Brownsville Weekly News

A
3

Te REM ct oe A SLA Cee WEEN gS eee, no MS ee

Se Tepe Bee MCN

They Came, They Saw, Thay Conquered

Ex-offico: mascots ie the heavy lglasha ~State {1 to r, they are Misses Verdell Woodley, Maybeth
Hornets in their encounter Saturday with the much| Reynolds and Belle Brooks, all of Montgomery.
meee Morehotse eleven were these three young | Alabama State barely eked out, a victory, the final

adies, students of the Montgomery school.

Pictured | scere _being 6-2.

(SNS Staff Photo.) a

Daughter Of India

aaa

KRISHNA PAJPAI

_ Arriving at New York is Krishna |

~jnai, 22, daughivr of Sir Ghirja: vankar Pajpai, first ranking dip
beni Mat sent hy India te this coun
*There are four vther children

gee Pajpai family. Sir Ghirja

ceclared ~India is in the'war to the
hit.~

THE HAIR POMADE OF.
CHAMPIONS. TRY IT

Tuxedo Club~ is thei choice of real
men everywhere. It~s made especially for short hair to help keep it in
place and to add an extra high, -gloss. Demand Tuxedo.

-Club,. America's largest selling men~s
pomade. ~

Sy TUXEDO CLUB

10c - aaa

~_~

Book

$3.00).

With the aid of expertly chosen
pictures selected by Edward Rosskam, the book packs into 153 pages
oi folk history the struggles of the
Negro people in America from
| the time of their entrance on: to
these shores to the present day.

In a long review of the book Ben
Davis, ~Jr... well known Negro
journalist gives a searching estimate of the relationship of this
book to the present crucial period
faced by America. Says Mr.) Davis:

~Written before the character of
the war had changed amd before
America~s national existence was
placed in such dire peril, the book
does not touch upon the stake of
| the Negroes in the battle to crush
Hitler. Not only are all the vital
gains that the Negro people have
made in America in danger, but the
right to continue the fight against
the terrible evils which Wright so
eloquently describes are now being
fovight out before Moscow, Rostov
and Chunking.

~America would be stronger today, Wright tells us, if its black
citizens were freed from the cancerous racial discrimination which
divides and weakens the land. He
says with deadly, unanswerable accuracy: ~We black folk, ourthistory
and our present being, are a mirror
of all the manifold experiences of
America. What we want, who we
endure is what America is. If we
black folk perish, America will perish.~ ms

~Of the Negroes, he ~concluded:
~Men are Moving. And we shall
move with them..:.~. That story
needs to be told and retold. Let us
hope that the dynamic challenge of
Wright~s version will find its way

MOROLINE 5%)

SAE ENROL SEE

b Your Lictiire a
Popular One?

In laxatives, as in people, it takes |
~something extra~ to get to the
top and stay there.

~ BLACK-DRAUGHT has been one
of the popular laxatives with four
genetations of Americans. That~s
ene reason you ought to try this
all-vegetable medicine next.

You'll discover an_ all-around
ood laxative. Spicy, aromatic, easyto-take. Punctual and thorough, yet
vsually gentle in its action when
simple directions are followed.

The main reason for all this is
a ~tonic-laxative~ ingredient in
BLACK-DRAUGHT that helps to

Powerfu

NEW YORK. N. Y. ~(SNS)~A picture of the kind
of semi-skavery which the Negro people will suffer ten-fo: d.
unless Hitler and Hitlerism ~are annihilated, is contained in
~Richard Wright~s powerful new book,
Black Voices,~ published this week by Viking Press. (Price

tone lazy intestinal muscles.

a

Wright~s New

~Twe! ve Million

into the conscience of ~ patriotic
America.~ ~

Mistrial Ruled
In Murder Case

ATLANTA, Ga~(SNS)~

A Fulton Superior Court jury
failed to agree to a verdict in the
murder case of Lemmie Ander
~son. late Thursday night and a}

mistrizl] was declared by the judge,
Walker Hendrix.

The jury received the case late
~Thursday afternoon after an all
~ ia

day deliberaticn |

b = Ss ] ~ ree
WASHINGTON, D. C~(SNS)~
E. C. Davison, general secretary
and treasurer of the International
Association of Machinists. A. F.
of L., Thursday spent two hours
before the President~s committee on
Fair Employment Practice, answering questions conceining complaints that Negroes and _ other
minority groups are denied -the
opportunity to work in defense industries because the IAM. refused
membership to any workers who
are not of the white Tace.

Davison whosa headquarters are
in Washington; represented Harvey
W. Brown, international president
of the IAM, who Was prevented by
fliness from appearing before the
ecmmittee which was; established
By executive ozder to receive complaints of discrimination in defense industries due to race, creed,
color, or national origin.

REVIEW COMPLAINTS

Complaints against the union
were brought before the committee, of which Mark Ethridge,
Louisville publisher, is chairman,
at public hearings held recently in

Los Angeles and though investigations in Seattle.:
Davison denied that there iv

anything in either the constitution or ritual of the IAM which
prevents employers from hiring
whomsoever they desire, although
he also said that ~even the executive council of the IAM cannot
tell a local what members it shal
accept.~

Because Davison said he could
not bind the executive council of
the IAM, the fair employment
practice committee decided to request the executive council of tne
IAM to take cognizance of alleged
eases of discrimination in the
Seattle and Los Angeles areas, and
to make a declaration of policy ~to
all affiliated locals to bring them
in line with the national policy as
set forth in the President~s exec:
utive order of June 25.

RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS

The committee hear@ communicationg: from a number of companies, some of which figured in
thé Los Angeles hearings, which
indicate that they are changing
employment policies in accordamce
with the excutive order which re
affirms or *polioy that there Neg

- ~The call to the IAM was made
both directly to E. C. ~Davison
its general ae eg and treasurer, and by lettér to the executive
council of the union, following an
all-day meeting of the Fair Em
ployment ~Practice Committee in
Washington.

Mr. Davison, whose offices are
in Washington, represented Harvey W. Brown, international president of the IAM, who was prevented by illness from appearing
personally before the committee.

The principal complaints and
charges- against ~the committee
came ~ ffom Los Angeles and
Seattle, in both of which. cities
minority group workers contend
they were keptfrem jobs in aircraft
industries because of the union,
even when the employer was willing to hire them.

ASK COMPLIANCE

It is expected that the executive
council will take up the presentations of the Fair Employment
Practice Committee at its next
regular meeting ~in mid-December.
In the meantime, however, the

theit present offices and powers
in the Machinists Union to see
that locals live up, to ithe Txecutive Order..:

The committee also
that the ~ transscirpt of | fhe Los
Angeles hearings~a total of 658.typewritten pages~is ogo studied
and that findings will be made
public when ~such study ~fs cont
pleted.

F EPC Is Called
~A Very Long
Step Forwar!~

WASHINGTON, D. ~. ~~ANP)
~The National Federation for
Constitutional Liberties describes
to establishment of Président
Roosevelt~s FEPC as ~a long step
forward in the creation of an énlightened public on employment
discrimination, involving se directly the civil rights of millions
of our citizens.~~

Expressing gratification at tae
work of the committee to date,
Dr. George Marshall, vice-chairman of the national federation
pointed out that the federation,
which as an organization devoted to the defense of civil liberties
has always been concerned with
the problem of job discrimination, regards the (committee~s
work as vital to the unity of the
American people in their national effort against Hitlerism.

Dr. Marshall further expressed
himself as being in accord with
the plans of the FEPC and so
said in a letter addressed to|~
Mark Etheridge, FEPC chairman. ~|

New Booklet On
Negroes Is Out

ATLANTA a (ANP) ~ The
Commission on [Interracial Cooperation, with headquarters in the
Standard building, ithis city, announees ~Twelve Million

that |
~) Americar

| ~announced

tudes and Npeccticns on the part
of white peeple, it is believed
that the bulletin will be of equal
interest to the members of both
races. It will be especially va!uable to teachers, preachers, program builders and_ discussicn

leaders.

The 24 packed pages of
~Twelve Million Negro Americans,~ it is believed,~ present the
most comprehensive view of the
subject to be found anywhere
in such condensed and popular
form. Subtitled ~Backgrounds,
Progress and Present-Day Problems,~ this little volume treats
of racia] origins; African environment and culture, industry,
business, education, and the arts;
the major problems incident to

that complieate the situation.
Though selling at five cents
per copy, the commissicn states
that a sample. copy will be sent
without charge to anyone enclos
coinmittee has called upon = Mr.
Brown and Mr. Davison, to use

ing a three cent stamp for postage.

Getting Their

First Taste Of College

Getting their first taste of college: life, these Aiken; Rosalee Marhag, Sumter; Sianese Wallace,

little girls are members of South

College~s huge freshmen class at Orangeburg, 5.
Marian Johnson,

C, Pictured | to r are Misses

Carolina State
(Photo by E. C,

~ Pal itsegsi

N. Augusta; Julig Simkins, Columbia;
Lyndh, Conway and Eufenia: arr ~Savasnah:~

Juanita

Jones),

ee
Piha?

FORT BRAUG, N. C.~Above is'a phofograph of
- the dedication of the 16th Battalion Chapel in the
Field Artillery Replacement Center. From left to
right are Chaplin W. R. Smith, formerly with the
16th Bn. is at the microphone, Li. Col. Richard B.
Willis, 16th Bn. ~Commander, Lt. Walter Smith of the
Quartermaster Corps, Chaplain H. J. C., Bewden, of

~Atlanta, who is the new 16th Bn. Chaplain, Dr. J. W.
Seabrook, president of Fayetteville State Teachers
CoHege, "Rev. B. F. Jordan, pastor ~of Friendship
Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Rev. D. C. Pope, pastor of Evans Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion Church.

~16th Bn. Photo by Sullivan.

his presence in this ccuntry; and |
the common fallacies and fears| =

Archie A Leblindies of Des
Moines Erected Air Field

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE ~
(SNS)~Dr. F. D. Piatterson,
presidenjt.- of Tuskegee acteaagg
annoufhiced today the ria, a
Mr. Archie A. Alexander,
Moines, Iowa, ~to the ieusas
Board of Tuskegee Institute. Mr.
Alexander was elected at the -fall
meeting of the Board.in New York,

Mr. Alexander has been since
1914, Paras os of. the firm Alexan
ron,

mfltand ew rel | ay aly of Ian
pry oat ~street paving, largely
in. the middle west.

-In -the jate spring of 1941 Mr.
Alexander was awarded the con
University.

tract to build an airfield for Tuskegee Institute, the field on which
Tuskegee Institute is now
filling a contract to the U.
s | Army Air Corps to give elementary
military flying to Negro
training for the 99th Pursuit ~Squad
Mr. Alexander received his~ for- |.
mal training at the Univetsity of
Iowa and Loadon University, Lon
abs gen ~He was graduated | F

Beno! of~

- Civil:; meeneerg feces the: same
Tuskegee~s new. trustee has made

many trips to Europe studying the
si ie methods in England

Noted Negro Engineer Is
Made Trustee Of Tus

7 egee

and on the continent.

achievements in the EPs
world received national recognition
fm 1927 when he wasi recipient

Mr. Alexander~s
and worth have not gone
noticed by his home state. He is
chairman of the Local Draft Board
for his District in: Des Moines, is
chairman of the Negro Division of
= State Republican organization

Towa;

This busy engineer also finds

fulSs.

cadets

years of age, a fine physique
distinguished bearing. He is married, but there are no children,

The Globe Trotter:

By Chif | Mackay

A Pertinent Question

~ARE WE HOPING for the destruction of Nazism
in the Old World while retaining race prejudice in
the New?

This is an extremely pertinent question which
amid all of America~s frantic. efforts to rearm itself
as well as fill the fateful role as the arsenal of democracy still remains unanswered.

It is a question that becomes all
= the more vital when one views the
Administration~s drive to hemispheric solidarity, the firm establishment of the ~Good Neighbor: Policy~ as against the dollar -diplomacy of a prévious era, which did
so much to foment hatred and dis-: trust of all Americans in Latin
American hearts.

This question was not posed by
any of our speakers, it was not
copied from an editorial appearing
in any of our journals.* The query

MACKAY
came, tinstead, from a white man, Representative
John M. Coffee of Washington, in the extension of
his remarks on ~Racial Problems in Latin America~
published in the Congressional Record.

THE WEAKEST LINK

Mr. Coffee with keen Serepislicn has correctly
noted the weakest link in this nation~s effort to build
a strong chain of defense against Hitler~s hordes
among the nations of this hemisphere.

That weak link is the failure of those shaping
this~ ~Good Neighbor~ policy to recognize that inhabitants of most of these nations with whom we
now seek mutual] friendship are predominantly Negroid, that they are in complete sympathy with the
strivings, with the anti-discrimination protests, and
the yearnings of all other bladk people, particularly
those thirteen millions who are citizens of the United
States.

Of the two American policies that stood in the
way of improved relationships with our neighbors
to the South, this failure to accord proper recpgnition to the fact that a wide majority of these peoples are black, still remains a great ed stumbling
block. 4%

STATESMEN GET RUN AROUND

4
~

Many South American statesmen arriving in
Washington. on special~ missions for their countries,
are actually given the runaround at the hands of
our State Department, merely because these South
American gentry are of swarthy hue.
good-will that these gentlemen may have entertained
for the United States on their arrival, is hastily
dampened, to be replaced by bitter hatred of the
~arrogant gringo.~

Haitians will long remember the obvious insult
their President as Vincent received when he
visited Washington several years ago, just when the

"Spee rR~ PT eee After

All. of the

he had been steered hastily through, Washington
diplomatic channels by astute Department of State
under-secretaries, who were very careful to see that
he did not come in ~ontact with any Ameritan Ne-_
groes, he arrived at the Union Station en route back
to ~ nation.

nder ordinary circumstances, a visiti head
of a friendly nation on his departure would fe hon-.
ored by having either the arm my or navy band play
that nation~s nationaj] anthem, But in President
Vincent~s case, the navy band did not follow this
Mt Pig band struck up, and to the con
ernation of Haitian diplomats present g int

~Bye, Bye Blackbird.~ P oe
434
MAKES: FARCE OF POLICY a

tang

It is this type of arrogance that is;
farce of our President~s weitinbentioned Gaile:
Neighbor policy. It is something that unless quick
~steps are taken to offset it, will spell disaster for
the program of solidarity between Western Hemisphere nations that must come about if America is to
fee] secure in a world aflame.

A way to help create better feeling between the
-peoples of Latin America and this country lies open
to this nation, if we are sincere in our protestations -
of wanting to be a good neighbor.

That program should emphasize the use of more. -
Negroes in the role of ~good neighbor~ salesmen in -
these ~South of the Border~ States. For example,:
Charles A. Gauld, a specialist on Latin America, in:
his lengthy article on Brazij which appeared in the.
Negro History Bulletin for February, calls Brazil ~the
greatest Negro cougtry.~ Census figures, he says,
proves ~this; showing that there are only

tnillion white ~ in a country of 43 millions pop-.
ulation. i

NO NEGRO CONSUL a2
Despite this overwhelming majority of Negroes.
in Brazil, the largest of the South American Repub-.
lics, not a single Negro has been sent by this nation
| to serve in the capacity of even a minor consul. The
| same situation is true of Haiti and San Domingo, 40
mention two others, both of which are more generally considered to be Negro nations than Brazil.
Even if the State Department could not find it
~Possible to appoint Negro consuls to these and other:
South American republics, a thing utterly incongrvous with the avowed Good Neighbor polidy, ft
would seem that capable Negro leaders of this country could be dispatched there to cement better interAmerican relations... This move would certainly be in harmony with
the present government program of sen ~ame
that all-of those sent have been white, and nota
too careful examination of racial feeling of these, ~
men has been made before they were chesen. As

2 conseauence manv have done more to foster deep
seated, hatred and distrust than goed-will -:

Tt is to be heed thay this obvious wide open

gen in our Good Neighbor policy is auickly receg-.
nized and closed. Representative Coffee has cet
tainly done this nation a timely service by peewee
publie attention on this situation.

a. or Bi

bassadors of gqod-will~ Southward. The trouble is ~ te