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■ LOCAL & NATL NEWS-lOc per copy “AND WORTH IT” ■ i /JUSTICE /EQUALITY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY _ PHONE HA.0800 2420 GRANT ST ^^^ “Largest Accredited Negro Newspaper West of Chicago and North of KC.” ^^^ _ A ^ __ -T . rt l Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oftice. Omaha. Nebr. Under Act of Saturday, Dec. 29, 1945 Our 18tn Year—No. 47 ★ 10c Per Copy ★ March 8, 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebr Rallies Over Country To % Tq^BB*”5fF§iB '.ii^y*sB|w‘T*r^i . __!__ NEW YORK—A series of meetings in strategic cities i nthe Middle West and East to rally support for the passage of the bill for a permanent FEPC will be sponsored by the( NAAOP, it was announced this week. The meeting will be held between Jan uary 2 and January 14 when Congress reconvenes its second session. Details will be announced later. Walter White, NAACP Secretary, issued a state ment urging all friends of FEPC to see their con gressmen and senators while they are home during the holiday recess, secure pledges from congressmen to sign the discharge petition to get the FEPC bill out of the House committee, and secure from senat ors a pledge to vote for cloture when the bill comes up in the upper house. I Public Pressure Seems to Be Breaking Through Fepc. Stalemate 930 F St., No. W, Washington 4, D. C. Executive 2233 (Mrs.) Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Executive, Secretary "Public pressure appears to be * breaking through the stalemate that for many months has held up congressional action on Perma nent FEPC,’ said 'the National Council for a Permanent FEPC in a special message to it’s affili ates released today. Assurances of Republican lea dership in House and Senate that efforts would be made to precipi tate floor action soon after the turn of the year were revealed in the message. In the Senate the Council anroun ced, a group of Republican Sen. atora intends to undertake an ag gressive role to force the issue to the floor of the Senate at the first ] oppoi i.unity. This ieatersfdp group includes Senators Wayne Morse,' Oregon; Joseph Bali, Minn.; H1 Alexander Smith, N. J; Milton R. Young, N. D.; William F. Know land, California; Charles W. To bey, N. H; George D. Aiken. Vt. itv Leadei Jo eph Martin that a,3 soon as possible after the House holiday recess enough Republicans will sign the petition to bring the bill to the floor of the House. The protest resignation from the Presidents FEPC of Attorney Charles Houston, the message de clared, has made the country ac utely conscious of the futility of a government agency which must re ly upon the Executive for enforce ment powers, and the emphasizes the great need for a permanent FEPC with full authority. The mesage called upon the 7,00 odd local councils for permanent FEPC and 60 odd national collor. ating organizations throughout the country to intensify mobiliza tion of public opinion, in messages to the White House and Party lea ders, and in mass meetings, for im mediate Congressional action. A revised list of Representatives who have not signed the House petition on the basis of a voluntary poll, conducted by the National Council was issued with the message. TRUMAN SCORED FOP. PLAN i MAKING FEPC FACT FINDING; Washington, D. C_Scoring Pre sident Truman’s action in setting up FEPC purely as a fact-finding agency as doing infinite harm by delaying action on permanent i FEPC legislation, the NAACP wired Hide* Chief EX<»eutrv6 last week, failure of your Administra tion to act in these crises destroys hope and faith of millions of Americans who face joblessness. This step following your failure to require Capital Transit Com pany to cease discriminating pra. tices while Government he'd con trol of that utility and your order tc FEPC against issuam e of di rective to Capital Transit Com pany negates all your statement on behalf of FEPC. Already m northern as well as southern in dustrial centers employers are re questing of United States Em ployment Service offices “white, Gentile, Protesta r.t, native born Chrjstian, North European stock,’ employees. — In Cosmetic Business 5--« MARVA LOUIS former wife of the world’s heavy weight champion, who will open her new cosmetic concern in Uhieago within the next few days with the blessings of Joe Louis. The “brown bomber” has called this new venture the best idea sin- ever had and indicates he favors a business career for Marva over the stage. (AXP Photo) Urban League, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority To Present Imperialist Choral Recital Sunday AKA COUNCIL.. Gets Three Anti Discrimination Provisions i n Hospital BiU History was made in Congress last week when three anti-disci i mination provisions were added to the National Hospital Construc tion Act which has been urged and advocated by the National Non Partisan Council on Public Affairs of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Dr. Boulding Ferebee appeared before the Senate Education and Labor Committe to request that the bill then pending, which had no safeguards, be amended. She, offered 8 anti-discrimination am endments, the substance of which were generally encouched in the three that were finally added to the bill. An intense educational campaign with the members of the Committee by Mrs. Thomasina W. Johnson, Legislative Repre sentative of the Council on the need for these amendments resul ted in their inclusion. Intense efforts to keep the pio visions out on the floor were sr effective that the provisions wet retained despite the fact that Sei ator Olin D. Johnston of Sou; Carolina was presiding and Sen. or Lister Hill of Alabama had t Jefend the bill inasmuch as he wr .he author of the original bill an :hairman of the Sub-Committee c he Senate I he anti-discrimination provisic state that in the construction . hospitals and hospital facilities in the authorization of funds, they ire to be ailoted according to cer tain fundamental requirements which prescribe that the state plan shall provide for adequate hospi tal facilities for the people resid ing in the state, without discrimi nation on account of race, creed or color This anti discrimination provi sion also concerns the regulations regarding the state plan tnai must be submitted to the Surgeon Gen eral. Such regulations, among others, may require that before approval of any applications for a hospital or addition to a hospital is recommended by a state agency, assurance shall be received by a state fiom the applicant that such hospital or addition to a hospital will be made available to ah per sons residing in that area of the applicant without discrimination on account of race, creed, or color, nut an exception shall be made in cases where separate hospital fa cilities are provided for separate population groups if the plan ma kes equitable provisions on the ba. sis of need for facilities and ser vices of like quality for each of such groups. The second anti-discrimination provision directs itself to the states to which funds may be ailoted. Re gulations are issued to the states by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Federal Hospital Louncil and the Administrator, af ‘et which each state desiring to | participate will formulate plans by which each hospital or facility will be constructed. These plans must include regulations which meet requirements as to lack of discrimination. The third anti-discrimination pro I vision concerns the withholding of unds. The approval of the plan ubmitted by the state is based on tssurance that many requireme nts ire met, before money may be al. lotted to a state for construction ! of hospitals or facilities. AtnOfig I the requirments that a state must j meet before funds may be allotted | to it are requirements that assur t ances be given that regulations be j provided for regarding the provi 1 sions of facilities without discrim- j ! ination on account of race, cree<»! j or color. Dr. Ferebee stated that it is' | gratifying to know that the United States Senate has incorporated ; partially the requests of the Alpha i Kappa Alpha women in the Na . tional Hospital Act of 1946. The j passage of this bill with the Sen i ate provisions, which we hope a: e I strengthed by the House, will do much to raise the health standards of minority groups. Our success in this bill will only heighten the determination of the Alpha Kappa Alpha women to sponsor and work for the passage of better legisla. ; tion that will raise the standards of all people in America Mrs. Johnson, who was the au thor of the amendments states that an intense effort would be made in the house to change the I wording of the provisions in the I House, to make the bill stronger j when it comes up for passage in there. She also indicated that the | wording of the amendment with J regard to separate facilities nced ! ed changing from ‘shall’ to ‘may. ! She expressed deep concern over | the fact that to date no word hud j as yet been devised of compelling l the federal government to afcol j ish segregation, in grant-in-aid I programs to state governments where the state pays part of the cost, in federal legislation of this kind. The only technique so far advanced, where there are state laws compelling segregation, is to compel an equitable distribution of the funds so allotted, within the limits of the state law of segrega tion while fighting state segrega-1 gation laws through other chan nels. This same principal applies to use of minority groups on the staff and in personnel practices of programs under such federal bills. She stated that Alpha Kappa Al pha women were unalterably op posed to segregation and discrim ination it all its forms and that segregation and discrimination will be fought in any and all ways that this bill did not include all that might be desired generally nor all that might be desired for Negroes, but that it did go fur ther than any previous bill; and that it was a step in the right dir ection but that the Alpha Kappa Alpha women would not be con tent until the whole journey to ab solute equality and freedom had been completed. The council is ur ging all other organizations arc! persons to request that the bill be strengthened in the House of Re presentatives where it will be shortly after the Christmas re ess. SAYS GOP MUST STAND FOR FREEDOM, NO RACE BIAS Boston, Mass—Writing in the Christian Science Monitor, Bart ley Crum, San Francisco attorney declared that a liberal Republican program will stress one of the first planks of the first Republican leadership, the moral issue of hu man freedom, the absence of re strictions or distinctions based on race, creed or color. The Republican party has a moral obligation to Negroes de clared Mr. Crum. Quoting an un named Negro leader to the effect that if a liberal Republican party would break its alliance with re actionary Southern Democrats and would muster an actual rather I than a potential Negro vote which among other things, would hasten the exit from public life of the ! Rankins, Bilbos and Eastlands, the writer asserts, the potential Negro vote, according to the 1940 census is 7,375,609; the potential impact of the second emancipation of the Negro is worldwide. Post Offices to be Used As Collecting Stations for Relief Clothing Drive VICTORY CLOTHING COLLECTION New York, Dec—Soon after the post offices are cleared of the last Christmas packages, They will be gin to recieve clothing gifts from the American people to the suf fering people in bombed out lands according to an order of Postma ster General Robert E. Hannagan which was made public today. Henry J Kaiser, national chair man of the Victory Clothing Col lection, declared that the order to all postmasters authorized and di rected them to permit local com mitees of the nation-wide clothing drive to place boxes in post-office lobbies to receive clothing dona tions. Mr. Kaiser also anounced that Nelson A. Rockefeller, former As. sistant Secretary of State, will serve as the New York City chair .. «, r-ie collection. Mr. Kaiser also announced that 9,607 communities throughout Am erica are organized to conduct the clothing drives under the local chairmanship of 4,313 men and women, many of whom will direct county-wide drives. One community, South Hero. Vt., has completed its clothing HOLIDAY CHORAL RECITAL Next Sunday, Dec. 30th, 1945 at 6 pm, the Omaha Urban League and the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority will present the Imperialists in their initial Holiday Recital at the Urban League Community Center 2213 Lake Street. Young Lee Simms, president, Janie Robbins, sec’y Walter Bell, director PROGRAMME I Rocka My Soul.arr. by Briggs Miss Young Lee Simms soloist I’m So Glad.....arr. by Bell Until I Found the Lord arr. by Bell PWase, Jesus....arr. by Bell « II Oh Holy Night.Stephen Adams Mrs. Collen St. Clair, soloist The Holy City.Stephen Adams Mr. Paul Briggs, soloist III Joy To The World Silent Night Mrs. Colleen St. Clair, soloist Poor Little Jesus Boy The Story of Xmas ...arr. by Bell Mr. Duward R- Grooms, nar’tor Intermission Remarks by Mr. Arthur B. McCaw IV Go Tell It On The Mountain Tingle Bells (male voices) arranged by Bell V Vhite Christmas J Come All Ye Faithful arranged by Bell vJod Bless America...Berlin audience standing join in on 3rd verse) he public is all invited. •■■■■■■■■■■■■■■IIMHMEiaMHiMBBBBBHHI■■■ 3ollection. The 606 residents of his village on an island in Lake Champlain began their drive one tonth in advance of the national campaign. Mrs Henry Buermann, local chairman, explained that three pre-Christmas sewing bees were held to salvage garments that were torn and ripped. The Victory Clothing Collection scheduled from Jan. 7—31, seeks 100,000,000 used garments, in se dition to shoes and bedding Eacn contributor is invited to attach good-will mesages to clothing gifts. Heads Carver Savings & Loan . MR. MILTON E. JOHNSON Mr Milton Johnson, the proprie tor of the Johnson Drug and Li quor Store at 24th and Grant, who lives at 2836 Decatur Street was elected President of the Carver board of directors at their last meeting, an office which became vacant when Dr. Craig Morris re signed and moved to San Fran :isco, California. Mr Johnson’s native home was St. Joseph, Missouri, where he finished high school. After com pleting high school, he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a gradu ate of Nebraska University, in Pharmacy. The Board of Direct ors are very much pleased with their newly elected president. At torney Charlea F Davis, the foun der of the Carver Savings & Loan Association and who is sec’y and treasurer of the same says he feels that the directors made a fine se lection for their president. Mrs. Valeria McCaw Appointed Art Teacher In Public School System Mrs. Valeria McCaw, the wife of Mr. Arthur B. McCaw at 2806 Ohio, was appointed by the board of education as a Teacher of Art at the Long School and wlil begin her services on January 24th Mrs McCaw has been attending Omaha University art classes for two years, and during that time she led her class and made the honor roll in each semester.' Mrs. Althouse to Hold “Open House” Tea The Althouse School of Beauty Culture, 2715-17 No. 24th St., will be hostess to a New Years open house tea Tuesday January 1st. The "iihlic is invited and there will be eilts lor all. hours from 4 to 8 o’clock pm. | ' -_ LEAVES FOR HOT SPRINGS Dr. J. J. Jones, one of Omaha s leading and most popular dentists, will leave Saturday for Hot Springs, Arkansas for a course of baths. Dr. Jones will be gone for four weeks and expects to return i to Omaha about February 1st, j 1946. AID 1945 CHRISTMAS SEAL CAMPAIGN Jimmie Lunceford, Lena Horne and Rex Ingram gave a helping hand in the fight against tubercul osis by campaigning for sale of 1945 Christmas Seal. (ANP Photo) Bedford Park’s Beautiful Lots will be put on the Market For Sale Soon! Watch The Omaha Guide for size & Prices. “Small Down Payment Will Do the Job”.
