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____________LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY
.. ~ «-> -*■ - ™ Qmaha, Nebraska. Saturday,^! 6,1940 “ 0UR 13th YEAR_Number 3-'"
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It Is Your Privilege and
Duty to Vote—VOTE
Tuesday, April 9th
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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
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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.
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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.
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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