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President Roosevelt’s Speech...
SIGNIFICANT TO NEGROES
HAD NEGRO
PEOPLE IN MIND
AT SEVERAL
POINTS IN
HIS ADDRESS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 (ANP) —
President Roosevelt’s annual mes
sage to congress and to the Amer
ican people last Tuesday carried
particular significance for NegToes
While he rarely ever referred to
race—and did not on this occasion
—it seemed quite clear to many
here that he had the Negro people ’
In mind at several points in Its
speech.
In this war we have been cam -
Pelled to learn how interdependent
upon each other are all groups and
sections of the population of Am
erica. he said, and then went on to
outlining hi* five point program
for pushing the war to a success
ful conclusion.
Revealing cognizance of the fail
ure of Negroes to obtain adequate
integration into war industries,
the President expressed his cert
ainty “that'nothing fess than fbtal
jnobiljzaion of all our resources of
manpower and capital will guar an-,
tee an earlier victory and reduce
the toll ot suffering and sorrow
and blood.”
Later on he asserted that we
have come to a “clear realization”
that “true individual freedom can
not exist without economic secur
ity and independence.” and then
added:
‘ In our day these economic
truths have become accepted as
self-evident. We have accepted, so
to speak, a second bill of rights
Under which a new basis of secur
ity and prosperity can be establish -
ed for all—regardless of station,
race or creed. Among these are:
“The rights to a useful and re
munerative job in the industries or
shops or farms or mines of the na
tion;
“The right to earn enough to
provide adequate food and clothing
and recreation.
“The right of every farmer to
raise and sell his products at a
return which will give him and his
family a decent living
“The righb^pf every businessman,
large and small, to trade in an
atmosphere of freedom from unfair
competition and domination by
monopolies at home or abroad:
“The right of every family to a
decent home:
“The right to adequate medical
care and the opportunity to achieve
and enjoy good health;
“The right to adequate protection
from the economic fears of old age
sickness, accident and unemploy
ment;
“The right to a good education;
' America’s own rightful place in
the world depends in a large part
upon how fully these and similar,
rights have been carried into prac
tice for our citizens.’’
Earlier he sought to discourage
complacency over present living
conditions, “no matter how high
that general standard of living may
be. if some fraction of our people
—whether it be one-third or one
fifth or one tenth—is ill-fed, ill
clothed. ill-housed, and insecure."
The President urged congress to
enact legislation to permit men
and women in the armed forces
and the merchant marine to vote
In November.
OUR ENEMIES WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THE END OF
THE WAR IS JUST AROUHO THE CORNER
The Japanese and Nazis are watching what you do during the 4th War Loan as an answer to the
one thing they want to know—have you fallen for the booby trap of complacency? Here are eight
reasons why you cannot afford NOT to buy extra war bonds. Here are the real facts about the war situation.
Americans, many from this com
munity and state, are dying on the
beaches of the Pacific and in
Europe. Remember bloody Tawara
«d Salerno? Terrific casualties
wiD mark the full scale invasion
of the Hitler-enslaved continent.
The Nazis have 300 well equipped
combat divisions, comprising mil
lions of men, more than they had
when they started the war in 1939.
Their morale is high. We cannot
count on a German borne front
collapse.
I Hi HH£5^ '
German equipment n still good.
The Nazis are using 35,000,000
labor slaves to help build up moun
tains of supplies. Your War Bonds
must be mountain high to pay for
the huge stock piles of munitions
to overwhelm Hitler.
The Nazis are well fed. They are
starving conquered Europe to sup
ply food to German* at home and
oa the fighting fronts. The calorie
content of German diet is higher
than it was before the war began.
I
I
The Japanese militarists have mo
bilized their subjects for 100 years
of war. They have never doubted
they would beat the United States.
They still boast they will dictate
the terms of peace in oar White
House.
The Japanese are prepared to lose
5,000,000 men on the outer ring
of their Pacific defense system
2000 miles from their homeland.
They plan to make us pay a stag
gering blood price to frighten us
into a negotiated peace.
The Japanese are eating a third
less than before Pearl Harbor and
working 98 hours, seven days a
week. Think of these facts when
you are called upon to buy extra
war bonds during the 4th War
Loan,
Our enemies are the real source
of all this talk you hear about the
end of the war being “just around
the comer.” Complacency is the
worst kind of a booby trap. Until
the enemy is smashed let's all back
the attack with extra Bonds.
Women s Division Accepts Task of Raising *14,500
Boy of Five Saves I
baby Brother from
burning Apt.
I AKKlEfi 8 MONTH OLD
CHILD TO SAFETY AS
SLOAN APT. BURNS
Monday, Jan. 17th—The apart
ment house at 2006-8-10-12 North
23rd street caught on fire a little
before 8 pm. Monday in the north
end ground floor apartment occup
ied by Mrs. Pankey, who was in
the building, but not at home when
it started, it was reported.
Mrs. Pankey told Mr. Sloan that
she believed the fire wsa caused by
a lighted cigarette left on an ash
| tray. Whatever the cause, had it
not been for the amazing fore
! thought of a boy of five, she might
have been t* sorrowing mother to
day.
She is a mother of four children,
who were in the apartment alone
at the time of the fire- When
things; became unbearable, her
i young son. Kenneth, picked up his
baby brother, 8-mos. old and carr
ied him out the door, followed by
! the other children.
Mr. Sloan had been over to the
apartment just half an hour before
the fire started and had gon
from there to attend an officers’
meeting at Bethel AME Church.
He didn’t know of the fire until lie
was notified by Hill of the Omaha
Guide staff, who was on the scene
when the fire wagons arrived.
All the apartments were more or '
lees damaged by smoke and -water !
but only three or four of the eight
in the building were much damag
ed by fire. The extent of the dam
age hasn’t as vet been determined. |
The greatst personal loss was
puffered by Mrs. Panky as most ]
of her clothing was burned or rum
ed by smoke and water. PeOpie
in the neighborhood egnerously |
saw t oit that those left homeless
were taken care of for the night.
Plans are already under way fcr
a remodeling of the apartment as
soon as possible- The work on it
is expected to start next week.
NARROWLY ESCAPES INJURY
Had it not been for the prompt
ness with which his co-workers
came to hip rescue. Mr. Robert T.
Marshall might have been serious
ly injured, Monday of this week.
While laying pipe at the Missouri
Pacific Shops he was partially bur
ied by dirt and debris which might
have suffocated him. But by be
ing promptly gotten "out of tre
ditch, he escaped and was back on
his job the next day. Mr. Marshall
is employed by the J. P. Parks
Construction Co
Fight Infantile Paralysis
January 14th to 31st
The Womens Division of the Ne
braska War Finance Committee has
accepted the task of raising $14.
500.000 in the Fourth War Loan
starting last Tuesday, according to
Mrs Robert H. Thorpe of Omaha.
State Women's Chairman
In accepting this quota, thous
ands of Nebraska women workirg
under the direction of 93 County
War Finance Committees will en
deavor to raise enough money
chiefly through -the sale of series j
“E”, and “F” and “G" Bonds io !
completely outfit the 94 thousand
Nebraska men who have entered
the various armed services.
“It costs approximately $150 to
completely clothe one soldier”, .
said Mrs. Thorpe. “We have brOk- j
en down this quota by counties ac- |
cording to the number of men from
a county who have entered the ser
vices.
“This quota is not an additional
quota but is a part of the regular
county quota set by the State War
Finance Committee for the Fourth.
War Loan.
“We feel that the mothers, wir
es. sisters and daughters and sweet
hearts of the men in service will j
want to take a part in helping the
Women's Division of the War Fin
ance Committee by actively *.vork
vsg as sales solicitors in this cam
paign and by purchasing bonds
themselves to the limit of their a
bility.
“This war cannot be won except
by spending a vast sum of money
for clothing and other necessities
for our fighting men. I am plead
ing with every woman of Nebraska
to sacrifice in time and effort and
money so that these boys of ours
will be properly clothed and fed
and equipped to win the victory
we all desire”, said Mrs. Thorpe.
Reports on the women’s phase of
; the Fourth War Loan wju be made
j by County Women’s Chairmen dir
, ectly to the State Office in Omaha
and will *ben be forwarded to the
national headquarters in Washing
ton.
| “Cooperation auj bard work will
put Nebraska over t he t°p '- said
Mrs. Thorpe, “ffc'j ;skt women
have never failed in their patriotic
uuty and I am suTe ihat the women
of Nebraska will >end the fullest
measure of their <o->p.ration in
the Fourth War Loan *
CHURCH REPORT SHOWS
RSIN’G TIDE OF RELIGION
WITHIN NATION
New York. Ja. 12 (ANP) —The |
rising t'de of Christianity was re- j
vealed recently when a report
from the department of research,
and education of the Federal Coun
cil of the Churches of Christ in A
rnerica stated that between 1926
and 1941-42 the total church mem- i
bership reported in the continents
al United States increased 25.3 per- !
cent.
While the 3.196.623 colored Bap
tists showed the largest member
ship. they ranked fourth in scoring
the greatest increase for that per
iod. The lead was taken by Col
ored Cumberland Presbyterian
curch with a 130 percent or an in
crease from 10.868 to 25.000 in 1340
year of last official membership re
port.
The Colored Methodist Episcopal
chru'oh showed a 87.5 percent in
crease from 202,713 to 380.000. fol
lowed by the AME. church witn
59.2 percent. Or 545,814 to 868.735,
with the Baptists running fourth.
22.4 percent, statistics reveal.
That all the faiths did not in
crease their membership during
that 15 year period is revealed by
the reported membership decrease
of the AME Zion. Colored Primitive
Baptists and African Union First
Colored Methodist Protestant
Churches. African Union Firrt
■Colored Methodist Protestant chur
ch suffered a 41.8 percent drop
from 4,086 to 2,379: AME Zion. 9 3
percent decrease. Or loss of 42.569
(456,813 to 414.244) followers whilf
Colored Primitive Baptists fell
from 43.978 to 43,897 in 1936. or .2
percent within a 10 year period.
CIO Leaders Tell Delegates
NEW \ORK—Full employment in the post-war
period is imperative to the industrial and economic
life of the nation, and must include the Negro, top
figlres of labor declared in the two-dav Conference
on Full Employment held here under the auspices of
the CIO Political Action Committee last Friday and!
Saturday.
The Conference was keyoter by Sidney Hillman,
chairman of the Committee, and also heard Phillip'
ST. LOUIS
PASSES
RACE BILL
St. Louis, Mo-. —The board of
aldermen Friday unanimously pass
ed a bill calling for a fine of from
$25 to five hundred: dollars against
persons convicted of refusing t®
serve anyone because of race, creed
or color.
Murray CIO President. Participat-3
tng in the program were Willard
S. Townsend. president, United ;
Transport Service Emlpoyccs of A
merica; William H. Hastic, dean
Howard University; Ferinand C.
Smith, secretary. National Mari
time Union: and Mrs. Jeanetta
Welch Brown, executive secretary
National Council of Negro Women.
In opening the meeting Mr. Hill
! man called it a “war conference”,
! one which can make “a very sub
j stantial contribution to victory.”
! He described “full employment”
to mean Jobs for woikers. although
such a realization, he said, would
benefit ‘‘every other group and
section of our population.”
Answering the reuests of Negro
newsmen for his comment regard
ing the significance of the Polfrcal
Action Committee to Negro people,
Mr- Hillman handed them a state
ment in which he pledged the Com
mittee to do three things, namely:
1. To urge those southern Ne
groes who are able to do so to pay
the poll taxes;
2. To seek protection for these
attempting to register for the pur
pose of voting and also in the cast
ing of their ballots; and
3. To solicit the support of Ne
gro groups in the fulfillment of
their respective programs at points
which “parallel.”
"Elections are not won or lost
nationally. They are won locally,
and the people can win this one ;
by realizing that they Control tneir
own future,” Mr. Murray stated.
“In every city, village or county—
and even in the poll tax states—
the people can win elections if
they know what they want and
vote accordingly. All the propa
ganda. all the misleading newspa
per .stories. all the whickering cam-,
paigns, cannot defeat the average
man in our democracy if all of us
stick together.”
Leading the discussion on “Full
Employment and the Negro.” Mr
lo-.v:i« nd remind-. 1 hjs l;s!f.ners
of the difficulties which followed
World War I when, as he said toe
Ku Klux Klan was revived. Negro
es were used merely as the “pawn
between labor unions", and when
“the dreams of a peaceful, demo
cratic environment in which to live
and rear his family became a fig
ment” of the Negroes imagination.
‘‘The tradition of white men’s
jobs and black men’s jobs is being
challenged and actually being
broken down in a score of tight la
bor markets outside the South,”
Townsend ohserved. “In the South
itself there are unmistable evidenc
es of economic advances among
Negroes and this fact has been
dramatically an dunpalatably brot
to the attention of the white com
munity by the scarcity of Negro
domestics.
“Intelligently planning must rec
ognize that the NegTO in the Unit
ed States has developed more jap
idly than his opportunity for pait
icipation in American life,” he as
serted. “Although he has been
conditioned through exposure to
education and propaganda o seek
the goals of Americans, he is den
ied these goals and accused of be
ing impatient and unduly militant
when he exerts pressures to achiev
them.”
Townsend rejected the notion
that full employment is going to
remove racial tensions. It will, he
believes, set the “economic stage”
for effective educational programs
dsigned to reduce the frequency
and intensity of ’’one of the basic
cau'ses” for race conflict. In such
an economy, he sees trade unions
taking the lead in establishing to -
operation between white and black
workers, with various government
al and private agencies aiding in
the program.
‘‘You can’t have encumbered and
prosperous white workers and
unemployed black workers," he cun
eluded, “for if you let that happen
die white worker will have tc car
ry the buck worker on his back
thiough relief.”
Smith assured ihat Negi r»es “do
nc.i. place their sp-'cia.1 problems a
1m ad of the majo- task of winning
the war,” nor do they seek an
‘immediate solutioa of their just
reeds,” he said.
“What the Nvro people want
is what every decent American
wants—full citizen mit in a demo
C ac>,” he dec la V1. ‘If evety
t ude union opened its doors to Ne
gi oes and remove ih; stignn of
R'CoUd-class membership ana its
attendant inequalities, you can be
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Thrice Pin •upper
I—liMI —I'll ■ — Ml——1i I II
Pretty Winnie Christie Jeffrey breaks all records
.of pin-uppers.says newspaper, magazine and period
icalcritics when she was named “pin-upper” by sev
eral units gathered at Waukegan’s USO on New
Year’s Eve. On tAvo other occasions, she was select
ed pin-up girl which gave her a three time winner
during 1943, Winnie is the estranged A\ife of film
actor and Duke Ellington's ex-feature, Herb Jef
frey, Avho noAv operates one of the West Coast’s most
popular breakfast clubs “Black Flamingo,” she re
sides Avith her mother in Chicago. (PP Sendee).
Three Fined in
Disorderly Cases
Three persons were fined Mon
day by Judge Dennis O’Brien in
police court. Florence Reeves,
sure the time would not be fur Mf
when the second-class citizenship
:if Negroes in our «le»ntc-acy would
be wiped out, the poll tax Congress
men notwithstanding.”
The maritime union offic'al end
ed his speech by saying that "labor
can smash the shacnies of disc'im- 1
'nation only by achie\ ,ng practical
working unity between wh te and
Negro workers. Tli.; splendid a
chievements already reg'flerel ly
the CIO show that this can be don*
Dean Hastie maintained that "ec
onomic democracy” is essentia! to
the elimination of race conflict and
to the “political effectiveness' of
labor. He called democracy in un
ions a “practical education in the
American way of life.”
The former federal judge also
viewed the advOcracy in some
quarters for legislation design'd
to penalize unions which discrim
inate in their policies and practi -
es. “Sooner or later,” he asserted,
"labor must take a position On
such legislation- Forward looking
unions will, of course, prefer to
edimniate discrimination themsel
ves rather than to find themselves
confronted with additional curbs.”
"Lake labor, Negro women have
no assurance of adequate or stable
income after the war,” declared
Mrs. Brown. “W emust therefore
depend upon some form of federal
agency or legislation to begin now
to plan for the transition Deriod
from war to peace- If left in the
! hands of the states .plans will get
j caught in a bottleneck of conflict
I ing interests and unwholesome pre
I judices.”
Read Sidney Hillman’s
Statement, on page 2—
THE OMAHA GUIDE IS YOUR
PAPER— READ IT WEEKLY.
2535 Parker .was fined $50 and
costs and sentenced to five days in
jail as the keeper of a disorderly
house. A man and woman found
in her house and in bed together
were fined $5 and costa each for
vagrancy and $1 and coats as in
mates. The raid was early Sunday
morning. One alleged inmate,
known as Rube Pendleton forfeit
ed a $50 bond and her arrest was
ordered.
The charge against Charles and
Rose Trimble, 2060 North 19th St.,
arrested Saturday night as alleged,
owners of a disorderly' house were
dismissed and all inmates.
Moral Squad Sgt. Jack King had
raided the place without a search
warrant. And all concerned were
dismissed as the defense attorney
moved for dismissal.
Auston Connor received a jail
sentence of 90 day's on a vagrancy
charge. However it seemed that
a rifle was his principle undoing.
From the way his case went and
using his own words, he bought the
rifle for something around $17,—
sold it to a woman for $1.50, then
got it back again obviously with
out her knowledge and desire. Pre
viously he had received a fine for
having in his possession a wallet
which belonged to another man.
Detectives who had given him a
chance to ‘make good’ recommend
ed the jail sentence of 90 days.
Ulis Anderson who was hit in the
head with a pop or beer bottle in
the hands of an angry patron ot
the place where he is employed,
was in court but n° action was
taken against the man who assault
ed him for the specific reason he
hasn’t yet been taekn into custody.
A man, who called himself Jam
es Smut, was arrested for disturb-,
j ing the peace in Sam Flax’s place
of business. 24th and Hamilton st.
He received a jail sentence. Sam
said he had asked him to keep out
of his place if he couldn’t behave
himself properly which he refused
' to do.