Nebraska Newspapers

    Police Brutality Brings About
Sweeping Investigation
(Special to the Guide from N.i
AACP news service)—The follow
ing is a compdte story of the ac
tion by the aroused Negro citizens
of Kansas City who are battling to
bring about a clean up of the po
lice department there. In spite of
Missouri Governor Forrest Donn
ell’s apparent interest in their
charges, the police board attempt
ed to excuse each instance of bru
tality in its report to he Govern
or, and the fight continues.
This story is written by Miss
Lucille Bluford, managing editor
of the Kansas City, (Mo.) Call.
Charlotte Crump, Publicity
and Promotion.
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aign against police brutality being
waged here by Negro citizens, led
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by the Kansas City NAACP
branch, has brought about a sweep
ing investigation by polce
ing investgation of police methods
and administration with Governor
Forrest C. Donnell conducting the
probe. In the midst of the invest
igation, Chief of Polire Lear B.
Reed, former FBI. agent from
Georgia, resigned rather than be
questioned on the conduct of his
officers.
The governor, who is directly re
sponsible for the actions of the
state controlled police department,
ordered the investigation as the di
rect result of a conference August
22 with a delegation of 23 Negro
Kansas Chians who motored to
the state capiitol at Jefferson City
to give him a report of brutality,
oppression and mistreatment suf
fered by Negro citizens at the
hands of police officers ever since
the present police administration
took control tWo years ago.
The delegation, headed by Attor
ney Carl R. Johnson, branch pres
ident, also acquainted the gover
nor with the fact that the number
of Negro police officers in Kansas
City has been drastically reduced
during the Reed administration
A{ter studying the complaints
made by Negro citizens, Governor
Donnell, Republican, who has been
in office only a few months, ord
ered the Kansas City board of po
lice commissioners to make a ull
explanation of the charges of
brutality and reduction of Negro
personnel.
POLICE BOARD “WHITE
WASHES” OFFICERS
In response, the four man board
prepared a 44 page report which
it sent to the governor August 30
in an attempt to “white wash” the
charges made by the NAACP. and
to exonerate all police officers
who have been guilty of beating,
kicking, insulting and even killing
Negroes, as in the case of Harris
on J. Ware, who was shot to death
July 26 by two police officers dur
ing a raid on an alleged gambl
ing place, Ware was defenseless
and unarmed and stood numerous
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kicks and blows before he attempt
ed to defend himself by trying to
hit one of the officers with a pool
ball.
The report of the commissioners
not only found no fault with the
action of the police but accused
Negro citizens of ‘‘brutal action
tow*ard police officers.” The re
port stated that there are “a large
number of instances in which Ne
groes without justifiable cause at
tacked police officers,” and that)
“there is a tendency among the
larger percentages of Negroes to
resist arrest and to attempt to do
bodily harm to the officer making
the arrests.”
The police commissioners also!
told the governor that ‘‘members
of the Negro community of Kan
sas City have been led to exagger
ate and overemphasize some iso
lated instances of misjudgement or
even misconduct on the part of a
few police officers of Kansas City”
JUSTIFIES QUESTIONING
LIGHT WOMEN WITH
DARK ESCORTS
One of the most damaging state
ments ever made here by public
officials against law-abiding cit
izens was made in the police com
missioners’ report “white wash
ing” the action of police during
the three Greek letter convention
held in Kansas City last Christ
mas. Negro citizens complained
when officers insulted Negro Wo
men who were light enough in com
plexion to be mistaken for white
women. They were stopped and
questioned when seen in the comp
any of their darker skinned hus
bands.
The police board justified the po
lice officers action by telling the
Governor
“There were four instances
complained of in which policemen
had stopped and questioned dele
gates who were either riding or
walking with women who had ev
ery appearance of! being w(hite
women- On these occasions the
officers, upon becoming suspicious
and having no way to determine
whether or not the women were
white women, stopped both the
man and woman and questioned
them, but we were unable to est
ablish that any force was used by
officers, that anyone was struck
or abused or even that anyone was
very seriously discommoded. One
of the men stopped under these
circumstances was the delegate
who was head of the convention
and the woman whom he was with
was a colored woman to whom he
had been married for many years,
but she had every appearance of
being a white woman. The board
considered the incidents compris
ing this part of their complaint as
unfortunate but in no case do they
think that the facts justified any
criticism of the officer involved
for misconduct.
“The whole trouble in connect
ion with this convention seems to
have been caused by agitation by
those who have a motive in creat
ing a situation of unrest.”
NAACP ASKS OUSTER
OF BOARD
The report of the police comm
issioners was -vigorously attacked
by the NAACP. in a letter sent
to the governor on Thursday, Sep
tember 4, urging him to oust the
entire board of commissioners and
replace it with “officials who can
end will command the respect of
all the citizens.”
The NAACP. letter expressed
the view that the police board “has
failed completely in its efforts to
justify its acts or those of its de
partment. If we are to under
stand that it admits or concedes
no wrong and is willing to stand on
its past record of excessive and
aggravated abuses of colored peo
ple, it means that Negroes under
its administration will continue to
suffer persecution, brutality and
-abuse.”
On the issue of police question
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ACK said: ‘‘The board report ac
cepts guilt but implies that the of
ficers had or have authority to
stop and investigate persons if
they appear to be white and Negro
We condemn this unwarranted
authority which is not sanctioned
by law, even if the person is
white. To concede a single inch
of this abuse is to say that respect
able white women and Negro men
cannot be seen in each other’s
company without a police stigma.
White public stenographers, soc
ial and interracial workers cannot
show each other simple decent
courtesies. It is not only an in
sult to decent Negroes, but should
be an insult to white people as
well.”
Answering the police board’s
charge that Negroes have practic
ad brutality toward police officers,
the NAACP- letter /to the gover
nor included this statement, “If
Negroes have suddenly become
enemies of the police, and no hon
est, unbiased citizen beieves it, it
would be fair to assume that it is
because they have been made the
©pen field of vicious persecution
and brutal treatment for which
there has been no relief or redress.
The governor has the power to
oust the present members of the
board, three of whom were appoint
ed by his predecessor, Lloyd C.
Stark, Democrat, and only one of
whom, Harry Gambrel, is his own
appointee of only a few weeks’
membership on the board.
REED AND RELATIVES
RULED POLICE DEPT.
Chief Reed’s resignation was
Welcomed by Negro citizens who
have suffered continuous abuse
during his administration. Al
though Reed said in resigning that
he had planned to give up his po-*
sition for some time and that the
current investigation had nothing
to do with his action, there is no
doubt in anybody’s mind but that
Reed resigned because he “could
not take” investigation.
He has ruled th police depart
ment with an iron hand, even
holding the police commissioners
in submission. Reed came here
from St. Louis where as head of
the FBI. office he was indicted for
(manslaughter in connection with
the slaying of a woman at her
home into whiah R«ed and other
agents sought to enter without a
search warrant.
Reed filled key positions in the
department with his relatives and
friends from the south. To be per
sonnel director, Reed chose his
brother in law, Darrell H. Chiles,
who publicly made the statement
that Negroes are not qualified to
serve as policemen. Chiles came
here from Tampa, Fla., where he
had a reputation for mistreating
Negroes. Under his administrat
ion, the number of Negro officers
was reduced from 30 to 10.
In the office of superintendent
of records, Reed placed Thomas F.
Kearney who damaged Negroes by
stating in a public speech that
6,000 Negroes in Kansas City were
Communists, an obviously false
statement but damaging in its im
plications, Negroes challenged the
statement but the police Commiss
ioners refused to retract it public
ly although admitting the state
ment was untrue and promising
to repudiate it.
The police commissioners who
are “under fire” in the governor’s
investigation are Edgar hook,
lawyer, president; Milton B. Schw-'
eiger and F. P. Logan, Jr.
With the resignation of Chief
Reed which becomes effective Sep
tember 30, however, Negro citiz
ens see hope of better relations
with the police department as the
chief himself, by condoning acts of
force and brutality, was the prin
cipal source of friction.
BLAME AFL UNIONS FOR
BLOCKING NEGROES IN
DEFENSE WORK
(continued from page ])
blasts racial discrimination in
the second artcle, first paragraph
which states;
“To bring about the effective
organization of the working
men and women of America, re
gardless of race, creed, color, or
nationality, and unite them for
common action into labor unions
for their mutual aid and protec
tion.”
“There are prejudices existing
among individuals in the CIO but
we do not let them run the or
ganization nor prohibit the mem
bership of Negroes” said Mr.
Brophy.
“In fact, my union, the Mine
Workers of America,” he contin
ued, “has a large Negro mem
bership, and Negroes are in the
majority in such sections as Ala
bama. Kentucky, Tennessee,
West Virginia a ndthe wiestern
part of Tennessee.
“Negroes are in all of our
originating unions, including the
ers, the internal ional LJadies
Garment Workers, the steel indu
stry and the meat packing un
ions.
“When discrimination exists in
the CIO uniins it is in the ma«
o —'ment of the industry and not
in the union, on example being
he automobile worker*.
“In tre fight for social justice
SET IN PLACE
First H-frame structure of thei
265 mile electric transmission line
between the Nebraska Power and
Kansas Gas and Electric company
systems was set in place Monday
by the Nebraka Power Company
fifty feet north of the Kansas-Ne
braska line, twelve miles south of 1
Humbolt, Nebraska
This marks the start of construe
tion northward of 84 miles of the
line to connect with the Nebraska
Power company plant in Omaha
Building of the 181 miles south
ward to Midian, Kansas, where it
will connect with its system, also
has been begun by the Kansas
Company. The entire line is ex
pected to be completed by Decem
ber 15, C. W. Minard, chief engin
eer of the Nebraska Power Com
pany. said.
With this 154,000 volt line inter
connecting the generating plants
of t ie two companies, their cus
tomers in Nebraska and Kansas
will have available a total power
generating capacity of more than
200,000 kilowatts. This will in
sure ample capacity to meet any
additional power demands for
both national defense and peace
time purposes. It also will give
extra insurance against interrup
tions of service in emergencies
throughout the territories served
by the two companies.
In the 84 mile span from the
Kansas line to Omaha, 750 H
frame structures of 55 to 75 foot
poles Will be required to carry the
three wire circuits of copper con
ductors and two steel ground wir
es. Each mile of the line requires
about six tons of copper cable and
one and one half tons of steel wire.
Three strings of ten suspension
insulators are used on each of the
2,400 H-frames between Omaha
and Midian.
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HORACE HENDERSON, fam
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mastro, who will soon make his de
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in sweet music, a radical departure
from his past efforts. Both Hor
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Fletcner, ave won intematonal ac
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FIVE MILLION POUNDS
SAVING FOR DEFENSE
Through a matrials substitution
program, the Bell Telephone Sys
tem, of which the Northwestern
Ball Telephone Company (The Tri
State Telephone and Telegraph
Company) (Dakota Central Tele
phone Company) is a part, will ef
fect a saving this year of more
than five million pounds of metals
vital to defense needs, including
enough aluminum to build more
than 275 fighter planes.
The substituting of materials in
1941 will divert for use in defense
every industrial citadel of race
prejudice must be captured to
insure permanent gains.
‘‘Public opiniin bears down on
workers and employees or any
one else and whenever it may be
used, we are making progress.
It v?|ill stimulate all bodies.”
Throughout the entire fight the
Negro has waged against the
prejudices of the AFL, the stri
dent voice of Prillip Randolph
has rung out time and time
again protesting against the in
justices of the organization
which even now is flaunting an
^xjecutive ordfer ain<J because if
its prejudice is withholding jobs
from deserving Negroes in all
parts of the country especially,
in those industries which are vi
tal to the conduct of the defense
programs.
One company which has felt
the barrier created by the AFL
unions operating in its shops has
several hundred m'llions of dol
lars worth of contracts for air
plane construction, which the
white unicn workers are dr'er
* mined to keep out of the hand cf
Negroes.
Some system is be ng dev sei
wrereby the AFL and Mr. Given,
who has steadfastl refused an in
terview on the question, nan
state their objections to Neg e?
working in these unions, and why
the recommendations made soir.3
seven ye:rs cgu were never ad
opted.
work nearly 1,700,000 pounds of
aluminum, almost a third of a mil
lion pounds of nickel, well over
three million pounds of zinc and 8
300 pounds of magnesium, Addi
tional reductions are foreseen for
1942.
The Western Electric Company,
lanufacturing company of the
system, now saves 65 tons of alum
inum annually by replacing alum
inum with steel in the “finger
wheel’ on dial telephones. This is
only one of many items of teleph
one equipment in which aluminum
is being replaced by other mater
ials.
The use of zinc is being substan
tially reduced by coating much of
the hardware used on telephone
pole lines with lead, instead of put
ting these products through a ga*
vanizing process. Also, less zinc
is being used in the production of
new telephones.
Immediately after the outbreak
of war in 1939, a survey was made
of critical materials particularly
used in the telephone system and
efforts to determine suitable sub
stitutes were initiated. Efforts to
conserve vital materials reach to
all paVts of the ystem. The tele
phone companies areS using much
old equipment which might norm
ally be replaced, so that new e
quipment may be used at other lo
cations where the need is greater.
Dial installations in some comm
unities are being deferred, used
switchboards are being reused and
cables are being resheathed and
reused.
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ENROLL IN HOME NURSING
COURSE UNDER RED CROSS
Mrs. Malcolm Baldridge chair
man in charge of organizing home
nursing classes for the Douglas
County chapter of the Red Cross
announced today that the first
substitution and conservation pro
gram are the reclamation activit
ies it has been carrying on since
1931, When the Nassau Smelting
and Refining Company was acquir
ed for the purpose of reclaiming
junked material. Many of the
materials used in telephone equip
ment are not expended, but can be
reclaimed and reused.
The assau Smelting and Refin
ing Company last year supplied
the System with more than 42,000
000 pounds of metal. This was
obtained chiefly from non ferrous
metals in outworn equipment,
structures and supplies junked by
the operating telephone compan
ies. The reclaimed metal includ
ed about 12,000,000 pounds of cop
per wire bar, more than 18,000,000
pounds of lead alloy for cable
sheathing, some 2,000,000 pounds
of lead sleeving for cable splices,
over 5,000,000 pounds of bronze
wire bar, some 500,000 pounds of
brass billets, over 3,000,000 pounds
of solder in various forms, and
more than 373,000 pounds of redis
tilled slab zinc. This year’s totals
are expected to mount considerably
higher.
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