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Commons Member
Tells Churchill
To Warn America
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informer
s , FREEMAN
LONDON, Eng.—American
forces in Britain are discrim-
inating against their own
Negro members, it was charg-
ed last week by an Indepen-
dent member of the house of
commons.
Thomas Driberg, who made
the charge, asked Prime Min-
ister Churchill to “make
friendly representations to Ameri-
can military authorities, request-
ing them to instruct ’heir men that
the color bar is not a custom in
Britain.” •
Churchill is said to have de-
clared that he hoped that “the
points of view of all concerned’'
would be mutally understood
and respected without any ac-
tion.
Another observer of conditions
among U. S. troops here declared
that copy of a letter signed by a
number of soldiers stating an of-
ficer had advised them that Negro
discrimination was necessary in
Britain, had been sent to Church-
ill,
VOL. 48—NO. 47
HOUSTON, TEXAS. SATURDAY. OCT. 10,1942
PRICE: 10 CENTS
Youths Argue Over Girl, 16; One Dies In Rift
1 AT
Issue Of Navy Cook Greeted By President
Destiny P -
FacedBy MiTHRi
Teachers F P G MESS T
Willkie Tonic
For Oppressed
By STAFF WRITER
Wendell Willkie, by permitting
himself to be forthright and hon-
est before the Chinese people and
regarding the rights of the Indians
and other brown people, has done
the most sensational thing perpe-
trated by any ranking citizen from
the Democratic countries in the last
50 years. He simply told the Chinese
people that the United Nations
should resolve now that the whole
idea of “empire of nation over
other nations” and of “the old
colonial days” was past.
But you see it's the practice for
diplomats, leaders and other repre-
sentatives of the United Nations to
hedge, evade, stutter or do anyone
of a hundred tricks, just so he
evades any commitments on this
question of freedom and democracy
for the yellow, the brown and the
black races.
Faith Questioned .
The fear and apprehension with
which Mr. Willkie’s forthright
statement was greeted by the lead-
ers of democracy over here, can’t
help but cause honest men to
suspect that they don’t intend in
good faith to establish freedom,
justice and democracy for the other
countries that arc joined in this
fight for freedom. It is like the ex-
periences that Negroes have in the
South where the whites talk from
the platform about justice, freedom
and equality to all men, come down
from the platform and choke the
life out of a Negro who dares to
ask for the right to vote, for equal
accommodations in the schools or
for equal facilities for his home,
such as streets, lights, parks and
the like.
HOUSTON-The release of
a news article by President
Leslie J. White of the State
Teachers Association, giving
notice of the meeting in No-
vember at Beaumont, will re-
mind all thoughtful citizens
that the State Teachers As-
sociation will be faced with
problems at its next meeting
of wider import and more deeply
affecting the destiny of this state
than has ever been true in the
history of the association. Unfor-
tunately, the first release seems to
indicate that the leadership of the
association plans to take the usual
course of shying away from the
substantial issues, for the release
says the teachers will come "to get
a clear picture of the situation.” It
isn't a picture that the teachers
need, but it is an aggressive pro-
gram of action that is needed.
Negro teachers throughout Texas
are suffering from a debilitating
and crippling differential in teach-
ers’ pay. The Negro Teachers As-
sociation of the State has not only
failed to take steps to eliminate
this differential in pay for teach-
ers, but has through the influential
members of the association frustrat-
ed every attempt to get action in
this regard.
Inequal Facilities
The Negro children of this stater
suffer from inequal facilities
throughout. In many instances
there are no high schools for
Negro children, and they are
compelled to go many miles to
reach high schools, and some of
them have to come into cities to
live in order to get high school
education at the expense of their
parents. In the case of state col-
lege education, Negroes have been
forced to accept the shadow of the
substance of a real college educa-
tion for their students, while the
white students have more colleges
in the state than probably any
(See ISSUE, Page 10, Col. 5)
The democracy which the United
Nations are fighting for today is
tor the rights of the leading coun- ,
Workers To
Hear Priest
A veteran navy cook, wounded in ington Navy Yard, during the Chief, navy bases.
action. Is greeted by President Executive’s tour of the nation’s war —U. S. N. Photo from International
Roosevelt at the Bremerton, Wash-I industries, plants, and army and]
This Family Gives
Plenty To Army
FORT BRAGG, N. C.—A fath-
er, his son and two of his
nephews were inducted into the
Army of the United States at
the same time last week at Fort
Bragg, N. C. The four were res-
idents of Mt. Olive, N. C.
' William Henderson, . 30, the
father, said he hoped the four
could stay together throughout
their period of service. The
father was •# machinist’s help-
er and his son, Herman Hen-
derson, 22, was a truck driver
before entering the Army.
The nephews, J. D. Royal, 30,
and Ernest Jones, 21, think high-
ly of their family. “If they let
us stay together we’ll show 'em
something,” declared Private
Royal, Private Jones, who was
a “sport” in civilian life, broke
in to add, “I wish we had some
more of our cousins along—then
there would be no Japs or Ger-
mans stopping us.”
Whos
Die Bi
Faile
Houston.—“Whose
II
Stab Is
Fatal In
Argument
HOUSTON-“There was
but one lick passed,” police
report, in the fatal stabbing
early Monday morning about
| 3 o’clock of George Jackson,
found lying on the side walk
on Heiner street between
Saulnier and Robin after a
knife had been thrust into
his left chest allegedly by
James Leon Mills, 11, of 2528 Cen-
ter street.
Mills was arrested at 2524 Cen-
ter street at 4:15 the same morning
and formally charged with murder
after his victim had been pronounc-
ed dead at the Jefferson Davis hos-
pital.
in
because you failed ?" e
That is the pertinent IxlaCaa
facing all Americans
all-out drive for scrap metal.
And Negroes are rallying in
Houston and Harris County in the
collection of scrap to keep the
wheels of industry turning, and
bullets, tanks, ships and other ne-
cessary equipment available for
our men in the armed forces;
Houston and Harris County have
already passed the half way point
of their drive, and Wednesday had
reported a total cf 12,476,118 lbs
collected and sent in or ready to
be sent to “war.”
PY HUSMSA ■ e-9 WS-Ii Y
today in the
For Failure
To Register
Houston.—You just can't beat
the long arm of the law.
tries such as England and America
to do as they please, and not for
the freedom of all people. In the
light of the Atlantic charter, what
could be wrong with the following
statement by Mr. Willkie:
"We believe it is the world's
job to find some system for help-
ing colonial peoples who join the
United Nations’ cause to become
free and independent nations. We
must set up firm time tables un-
(See WILLKIE. Page 10, Col. 1)
Houston.—The Vevy Rev.
George Hanks, parish priest at St.
Nicholas Catholic Church, will be
the guest speaker at the regular
meeting of the Hughes Tool Local
2457 USA-CIO. All members of
the local and of Hughes Tool
Plant are especially requested to
hear him.
This christian leader will speak
on the subject of “Organized La-
bor.” The meeting will be held at
St. Nicholas Catholic Auditorium
on Sunday, Oct. 11, at 4 o'clock.
Ex-Prisoner
Drowned As He
Flees Guard
Houston.—Sterling Dowling, 60
year-old Negro, .released from the
city farm Saturday afternoon
about 3:15 o'clock, was drowned
in a deep pit filled with water
when he jumped in, fleeing from
Oscar Loggins, a guard and G. G.
Mitchell, farm superintendent, ac-
cording to police report.
Dowling was seen “hanging
around” one of the., barns,, the
superintendent told officers, and
fled when approached by Guard
Loggins and Supt. Mitchell.
He allegedly dropped from his
back a bag when pressed by his
(See PRISONER, Page 10, Col. 1)
No Racial War
Negroes, realizing that “this is
not a racial war but a war for the
survival of all,” as stated by
Carter W. Wesley, president of the
Informer chain at the beginning of
this campaign sponsored by the
newspapers of the country have
contributed and are contributing
and working for its successful con-
clusion Oct. 17.
At the beginning of the drive,
this paper offered a prize of $10
to the highest individual producer
of rap judged from an hentic
slips.
This offer not only still holds,
good, but is being sought after by
patriotic men, women, and child-
ren of the community.
Coordinating Efforts
To facilitate in the promotion
of the drive, and stimulate parti-
cipation among clubs, women’s
auxiliaries, churches, schools and
other organizations, a 6 by 6 ft.
depository for scrap metals in its
section of the Third Ward has
been placed at the corner of Le-
land and St. Charles streets.
Jasper T. Duncan of the Infor-
(See DIE, Page 10, Col. 4)
At least 28 year old Willie
Brantley was just about convinc-
ed of that fact when Federal Judge
Allen Hannay sentenced him to a
year and a day in federal prison,
and suspended it for five years
on good behavior on a charge of
failure to register. ..... Jaunbuns ,
Brantley pleaded not guilty could interfere,
when tried several days ago, fol-
lowing a federal jury indictment,
but was convicted.
Witnesses Tell Story
According to the story told offi-
cers by witnesses, Jackson was
standing in the lobby of the Rain-
bow Theatre on West Dallas street,
when along came Doris Brown,
16, her sister, Johnnie Ruth Brown,
18, who live at 313 Andrews street,
and James Leon Allen, 18, 113 Saw-
yer street.
The four started walking
down the street to escort the
young, girls to their houre,wit- -
nesses) aver, and after some div-
tance they saw Milla, “who
goes with Doris,” standing on
the corner of West Dallas and
Heiner.
Doris called him saying, “Come on
go home," and he joined them and
started walking along with Doris
and Jackson who were the front
couple of the previous foursome.
Starts Argument
Mills and Jackson became in-
volved in an argument over Doris
just about the middle of the block,
according to the police report, and
Mills drew a knife and thrust it
into Jackson’s chest before anyone
Jackson fell mortally wounded.
(See YOUTH, Page 10, Col. 2)
O. K. Manning Quits
Mills' Draft Unit;
Is Cited As A Good
HOUSTON.—It was verified by
O. K. Manning, secretary of the
Negro Chamber of Commerce, this
week that he had resigned as a
member of the Negro Advisory
Board of the Selective Service. As
his official explanation of his res-
ignation, Mr. Manning said he ob-
jected to the members having to
pay for the upkeep of the office
and operation.
Emphasizes Weakness
Whatever is the reason for Mr.
Manning's resignation, it is a good
thing for a Chamber of Commerce
executive to come from under the
influence of Alphonse Mills, who
Wants To Ride Bus
Brothers Answer Call To Sea
With Whites; Fired
HOUSTON.—Love Harris,
heads the Negro Advisory .Board.
Mr. Manning’s action also empha-
sizes the weakness of the other men
who are clinging to positions on
the board under Mills. Measured by
accomplishments to date, members
of the board have little to show
for the sacrifice of honor and type
of integrity expected of men who
occupy prominent positions in the
community.
On the Advisory Board there is
the dean of the Houston College,
two principals of high schools, the
director of the Cuney Homes, a
medical doctor and several others
who normally would not be ex-
pected to put their prestige under
the sullied wing of Alphonse Mills.
Mr. Manning's resignation only
serves to again raise the question
as to what the community can ex-
pect in honest leadership when so
many of the men at the head seem
What Do YOU Think?
Read The Question Of The Week
(Editorial Page)
Next Week’s question, Oct. 17 issue;
“Should Labor Have the Right To Strike During the
War?”
Y our idea is as good as anybody else’s
Write it to The Informer
Box 3086, Houston, Texas
i ends Message Finds 1st
COLONEL OVETA CULP HOB-
BY sends a special message to the
colored women of America in this
issue. Turn to Page 15 and read the
remarkable tribute paid to colored
womanhood by the head of the
WAAC.
Justice Dept.
Will Push Negro
Vote Test Case
Soldier To
Set Foot In
Mid. East
J CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 8—
! (Passed by the U. S. Censor)
—First Sgt. Henry Daniels,
of Talbotton, Ga., is the first
Negro soldier to set foot in
the Middle East. I left Cairo
ten days ago to hunt down
Sergeant Daniels and after
many days of travel I finally
found him. He is a soldier
with a long and exemplary
record in the regular army.
He is married.
Greeted Like Cousin
The men of his outfit-those not
on duty elsewhere-greeted me like
a long-lost city cousin. They cele-
brated my visit by staying up af-
ter hours. Sitting around me like a
human horseshoe. A good-humored,
smart-looking bunch of fellows. 1
was asked so many questions I
thought for a while I was facing a
battery of reporters, but finally it
was my turn. I learned that the
outfit arrived some months ago at
a Middle East port.
“The men told me that colored
and white recruits were aboard the
same ship and that colored troops
enjoyed every privilege granted to
the whites.”
The key to the interview was
DALLAS.—Failure of the
recently discharged federal
grand jury to comply 'with
the request of U. S. Depart-
ment of Justice to return in-
the part of the world in which
he was located. He was growing
quietly on his pipe, but all the
while he was considering the
question—much in the manner of
a man examining an apple for
bad spots.—When he finally shift-
ed his pipe and said: “Being here
has made me appreciate Geor-
gia.”
dictments against several
Dallas county election officials
to secure a test case in their
refusal to permit Negroes to
vote in the recent Democratic ,w - —- — --
primaries, may causa these officials Lawrence , Theus, unnamed hero
to face criminal action which may of Westbrook Pegler’s remarkable
be ordered by the Department, it article, published in the Scripps,
was revealed here Tuesday from
Washington, D. C. sourbes.
An Information may be filed
merely on action of the United
States attorney of the district, only
in misdemeanor cases, and the party
or parties may ask for a jury or
waive a jury and be tried by the
court.
Sgt. Daniels is from Talbotton,
Ga.
Another soldier 1 met was Pvt.
of Westbrook Pegler’s remarkable
Howard papers on July 16, 1942-
Edgar T. Rouzeau, Pittsburgh Cou-
rier War Correspondent
Grand Jury Refuses
The grand jury in treating the
cases, in a lengthy statement to
Federal Judge T. W Davidson, in
which 62 indictments were returned
to other cases, pointed out that
"the election officials under fire
had merely carried out the wishes
of the party they represent, which
in turn numbers in its membership
(See JUSTICE, Page 10, Col. 6)
To War On
Jim-Crow
AFL Unions
NEW YORK CITY—The
program is all set for attack
40, 3311 Lyons avenue, San
Jacinto Shipyards, Inc., em-
ploye with badge No. 584,
found himself discharged
Thursday, October 8, when he
reported for work, for the
written reason, “disorderly
conduct, wants to ride with
white employes on bus we
don’t want this Nigger back
on job.” The pink slip was signed,
“W. B. Martin, foreman.”
Harris, a laborer at the yards for
about five weeks, and who has
lived in Houston for 25 years, was
the center of a 20-minute hold-up
of bus service to the plant last
Wednesday, September 30, when he
and Jesse Evsns boarded a Robert-
son Bus line vehicle st Courthouse
Square about 3:45 p.m. After they
were seated a white worker who
came on later demanded that he
get up from his sest and go “far-
ther back,” according to Harris.
Driver Calls Company
Harris states he refused and
showed pass number 128, which had
been punched 11 times by the bus
checker for trips to his work, and
for which he had paid $5.50.
“The lady who punches the tick- '
ets came along and when I told her |
that I just wanted to get to work '
in comfort, she and the bus driver j
said they could not give me my
money back. The driver left the bus
to call the company, and came
back with the message that they
could give me my money back, but
by this time it was getting late for
work and I refused.
Policeman Called
“A uniformed policeman came
along and called me off the bus,
and asked me where I was from,
and I told him 1 was born in lack-
son County, Texas, and had lived
here in Houston 25 years, and
wanted to get to my job. I showed
him my pass where I had been rid-
ing the bus, and he told me to go
ahead and use my own judgment."
“I got back on the bus, took my
seat, and the bus pulled out at
about five minutes after four.”
White Workers Taunt Him
Harris said the unidentified white
(See WANTS, Page 10, Col. 2)
1 devoid of pride and willing, for the
hope of questionable aid from a
person like Alphonse Mills, to put
their prestige and the influence that
they have with the people at the
disposal of a man who has shown
that he isn’t capable of appreciat-
ing responsibility, the rights of the
people, or fair play.
Now that Mr. Manning has be-
gun, maybe we can hope that some
of the others will take courage to
cut themselves loose from a foul ship
hat can sail in no good waters for
he people of this community.
Nurse Beating
Is Protested
To Army Heads
WASHINGTON,-(ANP) - Sec-
retary of War Stimson, Judge Wil-
liam Hastie, Surgeon Gen. James
C. Magee, and Col Julian Flikke,
superintendent of the army nurse
corps, have all received letters from
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Graduate
Nurses protesting the treatment ac-
corded 2nd Lt. Norma Greene, a
Negro nurse serving in the U. S.
army and stationed at Tuskegee
airfield. 75
upon the jim-crow policies of
some of the unions affiliated
with the A. F. of L. at the
Toronto convention for the
purpose of getting the A. F.
of L. to act with greater vigor
and determination in bringing the
international unions into line with
sound trade union principles.
These recognize a worker as elig-
ible for employment and membar-
ship in any union regardless of
face, color, religion or national
origin, said Mr. Randolph, who to-
gether with M. P. Webster are dele-
gates to the convention, represent-
ing the Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters, an international union
of the A. F. of L.
Draws Gun On
Mr and MrsW. T Martell of only sons to the Dorie Miller Bat- lie Lee, 32, Craig, 26, Warren, 23.
3702.MeGowan M reluctantly but talion of Seabees on Friday, Octob- They entrained for the training cen-
I er 2nd. They are left to right: Wil- ter, from thence to duties overseas.
Lee, 32, Craig, 26, Warren, 23.
patriotically gave their three and
Bus Passenger
HOUSTON.—An argument, alleg-
edly over change, between a col-
ored woman and a bus driver on
the Montrose line was climaxed
with the driver drawing a gun and
forcing the woman to leave the
bus at its point, reliable sources
revealed this week.
Details of the altercation were
being secured by NAACP officials
as The Informer went to press.
Asks Protection
In protesting this affair, Mrs.
Mable K. Staupers, executive sec-
retary of the association, urged the
secretary of war to use his power
to guarantee protection to Negro
nurses who are forced to serve in
segregated units in those sections
of the country where Negroes are
not given justice before the law.
“It becomes increasingly diffi-
cult,” said Mrs. Staupers,” for the
association to urge young women
to enroll in the army nurse corps
unless guarantee is assured.”
The association for * long time
has been urging the surgeon gen-
eral’s office to remove discrimi-
natory barriers from Negro nurses
and to assign them to service in
all sections of the country.
Protests have also been sent by
Mrs. Ruth Logan Roberts, chairman
of the association’s advisory coun-
cil, the letters going to Sens. Lister
Hill and John Bankhead of Ala-
bama; M M. Neeley and Harley M.
Kilgore of West Virginia, and Mrs.
Frances Payne Bolton of Ohio, •
member of the advisory council.
Baptists Score
Red Baiting; To
Demand Facts
HOUSTON.—Facts of economic
advantages for colored people and
not red baiting must be presented
by labor organizers in the future,
members of the Baptist Ministerial
Alliance went on record as favor-
ing at their meeting Tuesday at
Bethel Baptist Church.
CIO officials were present and
defined the union’s policy and at-
titude towards colored workers.
They were acclaimed.
NAACP FIGHT WINS
WHITE COLLAR JOBS
Columbus, 0.—As a result of ne-
gotiations with the Columbae
General Depot, a United States
Army agency, the Columbas
branch of the Nations) Associa-
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People announces this
week the placement of Negro girls
in the agency's office as typists.
This is the first time Negro
girls have been hired in this cap-
acity in this area Heretofore, Ne-
gro girls have had to go to Dayton.
Ohio, for such jobs. _
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