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MARSHALL FIELD ADDRESSES DINNER PARTY LAST TUESDAY WANTED Club, F ra te rn a l and Social Now* rhU in YOUR N ew spaper . . . •o help m ake it your* by sending in thewe happenings y * A cm •Cl Oregon '% ^\egro W eekly PORTLAND. ORE . JULY II. IM5 VOLUME 2 Education Stressed by Chicago Editor to Overcome Racial Prejudice nauirer > j • - — • > i ie~ PRICE 10c Urban League Official U ri ~ * i * I V ^ i V per NUMBER 2 Urban League Industrial Secretaries Map National Program T he H onorable M arshall Field, publisher of the C hicago Sun and New York P. M . addressed a d in n er p a rty here T uesday DETROIT U P S —In d u strial sec j retan e* from 25 U rban League evening as a m em ber of th e board of th e A m erican Council of cities m et here Last w eek to out Race Relations. line a program designed to a s Among the m any things th a t Mr. Fields told his ap p reciativ e sist Negro w orker* to ad just audience w ere th e following: them selves to changes grow ing “E ducation is th e best m eans of producing b e tte r race re la out of the tran sitio n from a w ar tions am ong all peoples of the e a rth .” to a peace-tim e econom y. The He denounced discrim ination in housing and em ploym ent and , effects of cutbacks in industry, told how in m any cities these w ere causes of tension am ong | th e re tu rn of th e v eteran to ci- m inority groups. j vilian life, ex p lo rin g new job He told his w hite audience th a t they w ere responsible, in a possibilities, and stren g th en in g large degree, for m any of these racial conflicts, because of th eir labor union relationsships w er neglect to interest them selves in try in g to solve these problem s am ong the item s discussed in He said th a t he was deeply concerned ab o u t th e a ttitu d e of this w orking conference. Em w hite persons, th a t if tension sta rts in one place or an o th er they phasis was placed on the in creas can get out of control very quick- i ---------------------------------- — - ing need for in te rp re ta tio n to iy. m anagem ent of th e w ide range Mr. Field inform ed his audi-1 PORTLAND— Edw in C. Berry. E xecu tive Secretary of of skills laten t am ong the several ence th a t he was interested in all recently organized Portland Branch of Urban League. m illions of Negro w orkers in this m inority groups, th e Japan ese, country. Marshall Field, Chicago M illionaire New spaper publisher, Negroes, Jew s, etc. He stated The n atio n al significance of fu rth e r th a t he feels th a t race r e owner of P.M.. spoke here under sponsorship of Urban this conference is revealed in the lations a re im proving only be League. fact th a t W illow Run had just cause the general public is b e P h o t o b y M «'* K n b tn n o n announced the dism issal of 60,- com ing m ore aw are of the s itu a 000 w orkers, C urtis W right had tion. indicated th a t its St. Louis plant Mr. Fields has been in terested would close J u n e 30, and the in race relations since th e Field W alsh K aiser sh ip y ard s in P ro v i foundation, w hich started w ith dence planned an 80 p er cent re child care problem s, has becom e duction in all dep artm en ts. A N egro sailor .w ho fought ¡ington, D. C. a co n trib u to r to the C ouncil on R ichard B. Jefferso n , th e In- C raw ford was one of a num ber fires for m ore th an five hours in Race R elations. d u stria l S ecretary of th e St. Louis spite of te rrific h eat and sm oke, of N egro seam en included am ong In an in terv iew upon his ariv al U rban League, w ho served as one of th e 170 naval heroes the heroes and easualtiesof the here T uesday he com m ented th a t general ch airm an o f th e confer- tocom m ended decoration for j ifS S B u n k er Hill« w h icv' “An A m erican D ilem m a”, by ; e n e £ Said in open In* th e *>ro- ! brav ery in th e fight to save th e , tu rn ed into a raging inferno on G u n n ar M yrndal, is th e best book PO RTLAND — Mrs. Aldena USS B u n k er Hill, w hich w as set 'M ay 11, 1945, w hen tw o enem y ceedings: "We rep resen t here a on race relations he has read and Negro population of some tw<j B. R unnels, A dm inistrative afire by Jap a n e se suicide plane suicide planes crashed h er decks he calls it “m agnificent". m illion persons, and th e econom of the Portland ; attacks, the N avy D ep artm en t re- off O kinaw a and started fires ic secu rity of ev ery one of them He states th a t “S tran g e F ru it), assistant th a t w ere fed by exploding am l i vealed th is week. by L illian Sm ith, is a splendid Chapter Urban League. m unition, w hich riddled decks, depends upon th e kinds of jobs The N egro hero, w hose “refusal novel, b u t not as appealing and m ay becom e available. — P h o t o b y M. C. U o b i n s o n ! to q u it or give aw ay to the flam es b u lk h ead s and blasted the sh ip ’s w hich liked as o th er books, especially Wise in teg ratio n of this g reat sides. some of those w ritte n by Negro Field foundation, to sta rt th e job are cred ited w ith m aterially aid supply of w o rk ers w ill do m uch Included am ong the survivors of collating th e inform ation and ing th e e ffo rt to control the ra g authors. to avoid a n o th e r depression, of th e d isaster in w hich 375 Mr. Fields expressed t h e experience so fa r on h an d as to ing fires,” is 20-year-old H erb ert w hile failure to in te g ra te them m em bers w ere killed or died th o u g h t th a t R ichard W rig h t’s ju st how to go about attain in g Joe C raw ford, stew a rd ’s m ate, from w ounds and 19 m issing, was will alm ost certain ly spell eco “Black B oy” w as am ong the best peace b etw een th e racial ele first class, USRN, w hose parents, nom ic d isaster.” Mr. and Mrs. D ouglas C raw ford, an o th er N egro-Seam an, !9-yr-old books com posed recen tly by N e m ents. The conference recognized th e C laym on Holes, stew a rd ’s m ate, M arshall Field in his address live at 92 S S treet, S. W., W ash- gro w rite rs and w as w ell liked need for encouraging schools first class, USNR, w hose p aren ts and praised by N egroes all over T uesday n ig h t on th e w ork of reside at Salerno, Fla. A com and o th e r ed u catio n al in s titu th e council, and in his questions th e country. tions to keep a b re a st of changing plete list of N egro crew m em bers C om m enting upon Mr. F ield ’s and an sw ers a fte r th e address, occupational dem ands, and of recom m ended for aw ards w ill be v isit and ta lk here the O regonian em phasized th is p ractical a p stream lin in g tra in in g procedures released by th e N avy D epartm ent proach, citing as an exam ple the of J u ly 12, had th is to say: accordingly. An atta ck w as p la n later. M aster Sgt. Jo h n P. C am pbell council’s m an u al on police p ro ned on th e policy w hich has P roud v eteran of ev ery Pacific Mr. Field on Race R elations cedure, w hich has now been was re tire d from th e arm y a fte r m eant exclusion of N egroes from invasion and cam paign since, the adopted by m ost of th e cities of W hat appeals to one about th e 30 y ears’ service a t a cerem ony opening of th e C en tral Pacific of a n u m b er of basic occupations. program of th e A m erican Council the country. The council, in o th er held a t th e P o rtlan d a ir base r e fensive m ore th an a y e ar ago, th e The p a rtic ip a n ts w ere unanim ous in th e feeling th a t openings m ust on Race R elations is its practical w ords, has m ade a nation-w ide cently. H e plans to e n te r th e Essex-class c arrie r has a rriv e d at be sought in business en terp rises, stu d y of successful police m e th approach. T he woods are fu ll of th e P u g et Sound N avy Y ard, organizations cam paigning for ods so fa r as th e han d lin g of race postal service in P o rtla n d soon. B rem erton, W ash., for repairs. in g o v ern m en tal agencies, and in various racial m inorities, and for difficulties is concerned and has Sgt. C am pbell enlisted in 1911, H er b attle scars m ark h er as the all o th e r ty p es of occupations, all racial m inorities so fa r as com piled it in usable form . A nd being assigned to th e 9th cav al m ost ex ten siv ely dam aged ship w ithout referen ce to w h e th er N e th a t is concerned. B ut it has re th e sam e w ill be done in o th er ry a t F o rt D. A j Russell, now F ort ev er to e n te r th e Y ard, w hich groes have tra d itio n a lly found jobs in these areas. m ained for th e A m erican council, fields, such as education an d in W arren, n e ar Boston, Mass. F ol has h an d led such am bitious Jobs w ith su b stan tial support from th e du stry . as th e recen tly -rep aired USS S a T h at apeals to us as a splendid low ing six years of service he ratoga. She ran k s second only to w as sent overseas to action in and logical d e p a rtu re from th e th e USS F ran k lin as a surviving n am e-calling w hich has d o m in at France. In 1919 he re tu rn e d to casu alty of th e w ar. ed m ost race relatio n s in th e past, th e U niited S tates and civilian In h er 58 days and n ights of and still does. The g re a t m ajo rity life. Tw o y ears later he enlisted consecutive action, h er planes had in th e 10th cavalry, and in 1935 of people, w e th in k , have no sym Mr. Joseph L. B land, 6217 S. stru ck a t Iw o Jim a, Tokyo, the p ath y w ith th e persecution of he w as assigned to th e q u a rte r E. 87th avenue, who, to g e th e r In lan d Sea, K yushu and O kina m inorities. B ut w h erev er th e big- | m aster corps. hd C b- o w ith eighteen o th e r persons w ere The 25th in fa n try division wa. 0 c; a> ots get sta rte d a com m unity CO M any of th e B u n k er H ill’s in ju red in a tra in w reck, Sunday, <n seem s confused as to how to e x claim ed St. C am pbell from 1938 c* (D c? M planes w ere supporting M arine J u n e 10, died T uesday m o rn in g ,( to 1942,-w hen he was assigned K' C/i b 4 •d ercise its m ajo rity feeling. Mr. to C am p Pinedale, Cal., w here he and A rm y ground advances on J u ly 10, as a re su lt of said in pfl • •• ¡0 ö ^ H Field is to be co n g ratu lated on received his prom otion to m aster O kinaw a w hen a single-engine juries. r P' • r ! The accident o ccu rred w h en H- t n 0* using his g re a t influence and sergeant. L ate in 1943 he was a s Jap an ese fig h ter plane, know n 0 1 H M M' one of th e G reat N o rth e rn fre ig h t as a “Z ek e”, sneaked in fast ?» w ealth in su p p o rt of th e m o v e signed to th e P o rtlan d arm y air O w o' tra in s crashed into an S. P. & S. base. In 1925 he w as ju dged th e close to th e w a ter on th e s ta r «+ 4 m en t to provide p ractical plans r r te- jn h ighest e x p e rt sw ordsm an in th e board q u a rte r. W hile still a ir train , loaded w ith p leasu re seek a> b y w hich we can g u ard against arm y and w as selected as th e borne, it dropped a 500-pound ers going to Seaside n e a r th e St. M t h e n Jo h n s bridge an d G uild L akes ou tb reak s an d h an d le th em if a rm y ’s o u tstan d in g a th le te in delayed action bomb, O (C ontinued on page 8) (C ontinued on page 8) tra c k and baseball. c H j th ey come. 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