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~A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, JM

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~ARTICLE IN MAGAZINE ~DIGEST

~NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ A Philip Randolph, president of the
~rotherhood of Sleeping Car por~ters, is ~undoubtedly one of jim
#r0w~s most implacable enemies~
~~~according ~to an article appear~ing in the recently released April
-issue of Magazine Digest.

~ ~For 45 of his 58 y2ars, he has

hammered away ai this evil, and

-intends to wrestle with the mon-/

=ster until it is slain and buricd
~for -1l times.~
~~ The article, written for Mase:

-~z7ne Digest by David Ashfreld.'

~races the organizing efforts and
~1~. years~
-therhood by Randolph and de~scribes his successes in bringing
~About economic justice and racial
-&Quality. The group, the first Ne
gro international labor organiza
tion in the country, today num
bers 16,000, and can boast that

working hours have been out to
_ half and wages doubled.

~His fellow union members regard him as a present-day Moses
who led them from bondage,~ the
article says. ~~They sometimes rejer to him as ~St. Philip of the
~Pullman porters.~ Others regard
him as an American version of
~Mahatma Gandhi, for nOn-viol~ent mass demonstrations against
racial) discrimination.

~Certain whites, who view any
Wegra~s bid for equality as antirosso have characterized
him as the most dangerous Negro
in America.~

The idea for the brotherhood

leadership of the bro-|

came to Randolph in 1925 when, |
36 years old, has was concerned
with writing and lecturing only.
On - an. August. afternoon;- some
50 porters meeting in a labor-organizing drive in a small Harlem
hall, told him of working conditicns in the Pullman company.
From that time on, the whole
ccurse of his life changed. Thru
his efforts, porters, who 6nce
worked 300 to 400 hours a month,
under a net salary ~of $44.50 plus
tins, now receive a minimum: of
$'2759 a month, with a basic
working month of 240 plus overtime pay.

and wait for a chance to see him.
It has been observed by friends
that an obscure porter from To
trouble getting in to see him than
prominent nonunion personages.

With all his numerous interests,
Randolph seldom finds time to
catch more than four hours sleep
a night. Currently he is engaged
in a nation-wide drive for the

establishment of a permanent}
federal fair employment practices
cammission. In addition, he is
working toward the organization

Headquarters of the brother-;
hood is in New York. Here port-|
ers com? to crowd the anteroom) ~

peka or Salt Lake City has less|

_A PHILIP RANDOLPA

Bury Wife of
Ex-Cang, Mitchell

colin Va. ~ ANP ~
Mrs. Annie Harris Mitchell, wife
of former Rep, Arthur W. Mitchell of Illinois, was buried on

of a new political party, aided by
John Dewey, the philosopher.
The party would be anti-fascist,
pro-democratic, and favoring a
planned economy.

~Bradley Was Not on All-Negro
~Hospital Deal,~ Says VA Official

~ WASHINGTON ~ ANP ~ Ac-; that at a hospital located where

cording to a Veteran~s Administration official, the ~deal~ to
place an all-Negro hospital in
Mississippi was made six months
before Gen. Omar Bradley~s ap
~-pointment to the VA the Iatter
part of 1945.

The jim-crow hospital for vets

to be built for Negroes near
Mound Bayou, Miss.,.is supposed
to take care of the 67,000 Negro
-~yvets in the Arkansas-Mississippi
area, and will cost about two and
a half million dollars,

It was learned that both Gen.

~Bradley and his assistant, Joseph
F.. Albright, had chosen Nashville
~fér~a hospifal to be built to serve
Negro vets in the area comprising~ Arkansas, Mississippi and
Tennes:ce.
-~Nashville was chosen after: a
asite was offered by Meharry col
-lege, and VA officials considered

there were other hospitals (Meharry, University of Vanderbilt,
and the University of Tennessee)
Negro vets would profit medically and integration ~would help
further race relations and help
break down segregation.

While many organizations have
disagreed about the Mound Bayou site, Rep. William Wittington
of Mississippi said last week that
Negroes, down on the delta welcomed the hospital:

Among those mentioned were
Dr, T. R. M. Howard, PP; M.
Smith and B. A. Green of Mound
Bayou.

A Mississippi-weekly, the Jackson Advocate, has come out thru
its editorial for the hospital and
will fight just as hard for the
all-Negro hospital as the north
the family estate last week following funeral services at the
Mitchell home on U. S. Highway
No. 1, eight miles south of here.
Mrs. Mitchell~s. death was attributed to a long illness.

Born in Watertown, Conn.,
Mrs. Mitchell~s chief.pleasure was
doing welfare work among*children, She was a member of the
74th, 75th, 76th and 77th cOngressional club during her husband~s
erm in congress. She was an admirer of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.

Funeral services were conduct
ed by Dr. Gordon B. Hancock, of
Virginia wunivesity. Condolence
messages from friends all over
the country were read. ~~Thanatopsis~ was read by Mrs. Elise
Derricotte, of Washington, D, C.,
and solos were rendered by Miss"
Bernice Hill and _ Dr. James |
Moore, bcth of Virginia State Col.
lege. They were accompanied by.
Mrs. Undine S. Woods, also of
Virginia State college.

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3 NEW YORK.~(ANP)~Wider
use of tayern cars on the New
Haven railroad means additional empleyment of white wome?
as hostesses and waitresses and
the displacement of colered waiters.

~

_ White females were first trie} |
during the war when manpow- |

er shortages prevailed and th>

dia] the railroad has decided ts
add more tavern cars and subsequently more women.

Each car is in charge of the
hostess who has a number of
attendants as they are called
There are at present 23 hostesses will be engaged.

The experience of traveling is
thrilling to the girls who are
~dressed in neat green uniforms.
Colored. dishwashers. and kitchen help are used on the cars.
As yet, tavern cars operate only
to Boston.~ It is planned to introduce them on the longer va
other lines. The famed ~Yankee
Clipper~ and the ~Cape Codder~
are two of.the most popular
trains on the New Haven and
for years used colored waiters
in the dining cars: The dining
cars still operate but much of
the eating is done in the tavern
cars where service is quicker
and prices, cheaper.

DINING CAR
WORKERS IN
AREA MEET

WASHINGTON.~(ANP)~The
first southeastern conference of
dining car employes met here
last week for the purpose of
making plans for 1947, and outlining a program for wage negotiations.

Some of the highlights of this
three-day conference were a
mass. meeting at John Wesley
church Monday night; a _ banquet at club Villa Bia Tuesday
evening; and the third annual
dance, held at Lincoln Colon
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The 50 delegates representing
five districts formulated plans
for requesting a 30 cents wage, increase.

Among union officials present
were Edmond Johnson, general
chairman of Washington district,

ard treasurer of the same district. C. O: Bolt, chairman of
Jacksonville, Robert Lemon
chairman of Cincinnati; F. W.
Williams, chairman of Roanoke,
Va.; Kenneth Wright, chairman
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gro ledderehip i in the nation~s capital is divided on acceptance of
the 200-bed hospital, for. Negro
veterans which President Truman
has ~nr for Mound Bayou,
Miss.

There is oxcpredsed feeling here
in some quarters that a few socalled ~handkerchief-heads haye
sold the Negro veterans down the

~river. Even high Negro Officials

within the Veterans administration are demanding that these
leaders be ferreted out ang exposed.

On the other heel some Negro
leaders here claim that Negroes
will greatly benefit by. the ~onstruction of the ho hospital
at Mound ~Bay
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posed. to ~abuse and ~brash treatment from ~whites in the outsid

hospital staff me embers will be

greatly enhance the~ institutions
of the~ Mound Bayou.

as

ome point out ~that ~it is. ingoverriinent hospital tor~ Mound

be constructed for colored vet-erans only, while ~ at the same
time. accepting~ ~Freegmen~s here
~| whith is ~a goVertiment " hospital
uu on tl

~ Iran, Nepal, Afghan, Ceylon, In
oe pan; Korea, the Asiatic republics~

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world, ~Moreover, they say nal he
both'the veterans and the Negro}

sheltered. And at the same, time, | f

funds coming into the community. 2 oe
as a result of the hospital will Seo

consistent to damn the: proposed ane

Bayou on the basis ~that it wilt}?

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ed. By, pringing together such notable leaders\asiDr,.iSharir, the

young~ Indotiedian~~* ~premier; U.

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See EP iSbOibd De Ho
Maks f
Chiiminh, courageous president

of, indo-China~s Viet Nam zepubVeHantélories lof imper
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santnge) Ho SLSR
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ber after: agf Oppression afd~ Bonthed ~ said Ta
Rajdhen, leader of. the Siamese
delegation~, + a are metting in bes cities -
ror Asig ~ Sea to-decide how
the t pe
Sateen She
ed and how the rise of ob name

wee tary fascism ~cam. bevstop:

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ta ~cradle ~of ciViliz as we

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aid prosper
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fin character, ~the i~onference is
eta eat te i nd |
ant key poliSRR:

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an hngetal eo, oh an ra-\
~cial conflicts, are included on the P,

( Were agenda.
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some of 60,000 homeless Negroes.
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