West of Chicago and North mid, K. C
Saturday, April 1,1944 OUE 17th YEAR—No. 8
Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-office, Omaha, Nebr., Under Act of
a< 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebr.
'HOLY WEEK1 SERVICES START MONDAY. APRIL 3rd
To Speak at City Auditorium
Wednesday, April 5th; 8 p.m.
WENDELL L. WILLKIE
The readers of the Omaha Guide
are minted to see, hear and meet your
Republican candidate for the Presi
dency of the United States uit the
City Auditorium, 15th and Howard
Streets, 8 pm., Wednesday. April 5th.
You should without a doubt, know
this distinguished American for your
self. Many, yes many false state
ments will be made about him between
now and November 7, 1944...Why?
Because he is one of the few Americ
an citizens U'ho is absolutely convinc
ed that to prevent a World War No.
Three, Racial Prejudice must be
come a thing of the past Land that
Democracy must be practiced in A
merica in reality as a pattern for
other countries to consider. Will you
join ns in a reception Committee
j
Six Thousand strong at th'
itorium, Wednesday. April 5th.
Wendell Willkic will do the job if
you will do your part in helping the
progressive American Citizens in put
ting him in a position where he will
have the authority to lead the proces
sion of a Xew Wortd Educational
Order.
WILLKIE LEADS IN NEGRO POLL
Wendell L. Willkie stands the best
chance of any Republican of carrying
the Negro vote in Iowa in the presi
dential election, acfcording to a poll
conducted among Iowa Negroes by
the Iowa Observor, Negro newspaper
published, in Des Iviutnes.
The paper is listed as politically
non-partisan by Charles P. Howard,
general maanger, who added that a
bout 3,000 Negroes filled out the
postcard ballots used in the poll. The
questions asked on the postcards and
results:
1. Who would you vote for as our
next president if Willkie and Roose
velt were the nominees? Willkie, 57
percent; Roosevelt, 43 percent.
2. Who would you vote for as
our next president if Dewey and
Roosevelt were the nominees? Dewey
49 percent; Roosevelt 51 percent.
3. Who would you vote for as our
next president if Bricker and Roose
velt were the nominees? Bricker, 44
percent; Roosevelt 56 precent.
4. Who would you vote for as our
next president if Mac Arthur and
Roosevelt were the nominees? Mac
Arthur, 45 percent, Roosevelt, 55 per
cent.
ELECT A NATIVE SON
Mr. George D Syas is a candidate
on the .Republican 'ticket for the
Metropolitan Utilities District Board.
Mr. Syas is one of Omaha's own. He
was born, raised and educated in Om
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REV. C. C. ADAMS TO HOLD
RED CROSS SERVICES l
Explaining why he is arranging a
special Red Cross program in Para
dise Baptist Church, 1811 North
23rd street, next Sunday, April 2, at
3 pm. Rev. C. C. Adams said:
“The Red Cross was mother and
father to me while I was in 7 hos
pitals during World War I. They
helped me with my compensation
claims They helped my wife. I'd
go hungry to help the Red Cross".
The program will include music and
a talk by Mrs. Herbert Wiggins.
aha. Mr. Syas came to us through
Mr. Frank Frost. Mr. Frost says he
would be glad to have Mr. Syas as a
co-worker on the Metropolitan Util
ities District Board. Mr. Sas said
he believes in equal distribution of
employment to all Omahans alike in
any position in hich they are capable
of filling and if he is nominated and
elected, there will be no discriminat
ion on a acccount of race, creed, or
color in regards to employment.
TWENTY-FIVE POUND BABYl
BORN WITH FULL SET
OF TEETH
Raleigh, N. C., March 26 (ANP)
A 25 pound baby girl with a full set
of teeth was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Amon Harris at St. Agnes hospital
here Tuesday, a physician announced.
The parents who live in Method, N.
C., already had 11 children. The
mother and baby were reported in
execellent condition.
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BEATEN IN D. C.
Edgar G. Brown, the Washington
correspondent for Press Photo Serv
ice, was severely beaten on Wednes
day, March 22 in Washington, D. C.
on the steps of the nation's Capitol
by a husky, corn-fed Texas youth.
The assault came after several heat
*.47 ZION BAPTIST CHURCH '
Holy Week Services this year will
be held at Zion Baptist Church, 2215
Grant Street, starting Monday and
continuing through Friday, April 3-7.
Time of Progromss
Monday April 3, 12 noon to 1 pm.
Tuesday, April 4, 12 noon to 1 pm.
Wednesday, April 5th, 12 noon to
1 pm.
Thursday, April 6th, 12 noon to 1
pm.
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES l
April 7th, Hrs. 12 to 3 pm.
“Seven Last Words on the Cross"
These services are given under the
auspices of the Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance of Omaha and
Council Bluffs.
Easter Sunday afternoon services
at Zion will be held at 3 pm. with
the Rev. C. C. Adams, speaking.
“BILBO TALKED RACE
BECAUSE HE FEARS
DEMOCRACY ITSELF" SAYS
KATHERINE SHRYER,
Mrs. Katherine Shryer, Executive
Secretary of the National Committee
to Abolish the Poll Tax, today, in an
answer to Senator Bilbo’s speech be
fore the Mississippi Legislature oi»
March 22, called upon the United
States Senate to “reject the influence
of this vicious doctrine, to put its full
weight behind the right of the major
ity, and pass the Anti-Poll Tax Bill.”
Mrs. Shryer’s statement read, in
full, as follows:
“In a vicious and unAmerican
speech before the Mississippi Legis
lature, Senator Theodore Bilbo yes
terday showed his fears of a free bal
lot both in the District of Columbia
and his own poll-tax South. At this
elected by the vote of only 7% of
the people of Mississippi.
Pointing out that, according to
newspaper reports of the speech, Sen
ator Bilbo devoted half of it to “a
discussion of the race question be
cause of the ‘implications’ of the anti
poll tax bill”, Mrs. Shryer stated
that the Senator talked race because
he feared democracy itself. He was
time, when the Anti-Poll Tax Bill,
which is the attempt of the Americ
an people to square our democracy
with our Constitution, is about to
come before the Senate, Senator Bil
bo is using every weapon at his com
mand to stall its passage. He talks
‘“unity” in the halls of Congress, but
he talks disunity in Mississippi. He
talks race becauseh e fears voters of
any color. Fearing the Constitution
itself and the results of democracy
government, he turns the loving gos
pel of Jesus Christ into a narrow
ugly gospel of hate and race super
iority.
“The American ideals of majority
government are abhorrent to this poll
tax Senator, who has threatened to
filibuster a bill that would otherwise
become law. He would limit the 13
million adults in 8 poll-tax states to
3 million voters, even if to do so he
must insult our army and navy and
our Allies. He is a frightened man.
“We call upon the Uinted States
Senate to reject the influence of this
vicious doctrine, to put its full weight
behind the right of the majority and
to pass the Anti-Poll Tax Bill.’”
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ed arguments between Brown and the I
southerner who is a chamber door I
keeper in the House of Congress, rel- |
ative to a petition circulated by j
Brown asking the impeachment of
Secretary of War, Henry L. Stim
son, it was reported. Brown is a
candidate for the Republican nomin
ation from the 2nd District in Illin
ois. The usual column published by
Mr. Brown and released by Press
Photo Service will not appear this
week because of the above incident,
however, it is hoped that the nation
ally known writer will be sufficiently
recovered to resume his articles next
week when he promises startling
charges and revelations in connection
with the incident. (Press Photo Serv)
On Panel Discussion
Charles Washington
Lenora Pierce
Betty Thomas L
Legion Snonsors “Youth
Welfare Month”
The Rosevelt Post No. 30 of the
American Legion is sponsoring a
^ outh Welfare Month” program at
their headquarters, 24th and Parker
streets, Thursday evening, April fith
The program will begin at 8:00 pm.
The feature of the program will be
a panel discussion dealing with ‘Youth
and Interracial Relations’. It will be
led by Charles Washington. Mem
bers serving on the panel will be
Betty Thomas, Lenora Pierce, and
Claire Dudley.
Youth and adults are both invited.
Special invitations have been extend
ed youth leaders and adults of the
white race.
REP. LUCE ASKS RACE
RELATIONS PROBE IN
ARMED FORCES
Washington, March 28 (ANP) —
Rep. Clare Both Luce (R) of Conn
ecticut is the second sponsor of a Res
olution (476 calling for a congress
ional investigation of alleged discrim
ination against Negroes in the armed
forces. On the week before Rep.
William L. Dawson presented his bill.
Introduced at the behest of the AK
A Non-Partisan Council on Public
Affairs, the Luce bill would author
ize a study with respect to “the sta
tus of the Negro and other minority
groups in the armed services and in
attached or affiliate auxiliaries of
military organizations fos women.”
The measure would have as its ob
jectives a determination of “the ex
tent of compliance... with the Selec
tive Training and Service ait of 1940'
regarding racial discrimination; "the
nature and extent of any practices in
the organization and placement of
personnel which accomplish the ex
clusion of persons because of race or
color from assignment to any type of
unit or any type of service on land,
at sea, or in the air; extent of train
ing restrictions and advancement to
commissions or grades.
The Luce legislation would also
seek to learn whether racial consider
ations are impeding the full utilizat
ion of professional and technical skills
and the relation of segregated units
to the entire question under consider
ation.
Seven men would do the job with
an appropriation of $25,000. The res
olution was sent to the rules comm
ittee.
Claire Dudley
4 New Members Elected
To Town Hall Board
Represent Outstanding Achieve
ment in Politics, Social Service,
Labor and Race Relations
Four new members representing
outstanding achievement in the fields
of politics, social service, labor and
race relations, were elected to the
Board of Trustees of Town Hall
j last Tuesday, March 2;, at the reg
! ular monthly meeting of the Board at
the Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd Street,
according to announcement by Geor
ge V. Denny, Jr., president.
They are: Charles Edison, former
Governor of New Jersey and Secre
tary of the Navy from 1939 to 1940;
Mark Starr, educational director of
the International Ladies’ Garment
Workers’ Union; Elmer Anderson
Carter, outstanding Negro leader and
editor now serving as a member of
the U. S. Unemployment Insurance
Appeal Board and as a member of
Governor Dewey’s recently appointed
State War Council; and Mrs. Os
wald B. Lord, society and civic leader
who is Assistant Regional Director of
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WHITE CHURCH WOMAN
HITS HER SISTERS’ ‘RACE
BIGOTRY’
New York, March 26 (ANP) -
If a lasting peace is dependent upon
the acceptance of Negro Americans,
as full citizens entitled to the same
rights and priviieges as white Amer
icans, white church women act as
though the price of peace is too high,
declared Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames,
white, recently.
Mrs. Ames, director of field work
for the Commission of Interracial
Cooperation, Inc., declared in an art
icle written in : :The Church Wom
an,’^ January issue, that white women
seem ready to make every conceiv
able sacrifice to win a lasting world
peace as long as it does not mean that
the Negro will be given complete eco
nomic, political and social equality to
enjoy the fruits of a peace based on
brotherhood,
I NATL NEGRO HEALTH
WEEK,.... APRSL 2-9
Planned Families
Aid Negro Health
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DR. CRAIG MORRIS TO
SPEAK ON NEGRO HEALTH
WEEK SUBJECT, APRIL 2ND
On Sunday April 2nd, in conjunc
tion with ‘Negro National Health
Week’ Dr. Craig Morris will speak
at the Church of Living God, 1906 N.
24th Street, on the subject, “The
Health of Our Children in their
Homes, School and Community.”
Everyone is urged to attend this ed
ucational and beneficial lecture.
FEPC Says It Has
Finished RR Hearings
Washington, March 28 (ANP) The
responsibilities of the FEPC in ad
justing complaints against 14 of the
original 22 railroads charged with
discriminatory hiring policies have
been fully discharged to the limit of
the authority granted the committee
by Executive Order 9346, and the cas
es are no longer before it.
This is the status explained in FE
PC's statement to the Smith commit
tee last week in answer to counter
charges filed by the group of south
ern carriers which have already balked
at compliance with ‘‘cease and desist”
directives issued against them, Chair
man Malcolm Ross originally was to
have appeared for questioning but
was granted permission instead to file
an answer.
The 35 page brief denied the three
charges levelled, namely, that direct
ives against northern railroads were
kept secret, that in all, 20 cases had
been certified to the President by the
old FEPC, and that FE1?C had
changed its procedure after the ap
pointment of a new chairman.
As regards authority, the commit
tee held ‘‘that its issuance of direct
ives was an appropriate step toward
obtaining compliance with a national
policy formulated by the commander
in-chief under his wartime powers.”
Further it maintained that the com
mittee does not hold that it has the
power to enforce its directives by the
imposition of penalties or subjection
of the parties to juhicial action.
On the other hand, “the directives
are held to instruct the parties on the
methods of bringing their employment
policies into line with Executive Or
der 9346and that “the directives, if
certified, also comprise a report to
the President on violations . . . so that
he may evaluate what steps should be
taken to clear the parties of offense
against the national policy.”
In the conclusion, the committee de
clared that FEPC intervention ended
in the 14 railroad cases when they
were certified to the President, ex
cept insofar as its services may be re
quested. “With its own responsibil
ities discharged and the cases no long
er before it,” the statement concludes,
“FEPC believes that practical ana
peaceful solutions of the issues raised
can be had, and it subscribes to the
expressed hopes of both the Presid
ent and the Stacey committee that this
may be the final result.
“The health of mothers and babies
should be given the same priority as
essential war material”., according to
A. Philip Randolph, International
President of the Brotherhood of the
Sleeping Car Porters and this year’s
recipient of the Clendenin Award of
the Workers Defense League for out
standing labor leadership and work in
the field of race relations.
Commenting on the 30th observ
ance of National Negro Health Week
and the part planned parenthood is
taking in building for the post-war
period world. Mr. Randolph pointed
out that all our military and indust
rial victories may prove futile unless
the generation that inherits them is
sound in mind and body.
Good Health Begins before Birth
"Better schools, better employment,
better medical and recreational facil
ities will do much to produce a better
generation”, he added, "but planning
for health must begin at home and if
possible even before the next gener
ation is born. Our present labor
shortage and the great number of sel
ective service rejections have shown
the need for a generation of healthy
babies born to healthy parents, who
can give them the care and training
they need. Programs in industry,
where millions of married women are
now employed, must provide together
with plblic and private services every
| where for the care and assistance of
today’s mothers and tomorrow’s bab
ies. ’
Mortality High for Negro Babies
Recognizing that Negro mothers
and babies in this country die at
twice the rate of white mothers and
babies, the Planned Parenthood Fed
eration of America is joining with
National Negro Health Week in foc
using attention this year on the health
of children in home, school and com
munity. With healthy babies born
to healthy parents as their goal, pub
lic health programs, mat***l health
centers and planned parenthood clin
ics in increasing number are making
child spacing information available to
married women who need it. Parents
ill with pumonary and venereal dis
eases are given the information and
means of postponing child birth until
they can be treated. Planned parent
hood seeks to provide parents with
the means of having children when
they are well and in a position to give
them adequate care.
Seven states now include child spac
ing information as a part of public
maternal health programs and more
are establishing similar services.
Their common objective is to further
lower the infant and maternal mortal
ity rates and assure babies of a reason
able chance for health and normal de
velopment.
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So Proudly We Hail” - - 12 Ensigns;2 Warrant Officers
Dennis Nelson
Graham Martin
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Jesse Arbor
Walter Reagan
Reginald Goodzcin
Phillip Barnes
George Cooper
Samuel Barnes
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Dalton Baugh
Jesse Hare
Charles Lear
y names two more
Great Lakes, 111., March 28 (ANP)
appointment of two additional
line officers and a warrant of
was announced Monday by the
department.
The two men who were appointed
to the temporary rank of ensign, DV
(S)—U. S. Naval reserve, to rank
from Feb. 23, are Frank Ellis Sub
lett, 1938 Grey avenue, Evanston, 111,
and James Edward Hare, 525 North
13th street, Fort Pierce, Fla.
These appointments are in addition
to the nine announced March 17 and
makes a total of 12 Negro line of
ficers in the naval reserve. All have
reported to the comanding officer, U.
S. Naval Training station, Great
Lakes for temporary duty under in
struction.
Charles Byrd Lear, 1010 White St..
Canton, Mo., received a wararnt offic
er rating with a temporary appoint
merit as boatswain, DV-(S). He
will report for temporary duty at
Great Lakes.
The Navy Department announced
the appointment and comissioning of
There are 12 Ensigns and two war
rant officer. The Ensigns are: Geo.
Llmton Looper, 702 Lladen St.. Wash
ington, DC.; Graham Edward Martin
545 Harmon Aev., Detroit, Mich.;
Jesse W'alter Arbor, 6220 St. Law-r
rence, Chicago, III.; John Walter
Reagan, 2232 W. 28th St., Los An
geles, California; Reginald Ernest,
Goodwin, 532—25th Place, N. E.
Frank Sublett
Washington, D. C.; Dennis Denmark
Nelson II, -1606 Meharry Blvd.,
Nashville, Tenn.; Phillip George
Barnes, 1244 Girard, N. W„ Wash
ington, DC.; Samuel Edward Barnes,
221 N. Main St., Oberlin, Ohio; Dal
ton Louis Baugh, 458 E. 47th Street,
Crosset, Ark.; and James Edward
Hare, 525 N. 13th St., Fort Pierce, t
Fla.; Frank Ellis Sublet, Evanston,
111., William S. White (not shown), j
of Chicago, 111, Charles Byrd Lear,
Canton, Mo., and Willie Powell, San !
Diego, Calif, (not shown) warrant I
officers.
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