAACP in a telegram seat en Vtrrh 19. urged Joha Blanferd. 4irecvr of the National Reusing Aftncy, to take the necessary Pt to see that Negroes occupy project immediately.

The NAACP stated tbat al though federal grand Jury krrestiga. Is proceeding, the aucstioa of! erupency ef the nosn4 and afla aetonnination ef whether or mob rule opposed to tar fed government win be perait to continue are the issues. The association is continuing to fuh for further action by the TJ. psnd jury In the hope of ob mdiotaicnU agsina the Mdtrs ef the mob involved. I tods War Effort Oa AirfccTj Ccrzsssa Jadge WILLIAM HA8TU 2 lagers Sentenced To Death In Dectric Chair, 3rdjGycn life Two young 'mnggers were sentenced to die in the electric chair and a third was sentenced to Hfe imprisonment Jq General Sessions Court Friday by Judge GolaV Stein.

They were swjctoi ef LJ Mfhg Joseph Gnekn, Wist 123rd street, tn Morninjsioe Park en November 4, Ml? The pair sentenced to die tne electric chair the week ef April 2i were James Clark, 21, of 147 West 144h street, and Lawrence Edwards, 286 West 140th third youth, tf West 13lst street, also convicted of first degree murder. Bercy by the Jury, was sentenced to life im prlsonment. thm. were convicted bv a while be was returning to his home after escorting home some women friends ef his wife. Greek Letter Frat In Plan To Rccove IbrTojcYKtes As a result of a movement start ed at Ohio State University, the membership ef Phi Delta Kappa, American educators' national honor fraternity, has voted by 4,848 to 3,285 to revoke the "white clause" in the fraternity's constitution and admit men of all races.

To invalidate the clause, how ever, a two thirds vote ia favor ef its deletion must be obtained in a ehapter by chapter referendum, Au stin A. Cole, president of the Col umbia University chapter, plained. The white clause reads: "Only white males eg good character should be eligible for membership ta this fraternity. torn irawrnny was raced with a revolt among Ha members last month ever the question of admitting necHwhitos. The fight was precipitated when the national execu tive council of the fraternity condi lonauy revoked the charter of Ohio State University's Sigma Chapter because it had admitted Negro and Chinos to membership.

The proposal to repeal the "white clause" was then placed before the membership of chapters in fifty two American colleges and aniver Utoa the inembcrship of tainycuae field Chester. Kr. Qole said that 1L94I baUeta ware asm out ana feet 9811 mam ben did not veto an the refcren duns. Mr. Cole and the Columbia chapter have been active support ers or the position taken by the Ohio Stale chapter and have urged that the clause la dJpulebe fry 1 1 at a Ccnnits S'icHe By Hanging Over Stairs Of 7th Ayesrue Apt.

Several weeks ago he registered for the first wartime selective service draft. Two weeks ago he moved from 203 West 139th street without leaving his new address. Today he is dead a suicide by hanging. His body now lies in the city morgue awaiting relatives to claim it for burial. The first Inkling ef the tragedy, caused apparently because he found the "going too tough, came 6:30 "Monday morning when Aaron Anthony, resident of apart ment 4, at 2372 Seventh avenue.

was leaving his home for work. Re started down the stairs and then recoiled in horror for dan gllng from the banister of the stairway leading from the top floor to the roof was the body of man whom police believe to be Robert Bullock, 45. last known ad dress, 203 West 139th street. Anthony summoned Patrolman Washington of the 32nd Precinct who took the body down. It was suspended by a scarf which was tied around the man's neck and around the brace of the stairs.

Dr. Fubler ef Harlem Hospital pro nounced the man dead. Detectives Hanley and Neylon who were called to conduct an in vestigation reported mat a search ef the man's effects revealed a lective service card bearing the etV Robert Bullock, several pawn tickets and. suicide note. At the lavih street eddrWV rLti 'm nntiivxv had.

moved several weeks ago without leaving his new address. 30 Air Force To Train 77,000 Negroes Bat Dcesnt Reveal How The U. S. Army Air Force has said that it will train 77.000 Ne groes this year, but It won't say whether they will be bombardiers, scouts or laborers around air fields. i onel Fred Milner of the AAF said in response to an inquiry from the NAACP that "plans for the training of Negro Aviation Cadets have not been sufficiently crystalised to admit of publication." When M'lner answered the NAACFs appeal of February 18 for the abolishment ef the quote system because It shuts out a large number of colored youth whe want to Join the air arm.

he said that "facilities for training Negroes will be expended air rapidly as possible and will be In creased as soon as facilities be come available." Ne word about whether or not colored cadets would be accepted at all training bases where facilities are already available was said. The NAACP told the AAF that "colored people are keenly interested in the actual number of pi lots being trained. They are beginning to ask bow many ef their men wiB receive training as bom bardiers or tn reconnaisance work. They already know that certain units known as "aviation squsd rotis have Negroes but that these units are merely laborers around air fields." 30 Ginje Worker Ghrca 15 Yon Fcr thsdicjlter Convicted ef second degree manslaughter for the slaying ef 23 year old Frances Marks on Febra cry 22. 1940 Charles Adams, Negro garage worker, was sentenced to 10 to 30 years Smg Sing by General Sessions Court Judge John A.

Mullen Wednesday. "Bir the time yon get out ef Sing Sing." said the Judge, "I hope your sea proclivities will have been curtailed." Miss Marks, bookkeeper in garage at 312 East 98th St where Adams worked as a car washer. was found choked to death In an excavation aot far from the ga raee. There was no evidence of rape as had first been suspected when the girl's body was found. At the trial Adams was accused ef vying to coax the girl when she screamed and be choked her to keep her aatot Voder the Baumes Law, Adams was sentenced as a third He, wm convicted of rape tn Connecticut I 1913 ad rape la 1939.

and attempt Editors ffcii Letter To President Wb Support; Mi Idrchd To Honor Negro By CONatAB CLARK WASHINGTON, D. C. In an swer to an "Open Letter to PresW dent Roosevelt," wntten by Edit or Fred R. Moore in last week's edition, of The New York Age, Congress has received two, bills authorizing the presentation ef a Congressional Medal of Honor to be presented to Doris he roio Negro mess attendant at the Pearl Harbor attack on the' U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Calling attention to the fact that the Navy has recently honored naval and civilian heroes of the Pearl Harbor attack but had ig nored the heroic Negro messman, Editor Moore said in his open letter that some appropriate recognition and honor wiH swsrded to this heroic young man." On Friday. Senator Jaines'Mead. of New York, suggested to the Senate that the Congressional Medr al of Honor be conferred on MH ler, declaring that "it ia fitting and proper for the Senate to honor all American soldiers and sailors regardless of color, or creed." The same day Represenativcj John D. DingelL of Michigan, made the same gesture in the House of fep reseniauves. Senate bill 2392, was introduced by Senator Mead authorising the presentation of a Congressional Medal of Honor to Doris Miller.

The bill was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 'Representative Dingell introduced the companion bill in the House of Representatives, HJL fiOge) and It wat also rafecrcd to ttocCbnuntt tee orNhral Affairs, '1 In the meantime the eyes of the nation turn to Congress to see what action, and how soon, it will take on this bill to honor the outstanding Negro hero of the war. who has thus far been ignored. 30 Head Asked To Speak Out On Negro EmpIoyEent Denials Boss ef wartime industry. Don aid VL Nelson, wss asked by the NAACP last week why, in his many radio broadcasts and statements for' the press, he hss not nentioned the widespread failure ef industrial plants to use Negro manpower.

The NAACP aid: "We believe that a word from you en this mat ter would have a tremendous ef' feet in directing the heads of em ployment to an American and an unquestionably loyal labor supply which up ta now has scarcely been topped." The NAACP also asked Nelson. ii. effect, if the War Production Board would permit Eugene Tal madge. Governor of Georgia, to dictate how workers will be paid a. the new plant of th Bell Air craft Corporation to be built 17 miles from Atlanta, Talmadge i serted in a recent speech before the Capital Dub in Atlanta that if Negroes were employed at the plant, they would not be paid at same rate as white workers for the same work.

This Associa tion believes," Nelson was told. "that the War Production Board ought to take a hand if such policy is in truth to be instituted. "We submit that a will to win the war is inseparable from production and that 13,000,000 Ameri can Negroes will not be convinced that the war Is worth fighting If they arc to be discriminated svainst so grossly and so unfairly by their own country in the production of war machines." A IM OF IE TOR A Week ef the War" toss Merasattoa ea CM tsaaertaat eaneleeeaeato ef the week node available by eaTictal aearecs tareagh I p. as. Monday, March 23) WASHINGTON.

D. President Roosevelt proclaimed. April as Army Day and asked the nation to observe by resolving firmly "to spare no effort which may eon tribute to the speedy creation ef the arms and supplies Indispensable to our citixens army. He said "We arc engaged In our greatest war, a war that win leave 1 wwe ef our Jlvej holly untouch 1 ed. We win taia war ae rrr TFl s.s 1 i 8enator JAMES M.

MEAD 5 Of 9 Sccttsboro Bojs Still Seniq Tee After 11 Years March 29 win mark the eleventh year ef the world zamous acorn bote case and the 11th year of kiavprlsonment lor Ave at the nine yi nt Megre boya.fcwhe ware vfcwMzed wit rraenuup, uw LJJ. out Monday la an appeal for 'letters of encourage ment snd support to ne sent to we boys in their prison cells. "The Scottsboro Boys who are still in jail after eleven years hsve become the vetersn frame up vie timt" the I.LJ5. said. and March 25.

1942. will mark exactly eleven years of their' incarceration. Tne world knows they are Innocent The fight for their vindication and release has never for a moment been abandoned. Messages of sup' port from all ever the country will cheer them greatly." The Scottsbort Boys whe arc still in iail are: Ozie PowelL serving 20 years in Atmore State Farm, Atmore, Ate. Andy Wright, serving 99 years In KUby Prison.

Montgomery, Ala. Charles Weems. serving 75 years in Kilby Prison, Montgomery. Ala. Clarence Morris, serving life to Kilby prison.

Montgomery, Ala. Haywood Patterson, serving 75 years tn Atmore State Farm, At more, Ala. Hlorier Prole Starts Whca Shatter's Body Is Fcsd Squatters in the vicinity of Hunts Point and Longfellow sve nues sre being questioned follow ing the finding of the body of Charles Evans, 32 year old Negro squatter, in a lot there, Monday. A wound over the left eye ap peared to be a bullet hole. The body clad in pants and shirt over a pah of pajamas, appeared to have been dragged to where it was found about a block from the shsck In which Evans lived.

There were Do shoes on his feet, but slipper was found near the body and another about 25 feet away, Detectives of. the Homicide Squad and from the Simpson Street precinct are awaiting a re port ef the autopsy, but in the meantime arc seeking to trace Evans activities up to the time of his death. we have won every war we have fought war Secretary stimson sn nounced the Army will train 100, 000 men and women tor civilian Jobs si overhaul and and repair mechanics, inspectors at Govern ment arsenals etc Men must be outside the age requirements for Selective Service. Applications may bo made at any Civil Service Commission local office. The House passed and sent to the Senste a bill to create a volunteer Army Auxiliary Corps of women between 31 and 49.

Ground Forces Commander Mc (CeaBsaieel ea psga acvsa) ARREST Y0U1 F0R1WCIDE Held Most BaO Fcr Sfsctzg Ilesitr Of Riwi Ssdal QuV Accused of fatally shooting a 14 year old junior high school student during a clash between two rival social clubs. 18 year old Er nest Blake, of 213 West 133rd street, was, held without bail by Magistrate Keutgen in Manhattan Felony Court Thursday for a hear ing on April on a homicide charge. Blake was said by police to have admitted firing the pistol shot which killed Arnold' Amos, 14, of 225 West 133rd street, in front of 321 West 136th street. Wednesday night. A J2 calibre revolver, with which the younger boy was slain, was found in a laundry bag in Blake a home, police said.

According to police, the two clubs, the Nomads and the Celtics. came involved in a dispute last week. The trouble between the two clubs was said to have started when Amos, a member of the Nomads, was taking home a girl who had been claimed as a friend of the Celtics, and was attacked by members of that Wednesday night the members ef the Nomads, Amos, started a march on the dub ef the Cel tics. A hettle broke out' during which a shot "Wss fired and The Amos boy slumped to the ground witn a ouuet wound in tne head The other boys scattered and fled. An ambulance physician found the boy beyond aid.

Blake was taken into custody after 17 witnesses had been' questioned at the West 135th street po lice station by Detectives Barts and Lalor and Lieut Sullivan. He i said to have admitted firing the shot in an effort to frighten the rival club members but police said claimed he did not aim the gun at anyone. We Makes Elcpnt Plea For Eolistnicnt of Negroes to Navy, Demands Real Democracy at Home Joining the ever incresslng number of prominent citizens who have given voice to opposition of the dr standard of democracy, Wendell Willkle. 1940 Republican Presidential candidate, attacked the policy of the Navy Department which bars Negroes from enlisting except as mess attendants. Spesking in the grand ballroom of the Commodore Hotel Thursday evening as chairman of the inaug ural dinner of Freedom House, Mr.

Willkle cited the heroism of Doris Miller. Negro messman at Pearl Harbor, who has thus far gone un recognized by the Navy Department whiel other lesser white he rocs hsve received medals. com mendation and public acclaim. "This meet." said Mr. Willkle.

is the Inaugural dinner of Freedom House, a house, si Its name indicates, symbolizing freedom. Its membership dedicated to the advancement of the cause of freedom throughout the world. "Obviously among the purposes is the encouragement of our arm ed forces who constitute the battle line on which we flint for free dom everywhere I wonder some 1 times, whether we arc in ite Sides In Vt' WprcMOBBBBjrjlj Dr, CHARLES A. PETIONI Doctors Here Open bt Army Estabiiskent Of Patient Diss Ia Leap Frca Wisfaw 8RARLII NOWCAN ALBANY. If, Y.Craxed 'with fd vi rNathante: of SS Spencer' street, leaped from his in the Hospital, on North Pearl street, Thursday morning.

He was a pneumonia patient at the hospital Hospital attendants picked him up, after his plunge, taking him to the emergency ward where he died several hours later. Captain Walter J. McDeimott sr, in charge of the night squad, igned Lieut. Philip J. Fogsrty and Detective James Hall to Investigate.

On March 5th, Mr. Willkle con (Centinaed ea page aeven) Raps Navy's Intolerance WENDELL L. WILLKIE S. C. Megrccs Qnt Be At FL Huachuca not a Uttle pharlsaical or perhaps ever presump'uous in our high COLUMBIA.

8. Negroes arc minded statements about enrolling to Vote in the Democratic Are we always as alert to practice primary here, but a resolution It here at home as we are to pro passed by the City Democrstic exclaim It abroad? Do we accord ecutrve committee may successful frtmJf citizens? prevent them from exercising 13 NeT0M arc to rote in the eonai heroism of men and officers n.i, M. during the Pearl Harbor attack. primary, the NAACP occurred misX Ne 'Z wU1 mesa attendant who never before bad fired a gnn. manned a machine gun on the bridge until the am mitUxi to 41 munition was exhausted." A Ne mult the suit 4ed by Mrs.

gro mess Who was he? Lotu Gaffney of Gaffney, S. For weeks newspapermen and col C. three others because elec umnlsts asked that question of the tion Judges refused to allow them Navy Department Letters began to register tor the 1940 presidential to ene tn fwn all over the coun primary, the. NAACP stated, try. Commentators began to speak ThwTeaalattoa passed by the City of the uuamad Negro mcssaMa rscrstic'execuUve caeaiaittat ea fMcal Ccntrcvcrsy 1 Dr.

GEORGE CANNON Nero Hospital esEirvathn In an emergency meeting held, at the Aesculapian Club, 44. Edgecombe avenue, Friday, 125 mem' bers of the Manhattan Central. Medical Society gave endorsement to the society's militant, fight against discriminatory policial ot the United States Army, and condemned the proposed plan to establish a Jim crow hospital at Fort Huachuca. Ariz, The meeting called by Dr. Geo.

D. Cannon, president, heard Dr. M. F. Bousafleld, ef Chicago DL, chairman of Committee on Negro Health of the Rosenwald Foundation and of the Procurement and Assignment' Service, tell of the government's plan to establish the Negro base hospital at Fort Hua chuca, with vacancies for some 32 Negro doctors on the staff with army commissions ranking from Colonel down to First' Lieu tenant.

Numerous and spirited objections were voiced at the meeting and doctors present pledged that there would be no volunteers from New York willing to enlist ia the. Army under those circumstances. (The New York Age learned an Monday that one af the doctors oa Monday had been offered a commission as Lieutenant Colonel 'if he' would immediately leave the city and proceed to Fort Huachuca. While refusing to allow his name to be used nevertheless indV cated (hat he had received a long distance call from Chicago and had turned down the offer. The doc tor, incidentally, if drafted would enter the Army with the rank ef First Lieutenant) After Dr.

LucienM. Brown, chair man of the Society executive committee, had summarized thi feeling of the doctors here against the proposed setup. Dr. George Cannon, president, and Dr. Arthui Logan, secretory en behalf of the society dispatched the follow ing telegram to Surgeon Genera) James Magee of the V.

Army; Archibald MacLelsh, director ef OFF; Dr. Frank president, A MA, and Theodore F. Berry, llason officer. Group Morale. OFF: "Manhattan Central Medical Society representing all Negro phy sicians of New York City.

Is unalterably opposed to continuation of discriminatory policies of armed (Ceininaed ea page aevknt. 87 Years ToVete January 22, shortly before the trial in the Gaffney case occurred states: "Every Negro applying to vote in the city Democratic primary ntust be known to have voted the Dem ocratic ticket continuously since 1878. According to that, a Negro must be at least 87 years eld and must have voted the Democratic ticket for the last 8 years to be eligible now. City officials are quoted at saying that enrolment clerks have been Instructed to allow Negroes to enroll but that quallncatione for voting in the primaries must be met before they can The Columbia branch NAACP has already succeeded ia getting 89 persons to enroll and h) aiming al a top figure af 500, I 1 I If.