Observer_1945-04-22

Page 4 EDITORIAL PAGE APRIL 22, 1945 The OBSERVER Office 2017 N. Wlllla.nu Avenue, PortlaDd 12, Oregon Telephone WEbster 3840 WILLIAM H. McOLENDON, Publisher Established 1943 The OBSERVER is a valiant defender against segregation and its related evils; a vigilant champion for freedom, equallty, liberty and justice; an alert guard against all social atrocities; a vitriolic ana~yst and severe critic of discriminatory practices; a sentinel to warn of all Impend– Jng retrogressive social trends and tendencies. The OBSERVER is not financed or subsidized by any partisan group, organization or individual. The OBSERVER bases its whole program on the goal of equality of opportunity for all minority peoples to share fully in the political, eco– nomic and public life of the country. The problems of the Negro people shall be shown to be related to those of other National minority groups and to the world issues created by the War and to the International ar– rangements resulting after it. Member of the Associakd Negro Press, Calvin's Newspaper Senlce, Tel Y ales Publications, Inc., Independent Press Service. This newspaper reserves the right to print for publication all press dispatches, features aud photos forwarded by these agencies or otherwise credited to them. •• ANOTHER BATTLE TO BE WON I'\ egro workers employed in the Kaiser Compan), Vancouver Shipyards have told representatives of the Portland Brandt TAACP that the Boilermakers Union has issued stop work orders for all Ne– groes who are refusing to par dues to the Auxiliary union. They fur– ther state that although the Kai,er Company has served notice to the FEPC that it would comply with the directives not to discharge \York– ers who would refuse to pay dues to an auxiliary union, that this compliance is not being fully met by the Company. On the other hand, at the Kaiser Oregon shipyard, investigators for the Observer found that workers wishing to .be employed in jobs coming under the jurisdiction of the Boilermakers Union \\·ere told in the personnel office that they would have to go to the Union hall of Local 72 and be cleared for ·work before they would be hired. The "T HINK- BEFORE YOU SPEAK. HARM– LESS FRAGMENTS OF WAR INFOR.– MATION MAY BEOF VALUE TO THE ENEMY" ~~~ ... ~~' • I workers, upon going to the union hall were refused ~ clearance or I ''IF YOU HEAR IT- 'TREPEAT a membership into the union. Alost of them became d~couraged and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ itnpatient feeling that the) were getting the customar~ rUn-around so they didn't go back to the shipyards to learn " ·hat steps would be taken b~ the company toward hiring them. One . pokesman confided, however, that the personnel manager he had talked with promised to hire these workers if they would make application for work after hav– ing been refused b, the .union. He explained that the company could not go ahead with the hiring of these 1 ' egro workers until it had been clearly established thitt the union was assigning them to an in– ferior union status or had denied them a work clearance based upon color. On the basis of auxilai") unions having been denounc~d b~· the FEPC and the fact that in other states numerous fights and court opinions have classified them as being unneccesar~, even illegal 111 some instances, .Kegro ,,·orkers in many communities are eager to de– liver the knockout blow to this evil arran-gement. The ground work for the beginning of new struggles will be laid 111 the decisions to be handed dO"\m lw the California courts in the case of the Boiler– inakers Local 1 o.. 6 vs. Boilermakers Auxiliary To. 45. This is a case wherein an auxiliary is contesting the right of the parent union to relegate it to an inferior position or status ,,·ithin the framework of the Union. Now that the legality of this type or organization is in a precarious position 111 the American working life, every effort should be put forth to see that those \Yorkers who have been exploited and abused bv its existence are given an opportunity to recover the financial as– s~ssments the\' "·ere forced to donate. 1\loreover, a special attempt through legal .means to recover wages lost by :\"egro workers ,,·ho \\·ere pulled off their jobs when they refused to join an auxiliary, should be made. This will be an excellent fight for the NAACP to inaugurate nationally. This is another great contribution this organization can make toward de' eloping job securit~ for the returning ·egro service– men. CONFIDENCE IS NECESSARY When the national political contest of last 1 · ovember was looming larg~ in the minds of all people the Obsen·er took an uncompromis– ing stand for the reelection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This was done because th~ publisher believed that it was mandatoq that the -egro people concentrate their efforts toward electing a presidential candidate who had and "ould continue to voice effectively their as– pirations for freedom and justice. Despite the man~ contradictions existing in the Democratic party (the . outhern wing of which is known to thrive on unmentionable brutalities, cruelties and oppression), Roosevelt was able to set a progressive pace for this organization which heretofore .was believed impossible. His dynamic denunciations of racial prejudices, his frontal attacks against discnmination, h1s efforts to create a better America for all people liberalized the Democratic party considerably. Continue to READ ... The OBSERVER NEGRO OWNED - NEGRO CONTROLLED Our eyes are never closed to Minority Problems! '----------------------1 n m<cny sectiOns of Amencan .Kegro life, President Truman s and certain attached units were taking of office is regarded as a legacy to the south. It is believed formally presented with the honor that the death of President Roosevelt will give rise to a momentous on March 15. Twenty-five other and decisi,·e ~hift from progressive social and economic trends to the odd units, including the 969th time 'worn oppressive and abusive practices which have earmarked the Field Artillery Battalion, were not South for generations. It is ·felt that instead of the progressive polit- present because operations required ical concepts of the leader of the Democratic party setting the pace for their presence elsewhere. However, the political machine, the Democratic machine, particularly the south- appropriate ceremonies will be held ern wing, \vill dictate every move that the new president will make for these units at a future date. during his term of office. Some skeptics have gone so far as to say that Negroes no longer have any persons or places to whom their Church Directory just grievances ma'y be carried for a sympathetic solution. Negro functionaries who have a sound political understanding of the broader aspects of the methods under which our political machinery operates, know that such fears are without reasonable foundation. Truman has declared himself 100"'n behind the Roosevelt policy of unconditional surrender for the Axis. He is collaborating with the British and Russian governments to bring a speedy end to the war m Europe. His compliance with the foreign and domestic policies enunciated b~ Roose1·elt before his death have been forthcoming. These actions are indicati,·e of the fact that the ·egro question "·ill be handled in a like manner. Truman's political Jecord prior to the elec– tion of last· November wa~ one that is seldom equalled by the most emphatic liberals. On every piece of proposed legislation coming before the Senate for the entire period that he served in the capacity of Sfn– ator, his ,·ote was always fa,·orable to organized labor and_ minority groups. Presidential Citation To 969th FA Battalion Supreme Headquarters, Allied the actual cannoneers fought m– fantry fashion. The !Olst Airborne Division Expeditionar~ Forces, France.- MEDICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS The 969th . Field Artillery Bat- SERVICE talion, a Negro 155-mm howitzer outfit, was one of 34 odd units which recei1·ed citations m the name of the President of the United States for action m the Bastogne area when attached to the JOist Airborne Di,ision, SHAEF announced today. Men of the 969th stuck to their guns and fired all around the com– pass during the defense of encir– cled Bastogne even though mortar bombs fell on them like rain. The unit which landed in France last J ul} was attached to the 28th In– fantry Division at the time of the German attacL At one time, when J enemy pressure increased and. ca– sualties became heavier, all except DIRECTORY DR. CARL R. VICKERS DENTIST 1471 N. E. Williams Court, Portland VErmont 4208 ROBERT N. JOYNER, JR., M. D. Physician and Surgeon Offices: 1415 N. Williams Ave. Portland, Oregon VErmont 4404 or BEacon 3181 GOODMAN & LEVENSON Attorneys at Law 1002 Spalding Building Portland, Oregon ATwater 7494 WILLIAMS AVENUE U. S. 0. 6 N. Tillamook Street Portland, Oregon TRinity 4615 MRS. BEATRICE REED Licensed Funeral Director at HOLMAN & LUTZ MORTUARY N. E. 14th & 8andy MT. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH N. E. First Avenue & Schuyler Portland, Oregon BETHEL CHURCH, A. M. E. N. McM1llen and Larrabee Portland, Oregon ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH Episcopal N. E. Knott and Rodney Portland, Oregon AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH 2007 N. Williams Ave. Portland, Oregon CATHOLIC CHAPEL of the LITTLE FLOWER Inter-Racial 21 N. E. Broadway Rev. Jerome M. Schmitz, Chaplain Miss Doris Reynolds, Catechist SERVICES: Sunday, Mass and Sermon, 9 A. M. Wednesday, Novena Devotions: 8:00P.M. THE PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH NE 74th Avenue and Glisan Street (Take the Montavilla Car and get off at 73d Avenue) Rev. R. E. Donaldson, Minister, 7524 NE Everett St. Phone TA 1169. McKinley McNeal, Sunday School Superintendent. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 1207 S. W. Front Avenue Rev. B. M. McSwain, Pastor Devotional services at 12 noon and 8 p. m. Sundays. Weekly Services, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 p. m. . YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHURCH Mill Plain ~ecreation Center ''WELCOME'' Young People's Meeting 6:00 P.M. Church 7:30 P.M. Pastor-Rev. C. S. Stearns Residence 5516-B East 13th St. McLoughlin Heights WEST SIDE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 338 N. W. Fifth & Flanders Sunday School 10 a. m. Service 12 noon YPWW 6:30 p. m. Evening Service 8 p. m. Rev. J. C. Lewis, Pastor