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ROOSEVELT POST NO. 30, SELECTS RAY L. WILLIAMS JUDGE ADVOCATE
SENATOR TRUMAN INVOKES i
HIS SENATORIAL RECORD TO
INDICATE HIS SUPPORT OF THE BILL
At his first press conference Pres
Idem Harry 8 Truman reassured
supporters of the anti-poll tax bill
that his Senatorial record would not
be disowned
The President was ashed to ex
press his views on abolition of the
poll tax anil other Issues
The President replied, as he did
to many similar questions intended
to establish new Administration pol
.icy, that the reporter should read
the Senate reeord of Harry 8 Tru_
man
That record shows that President
Truman, as U S Senator from
Missouri voted for closure (to in
voke the rule of limitation of de
bate) in 1942 and In 1941 when the
anti-poll tax bill had been called
up for consideration A vote for
cloture was counted as a vote for
the hill by supporters and oppon
ents ' President Truman was a
member of the informal Senate
steering committee for HR 7,
headed by Senator Mead, in the 78th
Congress
The President’s Senate record on
the anti.poll tax bill accents the
contention that pull tax repeal is a
national franchise issue Payment
of a pll tax as a condition of voting
disfranchises 10 00O.O00 citizens in 7
Southern States, of whom 7,00.1,000
are white, and proportionately dis
franchises free voters in the other
41 states
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PttKMIDKST TRIMAN** FlltST
\l>l>lc»:*H— - Washington, I> ('
(Sound photo CPI)—In bin first ra
dio address from the White House
since taking the oath of offire.
President Harry S Truman spoke
to the armed fences, both at home
and abroad, assuring them that he
had stepped forward to fill the
place of Mr ) Roosevelt in much the
same manner as a fallen officer’s
place is filled on the battle field
Photo shows President Truman as
he spoke over the radio
‘KC Call’ Editor
O k e h s Truman
C. t. FRANKI.IN say*
N Ft. It OF.* MAYK NOTHIN*;
TO FRAU FROM Till MAN
In the passing of Franklin D
Roosevelt, the world has lost its
first citiaen
To the question. “What about
Trutnan from the Negro point of
view?" my opinion based upon in
timate knowledge of the man and
his public record, is that Negroes
need have no fear of him in the
presidency." says C. A. Franklin,
owner and publisher of the Kansas
City Call Missouri is not a state
with an advanced social program
Public officials in Missouri have no*
been called upon to take sides on
the Negro question. But when is
sues like lynching came up, Harry
S Truman voluntarily took a posi
, > ii.i n The (.’all commended the
veteran publisher further said
Franklin also added, "My further
reason for thinking we may have
all confidence in President Truman
is that in his meteoric rise he has
worked hard and qualified lor every
ativaocement He will d*> just that
I » lie presidency ’’
Two Detectives Slightly Injured
in Shooting - Arresting Fracas
Etrlj Monday at Doctor's hospit-£
a. I Detective Sgt C S Mathews,
was treated for a fractured nose,
finger and head bruises: Detective
Sgt C C Dudley was treated for
bruise* of his head and Ralph Hill
IS. of 29tfi North 24th St., was treat
ed for a bullet wound in his abdn
men
It all started when Mathews and
Dudley, hearing th noting in the
ll&M tavern. 1420 North 24th St.
rushed in anil arrested Hill anil his
two bruthers, Ronald and Richard
After putting the three disturb
ers in the police car, they started
out for Central police jail, but as
they neared 15th and Davenport St.
one of the men slugged Mathews,
grabbed his blackjack and oeat him
with it Sgt Dudley who was
driving was assa'led by the nthr
two, Dudley going to the assist
ance of Mathews, fired a shot which
hit Ralp in the abdomen. Dudley
and Mathew* succeeded In bringing
the arrestees to jail and from there
all went to the hospital for treat
ment
"LEAVE YOl'R CLOTHING
BUNDLES ON YOUR FRONT
TORCH SUNDAY”
Plan House to House Canvass
in National Clothing Drive
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Walter Cozard, chairman of the
United National Clothing Collection
Drive, announced early this week
that his committee was arranging a
house_to-h«use pick up for Sunday,
April 19. Mr. Cozard said that on
Saturday the Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts of Omaha will make a house
to house drive to remind house,
wives to get the clothing, which
they are going to donate to the
war-torn countries, selected and
bundled. ready for the collection
Sunday morning. Donald C. Hosford
of the Junior Chamber of Commerce
is in charge of the Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts solicitation Saturday.
< ozard said the following items
were badly needed:
Infants' Garments, Women's and
Girls Garments, Bedding, Blankets
and Sheets. Usable Piece Goods,
Wool, Cotton, Rayon at least one
yard in length. Men's and Boy's
Garments Caps and Knited Head
wear, Shoes Sensible Not High
Heels, Thread and Yarn.
The man power for the Sunday
clothing pickup will be furnished
by the General Drivers and Helpers
Union I-ocal Number 554. and the
trucks will be donated by Omaha
concerns. f £
WALTER WHITE REPORTS
ON PACIFIC* TRIP TO I N HER
S EC It FT A K % P A TTEIt S O N
I* VTTKHNON G«t Report
Washington,—In a two hour con
ference April IS in the Pentagon.
Walter White, NAACP secretary, re
.ported on his fcur.month trip to
t'ne Pacific war theatres to Under
Secretarj of Wav Robert P Pattei
■on.
in addition to a confidential
memorandum sent directly to Wash
ington from the Pacific, Mr White
will file a formal written report
w'ith the War Department
With Judge Patterson he discus
sed the ii.Sd Division and the use of
Negro combat troops generally in
the Pacific where the overwhelm
ing majority of colored men are in
service units
The army promotion policy, which
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OF 8TH DISTRICT; TO £
DIRECT BUSINESS OF
THE POST
At a special meeting of the Exe
cutive Committee of Roosevelt l'ost
No 30, The American Legion Home,
April 20th, 1945, the Committee un.
animously appointed Ray L. Wil_
liams, Judge Advocate of the 8th
District of the Legion to conduct
the business of the Post.
mlmediately upon taking over the
affairs of the Post, the following
members were appointed to com
plete the organization of the Post:
Charles Coleman, Commander: Olin
R Prestidge, 1st Vice Commander;
Fred Harris, 2nd Vice Commander;
Roosevelt Covington, Sgt at arms;
Edward R Turner, Adjutant: A
K. Hines, Asst Adjutant; Rev S
K Nicholas, Service Officer; Porter
Johnson, Chaplian The following
persons were named Members of the
Executive Committee; Wendall
Collins, Milton Stromler, Willis Por
ter Terry Cole and John Gardner
The following Members were ap
pointed chairman of Committees;
Olin C. Prestidge, Membership;
Albert Wright, Milton Stromier and
A K Hones, Finance Committee
Publicity Committee: Olin C. Pres,
tidge and Donald Coleman; Service
Committee: Rev. S K Nicholas
and Porter Johnson. Americanism
Committee: Aaron Glass, chairman;
Child Welfare Committee: Dr. W.
W Peebles, Past Commander, chair
man Welfare-Disaster Relief:
Phillip Barge, chairman. Defense
Committee: Rufus Long. Commun
ity Co-ordinating &Legion’s Public
Clinic: Dr. Westley Jones. A. C
Wilson was appointed General Audi,
tor of Post Funds
The Post set.up a House Com
mittee to operate the Legion Club
Rooms with Atty. Ray L. \Villiams_
chairman. Members to serve as
chairmen of the various sub-com
mittees of the House Committee to
be announced at the next regular
meeting of the Post Clifton C
Foster was appointed chairman in
Charge of Bar Committee Atty. W
B Bryant was apponted legal ad.
vior to House Committee
The Officers and Members were
unanimous in their praise and ap.
proval of the plans for the future
conduct of the Post’s affairs and
pledged their support to its pro
gram . It was agreed, that the Post
has a tremendous responsibility and
should prepare for the Home Com
ing of the Veterans of WWLL.
They agreed to work and plan,
that these Veterans shall not face
the same problems and difficulities
met by them when they returned
home after the first World War
iCfiarles Coleman,, Commander
Edward R Turner, Adjutant
Ray L Williams.J ndge Ad.
vocate 8th Dst
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has given rise to many complaints
from colored soldiers_ was another
topic of the coooference as was
the use of the courts-martial in Ne_
gro units White gave Judge Pat
terson his views on the quality of
white officers assigned to colored
troops, and touched upon the man
ner in which news of the achieve
ments of these troops is handled
Although Judge Patterson made
the appointment to hear the Pacific
report, the NAACP secretary pers_
onally presented a strong protest
on the mass arrest of 101 Negro of
f cers at Freeman field Seymour,
Ind , because of their refusal to
sign a statement that they would
not enter a ‘‘white” officers' club
TEACHERS SALARY CASE
TO TRIAL APRIL 50
Birmingham. A'a—The suit of Wil
liam J Bolden against the School
Board of this city seeking equaliz
ation of the salaries of Negro and
j white teachers has been scheduled
; for trial April 26 The case was
tiled March 1927. 1942. Attorneys
; for Bolden are Arthur D Shores of
this cty and Thurgood Marshall.
NAACP Special Counsel of New’
York This is one of a series of
cases being handled by the NAACP
in a number of states
I. — .—
Blackmore Resigns
NAACP Presidency
Goodwill Spring Musical Program
at Tech High Aud. Sunday Afternoon
The Omaha Goodwill Spring Mus
ical Choirs of this city in their 11th
Annual program of familiar hymns
and spirituals will be held in the O
maha Technical High School audit
orium Sunday afternoon April 29th
at 2 :45 pm.
These massed coirs representing
12 Colored Churches of Omaha will
be under the general direction of L.
L. McVav, the founder of the or
ganization, with Mr- E- L. Young,
Musical director and Mrs- Margar
et Dallas Moore, accompanist.
The Rev. E, F. Ridley- Pastor of
St. John AME. will give a brief
address on "Goodwill r
Miss Florentine Craw for of The
Pinkston School of Music, will do a
number from Chopin
The Churches represented in this
program are: Cleaves CME-, Bethel
Baptist; St. John Baptist; Clair ME
Salem Baptist; Pleasant Green Bap
tist; St. John AME: New Hope
Baptist; Freestone Primitive Bap
tist; Bethel AME; Zion Imperial
and Zion Senior Choirs, Host
This program will be Free to the
general public.
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• THE LIVING •”
I SOUTH :
0 (BY HAROLD PREECE) O
(Copyright, 1945, by New South
Features)
Harold Prcecc
DIXIE S PEOPLE and
DIXIE'S "LEADERS'".
When you reao this, we'll be pack
ing to leave my home state of Tex
as for my wife's home state of Ten
nessee
Our hearts are heavy as we leave
Texas, knowing how much we art
going to miss Mr. anr Mrs. Carter
Wesley, Dr- and Mrs. Karl Downs
of Samuel Houston College, Mr- ant
Mrs. Mac Strauss, who. are two of
the finest white people we have ev
er known in Dixie, and others with
whom we rave broken bread in that
new communion of the horning
New South.
But I know that we are going to
a state which is doing its part in
Dixie’s battle for democracy, a
state whose will to freedom is
shows by a recent editorial in the
courageous Nashville Tennessean on
the Souts and its people. One idea
expressed in he editorial is that oui
people “cannot and will not be for
ever denied.”
Aid I want to share that editorial
with you. The editorial starts out
by quoting a statement made by the
South's outstasding spokesman. Gov
ernor Ellis Arnall of Georgia:
“I am convinced that the people of
the South and Georgia in particular
are much more liberal in their think
ing than many of our leaders.”
I hen it goes on to say:
Governor Arnall's observation is a
commonplace of history- Of course
the people of the South would not
have to be more than a little left
of extreme right to be more liberal
than the region's collection of
Bourbon spokesmen from the Smith
and Byrds of Virginia to the Pappy
O'Danniels of Texas. The Governor's
point of emphasas was that the peo
ple are "much more” liberal than
these men who are called Southern
“representatives.”
PROGRESS COMES FROM PEOPLE
It is truism that political progress
does not originate in legislative
halls, courts, and councils. Their
activities eventually respond and
correspond to the preasure of soc
REV. J. K. BLACKMORE
SAYS ‘-FOR BEST INTEREST
OF ASSOCIATION'’
It was with regret when we
learned of the resignation of the
Reverend J. E Blackmore. as the
President of the local branch of the
National Association for the Adv
ancement of Cob red People
When he was interviewed as to
his reasons for resigning the only
comment he made was that, he felt
it was for the best interest of the I
Association.
ial and economic needs which large ]
sections of people, convinced of the
need for action forced upon the at
tention of the leaders. Whore poltit
cal leadership is largely divorced
from the pressure of political
ideals which are popular in origin
through a strangulation of the suff.
rage and bossism, liberalism is in- j
articulate and politics stagnate. I
Liberalism, the philosophy of pro- |
gressive politics, is popular in ori_
gin and trend. And why? No one
not even the most elert leders,
knows how much the pin pricks as
does the man who sits on it. Because
of the finiteness of the single mind,
democratic politics which is the
art of giving legal body to the
ideals of the general welfare as con
ceived by the masses is superior to
any oligarchy of intelligence, wealth
education, or social caste. This is
true even when the people are both
poor and poorly educated
PEOPLE VS: ‘LEADERS"
Because America s politics have
been basically popular, its history
can be written in successive deal
ing with crises originating from
social needs forced upon a reluctant
leadership. In the nineties it was
the need for a more equitable dis
tribution of the national wealth. In
the next decade it was the need for
more popular check reins on govern
r i
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\AACP RADIO PROGRAM
A TRIBUTE TO HOOSEVEI.T
New York—Tribute to the late
President Roosevelt was paid by the
NAACP in a half hour radio pro.
gram April 15 over station WN
YP here Speakers were Arthur I!
Spingarn, President, Roy Wilkins,
Assistant Secretary, and Herman
Taylor of the legal staff Said Mr
Spingarn: "The vast majority of
colored people fet a personal close,
nes.s to Mr Roosevelt asd they
trusted him; they felt safe with him
in the White House and though
there was much still to be correct
ed, they knew that under his admin
istration the greatest advances for
the race had been made.
"If we are to have in this coun
try anything bearing a resembl
ance to that democracy which he so
confidently hoped for and so pass,
innately desired, the NAAPP work
must go on with ever increasing
strength. All of us know that de
mocracy must be maintained asd
bulwarked here—for if democracy
fails in America, there is no hope
for democracy anywhere in the
world Nor is there any hope for
peace in the world ”
nient to prevent it from being sub.
verted by plutocracy. In the Wilson
ian era it was the need for a safe
world order. After a decade of sup
pression, farmer and laborer and
white color worker forced consider
ation of the need for the reording
of our economy for abundance and
security instead of scarcity and
fear. Even now the ground swell of
popular demand for a system of
world cooperation for peace is so
great that no politician dare ignore
It.
The only way these ground swells
can be safely ignored for the time
is to set up barriers against which
they will beat ineffectually. This
has been done in the South, with the I
result that the people are more of
ten misrepresented in legislatures !
and Congress. Convinced as we ar»*
of the basic liberalism <f the South,
ern people we are not to be per
suaded that the people of Georgia
are more liberal than those of
Tennessee or Mississippi. If yeaif
of frustation have produced an ap- i
parent apathy, tt merely cloaks a
latent liberalism only waiting the
sunshine and rain of a free vote
and a responsible system of govern
ment to flower into sound political
progress.
The open and desperate efforts of
bossism to entrench itself in this
state underscores the fact that the
people cannot and will not be for
ever denied.
Lincoln Uni.
Flying Ace
Buried With
Military Honor
BBWWMfta—iwg—l '': Wt.
(APT. WENDELL O. PRUITT—
Member of With Pursuit Siiiintlron
Hnd completed 70 miM*lon"^-de*
troved three XiiiIk planes In the
air, elKht on the around, and sunk
a Nasis destroyer A tv a riled the
diNtluaiilslieil Ilyina cross, the nir
medal, anti seten Oak Leal ('lus
ter"
KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH
APRIL 15 WITH STl DEN T ELVER
Jefferson City, Mo, April 21—All
that was mortal of Capt Wendell
0 Pruitt, a Lincolntte flyinK ace,
was laid to rest with military hon
ors in liits native St Louis last Thur
sday. President Sherman D
Scrugrsfs, Dr. R Clyde Minor, head
of the department of his major a.
cademlc emphasis, Miss Fannledell
Peeples, for the student body and
William Griffin from the Student
Council said "farewell” for Lin
coln This “filers flyer" met his
trasic death in an airplane crash
April 15 with a student flyer. Air
plane Mechanic Pvt Edward N'
Thompson of Miami, Fla , at the
Tusketfee Air Field wrere Cjjjit
Pru/tt had recently been made3 a
flight Instructor His remains
were accompanied to St. Louis by
his campus pal and Tuskepree flight
instructor, Capt. Richard Pullam
Capt Pruitt received his prelim
in irt ftyiny experiei.'e wii'e a
member of the University’s Civil
Pilot Training Group, enlisting in
the armed forces in 1S42 with XU
flyintr hours to his credit
Pruitt Day was recently observed
in his honor in St. Louis and on
Lincoln’s campus, following his re
turn from overseas where he had
completed 70 missions, having des.
troyed three Nazis planes in the
air, eight on the ground, and sunk
a Nazi destroyer. He was award
ed the distinguished flying cross,
the air medal, and seven Oak Leaf
Clusters
Memorial service? will he held
on the campus for Capt. Pruitt
under the auspices of the University
Defense Council through the Com
mittee on War Information along
with services commemorating the
late President Roosevelt The date
though not yet announced, will he
within 30 days of April 13
Details of the crash are not avail
able, but a board of qualified offic
ers has been appointed to determ,
ine the exact cause
NEW COMMANDER FOR
34TH SEA BEES
Oxnard, Calif —In the words of
most of the men of the 34th Seabee
battalion stationed here the com
ing of a new commanding officer
in the person of ommander Lester
M. Marks means a "new Emancipa
tion ” Marks replaces Coir. J P
MacBean of Hattiesburg, Miss
MacBean’s removal was asked of
the Navy department by the NAA.
CP after its Los Angeles branch
made an investigation of conditions
at Port Hueneme and recommend
ed the action
Naacp Will Seek Bill of Rights, Race Equality,
At San Francisco World Peace Parley
New York A world Bill of Rights'
“which will include unequivocal af_
firmatiion of equality of all peopl
es and races" will be a primary goal
of Walter White and Dr W E B
BuBois of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
Wallace Appoints Negro To
Small Business Advisory Committee
Henry A Wallace, Secretary of
Commerce, this week appointed
- . ;» r>‘nkett Negro insurance
broker of Washington, DC , to the
fmall Bu-ne-s Advisory Commit
tee of the Department of Commerce
The committee, which held its
first meetings April 18.19, will
•take suggestions to the Secretary
on methods by which small busin
ess lan do its full share in furn
ishing maximum employment in the
postwar period
The new appointee, who is pres
ident of the insurance firm of Jnhi
R Pinkett, Inc is 56 years old,
and a graduate of Amherst College
in Massachusetts He has two sons
in the armed forces, Capt John R
Pinkett, Jr., an Army Air Forces
instructor at Tugkegee Airport and
Corp. Clarence A Pinkett, now sta
tioned in the South Pacific.
I
year old negro clerk
HONORED BY STETTINH S JR
A 72-ycar old Negro clerk who
has served in the offices of nine
Secretaries of State and has assist,
ed at diplomatic affairs for six
Presidents was personally honored
by Edward R Ftettinius, Jr., Sec
retary of State, Thursday, April 1?
at ceremonies marking his retire
ment after 42 years in Government
service.
People at het World Security Con.Q1
ference in San Francisco opening j
April 25. |
Dr. DuBoife and Mr White will
be consultants to the American
delegation at San Francisco, offic
ially designated as such • by the
State Deparimert. The NAAjCP is,
one of 42 organizations, and the
only Negro organization,, invited by
the State Department
In a statement issued before
boarding a special trian in New -
York April 19, Mr. White said:
“It is our hope as consultants to
the American delegation, to induce
the San Francisco conference to
face what is one of the most ser
ious problems of the twentieth cen.
tury—the question of race and col
or We are particularly concerned
with what is dore about colonial
empires and the well-being of col
onial peoples around the world
Most of these colonial peoples are
colored What happens to even the
most exploited of these has direct
bearing upon the future of Ne
groes in the United States
“It is disturbing to read on the
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William Pickens Writes Us
About Seventh War Loan
Dear Friend;
We and all of our fellow-Amer
icans are now looking forward to
the Seventh War Loan, which is to
run officially from May 14 through
the month of June. There will be
only two War Loan periods in 1945,
instead of the usual three There
fore, the following facts are of
great importance to you and me,
and to all the American people,
including the American Negro;
The previous War Loan, the Six
th, was the greatest financial a
chievement, so far, in the history
of the world: it aimed at 14 billion
dollars and reached more than 21
and a half billion dollars Only 5
billions was asked of “individual
purchasers” in that War Loan
drive.
Now comes the Seventh War Loan
—May 14th through June 30th—In
which 14 billions is again the' gen
eral goal, but 7 billions of that 14
is being sought from individuals,
rather than from banks and other
organizations and corporations
The individual citizen is the man
who counts in America When he
saves his money, invested in the
safest institution and at the best
interest for the security, instead of
putting t into channels of trade, he
defeats inflation Reducing the
number of buyers, reduces the chanc
es for inflationary rise in the pric
es of constmer goods Every dol
lar put into War Bonds by the in
dividual, and allowed to stay there
—is a dollar lined up with the anti
inflation forces )
We are going to win the war a
gainst the common enemy, in Eur
ope and in Asia, and if we win the
war against inflation—in many
ways the worst enemy of all—our
victory will be complete.
All the people of the L'nited Stat
es, including the colored people,
are in this needed in-fighting which
we must do at home, for the ulti
mate Salvation of our country our
way of living, and ourselves
In this domestic battle we must
continue to march, not ’ only un
til, but even after “the boys come
home."
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM PICKENS,
Chief, Interracial Sec.
National Organizations,
Subdivision.
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