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2 ae SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1941

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charge of the Communication section
quarters, 372nd Irfantry, is shown: checking the

William Reid of Washington, D. C., in

of Head
munications chicf looks on.

ing loca] maneuvers held recently.
geant Bruce VJrderdue, Washington, D. C., com
terrain map at the Regimental Command Post dur
Master Ser
NEW YORK, N.Y. ~ (SNS) ~
Citing remarks of Harry O'Reilly,
regional director of.the American
Federation of Labor in Chicago,
~insulting to colored people and a
menace to the unity of pro-labor
forces,~ the NAACP has requested
that President William Green of
the A. F. of L., officially and publicly rebuke O~Reilly ana Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicagc
| Federation of Labor.

~O'Reilly is reportea as having
said to a committee from the Chicago NAACP ~branch: ~I consider
the Negro an evil rather than an
asset to organized labor. I don~t
believe all of this discrimination
exists against the Negro; if it does,

| it is the Negro~s fault and also his

fight.~
O'Reilly is also reported ~* having used profanity freely to the

|;committee,. which. contained wom
en, and to have used the word
~nigger~ instead. of Negro.

The NAACP ' letter labeled
O'Reilly ~ignorant ag well as insulting,~ and declared that oe
crimination against Negroes by A
F. of L. uniohs was well-known
throughout the lavor movement,
had been discussed at numerous A.

F, of L. conventions, including the

Mrs. Bethune Protests

To Secretary

-WASHIN GTC iN, D.

Stimson.~(ANP)~Deliberately snubbed

by the women~s interest itn of the bureau of public relations of fhe war department in its attempt to form an advisory council on soldiers~ we fare, the National Council of
~Negro Women, of which Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune is presidexgt; sent a stinging rebuke and protest to Henry L. Stim
son

no hpesrtatn fashion.

7 a cannot accept any excuse
~that. the ex-lusion of Negro repre/Sent@tion was an. oversight,~~ Mrs.
Betlgine said, ~Prior to the. con~ferepce, a. release, apparently
omMginkting in fhe Public Rela~tions bureau: of the war devartiment, was carried in the Negro
-presg "to the effect, that the Nationpal Council of Negro Women had

participate in the meeting.

hen. no-invitation was received ty~ the council and the meeting
date drew near, we called the
women~s interest section and were
navioed by Capt, Macey that no
invitation had been. extended,
that it had beén necessary to cut
down the list, and only orgenizations representing 100,000 or more
worlleti ~head ~been invited. We informed him our organization repre~sented ever ROO NN) women.
~NOT INCLUDED |
~We talred. too, to Brig. Gen.
= chief ~of the public relalons..bure-u ere informed him of
to cooperate in this

etfo: ~toward ~aé strengthened anc
unifie@ front to bloster morale and: gor ~the Welfare of ~ our soldiers#2 Ger.~ Surles could only tell

i. y ee wert, Toss se not
Po told us only 31 inS ~been sent out and

* no. additions could ~possibly ~ be
~made. This nember was confirmed
~by the newspspers, which also
a da out that 31 ecceptances

secretary of war, pointing out the deliberate insult in

interests are too often neglected
ignored, or scuttled unless we. have
effective representation in the
formative stages of these projects
and proposals.

NOT BLIND

~We are not. blind to what is
happening. We are not humiliated. We are incensed! We believe
what We have asked is what we
all desire....a unity of action,
thought and spirit. We still seek
this end and urge upon you that
Negro representation be included
in this advisory council and in al!
future plans sponsored for the
purpose of promoting our morale
and strengthening our defense.

~We militantly and respectfully
speak through this voice for the
Negro womanhood of America,~

Copies of the letter were sent to
Gen. Surles, Mrs, Williams Hob.
by, one of the officers of the or@:nization; Mrs. Eleanor Roose.velt and to Judge William Hastie,
civilian aide te the secretary of
war

How To Relieve.

Bronchitis

cause -it right to the sea es
~trouble to help loosen rail
sper laden and aid nature

soothe and heal raw, tender, in
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NEWSPAPER SYNDIC4S TS 2M

B. H, H.~I am a reader of
your column and [I feel you ~can
answer this. My husband - did

eway with some money this week,
he told me he shot- pool with part
of it but he/ didn~t tell be what
he did with the rest. I don~t believe he shot pool with the amount
because [I
caught him in some lies lately. It
seems like he doesn~t love me like
he did when we first married,
ANS: Husbands have a way
of negiectig their wives when
time draws close for them to
be ~confined.~ After the baby
is born everything will be
different. In the meantime be
as patient as possible with him
and encourage him to lay plans
with you for the future of the
child you are expecting. He
' loves you aS mUch now as ever
oe: be a little more trusting
of him,

DEPRESSED~I am a girl 16
years old and soon wi~! be tinishing school. My motte: and dad
don~t agree. Will she do. better if
she goes to a certain city to live?
Please give me some advice.

ANS: You can do more than

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> Questions.

Amhn/W-w Avenue Atianta, G~

lem, Better that you and
mother and dad all start attending church regularly each
Sunday and earn what it is to
love and cherish each other.
That is the happy solution to
the problem.

J. A.~I really love my wife.
I got a letter my Wife wrote a
cousin telling her the last time she

had been with her boy friend. Also |.

we have two sweet children, age
2 and 4 and I hate to separate
because I want to raise my children right. What shall I do because I have lost confidence in
her?

Ans.: And she has_lost conBrother. ~

wife and she still loves you....
but she is sick and tired of
your buttheadedness and lack

that you

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as | letters by. President Green~s

convention just closed in Seattle,
Wash., and had been the subject of
numerous official statements and
of.
fice.

~In the light of this history,
said. the NAACP letter, ~it is ridiculous for Regional Director O~Reilly to say that he does not believe
discrimination exists against Neerces in. the A. F. of L.~

The NAACP also asserted that
there had been ~almost daily~ discrimination against Negro workers
by A. F of L. unions since. the
launching of the national defense
program. Particuvar stress was
laid upon the fact that the A. F.
of L. convention, which closed in
Seattle October 16, met under the
shadow of the Boeing aircraft plant
where Negroes have been repeatedly excluded from employment, not
by the Boeing company, but by the

~A. F. of L. aeronautical workers

union.:
The NAACP letter reminded

President Green of tha powerful
anti-labor forces at work in the

country, of the anti-labor legisla- }|

tion pending in Congress and of
which have been made to Negro
Americans to help defeat this leg
PAINTS FROM ORE

Government of
have evolved a low cost process
for making luminous paints from
Indian ores and from. caijcium
strontium and. barium sulphate.

The average soldier uses 18: times
more wool than the rank and file
of civilians, the Department of
Commerce reports.

India experts

AFL Leader Calls Negro
~Evil In Labor Movement~

President Green Is Called
Upon to Rebuke O~Reilly

islation. The ~letter. declared that
Negroes were willing to support organized. labor when organized labor démonstrated that it would
treat Negro workers without dis-.
crimination.

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Race A mericans

Says Names Used
~Minus Permission

NEW YORK CITY~(SNS)~The Harlem. Division of
Fight For Freedom charged Perry Howard, Secretary of the
Charles Young Post of the American First Committee, with

misleading Negro-Americans

by using the names of out
standing Negro citizens without their authorization.

J. G. Browne, prominent Iowa
Negro Republican, in a letter to
Edward W. White, executive secretary of the Harlem Division of
Fight For Freedom, stated: ~I have
rever given anyune permission to
USe my name in America First

~publicity.~
J. Finley Wilson, grand exalted |

ruler of Negro Elkdom stated: ~I
gave permission for the use of my
name because I am for. anything
that will help Black America, but
upon investigation I found this
committee: did not represent my
views and have asked that my
~aaMe be withdrawn from its letterhead.~

White states: ~This has been the
tone of letters received from
Bishops J. A. Gregg and W. J.

Walls, Dr. W. H. Jernagin and
Dr. G. B. Key of St. Louis,
Mo.

~Bishop A. P. Shaw, Attorney
Sidney Redmond, Marse. Calloway
ef Baltimore, Maryland, J. Anthory Josey, Judge Edward Henry,
Dr. E. E. Howard: of Chicago, and
Hobson Reynolds.have not yet respended to an inquiry sent out. by
Fight For Freedcm.

~As for Perry Howard, svttffice
it to say this is the same man
who was~ Republican National

Committeeman from MISSISSIPPT. Certainly any Negro who can
become National Committeeman of
one of the major political parties
in Mississippi could never be éxpected to FIGHT for anything, let
alone Freedom. Nope, you don~t get
to be National Committeeman from
Mis}#ssippi by fighting. The entrance is strictly through the back
door. We. who believe in democracy and want to see it prevail
welcome this opportunity to learn
who our real enemies are. Imagine
a black Hitlerite!~ Mr. White declared.

COTTON CONSUMPTION UP

Canada is estimated to have consumed 314,845 bales of raw cotton
in. the first seven months this
year, compared with 298,838 bales
in the similar period last year.

Grmcchmns af

INK ~METEROLOGY i
Colored ink that can be applied
with a brush to many objects that
changes color to forecast changes
in the weather has been invented
by a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Plans are under consideration for
the establishment of a silk industry in Uruguay, according to the
Department of Commerce.

Navy Looks
WASHINGTON,

neering.

navy department,

Negro Hired As Designer

D.. C._~(ANP)~Navy officers and em- -
ployes in the bureau of ships, navy department, down on Independence avenue raised their eyebrows and looked askance as

_ a young Negro walked in to take a position certified by
civil service commission as a ~designer~~,

* Jackson of Philadelphia, is a graduate of Pennsylvania State
College and of the University. of Pennsylvania School of Engi
Mr, Jackson worked for several years with the Philadelphia
Transportation company and had been on the civil service. lists
for some time. His predicament came to the attention of some
folk who could help him -and in view of the President~s executive order, he was immediately called, certified: and placed in
a position for which he was qualified. The design section of
the ship bureau is one of the highest technical divisions of the

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The chap, Irvin C..

Dark Laughter

BY OL HARRINGTON

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Asks If The ~Four Fiesdunne
Would Include Black People

CHICAGO~(ANP)~Calling upon Senator Liste] Hill
(D., Ala.), Monday, William E. King, member of Illinois Industrial commission and fcrmer state senator, asked if Hill
believed that the four freedoms should apply to Negroes ir
Alabama, as well as to the pepulation of Europe..Sen. Hill participated in a radio
debate Sunday night and defended
President Roosevelt~s foreign policy.
He spoke of the ~futile fetish of
neutrality,~ and said that neutrality

| ~is a dream that has passed~a

hope that has perished.~

In, a letter to the senator, King
asked him to state his position toward anti-lynching ieeiale on.

equality for Negroes at the
box, jim crow cars, and other forms

of segregation.

You spoke as a champion of the
present national administration, its
principles and policies ~ policies
such as the four freedomsa,
~Freedom of speech and expres
| sion! Freedom of worship! Freedom

from want! Freedom from fear!.
~Everywhere in the world~ was
the language used Everywhere? In
your mind does that mean in the
south as well as in the north? In
Alabama as well as in Europe and
in Asia? Does it mean the same
freedoms. for every man, be he
black or white? Does it mean equal
rights for all American citizens?~
King further asked, if Sen. Hill~s
answer to his questions were in the
affirmative, what he was doing toward curing conditions in Alabama
which conflicted with these ideals;
toward equality at the ballot box,
about jim crow cars and segregagation. In closing King cited his
record of service in the interésts of:
~Negroes and asked that Sen. Hill

present a factual record that would~
stand up along with his.

The active rehabilitation program ~
of American railroads has returned many freight cars to service...
the Department of Commerce re-.
ported.

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