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TEARS OP CONTINUOUS I PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXII Released by U. S. War Department, Bureau of Public Relations NEGRO ENGINEERS BUILD HEAVY BOMBER BASE—View of a hangar nearing completion at a newly constructed airfield somewhere in England. The construction of this field was done entirely by Negro members of an aviation engineer battalion. An airdrome is more than a strip of concrete laid down in the middle of a cow pasture. This base, for instance, consists of one 6,000-foot runway, a three-mile perimeter track encircling the field, and approximately 250 technical, administrative and other buildings. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps). PARTY HAS BEST WELFARE OF NEGRO AT ■UEHf£M“ DO MORE FOR HIM Says Roosevelt Is No Abraham Lincoln By Robert Smith * Los Angeles, Jan, 17 (ANP) In the usual frank, and strong manner of ing her views. Congresswoman of a Cmm«Lcut L hi C an intervi >w in her Biitmore Ho- tel suite here Sunday told correspondent that neither the Democratic nor the Repub- lican party has the interest ot the Negro at heart, but of the t wo, the Republican party will fv^lo _ more to help his cause." •t The statement was in answer to the question, "The Negro generally has always pledg¬ ed his political allegiance the Republican party due Abraham Lincoln. In years, he has shifted to the Democratic party because of the New Deal program. He is now between the devil and deep biue sea in regards to coming presidential elections, being somewhat with the Roosevelt administra- tion . Wnat reasons can you give why the Negro vote the Republican ticket.” In direct answer to the ques¬ tion, the congresswoman stat¬ ed that there were no reasons why the Poles, Czechs, Jews, or Negroes should vote for a' cer¬ tain party because of their ra- Continuod on page Five* Law Against Closed Shop SUGGESTED 4S WAY TO END JIM CROW Washington, D. C., Jan 13 A suggestion that the best hope of relief from discrimina¬ tion against Negro workers by labor unions lies in enacting a law which wfill forbid closed- shop contracts with unions that deny membership to per¬ sons because of race or color has been made editorally by the Washington Evening Star. Noting that in California a Federal court held it was with¬ out jurisdiction in the suit) brought against the Boilermak ers union to force it to them lo the regular union stead of an auxiliary, the Stan mat mailer ter of or discrimination ascr.mmauon. The- editorial declares; , “As the obstacles to the re-1 „oval of these discriminatory uine relief lies in a legislative' 1 approach. If Congress were to forbid closed-shop contracts withk^nions that deny member ship to persons because of race Continued on page 4 Dr. Weaver Heads Chicago Race Relations Cornish Washington, D. C.—The ignation of Dr. Robert C. Weav er> cf ths War Mau P° w er Com mission staff, to accept the di- rectorship of the Mayor’s Com¬ mittee Race Relations in 1 on bv^Paul * V. McNutt, chairman. Dr. Weaver been liaison officer the Committee on Fair Em- ployment Practice, with the special assignment of developing a program for fuller utilization , of minority groups. He will i leave V. MC for Chicago the first of next, month. Mr. McNutt expressed regret Released by U. S. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations WE HATE TO SEE YOU GO, JOF/—The Army’s expert on physical training, Sergeant Joe Louis Barrow, prepares to leave Love Field, Dallas, Texas, in a bomber after one of his exhibitions. Those present to see him off are members of the 5th Ferrying Group, Ferry¬ ing Division, Air Transport Command. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps). ; — — ASKS NEWSREELS COM- PANIES TO INCLUDE 9STH SQUADRON _ New York, «. its 1 efforts 11 1 to 1 secure secur- wider der dis- tribution of news about Negro troops fighting for victory, NAACP has 1 asked five news ree ] companies to include shots 0 f the 99th Pursuit Squadron, n combat in Italy, in their reg uiar releases. T„e NAACP learnpd certain channels last week mat many teet ot film had be3n shot of the 99tb Squadron r active combat duty, but that was S rave da„ g er newsreel companies. It was the feeling that All American Newsreel, a company exclusively to Negro jim crow theatres, would be given (Continued on page 8j Drafting of Labor Would Be Harmful to IS OPINION OF MANY RACE LEADERS Remedy for Present Labor Problem Is The Proper Utilization oi Present Available Manpower New York, N. Y. Opposition to a national service act, as sug ge l. t by President Roosevelt and as embodied in the present AuaUu-Wadsworth b 11. W iv.ced January 12 by the Na- tional Association for tne Ad- 1 tanceent of Colored People. Last April 1, two representa- fives of the NAACP, Walter i White and Charles H. Houston, | testified before a senate com- , mittee on the Austin-Wads- j | worth bill, opposing it on the grounds that <a) thousands Negroes were still excluded j from employment on account of prejudice; (b) other thous- ! ands of Negroes were employed below their skills; and (c> ! enactment of such a bill would result in freezing Negro (ers in certain categories and j areas of the country. led j ‘‘The materially situation between has not chang last at the loss of Dr. Weaver, he sa ; d> had made a contribution contrluld ; on to the program. Dr. Weaver was born in . , , schools He received the degree of bachelor of encc in economics at 1929 an d. m WSl. the °f* naster of &T } S and doct ° r of Philosophy in the same subject, Early m tls Lie returned to Washington as technical adviser to the Committee on National Recov <Contmuedon pagp eightt groes from membership. 'when The Association won its case} Justice Murray ruled 1 ! that in his opinion it was not, | a labor union and thus not subject to the Civil Rights law. I The case is being appealed tc I ! a higher court and the NAACP 1 brief shows that the past his- \ tory of the Railway Mail As-i sociation is conclusive proof I that ways considered the Association itself has al-} j a labor organization and has acted as a labor body. The NAAC P the attorneys Civil R'ghts also law argued is const!-' that j tutional and that it applies to the Railway Mail Association, i BIG OPTICAL FIRM OPENS STORE HERE The Allied Optical Stores company has opened a branch store here. It is located at 14 East State street. The firm, whose headquart- ers are in Chicago, is one of the biggest dealers in eye- glasses in the country. It f to V those passes who wish on credit to taice terms ad- vantage of this courtesy, and makes no extra charge for the service. Glasses are sold as low as one dollar per week. One of the outstanding oi- ferings of the firm includes eye glasses straigteneadjusted and cleaned, free of charge 11 J' ou are i !1 need of glasses it will pay you to the Allied Optical Store at 14 East State street. I-AWYON-HAI? ■ * irh.,, v iirr-rr^'ie rj v At a lovely ceremony Wea- nesd ay evening, January 12, Mrs. Annie M. Lawton became 710 West Bolton street, with the Rev. R. J. Dinkins offici- ating The bride was dressed wh J w K itnc ^ ed nv . ceremony were Mrs Gciden 0 f Philadelphia and the Smiling Syndicate club. MRS. McCROREY AND NURSE PERISH WHEN ' HOME BORNS nr n ,,p ! Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 14—; <ANPj~The body of Mrs. Me- Crorey; wifg of Dr MeCrorey, pjeKiaent 01 j 0 hnson C. Smitn university, was recovered last; Thursday afternoon from the wreckage of her burned resi-: dence that was consumed m names early Thursday morn- ing ^1* along with the body ol E™ Matthew, echoot. * The f ire , reported to have oc . tuirea aoout z.Sw a. m., inu.s da y- tra P ped Mrs - MeCrorey -J- ing from a recent attack of iri j Duenza. I Dr. MeCrorey was notified of the tragedy in Cincinnati, whe ™ he was attending a of the Association 01 American colleges. pril and today,” sad Roy Wil- kins, assistant secretary of the NAACP. "Negro workers a- vai ™tew , u, , t i ie Atlanta Ga ' vtlL pai>ied ' * lth levv exceptions, and white workers imported when a Bell Aircraft factory was opened there in 1943. An assembly plant for four-engined bombers in Tex- as has refused so far to employ Negro skilled workers. “There are thousands of ex- amples of Negro skilled work- | ers drawing the pay of ‘help- ers’ as assistants to white men they have trained in the skill. “This Association believes that voluntary manpower al- ; location can be said to be a' failure a s long as more than one-half million Negro work-' [ers, at a conservative estimate,; are either refused jobs or are unemployed.” Want R M A Rights Under Civil Rule j New York, N. Y., Jan. 13 A br ief amicus curiae against the} . ... been filed with the Appellate} Division of the Supreme Court. the State of New York the NAACP. in an effort to brln g the Railway Mail Associa j iron under lhe provisions of j the Civil Rights law. j „ The Railway Mail Associa- ’ was sued in the Supreme Court of Albany county by the State Industrial Commissioner! and the Attorney General ! on the ground that as a labor or- ganization it violated the Civil Rights law by excluding Ne- Smith House Group Grills FEPC By Ernest E. Johnson Washington Jan 17 <ANPi The sharp questioning of con- greSsional probers was direct- at the Presidents Fair Em- ployment Practice committee last Tuesday for the first time in the two and one half years of the agency’s existence, and after five hours of examination the decision was still hanging In the balance. A c hec k of reactl0 ns t(,llow - mg . the i 1 h , f anng disc 1 , osed that WelR U not for tho wi ! , ey tenac ~ lousness of a Philadelphia law- named Joseph Sharfsin, iContlnuedon page elghti Some Savnnah Area Men In U. S Armed Forces S. EOT. lo.'.-.C CAMPBELL, son of Mrs. Hattie Campbell of 527 East Liberty street and brother of Miss Sadie Campbell who is stationed at Fort Fran¬ cis E. Warren, Wyoming. &*- CPL. -FREDERICK DOUG¬ LASS SENGSTACKE, son oi the late Rev. H A. Sengstacke and Mrs. Rosa Davis Sengs- (tacke, who is stationed at Camp Gordon, Augusta. SGT. CHAS. M. GRADY, bus band of Mrs. Maxie Gradv ol 614 Wr t, 31st strrf't.. nine aftfr months, br¬ ing overseas for was home on furlough visiting family. He "is now station ed at Temple, Texas. Looking For ! These Men — I Selective Service System is very anxious to get in touch! with the following men. Any one knowing tneir address! will please communicate with *»• »— *»• 4. ««-* Amr- I lean Bank Building. ! Leon Dixon, ll W. Park Vv,; Hubert Green, R. F. D., Box 213, Burroughs; Henry Vincent Tur n er, 230 Savannah Sugar Refill ery; General Hagerdy, 502 An- derson street, Woodville; Al- bert Woodbury, Rt. 3 , Box GO; Linnie Boly Lord, R. F. D 3. Ferguson Ave.; Walter Wald- burg, 623 Perry Lane, East; John Mitchell, 521 East Hall Thompson Brown, 537 East Gwinnett lane; Otis J. Hicks, R. F. D. 4; Earnest Fel- ton, Rt. 3 , box 160; Lawrence Feelings, Rt. 3, box 106. Files Brief In Davis Case MAN CHARGED WITH 1 ASSAULT TO KILL New York, N. Y. The legal staff of the NAACP has filed a brief amicus curiae in the case of Tee Davis whose appeal is pending in the supreme court of the state of Arkansas. Davis was convicted by the jury in the circuit court of Crittenden county in Septem¬ ber, 1943, on a charge of as¬ sault to kill. He was sentenc ed to 10 years imprisonment. Davis lived ,in Edmondson, Ark., which until recently was a IPO percent Negro communi¬ ty. A white map named Weaver went to look for some one who was supposed to have stolen a cow, and knocked on Davis' door and shouted to Da Continued on page Five) H. D. Simmons and Miss Frankie Golden who charge ol the seal sale in schools in Chatham county dur ing the 37th Annual Christ- mas Seal Sale Campaign were very proud of the which showed *600 were raised Y schools alone. The county with Miss Golden as their chairman raised $189, and the city schools with Mr. as their chairman, raised $435^84^^making ^ „ a grand , total of $624.85. The schools and the amounts ra j Sed by ea ch were as follows: Cuyler high school, $108.06; Beach high, $101.07; East Broad, $74.81; Florence school, $44.20; West Savannah, $45.93; Woodville, $45.11; West $41.25: Maple St. school $29.49: Paulsen $25.00; Springfield Ter race $28.15; Harris St. Antioch $12.83; $40; Burroughs $5.52 Montieth *5.50. i 4 mm _______ Pvt. Jess-3 J. Wilson, the son of Ozzie Wilson and nephew ol Miss Alice Wilson of Thunder¬ bolt, who is stationed at Lang¬ ley Field, Virginia, and reports that'he is getting along fine. RFC. JAMES DAVID ROBIN¬ SON. the son of Mr. and Mrs w. <". Robinson of Freedman'- Grove and husband of Mrs. Frances Robinson of St. Simon Island, who is stationed at Greensboro, North Carolina. CPL. ROBERT GARNER, who is serving with the U. S- forces somewhere overseas. Wiiile in Savannah before go¬ ing into the army he resided with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Guii of 547 East Park avenue. Released by U. S. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations TRIPLETS JOIN ARMY—The Cooper triplets, 19, of Marshall, 1'exas, were inducted into the Army at the Reception Center, Camp Walters, Texas, recently. Formerly employed at a machine and tool jhop in Houston, Texas, the triplets who answer to the names of C. C* Ennis and Olden, attended schools in Shreveport, La., and Tuskege* Institute, Alabama. (U. S. Anny photo.) , . .« Raise Over $609 In Annual XmasTB Seal Sale To date the gross returns for seals are #2,156.84. The goal wa * s s€t at $2 ’ 000 and wa I have already gone over our I oal Alphonso Fields was general seal sale chairman, j m. -- 3 i BEACH t— r- =£z.. STUDENTS - — IN RECITAL The senior class of Beach high school will present Elean¬ or Williams, soprano; David Brown, baritone, and William pj easan t j r tenor, in a song recital tomorrow night at the FAB church, ranklin square, a'. 8 o’clock. The program to be presented will be as follows: f "*' v Group I j e UntQ Me Handel Alleluia ______!__ Mozart Eleanor Williams Because .. D’Hardelot Beach Ensemble Group II Who Is Sylvia .. Schubert Continuer) on page eight PVT. GUSSIE BROWN, who was recently home on furlough visiting his father, Jesse Brown of 9 Exley street. He is stationed at New River, North Carolina, and is doing fine. CPL. CLAUDE HOW* 1 . wha is stationed somewhere dr- ., and says that he’s right- When in the Howell rt0weu lives at * L the mother, Mrs. 2311 Harden sire'