The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, October 06, 1934, Image 1
5c Per Copy VOLUME NO. VIII Omaha Nebraska, Saturday, October 6, 1934. NUMBER THIRTY-ONE Sec’y I ekes Dynamites First Slum House • .%. f* % ; _ . . - -___ - - - - - - _ Our Economic System.. On Wednesday evening. Reptembe 26, at Dreamland Hall, 2223 N. 24th St. before a large audience, Angel Herndon young Negro organizer o the southern unemployed outlined hi experiences in organizing White an Negro workers in the South. Hem don told of being held in Fulton Pri som, deprived of all ordinary right to a prisoner in an endeavor to break down hie morale and his later release after mass pressure was brought to bear by ILD Richard B- Moore, national field or gamier for the uLD., a clear thinker an economic authority and a dynarod speaker was present C. C. Galloway Editor of the Guide, has the courage of his convictions and in the face of probable economi loss ► faes fats as they are today, appear ed on the platform with race leader who are in the front ranks of the La bor Movement. More clearly and forcefully told o the mass struggle for economic free d*m and security. He vehemently up braided the eonomic system which fosters lynching, jim-crowism and op pression of his people. He dealt o Herndon’s case, the Scottsboro frame up, and other notable National and International frame-ups of leaders in the class struggle. •The enthusiasm of those in the au diience, clearly expresses the growing resntmnt against present economic conditions- The average citizen, wh through no fault of his own, has los his all and is thrown onto the boun ty of charity to save his family from destitution, has little respect and » bitter (though submerged) hatred an resentment against the govemmen which forces him into such a position The story of Jim Jones clearly por trays the present situation of thou sands of honest lawobiding worker and citizens. Jim worked in a factory here as a machinest and made a fairly good in* come. Ke ws able to keep his fami ly in comforts, buy a home and bull up a little nest egg in a savings ac count for future needs. A solid an l good American citizen. Jim ba faith in his government, h»s job, an his home. Then the frenzied pluck mg of Am ere an Industry and Financ by cold blooder and ruthless finan ciers which left the nation denuded Jim’s bank closed and his saving account for future needs- A doli ^ and good American Citizen. Jim had faith in his government, his job and his homo. Then the frenzied pi nek ing of American Industry and Finance by cold blooded and ruthles financiers which left the Natuta de< nUded 4imfs (bank dosejd and his savings were lost Later his factor whose stock had been watered, also closed, leaving him jobless Thi left Jim| bewildered. His world d peace tnd security shattered. H tracked the streets daily looking fo work—a job—tl*?n any ‘jobi—(which was not there. His wife gave him en couragement an hja (continued on. Months passed—Jim had mortgage his home to meet expenses and no1* was unable to meet the payments. H was being hounded by the B- & L Ass’n. far back payments- A loa shark who was carrying a mortgag on his furniture ws also houndin him Jim became panic stricken an called on his friend for ad vie H was told to go to the T. O. L. C. to take over his mortgage. The L- & B men refssed to acept H. 0. L C bond and foreclosed on his home. The loan shark wanting their pound of flesh fore^rosed on It'ac furnitures. Then Jim became desperate. Facing the loss of home and having his family thrown on the streets, he appealed to fhe many organizations to which he had been contributing to in past years and was drnkd aid. Pocketing his pride further, he went to the FERA to secure the necessary aid and assist ance to keep his family and home in tact Jin', has not had a job for tw and one-half lyears. His childre) were forced to leave school to wor for a minimum wage. He still is a good machinist as ever but a muc sadder and disappointed citizen Ge I Jim in a pensive mood and have hiaj # unburden Inmself Then ask hir what he this is of our “New Deal Our present economic position S critical, it is neessary for every ma and woman in this nation with an red blood in their veins to stand up and yell loudly, “We want workJ—no S harity,” and let this multitude of vo" ices be so. Baby of Prominent Physician Dies at Birth Dr. and Mrs. G. K- Lennox an nounces the birth and death of an 8 and a quarter pound baby boy, bom Saturday, September 29 at 12 p- m„ at the Lord Lister Hospital. The baby died at birth, because of com* I plication setting in at the last min ute. To save its mother, the baby’s life had to be taken- Mrs. Lennox's condition is fine at persent Funeral services for the baby were held Tu(/idafy morning. Out. 2, at the Miyers Funeral Home, burial was at the Forest Lawn Cemetery. Y. M. C. 4. DRIVE GOING OVER BIG At their next to the last repor meeting during the two-week driv for new members, Y. M. C. A- cam paign workers Monday reported 15 ; new applications, bringing the tota returns up to 269.. The campaign, under the leadershi ' of Irving Zerzan, closes with a fina I luncheon at the “Y” headquarters Fri ] j day Four old-time members of th 1 organization—Dr F. C. Henry, Rober D- Wilson, Roy Wilcox and Gwye Yates—gave brief addresses on wha ! the “Y* has meant to them at Mon day’s meeting. HARRIS FREDERICK TO SPEAK AT WORKERS FORUM Harris Fredericks, who has recent ly returned from Alabama where he was engaged 5n (organizing Negro | and white workers and sharecroppers against miserable working and living luonditions, and against dlscrimina tion will speak at the Workers For um, 2404 Parker St., Sunday after ! noon Oct. 7 at 2-30 on the subject “he Communist Party in the Strug gle for Negro Rights.” , The Workers Forum is holding regu lar Sunday afternoon discussions j j with free admission, every week ; Last Su iday Melvin Martin, who has just returned from a visit to the So viet Union, gave an interesting talk' on conditions of the workers in that! country. The Sunday following th j talk of Mr. Frederick’s, William Rey nolds, who was one of the leaders of the national hunger march to Wash ingtorj will tell of the organizatio of the American unemployment n the sight for full unemployment in surance. , LAUNCH NEW DRIVE FOR ANTI LYNCH BILL ENDORSEMENTS NEW YORK, Sept. 28— Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People were urged this week to make renewed efforts to get individuals, organiza tions and churches to endorse the Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching bill which will be itroduced at the opening j of the next Congress. Pressure should be brought to bear, said instructions j issued today by the National Office of the N. A. A. C. P. on ail candidates for Congress and Senators coming up for election this fall to endorse the bill and pledge themselves to take active steps for its enactment into law at the coming session. It was also urged that vigorous protests be | sent to President Roosevelt and Gen i ers! Hines of the Veteran’s Adminis tration against the barring of qual ified Negro physicians from all vet eran’s hospitals except that at Tus kegee, Alabama. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS UR8E PAGGASE OF GCSTIGAN WAGNER BILL BUFFALO, N. Y-, Sept. 28—The Uemocratic party of the State of New York in convention here this week adopted a platform containing a plank reading: * We urge Congress to enact the Wagner-Costigan anti-lynching bill.” This action was undoubtedly the result of the widespread agitation conducted throughout the country for he passage of his bill. Governor Her bert H. Lehman who was renominat ed by the convention, is a member of the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which is sponsoring the bill- | HOPKIN ANSWERS CRITICS PASTOR AND WIFE LEAVES FOR CONFERENCE REV. L. P. BRYANT Rev. Bryant and his officers wish to thank the members and friends for their fine spirit of cooperation dur ing the year, and are asking the Prayers of all, that the next year may be even more successful than the two of the Bishiap sees fit to snd Rev, Bryant back <to St- John. They also wish to thank the Gcaha Guide for its splendid support and cooperation it has given St. John Church as well :>s the other Churches and groups of Omaha, during this Conference year. 300 HEAR ANGELO HERNDON Over three hundred people of Oma ha, colored and white heard Angelo Herndon young, unemployed organiz-i er who had been released from Fulton Tower and the immediate threat of the chain gang, by the International Labor Defense; Richard B. Moore, Na tioal Field Organizer of the Interna tional Labor Defense, and Ida Nor ris, mother of Clarence Norris; one of the nine Scottsboro boys now under sentenre of death; his rase on appeal to the United States Supreme Court, at Dreamland Hall on the evening of the twenty sixth of September. Mother Norris, spirited and confi dent in spite of the terrible ordeal of the last three years told in a simple and moving way of the condition in the South, conditions that induce he® boy, and the other youths later fram ed on a rape charge in Scottsboro Alabama, to leave home. Richard B. Moore, whom some o his hearers described as the moat in spired speakers they had ever heard, picturd in sharp, powerful language, the opression, of the Negro people in Ameriua. He told of the great difficulties, and the great triumphs in welding the unity of colored and wihte workers. nemaon, young ana strong in ms sincerity and the consciousness of his class position told of his youth, of his discovery of the working class move ment, and of his work in helping to organize the Southern Unemployed to better their conditions. He told of the terror against the workers organizers, and the heroism of men and women, Negro and whit; in the faue of this terror: His story of his complete faith In the organized work ers of America and how they fulfilled that faith by securing his release in spite of tremendous difficulties, gave one a sense of the increasing confr denue of workers in the strength of their class I The speakers were introduced by C- C. Galloway, who, although not di rectly connected with the internation al Labor Defense, expressed his in terest in, and sympathy with the work of that organization and urged those present to join. Many of those in the audienue signed application cards, and gave generously toward the work of the International Labor Defense. HAWAII GETS N A. A. C. P. PAMPHLET NEW YORK Sept 28—Fifty copies of “Sweet Land of Liberty,” the new est pamphlet released b ythe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on its work for race improvement have been seat to Hon olulu, Hawaii, at the request of John B- Jefferson of that city. “The information embodied in the pamphlet” his letter reads, “is just what is needed to awaken interest and secure the coopration of those who are sympathetic toward move ments active in furtherin gthe pro gress of humanity .. .. . and in secur MRS. L. P. BRYANT Rev. and Mrs. L- P. Bryant, who have finished another very successful year at St. John AME- Church of Omaha, Nebraska, left Tuesday, Oct. 2 for the Annual Conference of the 5th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church which meets in Argentine, Kansas, Oct. 3. {lev. Bryant’s; jtrwo lye; Vs at St John have been very successful, bothj spiritually and ■‘financially. During this last Conference Year, there has been 15 conversions, 41 joiners on past experience, making a total of 56. ing a status of equality for all citi zens of the nation.” NTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE MEETS The International Labor Defense Omaha local at its regular meeting Monday night at 2404 Parker Street, organized committees to approach or ganidations and ehurches for support for the Scottsboro-Hemdon Defense The ILD. is uirculating petition lists nationally for the freedom of these victims of oppression of the Negro masses and the committees will bring these lists to members of the organi zations. ,The local also decided to hold a card party and uoffee and party on the evening of the twenty-seventh, to raise funds for the work of defense. A committee was elected to arrange pub licity, entertainment and refreshments The next regular meeting of the H. D. will be held at the Center, 240 Parker St-, on the fifteenth of this month. The meetings are open and any who are interested in the work of the defense organization are invit ed to attend. POPULAR OMAHANS WED — Miss Juanita Jones, only daughter of Mrs. Grace Lawson Stanley, was quietly married to Mr. Louie Artison Jr., oldest 3on of Mr- and Mrs. Louis Artison, at Papillion, Nebraska on Wednesday September 26. The brid was accompanied by her mother, Mrs Grace Lawson Stanley. The grooaaj was accompanied by Miss June Arti son, Mr- Richard Artison and Mr Richard McQuain. After the wed ding ceremony, the bride and groom were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs- Louis Artison, Sr. Grace I^.vson Stanlen entertained Mrs. Louis Artison, Jr., formerly Miss Jones at a breakfast at the home of Mrs. William Lawson. Covers were laid for 12 RECEIVES NEWS OF DR. J. E. EAST, D. D.'S DEATH Rev. F. P. Jones received a tele gram announcing Dr- J. E. East, D. D., a noted Baptist Leader, Who died at his home in Philadelphia Tuesday, Oct. 2. He had served 12 years as Missionary in Africa under the Foreign Mission Board of the Na-j tional Baptist Convention, Inc., and after returning to this country he be came fhe Corresponding Secretary of that department, where he has given efficient and faithful service for more than 20 years. He was respected and loved by those with whom he worked, and hia passing will be felt through, out the nation. The funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a. m. The Baptist of Nebraska will wire a message of condolence ATLANTA UNIVERSITY HOUSING PROJECT IS BEGUN BY SECRETARY ICKES Special to the Omaha Guide ATLANTA, Georgia, September 29 (Special)—The Atlanta University housing project, first slum-clearance ®nd low-cost hous ing enterprise ever attempted by the federal government, was officially and dramatically inaugurated today when &ecretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, in the presence of a v^st gathering oi Atlanta citizens and students of the local colleges pressed the lever that dynamited the first house to be razed on the 18-acre tract. Prom a vantage point on the campus of Spellman College, which faces the housing site, thousands of persons heard Secretary Ickes extol the institutions in whose neighborhood the federal government is build ing its first model group of houses, and watched with enthusiasm and prolonged cheers the demolition of the first of the 20® dilapidat ed houses that are to be razed. Within an hour after the Atlanta University project had been thus vividly brought to the attenion of the people of Atlanta, and through the press, motion picture cameras, and news photographers, to the attention of the nation and the world, Secreary Ickes stepped to a michrophone at the nearby Georgia School of Technology chapel, and in a nation-wide broadcast delivered a stirring defense of the government program of slum-clearance ad low-cost housing. “Our slum clearance program will take no note of race or creed or color,” he stated in his address to millions throughout the United States. “We are particularly glad that the requests from Atlanta for slum clearance have called for benefits for the entire population. Atlanta has been a pioneer along many progressive lines, and it is only fitting that the city which has been a leader in inter-racial co operation should insist that all parts of its population should benefit from this new social venture. This reflects the spirit of the New Deal. We know, from experience, that when one section or group of the population flourishes at the expense of others, it is not long before the whole country is the loser. “We learned that it is for the economic benefit of the whole country for all divisions of it to be prosperous; that discrimination against a section, race, a religion or an occupation is harmful to the people as a whole and disturbing to any attempts to work out a (Continued on Page 7) WIFE OF PROMINENT PHYSICIAN PASSES i (Tuskegee institute Press Service) ; Tuskegee Institute, Ala-, Sept. 27— Mrs. Bessie Kennedy, wife of Dr. Jno. A. Kennedy Ward Surgeon, T. B. Spe cialist, U. S. Veteran's Facility, died at the Reservation Hospital Wednes day night Sept. 26. Although Mrs. Kennedy had beem in poor health for more than two years her passing was a great shock to her many friends on the Reservation and at the Institu tion. She had recently returned from a visit from Saratoga Springs, New York, where the Kennedys joined by Mrs. Muriel Rahn Campbell of New York City. j [Before her marriage to Dr. Ken nedy, the deceasd wa3 the wife of the late Cornelius N. Batty, international* ly known photopraphic artist and for several years instructor of photogra phy at Tuskegee Institute- Mrs. Ken nedy who was the model of hundreds of his prize winning art studies was known throughout the country for her exotic, oriental beauty and vivacious personality. The deceased was a na tive of Sumpter, S. C Funeral arrangements have not been announced pending the arrival of the daughter and brother of the deceas ed from New York City LONGSHORE BOARD ENDS HEARINGS, DECISION WITHHELD (By Federated Press) SAN FRANCISCO—(FP) — The National Longshoremen’s Board, ap~ ponted by Presdent Roosevelt to ar bitrate the Pacific coast dock strike has completed its hearings. The members, Archbishop Edward J. Hanna, Edward F. McGrady, and O. K. Cushing, row face the task cf reviewing 3,000 pages of testimony gathered in four Pacific coast cities. Cushing, a San Francisco attorney, has signified his intention of examin ing ‘ every line” of the 3,00 page transcript before rendering a decis ion- Just when the results of ar bitration will be announced, threfore, are highly conjectural. RETURNS TO FISK UNIVERSITY Miss Charlene Lewis, the elder popular daughter of Mr. and Mrs- J. D. Lewis, left Omaha aturckay, Sept. 22, to resume her studies at Fisk Uni verrsity. Miss Lewis is an advanced I musical student at the University, I and returns as a sophomoie. GAS STATION WORKERS WIN WAGE INCREASE (By Federated Press) (CLEVELAND—(FP) Staking gasoline attendants of Cleveland have won a number of demands in a com promise report handed down by Dr. John A- Lapp of Chicago, impartial chairman in negotiations. Arbitra tion was begun soon after the strike started last May. Wage increases, retroactive to May 15, are ordered. Minimum pay is es tablished at $80 a month for junior operators while managers will receive $110 a month, plus additional am ounts for each assistant. The 48* hoUSr week ren^ins. S/trikeirs ware led by the Gasoline Station Opera tors Union BUTTE), M|ont-—KFP)—Despite a 4-month strike of their Anaconda, Butte and Gre^t Falls employes, a profit of $2,986,497 has been an nounced by the Anaconda Copper Mining Co- in its semi-annual report FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATWN ANSWERS CRITICS I _,__ ■ Administrator Hopkins Answers Cri" , ties with Factual Recitation of Indi vidual and Community Benefits for Unemployed in the District Harry L. Hopkins, Administrator of F E R A, cited the figures of the Fi nance, Research and Statistics Divi sion directed by Carrington Gill, as his final answer to the Washington, D. C. Unemployed Committee’s pro test whieh he had personally heard with patience and candor some weeks ago. "These figures speak for themselves” j said Administrator Hopkins, j $£92,136-00 has been granted for re ; lief by ftihe FERA. to the District of | Columbia for October needs. There are over 30,000 unemployed oolo red families on relief here. Of this sum for direct and work relief they will receive approximate four - hundred thousand dollars. The hundred and fifty colored “White Collar” workers assigned to the Recorder of Deeds' office will draw down over ten thou sand dollars; those in the Commerce Department nearly the same sum- A corps of ninety-two colored case work ers and other clericials will be paid an other ten thousand dollars. Students an Federal aid part-time job scholar ships pursuing courses in higher edu cation at Howard University and Minor College will receive about Three thousand dollars. The colored teach* ers of adult vocational and extension classes, among the colored workers and citizens generally will get two thousand dollars for October. The nurses and those conducting these spe cial health and recreational classes will reeive another two thousand dol* lars. The three hundred o®* more colored boy under the Transient Bureau an Camp Hopkins, Bellvierw, Maryland, charged to the District of Columbia and several hundred at the shelters in Washington will continue to receive over thirty thousand dollars with a special appropriation for $19,000 to build steam heated buildings for the winter and fully equip Camp Hopkins with modern conveniences and a quite adequate o£*wmuiity and recreation al house, including a number of lass rooms The colored unemployed families will share fully, too, in the $166,666 appropriated by the District, itself, to match the Federal funds, according to Administrator Hopkins. “Moreover,” continued Administra tor Hopkins, * this is only the mate rial side of the story. It is our firm oonviction that genuine progress is being made thru the FERA and the District Work Projeots, transient camp, educational projects and stu dent-aid activities, toward a perma nent improvement of community life and a new security for all our peo* >le.” »«'• MOORE’S wm. Hello Folk! Health and happiness to everybody and a desire to read th | Omaha Guide. It’s my duel purpose of news gathering for you. * * * Think of the dssatsfacton of others and maybe you will be satisfied with! your own luck. , * * * It’s easy enough to be happy When evehything goes along lik a song, But the man worth while is the ma who can smile When everything goes dead wron^ * * * I Be sure you are right; then go( ahead. You might add to it. Bo sur you are wrong before you quit. * * * The game of cards was invented byj an insane man in an asylum, and l believe he has been the cause of manjj going there. * * * RETURNS TO OMAHA ...Air. Curtis Wales, proprietor of th Apex Billiard P'rlors, 24th and Grac Sts., returned to Omaha after severs^ cays’ visit in the Southland He bro' back stalks of sugar cane and cotton and haa them en display in hs win* dows. He wants any of the dow home folk to take a look at them, bu please don’t get homesick, for ther ,s still plenty people there to shop the cane and pick the cotton Mr. Wales says he and his party had a very enjoyable time during their visit to New Orleans, Shreveport and Monroe, Louisiana. His party includ ed Mr. Nathan Lewis, Mesdamte Ido* na Donaldson and Earl Robertson. • * * PITTSBURGH VISITOR Mrs. V- Ford of Pittsburgh, Pa-, ie visiting her mother, Mrs. Pauline Douglas, and her brother Richard Douglas, here in Omaha- She was the dinner guest of Mr, and Mrs. E. J. Gant of 2220 Willis Ave- A very pleasant evening was spent * * * RETURNS FROM KANSAS CITT Mrs. Anna McGowan of Oakland, Calif., and Mrs- John Anderson of Omaha returned Monday from Kansan City, Mo- where they were visiting last week. They reported a very pleasant trip. * * * SUCCESSFUL OPERATION Mrs. Anna Johnson of 2414 Miami St. is at home after a successful op eration at th Methodist Hospital , * * * PATIENT AT T. JOSEPH HOSPITAL George Renfrew, 14 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Renfrew, 2519 Corby underwent and operation at St Joseph Hospital Tuesday morning at (Oontinutd on Page 3) Big Republican Meeting ofN. I.P.V. &C.L. at their Hdqtrs. Tuesday, Oct. 9th, 8:30 P.M.