Atlanta Daily World

Story Of Porter Who Invented Coach Derailment Device To Be Broadcast
Freedom's People
Reelected Sigma President

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SNS)—The story of a Pullman porter who invented a device to put derailed car back on railroad tracks will be told in "The Negro Worker," fifth in the "Freedom's People" series to be presented over the National Broadcasting Company's red network from 12:30 to 1 p.m., EST., Sunday, January 18.

The porter William James Dixon, was returning home to see his daughter graduate when a car on the train he was working on was derailed. While Dixon watched train crews tediously working to replace the car on the rails, the time for the graduation passed.

Dixon resolved to find a way to reduce such delays. He invented a re-railer now used by railways the world over.

"Freedom's People" is sponsored by a national advisory committee with which the U. S. Office of Education cooperates to tell the story of Negro participation in all phases of American life industry, agriculture, sports, music, public affairs, literature, and war work.

This broadcast in the series is devoted to work of Negroes in such fields as agriculture, industry, mining, shipping, domestic work; and rail-roading.

A. Philip Randolph, a national labor leader who has probably done more to solve Negro labor problems than any other person, will describe the increasingly important role of Negro as welders, riveters, machine operators, and other skilled workers in war industries.

Randolph will speak from Chicago. Following his remarks the broadcast will sketch Negro participation in war work.

The Southernaires, Negro quartet, famous on the radio and concert stage for more than fifteen years, will sing several numbers.

The 12-voice De Paur chorus and the NBC staff orchestra are regular features of the series.

Other dramatized scenes will report the work of T. M. Campbell and J. B. Pierce, first Negro agricultural extension agent appointed by the Department of Agriculture, and their influence on farming practices in the South. Representing Negro agricultural youth the national president of the New Farmers of America will speak briefly.

To make possible the "Freedom's People" series, the Rosenwald Fund and the Southern Foundation have made funds available. The NBC and stations of its red network contribute broadcasting facilities.

The series is under supervision of Dr. Ambrose Calver, specialist in Negro education in the U. S. Office of Education, and William B. Boutwell, chief of its radio division. Scripts are written by Eve Tuck and musical arrangements by Dr. Charles Cooke.