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PO RTLAN D INQUIRER Friday. Ja n u a ry 4. 1946 Southerners Discuss Sub-Standard Wages THE VETERANS LIGHTHOUSE M arried veteran s p lanning to enroll in O regon schools of h ig h e r learn in g for th e w in ter and spring term s w ill find it d iffi cult to locate living q u a rte rs at most com puses, judging from the resu lts of a survey conducted by the state D ep artm en t of V e te r an s’ A ffairs u n d er H ugh E. Ros- son, director. E ighteen colleges and u n iv e rsi ties in th e sta te w ere q ueried and th e m ajo rity of th e replies show ed th a t w hile single v e te r ans u sually can be accom m odat ed, the m arried v eteran w ill have tro u b le locating a place for his w ife and fam ily to live n e a r th e cam pus. V eteran en ro llm en t for the w in te r term or spring se m ester is expected to double or even trip le fall term registration, tuc survey indicated. S ufficient rep lies w ere receiv ed to give a good cross-section of college housing conditions, Mr. Rosson said. One question reg ard in g fi nances brought replies indicating th a t single veteran s w ere able to "squeeze b y ” on th e ir G I educa- t i o n a 1 subsistence allotm ents, w hile m arried v eteran s in most cases had to supplem ent this w ith p a rt-tim e em ploym ent. P a s sage of th e increased G I a llo t m ent w ill g reatly allev iate this condition, school officials said. Prospects of m arried veteran s finding a p a rtm e n ts or houses in a few of th e sm aller college tow ns appear to be slightly b e tte r th a n in those of th e larg er institutions, and Mr. Rosson suggested th a t it m ight be w ise for th e prospec tive stu d en t to consider th e col lege w here he can o btain h ous ing now, w ith a view to tra n sfe r if he desires w hen th e housing situation eases up. A sam pling of th e rep lies ra n ac follow s: O regon S tate college: 375 v e t eran s enrolled fall term , 700 a n ticipated for w in ter term . H ous ing situ atio n “d esp erate,” a n d new stu d en ts m ust do th e ir own searching. A bout 25 sederal housing units being erected, w ith hope of additional ones for spring term . T h ree-r o o m a p artm en ts ren tin g a t about $45 p er m onth. College room and board, $43 a m onth. W illam ette un iversity, Salem : 110 v eteran s fall term , expect 75 to 100 m ore for spring sem ester startin g M arch 11. Single m en now living in th e YMCA and p riv ate hom es, and the u n iv ersity w ill use a c a m p u s fra te rn ity house for single v eteran s n e x t spring. A verage cost of fu rn ish ed ap artm en ts, $40 to $50; u n fu rn ish e d houses, $45 to $55, w here available. By n ew spaper advertising, the u n iv ersity has lo- U.S.-Soviet Medical Group Honors Dr. Drew PH IL A D EL PH IA (ANP) — Dr. C harles D rew , n o ted for his d e velopm ent of blood plasm a and professor of m edicine a t H ow ard university, w as elected a vice- p resident of th e A m erican-S oviet M edical society, at its second an n u al m eeting held S atu rd ay a t th e R itz-C arlton hotel. The only o th er N egro delegate a t the one-day conference w as Dr. J. L eonidas Leach, of F lint, Mich., w ho represen ted th e Mi chigan ch a p te r of the society and w ho nom inated Dr. Drew. In addition to th e business ses sion, a scientific in stitu te w as held, a t w hich th e speakers w ere Prof. V ladim ir V. L ebedenke, rep resen tativ e of th e R ussian Red C ross and th e Red C rescent in th e U nited States: Dr. W ilder Penfield, M ontreal N eurological in stitu te; Brig. Gen. I. S. R avdin, professor of research surgery, U n iv ersity of P en nsy lv an ia w ho w as fo r th ree y ears chief of ^ n arm y hospital in B urm a-India; Dr. M i chael R. S him kin, U. S. Public H ealth service; Dr. K en n eth E. Appel, clinical professor of psy ch iatry , U niversity of P en n sy l- Pag* T hree cated some of these places, and expects to do so ag ain n e x t spring. U niversity of P o rtlan d : F a l l registration, 107 veteran s, w ith a 300 to ta l ex pected for spring sem ester sta rtin g Jan . 30. No M a c h in e to ol in d u s t r y difficu lty exp ected in housing CONSTANTLY WORKS ON NEW MODELS OF TOOLS single v eteran s w anting room and board on th e cam pus. “F air ac THAT WILL CUT COSTS B Y ENABLJN6 MEN TO com m odations” for m a rrie d v e t eran s at U niv ersity Homes, a TURN OUTMORE WORST... 3 . 8 v THUS CUTTING costs , n earb y fed eral housing project, - h f r s . c a n s e l l a b etter product w ith re n t a t $30 including light ’jjg /P * . FOB 5 A AVE PRICE. OR AN ' e q u a l l y good p r o d u c t a t and heat. E astern O regon College of Ed ucation, L a G ran d e: F a ll re g istration, 17 v eteran s, ex p ect 60 additio n al w in ter term . “P len ty of housing for m arrie d v eteran s at th e p resen t tim e,” w ith a fed eral housing p roject of 40 fu rn ished ap artm en ts, 20 of w hich are a lread y ren ted an d th e balance to go in the o rd er of application. Rent, $30 a m onth, lig h t and w a te r furnished. B oard and room for single v eteran s “still av a il ab le” a t about $40 a m onth. M ultnom ah college, P o rtlan d : //V /NDUSTRYS C O U TA N T JMPROVFMFMF F all reg istratio n , 240 v eterans, e x OF TM ? TOOLS OF PRODUCTION ROOTS THF pect 300 to 350 in all for spring FU TU R E PROSPERITY O F A W R / C A . ------ . sem ester sta rtin g Jan . 28. Single v eteran s “m ay be ad eq u ately housed a t th e YMCA or YWCA.” tran sp o rtatio n . E xpenses to date T h ree housing pro jects suggested exceed the am ount of settlem en t.” for m arried veteran s w ere G uilds She continued: “At least tw o Lake, U niversity H omes an d Van- things have been accom plished po rt City. A ppro x im ate costs: A t by this inconclusive litigation. NEW YORK— (ANP) — M i s s F irst, th e rig h t to sue th is south th e “Y,” $20; housing projects, Y olanda B arn ett, N egro s t a f f ern ra ilro ad in such cases in the $40 to $45. O regon College of Education, m em ber of th e YWCA N ational race, religion or national descent M onm outh: F all reg istratio n , six board, has announced h er suit of any applicant for appointm ent v eteran s; 30 to 35 ex pected for against th e T exas and P acific ra il to th e faculty or any o th er col w in ter term . H ousing “ad equate road com pany w ho she charged lege job. R eports w ere subm itted by Dr. a t th e p resen t tim e" for single refused to seat h e r in one of its m en. “Sm all ap a rtm e n ts a r e dining cars, has been settled o u t P au l K lapper, president of Q ueens av ailab le in to w n for m arrie d of co u rt for $1,000. The case, college; Dr. H arry N. W right, v eteran s.” T hough “not excellent, pending in th e courts since M arch p resid en t of City c o l l e g e ; Dr. | 1944, set a legal p reced en t in G eorge N. Shuster, president of th ey are livable,” a t $30 to $40 establishing th e rig h t to sue a H u n ter college and Dr. H arry Gi- College dorm s have room and sou th ern railro ad in the co u rts of dense, president of B rooklyn col board for single men from $40 to n o rth e rn states w h ere th e railro ad lege. T hey did not a tte m p t to $45. does business b u t does n o t op gloss over or ignore outside te n O th er replies w ere from Lewis erate. sions and prejudices and all four and C lark college an d Cascade Miss B arnett, in te rra c ia l secre college in P o rtlan d , and N o rth ta ry o n t h e s t a f f o f t h e r a t i o n a l stressed th e valu e of e x tra c u rri w est C hristian college, Eugene. board of th e YWCA, in h e r su it c u la r activrties“ln fostering trte n d All rep o rted facilities for single charged th e railro a d w ith assault liness am ong all groups. Dr. K lapper, chairm an of the veterans, b u t dim prospects for an d violation of civil rig h ts w hen the m arrie d ones, especially those she said she w as refused a place a d m in istrativ e council w hich is w ith fam ilies. V irtu ally all the in th e dining car by a conductor to tra n sm it the docum ents to the in stitu tio n s are ex p an d in g th eir w ho subjected h e r to “rough and board, said they show ed th a t “in housing facilities, b u t do not ex hum iliatin g tre a tm e n t.” A t th e a deep sense our in stitu tio n s are pect construction to be com plet tim e of th e incident Miss B a rn ett th e colleges of all the people.” M em bers of all races and creeds ed for a n o th er y e a r or more. w as a passenger on th e “S unshine are th oroughly integrated in the S pecial” en ro u te from St. Louis classroom and cam pus life of the to Dallas. four m unicipal colleges, th e presi In Ju n e , 1944, th e New Y ork dents said. F ederal D istrict co u rt ru led th a t C ourses on problem s of inter- ! New Y ork courts lacked ju risd ic group relations given at the city tion in th e case since th e railro ad colleges include the tw o-year se did not operate in this state. In W ASHINGTON — ( A N P ) — N ovem ber, 1944, th e circu it court quence in contem plary civiliza tion, an anthoropology course in T h reaten ed strik es in g overnm ent ] of appeals reversed this decision problem s of A m erican m inority cafeterias bring N egro w orkers by a tw o to one decision e sta b groups, and others on culture, face to face w ith a try in g situ atio n lishing th e rig h t to bring suit in of o th er peoples, the history of H u n d red s of N egroes e a t m eals in j N ew York. governm ents and the social o r these cafeterias, depen d in g upon T hroughout th e litigation Miss ganization of peoples of various them for food. All th re e daily B a rn e tt received th e backing of m eals are tak en by m any in these th e YWCA w hose national board origins living in th is country, at low-cost, non segregated in sti p resident, Mrs. H enry A. In g ra H unter; and a study of l a b o r problem s, sociology and an th o ro tu tio n s scattered all over th e city ham, w rote th e railroad: “This in g o vernm ent buildings. The incident, involving the hu m ilia pology, and the history of the th re a t of strik e n o t o n ly brings tion of one of o ur sta ff m em bers, fair em ploym ent practices com th em face to face w ith a try in g is not only an a ffro n t to th e n a m ittee, at B rooklyn college, w here situation, b u t it affects th o u s tional board, bu t it will be of con a cam paign has been w aged in ands of N egro w orkers em ployed cern to our w hole YWCA w hen the stu d ent council and stu d en t in these places. paper “against official cam pus re th e facts are k now n.” M any a re em ployed as cooks, In terv iew ed im m ediately a fter cognition of any stu d en t group cou n term en and wom en, busm en signing th e gen eral release g ra n t w ith a constitution w hich con and kitchen help. Top jobs, ed th e com pany in re tu rn for $1,- tained a restrictiv e m em bership stew ards, hostess and such are 000, Miss B a rn e tt declared: “It clause.” held by w hites, b u t th e income is w ith genuine reluctance, and “If this becam e official college rep resen ted by N egro w orkers only upon th e strong insistence policy," Dr. Gidoonse lem arked, to tals m any thousands of dollars of legal counsel, th a t I accept th is it w ould for instance forbid the w eekly. m onetary 'settlem en ' of my suit estab lish m ent of local ch ap te rs of O liver P alm er, business agent against th e Texas and Pacific ra il national N egro or Jew ish fr a for th e U nited C afeteria and R es road. My w hole purpose in th is ternities. T his goes far beyond ta u ra n t W orkers, announced th a t case, and th a t of th e YWCA w hich th e present anti-discrim ination rep resen tativ es of th e unions's backed m e at ev ery tu rn , w as to of th e state of New York, but 2800 m em bers w ill m eet w ith in a establish a legal p reced en t against th e discussion of the proposal has few days w ith m an ag em en t re p racial d iscrim ination in in te rsta te led to considerable clarification of resen tativ es of G ov ern m en t S erv th o u g h t a fte r an am azing prolif- ices, Inc., and w ith labor d e p a rt eratio n of slogans and counter m ent conciliators in an atte m p t slogans.” THE to a v e rt a th re a te n e d strik e w hich w ould affect 54 g o vernm ent b u ild ings. Mr. P alm er exp lain ed th e union 2272 N. In te rsta te A v e . and B arber Supplies is concerned chiefly in its dem and JA CO B M ILLER for a pay raise w ith 60 p e r cent 515 S. W. T h ird Ave. of th e em ployees w ho are in jobs P o rtlan d 's Leading of th e low est classification and now receive a g u a ran teed w eekly Colored H otel tak e-h o m e pay of $15.88. WALKER a n d ROACH G o v ern m en t Services, Inc., th e R O O FIN Q CO NTRACTORS em ploying com pany, has said it M U rdock 9533 B lR « jr S U t * S n r f s c s d S h i n f l M cannot g ran t th e proposed raise a n d S id in g w ith o u t relief from its present ISIS H. B . 33rd A n . O * . 3942 price schedules. Railway Suit Settled for $1,000 Strikes Loom in Federal Cafes MEDLEY HOTEL BEAUTY SUPPLIES ATLANTA—(A N P )--O ver 150 Negro and w hite citizens discuss ed wages, purchasing pow er and com m unity w elfare as affected by the 65 cents m inim um wage bill a t a m eeting in the C ham ber of Com m erce building last week. Nelson C. Jackson, of th e A t lanta U niversity School of Social W ork, w ho opened the discussion on com m unity w elfare, pointed ort th a t the average an n u al in com e in th e south, despite the high reached w ages d u ring the w ar, is still $1,031. He said fu r th er: “G eorgia ra n k s 43rd in the nation w ith incom es an d th e south, w hich has 24 p er cent of the n ation's children, ow ns only 10 per cent of th e n ational w ealth —w hich m akes a poor balance.” H arris P. D aw son Jr., of the B ureau of L abor statistics, point ed out th a t th e 65 cents w age w as necessary to insure a m ini m um stan d ard of living. C iting a few n ational figures he show ed th a t one out of every five people receive less th an the 65 cents m inim um and th a t the m inim um is ju st th e first step for southern advancem ent. Gibson Explains His Resignation W ASHINGTON -(A N P )— T ru m an K. G ibson Jr., w hose resig nation as civilian aide to the sec reta ry of w ar becomes effective Dec. 1, told th e C apital P ress club W ednesday ju st w hy he had r e signed. Said Gibson, “I feel th a t it is definitely strateg ic to resign a t this tim e to m kae w ay for a soldier w ho w ill be able to give excellent p ractical advice as to how to apply th e new policies w hich th e arm y w ill soon in sti tu te." G ibson, w ho has been on the staff of the secretary of w ar since 1940, pointed out th a t h e had gone dow n th e line fighting for tw o things: (1) to get such ben e fits for N egro soldiers as could be obtained w ith in the fram ew ork of the a rm y ’s an tiq u ated biracial policy, and (2) to get th e basic policy changed. L a y i n g th e groundw ork for such a change in policy has been a slow, step by step educational process, th e ci vilian aide said, “b u t now it is about to be realized— and so, I feel th a t m y w ork is done.” C ontinuing, G ibson said, “T he arm y is about to e n te r upon a new phase, one in w hich I can say — unequivecally — th e basic racial policies w ill be m odernized CHICAGO— (A NP)—T h e a l l - som ew hat. Gen. D w ight D. E is Negro Illinois 8th regim ent is one enhow er, as th e new chief of staff, of the fam ous arm y units th a t can be expected to speed up the Gen. of the A rm y D w ight D. Eis process.” enhow er holds dear. Gibson said th a t his successor, He m ade th a t clear here T ues Col. M arcus H. Ray, w ill tak e day m orning a t the Coliseum over the duties of office on Dec. w here he w as aw arded the A m er 1, at w hich tim e he w ill re tu rn ican L egion’s highest honor, the to his law practice in Chicago. A m erican Legion Service medal. Gibson added th a t he w ould con The old 8th and its sister re g i tinue on the S e cretary ’s staff as m ent, the old 7th, w ere th e first a consultant for a w hile, and w ill units he com m anded m any years be in W ashington on Dec. 15 for ago in Texas. consultation. In accepting the L egion’s m ed The civilian aide pointed out al, he said: th a t Col. Ray, as a field m an, has “O ne w as the good Irish re g i had considerablerfirst-hand ex per m ent, and th e o th er w as the Ne- ieitct With the m e n ’on th e f^ id gro soldiers. I had plenty of of battle, and his advidc w .1' bt trouble, but I m ade am ong th a t I decided helpful in tin«- application group w arm friends th at have {of tilt new policies |>oth a* they lasted to th is d a y 'rtm d 4 have H id-rtW -w the honor of m eeting s.o m e of arfhy and to ooloreil tcaijiie;* u n them this m orning. d er universal m ilitary tra in in g “I w ould ask all of you if you should the la tte r be authorized By ru n into any of the old 7th and con giass. 8th Illinois, to convey my really However, G ibson w arned #ie deep personal regards to them , press th at such changes as will be because I stijll love them because m ade w ill be based strictly upon I still look upon them as my cold-blooded m ilitary efficiency. first g reat com m and.” T his was has proved, he said, th a t m axim um m ilitary efficiency c a n not be obtained w ithin the fram e w ork of th e old policy w hich has j been in effect since 1915. 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