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F riday, Ja n u a ry 25. 19s? PORTLAND INQUIRER Pag» Two HEY, SKIN-NAY! PRO G R ESSIVE DEM OCRATIC CLUB RECEIVE FIRST CITIZEN NO M INA TIO NS Mr. J. C. B aker has been nam ed as cand id ate for th e honor of P o rtlan d ’s N egro F irst Citizen. Mr. B aker is regarded p re-em i nently capable in his position as Inspector w ith th e U nion Pacific R ailroad Com pany. It has been his task to convert u n train ed and inefficient young men into ca pable and skilled craftsm en. To do th is has often req u ired his severe criticism of the m en and th eir w ork, y et he has retain ed the greatest respect from all w ith w hom and for w hom he has w orked. Mr. A. G. G arret, successful business m an, has also been n a m ed for honor. Mr. G a rre tt’s bus iness establishm ent, recen tly en larged, has a com plete supply of m usical records, radios and elec trical appliances for sale to the public. T hrough this m eans he has tak e n advantage of an e x panding econom ic era to create em ploym ent for others. No Black Nations On Top UNO Committees Here are five BIG reasons for joining the March of D im es, January 14-31. The B ig F ive— Gerald D rigel, Fred Pom nitz, Jam es M cCormick, Thom as K enny and Richard K resge—w ere stricken w ith infantile paralysis in the N ew Jersey epidem ic of last sum m er. This hydrotherapy tank, im portant in the m odern treatm ent of poliom yelitis, is used to give under-w ater exercise to aflected m uscles— taking one boy at a tim e! Just for fun, the boys pretend it's the ole sw im m in ’ hole. Your contribution to the March of D im es helps put boys like these back in the sw im . JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES— NOW! NEW ALABAMA JIM CROW LAW HELD IMPRACTICAL' W ASHINGTON — (A N P)— N e gro nations m em bers of th e U nited N ations organization are not represen ted in any of the im portant com m ittees or assig n By EMORY O. JA CKSO N m ents, although sev eral m inor MONTOMERY, A la.— (A N P)— nations’ heads fill im p o rtan t posts u n d er th e present o rg a n i The A labam a Public Service com mission was told by railro ad law zation. W ith 51 nations enrolled, and yers th a t its new jim crow trav el P aul H enri Spaak of Belgium as order w as i m p ractical and u n w orkable w hile A rth u r D. Shores, president, rep resen tativ es of p r e s i d e n t , rep resen tativ es of B irm ingham law yer, declared th e U nited States, U nited K ingdom regulations d iscrim inatory and il England, U SSR (Russia), China, legal a t a h earing h ere Ja n . 4. More than 500 leaders re p re se n t France, South A frica, and V en ezuela are nam ed vice-presidents. ing appro x im ately 50 statew ide The presid en t and vice-p resi organization, composing th e Co C om m ittee for the dents w ith th e chairm an of th e ordinated six im portan t com m ittees form qualization of T ran sp o rtatio n F a atten d ed th e hearing. t e 14-man steering m n u n it^ e ; cilities, ose com m ittees and tn e ir n a Shofes rep resen ted this com m it tional rep resen tativ es are p o liti tee. W. A. N orthcutts, g e n eral solic cal and social, U kraine; econom ic and financial, Poland; social, h u itor for th e Louisville & N ashville m anitarian and cu ltu ral, New R ailroad Co., rep resen tin g th e 17 Z ealand; tru steesh ip , U ruguay; c arriers o perating in A labam a, budgetary, S yria; legal, P anam a. pointed out th a t the comm ission The secu rity council as set up in its in terp re ta tio n of the law ob is composed of p e rm an en t m em viously w as exceeding its legisla bers aid m em m bers w hose m em ture-g iv in g pow er. He suggested changes w hich would bership ex p ire in one to tw o certain leave regulation of dining and years; p erm a n e n t m em bers are club cars and ail o th er ty p e cars, the U nited S tates, th e U nited including pullm an and observ a Kingdom , F rance, USSR, C hin a; tion, to th e convenience and ju d g 1947 expiratio n s, N etherlands, m ent of th e carriers, w ith the Egypt, M exico; 1948 expirations, consent ot th e passengers since A ustralia, B razil and Poland. this usually involved in te rsta te The econom ic and social coun travel. cil is com posed of groups w hose He argued th a t to cu rta in in m em bers have e ith e r tw o y e a r pullm an passengers w ould be u n term s ex p irin g in 1947; th re e y ear satisfactory to w hite and colored term s, 1948, and fo u r y e a r term s, folk alike. (U nder Rule T-18, 1949. In th e first group a re Co which is scheduled to go into e f lum bia, G reece, Lebanon, fect Feb. 1, ca rrie rs w ould be re U kraine, U nited tates and Y ugo quired to put N egro pullm an p as slavia; for 1948, C uba, India, N or sengers out of the sight of w hite w ay, USSR and th e U nited K in g passengers by shifting them to dom, for 1949, Belgium , C anada, enclosures o r behind curtains). Chile, C hina, France, Peru. N o rth cu tt revealed th a t in 944 T he steerin g com m ittee m et last “our com panies served 2,440,000 T uesday to d eterm in e o rg an iza passengers w ith less th an a dozen tional m a tte rs and proceedure. com plaints filed ”. He contended Mrs. E leanor Roosevelt, one of th e th e code upon w hich th e APSC delegates from th e U nited S tates, sought to “e n u m erate th e w ays plans a trip to Russia im m ediately the c a rriers should carry out this a fter the sessions. law " w as sufficient and th a t th e In fu ndam en tals governing p ro responsibility should be given to gram s, the d a rk e r nations have th e railro ad s for th e steps to be been com pletely ignored, e ith e r taken. by choice or by chance. T hese in He added th a t th e governm ent clude E thiopia, L iberia and H aiti. m ade a v arie ty of req u ests for passenger services, w hich left the iin iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim iiiiiiii^ EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY at the . DUDE R A N C H — FEATURING — Buddy Banks and His Swing Band . . . Floor Show Nightly . . . OPEN DAILY FROM 12 NOON TILL 2 A. M. — FINEST OF FOOD SERVED — Pickett and Patterson, Mgrs. 240 N. BROADWAY I carrie rs w ith no a lte rn a tiv e but to comply. A t this point, G ordon Parson, chairm an of th e com m ission and A labam a g u b e rn a to ria l candidate, broke in, “Do you m ean if the g overnm ent gave you instructions to do som ething th a t w ould vio late o ur (A labam a) law s you w ould do it?" •"I w ould ra th e r ta k e my chances w ith you th a n th e gov ern m en t", N o rth cu tt answ ered. R eq u irem en t th a t jim crow reg ulations be posted w h ere passen gers could see th em also d rew t, opposition A m e carrrers. N ort cu tt p rotested th a t railro a d s te n d ed to post few er signs, th a t th e tra v e lin g public w ould hard ly them anyw ay, and th a t th e sam e cars w ent into states w here it w ould be offensive to th e pas sengers to h av e jim crow re g u la tions on the bulletin beard. O th er suggestions m ade by N o rth cu tt in his p rep ared s ta te m ent included p erm ittin g colored passengers e n terin g A labam a from non-jim erow sta te s not to move. R ule T-18 w ould have them move behind cu rtain s, p a r titio n s or o th e r enclosures. O pening his plea w ith quotes from th e p ream b le of th e U nited N ations ch arte r, Shores cited co u rt decisions, th e A labam a code and federal law to su p p o rt his charges th a t th e com m ission w as over-step p in g its legal bounds in creatin g “R ule T-18.” He read resolutions from th e CIO In d u s tria l council and th e T alladega College N AA CP ccondem ning th e new regulation. S everal o th er p e titio n s from m ass organizations an d his hopes for far-reaching im provem ent. The conference also approved m any suggestions for legislation a t grand lodge and grand tem ple ATLANTA—A N P) — U pw ards sesions at B uffalo n e x t A ugust to of 7,000 Negro residents of A tlan im prove Negro health, housing, ta and Fulton county a re now civil liberties, and education, and qualified to vote, it w as revealed the purchase of a n ational shrine last w eek follow ing a record to be located n e a r the UNO h ead breaking reg istratio n up to the q u arters, and com m issioned Dr. deadline for a special congression J. F inley Wilson, grand exalted ruler, to tak e option on th e best al election. E x tra clerks w ere required to site. This credo w as sponsored by a register the deadline runners, w ho filled the lobby of th e Fulton com m ittee headed by P e rry W. H ow ard of M ississippi, g ran d le courthouse. P o ten tial voters w ere assisted gal adviser, and w ill be subm itted by rep resen tativ es of the A tlanta to rep resen tativ e N egro organiza tions th roughout th e country, branch of the NAACP. T. E. Suttles, tax collector, said w hich w ill be invited to ta k e p art th a t approxim ately 70,000 p er in a nationw ide conference to be sons are now on th e voters’ lists, held at a convenient date. 7.000 of th em being N egroes.O ver 700 of th e new reg istran ts w ere persons betw een 18 and 21 years of age, given th e rig h t to vote at the beginning of the A rnall ad m inistration. A ccording to reports, re g istra tion by Negroes is continuing at a brisk pace for the state and general elections to come in the fall of the year. D eadline for this reg istratio n is May. 7.000 Qualified to Vote in Atlanta had previously been filed. Shores declared th a t th e order w ould im pose a "badge of infer iority" on N egro citizens and w ould be to “hum an rig h ts and fu n d am en tal freedom ” and w ould become “the object of endless lit igation.” He concluded by ob serving th a t th e group ask not “for special privileges, b u t the sam e ones, and w ill not settle for less.” C hairm an Persons, w ith his tw o associates silent all th ro u g h the hearing, took th e tw o-direction attack on th e bolstered jim crow trav el law u n d er advisem ent. In a session follow ing th e h e a r ing the state leaders gave Shores a “vote of praise and th a n k s” and com m ended him lustily from the or fo r | th e able, cl^ar and un com prom ising p resen tatio n he made. C harles W. O rr, p resid en t of the A labam a S tate T eachers associa tion, said th a t this w as th e first tim e in 45 y ears th a t N egro lead ers h a v e presented in person an LADIES' STONE RING 0 X t . S o lid G o ld $ 9 .9 5 2 0 % t a x in c lu d e d T o r L a d ie s : B e a u t if u l im it a t io n s t o n e s f o r e a c h m o n t h in t h e y e a r . C u t a n d t in t e d t o lo o k g e n u in e . M e n tio n m o n t h w a n t e d . Jan. D a rk Red G a rn e t Feb. P u rp le A m e t h y s t M a r. A q u a m a r i n e A pr. W h i te S a p p h ir e M ay P a le G re e n S p in el June A lexanderite J u ly R e d R u b y A ug. L ig h t G reen P erid o t S ep t. B l u e S a p p h i r e O c t. P i n k S a p p h i r e N ov. G olden S a p p h ire D ec. B lu e Z irco n Send m oney o rd e r o r p ay p o stm a n on a r r i v a l. W e a r r in g 1 w eek on m oney-back guarantee. W e p a y t a x e s a n d m a il in g c h a r g e s LOMO NOVELTY COM PANY D .p t . 11 W . 42n d S t . P I -1 7 14©w Y o r k , N . T . .U “5< «■ H« «t«r if y # ... -C O O K IN G ELECTRICALLY w ill q u a lify yo u fo r the NEW 'AU-Electric * RATE You’ve alwmyi wanted to go “Ail-Electric," PGE makes it easier with a new low rate. Customers using electricity for cooking and water heating can get this new rate upon application. A customer with an electric water heater may save money by installing an electric range*. Average home use o f electricity with a water heater but no range is 424 kwh a month, costing J6.52. The new rate applies if a range is added. This brings total consumption to 540 kwh, costing SS.94, a saving of 58 cents. • r * . t x , m p U t i v m S r r t M p p U n f i n « W / i r » n • S ilU J f w mil tkvwr • I r o n » m i mwJer tmr ScAtJmU t , tektek w p U o H , mst P G E P O R T L A N D GENERAL ELECTRIC COM PANY Elks Map Credo For the Negro . Featuring . . . NEW YORK—(A N P)—“A credo for the A m erican N egro” w as ap proved by th e executive com m it tee of th e grand lodge and grand tem ple of the IBPOEW during a m idw inter conference here in the hom e of the H enry Lincoln J o h n son lodge. The credo sets forth the Ne gro’s position in the post-w ar era, Lee Walter Bloc and Disney Hats $ 7.50 - $ 12.50 Stanley's Clothes Shop 435 SW. W ashington St. organized, dram atic, m onster p ro test. 4 J a n u a r y 31 t THE ^ LAST DAY FOR ME N N O W IN THE ARM Y TO k RETAIN TH E I R PRESENT GRA DE S f BY R E E N L I S T I N G . . . M en now in th e A r m y w ho re enlist b efo re F ebruary 1 will be reenlisted in th eir present g r a d e . M e n h o n o r a b ly d is charged can reenlist w ithin 20 d a y s a ft e r d is c h a r g e in th e grade th e y h e ld at th e tim e o f discharge, p rovided th ey re enlist b efo re February 1, 1946. T h e re ’s a long list o f a ttra c tiv e re e n listm e n t privileges in th e new A rm ed F orces V o lu n ta ry R e c ru itm e n t A ct o f 1945. T h e a b ility to k e e p y o u r p resen t g rad e is o n ly o ne o f th e m , b u t th is p riv ile g e e x p ir e s on J a n u a r y 31. T h e re a re p le n ty o f o th e r reasons w hy m an y th o u san d s of m en have e n listed , an d m o re th o u sa n d s a re en listin g every day. Y o u 'll e c rta in lv w an t to know all o f th e o p p o rtu n itie s o p e n to you. If y o u 'll read th e m carefu lly , y o u ’ll know w hy a jo b in th e new p eace tim e R eg u lar A rm y is being re g a rd e d to d ay as “ T h e Best Jo b in th e W o rld .” H I G H L I G H T S OF T H E NEW E N LIS TM E N T PROGRAM 1. E n lis tm e n ts fo r I V 2 , 2 o r 3 y e a rs. ( 1 -y ear e n lis tm e n ts p e rm itte d fo r m e n now in A rm y w ith 6 m o n th s ’ s e rv ic e .) 2. E n lis tm e n t age fro m 17 to 3 4 y ea rs in c lu siv e , ex c e p t fo r m en now in A rm y , w h o m a y re e n lis t a t a n y age. 3. M e n r e e n lis tin g r e ta in p re s e n t g rad es, if th e y re e n lis t w ith in 20 d a y s a f te r d is c h a rg e a n d b e fo re F e b r u a r y 1, 1946. 4 . T h e b e s t p a y scale, m e d ical c a re , fo o d , q u a r te r s a n d clo th in g in A rm y h is to ry . 5. A n in c rease in th e r e e n lis tm e n t b o n u s to $ 5 0 fo r e a c h y e a r of a c tiv e s e rv ic e sin ce su ch b o n u s w as la s t p a id , o r sin ce la st e n tr y in to serv ice. 6. U p to 9 0 d a y s ’ p a id fu rlo u g h , d e p e n d in g o n le n g th of serv ic e, w ith f u r lo u g h tr a v e l p a id to h o m e a n d r e tu r n , f o r m e n n o w in A rm y w ho e n list. 7. A 3 0 -d a y fu rlo u g h e v e ry y e a r a t fu ll pay. 8. M u s t e r i n g - o u t p a y ( b a s e d u p o n le n g th o f se rv ic e ) to a ll m en w ho a re d is c h a rg e d to re e n lis t. 9 . O p tio n to r e tir e a t h a lf p a y fo r life a f te r 2 0 y e a rs ’ se rv ic e —in c re a s in g to th r e e - q u a r te r s p a y a f te r 3 0 y e a rs ’ s e r v ic e. A ll p re v io u s a c tiv e fe d e ra l m ili t a r y se rv ic e c o u n ts to w a rd re tir e m e n t. 10. B e n e fits u n d e r th e G I B ill o f R ig h ts . 11. F a m ily allo w an ces fo r th e te r m of e n lis tm e n t fo r d e p e n d e n ts o f m e n w ho e n lis t b e fo re J u ly 1, 1946. 12. O p p o r tu n ity to le a rn o n e o r m o re o f 2 0 0 sk ills a n d tra d e s . 13. C h o ic e o f b ra n c h o f se rv ic e a n d o v e rs e a s th e a te r in th e A ir, G ro u n d o r S e rv ic e F o rces on 3 -y e a r e n lis tm e n ts . MONTHLY PAY PER MONTH— ENLISTED MEN la Addition to Food, Ladfiaf, Cloth ot and Medical Caro ★ ( • ) — P lu s 2 0 % In c re a s e fo r S e rv ic e O v e rse a s, ( b ) —P lu s 5 0 % if M e m b e r o f F ly in g C rew s, P a r a c h u tis t, e tc . ( c ) —P lu s 5 % In c re a se in P a y fo r E a c h 3 Y e a rs of S erv ic e. RETIREMENT Starting INCOME AFTER: Bate Fay Per 20 Y e a r » ’ 3 0 Teert’ M aster S e rg e a n t M o n th o r F irst S e rg e a n t *¿13 8 .0 0 T e c h n ic a l S e rg e a n t 114.00 Staff S e rg e a n t • . 9 6 .0 0 S e rg e a n t . . . . 78.00 C o rp o ra l • . .* 6 6 .0 0 P riv a te F irst C lass . 54.00 P riv a te . * . . . 50 .0 0 SEE THE J OB THROUGH U. S. ARMY BK A S e r v ic e S e r v ic e * 8 9 .7 0 * 1 5 5 .2 5 7 4 .1 0 128.25 6 2 .4 0 108.00 5 0 .7 0 8 7 .7 5 4 2 .9 0 74.25 35.10 60.75 3 2 .5 0 56 .2 5 • O M IS I M O W A T Y O U « M IA U S T U . S. A M M Y • K K U I T IN C ST A X IO M “GUARDIAN OF V IC TO KY” 614 S. W. Eleventh A venue Portland, O regon