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...victory last week was Spahn's 332nd, more than any lefthander in the history of baseball,* and his fifth of the young 1963 season. Better still, four of them were in April. "I've never started so well," he crowed. "I always try to pace myself. I figure to win four games in May, four more in June, and so on through September. That adds up to an even 20. Anything I win in April is gravy...
...Chicago, son of an Irish immigrant stationary fireman (boilers) and ardent trade unionist. He went through grade school and three years of night school, at 17 started work as an apprentice steam fitter, became a journeyman, then went off to World War I as a private in the 332nd Field Artillery...
...three short years of separate existence, the Air Force had done well. Prodded by the committee, and with some misgivings, it broke up the all-Negro 332nd Fighter Wing, set about distributing personnel of other Negro units throughout the service. By January of this year, three-quarters of the Air Force's 25,000 Negroes had been integrated in mixed units. All training schools and all jobs were open to them, all "racial strength" quotas were abolished. "Commanders testified that racial incidents had diminished rather than increased," reported the committee...
According to the "Army and Navy Journal," the Air Force is planning to go even farther. The Air Force's plan, still being studied by Pentagon brass, calls for complete elimination of segregation. All Negro units, including the 332nd Fighter Wing, are to be deactivated, and their rated personnel assigned to other Air Force units all over the world. The non-rated but promising men would be sent to service schools for more training, and the "men of no promise" separated from the Air Force...
...listened quietly to a complimentary speech from Harry Truman, received a testimonial scroll signed by the President and Davis' Army comrades. After 50 years in the Army, Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, 71, had retired. Among the guests was Lieut. Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander of the 332nd Fighter Wing, the regular Air Force's ranking Negro officer...