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!□ LOCAL & NATL NEWS-lOc per copy “AND WORTH IT” ■ f /JUSTICE/EQUALITY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY _ PHONE HA.0800 2420 GRANT ST ^ ^ "Largest Accredited Negro Newspaper West of Chicago and North of KC•^ ^ -O ^ ~ , _ 0 - 0,, -KT A A . „ . Entered as 2nd class matter at Post- oftice. Omaha, Nebr., Under Act of Saturday, Dec. 8, 1945 Our 18th Year,—No. 44 ★ 10c Per Copy ★ March 8, 1874. Publishing Off.ces at S420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebr. Weekly Feature Launched To Promote Race Harmony + Every Week, we shall present “Our Guest Column,” a non- profit service of the American Press Associates devoted to furthering group understanding. — Edited by Ema P. Harris, noted journalist, our new weekly column will feature prominent guest contributors who will review current developments on the minority group front and suggest local and nationwide action. Coming soon as guest columnists Eire Pearl S. Buck, A. Philip Randolph, George S. Schuyler, Dr. Ira De Reid, Rev. How ard Kestcr, Elmo Roper and other leaders in the fight for equality. OMAHA GUIDES PLATFORM SLOWLY BEING FULFILLED Gaines T. Bradford Appointed Secretary for New YMCA Setup for Northside Area •- ' ' ' .. A’i'i OUR GUEST Column (Edited by Erna P. Harris) »»* THE INCONSISTENCY OF PREJUDICE by JAMES B. CAREY, Secretary-Treasurer, Congress of Industrial Organizations; Chairman, National CIO Com mittee to Abolish Racial Discrim ination. i •** The first count in any indict ment of prejudice must be a charge of inconsistency. That is why prejudice is absurd. The prejudiced man setups a two-way stream of hatred. The prejudice he sends out comes back against him, often with compound inter est. The very discrimination he inspires leaves him with no de-. fense when it is applied against himself. That is why we in the CIO in sist at every level that no mem ber or group of members will be permitted to employ against oth er members economic and polit ical sanctions that deny a major union principle. Unions, in the first and last analysis, are organ ized to fight discrimination; for it is from discriminatory practic es that injustices of all sorts and descriptions stem, whether or not the specific instance concerns wages or hours or other working conditions. If a union tolerates discrimination between and am ong members, it weakens its own case in its dealings with the em ployer and the community as well. There is, unfortunately, a tend ency on the part of some enthus- J iastic opponents of prejudice to weaken their own case by dragg ing the vague concept of “social equality” into the discussions. Their error lays them open to^ criticism which in many cases has J some justification. To inject soc-1 ial equality into a vigorous cam-! paign for economic and political 9 equality weakens the whole struc ture. The elements are entirely unlike. Economic and political questions are decided by groups; only the individual is cloaked with the right to pick and choose his social acquaintances. Persons who come together in economic, political, religious and ethnic groups do so because of interests common to all in the group with them. Common sense and common decency require that they must not resolve a group in terest in a particular field by their interests arising in another field. Least of all can they resolve a group interest in terms of social relationships which, as I have said before, are a purely individual matter. All human beings have among their rights the right to choose their friends on the social scene. None can be required, for instance to receive into or bar from his home any other individual. But the exercise of that right is ex tremely limited. Any attempt by any individual to apply his indiv idual social rights to the comm unity, to a public conveyance, to a place of business, or to any group to which he may belong or be eli gible, cannot be justified. His re course is self-isolation; he eannot isolate others. * We in the organized labor move NO IT IS NOT L. A? IT IS S. F. C.! Dr. Craig Morris who left our city for Los Angeles, Calif., says that he is not remaining in L.A. but a week. From there he will go to San Francisco where he will establish his home and busi ness. AT PEARL HARBOR HEARING Washington, DC. Soundphoto — Joseph G. Grew, Under Secretary of Stat^, and U. S Ambassador to Tokyo from 1392 until after Pearl, Harbor attack, took the stand last week before the joint congression al hearing on Jap sneak attack. He told the Committee he had no' knowledge that secret Japanese | diplomatic messages were being j intercepted and decoded in Wash ington. Photo shows Mr. Grew on the stand. 1 ment must accurately define eco nomic and political inequalities and bitterly fight them. We must overlook none of the enemy. For example, we have had much de nunciation of Senator Bilbo, every word of it justified. Meanwhile, other opponents of economic and political equality have been deep ening their foxholes. They must be routed out. It is a hard fight but progress is being made. Let's get on with the job. ‘‘Note to readers: Let our guest contributors tell you about this progress. Watch for Pearl S. Buck, A. Philip Randolph, Lester B. Granger, Rep. Charles La Fol lette, Elmo Roper and other out standing leaders in this space ev ery week. -APA GOOD READING every week ★ The GREATER Omaha Guide On Sale at Your Local Drugstore. THE YAHCEEJ "JESSE J.C. ai\o , junioR* ‘‘$??!?Polio”('amPaiffn Swing into High Gear n BRUCE BARTON TELLS AMERICANS WHY THEY SHOULD INVEST IN BONDS “I have heard people sigh at word of the Victory Loan Camp aign, and say, ‘I suppose I have to buy another bond. But I don’t see how I can afford it.’ "This is just like saying, 'I sup pose I really ought to «tavt. sav ing boney, but it’s an awful expen sive thing to do!’ “The fact is, of course, that you don’t buy bonds. As W. B. Bach man, a Detroit writer, forcefully pointed out the other day, the speakers on the radio and the pos ter artists and the advertising) writers have been using the wrong, word for four long years. They have been asking the public to do something that is impossible. You can’t spend money on bonds. You simply take them. They cost you nothing. My E bonds are nothing but certificates showing that the j Barton family has made a deposit in the U. S. Treasury instead of in j a bank or a cookie jar. When we j take an E bond, we transter a bank deposit to the safest deposit ory in the world—the U. S. Treas ury. We put in non-interest notes and we get an interest-bearing note as our deposit slip! "To take a bond—note that word "take”—is still a patriotic act. That alone is inducement enough for any American. Just as your money in the bank pays for loans and investments and all the bank's manifold activities, so your money in the U. S. Treasury helps to care for the wounded, to end war con tracts, to maintain armies of oc cupation, to bring home returning fighters, to prevent inflation. Your bonds brought about the mighty a tomic blasts that put a period to this war. Your bonds today are returning flesh to the bones of those who survived wounds or pri soncamp torture—of Wain wright, of Boyington, of unknown thousands of our men who played their own gallant parts in the tot al defeat of our enemies. “I remember reading the typic al experience of George Lott, whose arms were shredded by a1 mortar on the Lorraine front. From his battalion aid station, Lott was transported 4,500 miles in easy stages, by ambulance, train and plane. He passed thru three field dressing stations and five hospitals in France and Eng land before being returned to the United States for final treatment and recovery. Your bonds paid for the care of all the George Lotts of this war. “And yet you can count on get ting back $4 for every $3 you put in! “So get bonds today—get them regularly—and hold on to them, that is about as close as you are likely to come in this life to hav ing your cake and eating it too.” NEBRASKA T-B ASSN. CHRISTMAS SEAL GOAL FOR OMAHA IS $40,000 The Nebraska Tuberculosis As sociation announced that the 1345 Christmas Seal Sale goal for the state of Nebraska is $125,000. and the goal for the city of Omaha, 540,000. This represents a slight ncrease over the $122,800, and the $33,000 raised in the state and city respectively in 1944. The As sociation announces that the ad ditional sum is needed this year for increased efforts to rid Nebra; ka of a disease which last year took the life of 198 Nebraskans. Association officials report that returns have been coming in nice ly since the Seal Sale opened on November 19. Today’s figure of $9,092.54. from Omaha, represents an increase of $3.33 over the $9, 089.21 received at this point in the sale last year. Since Seal Sales SISTER ELIZABETH KENNY FOUNDATION. " ! 423 Omaha Loan & Building Assn. Bldg. Omaha, Nebraska . - , i I want to help in the good wo^k that Sister Kenny is doing aiding infantile paralysis victim?. Enclosed is my contribution for $ Name Street .. .. i Town ... ...State . j (Plealt Print Name) V.-— over the state are conducted by County committees, no figures on state receipts are yet available. The association also announces that Mr. James L. Paxton, Jf., is Special Gifts Chairman again this year. Serving in this capacity last year, Mr. Paxton raised the special gifts total well above that of previous years. VIRGINIA JIM CROW TRAVEL LAW TO U.S. SUPREME COURT Washington, DC—At last a clear case to test the Jim Crow j travel laws of southern states which segregate interstate pas sengers on interstate carriers is before the United States Supreme Court. Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone on November 19 signed an order allowing the appeal of Irene Mor gan from the judgment of the Su preme Court of Virginia affirm ing her conviction of violation of the Jim Crow transportation sta tute of Virginia. The case came up on direct appeal instead of pe tition for writ of certiorari be cause the appeal challenged the constitutionality of the statute in Virginia. Irene Morgan, on July 16, 1944, was a passenger on a Greyhound bus from Closter county, Virginia to Baltimore, Maryland. When the J bus arrived in Saluda, Virginia,; defendant was requested to move back to the rear of the bus. She was arrested and charged with violation of the Virginia statute requiring segregation of passen gers, and on October 18. 1944, was convicted and fined $10. Her case was promptly appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia on a writ of error, and on June 6, 1945, her conviction was affirmed by that court which held that the Virginia statute was constitution al and applied to interstate as well as local passengers. A motion for rehearing was promptly filed and was denied by the Supreme Court in September, 1945. The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Hall vs. De Cuir, in 1877, held that the local statute in Louisiana prohibiting segregation of passengers did not, apply to interestate passengers.1 The only other cases to reach the highest court since that time have been cases on the question of the equality of provisions for segrega tion of passengers. The Irene Morgan case is the first which clearly challenges the validity of segregation statutes as applied to passengers in interstate commerce and on interstate carriers. NAACP lawyers representing Miss Morgan are Judge William H. Hastie, chairman of the Nat ional legal committee, Leon A. Ransom and Spotswood W. Robin son, III. members of the national legal committee, and Thurgood Marshal, NAACP Special Counsel. The case has the full cooperation of both the State Conference of Branches of Virginia and the na tional office of the NAACP. HONOLULU CLUB SENDS $100 FOR WILLKIE BLDG. New York—The Interracial club of Pearl Harbor in Honolulu has sent a contribution of $100 to the NAACP toward the Wendell Wiil kie Memorial building. The club was organized three months ago with the avowed purpose of fight ing discrimination, segregation an their attendant evils. Fleming H. Waller, is president; Frank L. Binns, Jr., secretary; and Charles T. Mackey, treasurer. NAACP POLLS AIRLINES ON JOBS FOR PILOTS — New York—Jobs for Negro pil ots and ground crew members now being released by the Army Air Force are being sought by the NAACP which is conducting a poll of all domestic airlines on their employment policies, it was ann- j ounced here last week. "We are making inquiry," said the letter, “whether you have for mulated any plans, or contemp lated doing so, regarding the use of trained Negro aviation person nel. While most Negro fliers were fighter pilots, a good number were trained in the operation of multi engined aircraft, including navi gation and radio.” Pointing out that many colored men had served in aircraft main tenance units and had serviced four-engined bombers in some ar eas, Walter White, who signed the letter, wrote: “One of the questions most fre quently and anxiously asked me by Negro fliers and ground crew members on my trips as a war correspondent to Europe and the Pacific was whether an opportun ity to use their training and ex perience would be given them by commercial airlines after the war” CAPITAL TRANSIT JOB BIAS SQUARELY UP TO WHITE HOUSE NAACP Washington, DC—Authority to enforce a policy of non-discrimin ation in jobs in the Capital Tran sit company here “rests directly and exclusively in your hands dur ing the period of government seizure,’’ President Truman was told last week by the NAACP. The telegram of Nov. 28, backing up one of Nov. 23, follows: “On November 23 we telegraph ed you urging that pursuant to your authority incident to seizure of the Capital Transit Company you make provision for removal discriminatory policy Capital Transit Company in refusing to employ qualified Negroes. We are advised that the operation of Capital Transit Company is to be returned to owners without any action by you toward enforcement your Executive Order prohibiting discrimination in employment be cause of race or color. Authority to enforce your Executive Order rests directly and exclusively in your hands during period of gov ernment seizure. It is clear that opportunity is present for you to demonstrate to United States and world at large your intention and the determination of our govern ment to protect rights of all min ority groups in keeping with Con stitution, laws and Executive Or ders our country as well as prin ciples estob’- • - - • "->:ted Nat ons Charter.' SORORITY BECOMES LIFE MEMBER OF NAACP. New York—Sigma Gamma Kho sorority through Mrs. Hattie M. Ted Metcalfe, Nebraska Chair man of the Sister Kenny Cam paign, announced that a three story addition and modernization of the world famous Kenny Insti tute is planned to start early in 1946. Metcalfe made the announce ment as the campaign swings in to high gear in Nebraska with the hope that citizens of Nebraska give its share in the $5,000,000 na tionwide goal. Half of the money raised in Nebraska will remain in the local fight against polio and eventually establish local Sister Kenny Clinics Already the Kenny institute is the largest hospital in the world devoted exclusively to the treat ment of infantile paralysis victims and the only institution where the complete Kenny concept and treat ment is tanght. Metcalfe urged various service and civic clubs, such as Lions, Kiwanis, Rotary, Cosmopolitan, Commercial Club, Junior Cham ber of Commerce, American Le gion or other organizations get behind the campaign and solicit funds in the fight against-the crip pling disease, Polio. “It’s our chance to io something in the fight against this dreaded disease, and remember that our giving makes it possible for some child to walk,” continued Metcalfe. All contributions should be mailed to the state office. Sister Kenny Foundation, 422 Omaha Loan & Building Assn., Bldg., 15th and Dodge Sts., Omaha, Nebraska or to this paper. Redford, Gr. Tam, of Indianapolis, has become the newest life mem ber of the NAACP by paying the final installment on its $500 life membership. Another new life member is Ike Smalls of Des Moines, Iowa, presi dent of the Iowa Branches of the NAACP, who sent his check for $400 for the balance due. NAVY WILL PROBC MARYLAND JIM CROW New York—An investigation the reported segregation of Negro personnel and their visitors on risiting days at the Naval Train ing Center at Cambridge, Md., will be made by the Navy Depart ment and “appropriate action tak en”, according to John L. Sulli van, Acting Secretary of the Navy. In a letter to the NAACP Mr. Sullivan said: “The Department is anxious to prevent discrimination gainst any of its personnel.” SEEKS HONORABLE DISCHARGE INSTEAD OF “UNDESIRABLE” Washington, DC.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been re quested by Daniel Joseph Hardy, former seaman first class. United States Navy Reserve of Brooklyn, New York, who was discharged from the Navy as “undesirable’' on February 9, 1944, to represent him before the Secretary of Navys Discharge Review Board. Mr. Hardy, having served in the Navy for one year, five months and 26 dayn, was requested by Lt. Chaney, his commanding officer to offer suggestions for the bet terment of the men in his outfit. Mr. Hardy suggested to Lt Chan ey that more attention should be paid to the discriminatory prac tices exhibited against Negro sea men stationed at Vallejo, Califor nia. On the following day, while on liberty in Vallejo, Mr. Hardy was summoned back to the camp and thrown in the brig and sum marily dismissed from the service as being “undesirable”, first be cause the officer stated that he had a threatening attitude toward those who are his immediate su j with USO Closing, Building Sought for Northside YMCA Gaines T. Bradford, former newspaperman and employee of The Omaha Guide, and a World War II veteran, has been appointed YMCA Secretary for the near North Side and has begun work, W. H. Mead. YMCA general secretary announced Wednesday. This, Mr. Mead said, is another step toward the completion of the YMCA program for complete City coverage by areas. Mr. Bradford will be responsible for the area from Cuming Street to Bedford Aven ue and from 30th street to the river. If the North Side USO building can be obtained for community use it is possible headquarters may be placed there. The committee under which Mr. Bradford will work includes J. F. Berner, chairman; Lothardt Jensen, Ralph Adams, Charles Adams, tne Rev. E. B. Childress and A1 Kennedy. The USO at 24th and Grant Sts. j has closed permanently. The YMCA. has purchased all fixtures, which were located in the building. The Omaha Guide called Mr. Mead who is secretary of the down town YMCA. At the time he ans wered the phone he was in confer ence with a group of citizens who were interested in improving re ligious environment in this section of the city, trying to devise means to open a Northside Branch YM CA. Mr. Mead said to the Omaha Guide that he had no definite in formation as to what was going to be done to this date. But that the committee was working hard on what was going to be done. But that as soon as they had completed their job he would be glad to give us a call. It looks as if we will have a Northside YMCA. after all. LET US HOPE, and get behind any effort to further along this hope. — — periors and that he exhibited a bad influence on the morale of his associates because he was ‘‘spread ing propaganda prejudicial to the Naval Service and stirring up racial prejudices.” Mr. Hardy was represented be fore the Secretary of Navy’s Dis charge Review Board by Jesse O. Dedmon, Jr., Secretary of Veter ans’ Affairs of the NAACP. in an attempt to get this discharge changed from ‘undesirable” to “honorable.” NAACP YOUTH WILL HEAR WILBERFORCE PRESIDENT Wilberforce, O... President Char les H. Wesley of Wilberforce will deliver the keynote address of the 7th annual youth conference of the NAACP here December 27. The conference will run througn December 30, and it is expected to attract more than 200 delegates. William T. McKnight, 2d., will be among the other speakers, outlin ing to young people the picture in the employment field. Mr. Me Knight was formerly regional dir ectional of the FEPC with head quarters in Cleveland. COMPENSATION ASKED IFOR DOMESTIC WORKERS New York—Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, was urg ed last week to recommend to the 1946 legislature passage of a bill which would give domestic work ers the benefit of workmen's com pensation. Stating that it is "imperative that domestic workers be protec ted, Walter White, NAACP sec retary asked the Governor to make a strong appeal in his an nual message to the 1946 legisla ture. 900,000 NAACP CHRISTMAS SEALS OUT New York—Up to November 30 900,000 NAACP Christmas Seals had been distributed for sale thru out the country, it was announced by Madison S. Jones, Jr., in charge of the nation-wide sale from NA ACP headquarters. Largest ord ers have been placed by the West Coast Regional office of the NA ACP in San Francisco (100,000); Detroit, Mich. (100,000 ); and Bal timore, Md. (50.000). I ! - “Me... I’m staying in the Army! , ★ THERE ARE PLENTY ^ OF REASONS . . . AND HERE THEY ARE!” 1 “First, I keep my present grade. * That means a lot. 0 “By reenlisting for 3 years I ” can pick my own branch of service in the Air, Ground or Service Forces, and can go to any overseas theater I wish. 0 “I get my mustering-out pay, * even though I’m reenlisting. Also, I get $50 a year reenlistment bonus for each year I’ve been in the Army. My dependents receive family allowances for the full term of my enlistment. And I’ll be eligible for GI Bill of Rights bene fits when I get out of the Army. 4 “My food, clothes, quarters, * medical and dental care are all supplied to me. And I can learn • any of 200 skills or trades in the Army schools. C “All of us who are reenlisting w are going to have from 30 to 90 days’ furlough at home with full pay and our travel paid both ways. And we’ll have 30 days’ fur lough every year with pay. C “Any time after 20 years 1 " can retire at half pay increas ing year by year to three-quarters retirement pay after 30 years of service. And the time I’ve already served in active military or naval service counts toward ray retire ment time. Added up—re,enlist ment seems pretty sound to me!” JANUARY 31, 1946 AN IMPORTANT DAT! FOR MEN IN THE ARMY MEN now in Army who reenlist before February 1 will be reen listed in present grade. Men hon orably discharged can reenlist within 20 days after discharge in grade held at time of dis charge, provided they reenlist before February 1, 1946. You may enlist AT ANY TIME for 1 2 or 3 year periods. (One-year enlistments for men now in the Army with at least 6 months of service.) PAY PER MONTH ENLISTED MEN In Addition to Food, Lodging, Clothes and Medical Care ★ (a)—Plus 20% Increase for Service Overseas. ( b) —Plus 50% if Member of Flying Crews, Parachutist, etc. (c) —Plus 5% Increase in Pay for Each 3 Years of Service. ★ ★★★★★★★★★★* " " " " ---1* MONTHLY Storting , “EI'?EMENT Jose Fay INCOME AFTER: Fer 20 Years' 30 Years' Master Sergeant Mont* Service Service or First Sergeant $138.00 $89.70 $155.25 Technical Sergeant 114.00 74.10 128.25 Staff Sergeant . . 96.00 62.40 108.00 Sergeant .... 78.00 50.70 87.75 Corporal .... 66.00 42.90 74.25 Private First Cass . 54.00 35.10 60.75 Private .... 50.00 32.50 56.25 ★ ★ ★ ★ + + + + + + + + + + SEE THE JOB THROUGH U. S. ARMY BE A "GUARDIAN OF VICTORY” AIR, GROUND, SERVICE FORCES MENU ST NOW AT YOUR NEAREST U. S. ARMY RECRUITING STATION 1516 Douglas St. Omaha, Neb.