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GOOD e READING I i The OMAHA GUIDE gc /JUSTICES EQUALITY at your . ^ Drugstore largest accredited negro newspaper west of Chicago and north of Kansas ctty —member of the associated negro press _Under Act of March 8, 1874—Business Phone^WE.Nebraska, Qmaha ]>jebras^a> Saturday, November 29,1941 OUR 14th YEAR—No. 37 City Edition, 5c Copy Neal Weaver CIO Director, To Speak At Mass Gathering! MAvCH TELLS JERSEY HOUSING AUTHORITY TO ADMIT NEGROES Jersey City, N. J.—Expressing ■"shock” at the discrimination m the Jersey City Housing Author ity, Mayor Frank Hague ot this city wrote George J. Daly, Cha i man of the Jersey City Hjuil.ig Authority, Wednes’iy. Nov o' er 19: “I would therefore suggest that you and your colleagues on the commission take all necessary steps to remedy this condition and make it possible for these peoplo to secure apartments in the La Fayette Gardens project The Mayor’s letter was written after a quarter-page advertise ment appeared in a local daily challenging him and the city com missioners to take action on the Housing Authority’s discriminat ion agpinst colored families in the new low-cost housing project. The advertisement was inserted in the paper by the Jersey City branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple and the Ministerial Alliance and signed by the Reverend E. S. Hardge, president of the NAACP and the Ministerial Alliance, along with 64 other community leaders. The ad, addressed directly to the Mayor and city commissioners said, in part: “We are concerned with the unjust policy of barring colored citizens from occupancy in the LaFayette Gardens on the nr. founided assumption that the vast majority of colored citizens pre fer a separate, segregated housing unit.” The people who want to occupy the new project are families who have lived in the neighborhood a long with white families in com plete accord for more than 30 years. TOWNSEND NATL. WEEKLY EDITOR, WILL SPEAK IN OMAHA NEXT SUNDAY, Sherman J. Bainbridge, editor of Tbwnsend National Weekly, will speak in Omaha, Sunday, Nov ember 30, 2 p. m. at Hotel Castle ballroom, it is announced by John H. Miller, Townsend National Re presentative for Nebraska. Bainbridge has spent much of his time during the last two years in Washington, D. C. where he has advised with the Townsend Steering Committee of the Cong ress and members of the Organiz ation’s Legislative Staff. He was present during the recent Down ey Committee hearing on pensions and according to reports is a close student ot proceedings of the Tem porary Economic Committee. Last year he conducted a night ly radio program over 32 estern radio stations and is said to be one of the best informed men on pension legislation in the United States. Before coming to the East Bain bridge spent some years in pension activity on the West Coast, main taining for more than three years nightly broadcasts over 16 radio stations in California. His appearance i nOmaha, ac cording to Miller, will be of inter est not only to Townsendites meet ing at a state rally, but jj, busin ess men and he rank of organzed labor. It was largely through Bainride’s efforts that certain Cal ifornia measures disastrous to la or interests were defeated. Town sendites and others who have heard his message are in agree ment that he is a forecful, dram atic and unusually interesting speaker. Mr. Jerome Owens, National Representative for Iowa will also speak at the afternoon session. A large delegation from western Io wa is expected to attend. The evening session will be de voted to the Youth movement of the oTwnsend Plan. Many prom inent young people from different parts of Nebraska will take part in the program. The Paul Briggs Ensemble will sing a group of songs and the Kelso Studio will furnish entertainment. Paul Briggs Ensemble To Sing PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR STATE CHAIN STORE TAX Frank Bosanek of Omaha, Pres ident of the Federation of Nebras- | ka Retailers, announces that the Federation has endorsed a move ment seeking the adoption of a state chain store tax for Nebraska similar to the statute now in suc cessful operation in the State of Louisiana. The Louisiana Law is based upon a number of units a chain system has in the entire Un ited States. Thus, if a chain has five hundred stores in the United States, and but five stores in Ne braska, its tax upon the five stor es will be based upon the statut ory assessment levied on chains of five hundred stores or more. The Federation is of the opin ion that a chain store tax is essen tial and necessary not only for the preservation of the independent merchant, but in the interests of the consumer and producer. It seems that because of the advan tages accruing from the operation of multiple stores wherever sit uated, and because of the operat ion of multiple stores wherever SPEAKING.... EDITORIALLY Farewell To “Tne Good Man” Rev. F. P. Jones, Pastor of Mt. Moriah Bap tist Church of Omaha, is soon to leave us for work in a larger field. Ten years ago he came to us ir. this city as a Christian Minister and during all those years he has lived the life of a Christian and a Gentleman. His leadership as a pastor of his congrega tion has been excellent, and he leaves a debt free jOhurch. He has brought honors to the city and the state through his leadership in the Baptist denom ination. He is President of the New Era Baptist Association of Nebraska and is one of the Vice Presidents of the National Baptist Convention. Every day he has dwelt among us and serv ed us, he has lived a blameless life. Everything he has done among us here has been affirmatively helpful not only in church affairs, but in civic mat ters as well. Through the years we have known many good and great men. but none who more fully ap preciated the requirements for an AMBASSADOR of the Master, than he. He has borne the burdens of his fellows as another btfre them for all the children of men in the Judean Hills two thousand years ago, and as he bears them in Spirit even now. It is with deepest regret that we part with Rev. Mr. Jones; yet we know his going is best, for he goes where he can render service to a larger number of his fellows. Farewell to “THE GOOD MAN”. A. Philip Randolph Mr. A. Philip Randolph visited Omaha last week and delivered one of his excellent addresses on the subject dearest to his heart, “The Welfare of the Worker”. His thesis “Mass Action” was presented with all the learning and skill of a master. Apd wheth er you agree with him or not, one had to admire the learning he brought to bear upon his subject, the persuasive and plausible reasoning he employed as he passed from his premise through the body of his discussion to his conclusion. What he was doing on this occasion, as he has been doing on other occasions for many years, was making an effort to educate the masses so as to have intelligent, constructive action, when it is had at all. Unintelligent mass action would be “mob ac tion” and the end would be anarchy; utter ruin for all who would employ it. The first task, then, is education; the second organization; tne tnird action. Within the frame work of the Pullman Porters Union Mr. Randolph has succeeded far beyond our fondest hopes. And he has given other organizations the benefit of the knowledge he has gained through his fighting years Always, we must remember that in seeking the just solution of a problem so complex as the Negro Problem, we will need the aid of all the con structive forces within the race and the good offic es of the friendly few without. Many of the agencies which cannot give “all out aid” all the time, because they must first live and breathe before they can give any aid at all, must not be condemned too harshly by the men and women who are wholly free to serve completely. We think it necessary to understand this pri mary requisite of any workable plan for “Mass Action”. MR. RANDOLPH—Courage, high morale courage, which you exemplify, is always admirable and you have made it understandable and inspiring throughout the ranks of “common men”. You havs found the way to happiness; the only way there is through service to others. situated, and because of the basic difference inherent in such char acter of operations that the move ment will receive support from the entire state. Louis Kavan, Secretary of the Federation, pointed out that where ever chain stores seemingly dom inate the retail field and the inde pendent merchant is driven out of business the cost of living and food prices rapidly increase. Ac cording to Kavan, a release of sta tistics by the United States Dep artmen of Labor several days ago indicaes that in Kansas City, Mo., Seattle, Washington, and Denver, Colorado, where the chains are dominant in the retail field, food prices as of October 15, 1941 have increased over the prices for the year immediately preceding an av erage of approximately 18 percent; whereas in Omaha and the sur rounding territory where the chain as yet, is not the controlling fac tor, food prices for the same per iod have increased but 10 percent. Several thousand petitions have been distributed to members of the Federation and their supporters, and it is planned to submit the proposal for a chain tax to the next session of the Legislature. TWO GET INTERNSHIPS AT CLEVELAND CITY HOSPITAL Cleveland, Nov. 26 (ANP) Two Negro internes will be admitted to Cleveland City hospital this year, following a practice which has been in vogue now for several years. Clarence George Corbin of Roxbury, Mass., and Casco Alston of Philadelphia are the two men selected. Corbin is a native of Boston and graduated at Harvard university before pursuing medic ine at Howard. Alston, who re ceived his undergraduate work at ,the University of Pennsylvania, is also a senior at Howard. Both men will begin their intemeships 1 July, 1942. NATIONAL BAPTIST PRES. DENIES O. K. ON JIM CROW OFFICERS TRAINING SCHOOL New York—Emphatically and definitely denying that he was one of the signers of .the purported re quest to President Roosevelt for separate Army officers’ training schools for colored and white, the Reverend. D. V. Jemison, preside ent of the National Baptist Con vention, Inc., wrote the NAACP. recently: “I am definitely and frankly with the leaders who sign ed the statement repudiating re quests for Jim-Crow officers train ing. In no sense would I give mo name to a thing of this kind. If my name is anywhere attached to anything of this kind, it is either forged or the facts were kept se cret." President Jemison was among those who David Stick, secretary to newscaster Fulton Lewis, Jr., said were named by Edgar G. Brown, president of the United Government Employees, as having signed the request. Others are Dr. C. T. Murray, president of the National Negro Council; Leonard Lewis, counsel for the National Negro Insurance Association and Bishop R. R. Wright, acting pres ident of Wilberforce University1 and Bishop of the AME. Church. Bishop Wright wrote the NAA CP. : “I did not hear the broadcast nor have I seen the statement.” LIFE MAGAZINE CHIDED FOR “PICKANINNY" USE New York, N. Y.—The magaz ine “LIFE” was chided by the N AACP for using the word “pick aninny” in a feature of its Novem ber 10 issue. In reporting upon a healthy ba by contest at the annual Memphis Negro Fair, LIFE headlined the article with the word “pickaan Innies”. In its letter of rebuke, the NAACP. pointed out that this designation of Negro children isi; not regarded by colored people as either “cute or affectionate”, and urges that it not be used again. NAVY YARD POSTERS CARICATURE RACE Brooklyn, N. Y.—Not content with using race labeled identifi cation badges ,the Navy Depait-* ment is reported to have put up posters in all the buildings in the Navy Yard here carrying the car icature of a Negro shooting dice with a slogan about speeding up production. The NAACP. which received the report last wetk is investigat ing the placement and source of these posters as a prelude to ac tion. WINDOW SHADE FIRM LANDS BUICK AVIATION PLANT CONTRACT Chicago, Nov. 19 (ANP) The Advance Window Shade Co., one of Chicago’s largest manufactur ers of window shades and Venet ian blinds, has been awarded the contract to install the Venetian blinds at the big Buick Aviation plant in Melrose Park, 111., it was announced this week by Jaca Weinberg, the shade company’s general manager. Well known throughout the Chi cago area, the firm has recently completed installation of 15,000 window shades and rods at the Ida B. Wells homes, low rent hous ing project in the southside color ed district, sponsored jointly by the United States and Chicago Housing authorities. Similar in stallations were also made at tne Jane Addams and the Trumbull Park homes, all federally sponsor ed slum clearance projects. The Buick Aviation plant won started last March and construct ion has recently been completed. A unit in the U. S. Defense pro gram, the plant will make Pratt and Whitney airplane motors and , is estimated upward of 10,000 ANOTHER NEGRO SLAIN IN TEXAS COURTROOM AGAIN HITLERISM ASSERTS ITSELF IN AMERICA In Lufkin, Texas, Monday Nov. 24, Mott Flournory, 70 year old Negro was fatally stabbed after he was brought into District Court to be tried on a charge of murder ing Mrs. Roy Morehouse, a whttq woman. The husband of the slain woman surrendered to officers for stabb ing Mott Flournory. Charges will be filed against him asserted the sheriff. Mrs. Morehouse, pretty bride of a few weeks was found slain in her farm home. Flournory was ar rested about a week later. This is the second time, in re rent years that a Negro had been murdered in a Texas court, while awaiting trial. PRESIDENT OF PALMER MEMORIAL INSTITUTE HONORED BY FRATERNITY Sedalia, N. C., Nov. 17 (ANP) — Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown was honored Sunday by the Green sboro graduate chapter of the O mega Psi Phi graternity for h^r (Outstanding individual achieve ment in the field of Private Sec ondary school education. Tau Omega, one of 89 Omega chapters, will climaxed its Nation al Negro Achievement week witn convocation exercises in the Rich ard B. Harrison auditorium at A. & T. college. Highlights of the exercise were the local citizens tri bute program on which Palmer Memirial institute’s famous Sed alia Singers appeared. Dr. Brown has just completed 40 years of service and contribu tions in the field of education with emphasis on culture as an ex ponent of which Palmer has also become noted. In addition to her numerous duties directing the work at Palmer institute, Dr. Brown is also in great demand as a speaker. workmen will be employed. FACED WITH TASK OF SAV ING 18 LIVES FOR REMAINING PART OF THIS YEAR 1941 Lincoln, Nebraska, Nov. 19 “Between no wand the first of the year, all Nebraska and the Hi way Safety Patrol are faced with the task of saving 18 lives if this' year’s traffic record is to be as1 good as that of 1940”, Captain C. J. Sanders of the Patrol said today. "During the first ten months of this year, 205 persons lost their lives in Nebraska traffic accidents, compared with 187 for the same months last year. The complete toll for 1940 was 248 killed and of this total 61 died as the result of accidents occurring during Nov ember and December—an average of one a day. "As far as the Patrol is con cerned,” Captain Sanders said, ‘we know from our records where) the accident congested areas are, and the Patrolmen have already been instructed to give these spots careful attention. ‘These last two months of the year are bad from the trafiic standpoint because they belong to winter. Drivers from now on can expect slippery pavements and highways, poor vision and snow. These factors are not encouraging safety signs. Moreover, bad driv ing weather in some sections of the State, particularly around the Martin Bomber Plant near Omaha and the proposed bomb loading plant near Wahoo, won’t stop traf fic movements. ‘As the national defense effort swings into gear in these sections” ■ he said, ‘snow and ice must be no excuse for traffic tie ups and skid ding accidents. ‘One way in which every motor ist can help in the job of traffic, life saving,” Captain Sanders said, ‘is to observe these seven rules « CHURCHILL ACKNOWLEDGES LETTER FROM NAACP. New York—Stating that the N AACP. leter protesting racial dis crimination by British agencies to England’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill, “is receiving immediate atention,” an acknowledgement came from the office of the Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, Lon don, this week. Acknowledgment was a month in transit. It was mailed on October 16 and reached the NAACP office November 17. “TWELVE MILLION NEGRO AMERICANS” BULLETIN NOW AVAILABLE Atlanta, November 24 (ANP) — The Commission on Interracial Co operation, with headquarters in the Standard building, this city, announces that “Twelve Million Negro Americans", us latest bul letin on the Negro in American life, is now available to the public. Intended primarily to lay the bas is for more intelligent and fair minded interracial attitudes and practices on the part of white people, it is believed that the bul letin will be of equal interest to the members of both races. It will be especially valuable to tea chers, preachers, program build ers and discussion leaders. The 24 packed pages of “Twelve Million Negro; Americans”, it is believed present the most compre hensive view of the subject to be found anywhere in such condens ed and popular form. Subtitled ‘Backgrounds, Progress and Pres ent-Day Problems”, this little vol ume treats of racial origins; Afri can environment and culture; the Negro’s contribution to American life and history; his progress in health, industry, business, educa tion and the artr; the major prob lems incident to his presence in this country; and the common fal lacies and fears that complicate the situation. Though selling at five cent per copy, the commission states that a sample copy will be sent without charge to anyone enclosing a 3 cent stamp for postage. for safe winter driving: ‘I. Exercise more caution gen erally. The necessity for sudden stops should be avoided on snow and ice. It takes 3 to 11 times the normal distance to stop on snow and ice. “2. Check brakes for simult aneous gripping. TJnequaUzed brakes start skids. “3. Good tire treads are safe on wet pavement, but on snow and ice tire chains should be U3cd when needed. “4. Make sure windshield wip ers and defrosters are working and that lighting equipment is ad equate for longer hours of dark ness, snow, fog and sleet. “5. Reduce speed on snow or ice—don’t throw away the safety margin provided by chains be cause chains skid at high speeds. Watch out for children on sleds. “6. Leave more room between you and the car ahead, and don’t try to pass on hills or curves.... it’s dangerous and unlawful. Ap proach icy curves slowly. “7. Slow down in gear and ‘pump’ brakes on and off when speed must be cut. This guards against wheel lock skids. Re member chains won’t duplicate dry pavement stopping, but they will cut stopping distances 40 to 50 percent under snow and ice condi tions.” NAACP. SENDS GREETINGS TO CIO CONVENTION Detroit, Mich.,—Congratulating the CIO for its stand against rac ial discrimination, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, sent greetings to the national convention of the labor organization which met here last week. The NAACP cited a resolution adopted by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of A merica (CIO) at its 1940 conven tion, pledging its locals not to be satisfied with a policy of discrim ination, but to work actively at all CIO ASKED TO PROBE STRIKE CALLED BECAUSE NEGRO WORKER WAS HIRED Columbus, Ohio,—Acting on re ports that 500 United Automobile Workers union, (CIO affiliate) workers walked out of the Curt iss-fWright airplane manufactur ing plant last week because it is alleged that a Negro was employ ed there in the tool and die dep artment, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has asked R. J. Thomas, president of the UAW-CIO to come here immediately for invest igation and action in the situation. The NAACP. expresed appreciat ion of the unequivocal stand which Thomas and other CIO officials took on the race issue during the Ford strike last spring and con fidence that he will act promptly and uncompromisingly in the pre sent situation. Reports of the walkout were sent to the national office from the COlumbus branch NAACP when the strike began to spread from the tool and die division of the plant to other departments. Local union heads disclaim respon sibility for the strike but said they would uphold the striking work ers. Union officials also claim that the racial issue does not en ter, but that it involves a refusal by the management to negotiae. “The original issue,” the union members said, “was not whether Negroes would be employed, but how many would be employed and where they would work.” Carl Copeland and iWlliam Gib son, UAW organizers got to the daily press with statements that someone in the Curtiss-Wright plant must be “in the pay of Hit ler” because Negroes are now be ing employed. The NAACP letter to Thomas suggested that he suspend Cope land for this statement and others in which he said, “they (Negroes) should be segregated.” Copeland is also quoted as hav ing said that, “In Washington Ne groes work in separate places and in the Army and Navy they are segregated, so why not here?” The NAACP stated: “Copeland appears to be unaware of the fact that while there is some segregat ion in employment in government agencies in Washington, steps have been taken during the recent months in accordance with the President’s executive order to em ploy Negroes and to do so on a non segregated basis.” “Copeland announced that be had asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to check the plant for hiring Negroes, because Cope land is directly quoted as stating, Tve traveled all over this country and I’ve never seen a colored die or tool maker.’ “We maintain that neither Gib son nor Copeland have any busin ess representing the UAW if they harbor such vicious opinions as these. They apparently do not know that the President’s execut ive order against discrimination on account of race, color, creed or national origin is a pronounce ment of official government pol icy, so that the two of them should stand behind that policy instead of ordering a walkout because Ne groes are employed. And noth ing is more Hitlerian than this manifestation of racial prejudice." The NAACP has reported the case to the President’s Commit tee on Fair Employment Practice and strongly recommneded that an official representative of the FE PC be sent immediately to Colum bus. times to secure promotions for Negro workers, and their full inte gration into the industry. The NAACP suggested that the nat ional convention of the CIO might adopt a similar resolution. On Sunday, November 30, at 3 pm., at the Zion Baptist Church, Neal Weaver, Assistant National Director of PWOC. of CIO, will lecture and explain the immediate objectiveh of this organization and review past accomplishments. The public in invited. 18 UP FOB ELECTION TO NAACP NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS New York—Three new names are on the list of 18 for election to the National Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The list will be voted upon at the annual meeting of the NAACP on January 5th. The three new nominees include Dr. John B. Hall, Boston, Mass, unanimously recommended by the Boston branch NAACP. Dr. Hall has been a member of the Boston branch NAACP (one of the old est) since its organization, and fod many years a member of its executive committee. He is vice) president of the branch this year. Dr. J. M. Tinsley, president of the Richmond, Va., branch and of the Virginia State Conference of branches, was recommended by the individual branches of the state. Under Dr. Tinsley’s lead ership, one of the strongest state organizations of the NAACP has been built up. Bishop W. J. Walls, of Chicago, 111., presiding bishop of the Four th Episcopal District of the AME. Zion Church is also a new nomin ee. Bishop Walls was recommend ed on the strength of his long in tareost and active participation in the work of the Association. Up for reelection are Mrs. Lil lian A. Alexander, New York City a member since 1924, Louis C. Blount, Detroit, Michigan, first elected in 1939; Harry E. Davis Cleveland, Ohio, a national boirjj member since 1921; Roscoe Dun jee, Oklahoma City, Okla., also a member since 1936; the Reverend John Haynes Holmes, New York; City, since 1911; The Honorably Herbert H. Lehman, governor of New York, since 1929; Alfred Ba ker Lewis, Peekskill, New York, since 1939; Eugene M. Martin, Atlanta, Ga., since 1939; Isadora Martin, Philadelphia,- Pa., since 1924; Miss L. Pearl Mitchell, Cleve land, Ohio, since 1936; T. G. Nut ter .Charleston, W. Va., since 1930. Also the Honorabble Charles Poletti, lieutenant governor cf New York, since 1939: Mrs. Amy E. Spingam, New York, elected in 1939 to fill out the term of thd late Joel E. Spingarn, and Major Robert E. Treman, Ithaca, New York, since 1939. NEW ORLEANS TEACHERS’ SALARY CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT New Orleans, La., Argument on the motion to dismiss the com plaint filed by James McKelpin, against the Orleans Parish school board for elimination of the dif ferential between the salaries paid Negro and white teachers in the local schools, was heard and taken under advisement by Judge Wayne G. Borah, here in the United Stat es District Court for the Eastern. District of Louisiana, Wednesday, November 19. Thurgood Marshall cf New York Special Counsel for the National Association of Colored People, and A. P. Tureau, local atomey, representing McKelpin, argued in opposition to the motion. The School Board was represented by both the City Attorney and Attor ney General’s offices. NAACP DISTRIBUTES HALF MILLION IN 1941 CHRISTMAS SEALS New York—More than a half a million of the 1941 NAACP Christ mas seals have already been dis tributed in the thirteenth annual Christmas Seal Sale, the Associa tion announced this week. The goal has been set at a million seals. The seal design is a silver can dle and a holly wreath on a blue background. Proceeds from the sale go into the general fund of the Associat ion and provide one of the main sources by which the NAACP sus tains its program. LEADERS DISCUSS HARLEM SO-CALLED CRIME WAVE New York—The social aspects of the so-<?alled Harlem “crime wave” and recommendations foe constructive action were brought out in the roundtable discussion carried by New York radio station WINS, Sunday, November 23. Participants were Dr. Robert Searle, General Secretary of the Greater New York Federation of Churches; Roy Wilkins, assistant secretary of the NAACP and edi tor of the Crisis; Magistrate Anna Kross and Charles Abrams.
