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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Governor Griswold Opens Campaign
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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
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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
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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
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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.) "
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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!
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To The
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Unconcerned
VOTER, - - -
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Thousands would vote in the South if they
could; —thousands could vote in the North if
they would.
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MR. READER! What are You going to
do on or before October 27?
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Well, you just cannot vote if you do not
Register! People are funny that way.
