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Nebraska, under Act of March 8. 1874. Saturday, May 13, 1939 Number 6
MARIAN ANDERSON MURAL
FUND COMMITTEE
Washington, D. C.—An appeal
to young people and others who
aro interested to contribute pen
nies, nickels and dimes for a
mural depicting Marian Ander
son’s Easter concert was issued
here last week following organiz
ation of the Marian Anderson
Mural Fund Committee under
chairmanship of Edward Bruce,
chief of the Section of Fine Arts.
Treasury Department, Procure
ment Division.
The committee, composed of
members of both races, was or
ganized by Mr. Bruce for the!
purpose of raising funds to com
memorate that event. Elected to
servo with Mr. Bruce as officers
of the committee were Professor
J. Vernon Herring, head of the
art department at Howard Uni
versity, secretary and Jes-:e IT.
Mitchell, president of the Indus
trial Bank of Washington, trea
sure,!.
“We have undertaken this pro
ject,” the chairman said, “because
Miss Anderson’s concert in front
of the Lincoln Memorial was one
of the significant occassions in
our national cultural development.
It served to focus attention upon
tho enduring qualities and genuine
elements in our democracy. The
committee believes that the beauty
solemnity, grandeur, and challenge
of that occasion was of such im
portance that the scene deserves
to be preserved for future genera
tions.”
The appeal is being made pri
marily to the youth of America,
Mr Bruce asserted, because Miss
Anderson both as an artist and as
a person represents what can be
done in this country despite dis
crimination and other handicaps.
. “Her triumph is worthy of emu
lation and should he a source of
encouragement to all young peo
ple,” he said.
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of
the Interior, who is a member of
tho committee has given assurance
that the mural when completed,
will be accepted and installed in
the Department of Interior Build
ing in Washington. The mural will
bo executed by the winner of a
national anonymous competition
open to all American artists and
conducted by the Section of Fine
Arts, Treasury Department,
Yaung people are urged to send
contributions through their orga
nizations or schools to the trea
surer of the Fund, Mr. Jesse H.
Mitchell, President. Industrial
Bank of Washington, Washington,
D. C. As the expenses of admin
istration are being borne by the
sjKjnsors, every cent contributed
by the school children and young
people of the country will be used
solely for the purposes of having
the mural executed and installed.
Members of the sponsoring
committee include Senator Warren
Austin, United States Senator;
Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Na
tional Youth Administration; Miss
Bertha Blairi, Vice chairman of the
Marian Anderson Citizens’ Com
mittee; Miss Mary Brady, Direct
or, Harmon Foundation, New York
City; Mr. Edward Bruce. Chief of
Section of Fine Arts, Treasury De
partment; Hon Oscar L Chap
man, Assistant Secretary of In
terior; Mrs. (Raymond Clapiper,
Washington, D. C.; Mr. John P.
Davis, Secretary of the National
Negro Congress; Mr. Frederic A.
Delano, Chairman, National Capi
tol Park and Planning Commis
sion; Mr. Todd Duncan, Assistant
Professor, Howard School of
Music; Mrs. Leonard Elmhirst.
New York; Dr. Dorothy Ferebee;
Mrs, Juliana Force, Director of
the Whitney Museum of Art; Dr.
Ernect Gruening, Director of the
Div. of Territories and Island
Posessions, Dept of Interior; Mr.
Roland Hays, Boston, Massachu
setts; Mr. J. Vernon Herring,
Head of Art Department, Howard
University; Mr. Charles H. Hous
ton, Chairman of the Marias An
LEADS YOUTH
REV. W. H. JERNAGIN
President of the National Bap
tist Young Peoples Union which
meets at Tuskegee -in June 21-26,
who announces a special demon
stration of 600 Boy Scouts in cadet
formation, under the direction of
Rev. Samuel Pettigue of Atlanta,
Ga„ assisted bv Richard Otey of
Nashville, Tenn., special Scout
Commissioner f r the Baptist de
nomination. Rev. LeRoy of East
Chicago, Ind., is working i ut the
boys program Rev. Jcrnagin, na
tive of Macon, Miss., has been
pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist
church, Washington, D. C., f r 26
years, and for a longer period a
leader in Baptist ranks through
out the nation. (Calvin service)
• .
| derson Citizens’ Committee; Hon.
1 Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the
1 Interior; Hon. Kent E._^ Keller.
Chairman, Library Committee of
tho House; Mr. Jonas Lie, presi
dent of the National Academy;
Mr. Jesse H Mitchell, President,
Industrial Bank of Washington,
Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., Washington, D.
C.; Mr. Carl Murphy, Editor. Af
ro-American, Baltimore, Maryland
Hon. Frank H. Murphy, Attorney
General; Mrs. Caroline O’Day,
United States Congress; Read
Admiral Christian Joy Peoples,
Director of Procurement; Mr.
Duncan Phillips, Washington, D.
C.; Mr. C C. Spaulding, North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, Durham. N. C.; Mr.
Nathan Straus, Administrator, U.
S. Housing Authority; Dr. John
W. Studebaker, Commissioner of
Education, Department of the In
terior; Hon. Robert F. Wagner,
United States Senator; Dr. Robert
C Weaver, Special Assistant to
the Administrator, United States
Housing Authority, Department
of Interior; and Mr. Walter White
secretary of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People.
M. E. BISHOP SLAPS I). A. K.
PREJUDICE
Omaha Prelate Deplores Ban On
Mar/an Anderson In Devotional
Address
In his devotional'address Satur
day morning, April 29, Bishop G.
Bromley Oxnam, M. E. bishop
from Omaha, took a slap at the
kind of prejudice which caused the
D A. R. to bar Marian Anderson
from Constitution hall for Easter
Sunday concert.
Speaking on “He Came Too
Late, This Christ,” Bishop Oxnam
urged Americans to forget the
D A. R.’s prejudice and to turn
rather to the “expression of an A
moricapism worthy of the founders
of this Republic,” referring to the
concert on the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial.
“Now is the time to cease post
poning the idea of brotherhood,”
said Bishop Oxnam. “Now is the
dime to take it and enthrone it.
Let us not associate the idea of
holy love with alter alone, but
relate it to mill and mine and
market. Let u» take the idea of a
Father of all mankind and trans
late that idea into instruments that
make for a brotherly world.
“Let us have done once and for
I " -— ' -——---ts)
M is for the million things she gave me
0 is only that she‘s growing old
7 is for the tears She shed to save me
R is for her heart of PUREST GOLD
E is for her eyes, the love light shining
j R is right and right she‘ll always be
Put them all together and they spell
M07HOt_The worcl that meaas the
world to me.
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I
all with the atheis m that lies in!
pagan statements bandied about
hy nominal Christians who declare
“Seli'-interest is the only sufficient
motive jo drive men to real achiev
ement;” “moral right must bow
to economic necessity;” “war is in
evitable. ” Now is the accepted
time. Christ did not come too
soon. Wo caane to Christ) too late”
“It was not ';hj Daughters of the
Confederacy—no. it was the Dau
ghters of tho American Revolu
ion—who refused Marian Ander
son the right to ising in Cons ftu
tion hall. Let us forg t that and
turn rather to the expression of
an Americanism worthy of the
'ounders of .his Republic—I refer
to the concert given there upon
tho *leps of tho Lincoln Memorial
Easter Sunday.
“I saw men and women of the
South, distinguished leaders of
this nation, among the great who
had come to pay tribute to a voice.
I saw them sifting there while she
sang, “America, My Country Tis
of Thee, Swot Land of Liberty.”
And hen we heard “Ave Maria—
Hail Mary!” A black girl— Hail
Mary, a Jewish girl. Send that
message across the sc a and let
them know' One i» our leader, even
Christ.
59,407 VOTERS WENT TO THE
POLLS ON MAY 9th
SO GOES THE SECOND WARD,
SO GOES THE ELECTION—Just
An Old By-Word
The following are a few tabulat
ed figures on the votes cast in
this race of City Commissioners
in the Second Ward only.
Trus.in, precinct 1—233; 2—262
2—185; 4—212; 5—193; 6—196
7—237; 8—222; 9—255; 10—182
1.1—253; 12—246.
Towl, precinct 1—165; 2—183; 3
—4 41; 4—198; 5—170; 6—159
7_176; 8—207; 9—170; 10—193
11—176; 12—246.
Mehrens, precinct 1—136; 2—
168; 3—136; 4—187; 5—167; 6—
150; 7—170; 8—216; 9—183; 10—
183; 11—143; 12—271.
Green, precinct 1—159; 2—201;
[3—125; 4—191; 5—173; 6—163;
7—168; 8—205; 9—145; 10—182;
11—115; 12—228.
« • 4 4 on rv 1 Off
Drown, pretiiKb a-iou, —u-i
3—139; 4—207; 5—162; 6—132;
7—200; 8—176; 9—177; 10—157;
11—142; 12—214.
Kresl, precinct 1—229 ; 2—199;
3—158; 4—128; 5—112; 6—115;
7—148; 8—169; 9—186; 10l_116;
1.1—239; 12—170.
Adams, precinct 1—156; 2—162;
3—122; 4—166; 5—138; 6—124;
7—162; 8—191; 9—178; 10—153;
11—149; 12—220.
Hannon, precinct 1—144; 2—184
3—123; 4—174; 5—145; 6—125;
7—173; 8—164; 9—156; 10—145;
11—162; 12—202.
Jfpsen, precinct 1—219; 2—196;
3—132; 4—128; 5—108; 6—106;
7—153; 8—115; 9—165; 10-103;
11—224; 12—160.
Knudsen, precinct 1—227; 2—
204; 3—136; 4—102; 5—104; 6—
113; 7—153; 8—102; 9—142; 10—
98; 11—208; 12—135.
Hummel, precinct 1—176; 2—
188; 3—155; 4—107; 5—102; 6—
96; 7—141; 8—121; 9—156; 10—
92; 11—183; 12—141
Frost, precinct 1—128; 2—164;
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3_130; 4—155; 5—106; 6 -117;
7—133; 8—111; l#—115; 10—128;
11—148; 12—145.
Butler, precinct 1—175; 2—102;
3—124; 4—85; 5—79; 6—86; 7—
142; 8—70; 9—149; 10—81; 11—
213; 12—112.
Korisko, precinc.', 1—187; 2- 168
3—137; 4—85; 5—76; 6-^-78; 7—
113; 8_83; 9—131; 10—74; 11—
213; 12—134. *
Totals, Trus.in 2,676; Towl 2,
126; MeTirens 2,110; preen 2,065;
Brown 2,017; Krisl 1969; Adams
1,921; Hannon 1,877; Jepsen 1,800;
Knudsen 1,124; Hummel 1,658;
Frost 1,580; Butler 1,508; Korisko
1,479.
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RICHARD WARD ARRESTED
ON ELECTION DAY BY CAIT.
PALMTAG
I
Richard Ward was arrested on
election day on bake street near
twenty-fourth by Captain Palmtag
and was ht- Id a short while on in
vestigation. Wednesday, May 10,
r. hearing was held in .Judge Day’s
courtroom. Richard Ward was
represented by Attorney Green
ville P. North, Assistant'city pro
secutor representing the city.
After hearing the evidence and
testimony of Officers Barrow.
Harry Buford, Atty*. Olson and
Rug ne O’Sullivan and Captain.
Palmtag, Judge Day sustained
Habeas Corpus writ which was is
sued on election day
Officer BarrOw was asked if he
knew Richard Ward or had he ev
er steen hi>fn to know' him before.
The answer was no. Officer Bar
row was also asked if he saw Cap
tain Palmtag lay a' pistol on the
desk. He answered that he did
not se0 him do so while Richard
Ward was being searched. Of
ficer Buford was asked if he had
had a telephone conversation w'ith
Captain Palmtag early that morn
ing'. His answer was “No.”
Atty. Olson was asked how
long he had been acquainted with
Richard Ward. He said he had
known him about 26 years and did
not know anything wrong about
him.
Attorney Eugene O’Sullivan was
asked by Attorney North if he
made a statement to Gapt. Palm
tag about something someone told
him that someone had been told
about the death of Billy Hines.
Atty. O’Sullivan ara*'ered that he
met Captain Palmtag on the street
and in •» conversation casually re
marked to him abouti something
ho had heard from a friend who
had been told by someone about
tho death of Mr Hines.
ALPHAS IN MIDST OF
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
The Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity for the past weeks has been
conducting its annual education
al campaign, according to a re
cent announcement from the of
fice of Dr. Rayford W. Logan,
professor of history at Howard
University, the Fraternity’s Di
rector of Education. Most of the
chapters will conclude their Go
to-High school, Go-to-College
Campaign <r the Campaign of
Education for Citizenship on May
7 with public meetings and radio
History Repeats Itself
Six years ago, ex-Mayor Roy N.
Towl went into the1 City Hall with five
I. V. L. City Commissioners. Dan
Butler, the Lone Wolf. After several
[. V. L. private meetings, Mr. Towl was
elected Mayor for three years.
Is the Mayor’s office now the hot
spot???
The Police Department was at one
time called the killed of a City Commis
sioner. It was the rule in the OLD
GANG RULE days if they wanted to
destroy the influe^ Comm
issioner, and put him on THE SPOT
for CERTAIN defeat in the coming
election, he was made a Police Com
missioner; but now, it looks as though
the Mayor’s office is the HOT SPOT.
It is undisputed by the citizens of
Omaha that ex-mayor Roy N. Towl put '
a stop to GANGDOM rule in Omaha
by making Robert P. Samardick, Chief
of Police and giving him full reign to
take the Police department out of pol
itics. There isn’t any question in any
one’s mind who knew the political sit
uation and corruption that controlled
the Police Department at that time,
that it was called to a halt by Robert P.
Samardick and Omaha was given one
of the finest and most efficient Police
Departments that it had ever had in
the past forty years.
No one ever accused Roy N. Towl
of bargaining with or taking any part
in any kind of underworld activities.
It was commonly thought bv exper
ienced politicians that if ex-Mayor Roy
N. Towl errored, it was an error of the
head and not of v /v~ "*■ He tried
hard to give the people of Omaha ex
actly what the I. V. L. pledged them
selves to do during their campaign;
But what happened? The following
election ex-Mayor Roy N. Towl was
overwhelmingly defeated and the IVL
organization was shot to pieces. Rob
ert Samardick was demoted and he re
signed.
At this sjime election, Mayor Dan
Butler ran independently and was over
whelmingly elected with the largest
vote ever cast for a City Commissioner
in Omaha.
The elected Commissioners, desir
ing to carry out the will of the people,
elected Mr. Butler as the Mayor.
For three years, Mr. Butler, with
his wide political experience, having
served in the City Hall for a number of
years when the Dennison machine was
in control, and in serving during his
time in about all of the City Commis
sion departments, knowing the under
world’s tricks, knowing what hard
ships the Dennison machine had work
ed on him and on everyone else wrho
took issue with that machine during its
days of control. Mr. Butler knew all
the key men in the Police Department
who assisted Dennison in the persecu
tion of the citizens who took issue with
that machine.
With the exception of Mr. Butler’s
personal feelings against Robert P.
Samai cick with what he considered
insubordination, and Mr. Butler’s de
sire, from years of experience in the
financial department, to save the tax
payer’s an ex-chef of Police’s monthly
pension, Robert P. Samnrdick was re
moved from Chief of Police and J. J.
Pszanowski wras appointed. With the
exception of this one act, we believe
that Dan Butler, as Mayor, has wforked
just as hard as it was humanly possible
to give Omaha a decent, honorable and
upright City Administration. For the
past three years, he has kept corrupt
influence from getting a hold on the
Administrative affairs of the city of •
Omaha. What happened to him on
May 9th??? In appreciation for these
services, Omaha citizens by a vote
dropped him to sixth place.
Omaha citizenry did not expect Mr.
Tow 1 to stop gambling, rror do/they ex
pect it now'; but they did then and do
now resent puplic take-off, gambling
games of arty description and what is
commonly called pay-off protection.
In neither Mr. Towl’s nor Mr. But
ler’s administration has any one laid
claim to any kind of paid protected
vices in Omaha. Yet, both for some
peculiar reason were shown a lack of
appreciation for the services rendered
to the people of Omaha,
If Towl had been elected by a large
majority with three of his co-workers
along with him, it is possible that the
conclusion would have been that there
was a resentment shown in the demo
tion of Robert P. Samardick; but what
is the fact? Towl barely got in the
seventh place. Practically a rank pol
itical stranger came within less than
five hundred votes of defeating him.
For some unknown reason, we
found in our neighborhood the Church
people and the sponsors of the gambl
ing element working hand in hand to
defeat Dan Butler and his administra
tion.
In the past City election, the gam
bling element was between the Devil
and the Deep Blue Sea, for it was
known if Roy Towl was elected may
or, Samardick would have been return
ed as Chief of Police and most certain
ly there would have been no paid pro
tective vices under his administration
as Chief.
Well, we wonder who wants the
HOT SEAT, the Mayor’s chair, in this
administration.
talk*.
During the past five years,
Professor Logan stated the Fra
ternity has awarded $6,400 in
fellowships and scholarships. Ad
ditional awards to be made dur
ing the next few weeks will bring
the total to almost $8,000.
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MISSISSIPPI HAS HIGHEST
MURDER RATE
Aberdeen, Miss. May 11 (C)—
Mississippi has the highest mur
der rate of any state in the world,
according to L. J. Folse of the
State Planning Commision. The
State leads the nation in htonici
des, about BOO a year in a popula
tion of 2,000.000.
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JESSE OWENS FILES BANK
RUPTCY
JESSE DESERVED REAL
FRIENDS
A gain Jesse Owens breaks into
tho news. Bat this time it is to
our regret. National and Olym
pic champion in running and
jumping, he fell short of being a
business success and has had ta
tako bankruptcy. We are sorry.
If foi* no oiher reason than his
athletic prowess, Jes«e deserved a
better fate. But it was his mis
fortune to fall into the hands af
fho group who operated one of the
political headquarters. Having
nothing of their own, they used
him to attract favorable public no
tice. It was not fair either to the
boy, or to flhe voters, and now
Ow*ns pays, while they—well the
less said the better.
