Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 7]

LL. | SATURDAY. MAY 4, 1946

CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ Hilli
ard

Ellis,

30-year-old

labor

leader, became the first Negro
in the history of the
Agriculture
Workers union to head one of
ks locals when he was installed

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and

United

here Sunday as president of
Local 453 during ~impressive
ceremonies at Amalgamated

hai,

The

thirds white,
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membership

is two

white and

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wit
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that
ago

began here

when Ellis

nine
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Casting Company

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plant into an jndependent un-.

in;Melrose
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ion and served on the bargaining ~committee,.

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UAW LOCAL GETS _ Native Boy
FIRST RACE ~ PREXY Returns to

5,he is busy

Ellis~ local already has
600 ~members, b
planning to recruit 10,000 unorganized workers, he said, He
also plans to purchase-a_ building to give medjcal, dental and
recreational ~service to
bers,

~IT am~ concerned first, about
the welfare of workers, regardless of race, creed or (color,~
he declared, ~Nothing is --more
important right) now than. the
unity of white and Negro
workers,~~ |
-He and his local,. he sajd,
wil] -support the CIO~s: Political Action committee and its
program to build a new party;

The local intends to
sirvatc through the newly elect.

{ed leadership the need and necessity of a Negro being elected

on the UAW~s _$jnternational
board, The nation~s. largest. union is without a Negro. board
member, he pointed out, although the UAW has at least
75,000 Negro members. About

67 per cent of the members of
his local are. white, Ellis. disclosed,

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MONROVIA~ ~ ANP ~ Dr.
Joseph Togba returned to Liberia last week) as a medical
doctor, Togba is from the Kru

the Kru- coast, of illiterate parents. Ht. was fortunate to attend thé primary school at
Sassiown, and thru missionary
efforts reached Monrovia where
he attended the College of
West Africa, There he gained
the confidence of Miss Susan
Mitchell, a white missionary
teaching there, |and she fostered him thru college until] ~ he
graduated in 1936 and taught
for a year after. He gained a
scholarship and left in 1937 for
Friends~ university, | Wichita,
Kan,, and completed jts fouryear course in three years with
an A. B, degree,

After graduation he entered
Menarry Medical college at
Nasville, finished in~ March,
1944, He did interne work at

the Homer G, Phillips hospj
tal at St, Louis) and went from |

thre.to Whittaker Hospital,
Newport News, Va,, as resident physician where he specialized in surgery, He married
Miss Jessie Trent of Philadelphia, former teacher of nurs
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THE FLINT SPOKESMAN _

REMARKABLE CLINIC, ~ A
section of the 350 physicians and
dentists who attended the John
A, Andrew clinic at Tuskegee

| institute held in April for the
| first time since the early war

years, Regarded as one of the
best of the refresher, post-graduate clinics available, the program this year was, oe
brilliant,

~all of ~Chicago; Dibbte,

3 ss

Along tnose seen ia tue yale
aUW, star LU Tigills are wociuis-|
suds, CallCagu, worewer, COlum- -
bus, d,; Walwya,- LUSKegEe,
dunx, Lennessee; Cure snnauit, |
secreiary; Daley, Giles, Smitn,
~buskKegee; Howard, Mound Bayou,
yonnson, Atlanta and Joceph,.augusta, Ga, ~ANP.

4

New York~s Domestic

Workers Win

By Noah C, A. Walter
(Calvin~s. News Service)
New York State) Workmen's

Compensation Law for the pro.
teciion of jnjured workmen has

~for years been the most~ liberal

} possible

Fson of the Women~s Cl}

-izotion: o

anc most~ beneficial in the country; and as would be expected,
the New York State Legislature in the closing days of its
1946 Spring Session adopted
the afirst law in. any state providing workmen~s compensation
for the protection of domestic
workers, This bill, it is expected, will be signed in a short
~tim? by Gov, Thomas E, Dewey,

The~ new law provides the
same protection for domestic
workers as is now enjoyed by
factory, industrial, unskilled
labor, office and other workers, The basic benefit provides
for payment of bills and fees
for medical and surgical care
for workers jnjured at work
and disabled. It alSo agords full
weekly compensation

upon 75 per cent of the prior
weekly earnings, and many other benefits which space does
not permit to enumerate, The
only exception in this new law
is that a domestic employer will
not be subject to legal prosecution by the State; that js, a
housewife who employs a domestic worker cannot be forced to carry insurance against
injury suffered by a
worker, but she may for her
own protection, Herctofore a
domestic worker hag no right
to ~appear before e Workmen~s Compensatjon Board in
Nw York State to present a
case against the employer, The
only. recourse was to Common
Law Courts, and in very few

the Liberian government and
has entered upon his duties at
the government -hospital, Liberjans can boast of a doctor of
their own,, instances
tunds

~in a common law court,

ranging
from $8 to $28 per week based

| Workers meet accidents while

Compensat~n
because of lack of
and proper knowledge!
of the law was the domestic
worker ever able to. obtain
compensation for injuries, Under this new law the domestic
worker when injured and unable to work now has a right
to present her caSe before the
Workmen~s Compensation Board
and should the Board grant!
an award and the employer not
pay the award, the worker is
in a much better position to
pring suit against the employer

Negro women in particular

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saacorge WUancid s2UL Ulla y aus

ayewW 2ULH Weds NUL Gal UVEL

Wie |ULUCU DlaLes, aWwueL UL UuL
avegro Wome: nave vecn ivrctu into ims Ireid OL enaeavor
pecause unill isapo0r snoriages
uucingy World war di, tmerg,
was, ilMtre otner gaintul empioyment tor Negro women.
wie it Js true that domesuc
workers are noc exposed W as
aangerouS hazards as are met
ins industry, many domestic

at work which reSuit in tne
40Ss Ot earnings, require medlcal care, aha result In paysiCal: GQlsaplilyes, ~inte domestic
employer has too long been
pernmutted to escape wale at
work, ine placing of daomvsuic
~workers unaer tne protection
oc wWworkmens VCompensa:iun
waw nm INeW.YOrK Sede
vicwwry Nuv omy ior aomesyc
workers In NCW YOrK Dlate
put alt over tne United States,

The credit Yor this new law

SS a

| T,,... Binkley,
} seminary, |

belongs to the leaders of tne
NAACP, the National Urban
League, New York Siate C10,
and AF of L; the National Consumers League, Women~s Trade
Unicn League and many progressive women~s and. other
groups. The victory was not
easy, it took 10 years of constant endeavor and untiring

Seek Churches Aid in Fight
To Abolish The Poll Tax

WASHINGTON ~ANP ~The
executive Secretary of the National Committee to Abolish the
Poll Tax, Mrs. Katherine Shryver, -has sent. out nation-wide
appeal to the churches asking
their financial help in the fight
to abolish the pol] tax,

She. ~pojnted out that missionaries from America who are
carrying the Christian message
find it embarrassing when
prospective converts ask: ~Wny
do some people have to pay to
vote im your country?~ ~Wry

does the color of your skin de
ejd2 what civil
njoys?"~- and
Guestions.
Quoting Mrs, O, G. Robin.
ristian
Service division,. Methodis~,
whe declared, ~all around the
world these questions are b>.
ing raised with our~ missionaries,~ Mrs, Shryver Jauded
the diligent fight that organis putting up for the
anti-poll tax bill. Other churchgroups taking a stand for the
bill include the national board
of the United Council of
Church women,:

Dr, William H, Jernagjn, ex.

liberities one
other Similar

ecutive director, Washington
bureau, Fraternal Council Ne
zro Churches in America, was
hained by the committee secretary as one of the most ac.
tive~ members In that boay,
the. iS on the executjve board,

~For the cooperation - froin
the church people, we are grate.
ful and proud,~ deciared Mrs,
Shryver, ~now, our great need
4s ftinance,~

It was revealed that for the
abolish the poll tax tight, taere
nave been- almost no church
donations from conferences or
ministers,

Mrs.
interview with a quotatjon from
the Christian Advocate, ~It is
the Supreme business of the

Christian preaéher to cry out
against sin, and if sjn appears

}in politics and economics, then
the minister of Jesus Christ
|has no alternative, He must}!
attack it.~

Interested persons or church
groups should write to the Netional Headquarters, Abolish
The Poll Tax, 127*~B Street,
Southwest, Washington, D, C.,

Shryver concluded the i

zone 41,

Baptist Held

|Southwide
Interracial Meet

_LOUISVILLE ~-ANP ~ A
new step in race relations was
taken: here recently wilren delegates from eight southern Bap
tist schools met to discuss fur
therance of racjal amity, States
represented were Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennesse~ and
Kentucky, -

A highlight of the conference
was the address of Dr, Edward A. McDowell, of Southern Baptist. seminary, who
spoke on ~The Minister, Key
Man in. Race Relations,~~ In his
address, Dr, McDowell pojnt-.
ed out the
judice upon self and others.

A. planning committee accepted the invitation from
American ~Baptist seminary _ to
hold the 1947 conference on
its campus, next March 27 and
28, Among those ~ attending
were Joe Conley, Southern
Baptist seminary; Dr, H, W,
Tribble, Southern; Dr. R, W.
Riley, president of American
Baptist Theological seminary;

| Prof. Garland K, Offutt, Sim
mons university; and Dr, Olin
Southern... Baptist

epart of these

effort on th
groups, Many well - meaning
reople today complaining of

hardships in obtaining ~good
conscientious. - workers ~- were
found: among the enemies of
this new law, It js expecied
that these groups and Negro
leaders throughout the country
will call upon their legislatures
to follow New York State in
adopting similar laws, Certainly the domestic worker is entitled to the same _ protectjon,
as the industrial worker; each
is Gependent upon their physical and mental ability to earn
a livlihood should ome become
injured while at work and un.
able for a temporary or permanent perjod from doing any
work they are entitled to medical care: and protection of a
minimum income until they can
resume their regular work,
Workers of New York. State
have shown the way by successfully having domestic workers included under the Workmen~s Compensation Law.

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9 pencil:
Sharpener

> ae
I~ve been trying for weeks to |:
~| buy a pencil sharpener~one of
those into which you stick a
| pencil.

- I'd pay $5 for a good one.
(They used to be $1 or less.)
You see, I~m ready to start in~} flation in pencil sharpeners, because there are so few on the }
market.

There are probably strikes in
the pencil sharpener factories.
Or there may be government ceilings on pencil sharpeners which
make it impossible for anybody
to make ~em.

If strikes and restrictions were
ended, it wouldn~t be long until
I could soon get my pencil sharpener for about 90 cents. Factories
would be busy. Men would have
jobs. Stores would make a ales
And she we happy.

ill effects of. pre-.

CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ Eight |
Ne gro Republican leaders were
amd: ig the distinguished - group
of ~Ccok County leaders ~to
assemble | in the Red Lacquer
Rooin of the Palmer ~House ~on
Monday for the team for victory donner.of which Governor
Dwi: ght H. Green~ was host,

Ca ndidates for the sanitary district trusteeship were intro.
diced ~by | Dr: J. B? Martin,
president of the Negro Ameri
Nure Repu blican Leaders Attend ~
Gov, Green~ s Victory Dinner

can baseball league, Dr, Martin the only Negro.to run for.
the sanitary distri@~ post, led
all Republican candidates in~
the number of votes for trustees of the sanitary district,
Michae] J. Rudnik,:white, was
the next most popular ee
date,
A
attended Gov.
County Republican
victory dinner,

total of 202 Rel nese
Gpeen~s Cook
sii for

Pay; Challenged to

ALBANY, Ga, ~ ANP ~

vantage of the new voting victory and to encourage ~regiStration for voting by all 18-yearolds.

|The meeting first in two
years, was~ held ~at Albany
State college and was keynoted, by Dr, Marvin~ S,~ Pittman,
president of Georgia Teachers
college,... With.-a,, bristling,.attack.on
salary differentials,~ ~Jacko of
graduate ~school.. facilities. and
discrimjnation boih. on. the
secondary~ school: and~ higher
levels, the associations called
upo:y Negro teachers to assume
a larger share of -the- responsibilities for guiding community
~and civic action, requested. the
State board of education to
Make immedjate provision for
graduate training for Negroes
and to take whatever measures
necessary to make the educational opportunities and facilities

i str eat; on,
Fs a ayor

~ton street as the white -

equal ~in all respects~ without regard to racé or color,
The- teachers petitioned the
state board of ~education to
make appropriations to the!
foui.. -..year
be increased. so as to ~enable
these schools to expand their
facilities and staffs and to secure ~full accreditation: and: render a broader service to the
communities, of Geogia,

White Man
Jailed in.
Miss. Killing

| LEXINGTON, me ~. ANP~
Thad Dickerson, a 51-year-old
white resident of Pickens. was

ges of shooting to death Chenley Dennis, 16, on the.majn
of Pickens Sunday aftfo TG -was made

~Hardie McKie because the -- ~sheriff WBS.,, A, a
'@anis

| Witnesses told.the mayor? dat

on Lexingman
~whos was on_his
~way to play basketball, Dick~erson, a ~night watchman at
~the natural gas ~plant at Pickens, cursed the boy and threat~ened him with a gun, witnesses
said; -The youth. ran- bus Dick.
erson shot him through the hip,

of a Negro cafe

met Dennis,

| Shot him through the heart,

_ Mayor _McKjc, who answered
the call for the Holmes county
shefiff who was ow on a call,
said the whi:s man had been
drinking, He. was carrying a.32 revolver at the time of the
slaying. ~

The Holmes county ~ grand
jury was ca:l:i back
iatviy~ to consider the case,
Sheriff W, ~, Murtaugh said,

teachers~

Negro:..Colleges a

jailed here last week on char-|

~the shooting o~éurred in front:

then caught up~ with him ~andtf

immed- |

Teachers Ask Equal Opportunity, -

Encourage Voting

r The Georgia teachers. made

The Georgia: ~Teachers and Ed-|a frontal attack upon.the. proucational association~ met in a| posed plan of. the
fwo-day séssion last~ week and! to grant 50 per cent increase

was challenged to take full ad.,
| ~Such indiscriminate action will

state, board

in salary ~to all~ teachers,
widen the difference jn the salary scale of Negro and white
teachers and we pledge our reSources and energies... towards
a wholehearted..effort;.to: -wipe
out this differential whenever

it exists,~

The resolution concluded:
~Bo it tesolved that as the jn
itial step in our campaign to
obtain~ equaf~*pdy* for~*' equal
work we petifion~ ~the ~state |

~board to take ' immediate~steps
to: completely eradicate differences between while and Negro
salaries and to give
to Negro teachers an increased
pay; not proportionately but.
actually equal to any increase ~
granted white teachers,~

Upward of. 2,000 teachers
represented at the meeting.
from all communities with the
exception of Atlanta. Not a
singie teacher from the Atlanta
schools appeared in Albany,
Various explanations were reported, but the most authentic
seems to be that officials barred participation by Atlanta
teachers in the state meeting.
salary equaljzation suit is
now pending in the Atlanta
federal district court,

Dr. Rayford W; Logan. cheirman of the department of his.
tory, Howard university, was
featured at the closing ~session
before a crowd estimated at
3,000 in Albany City auditorium, Dr, Logan applauded the.brace struggles Georgia Negro
es are exhibiting in securing
the ful] right to the franchise,
called for a greatér insistence
upon passage of a federal aid
to education bill and focused the
problem of the Negro in Georgia in the light of a_ wider
national and world problem,
~whese solution cannot be
seen,~ warned Dr, Logan, ~except through cooperative _ efae and planning.~ ~~

J,.Granberry,. deans of
Een State College~,was elected president. of the association,
suectceding TY, E,. Washington,
retired, Dr. C, V, Troup, presidént of Fort Valley State
college, -was chosen -4reasurer
to succeed Dr.~ Aaron Brown,
retired, (CC, |L, Harper, of Atlanta, was continued as executive secretary.
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
~PRESENTS DILLARD CHOIR

The Dillard University Chojr,
under the direction of Qrrin
Southern~ II, was presented at
Southern Universjty~s ~ Vesper
service April 28.

The 30 voice group featured
as guest soloists Miss Carol
Blariton, pianist and Miss Ger.
aldine Patterson, vocalist,

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