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YOU GAN HELP CORRECT
THE INJUSTICE
Tho cry of a great many people
of Omaha is that they are not
getting fair treatment from the
present administration. They would
like to know some manner in which
they can correct this injustice. The
answer is very simple if they will
exercise their power at the pri
maries on April 11th, for the selec
tion of City Commissioners. Each
one will have every opportunity
to aid in the selection of those
whom they feel will give them a
better and more fair City admin
istration and make Omaha a city
in wbilh they are glad to live n.
One of the candidates who is
offered you is J. P. (Joe) Dolan,
who has been a business man in
Omaha practically his entire life.
He has always been identified with
every movement for the better
ment of all people of Omaha. He
is a married man with a family
and knows most of the problems of
the mothers and fathers.
If Mr Dolan is elected a City
Commissioner you can depend that
you will have a more friendly as
well as a more efficient adminis
tration. He will use all his power j
to provide better parks and play
grounds for both the grown-ups
and the children. He also believes
that a great improvement can be
made in the fairness of giving
assistance and relief to the unfor
tunate. There are thousands of
people in our city today who are
out of work and are extremely will
ing to accept any kind of labor
that will enable them to support
themselves and their families. Mr.
Dolan will make every effort to
create the employment that is need
ed through activity of the indus
tries which we have in Omaha to
day and by bringing new indus
tries to Omaha that can put these
idle people on their pay-roll.
If you want to promote the wel
fare of all the people of Omaha
vote for Mr. Dolan and use all
your influence to get every friend
and acquaintance of yours to vote
for him.
Want a change. Vote for J. P.
(Joe) Dolan, election Tuesday on
April 11. Primary day.
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HARLEM BRANCH YMCA.
WILL PROVIDE FRIEND
FINDER SERVICE DURING
THE WORLDS FAIR
Through tihe efforts of the Har
lem Branch YMCA, visitors to the
great City of New York will find
one of their chief difficulties elim
inated when the “Friend Finder"’,
inaugurated by Mrs. Mae Mack
lin, Manager of the cafeteria de
partment of the YMCA, is put into
operation. This additional service,
free to the public, is one that the
Harlem Branch is introducing for
the benefit of travelers coming to
New York.
It works in this manner: Per
sons coming to New York at any
time during the summer are invi
ted to come to the Harlem Branch
YMCA, the center of Harlem, and
register—giving names, home ad
dresses and places where they are
stopping in New York, also the
length of time they plan to re
main in the city.
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MRS. LOLA KiAYFORI)
JULIAN PASSES
Mrs. Lola Rayford Julian, 2866
Wirt Street, died at her hwne
Wednesday at 8:30 a. m. She was
a loyal and citizen of Omaha for
many years.
She is survived by her daughter
; Mrs. I^aThelma Erwin, her son
Mr. Eugene Rayford ; her grand
son Eugeno Ingalise; and a host
of friends. Her sister, Mrs. Jim
Richardson of Topeka, Kansas was
present.
Midwest’s Leading Golf
Clubs Prepare for Central
States’ Golf Championships
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St. Louis, Mo., April 1—Six of
America’s leading Negro golf clubs
situated throughout the southwest
will begin this week sharpening up
their war clubs in anticipation of
their annual golf fiesta. The Cen
tral States Golf championship
scheduled for St. Louis historic
Forest Park Golf course. The tour
nament this year will be held on
Sunday August 20. It's a one-day
36 hole grind designed to bring
out all the golfing qualities and
faults of the nation’s mid-west
sepia ehotmakers The six clubs
participating are: Paramount Golf
club of St. Louis, this year’s host,
Heart of America Golf club, Kan
sas City, Mo., Twin Lakes Golf
club, Topeka, Kansas, Twin City
Golf Association, Minneapolis,
Minn., V'alley Golf club, Des
Moines, Iowa, and the Swastika
Golf club, Omaha, Nebraska.
Each club is composed of 50 odd
members, all capable of rating in
tha duffer or near duffer class.
Many however, have blasted their
way into prominent places in Ne
gro golfdom.
Shephard Among Top
“Slammin” Sam Shephard, St.
Jxmis’ outstanding golfer'1 is rated
aunong the top class because of
his persistent shooting of sensa
tional rounds. He’ll probably head
of the list of early favorites when
the filing gets under. Shephard
although beaten out in the final
round in the tourney at Minnea
polis last summer by youthful
Tommy Donaldsin is perhaps the
most colorful of all Mid-west golf
ers. He chalked up consistent sub
par rounds of 67-71 over the diffi
cult Swope Park course at Kansas
City last summer and will un
doubtedly bear watching this sum
mer Other St. Louts shot makers
who will be gunning for the Cen
tral States title are: Richard
Young a former titlist who ap
pears in the ping of -condition this
year; Edgar Cash,-'Herbert- I-oVe,
Burry Bell,.Adam-Great, Dr. L. B.
Howell, E. L. Garner, and Nat
Jordan..Ug frojn-.the ranks of the*
second flighters. this year will be
a newcomer to championship class.
He is Albert Hill, one of the jnost
atnazing golfers the Mount City
can boast pf. Hill labeled “Lil Poi
son” has p\ijled.,mare. unsual golf
golf shotj^the past few weeks than
anyone nas seen. He has carded
several sub-par rounds lately..
Plenty Excitement
Not since Sheppard, Young and
Charles Howard of Des Moines ptft
. cn a slgmming battle six years
ago to thunder down the home
, stretch in a bloze of glory Forest
Park sizzling with flames had Stoe>
phard copping the title by a mea
ger margin ljas.the.southwest seen,
as much enthusiasm and exciter
ment worked up over the Central
States annual event J. Frank Me
Conieo, president of the Centra.l
States Golf association and also
president of the Paramount club,
this year’s host, stated last week
the event this year will surpass
all previous tournaments. The en
try list is expected to foe nearly
100 and there's going to be plenty
of close competition in the 36 hole
madela play. A peek into the visi
toring entourage reveals the cream
of the Southwests madhie-weilders
Kansas City will naturally boast
of the largest number of visiting
entries, sending Leroy Doty,
George McClain, Morris Herdnon,
and several others. Elmer Gordon
and William Bennett will head
a sizeable delegation from Topeka
Kansas, Minneapolis, Minn, will be
represented by the veterans, Dr.
W. D. Brown, Charles Noble, James
Murray, Jimmie Lee, and the
youthful Tommy Donaldson, who
will be defending the title he won
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last summer. From Des Moines will
come Charles Howard, Hums John
son and Penny Murray, Boyd Gal
loway, the long driving siege will
head a large group of visitors from
Omaha.
A free for all battle looms be
tween George McClain, Kansas,
City, Shephard, St. Louis, Charlc-s
Howard, Des Monies and Tommy
Donald»on, Minn of the group Sam
Shephard holds a slight edge, for
he appeaii? to be shooting the most
consistent at this time.
Herbert Love, chairman of the
tournament committee announced
this week, that Forest Park's tough
is hole layout will be at its
peak for playing when the visitors
invade' St. Louis. Low a veteran
campaigner said the slowness in
getting the course in shape for
spring practice indicated a gi-eat
improvement in condition by Au
gust when the event is scheduled.
Miss Lucille Lacey, newly elected
president of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Paramount club will head
and entertainment committee which
will entertain the visitors. She
will be assisted by Mrs. Julia, form
er National Women’s champion.
NEBRASKA UNEMPLOYNIENI
D N PAYS OUT JOB
INSUHANGE BENEFITS
TOTALING $411, 920.97
Lincoln, Neb. April 4—The Ne
baska Unemployment ComfKmsa
tion division paid out job insur
ance benefits totalling $411,920.97
, in the period from January ^5
through Saturday, March 18, ac
cording to officials of the division.
During the period since Nebras
ka first began paying Unemploy
ment Compensation' benefits, 48,
279 benefits clieeks, averaging
slightly ' under $9.00 each,, ■ were
written by* the divisiori ^ind sent
to unemployed persons eligible to
receive-benefits. Thedength of ben
’fill payments runs from six to eight
'weeks, although claimants with
sufficient wage credits. 4*iay draw
benefits for sixteen wgeks in-one
year.', - ,
During the week of March 12 to
March 18 inclusive, 6,084 benefit
checks totalling $52,171.85 were
writen Benefits checks fof' this
period averaged $9.18 each. The
amount of benefits depends" Upon
the claimant's former full-ttme
weekly wage. Benefis amount' tb
one-half of this'weekly Wage.
Practically-all of the monejKpaid
out in benefits had been Spent by
unemployed persons for necessities
such as food, clothing, fuel and
rent and this money has returned
to channels of trade throughout
the state. Benefits payments also
help to keep persons eligible for
job insurance from applying for
direct relief until such time as a
steady job can he found for them
All claims for beneifts are filed
through twenty offices of the Ne
braska State Emplyoment Servcit
In counties where no office of the
State Employment Servcie is lo
cated representatives of the Un
employment Compensation division
or the State Employment Service
make frequent visits to county
seatu for the purpose of registering
unemployed for work and taking
claims for job insurance.
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WEEK OF PRAYER
AT DILLARD UNI..
Dillard University observed its
annual Week of Prayer April 1-5.
The observance, began with a re
treat held at Gulfside, Waveland,
. Mississippi, on April 1st. The Rev. ]
William Herbert King, national
Student Secretary of the YMCA
was guest speaker for the Bervice*.
He spoke at the formal Vesper
Service, Sunday April 2nd at 4:30
o’clock and 12:00 noon on Mon my,
Tuesday and Wednesday. A faculty
supper on Tuesday evening, at
which time Mr. King spoke, was
also a feature of the week. Spec
ial music for the services was ren
dered by the Dillard University
Chorus, under the direction of Prof
Frederick Hall.
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FAMILIES ON RELIEF NOW
ELIGIBLE TO BECOME TEN
ANTS IN LOW RENT HOUS
ING PROJECTS
Washington, D. C.—That WPA
lief are eligible to become tenants
workers and other familee on re
in low-rent housing projects now
being constructed in scores of cities
by local- housing authorities with
the financial assistance of the Uni
ted States Housing Authority«^as
reaffirmed, as a matter of US1IA
policy .last week in o leaflet pub
lished here by the USHA.
The leaflet, entitled “Rehousing
Relief Families,” refutes a current
belief that the doors of these pro
jects will be closed to relief fami
lies. Such families will be accepted
a„ tenants provided they are
otherwise eligible and their oncomc 1
either frmo work relief or from
direct home relief, is sufficient to
pay the low rents charged in these
projects.
“It is the official policy of the
USHA to include relief families
in USHA aided projects," the
leaflets asserts “USHA aided pre
jects are open to all families who
are in the lowest income level, and
who are not able to afford decent
housing supplied by private enter
prise."
“Rents in USHA aided projects,
will be welt within the reach of
■large numbers of families, on both
home relief and work relief, will
always be lower than rents in
other available forms of decent
housing, and will often be lower
than rents which relief families
•are now paying for substandard
housing.” • . * 1
In the selection of tenants, “no
group of families will" be barred
because of 'the source of their in
come,” according U> the leaflet.
“To bar relief families from low
rent housing projects merely be
cause they are on relief would be
to ignore the bousing needs of
a vast and deserving section of
the population.”
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However, steps will be taken to
avoid filling any project with re
lief tenants or with other families
of unsteady income. The final de
termination of the proportion of
such families will depend upon lo
cal conditions.
Present estimates indicates that
shelter rents in USHA aided, pro
jects will range from $7 to $20
per month for a dwelling. Such
rents are within reach of the low
est paid WPA worker and are no
more than public welfare budgets
in many cities allot to relief clients
for shelter.
“Rehousing Relief Families” is
an eight page leaflet which is for
free distribution and may be ob
tained by writing to the Informa
tion Service Division of the United
State Housing Authority, Wash
ington, D. C.
19!7 12th Anniversary
** MAHA UIDE
12 Years Ago
The Omaha Guide was founded by sincere individuals with the
determination of giving to the people it represented and to the
advertisers who helped to support it, a reliable newspaper upon
which they could depend.
TODAY...
after 12 years, it has never ceased to publish, and is the only reg
ular legal publication ever offered to the Colored citizens of
Omaha and territory.
THE OMAHA GUIDE PLANT,— covering 46x120 feet of space.
Located at 2418-20 Grant Street
Other Pictures of the Plant on p. 9,10,11
RANDOLPH SAYS BAN ON
MARIAN ANDERSON SHOULD
STIR MILITANT FIGHTING
SPIRIT OF NEGRO PEOPLE
By A. Philip Randolph, Interna
tinal President of Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters
The refusal of the Daughters' of
the American .Revolution to per
mit Marian Anderson, clfebrated &
world renowned Negro contralto to
sing in Constitution Hall in Wash
ington, D. C., has stirred a nation
wide pretest among Negroes and
fair-minded Liberal and conserva
tive white people in the oountiy. ■
As an evidence of her opposition
to this intolerant racial policy oi
the ;I>AR, Mrs, Franklin Delano
Roolevelt resigned "frtfrn the or
gamzataon.' 1 his courageous and
progressive action on the part of
the First Lady, unloosed an ava
lanche of criticism, biting and
bitter, forthright and sound, a
gainst the Daughters' of the
American Revolution, and prompt
ly made this discrimination against
of National, but of world signifi
Marian Anderson a issue, not only
cance, While we do not welcome
such manifestations of race pre
judice, nevertheless, it is only
when some extremely ridiculous
expression of racial intolerance is
made by some powerful group that
the American consciousness is
aroused and made to realize that
the Negro people are human be
ings and have rights that white
Americans, even though descen
dants of early settlers who fought
in the war of the Revolution of
1776, are bound to respect.
Nor os ft unimportant to observe
in passing, that all the Daugh
ters’ of the American Revolution
are not white and members of
the DAR There are black daugh
ters' of the American Revolution,
also. Negroes fought in the War of
Independence. Who has not heard
of Orispua Attucks, a Negro, who I
wag the first to give of his blood
for the liberation of the Thirteen
Colonies from the tyranny of King
George III ?
But not only did the DAB tui-n
Marian Anderson down when she
their hall, but the Board of Edu
applied for the privilege to sing in
cation of Washington, D- C. and
arm of the Federal Government,
grudgingly conceded her the op
portunity to sing in the auditorium
of one of the white schools, with
a provise that it was to be under
stood as setting a precedent for
other Negroes to use. Piqued by
this left-handed insult, Howard
University, under whose aupices
the noted singer was to appear,
rejected the white public school
Auditorium with the strings at
tached and has properly insisted
Upon the right to use this auditor*
turn as 'American citizens, ^vjthout
reservations. Because of the en
lightened position of Howard Uni
versity on this question, the Board
of Education has withdrawn the
privilege of Marian Anderson to
sing in the school, apparently un
der any condition.
It. is timely to observe in this
connection that the Marian Ander
son Public School incident is the
direct, though b'tter, fruit of a se
gregated school system, based up
on race and color, and it is the
smoke screen of seperate schools
with the President of the Board of
Education, Ballou, raised to con
ceal hi» real motive of race hatred.
Of course, the claim that the
denial of the auditorium of the
school for white children to Mar
inn Anderson, was in keeping with
the law of the District of Colum
bia, is not only a poor excuse, but
a worse reason so far as social
justice tolerance and demoracy are
concerned.
But life and progress do not
always move in straight lines.
Thera are also detours. Yet, the
same destination may be reached,
Thus, despite this unceremonious
and despicable slap in the face the
Negro people have received from
the DAR and the Districk of Col
umbia Board of Education, suffi
cient compensation for it all i«
(Continued on page 12)
A. F. OF L. GRANTS JURIS- '
DICTION OVER TRAIN!
PORTERS TO BROTHER-!
HOOD
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bTew York City, April 8—Pretei
dent Williaiin Green of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, recently
informed.A. Philip Randolph, In
ternational President of the Broth
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters,
that the Executive Council at its
mid-winter meeting, held at Miami,
Florida, in January granted the
Brotherhood jurisdiction over the
train porter. '
Train porters, according to Mr.
Randolph, in various parts of the
country, have been requesting the
Brotherhood to accept them into
membership, for several years,
since they are entirely without pro
tection, baiag as it were a part of
railroad labor organization, nat
ional in scope.
In view of the decision of the
Executive Council to extend the
jurisdiction of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, the only In
ternational railroal labor organiza
tion eligible to practice and pre
sent cases involving grievances and
claims of railroad employes before
and to the National Railroad Ad
justment Board, will forthwith pro
ceed with a nation-wide organiza
tion campaign to bring the train
porters in to its fold, states Ran
dolph.
Train porters’ organization eon
feres ces, to this end, are planned
to be .held under the direction of
Brothers Randolph and First In
ternational Vive president M. P.
Webster, the latter part of April,
in St. Louis, Mo., San Antonio and
Houston, Texas, concluded the
Brotherhood’s leader.
