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The iOe /JUSTICE/EQUALITTfc^^ ilwiOTHEljg LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY te^M*PhS0« wEU”.7M,t,er ,t PoM OHice °maha Nebr under Act of March s 1874 Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, October 26, 1940 OUR 13th YEAR-No. 32 City Edition Price 5c IT IS YOUR DUTY AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN TO VOTE NOVEMBER 5 JOURNALIST - PUBLISHER Dnkprt I Vann Dim OF PITTSBURGH COURIER "OBen *-■ V anil ISieS , 9-® Employment ©-«s> (BY ATTY. H. J. PINKETT) Ninety percent of the Colored People are workers, and, therefore their most vital interest is WORK a market for the labor they have to sell. When the New Deal Party came to power in the Nation, rosy promises were made about how “the forgotten man’’ would be re membered there would be work for all and equal rewards for that work. Actually there has not been work at all worthy the name. In this section of the United States, for instance, there Is not one Colored Employee in such New Deal agencies as the Farm Credit Bank, the Land Bank Asr icultural agencies or Home Owners Loan Corporation, which together employ thousands of persons. Col ored workers are employed on re lief work, WPA. and the like, but are denied jobs as foremen, finish ers and all other skilled work, no matter how capable they are. These workers who are thus ig nored or kicked around are told to vote for the New Deal and a con tinuous kicking. You have the opportunity to go back to work at profitable wages, if you will vote for and help elect Wendell Willkie. He promises to give you jobs. HE MEANS IT. Until he resigned in July 1940, t0 run for President on the Republic an ticket he was President of a large Electric Company which em ployed 12,058 workers, of whom 1.080 were Colored, or,8.5 percent Nearly one hundred of the work ers of the Negro group were skill ed workers. These facts should make you think and act, if think you can. —H. J. P-? COUNTY JUDGE’S RECORD ATTACKED October 21st, 1940 The Omaha Guide, 2418 Grant St., Omaha, Nebraska. Gentlemen: Herewith "reader'* which I trust you can run for me in whole this week. Thank ing you in advance, Sincerely, Chas. J. Southard In a vigorous campaign for e lection as County Judge of Doug las County, Charles J. Southard attacks the record of the present County Judge, Bryce Crawford. In a radio address of October 14, Southard says: “The County Judge, by asking you to re-elect him, makes hh of ficial record a proper subject for discussion. The voters should (Continued on page 19^3) FONTENELLE HOMES ADDITION NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS FOR DWELLINGS The Logan Fontenelle Homes Ad dition is now open for application for a dwelling at 1702 North 20th Street. The costs of houses range from $17.50 for a one bedroom un it up to $23.00 for a four bedroom unit. Every family who lives in a substandard house should certain ly take advantage of this opport^ unity to obtain a better place in which to live. Any family whose income is very low is welcome to make application in the office at the above address. The courteous staff is always glad to help you. The office is open from 9 a. m. un til 9 p. m. SAYS NO HOPE FOR NEGROES IN WILLKTE CANDIDACY BISHOP R. R. WRIGHT, JR. (by Bishop R. R. Wright, Jr., .... Wilberforce, Ohio) I am for Roosevelt for President because his principles are better than Willkie’s. In fact I do not know that Mr. Willkie has any principles. He started out to smash the New Deal- When ask ed where he would begin, he comd not tell. Would he take people off Work relief and go back to the Hoover Republican dole? He said, “No’’. Would he stop the banks from insuring the deposits of the small saver> and go back to bank insecurity? “No.’’ Would ho take the aid from the struggling students, or break up the CCC? “No.’’ Mr. Willkie has no princi ples which appeal to the ordinary people. But I am for President Roose velt for another reason. We know him and we do not know Willkie. Roosevelt has started on a work which he has not completed. We want him to complete it. That is why we want him. Willkie has done nothing for the government. Most of his reputa tion has come from fighting the government’s New Deal plans. He has never held public office. He would not know what to do with it if he had it. He would be just another Hoover—smart in business, but dumb in politics, and a tool of those who would keep back the social advance. But there is another, a more personal reason. The Roosevelts have always been kind to the Ne gores. They are not personally a fraid of Negroes. They have hir ed Negroes all their married life. Mirs. Roosevelt's maid and Mr. Roosevelt’s valet are colored. It means much to the race to have a man and his wife of this type in the White House who know us first hand. For after all it docs not matter what! the high flown political principles of men are if they do not have a genuine respect for the efforts of Negroes they will do little for them. NAACP. ADDS TWO TO NATIONAL STAFF New York—E. Madison Jones, of New York and Frank Reeve?, of Washington, D. C., have been added to the staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, it was announc ed. Mr. Jones is a graduate of St. (John College^ Brooklyn, N. Y and of Columbia University. He will become national youth direc tor for the asociation November 1. Mr. Reeves, a graduate of the Howard University law school has been named research assitant ;n the legal department. Guide Food Show Draws Record Crowd OMAHA GUIDE’S 14th FOOD & HOUSEHOLD DEMONSTRA TION SETS RECORD Record breaking and enthusias tic crowds of Northside Homema kers thronged the Elks Hall all of last week to witness The Omaha Guide’s 14t!h and Finest Food and Household Demonstration. Enu merable prizes, display booths, en tertainments, musical selections, demonstrations, lecturers contests » auctions and many other surprise attractions kept the large nightly gatherings in pleasant) suspense. Among the hundreds of valuable prizes given were 8 turkeys, an RCA. Victor Radio, Spring chick ens and many surprise baskets and packages. One of the surprise events was the auctioning of Cakes entered in the baking contest, the highest price paid for a cake was J1.00. Mr. Triplett retired U- P. ch^f served fried chicken nightly and received much praise for his ap petizing preparations—apple pies with crispy Kitchen Kraft Crust were also served free as were samples of Butter-Nut Coffeer by Mrs. Merritt, vetdran demonstra tor for Paxton & Gallagher. Demonstration Booth attendants Were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jones, Storz Beer; Mrs. Merrit^ Butter Nut Coffee; Miss Betty Davis and Ola Mae Milan, Pepsi-Cola. Om aha Guide booth. Mrs. McDew, Hogan, Falstaff Beer; Mr. Arthur McCaw, Vegetable Booth; Miss Olive Willis and Mrs. Edrose Wil lis, 7-Up; Mrs- Julia Galloway, Kitchen Kraft Flour, Metz Beer, Poultry Booth, Grocery Booth, Mr. Triplett, Metropolitan Utilit ies District Display. , Other attendants and officials were Mirs. Charles Davis and Mis. Ola Mae Williams ticket booth, Mr Dudley Wright, doorman, officer Jones, Messrs C. C. Galloway and Boyd Galloway were in charge of door prizes and advertising, Omaha business firms who coop erated in making tihis show a suc cess were Paxton & Gallagher Co.. Storz Brewing Co., Safeway Stor es Falstaff Brewing Corp-, The 7 Up Co., Metro. Utilities Dist., The Harding Co., Roberts Dairy Co Nebraska Power Co., Fontenell© Brewing Co., Skinners Mfg. Co., U. S. Breakfast Food Co., Fair 0. STANTON I SPEAK IN 0 -f—■■ ' .$ mint’s Creamery Co., and others. BANQUET TO BE HELD FOR DEPRIEST Mr. 0. Stanton DePriest who will speak at Dream land Hall at 8 p. m. Wed - nesday, October 30th will be entertained by Repub lican party leaders at a banquet at St. John’s A. M. E. Church at 5 p. m. * Mr. C. C. Galloway, Director Colored Division for Nebraska and Mr. oRy White, 2nd Ward Chair man are the Republicans sponsor ing the banquet. The local Color ed organization is cooperating with Mr. Gallowav and Mr. White ns ai*e Republicans at Lincoln, Ne braska. Tickets for the banquet are 50c each and may be purchased at Johnson’s Drug Store and Second Ward Republican Headquarters. Accommodations are limited to two hundred. It will be necessary two hundred. It will be necessary to make your reservations at once The date, Wednesday, October 30th at five p. m. The place St. John’s AME. Church, 22nd and Willis Avenue. CHURCH FLOOR COL LAPSES, FUNERAL MOURNERS IN PANIC Mleridan, Miss., Oct. 23 (ANP) Last Friday afternoon as mourn ers crowded Malelieu Chapel Me thodist Church to attend funeral services for Estelle Crokett, the audience was suddenly1 thrown in to wild confusion when the entire floor, from the front door to the pulpit collapsed, throwing scores of persons into the basement. Some jumped from windows, others bolted through the doors, but none were seriously hurt and the service was concluded at the cemetery by the pastor, Rev. E W. Rogers. URBAN L’GE CALLS NEGROES ATTENTION TO CIVIL EXAMS Tho National Urban League thisC &eek called attention to three new Civil Service announcements of examinations for jobs in which Negroes should be particularly in terested. 'Through its Depart ment of Industrial Relations, the League urged all colored persons nualified for any of the positions to write immediately to the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Wash ington, D- C., for further inform ation and an application blank. Briefly, tho examinations ann ounced are as follows; Border Patrolman, $2,000 a year. Positions open in the Border Pa trol of the Department of Justice. Applicants must show that, within three years immediately preceed ing the closing date of applications they were for at least one year ac tively and regularly engaged in outdoor activities requiring endur anc, agility, vitality, alertness and practical judgement. Members of the CCC, employed on a fulltime basis, and directors of athletics or ) -■■■ .■■■■■■■ ' . ganizations are eligible. Applic ants must be between twenty one and thirty-five. Applications blanks must be on file by Novem (Continued on page 13^3) - BROTHERHOOD T O REVISE AGREEMENT WITH PULLMAN CO. Conferences between the Pull man Company and the Brother hood began in Chicago. Monday, October 21. for the purpose )f re vising the Agreement, states A. Philip Randolph, International President of the Brotherhood » ho left New York, Friday October 18, to join M. P. Webster, 1st Inter national Vice-President, in^ Chic ago, to begin negotiations The primary object of the je ' v'sion of the Agreement is to ! duce hours of work from 240 to | 210 a month, and to clarify cor | tain working rules of the agree | ment. 3EPRIEST TO VIAHA OCT. 30 ) O. Stanton DePriest, Jr., of Chi cago, Illinois, member of the Re publican National Speaker’s Bur eau( will deliver the principle ad dress at Republican Mass Meeting at Dreamland Hall, 24th and Grant Street, Wednesday, 8:00 p. m., October 30th. He is considered one of the out standing Orators of the Country. The Colored Division of the Rep ublican Central Committee should be commended highly in bringing speakers of his standing to Oma ha. Mr. DePriest has been study ing the new deal for many months from a Colored man’s point of view and has discovered many it ems of much interest to the Ne groes of America. This inform ation wil be given to the Omaha Public. Omaha should turn out In Mass to welcome this National charac ter. Those who heard him in 1936 agree that a real treat is in store for the Citizens of this City. Colored Republican Leaders from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Colorado will be in Omaha for this meeting. Come eartly and bring your friends, if you desire seats, Roy Whiite( Chairman Men’s Division; Mattie Johnson, Chairman Women’s Division; Ray L- Williams, Master of Ceremon ies. Refreshments Served Free to all who come. COLORED LEADERS DECLARE WILLKIE Stands “Four Square on Negro Question” Washington, D. C. Oct.—A dele gation of 12 persons representing Colored Fraternal Organizations, beaded by J. Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Colored Elks of the United States, conferred With Chairman Joseph W. Martin, Jr.f of the Republican National Committee at National Headquar ters here. Speaking for the Delegation fol lowing their interview with Chair man Martin, Mr. Wilson said. “To our minds, Mr. Willkie is the most dynamic and out spoken candidate that we have had since Theodore Roosevelt, and he stands four-square on the NeKro question. “No person other than an idiot would hold Mr. Willkie responsi ble for his German ancestry. We are not worried about the ancestry of Mr. Willkie( any more than we are about our own ancestry which is African. We have served the Lynch-ocrats, the Mob-ocrats and Democrats in the cotton fields, the tobacco fields, and the canebrakes of the South for 260 years without a ‘pay day! “The thing that we are interest ed in is the future of our country and our race, and to do everything humanly possible to make Amerca safe for Democracy, including the 14 million unbleached, real ‘forgot ten men,’ of which group we are a part. “Any man who heard or has read Mr. Willkie’s Chicago address to Colored citizens will agree tha' it compares favorably with Lincoln’s speech at Cooper Unio^ New York during the crisis 80 years ago. Nc candidate during this campaign, oi any other during the past 26 years has spoken with greater candor courage and sincerity a*‘d without I evasion, or dodging. If we can get the message back to Garcia, ] j have no fear of the results on Nov | ember 5.” PeaceMobilization Group Hits Roose velt Washington, Oct. 23 (ANP) — Charging the Roosevelt adminis tration with “striking two blowa in a single week” at the liberty and democracy of the Negro peo ple, first by ordering continued segregation of Negro troops and second by dropping all pretense of attempting to secure passage of the anti-lynch bill, the American Peace mobilization calls upon the entire Negro population to rally a-1 gainst the actions of the Presid ent and his draft machinery. Frederick V. Field, executive secretary of the Peace mobilizat ion, asserted that the administra tion is “using against the Negro people, the same tactics it is using against all progressive Americans —the suppression of liberty in a drive to get us into war.” He pointed to the White House statement issued early last week, which declared ‘the policy of the war department is not to inter mingle colored and Wliite enlisted personnel in the same regimental organizations. This policy has proven satisfactory over a long period of years) and to make changes would produce situations destructive to the morale and de trimental to the preparations for national defense.” The same day that the President was handing down this statement, Field recalled, the administration leaders in the senate announced their intention of abandoning any further effoflts ‘‘this session*” to get senate approval of the anti lynch bill, already passed by the house. “I have little doubt,” Field said, “that the Negro people will speak for themselves on these issued. The simultaneous announcement of these two policies reveals more clearly than words the administra tion’s attitude toward the extens ion of true democracy to Negroes. And this attitude ill becomes a gov ernment that is arming itself to the teeth for the alleged purpose of ‘saving the w<t>rld for democ racy.” The mobilization also pointed out that in appointing the members of the draft boards in \Tashlngton Negroes who constitute about 25 percent of the population of Wash ington, were given less than 8 per cent representation on the boards. Field held that President Roode velt himself must be “personally j responsible*’ for the selection of i the “grossly unrepresentative” boards, since he personally ap points the commissioners who gov- j ern this voteless city( and who themselves first approved the board appointees. REV. PATTON, HEAD EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS, RETIRES Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 23 (ANP Rev. Albert Patton, for 26 yetrs head of the American Church In stitute for Negroes, an organiza tion sponsored by the Episcopal Church for educational work am ong Negroes in the South last week attended his last General Convention in an official capacity. The 70-year old Southern white who resigns this year has during the time he served with the Insti tute, seen the work grow- from the operation of three schools to nine, ! with a total enrollment in 1939 of 15,000. His close associate and subaltern has been Dr. Wallace A. Battle, field agent for the schools. Dr. Patton has been succeeded by Rev. Cyril E. Bentley. mm---— _ . News was received a few days a(?o of the death of Mr. Robert L. Vann, Publisher, of The Pittsburgh Courier1. He had been ill for several months and for a time it was thought h« would recover, but his illness proved fatal. Mr. Vann began publishing the Pittsburgh Courier about 25 years ago> and built it Up 'from a small paper of local cir*; jculation into 0ne of National scope and influence. The outstanding service of |The Courier, perhaps, under Mr. Vann's able direction, was its fight for the Anti-Lynching Bill, sponsored by the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People. Later he made a memorable fight to abolish discrimination in the |Military, Naval and Aviation services of the nation. The Guide deeply regrets the loss of such a man who in this jperiod, sounded a clarion note for the rights of his race in a day of wavering counsel. C. C. Galloway, Acting Editor. ©— ■ _r< ILL TWO WEEKS RITES TO BE HELD FRIDAY Osc'ar Adams Becjomes Leader Of Powerful Secret Order After an Illness of two weeks Atty. Samuel A. T. Watking> 3736 South Parkway, supreme chancel lor of Knights of Pythias, died at Provident hospital Monday after noon. His death came as a shock to his many friends who thought him well on the road to recovery. Funeral services, which will draw fraternal leaders from till parts of I he country, are to be held Friday at the Kersey, McGowan and Morsell parlors. 3515 Indiana avenue. In the death of Attorney Wat kins, tho task of guiding the Py thians will be left to Oscar C. Adams; Birmingham, Ala., vico supreme chancellor. Mk Adams wired he would be in attendance at the services. Elected in 1935 Elected head of the Pythlans at the 1936 session in Rochester, N. Y, Attorney Watkins had no dif ficulty retaining the post. He was re-elected for the fourth term at the convention in Detroit. A well known lawyer, Attorney Watkins received his education in the public schools of Memphis and at LeMoyne college. He came to Chicago in 1892 a»d practiced law until he was stricken two weeks ago. Atty. Watkins won fame in fraternal circles when he won the famous Pythian Georgia case, which gave the lodge the right to exist in all oSuthern states. He was also the victor in the famous Shriners case of Texas. Both of these cases were taken to the United States Supreme court. Attorney Watkins was well known in fraternal circles, being associated with the Masons and Elks. He also served as Corpor ation Counsel under the late May or Carter Harrison. Surviving are his mother, Mrs, Ada Walker of Memphis; a widow Mrs. Martell Watkins and a son Attorney Caldwell Watkins. SEABOARD AIRLINE PORTERS JOIN BRO THERHOOD Train Porters on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad voted in an el ection, held on the System, con ducted by the National Mediation Board, through one of its mediat ors, w. G. Rupp, for the Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters to represent them in the making of agreements concerning rates of pay, and rules governing working conditions^ together with the settle m< nt of claims and grievances, states A. Philip Randolph, inter national President, at the Brother hood headquarters iu New} York City. Mr. F. F. McLaurin, Internat ional Field Organizer of the Bro therhood, cooperated with the me_ aiator m the handling Gf the el ection.