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F.E.P.C. ORDERS SEAM AN'S UNION
T O END DISCRIMINATION PRACTICE
Ship Personnel To Be Chosen
Sfriclly on Basis of Ability Only
Port Company Soldiers Turn Radio Stars
The Pretsident’s Committee on Fair Employment Prac­
tice has directed the Seafarers International Union of North
America to revise its policies and practnces so that all need­
ed and available seamen shall be hired or referred for em­
ployment on vessels of the Merchant Marine without regard
to race, creed or color, Malcolm Ross, FEPC chairman, an­
nounced today.
The S. I. U., whose contracts to supply unlicensed crews
to about a dozen steamship lines in the U. S. Maritime Ser­
vice were frozen for the duration of the war emergency,
was also directed to cease specifying the race or color of
seamen requested by it from the rotary hiring list of the
War ShippingAdministration. Nor may the union continue
its practice of refusing to accept for employment, because
of their race, men referred by the WSA’s Recruitment and
Manning Organization, Mr. Ross said. All seamen are to be
referred by the union to masters of ships on the basis of
their occupational qualifications.
The com m ittee’s decision, w hich I
has been know n by th e S. I. U.,
Soldiers of the 846th Port Com­ bama; Sgt. Noble Jones, Hunts­ sucha degree of excellence, that an A. F. L. affiliate, for several
Sgt. Samuel they have been signed for regular
pany. Portland Port of Embarka­ ville, Alabama;
m onths, was reached a fte r a
Ward,
Virginia;
T-4
Jackson D a­ programs on a network extending
tion, Portland. Oregon, as they
study of evidence p resen ted a t a
vis, Zwolle. Louisiana; Sgt. James through Washington, pregon, Ida­
appear during their weekly radio O. Walker, San Antonio. Texas; ho and California. Their radio hearing before a panel of th e com­
m ittee in New Y ork on O ctober
program over station KWJJ.
Pvt. L. V. Rodgers, Houston, Tex. appearances are sponsored by the
10,1944. The union w as charged
These soldiers, when not per­ Public Relations Division of Port­ in com plaints filed w ith th e com ­
The Harbor Harmonists are
L ester B. Granger, National
from left to right: T-4 Lennis L. forming military duties, enjoy land Port of Embarkation, an in ­ m ittee w ith refusing d u rin g the
their hours of recreation in sing­ stallation of the Transportation
E
xecutive
S ecretary o f th e U rban
y ears 1942, 1943, and 1944 to
Caldwell. Victoria, Texas;f Sgt,
ing popular ballads and spirituals Corps, Army Service Forces.Col.
League
and
one of th e n a tio n ’s
Wm. C. Green, Kentucky; T-4 at their camp, St. Johns Canton­ Robert L. Allen Jr., commanding. utilize qualified N egro seam en as leading N egroes visited P o rtla n d
cooks, bakers, oilers, ship carp en ­
Tom Williams. Bellsumpter, A la­ ment. Their harmonizing attained
U.S. A rm y Signal Corps Photo.
ters, ord in ary seam en, etc. A fter and spoke to an audience of a p ­
the hearing and p rio r to th e issu­ p ro x im ately 400 people a t th e
ance of th e decision, a subcom ­ Public L ib rary on W ednesday
m ittee of th e com m ittee visited evening. Mr. G ran g er stated in his
and inspected ships operated un- speech p ractically th e sam e th in g
te r contract both w ith S. I. U. as th e ed ito r of th e P o rtla n d I n ­
and w ith th e N ational M aritim e q u ire r in a fro n t page sto ry of
Rum ors of intended m oving of and rep o rted ly called u n d er th e Union.
the Y ank News of A ugust 2nd,—
nam
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of
th
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M
ontavilla
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om
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un­
housing units of N egroes to the
“The inspections w ere m ade,” th a t th e N egroes th a t had m ig ra t­
By Anna Morrison
M ontavilla area and a mass m eet­ ity C lub.” The ru m o r w as th a t states th e decision, “to enable ed here and oth er places from the
The past T hursday evening on ing last w eek in M ontavilla th e Negroes w ere to be m oved out
South w ere going to stay for th e
the program , “Know Y our A rm y” w hich a church spokesm an d e ­ to M ontavilla, and th a t th e m eet­ th e com m ittee to u n d erstan d and m ost p art, not because th ey are
over radio station K W JJ the scribed as one ram p an t w ith race ing becam e one of race hatred. ev alu ate the evidence in this case receiving such fine tre a tm e n t or
H arbor H arm ony C hoir of the hatred, b rought statem en ts on He added: “In th e light of such in th e light of conditions acually such a h e arty welcome, b u t ra th e r
846th P ort C om pany sang a group segregation from th e M ontavilla an a ttitu d e w e are m aking this existing aboard th e ships.”
th a t w h a tev e r th e conditions are
Also received in evidence by in th e ir new com m unity, th ey a re
of num bers. The Com pany, s ta ­ M inisterial association Tuesday.
statem en t today.”
tioned a t the P ortland P o rt of
Elected as officers of the m inis­ the com m ittee was th e tran sscrip t b e tte r th an th e su b -stan d a rd con­
The association, m eeting in
of testim ony ta k en on F eb ru ary
Em barkation, is under th e m an ­
Hope P resb y terian church, w ent terial association w ere Rev. R us­ 25 1944, and on subsequent oc­ ditions from whence th e y came.
agem ent of Lt. F riedm and, P u b ­
on record as opposed to th e segre­ sel Pedersen, H ope P resb y terian casions before th e Special House As Mr. G ran g er so a p tly stated,
lic R elations O fficer of th e Port.
gation of any A m erican people, church, presid en t; Rev. T. M. C om m ittee to In v estig ate Execu­ “come Hell or high w a te r,” th ey
F ifteen young Negroes m ade
expressing th e b elief th a t A m er­ B axter, St. P e te r’s Episcopal tive Agencies, generally knowrn are going to stay.
up this group of singers w itn
Mr. G ran g er gave sev eral v ery
icans should have th e rig h t to church, vice president, and Rev. as th e Sm ith C om m ittee. The
1st Sgt. W alker as th eir director,
A
lbert
J.
W
ilson,
M
ontavilla
practical
suggestions for elim in ­
live w here they wish.
union had m ade p ro tests to the
and they have been singing to ­
M
ethodist
church,
secretary.
atin
g
race
tensions. Suggestions
Rev. A lbert J. W ilson, who a t­
Sm ith C om m ittee concerning the
g ether ju st one m onth. The ac­
The
P
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d
housing
au
th
o
rity
,
th a t are likely to be ignored by
com panist w as an accom plished tended the mass m eeting, declared contacted M onday, said it knew refusal of th e R ecru itm en t and jim cro P o rtlan d . H e w as in tro ­
pianist in the person of P riv ate it as being “U n-organized, Un- of no plan to move housing units M anning O rganization to honor duced by W iliam L. B rew ster Jr.,
S. I. U.’s discrim inatory requests, p resid en t of the P o rtla n d branch
J e rry
A nderson. D uring the C hristian, U n-dem ocratic and Un- to M ontavilla.
Mr. Ross said.
course of the broadcast he played A m erican. He fu rth e r stated th at
of th e U rban League. Mr. B rew s­
WSA, w hich has had th e re ­ te r also introduced Mr. E dw in C.
tw o num bers and displayed his th e m eeting was not educational
sponsibility for th e operation of B erry, secretary of th e U rban
ability a t the piano by playing in general and seem ed to appeal
to
the
em
otions
and
instincts
of
the
m erchant m arine, has, through League.
the im m ortal “D ark Eyes” and
racial
intolerance.
the R.M.O., utilized th e ro tary
then sw inging into his own a r ­
Ed’s note: T hat th e suggestions
Mr. W ill Raleigh called and
system for refusals to th e unions. m ade by Mr. G ran g er are likely
rangem ent of an original Boogie
The m an at th e head of the list,
presided over th e m eeting. Mr.
to be ignored are based on facts
(C ontinued on page 8)
w h eth er N egro or w hite, has
R aleigh is a tru ck d ispatcher for
g ath ered by th e P o rtlan d In q u irer
a laundry com pany. A com m ittee
W ASHINGTON — A ddressing been th e one sent to fill a re ­ i viz: A recen t expose of the p resi­
w as appointed to m eet the Mayor. the 20th an n u al Educational R ally quest, a plan th a t R.M.O. has d en t of the C om m unity C hest
One of the com m ittee m em bers of th e Im proved B enevolent and described as th e “only fair and
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from w hence the U rban League
being an operator of a beer p a r­ P rotective O rder of Elks of th e efficient m ethod th a t could be gets its funds for operation. H ar­
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lor on 92nd and N. E. G lisan St.
W orld a t the C hris J . P erry A u d i­ used.”
old W endel is the m an, he is also
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In response to th e S. I. U.’s as­
The
m
inisterial
association
also
torium in P hiladelphia, on Aug.
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general m anager of th e Lip-
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opposed th e m oving of tem p o rally 27, R obert R. R. Brooks, OPA sertions th a t its w h ite m em bers m an W olfe store th a t refused
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housing u n its of any kind. The D eputy A d m in istrato r for In fo r­ w ill refuse to w ork u n d er a d ­ to p erm it a Negro w om an, g ra d ­
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association stated th a t such units m ation said th a t in th e dangerous herence to this system , and thus u ate of the U niversity of Oregon,
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are not proper housing for p e r­ period ahead penny overcharges cause delay in sailings, th e com ­
(C ontinued on page 8)
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m ight have th e sam e effect upon m ittee said th a t it was “fa r from v— — -———.— ----------------------------
tel
“The association deplores the the cost of loving and o u r hopes convinced th a t S. I. U. seam en M aritim e Service. Not only m ust
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?» feeling of racial h atred of all peo­ for a rapid re tu rn to full peace­ w ill so far forget th e ir d u ty to the we bring hom e m illions of v et-
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ples” an association speaker said tim e production th a t th e atom ic nation as to w ith d raw from em ­ e ra n ts from th e E uropean and
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ploym ent if th e un io n ’s c u rren t Pacific w ar zones, b u t our ships
following th e m eeting Monday. bombs had upon Jap an .
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practices
are m odified.” “It should m ust be relied upon to tra n sp o rt
“The m ilitary victory has been
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He said th e association grew out
be
em
phasized,”
th e decision con­ th e necessary supplies and eq u ip ­
of a mass m eeting held last F ri­ w on,” Mr. Brooks said, “b u t we
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day at V estal School, attended still have to w in o u r final vic- tin u ed “th a t th e re is still need m en t to our m ilitary forces occu­
for m anpow er to o p erate our pying enem y te rrito rie s.”
(C ontinued on page 8)
by some four h u n d red persons
Executive Sect.
Of Urban League
Visits Portland
Negro Army
Race-Hailing Meeting firings
Choir Sings on Statement by Ministerial Association
Know Your Army
Inflation Compared
To an Atomic Bomb
At IBPOEW Rally
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