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OXAAl-NEW YORK—The results of the sixth nation-wide poll to determine Americans of toth races who have contributed most to the improvement of race relations, will be announced Sunday morning, February 11, on the “Wings Over Jordan”program. Dr. LTD. Reddick of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature, sponsoring agency, said the nominations for the Honor Roll “in terms of real democracy and equality,” have been submitted by 100 experts in many fields.INSIDE THIS WEEKSoldiers1 Families Facing Eviction. yLPage 12 ^1901 Douglass Grads Last to Use ^Old Building. Page 24 y^.Services Planned tor 35th ScoutAnniversary'. ' 6*53rd Year, No. 26ERICM***CtooiwjU of ThU Newspaper Copyright*'!. I by The. *TRO-AMERICAN CompanyBALTIMORE, MD., FEBRUARY 10. 1945tntvrwl ht th« fevtoffto* at Baltimore. Ud, aaR*cond-C1*u Matiar. under Act of March A ltVI24' PAGESPrice: 7c! clt;. ki• ori f°* lod( H 'Til H Uh th • atPowell SpeechDraws (ensureBlamed for Aid to‘Work or Jail’ BillDANGERS CITEDTook.Floor Against....the weekSpirit of Douglass Md. 45 Years BehindSymbolic of the Boy Scouts of America Vets of Philippinein113orscarBy RUTU JENKINSAnti-J.C. AmendmentBy JOE SHEPHARDA large measure of responsi-jility tor House passage ot the day “Work or Jail Bill, described y leading colored organizations as i bid tor the rc-enslavement of rolored workers, was laid at” the loor of Congressman Adam Clay-on Powell this week by Wash-ngton observers.Despite strong Administration jressure tor its passage, opponents )f the May Bill as late as Wedncs-lay felt confident of their ability o bring about its defeat throughWere Frederick Douglass alive today, he would certainly be onq oL Uie strongest, fcuppcxters. ot the., bill now pending in the State Legislature for repeal of the Maryland jimcrow travel law./The humiliation felt today by any passenger who travels under jim-crow accommodations on the-intra State ferry must be similar to that suffered by Mr. Douglass in June. 1849. aboard the steamer Alida en route from Albany to New York.In an address in Faneuil Hall. Boston, June 8, 1849. Mr. Douglass told of being put out of the boat’s dining salon the previous Thursday because his two companions^ were white women.he addition of anti-closed shop md anti-discrimination amend-nents which 'would alienate the iupport of labor and Southern nembcrs of the House.Passed 246-165 The bill passed the House on rhursday by a vote of 246 to 165. lut only after the stage had been et late Wednesday by the defeat if the anti-closed shop and «anti-lisciimination amendments whjch lad been so heavily counted upon y labor and liberal House mem-crs. ' -Playing a major role in the do-eat of the anti-discrimination imendment was New York’s fresh-nan Representative, who'sparked he Administration steam roller vith the declaration that the incndment represented a cheap artisan trick to play ujton racial trejudice.”A Poignant Contrastlie pointed out in contrast that:Now, I have traveled in England, Ireland and Scotland—and I mention this not by way of boast, but because 1 want to contrast the freedom of our glorious country— and it is a glorious one, after all— with that of other countries through which I have traveled by railroads, steamboats, stagecoaches and even stayed at some of the best hotels in London, Liverpool. Edinburgh. Dublin and elsewhere—‘And I must say to you, good Americans, thst I have never in any of those cities or towns received the first mark or heard the first word of disapprobation on account of the color of my skin.Speaking of jim-crow service on railroads, which had recently been outlawed from New Bedford andWar Among GroupOverjoyed as Tan Yanks Aid in Liberation; Father Greets GI SonBy FRANCIS YANCEYAFRO War Correrpondrnt with tJ S. Troop* in thr Philippine*brhiashiStbiotKtlafasa •aI.EROY JACKSON, pupil at Washington Junior High School and member of Scout Troop 293 at Ames Methodist Church here, represents the spirit of scouting in America, the thirty-fifth anniversary of which It currently beingobserved. *Princess Wins Book SuitAgainst Fisk UniversityBy STAFF CORRESPONDENT(Continued on Page 21. Col. 3) (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4)NASHVILLE—A permanent injunction enjoining Fisk University or its officials from publishing her autobigraphy was won here Saturday by Princess Fatima Massaquoi, daughter of an African king.In the meantime, with the promise of advantages that were never realized. she continued, I stayed here teaching classes in Vai, helping compile a Vai die-; tionary and even teaching folk dAncing at Bethlehem Center.For all of this. 1 received from $10 to S20 each month. jMANILA—(By Cable)—If ever in my life I have felt;pride in my race it was here, Tuesday, in the huge Santo! caTomas Jap internment camp in the heart of Manila. |di I shouted it aloud as I talked to over forty-five happy ^ colored prisoners of war. The haggard and undernourished liberated men and women (mostly native-born wives of these semen) were so overjoyed to sec some one of their own race, . in the uniform of their country that they could hardly tell ' me their names as they crowded around me.The old soldiers drew up to attention and with a proud / smile each one saluted a convoy of tan Yanks driving in truck loads of sorely needed rations for the starving In- riernces.. . . , - f|24th Infantry, 9th Cavalry Vets These colored internees, most of whom were formerly] members of the old 24th Infantry and 9th Cavalry, old Philip-pine units of tht U.S. Army, were largely retired veterans. Fj Many worked in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department, while some were Civil Service employees and small business men.When they were first rounded up, the Japs showed them more favor than they did the white internees, in the hope of fostering anti-white propaganda. But these sturdy former. f° soldiers steadfastly stuck to the oath they took when they | first entered the U.S. Army many years ago. before theyt(. came here to fight in the Philippine campaign, and stood. ui shoulder to shoulder in humiliation after humiliation with j th* reit.of the prisoners.I rode into the burning city in a weapons carrier along with Clark Lee of the International News Service, Tom Atch, Acme photographer, and Dick Hanly, Yank correspondent.Jap Snipers Still Active As we rode through the streets between slowly advancing files of our troops, Jap snipers in second-story windows rrpichInbe6*1MF)atcrv:Cl(Continued on Page 2f Col. 4)(
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