Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1952-04-15 Chester M. Hampton Job Opportunities Topic At Career Conference ORANGEBURG, S. C— Job opportunities were explored by students at South Carolina State A and M. College at the first annual career conference, which was conducted jointly by the National Urban League and State A. and M, College, April 4 and 5. The two-day career conference, which was the first of its kind ever held in South Carolina, was declare ed a worthwhile success bby visiting and faculty participants. Heading the list of nine visiting consultants were Julius A. Thomas. New York City, director of the Department of Industrial Relations; National Urban League and Walter H. Aiken, Atlanta, president of the National Builders. Association and member of the board of trustees of the National Urban. League. These two leaders spoke at the opening general session on Friday And gave first hand information about job opportunities and job requirements in the areas of commerce and industry and in the area of housing at group discussions on Friday and Saturday. Dr. B. C. Turner, president of State A. and M. College, intorducEd the visiting consultants at the opening session and told the students that the career conference was a progressive, significant step in the history of the college. Dean H. W. Crawford of t h e School of Engineering and Industrial Education headed a committee of students and faculty, who planned the agenda of the conference. Group discussions about job opportunities and job employment in the areas of agriculture, housing, commerce and industry, trade unions, military service, government and the professions were led by the visiting, consultants and selected members of the State A. and M. College faculty. Some of the other visiting consultants who spent two days answering questions and giving information about job employment were: Wendell, P. Alston, New York, representative of the Esso Standard Oil Company; Earl Britton, Columbia, S. C; State president of the American Federation of Labor; T. M. Campbell, Tuskegee institute, field agent, United States Department of Agriculture; Jacob R. Henderson, Atlanta, project Manager, Federal Housing Authority; Howard M; Miller, Jr., Wilmington, Del., Assistant Manager of Personnel Section, Control,. Division, Engineering Department, E. I. Dupont DeMours and Company; Colonel James H. Robinson, Washington, D. C., Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense; and H. M. Barker, business, representative, International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America. Recommendations for planning a bigger and better conference for next year were made in a closing evaluation session. Visiting consultants and members of the planning committee agreed that such a career conference was worthwhile and should be sponsored next year by the college in cooperation with the National Urban League. J. D. McGhee, Publicity Director Florida Business Leaders Hear Sudduth In Address TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The fourth annual convention of thereorganized Florida State Negro. Business. League, heard Horace S. Sudduth, Cincinnati businessman, describe the spending power, of the race as "an unharnessed economic power running wild," when the national business leader addressed that body here last week. Mr. Sudduth, who is president of the National Negro Business League was in Tallahassee to speak before business persons who represented local leagues in almost twenty Florida cities. His address, the major appearance of the meeting, gavestress to the vast opportunities afforded by business. He took the occasion to point to a number of business enterprises operated by Negroes. "These are not Negro businesses," he noted. "They are, to the contrary, American businesses, incidentally, operated by persons of your and my race." He asked his audience to strive to have businesses which meet the highest standards of American competition. Also heard were Jesse O. Thomas, Office of Price Stabilization, and Moss H. Kendrix, newly appointed consultant in public relations for the NNBL, both of Washington; Dr. George W' Gore, Jr., president; of Florida At and M. College; and Dr. Richard V. Moore, president of Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach. A number of experts from various areas of business led-sectional and panel discussions. J. H. Dickerson, Orlando, was re elected president of the State league, after making recommendations for an accelerated program for the ensuing year. James O Mobley, president of the Tallahassee league, was host. WISHING WELL Registered U. S. Patent Office. HERE is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every, day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or more subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3, The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner of the rec and check every one of your key numbers left to right. Then the the letters under the checked figures give you. Play Director Admits To Red Affiliations WASHINGTON, D. C. House probers Friday released testimony in which Ella Kazan, directer of "A Streetcar Named Desire," admitted being a former Communist and named playwright Clifford Odets among other one-time Reds Kazan told the unanimous UnAmerican Activities Committee that he joined the Communist party in the summer of 1934, but quit 19 months later "with an abiding hatred" for Red "philosophy and methods." The testimony was taken Thursday. Kazan, who had previously testified before the group in secret last January, explained that he was returning in order to supply the names of other theater figures he remembered as members of a Communist cell. The Broadway and Hollywood director mentioned Odets as one of them, but he said the writer of "Golden Boy" and other plays and films "has assured me that he got out" of the party "about the same time I did." Kazan said he and Odets were Communists while working for the Group Theater Acting Company in New York. The Group Theater has been labeled subversive by the California State Un American Activities Committee. Kazan testified that all members Of his party "unit" were also employed by the Group Theater and that one of their duties was to help Communists "gain a foothold" in the Actors Equity Association as well as in the Group Theater itself. Ho said they failed in both cases. 3 Generals In Line For Ike's Job Speculation as to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhewer's successors as commander of the Atlantic Pact Defense Forces Saturday centered, on three U, S. four-star generals. The three likeliest candidates are Gen. J. Lawton Collins. Army Chief of Staff; Gen. Maathew B. Ridgway, Supreme United Nations Commander in the Far East, and Gen. Alfred. M. Gruenther, Ike's chief of staff in Europe. Each of the three has been mentioned prominently for the job of heading the combined European Defense Army being built under the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. However, Pentagon authorities, believe that Collins may have the inside tract at this time. They point out that Ridgway is doing an outstanding job in Japan and Korea and may be considered indispensable in that post. They also note that Gruenther, who holds Eisenhower's endorsement, has had only limited field experience at a high command level. Collins, a 57-year-old West Point graduate, began his World War II career in the Pacific when he served as Chief of Staff to Gen. Delos C. Emmons in Hawaii shortly after Pearl Harbor. During the Guadacanal and New Georgia campaigns, he commanded the 25th U. S. Infantry Division and won the nickname, "Lightning Joe." Truman Believes Demos Have "Many Good Men" In Party President Truman declared Saturday the Democratic Party has its choice of "many good men." for presidential nominee and told 60,000 party officials and workers they will win in November. Mr. Truman charged that the Republicans in the coming camPaign "will try to duck and dodge and divert the attention of the voters by Slick propaganda and phony, arguments." He commented: "That is only natural, because they know as well, as we do that on the real issues they are wrong and we are right." The President made his remarks in a letter published in the current issue of "The Democrat" official newspaper of the party's national committee. The Chief Executive, who has declared himself out of the race, also said: "I expect to work just as hard as I know how to support the Democratic platform arid the Democratic candidates in this year's election. If we all do that, the Democratic party will win in 1952 and-will continue to serve the people of this great nation well and successfully." LAFE-A-DAY TIM TYLER By Lyman Young FELIX THE GAT By Sullivan Government Studying Pay Hike For Steelworkers The government Friday was reported considering a plan to give the CIO Steelworkers a 12 and one-half cent hourly pay boost if steel wage negotiations collapse. The report came from labor sources as industry and union representatives made no progress again today in separate meetings, with top Wage Stabilization Board officials. Meanwhile, the negotiations were recessed until Monday afternoon. Wage Board Chairman Feinsinger said the recess was ordered, "to give the parties an opportunity to digest the discussions of the past few days." Both labor and government officials said no decision on a government contract with the union will be made unless Acting Defense Mobilizer Steelman fails in his effort to bring about an agreement. Should the Washington negotiations collapse, however, the government reportedly may put into effect the 12 an done-half Cent in crease recommended by the Wage Board, retroactive to January 1. Sources said the government is not considering granting the 650,000 steelworkers any of the other features of the Wage Board's proposals, including its recommendation for an additional two and one-half cent wage boost on July 1 and next January 1. The decision will be up to President Truman. Any pay raises would, be put into effect through Commerce Secretary Sawyer who is operating the steel mills under a presidential seizure order. Sawyer released from government control certain properties of these companies which he said no longer are involved in the wage dispute which earlier this week threatened a strike: Inland Steel, Borg-Warner, Joseph T. Ryerson arid Son., Inc., and Interlake Iron Corp., Chicago; Bethelhem Shipbuilding and Ship Repair plants on the east coast; Armco Steel Corp., Middletown, Ohio, and Alan Wood Steel Co., and subsidiaries, Conshohocken, Pa. AN AGREEMENT The government Friday was reported considering a plan to give the CIO Steelworkers a 12 and one-half cent hourly pay boost if steel wage negotiations collapse. The report came from labor sources as industry and union representatives made no progress again today in separate meetings, with top Wage Stabilization Board officials. Meanwhile, the negotiations were recessed until Monday afternoon. Wage Board Chairman Feinsinger said the recess was ordered, "to give the parties an opportunity to digest the discussions of the past few days." Both labor and government officials said no decision on a government contract with the union will be made unless Acting Defense Mobilizer Steelman fails in his effort to bring about an agreement. Should the Washington negotiations collapse, however, the government reportedly may put into effect the 12 an done-half Cent in crease recommended by the Wage Board, retroactive to January 1. Sources said the government is not considering granting the 650,000 steelworkers any of the other features of the Wage Board's proposals, including its recommendation for an additional two and one-half cent wage boost on July 1 and next January 1. The decision will be up to President Truman. Any pay raises would, be put into effect through Commerce Secretary Sawyer who is operating the steel mills under a presidential seizure order. Sawyer released from government control certain properties of these companies which he said no longer are involved in the wage dispute which earlier this week threatened a strike: Inland Steel, Borg-Warner, Joseph T. Ryerson arid Son., Inc., and Interlake Iron Corp., Chicago; Bethelhem Shipbuilding and Ship Repair plants on the east coast; Armco Steel Corp., Middletown, Ohio, and Alan Wood Steel Co., and subsidiaries, Conshohocken, Pa. Money Is Not Solution To Red Problem, Speaker Says The people of our country must realize that the portrait painted of American by Red propagandists in the minds of Asians and Africans cannot be changed by giving money, W. Staurt Symington said this week in a speech made at the opening meeting of the 1952 campaign of the United Negro College Fund. Nor can we win the loyalty of these foreign people without Closing the gap at home between our stated ideals and our day-to-day practices, he told an audience of over 500 persons in the Terrace Room of the Hotel Plaza. The meeting marked the ninth annual nationwide campaign of the Fund to raise $1;500,000 in support of 32 private accredited Negro colleges and universities associated with it. Mr. Symington, former chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and recently announced candidate for the Senate from Missouri, urged support of the Fund's campaign as a means of Tearing down the barriers which forbid Negroes the advantages of citizenship. The over flow crowd of guests also heard President Harold L. Trigg of St. Augustine's College, a member institution of the Fund, describe the benefits that have accrued to the colleges, from the money raised by the College Fund. C. D. Jackson, publisher of Fortune magazine and national campaign chairman for 1952, presided at the meeting. Among those introduced from the dais were: John D. Rockefeller, Jr., chairman of the Fund's National Council; Mrs. Chauncey L. Waddell, associate Council chairman and head of the New York City Women's division; Stanley C. Hope, New York City's Men's Division chairman; and Mrs. Louise Morris, head of the Uptown Division of the New York City campaign. The Tuskegee Institute. Choir of 45 voices, under the direction of William L. Dawson, sang. Contribution To Housing Nets Award For Teacher Housing is the life work of Robert N. Landrum, a Chicago school teacher and he has done it so well, contributed so much toward bettering living conditions for the people, that he was chosen as a "successful man" to be included in current Calvert. Distillers Corp., advertising. This advertising for Lord Calvert whiskey features successful Negroes in the field of architectture, theatre, public relations and literature, and appears in newspapers and magazines from coast to coast. During the depression Mr. Landrum gave up a promising career as a high school teacher to go into real estate. The war intervened and he served as a commissioned officer of Field Artillery. After the war, he founded the Landrum Realty Co., Inc., composed of 17 brokers arid salesmen, white and Negro, specializing in homes in newer and better neighborhoods throughout Chicago. This firm became one of the most prominent in the country. Mr. Landrum also became president of Midtown Builders, Inc., which has prospered by building low-cost homes. His business ability also won Mr. Landrum the presidency of the Dearborn Real Estate Board inc. which is composed of 60 real estate brokers active in keeping up property values, new construction and sound mortgaging. In all these positions, his leadership as well as business acumen has been outstanding. U. S. Dollar Sound Declares Arnall Price Boss Ellis Arnall said Friday that the United States "has managed to keep a sound dollar, despite immense strains on our national. Economy." Arnall told the Atlanta lawyers club that with control machinery; and cooperation of the business man and spending public "we can keep our dollars safe whatever happens tomorrow." "Inflation ....... feeds upon itself; it is a most terrible disease," fie said. He pointed out that within eight months after the outbreak of the Korean war "Inflation added more than $400 to the living costs of every family in the United States. He explained; "It boosted the cost of defense production already voted by $7-billion and added to the cost of our foreign program. The American budget, already badly strained, carried an additional load — and became an additional cause of further inflation." Since the institution of controls, he said, "not millions, but billions upon billions of dollars of needless cost in additional inflation have been saved the consuming and taxpaying public." He said: "The magnificent, production record of American industry and agriculture and the cooperation of the public were indispensabele in slowing down inflation". Backers Believe Ike Will Speak His Own Mind Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidential backers in Washington declared Saturday their candidate will be "free to speak his mind" on the isues of 1952 after June 1 — and will. Taft-for-President leaders claimed, however, that the European, commander was "avoiding" any pre-convention commitments on issues as a result of...his Paris statement that he would speak out "if nominated." Eisenhower who plans to be home by June 4 told a news conference Saturday that he wil resign from the Army if nominated at the GOP Convention July 7, and he said: "From that time on, I would be free to say what I saw fit." Sen. Lodge (R) Mass, nirector of the Eisenhower, campaign, said it is "incorrect" to interpret Ike's statement as meaning he would not speak out while on inactive status beween June 1 and the time of any nomination. Lodge said: "Before the convention, while in, active status, General Eisenhower will be in exactly the same position as he was as president of Columbia University— just as free to speak his mind as he did then. Whatever he says will be frank and definite." End "Gray Hair" Blues with LARIEUSE! Larieuse 15 BABIES AT 23 WILLIAMSTON, N. C— Mrs. Viola Brown, 23, recently gave birth to triplets — her thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth babies. She gave birth to quintuplets on July 12, 1950, but they were three months premature and did not survive On February 16, 1946, she gave birth to quadruplets, which were also premature and did not live. In 1948, she gave birth to a son and to twins April 15, 1951, all three surviving. HELP FOR BLIND A new booklet, designed to help blind men and women find the many worthwhile jobs open to them has been issued by the Federal Security Agency and will be distributed through State and territorial agencies. The Agency will later produce Braille editions and talk ing-book forms of the booklet. There are some 260,000 Americans who are blind and another 22,000 lose their sight each year. TAX COLLECTING The Internal Revenue Bureau has cut the cost of collecting taxes over the years Back in 1866, it cost the Government $2.47 to collect $100 in tax money. In 1951, the cost er $100 was 49 cents. In that year the Government collected $50,445,686.315. The cost of collecting that sum was $245,869,538. First Break Is Seen In Phone Strike The first major break in the telephone strike came Friday in Detroit and negotiators in New York sought to use it as a pattern for ending phone walkouts throughout the nation. The big development broke when the CIO's Communications Workers acepted a 12.7 cent hourly wage increase for 18.000 Michigan Bell System employees, ending one of The major telephone tieups. Federal mediators immediately switched their efforts to New York and the strike by 16.000 telephone installers who are picketing exchanges in 43 states and blocking 200,000 other phone workers. The Michigan agreement is expected to set a pattern for telephone strikes in Ohio, New Jersey, North California and Nevada where nearly 50,000 other Bell System employees are out. Four Federal mediators are attempting to work out a settlement of the installers strike against the Western Electric Co., and O. M. Jones, CWA vice president; also joined in these talks. Union president Joseph A. Beirne warned that the pickets lines set up by the installers will continue and said they will be honored by other telephone employees pending a setlement of the Western Electric Walkout." However, he declared that the Michigan, agreement "could serve as a pattern for agreements elsewhere in the American Telephone and Telegraph Company chooses to make it one." Last Sunday, Al Widmore a Negro hurler with experience gained Baltimore Elite Giants, was on deck to pitch for the Athletics. Walter Butts is the third player of the Athletics' tan trio. The Athletics were the first team I ever to train in Savannah with Negro players in their lineup.