OSS - MEMORANDA ON MEETINGS OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN NATIONALITY PROBLEMS, 1942

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• Publication Date: May 27, 1942
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DeVitt Poole reports tha t.
morning of thm Interdep4rttental
Division of the Department of State reported- i
on the Department's attitude toward the curr
-citation in favor or a Jewish Army.
He remarked that the United 'States Govex
not heretofore taken an explicit stand thlt:se-
As a result, the situation seems to have gone by,
to the Zionists and to the proponents or a Jh
The State Department is preparing actiaa in order
rect this condition0
weight to the importance to us in thepres
effort of the great Moslem blot which extends
Africa across the Middle East to Welltern.Th
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This statement as: now onvilattedl tOttt
Atlantic Charter, It wolad AsSeVt that 1'h
enunciated therein will be adhered to in
The numerical preponderance ot Ar*bfli?
sible American support of an all-vOut Se
As now proposed, the vtattiment
this negative intimation. It would tssert,
that the post-war settlement cannot be ,rejtdie4W
ments at the present time in respect of an armw f
which would be exclusively Jewish.
In making this informal communication, Mr=., titerriaM -=
acknowledged the value of the memorandua an a
which was recently circulated from thit:Branch.,
yon know, it is this Brand, indeedt 111714ch
scanning the Hebrew and Yiddish press in
and has followed actively the development
In "TieW of the foregoing, ie shall,
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Wednesdail, April 20
OFF -tar. Cmnbtort
Mr. Eugene Katz
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PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON FAIR ENPLOYMESTPCZ
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STATE - Mr. Hoskins
NEXT 1,:EETING . MAY 13 1942
The next meting is scheOuled for 1I0
Lay 130 in Mr. Bone's office in the State DepaetmerM*
olonel GooOrellaw advised th*titi ope:oitt*
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meeting of the CoomJttee a roort cn. VOit,
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recruits for the COI special units.
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reported on tho matter. Ho rt gnd turi VOCie dOhdirt,
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the Slav Congress had not fallen into t t 4 444 of tho Ciao
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munists and that their discussions and rasolutionseb
this fact.
ND. Hoskins commeflted on tho odvisabillty In futt.txt
instt.mces of clearin,r wuch raottcrs in advance in thlis Committ
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to prevent the situnt:Ien thot hDd in this insttnos 60ourred
where the St,9te Departr;.(nt wne ?lc:posed to giving Any support
to this Congress and the OFF, on the other hAndo, had 'oeed
supporting the project.
Rusrt on thq 2ecomilendations on.thc Em4oymunt of Allen_
tefense Industries.
Mr. Crmer pne Mr. Hudson sum rid t4le proposala
special committez that had becn working on 'the problemor'
reducing the discriminations against the cmploytent of
in defense industries. It was hoped that by the aext me
on the program and on thetr progress
ment of the Army pnd the Navy to the
submitted to the President.
f2fSIED_LanEllage Press
Mr. Hudson
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advised that a 4?ress reIeaSe, had. been lamed:,
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Archdykes Otto and FeliA
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Mr. Hoskins reported on a prtp-01J
Otto and Felix to Mexico, Central AM0fitm 4 t6
also reported on an incuiry from k' O1 At,
ability of his making broadcastg in G4rM44 tO: Attateigt
South America. Aftcr some dieoussion ae both, mttttrti
the general opinion of those prestnt thAt th0 did tot Itar
either of the prop:mitIons outlined above.
StatementEEEL113.1.1.15_NOEP
Dean Russell r.resente for the benefit, of the mamherg
the Committe a brief statement of the aotivitise Of nIS
organization. He outlined the work that 114A been doria im
the prepration of simplified boAlets with nuaorous illIM?
trations that could be used in citizenship work. with p
illiterate or poorly educated aliens. He also
the work work of his Committee had been set, up 0,4
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zation basis in 1/4.00peration with stat6. eauqiNticalalt
in 35 states of the Union.
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groundwork had been accomplished 10;q14
that work along, these lines wou)'AcOn
specific a t1.S of his
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recommendatiovs witi respeCt
Pisderal enc es engaged, in a, tin"
ity before thc lot for Rogro citit004
tion in the Pvesidentls Oil-out en40*
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gives me pleanure- to make eftplimeWta
sympathetic ihterest, vision ,and bAlskieL
Ar. Lawrence Cramer, X. Jont,tbsit V
Hoskinst each of whom is doing a fine 50
field.
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acoomplished by these agencies the re,tultS WOU1,
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effective and s in
satisfactory if a clearg bout* Orii
affairs were etablished and the activitlea 01 ..
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At present there is considerable overlap:WK.,'
each agency is seeXing to amellor*te conditions ttaciloot
Its own particular point of view and does not triau*W-
picture as a whole.
In my opinion; an agency should function det4
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assume fuller res-oonsibillty for 1;
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inter-racia re a ,o ; one clothed with authority bit*
President to act promptly whenever it was deems *dila 4-
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"Sins of omission" have been responsible for some or tile
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charges of discriminatory practices. In some instano0i,;
these "sins of omission" were committed because no
was given to including the Negro in the egaation, OlindV
occasions the exclusion was intentional and dellberolle,t,,
should be the duty of some agency to Minilize this 'it*:
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committed.
A bill has been passed by the House of Bepreffettii
to enlist 150,000 "sailorettess to relieve ment,tor-0
service. 1 dare say that if the 1.4 beCOmaw ?perk,
one Negro woman will be brought into the piotur6 Wit
Negro ore S8 and public register a loud 01.1,:tt0_*yi.
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color line has been drawn.
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The "Jim-crowing" of colored 5O14e:
cersl on railroads and buses, alaa the
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and relatives to and from armY'J.60mps4 '-',
and bitter discussion among members,'
those mistreated are txl$YAIne 1:1;I1C
at,orther time0-they are 'a.?Itni fr'I
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Vteeklies of large oiroul
IlAsed on rumor and grosolt
'ago two white police offiolt
involve n an argument in t
the white officers attompta
the M. P. In hie hes linen tht
Negro press as/ a race riat at Tu
turixtion among Negroes. At Waith
powered to point out in a taetfig sniii to
such irresponsible reporting eboUld, eta e th
of morale.
recommend that a body, to b knot/a ss,
Commission" or ninterraoial Committee or *Bum,
Affairs", be formed by the President and giiron
authorlty to coordinate activitio* relating to
matters; also to initiate, to give guidanee and 6
mondations.
Some of the body's duties would be:
.1. To bring about a betterment of pub14* r. Art.i
giving greater emphasis in Negro press and. onThe1'5=414*
(particularly in motion picture houses largely p
by negroes) definite gains being made by the race
army, the various branches of government and iniridu
This is a picture age and the Negro is stimUlatpdHa
racial groups when stories are told in pictures irla
and on the screen regarding racial participatiO0
services and in war production work.
2. The body should take the initiative in,144,0
about the selection of capable, responsible (101.61-40 no_
paper men to accompany colored troops abroad ithQ0.41i;_re-00,.
would be released by the body or Some otter to-004,'
morale, both on the battlefield, and at home -1,10
winner.
3. To awaken interest among the womerti
race in raising funds to purchase ottAV
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4. To correlate the worthwhile*, 4.74
various agencies thereby enabling the *n
at hc.nd valuable information on adygrft
Negro through the Federal Goverpmen
into the war.
5. To make contacts wittt.,-;t4e
(Interracial Deportment); Oblo
fraternal sAd other organizattons
.0114 pPograro,calloUlated to Impr&v
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President of tha National A1lia0
the Eighth Distriotv who lives_i:
friendly in tone, although he bear
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ATericp, Colonel LAPhen adVis64.th*t up:der-tat*
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resiclents of the Unit4d States they maY
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to rill except Aliens of Asiatic dotkacnt*- r
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in the United Staten in regard tdi the ddlel
ur!): ng the orgnnization of a separate lewigh Amy,
Foreirn.Nationnlities. Unit of COX
Mr. Poole reported on the deVelopment of th-e- 16t0
Nationalities unit of COI and the AtSistancle thiS.
is now in a position to Five to other. Department6 ftftet ,
aRenetes represented on this Committee.
Mr. Poole and Mr. Hoskins were requostod to =21.
for the information of the Committoo a? list of fosttIV
and convcntions of foroign?born in this country th t
mirtt be covered from the point of view of informAtion
remrCinc thcir activities,
There was Feneral discussion of the importanoc of .
handlirw thc "color" problem in the United Statas, to pro.
efforts since Japanese efforts to make trouble in thl
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mal:intr virorous efforts. to? divi4t tn, Al
the claim thElt Great BritaIn aftetTht t&
only working for continued, (-1,0minAitidirt wht, rst14
and the continued subjoction of tha V404t*
oludinc the Chinese, the Filipin?ok. tht r4roorirt oltdi
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MINUTES OF Sinft 14111
VOR roarizai tie
This meeting was held in Ur
11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Mardi Mr* 4i4itoOt
Mr. Poole
2..ajor &Inas tor Lt., Col
Mr. N. Rookefelle:
Mr. Wallaoe K. HarrisaA
Dr. Max Asooli
The next meeting is scheduled for 11Z4a, atirtte,
Fee:nesday, I March 18, in Mr. Berle-is orrieloe: tlf
taken of the tiiwo` memorarida: submitted. Itr
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that they felt the objection Wald ApprVOkt:
Mr. Berlele letter of Pobruary 27 to the locrtitArr
War drawing the attention of the War DepartMent tteth
Pronosed Italian AnIELEELEIAman, '
Colonel Lawhon regretted, that 100a4as of tiut
se,Ice of Mr. McCloyy AssistnAt SearAttary of lr
charge of sch matters, no final report from ths Wicr _
Denartment on nis suject w et able. It
as-reed that I7r. Berle should diteuss this matter' with
Ir. .McCIoypromptly on his returnI and it was hop4a,
1:17,5..t final report on this matter would be available
next meeting of the Committeq-
Dr. Ascoli reported that, based on information.
1-uccived from Mr. Romualdi, a reprosontative oit the,
:azzini Society just returned from South Americati. nat
perhaos a total of 1500 anti-Fascist Italians mIgtlt
be recruited from South America. The inter'ist tan
anti-Fascist Italian legion was most intense in
Uruguay l and it was suggested that a ?aile be aespatiOh
to our Embassy in Montevideo asking for furt'.her: 1r;?
formation on the present status of a *Garib4
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that was endeavoring to get recruits in Urttp
Argentina.
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however, again: referred tC1, titit,
that he thought would result: trti'm tvork with
prisoners of war in Africa and. L`41,44 .St-
Spivemini Is opinion that lift tr ,C Morttuf wort;
10,000 tc 120000 men might be: ree,
anti?Fascist unit. It 'was aii37reed that ?frere
;7tentton this matter to the heads of tto: Ilattipt
about to leave for India. with the request th
into this during their visit, CIt WAS, Later
"chat there are approximately 1404000 :Ztallazi
of war in India, p1123 60,000 It:a1:Let-04.041i
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lir. Hoskins roported tk,n in :i imuiftor
qucsts on the part of antiiIs th_otihita
States end in South .Amorica to oraigt tt.114,t1httett.
Str.tes Army for e?ctive mtlitetry gervite ttatarle'-;'
anylnus to serve were Aatstrteina,
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d. Lo:ealists.. Here agaln? under trIgtlirligf
reEulationst fneso iniividuals cannot servirrith-
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on an:i ideRs on t'Pis subject that 'C114 Taxi Zepar to.=
Con ..-.1tttee and uIlat Colonel Lawholl 1)e asted to renqrt ' i
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In t:ii s con nection? Mx. rl.e re)..,)ortta, that thai
Attorney Cror.cral recuosted a .vepresentatioro tiorg
State Department be ?Finpointed to consider .4zith Dep
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classification f enemy aliens, which t hap?
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Mr. Berle mentioned a prolAdm, that WM5 ditItild151
11..ere alit!n seamen were desettAnq their sill-fyg tta altaiw
emnloyment in defenne industries. horso deyserttaaq
'erc'acing nromoted at least i!1 Pgrt by kgis prdpo4,011
an effort to hnnitcap .111r ehipping4 'tug astttt
'GI-I:It it be lookO Into nnd t:sst this CommItt#0 levi14110,
visco. )f the rc3ults at s lator date.
"Cn:.pr" Problem
Ar tncreasing amount of nropaganda efforts
ncgroc in thc United States attompting to stir
wh1tes was reoorted.
resnonsibility of OFF and OCD* NCte 4ilso wa0
tr!-en (-)f tl-Le fact chat in India and China also is
effts were in many places concentrating oil t4cit/n
rackal antamnism to the domination of whites and
1crticu1ar1y of the Anglo.Sazons.
This also, 11; was agreed, was a problem requiring .
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consideration by this ,pormi_ttee.
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Nationality Problems met in hi* ?Mee this mOr0
11:30. In addition to Ur Bibris, Kr. floskins stair
Dunn or the State Department and mysei f they,* *401410
present also Nelson Rooksfeller, Dro Asooll snct Nto
Harrison; Messrs. Cranston and Xatz of OJJ,; xr.
sent Colonel Goodfellow at thim meetinel And Golonel,
prepared in the European and Near Eastorn Divisions Ot
the Department of State (copies attached) and re ort
that the question of an Italian military unit was: sti
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not to classify Austrians as onnmy aliftrit
Colonel Lawhon of 0-1 said thati
had to be taken at the War Departmeldt 144,
to make known unofficially and comfi,dentlia
the objections which were being made to' tb40 i6e4k*t,
special Italian unit. Apart from the obmilfuradmilitstr
tive difficulties, doubt had been raised ro
reliability of such a unit, epc?&117 ihoUld,
in conflJnt with other Italianvo Stresa, 11104 al** boot%
planed upon the unfavorabl effect on millt*ry moraloK
of any reverses the unit might surfer; upop tho raig,
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and the disturbing effect of' the fac.c.,t "hats
a unit would if captured by ittilia4 noi
treated as traitors and shot*
Dr. Ascoli then reported
from South America indicating'
there toward enrollment in-*;.
to be recognized in .4401, Da,
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accomps ying MemoriandUm Of * *Otte
between Dr. Ascoli J14 UY*.1t.
Mr. Be le then aiked me. t0 rpPtttfOttit
convovaation withProfessor' Seivertiiii iiakaltirIdito
told of Professor Salvaminkos JoXtreite Cme
garding the number of probebl red,r4 a'for am-I
free legimi. Dr. Ascoli chareateriied .--rofesaort
skepticism as undoubtedly totessive.'
Som discussion ensued about , eitt allaatt
Italian prisoners in Africa and oasOydiero, Dr Ascot
suggented the possibility of to small I.
cadre in this country and then sendin thee to
as "misstmar1es4. Mr. Berle observed that any italtirL
unit or units which might be, realized would undolOtedir,,
find their service in the Middle Eat.
Mr. Berle then passed on to, the seOfm,d * trirt
agenda for the meeting. This was the atl.t44lom
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now from several quarters for the r*classiticatiot *
certain enemy aliens as "friendly".: It wee b.ix
that Serbs, Croats And Slovenes, no TegistersA
Italians should be so reclassifieC,,Rabbi Ii$.
asked that Germax-ATewish refugefi
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allied nations werlu leaving their 0447400' , ,,p
ouch month and emtoring defense industrias A 140$.-
defense industries. This was again ilutt*erfir thow
Department of Justice., Mr. L. X. Co Satial,VSeliirritia.
that he had been endeavoring to inducie induatr7i4tiodo,
Tfould no doubt now tilt cordiall
if he asked industry to refuso to employ at least on.
problem was really to police the wt ar fronts *nd proPftalt,-,
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touts from lurine the seamen away from their ships with.
the promise of high wages in industry.
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In general the Etiropearn k,
organization of st.leh Unita- 0
the United States Army. The row
may be summarized briefly at folly
1. Particularly since the Imst
has followed a policy of encOura0
this country to forget their titt ;#0.
to make themselves fully a part df the Utitt
Such a policy has tremendoug lOrittittO
departure from it, even in donneetion, withvt
ance of the wai- effort, should, it IM1 ee41
only under the most exceptional cirtilOsttuidrett?
2. Under the procedure noWtoing tbrMIlloit
Selective Service System, the War.Departmetti
Department, aliens who are nationals
countries who have not declared their littelUtut
ing American citizens will, under pritscrIted condItIO,
be given the opportunity of opting to serve in the fill*
of their countries and while so tervin Motive deferr*
status under the United States Selective Service, 5itt**4
Furthermore, aliens who have declared their Inten%100*
and also American citizens may, if theythoase* terveL,,
one of the co-belligerent forces, and receive deferre44
status provided they have unsuccessfully offered thol,
forces and provided further that they b*ve iatUcT
classified by the Selective Service System, in onpro
groups considered as being unavailable 0A,.r se, -
services on a volunteer basis to the United St74,7 ,
the American armed forces, i.e. dkiliedor er4
to the national health, scitety and'interei
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ployed on defense projects who cannotspared peLsxie
deferred by reason of dependency ,and others def erre
law.
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This Division feels that, the, PrOpoi,ied procAdtmil
indicated above gives ample leeway for an alien
of this country to serve tn the fords of hisHown
if he so desires.
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country should feel honored, by the truOjand
shown in him by permiting -him to serve
footing with an American,pi?tiiAen,1,11 thEyxr*O?
the United States-41 1H.,?
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iuch Rroup ahottld,
militdry authoritleA 't
of foroim birth v'heo go ,
loan prmod forool* In:thlg waY dur6.1*
woula have full control 'olftr iett2ir
thorn to tilo boat rtelwAttilgeo, withoUt
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qovornmonte or rg ?'ri, n thil tduhlry
It will bo notod that tho
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militvry units oompoaod ot matiottla olf chtltrv I'
countries or of Amorlotuu d011Idlit to dillitr' '
of such countrioss NatiOngs Of php:. d0111.
rosiding in tho Uhltod 'Statos, dr* , ' f-(4.1 1.T.
catce;ory under tho Solootivoi Trtitil ?i'o;,.
1940, RS amondod) v.nd will) of cowl- 4f.,'rO it
p ri. v i 1 ?Fos F;rrsnt :id oo-bollittororitii tts, ollqintd:
For thi s ru a s o n i t would s o orri that th&L'it 4tit"Ct eit d