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Biscuit Commandos' Backing Up 'Biscuit Bombers In Pacific Battle Of Food Supply Handle Tons 01 Rations For Men In South Pacific

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p' COOP" JONES \-.sociated Negro Press War

Correspondent) WITH THE AEP IN NEW GUI-

,1 n P) —’ Every morning :,I M. dawn you can hear tlibce p, motors droning. headed out

;i A fleet of big francs cast- tlock of shadows against the

•4; v A white star dimly seen on

,nr wings. It’s the “biscuit bomb- ers" headed for Cap Gloucester and \rawe on the battle-filled territory of New Britain. The

world knows what a great job the biscuit bombers are doing but few have heard about their ; importers those tireless scrappers the “biscuit commandos.”

The biscuit bombers are the big r: nsport planes, G-47. They carry, nns of rations daily to the front.,

dropping them in a safety area

in t behind the lines so that the

troops may have food. In order for

till;,‘to be a complete success..it is

necessary for a perfect coordina- te! ■. of service forces in the rear,

but yet in an advance territory. There’s a network of activity here

in getting those rations to the

transports and loaded. The source

of these supplies is a young met-

ropolis of boxes on top of boxes of -n ub .. a bunch of dusky lads

rting, classifying and handling the general shipment uf them "The biscuit commandos’’

chief Commando Is 2nd l-oote .Inna L Hicks, 131" Q tit.. Wa*h- ’re Ion D C “We pot Jin cnwiite’ t ion Herr." Mfs the proud r O, Hin« fiiy* are marieians Ih

h. lulling these ration* Troop* for

iitilf;. around depend upon them jot- iu>w The game Is new for t'<~ brcaov prior to my comrnte-

<>n ! vm a sergeant in a trucking regiment. When I took over here 1 h.«1n*t reuMaed how Interesting the >ub rmdd be or how techni- ml it i* but ! am proud of my m« n nnd the way they perform I Ih*!? (oclr **

i he biscuit commandos are

i*.illy a quartermaster railhead • it tit divided into platoons of men. who can Independently work, q ni'ce.ssary, as a detachment to »»iu nip a ration depot.

I he real technical work comes it the distribution. The three

meals-a-day that each man con-

notes is termed one “ration.” When ■ n order comes down from the

Q. M. depot headquarters authori- dn? a breakdown of rations-the tiguring of how much of an as-

-ortment of food to make up a

{(ion, sometimes involves some intricate math

i is I HONOR MEN Come of the honor roll comman-

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Thoma* W. Young, War Corrc*oondent *ith

the 99th Fighter Squadron in the North Afri-an,

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Dewey Aided Demagogues On Soldier-Vote Bill Is Charge |j

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New York Governor As*a 0*1 By NAACP For Supporting kastiand

NEW YORK CllY-<ai8‘- Nc 1

gro cttiRiV' kftuly ausap-

p«intedH m his ttatement endorsing a 'states’ tights soldier vot^ bill.

I Governor Thonu>t E Dewey wa« *old

I this week by the NAACP, because it

gave enormous aid, comfort, arid

prestige to ihe persons who had un- | ;ishained!y exp'oited violent rm

Negro sentiment in supporting their side of the argument."

After recalling the race hating j speeches of P.op. John E. Rankin and senator James O. Eastland both of Mississippi, declaring the states’

rights vote bill was necessary to

maintain white supremacy, t h e

NAACP letter declared; "Many opponents of a federal ser-

vicemen’s hallo1, took no pains to

Philadelphia; Horape McEvery, Georgians Ala., Charles Baker,

Batesville, Miss.; Andrew’ Buchan- an, Nashville; Robert D Forres-

tin, Daytona Beach, Fla ; Jessie L

Carter, Harrisburg, Va.; Harvey Ford, Quitman. Ga.; John C.

Hearn, New York City; Earnest

Craft, Wilmington, Del.; James H. Anderson, Atlanta, and Leroy E. Hinkle, Los Angeles.

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conceal ‘lie low and bigoted plane !

upon v*!n«h they were basing their

exposition. It is greatly to be re-

gretted that your statement on

ibis legislation should have placed you in such company TEXT OF LETTER Complete text of tliP letter signed

by Hoy Wilkins, assistant secretary: “The proposa' that, a method be

advised io enable the millions of

men and women unilerm tc cast a ballot in the 1944 elections was,

in th very nature of things, bound

tp precipitate debate. It was to be

expected that there would be under- standable differences of opinion on

method, but. we are certain the

country was not -prepared for the

tone y racial bigotry wnich finally came to dominate both the debate

and the action in both houses of

the Congress.

•'Tire voting record on the various moves in both, houses show's an

almost solid line-up of Southern Democratic members with a sub-

stantial bloc of Republicans. This

coalition was maintained through- out, despite the vicious, demagogic j race-hating speeches hi the House ,

bv Representative John E. Rankin of Mississippi, and the equally vicious utterances of Senator Jas.

O. Eastland of Mississippi in the

upper chamber.

QUOTE EASTLAND "The newspapers <4 the countrv

carried an Associated Press s t o r y

quoting Senator Eastland as saving

that the so-called ‘state’s r i g h 1 s

soldier vote bill must be passed in

order to maintain white supremacy ;

Mr. Rankin made similar state- :

mc-nts in the House. Mm'-st one

whole day In the Senate, a* "r,'mg t

to the Congressional Record. " ’3

devoted to a discussion in win li-

the Negro issue was umnumunt

Many opponents Of a ’,er*

vicemen’s ballot took no i 1,1

conceal the low and bigoted p»aiie j upon which they were basing beii >

opposition '"In such circumstances 1 am sure

you can understand that, the Negro j

citizens ot this country are Keenly j disappointed in your statement on

this legislation which. although avoiding any reference to race and !

rotor, endorsed a "states rights hill and Iri effect gave enormous aid :

comfort and prestige to the persons who bad unashamedly exploited

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violent and anti-Negro sentiment in (

supporting their side of the argu- ^

ment 2 '* It is the opinion of this Asso-

ciation v.*hich has local chapters in f

€00 communities 'n 40 states, that j lh,» alignment of Republicans with (

Ibis bloc in Congress on this bill j and other issues presents a srave <

question tor the decision of Negro ] voters in the coining election The s present temper of the Negro minority is to regard the eollabora 1

tors with the Rankih-Eastland bioc s

as opponents A' the legitimate 1

aspirations of Negro citizens. :

The Globe Trotter . By cuff Mackay

A Fight For Freedom NO MORE IMPORTANT mea-

sure to black Americans will come

before the turbulent 78th Congress than H. R. 8986 known generally as the Scanloii-Dawson-Coffee- j La Toilette bill, which would not

only put real power m the hands

of the President’s Committer on

Fair Employment Practices, but would make it a permanent agency 1

of the federal government. The dire need for this helping hand to the

only govern-p mental agency |; devoted solely |i to achieving;! economic free-| dom for Ame-| rica's la rg- | cst minority,! is brought! sharply i n t o| focus by the | rip Us nee the" FEPC lias met MACK AY

within the last three months at the hands ol both recalcitrant employ- ers and moss-back union officials.

The inability of the FEPC to take prompt action When Its di- rectives arc ignored was first

shown when the Capital Transit

company deliberately thumioed its

nose at,'an order requiring the re-

moval of racial barriers in the mat-

ter of employing operators. That was more than fifteen months ago and still no Negro operates a street car in Washington. OTHERS EMBOIDENED

The impunity with which Capi- tal Transit was allowed to ignore a, federal directive served to em-

bolden other reactionaries. In quick succession the In-

ternational Boilermakers Union snubbed the FEPC order that Negroes be given full-fledged memberships for the full-fled- ged dues they are required to

pay, the southern railroad op- erators and lity-white railroad brotherhoods perniciously de- fied the directive to smash the unholy Southeastern Agree- ment, designed to completely freeze Negro workers out of traditional railroad jobs, and the Philadelphia Transporta- tion Company along with the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Employes' Union grew erven

more adamant in their refusal

to 1o>m r racial employment bar- riers.

Thus Jar Chairman Ross lias iuund himself completely helpless to halt this wave of defiance at

the hands of reactionaries. Grow-

ing more confident that they now

hold the upper hand, these dlsci=

pies of reaction have gone so fal-

as to appeal to another govern- mental agency, a congressional in- vestigating committee headed by the die-hard Howard Smith of

Virginia, to determine whether or

not the FEPC has not overstepped its power in issuing directives

against them. A SEARCH IN VAIN

Brother Smitli and his defiant friends would have a longer search and waste much more tax-

pavers' money if they tried to

find anything in Executive Order 9403 which specifically endows the

FEPC with punitive power. The search would be completely fruit- less.

Which makes it all the neces-

sary for the FEPC to he plac- ed on a sound legal status by the Congress, something the

Scanlon-Dawson Coffee La-

FoIIette bill would do- The fact that the FEPC has

been able to accomplish so much without any real power is proof enough of what it could do if it were empowered with as much authority as say. the Office of

Price Administration or the War Production Board. NEED GREATER AFTER WAR

If the FEPC is vital to America during the war when jobs are

plentiful and employers are mak-

ing every concession to obtain needed worker^,' one needs no

imagination to visualize the need for it after,the war ends and the change from war production to

peace pursuits begins. If eah become under the

Scanlon-Dawson Coffee La-

Follette bill a stonewall against a return of the old traditional employment policy practiced against Negroes of ‘last hired, first fired.’ Through it the announced war

aim, ‘freedom from want’ can be- come a reality for 13,000,000 Ame- ricans, who now view it as nothing but a noble promite impotsible of fulftlment.

Economic freedom after-$11 is

the basis of all freedom. Without it attainment of social and politi- cal freedoms means little. The

right to make a living, to eat, tu adequate clothing, to decent housing, are all allied with the

right to hold a job and only with the protection of that right can

black Americans begin to feel that at last they are free.

The Scanlon-Dawson-Cofifee- LaFoHette hi!! would go fur-

ther than eliminate employ- ment discrimination in those

plants with war contracts. It would make it unlawful to

discriminate against workers because of race in all employ- ment relations subject to the control of the government. Which means those plants and

businesses which are now subject 1

to the Fail- Labor Standards Act

or the Social Security Act would also have to comply with ron-

discriminatory directives of the j FEPC.

BLOC ALREADY FORMING

The reactionaries including the

perennial opponents of all pro- gress, lily-white union officials t.nd other hostile pressure groups, are

already forming a bloc to knife ; this vitally important measure,

just, as they have knifed the anti-

lynching bill, the anti-poll tax

bill, the federal school aid bill and the federal soldier-vote bill. !

A hopeful sign however is seen

in the forming of an equal power- ful group in support of the bill. The backers themselves represent a cross-section, coming as they do from Pennsylvania, Illinois, Washington and Indiana, a pres-

tige that none of these other measures enjoyed.

One, however, would be less than realistic to say that this bm does not face a bitter struggle before it is enacted. j But enacted it must be if all

the sacrifices we are being call- ed upon to make in .this war

are not in vain. The bill needs the active sup-

port of every right-thinking Ame* rican .if it is to hurdle the barrier of reaction it now faces. And that support must come from you, your family and your neighbors bom- barding congress with letters and telegrams expressing your deep interest in the passage of this measure, which rightly could be hailed as a second Emancipation Proclamation,__

History Repeats On Race Issue

By CHARLES VV. THOMAS FOR ANP Racial clashes today are celebrating the situation of j

MJO years ago. Then as now, the changing economic situa- | ioh, confusing the minds of the dominant whites and stim*

dating the suppressed aims of the minority groups, leads ,o demonstrations of power and hostility towards those vho seem “to be getting out of hand”.

Chicago Mayor Urges Justice For All Races

First Of Slated

Parleys Held In

Municipal Hall

II, 14 I III U IW NNLI V

CHICAGO — iA N P>—With the

un luraUoU tluit rVffl-tl41KW Jl#* tKe for »l) I* ttk’ goal of his com-

mittee on rate relations, Miyof Edward J Kelly’s keynote mew>age

read by Aid. Cieorge Kell*, white, Hiated the purpose, aims and ob»

* < tlv«* which brought tiie city’s outstanding civic leaders and edu-

cator to the council chambers of

the city hall last Tuesday for the

first of four scheduled race parleys. Although the mayor was in

Washington when the first session

of his committee was held, hk>

message clarified his position on

justice, equality and fair play for

ill citizens of Chicago. He pointed out that the city is a melting rot. composed of many races, and that the continued healthy growth of the United States is dependent on the ability of its people to

work together as American citi- zens.

“Interest now centers on ihc

group that has had the least ^ op-

portunity, the colored citizens,” he

declared. “Our total wealth will increase as Negroes, as w:ell as

others, are employed to the full. Even-handed justice for all is the

goal." “Our city is unique in that H

has no one large dominant racial

group, but many, of not dissimilar numerical size,” said Merman D

Smith .president of the Chicago

} It waft ill iota uiat me uioi iuu

conventions of the Anti-slavery party were held with Frederick Douglass as exhibit-A. It. was a

time when the application of new

inventions, telegraph, railroad and machine power, backed by capi- talism was making the slave-labor system of the south valueless, and tiie political power was determined to bolster It

The fury of the opposition to any change in the status of the colored American grew apace and I by 184ti, drastic "Black Laws were

enacted in the states from Virgin- ia and Marvlaitd south to Florida and west to Missouri, while Aboli- (kxiists were hated, attacked end mobbed

Today's activities. sternaiing jruui th** sanw economic root, the need and demand for the laboring and fight mg arm of the colored Americans, aa part of the man- j power of tile nation, vital but un-

appreciated. cause opposition to <

the PEPC to the removal of elec- tion restrictions. to educational aid to states that claimed poverty aa the reason for their discrimi- nation. though now hoarding stir- I pluses in their state treasuries. : nd to fair employment of colored peo*1 pie according to their capacities.

As then, so now. it will get worse before it gets better. and calls for careful post-war planning

i in every community where there Is any considerable element of our

| croup.

Council of Social Agencies. “If we

can reach a peaceful solution of our race problems, that will be a

transcendent victory over the j tenents of nazism.” I

Smith traced the background of Chicago from Jean Point Baptiste DuSable to the year 1940, as a

means of supplying a comprehen- sive picture of its various racial

groups. Dr. Louis Wirth, of the Univer-

sity of Chicago, declared that as

a city, Chicago has come of age and can now work toward a solu- tion of its problems. He urged greater tolerance and skill in liv- ing together 1

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He Sets The Highest Mark

Private Emmett O. Smith, of 142 West 139th Street, New

York City, has established the highest marksmanship record ever

made with the Carand rifle at Fort McClellan. Alabama, shooting 206

out of a possible 210. A cook in civilian life, Private Smith went

to Fort McClellan as a rookie the first week in December 1943

—(Phots by U. S. Signal Corps)

Negro Engineers Build China Road

CHICAGO — (AN P) — How American Negro engineer troops are completing a spectacular motor road which will ultimately link India and China for the first t.me in history is told by Edgar Snow, foreign correspondent famed for his book. "Red Star Over China,” i

in an article ‘‘Road to Toklo” which appears in the February is- I sue of Negro Digest published ( here.

Despite the handicap of work- j ing with wet feet (the troops are | without rubber boots) and of j malaria and the wilderness 2nd a steady three months diet of corn- ed beef and rice, the morale of the colored troops was praised by every 1

officer in the outfit. Snow reports. “Maj. Gen. Raymond A. Wheel-

er. chief engineer here, himself said they were as good as any en-

gineering troops lie ever had on

a job. and Wheeler has had plenty. One of the stories that spread

through Assam deals with the legendary strength of the Negro troops, and tells how an American watched four underfed Indian coolies trying to move a huge log from one side of the road to an-

ather. “Presently he interrupted their struggle, pushed them aside, lifted the log over his shoulders and tossed it over their heads. Then he grinned and said; “Rest yourselves, brothers, you just did four days’ work.”

Hungry Men Can’t Be

Free, Says Johnson GREENSBORO, N. C.—(SNS) —

“Men will never really be lree until by a world-wide consent all have every day the simple neces-

sities of life—or, his daily bread,” I declared Dr. Mordecai W. John- j son, president oi Howard Univer-

sity, Washington, D. c., speaking i

to a spell-bound vesper audience at Bennett College here.

Building Ms sermon around the simple but important desire ex- ; pressed in the Lord's Frayer as

“Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread” the speaker vividly con-

trasted the world today against the world tomorrow when making a living will be taken for granted and there will be no further Strug- j gle for existence because there j will be enough for all of us

Dr. Johnson hastened to remind his audience that this was not a

mere prayer for bread, but a pray- er for solidarity of bread—a prayer for a day to come when each being can eat with the consciousness that every living creature is eat- ing what he needs.

“A hundred years from today," he asserted, “when there is secrui- j ty for all, man win look back and j be amazed at our fear of bread. :

They will say how cruel and igno- rant we were.’’ Here the speaker suggested the thousands of tin- i married women who did not marry when in love because of

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