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■ LOCAL & NAT’L NEWS-lOc per copy “AND WORTH IT” ■ /JUSTICE/EQUALITY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY _ PHONE HA.0800 2420 GRANT ST •jf ^ ^ **Largest Accredited Negro Newspaper West of Chicago and North of KC■ ^ ■Sy ^ ■ 1 ■■■■- ■■■ .■ .... ■■ ■ . —=-' ox J x nn loxr o in,. ,T or. . -r> « . r.nteitd as 2nd class matter at Post-of nee. Omaha, Nebr., Under Ac*, of Saturday, Oct. 27, 1945 Cur 18th Year No. 38 A 10c x. 6r Copy 'A' March 8, 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebr. READ: "Chatter-Box” A Youthful Column by Doris McGill, “Teen-Agers” by Juanita Hanger, Every Week in the Greater GUIDE! To Hold 1 st Lutheran Services for Omaha’s Colored People Natl President DAR Declines To Meet Omaha Civic, Labor And Women’s Organizations Mrs. Juliug Y. Halmadge, nation al president of the Daughters of the American Revolution last week declined to meet leaderg of Omah. a'g civic, labor, and women’s organ* izations who wished to meet her for purposes' of protesting against the society’s recent ban on a recital by Hazel Scott, Negro artist, in the DAR's tax-free Constitution Hall in Washington, D. C. In an exchange of correspondence between Mrs. Talmadge and David B. Bleicher, president of the Omaha Progressive Leagtre. Mrs. Talmadgi said that she appreciated the in vitation to meet with the group, but wag ‘‘quite busy” and had ‘‘a crowded schedule". She was at the Blackstone Hotel for a meet ing of Omaha DAR chapters Bleicher had wrritten Mrs. Talni adge, ‘‘Leader8 of the Omaha Inter racial Committee, the Omaha Bran ch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple, the Omaha Cpuncil for a Perm anent FEPC, the Omaha League of Women Voters, the Omaha Central Labor Union, the Iowa-Nebraska States Industrial Union Council, the Nebraska CIO Women’s Auxil iary the Omaha chapter of the Lea gue of Women Shoppers and the Omaha Progressive League would like to meet you briefly at your convenience this noon or afternoon to discuss the DAR position on the use of Constitution Hall by Negro artists." "We regard this as a matter of vital importance to the future of democracy." Mrs. Talmadge replied. "Please pardon the informality of my reply, but 1 am quite busy at thig time. I appreciate your invitation to | with your group, but it will fuite Impossible to do go be. ^ Se of a crowded schedule for the -ay.” “Like Mrs. Talmadge, all the peo ple who wished to meet her are busy people," commented Bleicher. "They too have crowded schedules However, they were anxious to drop their other affairs and to take the time to protegt against the DAR'j discrimination against Ne gro artists.” “Mrs. Halmadge's ancestors were not too busy to talk about democ racy. Why ls she?" The delegation planning to see Mrs. Talmadge included Mrs. C. It. , Ross, Mrs. Mary Hyde, Rev. C. Adams Mrs. Robbie Turner Davis » J A. M. Witzling, George J. Paulson. Mrs. Joseph Millen. Mrs. Frank Cronin, Mrs. Viola Beeson. Mrs. Earl Graham, Mrs. W. E. Schaefer, Mrs. Katherine Leslie and John H. Becker. Naacp. Opposes Tax Exemption On Dar Hall Washington. DX!. ■,_Legislation proposing the removal of the tax exemption from Constitution Hall, owned by the Daughters of the A merican Revolution, will have the support of the NAACP throughout the country, it was announced here this week. The DAR refused the use of the hall to Hazel Scott, pi anigt, for a concert because she is a Negro. The organization is free of taxes on the biulding and land because it claims to be public insti tution, serving all the people of the Digtrict. The movement to remove the tax exemption is being initiated on the grounds that since the hall bars Negro artists, it is now a private enterprise and should pay taxes. In New York Walter White, NA r ACP secretary, issued the following gtatement: “There is no more complete baro meter of the low estate to which the Daughters of the American Revolution have sunk than the fact that the organization’s sole defend ers are Rankin an,} Bilbo. Refusal of the use of Constitution Hall ta artists because of race or color, coming at the close of war agains' Hitlerism, is appalling. The action of the DAK, however, ig not without value if it arou*<s Aitfcficang to a realization that they have helped destroy Hitlerism in Germany but permitted it to grow unchecked and unrebuked here in the United | States. The NAACP Legal Comm. I ittee and the Association ag a whole will leave no stone unturned I to effect the withdrawal of tax ex. emption and other benefits which the DAR enjoys as a quasi-public: institution. “The public might have forgiven Mrs. Truman for attending the luncheon the invitation for which she had accepted prior to the den ial of the use of Constitution Hail to Hazel Scott. But her reply ‘Why Not?’ in response to a newspaper man’s inquiry as to whether she would accept future invitations from the DAR is most disappoint ing, particularly in contrast with the action of her distinguished pre decessor as First Lady...” Hits Printing DAR Reports at Grov’t. Expense Washington, DC_The fact that annual reports of the Daughters of the American Revolution are print ed at Government expense was dis closed today by Leslie Perry, NAA CP Washington Bureau, in a tele gram of protest to Senator Carl Hayden, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Printing. Perry said that the DAR has issued annual re portg for the past 47 years, all ot which have been printed by the Government Printing Office as Sen ate Documents. The last report, which was printed in 1945. in a 202 page booklet, Perry said. The NAACP urged Senator Hay den and other members of the Com cittee to . introduce and considei legislation immediately to repeal ' the section of the law, contained in the Act incorporating the DAR, au thorizing the Daughter to make U. S. Marines Occupy Tientsin in China ___ ,— -—_n —i- .[--I——mff-T—nr-mnn—wnrnnnimHHnnii*'" ffli 'iiphiii wi“ Washington, DC._U. S. Marine) Photo (Soundphoto) Thousands of overojyed Chinese turned out to greet the First Marine Division on October 1, 1945 when the Leather nicks occupied the city. For most of these people it meant the end of eight long years of Japanese sup. pression. h * ASK CLEMENCY FOR SOLDIER The NAACP ig filing a petition for clemency in the case of Purilie S. Jackson. 24790231. formerly of Company “F" of the 1311th Engin eer COS) Regiment. Jackson was tried and convicted by general court-martial in Nashville. Tennes see. on February 7. 1944 for as sault with intent to do bodily harm on three white civilians. He was convicted and sentenced to a dis honorable discharge and twelve o - T FORMER PELLA LUTHERAN 30TH « CORBV STS TO BE SCENE OF INNAFfil RATION j The first Lutheran Services for j Colored people will be held Sunday , at the former Pella Lutheran Church. 30th and Corby streets. Tli* services will begin at 10 o'clock with the Rev. W. C. OUenberg preaching on the topic, ‘‘The Sav iour of All Sinners”. A general in vitation is' extender to the comm unity to attend this initial service. The Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) acquired the property a few months ago with the intention of organizing a congregation. Pella Lutheran Congregation, the former owners, are relocating and intend to build at 42nd and Dodge streets. In the very near future, the pres ent owners will place a full-time resident pastor in the community, to live in the parsonage, 2721 N, 30th street. Pastor Ollenburg of Mt. Olive Lutheran in Florence will be In cnarge until the regular pastor arrives. At that time a Sun. day School will be started and also church membership classes. an annual report of its activities to the Smithsonian Institution and Congress. The full text of the NAACP tele gram to Senator Hayden was as follows: “'The Act or Congress incorporat ing the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion which was approved on Febr uary 20. 1S96, authorized the soc iety to report annually to the Smith sonian Inglitute and Congress- Un doubtedly itg privilege of having its reports printed and circulated at the expense of the American tax payers was predicted upon the as sumption that the DAR would live up to the lofty purposes set forth in its charter. The certificate ot incorporation ligts the DAR'g pur poses: ‘To perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American independ ence, to cherish, maintain and ex tend the. institution of freedom; to foster true patriotism and love ot country and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liber ty.' In the light of the racial prac tices of the DAR, which are cur 1 rently receiving wide public atten j tion, it can hardly be said they are I discharging the high responsibilit t ies which which they are charged. | under the law. Frankly, in our judgment, te entire charter should be declared forfeited, but in no e vent is there any justification what ever for continuing to permit this organization to print and circulate its reports at oGvernment expense. We strongly but respectfully urge that your committee introduce and consider immediately legislation to repeal laws giving their reportg the ' status of public documents.” I - years at hard labor. The record discloses that the al tercation started "'hen Jackgon sat at a table reserved for whites in a drug store in Nashville, Tenn., I and that his so-called white victims were actually the aggresgors. The NAACP through its petition for clemency seekg to have the remain der of Jackson’s sentence commu ted and have him restored to duty j with the opportunity to earn an | honorable discharge. ■‘•For All the Latest N-E-W-S - Read The Greater Omaha Guide . .Every Week | ^5 j Hallowe’enj Wed., Oct. 31 # - © - & BALLOT CASES TO BE APPEALED BV NAACP New York—Cases in which Ne groes sought to register in Ala bama and Louisiana which were dismissed in the courts in those states will be appealed to the Uni ted States Circuit Court of Ap peals for the fifth district, it was announced here this week by Thur K«od Marshall, special counsel of the NAACP. Judge Caillouet dismissed the Louisiana case on September 17 anj Judge C. B. Kennamer dismissed the Alabama case on September 12. The two cases are test ones brought to enjoin the policy of registration officials in Louisiana and Alabama from subjecting Negroes to tests not required of white registrants. NAACP lawyers sfated that these' >wo cases are a pal t of the program to break down il types of discrim inatory practices preventing Ne groes from voting in the South. These cases along with the recent primary case in Jacksonville, Fla., and new cases in Orlando, Fla.. [ are part of the sustained program of the NAACP which will continue and increase until every semblance of discrimination against Negroes in the exercige of the right to vote is abolished. Mr. Marshall also stated that the victory in Georgia, in which Judge T. Hoyt Davis ruled that Negroes must be permitted to vote in the Democratic primary was instituted and carried forward by the Macon barnch of the NAACP. -I RORRSON RECEIVES 30TH SPINGARN MEDAL New York_Characterizing Paul Robeson as a "man who exemplifi es the finest in American and Am erican Negro traditions of accom plishment, sportsmanship, and con tribution to public welfare,” Mar shall Field, Chicago publishers, for [ inally presented the great actor ^ singer with the 30th Spingarn Med al at a dinner here October 18 at | the Hotel Biltmore. I Before a distinguished gathering j of more than 500 persons, Mr. Field I reviewed the accomplishments of I Mr. Robeson and declared that the I 30 winners of the Spingarn Medal, j "pre-eminent pioneers of a people fighting for its rights on the front i iers of intolerance and bigotry, I have been and are at least as hero ic figures as those of other peoples who have fought on these and other frontiers whether those frontiers be physical or spiritual. "A white man can talk of what ench Negro pioneering means, but it is with great difficulty that a white man grasps and appreciates the cost of outstanding accomplish ment by an American Negro. V.’hen a white man becomes a leader if. business, science, authorship, civic > -— Race Passengers Ordered Out of Cab; Driver Then Solicits White Trade Omaha, Nebraska, eii October 16, 1945 MR. C. C. GALLOWAY, Editor-Publisher, OMAHA GUIDE. MY DEAR SIRs I am writing you this letter, first knowing that it will be one sure method that Mr. and Mrs. Omaha will know of what is getting to be a rather Chronic Con dition existing in Our Fair City, and knowing, person ally of your feeling toward such happenings, I ani trusting sincerely that you publish this letter. On October 15, 1945 at 8.45 p. m., my brother and I arrived from St. Joseph, Mo. via Burlington Zephyr. Having been accorded excellent service by the Bur lington Ry. We ascended by way of escolator. We approached and entered a Checker Cab. There were additional passengers who had also entered the cab all coming north to 24th and Lake streets. We were ap proached by the driver and ordered from the cab. He began soliciting white passengers asking, “Where tor” It so happened they were going several directions as well as in the same direction we wanted to go. After having been ordered from the cab I checked his report sheet for his driver s number. His report gave his number a No. 24 Cab 64. The irony of it all Mr. Galloway is that while I was in Missouri (mind you Missouri) we were accorded excellent cab service under similar conditions. Now in the Metropolis of Nebraska which is suppose to be a liberal one, I find conditions worse as to compared to the ex-slave state of Missouri. , I have heard numerous similar complaints from others arriving here b> train and cannot secure cab service from the depots. Frankly speaking something should be done about this. Thanking you in advance, I remain, respectfully, EARL A. THOMAS. A Negro Appointed Conductor In-Chief of Berlin Orchestra - ( Hollywood (CNS) While white people in America are making a great.to-do over the great need for teaching the German people our “democratic way of life,” the Ger man people have shown that they will shortly be in a position to do some talking back to the Americ ans. For last Monday, the startling news came over the French radio that Rudolph Dunbar. Negro con ductor, had actually been nominat-, ed Conductor-in-Chief of the r,5 year old Berlin Philharmonic Orch estra, long a bulwark in European musical life, anj a musical institu tion respected all over the world. Rudolph Dunbar had been invited to conduct several concerts at the beginning of September, and won a triumph so outstanding that Ber lin’s newspapers wrote enthusiast ically about his sensitive conduct ing and his suPerl°r musical abil ity. Some people in Berlin had thought that Negroes belonged to a decadent race until they heard Rudolph Dunbar conduct, and at that point their ideas changed. Generously, they admitted that they had iTeen wrong, and took the new young conductor to their hearts. When they wanted to elect a new permanent leader, they first offered Dunbar the post of Assoc iate Conductor. Dunbar declined because of lug many other commit ments. Then it was decided to of- j fer him the chief pogt. ■ This is a fantastic thing to have happened in Germany, about which we have heard so many tales of race prejudice in the pagt ten years But the more fantastic aspect of the situation is that there is at present NOT ONE gymphony orches tra in democratic America which would do the same thing, no mat. ter how capable the Negro candi date for such an honor might be. It is true that William Grant Still and Dean Dixon have been guest conductors with geveral of our great orchestras, but none have ev er been accorded an honor like this. r ' --- > flash! A New National Radio Program \“C10 for America.” Hear President Philip Murray’s dramatic plea for a decent wage for all Americans. Hear his careful analysis of the need for full employment, its importance for all groups in our national life. MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 10:00 10:15 p. m., EST, American Broadcasting Comp ang (Blue Network). • Organize listening groups in your home. • Discuss the program, “CIO for America,’' with your friends. • Do your share in the fight for FULL EMPLOYMENT and DECENT WAGES for all by building the listen ing audience for this program. • Send your comments on the programs to Philip Murray, President, CIO, 718 Jackson Place, N. W., Washing ton, 6. D. C. affairs. singing or acting, he has to | make great sacrifices, it is true and i exhibited an amazing single.mind-1 edness of purpose. But when a Negro achieves a similar pre-emin ence in what is still a whitc man's social system, he requires all of those qualities an<j the additional courage anj strength necessitated by our shameful caste system in this country. "It is little wonder that the Ne groes who have accompl!gl:ed what! is symbolized by the Spingarn Med al have had such thrilling and in credible life histories. In many cases, they have endured trials that few white Aemricang can imagine, and even fewer have experienced." Mr. Field wag introduced by Wal" ter White, who presided. Follow ing the Field gpeech Paul Robegon responded. Marian Anderson. her self a Spingarn Medalist. was also on the program. Tne Spingarn Medal was institu ted in 1914 by th€ late J. E. Sr in. gain, long-time officer of the NA ACP to be awarded for the nigh, est or noblest achievement by an American Negro ouring the prec ' ding year or years.'’ The citation accompanying the a wards to Mr. Robeson reads: “For his distinguished achievements in the theatre and on the concert stage, as well as for his active con cern for the rights of the Common Man of every race, color. rel'g;on. and rationality.” RUN. MARSHALL AS HE APPEAR EH BEFORE SENATE MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Washington, DC_General Geor ge C. Marshall, Chief of Staff. U. K. A., told ongress last week that unless the United State8 has a uni fied military command, there is little hope that the nation can se cure a “lasting peace". General Marshall is shown as he appeared before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. “For All the Latest N-E-W-S Read The Greater Omaha Guide . .Every Week Jackie Robinson, Monarch Shortstop, First Negro To Enter Big League ‘White’ Baseball Organization Jackie Robinson Breaks Contract with Kansas City Monarchs; Signs with Brooklyn Dodgers _ Montreal—Speaking for the Brooklyn ball club, Branch Rickey, Jr., said Wednesday, October 24, 1945, the Dodgers may have the alligator by the tail in signing the first Negro ball player ever admitted to big league (white) baseball, but if trouble’s a head “we won’t avoid it.” i The son of the Brooklyn president predicted it “even mav cost the Brooklyn organization a num ber of ball players.” “But even if some players quit,” the Dodger farm system director added, “they’ll be back after a year or two in a cotton mill.” ‘‘I realize what I’m going into,” Jackie Robinson former star shortstop of the K. C. Monarchs s::id. “‘I also realize how much it means to me, to my race and to baseball. I’m very happy over this chance, and I can only say I'll do my very best to come through in every manner.” GOOD LUCK JACKIE!
