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PORTLAND. ORE.. SEPTEM BER 7, 1945
VOLUME 2
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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
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“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-
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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.
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of national h ealth ,” Mr. M cN utt St. Louis, Mo.; O m aha, Neb.; and
Rev. Lew is w ill d eliver his
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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
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some m edical schools w ill not fill W ilm ington, N. C.; A kron, Cin-
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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
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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.
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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.;
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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
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