Honolulu Record, August 19, 1948, vol. 1 no. 3, p. 7

Anti-Discrimination Award Made by CIO

Washington (FP) — Annual awards of the CIO Committee to Abolish discrimination were announced Aug. 8. Six individuals and one organization were honored for their contributions to the work of freeing the U. S. from discrimination.

The award winners were: Most Rev. Joseph Hitter, Cath­olic Archbishop of St. Louis;

Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers;

Allan S. Haywood, CIO vice president and director of organization;

Carl Holderman, president of the New Jersey CIO council;

The American Veterans Committee, through its chairman Chat Paterson;

Dr. Frank M. Furstenberg, Baltimore physician;

Clement Nitka, of the CIO Paper Workers, who led a successful, campaign to end racial discrimination in the Elkhart, Ind. public schools.