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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1941

PRICE FIVE CENTS

3 Aeronautics Companies
Open Schools To Negroes

J Gruman, Curtiss-Wright And
7. Briggs Enroll Race Students

WASHINGTON, D. ~C.~(SNS)~plant, and by formulating plans for

Dr. Robert C. Weaver, chief of
the Negro Employment and Training Branch of the Office of Production Management, reported the
following developments this week
in the training and employment of
Negro production workers for the

aviation industry:

1. The Grumman. Aeronautical
Engineering Corporation of Bethpage, L. I.. and the Republic Aviation Company of Farmingdale, L.
I, have joined the list of aircraft
manufacturers now training and
hiring Negro workers. ~

2. The Curtiss-Wright Company
continued its leadership in this
field by expanding job and training
opportunities in its Buffalo, N. Y.

similar work in its new plant iv

St. Louis, Mo.

3. Negro enrollees are now Tre
ceiving training in defense classes
operated in Detroit for the aircraft division of the Briggs Manufacturing Company.

OPEN AIR COURSES

After representatives of Dr.
Weaver~s staff had conferred. with
Grumman and Republic officials
at the.Long [sland plants, the
Chief of the Negro Employment
and Training Branch revealed that
all aviation defense training. courses in Suffolk and Nassau counties
have been opened to Negroes.

Patti S. Gilbert, personnel direc-, tor at Grumman, informed the,OPM representatives that Leroy
Grumman, president of the firm,
had given instructions that every
qualified Negro.resident of the
two counties be given an opportunity for training and employment
in the company~s two Long Island
plants.:

Two Negro production workers
are now completing their training
for employment at Grumman, and
on last Monday, Mr. Gilbert hired
William (Dolly) King, former
basketball star of Long Island University, in a clerical capacity at
the new plant. King, who became
the ninth Negro employee at Grumman, will also play on the company~s basketball team.

PAY YOUTHS TUITION.

S. ' E.. McMurtie, employment
manager at Republic; revealed that
his firm has, paid the tuition and! (Continued on back page)

A. C. Spark Plug

Manufacturing

Company Hires Negro Workers
To Ai

b: L, av 0)
bey

here. Last week about 11

men. were taken in the plant 0
work on defense production. Seveyal attempts by this paper have

been made to contact Mr. Milner,
the Employment manager, in an
effort to get the facts concerning

this new departure from the rule
of not hiring colored people to any
appreciable degree. It is a distinctly pleasant move on the part of
the A. C. authorities to hire our
men. We congratulate them and
prove to be profitable to the firm
as far as their jobs are concerned.

The NAACP has been.doing
good work in Flint this year and
we believe that the activities it

e

has engaged in haye been a boon

to the cause of Negro employment
problems here.

It is hoped that the. factories
hiring Negroes will hasten to place
them in positions which will lend
to the improvement of their worth
as employees in, production of defense machinery.

There is a great deal of brain
power among the colored people
which many white people have not
been made aware of. This is
because the chance has not been
allowed them in which to demonstrate such power, The world will

need every unit of brain power as well as the combined ener
d In Defense Production

gies

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Democracy.
as well as all of the other
have easily found sustenance and
growth in the bosoms of those who
|have been and are oppressed, oS-_
tricised and winked at, by members of some majority or a larger
segment of a nation~s personel.

When Democracy shall have eragicated this deep seated evil of
prejudice between the race groups,
it will then posess a practical constitution agtinst which No isms.
can prevail. Twelve million people made happy by their fellow
Natiortals in America can have a
tremendously powerful influence
for good. in the direction of unity
and brotherhoog and contribute
the lion~s share to the pbuilding of
the Temple of Democracy in the
World of Tomorrow. Let him in.
Let him into the factories to be
Mechanics and let him have a
place along side those who are now
doing things. This will top a new
source, yes a rich source of human
contribution anq achievement for
a better world.

It is hoped that other factories
will open their doors to the Negro
man. Open up America everywhere
and let the Negro come in. This is
what is needed to round out a true
Democracy.:

Henry G. Reynolds, undertaker

Font

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NEW YORK CITY~(ANP)--
Marva Louis Barrow lost the third
round of the preliminary skirtmishes to the $1,000 civil suit that
was instituted against her and W.

by Mrs. Lillian Williams, Jersey

City socialite in May for breach of
contract,:
The latest development took

Place Thursday in municipal court
when. attorney for the defendant,
Phillip Watson, failed to upset the

brought the amount up to the ~$1,
000 figure.
The pair attemptd to otit-ma
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isms,

$1,000 |

The President's
Executive Order

WHEREAS it is the policy of the
United States to encourage full
participation in the natinpnal de.
fense program by all citizens of the

United States, regardless of race,

nnee.

the help and support of all groups
within its borders; and

WHEREAS. there is _ evidence
that available and needed workers
have been barred from employment
in industries engaged in defenss
-production solely because of consideration of racé, creed, color,
or national origin, to the detriment of workers~ morale and of
national unity:

NOW THEREFORE, by virtue
of the authority vested in me by
the Constitution and the statues,
and as a prerequisite to the successful conduct of our national de
fense production effort, I do hereby reaffirm the policy of the United
States that there shall be no discrimination in the employment of
workers in defense industries 01
government because of race, creed,
color, or national origin, and I do
hereby declare that it is the duty
of employers and of lahor organizatipus, in furtherance of said
policy and of this Order, to provide for the full and equitable
participation of all workers in
defense industries, without discrimination - because of race, creed,
color or national origin;

And it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. All departments and agencies
of the Government of the United
States concerned with~ vocational
and training programs for defense
production shall take special measures appropriate to assure thai
such. programs are administered
without discrimination because of
race, creed, color, or national ori
gin;

2. All contracting agencies of the
Government of the United States
shall include in all defense con.
tracts hereafter negotiated by
them a provision obligating the

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Three Aviation Companies Begin Training Negroes

Acipco Gives $1,000 ToUSO

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.~(SNS)~

check for $1,000 from Rev. L. B.

ten

The cali for funds by the United Service Organization through its
Negro division was answered last Monday by the Colored workers of
the American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO)).
Schmuiz, Alabama Negro~ Division Head, is pictured above receiving a

Rev. Joseph M.

Bascomb, Secretary of the Acipco

YMCA, Individuals and organizations are urged to support the pro.

gram that will provide recreation for boys in camps when on leave,

(By SGT, A. J. SINDT)

CHANUTE FIELD, Ill~(ANP)~
The 99th Pursuit. squadron, temporarily located at Chanute field,
is as busy as the. proverbial ~beehive~ thése days, with 275 men now
attending the Air Corps Technical
training schools.

These men are receiving instruction as airplane mechanics, clerks,
aircraft armorers, fadio operators,
parachute riggers, teletype maintenance men and operators, weather observers and forecasters, aircraft welders, aircraft metal-work.
ers, link-trainer specialists, everything pertinent to the maintenance
and upkeep of modern military
aircraft.

In addition, 30 colored flying
cadets recently vegan their flight
instruction at Tuskegee institute;
the course of instruction given
these cadets is of the same standards as that given to those attending Randolph and Kelly fields,
Texas. Other groups will follow.

ACTIVATED MARCH 19

But, first a word about the 99th
Pursuit squadron. The 99th was
activated March 19 and although
the recruiting seemed slow at
first, this organization has now a
strength of 397 men. They came

99th Squadron, Now With 397
Men, Is Learning Quickly

from all walks of life, from the
Morris Brown College, from cities
throughout the nation; potential
lawyers and other students with
great possibilities of a fine career
ahead of them. All forsook ~these
opportunities to enlist under the
colors of Uncle Sam.

Quarters and separate messing
facilities were set up ori the northeastern portion of the field. Actually, they comprise a section by
themselves.

Lt. Col. E. L; Branham, 3rd
ranking chaplain in the United
States army, senior post chaplail.
here at Chanute field, set up special facilities to care for the spiritual needs of the 99th.

SUNDAY SCHOOL HELD

Every Sunday morning a Sunday
school is held in the old post thea-ter, which has been set aSide as
an assembly, room for lectures
services, and other occasions, andat 10 a.m., the Rev. George Jones,
an AME minister from Urbana,
Ili., conducts the religious services.
~Attendance at these ~ services is
mach higher in comparison than
those held for the white ~boys,~
Chaplain Branham remarked.

Rev. Jones now has an application for a commission in the chaplain~s reserve. corps pending.

Tennessee.

Colored: selectees from Michigan
nd Illinois, members of a Company
of the 94th Engeneer Regiment,
~were commended Saturday by Brigadier-General James L. Frink,
Fourth Corps Area Quartermaster,
for the efficient manner in which

| hey handled their part of the gar
Colored selectees from Michigan and Illinois, members

of a Company of the 94th Engineer Regiment, were commended Saturday by Brigadier-Genera] James L. Frank,
Fourth Corps Area Quartermaster, for the efficient manner
in which they handled their part of the gargantuan
task of feeding 65,000 officers and men of the Second
Army during thirty-seven days of maneuvers in Middle

(Continued on Back Page)

antnan task of feeding 65,000 of
For the maneuvers just completd, the Company, comprising more
han 125 men, stood guard duty and
eaded freight cars at the Chattanooga, Tenn., Quartermaster Depot
nd at a perishable sub-depot in
he downtown section of that city:

Chattanooga spoke highly of the
zeal and efficiency of the men,
most of whom were inducted into

General Frink said reports from.

\Performance OfRaceSelectees During
Maneuvers Praised By General |

Joseph T. Robinson, Ark.
One of the lessons in food handling which they learned concerned

the newest method of fresh meat
distribution.

MEAT IS FROZEN

~Boneless. beef,~ developed as a
resplt of studies carried on by the
Quartermaster Corps and packers
Was served in great quantities to

| ganizer of the march, in a stirri

Marchers Hear
A. P. Randolph
Over MBS Chain

Second Order Is
Needed, Leader
Tells Hearers

WASHINGTON, D. C. (SNS)~
Declaring that the ~March on
Washington~ is no longer Necessary in view of President Roosevelt~s history-making executive
order banning discrimination in
defense industries, A. Phillip
Randolph, president of the Pullnyan Porters Brotherhood and or
message broadcast to the nation

~Seturday evening urged the

local

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Presidential Executive
Order Forfends Move

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U. S. To Require Contracts

will not discriminate against

sonal! qualifications; and sinc

exexcutive order that employers and trade unions recog-"
nize as binding the rights of a worker to employment in
defense industries free from the aforementioned diserimi- -
nations; and since the President further directs. that a
Board shall be established in the Office of Production
Management composed of five members which shall receive
and investigate complaints of discrimination

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neath

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~Mutual
~~ the

ing fi told

committees, which had. been form@~d from coast to coast for the
proposed march of 100,000 Negroes
in the nation capital on July 1.
~Keep ever alert in your local
communities to see if this order of
the Chief [Executive is carried
out~.

Praising President Roosevelt?~s
statemanship in issuing the order,
the first dealing specifically with
Negroes since President Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Mr. Randolph speaking in
a vibrant ~tone, declared that it
was his opinion that the ~March on
~Washingtorj~i prganization had
performed a needed service to the
United States.

~We have aided~ he = said, ~in
cleansing the soul of America of
the poisons of hatred and thus
given added strength to the national defense effort, at the time
this strength is needed.~

Though hailing the June 25 order
as a step toward ~our goal~, Mr.
Randolph during his address sounded a plea for a second order which
he said should ~supplement and
cOmplement the first.~~

The second order, he asserted,

should ~now and forever strike
down the discrimination which
now exists in all of the ~ federal

and governmental departments.

During the address, the er
reviewed the wide and sweeping
provisions of President Roosevelt~s
order and called attention to the
formation of a committee on Fair
Employment Practice within the
Office of Production Management.

In ringing tones. he read the
President~s declaration:

~Now,. therefore, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the statues, and
as @ prerequisite to the successful
conduct. of our national defense
effort. I do hereby reaffirm the
policy of the United States that
there shall be no discrimination
in the employment of workers in
defense industries or government,

| knit and do

and morally obligated to, con

~Miss Marion Coates
Gets Scholarship To
Univ. Of Michigan

FLINT, Michi~<Ai duble order
of- congratulations igs due Miss
Marion. Coates who not only graduated from Junior College but
Also received a scholarshin to the
University of Michigan. Those of
the Christian Center are especially proud of her as ~they feel that
she is 2 product of the center. Miss
Coates ~is assistant supervisor of the
Center for the summer.

AJso working with Miss Coates,
is Miss Florence Dungy who has
just graduated with highest honorg from a Jackson high school.
She wili also attend the University
of Michigan and take a nursing
course, At the center, Miss Dungy
is in charge of the clerical work
and the recreation playground.

Miss Johnson. who is ~head of
the Christian Certer has been ili

covering very rapidly.

The center is now using ifs new
auditorium of which it is: proud. A
service will be held in the. auditorium Sunday, June 29, at 4
o'clock by the Rev. G. N. Bercoe.

All But Punished,
Boy Proves Hero

BAYONNE, N. J.~June (AP)~
Johnny Piccolo, who is 10 and has
felt parerital ire because of his
fordness for swimming, slipped into his home as quietly as possible
last night. He hung his clothes
up to dry and crawled into bed.
Sometime later, his father, Carmone Piccolo, noted the wet
clothes and begin to upbraid Johnny for getting wet again.

Tn vain the youngster tried to
say he jumped into Newark Ba:
te rescue Barbara Petrakian, eight.
who fell in while playing ball. The
father told Johnny so ~big a fib~
only made it worse and was ready

WOMAN. 104, WOUND AID
DEFENSE __
MILTON, Fla~ (ANB)

civilian defense. She said she

104 when she registered here for
take care of children, | ~ Sew,

any kind of household

work,

Washington for jobs and justice in nationa
at this time dictated by the best interest of the

for the past few days but is re- |

Susan Kelker listed her age aS/

With Non-Discriminatory
Clause; Committees In Tact ~

WASHINGTON~(SNS)~In view of, the issuance of
executive order by the President of the
quiring that all contracts awarded by the government to
defense industries shall contain a provision that those industries accepting. such contratts shall agree that they

nited States re
a worker on account of race,

color, creed or national origin, but. that such worker~. shall
be considered for employment solely upon the basis of 9er
e the President directs in fhe

against workf be

on

not

inse is
race.

While the Negro March on
Washington Committee wishes i
this connection publicly to. express
its appreciation and gratitude to
the President for his statesman~
like action in realistically facing
this grave question of discrimination in defense jobs arising out of
race, color, creed and national
origin, and for the
of this executive order, it cannot
too strongly emphasize and stress
the fact that this act of the Prestdent dceg not meet the vital and
serious issue of discrimination
against perecns on a basis of race,
color, creed and national origin in
various departments of the federal government itself. It is the
firm and reasoned judgment of the
Nesro March on Washington Committee that the inexcusable prac~
tice of discrimination against persons! because of race, color, creed
and national origin, by the government itself serves as a cue to
and pattern for, private employers

democratic offenses of discrimination also.;

The President has declared in

interest of National Unity and National Defense, at an early date.

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