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M Omaha Guide’s Tenth Annual Food Show Opens October 27th ^ Largest | 5^1UT Cents Negro ^ per Paper in ^ || r Nebraska j LoPy j H= — /JUSTICE/EQUALITY INE\ .. 3.cnd Cl* Matterat P„.oBic., Om.bu Neb»>k,. OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1037 _=^^^==== VOL XI. NO 26 'I ■ ■ ■ — —-— * Sound New Warning on Wages-Hour Bill If Favorable to South Would Hurt Cause of All Labor Classes New York, Oct. 21—Now that* the special session of Congress has been called definitely for November 15th, for the primary purpose of enacting an agriculture bill and a wages and hours bill, the NAACP sounded again a warning for col ored people to be on guard against attempts that are sure to be made to draft a wages and hours bill' more acceptable to the South than the one introduced in the last ses sion. The wagt’s and hours bill, as drafted and introduced by Sen ator Black and Representative Connery, was fought bitterly by congrtaemen from the deep South who are afraid the bill will bene fited Negro workers in Dixie. Tl* NAACP has joined with those who are opposing any geogra-, phical wage differentials on the - ! IF1 ' LEWIS O. SWINGLER Editor of the Alpha Phi Alpha organ, The Sphinx, from his office, 390% Beale avenue, Memphis, Tenn., where he is also managing editor of the Memphis World, Mr. ! Swingler is making a drive to ar ouse new interest among Alpha men and the public in The Sphinx. The magazine was started in ‘13 as a four page pamphlet, and has grown to 60 pages, with general articles and numerous illustrations. Former editors of the publication are W. A. Pollard, V. D. Johnston, Carl Murphy, Oscar Brown, P. B. Young, jr., and Arnett G. Lindsay. Swingler was elected in ‘36 at Nashville, Tenn. He is a native of Crittenden county, Ark., and was educated at the University of Nebraska. He had an exhibit of The Sphinx at the Texas Centen nial, and plans a good report at the next Alpha meeting in New Orleans on December 23-31, next. SIX BOYS WITH BICYCLES TO SERVE YOB Notice to Subscribers: If you do not get your paper at leaat in the Saturday morning mail, call the office, WEbester 1517, and we will send you a paper at once. Mr. a C- Galloway, Manager —I ■ ' ■ ' "■ ' ” i theory that just as was the case with the NRA (geographical differ enials in wages will be used to en force what are in reality racial dif ferentials. The American Federation of Labor convention in Dfenver last week went on record against wage differentials in the wages and hours bill. On October 14th Walter White, NAACP secretary, telegra phed John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Or ganization, which is holding its convention in Atlantic City, urging the CIO to pass a resolution “op posing any geographical differen tials which would not only do^ great harm by freezing present below subsjstence wage hour and working conditions of majority of eight million Negroes in the South, but would establish dangerous prece dent of federal approval of such differential.” Secretary White also expressed the hope that the CIO would en dorse the passage of Wagner Van Nuys anti lynching bill as had the A. F. of L. _«_ • To Form National Negro Council Here Monday evening, October 25th, at 8:00 p. m. at the YWCA, a branch of the National Negro Congress will be siet up in Omaha under the guidance of its National president, Hon. A. Phillip Ran dolph. Every religious, civic, social and fraternal organization is urged to send representatives. Drive Gets Under Way For Federal Anti-Lynching Bill New York, Oct. 21—Warning that supporters of the federal anti lynching bill must not be lulled in to inactivity by the predictions that the bill is sure to pass, the National Assocation for the Advancement of Colored People launched today a new drive for passage of the bill in the Senate during the special session of Congress which has been called for November 15th by Pre sident Roosevelt. On all sides, even in the deep South, the word has gome out that there is little chance to stop the passage of the anti-lynching bill. The NAACP urges colored people and their friends not to be caught napping by this propaganda. Sena tors who happen to be in their home districts should be visited by committees of citizens and person ally urged to support the anti lynching bill and to resist a fili buster if one develops. The NAACP pointed today to the newspaper re ports from Washington all of which state that the anti-lynching bill is a "complication” in the special session. “The anti-lynching bill is definite ly on the calendar as the number two item of business,” the NAACP statement said, “and it will come up for consideration immediately after the farm bill. However, it must be remembered that there is always a possibility that a filibus ter will be conducted against the. bill and senators favoring this le gislation must be prepared to re sist a filibuster until victory is won. Filibusters are not as effective in the early part of the session as they are at the end, when everyone is trying to get his legislation through and go home, therefore a filibuster is more easily beaten in an early session than in the closing days. "We must expect that all kinds of last minute prapraganda will be used in an effort to postpone action on the bill, but we must accept no excuses, We have the votes to win and if maintain steady pres sure the bill will be passed.” The association also stressed the ever-present need of funds to carry on the work. The vacation period always brings a drop in income which is not restored until Decem ber. With a special session schedul ed for Novebmer, money is urgent ly needed to press the fight before Christmas. Attend Important Convention I iC. C. Spaulding, president, and Asa Spaulding, actuary of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insur ance Company, as they attended the Life Office Management Asso | ciation at the Edge-water Beach Hotel in Chicago last waek. Metro I politan, Prudential, Northwestern I Mutual and companies of similar scope were among those represent ed. They report the meeting as be ing challenging and enlightening and spent the entire week in study there. Mr. Spaulding said that they Drivers’ License New State Drivers License, which are required of all automobile own ers may now be secured at the Community Center, 2213 Lake street. Applicants ait? urged to secure their licences immediately in order to avoid the last minute stand ing line. absorbed many helpful ideas and suggestions which they will ueport to the National Negro Insurance Association at its session next year, -o Omaha Guide Staff Member Honored — Mr. S. Edward Gilbert, R. Ph.C., B. S., staff writer of the Omaha Guicja and known to hundreds of children as Uncle Gil, through his sponsoring the Guidite Page, was signally honored last week when he was unamiously selected as the chairman of the Foreign born Ne gro Sub-Session of the National Negro Congress which convened in Philadelphia. Excerpt of the letter read: ‘I am writing you at his time urgently to request that you serve as Chairman of the Sub-Session on Problems of Foreign Born Negroes. mm3. M.R. S. EDWARD GILBERT The subject of discussion at this time will be ‘The Foreign Born.’ The time of the sub-session will be October 17th at 10:00 a. m. “You have been the unanimous choice of our committee for this vital assignment. I sincerely hope that nothing will prevent you from accepting this imporant invitation. Will you not wire me collect at the above address your acceptance of this invitation so that our pro gram may go to print. Cordially your, John P. Davis, National Secretary." Miss Bessie Mae West Fetes Fifteen Guests Sunday evening at the palatial home of Mr. and Mrs. McConnell, 2634 Maple street. Close friends of their daughter, lassie Mae West, entertained superbly. The scentil ating smell of fuesh assorted flow ers unobtrusively greeted every guest. The home bautifully dcorated for the special occasion, lent an at-^ mosphere most pleasing. CocktailB served first, arosed the appetites of sevral male guests. However, await ing all, was a table beautifully de corated with candles and flowers appropriate numbers of chairs con fronted with individual place cards. A lavish dinner was scientifical ly served. Dancing and cards prov ed secondary after this. The young ladies exquisitely gowned in various shades, wore! corsages equally blending: They were; Misses Mary Alice Willis, Lorraine Fletcher, Mary Ellen Dickerson, Edrose Willis and Mrs. Margaret Dickerson-Wright. The young men formally attired carried an atosmphere of dignity to equal that of the young ladies. They were: Messrs. J. Westbrook McPherson, Henry L. Levells, Char les Dickerson, Le Roy Wright, and Burton Walker. Miss West, the hostess, is a former student of Ho ward university. -o-— Mr Bert Breckenridge of White Cloud, Kas., is visiting his daugh ter, Miss A. B. Breckenridge., 2110 Lake, Apt. 34. -o Maybe your fish would taste better by Jeff, 1818 No. 24th St. N.A.A.C.P. Asks Better Jobs foi Subway Employees New York, Oct. 21—A request that Negro employees of the In terborough Rapid Transit subway system be given better jobs than porters and eleator operators was sent to the first annual conference of the Transport Workers Union here by the NAACP last week. The TWU, an affiliate of the CIO, was chosen last spring by em ployees of the RT as the union to bargain with the company and for that reason the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Col ored People felt that the TWU should take the Initiative in open ing up new job opportunities for the colored members of the union. Although the municipal Eighth avenue subway employs Negroes in all capacities (just recently hav ing added eleven Negro motormen) the IRT for years has restricted Negroes to jobs as porters and ele vator operators. The NAACP believes that if the CIO unions are going to be of max imum service to Negro workers they must not only admit them to the unions without any color line, but must see that they have op portunity to work at any job for which they may be qualified. The CIO no color line unions will not be very valuable to Negroes if they admit them to membership, but continue restrictions on the grade of employment they can win. The specific protest of the NA ACP was made on the fact that there were 76 openings for station agents on the IRT but Negroes were not allowed to qualify for those positions. Attention of the company was also directed to re strictions against Negroes. -o-■ To Hold Annual Harvfest Home Dinner The Annual Harvest Home Din ner for the benefit of the Colored Old Folks Home will be held Thurs day, October 28th, at the Northsde YWCA. Dinner will be served from 6 to 8 p. m. Price 26 cents. For reservations or other information, call the home, JAckson, 0704 or the president, Mrs. Olivia Kirtley, WEbster 6021. -o-— Mrs. Mayrae Pierro is very ill in a local hospital and wishes her friends to visit her. DiningCar Waiters Union To Hold Hational Meet Here October 25-28 A. Phillip Randolph To Address Open Meeting, Tuesday AH of Omaha is looking forward to the coming of Hon. A. Phillip Randolph, America’s foremost or ganizer leader and orator, who will be the principal speaker at a mass meeting Tuf.«day evening, October 26th, at 8 p. m., sponsored by the ---y Something New; Unique Shine Parlor The Unique shining parlor is lo cated at 2220 No. 24th street, for merly known as Unk shop, is ev ery thing that the name implies. In that here you can find a lady, with a very pleasing personality, an exp rt in shining shoes and a specialist in the dyeing of shoes. So ladies when you like to have thods shoes dyed to match that new frock and men if you are ready to change those white summfcr sho es to black don’ forget the name, personnel and the number, Unique Shining Parlor, Thelma jRckson, 2220 No. 24th street. The plaqe of service, the woman with a person ality. -o Mrs. J. F. Owen of 2872 Miami street, has returned -aftyeT spending several weeks with relatives in Quincy, 111. National Conference of Dining Car Employees which convenes here Monday, October 25th and through and inclusive of Thursday, October 28th. Hon A Phillip Randolph Hon. Randolph is president o the Pullman Porters Union and re cently led 7,000 porters to a victor; that meant more pay and bette working conditions. A victory tha is heralded by the world as th greatest economic accomplishmen ever achieved by black America He is also presdbnt of the Nationa Negro Congress, an organizatioi formed February 1936, for the pur pose of fighting for thte right o Negroes to jobs at decent wage and for the right to join all trad unions. Thla right of Negro youtl to equal opportunity in education and in the economic life of th community. Among the notables that will b present for the convention are: M: C. R. Johnson of Los Agates, Cali I. P. Flory of Oakland, Calif.; L« Metzl of Chicago, 111.; Layto Weston of St. Louis, Mo.; Harr McCain of Denver. Colo.; Osci McKenzie, Itexarkana, Texas; A fred S. Couthrone of Washingto: D. C. New York and other eastai points have not as yet been heal from but are expected to be pr sent. Among the discussions which a to be carried on at the convents which is to be held at the Mason Temple, 26th and Blondo Sts. a as follows: (1) Problems of diffe ences in wages, hours and workh conditions. (2) Organizational px blems of dining car employeea n tionally. (3) Problems of Strengt ening the bargaining power of o group. (4) Problems of laws a national mediation. Big Hallowe’en Dance Dreamland, Oct. 3(