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COLORFUL CEREMONY
SHOWN ABOVE 18 A COLORFUL ITS NINTH ANNIVERSARY,
SESSION AT THE MT. CALVARY WHICH CONVENED JUNE I4-S1.
SPIRITUAL CHURCH, DURING LEFT TO RIGHT STANDING ARE
REV. E. E. ALLEN, REV. BOS
WELL. AND REV. JOHNSON,
AND BISHOP WATSON.
HUNGRY CONGRESSMEN UPSEtI
AS COLORED WAITERS STRIKE
Washington, June 22 (AXP) Ver
ose congressmen, met a problem at
lunch hour Tuesday in the three din
ing rooms in the house side of the
capital building when waiters in the
three spots struck for higher wages
right in the middle of the lunch
hour.
The restaurant was crowed with
house members, their guests, news
paper men and tourists when the
waiters walked out. Most patrons
sat at the tables for 30 minutes be-f
fore they realized what was wrong.
The waiters said they wanted the
same rates of pay a sthe senate side
waiters received. $40 for part time
work and $65 for full time work, a
gainst the present scale, which is
$25 for part time work and $42 for
full time work.
Some 23 waiters quit in a body
while the other 10 left as soon as
they had collected the money for out
2 Southern Barriers Against Negro
Labor Lowered as CoFEP Hearings
START IN BIRMINGHAM
BY CLIFF MACKAY
BIRMINGHAM. June 24 iaNP)
Two barriers to full participation of
Negroes in southeastern war indust
ries were lowered Thursday almost
before the President's Committee on
Fair Employmnet Practices had op
ened its scheduled hearing at the
federal courtroom here.
They were (1) The Bracken Bag
"Leading Corporation, a subsidiary
of the Coca Cola Company, Atlan
ta. termed one of the most vicious
in its denial of employment and
training opportunities to Negroes,
■which in a closed executive session i
signed an agreement with members '
->f the committee that these practic -
es would be immediately abandoned.
And (2) the pledge of James H.
McGinnis, chairman of the Regional
Xabor Supply committee, Birming
ham that directives will be sent to
-all representatives of the United
States Employment Service to rec
ommend men to employment with
out reference to race.
The move of the Bracken corpor
ation was made, it was believed, to
prevent public testimony against the
company which has persistently re
fused to employ Negro women al
though thousands were available in
the community.
Under the leadership Of President
Buell G. Gallagher, president of Tal
ladega college, more than 200 witnes
ses who had been denied employment
arrived to testify. One of the wit
nesses was said to have been the
Sister of the First Alabaman to lose
his life in World War II. a skilled
power machine operator.
The formal taking of testimony
began Thursdayaf ternoon when wit
nesses in the case of the Vultee!
Aircraft corporation. Nashville
were called. Cy W. Record, who
had been loaned from the War Pro
duction Board to investigate for the
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GRANTED STAY
OF EXECUTION
ODELL WALLER
WALLER GETS STAY TO JULY 2
Rchmond, Va., June 20 (ANP) —
Odell Waller, who was scheduled to
die in the electric chair in the stat"
Penitentiary here last Friday, rec
eived a last minute reprieve from
Gov. Price Darden, on the strength
of new evidence which his attorney
wishes to present to win the con
demned man a commutation of sen
tence.
The new date set for the execut
ion is July 2.
COFep. outlined what he termed a
“vicious situation" at the Nashville
plant, where out of the thousands
of persons employed. Negroes were
limited to about 20 jobs as janitors
porters and maids.
Mark M. Lattings. a mechanic of
22 years experience, told how he was
turned down because he “lacked
training” although he had worked
for both the Ford Motor company
and the Chrysler corporation at De
troit.
? Constructive
CRITICISM [
2621 Wirt St.
Omaha, Nebraska
June 13. 1942
Mr. C. C. Galloway.
2420 Grant Street.
Omaha. Nebraska
Dear C. C.:
On behalf of the sponsors of "he
Labor Institute recently held in O- i
maha. I wish to wpsat my apprec-!
iation for the services you rendered !
as its publicity chairman, and the
efforts you are yet putting forth in
interesting the public cf the value
of such Institutes, evidently with
the view of holding Institutes in tn»>
ffcin-e. You deserve courrriend it
ion for your success in obtaining the
version of various individuals and
groups and releasing it. along with.
photographs, to so many publicat
ions throughout the country. You
have done a great service to not
only organized labor, but to civic
groups, the national Government,
the community, and the Negro race.
In reply to your request for my
version of the Institute, I wish to
say that it has been so thoroughly
covered that anything I might hare
to say would be only a repetition
unless I chose to inject a sort of
pessimistic version; in other words,
make an effort to offer some critic-1
isms. But i ndoing so it should be
understood that all criticisms are in
tended to be constructive. In fact
I feel that almost all criticisms are
fundamentally constructive, because
niontinued on page2^=2)
The matter of training opportunit
ies was pointed to as the bottleneck
and W. A. Bass, superintendent of
schools. Nashville, was called “pos
itively hostile to the idea of training
Negroes for war industries” by Dr.
Emory O. Hawk, member. Regional
Labor Supply committee, who told
of his efforts to have Negroes inte
grated in the training program.
George S. Hastings, industrial
secretary, who appeared in defense
of Yultee. claimed that it was living
up to the Presidential order 8802 and
brought J. M. Shelton, representat
ive of the AFL International Mach
ists' union, to support the claim,
though both under the sting of vig
orous cross examination by Ear! B.
Dickerson. Chicago alderman, adm
1ST NEGRO NAVY RECRUIT
The first Negro Navy recruit William Baldwin, j
age 29, former Washington Navy Yard employee is be- j
ing sworn in as an apprentice seaman in the United i
States Naval Reserve by Secretary of Navy Frank I
Knox in the presence of Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs I
Chief, Navy Personnel Bureau. The ceremonies took
place in the office of Secretary Knox on Monday,
June 1. a.t 10:30 A. M. Baldwin left for Great Lakes
Naval Traiinng School. Thursday, June 4.
itted that Negroes formed only eight
tenths of one percent o fthe whole
plant personnel. Negroes form 28
percent of Nashvile’s population.
W. T. Bell, chairman of the At
lanta Council on Defense Training
for Negroes was the principal wit
ness Friday and clearly outlined the
fight being made in Atlanta to get
training programs and job oppor
tunities for Negroes open at the
huge new Bell Aircraft plant being
elected near Atlanta. More than
40,000 are to be hired at the plant
and at present no Negroes are be
ing trained for these positions. M.
D. Mobley. Georgia Director of Vo
cational training, sought to justify
thejr failure to set up defense cours
es for Negroes on the assumption
that none could secure employment.
The courses being offered are fin
anced wholly by the federal govern
ment under a nact which forbids
discrimination between races in the
setting up of the courses.
The hearings, the first of their
kind ever held by the committee in
the deep south, went off without in
cident. Negroes were seated on one
side of the courtroom and whites on
the other. M. P. Webster and Earl
Dickerson, only Negro members of
the committee, were most active ’n
.he cross examination of the witnes
ses.
Chairman Malcolm S. Mae Lean.
President of Hampton Institute,
who opened the hearing Thursday,
asserted the purpose of the commit
tee was “to obtain full use of the full
manpower of the United States in
the making of planes, guns and
? hips.”
An embarrassing moment came up
in the Thursday session when Dave j
Sarnoff. president of RCA corpor- j
ition. asked Mr. Hastings of Vultee
just what was the objection to hir- .
ing skilled Negroes. Hastings, turn- ;
ed a deep red. asserted. “It just I
might be embarassing.”
Denial of training opportunities in
Tennessee. North Carolina. Georgia.
Alabama and Florida were thorough
ly probed and the findings after the
testimony has been reviewed by the
committee in executive session will
be released to the public, it was an
nounced by I-awrence Cramer, the
DINING CAR W AITERS, C AFE
CAR, BUFFET SMOKING CLUB
SERVICEMEN, WAITERS, WAIT
ERS IN CHARGE .AND PORTERS,
MEMBERS OF THE UNITED
TRANSPORT SERVICE EMPLOY
EES OF AMERICA, AFFILIATED
WITH CIO.—
Sign Agreement
with So. R. R.
As a the result of being selected
Bargaining Agent for the abo’-e
Employees of the Southern Railroad
Company, the CIO. entered into an
agreement with the company where
by the employees are now receiving
a substantial increase in wages, and
among the many advantages ob
tained through its agreement, the
outstanding being:
VACATION WITH PAT
Beginning with the calendar year
1942, and each year thereafter, a va
cation of Six (6) working days will
be allowed to employees who in the
proceeding calendar year worked rot
less than 1,726 hours in one of the
classifications named above and who
continue their service relationship
during the entire calendar previous
to vacation year. In the event that
such vacation is not afforded in
such calendar year, employees wi'l
be paid for six (6) days at the ra+e
of pay. While Employees on vac
ation, the work of such vacationing
employees can be absorbed by the
remaining force, can be deferred, or
the position may be filled, if, in the
judgement of the management, nec
essary".
DEAD HEADING
When called to deadhead other
than in exercise of seniority or at
their own request, deadhead hours
will be computed on actual minute
basis and paid for at service rates,
except that no allowance will be
mbade for deadheading between 9
p. m. and 6 a. m. unless required to
report for duty prior to 6:00 a. m.
to prepare and serve breakfast, in
which case service time will com
mence from the time required to go
on duty. In case service trip is
made continuous with deadhead
trip, (no relief from duty interven
ing) deadhead hourage will be com
puted in connection with service
trip. Time consumed in deadhead
ing to be computed in 'connection
with ARTICLE 1, 2, and 3.
GRIEVANCES
Under their grievances agreement
the U. T. S. E. A. CIO. has not lost
a grievance case, that among the
gauntlet of cases run. includes the
famous Rule G.
STATION WORK
Under our agreement station work
is not counted in the basis month
Extra pay is given for station work.
At our Convention held in Cin
cinnati. Ohio, the Burlington R. R.
Red Caps selected the United Trans
port Service Employees of America
affiliated with CIO as its Bargain
ing Agent.
committee's secretary.
The hearings were brought to a
close late Saturday afternoon.
^standing checks.
J. L. Damn, head waiter acted as
spokesman and said petitions had
been presented the chief architect
under whom the restaurant operat
es. No action had been taken.
Waiters say they average from
$2.50 to $3 a day in tips and the av
erage from a congressman is a dime.
All of the waiters are colored,
while all of the patrons are white.
NEW COLORED PROGRAM TO
BE ON THE AHl
Beginning. Thursday, July 2, the
Nebraska Federation of Colored
Women’s Clubs, will be heard over
Station KBOM at 1:45 p. m.
This weekly program will feature
a state wide membership drive. The
state organizer. Mrs. Frances Mos
ley. plans to bring to the listeners
many prominent speakers from time
to time, also favorite gospel hymns.
The goal is ohe thousand new
members for June 1943.
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER
Harold Adams
BEGINS NAVAL DUTIES
Chief Harold S. Adams, formerly
assistant dean of Johnson C. Smith
university, arrived in Charlotte yes
terday to begin his new duties as
head of procurement of Negro men
for service in the United States
Navy.
The navy, heretofore closed to N
groes except as mess attendants,
has been opened up to permit their
enlistment both as apprentice sea
men and as petty officers. Those
enlisted in North Carolina will be
sent to Great Lakes Training sta
tion in Chicago for preliminary train
ing.
RALEIGH HDQTRS.
Chief Adams, who had just return
ed from Norfolk, Va., where he had
been fitted out in uniform, said that
for the time being he will make
headquarters in Raleigh. Later his
headquarters may be shifted to
whatever locale proves the most
productive in his recruiting wor c.
He plans to keep in touch with all
recruiting officers in the state in
regard to the enlistment of Negro
men in the navy.
He is a native of Wilmington, but
was reared in Nebraska, where he
attended the University of Nebraska
at Lincoln. After graduating in
1929, he taught at Tuskegee Insti
tute in Alabama and came to John
son C. Smith in 1937. In addition
to his acadamic duties he also has
assisted with coaching duties.
e also has served as executive
secretary of the Negro Chamber of
Commerce here. A dinner was
tended in his honor Friday night by
the chamber and a plaque presented
him in recognition of his services.
He was inducted into the navy on
June 2.”
WOMEN
URGENTLY
NEEDED
FOR RED CROSS WORK
Omaha women are urgently need
ed to enroll immediately in a Red
Cross nurses’ aide course because of
the shortage of nurses in Omaha
hospitals, it was announced this
week. Six local hospitals, Method
ist, Clarkson, University, St. Josephs
St. Catherine's and Immanuel are
already welcoming the volunteer
work of forty-nine nurses' aides who
are giving four hundred hours per
month of assistance to their nurs
ing staff, and more aides are need
ed.
Thirty-four women now in train
ing for the work are about to fin
ish their course, but a new class will
begin immediately for at least a
thousand hours of volunteer work
are needed a week in Omaha, phys
icians and hospital authorities say.
Mrs. Herman Johnson, chairman
of the Red Cross nurses' aide comm
ittee urges volunteers to notify the
Red Cross chapter house. Atlantic
2723, if they are interested in join
ing the class, and to register for th>
work immediately at the civilian
volunteer office in the World-Her
ald building if they have not already
registered.
Following the course, which con
sists of six weeks and a half of tram,
ing. nurses’ aides are required to |
pledge 150 hours of work each year
for four years, if needed. This is
a minimum of the amount of serv
ice given by the present group.
Classes meet daily, Monday through
Friday, for a two-hour session of
instruction for the first three and a
half weeks and then for three hours
daily of instruction in a hospital,
Saturdays and Sundays excepted.
EX-CORONATION QUEEN
HOME FOR VISIT
MISS JEAN TERRELL, the charm
ing daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Price
Terrell has returned home from
Kansas City where she is taking her
Junior year nurse training in the
General Hospital, for a month's va
cation.
It fell Miss Terrell’s lot to be the
nurse to take care of Mr. Hugh Me
Daniels, who was shot at a suburb
an lunch stand, where he went in for
a lunch and got into a controversy
-%
with one of the help. Under th“
Skillful care of Miss Terrell, Mr. Mc
Daniels fully recovered and is now
a butcher in one of Kansas City's
large grocery stores. He will be re
membered as the butcher formerly
employed at the Herman's market.
Miss Terrell was an ex-queen of
the annual Coronation pageant tha*
is sponsored by the St. Philips Epis
copal Church.
from
Clifford C 77Ji tc holt
»» atu » aiavc wc axe H> ua-uits.
C>
Just because it has become a hlbit
Of mine to write this message every
Monday night I. passed up an unus
ual opportunity to enjoy myself.
But, perhaps, you say, work before
pleasure anyway, but I say I have
already done a good day’s work be
fore I even start this message.
You want to know what the pleas
ure was that I passed up?
A picnic—that’s all.
And the invitation was from one
very prominent Omaha matron. I
won’t mention her name. At anv
rate, she invited me to the picnic —
and dance—of her Girl Scouts.
Officially, I was to be adopted for
the afternoon and evening as "Fa
ther” to one of the Girl Scouts.
Well, that would have been all
right. I’ve been most everything
else and it would have been a new
experience to become a “Father” for
an afternoon and evening.
I remember what you told me one
time about young people taking an
interest in older people just so that
the older people would act as pay
master. No doubt you are perfect
ly right but then there’s a whole
lot Of pleasure in just being the
paymaster.
I hope the lovely lady that gave
the invitation will invite me again
—some afternoon and evening, ex
cept Monday.
Yes, I am a slave to habit:.
—CCM—
Here's a hangover from last week
C. C. Remember, that letter from
which I quoted, from one. Corpo-al
A. Patterson, of Fort Warren, Wyo
ming? Particularly that portion a
bout him filing for a divorce from
his wife Vivian.
Well, there's been a reaction to
that:
I've heard from Vivian—that's
Mrs. Patterson you know. She sujs
that it is she who has filed for the
divorce- That over a year ago Mr.
Patterson deserted her and their
three youngsters, ages, seven, five,
and two years. And that that wr.s
months even before he entered the
army—last December.
There’s always two sides to every
thing, isn't there?
—CCM—
What's the matter with 24th
street. C. C?
Here's a card from Mrs. Earl F.
Gillet who lives at 2822 South 15tn
Street. It reads:
‘‘June 19th '42, Omaha, Nebraska.
Mr. Mitchell: Last Saturday, my
husband parked on 24th by Dream
land to get a hair cut. While in
the barber shop someone raided our
car and took eight packages of sweet
rolls. Didn’t bother the bread at
all. Is that the way 24th Street is
nowadays? I’m glad I don’t live
near there. Tour friend. Mrs. Earl
B. Gillet.”
? n uai can i say m answer to tnat
C. C?
Of course, I’m sorry that Mr. Gil
let got “rolled” but maybe they
didn’t touch the bread because they
thought he needed the “dough. '
Some pun, what?
—CCM—
Here’s a letter from Virgil Bail
| ey, C. C. It needs no editing or
comment. I’ll just quote the letter
verbatum:
“Omaha.Ne braska, June 21, 1942.
From Virgil Bailey. Contractor,
1715 North 26th Street (Telephone
AT. 1154). Mr. C. C. M. (that s
me.)
Virgil Bailey, 1715 North 26tn
Street, reading your columns whicn
j are very interesting. I am an or
ganization leader for the economic
| and social problems of our group.
11 had a nervous breakdown and I
I have taken a rest for a while. Mr.
! George H. Thomas .retired police
man of this city, 2310 Charles Street,
and I have spoken at various chur
ches for the last year, trying to get
our young people involved in being
qualified for Government jobs for a
few months. There are only two,
working from the office of the N.
Y. A. We are the only two in the
State of Nebraska. Mr. Benny
Brown of our group, working in he
office, has recommended three of
our group that’s going to NY A. to
be qualified for Government jobs, to
Belleview, Nebraska, which is mod
ern, also board and room. There
are also two hundred white boys
there taking up the same training,
t Continued on page 23^ 2)
ATTACKED
Mr. David J. Smith is convalesc
ing from injuries received at the
hands of assailants while being at
tacked and robbed on the way from
Union Hall, of which he is a CIO
Stewart of Armour and Compi
Hog Kill Department. He was re
leased from the hospital this wee.;,
though still confined to the <> 1
with a broken leg and other injur
ies. His condition has slightly m
proved.
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