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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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Mr Bert Breckenridge of White
Cloud, Kas., is visiting his daugh
ter, Miss A. B. Breckenridge., 2110
Lake, Apt. 34.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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(
