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VOLUME 2
PORTLAND. ORE.. JULY 27. 1945
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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