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CITY EDITION PRICE 10 CENTS J ••• J THE WEATHER J Weather Outlook for the Period * dHk|B| April 1 to April 6. ^ Upper Mississippi Valley, gener ic ally fair with temperatures above normal, except rain and near nor ■ * «nal temperatures Thursday or Fri JkJ day. _ Northern Great Plains, consider* ir\IJ Tl|.— ■ |- lrA able cloudiness, temperatures above i 1 L. W *lv lilt LI Alt \ normal, followed by showers mid die of week; fair with seasonable temperatures end of week. • •• ____________LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY .. ~ «-> -*■ - ™ Qmaha, Nebraska. Saturday,^! 6,1940 “ 0UR 13th YEAR_Number 3-'" • to It Is Your Privilege and Duty to Vote—VOTE Tuesday, April 9th • •• THIS WEEK IN— • • • Religion & Thought • by Robt. L. Moody • Our Citizenship— Tuesday, April 9 is Primary e lection Day. Everyone of us is given the privilege to exercise our rights as citizens. We talk much about the limited rights of people in foreign states. Dictatorship is disliked and democracy is praised. In a representative democracy such as the United States, the power of the government begins with the in dividual voter. The Primary election is import ant because its results usually de termine the policies and victorious party for the National election. Our vote in the primary election ex presses our desire for a continu ation of the present administration or the desire for a change. Many citizens are indifferent and fail to use their right to vote because (1) They do not know for what or for whom to vote; and (2) Because they feel that the election is going a certain way regardless ^ vet! But the best thing to do j« •, the papers and listen to apt; fret- , both sides of the quests 4° k ow what the issue! „r ' and then decide f, . "jou feel will be .-the r>„, for ' goo 4 of all. When ;;.lv i 1 wer^fir States that he,; u f.om v itinc. we com plained. N we Uve whei • we may vote and of us will '■‘vet, vote or vo*-' anw^aely. Voting is a sen , and sacred di;,y, so do nsi' f*4i to your port to maintain good vo- iment. Marian Anderson Concert May 26 To Benefit Four National Negro Groups New York, April 4—Despite the fact that she is completing the heaviest New York season schedule of her career, Marian Anderson, the inter-nationally famous singer will give a concert at Carnegie Hall, Sunday, May 26, for the bene fit of four Negro national organi zations. Proceeds from the concert, ex cept for the actual cost of promot ing the affair, will be divided equally among; National Associa tion for the Advancement of Col ored People 69 Fifth Avenue Di vision of Colored Work, National Council of the YMCA,, 374 Madi son Avenue; National Urban Lea gue, 1133 Broadway; and Interna tional Committee on African Af fairs, 8 West Fortieth street, all of New York City. Announcement of ' the concert, which wlil be Miss Anderson’s fifth and final recital in her New York series, was made by Hubert T. Delany, New York Tax Com missioner and the singer’s legal representative. The concert was arranged by Mr. Delany and S. Hurok, manager of the artist, fol lowing a conference with Miss An derson last month. Last year, Miss Anderson gave over all the boxes to these four organizations at one of her con certs. This year, Mr. Delany said, she felt that the whole problem of social service and citizenship rights for Negroes in America needs to be focused on tne minds of all the citizens of the country, now that democracy itself is on trial as never before. That is why she has made it plain that despite her heavy schedule she wants to make this definite contribution to the work of helping in the fight to extend the full freedom of citi zenship rights to her people. S. Hurok, her manager also echoed this sentiment, pointing out that the great artists of America are realizing that the highest art makes itself felt in terms of min istering to the full needs of all the people. At a dinner held at Gilt Edge Dining Room, 125 West f36th street, Thursday evening, March 28, in honor of the noted singer, representatives of the four groups expressed their gratitude to Miss Anderson and her manager, S. Hurok, for this evidence of their deep interest in the work of their agencies. It was announced that box seats DEWEY AT L — .... . .. * . Negroes To Withhold Support From Any Candidate for Lower Housing Rent CHICAGO VOTERS BECOME BOUSING CONSCIOUS To Withhold Support from Candid ates Wrho Oppose Low-Rent Housing for Needy Colored Families CHICAGO, April 4 (ANP) —An interesting pre-Primary survey conducted this week by welfare workers and others engaged in the effort to secure better homes for Chicago’s indigent colored families has revealed a growing and insist ent demand by voters that Primary candidates of both parties go or record as favoring housing legisla tion designed to aid those forced tc live in tenements and slum districts The welfare workers declarec that many voters voiced the opin ion that the housing program should be developed as a matter o! public policy and that all voters— of both high and low estates— should withhold their support from candidates opposed to the housing program. It was pointed out that Robert R, Taylor, vice chairman of the Chi cago Housing Authority and the sole colored member of that body, said in a recent interview:: “I believe that governments, both local and federal, are the only a gencies which can provide decent housing facilities for families with low incomes. I am convinced that a continuation and even expansion of public housing programs in this country, is sound, both economically and socially.” Interest of local voters in public housing has recently been given great impetus by the construction activity at the Southside site of the Ida B. Wells Homes, low-rent project which will accomodate a bout 1,650 low in-come families and which is being biult by the local authority in cooperation with the U. S. Housing Authority. It was also pointed out that in the Ida B. Wells Homes, as in oth er federally sponsored projects, throughout the nation, the USHA. program extends a helping hand to deserving, low-income families, and this naturally includes Negro families since about two-thirds of them earn less than $750 a year, Because of their small earning power Negroes cannot pay the high rents that go with decent, comfort able homes, and private builders may be purchased from the head quarters of each of the four or ganizations. All other seats are now on sale at the Carnegie Hall box office. Tickets prices are as follows: First tier box seats, $3:30 ! each; second tier box seats, $2.20 | each (all boxes seat eight per ! sons.) Orchestra, first twenty rows, $330, balance of orchestra, $7.75; | dress circle, $2.20; balcony, $1.65 ' and $1.10. —— who must earn a profit, cannot af ford to build homes for people who are unable to pay the rent. To solve this difficulty and to aid this $750 a year family, Congress auth-1 orized the U. S. Housing Authority j to assist local housing authorities in developing low-rent projects. A bout one-third of all dwelling units in approved TJSHA projects are' for occupancy by Negro families. , VICTORY CELEBRATION TO BE HELD HERE APRIL 21 AND 22 The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Masons, Nebraska Juris diction, A. F. & A. M. Prince Hall Affiliation, will hold a Victory Cel ebration here, at Masonic Hall, 26th and Blondo Sts., April 21 and 22nd. The celebration will open Sunday, April 21, at 10 a. m. with a recep tion, for the out of town visitors and dignitaries, among whom will be Dr. Sumner A. Furness, Most Pursuviant Sovereign Grand Com mander, of Scottish Rite Mason ry, and Raymond E. Jackson, Im perial Potentate, of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and representa tives of the jurisdcitions of Miss ouri, Iowa, Colorado. Some of those mentioned above will be principal speakers during the cel ebration. The celebration will be in honor of the burning of the mort gage of the Masonic Hall building, Monday April 22. A victory will be held Sunday afternoon, April 21 and a banquet Monday night, April 22, which will be followed by a Shrine frolic. The public is cor dially invited to attend all of these affairs. A 22 piece band will fur nish music Monday. F. W. Starms. Mr. C. C. Galloway, acting edi-C tor of the Omaha Guide, extending the hand of greeting to District Atty. Thomas E. Dewey of New York City, at Lincoln, Nebraska on Founder’s Day, and congradu lating him on filing in the Ne braska Primary election April 9, for nomination for President, and Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, chair manl of the Republican Central State Committee, end a part of one of the many Ke?eptlon Com mittees who gathered at Lincoln, Nebraska on Founder’s Day to meet America’s number one citi zen. In this view reading from left to right, Mrs. Eugenia ('hue, Atty. H. J. Pinket, Arthur B. McCaw, President of the Douglas County FRESHMAN CLASS PRESIDENT Lionel F. Willoughby, president of the freshman class at Johnson C. Smith university, after he was unanimously elected recently by fellow student representing states from Massachusetts to Florida. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Willoughby of Englewood, N. J., young Willoughby is pursuing a pre-medical course with plans to ward surgery specialization. (ANP) ON STAFF OF THOMAS E. DEWEY IN N.Y. Mrs. Eunice Carter Addresses Miss. Teachers Convention JACKSON, MISS., April 4 (AN P)—Eunice H. Carter, assistant on the staff of Thomas E. Dewey, ad dressed the Mississippi State Tea chers association here last Friday. Almost 2000 teachers were crowded i into the auditorium of the Lanier High school and another 1000 were ] in the corridor and nearby class I rooms. The total attendance was 1 about 3000. These teachers were ! assembled in convention from all I parts of the state of Mississippi. Mrs. Carter said, in part “The fu J ture of the Negro race depends up : on the kind of citizens into which | children of today and the unborn children develop their lives, and ; their future lies in the hands of | our educators. Our teachers, a long with the parents of our race j share the heavy responsibility oi molding the Negro American of the future. The solution of many of our problems lies in education—ed ucation in the technical sense of preparing our children for earning a living—and becoming integrated into the economic pattern of Am erican life; education in its broad est sense, that of learning the art of living in foarmony and coperat ion with our neighbors to the end that we may be a respected and vi-, tal force in the American commun ity. “The Negro teachers of America —the Negro teachers of the South in particular, bear a heavy respon sibility and are meeting their task nobly even in the face of severe handicaps. It is my hope for you that your needs of better facilities, increased staff and adequate pay | will soon be met.” ^Republican Club, Mr. W. T. Gaines who is majoring in Journalistic work at Creighton University, Milton Woods, Secretary of the Ur ban League in Lincoln, Nebraska, Tommy Chandler, Employer at the U. S. National Bank, Mrs. Ray Williams, wife of Atty. Ray Wil liams. This was an informal meeting after a few remarks, Mr. Wherry who stated that this is just an in formal gathering. So anyone whi! wishes to ask Mr. Dewey any questions of National affairs he will be glad to answer them. At this point Senator Adams asked Mr. Dewey: “Mr. Dewey, “do you believe it is possible for our group to get their prorata of employ ment appointments, something we have not been getting?” Ans; bj Mr. Dewey. "Well, you have no’ had the kind of State Chairman you have now, that’s the reasoi you have not been getting you prorata of employment.” Number two: “Do you believ that we should have a Federa 'Lynch Law?” Mr. Dewey’s Ans: “That I hav answered in the Negro Press. I be lieve it should become a law. I an for it 100 per cent.” Mr. Galloway asked Mr. Dewej the following two questions. "Mr. Dewey, do you believe it if possible to give the Negro tht right to vote and have his votes counted in the South. Mr. Dewey’s Ans: “Yes, by taking the U. S. Army down there on election day.” Nnumber tow: “Do you believe it possible to take prejudice out of the U. S. Army and give the youth of our groups an opportunity to join the Army and the Navy, any position they are qualified to fill without being turned down on ac count of color?” Mr. Dewey’s answer was "Yes”, he beleives it could be done. Mr. Dewey’s ready answers to questions asked him without a mo ment of hesitation and seemingly without considering whether it was good politics to answer favorably or unfavorably. * This shows that he is a man with his mind made upon Public issues and ready to let you peep on what he thinks without consid ering the political angle of the issue’s being discussed. Wear Anti-Lynching Buttons Until The Bill Is Passed, Says The N. A. A. C. P. New York—“Wear Your Anti Lynching Button Until the Bill is Passed,” will be the slogan of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People un til the Federal Anti-Lynching bill passes in the Senate. This was the statement issued by officials of the organization as they praised the cburage of a young association member who was recently arrested in Arkansas, for selling Ant i-Lynching buttons. Police officers, after beating the youngster, confiscated h i s supply of buttons. INat’l Baptists To Mobilize in Omaha April 9th Members of the Good Will Tourc Headed by Dr. L. K. Williams of the National Baptist Convention to Mobilize in Omaha, April 9. • • • The Baptist of Omaha, Nebras ka, Iowa and vicinity are prepar ing for and looking forward with great anticipation to the mobilza tion of some of the outstanding men and women of the denomin ation who are members of the Good Will Tour headed by Dr. L. K. Wil liams, President of the National Baptist Convention Tuesday even ing, April 9. There will be a mass meeting at the Zion Baptist Church at 7:30 p. m. and the Pastors, churches and the public are invited to come and COUNTY ASSESSOR JOE C. STOLINSKI APPOINTS SEVEN NEGROES AS PRECINCT ASSESSORS Among the precinct Assessors appointed to make the Annual Per sonal Property Assessment were seven race people. They were Eugenia Chandler Chue, 804 No. 26th St., Carrie Jewell, 2816 No. 26th Street, Adele Richards, 2311 No. 28th Avenue, Cleota Reynolds, 281U Grant Street, Maggie McGow en, 2116 No. 26th Street, Eva Mae Stewart, 2421 Decatur Street, Vic toria Turner, 2817 Miami Street. ilhear those great men and women of our group. Rev. F. P. Jones, Moderator of REV. F. P. JONES the New Era Association, and Rev. C. Q. Hickerson, Vice Moderator, will join this group of tourist, j leaving immediately after the mass meeting. The tour will cover a period of 3 weeks touching all I points in the West and Northwest. We are urging that the Pastors, churches and the public rally to make this meeting an undisputed success. Remember the date, April 9, 7:30 p. m. at the Zion Baptist Church. Atty. Generaf Office Takes I Hand in Investigation CONFER WITH ROGGE ON Ig 1 FEDERAL PROSECUTION J OF KLAN, PEONAGE • WASHINGTON, April 4 (ANP) Following an all day conference; with Asst. Atty. General John ’ Rogge of the department of justice, 1 hope was expressed that federal prosecution of peonage and Klan terror in the South may soon be in j itiated. Participating in the conference were John P. Davis, secretary of the National Negro Congress; J. Finley Wilson, of the Elks; Will iam L. Patterson, vice president, and Louis Colman, assistant nat ional secretary of the International Labor defense; William H. Hastie, dean of the Howard school of law; and Charles H. Houston, special counsel for the NAACP. Actual victims of the Klan ter ror accompanied the above named persons to the office of Mr. Rogge and related their stories for the personal edification of the attorney i general’s assistant. 1 “It was agreed between the dele- 1 (atior. visiting Mr. Rogge, said Mr. Davis after leaving the office, "that it be announced, that Mr. Rogge agreed that the department of justice will take cognizance of the facts presented in regard to the peonage conditions on the planta tion of William T. Cunningham of Oglethrope county, Georgia, with a view to possible investigation and prosecution, and second that simil ar cognizance will be taken of evi dence presented as to KuKluxRlan activities in South Carolina, and third that Mr. Rogge took under advisement the request made by the delegation that particular steps be taken to safeguard the lives of wit nesses who were brought here to present evidence of Klan activity to the department of justice upon their return to South Carolina.” Mr. Rogge gave no satisfactory answer to the request of the dele gation for a nationwide investiga tion of Klan terrorism. J. Finley Wilson pledged the en tire support of the national civil liberties units of the Elks behind the program outlined by Mr. Davis. White Man Who Befriended Negroes l akes Own Life Believe Ostracism by Other Whites A Cause of Suicide; Former U. S. Attorney Was Nephew of Tielee Joe Tolbert GREENVILLE, S. C., April 4— (ANP)—The one white man in this area who had championed the cause of the Negro in the recent fight a gainst Ku Klux Klan terrorism be ginning last summer, and in so do ing became virtually ostracized by i members of his own race, took his I own life Friday. This man was Joseph Augustus j Tolbert, 48, prominent Republican I and U. S. Attorney for the western district of this state, and nephew of ! the famous ‘‘Tieless Joe Tolbert, nationally known in GOP. politics. He was found dead in his garage around 7:15 a. m. with an old .38 calibre revolver by his side. Members of his family said he spent a restless night and appear ed worried. Instead of rising at his customary hour of 6 a. m., he got up at 7 o’clock, donned his trous ers but left off his shirt and went to the garage. Shots were heard a few moments later and Tolbert was found dead. It is believed here that the atti tude of other whites toward him be caused the despondency resulting cause of his pro-Negro activity in suicide. Racial strife began last summer [ when the NAACP. launched a cam paign to register Negro voters for the city elections. Immediately the Klan became active; raising the cry of “threats to white supremacy’ and a wave of intimidation, beat ings and general terror was laun ched. Tolbert alone went to the defense of Negroes, representing them in court and fighting with all his le gal skill in their behalf. He was the first to call the attention of state and federal authorities to Klan violations, resulting in a probe by both the governor and U. S. a gencies. Several times in recent months he was assaulted by whitehoodlums who resented his championship of fairplay for Negroes. Be because he was a large man, standing over six feet and weighing more than 200 pounds, he was always able to protect himself. Tolbert was recognized as a de vout Christian and was never known to utter a word of profanity. For 15 years he was federal district attorney being first appointed un der Coolidge. DEWEY SWEEPS WISCONSIN 23 to 1