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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1941

Dr. Weaver |

Reveals
Advances

~ OPM Chiefs See

Increased Hiring
In New. Capacities

WASHINGTON, D. C. ~
(SNS)~The Curtiss-Wright
Corporation * will employ Negro skilled workers in the
manufacture of military aircraft at its Buffalo, N. Y.
factory, officials of that corporation informed Sidney
Hillman, Associate Director
General of the Office of Production Management, this
week. Other. leading defense

concerns have adopted simi-|

lar defense hiring policies.

~Several Negro. trainees

have recently enrolled in the
training

q] and are now receiving

this aavelopnieit Was reported
by Charles S. Mattoon director of
personne] for the Curtiss Aeroplane Division, in an answer to Mr
Hiliman's recent letter to defense
contractors calling for the training
ahd employment of Negro worker&
in defsuse production.
WEAVER REVEALS POSITION

The Matoon letter and similar
responses were made public by Dr.
Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the
Negro Employment and Training
Branch of OPM, who revealed last
week that another aircraft manufacturer has promised to train and
employ 1,200 Negro skilled, semiskilled and unskilled workers in his.
plant.

Other responses to Mr. Hiilman~s
letter included one from John G.
Pew, President of the Sun Shipbuilding and. Dry Dock Company
at Chester, Pa. which stated:

~At the present time, ten percent
of our employees are colored men.
They are employed in the following departments: Forge and Blacksmith Shops, Foundry, Pipefitting
~Department, Bolting and Reaming.
Rivetting, Storeroom, Yard Majntenance, Bending Shop, Garage
and Janitor Servite.~

G. K. Throckmorton, President
of the R.C.A. Manufacturing
Company in Camden, N.J., wrote:
~we were mindful of the matter
~Negro. employment) before the receipt of your letter, arid under ovr
policq we had_ already engaged 2
substantial number of Negro
~ workers in various lines of endeavor
from factory workers to salesmen.~

From Montgomery, Ala. A. C.
Greeson. President of the Greeson
Manufacturing Corporation, wrote:
~at the present time we are using
loca} labor entirely and our crew
is sbout eoually divided between
white and Negroes. We have sevcra] positions held by skilled Ne-.
gro workers and they are given

_ every opportunity to occupy any

jeb they are capable of handling.~
TYPICAL ANSWER CITED

Pointing out that these responses
were typical of the answers being
received daily from defense em~ployers, Dr. Weaver also revealed
that Mr. Hiliman~s letter had been
State Employment

elared:
This statement of policy has a
phases of

Spine wn ts dated pot

URTISS-WRIGHT EMPLOYS RACE SKILLED

Hits Right Notes

Tirst

Lovely Una Mae UCaruste,

colored girl composer to write a
song selecied for the Lucky Sirike

Hit Parade, ~Walkin' Ky The
River~ ~has captivated devotees of
popular music, She appeared on a
recent broadcast of the CBS pro.
gram, ~We, the People~, and told
the story of how she happened to
write the song.

Born in Ohio, Miss Carlisle~s
xbility as a pianist has taken her
to Europe and featured her in
many famous spots ag an center.

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~Council Meets

' FLINT, Mich. ~Friday | evening,

Re 2, the Sourthrn Youth Congress sponsored a rally at the Y.
W. C. A. Mr. Edward Strong, 3
former resident of Flint, was the
vrincipal speaker. The Flint ey
Council was host,

The Southern Youth Congress
doing a very fine work ef Pe
south among Colored youth there.
It needs money to carry on its
work successfully and the meeting
here last Friday caused plans to
be set in motion to raise what
~Flint can to aid this cause. There
were many in attendance at) this
meeting and the enthusiasm) ran
high over the prospect of becoming more efficient and helpful in
the work of developing _ better
members of our society in the future,
| The following
named to take care of the raising
of Flint~s quota of finance: Messrs.~
E. Woods, H. Gibson, and J.
Thomas. A program and research
committee was named by the
vresidént and Miss Genora Rhonenee was made chairman. The
members of the committee were
Miss Vivian Wright, H. Gibson and
James Mugerson. On the entertainment committee: Phyliss Mitchell,
F. Miller, and Ernest Woods. John
Rawls replaced Randolph Morrisen as chairman of finance committee.

H. E. Ward, publicity chairman

J, Rawls, asst.

Dr. J. W. Moore
ToBeMorris
Brown s Speaker

FLINT, Mich.~Dr. J. W. ~Moore
prominent physician of this city has
the signal honor of haying been
invited tc make the principal adGress before the Alumni Association
of Morris Broyn College in Atianta
Ga. at a date set for som: time
in June. Dr. Moore is a very talented member of the medical profession. He is an accomplished
finger, being a ivric tener of some
distinction. His: part taken recertly in the Musical concert in Battle
Creek was gs distinct success and

there. Dr. Moore is doing the
solo numbers in the choir -

the Pre-Centenial ~celebration this,
week. We can say in a word that
Doctor J. W. Moore is a mu
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| ure,

committee was |

the Doctor earned hearty acclaim |:

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Bethel A. M. E. in Detroit during}

FLINT, Michigan~It was a
markly mixed emotional afternoon
iast Sunday a week ago, when
quite a few of our boys gathered
at the Bus station to be off to
camp for Uncle _ Sam~s service.
Many of the mothers and. sweethearts as well as other relatives
were there expressing deep concern Over their loved ones depart
Some weeping, some solemnly
quiet while cthers fainted at the
start of the bus. A huge crowd of
well-wishers were there to bid
farewell to this bunch of the
~flowers of youth~ who were willingly placing themselves at the
hands of our government for the
defense of our great commonwealth, and the cause of Democracy.

Negroes have always contributed. their share to the rool of
sacrifices Democracy has been
called on to ma@Ke from time to
time. Negroes constitute.the.mcst
loyal gruop in this Nation at a!!
times. There has never beei a
traitor among them; no sabateurs;
no spies; no fifth columinists, They
are the true amg tried comapcnents
of our Nation.

~Yet the great majority of memne" or. the: i LOS +31,,;

mic, things political ~dn the South);
and they have been and are the
victims of maltreatment on many
fronts of human liberty and tranquility, In short, Negroes are t.day being denied. equal protection
of the law, in certain parts of

| America.

His children are being traineg in
many of the schools in the land to
ao useful service in its society,
only to be pushed aside into the
non-cultivating non- progressive;
non-inspiring pursuits of our
national existance. This practict
is general and it is countenanced.
fa | by: and jt is often nutured by
tne leaders ang employers of the
land.

When and what will America
have to pay for this unbrotherly

FLINT~S COLORED SELECTEES
LEAVESUN. FOR YEAR'S DUTY

and non-democratic way of conduct towards its most __ loyal,
natural born capable element? The
conscience of our national society
must come to the fore. It must
gain the command of the Nation~s
way of doing, if honest Democracy
is to hold full sway in our land.

Such a spirit which causes the
larger groups of our citizenry to
maintain this widespread practice
of relegating the Negroes to limited liberties in the pursuits~ of
~aconomy, withholding thie due
process of the law to them; of
willfully and purposely holding
them in low esteem thruovz this
land, must.of. necessity be eliminated from the minds of the
many before Democracy can _ produce the spiritual unity so vital to
the safe perpetuation of fundamentals of ~that ever valuable principal we call ~Democracy~~.

It is the spirit of unfair play
which America practices against
these people, that is giving Dictators the Big Stick with which to
hammer ~he Democracies on their
heads.

Negro Youths dre now being accepted in the. World fight for the
preservation-of Real. Democracy. It
is ~te time America ong England

measure

of it. for those who. Cling together
as one, to garner the~ fruitfulhess
of perfect Democracy, and continue to be patient and satisfied
with the meagre portion of. limited
Democracy: they always themseives
are forced to accept.
The cornering of the world's
goods and the maintaining 2
Master-servant Psychosis practiced by the overlords of this earth
upon less organized. peoples.is the
~pone of Contention~ over which
the world is now fighting. Each
Nation must eradicate this evil
practice and substitute for it 2
more equitable philosophy for al

men on the earth before there

can be lasting peace,
Henry G. Resnias, ater undertaker.

CONSUMERS COOPERATIVES ARE
SUGGESTED BY MR. JACQUETTE

1710 S Saginaw Street
Flint, Michigan, May 15, 1941.
By PETER JACQUETTE
To The Brownsville News:

I have waited quite a long time
in this land of untold opportunities to-see if any of our leaders
would get down to real business
wrap themselves in the mantle of
truth and honesty then present us
with a REAL CONSTRUCTIVE
PROGRAM OF SELF-HELP, time
proves that they have failed; so
here I come.

I am submittig this program to
the colered churches of Flint for
their full consideration and approval, I am hoping that
members will read and read it in
order to gain the full significance,
since such a small number of
vs do read, I am pleading with aD
those coming in contract with this
program to pass it on to others so
that all of us can be benefited.

In the church of which I am a
member there are about 100 family
members (meaning father, mother.
and children) with an average
buying power of about $8.00 2
week or $41,600 a year. I have been
with this church about 13 years
It means then that my. church
$540,800 for

3

tad
teal

bread and butter when

in need of good wholesome

To the 100 family. members of
my church I ~ill suggest that we
form.a COMSUMERS COOPERATIVE BUYING CLUB. How!
Each family coul@ agree to pay
$11.00 on the installment - plan
which would amount to $1,100
$100.00 out of thag amount

the:

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Great Britain has a democratic army fighting

for democracy and this is proof
white, This photograph passed by

in black and~
the British cen
L to r are back

| treal;

he charged out as joining fees, to
he used only for educational purpose, The other $1,000 would purchase 100 shares of the club~s capital stock, one share to each family.

It would seem that with $1,000
we could start a grocery store, but
since we are somewhat short of
that kind of experience I think
that it would be best for ys to make
this small beginning in order to
lessen the cost of our experience, a
thing that we cannot so well do
without, I feel sure that God would
not: be displeased with us if we
use that front room in the church
basement since we could get in
end out without using the church
steps,

With such a buying power as w~
have at our disposal I can see
nothing but real success. What 1
want you to bear in mind its that
we would be saving for ourselve?
the profit we are now giving the
other fellow. Just think for 2
moment of all the other kinds of
business which wil] in time come
cut of this small venture, time gnd

also~ saw our people:
hoard of directors, managing stores
~ang controling finance, what a
great change can~t you- see?

I really can~t believe that

~with any better mat

long run that they will think
Donlio%ie wezfne..Ihet much if
better of us and will strive;
to treat us as we should be treatI am in hopes that our. pastor
will get behind this for the good

New Contingent Of Canadians Arrive

be mi; o ee F
gas masks, soon after their arrival in England.

row; Sapper J. Chambers of Mon
Sapper Butterfield of Ontario; Sapper. A.

| Is His Aim.

Decree Removes. ae:
Roman Eagle I
From Palace

~I am determined to see
~that ~ Ethiopia. contributes
still further. to..the ultimate -
victory,~ Haile Selassie told.
Prime Minister. Chars
Saturday. in >a: ~message of

thanks for British ~armed:
support in Ethiopia. ~~

papermen the message~ ~would:
conveyed. to British and.
forces ~who~

tion ~of vemet

Sion~) ~

ADDIS- ABABA ~ (SNS)

(Mr, Churchil] told ~Loddon howe

gaPoee a
patriots in total and: final estrus
Inilitary =

or Riddick To To Be Presented =

rae By NY. Attorney-Gen~l

Wristwatch and Golden Oak Leaves

Are Gifts of Former Associates

NEW YORK CITY~(SNS)~Attorney General John J, Bennett,
Jr., will visit Field Headquarters
of the 368th U. 8S. Infantry, New
York~s famous Negro regiment at
Oswego, New York, on May 13th,
where he will present to Major
Vernon C. Riddick a wristwatch
and a set of solid gold Major~s oak
leaves, the gift. of associates of
Major Riddick in the Attorney
General's office. Mr. Riddick, the
first volunteer from the Attorney
General~s Office, served as an
Assistant Attorney:General until
he was called to active duty several
months age. He was fecently promoted from Captain to Major.

Col, Chauncey Hooper, Commanding Officer~of the 369th, has
invited Mr.-Bennett to review the
regiment on the day he _-makes
the presentation to Major Riddick.
In his invitation Col. Hooper expressed his delight at the Attor~ney General~s expression of affection and esteem for Major Riddick and said it would give him
end the men great pleasure~ to
have the Attorney General review the regiment.;

~Many of the men who contributed toward the gift for Major
Riddick are former members uf
the A. E. F. and of the National
Guard of the State of New York,~
said Mr. Bennett. ~All of them
have a high persona] regard for
Major Riddick as a lawyer and as
a trusted and efficient public
officia] in the State Department
of Law. The entire staff was proud
to,ontribute tovgard this gift for
such a loyal citizen and patriotic
American. ~Hank~ is stil] -regarded
= a Member of our official famiAe

Prior to his appointment as an

Bishop D. W. Nichols
In Baccalaureate
Sermon May 18

a ayers Alaa~( SNS).

Assistant Attorney General, Major Riddick was engaged in ~the
private practice of law, with

offices at 209 West 125th Street,;
New York City. He spécialized *]

labor research and litigation. He
was also active in social, fraternal
and philanthropic work, as wel
af the YMCA.;

Major Riddick~s family resides at
40 Morningside Avenue, New York
City. His wife Dorothy, is a! graduate nurse who served in Lin
coln Hospital and they. have a 17 -months old daughter, Gai] Audrey.

Will Accompany Baritone

ing its occupancy. by Italian. i
roys.. yg: ie

A tity~ toh ~of, Bantoplic susiataall
before him,. Selassie told: newspapermen Saturday morning ~the
enemies of Britain are my enemies~.

He said he is prepared.to. attack

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Health conditions im-the count
is the current problem and rag
day the reconquering of
made ah appeal to pret can =
Cross for medical~ supplies.

He said ~2 new ~cabinet ~will be

Selassie also discussed the possi-:
bility of new road between Ethio-.
Pia western ~ provinces: - ~ thes
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to he D de-.
velop trade. westward. A

With ~all the splendor and beauty befitting the return of a king, ~
Halie Selassie, King of Kings, King
of Zion, Invincible Lion of the,
Seed of Judah, Branch of the Tree
of Solomon, Implement of the Holy
Trinity, and Son of Solomon, afrived Monday at the capitol He
was met by Gen. A. C. Cutining~
4m, commander of the British
ferces which drove the.:
{rom the city; by hig sons

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at Atlanta~s Greater Wheat Street

Baptist Charch Monday, May 19.

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