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Vol. 4i, INo. 38 Line ** Newspaper Thursday, July 13, 1950
Sunday School and A.C.E. Lc
Omaha and Kansas City Distr
By Betty Wilson
In a joint session of the Kansas
City and Omaha districts of the
Nebraska conference of the A.M.E.
church which met July 5, 6 and
7, at Allen Chapel, Kansas City,
Kas., with Rev. F. D. Gregory,
host-pastor, new and up-to-date
methods were set for Sunday
school and Allen Christian En
deavor League workers. The dele
gates were divided into eight
clinic Workshops under the su
pervision of Mrs. O. M. Blount,
Dean of the School of Religious
Education. Each of the eight
Leaders gave class room instruc
tions for approximately seven
hours each day with a general
assembly which followed each in
termission.
Work Shops were as follows: 1. Sunday
Church School Workshops, Leader, Mrs.
Minnie Cooper. 2. Weekday Church School
Workshop, Leader, Mrs. S. Speed. 3.
Vacation Church School and Summer
Camps, Leader, Mrs. S. M. Pointer.
4. Youth Movement Workshop, Leader,
Miss LaClaire Jones. 5. Allen League
Workshop, Leader, Miss Ethel Lynn. 6.
Missionary Society Workshop, Leader, Mrs.
Ethel Myers. 7. Boy Scout Workshop,
Leader, Rev. W. W. Betton. 8. Visual
Aid Workshop, Leader, Rev. Paul Kidd.
The Rev. Elmer W. Newton,
presiding elder of the Kansas
City district, presided over the
morning session July 5, which
was devoted to worship and or
ganization of the conference. The
sermon was preached by the Rev.
H. Calvin McMillian, pastor of
St. Luke. Following the sermon,
officers of the convention were
elected, Miss Dorothy Green,
Quinn Chapel, Lincoln, Neb., sec
retary for the Omaha district and
Miss Barbara Davis, First Church,
Kansas City, secretary for the
Kansas City district.
Each morning a well planned
and appropriate devotional serv
ice was conducted by Mrs. S.
Speed. Mrs. E. B. Childress was
assisted at the piano by delegates.
The Rev. John Adams, presiding
elder of the Omaha district pre
sided interchangably with Rev.
Mr. Newton.
The Rev', and Mrs. F. F. Moten
ot the Kansas City-Lexington
district, the Rev. Carl F. Flipper,
Kansas City-Springfield district,
the Rev. E. A. Foust, pastor of
.. . NOTICE...
We have a new telephone number
_ 2-4085
Allen Chapel, Kansas City, Mo.,
the Rev. George F. Martin, Ebe
mezer, Kansas City, Mo., were
among the visitors during the
three-day meet.
The Rt. Rev. D. Ormonde
Walker, presiding Bishop of the
Fifth Episcopal district, addressed
the conference the first day at
which time he made known that
a $100 scholarship was available
to high school graduates who
wishes to enter Wilberforce uni
versity. The Rev. W. W. Betton,
Bethel, Leavenworth, Kas., and
his choir furnished the evening
worship service on Wednesday
evening. A unique program was
given by delegates from various
churches under the direction of
Miss LaClaire Jones.
Officers for the year 1950-51
were elected. Miss LaClaire
Jones, Kansas City district Sun
day school superintendent and
Miss Eugenia Holmes, district
president of the A.C.E. League.
For the Omaha district, Miss
Dorothy Green was elected Dis
trict superintendent of the Sun
day school and Miss Ethel Lynn,
Topeka, district president of the
A.C.E. League.
Must Pass State
Test to Practice
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ANP).
The state supreme court ruled
here last week that Negro lawyers
must pass the state bar examina
tion before being permitted to
practice within Alabama. The de
cision was handed down in the
case of four Birmingham Negroes
who had sued for admittance to
practice without an examination.
The quartet—Manley Banks,
Clarence Moses, Henry Moss and
Henry Pearson had studied outside
Alabama under.; the out-of-state
education program. They claimed
exemption from the state law
which says only graduates of the
University of Alabama law school
can be admitted to the bar without
examination.
However, the six justices on the
bench held that Negroes are not
entitled to exemption from the
state board. The jurists added that
the plaintiffs knew when they ?n
tered the out-of-state schools that
they would be required to take a
i bar exam.
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Named Consultant j
—Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
DR. CHARLES JOHNSON
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dr.
Charles S. Johnson, president of
Fisk University, has been named
consultant to the John Hay Whit
ney Foundation.
The foundation has been ac
tive in aiding persons who have
not had the opportunity to de
velop to the fullest extent be
cause of such barriers as race,
cultural background, or region
of residence.
He replaces the late Edwin R.
Embree.
Dr. Johnson, in addition to his
duties at Fisk and with the foun
dation, is a member of the execu
tive committee of the U. S. na
tional commission for UNESCO
and of the national commission
on children and youth.
U.L. Director
To AASW Office
ATLANTA. (ANP). Nelson C.
Jackson, southern field director of
the National Urban league, was
elected second vicfe president of
the American Association of Social
Workers for the next two years
in the national balloting held dur
ing April and May.
Mr. Jackson served as a mem
ber of the national board 1947 to
1950 and as a member of the
executive committee 1949-50.
7 .. NOTICE .77
We have a new telephone number
2-4085
... NOTICE., ,
SIGN SCHOLARSHIP CONTRACT—Jesse H. Jones, former secretary of commerce, and Dr. F. D.
Patterson president of Tuskegee institute, signed a contract last week from Houston Endowment, Inc.,
granting Tuskegee a $10,000 Scholarship fund. The fund will provide scholarships to promising young
men and women enrolled at Tuskegee institute who would find it difficult otherwise to obtain a college
education. Houston Endowment, Inc., is financed by Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones and seeks to serve
worthy charitable, educational and religious organisations. (ANP>
Colored Railroad Workers
Win Fight To Keep Jobs
Decision Affects 150 Santa Fe
Porter-Brakemen; Sets Job Pattern
BY VERNON JARRETT
CHICAGO. (ANP). A 50-year cold war between porter
brakemen on the Santa Fe railroad and the white Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen was won by colored workers
here last week in U. S. District court.
District Judge Walter J. LaBuy issued a permanent
injunction blocking the Brotherhood’s conspiracy to drive
colored porter-brakemen from jobs held since 1899.
----—-i The decision affects immedi
Opera to Be At
Pine wood Bowl
Lincoln’s second season of
opera-under-the-stars will fea
ture production of the popular
opera, “The Chocolate Soldier” by
Strauss, in Pinewood Memorial
Bowl at Pioneers park Friday,
Saturday and Sunday evenings,
July 14, 15 and 16 at 8 o’clock.
The opera is sponsored by Lin
coln Singfest committee and Pro
fessor Oscar Bennett will direct
the 40-member cast and full or
chestra. No admission charge will
be made; a free-will offerings will
be taken to cover expenses of pro
duction. Bus service is available
from 10th and O streets to the
bowl, and ample parking space for
autos is provided at entranceway.
Leading roles will be sung by
Dorothy Lueninghoener, Helmut
Sienknecht, Shirley G. Larson and
Jerry Hedges. John Carson who
scored as the general in last sum
mer’s “Pirats of Penzance” will
sing the role of Massacroff. “The
Chocolate Soldier” is based on
George Bernard Shaws’ brilliant
satirical comedy, “Arms and the
Man,” and takes place in Bulgaria
in the year 1885. The musical
score is familiar to the public.
Members of Lincoln Elks club,
Women's Division of the Chamber
of Commerce and Jaycees will
serve as ushers for the three eve
nings, and Rev. William Paul
Barnds, Rev. Thomas A. Barton
; and Rev. Virgil Anderson will
j preside.
| Women’s Day at
Quinn Chapel a
Great Success
Women’s day at Quinn Chapel
was carried out according to plans
Sunday, July 9th. The three serv
ices during the day exceeded all
expectations as members, invited
guests and friends filled the
church to near capacity at each
meeting.
Evangelist W. W. Farmer of
Omaha, thrilled her audience
when she spoke to them on “Lay
ing Aside Their Weights,” at the
morning service.
In the afternoon a miscellane
ous program was given with an
all church women’s choir to fur
nish the music.
Mrs. Kathryn Favors, a teacher
in Omaha, gave a dynamic and
forceful speech. The young peo
ple of Quinn Chapel had charge
of the evening program. Mrs.
Ralee Harris was mistress of
ceremonies.
Mrs. Jennie R. Edwards was
general chairman for women’s
day.
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ately 150 Santa Fe porter-brake
men and set the pattern of job
security for several thousand
colored rail workers throughout
the nation’s entire network of
railroad systems.
The La Buy decree climaxed
eight years of research and court
argument by Chicago Atty. Rich
ard E. Westbrooks, who wop the
Arthur Mitchell Jim Crow rail
transportation decision before the
Supreme Court in 1941.
This week’s court action upset
a 1942 award favoring the white
union by the government’s Na
tio.nal Railway Adjustment
board, First division. It made
permanent a temporary injunc
tion won by Westbrooks before
the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
in 1948.
VIOLATED FIFTH
AMENDMENT
The plot to oust colored porter
brakemen violated the Fifth
amendment to the U.S. Constitu
tion, in that it denied the work
ers property rights without due
process of law, the court de
clared.
Following Westbrook’s sharp
line of argument, the Court
agreed that the adjustment
board’s composition made its
1 9 4 2 ruling unconstitutional.
Here is a summary of the half
century old job struggle:
In 1899, the Santa Fe hired
colored workers to inspect cars
and test signals and brake appa
ratus, close switches, engines, at
tachment, hose, couple and un
couple cars, keep passenger cars
in a neat condition, and perform
duties of brakemen. They were
paid an average of $50 per
month.
They performed these duties
with such efficiency that in a few
years every rail system in the
nation hired them in similar ca
pacities.
They were given a tremendous
increase in pay and shortly after
the turn of the century they were
considered permanent fixtures in
all major rail systems.
This was the signal for the art
white Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen to move in. They ex
erted every available pressure cm.
railroad companies to replace
porter-brakemen with white
members of the union.
Following the negative 1942
award, two porter-brakemen
were fired by Santa Fe. This
formed the basis for a test case,
involving Porter-Brakemen Obie
Fauster Hunter of Pampas, Tex.,
and 35 other colored workers.
This was a class suit, backed by
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters.
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NOT ALLOWED TO
ARGUE DEFENSE
Westbrooks argued that col
ored porter-brakemen were be- ^
ing discharged without having
had the opportunity to utter one
word in their defense. He ex—
(See Win Fight, Page 2, Col, 2)