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Umlcr Act^of ^arch*^ 1874—Business *Phorre * we. ^su1** Neb~a8ka’ Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, October 11, 1941 OUR !4th YEAR—No. 30 City Edition, 5c Copy
AME. Annual Conference T o Get UndetvW ay
Next Week!
I PROMINENT
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lAME. MEET
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RT. REV. NOAH W. WILLIAMS
Presiding Bishop of the Fiftli
Episcopal District, who will
preside at the Annual Confer
ence held in St. Johns A ME.
Church.
DR. T. A. SEARS
Pastor St, John’s A. M. E.
church—Host to the Annual
Conference.
DR. JOHN ADAMS
Presiding Elder, Kansas City,
Dist.
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DR. JOHN W. WILLIAMS
Presiding Elder, Omaha Dist.
WELCOME
AME. CON
FERENCE
TO OUR
CITY
THE OMAHA GUIDE
Pay Us A Visit —
You’re Welcome.
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ST. JOHN’S CHURCH
TO BE HOST
Members of Host Church
Want Sears Returned To
Them
Confab To Start Wednes
day Morning, Oct. ^th
The Nebraska Annual Confer*
ence convenes with St. Johns AM
E. Church, 22nd and Willis, Wed
nesday morning October 15th, for
official business. The Conference
will be entertained by Dr. T. A.
Sears and the St, John Congregi
ST. JOHN AME. CHURCH
VOTES FOR RETURN OF
PASTOR
At the eleven o’clock services,
Sunday October 5, the Presiding
Elder, Rev. John Williams, asked
the members of the church to give
a vote on whether or not, the re
turn of the Pastor, Rev. T. A.
Sears, was desired for another
year, and all present voted in the
affirmative, which was a most con
incing vote of confidence for thoir
Pastor.
tion in extraordinary program
Tuesday evening at 8:00 o’clock..
This service will include the “Cato
edral Banquet to the conference
and a service,” In Honoraum” to
the same group. The Honoraum
Service will precede the banquet.
At this service, the local commit
tee has selected a strong group of
interested citizens to welcome his
grace the Rt. Rev. Noah W. Will
iams and Mrs, Helen Armstrong
Williams, his wife, together with
every member of the Nebraska
Conference. Prominent among
these will be..The Hon. Dan But
ler, Mayor of the City of Omaha,
Representatives from the Minis
terial Union of Omaha and Coun
cil Bluffs and the Interdenomin
ational Ministerial Alliance, The
Bureau of Social Agencies of 0
maha, The Omaha Medical Asso
ciation and the Omaha Chamber of
Commerce.
The r’onfer«'nce will receive the
iholy communion Wednesdy morn
ing at 10:00 o’clock. Bishop Wil
liams celebrant. The annual ser
mon will be delivered at this ser
vice by Dr. T. A, Sears, This ser
mon is perhaps the most important
of all addresses through the week,
in that, it serves as the key mess
age for the gathering.
The program for the week is as
follows:
CONFERENCE SCHEDULED
PROGRAM
Tuesday 8:00 P. M. Reception
to Bishop Williams, Mrs. Williams
and members of the Conference.
Wednesday 10:00 A. M. Holy
Communion. Annual sermon, by
Dr. T. A, Sears.
Wednesday noon Organization cf
Conference.
Wednesday 2:30 P. M.—Reports
of the presiding elders and pastors
Wednesday 8:00 P. M.—Annual
Missionary Sermon, Dr. S, H, Lew
is.
Thursday 9:30 A. M. Reading
and adopting of minutes, Annual
Conference Rally for Western Un
iversity and Douglas Hospital and
Disciplinary questions.
Thursday 2:30 P. M.—Disciplin
ary questions and reports of com
mittees.
Thursday 8:00 P. M. Annual
Educational Sermon.
Friday 9:30 A. M. Reports of
Committees concluded. Addresses
of general officers of Woman’s
Missionary Society. I
Friday 8:00 P. M. Program.
Saturday 9:30 A, M, Conference
Seminar.
Sunday 9:30 A., M. Conference
Sunday School. ^
Sunday 11:00 A. M. Ordination
sermon, Memorial Services, follow
ed by reading of Appointments.
The general connection will be
represented at this conference by
Dr. A. S. Jackson, Washington. D.
C., Secretary of finance, Dr. Hem
ingway, Washington, D. C, Secre
tary of Church Extension. Dr. A.
E. Adams, Charleston, S. C., Sec
retary of Education, Dr. E. A. Sel
by, Nashville, Tenn., Secretary of
Religious Literature, Dr. L. L,
Berry, Sec’y Missions, Dr. J. H.
Hooks, Secretary-Treasurer AME
Book Concern, Philadelphia, Drs.
E. A. Hatcher, Jim Wilson, George
Singleton, Editors of the various
AME. Church Papers. The Pres
iding Elders of the Conference
are Dr. John Williams, Omaha Dist
and Dr. John Adams, Kansas City
Dist. I
Says Military Police Asked Okla.
Troopers To Act Against Soldiers
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« New* Yo(rk—MiGtary police of
the 94th Engineers division asked
state police to intercede in moving
the troops stationed at Camp Rob
inson, Ark., it is claimed by As
sistant U. S* Attorney General
Wendell Berge. in a statement re
leased this week by the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
Berge wp"ote the Association:
“For this reason there does not ap
pear to be suitable basis for fed
eral jurisdiction under the Civil
Rights Statute.”
The statement came in answer
to an NAACP request made Sep
tember 10 and accompanied by af
fidavits from members of the 94th
Engineers division, that the De
partent of Jutice take action s
gainst state patrolmen and civil
ians whf' forced Negro soldiers «>ff
highway near the camp, slapped
Lieutenant Donald Curry, white,
made an armed invasion of army
territory and insulted officers and
men of the division.
Berge’s assertion ha been refer
red by the NAACP. to Secretary
of War Henry L. Stimon with the
comment that even if military po
lice had requested the aid of state
troopers for any purpose, it is
clear that these troopers had noj,
right to commit unprovoked as
saults upon United States soldiers.
“The charge that the state po
lice intercede at the request of
military police is a serious one.”
the NAACP said. “If this charge
is true, then it is additional evid
ence in support of the request that
the whole question of the military
police and Negro soldiers be re
considered by the War Depart
ment.”
The NAACP answered Berge
Wednesday, Oct. 1, pointing out
that there is basis for prosecution
under Title 18, Section 52 of the
U. S, Code which provides a fine
of not more than $5,000 or impris
onment for not more than six
years, or both, for any two or
more persons who prevent an of
ficer of the United States from
discharging any of the duties of
(his office or do injury to his per
son or property in account of his
discharge of his duties, or inter
rupt, hinder or impede him in his
official business. Enclosed in the
!etter to Berge was a copy of an
affidavit made by William Curry
of the 94th Engineers which men
tions several incidents of racial
friction.
ST. PAUL DEDICATES $30,000
COMMUNITY AUDITORIUM
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 9 (ANP) —
(by J W, Pate—)— An estimated
crowd of 500 persons, white and
colored, attended the dedication of
the new $30,000 gymnasium and
auditorium of St Paul’s Hallie Q.
Brown community house Sunday.
The dedicatory address was de
livered by Atty. L. R. Frankel,
white, former president of the St.
Paul Interracial committee and a
charter member of the executive
board of the Hallie Q. Brown ren
ter. Atty. Frankel paid tribute
to the St. Paul Negroes for their
fine community spirit in paying
one fifth of the entire cost of the
new building, also the Masons and
Odd Fellows for their generous
gift of the ground upon which the
new building is located.
Jule Hannaford, Jr., white, ex
pressed deep satisfaction in pres
enting the keys to the new build
ing to Dr. J. W. Crump local phy
sician who turned the keys over to
Miss I. Myrtle Carden, resident di
rector of the community center
and now serving her 13th year in
this capacity.
Outstanding o nthe program was
the large Hallie Q. Brown youth
chorus of 63 voices with ages from
16 to 20 years.
The center serves more than
1400 youth of both races and is a
community chest supported agency
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Governor Polletti, Sen. Barbour Join Fight to Stop
Displacement of Colored Firemen
FORMER
OMAHA GIRL
MRS. FRANCES D. ELLIOTT
RECEIVES SPLENDID
APPOINTMENT
Mrs. Frances D. Elliott, the for
mer Frances D. Gordon, was rec
ently appointed a YWCA. Exe
cutive Secretary to organize and
conduct this work under the USO.
set-up at Mineral Wells, Texas,
where a soldier camp has recently
been established.
Mrs. Elliott is a native Omahan
and was educated in the Omaha
Public schools and the University
of Omaha. For about ten years
after her graduation, Mrs. Elliott
taught in the High school at Ok
mulgee, Oklahoma. For the past
six years, Mrs. Elliott has been ac
tive in YWCA work in Denver,
Colorado, where she attained jiote
worthy prominence. *' '
The sa&ry which Mrs. Elliott
is to receive is $2500.00 per an
num. She is the daughter of Mr.
G. D. Gordon and the niece of Mrs
H. J ,Pinkett. Her friends and
former teachers in the Omaha
Public schools and the University
of Omaha, are greatly pleased at
the news of her success, both with
respect to salary and the opport
unity for fine public service
The center is recognized as hav
ing made an enviable contribution
toward racial betterment and good
will in the city of St. Paul.
MINNESOTA NAACP PLANS
COURT ACTION AGAINST
GOVERNOR
Mineapolis, Minn.,—Because Gov
ernor Harold Stassen claims to be
helpless to admit Negroes to Min
nesota’s Home Defense et-up, claim
ing that he is bound by the “mil
itary code of the federal army”
and that this code excludes Negro
es, the local branch of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, plans ac
tion, in the state courts against
the governor and the adjutant gen
eral of the state.
Months ago, after members of
the National Guard were inducted
into the federal service, Governor
Stassen issued an executive order,
number 19, creating the Minnesota
Home-Defense. There was no pro
visions in the order barring part'
icipation of Negroes.
Negroes who voluntered were
not accepted and attempts were
made to set up a Jim Crow on
pany. The governor appeared be
fore a mass meeting called by
the branch and said he was in tot
al disagreement with the discrim
ination. But he stated flatly that
it was beyond his power to change
the situation, because he claimed
the Adjutant General’s office must
operate according to the federal
military code which excludes Ne
groes.
The action planned by the NA
ACP in this case is the first of its
kind.
FREDERICK W. WELLS
APPOINTED TO PUBLIC
RELATIONS STAFF USO.
Appointment of Fredrick W.
Wells to the public relations staff
of the United Service Organizat
ions was announced today by Jes
se Butcher USO, director of pub
lic Telations.
Mr. Wells, formerly president of
Moreland Village, the Negro mod
e community in Brooklyn, N Y.,
was graduated from Wilberforce
University in 1920 and attended
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NEGRO APPOINTED AT
COLORED ORPHANAGE IN NY.
JOHN W. POE WHO SUC
CEEDS JOHN G. ROMMEL;
Former Institutional Cade
Worker Now Asst. Supt.
(by Ted Yates)
New York, (Typ)—Henry R.
Murphy, Executive Secretary of
the Colored Orphan Asylum in
Riverdale, anounced today that
John W. Poe had been promoted
from Institutional case wbrker to
Assistant Superintendent succeed
ing John G. Rommel who recently
resigned from the post after two
years of service.
With the appointment of Mr.
Poe, every full time position at
the Riverdale Institution, except
Mr. Murphy’s is staffed by trained
Negro personnel. Within three
years qualified Negroes have re
placed white workers as pediatric
ian, nurse, secretary, dietician,
head of clothing department, ma
tron and now as assistant super
tendent.
Mr. Poe came to Riverdale 8
months ago as Institutional work
er from Philadelphia, where he had
been engaged as a supervisor in
the Deprtment of Public Assist
ance.
Horn in Huntesville, Alabama,
Poe received his B. S. degree from
Howard University in 1930 ani
later attended the school of Social
Work at the University of Penns
ylvania in Philadelphia. Shortly
after his graduation from Howard
Ihe did research work for the As
socition for the Study of Negro
Life and History.
Mr. Poe’s wife, the former Miss
Frances Thorton, has been em
ployed as Case Worker in the A
gency’s Foster Home Department
located at 306 Lenox Avenue here,
since that Department’s reorgan
ization early in 1939. Mr. and
Mrs. Poe have moved from their
home at 555 Edgecombe Avenue
and now reside at Riverdale.
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Yale Law School. He also has
made studies in public law and
sociology at Columbia University
and Cornell University.
In 1922-23, Mr. Wells made an
interracial and cultural study of
the West Indies and Central Am
erica under the auspices of tne
University Improvement Associa
tion of New York, and from 1923
1940 was engaged in social stud
ies for the cities of Albany, Roch
ester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Ithaca,
and Schenectady, N. Y., under the
auspices of the Association of
Negro State Builders, New York
Most recently, Mr. Wells served
tWHEN DiESEL ENGINES
ARE INSTALLED
Chicago, Illinois, October 2 1941
‘‘The movement to stop the dis
placement of Negro Railroad fire
men when Diesel Engines are put
on is rapidly gaining momentum,”
states A. Philip Randolph, Nat
ional Chairman of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters, Provis
ional Committee for the Organi
zation of Colored Locomotive Fire
men, at the Chicago headquarters
of the Brotherhood.
New supporters of the cause of
the Colored Firemen are Lieuten
ant Governor Polleti of New York
State and Senator W. Warren Bar
bour of New Jfersey... Governor
Polleti has volunteered his servic
es without cost to assist in the
proecution of the legal aspect of
the fight in behalf of Colored fire
imen and expresed his utter revul
sion against and condemnation of
the policy to displace Negro Rail
road firemen of twenty and thir
ty years’ seniority rights by white
• firemen their junior, and branded
this procedure as unAmerican, un
democratic and unjust.
Senator Barbour of New Jersey
has telegraphed Mr. Randolph of
his intention to study the problem
of the Colored Locomotive Firemeu
and expressed his interest in the
fight to save their jobs. “A con
ference is being planned with Sen
ator Barbour with the view of en
listing his support behind a move
ment to secure the adoption of a
Resolution by the Senate to have
a Senate investigation of the plight
of the Colored Locomotive Fire
men and the attendant circumstanc
es surrounding their continuing
elimination as a result of death,
retirement and discharge, along
with the gradual, but constant, in
troduction of Diesel power”, con
eluded Mr. Randolph.
on the interracial committees of
Columbia and Charleston, S. C-,
for the problem of providing re
creation for Negro soldiers in
Camp Jackson and Negro sailors
at the Navy Yard.
Born in Union City, Tenn., in
1899, Mr. Wells has completed his
full residence study for a doctor
ate of philosophy on the thesis
“Special Studies in Race Relat
ions”.
LARGEST TAX BILL EVER
ENACTED
Hyde Park, New York,—Pix
page—This photo shows the first
and last page of the $3,553,400,
000 tax bill, the largest ever en
acted. It is designed to defray
the costs of the national defense
and the lease-lend programs, and
is expected to lift federal reven i«s
above the $13,000,000,000 mark
next year.
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• New York.—Great Negro baritone, Paul Robeson, center. Is
shown early this week during his recording of the new song "Joe
Louis Blues," written by Count Basie, left, and Richard Wright,
right, author of "Native Son." This marks debut of Robeson as a
blues singer for an American Recording company. Robeson makes
! his first radio appearance of the season next Sunday (October 12)
as guest star on the radio program "The Pause That Refreshes On
the Air” heard frc:a 4:30 to 5;0Q P. M. EST, over the Columbia
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Presidents Committee On Fair Employment Practice
IF YOU ARE DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST IN DEFENSE WORK
Here’s How To Go About Making A Formal Protest
A letter iJom any job-seeker
w3jo has been denied a job in de- |
tense industry because of his race
c<c(d, col if ur national origin, is
enough to initiate in investigation
by the President's Committee on
Fair Employment Practice, it was
explained today by Lawrence W
Cramer, Executive Secetarv, i:„
arswer to numerous inquiries
inquiries which have come to the
Committee.
Any person who has reason to
believe that his race, creed, color
or national origin has prevented
his obtaining a position or prom^
otion in the Federal civil service
may also submit his complaint in
the same way.
This simple method of filing
complaints was decided upon by
the Committee, Craer explained,
in order that the least job-seeker,
or the unemployed, might find no
difficulty in having his grievances
redressed in keeping with the Pres
ident’s Executive Order of June
25, whch set up the Committee, as
one step in reaffirming the policy
of the United States ‘‘that there
shall be no discrimination in the
employment of workers in defense
industries or government because
of race, creed, color or national
origin."
It is not necessary for an ag
grieved worker to have a lawyer
draw up any formal papers, it is
explained, but it is necessary that
the complaint furnished adequate
information to permit the Comm
I ittee to act, and as the investigat
ion proceeds it may be necessary
to have complainant submit a not
arized copy of his charges. But
to get an investigation started by
,the Committee .only a clear, fact
giving letter is required.
I The fact-giving lettetr, accord
' ing to Cramer, should tell the fol
lowing:
1. The name of the firm, agen
cy, school or union against which
the complaint is made, and its lo
cation (street, city and state):
2. Whether the discrimination
alleged is because of (a) race, (b)
creed, (c) color, or (d> national
origin.
3. The race, religion, or nat
ional origin of the person making
the complaint.
4. The type of job, position or
classification for which applicat
ion is made:
5 The qualifications of the com
plainant for the job he seeks (in
cluding his education and work
history, and his civil service stat*
us, if he has passed a civil service
examination);
6. Date when complainant ap
plied for the job which he was de
nied;
7. Date when he was refused
employment or admittance to a
training course;
8. Name of person refusing
position (if available);
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RANDOLPH AND WEBSTER TO
VISIT OMAHA IN NEAR
FUTURE
Chicago, Illinois, October 9, 1941
A Philip Randolph, International
President of the Brotherhood cf
Sleeping Car Porters and National
Director of the March on Wash
ington’s Committee and Milton p.
ebster, First International Vice
President of the Botherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters and member
of the President’s Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee will vis
it the Divisions of the Brother
I hood of Sleeping Car Porters on
I the Pacific Coast, including Seat
tle, Spokane, Portland, Oakland,
Los Angeles and returnig will stop
at Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha
| and Kansas City, for the purpose
of holding meetings to discuss the
recent wage movement of Railway
employes and the general problems
of Negro workers in National De
fense.
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