1 The Omaha Guide < m ★ A WEEKLY newspaper \ Published Every Saturday at 2,'i20 Grant Street OMAHA, NEBRASKA—PHONE HA- 0800 Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927 at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. C• C- Galloway,.... Publisher and Acting Editor All News Copy of Churches and all organiz ations must be in our office not later than 1:00 p. m. Monday for current issue. All Advertising Copy on Paid Articles, not later than Wednesday noon, preceeding date of issue, to insure public ation* SUBSCRIPTION RATE IN OMAHA \ ONE YEAR.$3.00 , [ SIX MONTHS. $1.75 \ | THREE MONTHS. $1-25 ^ SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUT OF TOWN l j ONE YEAR . $3.50 ; SIX MONTHS . $2-00 \ [ National Advertising Representatives— ^ ! INTERSTATE UNITED NEWSPAPERS, Inc \ t 545 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Phone :— i MUrray Hill 2-5452, Ray Peck, Manager \ _ . i The Day is Comin BY ERIC HASS (for Cabin’s News Service) There is scracely a union in the country, CIO. or AFL. that isn't getting ready to batten down the hatches and reef its sails to weather the post war storm. Among other things, they are writing off their war-swelled membership- BUSIN ESS WEEK, a magazine that circul ates among employers, reported in its December 23 issue that postwar wage palavers are already going on be tween labor leaders and employers, and that the former are bidding for the favor of the latter with agree ments to accept wage cuts up to lt> percent. In exchange, they ask for steady employment for a solid core of dues-payers. Tossing the newly organized, am ong whom Negro workers are num erous, overboard won’t be too diffb ° cult- In most CIO. unions, even those that loudly disclaim racial bias seniority rules will do the trick automatically bumping the newcom ers, white as well as black. Simil arly in some AFL- unions. In oth ers, Negroes can't be tossed over board for the simple reason that they haven’t been admitted to membership These are the unions that Jim-Crow Negro workers into “auxiliaries" or make them work on 30-day work per mits. When the lay-offs come, it is expected that “auxiliary” members will get the axe first, after which the “auxiliary” itself will simply be de clared disbanded leaving the union with a restricted, lily-white member ship and with a complete monopoly over all the jobs. On January 2, the California State Supreme Court unanimously upheld Negro employees of the Marineship ’ Corporation’s wards at Sausalito. who balked at being Jim Crowed In to the AFL. Boilermaker’s Union’s “auxiliary.” Either Negroes must be admitted to full membership, the court declared, or the union must give up the closed shop, The union's “asserted right to choose its members does not merely relate to social re lations; it affects the fundamentat right to work for a living But the lily-white labor fakers aren’t licked yet, even in California. Their strategy is to keep the case snarled up in litigation until the cut backs come and the dissolution of the Jim Crow “auxiliary” is an accom plished fact. There is an authentic instinct a mong American workers. Negro and white, for solidarity- Every thought ful worker knows that employers are poised to play the old divide and rule agme to the limit. Neverthe less- the fact remains that workers IP^^IRIP^P 1 ■ IJJIijjL |B i ^p^^^^^pp IBuy a Beautiful Home In BEDFORD PARK on Wirt St., between 30th & 27th —(SMALL DOWN PAYMENT)— REALTY IMPROVEMENT CO. Electric Bldg • Phone JA-7718 See Hiram D. Dee Eve.’ JA-1620 are allowing themselves to be divid ed- And the reason is that they lack a unifying principle- The majority are still thinking in terms of the present social system and of narrow “job security”—as though that were possible under the wages system— for themselves. Revolutionary forces have sent a tremor through the whole world, but they have not yet felt it. They hare not yet grasped the palpitating fact that to fulfill their instinct for class unity, they must organize for class aims- And what are the aims of the working class? They are nothing short of making the socially operated factories, mills mines, railroads and all the other in struments of wealth-production, the collective property of society- They are to bring to full flower our hopes for real equality and industrial de mocracy. They are to build a work ers’ republic wherein the lofty prin ciple of cooperation will replace the evil and degrading principle of com petition- Were Negro workers ti. grasp, first, this historic mission ot our generation, and turn their appre hension and bitterness into intelli gent action for its yearly accomp lishment, they would earn the undy ing gratitude of all mankind. NAVAJO INDIANS ON WARPATH. Tes Nos Pas, Arizona (CNS) — Nacajo Indians are on the warpath, along the Mexican border. The up rising began last week when, without warning, a band of the Indians raid ed the village of Tes Nos Pas and kidnapped mine supervisor Rudy Sweifel, his wife and Ray Palmer, ranger rider- Posses pursued the band but the rebels fled into the mountains. Warrants for several King Yuen Cafe • CHOP SIJEY— 2010!/a N. 24th St. J Ackson 8578 .Open from 2 p. m. Until 3 a. m American & Chinese Dishes Put Your Name on the New NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY PRIORITY LIST •... ■ ...an<$ make sure to get your electric range and water heater soon as possible The Nebraska Power Company Priority Plan gives everyone a fair, “first come—first served” chance to get a new electric range and water heater as soon as possible. Your name, on the Priority List, will assure you of the quickest delivery possible. Don’t put it off—get the facts now! Here’s how the new Priority Plan works: IWhen you order an electric range or water heater, or both, from a Nebraska ♦ Power Company representative, your name will be placed on the priority list for those appliances. You will receive a membership card in the RANGE AND WATER HEATER PRIORITY CLUB, showing your exact priority number for the appliances you want. 2 You designate your own brand preference. When the new electric ranges and • water heaters come in, the distributors will issue them to the dealers and you may name the dealer you prefer to deliver your appliances. Both the distributor and the dealer will recognize the priority of the customers who have been listed in the Electric Range and Water Heater Priority Club. 3 When you sign up, you arrange to make a down payment and regular monthly ♦ payments on the appliances for which you sign. Nebraska Power credits your account as you make your payments but immediately re-invests your dollars in War Bonds to help speed Victory, and the day when your range and water heater can be delivered. 4 Your dollars will earn 4% interest for you. The Nebraska Power Company will ♦ pay this interest at the time your electric range or water heater is delivered on all the money you invest. If you want your money returned to you at any time before delivery of the merchandise, your money — without interest — will be returned to you immediately. After the War . . . EVERYBODY’S GOING ALL-ELECTRIC NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY *© UR NEGRO FLIERS HAVE NOT ONLY BAGGED A RECORD NUMBER OF NAZI PLANES, BUT SIX MEMBERS OF THESE TWO OUTFITS HAVE WON DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES.' NEW* rTEM 'YOlfVE DONE WELL MY SON—~r Garment Workers Send Negro Woman Representative To England Maida Stewart Springer, a dress maker and members of ILGWU Lo cal 22. New York City, is expected to leave last week for England as « representative of the American Fed eration of Labor to address a series nnnr===innnni=innnni=innn men have been sworn out. 1945 LICENSE PLATES MUST BE ON CARS BY FEBR. 1st... Owen J. Boyles, Assistant Direc tor of the State Motor Vehicle Div ision, today advised the public that 1945 license plates are now available an are on sale at the various county treasurer’s offices. As provided by law, the 1945 license plates must be displayed on or before February 1, 1945, and Mr- Boyles suggests that individuals contact their county treas urercrs and obtain their plates Only one plate will be issued in compliance with the WPB request to conserve metal, and this plate is to be placed on the rear of the vehicle. Mr. Boyles further advised that in instances where an individual is issu ed the same license number in 1945 as he was issued in 1944, he may it he so desires, allow the 1944 numbev to remain on the front of his vehicle. In case the same number is not is sued, the front number is to be taker, from the vehicle and destroyed. Mr. Boyles also advised that due to the conservation program, there will be a number of counties where the county treasurer has not been is sued the same number of license plates as in previous years, and In these instances an individual may not be able to secure, for the registration year 1945. the same license number assigned to his vehicle in previous years WAR FILM “SUCKER BAIT“ TO BE SHOWN AT SALON IN BRAN DEIS STORE. Latest and best of the War Depar: ment films, “Sucker Bait” will be shown in Omaha for the first time Saturday afternoon, January 27 at the Downtown WAC Salon in the Brandeis store- A feature of the. premiere will be the personal appear ance of Col. Russell Cieason. one of the stars of the picture. Gleason the son of James Gleason, and a Hol lywood personality in his own rigni-, will make three appearances during the afternoon, discuss the manner in which the film was made and tell something of life in the film capital. In thrilling story form, the picture depicts the danger of discussing mil itary affairs in public. The entire plot is laid around a classroom for Nazi spies, and shows step by step how the German espionage agents gather and follow up the smallest clue, building it carefully until ;i« this instance, the loose talk results in the sinking of a United States con voy by Nazi U-Boats The film runs for 40 minutes and will be shown three times during the afternoon, at two, three and four o' clock. Immediately following the close of the film. Cpl. Gleason will appear and give a five-minute talk “With. thousands of Omaha resid ents in war industry, and the coir.... umty surrounded by military in-.tall a tier-, we feel it is particularly ap propriate that “Sucker Bait" dc -r n Imre for the first time in tne midwest,” said Lt- Austin W. \iar s-’r.lt" WAC Public Realtions Offic er, in announcing the date for the f-int.- opening. "We strongly urge the public to view this film, not oniy far its entertainment value- but be cause it brings home the terrible I price being paid for loose talk." of meetings with British women war workers in munitions centers and to make a comparative studf of war work conditions in that country. Mrs. Springer, the first Negro woman to be singled out for such honors by the AFL, will be accompan ied by another woman delegate, JuT ia O'Connor Parker, who is general organizer of the Federation in the Boston district Maida Springer, who was born -n | the Canal Zone 34 years ago, is mar ried and is the mother of one child She is a graduate of the Bordentowi. New Jersey. Training School and be came a dressmaker twelve years ago. ' In recent years she has engaged in labor educational work and is now educational officer of the Plastics Workers Union- Local 132, ILGWJU Since the war, Mrs- Springer has been very active in defense activity soponsoring blood donor and bond sales drives, in addition to volunteer OPA work and service as a first-aid instructor and editing a paper for members of her union now serving In the armed forces. She is a member of the Board ot Directors of the Neighborhood Day NuflB^- and of the Board of the New York Urban League, a Negri. Welfare organization. In 1940, Mrs. Springer ran for the Assembly as candidate of the Amer ican Labor Party in one of the Har '»M£s | * By Frances Ainsworth _EH “Oh, pul) me down my window shades" — to paraphrase an old ballad — might well be the theme song in thousands of American homes this winter For that’s what many, many homemakers will be doing to save on winter’s fuel. Dur ing the past holiday season I had occasion to visit several homes and the conversation invariably got around to the topic of fuel conser vation. There were several “heat ed” discussions on the real value of cloth window shades as insulators. I found that cloth window shades can be a fuel saver of no small magnitude. It all stems from the fact that approximately thirty per cent of all heat lost from the aver age dwelling escapes through the window panes. And investigations conducted by a reliable, impartial testing laboratory proved that by proper drawing of your shades, more than one-third of this pre cious heat can be saved. I Actually as much as ten percent can be shaved off the average fam ily’s fuel bill by simply remember ing to pull the window shades whenever light from the windows is not needed. This means drawing the shades right down to the sills in all unused rooms, throughout the [ house at night and when the fam- ' ily is away from home, and drawl ing the shades half way in rooms j that are in daily use And when selecting window j shades be sure they measure up to these standards: they should be made of closely-woven fabric that will hang straight and resist crack ing, warping, and tearing. It is also essential that the shade fit the win dow properly and that it tun up and down smoothly on the roller. The roller, in turn, should be 15/16 inch to 1!4 inches in diameter to insure efficient operation. If your shades have these qualities they will not only add to the attractive ness of the room, but will do a good job of insulating your windows. lem districts FOLKES DIES IX GAS CHAMBER; FAMOUS “LOWER 13” CASE CLOSED Salem, Oregon. (PPNS) Aboard a speeding Southern Pacific tram, January 23. 1943, a woman met death in the lower berth of a sleeper under the slashing knife of an sunseen kih ler: this week a man died in Oregon* gas chamber, and the case referred *to as the “Lower 13” murder, was officially closed- The woman was Mrs. Martha V. James- wife of a navy Lt. who later met his death in a plane crash. The man executed was Robert E. Lee Folks, dining car cook, convicted on circumstantial ev idence by a white jury that held the proverbial two strikes on him when he came to trial To the end, Folks maintained his innocence, not hysterically, but calm ly and resigned to the fate that doom ed him to an early end. Folks walk -ed unaided, into the chamber at 9:04 a m., gas pellets were dropped at 9:07 and doctors pronounced him dead at 9:13. A throng of spectatoi* witnessed Folk's last hour. 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