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k Wats Given ilil(Continued fro* Pi|a 1)foThe four were among the sixty Waca who staged i atrike Jest!*0 week in protest against alleged ;blt; ‘i discrimination. However, -alter wlt;IXUaecai JdlUs-rssd -tho-Rruup-lhe___article of war regarding refusal f* to work, fifty-four rtlurned. •• P‘During the two day hearing, the *ri Waca contended that their relusal:wi!l to scrub floors of Lowell Generaldii Hospital followed other instances -. 1 of discrimination on the part ofl^Col. Walter M. Crandall of Vin.il ,-thaven, Me., hospital commander. , They charged that he had said j,s that he didn’t want ’ black Waca CLi, as medical technicians or in themotor pool, adding, “They are.^ here to mop walls, scrub floors u, - and do all the dirty work.” ; HProof Called Absolute ji After the hour's deliberation by.! ihe court-martial board, Maj. I*- « . on K. McCarthy of Ansonia, Conn.,; hithe trial judge advocate, declared Slt; ; that wilful disregarding of the su- w petinr ofTicci's order had been, proved beyond a doubt.The Wacs were defended by m Julian D. Rainey of Boston, a civil-. H ian lawyer, who aaid, U s a lough a! , thing in this country to be a col- clt; , ored person and subject to dis-,.4 a . • • .» . t • . _ _ » i ■ i\crimination in the face of what we claim to be.In defense of the girls, he said further that although all they hear 1 Is regardless of race, creed or ! color. they are told by the oflfi • cers that they are not wanted for ai I' certain duties.NAACP Disapproval l*!F.arlier, however, the Boston j NAACP president. Julian Steele.had issued a statement deploring | *' . the action of the Wars. It was ? issued for both the NAACP and; the Armstrong-Hemenway founda- ction.It further stated that the. War; 0 were overly sensitive as a result , of the overall policy of segrega-lj1 tion in the arrtiy. which was termed an underlying but not im-mediate factor in their case. ,Tt(
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Mar 24, 1945
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Lynn D.
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