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I KJ An Uubridled, Outstanding H9p Mouthpiece A-'.JBL for Your Community “The Omaha Guide /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEW TO THE LINEX Is vour PaD€r ^ “—""ax^pa Wi oo OUR PART VOL. VI!.— OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, FEB. 3, 1934 NUMBER FORTY-NINE Policeman Forced To Marry Colored Girl Opening Of Home Office Attracts Thousands Throngs Inspect New Quarters Up*a Invitation of The Supreme Executive Council (By Fritz Cansier) Denver Neighbors and friends, vis itors from near-by and far-off cities and Camps of the far-flung dominions of the American Woodmen territory made the formal opening of the new Home Office Buiding of the American Woodmen on the evening of Friday January 12 a gala occasion from both a social and civic standpoint. By many who viewed the commodious office structure the event was regard ed as one of the most significant hap penings in the entire history of the business life of the Mile High City. The officers of the Supreme Camp who had assembled for the usual mid winter council had extended a gener al invitation to be present at the opening to the citizens of Denver, and bids had also been sent to mem bers and friends in other places where the organization maintains camps and where it numbers its well wishers by the huge totals which have made possible the life and growth of the American Woodmen The response was general and it was most gratifying according to expres sions from the officials of the organ continued on Page 2) Fired For Fart In Lynching NEW YORK, January 30—Robert Hancock, acting postmaster at Glen dale, Tennessee, whose automobile was one of the two used in the ab duction and lynching of Cordie Cheek on December 15, is now among the unemployed following demands of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People to Post master General James A. Farley for his discharge. A letter received today from W. W. Howes, first assistant postmaster general, by Walter White, the Asso ciation’s secretary, reads: “As the result of an investigation partment has decided to make a change in the postmastership and telegraphic instructions have been issued to a post office inspector to install Mr. Chesley Porter Cheek as acting postmaster at Glendale to dis place Mr. Robert Hancock.” It seems rather poetic justice that the last name of the new Glendale postmaster is the same as that of the lynched Negro who had been dis charged by the Maury County, Tennessee, grand jury on a charge of attempted assault on a white child In Memory Of One Who Served The late Rite, Rev. John Albert Williams, who served Omaha for more than forty-five years is not dead. He will never die. His name may be for gotten by our third generation of Omaha, but his teachings, his broad mindness, his never to say no to any one in need, his loving Council, his big heartedness, can never die. The; old frame may be called to rest and may decay, but the spirit of such a life as Father John A. Williams lived in Omaha toward his fellow-men can never die. There m|ay have been some who did not believe in his methods of doing things as he thought was for the best interest of the Omahans, and in their hearts through smallness became offended and were ignorant enough to show their offence, to Father Williams, it mattered not. He was big enough and broad enough to still pour his heart full of live, hope and kindness out on his misunderstanding friends There is not one Omahan, let he be black or white, rich or poor, young or old, who can nt in an imaginary sense see Father Williams standing in front of them with his heart full of good intent, pouring out with God’s blessings through his tender smile. No. Father Williams is not dead. He Will Never Die FATHER WILLIAMS I A year ago todajy Our Shepherd was called away, He was our guide, our guard, our friend And was faithful to the end. Truly a minister of Chrisf was he And all that a diciple of His should be, So enshrined in every heart Of our lives he was a part. II His tender smile and gentle voice Made many a saddened heart rejoice. All doubts and fears were allayed Whener Father Williams prayed, The burden grew lighter, The way looked brighter, He made us see the light of day In his friendly Christian way. III Father Williams was never known to shirk A task in his religious work, He labored earnestly and faithfully, Until his work was done, And just at the close of day He heard the Saviour say, “Faithful servant, Well done! Come—Inherit the Kingdom.” By Myrtle M. Goodlow Ridiculous to the Sublime m does 1Hl$ REMIND yOVOF sn>0? l r^JAHT Moee ^fcWTl MEHTA L ----F 'Copytlgb:. W S. O.) Pay Cut; Urban League’s Office Sec’y Resigns Mrs- Elaine Smith McGee, for the past two and a half years Office and Industrial Secretary of the Omaha Urban League, tendered her resigna tion to become effective February 1. Since joining the Urban League staff, Mrs- McGee has not only proven out standing as an office and industrial secretary, but has assisted in and sponsored numerous activities as a part of the Urban League program. Especially noteworthy has been her organization of industrial activities among women and summer recrea tional work among girls. T. Arnold Hill, Industrial Secretary of the Na tional Urban League, in a recent statement describes Mrs. McGee as one of the outstanding women work ers in the Urban League movement. Mrs. McGee plans to devote her spare time as a volunteer in the Ur ban League and Mid-City Commun ity Center. Open Letter To Pres. on^Navy The President, The White House, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President: More of your fellow citizens than you think are disturbed by your naval building. The borrowing of $238,000, 000 fo rnaval construction is already necessitating an increase, not a 25 per cent reduction, in the regular naval expenditures. You are asking for an increase in personnel this year to man the new ships A bill has now been introduced in the House by the Chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, a Demo crat, to authorize you either before I or after 1936 to construct 100,000 tons ■ of destroyers, 35,000 tons of subma rines, an aircraft carrier, and in ad dition, under a general clause to re place the $30,000,000 battleships, many of which have just been recon ditioned at an expense of some $7,000,000 to $10,000,000 each. In trying to understand the motive ; or motives back of this great pro gram, one is driven to a choice be-1 tween two, depending upon whether you expect to build the ships or not. If you expect to build all these ships, j it is true that it will make work in the shipyards and in many subsidiary industries. But there are self-liqui dating projects, in housing for exam i pie, that are capable of consuming unlimited sums of money and without causing suspicion and tension abroad. If it be argued that our naval build ing program is necessary to our de fense, one will have to ask, against whom? Surely not against Great Britain. Its only effect upon Great Britain has been to stimulate the British Admirals to demand similar activity in order to keep up with us. Nor does it seem credible that we are building against the only naval power, Japan. Japan has plenty of complications at her backdoor on the Continent of Asia without attacking us. The only visible effect of our program on Japan so far has been the war scares and war talk which army and navy men everywhere find useful to popularize excessive army and navy appropriations- Does not our policy also tend to prolong the tenure of office of Japan’s militarist junta ? The other possibility is that you do not expect to build the ships but want them as a “big stick” with which to threaten Japan and Great Britain in the Naval Conference of 1935. Our battleship program of 1916 was used in this way by Secretary Hughes in the Washington Conference but the most ardent advocates of such a pol icy must admit that it is a two-edged sword. Why should not the British follow the same transparent tactics? Or why should they not join with Japan in restoring the Anglo-Japan ese Alliance—a very effective counter to such a big naval program? You have conspicuously avoided using a “big stick” with the Latin (Continued on Page 2) {Will Rogers Called yown by A.A.A.O.P NEW YORK, January 30—Will Roger is free to insult anyone or anything over the air, it became i known here this week following the! storm of protest over the comedian’s ! use of the word “nigger” in his Sun day night so-called ‘•humorous” i broadcast over the WJZ network of j the National Broadcasting company, i According to the radio editor of j the New York World-Telegram, neither the NBC or the Gulf Refin ing company, which hires Rogers, has the right to interfere with the comedian’s talks- He is said to have an agreement which permits him ab solute freedom. Nevertheless, protests have been sent by the thousands to NBC and some to the Gulf Refining company at its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa. The NAACP- telegraphed the Gulf company at Pittsburgh and wrote the NBC and Cecil, Warwick and Cecil, the advertising firm at 230 Park avenue, New York City, which handles the radio advertising for Gulf Refining. An apology over the air was demanded by the NAACP. Roy Wilkins, NAACP- assistant se cretary, said many protests had been sent the NAACP-, but urged persons to write directly to R- J. Flood, Gulf Refining Company, Pittsburgh, Pa-, for greater effect. The Mellon inter ' ests control the Gulf company. — (Continued on Page 2) Elks Stage A Com bat; Know The Negro. Why? The subject, “Know The Negro, Why?” was the discussion in a meet ing of the Young Peoples Sunday Evening Club, of First Central Con gregational Church, Sunday evening, January 28, 1934. This question was discussed by Lucy C. Crawford, Girl Reserve Sec retary of the North Side Y. W. C- A., and Delite Hollett, Educational Sec retary of the Central Y. W. C. A. The devotional part of the program was led by Miss Dorothy Graham, and Mr. John Halpine, Jr., rendered tenor solos- This program was in charge of the World’s Work Commit tee, headed by Howard Jacobson. War Dept. Fires Levee Camp Boss NEW YORK, January 30—A fore man who forced a Negro levee camp worker at the point of a pistol to dis robe and take beating with a hick ory Stick an inch thick has been fir ed by the War department Major General Edward Markham, chief of engineers, in charge of all flood control work, wrote the Nat ional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People this week: “An investigation has been made (of your complaint of November 7, 1933) and it has been found that a foreman employed by this contractor (H- C. Ogden) used physical violence . . . against John Felts, and employe of the contractor. In accordance with the rules prescribed by this depart ment that contractors shall not re- j tain in their service any employe who uses violence against the men under his charge, the foreman has been discharged The NAACP- made the complaint after it had received a letter in a roundabout way from near the Odgtn can.p which was located last Nov ember at Laconia Circle, Arknasa3, ! in Deilia county, about sixty miles ! below Helena, Arkansas- This is a ! continuation of the NAACP- cam paign to secure fair treatment for flood control workers. The War de partment has promised to investigate any specific complaint which con tains names, dates, locations, con tractors’ names, etc. Race Of Superiority Theory is Faction Says RusseiS — New York, Jan. 26—In a chapter j startling in its frankness, Charles : Edward Russell, in his new' book: ‘Bare Hands and Stone Walls’ (Scrib- j ner’s N. Y. 03), one of the founders j of the National Association for the; Advancement of Colored People and a member of its board of directors, discusses the formation and achieve-! ments of the Association and the 'po- ^ sition of the Negro in America “Taking them by and large”, he j writes, “men are the same regardless j of complexion, or shape of nose or j curl of hair. The only real differ- J ences among them are differences of j opportunity- Theories of the super-' ior and the inferior race are mere fictions”. Speaking of conditions in the1 South, Mr- Russell writes: “The re-! suits have been disastrous upon whites and blacks alike- Nay, they have been worse upon the whites . . - j Always the hater loses more than the hated. The Negroes in the South r- • have freer souls than the men that persecute them, immeasurably freer • . • The emancipation of the Negro from the conditions imposed upon him by hatred and prejudice will take time but it will come. Think how long it took to end slavery.” Cali. Congressman Introduces Anti Lynch bill Washington, Jan. 26—Congress man Thomas F. Ford, noted Los An-' geles liberal and authority on inter national trade and public utilities in troduced an anti-lynching bill in the House of Representatives Wednesday, January 24 identical in text to the Costigan-Wagner bill previously in troduced in the Senate. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People which aided in drafting both bills is urging friends of the measure to write to the members of the sub-committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee asking (Continued on Page 2) Missouri Policeman Forced To Mary Colored Girl ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jamiay 30— Nearly four years of chicking and dodging a rape charge by Joseph Matha, white ex-policeman, ended this month when Matha married Dorothea Foote, 17-year-old colored mother of a child of which she claimn Matha is the father. The ease has been kept alive by the St Louis branch NAACP. whose legal staff has been pressing for trial of Matha on a charge of rape. Following the accusation of Matha in 1930 he was discharged from the St. Louis police force- His trial was postponed eight or nine times and then his wife di vorced him- Finally his case was called for January 11 and in the courtroom his attorney asked the charges be dropped because Miss Foote was now the wife ,. r Hatha and could not testify against him. A marriage certificate v ■ g'-we into the rec rd showing the c. up] had been married in Venice, 111. on Jan uary 8, 1934- Interracial mar ges are unlawful ir Missouri, he' i ■■[ in I:' no:;- At in-: { • ; h. i ged assault Kctha wv diking a ’.. ■■it in the neighborhood where Miss Foote lived. The child is two years old. Woman Slain in Pool Hall Row Beilis Wright of 2908 R St, died at 3:30 o’clock today as she was being taken to St. Joseph Hospital after being stabbed by Evelyn Stone of 2715 R St, after a pool hall row. The Stone woman was also stabbed during the altercation. Jack Jackson of 2505 T St., who at tempted to separate the women was also stabbed in the shoulder. Police later arrested 14 people in the pool hall to hold for investigation. Seeing White by Mann Seeing white denies to the black man equal opportunity for cultural advancement and yet blames him for ignorance, and this is palpably un just. It is well known that in no place where there are separate schools for Negroes are those schools equal to those for whites- Even in Northern states where he is admitted to schools with whites, as a general thing he is ostracized and humiliated in order to discourage his attendance For the most part Negroes are barred Continued On Page 2 Omahas Leading Attorneys Visit Kansas City ' Attorneys John G. Pegg and Charles F. Davis made a business trip to Kansas City, Mo., accompanied by Mr- Herbert Clark. They appeared in an action involving an estate in Independence, Mo., and received the greatest cordiality and courtesy from the court and attorneys The trial lasted throughout the day, attracting a great deal of at tention. The Courtroom was filled with an audience of Court attaches, attorneys, and residents, who re mained until final arguments were in. Many compliments were given the attorneys for the thorough prepara tion of the case from the standpoint of evidence presented and the law. The court received with gratifica tion the final legal argument as pre sented by Attorney Pegg at the close of the trial.
