Largest jm Negrr 4^ . 4a '• in Nebra* ’ W7* full pages of M Pnmjnc Per /jUbi ICE/EQUALITY HEW TO THt LINE) evi;rV week ^°*^7 ifSiilWiM Entered as Second Class Matter a< Postoffice, Omaha. Nebraska- Omaha, Nebr., Saturday, Oct. 29, 1938 __ Number Twenty n^ne N. A. A. C. P. MINSTREL _ ' SIXBH A SUCCESS DU. WESLEY JONES, Pres, of NAACP— Or. Oct. 22nd the Local Branch •of the NAACP of which Dr. Wes ley Jones is presid' nt, sponsored a midnight Benefit Ministrel at the Hits Theatre which drew a larga attendance. Eighteen performers partkdpat !>ed in the show which offered a variety of presentations. Buddy De Loach, Sam Brown, Pewee Cade, and Ewell Cart- r all well known performers furnished the laughts and the latest in tap dancing while John Woods acted as straight man. Dr. Jones proved to be somewhat of a trooper himself when he sang “I’ll Always Be I n Love With You.” and then jazzed it up. Pewee j Cade, a stranger in these parts gave a smooth performance. Th; young son and daughter of Sam Brown also gave a tap dance speci ality. Others appearing oil the pro gram were: If. L. Preston, Edrose Willis, Earl McCutheon, LeRoy Gude, Chas. Williams, Richard Reynolds, Henriene Barker, Geor iV Watkins, Evelyn R dd. Ruby Carter, Dave Alexander ard Wal ter Harold. I)r. Jones made a ■ peech b tween the acts during which time he thankel those who had donated their services and j promises to make-the Benefit possi I 1-1 ■ and explained the purpose of I the NAACP. DEMOCRATS HEADQUARTERS Chairman Dugan of the Douglas County Democrats addressed the following message to all Demo crats: “I know that the Domocratic party of Douglas County with re spect to defending the program of our great president, and the pro gram of our local Democratic can didates However, it is the intention of our headquarters that they shall ho fully presented in other ways to the voters of the county. “I am asking that you stand by the ticket and not be swayed by misrepresentations being used by the opposition as a smoke screen for the purpose cf defeating he program of our party. “ iVhat would our city and county have done in the past three or 4 yra. without the program of the Democratic party? That ig the question. What have Republicans to substitute for WPA and PWA for taking care of the 10,500 in this county who are now being assisted through these projects. CITES REFUSAL OF STOLINSKI TO BE ST006E Five hundred persons at a Jos eph Stolinski-for-assessor rally at the Elks Club Thursday night heard Robert R. Troy* r, attorney says Stolinski was once offered the assessor’s job but turned it down ' rather than be a stooge for the courthouse gang.” Troyer cited Stolinski’s 21 years’ service in the assessor’s office under both republican and demo cratic assessor, working hi« way up from office boy to chief dep uty. He said Stolinski was offered tho assessor’s job when Sam K. Greenleaf died and added: “It was offered to him on a plat :* ter by Uncle Charlie Burns, them tho courthouse boss. Stolinski told Undo Charlie he would not be a stooge for the courthouse gang and turned it down. Stolinski chose to sacrifice himself rather than be tray his rncred trust to the tax payers. If that isn’t sufficient proof the man is trustworthy, then deliver me from (ver trying to get j a man with a career into office. FIRST LADY EXPRESSES INTEREST IN Y.W.C.A. AS NATIONAL CONFAB NEARS Washington, Oct., 27 (ANP)— fn a letter to Channing, H. Tobias YWCA executive, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt wife of the president, this week expressed her interest ■n the ^ \\ ( A’s Fiftieth Anniver ;ary Conference to be held at Ho- J ward university November 4-6. “I will be so glad to see you when you are in Washington,” she said. indications from all parts of the country point to a large and representative attendance at the conl'ertnce. Philadelphia is plann ing to charter a bus to carry its 40 delegates; Atlantic City is send ing its Glee Club chorus of 50; New York has appointed a special committee of its board to work up a largo and representative delega tion. Other sections of the country aro equally enthusiasic about the meeting. KANSAS CITY TO 6ET NEW CENTER BUILDING Kansas City—Excavation work began here last week on the Par adeway for construction of a com munity center and bathhouse, a part of the city’s ten-year plan. It is a PWA project. Tho contract for the center was awarded to L. Lishear and Son whose bid was $53,733. The con tract calls for the completion of the biulding in 120 days, which means that the center will be ready for us0 in February. No skilled Negro labor will he used in tho construction of the new biulding, but unskilled Negro labor will be employed in tearing down the old swimming pool stru cture. H. T. Kealing, Urban lea gue industrial secretary, learned from the contractor. The old swim ming pool will he razed under the supervision of the city park board. Mr. Kealing said that union reg ulations prevent the use of Negro skilled labor on the project. FOOD SHOW HIGHLIGHT Ono of the outstanding features of the Omaha Guides 12th Annual Household Demonstration was the lectures on electric cookery given by Miss Lila Pryor, demonstrator for the Nebraska Power Co. Her pleasing personality plus her knowledge of electric Cookery gained her the complete attention of the audience whenever she spoke. - —0O0-— NEBR. POWER CO AWARDED FOR ITS PERFECT RECORD A bronze trophy, awarded for its perfect record of no lost-time accidents during tht y.ar ending1 last June 30, was presented to the Nebraska Power Company at the National Safety Congress held in Chicago last week. Presentation of the award was by Charles B. Scott, president of the Bureau of Safety. Chicago, a past —chairman of the public utilities section of the National Safety Council. It was accepted ,l'or the Nebraska Power Company by Paul Feistser, employee in the Omaha lines department. The company'* safety lecord of { no lost-time accidents among its 740 employees with a total of 1,630,000 man hours of work dur ing the contest year, was given special mention in th“ presenta tion of awards to the winners in Class B, of the Electric Production Division. The company was best in this class that includes the lar ger electric utility companies of the country. : This is the second time the Ne i braska Power Company has rec eived this award for a perfect safe ty record, it having been won pre viously in the year ending June 30, 1934. GOODWILL INDUSTRIES October 30 to November 5th PROGRAM Sunday, Oct. 30, Goodwin Sun day in Omaha chruches. Monday, Oct. 31 .Goodwin Wo men's Auxilliary Day. Tuesday, Nov. lT Dedication of chapel and building by Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam. at 8 A. M. to be broadcasted over sta tion KOIL. Ask your friends to listen in. Wednesday, Nov. 2, Patron’s Day Goodwin, customers to be shown through the plant and served light lunch. Thursday, Nov. 3, Visitor’s Day. Formal opening to the public. Plant open from 1 o’clock to 9 P. M. Bag contributors from 1 to 5 P. M. Friends of Goodwill C to 9 P. M. Friday, Nov. 4, Doll and Antique Display, 2 to 4 o’clock. CONGRESSMAN CHARLES F. McLaughlin i Congresman McLaughlin has al ways been a staunch exponent of Americanism and believes fhat every man, woman and child should bo protected by the guarantees set forth in the Constitution of the United States. Congressman McLaughlin’s re cord in Congressman proves that he has represented all individuals and groups in this district, with out discrimination or favor and to the best of his ability. Congressman McLaughlin has supported relief and welfare legis lation. He voted for WPA and PWA ar.d has worked tirelessly to assist those whom relief legisla tion was intended to benefit. Congressman Mcl^eughlin has al ways be n an outstanding public spirited citizen, taking part in so cial welfare work and other com munity projects of civic betterment. Congressman McLaughlin has al ways b. en inti nsely interested in tho ex-service man and his pro blems and vote:! for the Soldiers’ j Bonus. Ho is a number of Omaha ] Post American Legion and served on its executive committee. He is p, member of Benson Post of Vetc t a ns of Foreign Wars. ■Congressman McLaughlin sup pofted the Administration Program Decent Government for Douglas County! Democrats and Republicans will lino up side by side to accomplish , this. It is an old political trick to try to confuse the issues in a cam- j paign of his kind—to throw up a I “smoke screrr.” Already the Court j House “gang” are doing this. They j aro trying to throw up th smoke screen of ‘party lines”—they are trying to confuse the issue with loyrlty to political party. Hut the colored p oplr of Omnha and Douglas County will not be misled by such political trickery Th;y will see such a move for just what it r eally i? an attempt; to distract th< ir attention from I t he real issue in the case—Decent | government in their Douglas Coun- i ty Court House- -and avo-t their nttenion and confuse them. The colored people of Omaha arc just as anxious to have the Court Hou«© mess cleaned up as anyone else. They want decent government back in our Court House. They know we have not had decent gov ernment for 4 years. And they know why. The present Court House 'gang” is the reason—and the only reason. And now this same Court House crowd comes back to us once more on November 8 and asks us to give them a chanc© to continue their “political plunderingr" But they will not be given that chance. We are not so ignorant or so long suffering that such grave misman agement of our County govern mental affairs will be permitted to continue forever. Now we have a chance to let them know just how much we resent their wasting of our tax-money. The colored people of Omaha will not bo fooled by political trickery. The “COURT HOUSE GANG” MUST GO! There is only ONE IS SUE—Decent government in our Douglas County Court House. The only way decent government can return to Douglas County is for the colored people to join hands with the other fair minded citizen of Omaha and vote for all the county Republican candidates on November 8.” MEHREN AND PRICE ! _ Peter Mehrens ,who was squeez ed off tho School Board after hav ing been declared elected is again a candidate for this post. He is 1 teamed with R. C. Price. Both are demanding equal representation for all the groups on the Omaha teaching staffs. -—0O0 MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD HAS NEGRO PASSENGER REPRESENTATIVE Little Rock. Ark., Oct. 27 (ANP) •Blazing a trail for other rail r iads to follow, the Missouri Paci fic lines have hired a Negro pas rger representative to look af ter the comforts and conveniences j of colored travellers. f Omaha, Nebr.. Oct. 26—(Special) —Douglas County will have an honest and efficient administration free from domination by any gang or clique if the voters give their whole-hearted support to Bernard Stone, A1 Elssasser nnd H. B. Berqui«t, th so three Republican candidates for county commissioner vowed in a statement released to day. “We pledge ourselves within our budgets, to help reduce the county debt and eliminate political plund ering in county affairs,’’ the candi dates said. The Republican candidates, Cam paigning on a slogan “Sweep the Courthouse Clear,” have pledg ed thi niseives to: 1. Aifiist the movement for county homo, rule and support whatever form of county govern ment Douglass citizens s leet. 2. Help reform county purchas ing, requiring bids and will ■ not toKrato “emergency” buying which has added so unr asonably to the cost of county government. 3. Not pad the payroll with re- g latives—in fact, not put any rela tives on the payroll. 4. Hi lp muintain the county hos pital solely for the care of the ill who are poor. 6. Not spend in excess of the county’s income—permitting no moro deficits. 6. Eliminate waste of county property through mysterious disap pearances of purchased supplies. 7. Make no secret political alli ance, nor will they use their office* to build up a new county gang. -A COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE OPENS NOVEMBER 14TH To meet the needs in 1839 of the 29 agencies affiliated with the Community Chest the people Oma ha will be asked to contribute a total of $577.796.'96, Casper Y. Offutt, chairman of the Budget Committee has announced. The annual city-wide drive opens Nov. 14th, but in the meantime, impor tant preliminary canvases and con tact are being made. More than 3,00 men and women workers will be engaged in the campaign when it is in full swing. In the arriving at ahe budget for use next year, Mr. Offutt said a thorough study of the need" of all the agencies affiliated with the Chest has been made. "All members of the committee,” h said “spent much time visiting each of the agencies, actually viewing the conditions which exist the work being done, and the need for their continued support. Members of the committte are: Melvin Bekins, president of the Chest; M. L. Shaweross, Mrs. C. W. Hamilton, Raymond Low, J. M. Wright, Sr., W. L. Pierpoint. Dr. C. W. Pollard and Francis P. Matthews. In connection with the budget statement, Vicor B. Smith, general campaign chairman , said: ‘‘The Budget Committee and the Board of Governors have done an excep tionally fine job in reconciling the needs of the community with the communit’s capacity to privide"' funds for next year. While ir^r^ money could bc used properly a id effectively under this budg t, no agency need be sreiously impari rl and the to'-' is "’<11 within the possibility ■ attainment.