1944-10-20

. ' WANTED i J .J Club, Fraternal and Social News l e This is YOUR Newspaper... 01"' an nfjU" P/Jnlll !-ao=7:=~ i:=a!=:::=~=;;:=~~=g:=nd-::____:_ __ '_~~~~~rz;reekly tt,V ~~ SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR PROGRESSIVE NEGRO NEWSPAPER _ Oregon,s ?{egro ,, ' VOLUME 1 Published each Friday PORTLAND, ORE., OCTOBER 20, 1944 PRICE lOc ~101 NUMBER 15 CHANCE TO LIVE PROMISED BY DEWEY M . A d d p I H t TRUMAN PROCLAIMS HIS ar1ne war e urp e ear SOLID SOUTH ALLEGIANCE NEW YORK-The tragedy of a man or woman earning scarcely enough to keep soul and body to– gether being required to pay in– come tax in order to sustain the mountainous New Deal bureaucra– cy will be wiped out with the elec– tion of Governor Thomas E. Dew– ey as President of the United States. The Republican Presidential nom– inee last Tuesday, in a radio ad– dress heard from Coast to Coast over the Mutual network, in an– nouncing the tax policy the new administration will adopt, bitterly assailed taxes "which eat into tlie income of ·those who are already below a decent American standard of living." The Governor proposes the esta– blishment of a consistent natioij.al tax policy, directed toward achiev– ing full employment and a rising national income which will assure our solvency and ultimate reduction of the national debt. 1 DURING HIS DIXIE VISIT NEW ORLEANS-While north- Common Sense Magazine for Octo– ern Democratic press agents are ber. Under the date line of "Inde– strenuously seeking to impress pendence, Missouri" - Truman's northern liberal and colored voters home - after an interview, Mil– that Senator Harry S. Truman is gram says: a liberal, the vice-presidential can- "Senator Truman believes: didate himself is seeking just as "1. The Permanent Fair Employ- strenuously to impress Dixie that ment Practice bill will NOT be he is a reactionary, Solid-South passed because the southern Sena– Democrat. That South, assured be- tors will start a filibuster and stop fore and reassured now again, is it. going today for Truman in a big "2. That if Negroes sat down to eat a counter in a downtown drug store in Independence, Mo., 'they would be booted out' because the management of these places h;we the right to refuse to serve anyone they please. way. Truman in a statement here de– clared that "the Solid South could not go for a fellow like Dewey." A daily press correspondent adds that Truman found himself "in agreement with three South~tn Senators: John H. Overton of Low- siana, Theodore Bilbo of Mississip– pi and John McClellan of Arkan– sas." His statement, the reporter continues, "was echoed" by these Senators. Truman, himself, has left no one in doubt at any time concerning his strong race-bias convictions. Sen. Bankhead and Gov. Sparks of Alabama, stated in the Birming– ham News of July 23, that the Tru- "3. In equality of opportunity, but not social equality... There never will be social equality. Some (Negroes) are going too far in St. Louis. There Negroes have started a 'push day' once a week, when they shove white people out of the bars. Wby, St. Louis is sitting on a keg of dynamite. Of tremendous interest to the . little wage earner is Governor I Dewey's promises to revise perso– nal exemptions so that a person earning as little as $11 a week will h · k s h h p man victory over vice-p1·esident not ave any mcome tax ta en OffieW ere I•D t e aCI.fl•C Marine _Private First Class from his pay envelope. Jeff Smith, 29, of 1608 Loy- Wallace was ar "real" victory for "4. They've even got a 'push day' in Washington ... 'I won't let my daughter go downtown on the street cars on Thursdays any more. It's not safe. They push people off the street cars.' " President Roosevelt, as a matter of policy, has let the Solid South have its way in disfranchisement, jim crowism and patronage. The discussion of taxes is a dull ola Avenue, New Orleans, La., is one of the first Negro Leathernecks the South. They assured Dixie that b to receive the Purple Heart. Smith, who was wounded at Saipan on he was "safe on state's rights and su ject, but when it is considered D-Day, is receiving his decoration somewhere in the Pacific from h t th · th the rights of the states to control t a e power to tax 1s e power Marine Lieutenant Colonel E. T. Peters, of Danville, Calif., which he to destroy, it is readily understood reviewed with his commanding officer. qualifications of its electors." how important the subject is. A OFFICIAL u. S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO "In the matter of race relations," ¥<' n ;1 .. y earn " fairly decent ' Cal Voters' League regi~tered voter complete the set- , Gov. Sparks cont~nued, "Senator wage, but taxes, some hidden, • I up. Mrs. Robinson and Mr. Cole plan \ Truman told he 1s the son of an might ea~ily reduce the income to Opens Campaign to tour the state and lend their I unreconstructed rebel mother." a mere pittance. Taxes are largely personal supervision to each of the T1·uman is a rabid race reactiona- d't' . hi h f' d hi s e WH e Senator Truman, if elected, and should he succeed to the Presidency undt!r any eventuality. woul~ let the Solid South have its way, n(>t only as a matter of policy, but as well as a matter of his born and bred convictions. responsible for the financial conr LOS ANGELES A tat _ . 1 I key branch offices. , ry, according to Morris Milgram in 1 lon m w c a person m s m- corps of precinct workers and dis- s:lf when h.e says, "What on earth trict managers, acting under the -------------------------; did I do With that money I had." guidance of the California Negro Wbat he doesn't realize is that Voters' League For Dewey and taxes got a great part of it, and Bricker this week, embarked on an therefore, he has nothing to show intensive voters' campaign in be– for his expenditures. At present a half of the Republ~can standard great part goes to run the war, bearers election on November 7. but before the war, and in many Mrs. Echo Stanton Robinson instances now, a large part of our heads the Women's Division of the money was used to sustain the New league with Louis V. Cole, County Central Committeeman in charge Dewey of Men's Activities. Deal in power. Other proposals of Gov. include: Reduction tax rates. of personal income Alteration and reduction of the income tax on incorporated busi– ness and termination, with the end of the war, of the special wartime taxes which now rise as high as 95 per cent. Elimination, as soon as possible, of all excise taxes, except those on alcoholic beverages, tobacco and gasoline. :tiegroes, who make up a fair per– centage of small business men, will be elated to hear of the tax revi– sion, because the New Deal tax policy has just about driven little business to the wall. (Cont. page 4) Executive headquarters of the or– ganization are located at 1063 East 55th St., Telephone Adams 4302, Los Angeles. B. B. Bratton is cam– paign manager. Working in close coordination, Braton and his two assistants have mapped out a streamlined cam– paign, calculated to reach every possible voter through the state: Door to door precinct workers are being immediately placed in the field; follow up telephone calls wil'i I be made and personal letters ac- ~ companied by literature to each U. L. Representative NAACP Guest Speaker Mr. Reginald Johnson of the Na– tional Urban League was the guest speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the local NAACP on Sunday, October 15th. Mr. John– son who is in Portland making a survey for the Urban League, ex– plained in his discourse the differ– ence between the functions of the NAACP and the Urban Leagut!. The sabject has been a controver– sial one among the local intelligent– sia and Mr. Johnson's speech aided considerably in clearing a situation that has become notoriously bad. Mr. Johnson will be in Portland for some time and is working in close cooperation with the Couneil of Sqdal Agencies. l JUDGE WM. H. HARRISON Prominent Colored Chicago Attorney will speak Friday, Octobei 20th, 8:00 p.m. at UPPER GRADE AUDITORIUM N. Broadacres and Force St. Vanport Saturday, October 21st, 8:00 p.m. ELKS HALL 2504 N. Williams Ave. (at Russell St.) Sponsored by the Colored Republican Club