Vol. S. Ns. IS
Hearing On FEP Law Set For
Feb. 19; Citizens’ Group Meet*
By Charles M. Goolsby
The public hearing on LB 69,
introduced into the unicameral
early in January, has been set for
Monday, February 19 at the State
Capitol. Although there are sev
eral similar laws dealing with col
lective bargaining are already a
part cf the State statutes, legisla
tion is sought which will be more
inclusive in offering to the indi
vidual protection in earning his
daily bread.
On Saturday, Jan. 27, about
100 members of the Nebraska Citi
zens’ Committee for Fair Employ
ment Practices (NCCFEP) met at
the Omaha YWCA to seek ways in
which the public might be in
formed about the purposes of the
bill. A study of employment
practices in the state has been
made by the Legislative Council
during the past two years and it
has been found that “unfair em- !
ployment practices exist.”
Addressing the group, Rev. Aus- !
tin Miller, S. J., Creighton univer
sity sociologist said,
“I hate communism. I love
America. But I’m not going to al
low any blind spots in my think
ing. We have problems here in
America and we cannot be ob
livious to their seriousness,” Father
Miller said.
Father Miller said a fair em
ployment practices law would
guarantee citizens their inalienable
right to work and legislate against
“external, immoral, un-American
acts of job discrimination.”
Chairman of NCCFEP is Dr. Le
roy T. Laue of Lincoln. Vice
Chairmen are Rev. John T. Mar
koe, S. J., Creighton University,
Arthur B. McCaw, Omaha; Mrs. E.
S. Munson, Lincoln and Mrs. A. C.
Mattson.
Added to the executive commit
tee were Donald Ravenscroft, Val
entine; Rev. John F. McCarthy and
Mrs. R. C. Woodruff both of Grand
Island. Rev. Richard Carlson, Has
tings; Ben Kuroki, York; Frank
B. Morrison, McCook. Lincoln
members of the executive commit
tee also include Clyde W. Malone
and Theodore C. Sorensen; from
Omaha are Joseph Kaufman, the
Rev. S. H. Lewis, Miss Ruth
Campbell, M. M. Taylor and Frank
Cronin.
Senator John Adams, sr., also
attended the meeting.
Man Gets Top Post With
Ford Motor Company
DETROIT. (ANP).—A Negro
was promoted recently to a top
post with the Ford Motor com
pany. He is Lawrence Washing
ton, 36, holding the job as head
of the labor relations office of the
production foundry.
He is said to be the first Negro
to rise as far in American indus
try. In this position, Washing
ton will take care of problems at
a factory involving 11,500 work
ers.
His staff will include two labor
relations representatives and five
stenographers.
He was moved up from the post
of labor relations representative.
A graduate of Talladega college
In Alabama, Washington is mar
ried and has three children. He
is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity.
He joined the Ford company in
1939 as a screw machine operator.
In 1942 he was promoted to in
terviewer, and later as labor rela
tions representative.
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SCOTT GREENWOOD
Chairman For
NNW For 1951
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Scott Green
wood, secretary-manager of the
Nebraska Press association, has
been appointed national chairman
of the industry observance of Na
tional Newspaper Week for 1951.
Vic Portmann, manager of the
Kentucky Press association and
president of Newspaper Associa
tion Mangers, sponsors of the an
nual observance, made the an
nouncement.
National Newspaper Week,
founded by John B. Long, gen
eral manager 'of the California
Newspaper Publishers association,
was adopted as a project of the
association managers at their 1931
convention. The observance is
held each year during the week i
of October 1-8.
Greenwood became manager of
Nebraska Press association in 1947.
Prior to his association work he
was active in the printing and
publishing industry in Nebraska
and Texas.
Other press association man
agers named to National Newspa
per Week committee are Howard
Palmer, New York Press associa
tion; Walter Johnson, Southern
Newspaper Publishers association;
Bill Canfield, Inland Daily Press
association; Marjorie Belt, Mary
land Press association; Vernon
Sanford, Texas Press association;
and Stanford Smith, Georgia Press
association. Also named to the
committee is Joseph A. Bernstein,
Metro Associated Service, Inc.,
New York.
Bishop Wright Declares Press
Great Aid In Building Up Race
ATLANTA. (ANP) — Bishop
R. R. Wright, jr., head of the
A. M. E. church in Georgia and
chancellor of Morris Brown col
lege, told editors and publishers
who attended the Mid-Winter
workshop of the Negro News
paper Publishers association here
Saturday, that the Negro press
has been one of the most im
portant instruments in building
pride, respect, and dignity with
in the race..
He challenged the newspaper
men to carry on the fight for
democracy and freedom for all
men, urging at the same time
that they develop an interna
tional perspective. The Georgia
bishop, who at one time presided
over the A. M. E. church in
Africa, told of the yearnings of
Africans for freedom, and sug
gested that the American Negro
press could inspire them and
help them in their fight if circu
lation were extended to the
African continent.
The religious leader praised
the Negro pres~ for its role in
implementing the work and
teachings of the church. The
press, he said, takes up where
the church leaves off in seeking
a society of the “brotherhood of
man,” in which all men recognize
and live as though all men are
“created equal” and “born with
certain inalienable rights.”
The Christian church, Bishop
Wright declared, sets up the
favorable atmosphere of good
will in which the Negro news
papers can .ugln to bring about
the democratic goal. Without the
attitude of good will instilled by
the church, the same fate could
befall Negroes here that befell
Jews under Hitler in Germany.
Publishers To Seek Talks
J^/ith President Truman
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Group Work At
Nebraska Uni.
OMAHA, Neb.—The Board of
the Omaha Urban League has of
ficially approved the request to
the University of Nebraska that
the Executive Secretary, Mr.
Whitney M. Young, be permitted
to teach gioup work in the Grad
uate School at the University of
Nebraska, for this semester.
The Board stated, in making
its approval, they felt this was a
unique honor and an outstanding
recognition of Mr. Young’s ability^.
The University, in making its re
quest, had pointed out that Mr.
Young had been selected because
he had the best qualifications for
the position. The course will run
from January through June and
will meet one day a week which
will be on Wednesday afternoon.
Simmons Admitted
To Press Galleries
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Roscoe
C. Simmons, columnist for the
Washington Times Herold and
Chicago Tribune, was accredited
to the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives Press galleries last
week.
Simmons became the third Ne
gro member of the regular press
galleries and the first to be ad
mitted as the representative of a
white daily paper.
Louis Lautier of the Negro
Newspaper Publishers association
was the first Negro to be admitted
to the galleries in 1947 after cer
tain technical rules of the Stand
ing committee were changed by
prder of the Senate Rules com
mittee.
The rule change was the result
of an extensive fight carried on
by individual reporters, certaian
newspapers, and organizations and
finally by an open hearing in the
Rules committee.
A few months following Lau
tier’s admittance, Alice A. Dunni
gan of the Associated Negro Press
was accepted as a member of the
galleries. For nearly four years
no other reporters was accepted.
ATLANTA. (ANP). Plans for special conferences and
talks with President Truman and his various defense chief
tains were made here last week at the Mid-Winter Workshop
of the Negro Newspaper Publishers association.
President Dowdal Davis was named by delegates as
the association’s special representative to meet with
President Truman.
In this series of meetings the NNPA hopes to encourage
a national defense program which utilizes Negro citizens
in every phase of activity without discrimination and bias.
January Graduate
MISS IONA ADAMS
Iona Adams, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. H. C. Adams, 2001 Vine
Street, was graduated from Lin
coln High School, January 16
1901. She completed the thret
/ year course in two and one halt
years. This was accomplished
by attending summer school and
by carrying a full schedule each
semester.
Iona left high school with her
highest grades in typing and His- I
tory. She has had six semesters
| of typing and three semesters of
shorthand, with a major in Eng
lish and a minor in mathematics.
She entered the University of
Nebraska, January 29, 1951 in
Business Administration. In Sep
tember she plans to enter Drake
University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Executive Laymen
Board In Houston
DALLAS. — The Executive
Board of the Laymen Organiza
tion, of the 20th Episcopal District
of the A.M.E. Church meeting
convened in Houston, Texas, Jan
uary 20. The meeting was called
by the executive chairman of the
Board, Mr. Roy Washington, En
nis, Texas. Objective of the meet
ing of Laymen of this state, May
30, 1951.
Messrs. J. H.. Mackey, State
President, Dallas, Texas, O. W.
Kervin, State Secretary, Dallas,
Texas, and J. W. Yancy II, Exec
utive Secretary, Waco, Texas.
J. J. Smith, reporter for Te?;as
Laymen of Dalis District.
Mayor Signs Anti-Bias Laws
LOS ANGELES. (ANP).—
Mayor Fletcher Bowron of Los
Angeles last week signed the
city’s anti-discrimination meas
ure,, thus making it an official
city ordinance.
Prominent Negro leaders from
all over the city were guests at .
the ceremony.
This law outlaws segregation or
discrimination because of race,
creed, or color in any develop
ment planned by the city of Los
Angeles.
Meetings also will be sought
with these national leaders:
Charles E. W'lson, director,
Office of Defense Mobilization;
James C. Evans, civilian aide,
secretary of defense; Clayton
Fritchie, director of public rela
tions for civil defense; Willard
Caldwell, director of civilian de
fense, and others.
The NNPA voted for the fol
lowing dates for special occasions:
Mar. 11-17, annual Negro
Newspaper Week; Mar. 15-17,
meeting of the board of directors
of NNPA, Washington, D. C., and
June 13-16, annual convention,
New York City.
The meeting in Atlanta includ
ed a series of workshops on var
ious phases of the newspaper
business as well as banquets and
special meetings with addresses
from various national leaders.
On non-technical phases of the
meeting, speakers included:
a George Weaver, National Secur
_ ities Resources board, on defense
j activities as they affect Negroes
e j . . . Walter White, executive
f j secretary, WAACP, on how the
NAACP and the NNPA could
work together in winning full
citizenship for Negroes . . .
Frank Horne, U.S. Housing and
Home Financing agency, on house
ing problems. . . Moss H. Kendrix,
legislative assistant for National
Education association. . .
Warren R. Cochrane, acting
director of Racial Relations
branch, U.S. Public Housing ad
ministration . . . Dr. William
Boyd, Atlanta university pro
| fessor. . .
Rufus E. Clement, president,
Atlanta university . . .Bishop R.
R. Wright, Jr., presiding bishop,
Sixth district, 'African Methodist
Episcopal Church . . . Nell Jack
son, southern field director, Na
tional Urban league. . .
Heading technical discussions
were:
Wright Bryan, editor, Atlanta
Journal, on the press in general
. . . Arthur Daniel, circulation
manager, Atlanta Journal-Con
stitution, “Building and Keeping
Circulation.”
Chief Aikens, chairman, ex
ecutive committee, Atlanta Negro
Business league . . . John Seng
stacke, publisher, Chicago De
fender, “Building a Classified Ad
Section,” and others. . .
More than 25 publishers or edi
tors, or their representatives at
tended the meeting.
The Atlanta Daily World was
official host to the publishers, and
the following institutions and or
ganizations shared in extending
courtesy to the group:
The Butler St. YMCA; Atlanta
university; radio station WERD;
the Atlanta Negro Business
league; the Atlanta Life- Insur
ance Co., and the Iota Phi Lamda
Delta sorority.
On Sunday, some of the dele
gates went on a sight-seeing tour.
Places of interest headed Stone
Mountain and Cyirkftftdia.
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