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Urban League Host To Church Women
Hunters
Several hunting parties are
scheduled for this week-end.
Among them are: Mr. Richard
Huston, Mr. Julius Cowan, Mr.
Ray Jackson and Don Grisby; Mr.
Gilbert Hubert, Mr. Hudson, Mr.
L. R. Shepard and Mrs. Lucile
Wright. They will go to Hastings
and Fairmont. In another group
will be Mr. Alonzo Carter, Mr.
William Burns, Mr. L. Henderson
and Mr. Carl Finley and still
another party will be Mr. Charles
Norman, Mr. Wyatt Williams and
Mr. Ray Holcomb.
Presents Program
On Friday, October 18, Rev.
and Mrs. J. S. Favors conducted
a lecture on “The Negro in our
History” at the Westminster Pres
byterian Church. The lecture was
conducted with the use of maga
zines, books, and pictures and
statistical information on large
posters. Aside from lecturing,
Rev. Favors sang Negro spirituals
and Negro work songs. Mrs. Fa
vors recited bits of poetry writ
ten by Negroes. The lecture was
presented to the young peoples
club of the church.
PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW
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Mr. Reginald Johnson, field worker of the National Urban
League New York City and Mr. Clyde Malone, executive secretary
of the Lincoln Urban League in a recent conference at the Urban
League. Mr. Johnson’s work has to do with coordinating the af
filiate league with the program of the National organization, and
the national with the local organizations.
Mr. Malone, one of Lincoln’s talented and well known young
men, received his education in the Lincoln schools. He is a gradu
ate of the University of Nebraska and is at present taking work in
the Graduate School of Social Work at the University, as well as
taking care of the Urban League duties. He has held many posi
tions of prominence including work with the National Benefit Life
Insurance Co. and the Phyllis Wheatly Settlement House of Minne
> apolis. He is active in outside activities and is Worshipful Master
of Lebanon Lodge No. 3. A. F. and A. M.
Mr. Malone married Miss Izetta Colley in 1910 and they have one
daughter, Jeanne, a student at the University of Nebraska. Mr.
Malone and his family are interested in the community and its
problems.
Telephone Firm Hires
Four As Switchboard
Operators
Reveals Negroes in other Skilled
Positions
DETROIT—(ANP)—Jim crow
ism was dealth another crushing
blow when four Negro girls were
accepted as switchboard opera
tors in the local central office of
the Michigan Bell Telephone
company here last week. The
four girls assigned were the
Misses Lillian Campbell, Jacque
line Oliver, Wilhelmina Irvin, and
Josephine Taylor.
According to a company
spokesman the employment of
Negro operators is in line with
the company’s overall objective
to employ qualified applicants re
gardless of race, creed, or color
in all offices where we need new
employees.”
Previously opportunities for
Negroes in the company were
limited to the so-called white
collar jobs, such as business of
fice and public contract employes,
typists, clerks and skilled work
man. Company officials estimate
that between 200 and 300 Negroes
are on the company’s payroll,
though personnel records of
white and colored employes are
not kept separate. It is said that
some employes are members of
the Telephone pioneers of Ameri
ca, an organization comprised of
men and women who have been
in the telephone business for 21
or more years.
The official said hiring of Neg
roes as switchboard operators in
other offices of the company’s
territory would be made as soon
as the need for help arose and as
applicants qualified for duties of
switchboard operators. He dis
closed that no arbitrary limita
tion is placed on the number of
Negroes it will employ in this
capacity.
Selection of operators for posi
tions will be determined by in
terviews which will consider ap
titude, age, education, height,
reach, health and general fitness
for work. The minimum educa
tional requirement is said to be
fixed at high school graduation
level. The same salary and train
ing opportunities will be accord
ed Negro employes, and they will
use the same facilities as whites.
In the matter of compensation,
job classification will be the con
trolling factor for wages or salar
ies. i
The Lincoln Council of Church
Women held its meeting at the
Lincoln Urban League, 2030 T
Street, Tuesday, October 15,
starting at 10:30 a. m. running
thru 2 p. m.
The department of spiritual
life was in charge of the pro
gram. The theme was “World
Community”.
John L. Knight, chancellor of
'Nebraska Wesleyan University
spoke on “World Community
Day” at 1 p. m., following a noon
lunch. Mrs. Marie Copeland,
Chairman of the entertainment
committee and assistants were in
charge of the serving. Members
furnished sandwiches, with coffee
furnished by the Urban League.
Mrs. P. C. Swift had charge of
the Spiritual life meeting.
Mrs. Enid Miller Hoffman, of
Nebraska Wesleyan, made a plea
at 11:30 a. m. for boxes of items
that could be used by children
from 2 to 4 years old and by
European church people.
Mrs. Frank Tishkins directed
the devotionals. About 200 were
present.
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Georgia May Elect Negro
TO PUBLIC OFFICE
ATLANTA— (ANP)—The pos
sibility that Georgia will elect its
first Negro office-holder since re
construction days developed here
last Thursday with an announce
ment that Aurelius Southhall
Scott, identified with the Atlanta
Daily World, is running for office
of coroner of Fulton county.
This action is said to be of un
usual interest since the Democra
tic party, dominant in the south
and particularly in Georgia, is
taking drastic measures to pre
vent Negro voting, and the Ful
ton county convention delegation
is said to be apprehensive that a
solid Negro vote will elect Scott.
Scott is one of 24 candidates
for that position. The others are
all white.
Sec. 562, P. L. & R.
