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S2SZ Ph«,wEClt?i7M,mr“Po**0mAa- N,br - Act °‘ “*reh •• ,W4‘ Saturday, April 20, 1940 OUR 13th YEAR—Number 4— No. 5
Is It A
Political Forecast?
The primary election of April 9th showed the Ne
gro Voters of the Second, Third and Seventh wards
going along with the winners of both parties. Most
candidates nominated received substantial majorities
in the precincts where Negroes votes heaviest.
The vote was enlivened by the fact that the names
of two Negro ladies were entered in two of the races.
Mrs. Mattie B. Gooden was a candidate for the School
Board and received well over nine thousand votes.
Mrs. Valaria Lee McCaw, candidate along with Sen
ator John Adams, Jr., for delegates to the Republican
National Convention from 2nd Congressional district
received well over twenty-four hundred votes. Sena
tor Adams received nearly forty-five hundred votes
in the same race.
Senator Adams was also renominated for his
Senate seat in the unicameral legislature.
Senator Edward R. Burke lost his Senate posi
tion in the primary. The fall election will between
Hugh Butler, Omaha Grain dealer, the; republican
nominee, and Gov. Roy L. Cochran, the democratic
nominee.
Dwight Griswold nosed out Charles Warner of
Waverly for the republican nomination for governor,
and he will face Terry Carpenter for that office in
November.
Thomas E. Dewey, New York’s fighting district
attorney won in the Negro Districts, 6 to 1 over Mich
igan’s senator Arthur Vandenberg.
Seasoned politicians were amazed at the strength
shown in the republican primary and are wondering
if it is a omen for the November election.
COMMUNITY CENTER
DIRECTOR
Miss Clotild S. Ferguson, grad
uate of the Atlanta University
School of Social Work, has been
appointed Director of the Com
munity Center, Lawnside, N. J.,
sponsored by the Department of
Social Service, Diocese of New
Jersey in cooperation with the
Mission Church of Lawnside. Uni
que as the only self-governing Ne
gro municipality in the North,
Lawnside is making an attempt to
meet the needs of adequate facili
ties for healthy constructive re
creation and a leisure time pro
gram for children and young peo
ple through the Community Cen
ter, which is equipped with a gym,
club rooms, and auditorium. Miss
Ferguson brings to her present
position a wealth of experience in
her chosen field, having served for
a number of years as Community
Organization Secretary of the
Armstrong Association of Phila
delphia, and in other important
positions in the field of social work.
I)R. HARRY WILLIAMS TO
SPEAK ON “THE NEGRO IN
AMERICA N HISTORY” AT
N. A. A. C. P. MEETING
Dr. Harry Williams, professor
of history at the University of
Omaha will speak at a forum at
Zion Baptist Church, Sunday April
21 at 3:30 P. M. The Forum is
being sponsored by the program
committee of the NAACP.
Mrs. Arthur B. McCaw, and Sen
ator John Adams, Jr., desire to
use this means of thanking the
people for the wonderful support
aendered them in their unsuccess
ful attempt to be elected delegates
to the Republican National Con
vention.
AWARDED COMPENSATION
Ferry Scott, 2319 North 26th
street, was gievn an award for
workmen’s compensation by Judge
Lawrence F. Welch in the amount
of $2,197.50 this week for a 60 per
cent permanent disability whcih he
sustained as a result of an indus
trial accident. The compensation
will be paid to him at the rate of
$7.50 per week for a period of 293
weeks.
Mr. Scott was a janitor and
night watchman in the Karbach
Building. On Febr. 12, 1939 he
attempted to take an elevator to
an upper floor, but someone had
already drove the elveator up. Mr.
Scott stepped into open space and
fell to the buttom of the elevator
shaft. He was taken to the Nicho
las Senn Hospital where he re
mained about a week and a half,
and was then taken home. He re
turned to his work in about seven
weeks and continued to do part
of his work for about a year when
he layed off on account of his
health.
Previous to the trial before
Judge Welch, his employer had
payed all of his medical and hos
pital expenses and paid him $15
per week for seven weeks while
he was off of work.
Submitted by Judge Welch, Com
pensation Court.
ANTI-LYNCHING BILL ON
RAIDO NETWORK APRIL 29
Washington, D. C. April 20—A
nationwide broadcast urging pas
sage of the federal anti-lynching
bill will be made Monday, April 29
by Senators Robert F. Wagner of
New York, Mathew M. Neely, of
Virginia, and Arthur Capper of
Kansas, it was announced here to
day.
The broadcast has been arrang
ed through the National Broad
casting Company over its Blue
network from 10:30 to 11 p. m.,
eastern daylight saving time.
The three senators, who are
staunch supporters of the bill,
will insist that it be taken up be-,
fore Congress adjourns and that
it be given a chance to be voted
on its merits. They will denounce
in advance any attempt at a fili
buster. It is their contention that
the filibuster is undemocratic be
cause it permits a very small ma
jority of the Senate to block the
will of the majority, not only of
the Senate, but of the American
public. It is expected that they
will advocate the imposition of
Again Honored
Miss Elizabeth Davie
Miss Elizabeth Anne Davis,
charming daughter of Atty and
Mrs. Charles Davis, who will a
gain be recognized for her high
scholastic work at the Honor
Convocation; to be held at the
University of Nebraska Coliseum
at 10:30 a. m. April 23rd. Miss
Davis, who combines beauty wiih
brains, has been honored many
times for her scholastic work.
She is a graduate of North High,
where she was elected to mem
bership in the National Honor
Society and was awarded a schol-\
arship to the University of Neb
raska from that school. We con
gralulate Miss Davis upon at
taining this signal new honor.
cloture (limitation of debate) in
the event a filibuster should de
velop.
In connection with the radio
broadcast on April 29, Walter
White, NAACP secretary, issued a
statement urging branches of the
NAACP throughout the country
and other groups and organizations
to organize neighborhood listen
ing parties and that immediately
after the broadcast, listeners write
or telegraph individually to Sena
tor Alben W. Barkley, majority
leader, Senate Office Building,
Washington, D. C., asking him to
set a definite date for the taking
up of the anti-lynching bill.
Listeners also are urged to
write or telegraph the senators
from their states urging them to
help bring the bill to a vote, to
vote for it, and to appose any fili
buster.
Listeners also are asked to write
to President Roosevelt asking him
to make a statement on the bill.
Every organization and agency
interested in this legislation is re
quested to send out information on
the broadcast and to urge its mem
bers to write senators and the
President to get the bill taken up
at this session.
BROOKLYN LIBRARY DENIES
BARRING “NATIVE S O N”
New York, April 20—The re
port that the Brooklyn Public Li
brary had not stocked Richard
Wright’s sensational novel “Native
Son” allegedly because the Na
tional Assoication for the Advance
ment of Colored People had re
gistered a protest again the book
was denied here this week by Miss
Bertha Miller, secretary to Dr.
M. J. Ferguson, chief librarian.
Miss Miller's reply was in an
swer to an inquiry from the na
tioanl office of the NAACP which
is seeking to run down the rumor
that it had protested against Mr.
Wright’s best seller. The NAACP
is actively boosting the novel and j
h^s copies for sale at the office
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of “The Crisis,” 69 Fifth Avenue.
STUDY TO HE MADE OF
RETAIL B E ER SELLERS
Lincoln, April 20— (Special)—
With the annual licensing time at
hnad, State Director Charles E.
Sandall of the Nebraska Brewers
nad Beer Distributors Committee
announced today he has written to
mayors of 468 municipalities sug
gesting that a particularly care
ful scrutiny be made of the record
of each beer retailer seeking re
newal of his license.
“I am convinced that the great
majority of beer licenses are con
ducting their businesses in accord
ance with law and order,” San
dall wrote. “However, there are
a few trouble makers and law vio
lators. A few others do not come
up to the standard of conduct
ATION OF SOUTHERN NEGRO
IN 1940 CENSUS
One of the manf committees of
colored citizens formed thruout
the country to work for the coop
Pratjon of colored people with the
{‘ration of colored people with tin
enumerators taking the 1940 Celt
sus whish started April 1. This
group represents all phases of
business and social life of the
Negro population of Houston, Te*
as. Seated left t0 right G, W,
Rile; labor organizer; Mrs: E H
Pays eSoeial Service Hurrah; Jas
I) Ryan high school principal; J
H Jemson head of a beahty school
L G Luper Supervisor Kami work
Stanlisg left to right; Gris by ins
urance mas; Rev S A Pleasants;
Baptist pastor; Alphonse Mills
Chairman State Negro Demolratic
Chairman; J W Rice fraternal
Leader;
the census taker is
COMING—
Hundreds of thousands of Ne
gro families like the one above
will have a visitor during the
month of April—the Census taker.
He will ask questions about the
number in the family, the age and
occupation of each, and the type
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of dwelling in which they live. I
All this data will be used to com
pile the most complete statistical
record of the state of the Union
ever attempted. Because this In
formation is extremely valuable, |
Negro leaders all over the coun
try have Joined In urging every
colored citizen to make the 1940
record the most perfect national
accounting possible by answering
the Census questions honestly and
without hesitation. By act of
Congress all information given to
a Census enumerator must be
kept strictly confidential, and
may not be used, even by another
government department, for pur
poses or investigation, regulation
or taxation.
which should be required of a li
censee. These latter groups should
be eliminated for the good of the
community as well as the best in
terest of the brewing industry.
“You and your council are in a
better position than anyone else
to know which licensees can be de
pended upon to operate within the
law and which cannot. I am sure
the calibre of beer retailers can
be improved from year to year
by careful selection of new appli
cants and the rejection of those
whose past record is unsatisfac
tory.”
Carrying out the industry’s pro
gram of cooperation with law en
frocement authorities, Director
Sandall and the Committee parti
cipated in three cases during
March against licensees charged'
with law violations. Operators or
establishments involved were Gus
Michels and Joe Neu, both of Har
tington, and Jake’s Place, St. Paul.
Disciplinary action was invoked by
the Liquor Commission in each
instance.
The New York Times, describing
the Nebraska Committee’s opera
tion in a recent article, said: “On
several occasions the Committee
has made good its promise to work
in cooperation with law enforce
ment agencies by furnishing the
evidence on which State licenses
have been revoked or suspended.
Most of the time, however, a hint
from the Committee is sufficient
to keep beer sellers within
[ bounds.”
LUTHER KING "GENIUS OF
SONG,” FAMOUS ARTI8T
TO APPEAR HERE SOON
Luther King, noted Negro tenor
who is to be heard in rejcital here
Church 22nd and Grant Streets,
on May 7th, 1940, at Zlon Baptist
under the auspices of GOODWILL
SPUING MUSICAL CHOIU HAS
received the highest praise from
critics, fuslcians and Public thru
out the country. All speak of the
lovely quality of his voice, his fin
ished artistry, his rare interpret
ive powers and his delightful per
sonality. Gail Martin. Salt Lake
City musician and criitic.. *n the
Desert News, calls Luther King, a
“Genius of song and said of him:
Luther King has the voice, the
soul, and the intellect of which
great artists are made. Subtle
tone color and superb command
of mood set Mr. King as a song
recitalist in a class with the
great.”
Mn King has appeared from
coast to coast and from Casada to
success. He has appeared with
several leading symphony orch
estras and has won a foremost
place among singers of hi& ra.-e.
San Diego’s leading Ciitlii Wal
lace Moody wrote of him is Ihc
San Diego Calif. ‘-Union . He
has a voice as beautiful as Ro’aud
Hayes more beautiful in parts and
wit hit all the spiritua. quality
that has much to do with making
Hayes the great artist he is.”
Mr. King’s gifted wife, Jean
Houston Klug. ishjs remarkably
efficient accompanst, and has won
high prise from critics for her ex
cellence In that capacity.
GETS SUPERVISORY SOCIAL
WORK APPOINTMENT
Mrs. Mabel Glover Woodfork,
1939 graduate of the Atlanta Uni
versity School of Social Work
has recently been appointed Sup
ervisor of Negro Work with the
Family Service Association, Dur
ham, N. C. She is also a graduate
of Georgia State Industrial Col
lege, Savannah, and was until re
cently employed as an Interviewer
at the Chatham County Depart
ment of Public Welfare.
