___ y SATURDAY DECEMBER £ tt pL j&B Weather Outlook for the peril I lil 1 November 27 to December 2. U> i E«J H nor Mlc,» .vallev and Northei t .J T'rVinni/WT Great Plains, week comparative'; li I ■■ I If 1 |\j dry with temperatures mostly a JL/JL/1 1 JLV/11 _____________ , bove normal. M,CEFIVE CEWTS/JUSTICES EQUALITY | HEW TO THfc UNE\ LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY _• Entered as 2nd Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebr., under Act of March 8, 1874. SATURDAY DECEMBER 2, 1939 ' TEL WE’ 1517 Number 34 . — -— - ——■ ; --- _______ •! Workmen's Compensation Law €>---—-- By Judge Lawrence Welch -—-® Part II As stated in the former article the Workmen’s Compensation on ly applies to a man or woman ■who had an accident and an in jury whi'e working for his em ployer. When such is the case, his employer must pay him medical and hospital enpense and pay him two th'rdr. of his wages, not to exceed $15.00 non week, while he is disabled. The Workmen’s Compensation Law is not a local law which is operative only in the State of Nebraska. It is a law which will be found in almost every state of the United States and in most all of the European Countries. In the early years before machinery was used to any great extent, an employee, when he was injured, had to pay all of his own medical costs and suf fered the loss of his wages while was disabled except in those few instances where the employ ed was conscious of a moral ob ligation to take care of hir. e:n acts of raegl.gtwe Iby the em ployees or where there was some ployer. With the advent of the indus trial revolution in th3 latter part of the 18th century and the de veknment of machinery on a I art "i physically han heaped rtorkmtrf' were, becoming quite preylaut^ and the various oom muniiies had to take car/ of then and their children. In 1883 and 1884 Switzerlaid and Germany passed the first Workmen’s Compensation Law. Legislators and civil leadtrs of that period reasoned that a workman was very similar to a | piece of machinei'y in as much | as both were only a means for the output of work. They said,! '‘when a niach n,: breaks down ^ tho employer had to repair it at his own co»t and charge it up ! to the industry.” Theq said, “if e. man has to repair his machin ery at his own cost in case of an ace'd nt, he should likewise be required to repair his men in case of an accident and that the cost of the accidents of the men as w 11 a« the machinery should Ibe charged to the inuustiiy caus ing them.” Upon this theory the first com pensation law was based. After Switzenand and Germany passed the law it spread to almost all countries of Europ: and fmally into the United States. Today 47 out of the 48 states have this law. Nebraska passed this law in 1913 and it has been operative since that date. ARTICLE NUMBER III Tim workmen’s compensation law applies to any person, firm or corporation employing one or more employees. However there are a few exg ptions to this gen eral rule. The state law wpecificly excludes employers of the house hold domestic ^nwants and em ployers of farm laborers. Rail I road companies engaged in inter st"te or foreign commerce are likewise ek mpt because they are declared subject to the powers of congresp and not within the pro visions of the state law. It rather difficult to explain why some of th?se occupations are /not included in the law but the basic underlying principal serins to fall more on tradiiion ^han for any other reason. When the law was first put into effect in 1)^3 19th century in Europe the lords and barons maintained a class of servants who lived within the walls of their master. As stated btfore this law was created fundamentally to apply to industrial workers. Since hous hold woi thirty-third Christmas Seal campaign of the Nebraska Tu lerculosis A. scoaitiou begins on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, and is of great importance to every man, woman and child in Nebraska. Funds raised through I this annual ur'ive will be used to ] continue the unc:as’ng warfare against tuberculosis. This Seal Sale, continued through Christmas, supports the Nelbraska Tubeifculosis Associa tion. Ninety-five per cent of the fund remains in the state in which it is raised; five per cent goes to the National association for educational and research work. Tuberculosis is still the leading cause of death in this country between the ages of 15 and 45, the most productive period of life. Thus it becomes necessary to inform the public that the early discovery of tuberculosis is imperative for a complete cure. During the thirty-three years of Christmas S:al Campaigns, the death rate of the disease in the United States has been cut more than two-thirds. In 1907, the first year of the Seal Sales in this country, there were 179 deaths per 100,000 population. Now th? death rate is approximately 49 deaths per 100,000. Hence the Christmas Seals have been the chief instrrment during the suc ceeding years in saving over 2, 000,000 lives. Initiated by a woman, Emily Birsell, the campaign continues to owe much of the success to women. In this state, a great many of the Christmas Seal Sale chairmen are women and much of the preparation for thj 1939 cam paign has been done by women who volunteered their services. /SV- ---- The Nebraska Tuberculosis As sociation hopes to continue th^i work being done to eradicate the White Plague in this state. No home will be safe until all homes are protected. More money is needed to carry on this great work. Generous purchases of Christmas Seals w.ll make this possible. -0O0 Chicagoans Aim at $1,000 Goal in Red Cross Drive Chicago, Nov. 30 (ANP)—A group of prominent Chicago women, headed by Mrs. Annie L. Pleasant, chairman, have organiz ed a committee to canvas? the Southside in the drive for Ameri can Red Cross memberships. They are trying to raise $1,000 by the end of the month, Nov. 30 the date set for th& close of the campaign. This is the first time in recent years that an organiz ed effort for Red Cross funds has been made in the colored district. Assisting as co-chairl.r.en are: Dr. Wilehmenia Bowles and Mrs. La Ursa Snelson-Hedrick, who is also committee secretary. Cap tains of thte various teams are: Mesdames Millie Hobson, B. Mon roe, A. Blanche Williams, Cera Arnett, Annie E. Oliver, M. E. Bluitt, Emmett Williams, Irene McCoy Gaines, Annie Malone, Pauline J. Lawrence and Dr. Mary F. Waring. -oOo TWO NEGROES AMONG 65 CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS LEGISLATURE Fort Worth, Tex. Nov. 30 (ANP)—At last Friday’s dead line for the filing of applications it was 1 arned that two Negroes were numbered among the 65 candidates officially in the race for the post of flotoria! represen tative to the State legislature from Denton and Tarrant coun ties. The number of candidates is said to set an all-time record for the state, and it is reportedly th,e fii-st time a Negro has ever sought public office in either county. Thio colored candidates: Phil R. Register, editor Fort Worth Eagle Eye, weekly paper and Jay Ford, Fort Worth labor er. -0O0 Missouri Law School Meets Bur’s Approval St. Louis, Ncv. 30 (ANP)—Th,’ now Lincoln university law school opened in September in the old Poro college building, has com plied fuily with American Bar association requirements and is therefore an accredited institution it was announced to the Lincoln board of curators last week by Will Shafrcth, adviser to the section of the association on legal education and admissions to the bar. Praising the administration of Dean Louis E. Taylor, Shafroth said he found the library physical equipment, number of full-time teachers, admission requirements, length of course and number of students “entirely satisfactory" and asserted the institution was not makeshift in any respect. -nOo SURVEY GRAPHIC REVIEWS SOUTH S WAR ON LYNCHING New York. Nov. 30 (C)— “Ladies and Lynching” is the ar resting title of a very revealing article on the South’s great shame, by Lewis f. Nordyke in the November issue of the SUR VEY GRAPHIC, monthly maga zin of social interpretations. The editor* describe Mr. Nordyke’s contribution as a “remarkable _V GETS HOUSING APPOINTMENT Miss Portia M. Tribbit, 19.TJ graduate of the At'nnta Univer sal y School of Social Work, ha* recently been appointed Investi ga or in the Tenant Select on Office of the Columbus M tro politan Housing Authority, Co' umbus, Ohio. She is also a grad uate of Ohio State University. Miss Tribitt, who is a native of Columbus is the daughter of Dr. and. Mrs. R. M. Tribbitt, a mem ber of the Alpha Gaopa Alpha Sorority, and has an excellent background of training and ex perience for the position to which she ha* been appoined. 'J ' against carried forward by forty thousand south ern women, backed by two mil lion members of social, civic and religious giPups. A Texas jour nalist reports on the promise of be'.ter human relations which dis tinguishes this quiet but deter mined movement for ‘self-recon struction.” -0O0 Chicago’s Provident Hospital Gets Charter For Insurance Plan Chicago, Nov. 30 (ANP)—A chart-r has been granted by the : !ato to the Southside Hospital Service Plan, Inc., which will co operate with Provident Hospital. Pnovident will furnish hospital accrmodations to tho-'e enrolling in the plan, it was announced by j D . John W. Lawlas, medical j director. -0O0 Virgin Islands Judge Home for Xmas Holidays Chicago, Nov. 30 (ANP)—Chi cago friends of Federal Judge Herman Moore of the Virgin Is lands received word from the jurist that he will spend the Christmas holidays at his home here. His brief message «aid he would arrive in Chicago about Nov. 25 and remain until after th,e Yule season. He sailed from the Islands aboard the S.S. Borin quen of the Porto Rico Line. -<>On White Students At Southern Meth dist Uni. Hear Daisy Lanipkin Give Talk Dallas, Tex. Nov. 30—White students of Southern Methodist University’s school of religious cudcation, here turned out in full force to hear Mrs. Daisy Lamp kin, field secretary of the Natrion. al Association fpr the Advance ment of Color d People, who spoke at the university November l 1", on the organization’s fight to; win full citizenship rights for Negroe* in the United States. Following her spe ch, the stu dents, many of whom will soon BIG NAACP. BENEFIT SHOW A big, grand benefit ministrel1 show will be given at the Hits theatre, Saturday night December 2, at 11:45 p. m. Hilson To Detroit Rev. E. H. Hilson who has clone much in the uplifting and relig Colored society, lias been called ious and civic life among Omaha to The King Solomon Baptist Church of Detroit Michigan which has a membership of 3,000. RECEPTION FOR HILSON On Tuesday night a reception was held in honor at the Salem Baptist Church, which was largely attend by the ministers and prom inent residents of the city. After saying goodbye to his many friends and acquaintances, lie left Omaha. Wednesday morn ing, accompanied by his wife and niece. The Rev.'s new address is 575 East Kirby St„ Detroit, Michigan, go out to pastor Methodist churches throughout the country, followed Mrs. Lumpkin into a re ception room to express gratitude for the frank and honest way in which she approached the ques tion of Negro rights. Mrs. Laimp kin discussed the anti-lynching bill, the campaign to erase educa tional inequalities between the races in AVa mica as it affects teachers and students, and larger cultural goals of the association. —»*--ooO Atlantic City Omega Holds “Achievement W e e k” Program Atlantic City, Nov. 30 (ANP)— A special showing at a local theatre of the screen play “Way Down South,” written by Lang ston Hughes and Clarence Muse was a highlight of the National Negro Achievement Week pro gram, Nov. 12 to 18, sponsored hero by Upsilon Alpha, youngest chapter of Orr.ega Psi Phi frater nity. After the film presentation, Raymond G. Robinson, ex-grand basiRuo, spoke on the lif =* of Hughes, famed poet and author, and an Omega frater. The week long celebration be gan with a public me?ting on Nov. 12, with 500 persons pres ent. Speakers included Thomas L. Hu iselton, executive secretary, Atlantic City chamber of com :rerc and J. Leroy Jordan, Eli zabeth, N. J. On Thursday night, at the local PTA meeting, Nelson H. Nichols, Jr., addressed the group. The celebration came to a clo*ej with two student assembly meet ings: one at Indiana Avenue school, with Lloyd M. Wright and Milton R. Palmer as speakers, the other at New Jersey Avenue school, James A. Ovfrty and B. Napoleon Gupton, speakers. Officers of Upsilon Alpha chapter are: Lloyd M. Wright, basileus; James A. Overby, vice basileus; Walter I. Johnson, Jr., Keeper of records and seals; Mil ton R. Palmer, keeper of finance; B. Napoleon Gupton, keeper of peace; Harry W. Scott, chapter editor and Tayirond G. Robin son, chaplain. __ U, S. TO HOLD EXAMS FOR EDITORIAL CLERK, OTHER POSTS Washington, D. C. Nov. 30— ANP()—The U. S. Civil Service Commission this week announced the following forthcoming exam inations: Principal Editorial clerk $3,000 a year and Editorial clerk $1,800 a year, application dead line dates Dec. 11-14; Assistant Inspector of Shop construction (m chanical,) $2,600 a year, with U. S. Maritime Commission, ap (*!--- --- - — - -<• A. Phillip Randolph, Pres. Brotherlfd Sleepin’ Car Porters (S' THE HIGH SPOTS OF PRES. RANDOLPH'S FEW DAYS IN OUFl CITY—Big Mass Meeting at Zion Baptist Church December 7, 1939— at 8 P. M. St. John Choir will render a special program under the direction of Mrs. Pearl Hay Gibson. Dec. 8th at 7:30 P. M.—A Testimonial Banquet will be given in honor of the President and the Vice-President. December 7th and 8th at |2 O’clock Noon A Speical Meeting will be held at The Urban League for Pullman Porters, Chair Car Porters of the U. P. and their wives also are invited. plication deadline, Dec. 11-14. The following positions in Air Corps Technical school for assign ment to U. S. Army Air Corps, VViati Department, Chanute Field, Rantcul, 111., Scott Field, Belle ville, 111, and Lowi'y Field, Den ver, Colo., Instructor $3,800 a year; Associate In tructor, $3,200 a year; Assistant Instructor $2,000 a year and Junior Instruc tor $2,000 a yearj application deadline, Dec. 11-14. For full in formation concerning exams, see local postmaster. j .. —> - JOE GEDDES TO HELP STEER BUSINESS Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 30 — (ANP)—Dr. J. E. Walker, presi dent, National Negro Business league, an'punccl 1 today the transfer of Joseph P. Geddes re gional vice president for Ijouisi ana to membership on the Steer ing Committee of which Dr. F. D. Patterson of Tusk'gee Institute is1 chairman. To fill Mr. Geddes’ place as regional vice president, George G. McDommonds, New Orleans member of the League’s Execu tive committee was appointed. “Our Steering Committee’’ said Dr. W'alker, “is the League’s planning committee and was able duiing our Oklahoma City con vention to outline a program of activities which i« largely respon sible for the present widespread interest in the leagu?. Other members of the Steering Committee are: George VV. Cox, Durham; J. B. Blayton, Atlanta; B. G. Oliye, Memphis; Edward Simmons, Charleston, S. C.; and Carlton Gaines, Detroit. SOUTHERN RAILWAY TERMINAL SIGNS PACT WITH RED CAP BROTHERHOOD Memphis, Nov. 30 (ANP)—The first agreement between the In ternational Broth'rhood of Red Caps and any southern railway terminal was signed here last week with the Memphis Union Terminal company. Certified by the National Med iation board in July as th,2 collec tive bargaining agency, the bro therhood was represented in the negotiations b y Ijitcrtfitional Secretary-Treasurer John L. Yancay and the local bargaining committee which included Fred Steele, Andrew Nash and H. Pr White. Pres. R. M. Dozier and Terminal Supt. W. S. Gadon sign ed feu tH’ company. Covering ru^-s and working conditions for the 22 employes, the agreement establishes senior ity, hour* of service, leave of abs nees, grievance machinery, free transportation and many other improvements in working conditions and employer-employee relations. -uuu-— Extradition Case Hearing Nov. 30 New York, Nov. 30—The hear ing on the attempt to extradite Willie Lee Butts, 14, from New York City to Georgia on a charge of rape was postponed from November to November 30. Attor* ney Donald Crichton is appearing for Butts at the request of tv NAACP. Elks 33rd Annual Grand Ball, Monday, Dec. 4th—Public Invif LLOYD HUNTER’S ORCHESTRA >reft