Largest f Nagrj J Paper in f Nebnska | _ 1=^- _ /JUSTICE/ EQUAUTT ~- _ . \ |l ■ * -» * - *. fc - MMftX »f|1—■ "" "' 1 " " “ ' — * * 9 Entered as S*c”nd CbiM Mattera* Postoffice. Omaha. Nebraska- OMAHA, NEBRASKA SAIT R-DAY, JANUARY 1, 1938 VOLfl N. A. A. C.P. Joins Protest On N. Y. Hospital Borah W ouldKill AntHynchBill - 1 Amendment U oukd Take Penalty Clause Away From Bill Washington, Die. 33 The lutes, dove] pment in the light for pa ne ttnerjfc of the an i lyn hing bil ls nn amendm nt in rod cled by Senator Wiliam E. B iah, of Id aho proposing to strike out the entire section 5 of th“ (iavagan Wagner-Van Nuys an i lynching kill H. K. 1507. Sdc'tion 5 is the heart of the bill, ■without which it will be of lit va ue. Section 5 provides for damages of from $2,000 to $10,OOP *o lie recovered from a county in which a* lynching, occurs tty the surviving kin f the victim of’Hbe mob. il i der the section, suit may be brou ght in the federal court to recover there liability damages! In taking the lead to strike out this seeJtsion hnd thereby c nip'o e ly ;emasculW‘e the teiti-lynrhuig bill Senator Borah is mumtuini >g his perfect, record of fighting anti lyiicfting legislaition. Senator Borah always has opposed the anti lynch ing hill and gave his assistance in each of the filibusters ngainst.it. Section 5 of the bill, the so-call ed penalty clause against the coun ty. is regarded as being the only guarantee in the bill that counties and communities will be spurred to act to prevent lynchings and pun ish lynchers. Without this section lynchings may well continue on tne same 'scale as at present with the so-called ‘ good citizens” of the county unconcerned about enforce ment of the law because non en forcement will not affect them one way or the other. With the penalty clause, the re-, spopfible citizens of the commun ity will be stir themselves to see that law enforcement officers per form their duties and prevent pos sible liability suits against the counfcy This amendment ottered by Sen- » a tor Borah constitutes the greatest . i menace to effe«tive anti-lynching legislation. It must be opposed vigorously, and all citizens , are i urged to write their senators pri or to January 4 urging them to resim any attempt to amend the anti-lynching bjll. . After a shoi't but sharp discus sion in the Senate on December 20. unanimous consent was given to Senator Barkley’s request that the anti-lynching bill be brough up i in thr Senate Thursday, January 6. Senator Tom formally of Texas made rasping remarks, and objec tions, complaining that lie had not been consulted on the setting of the date. Senator Connolly stated: ‘‘We realize that we*cannot postpone action on the anti-lynching bill f w ever.” but in the next breath he intimated very strongly that he in- | tended tx> filibuster against the bill by saying: “We. are going to Ire here in January and we may be heir* a good long while in January, too.” Senator Connally said that he wa* supposed to go on a mission to Puerto Rico with a subcommit tee *f the Senate and he had not expected to return until January 10, but he would change his plans and eertamly return by January 6. c BRILLIANT PAST :R r~ “ “ ' ‘ '■11 ■ 1 j KEY. MILES MARK. FISHER , V Jat-- . • . Rev. Miles Mark Fisher. pasfo f*’ir.i'i’s White Reek .Baptist ehmvh of Durham, N. C. whoso ■ ■ ngn gation includes active mem bership of business and profession il mm of rational fame. The lunch, which is a center of civic and community activity, recently burned its long-standing mar gage, ?ev. Fis’'"1'- who has enjoyed ex ■ pt;onal training, is noted for hi interest in the social and economic ulvancement rf his people. (AND Young Boxer Gets Lire Cleveland, Dec. 30 ( AN P) —A sympathetic jury trying the case of young Cleveland DilPard, 23. a boxer, here last week end recom mended mercy and saved (he youth from the Ohio sta'e prison's chair. Dilliard was found guilty in the criminal court room of Judge Her tz for his participation in the fa tal shooting of Thomas A. Burke during a holdup in Wade park, with a companion last August 1. Hilliard’s companion was arrest ed shortly after the murder, but Cleveland skipped town and landed ir Chicago. Working on a hot tip, local police drove to Chicago and took him into custody. Hilliard's- participation in crime ended his career as a boxer. Sev t ral years pevious he had made a remarkable showing in the prize ring when he slugged his way to the top in the Plaindealer Golden Gloves tournament. With the arrest of Hilliard and; his companion, police d dared that they broke up a wave1 of pe’tv ■limes committed in the park. He will leave for Columbus. Ohio, next Monday, his future home., for the rest of his natural life. W.O.W Fetes Four Veteran F.m;n;c’ More than 200 cmpl yoes of ; Woodman of the World Lf \ Ins i - unce Socie'y at'ended a tea: n>o 1 ial dinner at the Chamber of Com merce Thursday noon in honor of four veteran employees who re tire from service January 1. Th honored gues's were Miss Ella Kent, head of the correspond ence department; Mrs, Th rsea Kerr, check writer; Mrs. Bertha Cttmpb: i 1, clerk in the cashier’s de partment; and Charles “Dad" Fur ness, keeper of the arch’ves. ThA’r Services to th=* society totals more than 122 years. Pe Emmett Bradshaw. Woodmen iti tha Wprld-pp««id:nt, praised th ' leliring employees for 1 heir part-in 'the cot'sisr nt growth' of the so ciety. He was paiticu'arly grateful ho said, to Mrs. KeiT. who has written over thr e million benefi ciary checks totaling more than 2fin million dollars during hei- 37 vears of service. Th se. checks wor • distributed- among thousands of "’idowed mothers and orphan child ren. ini.-ss n.tin, ne saw, joined me society in 1898, just eight years after it was founded- She became hr first cashier of the organiza tion about 35 years ago. and later became supervisor of 25 stenogra phers in the correspondence de partment. Mrs. Campbell probably knows more about the society than any other one person, Bradshaw said. In her 22 years of service she has opened and read more than eight million letters from members, be neficiaries. other societies business es and thousands of other sources. Mr. Furness, affectionately known as “Dad" to most employees se rved the society first in the sta tistical department, then was pro moted to keeper of he archives. Gifts were pros, nted to the four and each made a brief talk prais ing the society, to which they had devoted the major-portion of their respective IfVeS, In 'addition Mr. Bradshaw* other national officers present included Farrar Newber ry, secretary., and T. E Patterson, vice president.'' Among the holiday visitors who are being entertained are Mr. and Ms:*William B Reed and son, Billy jr. of Denver, Colo., who. are vi siting with relatives, the Jones family, at 2811 Caldwell street Fath er Flanagan's Boys Home Will Hold Election January 3rd f While Congress has adjourned I and the national political arena t# * calm and serene for the Christmas | holidays, political activity at Fa ther Flanagan's Boys’ home, on ! West Dodge street has just begun, i For. on January 3, the citizens of i Boys' Town will elect a new mayor and city council. Voting in the primaries, held Wednesday, December 22. showed that the progressives polled a total vote of 640, while the conserva tives polled 480 votes. The pro giessive candidate for mayor is t Joseph Westerinan, while the con serwahiva candidate ig Riehard A Ivey. Neither candidate for may or was opposed in the primaries. There were twenty other candid ates for the six posts of city com missioner, however, and the elec tion promises to be hotly contest ed. Larry Kennedy, the. present mayor, is not running for reelec twxn inasmuch as he will soon re port to the spring training camp of the St. Louis Browns where he will commence a professional base ball career. Fraternity Holds National Meeting In a setting that will rival the ancient March Gras Festival in glamour ami Colorful atmosphere, Alpha Phi Apha Fraternity will hold its 26lh General Convention in the historical City of New Orleans, La. The convention call. *'0n to New Orleans,” has been a stirring ap peal to Alpha men in every sec tion of the country, and before the Mississippi River “turns all gold in the sunset,’’ Approximately 2.000 men will have gathered in this ancient city in a new world. £>hMO 0. Sl ONES At the convention banquet, Fri day, l)r. David D. Jones, president of Bennett college, Greensboro, N. C. will give the banquet address Other notable speakers will be Dean Felton Clark, Dean of South ern university and son of the pre sident of the university, who will le ad in the discussion on the topic, “The Negro and Equality of Edu cational Opportunity.” at the smoker given Tuesday, December 28 and Dr. J. B St. Felix Isaacs. Los Angeles, Calif., pastor of Wards Chapel A. MM. E. church of that city, who will give a conven tion address Thursday, December 30. Deltas At Cleveland Cleveland, Dec- 30 (By Mary Loy Roberson for ANP)—Featur ed by business meetings, confer ences, receptions, banquets, dune and other activities, Delta Sigma Theta sorority met here Dec. 26 31, in annual convention, with the Cleveland Chapter acting as Host ess to the delegates and visitors. Vivian Osbome-Marsh, grand president of Berkeley, Calif., an nounced the convention theme as ' Building Skyward by Far Vision and Adequate Perspectives in Our Sorority Life.” The opening meet in meeting, held Sunday night at St. Janies A. M- E. church was followed by a reception at Phylis Wheatley Association. During the five-day session there were also several luncheon con ferences, a radio broadcast and a Delta artist recital, to which the general public was invited. Reports were also submitted showing the sorority’s activities during the year in establishng 20 new chapters; in the field of education and c.ivil rights and in relief flood sufferers. The financial report for last.year was also presented to the body. Associations granted support dur ing the year by the Grand Chapter included the NAACP, the Nation al Urban League and the Associa tion for the Study of Negro Life and History. -.—.. .; n IN NEW FIELD ..— ..— -"—i I ■ U. W. BAUMGARDNER Former c*-11 gV pro'Vssor who l as enter <1 tlu> insurance field and •is making nn 'env'ahle success. Mr, BflUrhgfrt'rttv r, i dneatPd at Allen. Lincoln (Pa.), Ohio S'ate and Har. vard, was professor of 'education j-rtH psych--fogy at Alien urt’vaprft^ ^ in-his native’F riumbia, St C.; j 1 ‘fere-going o Pilgrim Health arid i Life insurance company, Augusta | Ga., as director of ■ pu‘1 Vf y. Thij first test of th' new insurance ex- ' ecutive came last May when he was placed in chatge of prbmoting tl o National Negro Insurance As- , foejation annual mect!ng in Au gusta, of which h:s chief. Hon. W. S. Hornsby, general manager of Pilgrim, was president. By formal vote of the convention, Professor Baumgardner did a swell job- (C) Finishes Aviation Course at Nebraska Lincoln, Nvbr- Dec. 30 (ANP)— Sidney Bernard, a native of Bri. [ tish Guiana where h's father is ! a government official, just com pleted the course prescribed for a transport pilot afte,. coming here; in June, 1936, to study aviation. He plans to go to London, where he has a brother who has told him there are many opportunities open foi aviators in England. -o THUGS ROB COAL DEALER East St. Louis, 111*, Dec. 30 (ANP)—Police this week were seeking three colored bandits, in connection with the holp up of Mil ton Helfrich, a coal dealer, who was robbed of $300 in the rear of his home. Helfrich said the men forced him to get out of his car which he was parking, slugged him with the butt end of their guns and took the money representing his eceipts fo,, the day. Then, as he started to run one of the bandits Hied a shot at him Harlem Organizations Fight Reappointment of Dr. Go dwater New York, Dec, 30—Protests ore flooding Mayor LaGuardia from numerous organizations and individuals in Harlem who have been infuriattxl by the statement of Dr. S. S. Goldwater, commis sioner of hospitals, which imply that all Negro doctors, internes and nurses are inferior to whites. Dr. Goldwater’s statements were made in testimony before a com mission authorized by the state assembly to investigate urban con ditions among the colored popula tion of the state. In his testimony on December 13, I>!\ Goldwuti'i' assorted that Negro medical people came mo;'ly fom inferior scchools and, there fore, were not accepted on the same basis as white students. He clso declared that Negro nurses were loss competent than white nurses, iyid that it took more of them to man a given hospital than it did white nurses or a mixed group of nurses. Demands for the ousting of. Dr. Goldwater as hospital commission er have been raining upon Mayor IaGuardia on the ground that (Continued on Page 6) “Biff” Omaha On Resrul Li The the Hip Six co Negron from Utica will a this school nouneememt «>t Jnliu I \\ illiafns will b^T^rrgulai' member of the Nebraska university wrest ling team. Williams, a junior from.Omaha, won the university champ onsh'p at 115 pounds. Coach Jones im m diatiity placed him on the var sity s'iiiad, t( !l:rg: W ltiurns he could compete agains* teams out > e I he first Negro youth to do so since the day ef Clinton Ross, n football star at Nehraska more [bun 20*. ears ago, The l»st"Negro to win his letter n't *n conrerenc' school was Holloway of Io^tra State, All Conference and AH Western football tackle in 192H-27. Tn addition to Iowa State'and Ne braska, Other Rig Six schools are Kansas. Kansas State,' ■* Missouri and Oklahoma. -o-- • Cop Gets 13 Months In Ohio Workhouse Cincinnati. Dec. 30 (ANP)— Convicted on charges of pointing lip arms and assault and battery, Robert Moore, recently suspended patrolman, Friday was s\ ntenoed I awaits trial on charges of assault ! with intent to kill ! Samuel Montgomery is the ac | euser. He said the officer, after being suspended for misconduct, ' took him from the Laurel Homes housing project and beat him over the head and face with a revolver and then forced him to go to the home of Elsie Jones where, the po liceman also beat the woman. Jealously was blamed for the at. tacks. -o Johnson Heads State Employes Union i Having been an active, honor ary member of the Municipal State City and County Employees- Or ganization for sometime. Olarencn R. Johnson; Pacific Coast Labor man. was unanimously -elected to serve as president of Local 119, American Federation of State and County Employees. In a statement from Mr. Charles Knowltan, executive secretary of this goup, he stated that Mr. John son had declined to accept such of fice because of the manifold duties in which he is now engaged, but was prevailed upon to aecept be cause the members of I,ocal Ilf* felt that due to his long experience in the field of organized labor and his many contacts that this exper ience was necessary in guiding ths destinies of the organization. Mr. Knowltan further advised that the National President Zan ders. of this group, will come 4* the Pacific Coast on January 14, to confer with Mr. Johnson and other leaders relative to the pro gram of this National Union for the year of 1938. A large mass meeting is planned for Saturday, January 15, at the Wadsworth Street school, to which tho pablw will be. invited.