1944-09-08

REGIST ATION BOOTH AT VANPORT SUBSCRIBE TO WANTED i J ~ · Club, Fraternal and Social News t • Y 0 U R so help make it yours by send- I t::;-1 This is YOUR Newspaper... or an n£jUtlllnlll PROGRESSIVE ·====m=g=m==fu=e=se=M==ppe==m=n~==·==~--~--------------~O~r~eg~o~n~~~~~e~g~r~o~R7e~ek~lzy ______ ~----------------~N=E==G=R=O==N=E=VV==S=P=A==P=E=R== PORTLAND, ORE., SEPTEMBER 8, 1944 PRICE 10c Published each Friday VOLUME 1 NUMBER 9 / Neliro Judge Denounces ' Democratic Party GRADUATE NURSE VISITS PORTLAND The Bremerton Apology Backfires Mrs. Mary B. Seymour, assist- AN EDITORIAL ant director of nurses at Freed- By C. C. Crow man's hospital, Washington, D. C. (Reprint from August 15, 1944, issue of Crow's Pacific Coast Lumber COMPLAINS OF "DO NOTHING", "SAY NOTHING" AT- I is now a visitor in this city. She is Digest, Portland 5, Oregon. TITUDE OF ROOSEVELT TOWARD NEGRO." I accomparued by Gladyce Badger, Those who listened to President Roosevelt's speech made director of nursing services for the at Bremerton, Washington, last week at the conclusion of his . . . Pacific area. She was the honored b I New York - Judge Whlham H. Hastie, dean of the law · guest at a reception, given at the att eship boat-ride were, regardless of party affiliation, left school at Howard University, and one of the race's most out- home of Dr. and Mrs. De Norval in a very confused state of mind. It was not what he said so spoken liberal leaders, has apparently reached the end of the Unthank Tuesday, Sept. 5. much as it was the way he said it. It was obvious that he had road with the New Deal, the split coming over what he c~_tlls She spoke at a meeting in Van- either written the talk himself or chosen to digress from the the "do nothing," an~'say nothing" of the Roosevelt admini- port Wednesday, Sept. 6. manuscript of his shadow-writer and interject ad Jibbing with stration on the Negro question. A letter which the former Mrs. Seymour is making a coun- very sorry results. Federal judge would not confirm nor deny writing, gave Sid- try-wide survey on ways to extend To begin. with, the entire theme of his talk was distlnc'Cly Red Cross home nursing trailling, 1 t ff n~y Hillman~ chairman of the National.Political ~ct~on Com- recruit nurses and develop great ~ apo .oge IC e ort .t~ make ~ vacation. trip appear to be a m1ttee (PAC) reasons why Judge Hastie was res1gmng from co-ordination of the work of Negro VItally Important official duty m connectiOn with winning the that body, nurses throughout the country. J ~ar. No one wo.uld deny the chief executive of our nation the Judge H~~i~, one.of the leading spirits in the NAACP, ':as She is a graduate of ~reedman's I ng?t to a hohday from the ~~ying responsibilities of his formerly CIVIlian Aide to Secretary of War Henry L. Strm- j hosp1tal school of nursmg. Mrs. office even under present conditiOns and had he come out in son, but resigned that position in protest at the War Depart- Seymou.r did .post~ graduate work at th: open and so dabeled this vacation not even his worst ene– ment's refusal to stop discrmination against and segregation 1 ~olu~b 1 a ~truv~rswlty ah~d att CatShho- mies would have had any criticism to offer, especially in view f N . . . th ed f Wh J d Hast· lc uruversi Y m as mg on. e of his poor health o egio service men In e arm orces. en u ge Ie is a member of the American · resigned he gave his reasons and thus won national approval Nurses association, Association of Roosevelt's Bremerton speech distinctly emphasized sev- for his stand in meeting a pertinent issue four square. Colored Nurses, Citizens Commit- eral points. His personal forcefulness is gone. His value to his His purported resignation from injustice in the armed services. I tee on problems of. Negro nurses, r party and his threat to the future of his country more than the CIO'S PAC is a major blow to The Department of Justice finds and the board of directors of the I ever before ru:e in the hand f th · . l the Democratic party which is be- it inexpedient to move against per- National Nursing for War Service. h · . s 0 e VICIOUS e ement that Uses ing supported by the PAC in its sons who have openly violated the liD as a Charlie McCarthy to dramatize the words which . N She wcas a V: etertahn of~ thte WArmldY they put in his mouth. His Bremerton speech was an un drive to re-elect Franklin D. Roose- Federal criminal law statutes by urse orps m e IrS or • t· . - velt for a fourth term as Presi- denying the primary ballots to Ne- War. Mrs. Seymour was one of 18 giamma Ical conglomeration of platitudinous generalities dent. In his letter to Sidney Hill- groes in several states. Neither the Negro nurses in the corps, for rec- that must have made Judge Rosenman's face red, if he wrote man, Judge Hastie declared: Interstate Commerce Commission ogllition of her services the war the body of it or even redder if he had nothing to do ~th "I think you will agree with me nor the Offjce of Defense Trans- department sent her with a group it at all. t hat in the eyes of the liberal portation is exercising any control of 57 Gold Sta M th t p . T r o ers o ans, 0 i:;tke part of .- .- ,. forces of America thl\performance over the intolerable discrimination as. adviser and counsellor. She has I J·oy- ··de . ht . ~ur navy out of the dine of battle fQr a of the Democratic National Con- 'which Negroes are suffering in in- been a public health nurse in New 11 ng While needed Ill the most active and vital period vention was bad. Negroes in par- terstate travel at this time. York City, superintendent of Nurs- of.th~ war cannot be condoned by any reasonable process of ticular recogllize that the weak "I mention such specific matters es in Charleston, W. Va., and a t?m king. To use millions of gallons of fuel oil and wast th k l 'ttl 1 k · th D t' to indicate how much there is that · · Lo t f th e e wea 1 e p an m e emocra 1c nurse supel'Vlsor m ng Island. rme o ousands of men on whom th t h platform on racial justice is no the Admillistration in power can do 'II' f . . e governmen as spent goqd. : . . Moreover, the repudia- and ought to be doing now in con- i ~1. Ions o dollars t:almng for fighting, not sightseeing trips, tion of Vice-President Wallace, af- templation of the war's ending, IS mexcusable and m contravention with the very demand& ter he had made the only forth- which will show where it stands on service urut, which, with poised car- our p:esdent has been making upon the rank and file of our right statement for racial justice matters of racial justice and equal-, hines, leaped from a landing craft country. H.e has asked of others and received a full measure d · th · · t d ity, and what issues it will contest into kee-deep water, and scrambled f t unng e entire convention, san s o res ramt from va t' d despite reactionary forces inside up the beach with one of them ca IOns, an a curtailment in the use of as a repudiation of Mr. Wallace's petrole d t I · t d · · and outside of the Democratic shouting: . urn pro uc s. tIS no wonder that he grasped ciumsi'ly sta e pos1tlon. to fmd a h 't' al "The Democratic Party is the Party. "Okay, Master Race; Here comes . ypocn lC excuse for an expensive and needless majority party in Congress and "Yet, present indications are that some guys from Missouri!" Jaunt that unquestionably had as its hidden objective th controls the executive branch of the political strategists contemplate a He cursed his luck when no Na- h~pe t~at he could, as he did, call military heads from thei; Federal government. The immedi- 'do nothing' policy of the Conven- zis appeared about and then join- VItally Important posts on the front lines for a pink-tea con- ate need for legislation addressed tion. The danger that such counsel ed his urut and moved off to his ference and h t h will prevail seems very real .•. If assignment. . .some P 0 ograp ing that could be used to create to problems of transition from war the 1mpr th t hi · this apprehension proves to be well In · , . essiOn a s boasted position as Commander-I·n- to peace IS now evident . . . . "In vas10n generally working ac- Ch f f th this connection, Congress has be- founded, and if no constructive cording to plan. Troops and equip- Ie . 0 .e Ar~ny and ~avy means that he is actually out in fore it pending bills to establish 1egislative and admirustrative pro- ment pouring in. the field directmg our fighting men. a permanent Fair Employment gram is undertaken by the National (Continued on page 2) Committee, to abolish the poll tax, Administration now for the pre- to extend public housing, to give election period, I , for one, cannot Federal protection to soldiers work for the re-election of that ad– against wanton violence in civilian ministration, and will not be able communities, for Federal aid to to remain a member of the Nation– education and for major extensions al Citizens' Political Action Com– and improvements of our Social mittee. Security System. "I know there are other Negro 'The Commander-in-Chief has members of the National Citizens' taken no steps to eliminate racial Political Action Committee who share my belief that affirmative legislative and administrative ac- 1 tion is imperative now. Of course, 1· each individual must decide for t himself what position he should I take in the unhappy even~ of legis- ' lative and executive non-action." "WE'RE FROM MISSOURI" John Jordon Journal and Guide War Correspondent. August 16-The startling ease of the Southern France invasion gives rise to two opiruon trends; (1) that I the Germans are about ready to fold, and (2) that fue Nazis may / try Anzio strategy. One sidelight involved a colored TO THE NEGROES OF MULTNOMAHCOUNTY PORTLAND, GillLDS LAKE, AND VANPORT CITY Registration Is Now Open at the County Court House, Fifth Ave. and Salmon Street, Room 141 In order to VOTE in the November ElectionS you first MUST register. In order to register you will have to go to the County Court House. To reach the County ~urt House take the WiJJiams Ave. bus or the Alberta trolley car or the Sellwood bus. Get off at Salmon Street (1000 s. W.) and walk two blocks west. From St. Johns or Interstate bus transfer at Oak Street to the Mississippi bus or Broadway trolley. Get off at Salmon Street and walk two blocks t eas. From Vanport ride bus to end of line (9th and Oak), walk east on Oak to Broadway and take the Broadway trolley or Mis...<dssippi bus. Get off at Salmon St., Walk two blocks east. ..