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WANTED Subscribe to YOUR Club. Fraternal and Social New* This is YOUR N ew spaper . . . so help m ake it your« by sending in these happening« eland Oregon’s ^ egro W eekly VOLUME 2 PORTLAND. ORE.. JULY 27. 1945 nctuirer Progressive Negro Newspaper PRICE 10c NUMBER 4 GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR DENOUNCES RACE PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION Executive Secretary of National House Saves Urban League Lauds U. S. Navy FEPC Measure B y C hesley E. C o rb ett The brilliant, erudite, dynamic, courageous, fearless and Christian-hearted young Governor of Georgia, the Hon. Ellis Arnall, in an exclusive interview with Walter Daven port, as appears in “Collier’s Weekly, July 28, cam e.out The N avy has m ade rem ark - rem ark ab le strid es d u rin g th e Til 1 n il.] 1 h y f l f p frankly and boldly denouncing race prejudice and discrim able strides d u rin g the last tw o past tw o y ears tow ard com plete M l V lv years tow ard com plete integra- e q u ality of expression in th e W ASHINGTON — D espite Ne ination that has been practiced and which still exists in tion of N egroes into th a t branch service. It is a progress w hich g ro. baiting and p arliam en tary America. In the incipiency of his remarks he states. of th e arm ed services, L ester B.; reflects g re a t cred it upon the in- m aneuvers, the FEPC was saved G ranger, executive secretary of te g rity and intelligence^ of^ the for an o th er year by a vote of 188 The South has lived too much in the past. It’s time th e N ational U rban League, said N avy’s leaders and w hich should to 116 in the House Friday. she rejoined the Union. She is entitled to be back in the a t a press conference at N evy evoke a w arm sp irit of coopera- C lutching at the last straw house of her fathers. For her political and economic reverie D e p artm en t H e ad q u arters in tion from th e N egro and w h ite C ongressm an ~ Ra nk in ~o7 Missls- W ashington, D. C., J u ly 13, 1945. public w hich is anxious to see sippi read th e rQster of nam es the South has been paying a huge price. We have been Mr. G ran g er had recen tly com- our arm ed services m ore com of th e national and regional content to blame many of our woes on the rest of the pleted, at th e req u est of the pletely dem ocratized. Gentle FEPC com m ittee, pointing out country, particularly the North, the damyankee. S ecretary of th e N avy, a to u r of “Some of th e gains w hich have th a t they w ere m ostly Negroes, w arnings, subdued alarm s, polite) “ ---------------------------- — 12 naval stations, bases and d e - |^ een m ade in th e past tw o y e ais Jew s, and of Japanese, Spanish suggestions hav e failed to aw ak- V m pots on th e W est C oast as w ell include th e follow ing: en th e rest of th e n atio n to th e • • and oth er foreign descent. as th e N aval T raining S tation at i* A dm ission of N egroes to H e declared th a t the passage fact th a t here is a g reat econom ic T T a i W " 1 L G reat Lakes, 111. N aval establish- g en eral service of a law legalizing th e FEPC frontier, crying for developm ent. “2. R ating of N egroes in p rac w ould be a b etray al of th e w hite G row ing pains have not yet. m ents selected from the N inth, E leventh, T w elfth and T h ir tic a lly ev ery category and tra in race in the country. “Read these aw akened all of o u r ow n popu W ASHINGTON — S e n a t o r s te e n th N aval D istricts included ing of N egroes as com m issioner official lists (of nam es) care lace here in the south to our W agner and Mead of New York a p p ro x im ately 3,000 N e g r o e s officers. fu lly ,” he said, “and you w ill see g reat potentials. I t’s tim e to m ake stru ck ou t at S en ato rs Bilbo and “3. A ssignm ent of N egro p e r th a t no t 1 out of 10 on these a rude noise. am ong th e ir to tal personnel. E astland on the floor of th e S en sonnel to a u x ilia ry craft up to rolls is a w hite, gentile A m eri T he narcotic th a t has been The U rban L eague official said ten p er cent of a sh ip ’s corn- can.” keeping th e South in h er tw i ate last T h u rsd ay follow ing d e he m ade th e to u r for tw o re a placem ent. The decisive vote w as on an light sleep is poverty. H er ev a m ands of H arlem ites th a t they sons: (1) To observe th e actual “4. A ssignm ent of N egro com am en d m en t offered by Rep. W il sion of reality , h er self-pity, her ad m in istratio n of th e N avy’s pol w ould no t su p p o rt them in the m issioned and p e tty officers to liam C olm er (D, Miss.) to strike in e rtia has given h er bad gov icy of in teg ratin g N egroes into n e x t elections if th ey did not these vessels to serve in th eir a clause earlier in serted in the ernm ent, filled m any of h er im tak e the floor to defend Negro all branches and activities of the duties w ith o u t re g a rd to rank. p o rta n t political offices w ith d e W ar A gencies A p propriation bill, n a v al service, and (2) to discuss troops ag ain st the attack s of the “5. Im p o rtan t elim in atio n of statin g th a t the $250,000 ap p ro m agogues and incom petents. H ere tw o M ississippians. S enator W ag w ith N egro enlisted m en and racial segregation in m ess and in p riatio n for FEPC w ould be used and th e re thieves w ho w ent into n e r read to the S enate s ta te th e ir officers th e ^practical results recreatio n al facilities. “u n til” Congress established a office p e n n ile ss em erged m illion m en ts of com rnanding generals of the racial polk y as th e y affect “6. A beginning of assigning p e rm a n en t a n ti - discrim ination aires—even w ent to prison for com m ending th e fig h tin g ab ility th e perform ance an d m orale of N egro perso n n el to com bat d u agency. The clause, w hich the th e ir racketeering. of N egro soldiers and declared N egro personnel. ties on w arsh ip s.” Since th e w ar b etw een the th a t E a stla n d ’s statem en ts “had com m ittee h ad inserted in th e “F irst of all,” Mr. G ran g er said S tates (the Civil W ar to the no factu al basis.” S en ato r M ead bill e a rlie r in th e w eek u n d er “I consider th e N avy’s policy of p ressu re from FEPC forces in cold bread country), th e South also defended the record of N e in teg ratin g in all phases of the side and outside of Congress, has a t tim es given th e re st of gro troops and called E astlan d ’s services to be adm irable sound cancelled out an earlier insertion th e co u n try reason to th in k of rem ark s uncalled for and distate- as officially set forth. by the com m ittee, w hich said som e of h er governors as clowns ful. The N ew Y ork senators had “Second, I found th a t policy to th a t th e app ro p riatio n was to be and some of h er leg islatu res as been sen t telegram s follow ing be honestly and intellig en tly a d W ASHINGTON—S en ato r Bilbo used to “liq u id a te ” th e agency. dom inated by ch aratan s and scal th e “To H ell W ith B ilbo” m eet m inistered in th e h e ad q u a rte rs of awags. The South has som etim es ing at A byssinia C hurch last POWELL TAKES FLOOR all th e n av al districts I visited. is busy answ ering le tte rs and te l C ongressm an A dam C layton elected to office noisy quacks Sunday. I found no sign of resistance to egram s these days, and w h a t a n Pow ell, w ho has been ill at his and fanatic scatterb rain s. Able th e policy, but, ra th e r, found a sw ers he gives to those w ho have hom e in New York d u rin g the m en have had difficu lty in b e lively and sincere in te re st in condem ned his action against the ing h eard or seen in th e burlesque (C ontinued on page 8) m aking the policy successful. FE C P bill! In re p ly to a le tte r played by some of our leaders. “Third, I found th a t th e fa r sent to him last w eek by an Itali- To these la tte r m isrepresenta- th e r dow n in th e ran k s of com tives of the people of th e South, an-A m erican w om an, he ad d ress m and th e ad m in istratio n of this h er poverty and th e ignorance CIN CIN N A TI—Col. R obert Sel policy descended, th e m ore in ed h er as “D ear Dago,” and p ro begotten of po v erty have been w ay, fo rm er com m ander of the stances there w ere of deviation ceeded to in su lt h er in h arsh and political capital. Men as m entally 477th B om bardm ent group now from it or violation of its spirit undignified term s. and sp iritu ally b enighted as th e headed by Col. B enjam in O. D a as in its le tte r. T his should be Follow ing his in su ltin g rep ly m eanest illiterate voting for them vis, m ay find him self in hot w ater expected and em phasizes the have w on and held office on no if th e W ar D ep artm en t carries the G arib ald i A m erican F ra te rn a l F o r th e b enefit of N egro v e t need for g re a te r effective m eans o th e r issue th a n race and r e out th e req u est of th e board of of th e In te rn a tio n a l erans, m any of w hom have very of policing th e policy so th a t Society ligious prejudice. In te lle c t and d irecto rs of th e N A A CP m eeting failure to conform on the p a rt W orkers O rd er w rote to him , te ll recen tly re tu rn e d to civilian life, lib eral m inds of the S o u th have h ere th is m onth, to investigate of com m issioned officers and p e t ing him, am ong o th e r things, th a t M iss Frances W ililam s, special gone about proclaim ing all this and tak e a p p ro p ria te action ty officers alike m ay be detected th e w ord “A m erica” derives from assistan t to P rice A dm inistrator for years. T hey have nam ed edu against him. an d disciplined as easy as w ould an Ita lia n nam e, A m erigo Ves C hester Bowles, this w eek re cation as its cure—education and It w as Col. Selw ay w ho issued view ed Office of Price A dm inis be the case in any o th er serious th e n m ore education. an ord er in A p ril.in violation of pucci. tra tio n regulations th a t assist breach of regulations. G eorgia was ruled by a dicta- a W ar D ep artm en t directive ban- L ast w eek, in rep ly to Miss v eteran s in obtaining em ploy “In spite of these not in fre to r w hose chief am bition was n jng discrim ination, w hich r e Josephine Tim m s, secretary of the m ent, open sm all businesses and q u e n t violations of policy, it is self-p erp etu atio n in office. The su lted in th e masg a rre st of 101 A m erican Communication.} Asso g etting special allotm ents of gac- ev id en t th a t th e N avy has m ade state w as being pictured in the j\jegro officers at F reem an Field ciation, he told h er to keep h er oline. th e ater, in lite ra tu re , in class fo r e n terin g a w h ite officers Miss W illiam s said it would proboscis (snout) out of his busi room s as Tobacco Road. G eorgia club. The last th re e of th e offic be to th e v e teran s’ ad vantage to ness. to the outsider m eant chain gangs, ers w ere freed of th e charges last This w eek he answ ered a le tte r check w ith th e nearest O PA local peonage, p ardon racketeering, w eek. from Dr. R alph M ark G ilbert, board or d istric t office to obtain 0 f f i !>0 K u-K lux, crackerism , race p re p resid en t of th e S av an n ah branch details on these and o th er ac c+ H c* B judice and ban k ru p tcy . It was of th e NAACP, calling him m is tions ta k e n to aid them . o> c+ WB H w guided and ill-inform ed, and say E m ploym ent U1 • • (0 only an overblow n p ictu re of S ing th a t he has been “poisoned, v O ne of th e first steps in O PA ’s th e ir governm ent. W ith u n d e W A SH IN G TO N — Pointing out in =5j'* H tain ted and bam boozled” by con program to help th e retu rn in g CD veloped resources and w ealth th a t a serious shortage of farm tacts w ith W alter W hite and th e v eteran s w as th e announcem ent * reaching out begging for cu ltiv a lab o r th re a te n s th e 1945 crops, by Mr. Bow les th a t w ar v et H w o4 NAACP. tion, G eorgia, in financial ruin, the D ep artm en t of A g ricu ltu re O TO H These le tte rs a re only a few e ran s w ould be hired in OPA c* P> had a state d eb t of th irty -six th is w eek urged N egro high Pi of those th a t th e M ississippian boards and offices th ro u g h the m illion dollars. W ithin th e n ex t school and college students, te ac h has w ritte n in rep ly to the h u n co u n try as rapidly as suitable v a ?» H tw elve m onths this d e b t w ill ers, clerks, sten o g rap h ers and dred s of le tte rs and telegram s he cancies occur. P lans w ere w orked H O have been paid in full. business and professional m en to H j has received concerning his fili out w ith th e Civil Service Corn- a h > He stated th a t m uch of the join th e 4,000,00 v o lu n teer Crop b u sterin g tactics against the qualified v eterans. Among the bad governm ent th a t w e have had Corps w o rk ers needed for the O FEPC bill and his advocacy of jobs in O PA th a t w ill provide a> CD h arv estin g of this y e a r’s crops. (C ontinued on page 8) (C ontinued on page 8) sending N egroes back to Africa. •i X1 X (J0IluIOlS J ill DUDO Bilbo Kepi Busy Writing Letters OPA Announces New Benefits For Veterans NAACP Asks Action Against Col. Selway gross libel on the people, but farm Labor Wanted r