“HOW YOU CAN OWN YOUR OWN HOME” —Here’s A Plan • You May Have 25 Years to Pay for Your Home £ at Only 4V$>% Interest or You May Pay The Full Amount Out, Anytime You So Choose To DISCUSSION HELD BETWEEN MR. FOLGER HOLM, FHA DIRECTOR, AND PUBLISHER. MR. C. C. GALLOWAY, REVEALS STARTL ING FACTS NEVER TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF HERETOFORE. A few days ago the Omaha Guide received a tele phone call from the Federal Housing Administra tion’s State Director, asking for an appointment which was complied with. I am going to try to give the ‘just’ of our conversation about Omaha Housing conditions for this area: First, T want to state, that in the 43 years I have clived in Omaha, T have never known at anytime, where an opportunity presented itself to the Citiz 3 ens of this area, to become home owners like this • ne. Mr. Holger Holm, Slate uir_* •ctor made the following statement "ito me in his office. He said he has a J quot,a of 50 new houses for Omaha j especially for colored citizens. He j has'^had this reserved every since i ^ .November 15, 19411. This T could not understand and was forced to ask Jsr.me very pointed questions. I ask ed Mr. Holm what had been done to Set the colored people of Omaha know that he had this priority for j these 50 new' homes? He said that | he had talked it over with several . different people and some contract- | s c ora and he was surprised to know that out of 50 new homes only three had been started. I asked him what he thought the trouble was, he J said he did not know. He said he thought out of 20,000 Negros w-hich represented about 5000 homes that ■'* they ought to be 50 out of these 5000 families that would and could qualify for these homes. 1 asked Mr , Holm what was the qualifications to build a home and he handed me a letter to read. After reading the let ter 1 yet felt that there was more information needed to get the aver age person interested, so I asked him to wrfte me a letter setting out in detail certain information that I thought would be valuable to the ^ home seeker. The following is the letter I received from Mr. Holm. National Housing Agency Federal Housing Administration Office of StaW Director Omaha 2, Nebraska. Omaha Guide 242h Grant Street Att: Mr. C. C. Galloway My dear sir: The KHA office is now authoriz ed to issue priorities assistance which is and in effect, permission to build a home or create an apart ment »n the following cases: To a Veteran, honorably discharg ed from servic# after December 30 1940, upon receipt of his application and statement that no housing is (Available for his family. To families who are evicted, upon receipt of their application, copy of eviction notice, and statement from J the City Mayor that no housing is available in their price range. 'To families who have consolidated and are living under crowded con ditions, permission can be granted by us to add additional bedrooms. Applications for priorotier are ob ~s tained at FHA Office and priority certificates issued there. Very truly yours Holger Holm State Directot Colored People Never . Took Full Advantage of Housing Priority ,.»* Offered! — H * From Federal Housing Administ ^ration Omaha, Nebraska i March 1, 1945 *3 **A quotoa of 50 new houses for o Omaha especially for colored people was made avail«*ible some time agoi ■—— f Holger Holm, Director of Federal Housing administration, said. “This means that priorities assistance can | be granted for that many houses to be built in the Omaha Defense Area for occupancy by in-migrant, civil ian war workers, or by those war workers who can show eviction no tice and cannot find a suitable place to live.” Mr. Holm said. Still Available Only three or four applications for these priorities have been made, but a substantial amount for the quota is still available. It Is not necessary for these homes to be built by a contractor for sale or for rent. Pri orities can be granted to the indiv idual to build his own home if he is an in-migrant civilian war worker or if he has an eviction notice. It should be remembered that the Federal Housing Administration does not actually loan the money. Banks, trust companies, insurance companies, and other lending insti tutions take the applications for FHA approval and insurance or guarantee of the loan. Steps to take are: 1. Find a suitable lot. Let FHA look at the lot to determine in ad. vanee whether it is in a suitable lo cation to be approved for the FHA loan. 2. See your architect or contractor and get plans and specifications so as to know the siae and design and number of board feet of lumber re quired. 3. Go to the FHA. 1215 W. O. W. Building, and make application for the priority. 4. When the priority is granted, go to one of the many lending institut ions making FHA loans and make application for the loan. 5. If and when the loan is appro ved, construction can proceed. 6. Remember FHA are offering their assistance, counsel and ad vice on location and acceptance plans. 7. FHA makes inspections during the construction period, to assure you of good materials and a well built house. If you are interested in becoming the owner of a new home designed and built according to your own idea that you in all probability have dreamed of all your life. Here is your golden opportunity and it don't have to be a $6,000.00 $8,000.00 or a $10,000.00 home, you can build one in accordance with your ability to pay, for instance if you own a lot which will be worth $3,000.00 when completed. In other words the FHA will become a partner with you and secure the loan for the sum of $2,700.00 which is 90 per-cent of tue value of the house and lot would be when completed. In other words if your lot is worth $300 and so ad judged by the FHA, that will serve as your full down payment on your new home a $2,700.00 loan which is 90 per-cent of a $3,000.00 proposit ion. Your payments will be approx imately as follows: Principal, inter est, Mortage and insurance $16.12, * Approximate taxes $5.50, approxi mate Hazard Insurance 85 cents Total monthly payments $22.47 on a $3,000.00 home, cheaper than rent. Now of course if you want a $6,00000 home it would be just double that amount,$44.94 but the beautiful part of this story is you get a loan of 90 pe-rcent of what ever the expense of building the kind of home you want at an unheard of rate of interest the small sum of 4 and one half per-cent What do your qualifications have to be to get this loan? You must be a war Veteran or a worker in war industry or you must show that you have been evicted by the Officials of your City and that you are unable to find a place to live. You must have a good credit rating and your job must show that it pays a salary that will justify the indebtidness of the new home that you are about to as sume. Then if you are eligible for this new home you don't have to buy the lot if you don't own one, locate the lot and secure option there for a 30 day period, be in a position to pay for same, if all goes well with you after you have located your lot then get an architect and have him draft a pencil sketch of the kind of home you want to build, then find a con tractor of your choice who can qual ify to do the job, then go to the National Housing Agency, known as he Federal Housing Administration - in Door W. O. W. bldg, and ask •r Mr. Holm. State Director, tell im the Omaha Guide Publisher C. Galloway directed you there to ee him and we assure you that he ’li give you every consideration and that the Government will be come a partner with you to build a new home. The FHA does not fur nish the money to build this home but they do sign your note and the Architect will make three inspect ions during the process of building to see that you get the material and the structure in accordance to your specifications with your contractor. Come to The Omaha Guide Office, 2420 Grant Street Now if you have any trouble find ing someone to loan you the cash to build this home 'after the Govern ment has agreed to sign this note with you, and your contractor can not find any financial company to make the loan, then you come to the Omaha Guide Office, 2420 Grant St and we will see that you get the cash to build with and if you are unable to find an Architect and a contractor to give you the service wanted, you are priviliged to call at my office and X will be pleased to find the men that will be glad to serve you. we want to prove our claim to tne Government that there is a housing shortage in the area and that there is more than 50 families that can qualify for the Federal assistance in securing a new home. After you have read the above and if there is any doubt in your mind as to your understanding the mat ter to your satisfaction, we will be glad to have you call at 2420 Grant St., the Omaha Guide, and let C. C. Galloway give you the benifit of his 35 years of Real Kstate dealing. Remember if you own a lot you don't have to buy one and also re member if you are eligable for the loan and the value of the lot that you own is 10 per-cent of the am ount that you want to invest in a home, you don't need a penny in cash, the FHA will sign your not for the 90 per-cent loan to build your home and the banks, Building and Loan and Mortgage concerns are bulging with cash to loan to you Architects and contractors are cry ing for the opportunity to serve you Oh yes, one other bit of information that you need to know that I was a bout to forget. So many people com plain about the prices on hnildine material, now don't let that bother you your Uncle Sam has taken care of that in ‘41. All of the building material needed to construct this Special Announcementk LOTS, LOTS, LOTS ItAfo Illicit Ta InnAiinAA to the Desired Home Owners, that JitC Wlcll 10 MnilOUIICC We have been Successful in Secur ing a number of Valuable Lots with all City Improvements and which will be Acceptable to the FHA to Build You a Home thereon. • IF Our Lots are not in the location that you are desirous of liv ing in ' ! We wish to State that WE ARE IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSI NESS and we will help you select the lot and the location you want, and we also wish to state, we can supply you with the services of an Architect and a Contractor to Build Your Home. We are an Incorporated Real Estate firm and Our Job is “To Build Fine, Durable Homes.” Come to Our Office and let us help you sketch YOUR Future Home. REALTY IMPROVEMENT Co., Inc. 342 Electric Bldg rB^A JA 7718 or JA 1620 home is now and has been under a ceiling price every since the war began. Can you get the material? Yes, don't let that bother you, the FHA has secured you the priority on all the material it will take to con struct this home at the ceiling price of the pre-war days. ^ What a golden opportunity there is here for you to get rid of the rent receipts and become an owner of a home at the regular rental rates. Oh if at any time you wish to pay your home off in full from 1 to 25 years you will be at liberty to do so. A gain we say this is a golden oppor tunity for you if you want to bring an end to that landlord shoving you around and turn the rental reeept into a home owners deed. Now is the time to act. Yes sir, act today. Don't put off for tomorrow what you can think out and do today. He Practices Racial Tolerance... Samuel Klein, Pioneer in Goodwill, shown with his Secretary, Miss Ruth Seals. FINDS HIRING OF NEGRO SECRETARY A SUCCESS By Jessie Ash Arndt g Three years ago it was an ex periment. Today it is not even a novelty to the salsemen, byers> and other business patrons of the firm of Mary Muffet, Inc., to find among the office workers there an able young Negro woman who is secre tary to Samuel C. Klein, the com pany's secretary and also chairman of the Board of the Associaated Garment Industries of St. Louis. The emloyment of Ruth Seals three years ago was the culmination of Mr. Klein's desire to pioneer in promoting better race relations in the city and his activities as a mem ber of the Urban League, national organization of whites and Negroes devoted to this purpose. He recog nized the fact that it would repuire intelligent understanding and co oeration not only among the work ers in his office but also on the part of the Negro woman whom he en gaged for the place. He was suc cessful! in enlisting these from both and Miss Seals is now an accepted member of the secretarial staff-one whose ability and application to her work have etablished her in her po. I sition. Consults Associates Mr. Klein's first step in his plan to include a Negro woman on the office staff was to consult his as sociates. They recognized the value of the experiment. His next step was to consult the Urban League and ask this organization to recom mend a Negro woman qualified for the place not only by education but also by individual characteristics which would enable her to meet the difficulties that would inevitably arise. Two applicants were inter viewed and rejected. Miss Seals was the third. She was given the posit ion and assigned to a desk directly in front of Mr. Klein's office door. This enabled him to observe the attitude of other workers toward her and hers toward them. Miss Seals,understanding- the in stinctive prejudice some of her co workers might feel, conducted her self with the utmost dignity and consideration. 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Follow L/l label directions. gg / VEGETABLE COMPOUND Good will At Work j Children of worikng mothers eat their lunch in the nursery School of Council House, a community cen ter in the East Bronx, New York, which was present ed as a gift to the Negro people by the New York Section of the National Council of Jewish Women at a public dinner at the Hotel Commodore, New York, on Tuesday, March 27th. -i_ Jewish Women’s Organization Turn Over Land, Building, Equipment Valued at Million Dollars To Underprivileged Negro Children in N. Y. There is a house up in the east Bronx, New York, which thousands of Negro boys and girls think of as a kind of “second home”. It is Council House, a community center operated by the New York section of the Council of Jewish Women, where youngsters go every day to were not trere. She had no thought] of joining them when they had early lunch together on Saturdays in one of the office rooms. It was not long, however, before Mr. Klein observed that the girls in vited Miss Seals to join them on these occasions, accepting her with out regard to race or color. Sales men who came in learned that work given her to do was done promptly and well. Buyers recognized her courtesy and intelligence. Miss Seals keenly aware that she had not only to rove her ability but also to stand as a credit to her race, took the place to which her capabilities en titled her and responded to friend liness with friendliness, but never with even a hint of aggresivness. Another Racial Problem With this pioneer step so well es tablished that 15 or 20 other firms in St. Louis have followed it. Mr. Klein found himself faced with op portunity to take another some months ago. Two Japanese girls ap plied for work in the Mary Muffet factory. He saw them talking to the girl at the information desk and asked her to send them to his office As he thought, they were American born but had been unsuccessful whereever they haad applied for work. “I don't know about employing you,” he told them." Almost every one over in the factory has a son or brother or sweetheart in the war— many in the South Pacific. I'll have to ask them.” He did just that. He didn't use the loud-speaker that reaches the fact ory either. He called the workers to gether, stood on a chair and ex. plained the situation of these two American-born Japanese. "It's up to you whether or not we take them on”, he told the workers "but I think we should invite these girls to work here.” There was a storm of applause and the girls went to work the next morning. Later two more were giv en employment and their co-work ers learned that like other Ameri cans, these with Japanese names themselves had brothers or sweat hearts fighting in the United States Army overseas. And here at home. ’the girls were having opportunity to witness the American way in pract ical operation. Mr. Klein's approach to the prob lem of race relations no doubt has gained much strength from the fact that it is so thoroughly consistent with his progressive policy in the industrial field. Music was marking the rhythm for the whir of sewing machines and the snip of scissors on a recent sunny morning when I visited there. The scene was suggestive of a stage setting, with attractive workers busy at pretty green sewiftg mach ines and tables, and piles of fabrics and rows of dresses in rainbow shades adding gay color. A recreat ion program is provided under a full time recreation director. The streamlining of production has gone hand-in-hand with other improve ments which are inovations in the industry. After-hour classes are held for workers, in cooking canning and handicraft; dances horseback rides , bowling contests theatre and con cert parties are arranged. In the warkrooms there are long tables where a hot beverage is served at noon and where the workers may eat their lunches brought from home. Music is played during the lunch hour, brief mid-morning and mid-afternoon periods and at quitt ing time. It is the purpose of the managment to make the factory a comfortable, pleasant and profit able place for the employees to spend their time. As a result, the company naturally is rewarded with exact and efficient work from them Mr. Klein pointed out. Mr. Klein also led the way in an industrial experiment when he em ployed students from Washington University School of Design in St. Louis to do actual designing for his firm. The Mary Muffet and Kerry Cricket lines made there and now nationally known, are the result, and the St. Louis Junior market has gained steady impetus from the work of yong designers who are now to be found in the workrooms facturers in the city, of most of the other garment manu WOW Newscaster will Cover Frisco Conference Hay ('lark, chief newnca«ter, who leaves April 15 to cover the United Nations* Conference in San Fran cisco and to secure interviews with mid-west boy* in the Pacific Thea ter of war, for hi* Noon Hay For um program, 12:45 week days on WOW, TO SEN l> NEWSCASTER, RAY CLARK TO PACIFIC AS W AR CORK F.SPON IIENT Omaha, Nebraska, April 2, Station WOW announced today on its 22nd Anniversary tha it expects to send Newscaster Ray lark to the Pacific Theater as a war correspondent. Clark, will make a series of in terview programs for his “Noon day' Forum”. Tieard jon AVOW at 12:45 pm., weekdays. WOW' has asked accreditation for Clark to the command of Admiral Nimitz in the Central Pacific. He expects to leave Omaha April 15. Enroute west he will interview mid yvestern boys in the army and navy hospitals, among them Fitzsimons General at Denver, and the Navy rehabilitation center at Sun Valley. Clark has been accredited as a correspondent to the United Nations Conference at San Francisco start ing April 25 and will proceed over seas from there. He will use NBC shortwave transmitters ,/nd army facilities in relaying his programs and dispatches back to WOW. President John J. Gillin, Jr., of WOW said Clark’s trip was “a sort of a birthday present to our listen ers”. The station was established on April 2, 1923. □□□[=^-iBaaat=iuniDnr——innn have fun together under the guid ance of teachers and social work ers. The story of the Council House had its beginning in 1929, when the Council of Jewish Women recogniz ed that the community center was needed to serve the underprivileged Jewish people of the east Bronx. A large modern building was erected to provide extensive social, recreat ional and educational facilities, and a constructive program was develop ed to keep children off the streets. From the start, it was the policy of the House to welcome people of all races, colors and creeds. Within the past few years, the population surrounding Council House has changed; the neighbor hood is now composed almost entire ly of Negro residents. Here was an opportunity for a practical demon stration of good will. Instead of transferring its activities to an other area, the National Council of Jewish Women continued to operate the House feeling that the need for a center of this kind must be met. Aftpr consultation with Negro and white leaders it was decided to » broaden the sponsorship and change the name to Forrest House. An in terracial committee was formed, with Negro and white, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish members. To this Board of Managers, the Coun cil of Jewish Women is turning over the land, building and equipment valued at a quarter million dollars. The Council will also contribute to ward the financial support of the in stitution for the next two years. This move has been hailed by Negro and white leaders as a mag nificent example of mutual under standing at a time when the enemie" of democracy are attempting to sow prejudice and disunity among the racial and religious groups. The eager response of the com munity is evident to anyone who visits the House. The building hums with activity from early morning through the evening: but the big rush begins when school lets out. When the after-school crowd arrives, they have a snack, perhaps a glass of milk and some cookies, and then they're off to their activities. Tn the music room, for instance one finds a group of eight to ten year old girls singing folk tunes. Their teacher, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music is lead ing them in a gay little song call ed “Way Down Yonder in the Paw Paw Patch”, and the girls are.sing ing with great gusto as they romp through the steps of a folk dance. The gymnasium is a bedlam of shouting boys, playing a fast game of basketball. Council House turns out teams of championship calibre. Grouped around a table in a meet ing hall, little girls with serious faces ara reciting the Girl Scout pledge in unison. In the large studio, barefoot children are pract icing the graceful rythms of a mod ern dance. Eight rooms on the top floor, fur nished with pint-sized tables, chairs and cots, are devoted to the care of children between the ages of 2 to S The nursery school is open from 7 A. M. to 6:30 P M, and fifty children | of working mothers spend their days under expert care, doing fin ger painting, playing games and learning to get along with one an other. For studious youngsters who pre fer to read, there is a well stocked library where they can browse to their hearts' content. The social hall is open night, where boys and girls come to play checkers, ping pong and other games. On Wednes day evenings, there is a canteen for adolescent youngsters. A Negro History Club, and glee club, sum mer play groups, story hours hand crafts and sculpture classe are a mong the other activities at the House. An extensive program for adults is also being developed. The popularity of the House may be judged by the fact that in the past year attendance has doubled. Last year the House served the children of 2,000 families, and the list of regestered members is still increasing by leaps and bounds. Miss Lillian Strauss, who has been Director since 1930, says, “We want the people of the neighbor hood to feel that Council House is here to serve them, that it is a place where they are received with affection and understanding, and where they can have fun and whole some recreation.” Dr. Channing Tobias, secretary of the National Council of the YM CA, will accept Forest House for the Negro people from Mrs. Norman Goetz, president of the New York Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, at a public dinner on Tuesday, March 27, at the Hotel Commodore, New York. Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt will be the guest speaker. The organizing committee ror tne dinner consists of Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman, Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, Mrs. Paul Robeson, Hon. Newbold Morris, Dr. Channing Tobias, Mr. Orson Wells, and Hon. James J. Lyons. The members of the new Board of Managers are: Mrs. William T. Andrews, Librar ian; Mrs. Adolph Baar, Chairman, Council House Board of Managers; National Council of Jewish Women Mrs. Allan Chalmers, Member of the Board and Executive Committee; of the City Wide Harlem Citizens Committee; Mr. Strickland E. Coch rane, Attorney; Mrs. Audrey Delan ey, Director, Foster Home Depart ment of Riverdale Children's Ass | ociation; Mrs. Henry G. Eckstein, Secretay to Board of Managers. Council House; Mrs. Sydney B. Erlanger, Vice-President, New York Section, National Council of Jewish Women; Mrs. Frank Goeller, Civil ian Defense Executive; Mrs. Nor man S. Goetz, President, New York Section, National Council of Jewish Women: Mr. Harry Goodwin, Pub lisher, “Bronx Home News”; Rev. Elder Hawkins, Pastor of St. Aug ustine's Presbyterian Church:. Mrs Arthur Mayer, Chairman of Price Control for the Harlem District, O. P. A. Mr. Benjamin F. MoLauren. Field Director, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Hon. Newbold Morris President of the City Coun cil of New York; Mrs. Albert Par ker Member of the Executive Cojn mittee and Board of Directors, New York Section, National Council of Jewish Women; Mrs. Reuben Pos ner, active in community organizat ions of the New York Section of the National Council of Jewish Women; Mr. Eugene Schulz, Secretary, Bo rough of the Bronx; Dr. Channing M. Tobias, Senior Secretary, Natio nal Council of YMCA; Mr. Francis Turner, Supervisor, Junior High School Students' Activities, Board of Education; Mrs. Julius Wolff, Corresponding Secretary of New York Section, National Council of Jewish Women. Carl A. Johnson Has Had Many Years’ Experience in City Departments Seeks Election Carl A. Johnson 2865 Sprague St. has filed for City Commissioner in the coming election. Mr. Johnson has had many years experience in City departments and feels that his experience will be of great benefit to him if the people of Omaha will elect him to office in the coming City election, Mr. Johnson is a Veteran of world war one, and a member of Omaha post number one American Legion, and also a member of Xjouis Black Post number 3421, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Johnson has been a resident of Omaha for 20 years and has spent most of his time in City de partments, and feels he is capable of ahndling any department assign ed to him by the City Council and will be able to devote all of his time to Cjty Business. “Let Me Get You Some % DU:. MILES ANTI-PAIN PILLS WITH YOUR responsibilities, can you afford to let a Head ache, Muscular Pains, Functional Monthly Pains or Simple Neural gia slow you down? 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