Republicans Confident Of Victory Gaod Reading 5C AT YOUR DRUG STORE HEWTOTHEUNE LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS ^Unded Aet^d^March*^ I874^BusineM Ptfone1:* WE. *1517^’ NCbr“Sk* Saturday, Oct 24,~1942 OUT 15th Y^tTN^W "City Edition, 5e Copy 1 WHERRY GETS NEGRO PLANK IN GOP NATL PLATFORM It was Kenneth S Wherry, pre?M ent Republican nominee for the United States Senate, who secured passage in the Republican Natlon *1 Platform in 1942 of the plank containing the seven-point program submitted by C. C. Galloway, editor -and publisher of the Omaha Guide. Mr. Wherry is shown here facing the camera while Thos. Dewey is shaking hands with Mr. Galloway. The plank which Mr. Wherry got into the National platform for Mr. Galloway reads: “We pledge that we American, citizens of Negro descent shall be given a square deal in the economic and political life of the nation. Dis crimination in the civil service, the army, the navy and all other bran ches of the government must cease. To enjov the full benefits of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness universal suffrage must be made ef fective to the Negro citizens. Mob violence shocks the conscience of the nation, and legislation to curb this should be enacted.” NAACP OPENS CAMPAIGN IN FAR WEST STATES New York—In a campaign to spur activity in the Far Western branch es of the NAACP during the war ef fort. Roy Wilkins, asistant secret ary and editor of The Crisis maga zine. began a speaking tour Octob er 18. in Denver Colo., Following his speech in Denver, one of the oldest branches Of the NAACP. Mr. Wilkins will visit Cheyenne, Salt Lake City. Spokane. Seattle. Tacoma and Portland. At Portland the NA ACP official will confer on the sit uation at the Kaiser shipyards where Negro workers have been barred from employment by an AF. of L. union. ASK KOOSEVFLT TO CONDEMN LYNCHERS New York—Pointing out that the lynching of two fourteen year old boys at Quitman, Miss.. October 12. “damaged the cause of our coun try in this nat:onal crisis.” the NA ACP. has called upon President Roosevelt to speak out against lyn ching and to lend support to the enactment of a federal anti-lynch ing law. "We shall ontinue to press for a federal anti-hmhing law,” the NA ACP Jeter said, ‘and we earnestly soliit suh aid and enouragement lor this legislation as jour powerful office can give. "These victims, mere children, were the forth and fifth persons lynched during 1942. “We protest this lynching, as we have protested all those that have gone before: but we are more shock EDITORIAL of the WEEK (from the New York Times, October" 15, 194f.) “FACTS ABOUT THE POLL TAX” The Geyer anti-poll tax bill hat now been adopted by the House of Representatives by a vote of ex actly three to one. In the Semite I the substantially similar Pepper bill is due to be acted upon by the Jldiciary Committee next Monday. ! Many persons must have been mvs j tified by the strong statements made for and against these meas ures. On the affirmative side that they would end a shameful attempt to disfranchise Negroes and po\ erty stricken white people in eight Sothern stotes; on the negative side that they are an unconstitutional attack on State's 'ights and the principles of democracy. Spokes men for the eight poll-tax states particularly resented the suopart I which came to the measures, n tb> words of Representafn e Brown of Georgia from “the crusades cf New York and Chicago.” Smc - there is danger that a Sen ate minority, putting this issue a heo.d of the nation’s . ar needs, may conduct a filibuster against the P pper bill, a few paints should be made clear. First there is history. The poll tax was revived, in the eight states which row have it, be tween 1890 and 190o’e s in a family, and \>hen the ur.oc' tn\ *s cumulative. That it does ilia - . ,v,v. VAW ed and outraged, as we are sure ev ery decent American must be. at the thought that anywhere in our land in 1942 could be found a mob which wold hang two boys barely in their teens." The XAACP. announced that it is bringing renewed pressure upon Cogress for enactment of a anti lynching law in view of the five iynchingS of 1942. courage voting is sv.own by the !> w J voting percentage.! in the eight pull ta>- states, and oy the increases in j voting percent > cs in Louisiana. J Florida and N'o'Tn Carolina, which repealed their pCil tax laws in 1914, 1927 and 1929, rnsat ctively. l.“ss tnnn one-fourtn of the citizens of til 3 poll tav st-lpg ’ 0te jn na-i->r. il ele-lions, as > n pared with thuds in the l- rty other states. 11 the primary elections are taken ... a yardstick, the effect of the or.< party system is reduced. Even then the states which require the payment Of a poll tax by the prim ary voter turn in about one fourrh as many votes to the election dis trict as the non-poll tax states do. Third there are the "pernicous political activities” referred to ir the Election Act which the Geye bill proposes to amend. There is plenty of evidence that in some poll tax states, if not all of them, the tax is so arranged and employed that difficulties are placed in the way of opponents of the incumbent political regime, and that payment of the poll tax by second parties, whether or not forbidden by the law is used to bribe voters who agree to vote with the incumb.nt regime. It seems to us that the indictment against the poll tax stands; that re peal by Congressional act is legally justifiable winder the Fourteenth Amendment: that the people rr forty states have the right to de mand that Federal officers shall not be elected by restricted franchise i nany state: that the just inter ests of the South, in which repei1 has much support, are not infring ed by te proposed legislation; and that any obstretive action by a Sen ate minority could not be regarded otherwise than as an undemocratic effort to defeat the will of the rec ognized legal majority. TENNESSEE TEACHERS WIN SALARY INCREASES Chattanooga. TeDn.First step ‘oward the equalization of Negro and white teachers her; received or October 1st checks with increases in salary. The aggregate sum of money received over their last years salary is *80,140.35. The Chattan ooga teachers salary su t was fought by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1941. The school board has instituted salary increases for those who are at the present lowest on the scale when training and service are tak en into account. By this arrange ment teachers having equal trail ing and service records will event- j ually receive equal compensation. KILLED ON DUTY; $10,000 INS. $500 IN' CASH AND SOME U. S. BONDS A former Omahan Mr. Will Smith was killed by a switch engine at Reath, Oregon on Oct. 15, 1942. No one to claim the body. If you know anything of relatives, please call Mr. C. C. Galloway at the Omaha Guide office 2420 Grant St. NEGRO SOLDIER GETS DEATH PENALTY Macon, Ga., —Edmund Reed, a Negro soldier from Ft. Benning. Ga. was convicted for murder and given the death penalty. A. T. Walden, NAACP. legal counsel for the def ense. reports from the courtroom "the verdict of the jury was cer tainly not a reflection of the feel ing of the majority of the wh:ta< people of the community, as they were evidently convinced that what Reed had done was absolutely justi fiable. At the conclusion of tha case scores of whites who were in attendance upon the trial so ex pressed themselves and compliment ed us on the defense that we put A new trial was tentatively set up.” ror October 16 and Walden stated further. “I feel quite confident we shall secure a reversal as I can not by any possibility see how a case of murder has been made out.” The substance of the testimony was to the effect that Reed, while overstaying a three day furlough in Macon. Ga-- was questioned in a ln c} rsement and discrimination 1 at eim of the si uth.” ARREST LEADERS OF NEGRO LYNCHING Laurel, Miss.. Oct. IS—Three al leged members of a mob of one hundred white men who early to day lynched a convicted Negro slayer were arrested there os two detachments of Mississippi state i fruards. armed with riot guns and ; tear gas. guarded the jail and court house. Under protection of the guards men. the county grand jury began NORTHSIDE HEADQUARTERS CONDUCTS VIGOROUS ACTIVITIES Chairman Ralph W. Adame of the Northside Republican Headquarters j stated that “All political signs and j symptoms indicate that overwhelm ing success will be enjoyed by Re-' pubican candiates in the coming count}', state and congressional el ections. A dozen Committee meru ' bers, who have been canvassing the districts in this section in the in- j teneet of registration and Republic- j an activities have reported a very j definite Republican sentiment in the minds of the majority." Activities of Northside Headquar ters. 2117 North 24th St., for the past week, have included a general ward canvass, consisting of a house to house campaign for the sake of stimulating an interest in registra tion. A survey has shown that so many Negroes had been disqualif ied by reason of having moved Cr | changing name through marriage Another fact discovered was that there were over three hundred young men and women who had be come of voting age in the last year, but had not formally qualified them selves to cast a vote. A systematic campaign was pro moted by headquarters, being a “pass-the- word- along" program, started by all interested workers, picked up by ministers of churches, presidents of clubs, and extending into the community in general. This was designed for the purpose of reminding the citizenry about registration dates. General circulars were sent out t.o organizations. A Speakers' bur eau was organized, and speakers discussed the importance of suf frage rights before assemblies in variqus localities of the city. An nouncements and registration adv ertisements were displayed, partic ularly in local theatres. House meetings were held for the purpose of stimulating particuar neighbor hoods and ending inspiration to those working directly in the cam paign efforts. A followup committee of “regis tration specialists” worked from October 19 to 23, assisting the phys ically handicapped and reminding other citizens to go to the special registration places. A committed of thirteen conducted a "telephon campaign” for three days supple menting the house-to-house camp aign by ward workers, as a meanr. of reminding citizens of their duties. All in all. it is felt that the act ivites Of the Republcan Committee have definite}' accomplished the’r first purpose—that of registering the challenesed and uneha]leng»d vote in Ward 2 and the Negro sec tions of Ward 11 and 3. The Sec ond objective of the committee is to get the vote out on November 3 to elect all candidates on the Rep ublican ticket, an inquiry into the state’s thii i lynching in a week. Two 14 year old Negro boys accused of attempt ing to rape a white girl were hang ed last Sunday by a mob at Shub ota. 35 miles from here. The new victim was Howard Wash, a middle aged Negro, who was convicted of the murder on May 18 of his employer Clint Welbom, 49, a dairyman. BALTIMORE REPORTS $8000 FOR NAACP Baltimore. Md..—Randall L. Tyus NAACP assistant field secretary now directing a membership camp ! aign in Baltimore reports this we-* that the Baltimore branch aas reached the $8000 mark. __ WOMEN URGED TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER ELECTIONS Washington—Officers of the Al pha Kappa Alpha Sonority's Non Partisan Council on Public Affairs here, have sent out a nation-wid-^ call for a record registration of women at the polls in the comm: elections. The organization calls attention to the unusual significance of the feminine vote with millions if men under arms and out of touch with local politics, and with questions vital to the welfare of the Negro minority coming up before 10 a and national legislative bodies. Women are urged to keep in close touch with local developments af fecting Negroes, and reports to the Washington otfice show that sorors are taking the lead in studying in their gatherings all pending legisla tion and the record of all candidat es soliciting support. The women are also urged to take stock of Negro needs in local, dis trict and state areas, and, in coop erating with other organizations wherever possible, to make supper-, of legislation which meets these needs the price of their vote. Griswold Appointee^Gosmetology Inspector MRS. MADELINE HARROLD | One Of Governor Griswold's . p pointees. First one in the history of Nebraska of her race. GOVERNOR GRISWOLD’S COLORED APPOINTMENTS Colored appointments made b\ Governor Griswold of the State O’ Nebraska: Louise Bryant Winston and Kathryn BOgguB Harrison, fil ing clerks in the motor vehicle de partment: Madeline Brown Harroid, Cosmetology Inspector; Roy White Oil Inspector; William B. Davis, State Mail Carrier in the capitol. We think that h. has made a fine governor and been very fair to the Megro people of Nebraska. This is the first time any Governor has ap pointed any Negroes in the state capitol at Lincoln. We think h deserves votes from all the Colored people for his fair ness to us. He is very proud Of all his appointments for doing a very j good job i nrepresenting their state. MAKES GOOD AT CARNEGIE MAKES GOOD AT JOB; INVENTS CHISEL POINT COOLER i .-""iwwa-iiia’-ijB.'-'wj-—:-■ JOSEPH TURNER lost hi-“ par ents at an early age and was plac ed in an orphanage, where he says he was well treated, happy, aaJ learned a lot of things that helped him in later life. Today he is a skilled mechanic in a war produc tion plant at ChaHeeton, West Vir ginia. and the inventor of a mech anical device that has brought him considerable recognition. Turner* is a “scaler” at the branch plant of the Carnegie Illin ois Steel Corporation at Charleston $100,000,000 concern engaged in war production work. He is in charge of a mechanical chisel that remov ed scale from steel plates. The machine is operated by compressed air. Turner invented and perfe t ed an attachment that cools the point of the chisel, hence preserv ing its temper and greatly length ening its life. It reduces labor l>y half and doubles production. Sketches of the device were sen* to the main office of the company at Pittsburg where they wpr drawn to scale sent back to the Charleston plant and the machine perfected Seven of them are now in operation at the plant. Turner in his youth worked when ever he could find anything to do. Eventually he secured a position us bellman in a Charleston hotel. "It was there that I learned to get along with people,” he sa d 3 “But I felt I ought to be making progress, so I quit and got a job washing cars for a garage because I was interested in mechanical things- There I learned all I couM about automobiles mechanics and resigned to tuke a more respons ible job with another garage." "When this country got into tbe war I felt I ought to be doing some thing to help until they wanted me ^n the Army. I get in at the p’a it of the Carnegie Illinois Steel Cor poration and they let me work my jwa.v up. They helped me when they found out I was trying.” Turner started at the plant as a common laborer, made friends w'-th ioremen. then executives and fin ally the plant superintendent. The < fficials p, emitted him to work Out his invention. Now he has a cer tificate of merit that he say* ne wouldn't lake any amount of money 'or. It was issued to him in ‘ rec ognition of initiative and patriotism f' r a meritorious contribu*’ to the war i’-eduction drive.” It w first a ward of the kind pr jj-v t ed at the l imt. Since opportunity is Opening '-o for the vein war pi.-there is no iirr it to how la. he .oi, pio * - - *- • the biAi* >f h:s in itiative, pei serveranee and common sense JOe Turner has proved that. t FUND A A A A A