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largest Accredited Negro Newspap er West of Chicago and North of KC r1 . ■■ . - .- , 111 ■■■■;-. r ".a s-rai ■ ■ i ■■■siraas Saturday, October 7,1944 Our 17th Year—No. 35 Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oftice. Omaha, Nebr., Under Act of March 8, 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebt Bishop H.R. Brinker at St. Philips Sunday The Right Reverend Howard Ras mus Brinker, DD., Bishop of Nebr aska, will visit the Saint Philip’s the Deacon Episcopal Church, 1121 North 21st< Street, this coming Sunday, Oct 8, for Confirmation and will preach the sermon. The public is cordially invited to attend and enjoy the words of this great man. Plans for GI’s i ... imam Beloit, Wisconsin... Hermes Zim merman, founder of Dunbar Post War Planning Movement, which has a large farm in this vicinity, left here this week on a lecture tour that will take him to several cities in the midwest. Mr. Zimmerman’s plan will help GI- Joes as well as Mr. Aver age Citizen to purchase shares in large country homes, farms, and in dustrial centers in Indiana, Wiscon sin, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Cal ifornia- He says that the movement hopes to make a way for Negroes to have a permanent home in income which safeguard them against pover ty for the balance of their lives. (PPNSJ Wallace Speaks Before 5000 Vice President Henry A. Wallace , spoke by radio transmsision to five thousand persons in Harlem's Golden Gate ballroom Sunday October 1. He said he has found the American people interested in the speedy winn ing of the war, enduring peace, full employment at decent wages after the war and the election of Roose velt. He said Roosevelt was neces i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiii Survives ‘D’ Day Master Sereant Curtis G. Jones, of Omaha, Nebraska, who is now somewhere in France, has informed friends and family that he has sur vived “D”-Day. He is the son of John Jones of Omaha, Nebraska and a member of Iroquois Logde No. 92, IB POE. of W., having served that Lodge very successfully as Chairman of the House Committee until he weit into the Army. a■ ■ f a- r * ~ . sary because of his vast experience to guide us through the peace and post war needs and the -oiany welfare problems of all the people must be considered added Wallace. All of the people mean Negro as well as the white, explained Wallace. He said there are still millions of sharecrop pers, thousands of slums still in our country which must be dealt with. A million and a alf new omes must be built and if private industry will not or cannot supply them, Public Housing is the answer. He said that some of the people in the south are helping in the- fight for the general welfare of all te peoples. They are the ones who believe in the essential rights of very man, and not just ev ery white man. The National elect ion said Wallace, is an important one and of great importance to all. Your chances for greater and full employment will be under Roosevelt, spoke Wallace. Roosevelt^believes in (Continued on Page 2) Governor Griswold Opens Campaign — . .... —1 — - ■ ■ . for reelection DWIGHT GRISWOLD Keeping “one man band” adminis tration out of the state house has given Nebraska four efficient and harmonious years of economical gov ernment, Governor Dwight Griswold declared in an address Sunday launch ing his campaign for reelection. The chief executive cited his rec ord and the overwhelming majority he receired two years ago as evidence “Nebraska people expect, demand, and get good, clean government-” “When I was inaugurated,” he said “I did not find any bad mess- I did not have to prosecute anyone for graft or corruption- As a matter of fact, here in Nebraska we don’t put up with that sort of thing. I can truthfully say that since I have been in office^we have been able to mane many improvements in administrat ion but it was not a case of uncov ering graft-” Despite a general upswing in com modity and salary operating costs, Governor Griswold declared that Ne braska is now collecting less state tax per person than any other state except Kentucky. “If I have any specific theory of good state administration,” he said, “it’s simply this: Don’t try to run all departments personally- Get good .intelligent, quaified department heads, hold them responsible, and then let them chose assistants in whom they have confidence.” The governor said that while he doesn't believe “in trying to convince my director of insurance, for exam ple, that I know more about insur ance than he does, I do impress upon all of my department heads that I expect them to give the best they have to their jobs-” Governor Griswold said he was “especially proud” of increased earn ings his administration has brought to the state’s 20 million dollar school fund. He reported a re-appraisal of school lands has resulted in a $50, 000 a year gain in rental returns for the fund and that sale of certain se Nebraska’s 134™ Infantry Petitions State to Defeat Prohibition Law November 7 NORTH PLATTE, Neb.—On a French battlefield last month, Ne braska soldiers took pen in hand to let the folks back home know that they are “mad and disgusted” at the possibility of a return to prohibition. Their statement, contained in a petition signed by 312 members of Nebraska’s own regiment, the 13 4th Infantry, was dated August 18th. It was received recently by Former Governor Keith Neville of North Platte, together with some fire-crackling comments by the Regiment’s commanding officer, Colonel Butler B. Miltonberger, well known western Nebraskan. Soiled by the grime of the bat tlefield on which it was signed, the soldiers’ petition is addressed sim ply, “to the people of Nebraska.” “We are dismayed,” the sol dier-petitioners declared, “that those of us who survive this war may have to return to the kind of a Nebraska that our fathers returned to in 1919. We feel that we are being disfran chised.” Then, with the dignity of men who live under stress, the petition ers go on to declare that their minds are occupied with two prop ositions: to help achieve victory so that they can get home as quickly as possible, and to “ourselves sur vive until we can get home again.” There is an absence of “sales manship” in the petition. It con cludes with a simple and direct plea: “Wa ask the people of Ne braska to see to it that the Nebras Former Governor Keith Neville (above) is shown at his desk In North Platte as he reveals that Nebraska’s fighting doughboys have petitioned citizens of the state to defeat the prohibition amendment. The petitions (upper left, above) arrived in North Platte wrinkled and battlc'Stained* ka we return to will be the same Nebraska we left when we entered the Armed Forces.” The 312 signatories to the peti tion come from every section in Nebraska. Military conditions worked against the procurement of more names, Colonel Milton berger’s letter explained, for two reasons: “First,” said the Colonel, “most of the Nebraska soldiers are wounded and ip the hospi tal, or killed; and second, we are very busy at the job of chas ing Germans.” "You would have been inter ested,” he continued, “to hear the comments of the soldiers when signing it. They were to a man mad and disgusted. They feel so helpless over a thing like this that their first impulse is to say: ‘To hell with it.’ “Many of these signatures are of men who never drink, but they feel the same. I hope you can put the petitions to effective use.” As he released the petition and Colonel Miltonberger’s letter to the press, Neville, who is chair man of the Committee of Men and Women Against Prohibition, de clared: "There is only one use to which I can honorably put this petition: I must present it publicly to all Nebraskans. They are entitled tp know just how Nebraska’s own service men feel about this vote behind their backs. “I find the petition from these boys a touching docu ment. I’m too old to join them In France—but I’m not too old to fight their battles in Nebras ka. Oar Committee won’t let these boys of ours down, and I don’t think other Nebraskans will, either." Gas Tax Amend' ment Means Jobs for ‘G T Joes The voters of the state of Nebr aska will have an opportunity on Nov 7th to vote for a great, state-wid< program of $51,000,000 in Jobs foi G I Joe- You can approve the only definite plan yet offered for the eif1 ployment of our returning servicemer by voting YES for the Gas Tax Con stitutional Amendmen-t This proposal is very simple. The 400,000 motor vehicle owners are of fering to pay $51,000,000 to the State of Nebraska to provide a three year j post-war employment program for I our returning G I Joes. This am ounts to $127 per vehicle- Then these motor vehicle owners are willing to join hands with the other million Ne braskans to provide the $2,300,000 needed annually for the assistance program of the state, which is now paid by gas tax- Certainly this is a fair proposition which every Nebras kan can endorse Both programs are essential to Ne braska, post-war employment and as sistance. Nebraska must provide both of them. The motorist, trucker and farmer offer to pay the entire $51,000,000 for post-war employment plus their full share together with other Nebraskans of the $2,300,000 needed for assistance- Certainly the legislature when it meets in January can devise a method for raising this amount for assistance which will be fair to everybody. The $2,300,000 divided among 1,400,000 Nebraskans will not cost anyone very much. But by everybody bearing his share of as sistance which is every citizen’s obli gation, two great state-building pro grams are achieved In addition to our returning serv ice men 140,000 Nebraskans have left [ the state since Pearl Harbor to work in war factories in other states. The only urge that will bring these form er Nebraskans back is JOBS- This is another important reason you should support this proposal that seeks to build a better-post-war Ne braska. This Gas Tax Constitutional A mendment does not increase gas tax es. It merely provides that the rev enue from motor vehicle fees and from the present 35 percent gasoline sales tax shall be) used on highways, streets and bridges- A similar a tnendment has been already adopted in fifteen other states, including" ev ery state that borders Nebraska, ex cept Wyoming. They are IOWA, KANSAS. MISSOURI, COLOR ADO, -SOUTH DAKOTA, NOtMTH lllllllllllliiiiilillllllllllllllllllllillllllli curities not only netted the fund a $400,000 profit but gave the state an opportunity to buy government bonds Nebraska Republicans, Governor Griswold said, "don’t have to make any apologies whatsoever,” for their ticket “We have nominees who are well qualified and who the people know are qualified. There’s been fine co operation all up and down the line, and I'm proud of my running mates,” he said. Describing his nomination of Thomas E. Dewey for President as one of the high honors that has come to me,” Governor Griswold said, “After all, the important thing is that our federal government needs some team work now and I think Gov. Dewey, with his open mind and his administrative ability is the man we need for President Omaha Coast Guardsman on Duty in North Atlantic I DAKOTA, MINNESOTA, CALI FORNIA OREGON, IDAHO, NE VADA, MICHIGAN, WEST VIR GINIA and NEW HAMPSHIRE. Maine just last month voted over whelmingly in favor of such an am endment. In the other fifteen states which have already adopted the amendment, the great city daily newspapers, as well as the city and rural weekly newspapers, supported the amend ment- Let two examples suffice- In California the following great news papers are just a few of those who urged the voters to vote “Yes” on the anti-diversion amendment: San Fran cisco Examiner, San Francisco Chron icle; San Francisco Call-Bulletin, San Francisco News, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Examiner, Oak land Tribune and Oakland Post-En quirer. In Missouri tile St- Louis Post Dispatch and the Kansas City Star spearheaded state-wide news paper support for the amendment. Newspapers which ordinarily opposed each other joined hands, because it was not considered a political issue but rather an opportunity to build the State Many war correspondents have re ported that G I Joe wants first to get home safely and second to have a job after the war is over- You can help G I Joe get that job by approv ing this $51,000,000 post-war employ ment program by voting YES on the Gas Tax Amendment. ETHEL WATERS TO STAR IN "BLACKBIRDS" New York, (PPNS) Ethel Waters dynamic star if stage, screen and radio, has been signed at a reported figure of $2,000 to star in a revision of the musical show hit, “Blackbirds” The new show is being cast by Lev Leslie. The unit is scheduled to op en in Detroit during the latter part of October. Shows will be limited to Coast Guardsman Douglas Murrell seaman, first class, of 2851 Binney Street, Omaha, Nebraska, is shown standing watch at the wheel while serving somewhere in the North At lantic. Coast Guardsmen are mann ing fighting ships and invasion ves sels throughout the world. U. S. Coast Guard Poto from OWI iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiii appearances in auditoriums and hall?, \ No theatre engagements have been made. Mail your Oversea Xmas Parcels before Midnite October 14th Discuss Gettin’ out the Vote Henry J. Kaiser, the great American ship-building genius, and Neil Scott of the Public Relations Firm, Neil Scott Associates, were caught by the photographer at the University Club discussing the best possible means of turning out the largest vote in American history instead of the smallest which experts have predicted. Mr. Kaiser suggested that Americans who don’t vote be fined. Scott suggested that they encourage the 3,000,000 Negroes in pivotal and border states to exercise their franchise rights. Mr. Kaiser is Chairman of the Non-Partisan Association of Franchise Education, Inc. Released bj O. 8. War Department. Borean of Public Relations First Nazi Bagged By New Negro Unit With Fifth Army > The first German prisoner chipped from the Gothic Line in Italy by a patrol of the 92nd Division is shown being questioned by 1st Lieut. Lawrence C. Spencer, of Elizabeth, N. J. The second all-Negro livision committed to action in this war, the 92nd is operating with the Fifth Army. (Signal Corps, ftadioTelephoto.) " 1 Let’s Face Facts... _ (by Ruth Taylor) ^ Let’s face facts. We know that a great many people have an entirely wrong impression of Negro es. They make the mistake of considering them as a group, of not treating them as individuals and of not judging them on their individual merits. I hat is a great fault of the majority toward all minorities. But the minority can do a great deal to correct this situation. How? First—what contributes to the false i ideas ot the majority? Mostly it is the people they hear who claim to speak for the minority—those I who make the loudest noice. Now you know as I do, that as a rule those 1 re not the real leaders, not the real representatives ot the people. The vocal are never the most effect ive Agitators always exaggerate for effect. It’s S part ot the technique. But the outsider doesn’t i know what to discount. Don’t blame people for judging you by the wrong person, if you don’t spec-! lty who your leaders are. One of the men I consider a real leader of the Negroes and for whom I have the greatest admir- j ation, is one of the quietest, most unassuming men I ve ever met. But whenever he speaks, lie says something and he does it with such unimpassioned ! logic that people listen. No, I’m not going to tell you who he is. Figure it out for yourself, All I’ll say is that he is an editor—and you all know him. Second—Another stumbling block is the sil-| ence on the part of Negroes themselves concerning those members of a group whose actions would be | not just a discredit to their group but to any group. Instead of defending their members, regardless of their conduct, minority groups should do all they can to keep the conduct of all their members on such a level that it combats, rather than contributes to, prejudices against them. A minority by its social approvals and recognition can do much to discipline its own members. I was speaking once at a Negro University on Public Relations. I brought up this poitn, just as I do in labor groups, andl when I finished the pres ident mentioned this and said he’d bring it home by pointing out some of the noisy actions of his own studetns. He then asked the student body if they would like to all be classed by the actions of a few. From the reaction he had, I rather fancy the over exuberant were promptly squelched by their fellow students. Third—Don’t make the same mistake the ma jority does and1 judge others by groups. If we can learn to treat others as individauls and act as indiv iduals ourselves—we will come a lot nearer solving our problems and making America the democracy ! we all—majority or minority—want it to be. Will You Give It? The National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, an organization known throughout this nation of ours, is the only associat ion that has acquired recognition, respect and confi dence of the people where-ever they are oppressed, deprived or disfranchised. As a champion of jus- | tcie and fairplay, it has no peer. These facts are in- ' disputable and accepted everywhere. In the majority of States there is a local - branch of the organization working in conjunction : with the parent body in New York City; with an ef- j ficient legal staff and qualified leadership; whose duties are to see that persecution, discriminatory practices and brutality where-ever they show their j ugly heads, be destroyed. It is both wise and sensible that every Negro whatever may be his stripe or profession, to become a member of the branch in whatever city he makes I his own. It is obligatory on him to trust, support and be loyal to the Association whose counsel and I efforts are designed for his welfare and advance- j ment. Too often he listens to other voices both within his race and outside, whose main purpose is j self-aggrandisemetn. It is time and high time to ! dismiss, ostracize and send to the limbo such trait ors and irresponsible persons. The NAACP seeks your welfare. It is lion- < est, true, and dependable and it invites your help 1 and support. WILL YOU GIVE IT? Join the NAACP! <i £ m is £ £ £ £ To The I i Unconcerned VOTER, - - - • Thousands would vote in the South if they could; —thousands could vote in the North if they would. • MR. READER! What are You going to do on or before October 27? • Well, you just cannot vote if you do not Register! People are funny that way.
