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Under Act of March 8?ml^-Business phone/wE.Nebragka>Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, June 21, 1941 OUR 14th YEAR—Number 14— City Edition, 5c Copy
EXLC1IVE SEC’Y OF 0. P. DINING CAR WAITERS, ELDER G. SCOTT DIES SUDDENLY
Stimson,Knox Wire Randolph
.... FOR CONFERENCE ON NEGROES' MARCH
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Washington, D. C.—The whole
of the Negro population of the
country is aroused and the March
on Washington takes on tremend
ous significance and momentum
as the date set for the massing in
the nation’s capital of thousands
of Negroes draws nearer.
July 1 will see the calvacade'
parading through the streets of
Washington carrying banners and
signs protesting discrimination a
gainst Negroes in the national de
fense program.
The NAACP. is wholeheartedly
back of the movement, has contri
buted financially to it, and branch
es throughout the country have
been urged to give it unqualified
support and participation.
Last week, A Philip Randolph,
director of the March, 1 received
telegrams from Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson and Secretary
of the Navy, Frank Knox, request
ing that he come to Washington
for a conference. Mr. Randolph
consented only on condition that
other members of the committee
also be present.
At the conference Stimson, Knox
Sidney Hillman, William S. Knud
sen of the OPM. and others are
expected to be present to hear the
committee’s demands that there
be immediate cessation of discrim
inatory practices by the Army,
Navy, defense industries and the j
air corps.
The JVlarch committee headqyn-r
ters at 2289 JSeventh Avenue, New
York- City, is receiving scores of
letters from persons who wish to
register to go to Washington on
July 1.
There will be a huge mass meet
ing before the Lincoln Memorial
at which time Marchers will be
addressed by Mr. Randolph and
Walter White, NAACP. secretary
who will express the impatience
of the Negro people with eontinu
ed segregation and discrimination.
GRAND CHAPTER ORDER OF
EASTERN STAR CONVENED
IN OMAHA JUNE 17, 18, 19
The Amaranthus Grand Chap
ter of the Order of the Eastern
Star Chapt. held their 20th annual
communication in Omaha, Neb
raska, beginning June 17th, thru
the 19th at the Masonic Temple,
26th and Blondo Streets. A re
ception and dance preceded the
session and was held the evening
of the 17th—the public was in
vited to take part, admission free.
The business of the Grand Chap
ter began on the morning of the
18th- The session was in charge
of the present Grand officers, Mrs
Mable M. Galbreath, Worthy
Grand Matron of Lincoln, Nebras
ka; Mr. Russell E- Reese, Worthy
Grand Patron, Omaha: Mrs. Clo
ma Hastings Scott, Grand Secre
tary, Mrs. Margaret Moore, Grand
Treasurer, Mrs. Flora Greer, Gen
eral Chairman, all of Omaha.
NEGRO MEDICAL SOCIETY
ELECTION
The Nebraska Negro Medical
Society, member of the National
Negro Medical Association, selec
ted Dr. Craig Morris, 2405 Lake
Street, as president for another
term. Dr. S. B. Northcross, wrs
elected vice-presideq)t, Dr. Price
Terrell, Secretary, Dr. Herbert
Wiggins, Treasurer.
The group has been cooperating
with the state in its drives against
.tuberculosis, and social diseases
and plans to sponsor a Fresh Air
Camp for Negro children this
summer.
ELKS ELECT MIDWEST
OFFICERS
Waterloo, la., June 17, —Scott
Mardis, Waterloo, was elected
president of the Midwest Associa
tion of IBPO. of W. Elks at the
close of the group’s three day
convention here late today.
Mardis succeeds Paul Holliday
of Omaha. Leonard Norris, Oma
ha ,was re-elected inner guard.
Holliday was elected a trustee.
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Louis^Conn Bout
154,487 FIGHT FANS PAY
$450,000 TO SEE LOUIS-CONN
BOUTr
Last night, Wednesday,—Joe
Louis defeated thfc eighteenth
challenger for his heavyweight
crown. This time it was Billy
Conn- The end came in the 13th
round, when Conn thought Louis
"as weakening.
To those who heard the fight
returns over the radio, it was ap
parent that the announcer was a
Conn booster, but the deadly pun
ches of Joe Louis oould not be
stopped by a radio announcer—
And so Louis finally caught up
with the dancing, gallant Conn
A clamor has gone up for a re
match. Perhaps it will be held,
doubtless with the same results.
July I, 1941
Registration
Every man in the State of Neb-(
raska, who has attained the 2lst
anniversary of the day of his bir
th subsequent to October 16, 1940
and before midnight July 1, 1941
—with a few specific exceptions
made by Congi ^ss—must register
with his local Selective Service
Board on July 1, Brigadier Gener
al Guy N. Henninger, State Direc
tor, said today.
Aliens, as well as American cit
izens, who are 21 years old on July
1 must be registered, General Hen
ninger emphasized; also pointing
out that the aliens betweens the
ages of 21 and 36 years, who have
come to the United States since,
the first registration on October
16, 1940, and have not been regis
tered, must appear before local
boards on July 1, to register.
Quoting from Selective Service
regulations, General Henninger
pointed out that the exemptions
from registration as provided by
the Selective Training and Service
Act and the Coast Guard Auxil
iary and Reserve Act of 1941 are:
‘‘Commissioned officers, warrant
officers, pay clerks, and enlisted
men of the Regular Army, the
Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast
Guard, the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, the Public Health Service
the federally recognized active
National Guard, the Officers’ Re
serve Corps, the Regular Army
Reserve, the Enlisted Reserve
Corps, the Naval Reserve and the
Marine Corps Reserve, cadets, Uni
ted States Military Academy; mid
shipmen, United States Naval A
cademy; cadets, United States
Coast Guard Academy; men who
have been accepted for admitt
ance (commencing with the aca
demic year next succeeding such
acceptance) to the United States
Military Academy as cadets, to
the United States Naval Academy
as midshipmen, or to the United
States Coast Guard Academy as
cadets, but only during the con
tinuance of such acceptance; cad
ets of the advanced course, senior
division, Reserve Officers’ Train
ing Corps or Naval Reserve Of
ficers’ Training Corps; members
of the Coast Guard Reserve, other
than temporary members; and dip
lomatic representatives, technical
attaches of foreign embassies and
legations, consuls general, consul
vice, consuls* and consular agents
of foreign countries, residing in
the United States, who are not
citizens of the United States and
who have not declared their inten
tion to become citizens of the Uni
ted States
special registrars win pe prov
ided to register men who cannot
appear before the local board be
cause of illness or other incapac
ity.
Every man subject to registra
tion who is an inmate of an asyl
um, Jail, penitentiary, reformat
ory, or similar institution on July
1 is required to register on the
| day he leaves the institution.
FIGHT FOR
FREEDOM
TO HOLD GIGANTIC DEMON
STRATION SUNDAY
The first real demonstration of
the Fight For Freedom, Inc., in
Harlem, (whose program is real
democracy for the Negro in A
merica now is severance of dip
lomatic relations with the Axis,
and support of the President’s
foreign policy) will be staged on
Sunday afternoon, June 22 /when
a gigantic patriotic street parade
and mammoth mass meeting will
be held at the Golden Gate ball
room, Lenox Avenue and 142nd
Street.
The Mass meeting will present
opportunity for Negroes to hear
at first-hand the true status of
national affairs as hey affect ev
eryone, particuarly members of
the Negro race
The event will take on national
significance with the major news
reel companies and broadcasting
companies cooperating.
Principal speaker, and one who
is very much in the national lime
light now, will be Colonel William
“Wild Bill” Donovan, President
Roosevelt’s! Ambassadbr-ait-large
to warn torn Europe. Other
speakers who will appear will be
Robert Sherwood of the U. S. Ar
my Morale Commission; Exalted
Ruler J. Finley Wilson of the I.
BOP. of W-; Miss Dorothy Park
er, celebrated columnist and writ
er Mrs. Ruth Whitehead Whaley,
well known Harlem attorney, Her
bert Agar Editor, Louisville Cour
ier-Journal and the Rev. Adam C.
Powell, Jr., pastor of Abyssinian
Baptist Church.
Also invited as speakers are
Governor Herbeit H. Lehman,
Lieutenant-Governor Charles Pol
etti and Mayor Fiorello H- La
Guardia.
Atorney Thomas B. Dyett, mem
ber of the state Correction Com
mission and chairman of the Har
lem Division of the Fight For
Freedom, will preside at the meet
ing.
Dr. Hudson J. Oliver will act as
Marshall of the parade which will
precede the mass meeting. He is
a well known physician and prom
inent Elk. The parade, partic
ipated in by the various Elk, civic
and military groups, will be a col
orful spectacle with thousands of
marchers, all of whom are inter
ested in the Fight for Freedom
The Fight for Freedom, Inc.,
maintains an office in Harlem at
2305 Seventh Avenue with Edwtird
White as executive secretary; Hon
Thomas B. Dyett, chiarman; Mrs.
Marie Browm-Brewer and Miss Lu
cille Womack, Co-Chairman of the
Women’s Division; C. D- King,
treasurer; Ludlow W. Werner,
press ;and Hon. Fred R- Moore,
honorary chairman.
Special To The Omaha Guide
ANTI-NEGRO JOB STAND HIT BY PRESIDENT
DIRECTS OPM TO
END DISCRIMINATION
IN ALL DEFENSE HIRING
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 15—Asserting he
had received complaints of nationwide discriminat
ion against Negroes in defense industries, President
Roosevelt called upon the office of production man
agement today to take immediate steps to deal “ef
fectively” with this “grave” situation.
In a memorandum to William S. Knudsen and
Sidney Hillman, co-directors, Mr. Roosevelt said “no
nation combating the increasing threat of totalitar
ianism can afford arbitrarily to exclude large seg
ments of its population from its defense industries.”
It is “even more important,” he added, “for us to
strengthen our unity and morale by refuting at home
the very theories which we are fighting abroad.”
• Needed Men Barred
“Complaints have repeatedly been brought to
my attention,” he declared, “that available and much
needed workers are being barred from defense pro
duction solely because of race, religion or national
origins It is said that at a time when labor string
encies are appearing in many areas, fully qualified
workers are being turned from the gates of industry
on specifications entirely unrelated to efficiency and
productivity. Also that discriminaton aganst Neg
ro workers has been nationwide, and other minoritv
groups have felt its effects in many localities.
“Our government cannot countenance continu
ed discrimination against American citizens in de
fense production. Industry must take the initiative in
opening the doors of employment to all loyal and
qualified workers regardless of rape, national origin,
religion or color. American workers both organized
and unorganized, must be prepared to welcome the
general and much-needed employment of fellow
workers of all racial and nationality origins in de
fense industries.
Must Face Probem—
‘‘In the present emergency, it is imperative that
we deal effectively and speedily with this problem. I
shall expect the office of production management to
take immediate steps to facilitate the full utilization
of our productive man-power.”
CONVENTION IN OMAHA
The annual session of the New
Era Association of Nebraska ar.d
Auxiliaries held with Paradise Bap
tist Church at 23rd and Clark Sts.
The convention beg-an on June 9,
and convened on June 15. Rev.
C. Adams, Pastor and Rev. F- P.
Jones, Moderator.
Clarence Ross, and Roscoe
Brown from South Omaha attend
ed the convention representing
Mount Olive Church of the South
aide.
QUEEN OF NEBRASKA
Miss Bertha Davis, who i3 the
daughter of Mrs. Lucinda Davis,
2530 Grant, was crowned Queen
of the State of Nebraska. Miss
Davis was supported by the Zion
Red Cii'cle girls and many friends
Miss Davis is the treasurer of the
Red Circle girls. Secretary of the
■ Elder G. Scott, Secretary and
Fxecutive Officer of the Union
Pacific Dining Car Waiters’ Union
died suddenly Wednesday night
from a heart attack, suffered
while listening to the Joe Louis
Conn fight.
Mr. Scott has lived in Omaha
for more than thirty years and
was widely known and highly res
pected. He formerly served as
headwaiter at the Rome Hotel and
other hostelries in the community
and on dining cars. He was a
member) of Bethel AME. church,
and the Masonic fraternity.
JOHN L. LEWIS RESCUES
HIS MAID FROM THE
CLUTCHES OF AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY
Because Miss Daisy Willett,
1400 Half Street, S. W., maid of
John L. Lewis, refused to accept
Virginia Jim Crow, and move to
the rear of'a bus in Alexander
Tuesady night, she was arrested.
Her hearing was continued Wed
nesday in Alexander police court
until next Friday. An additional
charge of disorderly conduct was
eliminated afer examination of all
evidence. Police state Mrs- Will
ett seated herself in the front sec
tion of the A. B. and W. Bus Line
and refused to move to the rear
when requested to do so by the
driver. An argument started
climaxed by her arrest at Pow
hattan and Washington St., Alex
ander, Va. Later she was releas
ed in the custody of the CIO chief
tain, John L. Lewis.
Well, tbis is another page in
Hitler’s American Democracy
Calendar.
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NEGRO AWARDED $1,480,285
CONTRACT TO BUILD AIR
CORPS BASES
Nashville, Tenn—McKissick and
McKissick, local Negro construct
ion contractors, and Hilyard R.
Robinson, Washington, D. C. ar
chitect, have been awarded a con
tract approved by the O. P. M. for
construction otf air bases for the
92nd Pursuit Squadron at Tuske
gee, the war department announc
ed this week. It was estimated
that the cost of constructing build
ings to house the all-Negro unit is
$1,480,285. The McKissick broth
ers Mose and Calvin have for 30
years been outstanding builders
in the south and have constructed
many of its largest buildings and
most beautiful homes. Robinson
is a noted architect and has des
igned many homes and housing
project buildings constructed by
government funds. He is a teach
er of architect at Howard univers
ity.
DR. FOSTER UNDER $2,500
BOND
Washington, D. C. —June 10,
Two youths, accused of break
ing and entering 19 homes, claim
ed that they sold diamond watches
and rings to Dr. William H. Fos
ter- Dr. Foster ] was held on six
counts. The youths Who gave
testimony were Burl T. Randall,
21 of the 400 Block, Elm St. Nor
thwest and Raymond E. Sutton,
22, the associate. Police officers
found a number of stolen watches
rings and other jewelry in Dr.
Foster’s office.
ROZELLA THOMAS, NEBR.
STATE SECRETARY
Miss Rozella Thomas, the dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas,
2874 Maple, was elected Corres
ponding Secretary of Nebraska
at the Pre-Sunday School and B.
YPU. Congress. Miss Rozella Tho
mas is the Vice President of the
Red Circle Girls and the Presid
ent of the Sub-Debs. She is an
active member of Zion Baptist
Church. She is also a Junior at
Central High school and when she
graduates, she anticipates attend
ing Howard University at Wash
ington, D .C. Her ambition is to
be a nurse. We know this young
lady will be most likely to succeed
because she has a pleasing person
ality. She is friendly and she is
intelligent. Much success to you
Miss Thomas.
Sub-Debs club. She is an active
member of Zion Baptist Church.
She is a Junior at Central High
school, a member of the A Capel
la Choir and ROTC. Band at Cen
tral. Her ambition is to become a
become a radio cincert pianist.
A1S/0 7 hER
BLACK PAGE
FOR ADOLPHE HITLER’S
CALENDAR OF AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY
BLACK SPOT ON A PAGE OF AMERICAN
HISTORY MADE IN CONROE, TEXAS, June 14
ASSAILANT DID NOT EVEN GIME HIM A
CHANCE TO SAY “LORD HAVE MERCY ON
MY SOUL”—
Bob White was in court to be tried for an ac
cused attack. While awaiting to be called to the wit
ness stand W. S. Cochran wTalked up behind Bob
White, without any notice to White that his life w7as
to be snapped out, and Cochran blew White’s brains
out by shootinig him in the back of the head—a cow
ardly act indeed. This wras done in a crowded court
room during the process of a trial, with a number of
deputy sheriffs surrounding Bob White.
White had been convicted in Polk County twice
before. Each time the sentence had been reversed
by the State Supreme Court.
Cochran wTas released immediately after the
shooting on a $500.00 signed bond.
Conroe, Texas,, June 16,—It took a Polk County
jury on convictions, ONLY 2 MINUTES to find W.
S. Cochran, 39, who murdered Bob White in the
courtroom, while on trial Thursday, June 12, NOT
GUILTY.
This is Texas justice. This is American demo
cracy. This could not be any worse than Hitlerism
in Germany. This is why so many American Negro
es today are welcoming a change in the American
democracy, one way or the other. What is the At
torney General of the United States, with his FBI.
going to do about it ? Every local and nbtionfil offi
cer of the court and of the Federal Government tak
es an oath, with his hand on the Bible,—to uphold the
Constitution of the United States. Yes, even the
President* if you please!
This we claim is a violation of the 14th and 15th
Amendments to the Constitution of our Federal Gov
ernment. The President has the power to enforce
the Constitution of our Government through his con
stitutional agencies. We wronder what President
Roosevelt is going to do about this case.
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BYRNES APPOINTM’T
Shocks Race
NAACP TELLS ROOSEVELT
Southerner Has Unfavorable G
Record on All Questions Involving
Race
New Y'otrk—The appointment of
Senator James F. Byrnes of South
Carolina to be associate justice of
te United States Supreme Court,
Thursday, June 12, is a shock to
Negro Americans, the NA)\CP.
informed President Rooseveit.
Immediately upon receipt of
word of the appointment the As
sociation which has long fought
Byrnes’ reactionary racial and la
bor policies and has repeatedly ex
posed his unfavorable stand in
questions involving the Negro and
other minorities, wired the Presi
dent
Irony of the situation was that
Byrnes* nomination was confirm
ed eleven minutes after the Sen
ate received word of it, in spite of
the Senate’s previous ruling nev
er to confirm an appointment to
the Supreme Court bench without
a hearing. This ruling was made
after the furor which arose when
Justice Black was appointed. The
nominations of Justice Harlan F.
Stone tnd Attorney General Rob
ert L. Jackson were referred to
the Senate judiciary committee.
Brynes, as senator, fought the
Wage Hour Bill, lobbyed and fili
bustered against the anti-lynch
ing bill, ranted against the Negro
press and in 1917 opposed the con
scription bill because ‘‘Under the
War Department’s conscription
bill they would have the right to
assign a (white) boy from South
Carolina to serve-by the side
of a Negro from Indiana. If they
did this they would not have to go
to Europe for war.”
Byrnes whose reputation as a
shrewd politician is exceeded by
few, has on every occasion oppos
ed grants of Federal funds to Ho
ward university- His home state,
South Carolina is a poll tax state
where only 5.2 percent of the vot
ing-age population cast ballots in
the presidential election of 1940.
When she graduates she anticipat
es attending Fisk University, or
Washington Heights in Washing
ton, D. C. We hope she will suc
ceed.
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RETURNS AFTER TWO YEAR
SOJOURN IN SOUTH AND
THE WEST
WANASEBE S. FLETCHER,
son of Atty, and Mrs. W. B. Bry
ant, returns home after a two
year sojourn in the South and the
West.
He did practice teaching at Wil
ey College in 1939 and assisted in
the directing of the college or
chestra and bandt From Wiley
he was recommended to the Web
ster Parish Training school at
Minden, La., where he served as
social study and mathematics in
structor, band and assembly dir
ector. There he was chairman of
the high school faculty and a mem
ber of the curriculum revision
commictee.
Mr. Fletcher is a former stud
ent of the Three Arts Conservat
ory at \V ichita, Kansas, with a
major in trumpet, violin and the
ory; HoWard University, A. B. in
social science and education; Neb
raska University, A. M. in econo
mics, business and personnel ad
ministration.
He did one years resident study
on the Ph. D. degree in the field
of social economics at the univers
ity of California the past schol
astic year. .