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natic and Bann.
"SYM.
Times
Hartford, Conn.
223
#3
DATE
FIB I I 1947
Governor Hits
Army 'Jim Crow'
Starts Action Against Segregation of Negroes
TRUMAN
In 43rd Division; Wires State Leaders
By MOSES BERKMAN
ARCHIVES "MATIONAL AMD
RECORDS
Governor McConaughy today started action that may
SERVICE"
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lead to united action of New England governors against
segregation of Negroes in the federalized 43rd Division of
which the Connecticut National
Guard is a part.
the association wrote him that à
"I am unalterably opposed to
Bridgeport Negro, à World War Il
segregation in Connecticut," the
veteran "with a fine service rec-
Governor said, in announcing he
ord and with two wound stripes,"
had sent telegrams to the gov-
tried to enlist in his own city and
3
ernors of Massachusetts, Vermont
was told that he would have to
1
and Rhode Island whose troops
join the separate Negro unit.
also are part of the 43rd Division.
The Governor pointed out that
"Are you satisfied with Army
the Connecticut National Guard
policy of segregating into spécial
has three of these units-Hart-
units Negro soldiers of your state
ford, New Haven and Bridgeport.
who desire to serve in the Na-
This means he said, that a Negro
tional Guard?" the telegram asks.
who lives in Torrington, for ex-
"I am not. I have just learned of
ample, is to all purposes debarred
this practice. I know the Navy
from enlisting in the National
has ended discrimination. I do
Guard because of unwillingness
not want to see it in Connecticut
to travel to Bridgeport or Hart-
ford.
units."
Intimating that the Army policy
Called Army Policy
may have been adopted to satis-
Maj. Gen. Reginald B. DeLacour,
fy Southern states, the Governor
head of the Connecticut National
told reporters it violated Con-
Guard, to whom the Governor
necticut and New England prin-
referred the issue, said the segre-
ciple and his own antipathy to
gation was Army policy. Gov-
racial discrimination.
ernor McConáughy disclosed his
To Follow Up Issue
intention of fighting this segre-
gation after a conference with
The Governor said he would
Republican leaders of the Legis-
bring up the issue at the next
lature which preceded today's
meeting of New England goyer-
brief session of the Legislature.
nors but meanwhile awaited re-
In the Senate, Finance Com-
plies to his telegrams before tak-
mittee Chairman Herbert Mac-
ing the next step which had not
Donald reported on the weekend
yet, however, reached the stage of
visit of a legislative committee
formal protest.
to Columbus, Ohio, where that
Segregation of Negroes in the
state's sales tax was studied. The
Connecticut National Guard was
senator said he and Chairman
called to the Governor's attention
John R. Thim of the House com-
Monday by the Bridgeport office
mittee sounded out store officials,
of the National Association for
waitresses, clerks, labor leaders
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
and other and got a "fair picture"
ple
Governor McConaughy said of how the tax operated