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Claudia Jones — Part 4

67 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Claudia Jones · 66 pages OCR'd
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NY 1090-18676 = a a os Miss JONES: “For one thing, we could have greater democracy in the case of the ae ne -‘ RHegro youth, For instance, the Jim Crows in the last war in the | Army, even in the Fort: Knox experiment on military Swaining. ; “Colonel IRWIN: “Now wait a winute, they are not discrininated against at Fort. - Knox. -_—r oss = Kiss JONES 3 . SI insist, Colon mel inWil TRWi. You can 1 epeak about that later. - Colonel IRWIN: “All right. “They're volunteers; and their mothers and fathers” ; are invited there, They volunteer to take this experimental training for universal military training, and they are asked if they want to take it. Their fathers and mothers are invited to come and see if the boys approve of it. They have asked repre- sentatives of the church, the union, the women's ee ee and the mente societies to come there and view that thing. | oe Miss JONES: According to reliable estimates issued in Conscription News put a i a out in Washington, a survey of the Fort Knox project shows | that 4 oo the stigaa of segregation is on this project by the Aray.. Colonel IRWIN air. LUCY (phonetic) of ‘the United Press went to Fort Knox and . ‘wrote six or eight articles. Read his articles, He'll té11 you exactly what they are trying to do, . _ , Moderator 3 “Miss JONES, you mentioned Conscription n News, By whom is it “ published? | _ Miss JONES: | ®I don't know the name of the authar, ‘I didn't bring a copy with Moderator: —s-sIt"s not a War Department me 2G. : Uiss JONES 2 “It's not a War Department - It's by a separate comittes that | 2 ; ae is opposed to universal military training. , (unintelligible because of clamor) Misa JONES: SI insist on my right to answer the qestion. Moderator: "Just a minute, Miss JONES. | Judge GUNTHER: "If military training will at least teach a boy 4 to hand up his clothes when he comes home, it has accomplished something. CYOVR ITER TT oa
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