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Leaders Find Stump in National Morale
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INDUCT CHAMP
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vision of the army almost imme-
mm lately til! 1 M " T ”
RIOT SWEEPS
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BILLY JONES
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white MP’s from Wisconsin, all under orders df Maj. Ray McKnight of Camp Beauregard, assistant
corps proTost marshal.
According to Potice Chief George ^ ^ „ Gray, the Wisconsin MP was.sur- u 8 ^r„Jl a J 8 „
rounded (by Negro goldiers after making the arrest, but managed to get to a telephone and call the police statiou, headquarters, for both
a few .days later. 'Billy Jones looked them up and after a short orgument was able to get ibaok part of her money (about $100) and since then received another $50.00
a re-
ceipt which Vashti showed to the
police, after she was shot.
Shoots James Rowe.
Becoming infuriated over her in-
military and city police. A half ability to get the remainder of the dozen military policemen were ‘ money. Billy was unable to locate rushed to the scene, but another j the Duncans and sought to get a call was issued soon afterward, to , warrant out for them hut said that which all available military and j the prosecutor refused to issue her civilian police responded. , | one at police headquarters because Guns tear gas. bricks, and rocks | she (Billy) had such a bad recoid were used in the battle. It was i Tuesday night Janies Rowe. 24. reported that over 3,000 Negro sol-1917H East 15th street, told Licudiers were rounded up and 3.000 tent>Hueber that he. a few hours Negro civilians dispersed by the earlier, was in a room with a wom60 military police, both white and an known to him only *s Virginia colored. 20 city policemen, and 10 when he discovered that a worn state patrolmen. an known as Billy was searching Soldiers were sent hack to their his pants pocket and he demandLivingston, 14 miles north ed tnat she give him hack $20 that
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('IIICAGO. Jail. 10. ( AND)—A mandamus suit to compel cert incat ion of his upisdutinent as judge to the municipal bench of Chicago was AUmI in Springfield, 111., the state capital, Friday l*y attorneys for Fat Pick It. I* resect, jr.. who was recently named by Gov. Green
to till a vaean y.
Named as defendants are Chief Justice Edward S. Sheffler, who has refused to assign him to n court: Bailiff A1 Horan, who has not assigned him a bailiff, and city treasurer, Gordon,jwho has not put hi mon the payroll at the $10,000 annual salary due a judge. His attorneys are \V o r n ei r ! Schroeder. white: James Simpson jr.. white: Archibald Carey jr..
:mi<1 Euclid Taylor.
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Manager Julian Black and Promoter Mike Jacobs came to camp with Ihe Bomber. He thent was put through the routine of finger printing, intelligence lest, army oath, and lectures on morality hygiene, military customs and Courtesy. And he had bean soup, chops and mashed potatoes for lunch. At Governor’s island Monday where he was given preliminary physical examination, Joe showed no preference, he said, for any branch of service. He is an excellent horseman hut is too heavy for cavalry and he is a crack shot, also, with pistol or rifle. When asked by the battery of writers and cameramen if it were true he would become a boxing instructor in the
service, he replied:
“I don’t know ajhout that. You see, I’m still taking lessons from my trainer. Jack Blackburn. All I hope is that I do as well for Uncle Sam as I did for Jack and
Uncle Mike Jacobs.”
The champion, who was permitled to return to New York city Wednesday night for radio appearances. was to complete his induction routine the following day. After that ho becomes a full-fledged member of a camp totally different from the m;(ny ones (fight training) he lias known in recent
years.
The world’s greatest fighting machine— the service’s latest bomber—the chap who made more than $2,000,000 in fistic wars +- will lie just another guy in the' army, a buck private named Joo. ■gT* Fight For Democracy Here
f'amps
of Alexandria, and Claiborne, j.3
miles south of the city.
Although no official comment was made, it was reported that ringleaders of the Negroes involved in the disorder will face court-
martial.
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were missing. She went to the | closet. Rowe said, and he thought : that she was going to get his money hut she returned and told him “Here is your money, ibaby,” and started shooting. He suffered a wound in his left hand. As he fled out of the door. Rowe said,
she shot another time.
Then declaring that now was I f the time for her to get all the! folks that had mistreated her, Billy got in a cab and went to 1504 Bellofontaine street went to the door and wh°n it was answered asked Vashti to come to the car i as she wanted to talk to her.
To Add Charges.
As Vashti approached the car Billy 'flung the door open and | started firing at her with a 22-long target pistol. 4 bullets out of 5 look effect. Officers Virgil Jones
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secret in detective headquarters, of all places. When Chief Simon heard about the plan, he made the announcement at roll call and the money showered — $45.10.— every detective was happy to give something: and all the colored officers in uniform who heard contributed. It was a fine tribute paid to the memory of the late Patrolman Gilbert Jones, who formerly was a civilian employe in the detective department before he became a policeman. one of the first under the morit plan. He was highly "popular with detectives, the uniform
officers and the public.
He was killed more than a year
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sent the Duncan woman to Gitv ago when his gun was accidental-
critical dropped and discharged as he
Hospital where she is in a
condition suffering from an abdominl wound and other wounds in the
body and arm. j
Billy came to Indiana Avenue
and gave the revolver to Wherry (P. I.) Tucker who turned it over to detectives at headquarters shortly before 'Billy surrendered. Billy was bound to the grand jury on a charge of assault and battery "w’ith intent to kill in default of
$2500 bond on both cases,
j* Lieutenant Hueber said that if Vashti Duncan dies, Pilly Jones
sat in a car.
His brief career was brilliant. And the men he formerly worked for and with foit they were taking care of their own when they outfitted little William. But the thing which becomes now a matters of great alarm to me is: Who’s going to take care of ME when the detectives read this story? I’ll remind’ them of Freedom of the Press and that this is a free country and all that kind of thing—it’s my job to write .as
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believe in taking advantage of all their available talent. Another in- ! diration of this fart has been pre-
sentisl by the soldiers.
‘Buffalo Bull’. the regimantal magazine, is their latest display, which is ably edited and published by a staff of soldiers from the
; 10th.
The magazine, appropriately named since that regiment is called the ‘Buffalo, regiment, is published and distributed to all troopers every month. Summaries of alL events occuring in the regiment, prior to the date of publication are included along with news of com
ing attractions.
i This magazine affords an o\i cellelit opportunity for all interest«sl troopers to obtain experience in this tyiH* of work along! with their regular army duties. I At present the publication is edited by Pvt. Paul K. Herrera and a staff of sixteen men from various troops of tin* 10th. <’haplain Clarke Griffin is the staff
adviser.
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If the woman lives he will add the 1935 firearms act to the A and B charge already filed against Billy. Rowe was treated at City Hospital. arrested on a vagrancy charge and dismissed by John McNelis Wednesday morning.
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Just the same, I’m going to call Chief Simon right now ami ask him to have a nice long talk with Sergeant Sneed and remind him
Washington, Jan. 16. (ANP) —A two month slay was granted last week in the case of John Ekluml, convicted “sniper” who was sentence/ to die in the chair for
confronting the race in the face of war, and after about eight hours of discussion came out with a set of principles toward which the various groups represented would
strive.
To assure a plan of action for the achievement of these principles and the correction of as many of the Negro’s complaints as is possible, a continuation committee was established consisting of one delegate from each organization represented. This committee was vested with authority to enlarge itself by the inclusion of other groups which for various reasons were not present. Although such well known individuals a3 Waiter White, Mary McLeod Bethune, William H. Hastie. Lester Granger. Robert Weaver, j Robert Taylor, Mabel Keaton Stau- j pens, William R. Valentine, and many others, participated, the conference was one in which organizations rather than ■personalities dominated the picture. It was in little more than three weeks ot preparation that the National Urban League, sponsor of the conference, was able to assemble such an unprecedented meeting. Except on one point, there was no noticeable degree of disagree-j ment. The lone controversial issue was the effort of Dean Hastie, civilian aide to the secretary of war, to get the conferees to affirm what he contended is a general attitude among Negroes, namely, that they are not really sold on the present conflict. After much wrangling this was accomplished. The conference got under way promptly with Hubert T• Delaney, this city’s Negro member of the tax department, presiding. Mr. Granger, executive secretary of the Urban League, was sec-
retary.
Mr. Delaney did not attempt to define a program for the gathering but rather left the creation of such a statement to a duly appointed committee whose report would be agreed upon. He did, however, cite the expectation that those present would be crit r cized by groups- not invited but explained that to have attempted larger representation would have
been impossible.
It was also emphasized by the
chairman that the follow-up action on anything that was to develop out of the discussions v/ould be purely a voluntary matter with the respective or-
ganizations participating.
The afternoon session was next turned over to six discussants who in brief addresses cn specific topics gave what was conslderad reasonably expert statements with regard to the situation for
Negroes in several fields.
The first of these, Robert Taylor, office of defense housing, told of the difficulties now being encountered in the field of housing to develop adequate shelter for Negroes in light of the present de-
present and future
After focusing attention on the ed division, scoring the positions indifference cf the war department to the formation of a mixheld by “reactionary southerners” in this department, gotten through seniority and condemning the general half-hearted concern among Americans as a whole, Mr. White, secretary of the N. A. A- C. P., predicted that it will not be long before there may be a clamping down on free speech and an effort ‘‘to eradicate all the social gains we have thus far made.’’ He included the yellow and brown races along with the Negro as the object of this scorn. “We have a tough fight,” Mr. White declared, “not only to stem the tide of racial discrimination and restriction and civil liberties, but the bigger task of trying to get America to see that it is to its selfinterest to use the Negro’s aid or else all of us will be destroyed.” Mrs. Carita V. Roane, New York State Employment Service, detailed the difficulties Negro men and women are experiencing, though capable, in getting jobs. e In the free discussion period that fallowed. Dean Hastie, frankly said, “I believe tod-ay the American Negro is not wholeheartedly, unreservedly and all-out in support of the American, war effort.” Having given his posiMon, he asked that a vote he-- taken to determine
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whether or not the gathering important meeting and that we s hared that ^opinion with him have a definite responsibility to whereupon there developed the f in d our way ou t ” , £r™< l r lert 0t l ' ,e T’ . Mrs. Bethune laid stress on the: ' ‘ influence of the voting power of Senoifw effort was made on the xegroes in the North. “I don’t 1 art ol irmny to block a vote on think vou can quite imagine,” she the questiob for one reason or an- Faid .« wh at it means for a group ether. SonV insisted that there 0 f y OU knock at the door of the should he Vlebate. One group presiderrt or the secretary of war. thought that|to make an expres- or anv p lace . in th e name of my sion on this Question would handi- re ople. In the name of so many tap whatever efforts are currently j hujldreds of thousands of voters being mad/ to achieve greater j of this country and sav ‘We Xegains. Aiyfther element thought it grces rPqi1 j r e this or that or the (lesiraible/that the government s ot h er .’ We must he vocal and
ow that this attitude ex- ! militant.”
he the case, and that _ , . . ^ should be done o coi- , . , , • 1
plained how pressure is bmng exerted upon those Washington offi-
A test vote as to whether the c i a ]f? who have been and are wilt-
question should lie put was won j n g | 0 pfiow consideration for the nMiuiring ii iurs was jH-.-oinplished 24 to 31 after a move by^ Thomas <.plaints of Negroes. The absence while tin- air mid was still in. prog-. P.i Bo mar, national secretary of the such men as John P. Canned y. rcss and live gunswere placed in ; National Alliance of Postal Em- formerly with the Federal Works operation against die cneiny. . . ., ployes, to have consideration post- Agency; Nathan Strauss, former- “Six men did the work in two poned indefinitely went by th ■ ]y bead of the United States Hons- hours". 1 he navy said: ■ "ii usualhoard. The final vote found 30 j nj r Authority, and Ewan Clegg, of ly would lake 20 nun a day and delegates sharing the view of D6an Bureau of Employment S/ecur- ,, half, lii-teari of miming for Hastie, 5 persons voting against py were cited as examples of men cover the workmen ran for their
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. (ANP*) A crew of four white and two Negro workmen stayed on their jobs inhering heroically under fire during the sudden attack on Pearl Harbor. Hawaii. .’December 7. it has just been revealed here. This crew was preparing to un1 ad a number of anti-aircraft guns from a flat ar alongside a -hip moored ai dock for overhaul, file navy said. Work normally
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it with 15 votes uncast. Mr. Hastie explained it
as his
desire to: 1. Make clear to the government that this condition does exist and that it is imperative that somehing should be done to correct it; and 2. To convince Negroes themselves how wrong is thgt attitude. Judging from the number of uncast votes and later comment, it appeared that although the majority recognized the existence of this at-
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that I’m a'nice chap. The chief the mu/fler of Hylan McClaine in put the finger on him—I didn’t; Octotb/r, 1940. Justice F. DickenI merely urged him to do it. son Letts in the district court Operator, police headquarters, granted the slay at the request of please. Chief Simon? Look. Chief. Defehse Atty. Harry Whalen in about Sergeant Sneed .... . ordej- o allow time for the court Savings Beat Breadlines of appeals to hear his case.
One of the phief witnesses against Eklund, Herbert Ray. who testified that he bought some bul-
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ation. must in some way be related to the defense program. In light of this, he cited a change in fundamental policy whereby the slum clearance aspect of the housing effort, which involved demolition cf old structures, has been supplanted by a program of (building on vacant lots only. The scarcity of puoh land in Negro areas, Mr. Taylor said, has compelled the au*
expres
sion from them At the dinner session that night Dr. Frederick Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute, presided and delivered a few brief remarks in which he ex'essed confidence .that some of the hopes and desires of the conference might be achieved. Reports from the chairmen of
who have been forced out by rcationary congressmen who refused to make appropriations to theiragencies until they altered their policies with regard to the Negro;
The organizations representr.l at
the conference were as ‘follows: ; American Teachers Association. Associated Negro Press. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. National Alliance of Postal Employees. X A. A. (’. P.. National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses. National ’Par" Association. National Council of Y M. C A . National Council of Negro Woipen. National] Dent a! Assoeiatioh, National Medical Association. Nonpartisan Com- , mittee of AKA Sorority. National I Urban League. Negro Labor Committee, United Transport Employes of America, and the Young Wom-
en’s ChrYsrian Association.
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to navy relief tonight. Thank you very much. “‘Frank Knox, secretary of the
navy.’
“And Joe Louis, to you, for your magnificent, example here tonight in risking your championship belt that has been genuinely won through toil, tears, blood, and sweat, we thank you and the American people thank you. Now in the presence of such a magnificent example of generosity, can any of you Americans think in terms of race, religion, or dis-
scrimination in color?”
“And to you, Max Baer, a little over a year ago — Buddy (Baer, I should have said—ah. you know, a year ago I took on a champion, tod. I didn’t win (hut I had a lot of fun in trying. And folks, my epponent and myself came out of that struggle resolved and joined in the resolution that American democracy shall not alone live but
shall rule the world.
“And so, you two fighting -hoys here—I know you’re going to put tm a great show, hut when it's • over, if any Jap or flock of Japs think you’ll lie divided in defending America they’ll be greatly mis-
I taken.
“Fellow Americans, on behalf j of the Navy Relief society, I thank you very much for your generousi I contribution to the funds of that | society which provides for all the j various and multiple needs of navy I men and their families. ; Learn Foundry, Machine Shop
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stay was granted. This time, how- ( n ”’ has invariable brought on- M. Alexander, Philadelphia
available received. They were as follows:
morale, Mrs. Ftappers; i
Since this citizenship rights Mrs. (Sadie T. on-iM. Alexander, Philadelphia law<-
ever,-he himself was the defendant wiiite^ he proposed y«r: service to the armed forces, in a government case in which he J (he solu1 j on would he an ef- Carl Murphy, Baltimore publisher; was charged with housebreaking . ^ counter-protest in Washing- employment and training. Mrs. and larceny. His sentence was an(1 on the 1>ai -t of Negroes! Carita Roane. Their report^ genfrom 1 to 12 years. speaking on women and morale, erally speaking, called for an end It was not dear at the time what g ta upers, executive secretary to discrimination in every aspect
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effect Ray’s imprisonment would f ‘I Nat i on al Association of Coi- of American ilfe, widening of edit-’ sai(1 •— i_.i_ a - ..... eational facilities a-nd opportum-
i oh ml and white in the.Red Cross flrsi-aid i-nurses. given until a shorl time ago to mixed groups, ‘In an air raid, the colored would he expected to admim-ter first ai i t 1 ' nlorod and white alike. shi v
the responsibility of Negro worn-( ties for service, and the conferring en to make the theory of democ- upon the Negro of full citizenship
racy a reality.” “Negro women.’
have on the appelate court proceed- ore(1 Graduate Nurses, pointed to ings. hut it was indicated that the Ufimmsihilitv of Negro worn-
action might point ‘the way for a
possible new trial by casting a ^.y'' a **’reaHtv*” “Negro women." rights,
shadow on the man’s competency she gaidf -should prepare them- Dr/Charming H. Tobias, secreas a witness. ! selves for professional and non- tary for Negro work, National ■0~Rfa(l! Think! Talk Less! Act! professional service. We should y. M. C. A., delivered one of the
lie conscientious at all times in the major addresses of the conferservices (being prepared for the jence. He felt there was real community- The future of the Ne-1 “justification” for the various del-
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. (ANP) Th(‘ post of examiner for the newly organized rent commission for the District of Columbia is the plum for which two prominent young Xegroes are battling. Marjorie McKenzie Lawson, wife of Pel ford V. Lawson, both .attorneys, and Leonard Hayes, nephew of the famous George E. Hayes, also attorneys, are the leading candidates for the i»ost. It is reported that Mrs. Lawson has a letter of endorsement from Mrs. Roosevelt, while Mr. Hayes has the endorsement of all of the local Negro organizations interested in seeing that a Negro gets the post. The position is well pa.vihg with a salary somewhere between $3.AOO and $4,000 per annum. MTHead! Think! Talk Less! Aft!
pro woman can be
ing America and building on the fundamental and democratic theories in which we believe all Amer-
icans believe.”
More work makes for better morale, and a change in the national attitude toward the employment of Negroes in industry can achieve this goal was the opinion of Albon L. Hclsey, secretary of the National Negro Business League. Mr. Holsey quoted sections of a report covering this point which was made at the 1941 convention of the league by its president, Dr. J. E. Walker. He also pointed to . the half million dollar increase in business among Negro insurance companies since the start
of war production.
B. F. McLaurin, general organizer for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, taking the labor angle, also said “there can be no civilian morale unless the Negro worker is going to be given an
egates meeting since it gave them an opportunity to decide how they might all “more effectively do the things they are supposed to do.” He gave high praise to the N. A. A. C. P. for the specialized effort it is making in the field of civil liberties. He congratulated the Negro press for its part in carrying to the reading public the story of the fight that is being waged for justice. He scored the white press for unsavory attacks upon the race through sheer design
and malice.
Intrudm-ed by tho Rev. Howard S. Wilkinson. Mrs. Roosevelt spoke before n group of women in the Rector’s Aid society of ST. Thoni-is Fpi- -opal eh or eh. one ef the (tty’s fashionable places of worship. Her introductory n marks said that the nation (nnmd expo t th v colored people to feel the United Slate's worth defending if the colored people < on t inn ed to 1»< treated as they- are being treated
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. (ANP 1
Negroes in the new draft will show about 520,000 new registrations on Fe.b. 16 when It he machinery to register the groups from 20 to 21 and 36 to 44 begins to function, according'to estimates of the Selec-
tive Service office.
All told.> there are some 2.400.00b Negro males in the age ranges ef
Mrs. Bethune, speaking as presi- which about 1.800 000 have already dent of the National Council of 1 been registered for service. Negro Women, told of Ihe tremen- In the broader sense, that is in dous importance of being organiz- the registration limits from 18 to ed, mentally and physically. She 64. it is estimated there are 3.was appreciative of this occasion 650.000 Negr-oes t available for servwhen leaders of the race have come ices as the country sees fit. together to think- This vast reservoir cf Negro “I realize the importance of males available for military servunity,” she declared, “and the nec- , ice should provide sufficient men essity for the pressure we can for additional units in-the military bring about in nuralbers and men- 1 arms of the country. i
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