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WHERE WAR CRIMINALS WILL FACE JUSTICE Nurenberg, Germany—An exter ior view of the Palace of Justice In Nurenberg. where big-wigs of the Nazi hierarchy will go on trial for n,— =ir.;—• ii-ir ■ ir==ni-—=■== their war crimes. The courtroom is on the third floor of the building. A group of American soldiers and a jeep stand outside the building here Trials will start probably by Octo ber 15th. dq m——ir==ii-=-=i ——~[==in ASK PEOPLE TO SUPPORT CONGRESSMEN TO BRING ABOUT RAPID RECONVERSION New York City: The United Chris tian Council for Democracy today appealed to President Harry S. Tru man by telegram to call Congress back to work at once in light of the world-shaking events of the past few days and asked that he urge the American people to support their rep resentatives in the Congress in the prompt enactment of legislation to accomplish rapid reconversion and to Compliments of I Labor Day 1 CROUNSE; BOOTERY; 1514 North 24th St. _» Complimentary expressions of a glor ious labor day. 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Executive Secretary, on behalf of six national unofficial church social action groups which cooperate through the United Christian Council, warned that “with out an over-all, completely coordi nated production plan geared to quickest possible reconversion to ci vilian manufacture under government direction and government enforce ment if necessary, we shall be in chaos, with vast numbers of former war workers unemployed for whom no provision has been made. | Support for the President’s own I recommendations for unemployment insurance for war workers was ‘ pledged by the Council which also declared in favor of increased protec tion for returning GI’s. At the same time the Council emphasized its sup port of the constructive program for full employment as embodied in the Murray-Patman bills now pending in the conviction that it should be “the policy and responsibility of our gov ernment to open up maximum job op portunities.” If we take care of the workers adequately, the welfare of all will be assured.” The permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee and a minimum wage of at least 65c per hour to as sure a decent standard of living for all American workers were included as essential items by the Council in the comprehensive legislative pro gram. “If the Congress comes back promptly to tackle its unfinished busi ness in cooperation with you,” the Council’s message to Mr. Truman concludes, “we pledge the full use of our resources to enlist our constitu ency of progressive church leaders over the country in the support of a progressive, hard-hitting, comprehen sive program to accomplish rapid re conversion in these next critical months and to maintain maximum em ployment.” UNITED CHRISTIAN COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRACY 457 West 123rd treet New York City 27 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH August 9, 1945 The Honorable Harry S. Truman President of the United States The White House Washington, D. C. Our nation must reckon with dras Complimentary Expression of the DOLGOFF HARDWARE, PAINT & GLASS CO. 1822 North 24tli St. » » ==?■ ■■ ■. ,■!§ ; - i WHAT? YOU DON’T WANT IT? We Pay Cash For It! ! We pay cash for that old piece of furni ture and cooking utensils that you don’t want. We call for and deliver. We pay cash right on the spot. • The three J. & J. Bargain Stores. Num bers 1 and 2,1604-6 N. 24th St., Ja. 9452; Number 3, 2405 Cuming St., Ja. 9354. Mr. Andrew Johnson, Proprietor. - ■' ...-J ■ — ■ ■ ■ I. tically altered time table in Japanese war as result of world-shaking events past few days. We are unprepared for V-J day. Without over-all com pletely coordinated production plan geared to quickest possible conversion to civilian manufacture under govern ment direction and government en forcement if necessary, we shall be in chaos with vast numbers of former war workers unemployed for whom no provision has been made. We feel it is imperative that you call Congress back to work at once and that you urge American people to support their representatives in the Congress in the enactment of appro priate legislation at the earliest pos sible time consistent with due con sideration. Not alone must unemploy ment insurance be provided for war workers in line with your own rec omendation and increased protection for returning G. I.’s but constructive program for full employment as em bodied in Murray-Patman bills mak ing it the policy and responsibility of our government to open up maximum job opportunities must also be ap proved at once. A decent standard of living for all American workers must be assured by establishing a minimum wage of at least sixty-five cents per hour. Of equal importance with other pending measures which should be passed at once is that which makes permanent a fair employment prac tice and establishes an agency to en force the policy. If the Congress comes back prompt ly to tackle its unfinished business in cooperation with you, we pledge the full use of our resources to enlist our constituency of progressive church leaders over the country in the sup port of a progressive, hard-hifting, comprehensive program to accom plish rapid reconversion in these next critical months and to maintain max imum employment and decent stand ards for all workers. If we take care of the workers adequately, the wel Democracy. United Christian Council for fare of all will be assured. Rev. Richard Morford, Executive Secretary. ehnjl&oH &/S: NOT ENEMIES In the so-called struggle be tween so-called capital and so called labor, Doth sides can win. Each side has something the other side can use. If either side destroys the other, it destroys itself. An employer-who-thinks wants to nay good wages and wants to orovide good working conditions. A worker-who-thinks wants his doss to succeed and to make a reasonable profit. The two “sides” are not ene mies. They’re on the same team. Unless they’re dumb as door bells, they’ll harmonize. LAXATIVE? \ Black*Draught is 1- Usually prompt 2- Usually thorough / 3- Always economical 1 | doses only ZL\ _m 1»]r/iiiu NORTH 24th STREET SHOE REPAIR 1807 N. 24th St. WE-4240 -POPULAR PRICES— LOOK AT YOUH SHOES Other People Do *) DICE • CAROS P.rl.cl Die. M.0ic Die.. THK BACKS — Ink*, Daubs Pokar Chips, Gaining Layouts, Die* Boxes, Counter Games, Punch board.. WRITE FOR CATALOG TODAY. rv t, l \llll 1/U.TirAA 1 1212 W. Washington iSlvri.* Chiongo 7. Illinois gntiUiimimunfmiiuwiitiiiiuifiiHimMiisiiiiiniHiHrritimmt h> i;nnnwnwnnHmi» Plain Talk... Mentality of Negro Intellectuals Blocks Efforts at Expression of the Masses . . . (BY DAN' GARDNER) The Negro intellectual mentality is peculiar. It is confused on all aspects of the race problem despite florid pronouncements by the heavy boys of the educational front, the social striven and those who exist in the twilight league of interrae ial experiences. To date none of the so-called intellectual Negro front has come forth with a clear cut, concise program that will ap ply to all Negroes, that will be simple and understandable as well as workable. This is the result of plain confusion and a lack of un derstanding, plus a reluctance to face critical issues as they exist. There are some Negroes who ad vocate steps and measures on the part of the Negro that are design ed, supposedly, to integrate him in to American life in every aspect. There are some who compromise the situation by advocating meas ures and programs designed to keep the status-quo, while they live as closely and comfortably as possible under the shadow of the almighty white man's wing. There are other Negroes who believe in racial division; setting themselves apart from the rest of their people into little cults which are supposed to create halos around their heads and entitle them to blessings that ordinarily would not go to them as Negroes. WE LOOK TO INTELLECTUALS It might seem vindictive and odd that these pieces have been direct ed against the intellectual Negro and the things that he is doing, but tTie fact remains that all Ne groes including the great masses of us, have been schooled to look to our intellectuals for guidance and for practical and concrete ways out of the confusion that exists, sur rounding our present and future. The little Negro, and there are mil lions of them, as compared to the' comparatively few intellectuals, has a right to expect something defin ite out of the people who have as sumed leadership over him, and this should be so.right now more than at any other time, because of pressing issues that confront us on all sides. Here in Harlem, the incident that illustrates this argument took place at a restaurant in 125th Street,! which is in the heart of the Negro district. The restaurant in ques tion is Frank’s, which for years re fused to allow the Negro to darken | the door, and then, when Harlem started filling up with migrants from the South and from other sec tions, the management accepted Ne gro patronage but segregated it by seating all the Negroes over hehind a partition. In the dayes of the partition, which were only- four years ago, our best Negroes could be found standing in line, waiting ] for tables. They were artists, writers, politicians, preachers,1 school teachers, professionals, head of colleges, and musicians. They seem to think it a great honor to dine under such conditions. MEM MOST VARIED IN HARLEM— The point raised by some would be that Frank’s offers a cuisine un matched anywhere else in Harlem. In a measure this is true, or was true. Frank’s is a huge place, with plenty of floor and table space. It has a long and beautiful bar separated from the dining sec tion. Its waiters, all white, with years of experience in serving, were competent in their duties. The menu was and is perhaps the most varied of any offered in Harlem. During business hours one can or der- and get anything on the menu with reasonable speed. The place is always fairly well kept as re gards cleanliness, and altogether it is ideal for dining. Later. Frank’s changed hands and instead of the Italians who owned it through its long years of jim crow, Greeks took over. Negroes now go there in droves. They line up on the sidewalk waiting for tables. All classes go in. but pre dominantly the so-called Negro in tellectual and socialite, who ex ceed in number the other Negro pa trons. There are. of course, about 10% whites, who have been eating there over the years and who stil' continue to come. reinforced by merchants who have businesses in Harlem. Now Frank’s has never hired a Negro in any capacity, not even as a dishwasher. From kitchen to the front door, the employment policy was completely and strictly lily white. No Negro made a tangible effort to disturb this situation. Big wig Negro politicians, labor leaders and others who packed in and out of the place never once gave their attention to organizing a demand for a change in employment polic ies of the restaurant so as to give Negro waiters, cooks, dishwashers, bartenders, salad men. and buboys a chance at one of the best paying I jobs in New York, let alone Harl em. PLACE OF REFUGE FOR DINERS— The reason was obvious. They were content to eat in the restau-j rant in the company of white peo ple. They were content to have that place as a refuge w here they could bring their white guests vis iting Harlem for food in surround ings to which they felt these whit es were more used. So consequent ly Frank's escaped the picketing that forced the New York business to employ Negroes as drivers; the picketing that finally broke down the resistance of the New York Tele phone Company and placed Negro girls for the first time as switch hoard operators: the picketing that forced teh five and ten cent stores on Harlem's crowded 125th Street to hire Negro salesgirls and other clerical and sales help. There seems to have been a con THESE HAND-MADE PUT SANDALS ARE NON-RATIONEdI | ___ I Shoe rationing worries will fly right out the window when you wear these play sandals that are wonderfully easy to make. Just use a few scraps of sturdy cotton fabric and stitch them to a felt innersole and cork bottom. 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Direction sheet for “Crocheted Place Mats” may be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Needlework Department of this f aper, specifying design No. 2716. spiracy to let Frank’s get away >vith it so that Negroes would have a place where they could live in a make-believ world of complete e qualty. Of course wth the nflux ol thousands of Negroes comng to Har lem during war boom Crank's guest list changed complexion al most overnight, and Tom. Dick and Harry plus Susie Cue and Fuzzy Wuzzy all crowded in with the Ne gro intellectuals and white people to eat in a place where they had been barred from. PICKETS GO TO WORK The other week a few Negroes from the street decided that they had had enough of Frank's going along as it had been an resolved to do something about it. T>vo of them put on signs and started walk -ing up and down in front of the place. In a twinkling the whole street was in a uproar. Thousands of people congregated on the street to listen to the denunciations of the lily-white Frank’s policy and to agree out loud with the pickets that Frank’s should be forced to hire Negroes. Meanwhile a group of Negro educators and friends walked on across the picket line and went inside to eat. In another place in Harlem a well known Har lem society woman and her escort, who were going to Frank’s to eat before going downtown to one of the nightclubs, actually cried be cause Negroes were picketing the place. "Why do they want to do that?” she said. Why can’t they leave the only place we have to eat alone? What difference does it make whether the man has white or colored help so long as we have decent food and a decei t : urround ing? I just don’t approve of it.” A well known Harlem leader was bitter in his comment saying that the place would be ruined the min ute they put a Negro cook, barten der or waiter to work. One Negro wanted to form a committee and call on the management of Frank’s to see that a clause was inserted in the contract with the union to de mand that any Negro hired at the place first be superior in ability and performance of their'duties to READ THE OMAHA GUIDE?" the whites on penalty of revocation of the entire agreement. He felt that as a prominent citizen he had no place to take good white friends and consequently he wanted to be protected from what he termed “cnaracteristic antics in the serving of foods in a restaurant.” To the Negro on the street the issue was plain. CAVT GET .IOI1S ON BROADWAY The white man had a place in Harlem that didn’t hire Negroes. There are hundreds of Negro wait ers capable, with years of exper ience and polish out of work. These Negroes should not work in the big paying jobs of Broadway, despite all the ballyhoo about racial under standing. good will, cooperation and etc. If they can't work lnj Harlem, where in the hell are they going to work, and that is the point that the Negro union men saw at once and one that Negro in tellectuals and socialites refused to see over the years that Frank’s practiced its discrimination. Need less to say that our picket line in front of Frank’s broke down all re sistance on the part of the manage ment, and a capitulation followed in which four Negroes .vere put to work as bartenders, cooks, ar.d two waiters. Future negotiations are expected to increase Negro employ ment to 25%. This is an example of the tvpe of thing and action that will bring a bout the desired result in the Ne gro status and one toward which the Negro intellectual could point its efforts if it is to remain in the driver's seat as the real leadership of the American Negro. There are no two ways about it. and there is no middle ground. The twilight zone in which a lot of baseball has been played between Negroes and whites is doomed. Everything will have to be done out in the open from now on, be ' cause Negroes are awakening and demanding it and when the masses demand somebody has to accede be cause our masses are our majority and are the Negro people. GOOD READING, the THE OMAHA GUIDE HA-0800 I AUTUMN Is the best of all times for picnics, when hiking or bicycling is the means of reaching the picnicking site. Crisp fall air is more conducive to either means of journeying. It’s conducive, too, to real appetites, so it’s wise to plan compact lunches that are high In appetite satisfaction. You can pack the lunch in small parcels that can be strapped to handlebars or carried in knapsacks, or the picnickers can take turns carrying a big picnic basket if they hike. Whichever way you pack the lunch, you’ll have to put the picnic beverage in one or two vacuum bottles to be divided up for every body. You'll find a popular thirst quencher is Picnic Coffolate. a sat isfying beverage made of milk and chocolate and caffeinless coffee, so that everybody can drink it with out worrying over later sleeping problems. Remember if you make caffeinless coffee in a percolator, it should be “perked” from 15 to 18 minutes to bring out its full, rich coffee flavor Chill the vacuum bottles and the Coffolate thorough ly if you want to serve it cold. Hard-cooked eggs, sandwiches with cheese or jelly fillings, fresh fruit, and cookies or doughnuts or in easy-to-carry cake all add up to I good autumn picnic menu. Picnic Coffolate 1 cup strong decaffeinated coffee * Equares unsweetened chocolate 3 tablespoons sugar k i ini '—-ini11. mi- ■ i Dash of salt 3 cups milk Make decaffeinated coffee extra strength, using V/& tablespoons for each cup (% pint) water. Add chocolate to coffee in top of double boiler and place over low flame, stirring until chocolate Is melted and blended. Add sugar and salt, and boil 4 minutes, stirring con stantly. Place over boiling water. Add milk gradually, stirring con stantly; then heat. When hot, beat with rotary egg beater until frothy. Serve hot or cold. Serves 4. Stone Jar Molasses Cookie* 3 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons double acting baking powder I teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger 1 cup molasses J4 cup shortening % teaspoon soda Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt, and ginger, and sift again. Heat molasses, re move from fire; add shortening and soda. Add flour gradually, mixing well. Chill until firm enough to shape. Shape into small balls about % inch in diameter Place about 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet Press flat with bottom of glass covered with damp cloth. Bake in moderate oven (330'’ F.) 15 minutes, or until done. Remove from pan carefully. Cool. For criep cookies store in air-tight container, for chewy cookies store in stone jar. Makes i\'z dozen cookies. n pzzizji— i n I -n m rzz mm T-==n m r= * ON :tO-DAV FURLOUGH FROM El KOREA V THEATRE Corporal Theodore Major of Chi cago, 111. has just returned from the, European theatre of war on a 30 day furlough to be with his wife. Mrs. Alice Crum Major, who has been living with her parents Mr and Mrs. James Crum of 2623 Grant St. The Majors will leave for Chic ago sometime this month. REP. HOBBS, WHO WOULD KEEP TORTURE CONFESSIONS MENTIONED FOR HIGH COURT WASHINGTON. DC—Congressman Sam Hobbs of Alabama, author of a bill to permit "torture confessions” to be used against arrested persons, is being mentioned as one of the men who might be named by Presi dent Truman to a vacancy on the United States District Court of Ap peals for the District of Columbia. The Hobbs bill passed to the House without a record vote, fol lowing a series of cases in which the United States Supreme Court had ruled that confessions extorted by torture could not be used a gainst accused persons. The most notable of these cases was that of Brown. Ellington and Shields, three Mississippi farm workers, taken to the highest court by the NAACP. Another was the Chahmbers case in Florida, also taken up by the NA ACP. In these and other cases the highest court ruled for the plain tiffs. In December, 1944, when the bill came before the Senate judiciary committee, Leslie Perry of the NA ACP bureau hree submitted a state ment opposing the Hobbs bill, as serting that since Negro prisoners had been held as long as ten days incommunicado while confessions were extorted "by means of force” violence and terror." He asked that , the Hobb.s bill be shelved. 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