I’VE BEEN
AROUND
New York
By TED YATES
R t l m t U i x c l u n v t l y l y thé W D t P l N Ü l N T P R IS S S i R l ' l L t , «8 **'«»« ’ 81/1 i l . , N t w Y«-* 19, V. V.
It's A ( j wood l i r a i
. . .
A fte r a s u rv e y of N e g ro p olitical o p in io n in New Y ork a n d C hicago,
F o r t u n e M ag a zin e r e p o r t s th a t 70.9 p e r c e n t of N e g ro e s in t h e s e tw o
a r e a s fa v o r t h e re-elec tio n of P r e s i d e n t R o o sev elt, w hile 27 per c e n t
s u p p o rt T h o m a s E. D ew ey a n d 2.1 p e r c e n t a r e u n
d ec id e d .
R e s e a r c h fo r th is S u rv e y w as d one d u rin g th e
l a t t e r half of A u g u s t by N e g ro in te r v ie w e r s , u n d e r
tlie d ire c tio n of t h e firm of E lm o R oper.
T h e S u rv e y also d is c lo s e s t h a t 97 p e r c e n t of
th e N e g ro e s in t h e s e tw o n o r t h e r n c itie s w a n t th e
fe d e ra l g o v e r n m e n t to c r e a t e m o re jo b o p p o r t u n i
tie s for N e g ro e s d u rin g th e n e x t fo u r y e a rs . A m o n g
t h o s e w ho feel th is w ay a n d a r e for R o o sev elt,
22.6 p e r ce nt (o r 15.5 per c e n t of t h e to ta l C hicago-
New Y ork N e g ro P o p u la tio n ) would be w illing to
s w itc h t h e i r v o te s to D ew ey if, by th e e n d of th e
c a m p a ig n , D ew ey se e m e d m o re willing t h a n R o o s e
ROOSEVELT
velt to c r e a t e t h e s e o p p o rtu n itie s . C o n v erse ly , 6.1
p e r c e n t of th e to ta l w ould s w itc h from D ew ey to R o o s e v e lt for th e
s a m e re a s o n .
H e r e is how N e g ro opinion divided on th e q u e s tio n : " W ith / h ic h
of t h e s e s t a t e m e n t s do you com e c lo s e s t to a g r e e
in g ? "
Roo, e v e lt h a s d o n e a n e x c e lle n t
jo b a n d i t ’s v e r y i m p o r t a n t t h a t
lie sh o u ld be p r e s i d e n t d u rin g
t h e n e x t fo u r y e a r s
29.7% "
W h ile he h a s m a d e s o m e m i s ta k e s
a n d he’B been in office a long
70.9
tim e, it is still b e t t e r to ele c t
R o o s e v e lt p r e s i d e n t a g a in for
th e n e x t fo u r y e a r s
41.2%
A lth o u g h R o o s e v e lt h a s d o n e s o m e good th in g s,
h e h a s been p r e s id e n t long en o u g h and th e
TRUMAN
c o u n t r y would be b e t t e r off to e le c t D ew ey
for t h e n e x t fo u r y e a r s
16.6%'
;.6%-i
27.0
It would be a very b a d th in g for th is c o u n t r y to r e
e le c t R o o s e v e lt for a n o t h e r fo u r y e a r s ...................
10.4%
).4 % J
D on't kn o w
............................
2.1%
A b r e a k d o w n d is c lo s e s c o n s id e r a b ly m o re D ew ey s t r e n g t h in Chi-
ca g o th a n in N ew York. In C h icag o th e p e r c e n t a g e s s t a n d : R o o se
velt, 64.4; Dewey. 33.8; d o n 't know. 1.8. T h e p r e f
e r e n c e s In New Y ork r u n : R o osevelt. 77.6; Dewey,
20.0; d o n 't know, 2.4.
T h e n ex t q u e s tio n s in t h i s F o r t u n e S u rv e y d e a lt
w ith la b o r policies for th e co m in g y e a rs . T h e q u e s
tions. w ith re p lie s :
" \ \ hich m e th o d of a t t a c k i n g tlje u n e m p lo y m e n t
p ro b le m a f t e r t h e w a r do you th in k t h e n e x t a d
m i n is t r a ti o n sh o u ld p u r s u e ? ”
H e lp b u s in e s s in e v e ry w ay po ssib le to
c r e a t e e n o u g h jobs, a n d n o t s t a r t p u b
lic p r o j e c t s u n le s s It b e c o m e s c le a r
t h a t b u s in e s s c a n 't do It a lo n e
51.5%
DEWEY
S t a r t public p r o j e c t s r ig h t a w a y a f t e r th e
w ar, p la n n in g to r e d u c e th e m Just as
soon a s it looks as th o u g h b u s in e s s could p ro v id e en o u g h
jo b s
44 1%
Don't know
4.4%
" W h ic h o n e of t h e s e s t a t e m e n t s c o m e s c lo s e s t to e x p r e s s i n g w h a t
j o u would like to see o u r g o v e r n m e n t tr y to do a b o u t labor u n io n s
d u r i n g th e n e x t fo u r y e a r s o r s o ? ”
S to p all la b o r u n io n s from o p e r a tin g
6 . 2 %
Allow la b o r u n io n s to c o n tin u e , but t a k e
__ avvay s o m e of t h e i r p o w e r
26.8%
K e e p la b o r u n io n s a b o u t a s pow e rful a s
th e y a r e now. but s e e to It t h a t t h e i r
bad p ra c tic e s a r e re fo rm e d
36.3%
E n c o u r a g e t h e la b o r u n io n s and leav e it
up to th e m to im p ro v e th o s e th in g s
th a t need to be Im p ro v e d
21 2 %
D o n ’t know
6 5 %
T h e F o r t u n e S u rv e y a lso a s k e d : “ R e g a r d le s s of
w h a t you hope, w ho do you th in k will w in— R o o s e
velt o r D e w e y ? ” T h e a n s w e r s follow, b ro k e n dow n
BRICKER
for th e tw o c itie s :
VOTERS’ LEAGUE FOR DEWEY-BRICKER
I
A f lC J ’4 * li* Q The Executive Com m ittee of the C alifornia N egro V oters’ League fo r Dewey and
L a J o
Bricker. Left to rig h t: W illiam Nickerson, Jr., Dr. F rank C arl, A ttorney Ivan J.
Johnson III, B ertram B. B ratton, Sidney P. Dones, M orris M ajor Bowles. Missing from photo is Louis
Blodgett.
gation was th e rule in federal hous
in g ?
Mrs. W alker: Housing McLough-
lin H eights tried to clarify by say
ing vacancies yes— but requests for
—
P rincipal speaker a t an open
(A.NP) G. S tre a to r was principle them are already made and sahi no
forum , held Sunday afternoon a t
sp eak er a t a m eeting held October house was vacant if ren t is paid.
M ount O livet B aptist Church, was
16, 11)44 a t Bagley Downs school,
Mr. R atchford, A sst. H ousing Judge Wm. H. H arrison, prom inent
V ancouver H ousing project. Mr. D irector fo r all projects in Van-
J u ris t of Chicago, 111. The forum ,
S tre a to r stated th a t his job was lenghty debates and reb u ttals, th a t
held under th e auspices of th e Col
the w elfare of colored w orkers in segregation ex ists and certain sec
ored Republican Club, w as well a t
the U nited S tates. He was especial tions w ere set aside fo r colored peo
tended by loyal Republicans and
ly concerned w ith conditions fo r ple in every project—and th a t in
v isitin g D em ocrats. Follow ing the
N egro w orkers w here the em ployer , te g ra tio n —“ It won’t be done.” A t
speech by Mr. H arrison, m any of
holds a co n tract w ith the A m erican least not now.
the Republican candidates on the
F ed eration of Labor F o r em ployers
S tre a to r said people w ere not local tick et w ere presented to th e
who hold co n tracts w ith the Con concerned of p ast, p resen t or
audience by W illiam H. G raves,
g ress of In d u strial O rganization, fu tu re, and seg reg atio n w as alm ost
p resident of th e C. R. P.
investigated by someone else. Be alw ays the rule in federal housing.
A m ong the candidates presented
fore his p resent position Mr. S tre a
Rev. Jam es J. Clow, based upon to the audience were Ju d g e W illiam
to r w as in charge of discrinm ina- |
a le tte r received from F ed eral C. Howell, W. W. B anks, W alter J.
tion in industry under the W ar L a
H ousing A dm inistration, W ashing G earin, H om er D. A ngell, C yrus A.
bor Board of the W ar Production
ton, D. C., cited in stan ces w here Dolph, Coe M cKenna, and D r. Ralph
Board. This work is now done by |
in teg ratio n w orked w ithout any Sm ith. P re se n t also w ere M rs. Vade
the P resid en t’s com m ittee on F a ir
M. S trohm , tre a s u re r of Republican
blood being spilled.
Em ploym ent practices.
C
entral Com m ittee of M ultnom ah
R athford claim ed th an lack of lo
S tre a to r recruited Labor from
County,
as th e rep resen tativ e of
cal housing au th o rity had local
ru ral a re a s fo r w ar production cen
Jack
Lynch,
who could n o t atten d .
autonom y.
,
ters. He declared th a t the P o rt
L eadership w as debated and dis
land a re a s h as given him m ore
Is your chicle fick le? F lav o r
cussed. M ark Sm ith said, “ People
headaches th a n any o th er a re a in
f
la
t ? W hile we here a t home are
a t th e top w ere w o rrying about peo
which he has worked. “The people
snapping
gum th a t m ay be so fter,
ple a t the bottom and not giving
do not w ant to u n derstand th a t it
them a chance to do th e ir own con less elastic and less flav o rfu l th an
is a H ercuiian job— th is job o f tr y
stru ctiv e th in k in g .” People will get we like, it is no less p u re th a n the
ing to reduce friction to a minimum
along in teg rate d if th e people a t p re-w ar variety . W hatever prim e
— between the races. I t is a tough
the top don’t w orry so stupidly chicle finds its w ay to th is country
job because of the objections raised
about the relations. Leave it to the now', is m ade into chew ing gum
am ong N egroes them selves —
fo r our fig h tin g men. A nd if sm all
citizens affected.
especially p ro test groups.
D utch and F rench com patriots
MRS. B EA TR IC E REED
He said th a t he objected to r a
learn th e A m erican chant, “any
cial tliscrim ination and th a t he re
gum , ch u m ?”, th e y ’ll g e t th e best
Licensed F uneral D irector
jected th e policy of th e tra d e unions Personal A tten tio n a t H olm an & th ere is from m arching A m erican
troops.
who b ar N egroes and could not de
L utz M ortuary
fend any such union on any
grounds w hatsoever. “ I did n o t in
v en t th e auxiliary to the boiler
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS
m akers.. This is a backw ard h a n g
over since th e Ku K lux K lan pe
Kindly send in your subscription payments. We do
riod.” A lthough they m ight d iffer
not have Agents to send to your homes. A Check or
in tactics. People m u st become re
„
.
T °*»l
C h i c a flo
New York
Money Order will do. But, send your money in to our
alistic and not be duped by certain
” o o s e v e ,t .............. 76.9%
76.2%
77.7%
office,
please.
i?ew.e y,
................. H . 2
16.0
types of m inds.
6.3
Don t kn o w .......... 11.9
7.8
16.0
PORTLAND INQUIRER,
S tre a to r said th a t th e housing
needs capable colored people fo r
2736 N. E. Rodney Ave.
s ta ff th is is the fir s t step tow ard
Portland 12, Oregon.
in teg ratio n . The increase of colored
w orkers w as a draw back to th e ,
th e re s o rt citv <>r s-.nt 11 !‘lC d '
^1n(, ,0 th e >uxurlous hotel in
obúm“ r'inÑ„,“ h , r * , r * rbara'
»"<1 "> « » T -.o, »i, p area. L eaders in th e com m unity of !
1500 w ere adequate but when th e
population increased to 15,000 the
new rejected the old and a new
leadership m ust be found.
By J. W. Kennedy
OF ALL KINDS
S tre a to r said th a t he w as op
♦
Guilds Lake is in th e m aking posed to jim crow housing although
CARLE R. VICKERS, D.D.S. w ith all its newcomers.
th a t people were real and it w as
PARTIES — INDIVIDUAL — PRESS
1471 N. E. W illiam s C ourt
not possible to w ear out race p re ju
P ortlan d , O regon
In your home or Our Studio
Mrs. Pansy Jam es, form erly >f dice in th is w ar. Even w ith p ro test
V E rm ont 4208
♦
and the N AACP th a t m ystify
D allas, Texas, is ta k in g quite an
some people th e distribution of jobs
Call W E bster 7220
P o rtla n d ’s Only N egro D entist in te re st in school activities. Shq,
to colored w orkers w as m ore fa ire r
has been recom m ended by the P rin in the K aiser yards advanced skill
RO BERT N. JO Y N ER , JR ., M. D. cipal of the school to open a lunch in proportion th a n any o th e r race
Physician and Surgeon
room fo r th e children of V anport in the U nited S tates. No blood w as
O ffices: 1415 N. W illiam s Ave.
spilled here because racial difficult
C ity and Guilds Lake. The projects
P ortlan d , Oregon
ties w ere controlled by differen t
OREGON FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION
are very proud to have Mrs. J a m e s ' forces. E very friend you m ake now
V E rm ont 4404 or BEacon 3181
am ong th e ir m idst, and w ant h er to : m ay keep you from being le ft out.
1412 N. Williams Avenue
know th a t th ey will do an y th in g
W ILLIA M S A V E N U E U. S. O.
Q U E ST IO N S
possible to help h e r in the s tru g
6 N. Tillam ook S tre e t
A few of th e m isinform ed people
P ortlan d , O regon
T R inity 4615 gles.
recru ited fo r th is m eeting asked
T h ere w ere quite a num ber of questions relativ e to g arb ag e cans,
HOWARD’S FUEL AND ICE SERVICE
W YATT W. W ILLIA M S
H auling of All K inds
p arties in th is com m unity S a tu r
mud puddles in the s tre e ts and a
A ttorney-at-L aw
NOW AT N EW LOCATION
day and Sunday n ig h t. The young
623-4 L um berm an’s Bldg.
v ariety of questions relative to
people had a g ran d tim e, only I
2707 N. Williams Ave., Above Knott
820 S. W. 5th Ave.— AT. 6871
G uy-Bagley Downs.
wish
they
would
be
m
ore
dignified
Phone: G A rfield 4456
Home Phone: S U nset 6260 *
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Rev.
Moses
Guy:
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P o rtla n d ’s only N egro Law yer
Streator Speaks at
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