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" THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor
«.#« a Year—5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1925 Whole Number 521 Vol. X—No. 52
COLORED MAN WINS SCHOLORSHIP PRIZE
ORION LABOR WINS
DESIRED MEASBRE
BY RACE SUPPORT
Opposition of Colored Members in
■hais Legislature Withdrawn
on Pledge of a Fair
Treatment
mix WOULD HAVE FAILED
Governor Small Confers with Wright
Who Demands Modification of
Union’s Attitude Towards
\ Our Group
i By the A. N. P.)
Springfield, 111., June 26.—Support
from two of the colored members of
the state assembly enabled Union
labor leaders to put over their anti
injunction bill when the measure
pu.-sed the house with one vote to
spare. As a result, labor chieftains
have promised concessions to Negro
workmon including- the use . of their
influence to lower the bars against
colored men which exist in a number
of the labor bodies.
The bill which prohibits judges from
granting injunctions restraining strik
er.- from engaging in “peaceful per
suasion and peaceful picketing” in
labor disputes involving terms or con
dition.' of employment has been
fought for by the labor circles for
year; Observers predict that it will
strengthen immeasurably labor unions
in the state, while its opponents claim
that it spells the death knell for the
“open shop” which has been gaining
ground steadily of late years.
Three times the bill was up. Twice
the foar colored members voted sol
idly against it on the grounds that
union labor was unfair to the colored
worker. Governor . Small who was
committed to the bill called in Com
mitteeman Edward H. Wright, state
leader, who told him colored people
were opposed to the law and explained
their reasons. The governor express
ed surprise that any labor union did
not admit colored men freely and con
ferred with the labor leaders who then
introduced a modified measure. Mr.
Wright called a conference in the of
fices of the state commerce commis
sion of which he is a member, and
which was attended by Col. Frank L.
Smith, representing the governor,
Assemblymen William King, S. B.
Turner, Warren B. Douglas and Chas.
Griffin, John Walker and Victor Ole
ander, president and secretary of the
State Federation of Labor, Represen
tative Soderstrom and others. The
labor leaders agreed to fight for the
removal of all barriers to colored
men. Subsequently twenty-five col-:
ored men leaders in those unions
which admit men of color called on
Mr. Wright to ask him to use his in
fluence for the bill on the grounds
that such support would encourage
union labor which felt that colored
men were opposed to it at every turn.
The result of the conference was an
understanding that the legislators
having seen that the matter had j
drawn the attention of the entire
state, from the governor down, and
having shown labor that it no longer
could practice injustices without ex
pecting retribution on the part of the
colored men in power had decided to
split their votes on the issue. When
the bill came up Warren B. Douglas,
in a glowing speech, assailed union
labor for its past attitude ami then
voted for the passage. Sheadrick B.
"Sandbag” Turner opposed it vigor
ously and voted against it. Represen
tatives King and Griffin divided their
vole and the measure passed. It is
predicted that the eyes of the colored
people of the state will be turned to
ward every act of lahor unions in the
future in order to see how the effect
of thin magnaminity on the part of
the colored members of the legis
lature is reflected in the attitude of
the labor organizations.
attending convention
Saia Trice of Henderson, Tenn., is
* attending the national D. A. V. con
vention meeting this week in Omaha.
% Mr. Price was a member of the 807th
Pioneer regiment and saw service
overseas.
D. A. V. PARADE
la the impressive D. A. V. parade
Monday morning, the Roosevelt Post
of the American Legion and the La
dies’ Auxiliary in automobiles made
a most favorable showing. Desdunes
band led the division in which the
Roosevelt Post was placed. Several
colored musicians were also members
of the public school drum corps and
Father Flannagan Boys band.
HIGH MASONS HOLD
THIRD ANNUAL SESSION
IN GATE CITY OF WEST
Representatives of Craft from Three
States Transact Business and
Enjoy Hospitality of
Omaha
The third annual convocation of
Hawkeye Grand Chapters, Royal Arch
Masons, and the third annual con
1 clave of Hawkeye Grand Commandery
Knights Templar, convened in Omaha
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
1 last week, as the guests of Eureka
' Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. and Ivanhoe
! Commandery, No. 9, K. T. Three
states, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska
were represented.
The session, which were all well
attended, were held in Masonic hall,
Twenty-fourth and Parker streets.
Wednesday was occupied with the
‘transaction of routine business and a
public reception at night, at which an
excellent program of speeches, music
and other features was rendered.
Nathaniel Hunter was master of cere
monies. Among the speakers were
H. J. Pinkett, Chas. W. Dickerson, Joe
Brown of Des Moines, J. H. Sherwood
of St. Paul, Minn., J. W. Taylor, John
L. Thompson of Des Moines, la., Ed.
Fletcher and M. L. Wilson. Musical
numbers were contributed by Mrs.
Delores Blackwell, Zion B. Sharp
Quartette and the Harmony Four of
St. John’s A. M. E. Church.
Thursday was occupied with busi
ness, including the election of officers
of the Grand Chapter; a sight-seeing
tour in the afternoon and a special
and most impressive memorial service
by the Hawkeye Grand Commandery
at 8 o’clock.
Friday business was completed, the
officers of the Grand Commandery
were elected and installed and a grand
reception was given at night at the
Dreamland hall by Zaha Temple No.
52, A. E. A. O. N. M. S.
The reports showed the organiza
tion in a most prosperous condition,
numerically and financially. The vis
itors were delighted with the hospital
ity shown, the sentiment being unani
mous that nothing was left undone to
add to the comfort, convenience and
pleasure of the guests. The Daugh
ters of Isis came in for well-merited
praise for the bounteous lunch served
daily at the hall.
The Grand Chapter elections result
ed as follows: William Bell, M. E.,
Grand High Priest, Waterloo, la.; Ed.
Fletcher, R. E. Grand King, Omaha;
J. W. South, R. E. Grand Scribe, Keo
kuk, la.; C. F. Topson, Rt. E. Grand
treasurer, Des Moines, la.; L. H. Low
ery, Rt. E. Grand secretary, Cedar
Rapids, la.; S. Joe Brown, Rt. E.
Grand lecturer, Des Moines, la.
The Grand Commandery elected the
following officers: C. C. Johnson,
Grand Generalissimo, Des Moines, la.;
Nat. Hunter, Grand Captain General,
Omaha; Win. A. Hilyard, Grand Pre
late, St. Paul, Minn.; Geo. I* Pickett,
S. Grand Warden, Keokuk, la.; J. H.
Hopkins, J. Grand Warden, Waterloo,
la.; F. D. Bland, Grand treasurer,
Keokuk, la.; J. W. Taylor, Grand sec
retary, St. Paul, Minn.; S. Joe Brown,
Grand instructor, Des Moines, la.
Attorney S. Joe Brown, P. G. com
mander, in his report as representa
tive of Hawkeye G. Commandery to
the International Conference of K. T.
for United States and Canada, showed
a substantial increase numerically and
financially throughout the entire jur
isdiction.
ASKS NAMES OF REJECTED
CIVIL SERVICE MEN
Names and other information re
garding men who have passed civil
service examinations and have failed
to be appointed, are asked by James
H. Nelson, president of district No.
10 of the National Alliance of Postal
Employees. He has Kansas, Colo
rado, Iowa, Nebraska, North and
South Dakota in his jurisdiction.
“This information will be used to
try to get the government to adopt
the fingerprint method in appointing
men,” Mr. Nelson said. “There will
be a conference in Washington, July
8th to 11th to protest the present
system which discriminates so com
pletely against colored applicants.
When a colored man is among those
on the eligible list of three, he is in
variably turned down and a white
man appointed. Three such refusals
automatically drop him from the
eligible list.”
Names, addresses, dates of exam
inations, grades, education and war
record, if any, are asked of applicants
who have failed of appointment.
Mail your information to John
James, local secretary, Omaha, Nebr.,
Branch of the National Alliance of
Postal Employees, in order that we
may submit to district president, Mr.
James H. Nelson.
CONG. HAMILTON FISH REPLIES TO BOLLARD
New York, June 26.—Congressman
’ Hamilton Fish of New York, who
commanded colored soldiers in France,
has written a vigorous letter defend
j ing colored soldiers from the imputa
tion of cowardice and unfitness cast
by General Robert Lee Bullard in his
article in the Herald-Tribune. Mr.
Fish’s letter, published in the Herald
Tribune, June 12th, is as follows:
"I have read with amazement the
story of the 92nd Negro Division by
General Robert Lee Bullard, and as
much as I dislike to differ with such
an eminent American general, I would
be derelict in my duty towards those
I Negro soldiers in the old Fifteenth
New York who paid the supreme
sacrifice, if I did not hasten to deny
the glittering generalities and asper
i ions heaped against the Negro as a
fighting man.
“General Robert Lee Bullard’s ar
ticle shows a degree of animus against
the colored soldier which is unusual
from an army officer who should be
familiar with deeds of heroism per
formed by Negro soldiers in all our
wars—the 64th Massachusetts Infan
try, colored, under the gallant Col.
Shaw in the Civil War, the 9th Caval
i v, colored, in Cuba, which rushed to
the support of the Rough Riders when
i the fighting was hotest, and the 24th
and 26th Infantry along the border
and in the Phillipines.
"I do not know whether General
Bullard comes from the far South as
I his name indicates, but I do know
I that his indictment of the Negro sol
: diers to be absolutely unfair and un
; warranted. I do not question the
facts presented by General Bullard
but differ utterly as to the conclu
sions. It seems to me that the re
sponsibility for the ‘profound dis
couragement’ in the 92nd Division
rests largely on General Bullard’s
shoulders as the provisional 93rd Div
ision (colored) fought splendidly and
had exceedingly heavy casualties.
“General Bullard says of the 92nd
Division, ‘the General who commands
them can’t make them fight,’ and
again, ‘its Division Commanding Gen
eral is. not a military man.’ If this
particular General was not up to his
job why did not General Bullard re
place him ? Why is it that the four
colored American Infantry Regiments
attached to the French Army fought
valiantly and that three of these regi
ments had their flags decorated with
the Croix de Guerre for gallantry on
the field of battle? No one questions
the fighting abilities of the Americ
an Negro regiments loaned to the
French; their heroic achievements
speak for themselves.
“The total casualties of these four
infantry regiments which had a battle
strength of approximately 10,000, or
2,600 to a regiment, were 457 killed
and 3,468 wounded, or 40 per cent of
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Replies to Slander of General
Robert Lee Btillard of
Alabama
N. A. A. C. P. Press Service.)
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the effectives. With the exception
of the First and Second Divisions,
there were not many American divi
sions which had a higher percentage
of killed and wounded. These four
regiments received over 400 individual
decorations for extraordinary heroism
under fire, officially proving the gal
lant conduct of Negro troops in mod
ern warfare.
“They endured all the hardships
without a murmur, slept in the cold
| and rain and faced death from high
explosives, shrapnel, gas and machine
guns with the same fortitude, loyalty
i and courage as the other American
; divisions.
“The Negro troops far from being
‘discouraged’ were known to the
French as ‘les Joyeux’ or the ‘Happy
Ones’ as they carried out orders with
out grumbling, and made the best of
the conditions with which they had
to contend.
. “The answer is that the 92nd Divi
sion (Negro) in General Bullard’s
army never had a fair chance from
the beginning. The men were lack
ing in training and the junior officers
I were inexperienced and not accustom
' ed to command. Many of the soldiers
were recruits who had never seen a
rifle in their lives, drafted from the
cotton and corn fields less than two
months before being ordred to parti
cipate in a general offensive. Some
of the soldiers actually went into bat
tle without ever having fired a rifle.
Unlike other divisions, they had hard
ly any experience in quiet sectors but
owing to the need for all available
troops were rushed into the Septem
ber offensive.
“General Bullard goes on to say
that ‘the Negro it seems cannot stand
bombardment’. Such a statement is
simply silly and shows that General
Bullard does not know what he is
talking about. It am quite sure that
neither General Mangin nor General
Gouraud of the French army both of
whom commanded colored French
troops ever had any such idea. Gen
eral Mangin who had as much experi
ence with colored soldiers as any gen
eral in the World War, was most out
spoken in his praise and maintained
that if properly trained and led, they
were equal to the best troops in any
army in the world for bravery and
fighting qualities.
“Those white officers who have
served with colored troops know that
if Negro soldiers are given a fair
chance, carefully trained and led by
experienced officers, that they make
first-class fighting men. If General
I Bullard desires to question the effi
! ciency and advisability of using col
I ored officers, let him say so, but noi
indict the NegTo soldier of cowardice
i which is a gross calumny against fear
less soldiers who were ready and will
! ing to lay down their lives for theii
country, and who if well led will gc
1 as far as any general or any white
officer will lead them.
“General Bullard further says ‘the
I politics of our country had forced the
j formation of this Negro division con
i trary to experience.’ Contrary to whal
experience and to whose experience!
I Since when did the United States evei
I have divisions containing 27,000 mer
before white or black ? No wonder the
92nd Division never had a chance ii
; that w'as the attitude of ranking gen
! erals in our army. Fortunately we
1 have much better regular army au
thority than General Bullard on the
conduct of American Negro troops in
war. Col. James A. Moss, a graduate
of West Point who served eighteen
! years with colored troops and com
manded the 372th Infantry in France,
I says ‘if properly trained and instruct
ed the colored man makes as good a
1 soldier as the world has ever seen.
The history of the Negro in all of
J our wars including our Indian cam
paigns show this. He is by nature
of a happy disposition, he is respons
ive and tractable, he is very amenable
to discipline, he has faith and con
j fidence in his leader, he possesses
physical courage all of which are valu
able military assets.’
“General Pershing says ‘I cannot
| commend too highly the spirit shown
1 among the colored combat troops who
exhibit fine capacity for quick train
ing and eagerness for the most dan
! gerous work.’
“According to General Bullard’s
own statement the 92nd Diviision was
under his command only a few weeks,
j yet he undertakes to condemn all Ne
gro soldiers of cowardice and ineffi
ciency because of the mishandling of
the division under his command. The
fact is that they were only called on
to attack on November 10th and 11th
along with the other units of the
Second Army and accomplished about
as much as any other division in that
I attack, one of the colored battalions
being decorated for coming to the aid
of some white troops which had got
ten into a tight place. If the attack
of the Second Army failed the blame
should be placed elsewhere than in
| this division when the First Army
succeeded in its attack in September,
j 1918, there might have been some
| reason to reproach the colored recruits
but in the November offensive before
Metz the blame rests largely on poor
| leadership as there was plenty of
| time to reorganize the entire outfit if
it were deemed necessary.
“In my judgment this unwarranted
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| Lift Every Voice and Sing 1
National Hymn for the Colored People of America E
1 by |
= Janies Weldon Johnson, Secretary N. A. A. C. P.
I Lift every voice and sing
E Till earth and Heaven ring, =
Shout with the harmonies of liberty.
E Let our rejoicing rise E
Higb as the listening skies,
= l^et it resound loud as the rolling seas; E
Sing a song full of faith that the dark past has taught us;
E Sing a song full of hope which the present has brought us; E
Facing the rising sun =
E Of our new day begun, E
Let us march on till victory is won.
= Stony the way we trod, =
E Bitter the chastening rod E
Felt in the days when hope died; =
Yet with a steady beat E
= Have not our weary feet =
E Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
= We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, E
E We have come treading our path thru the blood of the
E slaughtered, E
E Out from the gloomy past E
E Till now we stand at last E
~ Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. E
E God of our weary years, E
E God of our silent tdars, =
~ Thou Who hast brought us thus far on our way, E
E Thou Who hast by Thy might =
E Led us into the light, E
E Keep us forever in the path, we pray; E
| Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met
■ Thee,
i Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget I
Thee,
Shadowed beneath Thy hand
May we forever stand
True to our God, true to our native land.
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EASTERN DELEGATES
TO DENVER CONFERENCE
PASS THROUGH OMAHA
Citizens Meet Visitors at Station—
Stop Too Short for Proposed
Auto Sight Seeing
Ride
A delegation of forty persons from
1 New York and other eastern cities,
en route to the Sixteenth Annual Con
■ ference of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple, now in session in Denver, arrived
i in Omaha Tuesday afternoon at 3:50
! over the Burlington, remaining here
thirty-five minutes. They were met
by representatives of the local branch
of the N. A. A. C. P., and several
citizens, who had most generously
I volunteered the use of their cars for
a brief sight-seeing trip. The time,
however, was deemed too short for the
trip. The visitors highly appreciated
i the hospitality shown.
Through the thoughtfulness of R.
L. Williams, Commissioner of the Col
ored Commercial Club, the visitors
were supplied with souvenirs of Oma
ha, consisting of folders showing our
sky line, facts about Omaha, the Col
ored Business Guide and Directory,
and buttons and badges bearing the
words “Omaha Next”. Attorney John
Adams' Harold Adams and Dr. Mc
Millan assisted Mr. Williams in the
distribution of the souvenirs.
Among the Omaha citizens who met
the delegates were, Dr. and Mrs. D.
W. Gooden, Drs. Britt, Wesley Jones,
Hill, Edwards, Foster and McMillan;
the Rev. and Mrs. Frederick Divers;
Rev. Z. C. McGee; Rev. and Mrs. John
Albert Williams, Henry W. Black,
Rev. J. A. Harris, Mrs. W. W.
Peebles, Mesdames Senora M. Wilkin
son, T. P. Mahammitt, H. J. Pinkett,
E. R. West and R. S. Williams,
Messrs. C. C. Galloway, Count Wilkin
son and others.
A complete roster of the delegation
was not secured, but among them
were Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson,
Walter F. White and Miss Randolph
of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
j E. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Russell
i W. Jellifie of Cleveland; Miss Lee of
; Baltimore; the Rev. G. R. Waller of
Springfield, Mass.; Mr. Thomas of
: Philadelphia; the Rev. Mr. Burton of
I Chicago, and Charles Edward Russell
of Washington, D. C. The distinguish
ed visitors regretted that their stay
in Omaha was so short.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bates of Pittsburgh,
Pa., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Alma
Crosley, 2406 North Thirtieth street.
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attack on Negro soldiers and charg
ing them with cowardice is either a
deliberate conspiracy to malign and
discredit American Negro soldiers and
the Negro race or it was written with
out knowledge and conclusion hastily
or eagerly jumped at from prejudice
without a careful investigation of all
the facts regarding the training, ex
perience and conduct in battle of all
the colored American soldiers in the
American expeditionary forces.
“If anyone questions the bravery of
the American colored soldier let me
relate the story of Sgt. Butler of Co.
L, 369th Infantry, who pursued a Ger
man raiding party into no man’s land
after they had captured a white Am
erican officer and four or five Negro
soldiers and who alone and unaided
except by the small machine gun he
carried, freed the white officer and
the colored soldiers, and killed a half
dozen of the German raiding party,
and seriously wounded the German of
ficer who later died in our trenches.
That is the true account of one
trained and experienced colored non
commissioned officer acting on his
own initiative and what one can do all
! could have done, if given the oppor
tunity and properly trained and led.
“Let no man question the bravery
of the colored soldiers for he either
does not know what he is talking
about or he is prejudiced.
“I do not know General Bullard and
have no personal controversy with
him but simply out of justice to those
seven hundred colored soldiers who
paid the supreme sacrifice, the five
thousand who were wounded and the
four hundred thousand in the armed
forces of the United States, I wish to
take this opportunity to protest, deny
and repudiate the charge of cowardice
against the American Negro soldier.
“Respectfully yours,
(Signed) “HAMILTON FISH, JR.
“Formerly an Officer in the
869th Infantry.’’
P. S.—“Since writing this defense
of the colored American soldier in the
World War, I have learned that Gen
eral Robert Lee Bullard was bom in
Alabama and was appointed to West
Point from that state. Such informa
tion may be useful to the reader be
fore reaching a conclusion.”
i
NEGRO AWARDED
GUGGENHEIM
FELLOWSHIP
Professor Isaac Fisher, Editor of
Fisk News, Among First Fifteen
to Secure Coveted
Distinction
FALLS IN EXCEPTIONAL GROlfP
Who Will Be Permitted to Take Im
mediate Advantage of Their
Highly Prized Ap
pointment
(By the A. N. P.)
New York, N. Y., June 26.—The list
of persons awarded fellowships to
study abroad, by the recently estab
lished Guggenheim Foundation con
tains the name of one colored man,
Isaac Fisher, university editor at Fisk
University and so many times a win
ner of prize contests open to the na
tion at large.
As has happened so many times in
the past, Mr. Fisher falls in the class
of the exceptional group of those re
ceiving fellowships. ,Th!is point is
stressed by the New York Herald
Tribune as follows:
“Originally the fellowships were
planned to begin next spring, for the
academic year of 1926-27, when from
forty to fifty fellows will be appoint
ed. However, fifteen applicants prov
ed particularly meritorious and it was
found that their cases called for
prompt action. The fifteen prelimin
ary awards were made for the aca
demic year starting next fall.”
Almost all of the New York papers
took special interest of the fact that
one of the fellows is a colored man.
The New York World announced it in
its headlines, “Negro to Study Danger
Trends in Race Relations”. The New
York Times referred to it twice re
marking once that “One of the Gug
genheim fellows will study certain
phases of world race relations.”
The Boston, Mass., Post remarked:
“Among the most interesting tasks
set for the first group receiving fel
lowships is that of Isaac Fisher, col
ored teacher in Fisk university, Nash
ville, Tenn., who will study ‘Danger
Trends in World Race Relations’ in
this country and abroad.”
The Nashville Tennessean said:
“Isaac Fisher, Negro, editor of the
Fisk News and teacher in Journalism
at Fisk, has been awarded a John
Simon Guggenheim fellowship for his
work as editor of the Fisk News and
also his work in the field of inter
racial matters, it was announced by
the Guggenheim Memorial foundation.
Professor Fisher has resigned from
Fisk, and it is understood that he will
leave Nashville in the fall to take
up his studies and work in the east
and abroad as provided by the fellow
ship. Most of his study will be con
fined to interracial questions and re
search.”
OMAHA WAITERS ASSOCIATION
The Waiters’ Associaton held its
regular weekly meeting Monday night
at the club rooms, 2724 Lake street.
The topic of discussion was ways and
means to put the club upon a self
supporting basis. Five new members
were added. Membership going up.
Mr. A. Harris of Salt I^ike, former
ly of Harrisburg, Pa., arrived in our
city last week, stopping with his old
friend, Mr. S. T. Phillips, 2874 Corby
street. He says he may stay awhile.
Omaha is a good town to live in.
The association has been informed
of the serious illness of Mr. William
H. Newsome, 2417 Blondo street, a
brother knight. We hope for his
speedy recovery.
Abe has it Reed if size nd corpora
tion stand for anything. The Bur
lington has nothing on him. Oh you
chef!
We are glad to see the spirit of
manhood in our most eminent head
waiter, Mr. Elder Scott. It's money
that makes the mare go, not position
that will get it
Mr. Homer Alexander blew in last
week after a two weeks’ sojourn in
Los Angeles with the Shriners. Glad
to get home. Business good, I thank
you!
The Association is the recipient of
a circular letter from The Waiters’
Hotel Gazette, Chicago, seeking sub
scribers for the same. Men desiring
to subscribe can leave their name and
address with the correspondent at the
club room.
Big week for the extra knights at
the Field Club during the Trans-Mis
sissippi Golf Tournament. Head wait
er Brooks is working as many men as
possible. Who’s allright T Brooks.
—C. H. Spriggs, Correspondent
