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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1941 a

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_ See Move To Kill
Probe; Hearing Delayed

_ VISITS IN FLINT

FLINT, Mich~WDeaconess florence~ Jones, President of the. Deaceness Union, Trustee of the Deaconess and ~ Stewardéss Home in
Chicago, is visiting friends in Flint.

ter of the Eastern Star.

HOUSING DIFFICULTIES
REVERSED

NEW ALBANY, Ind~ANP)~A
few weeks ago Negro citizens of this
city united to prevent condemnation of their home-sites for a
white housing project. Tuesday a
group of white citizens joined in
petitioning city authorities against
location of a project for Negroes in
a ee predominently occupied by. whites.

Worthy Matron of Nederm Chap-|

on behalf of Negroes who bel

yreference to hiring Negroes.

Donald Lathrom, one of the
counsels for the committee, has re-~
cently informed a local group that
the committee will begin hearings
within two weeks on the west
coast and that will consume at
least two weeks. Then the hearings
Will ~move to Washington, wher<
they will be resumed.

At the instance of Walter White,
the executive secretary of the national NAACP, the hearings scheduled some months ago were postponed on the grounds that the colored group was not ready to proceed with them, and to allow the
President~s committee time to function and find out what actions had
been taken against contractors and
manufacturers.

Six weeks have elapsed since that
time and the Presidents committee
While named has not yet been actul
ly set up to function.

For three or four weeks, conferences hyve been held with Mr.
Lathrom on the situation, but to
the committee waiting on him, he
has been very evasive in replies
to questions,

The dominations of the NAACP
in this~ matter is believed apparent
by those who have conferred with
the counsel, It is further rumored
in circles. supposed. to be close are

_ What truth is in this is unknown, but the persistence ofthe
story lends color to it and the per- ~
sistence with which the Truman
committee hearings are deferred
leads many to believe that it is intended to kill off the Truman committee in favor of the resolution j
sponsored by the NAACP. It has
been reported that this resolution
has been pigeonholed and will not
be brought out of committee.
Meanwhile, the workers seeking
the light turned on as was hoped
for quring hearings of the Truman
committee, feel that nothing will

Jobs Are Opened,
Training Lacked '

By AL WHITE

WASHINGTON, D. C-~(ANP)
_~-Harking back through the néws
releases dispatched from this
bureau, we ran across some that
had to do with one J. H, Kindleberger, president of the North
American Aviation of Kansas City.
who bluntly declared no Negroes
would be employed in his concern

on defense contracts.

This matter has smouldered for
months until we decided to check
on what had been done in the Kindleberger case. -

Learning that the case was still
~status quo~ it was reported, how~ever, that Mr. Kindleberger had
been brought into line and Negroes
would, when qualified, be employed
at his plant, a subsidiary of William Knudsen~s General Motors
- corporation.

FAIL TO TAKE COURSES:

However, the difficulty lies with
the Negroes now. They are not
properly trained to, take the positions offered,

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loathe to take these courses because they always felt they were
wasting their tme. This attitude
hag been encouraged by a number
of whites, wh: cgclared it was useless for Negrucs to attempt. to
qualify in th's type of work for
their chances for employment were
practically nil.

~ Dr. Robert C. Weaver, discuss:
ing the situation, said,. ~I still
strongly urge Nezroes to take full
advantage of the courses offered
by the government in training
courses, whether or -nci there
seems to be an oppcrtunity in the
field at present. If there were rfot
one job available, I would still urge
Negro boys to take the courses.~

This is true, not only in the field
of industry but in the professional
field as well.

And so it is the same with _ all
other lines of work. In the defense
industries, where skills are needed in unheard of lines; there is a
differénce between a tinsmith and
a sheet metal worker: Only
cently this was shown when a tinsmith applied for a job with an
airplane. manufacturer, only to be
told that they wanted sheet metal
men since planes were not built of
tin.

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Truman

Investigation to Start On
West Coast, Move to Capital

WASHINGTON, D. C.~(ANP)~The second postponement of the Truman committee ~hearings on discriminatory
practices aroused the suspicions of the earnest workers

ieve that this hearing would

|do much to bring into the light many of the hidden practices
now going on by the contrictors

be done and that largely hecause ce
certain organizations wish.to take}

~credit~ for having accomplished
something.

AS one of the spokesman for the
government says, ~No one organization nOr person can take credit
for what has been done as far as
Negroes are concerned, and there
is no reason for organizations to
be fighting for prestige. They should
be working together and in unity
to bring about a successful culmination of the desired end.~

The secrecy attached to certain
moves made recently lend color to
the belief that the desire to kill off
the Truman committee hearings is
i than a hope of some individuals.

State School -

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|Board Would

Hike Salaries

ii ean A Nii ~ Mtn a ae

Asked to Match 3
State Funds

ATLANTA, Ga.~(SNS)~

Georgia School Board Wednesday provided for the raising of salaries of Negro and white schools
principals, if local school boards,
match the state fund.

In schools having a_ teaching
staff of from five to 20, the principal~s basic salary would be supplemented $2.56 a month per white
teacher and $2 per month a Negro
teacher, conditioned on the matching by local units.

The press was denied a sample
allocation to the various counties
and cities of the $3,500,00 state equalization fund submitted to the
board.

~The Board~s budget calls for the
reduction of 650 in the number of
teachers now employed. About 23,000 teachers were employed in the
last school term,

The board agreed to pay teach
ers~ salaries for nine months provided loca] schools were kept. open
that long. At present the state only
guarantees payment of teacher salaries for seven months.. The Finance Committee recommended expenditure of $1,000,000
and a continuation of the $750,000
allotment for library books and
for the transportation of pupils
textbooks.

Youth Council Of
Flint Holds Joint
Meeting In Pontiac

in Pontiae. They had.been in 1
by the Youth group of that city.
The purpose was to take part in
@ panel discussion, the ject of
which was ~The Negro in National
Defense.~

The Pontiac group was represented by Miss Marie Johnson;
Messrs. Bob Noble, Wendell
liams and chairman, James Mur
and manufacturers with. | wards

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sright, front row: Lt.

Columbus, Ohio: Major

FLINT, Michigan. ~ The North
and South end: YMCA through the
Y Board, sends 65 boys to Camp
Copneconic this year. The boys
went last Monday and are under

the able direction of Rev. Arthur
Davis,

Special consideration and much
appreciation is certainly due Mrs.
Martha Butler for her untiring
work in solicting for almost the entire amount of money. with which
the major part of the expense of
the -will be paid. No. individual in the city of Flint has been
willing or had the necessary interest to get out and make a successful campaign for the cause of
our boys as has Mrs. Butler.

Last year this fine public spirited
lady did a similar job for the
youths among the colored group to
go to camp. The ~Y~ Board is
mighty proud of Mrs. Butler. This
paper wishes to congratulate Mrs.
Butler and invites.others to do likewise. Dr. J. W. Moore, the chairman of the ~Y~ Board is especially
pleased with the efforts of Mfrs.
Butler in raising about $200.00 todefraying expenses of the
Camp for the boys this year. The
~y~ Board is the direct sponsor of
this project. We are sure that those
boys who take advantage of this
christian ~endeavor will be hihgly
benefited.

Mr. FH. Y. Harridon deserves
credit for ~fine-.work as chairman of the ~ activities. Mr.

E. Murray is also doing splendid
work with the Northend boys. Mr.
A. H. Butler is the treasurer of this

Officers and First Sergeants of the 2nd battalion, stationed at Fort Dix, N. J. From left to
Sam Mason, Co.
Columbus, Ohto; Capt, Grant Steward, Co, H,
Toledo, Ohio; Lt. Lloyd A. Parker, Hdqrs. Det.,
James A. Nichols,
Commdng.; Capt, John H. Walker, Co, F, both
of Columbus, Ohio, and Lt, Frank Toomer, Co.
E, Cleveland, Ohio. Middle row: Lt. Rufus Johnson, Co. H, Washington, D. C.; Lt.

) Top Men Stationed At Fort Dix, NCJ.

Waddy, Co. G,

G,

W. Lacey, Co.

Edward. P._

_ Black, Co. F, Columbus, Ohio, all of the.372nd

Cincinnati, Ohio; Lt. Aljean Shel
ton, Co. G, Cincinnati, Ohio; Lt. Harold A. Butler, Co. F, Columbus, Ohio; Lt. Richard Gordon,
Co. G, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lt. Eldridge Carter, Co. E, Cleveland, Ohio. Last row: First Sergeants: Alphonso Easley, Co, H, Toledo, Qhio;
~ Herman Pearson, Hdqrs: Det., Columbus, Ohio;
James Boone, Co. E, Cleveland, Ohio; Franklin

G, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Theola

Butler |

YMCA Board. He is quite an efficient man at that-post. The numper of boys going to camp this year
exceed that of last year by 15. Rev.
Arthur Davis is the capable Director of this camping party and
judging from the efficiency of his
last year~s handjing of the boys,
he will do a great job this time.
Those of the public who may be
interested in our community will
do well to visit the camp during
the interim until Sunday, Aug. 23.

Five Qualify For
Insurance Journey

FLINT, Mich~Five members of
the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company qualified for a free
trip to the annua] Insurance conferénce in St. Louis, Missouri this
year from Fiint,

These: trips are donated by the
company to those individuals working for it who make the best credits during the past insurance year.
Those who qualified here are the
following: Glenora Rhonenee, Rosa
L. Kimp, I. Cayton, Elizabeth
Garner and Mr. W. C. Ross, The
stay will be a week~s duration.

MRS. VINIE JEFFERSON

EATONTON, Ga.~The ~ funeral of Mrs. Vinie Jefferson
was held from the St. John AME
church Sunday with the Rev. J.
C, Solomon officiating.

with the enoperat

day party in honor of Mrs,

on August 5. |
~Included as guests to

Miss Dorothy Scott, who is

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~acteristic of Cuban life

and

Morehouse President~s Wife
Observes Birthday In Cuba

~ By JESSE 0, THOMAS

HAVANA~(ANP)~Co-incident with the arrival
of the Mays~Thomas party in Havana, Dr. B..E. Mays,
of Dr. Mercer Cook, who is study
ing this summer at the University of Havana, arrang--
ed in one of the exclusive cafes, a very unique birth
versity of Havana, and a recent addition to Morehouse
_ faculty as teacher of Spanish, Dr, Mercer Cook, Mr. and

Mays whose birthday falls

tie birthday dinner were
also a student in the Uni
birthday gifts were~charproducts.

Douglass Gets.
New Location
Event Set

For Sept. 4
In Rochester

~WOCHESTHR, N. Y. (ANP)~
Thousands of people are expected
to turn out in Rochester, September 4 at which time the Frederick Douglass monument will be
re-dedicated at a new site in Highland park. This monument, which
for 42 years was the only one erected:to a Negro in this country, and
which for 42 years has been located in a smoky downtown: section of
Rochester, creating quite a traffic
hazard, is now going to be given
a new location in Highland park
which adjoins the former home of
Frederick Douglass and is jus:
across the way from Mt. Hope
cemetery wher* mav be found the
Douglass tomb

The citizens of sten are
planning to honor the memory of
this great Ameriean again on this
occasion and they have invited
noted leaders from all parts of the
country to participate ~with them
in celebrating it. Under the leadership of Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett,
whose home is also in Rochester,
a@ large interracial chorus is being
organized. Dr: Mordecai W. Johnson, president of Howard university, has been invited to deliver
the princtpal address. J. Finley
Wilson, grand exalted ruler of the
IBPOE of W, will not only be present, but has issued a special order
to the naticnal order of Elks to be

' Among other noted persons who
Kiave been invited are: -_

Walter White, executive secretary

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~l Women~s Volunteer 1:

represented in Rochester on this/ L.

NAACP

NEW YORK ~ (ANP)~
Believing that military investigation into the killing of a
Negro soldier and @qa_ white

Mrs. Bethune
InPleaFor
Women OF U. 5.

Cooperation ~
With LaGuardia
Office Urged

WASHINGTON~(ANP)~Stating
that ~the morale of Negro women
everywhere must be stimulated and
thinking encouraged to protect ~
long-time government program to
include better health, nutritios,
employment, recreation, and. sanctlty of the American home,~ ~Mra.
Mary McLeod Bethune. =-2sidert

-Lof the National Council.of Negro
~Women, with its. 20 national af~| fillating bodies, urged. this weck

In giving techniques of cooperation, Mrs. Béthune explained further that ~working units have been
set up in states and municipalitie<
with governors and mayors sefvi:g
in capacity of directors, If Neg-~o
women have been denied lucal 9,)portunity to participate in this
broad program, an appeal should
be made directly and immediately
to one or both of these executives
officials. If after making such approaches to governor and mayor
without obtaining results, the letter
should be referred to the presideut
of the National Council of. Neg~d
Women so that immediately ~ction
can be taken.

~Radio and newspaper resources
should be utitized as media of iilformation and interpretation as to
what is being done locally and ntionally and vigilance maintained
so that no minority group in tle
country shall be left out~.

Mrs. Bethune highly commended the national A. K. A. sorority ~a
council affiliate) ior the lobwy
maintained in Washington and the
initiative taken by this sroup in
directing the recent national] conference in Washington on ~Tile
Negro Woman in National Defense.~

The ful] revealing report of thie
findings of this conference is given
firsp place in the August issue in
the Aframerican Woman~s Journal,
organ of the Nationa] Council 0!

Negro Women, now off the press

military policeman at Fort

Bragg, N. C., August 6,. will

be whitewashed, the NAACP |

in a letter to newspapers: and
organizations, urged them to

protest vigorously to the war ~

department against the Fort

Bragg affair. and demand

punishment for all guilty
persons, from the highest to
the lowest, ~

_ Although the NAACP re-.

ceived word that the war department is more than ordinarily disturbed over the:;incident, it is their opinion that
attempts will be made to minimize the issue and dismiss the case as _ trivial.
Therefore, they desire to
present a united front of
Negro America to the war
department and President
Roosevelt, seeking to put an
end to such brutalities and
thwarting attempts to white
wash ~ the investigation,
bringing to -trial all officers
involved in the actual shooting and the aftermath, and

frietions between races
and around army camps,

Haifi Reject:
Nazi Protest ~

Haitian government
grounds that the government of
the United States had acted, under

the circumstances, within its
rights. |
The German crage d~affairs said -
that the blacklist:

COCHRAN, Ga~Mrs. Lula

Dent passed away at the home of ~

ier daughter, Mrs. Bessie Hobes,.
after several months~ illness. Fuveral services were conducted

~rom the Providence a iteaa
hurch with the Rev. G. N. Neddfficiating. o

CHICAGO, ~(ANP) ~ Olivet

Baptist- Church of Chicago, one ~. congrega
OLIVET OF CHICAGO ~
CALLS REV. JACKSON.

Attention To ae
Bold Affair

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