F.E.P. Petitioners Motorcade to Washington
Hundreds of New Yorkers from union and community groups plan a motorcade to Washington on May 26 to lobby for passage of a fair employment practices bill and to urge the President to issue an FEP executive order. The National Negro Labor Council hosts a May 25 26 leadership conference in Washington where thousands of petitions will be presented as evidence of demand for action and to end discriminatory hiring.
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FEP
National Negro Labor Council
Washington, D. C
NNLC
Cincinnati
College Men May Become Naval Aviation Cadets
College men especially June graduates facing Selective Service induction may qualify to become Naval Aviation Cadets at any time. Applicants must have two years of college, be 18 to 27, single, pass a physical and aptitude test, and complete 18 months of flight training before commissioning as Ensign or Second Lieutenant. NavCads receive $105 monthly during training and $355.75 after commissioning, with benefits. Interested men should contact the NavCad Procurement Officer at U S Naval Air Station Cod e nian.
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Naval Aviation
NavCad
U. S. Naval Reserve
U. S. Marine
U. S. Naval Air Station
Codenian
Ohio group funds energy study for TB patients
The Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association approved a 7000 grant to Dr. Edward E. Gordon of Columbia University for a research project on energy expenditure in daily tasks by TB patients. Funds come from the Christmas Seals drive with participation from every Ohio county.
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Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association
Neil House
Columbus
Edward E. Gordon
Columbia University
Ohio
Gordon
D. W. Heusinkveld
Cincinnati
Ralph E. Dwork
Ohio Department of Health
R. E. Worden
Ohio State University Health Center
Raymond C. McKay
Lowman. Tuberculosis Hospital
Cleveland
John A. Louis
European Tensions Rise Amid Global Aid Debate
A terse critique argues democracy acts like a Santa Claus with flaws in its charity program, urging charity to start at home. Dabney.
Conference of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Held in Washington
A provincial committee conference in Washington on May 23 and 24 will organize colored locomotive firemen. A. Philip Randolph, international president, pending return from overseas, will speak at the banquet and provide a briefing on his observations. Officials M. P. Webster A. L. Totten and B. F. McLaurin attend with a large Southern delegation.
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New York
N. Y
A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Japan
Burma
India
Paris
France
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Provisional Committee
12Th Street
Washington, D. C
Randolph
Dunbar Hotel
Brotherhood
M. P. Webster
Tae Committee
A. L. Totten
B. F. McLaurin
South
Rosina C. Tucker
International Ladies Auxiliary
The
Elizabeth Craig
Washington
Ladies Auxiliary
Joseph Serman
J. W. Daniels
Labor Community Civil Rights Conference Heads to Columbus
A May 28 labor civil rights conference in Columbus will feature Msgr. James L. McLarney as principal speaker. The event at the Seneca Hotel is led by the Ohio CIO Council and Columbus CIO Council with other groups such as the Columbus Community Relations Council, NAACP, ADA, and the Columbus Urban League participating. The daylong session titled Living Together in the Community aims to advance full civil rights.
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Seneca Hotel
Msgr
James L. McLarney, OP
St. Joseph’s Seminary
Somerset
Ohio
Aquinas
Columbus
Ohio C.I.O. Council
Ohio C.so
Youngstown
Dayton
Cleveland
C.S.O
Columbus Community Relations Council
Columbus Branch
NAACP
ADA
The
Columbus Urban League
Five UNCF students named among Opportunity Fellows
New York five students from United Negro College Fund member colleges are among 53 Opportunity Fellowship recipients announced by the John Hay Whitney Foundation. Fellowships of 1000 to 3000 dollars will fund training in medicine law art anthropology and sciences. beneficiaries include Matthew Burks Tougaloo College Samuel DuBois Cook Morehouse College Yolande Chambers Hampton Institute Martha Flowers Fisk University and M Carl Holman Fisk University. Burks, a Philadelphia Missouri native, was the first Negro Psychologist Extern in a Mississippi state supported hospital.
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New York
United Negro College Fund
Opportunity
John Hay Whitney Foundation
Matthew Burks
Tougaloo College
Samuel DuBois Cook
Morehouse College
Yolande Hargrave Chambers
Hampton Institute
Martha
Zenic Flowers
Mississippi
Howard University Student Co Stars With Boris Karloff on Playhouse
Howard University junior Edward Hall stars with Boris Karloff in Outward Bound on the Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway program. The broadcast Sunday June 1 at 8:30 P.M. EDST on CBS features Hall as Tom Pryor in a tale of a shipboard group where every passenger is dead and the examiner dissectes their lives. Karloff returned to the series after appearing in Journey to Nowhere with Purdue’s Richard Smith earlier this season.
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Boris Karloff
Edward Hall
Ottawa Street
Roxbury
Boston
Mass
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Philip Morris Playhouse
CBS
Hall
Alfred Lunt
Philip Morris
Tom Pryor
Examiner
Karloff
Broadway
Richard Smith
Purdue University
Local groups listed in Franklin County interfaith event
The Franklin County Council of Churches joins with the Catholic Interracial Council the Anti-Defamation League the Ohio League for Constitutional Rights the Independent Business and Professional Association Bnai Brith the National Religion Labor Foundation and the Social Action Committee of the Columbus Council of Catholic Women to sponsor community outreach and civil rights education events.
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Franklin County Council of Churches
The
Catholic Interracial Council
Anti-Defamation League
Ohio League For Constitutional Rights
Independent Business and Professional Association
B’nai B’rith
National Religion Labor Foundation
Social Action Committee
Columbus Council of Catholic Women
Tribute to Dr W E B DuBois 84th birthday dinner
Tribute dinner for Dr W E B Du Bois at Riverside Plaza Hotel June 11 1952 with honorary co chairs Prof Robert Moris Lovett and Paul Robeson. Campaigns for peace and five power pact accompany fund raising as passports travel rights and Korea war end are urged. Tickets six dollars at 125 West 72nd Street New York.
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W. E. Bois
National Associat the Advancement of Colored People
Riverside Plaza Hotel
Robert Moris Lovett
Virgin Islands
Paul Robeson
Dr. du Bois
State Dept
Dru
DuBois
Linus Pauling
PIC
Stockholm
Korea
Dr. DuBois
Dinner Committee
West 72Nd Street
N. Y
New York
Store Front Churches in East Harlem to Be Featured on CBS
CBS radio and Ford Foundation will air The People Act on May 25 narrating East Harlem store front churches. The six interdenominational parishes operate as social service hubs amid housing, health, and rent issues. Participants include Manhattan Borough President Robert A. Wagner, housing expert Charles Abrams, social worker Maryal Knox, and three clergymen.
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New York
East Harlem
CBS Radio-Ford Foundation
Robert Trout
CBS Radio
Puerto Rico
Robert A. Wagner
Manhattan
Charles Abrams
Maryal Knox
Don Benedict
George Todd
William Webber
Ida Clay Case Harassment of Unemployed Workers Continues
Harassment of unemployed workers continues as some employers accuse claimants of chiseling while the other side suffers vexatious delays. The piece highlights publicized delays and the frustration of honest claimants facing slow processes.
Dr Kenneth B Clark Addresses 79th Social Work Conference
Dr Kenneth B Clark, dean in psychology at the College of the City of New York and National Urban League board member, urges at the 79th National Conference of Social Work in Chicago that the goal of social work in a Negro community is to abolish segregation and erase the ghetto. He calls for action to dent and destroy racial segregation.
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Kenneth B. Clark
National Conference OF Social Work
Chicago
Ill
National Urban League
The
College of the City of New York
Conrad Hilton Hotel
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Dabney NO Better
Labor Community Civil Rights Conference
Paul Shearer
Ohio C.S.O. Civil Rights Committee
Harry E. Mayfield
Columbus, C.I.0. Council
DR. W.E.B. Dubois
Thomas Richardson
Willard Uphaus
American Peace Crusade
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