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EuK*iKt rfltotr SlgwS Saturday, May 1, 1943 OUR 16th YEAR-No. 12 City Edition. 5c Copy
Congress Hears Negro Air "^[uadron Leaves for Combat du
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Nat 1 Negro
Health Week
National Negro Health Week will
be observed this year by Omahane
May 2-9, 1943. The special object
ive of tliis year's program will be
HEALTH ON THE HOME FRONT
-VICTORY ON THE WAR FRONT.
Watch for announcements of the
week’s activities.
NEGRO AND W HITE DEFENSE
WORKERS HOLD MASS MEET
AGAINST RACE DISCRIMIN
ATION
LOS ANGELES April 28 IANP)
Using interracial unity, most pow
erful of weapons against discrim
ination. a large number of colored
and wMite aircraft- shipbuilding
and other trade unionists gat hared
in a mass meet at Phillips temple
last Sunday.
Drawing up pointed resolutions,
they took steps to demand the im
mediate dropping of the Jim-crow
policies of tiie International Asso
ciation of Machinists. This union,
affiliated with the AFL., bars Ne
gro workers from full fledged par
ticipation, Besides it has persist
ently refused to upgrade compet
ent and ambitious Negroes, ignor
ing all pleas and protests made on
this subject.
As a result of the mass meet,
steps are to be taken to reveal
that this policy is blocking the in
crease production of planes, so
badly needed by the government,
and is keeping the war department
from utilizing the abilities of thou
sands of loyal, Negro citizens. The
determined fighters against this
jim-crow. know that it will con
tinue in post-war business, and
that the Negro may be back where
he started from "unless he and his
white friends get action now.”
Immediate results are expected
to take Place following this mass
meet, which will be but the first
of a series if nothing satisfactory
is done, say the participants.
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SI PREME COURT STAYS
ROBINSON, DANIELS
EXECTTION
■VVshington. D. C.—A stay of ex
ecution has bee ngranted by the
U. S. Supreme Court to Curtis Rob
inson and Henry Deniels. Jr., con
victed and sentenced to death in
Mobile, Alabama. Motion for the
stay of execution was presented by
Dr. Leon A. Ransom, member of
the NAACP legal staff.
Charged with arpihg a white wo
man in August. 1941. Robinson and
Daniels were indicted by a Mobile
grand jury. They were convicted
and sentenced to death by the cir
cuit court of Mobile, Alabama.
Daniels and Robinosr, were con
victed as a result of confessions
made by them. The record shows
that the confessions were secured
by violence on the part of police
Ojfficers. T!»e stay of execution
was granted so that attorneys for
the defense may have time to Pre
pare a wait of certiorari.
I WASHINGTON, April 28 (ANP)—
First public statement that a Ne
gro air squadron had left lor com
bat duty was made by Congressman.
Frances P. Bolton of Ohio on the
floor of the House Thursday ,Apr;I
15, when, speaking about Tuskegee
institute of which she Is now a
trustee, she said:
"The first squadron of colored
flyers has left for combat duty tak
ing the hearts of Tuskegee with
them. I am sure the entire mem
bership o fthis house wishes them
well and hopes for them a high
record of honor and of glory.”
Although Mrs. Bolton's speech
is found in its entirety in the Con
! gressional Record for April 15,
thousands of copies of which have
been printed and distributed thru
out the nation to read by any in
terested person, the war depart
ment has sought t° prevent its
publication in newspapers, stating
that no mention of this squadron's’
departure, should be made until
official sanction is given by war
department officials.
However, the Office of Censor
ship has given permission for the
Associated Negro Press to repro- j
duee Mrs. Bolton’s statement ex
actly' a it appeared in the Record.
2 NONCOMMISSIONED NEGRO
SOLDIERS AMONG GROUP
FROM CAMP ATTERBIRY TO
INSPECT DETROIT M AR
PLANTS
DETROIT. April 28 <ANP) —Two
Negro soldiers of the 365th infant
try regiment were included among
a group of non-commissioned offi
cers who arrived here from Camp
Atterbury. Ind., to inspect war fac
tories as guests of the United Au
tomobile workers, CIO.
The two soldiers, Staff Sgt, Paul
E. Malone and Staff Sgt William
H. Bindham, had acted as escorts
to the war workers from Detroit,
when they visited Camp Atterbury
March 21-24 at the invitation of
Under Secretary of War Robert P.
Patterson.
The visit to Camp Atterbury by
union leaders and the return visit
of these soldiers to Detroit were
intended to cement ties of friend
ship between military and product
ion fronts.
In Detroit, the soldiers rode tanks'
at the Cadillac and Chrysler
plants, and at the Packard plan;,
they watched torpedo boats come
off the assembly line. They mar
velled at the long line of iL.berator |
bombers which were neaping com
pletion at Willow Run.
Thousands of Negro and white
workers cheered them as they
marched through the factories. All i
of the soldiers were quartered at j
Book-Cadillac hotel. At a banquet j
given Saturday night, Walter P. j
Routher, vice president of the un- j
ion, presented a check for 810,000 I
to be used for the recreational
funds of the 8th-3rd and 92nd div
isions. The latter is a Negro in
fantry unit.
On the following day. during an
army hour broadcast, the workers
at the Continental Motors added
$700 to the total sum.
CATHLOIC BISHOP N AMED
ROSENW.ALD TRUSTEE
CHICAGO, April 28 (ANP)—Ber
nard J. Sheil, auxiliary bishop of
[ the Catholic archdiocese of Chicago
was elected to the board of trust
ees of the Julius Rosenwald fund
at the annual meeting just held, it
was announced by Edwin R. Em
bree. president of the fund.
At the meeting the trustees ap
Speaks in
j Chicago
EDGAR G. BROWN
Chicago- PPS.. Inc) In comment
ing on the discriminatory fight re
cently by coifed States Senators
Langer, Brooks, and Mead in Wash
ington, D. C„ relative to the dis
cfimination against >^egrro Civil
Service Employees in United Stax- j
es Navy Yards. Edgar G. Brown,
President of the National Civil 1
Service Employes organization and
Director of the National Negro
Council, made the following as
sertions about Senator Lucas: “No
man can remain in public office
and use the power granted to him j
to deny 13,000,000 colored Ame,--,
icans their constitutional rights:
this means the right to vote, to
hold positions of public trust in
Federal services, professional and
technical .such as the Navy and
arsenals. Without discrimination.
The 450.000 colored Service men.
and women now fighting, bleeding
and dying for democracy, abroad,
must not be sold down the river
for the four freedoms at home.”
“The State of Lincoln, Grant and
Logan ihust finish the job in 1943,
that the citizenship begun in 18*>I
for one tenth of the total popula- i
propriated $377,500 for the work of
the fund during the coming year 5n
its three programs: the develop
ment of rural education, both white
and Negro, in the south: the grant
ing of fellowships to Negroes and
white southerners: and the devel
opment of democratic practices in
race relations.
Serving with Bishop Sheil on the
I board of trustees are Lessing J.
Rosenwald, chairman, Philadelpnia
Wtill W. Alexander. Washington,
Edwin R. Embree .Chicago: Mark '
May 10*22 Set for Third Scrap Drive
Indict 3 in Alabama for
Biutality loPrisoneis
Job Segregation
Held Discrimatory
THUS WITHIN SCOPE
OF FEPC.
Ne wYork—Although Exgfbutive
Order 8802 is not specifically dir
ected against segregation, it is a
fact that in most cases, segregation
of workers on account of race re
sults in discrimination and denial
of equality of opportunity, and
where” this is true the President’s
committee on Fair Employment
Practice has the right to act.
This was the theme of a speech
here April 21 by George M. John
son, assistant executive secretary
of FEPC .before the New Yotk
chapter of the National Lawyers
Guild at the Park Central Hotel.
The speech was regarded as an
answer to the extremist critics
who have maintained that FEPC
must not and may not, under Its
executive order, attack segregat
ion in any form.
Explaining that Executive Order
8802 prohibits “discrimination in
the employment of workers __
because of race, creed, color o* na
tion. We propose to launch a fin
ancial campaign to raise $100,000
to support this type of a program
in Washington, D. C„ before the
Congress and Executives deep in
Federal Government. The one
hundred Billion annual Federal
Government Budget should be chan
neled more definitely and benefic
ially to the loyal and patriotic col
i ored American citizens.”
Ethridge. Louisville; A. Richard
Frank, Chicago: Charles S. John
son. Nashville; Adele R. Levy, New
York: Franklin C. McLean. Chicago
Howard YT. Odum, Chap Hill, N. C.
Leonard M. Reiser. Chicago; Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt. Washington. D.
C.; and Edgar B. Stern. New Or
leans.
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Texas Primary Case to Supreme Court
Washington. D. C.—On April 21,
for the fourth time, the question of
th e 'white primary" in the South
was taken before the United Stat
es Supreme Court by legal counsel
of the NAACP.
| The decision of this case will de
j termine the fate of the ’‘white pri
| mary" not only in Texas but in the
| other states of the deep South
I where the “white Primary" is now
I exclucfcng all Negro voters.
The present case arose when^
Lonnie E. Smith of Houston. Tex
as, was denied to vote in the 1940
primaries. Suit was filed against
the election judges of Harris coun
ty. The complaint held that the
Chicago Defenders*
Executors In Court
Lady made to Chicago. Below is
John H. Sengestacke, Abbott’s nep
hew. now President of the Robert
S. Abbott Publishing Company.
Mrs. Edna R. Abbott, comely
widow of the late Robert S. Abbott j
founder of the Chicago Defender,
mbade a trtp to the Circuit Court
on Monday. April 12th where she
filed a motion to dismiss the suit
brought by John H. Sengestacke to
obtain 2.497 shares of stock in the
newspaper. Sengestacke is said to
have filed a sdit whereby he claims
that his uncle gave him the shar
es .par value $100, in 1935. and in
1937. the deceased editor obtaimd
their temporary return for use r»s
collateral on a loan. Mr. Abbott
died in 1940 without returning the
-hares. Sengestacke alleged a r.d
; the stock went into the estate.
MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
AND MRS. EDNA R. ABBOTT
CHICAGO. April 28 (PPS. Inc., )
Pictured at top .left to right are:
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of
the President, and Mrs. Edna R. :
Abbott. **ife of the late Robert S.
Abbott: the photo was made on one
of the visits the Nationa's First
t
JOHN H. SENGESTACKE
Recently, the suit was withdrawn
from Probate Court and transferr
ed to Circuit Court. SengestacK.j
Mrs. Abbott and A tty. James B.
Cashin. a member of the Chicago
Civil Service Commission, are exe
cutors of the estate.
plaintiff had been deprived of
rights secured by the 14. 15. 17th
amendments of the United States
Constitution.
In many southern states the poor
Negroes and whites are excluded
by the poll tax but in Texas .Ala
bama. Oklahoma. Louisiana. South
Carolina and parts of North Caro
lina Negroes have been effectively
disfranchised by means of dis
criminatory registration tactics.
"The program of the XAACP.".
said Thurgood Marshall. NAACP
Special counsel who has filed a
petition for writ of certiorari whi.'ll
raise the following question:
‘ Does the Constitution of the
Uitited States prohibit the ex
clusion of qualified Negro el
ectors from voting in primary
election which are an integral
part of the election machinery
of the State and whftch are
determinitive of the choice of
federal officers?”
Several test cases have been f fl
ed against discriminatory registr-i
•on practices culminating with
that of Lane vs. Wilson from Ok
lahoma .whereby the united Stat
es Supreme Court in 1939 struck
down tbe practice in Oklahoma of
preventing certain Negroes from
registering.
t'onai origin" and makes it the
duty of employers and labor organ
izations “to provide for the full
and equitable participation of a’l
workers... .without discrimination,
fir. Johnson posed the question of
whether, in the operation of the
policy of segregation, workers were
denied full and equitable particip
ation without discrimination.
He pointed out that many em
ployers. both in government and
private indusrty, have a segrega
tton policy on the job." which may
place a particular race on a parnc
ular sh ft. or limit that race to cer
tain types of work, or place them
in certain buildings, shops, or sec
tions tv themselves.
‘ Basic to the rtght to equality |
oi opportunity for employment is I
the right 10 be considered for em
ployment for any position on the
same terms as other persons."
Johnson sa;d, “Equally ba3ic *s
the right to be considered for
motions and upgrading to better
paying and supervisory positions.
“Where the policy of segregation
obtains in any of the forms men
tioned aiove, there will be a Jen
j ial of employment opportunity if
and when an available and quali
fied worker is refused considerat
ion for a position because it is in
a skill from which members of hij
group are excluded, or because it
is in a building' from which thev
a.e excluded.
“It is indeed difficult to imagine
a situation.” the speaker declared,
“where a worker is segregated oe
cause of his race and yet is not
restricted in his employment op
portunities because of that segrega
tion. Equality of employment op
portunity involves something more
tllan equality in hours of work,
rates of pay .tools, machines, work
snops. and types of work, all of
which are susceptible of control.
Itinvolves intangibles which by
their nature may not he subject to
the control necessary to assure e
quality.”
Johnson safid the FEPC recogn
ized that its jurisdiction was limit
ed to discrimination .but he reiter
ated his main theme that where se
gregated produced discrimination
violative of Executive Order 8802,
the FEPC was obligated to act.
He declared that where housing
was segregated and such segrega
tion operated to limit equal job op
portunities for workers on account
of race, it was a violation of 8802.
Striking at separate jim crow
local unions, set up as auxiliaries
of established unions. Johnson said
that “to the extent that the min
ority group deals only through the
regular union of which it is simply
a part..-it seems clear that the
unions' policy of racial separation
has violated 8802.
Declaring that the elimination pt
racial and religious prejudices
should be the concern of all. John
son said:
“It is true, that racial, religious
and national prejudices are deep
seated. charged with emotion, st lb
born and irrational. Nevertheless
it remjans important to encourage
clear thinking in this difficult
field of human relationships, and
to discourage reconciliation to a
state of affairs which is morally
untenable. If this nation is to as
sume leadership as a democracy in
fact as well as lin theory, the elim
ination of policies and practices
which reduce large segments of
our population to the status of sec
ond and third class citizens must
be sanely, sincerely and effective
ly undertaken.”
) Th Deprtment of Justice ann
ounced Friday, April 23. 1943 that
a eFderal Grand Jury at Mont
gomery. Ala., had returned thre;
indictments charging Sheriff Ed
win Eugene Evans and Deputy
Sheriff Henry Franklin Faucett of
Macon County, Ala., wfith acts of
brutality toward prisoners over a
period of three years. The case
was developed as a result of an F.
BI investigation requested by As
sistant Attorney General ‘Wendell
Berge.
The three indictments charge, on
fifteen counts, that the sheiliff and
his deputy whipped, beat and abus
ed prisoners to extort confessions
from them, in violation of the Fed
eral Civil lights Statute. Section
62, Title 18, U. S. Code. The max
imum penalty under this statute is
imprisonment for one year and a
fine of *1,000 on each count.
According to the Indictments, the
brutality of the defendants extend
ed to both white and Negro prison
ers, including Walter Gunn, a Ne- !
gro, who was shot and killed by
Sherff Evans whle attemptng to
arrest him. The indictments al
lege that the beatings were admin
istered with a walking stick, a
blackjack, a rubber hose and other
weapons.
Among prisoners thus mistreat-1
(continued <un pa*a 2)
5)To :'tLraska Publishers:
We are getting ready for oor
THIRD SCRAP DRIVE. The elat
es are set for May nd to May " th
It is hardly necessary for me to
go into details as to the need for
material to keep our mil!.* in op
eration. You probably folio tv ti e
ne’-vs closer than any other person
in your community and understai 1
th? problem both local and ration
al.
Governor Griswold has ad1re*r
ed a letter to all County Salvage
Chairmen announcing the camp
aign and calling on them to do the
jou. However, we do know , hat it
was the newspapers that spear,
beaded the two successful drivo
and put Nebraska over the too last
yea.r. Our record was 111 per-ft
of the quota. In addition, we had
the distinction of being the first
state to ^each our seal.
However, the record for 194” is
not so good. Our quota for the
first six months is 80,000 tons.
Latest reports show that but 28
percent of this has been collected.
We are asking for your active
support and Leadership in this new
drive.
Unfortunately, in some of the
counties we do not have an active
County Crairmen. In these in
stances we REALLY NEED YOUR
HELP. Will you Check w*ith the
County Chairman and work out the
program which will do the best
job? If you do not have a working
Chairman, will you, with other
publishers, assumte the responsi
bility’
.You have the experience «MM
past campaigns to guide you, but
we must appreciate that this time
we must dig just a little bit d-vp
MISS MYRA STANTON
Chicago <PPS„ Inc.,) The charm
ing Miss Myra Stanton of 6203
Langley Avenue, slender and grace
ful in new spring attire, was one
of the most attractive models grac
ing the stage at the Wood lawn A.
ME. Church’s Annual Style Revue.
The affair was u«4d Monday, April
12th in the au * the Du
Sable High Sent*,,. Stanton
is one of the most popular young
ladies of the younger group of so
cialites lin the “Windy City”. The
Rev.' Archibald J. Carey, Jr., min
ister of this church .gave his whole
hearted support to this affai.-,
which made it the most outstand
ing event of the season.
er.
Each county is asked to conduct
its own campaign along lines which
best fit local conditions. The idea
is to get the Job done as quickly
and efficiently as possible.
A letter from you as soon os p >t>
sible, on the status of your county
•wW be greatly -«ppi eetmtetl
JOE W. SEACBBKT.
Chairman State Salvage
Committee.
Gov't Clears Two
in Lynching Case
SHERIFF IDENTIFIES TWO;
CONFESSION TO FBI MEN
INTRODUCED IN MISSIS
SIPPI CASE
HATTIESBURG. Miss.. April 29
(ANP)—With two men freed Wed
nesday by the government, th.y
trial of three others charged with
violation of federal civil rights
statutes in the lynching last year
of Howard Wash continued to cn>
ate one of the biggest sensations
ever witnessed in the south. This
is the first time since 1903 that the j
federal government has sought to j
convict mobbists.
The two men set free on directed j
verdicts by U. S. District Judge |
Sidney Mize on motion by the gov- with the crime were William Or
ernment that it had failed to pro- car Johnson, farmer and N'atlia.i
duce any evidence connecting them (continued on DageiT^~J2)
GETS JAIL TERM
Chicago. PPS., IE!:..) Charles
Newby, 353 East 51st Street, presi
dent of the Colored American Na
tional Organization, which is ag
ainst the U. S. A. and believes that
“Hitler and Tojo are the lights of
the world" .was found guilty of se
1 dition and sentenced to three years ;
j in the penitentiary on Monday,
| April 19, by Judge Michael IgOe in
j the United States Distinct Court.
I W. Sylvester White, colored assist- i
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiii
ant IT. S. district attorney here for
the past five years, prosecuted tn_
case and won the conviction.
MUD Inaugurates New Service
THE METROPOLITAN UTILIT.
IES HAS INSTITUTED
A NEW SERVICE
This picture shows the Metrop
olitan Utilities District Home Ser
vice Operators, so that you may
recognize them when they call at
your home.
From left to right, they are Mrs.
Ruth Stacey, Mrs. Lillian Dlouhy,
Miss Laura Tondreau, Mrs. Queen
ie Predmore. Mrs. Bernice Lane.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ingersoll, Mrs. Car
jal Graham and Mrs. Ocie Parsell.
These home service operators un
der the management of Joseph E.
Walsh, will call at your home in
their attractive uniforms, in ans
wer to your telephone sendee calls.
They w*i]l make adjustments on
1 your kitchen range or automatic
hot water heater, and demonstrate
to the house wife how easy with a
few simple household tools, they
can make their own adjustments.
This new service which will con
tinue for the duration, has met
■ with a most enthusiastic reception
from Omaha housewives. They
Seem to take a more personal in
terest in their gas appliances, now
that they- see how easy they' etc.
make their own adjustments.
The Home Sendee Department
to further increase their service to
the community are having Mrs.
Alta Weymuller every Tuesday and
Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4
give not only free canning dem
onstrations. but also a lecture on
how to obtain well balanced me.;!s
for the fewest possible ration
points.
Invest the Fruits of Your Labor for A Rainy Day— bay Mere War Bonds & Stamps!
“Style
Queen”