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Entered as Second-class Matter at The Post office, Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, December 7, 1940 OUR 13th YEAR—No. 38 City Edition 5c Copy
Under Act of March 8, 1874—Business Phone: WE. 1517 ’ ’ _ _ _.
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77We’ve Just Began To Fight”
FOR DEMOCRACY IN NATIONAL DEFENSE
f “Observe Universaj Bible Sunday. Dec. 8th” 1 O C \Y/ A I TCD VY^LJI *Tp
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200Negro Leaders Lay Down Strong
Natl Defense Program For Negro
HAMPTON, Va., Dec. 4 (ANP1 The historic walls of Hampton!
Institute heard grange new sounds during the past week, when 200
white and colored authorities on various subjects, aired their view3 on
Negro participation in national defense, and paid tribute tw the newly
inaugurated president of the school( Dr. Malcolm S. MacLean.
Getting right down to business after the formal induction of
Dr. MacLean in his new dutiesf the conference broke up into 11 panel
discussant groups and out of these groups came new ideas, new ideals
and the cry of the 13,000,000 Negroes who constitute America’s larg
est minority group.
Finding of the various comnnM
tees read on the final day of the
session brought thunderous ap
plause as a packed Ogden Hall lis
tened intentiy.
In agriculture, after a stirring
talk by Dr. Gi,les Hubert of the
FSA. recqjmmendations Were for
an increased personnel, quality
and freedom of action of Negro
personnel and they be paid equal
salaries for equal services in local,
state, national units in the policy
making, administrative research)
and action programs of the var
ious departments of agriculture;
that one or more Negroes qualifi
ed by experience and training be
attached to the administrative
staff of the secretary of agricult
ure; an extended and intensified
general educational program with
special regard to the Negro be es
tablished to further the use if co
operatives in all possible kinds, es
pecially among low income farm
families operation small farms;
research and investigation in land
regarding land classification with
a view to aiding future buyers to
select good farm land, farms of
proper size- and location with res
pect to present and future comm
unity growth; and that there be a
closer tie-up between land grant
and other agricultural colleges
and governmental agencies and
that these institutions give partic
ular attention the revision in their
staff, curricula and facilities for
teaching agriculture w^ith a view
to broadening and increasing the
efficiency of their training pro
gram for the preparation for aU
agricultural occupations.
The committee on religion stat
ed, “The best way for the Christ
ian people to defend democracy is
to try to extend the democratic
ideals through the establishment
of righteousness and justice in our
own society. One of the tasks of
the church is constructively estab
lishing a morale of the nation is
to reestablish the moral stability
of the people by a return to the
things of the spirit. This can b**
done by cooperation between home
church and school ”
But it was the recommendations
of the military committee which
created the greatest reaction. This
committee stated:
“In view of the findings of the
committee, we suggest that the
following resolutions be adopted
(by this conference:
“1. Thatj Negroes be granted
the fullest possible participation
in all the arms and services of the
army, navy and marine corps;
“2. That the enlisted and com
missioned personnel of Negroes -in
the Utiited States army shall he
in proportion to the Negroes in
the total population and that this
quota shall be equitably distribut
ed among all of the arms and str
p
PASTOR PREACJHES DESPITE)
OUSTER SUIT
Despite court action to oust him
from the pulpit of St. Luke's Bap
tist church, 29th and Burdette Sts.
Rev. Jame3 Crowder, pastor, con
ducted services as usual last Sun
day with 13 of his flock of 17 pre
sent.
It was alleged in a lawsuit fil
ed in district court last Friday
that the pastor refused to vacate
the pulpit even though thrice “fir.
ed” by the congregation. The ac
tion was brought by Thomas J.
Renfrew and Allen Collier, Ms
church trustees. They are seeking
an injunction to keep Rev. Mr.
Crowder out of the church perm
anently.
Rev. Mr. Crowder reported the
Sunday morning prayer meeiting
was “quiet” and “peaceful”. His
subject wias ‘ Run into the Street
and Find Me A Man.” He said
the members of the congregation
“causing all this trouble” were
not present. He said that Ren
frew' isn’t even a member of the
church.
Sunday night Rev. Mir. Crowder
preached on the subject “A Life
for a Look.”
vices without prejudice as to sta
tus or function;
‘‘3 That the war department
immediately implement public law
No 18 of the 76th congress and the
statement of policy released by
the Wihite House as to the train
ing of Negroes as military pilots:
“4. That colored, line officers
and professionals be assigned to
the four colored regular army re
giments ;
‘‘5. That immediate steps be
taken to train additional Negro re
serve officers;
“6. That We ask the President
and the secretary of the navy to
direct the officer in charge of the
naval academy at Annapolis, to
insure fair and just treatment of
any Negro men appointed so that
they will be given an equal oppor
tunity By the faculty and student
body to pursue their course of
study;
“7. That the Negro voters be
urged to see that their congress
men nominate Negro candidates
for the naval academy at Annap
olis; and that thi« conference
make a request of the President
that h© give consideration to Ne
groes in his quota of appointments
(Continued on page^^2)
NATIONAL BEAUTY CULTUR
ISTS LEAGUE TO HOLD MEET’
All beauticians are again invited
to attend a meeting of the Omaha
Unit No. 101 of Hairdressers next
Tuesday night, December 11, at
2122 North 22nd St., at the rcsi
BROTHERHOOD THROWS
FULL FORCE BEHIND EF
FORT TO FREE WALLER
The Brotherhood of Sleeping5
r Car Porters, largest single Negro
organization in the United States
last week, threw the full force of
its 52 locals behind efforts of the
Workers Defense League to free
Odell Waller, 23 year old share
cropper who is scheduled to die in
p. Virginia electric chair on Dec
ember 27th
The decision to cooperate with
th< W. D. L. and NAACP. attorn,
eys was announced on November
27 by B. F. McLaurin, field organ
izer of the Brotherhood, after its
Executive Board meeting had
heard a plea from Mrs. Annie Wal
ler, mother of the doomed youth,
who is currently engaged in a New
York speaking tour- At the same
time Pauli Murray, the League’s
representative in the Waller case,
announced the formation of a Har
lem committee to aid in his de
fense.
Last minute legal efforts to
save Waller from immediate
threat of execution were begun
last week when John F. Finerly,
his chief counsel, filed an appeal
to the Virginia state supreme
court. The appeal will be based
on evidence that Waller shot his
white landlord, Oscar Davis, in
self-defense and on the fact that
the jury which convicted him was
restricted to those who had paid
the state poll tax.
From New! York last week Miss
Murray called for “even greater
moral and financial support for
Waller’s defense”. Contributions,
she said, should be sent either to
the Workers Defense League nat
ional headquarters> at 112 E. 19th
Street, NYC., or to the NAACP-,
69 Fifth Ave., NYC._
dence of Christine Althouse.
Christine Althousef Local Pres.,
Viney Walker. State Organizer,
and Flossie Moore, Acting Sec’y.
A|GBNCY OFFICERS OF THE
NATIONAL NEORO INSUR
ANCE ASSOCIATION MEET
IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Dec. 3 (ANP) In a
three day convention in Atlanta
last week, the agency officers of
41 Negro insurance companies and
12 local and state underwriters’
associations met as the guests of
the Atlanta Life Insurance comp
any. Their aims were to formul
ate plans for the association’s
Third Anndal Nationwide Essay
, Contest for junior and senior high
school students, and to complete
arrangements for the 1941 Nation
al Negro Insurance Week drive.
The essay contest is to begin
Jan. 1, and will close midnight
: March 31- Students in junior and
senior high schools are eligible to
compete. The subject of the es
say is “Life Insurance and its Re
lationship to Education.”
Over $1,000 in cash prizes will
COUNTY WELFARE WORKER
Miss Esther Germaine Brown,
1940 graduate of the Atlanta Uni
versity School of Social Workt has
recently been appointed case wor
ker on the staff of the County De
partment of Pufolis Welfare, Wil
jn, North Carolina—of which city
he is a native. Miss Brown is al
so an honor graduate of Living
stone College, Salisbury, North
Carolina.
MAX YHRGjEN CALLS NEGRO
TO FORM SECOND PARTY
New York, Nov. 26 (ANP)—A
call to Negroes to take leadership
in the formation of a second maj
or political party “because the re
cent election proved there is now
only one major party in flheUni
ted States”, was made Tuesday by
Dr. Max Yergen, president of the
National Negro congress, to 360
delegates at the closing session of
the New York conference of the
congress.
Dr. Yergen attacked (both the
Republicans and Democrats be
cause neither party, he said, of
fered anything constructive to do
mestic problems. Particularly, he
said, neither promised to eliminate
the major problems before Negro
es today—unemployment, bad
housing poll taxes in the South,
Jim Crowism and discrimination in
national defense industries.
A delegation was appointed to
go before Gov. Lehman with a re
quest that all available money be
*pi nt for low rent housing for
Negroes. The conference resolved
also to send a protest to President
Roosevelt against Jim Crowism in
the armed forces of the United
States.
be offered as follows: National
prizes, 1st, $100; 2nd, $50, 3rd
$25.00
State prizes will be offered in
the 26 states in which member
companies operate as follows: 1st
$12.50; 2nd, $7.50; 3rd, $5.
NEWS IN BRIEF
J. C. CAKEY SERIOUSLY ILL
Mr. J. C. Carey, of 2638 Binney Street, was taken to the Meth
odist hospital last Saturday morning, November 36th and at that time
was reported resting well, but as w*e go to pm*s, w|>rd reaches us
that Mr. J. C. Caney took a sudden turn for the worpt and was trans
ferred Thursday to the Veterans hospital at Lincoln. Nebraska where
his condition is reported as seriously ill.
MR. W. E. “PAPA” BIRCH IN VETERANS HOSPITAL
Mr. W. E. Birch, one rtf our foremost Negro detectives, is at
Lincoln, Nebraska in the Veterans Hospital from where bis condition
is reported as just fair.
♦♦
The Omaha Guide hopes and wishes for a speedy recovery for
both J. C. Carey and Detective Birch.
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IN DIVORCE COURT
A Hearing was held Thursday in the divorce proceeding* of
Mr- Milton Johnson and Mrs. MJable Johnson, in cross filed suits in
the court of Judge Herbert Rhoades. Attorney John Pegg represent
ed Mr- Johnson, and Attorney Ross Shotwell, Mrs. Malble Johnson.
IRtXJUOIS LODGE ELECTS OFFICERS—
fljroquois Lodge No. 92 IBPOE of W. held its annual election of
officers last Wednesday night, Dec- 4, 1940 and Chas. F. Davis was re
elected Exalted Ruler. Exalted Ruler Chas. F. Davis read an account
of the past yearp’ achievements. His aim, he said for the coming
year, was the payment of indebtness of the Lodge building at 2420
Lake St. He spofce at length on the Drum and Bugle corps of the
Lodii«, v^hich won first prize at the Elks Convention at St. Louis.
Officers elected were: Exalted ruler, Chas. F. Davis. Loading
Knight, Roy White; Lecturing Knight, Carl Bone; Loyal Knight, R.
D. Moss; ^squire, Nathan. Miller; Tyler, H. J- Johnson; Inner Guard,
Phillip Barge; Treasurer, C. B. Mayo; Secretary, Dr. Price Tyrrell;
Trustees. P. S- Holliday, Jos. D. Lewis, Robt. Hammond, J, H, Emer_
son, Roy McAllister; Physician, Dr. D. W. Gooden.
NAACP. ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT
Arthur B MJcCaw was unanimously elected President of the
Omaha Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People at the annualdectiom of officers ,held Sunday, Dec. 1,
at Zion Baptist Church. Adam Dee was re-eUocted first Vice Presi
dent; Rev. C. Q. Hickerson, 2nd Vice President; Lucinda Williams,
Secretary; Edward Mease, Treasurer.
Mr. McCaw will succeed Henry W- Black, who has served fijs
president for the past year. The new president has served for five
years on the Board of Directors bf the local branch—1931 through
1934 and in 1940.
DIES FROM AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT INJURIES
Mr- Raymond Lee Richardson died Friday afternoon, November
29th at Los Angeles, California, from injuries received in an automo
bile accident there in June 24, 1940. Mr. Richardson, an former Om
ahan, is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lee Richardson; a
brother James Estell of Omaha; a sister and neice of L. A. and other
relatives and friends. Mr. Richardson will be remembered as a life
guard at the Municipal beach during the polio epidemic and a$ a boy
scout of Troop 79. Mrs. Olivie Richardson, left for L. A. in October
to be at her son’s bedside as his condition became more critical and
there she remained untillthe end.
NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS
LEAGUE GIVES ADVICE TO
CONSUMER
Tuskegee Institute, Nov. 26 (A
NP)—The National Negro Busin
ess League, realizing that the
work of the consumer’s division of
the National Defense commission
must be augmented by the help of
civic and business organisations,
gives the following advice to its
local branches:
•Uc illJst do tw i things: first
in each local community we must
gather accurate information about
the hardship and maladjustment
the Negro consumer suffers from
because of shifts in our economy
caused by the nation’s plan for de
fense—Second, in each community
we must see that the services to
maintain the Negro community
in health and effective living are
increased where necessary, and
maintained where already! adequ
ate, for the health and welfare of
the least of the American citizenry
affects the national aim”.
U. S. TO HOLD EXAMS FOR
PHYSICISTS
Washington, Nov. 26 (ANP) —
The following examinations for
Physicists of “any specialized
branch’’, were announced this
week by the U. S. Civil Service
Commission: Principle Physicist
$5,600 a year: Senior Physicist,
$4,600 a year; Physicist, $3 600 a
year: Afsrtciate Physjcist, $3,200
a year, and Assistant Physicist,
$2,600 a year. Application dead
line dates are Dec! 12-16, and full
information may be obtained at
any first or second-class post of
fice
Philadelphia, Ta.,—The fight of
a Negro citizens for the “right to
fight” as a part of America’s de
fense on a plane of full equality
with other Americans, has only
started, says Walter White, sec
retary of the National Association
NINE NEGRO MESSMEN
DISHONORABLY DIS
CHARGED FROM NAVY
The Nine Negro mess men of
the Naval Department, who
just recently wrote an open
letter and pigned it,—to the
Pittsburgh Courier, in protest
to their treatment in the Navy,
were dishonorably discharged
from further Naval service, it
is reported.
Naval officials gave the main
reason for “letting out’’ the
Negroes, was that any com
plaint which they had to make,
should have been made to the
Naval I)eptt and not to The
Courier.
for the Advancement df Colored
People in an article appearing in
the current issue of the Saturday
Evening Post.
Writing on “It’s Our Country
Too,’’ Mr. Wihite declares: “The
Negro insists upon doing hia part
and th'e» Army and Navy want
nope of him’’ the article declares,
citing many instances of alleged
discrimination.
“National Negro organizations
have accumulated files full of case
records and put thei problem in
No. 1 position on their fighting a
genda.
“Negroes have fought in every
war in our history and have been
lauded for their bravery by com
manding general from Andrew
JackSon to John J. Pershing.
“Despite this record, the United
States—in preparation for and the
fighting of the next war—hesitat
es to make use of its reservoir cf
Negro man power or has U3ed it
as little or as insignificantly as
possible.
Citing the list of outstanding
Negro athletes in connection with
the qualification for fliers the ar
ticle says “the record suggests
that the country would lose less
by refusing to train Harvard,
Vale and Princeton men for the
flying corps than by refusing to
train Negroes.”
In a few cases Negroes have
been permitted to take training
courses from the Civil Aeronaut
ics Authority in American univ
ersities, the article says, pointing
out that Walter L- Robinson fin
ished at the University of Minne
apolis as 13th in a class of 300 but
was unable to enlist in the Army
air corps. He was almost in
stantly accepted in Canada.
"The Robinson case has become
a cause celebre among Negroes
and in the Negro press” White
says. ‘Thoughtful Negroes, says
a Negro educator ‘are wondering
whether it will take the national
humiliation of military defeat such
as France now knows’ to establish
for American Negroes the right to
fight for America.
“But the no_place-for-Negroes
policy of the Air Corps does not
differ greatly from that of other
branches of the Army.
“During the Army's high-pres
■ure drive for enlistments, it has
been virtually impossible for Ne
groes to volunteer in any branch
of the service."
The same policy to a large de
gree. he says, prevails in industr
ies Working on preparedness con
tracts and "in somS instances, at
least, thig policy is adhered to re
gardless of the consequences to de
fense.'’
CAMPAIGN IS ALREADY'
SHOWING RESULTS
Lincoln, Nebraska—This week’s
Nebraska daily and weekly news
papers carry the second in the
series of advertisements published
by the Nebraska Advertising Com
mission urging Nebraskans tq
show' preference for agricultural
and manufactured goods produced
in the state.
That this campaign is already*
having results is shown by a grow
ing demand on the part of Nebras
ka consumers to know the origin
of the goods they buy Merchants
I are reporting a particular call for
I Nebraska apples, potatoes, ar.d
I best sugar.