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r A S S O C IA T IO N SEP 10 - e » r la m u , o d t a o a WANTED 1 Club. Fraternal and Social an News This is YOUR N ew spaper . . . so help m ake it yours by sending in these happenm gs Oregon’s sblegro Weekly n c jfiu r e r PORTLAND. ORE.. SEPTEM BER 7, 1945 VOLUME 2 PRICE 10c Subscribe to YOUR Progressive Negro Newspaper NUMBER 9 Negro Workers Face Layoffs Death Takes California Governor, Portland Included in Cities to Face Williams Ave. L!ader 1° Serious Temporary Unemployment USO Has Busiest Former Showman Women's Confer on Stale FEPC WASHINGTON—Nine of the nation’s 166 principal labor Months in History market areas where Negro workers have found extensive By Doris M. R eynolds LOS ANGELES—A conference at w hich th e G overnor of the war production employment face the prospect of extremely The m onths of Ju n e and Ju ly S tate and the leader of one of w ere the busiest and m ost e v en t C alifornia’s strongest R epublican serious temporary unemployment by Oct. 15, 1945, Paul V. ful since the opening of the W il organizations are to discuss fair McNutt, WMC chairman, revealed this week on the basis liam s A venue YMCA-USO. 35,804 em ploym ent legislation is p lan of a post-war survey by the War Manpower Commission. servicem en and w om en m ade use ned for the n ear fu tu re, it was Mr. McNutt said it was estimated that between 20 and of its services and facilities. The revealed last week. 25 per cent of the work force of these areas will be job- attendance and th e cooperation In view of the u rg en t neeed of the volunteers and th e com for fair em ploym ent legislation hunting by mid-October. The survey was made by WMC m unity at large m ade it possible in th e S tate of C alifornia and labor analysts on the basis of preliminary studies of all fac to present special w eekly program th e inevitable censure of the tors expected to influence the manpower situation. events as w ell as the carrying out voters if the R epublican A dm in The area that, it is idicated, will be at least temporarily of regularly scheduled activities. istration allow s th e D em ocrats to distressed by October 15 are the following: Portland, Maine; The activities for the w eek-end tak e th e lead in en actm en t of a of Ju n e 9 and Ju n e 10 w ere given S tate FEPC law at th e com ing Buffalo-Niagra Falls, N. Y.; Detroit and Flint, Mich.; Tal in honor of th e 555th In fan try special session of the L egislature, ladega, Ala.; Panama City, Fla.; Wichita, Kan.; Los Angeles, B attalion P aratro o p ers stationed Mrs. B etty Hill, executive secre Calif., and Portland, Ore. Areas are regarded as “distressed” at the P endleton A rm y A ir Base. ta ry of th e W om an’s Political when on the average from 20 to 25 per cent of the work A picnic w as given at Colum bia Study Club, said last w eek th a t P a rk on th e afterhoon of Ju n e she and th e G overnor w ere go force is unemployed. 9 and a p a rty was given at the The survey indicates that by October 15, 69 areas w ill ing “to ta lk FEPC .” USO in th e evening. A huge The W om an’s Political Study work force jobless; that 77 areas w ill be “in balance” with b reakfast w as served a t th e USO Club is one of th e strongest R e be “labor surplus areas” with 12 to 20 per cent of the on Sunday m orning J u n e 10. In publican organizations in the from five to 12 per cent unemployed, and that nine areas th e afternoon a V ariety Show w as State. presented by m any of P o rtla n d ’s D ate for the conference had will be classified as “stringent”, that is with unemployment outstanding professional e n te r not been set last w eek, b u t the important jobs. The nine “stringent” areas are: District of tainers. Ju n e 24 the Y oung People G overnor w as in th e Southland less than four per cent and an actual shortage of labor for of C om m unity B uilding No. 5, conferring w ith governm ent, la Columbia; Asheville, N. C.; Richmond, Va.; Columbus, Ga.; V anport City, presented an in te r bor and business leaders on post Butte, Mont.; Ogden, Utah; Tooele, Utah; Cheyenne, Wyo., esting h o u r’s program . Ju n e 30 w ar problem s. th e USO queen for 1945-46 was A t th e W PSC scholarship tea and Ventura-Oxnard, Calif. crow ned d u ring th e C oronation Mr. M cN utt em phasized th a t Sunday, A ugust 19, Beach Vasey, ball. J u ly 8 a M agician Show, tëgislidini Se.<r«i*ry for»-Govor- W l f f l Ç p p l r ç th e predictions m ade a re based long to be rem em bered, was p re n nor or W rr e n , to ld o over v e r 800 p n er e r- ■■ 1*1.V M v v f t w W a arren, told upon th e n atio n al p a tte rn of m u sented by tw o of P o rtla n d ’s o u t sons th a t th e G overnor was nitions cutbacks expected to be standing artists. J u ly 10 was “thoroughly in accord” w ith FE P u erto Rican night in honor of m ade du rin g the n ex t tw o m onths, PC legislation and was “very th re e com panies of P u e rto Rican th e expected ra te of m ilitary d e m uch d isap p o in ted ” w hen it fail soldiers stationed a t V ancouver ed of passage at the last session m obilization and estim ates of th e barracks. These m en delightfully of th e legislature. expected evaporation from th e W ASHINGTON— Q u a 1 i f i e a played and sang th e ir native To stre n g th en and p u t “te e th ” Negro v eteran s now leaving th e labor force caused by th e re tire songs and exhibited th e ir native in A ssem bly Bill 1399, Mrs. H ill services w ill be urged to en rall The C hurch of God in C hrist dances. Ju ly 14 th e USO spon m ent of w om en going baek into has organized a com m ittee com sored a picnic and special p a rty w ill observe the first an n u al dis posed of judges and law yers in m edical, dental, pre-m edical th e home, o u tm igration from in for C om pany “A ” of th e 555th tric t m eeting of th e R usselville which is p attern in g the bill after and p re-d en tal school courses to d u strial sections, re tire m e n t of In fan try B attalion P aratroopers, d istrict beginning Sept. 7 at 8 the N ew Y ork FEPC law . H er help prev en t a serious shortage of P endleton A rm y A ir Base, and o’clock. This w ill be a th ree-d ay w om en’s group is one of the o r doctors and d en tists in th e post older and m arg in al w orkers and also carried out its regularly affair lasting th ro u g h S atu rd ay iginators of AB 1399. One of the w ar period, P au l V. M cNutt, re tu rn of youths to school. chairm an of the W ar M anpow er The areas in w hich a surplus scheduled S atu rd ay evening p a rty and S unday nights. fair em ploym ent bills w hich was Commission revealed this w eek. Rev. J. C. Lewis w ho is S u p a t the USO. J u ly 15 th e USO of labor is expected by O ctober not passed last session. U nder a recen tly announced held its an n u al picnic a t P e n erin te n d en t of this d istrict is re 15, 1945, b u t w h ere actu al u n em Its function -«»Iso to see th a t insula P ark. A pproxim ately 350 questing th e co-operation of every FEPC is included in “m u st” legis plan, the WMC, in cooperation ploym ent distress is not expected servicem en and civilians p a rtic i church in P o rtlan d and th e v ar lation a t th e special session, the w ith 'th e A rm y, Navy, V eterans pated in th e picnic festivities. ious pastors. Come let us reason com m ittee’s m em bership includes A dm inistration and th e m edical are: Mobile, A la.; L ittle Rock and J u ly 25 the USO GSO Club spon to g eth er out of G od’s w ord. The S uperior C ourt Judges Goodwin and dental professions, is seeking Pine Bluff, A rk.; San B ernadino- sored a C arnival Dance w ith all associated pastors and th eir con K night, chairm an; W alter S. to enroll 12,000 m edical and d en R iverside, San Diego, San F ra n th e energy and noise to be found gregations are sponsoring lively Gates, T h u rm o rd C larke, M uni ta l students this fall from among cisco Bay, San Jose, and Stock- on th e reg u lar carnival lots. activities d u ring this m eeting to cipal Ju d g e Rodger M archetti, veterans now being discharged ton, Calif.; B ridgeport, H artford, M eriden, N ew H aven, N ew L on B irthday p arties given in Ju n e m ake it a colorful- event. You A ttorneys M cIntyre F aries and from the arm ed services. Mr. M cNutt said surveys show don, Conn.; Jack so n v ille and and Ju ly , in honor of service w ill enjoy sp iritu al singing and Leo A nderson, aTfci Wm. N ick er th a t even if m edical school enroll Tam pa, Fla.; A tlan ta, B runsw ick, m en born during those m onths, good preaching of th e Old Tim e son Jr., Insurance Com pany e x m ents, adm issions and g rad u a Macon and Savannah, Ga. had an unsually large attendance. Gospel by inspired speakers each ecutive. tions had been m aintained at Chicago, Jo liet, and Spring- The W illiam s A venue YMCA- evening. The R epublicans are in th e levels prevailing before the recent field-D ecatur, 111.; A nderson, The w om en of the district w ill USO services predom inately the saddle,” Mrs. H ill said, “and it changes in Selective Service pol Evansville, Indianapolis and P o rtlan d A rm y A ir Base, P o rt operate on S atu rd ay the 8th w ould be a ‘slap in the face’ if icies there still w ould have been South Bend, Ind.; Des Moines, land N aval R ecruiting Station, u n d er th e supervision of D istrict we allow ed the D em ocrats to a post-w ar shortage of thousands Iowa; Louisville, Ky.; New- O r The C am p A dair, Pasco, V ancouver M issionary Sister Foster. take the lead in the cam paign of doctors and an even severer leans and Shreveport, La.; Bath, B arracks including Cam p K ilpak young people w ill operate at to enact a FEPC law .” shortage of dentists. M aine; B altim ore and H agers various in terv als th roughout the (C ontinued on page 8) “Unless w e move quickly and tow n, Md.; Boston, Lynn-Salem , m eeting u n d er direction of E lder successfully to w ipe out th e gaps Springfield-H olyoke- N o rth h am p Stevens. The Sunday School w ill to rn in the ran k s of the m edical ton, Mass.; G ran d Rapids, M uske tak e its setting at 9:45 Sunday and d en tal professions by th e e x gon and Saginaw -B ay City, Mich.; m orning w ith Elder Reeves as igencies of w ar, A m erica w ill be M inneapolis-St. Paul, M inn.; Pas- O 00 o S. S. S u p erin ten d en t for th e d is M* O c+ CD denied essential security in term s i cagoula, Miss.; K ansas C ity and trict. i+ H c t 3 of national h ealth ,” Mr. M cN utt St. Louis, Mo.; O m aha, Neb.; and Rev. Lew is w ill d eliver his '<4 © c+ C O Mb 4 P ortsm outh, N. H. W ashington, D. C.—Labor Day said. first district message at 12 o’clock u i .J •• io p m The situation is so severe th a t N ew ark, N. J.; E lm ira, N. Y. noon on S eptem ber 9th. This w ill 1945 finds th e A m erican Red < /» some m edical schools w ill not fill W ilm ington, N. C.; A kron, Cin- O to Ì be a real tre a t th a t you w ill e n Cross m aking plans for readjusted O H* tH any su b stan tial p art of th e ir first- cinnati, D ayton-Springfield, Lim a, joy. Sunday night th ere w ill be services to aid in th e national c+ CO H* >0 beginning next Sandusky and Toledo, Ohio; O k Î3* CO O ' an o th er service of the ev an g el fcnd in te rn a tio n a l problem s of y e ar classes r istic style w ith one of P o rtla n d ’s civilian life. Blood donations for m onth, he added. • H lahom a C ity and Tulsa, O kla.; p» best speakers on hand. E veryone civilians w ill take th e place of W ith a goal of 8,000 stu d en ts L ancaster, Pa.; Providence, R. I.; © » is invited to all of these services the Blood Donor Servicee for the for m edical and pre-m edical K ingsport-B ristol, M em phis and regardless of creed or color. w ounded overseas. In d u strial schools and 4,000 for d ental and N ashville, Tenn.; B eaum ont, Dal- This w ill be held in the church first aid w ill we em phasized and pre-d en tal schools, t i e W ar M an las, F o rt W orth, H ouston and of which Rev. Lew is is pastor. disaster relief w ill continue to be pow er Commission, w ith th e co- T ex ark an a, Texas; Seattle, Ta- 338 N. W. F ifth A venue, on th e given w hen catastrophes occur operation of th e A rm y, th e N avy, coma, W ash., and M anitow ac, (C ontinued on page 2) i Wis. corner of F ifth and Flanders. (C ontinued on page 8) Mr. B ethel G ibson Sr. of 23 N. E. San R afael St. passed aw ay on A ugust 24 a fte r a th re e m o n th ’s illness. Mr. G ibson who had been a resid en t of P o rtla n d for tw en ty -fiv e y ears had gained rep u tatio n as an e n te rta in e r of high attainm ents. He leaves a d au g h ter Dixie, and tw o sons, A lbert and B ethel Jr. in th e arm ed forces. F a th e r M cD erm ott O. P. of Holy R osary Catholic C hurch, r e ceived Mr. Gibson into the C hurch a short tim e before his d e ath and in his fu n eral rem arks, pointed out the g reat joy experienced by Mr. Gibson at th e tim e of his b ap tism. B u rial was in Mt. C alvary cem etery. H ym ns at th e fu n eral services w ere sung by a choir u n d er th e direction of A nna M arie M cCor m ick G rey. Friends w ho visited Mr. G ibson in his last illness w ere Mrs. J. H arris and Miss Doris M. Reynods, home visitor, for th e Blessed M artin League, and Mr. O liver S m ith of Billy W ebb Lodge No. 1050 of w hich “G ib” w as once a m em ber. “G ib” as he w as affectionately called by those w ho knew him w ill best be rem em bered by th e public V.B.À. as th e “Comic” at m Club. Medicos Among Negro Veterans Russelville District Conference To Have Session Red Cross Prepares For Peace Problems On Labor Day 1945 1 J n m r î Vi ;