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LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS ~EKi^",SorM»g‘y Kfeg' N,brasl° Saturday, May 22,1943 OUR 16th YEAR-No. 15 City Edition, 5c Copy A LETTER FROM HOME IS MORE IMPORTANT! FRENCH RECEIVES CITATION FOh BRAVERY CHARLES JACKSON FRENCH, Omaha’s Negro Naval Hero, has been awarded a Commendation for his courage in attempting to save a group of his shipmates on the USS Grgory from shelling by Japanese naval forces following the sinking of that ship. The 23 year old French who carries the rating of Mess Attendant, Second Class, USN.. was feted in Omaha following this heroic incident. The Commedation is as follows: Sc] Worth \ | of Good Readmit »j French’s citation, from Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr,. USN., Com mander, South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force, reads: “For meritorious conduct in ae 1 tion while serving on board a des 1 troyer transport which was badly ; damaged during the engagement with Japanese forces in the Brit ' Ish Solomon Islands on September j 5, 1942. After the engagement, a group of about fifteen men were a drift on a raft which was being de liberately shelled by Japanese nav- | al forces. French tied a line to himself and swam for more than two hours without rest, thus at tempting to tow the raft. His con duct was in keeping with the high est traditions of the Naval Serv ice." ELKS CONY. TO PITTSBURGH Washington, D. C. CPPS. Inc.) — —Pittsburgh. Pa. will be the 1943 convention site of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, is announced by J. Finley Wilson, Grand Exalt- j ed Ruler. Tuesday, August 24. is the opening day of the convention. The Elks are now in the second year of their big bond selling cam paign and Double Victory Parade. i STAFF SGT. DEE W. ANDUS 0e'~**ed by U. S. War Department Bureau of Public Relation. SOMEWHERE OVERSEAS—Staff Sergeant Dee W. ^!nd™. Carbondale, Illinois, has a double-barreled reason for that smile. Mail came from home while he was being decorated with the Purple Heart for wounds suffered when his camp was bombed. Sergeant Andus had just received the medal arid entered the orderly room to show it to his company commander when the mail came in and Andus got his batch. “Never mind the medal, sir,” he said, grinning. “Here’* just what I’ve been looking for—mail from home." WILL ROGERS, JR. TO PRES’NT SPINGARN MEDAL TO HASTIE GOLFER SUCCUMBS Chicago (PPS. Inc.) Harold Rich ard Hunter, veteran postal inspec tor and nationally known golfer, died suddenly Wednesday night, May 12. from organic heart trouble at his home here. Hunter was born in Missouri, but at an eariy age he was brought to Chicago where he receive his education. He was well known in club and sport ing circles in this city. After play ing a round of golf with friends, A1 James and Booker Blair, at a lo cal course Wednesday afternoon. Hunter returned home complaining of dizzy spells, which were follow ed by death. A popular member of the National Amateur Golfer’s club. Hunter had taken part in amateur tilts in many sections of the coun try. Surviving him are his wife, Mildred, mother, brother and two sisters of Evanston, 111. Burial was at Lincoln Cemetery Saturday, May 15. THE OMAHA GUIDE IS YOUR PAPER— READ IT WEEKLY. ALL PHASES OF NEGRO IN WAR EFFORT TO BE DIS CUSSED JUNE 3.6 Detroit, Michigan—Will Rogers, Jr„ United States Congressman from California, will present the Spingarn Medal to Judge William H. Hastie at «he monster closing meeting of the NAACP emergency war conference to be held here i n the "Negro in the War for Free dom” June 3-6. Rogers won the interest of the NAACP conference delegates la it July at the Los Angeles meeting when he offered, in a brif and friendly talk, his support of the As sociation’s stated program. In his comparatively short career Rogers, son of the late humorist and humanitarian, has made clear his beliefs in democracy. As a ‘.til dent at Stanford University he .in sistently refused to join fraternities there because they excluded Jews from membership. Rogrs was sent to the 78th Con gress this year by the vote of -ow and middle class wage earners. Since going to congress Rogers lies publicly spoken against discrimin ation and segregation. HASTIE TO GET MEDAL The Spingarn Medal which go-s this year to its 28th winner is be ing awarded to Judge Hastie for his refusal to temporize with ra* - ial bigotry and discrimination :n j the armed forces of the United States. Hastie resigned from his post of Civilian Aide to Secretary of War Stimson last January 31 in protest against the War Depart ment policy on the Negro. The presentation of the award will be at the huge Olympia Arena on Sun day afternoon, June 6. Among ti e many prominent figures also an ticipating in the June 6 meeting will be Pdhllip Murray, CIO presid ent who will be introduced by R. J. Thomas UAW-CIO head: Doro thy Mavnor, famous soprano has been invited to lead in the singing of the national anthem. Respons es to the conference call already in dicate that this audience will be the largest gathering in the Na \ ACP’s 34 years of existence. Scond Baptist church, 441 Mon roe avenue, will be the scene of six conference sessions including Roi Ottley CIO I ubicity Dir. Receives Fellowship Award HOI OTTLEY NEGRO WRITER WINS AWARD FOR WORLD TOFR Roi Ottley, publicity director of the National CIO War Relief Com mittee. has been awarded one of the coveted Rosenwald Fellowships for a 111-month study of worikng class minorities in the United Nations. The first Negro journalist to win such an award and one of the first from organized labor’s ranks, Ot tley is the author of the forthcom ing book New World A-Coming. Taking a leave of absence from his present CIO position, he will make a tour of the various war fronts to secure material for a new book tentatively titled, “Warriors, All”. Formerly an editor on the New York Amsterdam News. Ottley will ascertain war relief needs among working groups in the United Na tions he visits and also report on how the relief contributions of CIO members have been used in Eng land, Russia. China and other coun tries. In addition he will send back to I [the opening meeting Thursday ev ’ ening, June 3 At the Saturday | afternoon meeting delegates ren resenting the NAACP’s nation wide membership of more than 200,000 persons in 600 branches, youth councils and college chapters whl adopt and issue their statement to the Nation. The conference will seek solu tions for the eradication of tl e hampering restrictions which now dissipate American manpower aa-.i postpone the coming victory. Among the topics to be discussed are “The Negro in the Armed Forc es”; “Manpower, the Right to wjyk for Victory;” “The Press, the Mov ies and the Radio;” “The Church as a force for Victory;” and the “Se curing of Democracy at Home”. Keep ip with Jimmy Gentry “IN CHICAGO” . . . . I CHICAGO fPPS. Inc.,)—It strikes me that we have a lot to learn a bout the art of keeping our bis mouths shut. Far be it from any journalist to crack down on the issue of information, but there is 1 certain information which I think should be kept from Hitler's spies, even though it be kept from us. For example, there is too much talk by train waiters, Pullman por ters, cooks, performers, musicians and other travelers who delight in “tanking up” at the tavern bar, and screaming to the High Heav ens, what they saw in troop move ment on the East Coast and down in New York. Such knowledge is always good news to the enemy, so let's keep our “traps” shut, at least, for the duration. We have nothing to gain, but America has everything to lose. I shall never forget last Mothers’ Day in this great City of Winds. It appeared that every Tom, Dick, and Harry wore a flower for the “Little Woman”, and some have not even written their mothers for years. We’ve been subjected to thi3 elaborate Mumbo-Jumbo for a bit too long. This farce should end. Should some of us grab a trolley, Ol’ Dobbin, train or hitcn h’ke to our dear mother's out stretched arms instead of catering to these merry-mad ballyhooing flower merchants, there would be a great jumpin’ for joy. Dan Burley (Amsterdam Star News). Roy Wilkins. (Crisis) and many other “Gentlemen of the Press" Rhumboogied a bit in this city Sunday night.._Atty. Joe: Clayton, (we hear) is visiting Mayo : Brothers' Clinic in Rochester. .Os car Stanton DePriest is the “Sec” to his “Dad”, Aid. Oscar DePriest ....William Burnett is Junior “Sec to Aid. Wm. H. Harvey_. ...Lt. ' Burton W. Lewis remains here a [ while to reshape his “Dad’s” (the late Opo Lewis'Lmany businesses.. Big Bill Lindsay, our only Race State Policeman is now on Motor cycle watch. Hall Streeter is an insurance side-liner... .Pretty Doris Colbert, (once Chi’s most beautiful “fern”) is now an ace welder on a war job .-Dr. Calvin Smith manages Hen ry Young’s Ritz Drug Store __ Pretty Mary Jeanne Ballard is considered one of the town's most beautiful collegiates_Dr. Roger , A. P. Randolph Urges Negro Political Bloc Urges Negro Work* ers to Stop Wastin’ Big wartime wages WATCH CONDUCT, CREATE FRIENDS, PLAN FOR FUTURE SAYS SPAULDING 15 MILLION SEEN OUT OF WORK AFTER WAR; New York. May 21 (ANP) Point ing to the fact that the present employment situation is artificial, produced by the necessities of jur war time economy, C. C. Spaulding of Durham, president of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance company and president-emeritus of the National Negro Business lea gue, in an interview thsi week sa>d he hoped that his people would n t be .ike the foolish virgins dur:ng this boom period and waste ah their substance, but that they the United States news stories and articles that will be made available to the labor press. As publicity director of the CIO War Relief Committee since Jan uary of this year, Ottley has brot public attention to the CIOs achieve ment in raising $17,000,000 for war relief purposes. Ottley prepared magazine articles and radio broad j casts and addressed various organ izations on what the CIO has done and what it expects to do in help ing the suppressed labor move ments of the world re-establish their free trade unions. Ottley’s second book, which is scheduled to appear next year will describe the minority peoples of the United Nations and the heroic fight they are now waging for free dom and for destruction of Axis tyranny. A graduate of St. Benaventure's College. Ottley attended the Uni versity of Michigan, and St. John's Law School. He is 37, married ani has his home in Harlem. Wilson is “slenderizing" _Saw Henry C. Taylor making last min ute preparations for induction.... Leroy King, (one of Cong. Daw son’s aids) has a charming 17 year old daughter attending Northwes tern University. Janet Harmon-Waterford, aviat- j rix will soon make a flight to Gal veston, Texas-“Little Jack’ Jackson is dolling up the Palm Tav ern for Anniversary sake_Lt. James E. Brothers of this town was buried at Lincoln Cemetery this week. He was killed in an air craft mishap at Tuskegee Air field ...._Capt. Walter Dyett is again presenting the famous Hi-Jinks at PuSable Auditorium on May 25, 2-', 27 and 28... . Fletcher Hender son played the Savoy Sunday for the Englewood Circle Saroines.. . Valda Grey has produced a new show at Joe’s Deluxe Club. . Lloyd West’s Club Congo is going strong ! . ._Mrs. Harriet Jackson is pilot - | ing the Winsome Misses Club to unknown heights. —Jimmy Gentry. wooM salt away some of the excel lent wages being made. He urged likewise that every worker on a new job treat that job as thougn it were his life’s oppor tunity, delivering such sterling per formance that he would have a fair oppori unity of holding that job a gamst all comers when the present demand for labor eases off. Too. be at,vised, cne who is fortunate e nough to have i scot job ought to make sveh a record with it that when that, employer needs another man he will look for a Negro pure ly cu the basis of the performance of those already working for him "Those ol you who are familiar with the address delivered by Maj. Gen. Phillip B. Fleming, the admm istrator of the government’s feder al works program, before the Sales Executive’s club here Tuesday, know”, said Mr. Spaulding, “that he predicted there would be 15, 000 persons out of work in the Uni ted States after the war. He felt that industries such as shipbuild ing aircraft production and mach ine building alone would discharge same 6,000,000 people. “He felt that those industries which are now manufacturing war products but which would turn to replenishing peace time needs, might take on a million workers, but transportation would lose 4.900 000. Perhaps, 5,000,000 Gen. Flem ing said, would retire from the lab or market. These would include women who would return again to the home, but there would not be nearly enough persons to absorb the returning soldiers whom he es timated as being 11,000,000, 7,590. 000 of whom will be discharged as soon as the war is over and 3,500, 000 more who will be kept on police duty for awhile. “Gen. Fleming, we remember, was formerly in charge of WPA, the organization which had such long relief rolls all over the nation. No one should be better able to guage the impact and result on employment of our returning sold I iers. The lessons of the recent de pression ought to be fresh in our minds and furnish an incentive for us to try to solidify our positions in industry today, to create a reputa tion for efficiency as individuals so that it may become characteristic of the group and save our money so that no matter what befalls we won’t be compelled to return to the bread lines and relief rolls. ”1 have been very much interest ed in the articles and editorials in the Negro press of the country, at tacking the manners, language, and dress of Negro war workers who have come under their observation. There is no use disguising oar faults from ourselves. It occurs to me that our race needs to have its attention called to its shortcomings I feel it is a matter which shou'd be kept constantly before our group and I feel, also, that the Negro press offers a fine medium of ex pression.” j> ST. LOUIS, May 21 (ANP) —At a mass meeting last week sponsor ed by the March on Washington movement and attended by 1,500 persons, the national director A. Philip Randolph, urged the organ ization of a strong political bloc a mong the 15,000,000 Negroes in the United States to work for ''the rights and privileges due us as A mericans.” Randolph declared that the bloc must be non-partisan, “The Rep ublican party and the Democratic party are tweddle-dum and tweedie dee as far as the Negro is concern ed,” he said. “We can’t depend on either for action in such matters as the anti-poll tax bill. The Soc ialist party is too weak; we can t expect anything from them. And as for the Communists—it’s hard enough being black, let’s not add the handicap of being red, too.” He asserted that the Negro must build a non partisan political bine to deal with the forces that res pect only power. “The National Association* of Manufacturers and the farmers have built such blocs,” he said. “Labor is building one now. There is no hope for the Negro except he do the same thing.” Randolph, who is also organizer and international president of tne Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por ters. declared it was necessary icr improved economic conditions for Negroes that they become part of the trade Union movement. He also urged formation of consumer cooperatives and that “we seek to control the economic life of our own communities.” We should provide some jobs for ourselves.” Concerning jim-crowtem, Rand olph suggested that such an evil be broke down by “non-violent, good will direct action,” and by active protest against “every law, cust om and practice violative of the citizenship rights of the Negro peo ple.’ Randolph explained that such a technique differs from Gandhi s I civil disobediance in that it seeks the upholding rather than the breakdown of civil government. He said some of the methods to be employed are for Southern Negro es to refuse to ride street cars in which they are segregated, or send their children to segregated schools during a stated period, and that Northern Negroes collaborate with sympathetic whites in attackin' J scriminattoa in restaurants anj hotels. He sPoke harshly concerning se gregation and discrimination in the armed forces, and said. “When the government lends it self to the pattern of segregation, the Negro is up against this most serious problem ever. We want the united nations to win because the axis represents slavery and a negation of all freedoms. But the Negroes are not free, never have been free and we have to fight fr.r our freedom at home." David M. Grant, St. Louis law yer, the other speaker at the meet ing reported considerable progress in placing Negroes in production jobs at the United States Cartrilge plant, but that several St. Lotus war plants still discriminate*again n Negroes. He asserted that as a result of a protest demonstration at St. Lou is Ordnance plant last year, u - TREE TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST AT NORTH-SOUTHSIDE CLINIC Free Tuberculin Skin tests tor tuberculosis will be given to Negro es of Omaha on Monday, June 14th, at 6:30 pm. at the two clinics estab lished for this purpose. The Cro on League Community Center clin ic, 2213 Lake Street will be most convenient for those living on th- 1 northside of town, while the clinic [ at the Woodson Center. 3009 "R” ) Street will be available for aouth siders. Everyone Is welcome_ the tests are free of charge and may be the means of corrective treatment of tuberculosis and the saving of many lives. The clinics are sponsored by the Nebraska TuliercUlosis Association of this area. ■iJ1 BEAUTY AND A BALL | Chicago, (PPS., Inc.,)-Lovely Jean Dorsey is shown above clutch ing her prize bowling “ball which has brought luck to her on many occasions. Jean is one of the top I notch players of the Sewell and Sons Realtors Playgirls Bowling Team. Miss Dorsey can be found bowling almost nightly. She claims it is the "sport of sports". She is the secretary to Sewell and Son Realtors and is outstanding in soc ial and religious life. She resides with her parents at 4217 Champ lain Avenue, Chicago. COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS The eighth annual commence ment season at Dillard university begins with the Rev. Russell H. Stafford, S. T. D„ LL. D„ (left) pas tor of the Old South Church in Boston, the oldest Congregational church in America, preaching the baccalaureate sermon, Sunday May ! 30, at 6 pm. The right Rev. Robert E. Jone.-, (right) bishop of the New Orlean s and Columbus areas of the Meth odist Church will deliver the com mencement address, Wednesday, June 2, at 6 p. m. Both services will be held on the refectory '-c: race. NOTED MASONRY CASE LAWYER DIES Chicago, (PPS., Inc.) Atty. Jam ward of 4,000 Negroes now are em ployed there, two thirds of them ir. production jobs. Absenteeism and tardiness in the Negro unit is the lowest in the entire plant, 20 percent under the lowest unit manned by whites. Grant said. Production in the Ne gro unit in operation for an equal period of time and the output cf Class A ammunition excel similar units by 12 percent, he continued. “These startling results explode for all time the many misrepresent ations and outright lies that *j»-e launched and circulated by those who would prevent the colored worker from getting a job," Grant asserted. The meeting passed a resoluti >n on War Manpower Commissionv-r Paul V. McNutt to order immediate resumption of hearings on discrim ination against Negroes in the rail road industry. es E. White is buried. He suc cumbed Monday, May 10, here. He was born in North Carolina, and completed his education at Howard University. Wa^iington. DC., where he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts from the College of Liberal Arts and Science and also the degree of Bachelor of La w in Chicago. 111. In August, 1919, the Imperial Council Ancient Egyp tian Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North and South America and its jurisdiction em ployed Mr. White as its general counsel to defend them and Prince Hall Masonry against the many at tacks of the white shirners—visit ing every state ih the Union where there was a Grand Lodge of Mas ons. When the case was finally presented in Little Rock, Ark., a gamst the Shriners a complete victory was won. In the case a gainst the colored Shriners at Tampa, Fla., another victory was won. In the case against the col ored Shriners and Masons in Hous ton, Texas, the white Shriners won in the trial court of Civil Appeals and in the Supreme Court of Tex as, But on March 14, 1927, the case was presented to the U. S. Su preme Court on a writ of Certior ari where the right of Free Mas onry was granted to the colored Masons of America. Surviving p”e a brother, C. G. White of Powers ville, N. 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