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INTERSTATE UNITED NEWSPAPERS, Inc{
545 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Phone:— i
MUrray Hill 2-5452, Ray Peck, Manager
$5,000,000 ELIZABETH KENNy
INSTITUTE CAMPAIGN
'NO Lime CHILD ON EARTH should bt ASKED
<0 SUFFER PAIN. HUMILIATING DEfORMlTlttOR
OTHER complications UNNECESSARILY *
—- SISfCffKCHHV
Bing Crosby
Announces Opening
Of Kenny Drive
Bing Crosby, screen and radio star,
today announced that the Sister
Elizabeth Kenny Foundation nation
al 1945 appeal to raise $5,000,000 to
wage a war on infantile paralysis
will be held in each state from No
vember 22 to December 8.
The Paramount Pictures star is
chairman of the national fund drive
and has named leading businessmen
and women as aides to conduct
campaigns in every community.
“We owe a duty
to the children at
America to make
this drive a suc
cess," Crosby
said. “All of us
know what infan
tile paralysis has
done. Thereis
hardly a place
where the disease
has not struck,
leaving in its
wakecrippled, de
formed children.
Bin? Crosby
“To me nothing is more pitiful
than the sight of a boy or a girl
sitting in a wheel chair or standing
on crutches on the sidelines while
other boys romp and play.
Crutches Discarded
“Sister Elizabeth Kenny has
proved to the world that in thou
sands of infantile paralysis cases
these crutches and wheel chairs
could have been discarded and the
children could have led healthy nor
mal lives if they had been given
quick and proper treatment.
“Miss Kenny has proved also that
it is unnecessary for children strick
en with infantile paralysis to suffer
pain, humiliating deformities and
other complications.
“As the father of four children 1
. have a deep appreciation of the
work that Miss Kenny and the Eliza
beth Kenny Institute are doing and
I know that the people of America
will join me in attaining our cam
paign goal and assuring the children
of America that their future health
will be protected."
In his announcement, Crosby em
phasized that one-half of the funds
in each state will remain in that
state to further the campaign
against infantile paralysis in local
communities. Funds, Crosby said,
also will help to:
Restore countless victims of in
fantile paralysis to normal lives.
Lessen ravages of this crippling
disease for its victims.
Enable polio sufferers to recover
use of their limbs.
Finance full training of Kenny
technicians for permanent stay at
clinics throughout the country.
Intensive Research
Provide periodical study courses
for physician.* and technicians.
Conduct intensive and nationwide
clinical research ?n poliomyelitis
and related diseases.
Perpetuate and extenu the scope
and benefits of the Kenny Institute
not only in the United Stains but
througdbut the world.
Polio Is Everyman’s
Enemy, Bing Declares
The war against infantile paralysis is a war in which all
peoples of all nations have a common foe, Bing Crosby, screen
and radio star and national chairman of the Sister Elizabeth
Kenny Foundation national 1945 appeal, said today in an
appeal for contributions.
“Wars among nations always end but the fight against dis
ease is an unending battle in which<<
all mankind has a common inter- I
est, said Cros
by. who is direct
ing the campaign *
to raise $5,000,000
to expand the
work of Sister
Elizabeth Kenny,
Australian nurse
famous for her
discovery of a
revolutionary
treatment for in
fantile paralysis.
‘‘The war
against infantile
paralysis, thej
crippling disease,
is a war in which
all peoples of all nations are fight
ing together against a common foe,”
Crosby said.
Strikes Everywhere
“Infantile paralysis has no partic
ular battlefront; it has no particu
lar foe. It attacks the White, the
Negro or the Yellow man; Protes
tant, Catholic or Jew; the strong as
well as the weak. It strikes without
warning. It may strike in one sec
tion of our nation today and another
tomorrow. It may strike simultane
ously in many parts of the nation, in
many parts of the world.
“Tomorrow it may hit your com
munity, your family or yourself.
“The Sister Elizabeth Kenny
Foundation 1945 appeal is being con
ducted so we can wage an all out
war against infantile paralysis and
iust as wars among nations cost
money so do wars upon disease. If
we are to win the battle against in
fantile paralysis there must be
money for research, there must be
funds for the treatment of those who
fall victim to its ravages.”
Establish Local Clinic
Crosby emphasized that one-hall
o 1 the funds raised in each of the
48 states where the drive is being
conducted will remain in the state
to carry on local campaigns against
the disease, to finance training of
Kenny technicians for clinics
throughout the country and to
finance treatment of the stricken.
Funds also will be used, Crosby
said, to:
Enlarge the Elizabeth Kenny In
stitute in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Carry on extensive research as
to the causes of the disease.
Provide periodical study courses
for physicians and technicians.
Perpetuate and extend the scope
and benefits of the Kenny Institute
not only in the United States but
throughout the world.
Lessen ravages of the crippling
disease.
Work of Altruism
“Elizabeth Kenny’s work has been
a work of altruistn,” Crosby said.
“She accepts no fees or salary from
her work. Her only reward is the
realization that she has brought
happiness back into the lives of
countless persons.
“I realize that the people of Amer
ica have been called upon to contrib
ute to many worthwhile ventures
during the trying years of the war.
We have won that war through the
generosity and the unselfishness of
the people of America but another
war that rages continually remains
to be won. The people of America
can help win that war too—the war
against infantile paralysis—by con
tributing as generously as their
purse permits to the Sister Eliza
beth Kenny Foundation campaign
fund drive..”
GIVE TOm SISTER]
l ELIZABETH KENNY
FOUNDATION
BING CROSBY
Notional Chairman
Editorial: Their Chains and Shackles will be Heavier!
DISCUSS GENERAL MOTORS
STRIKE—Washington, D. C. .
Soundphoto—Members of the Gen
eral Motors Negotiating Commit
tee and the United Auto Workers
met with the Director of Concilia
tion Services of the Labor Depart
ment to discuss the General Mot
ors strike situation where thous
ands of workers are out. Picture
shows (left to right) seated, R.
J. Thomas, President of the United
Auto Workers and Edgar L. War
ren, Conciliation Director. Stand
ing, Charles L. Oswald, Louis Ad
kins, and Edgar L. Crago, Sr.,
all members of the General Motors
Negotiating Committee. Norman
Mathews, Director of UAW. Chry
sler Division, Richard Franken
steen, Vice Pres., UAW., CIO.;
and Walter Reuther, Vice Presi
dent UAW, CIO.
I
DO’S AND DON’TS: If they couldn’t talk about themselves and
their’s, some people would be at a loss for conversation Do re
member that you would be nothing without the cooperation of
others.
MONUMENT DEDICATED TO
THE HORSE
Minden, Nebraska (Special CFI
i photo to The Omaha Guide) from
I F. E. Flack—Lewis and Francis
! Newbold, husband and wife, living
six miles north of Minden, Nebras
ka in Kearney county, over a per
iod of many years gjtneied ston
es from each of the 48 states in
the union. From these the> erect
ed a base for this monument on
which is the inscription: “THIS
MONUMENT DEDICATED TO
THE HORSE AND HIS KIND
THAT LED THE WAY FOR THE
PIONEER AND MADE POS
SIBLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
AGRICULTURE AND INDUS
TRY IN THE WESTERN HEM
ISPHERE". It was dedicated this
fall.
WOT LD LOWER DISCHARGE
PETITION NAMES TO lOO
Washington DC_Leslie Perry!
of the Washington Bureau NAACP
said it would support and press for
early consideration of legislation
to amend the rules of the House of
Representatives so as to substan
tially lower the number of signa
tures required to bring a bill up
on a discharge petition. Currently
218 Congressmen, a majority of the
House lnembership) must sign a
petition but recently Congressman j
HURLEY RESIGNS IN
PROTEST
Washington, DC. Soundphoto —
Patrick J. Hurley resigned Iast
week as U. S. Ambassador to
China with a charge that profes
sional diplomats in the State De
partment are sabotaging the basic
principles of American foreign pol
icy.
GENERAL WEEMS STEPS
FROM RESCUE PLANE
Walhalla, S. C. Soundphoto -
Brig. General George H. Weems,
former Assistant Commandant at
Fort Benning Infantry School, is
shown as he steps from his rescue
plane after spending 13 hours in
cold and rain in the South Caro
lina mountains. He and six oth
ers bailed out of a burning C-54
transport plane. General Weems
gives credit to the pilot for saving
the lives of those aboard. Thi3
was the General’s first parachute
jump.
Matthew M. Neely (D., W. Ya„)
introduced House Resolution 353
which would lower the requirement
to 100.
A change of the House rules a
Iong the line of the Neely measure,
the NAACP said, would make it
possible to get a vote on the KEPC
bill which, according to informal
polls, has 147 signatures and the
anti-lynching bill which has 118.
Perry pointed out that prior to
1935, when the present 218 rule was
adopted, it was only necessary to
secure 145 signatures, or one-third
of the House membership to pry a
bill loose from a committee. He
declared that a further change in
the rules ■ * imperative “because it
i is increasingly apparent that the
| present requirement only serves to
I frustrate the plain will of the pe*.
pie.”
★ FOR SECURITY
★ FOR THE PEACE
Buy War Bonds
Buy Victory Bonds Regularly
Hold Them; Here's What Happens
Week|y SAVINGS AND INTEREST ACCUMULATED
Savings |n 1 Year_In 5 Years [ In 10 Yean
$3.75 $195.00 $1,004.20 $2,163.45
6.25 325.00 1,674.16 3,607.54
12.50 650.00 3,348.95 7,217.20
18.75 975.00 5,024.24 10,828.74
WASHINGTON, D. C.—War Finance officials said here that weekly
savings invested in Victory Bonds—$3.75 per week—for one year will
total enough to make a down payment on a home. The timetable shows
other small savings and their future values.
of The Negro Press
(from LOU SWARZ’ JOTTINGS)
New York, N. Y.—Recently a well-known mag
azine asked me to “OKeh” a similar column re
leased by me through a National News’ Syndicate,
in which I briefly discussed the “Value” of the
Negro Press—.
To me that is not hard to do because I still feed
as always: there is no agency as great as the Press,
(Period).—Differentiating between the Press
doesn’t make sense to me because every Press—
the Negro, Spanish, Jewish, Russian, and what we
call the white—gives to its locality, its people or
race, and its world.INFORMATION WHICH
CANNOT BE MEASURED.... ....
However, since we are still Negroes, most of us
interested only in racial issues, the Negro Press will
be the topic of this brief discussion—it, the Negro
Press, is definitely a, WAKE UP AND READ
Surely during the World War IT we learned
everything about the contributions made by our
Boys and Girls through Our Own Press.and
we are still learning. Read your local weekly, The
GREATER OMAHA GUIDE. and also read
your dailies....——Compare News about Negroes in
each.- In which do vou find most news about
our own race? In your Negro Press, don’t you?
Have you kept a scrap book of World War IT
events from both your Negro and white news
papers? If so, then you are a well-informed per
son on all issues. And you must admit that you
are informed on what our Negro boys did through
the pages of our Negro newspaper.
WAKE UP AND READ WAR NEWS IS
JUST ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF THINGS
ABOUT WHICH WE ARE KEPT INFORMED
ABOUT THROUGH THE NEGRO PRESS...
To question the value of the Negro Press, is, to
my way of thinking, ignorance.... take our great
organizations such as NAACP, BSCP, MOW, YW
CA, YMCA, NCNW, and others which have made
definite contributions to racial progress. In which
Press did you read about those organizations'? The
Negro Press was the channel which gave us that
information.
Speaking of general news and information con
veyed through the Negro Press is only a “Tiny”
angle of the work.There are many Phases or
Departments of which the Press can boast—NEWS
EDITORIALS, COMMENTS, SPECIAL COL
UMNS, PUBLICITY, ADVERTISNG, ETC.—
each phase could be given a page of discussion in a
newspaper and yet only the “Tip” touched.
....-Through what channels, do millions of
Negroes weekly, read, absorb and digest these
printed words—Only of course through such chan
nels as THE GREATER OMAHA GUIDE.
So let us move from the News or Information
angle of the Press; and we surely know that Edit
orials^ are invaluable. It is so often that through
the Editorials that conditions are improved and
people are awakened to their duties -....Keep up
" ith the Editorials in the Negro Press, especially
at Election Times and see the right things about
In the field of Advertising, Firms have become
rich off Ads in the Negro Press and readers have
profited in some way through Ads appearing.
Take “Snow White” for instance, and other such
Ads. It is easily known that it is estimated that
the Negro America spends over .......
$$ 7 BILLION DOLLARS $$
——- f°r life’s necessities. So Firms readily see the
advantage in Advertising through the Negro Press
-WAKE UP AND REALIZE THE WORTH
OF THE NEGRO PRESS.
And now comes the BIG thing PUBLICITY
V hat is more valuable than the Negro Press for our
Stars in the various fields. Sports, Theatre,
Music, Radio, Writing, etc. Thanks to the
Negro Press that we read about many race Artists
who know nothing about the value, nor do they
want to learn anything about the value of a Press
Agent, Publicity Agent, or a Public Relations Man,
or Woman. Funny, but you can (I belivee) count
the Artists in other races who do not have some
kind of Press or Publicity Agent.Firms like
wise — But how mamny of our race Artists in any
field know what a Press Agent can mean to them. ..
WHY SLEEPEST TITOU .WAKE UP
AND READ. .. AND GIVE THANKS THAT
WE DO HAVE THE NEGRO PRESS .!
