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_ intrigue between the provinces not having dominion status
_ and that part of India which has been promised independence.
~It is a long slice of credence in a-nation to, accept a promisory
note in place-of cash, as it were, for the bloody sacrifices exacted by a cruel war upon:its inhabitants. It is said to be
the most noble thing of a man to lay down his life for his
~friend: But India must first have the friend~Henry G.

~nee... Hard-Headed_
~a2 We.-drive: quite a bit during the week-ends and we have
~~the-chance to know personally how hard-headed so many of
~our people are.. We mean our ~American People.~
_, We have been asked by those who know what itis going
to:take to win this war to cut our speed of driving to 40
miles per hour, and. help conserve rubber. | It is disgraceful
to ncte how little regard is paid to this request. We set our
~speed at around 40 miles per hour and then notice how many
cars pass us and the state license they carry.
- ~*\By that we get somewhat of an opinion as to how thany
people ~are taking our situation seriously. We-haye by no

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~~ No Race Discrimination In Russia |
-. I-would like to join my. colleague,: Editor W. O..Walke
6f the Cleveland Call, to ~second the motion~ that Negro
soldiers be sent to Russia where they will be heartil
ceived and weicomed as equals in opportunity and extended |. every. courtesy which men can pass One to another., -aNegroes are accepted in every branch of the service in
Russia. They are treated as fine and as fairly as any men
on earth. There is no discrimination, no limitation in the
branches.of army, navy, or air forces. ee
~Russia is the one great nation which recognizes the huMan race as one people; every man equal. As a member of
the Allied Nations or the United Nations, Russia is the logical member to which to send colored man power. There is
--NO RACE PROBLEM in Russia. Why should our government wrack its brains to find how to use the Negro, or where
to place him in this Armageddon? Why should the Negro
_ be deferred from immediate services in every branch of our
armed forces? Why be so particularly jealous of him in
the air forces? Is it because it is too informative?) Will
the experience make the Negro an equal reservoir of aeronautical skill, something a great part of this nation seems
to frown on? Send the Negro soldiers to Russia and you
will be rid of his ~competition, if this is what you are putting
the brakes against. him for.~Henry G. Reynolds, Editor.

~ ~The English-India Proposal

The English proposal to India that the latter shall have,
after the war. dominion status, does not click with any accelerated enthusiasm here in America among the colored peo
ple.

Promises by the British are always attended with ligature, as it were, a string tied to the thing, and having loose
ends conveniently placed for easy retrievement. The whole
thing sounds like a conditional proposition. It shows the reluctance.in the English to-divorce themselves from the overlordship of 6ther people for the purpose of material gain at
the expense of the more spiritual dark fellowman.

* The idea of allowing some of the smaller provinces, to
remain out of the proposal for dominion status seems to us
that these provinces will furnish possible trouble for the
main India proposed dominion. It could be that a civil war
in India might arise from such an ~arrangement.
thus paves the way for the divisioning of India (through civil

disagreement) with England

provinces to thé detriment of ~the Dotninion of India. _ This
could easily be done. The age-old practi
seems to.be well provided for in Sir Stafford Crisp~s newest
India proposal] It does not seem clear to us that the proposition for dominion status after the war carries with it sufficient foundation for wholesome unity and cooperation for
the entire age a: ~ a seem clear that ee
aning truth and ~human brotherhood are wrapped around | -ecche:
this ~Babe~in swaddling clothes~, as it were. "| Tenehed a membership of 25.
One can see in this ~after the war~ stuff a subtle bid
re h the possible means of diplomatic

for retrievement throug

England
backing the non-Dominion

of divide and rule.

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means ~come to realize the gravity of our situation in this:
crisis and we fear that it might be too late getting into most

of our ~hard heads.~

Report Shows

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~workers with the rest scattered

~throughout tha ~lent. bs to
The aircraft division of Pullman: ie Car ts of Thinols

hired } workers for the

C new. firming hiring
7 ffersonville Bolt and

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{ cent of jts entire personnel. ~ The
4 company also asked for Negro de
shank guiders, snag guiders:
~. and. maintenance supervisors.

National Malleable Iron and
Steel. Castings ~company, Sharon,
Pa., previously not hiring any, now.
hag 48, all of whom are engaged
in production work..~.
Puséy and Jonés Shipbuilding

working in the plant and plans to
use them in machine shop and
welding when training courses are

Eastern Malleable Iron warks
in the same Deleware city, has 375
On its rolls; representing 50 per

fense workers as fast as they -are.:: 4

corporation, Wilmington, has 100]!

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Communication To
U nmitte
U. S. Committee
Mr, H. H. Clark, Chairman
Mr. R. L. Rivers, Secretary
United Citizens Committee
~$33 E Gillespie St.,

~Flint, Michigan
~Gentlemen:
*I am in receipt of your letter of
March 8th and attached Resolution which I read with consideramn poet anal 2 am in accord with
~ sentiments expressed in your
resolution. |
Certainly no one crn question
the fact that the American Neg.o
and his family have proved their
loyalty in the building cf this
nation. It will be a pleasure for

-|me to take up your Resolution with

the proper authorities here in the
hopes that something may develop
in your favor, and that a more
equitable treatment may be extended to you.

Do not. hesitate te write me. because I am very much interested in
fair play and impartial treatment
to all. ~

With kindest persone! regards, I
remain,

Very sincerely yours,
Wm. W. Blackney, M. C.

craft company has Negro production workers for the
first time. Standard Steel works
has also hired, 25 for the first time
in that city. -_

In the East. Bay area of San
Francisco, there are 340 engaged
in shipbuilding. Before a few
weeks ago, no Negroes~ were employed in this section in these
yards, They work as chippers,
boilermakers, painters, welders,
and ~in~ general work. Moore Dry
Dock compatiy employs 254; Rich~mond Shipbuilding company hes
50 and Todd company 36. In this
area, it is interesting to note that
a Sepatate local was set up which
at first ~had only 10 members.
Since the splurge in hiring Negro
workers, this local, No. 26 Boilermakers, affiliated with AFI. has

WORK WITH CONSOLIDATED
has 305 in -its:San Diego. plant,
which includes seven stenograph~ers. Upgrading of workers in this
Plant is in progress.

' Lockheed Vega has 350, mainly
in production work. This company is now hiring women and
Negro women have started taking
aircraft training courses being offered on the coast.
In Detroit, U. 8S. Rubber combany employed 450 with an ultimate sum of 600.

Vickers, Inc, of Detroit, has increased its Negro personnel from
~85 to 125 with an upgrading program under~ way.

with 35. employees in one
plant, lists 15 power machine and
one forelady.and in their plan:
number two; they have 15. more, all
of whom are ~power machine operators. ne

- Goodyear Aireraft company of
Okron, O., has 265 in anodyzing,
heat treating, packing and transport work. It has placed 60 in aircraft riveting and~ assembly training courses, -

Ravenna arsenal at. Ohio has 518

General Motors Forge plant ~at

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some reports of civilian authorities
reaching for their revolvers, an aot
which always drew a ring of army
rifles. The men reaching for their
revolvers have always had to reach
for their hats and scram. Because
the U. S. Army is not to be trifled
with. Our boys in uniform belong
to the U..S. Army! Nufsed!

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colored soldiers and one _ white
military policeman and the wounding of five other soldiers.

Major: Aage Woldike was quoted
as saying the white military policeman attempted to halt an argument near the telephone booths
end had words with a colored soldiet who allegedly lunged for the
M.P.~s pistol, tipping the holster,
but failing to grasp the weapon.
The soldier is suid to have run
cutside and the M. P. fired a shot
after ordering him to halt.., The
shot brought forth a fusillade from
the barracks near the amusement
centel! where the trouble started.

LASTED 15 MINUTES

' The gun battle lasted 15 minutes
and finally was halted by colored
and white Army afficers.

Young Hall will be funeralized
from the First Baptist church at
Lithonia as soon as funeral artangements are completed, his
father said.

Corporal Hall was weil knowm: in
Lithonia, and was. an honor student and star athlete at Henry
County T~aining School. He- enlisted in the Army: in May~ ~while
stationed at & CCC camp in
Greensboro. P:
Two sisters reside in Atlanta.
They are Miss Beatrice Hall, a
student at Clark College, and Miss
Lucile Hall; formerly connected
with the NYA office here and now
employed at. the Atlanta. School
of Social Work.

~There are three other sisters,
Mrs. Carolyn Hall-. Long, a New- |
nan school teacher and wife of
John~ Long, former: athlete -of- At-:
lanta; Miss Parra Hall, an instructor at Fort Valley College, and
Mrs. Long, of Panama City,
HAD: TWO BOTHERS |
_~Two-brothers, Kenneth and Joe,
reside iti Conyers with their par
ents.

The disturbance at Fort Dix was
the ~first manifestation of any
ill-feeling among different races at
the post,~ according to Major
Woldike, who serves as public relations Officer there. ~

It was pomted out that colored
and white soldiers mingle at the
amusement center, which contains
a bar, lunch counter and amusement and bowling. alleys.

Killed during the battle were
-Hall,: Private Isaac W. Brown, of
Henderson, Tennessee, and a white
military policeman, Private Manie
W.. Strough, of Honeycamp, Va.

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ferent races at the post.~

Negro and white soldiers reportedly had gathered as before in
Sports

rand rifles, fired once after suitable |
added warnings. Not only was the;
light. shot out, but the pega oe
~Teceived a close haircut and ~sha:

| modus ~operandi. Differences are

% And mine eyes have clearef light,

~They live so far apart.
~such different ~worlds~ until even
the blood brotherhood ties of racial
kinship have been materially weakened. In public life they reveal fundamental distrust of each. other.
This is the kind of distrust that
strangers. have for one. another. It
is- bred by an almost total lack of
association.;

ISOLATED AREAS

The culture areas where the underprivileged dwell are pretty well
isolated from the communities of
the ~hill top~ folk. This is not always physically true but most certainly psychologically so. This isolation has promoted the growth of
| ~ways of living~ so different from
the ~proper ways~ of the more
privileged Negroes until they are
viewed- as immoral, The people on

of the upper class Negroes as artificial: Negroes and often comment
that they are trying to be ~white,~

Take a look at some of the funda
mental differences in the culture
patterns of, these two groups. The
houses in the areas where these
underprivileged Negroes live are
poorly constructed with
thought. of necessary utilities or
beauty. The streets and roads are
unpaved and in constant need of
repair, Sewerage is either not there
or very inefficient. Garbage is less
frequently collected than in other

| parts of the city. Their churches

are even different, including their
4nterpretations. of the purposes of
religion and the duties of Christians

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groes who are trying to accommodate
themselves to the over-all American
culture patterns. They want the social approval that comes~ from act
the race
SENSE DISTINCTION

These upper class Negroes have~
sensed the distinction that white
people make between good Negroes
and ~bad ers.~ They act accordingly. They stay so far away
from -the courthouse. until they.
have no idea of what happens to
members of the Negro masses who
are tried in the courts. They definitely. separate themselves religious
ly because they do not want to be.

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tain amount of recognition which

gro proprietors and _ professional):
people. Es
Before Negroes can ever gain significant financial strength this gap
~must be closed. Before Negroes will
ever have political power of con-.
sequence they must win the confi
dence of the masses. This can only
be done when educated Negroés:
realize the fundamental fact that

the masses will permit them. As a
matter of fact there are clear signs
of a trend of the masses to d

educated Negroes this opportunity
becaues they have lost faith. in
them. Being a Negro is difficult ~

but it is an investment which if
tried with sincerity will {n the long
run pay tremendous. dividends...

BETWEEN THE LINES ~~ 20 coors moon

~By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK
for ANP

The Tilt Between Dr. Patterson of
Tuskegee and Walter White of
the NAACP has some regrettable
~possibilities. The cause of Negro
advancement is not going to be
helped by any spirit of intolerance.
It ~is not going to help -our cause
to cry aloud against, intolerance in
one breath, and-in the next, invoke
it to carry our point. Many of us
support the NAACP not because of
our~ belief in~ its. omniscience, but
because of its motivations.. But
ever the NAACP: must realize that
there are other points of view. on
vital ~matters than its own.

So: long Booker T. Washington
and Dr: DuBois were opposed. in
the thinking of the whites and even
in the thinking of Negroes themselves. The followers of DuBois
were known as radicals while those
of Washington were known 4s
conservatives. The pity was, each
school believed itself right and the
other wrong, whereas the lapse of
40 years proves that both were right.
Both. schools were after the same
thing, and that was the further
emancipation of the Negro; and
their ~only difference was their

not always a matter of right and
wrong. As Ella Wheeler Wilcox
once

~T know as my years grow older,

That in each rank wrong, some~where pane -

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Purgism Among Negroes

1 better than none at all. Negroes of

~Negro the right and the prerogative

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the south, ie Negroes of the
north,~and of the world~hRave accepted segregation i rirantios but
not in theory. To deriy the southern.

to handle situations according
his own judgment is~a degree~ of
intolerance~ the.~Negro cannot afford to attain..

~slated to go~ because they dared to
use their-own judgment in making
decisions in interracial. matters.
~If Pickens ~actually compromised
in his statements, he would most cer-_
tainly have @ precedent in the many
matters compromised by the NAACP

tion of

teachers~ salaries is ain question, Were the NA/
comp ~in it would not.

aries.

sala. but it would.

segregated. schools,

gards

to failure. It is just as unscientific
for the Negro to disregard the
~white man~s notion of things

Negro~s.
PURGISM DANGEROUS
| However;

~with its. individual supporters

groes to resort to purgism...
The ~purge that liquidates.a Wil~liam Pickens is highly | nable,
}and strikes us as indefensible. We
fare not going to get very far. by

itself. The fight for: the. equaliza
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By REV. TASCHEREAU ARNOLD

"hese Are Perilous-Times,-Folk!

- ~There lurks the seed of right.~|

psoing.

trying to fool ourselves that we-are
going to have ~all or none.~' The

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they do not get as a rule from Ne- |

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not be forcéd; and if this is true of |
~the NAACP, how much more is it |.

throughout the nation. It is -not |
going to. be a fine thing for Ne-~ }

and is fraught with many irritations |: Amys A

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