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F rid a y . D e ce m b er 28. 1945 PORTLAND INQUIRER Pag* Two Hannegan Hits GOP, Omits FEPC Negroes Urged To Use Franchise In North Carolina RALEIGH, N. C. (A N P)— C it izens of this sta te w ere urged to use th e ir franchise d u rin g a recent state-w id e m eeting o f the N orth C arolina P rogressive V ot ers league here at S haw u n iv e r sity. The m ain purpose of th e m eet ing, w hich w as a tten d ed by m em bers of both races, w as to p e r fect w ays and m eans of organiz ing ' th e state on a un it-w id e basis in o rd e r to get people to ie g iste r and vote in local, .sta te end national elections, said R. H. B eatty, president. E very coun ty, village and tow n w as invited to affiliate w ith the league. Some of th e u nfair tactics em ployed against N egro v oters w ere cited d u rin g th e m eeting. The young m en w ho w ished to re g ister w ere told they could not do so unless they w ere able to read o r w rite the constitu tio n by piem ory. P rogressive legislation w as also discussed, especially legislation on full em ploym ent, fa ir wages, ad eq u ate unem p lo y m en t insurance, equalization of e d u c a t i o n a l o p p o rtu n ities in N orth C arolina and fed eral ed u cational aid. Dr. Lee C. Shepard, p resident of the N. C. C om m ittee for H u m an w elfare, addressed the m eeting. Prof. G. E. Jo n es w el com ed th e leag u e in behalf of th e M uriel Sm ith. C arm en in "C arm en Jones" a i d H ilda Simms, sta r of "A nna L ucasia", buy the faculty of S haw u niversity. first sheets of T uberculosis C hristm as Seals from L ucille Singley ch airm an of the South Side booth sales for Chicago Tuberculosis In stitu te and N ational T uberculosis Association. Air Atlanta Police Brutality !IIIII!II¡IIIIIIIIIIIIII!II¡IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIM LABOR VIEW iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiim A TLA NTA (ANP) — M em bers of A tla n ta ’s H ungry club w hich m eets a t the B utler S tre e t YMCA to discuss civic problem s each W ednesday noon last w eek dis cussed th e problem of police b ru tality. Col. A. T W alden, local N A A CP counsel, and C. L. H ar per, president of th e A tlanta )N A A F P - >^anch, w er* principal speakers. As background for th e discus sion, Dr. Ira DeA. Reid, the clu b ’s presiding officer, referred to the police situation as it affects m in o rity groups as one of th e signi ficant aspects of com m unity life in the south. He also referred to some of the alarm ing re v e la tions of the 1938 Reed rep o rt on police affairs o f th e A tlan ta gov ernm ent. Col. W alden suggested crim in al prosecution of officers involved in b ru tu lity cases; civil su its for dam ages against th e officers; r e search and pu blicity to acquaint the general public w ith th e p re valence of police b ru ta lity in the city, and effective use of th e b al lot. The fu tu re of th e w orld famed P ullm an sleeping car com pany is no longer in doubt. As the re su lt of the federal court o rd er for P u llm an Inc., to sell eith er its car building business or its passenger hauling business, the fu tu re of some 12,000 N egro P u ll man port yrs has lost m uch of its old certain ty . ' A t a cosi of som e 75 million dollars a group of 43 railroads all over th e co u n try have agreed to buy those P u llm an cars which th ey norm ally req u ire to serve th e ir passengers and to form a com pany in w hicn to pool exiess iars and to serve those in op eration. The hig question is w h at w ill be the a ttitu d e of these new ow ners to th e N egro p o rt e rs’ monopoly of th e occupation? Indeed A. P. R andolph’s B ro th er hood of Sleeping C ar P orters, of w hich m ost of th e p o rters are m em bers, m ight be facing one of th e most difficult problem s ever dum ped in the lap of th e union. Negroes started early w ith the P ullm an Co. both for sentim ental reasons and because of the cheap- ness of Negro labor before 1900. HAVE YOi; DONATED TO This early sta rt was exten d ed to THE UNITED NEGRO COL a v irtu al m onopoly durin g the m any y ears th at Todd Lincoln, LEGE FUND? son of A braham Lincoln, w as presid en t of th e com pany. The OLD p o rters raised personal serv ice in A m erica to a high level for honesty, efficiency, courteous and selfless service. In addition the w illingness of p o rters to live off th e ch arity of passengers and VVANTPD; to tak e abuse uncom plainingly IOO M ^M PerRí-tu al Motion K oc kihoCk-Vh Just arrived- ¿ O fn p a n y Drape Suits and Slacks The American system of enter prise is the hest way I know to get a lot of practical men to help make prosperity in all sections of the United States. In a little town in Indiana, a man Stanley’s Clothes Shop starts and runs a rocking chair fac 435 SW. W ashington St. tory and employs 100 people. THAT is the right pattern for prosperity. He has studied rocking chairs all his life. Maybe he has failed at it a i JUST RIGHT few times, lost a lot of money, ! SHOE REPAIR SHOP learned the hard way. But he has become an expert in the rocking L o d it i & G e n ti S hoes R e p aired chair business, a specialist. 326 N. W . 5 th A ye. It's better for thousands of men like that to be left pretty much sdone to make chairs and make a r n r r N U T b r o w n reasonable profit and pay fair w ages than it is for a lot of professors and s u p p ly o f th is hinrh amateurs in Washington to try to S e rn n d d e to F a d c a e y P fo o w r f d re e r e A lib a ls e ral o o u r f r e e BEAUTIFUL make everybody artificially pros ? o s m e tic ffitalotf i n color«. Help b r in g o u t y o u r lore- line«« b r «wen* our fttm o m M hlen.l o f Face P o w d e r. perous from THERE by taxing B * l o v . l y t a l o o k A t N Ic * *« H m w . D o n ’t w a it. Jk C O . , ( F i t . 1991) everybody and dividing the taxes. J 1 . 0 4 K. 1 4 M * W c B V R * n A H D u Y r o n D »| t< O O O C k i c a g e 7 - M l. And much cheaper. F R E l FACE POWDER; m ade them a re g u la r p a rt of the equ ip m en t on a pullm an car. For y ears now pullm an porter- ing has been under p ressure from the speeding up of train s and the use of stew ardesses in airplanes. A nd it w ould be a w elcom e su r prise if the sale of th e old P u ll man Co. does not h u rt still m ore N egro em ploym ent o p portunities in th e railro ad in d u stry . The v a r ious railroads w hich w ill operate sleeping cars of th e ir own as well as influence th e policies of Ahe pooling com pany, often do 'not ap p reciate th e fine q u ality and fav o r of Negro labor. In m any railro ad yards, for exam ple, the only car cleaners presen t w ere those em ployed by th e P ullm an , Co. Many railroad y a rd m asters i openly stated th ey did not w ant Negroes “in th e y a rd .” M oreover m any railw ay unions have never w an ted Negro em ployes in th e railro ad yards. These anti-N egro unions w ould bo show ing rem ark ab le restra in t if they don’t try to bring pres sure on th e railroads to th e dis- ROY LIVINSTON MOVING Hauling of A ny Kind NO JO B TOO S M A LL N O N E TOO L A R G E M U 4423 ad v an tage of N egro porters. If all th is seem s like stretch in g a point one only has to rem em ber th a t over a period of tw o genera- ] tions, the w hite forem en, sw itch- j men, b rakem en, carm en have ju st about driv en N egroes in these jobs off th e roads. A nd th ey did it by pressuring em ployers into [ cooperating w ith them . One hopes these fears are u n founded, how ever, b itte r e x p e r ience has ta u g h t us to an ticipate I thi4 -|u tu re gs m i ^ h .a s possible and p rep are for tne worse. O FFIC E FOR VOCATIONAL O PPO RTU N ITY —228 S. W. H all | St., of w hich (Mrs.) Ju n e R un nels is E xecutive S ecretary. Mrs. R unnel is q u ite busy these days striving to find em ploym ent for the large num ber of u nem ployed. She is a g rad u ate of j W iley College, M arshall, Texas, and is quite popular in the D el ta Sorority. (To be continued in n ex t issue) PLAY THE PIANO THE LEROY WAY DENVER (A N P)—In an im pas sioned speech before th e Colo rado D em ocratic d in n e r held here last w eek, R obert H annegan, ch airm an of the D em ocratic N a tional com m ittee, flayed th e R e publican p arty because of its re cent pronouncem ents. “W e D em ocrats ta k e our p arty obligations seriously,” said Mr. H annegan as he proceeded to lam bast R epublicans on the U nit ed N ations organization. But in sp ite of all of the proclam a tions of seriousness in th e party, Mr. H annegan did not touch once on th e subject of th e FEPC which is believed necessary to insure A m erica's peaceful progress in th e try in g post w ar years. 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