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LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS EundraerdActSofCMa;chaIf i^bSsi^ ptS ’ Nebraska Saturday, Nov. 28, 1942 Our 15th Year, No. 42 City Edition, 5c Copy Modern Facilities - Food, Beauty, Date, Fleatmg..*. - for ^X^AACs —■—III i HI II HI" TMII11 |I' IIIBWII WHIM 'HI Il«mn lining^-I - I ■■ ■—H- -—t The Misses Hobbs. Burrell. Fat ton of Station Hosp.tal Nc- 1 Sten ographic Section, get a Pre-View o the WAAC Facilities at Fort Huach Uca, Arizona. ■ussam m 9 s * m mm 1. FOOD.the latest in kit chens for mass feeding. 2. BEAUTY.the newest in beautifying machinery7 for the WAAC Beauty salon. 2. DATE....the men had consid ered this an arrival date instead of a building number. 4. PERSONAL__. .the lieutenant may powder her nose. zm&mma* ■■ -a 5. HEAT.... double heatin? unitj I .... even make a WAAC hotter. —Photos by Scurlock. Lieut., in fantry. A Gala Day For Elks Next Mon., Fiov. 30th -__----- —. —. J Urge Passage Of Federal Education Aid Bill - T New York. N. Y.Vigorously urging passage before Ihe adjourn ment of the 77th Congress of s. l.i 13 which provides a $300,000,000 grant for Federal Aid to Education thus equalizing benefits in the poor er states, the NAACP sent to Pres ident Roosevelt the following resolu -tion which was passed at a meeting on November 9. ‘‘The passage of ft. 3313 is urged not only because the poorer states, especially southern states, are un able economically to provide edu cational opportunities equal to those of the more advantaged stat es, but because of its direct far ing upon the war effort. The num ber of Southern men, particularly Negroes, who have been rejected by the Selective Service because they were unable to meet literacy tests reveals an unhealthy condition whodh imperils democracy. Fed eral aid to education will immed iately begin to correct this great j weakness in American life and will J continue to operate to eradicate a ( festering sore which harms all of | the United States. North as well as South “In Urging passage of S. 1313 the NAACP Board registers its emphat ic disapproval of the proposal to e vade this issue made by Congress man Rankin of Mississippi— that Americans who through no fault of their own are unable to meet lit eracy tests, particularly Negroes, should be herded into labor battal ions. This attempt to evade the fundamentals of this problem can only do harm, particularly to the morale of those who are denied op portunity to defend democracy be cause they have been denied dem ocracy in education in the past. ‘•The NAACP Board of Directors further urges the immediate report ing of S. 1330 introduced by Sen ator Robert F. Wagner during che first Session of the 77th Congres-s to provide for federal grants to stat es for construction of hospitals and other medical facilities. This bill has never been reported out by the Committee on Education and Labor. Records of the Selective Service Ad ministration reveal an appalling health hazard and condition, part icularly in the South, which has led to the rejection of many potential soldiers. S. 1230 would begin th» process of rehabilitating those who live in economically disadvantaged areas where hospital and other med ical facilities are wholly inadequate or non-existent- Passage of the Bill will not only increase the number of healthy potential members of our armed services but would raJ*e health standards in the years after the war.” Copies of the resolution were also sent to Vice President Henry A. Wallace; Speaker of the House. Sam Rayburn: Majority leader of the Senate. Alben W. Barkley: Min ority Leader of the Senate. Charles McNary. SUBSCRIBE now: .^ ........ ^ Hiiiitmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiu. *iiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiii«i«iiiiiiMiiiiiiiiii_ | I A Musi Read Letter... I Why Negroes Should | Serve In the Army.... To. Lewis Jones, American: By now, I suppose, you are in jail. When you left my office last Thursday, you, who had never been in jail, expected to be taken within 24 hours. You had been kind e nough to spend some time with me, talking over the decision—your de cision that was to put you In prison You, a Negro, and I, a white man, discussed your problem in some de tail- We spoke of it as your prob lem, but both, of us were rather impersonal about it, which was strange and courageous on your part, for to you it meant as much as your life itself. But we both knew we weren't talking about the tragedy of your life: we were speak ing of the sorrow of the whole Ne gro people, and of the shame of the whites. Your people had been un able to find equality: mine had been unable to give it Y’ou showed me the letter you had prepared to give t the U. S. Attor ney Friday morning. This is what i tsaid: Instead of reporting for induction into the U. S. Army today, as I have i been instructed. I am reporting to your office , I do so because I am refusing to I serve in the U. S. Army. I am not a pacifist, nor a conscientious objec ~tor on any religious grounds. I am simply a colored American who insists on his constitutional right t oserve his country as a citizen jn segregated. and unhumiliated in a Jim Crow army. I cannot fight to save democracy and Uphold the Four Freedoms in an army practic ing the most undemocratic racial discrimination on the colored cit izens of this country. I should love to fight the enemies of the Four Freedoms, the Fasc.st N'azi- H i rohito- A xis and their u per throughout the world and at home. But I can fight them best it seems to me. by doing what I can. in my own person, to protest the policies of race discrimniation which beset i me as a citizen I cannot fight Fas | cism in an army where I am treat ed as an inferior citizen. I canno ; defend a democracy which denier me the elementary right of right ing for it on a basis of equally with my fellow citizens. I recog nize that on Axis victory would be worse for oil Americans of Negro blood than the evils we now surfer But we also have the duty to make our democracy in wartime square with its principles. I feel that to be my superior duty to that cause of democratic liberty and equality. (Continued on page£C^4) —— iiiiiiinin’wiiiriiinirminrr mi irmiinrii Labor and Management of Kaiser Shipy ards Agree TO OBSERVE EXECU TIVE ORDER 8802 RECRUITING, UPGRADING OF ALL LABORERS TO BE PIT INTO EFFECT The Office of War Information issued the following statement on behalf of the Maritime Commission; the ShipbuildingSta bilization Com mittee. the Labor Production Divis ion of the War Production Board, the Navy Department, and the War Manpower Commission. ‘‘Following a series of conferenc es in Portland, Oregon, initiated at the request of the government a gencies involved, management and labor in the Kaiser shipyards have agreed that the spirit and the let ter of the President’s Executive Or der 8802 will be observed in recruit ment. upgrading and all other con ditions of employment.” The West Coast conference was called by Paul R. Porter, Chairman of the Shipbuilding Stabilization Committee, in an effort to “make certain that no discrimination n gainst NegTo employes will be prac ticed by unions affiliated with the Portland Metal Trades Council. At the same time, Mr. Porter made public a telegram which John P. Frey. President of the Metal Trades Department. AF. of L. had dispatched to Tom Ray and Earl Ingram of the Portland Metal Trad es Council protesting reports of al leged discrimination against Negr> ec. The Portland conferences, which began on November 10. were attend ed by representatives of the Henry I. Kaiser Company, Portland Metal Trades Council. Shipbuilding Stab ilization Committee. Martime Com mission, War Manpower COmmis I sion. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, and the Metal Trad es Department of the American Fed I eration of Labor. Executive Order 8802. issued On June 25. 1941, by President Roose velt. declares, in part: "1 do hereby -eaffirm the policy of the United States that there shall be no dis crimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race. cr.>e<l, color or national origin, and I do hereby declare that it is the duty of employers and of labor organizat ions, In furtherance of said policy and of this order, to provide for the full and equitable participation of all workers in defense industries, i without discrimination because of race, creed, color or national origin" LANGSTON HUGHES PLEASES LINCOLN UNI. STUDENTS i Langston Hughes, one of Amer ica’s foremost Negro poets nr.d writers, was enthusiastically, rec eived last Thursday night, Novem ber 19, by an overflow audience of Lincoln University students and townspeople. He spoke as the first lecture-recital series offering of the University. In his modest and informal man ner Mr. Hughes lectured, offered several of his poems .and sketched for his listeners some of his exper iences of travel and contact. DEMAND WAR PROBE OF NEGRO SOLDIER New York, N. Y.—Protesting the cold blooded murder of one Negro military policeman and the beat ing of another on November 1 by state police in Alexandria. Lour iana. the NAACP this week demand ed that Secreta-y of V'ar. Stlmsen. take drastic action. “We are informed.' sa d the Na A CP”, that the slayer was suspend ed for only one day and has been restored to full authority. We a-e further informed that stat police have told army authorities in ef feet that they do not intend to rcc I ognize authority of the army. If i this be true a sate bordering or I treason anarchy- exists which you as Secretary of War cannot ignore. It is imperative that the War De partment take definite unequivoc al position with respect to this and other attacks by- white police and civilians on Negro soldiers in the 1 South- Unless this is done there j will be inevitable repetition an3 | multiplication of attack. We deem : ed that there be no further tempor izing with the increasing viciou ; j situation.” / MEATLESS DAYS AT HAMPTON Hampton Institute. Va.Meat less days have begun at Hampton Institute, where Tuesdays and Thursdays will not longer se mea on the college dining tables. Faced with the wartime problem of adapting their eating habits to I the civilian meat limitation recent ly announced by WPB, represent atives of the student body at the 75 year old college chose normal ! portions of meat five days a week in preference to limited portions 7 days a week. They will be served foods rich in the essential nutrients of meat on the meatless days. DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY! iGRANT) EXALTED Rl LER COLORED ELKS OF THE WORLD 3. FINLEY WILSON MORTGAGE BURNING PROGRAM OPEN TO PUBLIC To the Citizens of Omaha The Iroquois Lodge No. 92 IBPO E. of W. have bought the building at 2420 Lake St., in which they have their club rooms, barber shop and lodge rooms. This lodge is doing all that is in its power to make bet ter citizens of the young and old. And also to improve our race of people. Many business men of our Order and group, have given most of their time in order to achieve this great accomplishment, and .his section of Omaha has another build ing owned and operated by a color ed organization. This organization has about 300 members in differ ent lines of business. All extend »n invitationt o be present Monday night November 30th at 8:30 p. m. and here you will meet the Grand Exalted Ruler, J. Finley Wilson from Washington, D. C. The very fine drum and bugle corps, the Cherokee Temple No- 223, the G. M. C. Marching girls. Nurses Unix, | tile crack dri;j team of Cherokee i Temple, the Ralph Bates Marchin™ : Club. Past Exalted Rulers Council . and many others. There will be a wonderful evening of entertainment and a very fine program is planned. I There are manyv isitors and guest I expected from out of the city. So j come and enjoy this fine affair. Sincerely yours. Iroquois Lodge No. t'2. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 1 to 2 p. m. Grand Exalted Rul er J. Finley Wilson will be open, to interviews, place Office of our Building. 6 to 8 p. m. Reception for J. Fin ley Wilson. Grand Exalted Rule at the home of Charles F. Davis, Exalted Ruler. 976 North 25th St. Members of Lodge and Temple ex pected to attend together with wife, husband, or company of single mem bers. 8:30 p. m. Program for Mortgage Burning will start promptly at E]k* Ilall, 2420 Lake St. Lodge and Temple expected to attend. Tny Auxiliary units of each are to ap PLAN NEW POLL TAX MOVE Washington, Nov. 24—Poll tax opponents said they would attempt to revive in the new congress a bill abolishing the practice despite a senate vote effectively shelving the measure for this session. The senate voted. 41 to 37. yes terday against limiting debate on the measure and it was pigeon-hol ed by unanimous consent a few rain utes later. WRITE YOUR REPRESENTA TIVES NOW TO REVIVE THIS BILL IN THE NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS. pear in uniform ol respective unit. Lodge and Temple to he properly -egaled. Space will be reserved so each may sit as a body. You may invite your friends. A very inter esting program has been prepared. There is no admission charge. Print ed programs will be available at t>‘ Hall Sunday after 5 p. m. Please oe prompt to hear the Grand Ex alted Ruler and Witness him bum our mortgage 11:00 P. M. Open House— Elks Club rooms. PROGRAM AT MORTG AGE BURNING 1. Opening, Star Spangled Ban ner. 2. Invocation, by Rev. F. S. Goodlett. 3. Song by choir, ..St. John's 4. Master of Ceremonies. -- .C. C. Galloway. 5. Solo by "I am Praying tor I Voo'- L. Preston 6. Remarks by Representative of A. F. A. M. Masonic Lodge 7. Remarks by Police Commiss ioner Richard Jepsen. 8. Remralcs by Roosevelt Post American Legion, J. C. Carey. 9. Remarks by Daughter Ru'.or .... Mrs. Clara Campbell. 10. Song by choir “Shine on Me” 11. Remarks by Exalted Ruler. . Charles F. Davis. 12. Solo by “When I have Done the Best I Can” Mrs. Blanche Moore 13...Remarks by.. 14. Opening Ode .by Lodge 15. Address by Grand Exalted ; Ruler.J. Finley Wilson. 16. Song by lodge and choir .. . “Until we meet again”. 17. Benediction. Rev. F. S. Goodlett. _ NAACP REPORTS RECORD SALE OF CHRISTMAS SEALS New York. N. Y.—The National office of the NAACP reported thi3 week the sale of 8000 Christmas Seals so far. The money for the stamps which are green and silver and display the NAACP seal of FIRST BIG WAAC CONTINGENT AWAITED AT FORT HUACHUCA LINCOLN NAACP. ELECT OFFICERS Lincoln. Nebraska—A meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was. htld at the Newman Methodist Church last Thursday. November 19. 1942 at 8 p. m. The former and I resent president. Mr. Harrison Mil ler, who was re-elected, presided. A huge crowd was inattendance. The National Association for the Advancement Of Colored People have bi-anch ofices in 46 states with its main office in New York C;ly. Mr. Walter Wh.te is t'le Executive Secretary. Mr. Kenneth Hil! an in structor in the high school swtem of Kansas City, Kansas, was the „ .est speaker, other guests were Mr. and Mrs. S. .'nbnson of Joplin, MO. The officers ._>!« lcV as *cllowS: Piesident, Harr, .on Miller; Vice President, Wm. K. DavlS; Se ty, Charlotte Williams Treas. CJeorge Evans; Chaplain. Rev. Shakespt-a;, Pgt. at Arms. Arthur Patrick. Members will he notitic-d of the next meeting at which time the Soldiers will lie entertained from foe Ai Base in Lao-.vlit —MSLtaiia.'!-.-e-; i 'TBSKK' scales goes into the NAACP gen eral fund. Branches througnout the country have pushed the sale of the stamps which sell for one dcl lar per sheet. WAAC SEGREGATION POLICY SLACKENS Washington, D. C.—Segregation in the WAAC mess hall at Port Des Moines, has been officially abolish ed and 10 Negro Auxiliaries are now integrated into the Officer Candidate School it was learned this week when Col. Noel Macy, Lt. Helen Wood, Lt. Helen West, Judge William Hastie. of the War Depart ment, and Walter White, of Lae NAACP. met in conference here. Previously there had existed a policy of segregated service clubs number 1 designated for white WA ACS and club numbers 2 for Negro WAACS. The white club had been declared out of bounds for Negro WAACS. Both clubs are now equal ly accessible to Negro and White WAACS alike. DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY! ? ENLISTED MEN WORRY ABOUT JOBS Fort Huachuca, Arizona. There is a great deal of excitement in Ft. | Huachuca, Arizona, largest Negro i Military Command in the world, home of the 93rd infantry Division, as they prepare for the arrival of the first contingent of the WAACS, to be stationed there. ENLISTED MEN WORRY Those enlisted men now coasting : along in clerical positions. Quarter master offices and drivers of light vehicles, Post Office employees, and i Theatre personel, are quivering in I their boots, not knowing how many of them will be replaced by a mem ber of the WAACS, which in torn will send them to the Field Forces and combat duties. Some of these | men have been fortunate, having had two or three years service with ; out coming in contact with the field duties but now a dark cloud hovers over thejr future and fear grips I their hearts. No longer will there I be the voice of a gruff but polite 1 soldier greeting one as they lift j their receiver to call a number, but I a voice shall emerge from behind a ! feminine personality greeting all I with a cheery “Number Please.” MODERN QUARTERS NOW READY Nothing was spared to make the VTA AC? living quarters the moat modern and comfortable barracks* i on Post. There are facilities to house over 500 WAACS, with two messes and a large recreation build ing. Each barrack has a Reception Rooms, Laundry Room, both tub and show'er systems. In the up stairs quarters individual lockers are built into the walls for personal clothing and other items. Six officers to be stationed hers have private rooms. Each has a separate heating unit, built in wall lockers and a dressing table with an adequate lighting facility. The laundry room in each barrack has washing tubs, drying racks, as well as ironing boards that disap pear into the wall to make moving about easier. Each Mess Hall can seat approx 1 imately one hundred and fifty WA ACS. In the kitchen there are 3 j way ranges with motor driven vent ilators. FOr the WAACS there will j be no worry about congested sinks. ! as each has a separate grease inter ! ceptor unit which separates the grease from other waste material. (Continued on page HI BARRACKS INSPECTION -- rr. a. w** n«t vuit. n. cl 5 Before barracks inspection at the Tuskegee Army Flying School. Cad et First Sergeant V. E. Pune: straightens tie for fellow “dod ” just to be sure it's right. Scene :. at the Replacement Center where Cadets get pre-flight training ber'or,. going to Elementary Flying school. HELP KEEP THE COAST CLEAR Enlist in the Coast Guard, now.- 317 P. 0. Building, Omaha.
