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NNPA MEETS IN ST. LOUIS St Louis, Mo., Jan. 21, 1946— The third annual meeting of the Central Regional Conference of the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association, held in St. Louis Jan. 18 and 19, was characterized by forward-looking and aggressive planning for the post-war news paper. The sessions were attended by representatives from most all regions, who listened to highly en lightening addresses and diseus M. Melchiorsen ! Democratic Candidate for Sheriff ^ orld W ar Veteran Remember IS3 # - Mr. M. Melchiorsen, who has filed jor Sheriff on ] the Democratic Ticket, is very deserving of your t consideration. ff ell-trained and will make a good i Sheriff. He wants to meet everyone in Douglas ^ County and express himself. A very nice man to t meet. You will hear about him later oti from lime , \ to time. \ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0" & (Political Adv.) Thrifty Service... r— ■ -■» • 6 LBS. OF LAUNDRY BEAUTIFULLY LAUNDERED FOR ONLY CO* AND ONLY 7c For Each Additional lb... • This Includes the Ironing of all FLAT-WORK with Wearing Apparel Returned Just Damp Enough for Ironing. Emerson - Saratoga 2324 North 24th St. WE. 1029 > -— Attention Veterans i And Everybody! i The Opening of the {Rose La Telia Apparel Shop (will be January 24, 1946 at 2418 Grant Street, |first door east in The Omaha Guide Publishing Company Building. Come and look in the Rose (La Telia Apparel Shop,—You may find just | what you want in wearing apparel. | For Men and Boys For Women and Children t SUITS DRESSES I OVERCOATS HATS .SPORT COATS COATS | LEATHER JACKETS SHOES SHIRTS UNDIES |HATS FASCINATORS fPANTS BLOUSES | SHORTS SWEATERS " SCARFS SKIRTS | SWEATERS WHAT-NOTS ' SHOES i RUBBERS I POCKET KNIVES ) Open Everyday from 10:00 a. m. to 7:0O p. m. sions. The two day sessior.g were compact with matters pertaining to the profession and of the Ne gro newspaper during the period or reconversion. The issues of na tional concern pertaining to fed eral grants were also considered by the tody, future action being referred to the executive commit tee, to be completed at its meet ing Washington in February Action for closer coordination between the Lincoln University School of Journalism and the pub ishers was instituted. Represen ative3 of the school distributed luestionaires seeking advice on la.is for expenditure of $325 ;rant to conduct research in the ournalistic field in 1946. All out upport for a permanent FEPC g.slatio i was manifested. Among those who addressed ie panels and luncheon sessions re S. E. Carvel, St. Louis Post spntch: Sam Shelton, represent, ng Joseph Pulitzer, publisher, St. I Louis Post Dispatch; E. Lansing ' Ray, St. Louis Globe Democrat; layer A. P Kaufman; Foster1 Raton, St. Louis Star-Times; also Frank L. Stanley, president of the NNPA; George Gringerham, St. Louis Globe Democrat; Ennos B. Winius, president Anfenger Ad vertising Agency; Edwin B. Meis sner, president, St Louis Car Foundry, and Chairman, St. Louis Interracial Commission. Musical presentations, winning the acclaim of the publishers, were rendered by the choirs of the Sumner High Schools under the direction of Wirt Walton and C. Spencer Tocus, respectively. So cial events were held at the West End Waiters Club and Club Rivi era. The meeting to which the St. Louis Argus and St. Louis Ameri can were joints hosts, was voted one of the most hospitable and in teresting regionals experienced by members of the NNPA. The city lent full cooperation, along with he local papers, to make the ses ons highly enjoyable. The meetings were . presided over by Dowdel Davice, vice-pre-1 lident, Kansas City Call. Mem bers of the executive board pre sent were Frank Stanley, Dowdel1 Davice, H H. Murphy, John Sen gestack, Cecil Newman, William Nunn, A. G. Shields. utner delegates registering in cluded: E. Von Anderson, Omaha Star; W. O- Walker, Felix Walker, Charles Loeb and Haarry Alex ander, Cleveland Call Post; Cecil Newman, Minneapolis Spokesman James V. Morris, Iowa Bystander, J. E. Mitchell, Mrs. Nannie Mit chell, Frank Mitchell, Mrs. Zelma Mitchell, J. Orvel Mitchell, Irv-1 ing Williamson, Richard Jackson, I St. Louis Argus; Frank Stanley and Frank Gray L. Blackwell, , Louisville Defender; C. A. Scott,1 Atlanta Daily World; N. A Sweets, E. N. Davis, St. Louis American; A. Marcelle Kennedy, Myles Stevens, and James Mamlet Kansas City Plaindealer; Robert Barber, Miss Lucille Bluford, Mel. ton Bledsoe, Elmer Baker and Bernard Toomy, Kansas City Call Louis O- Swingler, Memphis Wor ld; A. G. Shields, Arkansas World Emory O. Jackson, Birmingham World; Vemba Inge, St. Louis American; Robert L. Saunders, I Cincinnati; Mrs. Brown, Arkansas World and Mrs. Faith Benjamin, ! Cleveland Herald; Russ Cowan,, Michigan Chronille; Ebory Jack son, Birmingham World; H. H. Murphy, Afro American; James Morris, Iowa Bystander; John Sengestack, Chicago Defender; j Mr. Howard, Howard News Syn licate. Visitors included Misses Theo Nix and Consuelo Young from the Lincoln University School of Journa sm, Jefferr *"' Mo-: R. B. Atwood, presi “TT PAYS TO LOOK WELL" MAYO’S BARBER SHOP Ladies and Children’s Work A Specialty 2422 LAKE ST, bright spot • Bright as a shiny new token is the stable, low cost of trans portation in Omaha. Your street car and bus fare is still at its pre-war 3 for 25c price. Despite increased taxes, higher cost of operations and maintenance, the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway continues to offer you safe, speedy, dependable transportation at the very lowest possible cost. dent Kentucky State College; and William Clark, representative of ;he OPA. Interracial Quintet In Philipine Isl. Red Cross Del Monte, Mindanao, P- I. Unique among the American Red Cross installations in the Far East is the office of Field Direc tor William V. Mason here, who heads a staff of five made up of almost as many races. A Negro Swiss and Filipino are included in the quintet, which boasts a team work hard to beat. As one of the workers put it, "Our mixed group proves once again that the American system j, democracy does work success fully among intelligent people.” Headquarters with the famous Negro 93rd Division that has helped make Pacific history, Field Director Mason, a former Nation al Guard and Coast Artillery offi cer whose home is at II Canon chet Lane, Pawtucket, R. I., is in charge of all Red Cross activities on the mountainoug island of Min lanao, home of the famous Mcro tribe. It is still the hideout ler hundreds of Japanese soldiers. von ms sum are: oamuei 11. Cooper, Negro assistant Field Di rector, 1180 Fox Street, New York City, former chemistry teacher at Edward Waters College in Day tona, Beach, Florida. ■ Emil Schroeder, Swiss Admini strative Assistant. A graduate of the Swiss College of Commerce in Zurich, he was formerly an ac countant, trapped in the Philip pines by the Japanese invasion. He had an arm broken when he was thrown into the Pasig River after he refused to bow to passing Japanese soldiers on the street., of Manila during the Japanese oc cupation He later escaped to Min danao by sailboat with a Filipino friend. Regidor Redondo, Filipino head clerk, who is also a former accoun tant. He is a native of Mindanao. Miss Marion D. Vollmer. of Col umbus, Ohio, who is Assistant neld Director. t>ne is a Heu vn veteran of nearly 33 months Pa euic service. HOME BOUND Gl’s STOP AT KED CROSS CLUB Marseilles, France—Welcoming from eight to ten thousand sol diers a day as they stream thi u the port of Marseilles on their way home ia the job of Miss Gen eva Mercomes, daughter of An drew Smith Mercomes, 627 E. 10 St., Lawton, Kan., director of the Negro-staffed American Red Croce Club here "The men in the redeployment area remain from 10 days to 3 weeks and we try to provide them with a continuous program of re creation and entertainment,” Miss Mercomes explains. Gamea and facilities for exercise are enjoyed on the third floor, converted into a gymnasium. In the lounges on the floors we present string en-, sembles, shows with GI talent, | jam sessions and swing bands Once a week we hold open house, to which soldiers bring their girls for informal dancing and refresh '■•>nt.s. Sunday morning devotion al services are featured by the singing of a well rehearsed chor al group among the soldiers. The Canebiere Club is also the central point from which the Gl’s take sightseeing trips to Avignon Toulouse where the French scut tled their fleet. Chateau d’lf and the ancient Notre Dame de la Garde. Miss Mercomes. who is a grad uate of Bethel College, Newton, Kansas, took her graduate work in sociology at Wayne University of Michigan. Before joining the Red Cross she was a case wor ker for ti e city relief department Detroit, and a home service wor ker for the Detroit Red Cross Chapter. Since coming overseas ' ••c'ar ago she has directed clubs in Northern Ireland, England and France. Assisting Miss Mercomes as nroeram director is 'Mrs. Betty J. Smith, 2 West 120th St., New n, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Peter Whitecloud, Hunter, Calif, '■’nee coming overseas in June, ’45 M 's. Smith has devoted much of her time at the Canebiere Club assisting the soldiers in putting on their own shows. She has been instrumental, also, in arranging for clever murals on the walls of the coffee lounge. Such famous cartoonists as Bill Mauldin, Lyle Suter and C. Ford have left sam ples of their work. SUBSCRIBE NOW! CALL HA-0800 Plain Talk By Dan Gardner Gardner Says We ISeed Brand Xeic Leadership; Young, Courageous . . What we need is brand new lea dership. Young, courageous, yet capable, wise and adept in the ways of this, the dawn of the new era of atomic diplomacy. We need men and women at the helm of our racial ship who are attuned to the times; men and women who are not burdened with the weight of old aged, and outlived useful ness. We need fighting blood in the viens of our leaders in the try ing days ahead, and in their minds we must have practical knowledge of things, not gushing theories, a lot of guesswork and half learned principles. There is a place for all things and all people, and in our new leadership we fuse all elements. The social worker has his place; So does the business man. The preacher must be heard as must the politician. The farmer should have his voice and the carpenter and mechanic must surely have representation The educator, the professional soldier, the editor and the athlete, as well as the musi cian should be given their say. Some of our present confused dif ficulties and groping can be traced to the elevation of one particular category to power with less or I little emphasis on what the others * are doing or can do. The preacher j has shared the reins with the so-1 cial • worker and educator in the ] past; today we find the politician i also on the driver’s seat- But what of the laborer, the domestic, the so called small fry? It was an oxiom for many yearj that the only persons whom the Nogro masses would give an ear to was a Negro preacher and a white man. This more or less, is still true today, although social workers made extravagant claims as they go about selling the white public with philanthropic leanings an estimate of their influence and strength with the great mass ox us who are identified with com mon labor and domestic tasks. In the last 20 years, Negro politici- , ans have surged to the front and , wield much influence where the j the minister once reigned supreme i and Negro leaders, despite work' of A. Philip Randolph, Frank Crosswaith, and a few others, are comparatively new, but are on the national Negro horizon because of today’s highlighting of the pro blems of labor. Musicians, both classic and popular, have enjoyed a certain proimnence in our lead ership affairs (whether they knew what it was all about or not, their names looked good on letterheads and throw-aways)’ because their work has so much bearing on the opinion whites have of us. The same goes for athletes, including boxers with bashed-in noses and cauliflower ears and who speak out of the side of the mouth in the gashouse accent commonly associated with that line of endea vor. Through power politics, the ato moc bomb development, plus the ability to organize and lead, the white man is going into a period of history where the sky seems the lmit to his ascendency. The chal lenge of the darker races as pre sented by Japan went up in the tragic clouds of Hiroshimo. The white man’s planes, his tanks and flame throwers yank aside the skits of immunity enjoyed by jun gle living natives in Africa, the Pacific, Asia and the comparative safety the nomadic tribesmen of the desert have had over the cen turies. Today nothing is safe from him. He is riding the pinnacle and has warned that he brooks no challenge to his supremacy. The white man has had no magic for mula to reach his present emin ence There are no mumbo-jumbo combinations that are sure-fire in cantation to bring about radical and immediate changes. He got on top through hard work, by the use of same brain God gave us all. Today he belongs to the Haves and we are the Have Nots. Our aim is to belong to his class. We cannot until we take steps as he has taken his or in a similar way. The shortcuts are dangerous and many times a gambling choice. Our capacity to organize and to lead must be demonstrated today. We must control or be able to in fluence every Negro in the coun try, from tenant farmer to insur ance executive, from levee worker to college president. This influence must be in favor of a right pro gram worked out by right meth ods and dedicated to the help and improvement of us all, in relation to, in addition, the common needs of all men, white and black. This calls for a radical change in our leadership front. Many who now hold positions of power and influ ence, must be shunted to one side to make way for newer positions and prospects- And we must know in front what any leader in any field really plans to do with us in mapping out the common program for us all. Our newspapers must raise the cry and it must echo in to every hill and vale where our people may be, letting them know what is a foot and to get in on the bandwegon because we face either the ignomy of being always on the tail end or the chance to move anwrard with honor and re spect. --- I MCDONALD REPORTING __i By C. C. McDonald Mr R. J. Turner, prop, of the T F and R Radio Shop, is open ing an all-Negro operated Cabin et Manufacturing Plant at 24th and Willis Ave., on or about Feb. 4, 1946. All products in wood and plexi glass, such as radio cabinets, kit chen cabinets, and etc., will be made. Mr. Turner plans to have a staff of about 12 men, ex-service men with some experience in this field are preferred. • Look forward to the Elbony Cabinet Co., for your custom built cabinets. Mr. Newman of 1322 Park Ave. has been in one building 42 yrs. and says he has made many many friends in that space of time. He now has a nice line of groceries and all brands of liquors. His store seems to be headquarters for the community- Everyone, --WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Settlement of Steel Strike Basic to Industry; Plan to Revive Essential German Output - hv Western Newsnsn*** I'm » (EDITOR S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns they are '°! Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this ne P hi mnnrinn mi 'nrrrnmnnninii>iiwiiiiiin>i>o("|v>|wn<ff'ii'ino(Yrn LABOR: Basic Dispute A settlement of the steel case por tended early solution to a whole string of major strikes affecting ba sic industries and promised speedy resumption of large-scale produc tion since reconversion has been re ported as already 90 per cent com pleted. In stepping into the steel dispute to prevent a shutdown of the na tion's mills supplying vital material to American industry, President Truman proposed a settlement on the basis of a wage increase ap proximating 16 per cent and a price boost to operators in the neighborhood of $4 a ton. Though representing a compromise between the two parties, the offer fell below the CIO-United Steel Workers' mini mum demands and also ignored their position that price raises were unnecessary. Because solution of the steel con troversy would enable industry to ac curately estimate costs partly based on steel prices, an early settlement of the automobile and electrical ap pliance walkouts was expected to follow. ivieanwnue, government concili ators worked feverishly for a settlement of the CIO and AFL strike against the big packers as the nation’s meat supply dimin ished. While the packers resisted pres sure to increase their offer of a 7% cent hourly boost under present price ceilings, the CIO cut its de mands from 25 cents per hour to 17% cents and the AFL to 15 cents. A number of smaller operators signed with both unions at the lat ter figure, with the promise of additional increases to cover high er wages agreed to by Wilson, Ar mour, Swift and Cudahy. Though the government gave in to the packers’ demands for higher ceilings in an effort to avert a walkout threatening the nation’s meat supply, its original offer of raising the price on semi-processed meat sold to the U. S. was rejected on the grounds that there was no assurance of a large volume of purchases. DEMOBILIZATION: Hear ‘Ike* Calling himself “only a G.I.” al though he officially was “of the crass, oaia, ooy ish - looking Gen. Dwight D. Eisen |l hower, army chief 1 of staff, appeared J before a joint con * gressional com Imittee to personal ly report on the de mobilization slow down, which has aroused troop dem Gen. "Ike" onstrations the world over. Declaring that the new program was adopted to brake an excess of discharges over the original sched ule, “Ike” said that we would have “run out of army” by April unless the slowdown was put into effect. As it is, he said, 1,665,000 more men have been released than planned and another 2,000,000 will be sepa rated within the next five months. Vigorously denying that the slow down was prompted by the desire of high officers to retain their rank, or by efforts to push military con scription through congress, Eisen hower said that sufficient men were required to occupy enemy territory I On picket line at General Electric plant in Erie, Pa., with dad, this youngster joined CIO for a $2 a day wage increase. in Europe and the Pacific, guard seven billion dollars worth of sur plus equipment overseas, adminis ter the Philippines, and arrange for withdrawal from Pacific bases. Declaring that men would be kept no longer than necessary, “Ike” disclosed that all major command ers have been informed that by April 30 all enlisted men with 45 points or 30 months of service on that date were to be released or aboard ship, while requirements were to be further cut by June 30 to 40 points or 24 months of serv ice. Following his exposition of the new demobilization program, Eisenhow er announced that he had banned fur ther overseas demonstrations by troops on the question, though pro tests from G.I.s were to be passed on to the top. Both enlisted men and officers will be permitted to express their views in the determination of their essential status. For continuing agitation, several G.I.s were ordered confined to quar ters in Hawaii. GERMANY: Map Production Even as church leaders besought President Truman’s approval for providing Germany with private re lief to avert privation this winter, the war, state and agriculture de partments conferred on plans for furnishing material for the revival of essential civilian industry within the reich. Uncter the program contemplated, the army would be placed in direc tion of production on the theory that the provision of vital commodities is necessary to maintain order and health within the occupation zone. The undertaking would represent the second step in occupation pol icy, the first dealing with prevention of chaos in the immediate wake of war and resurgence of organized op position. in supplying tiermany witn raw materials for essential output, the U. S. proposes to be careful not to stock such heavy industries as iron and steel which might be reconvert ed to war purposes, or to re-estab lish any plants that might be ear marked for removal for reparations Further, in permitting a resump tion of essential production, the U. S. plans to retain close control over the distribution. Sufficient supplies would be allocated for the civilian population while exports of the re mainder would be allowed for re paying America and building up overseas balances for purchase of raw materials for industries re established under Allied agreement. Disclosure of the government plan for reviving vital German industry coincided with Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam’s appeal to President Tru man to permit Protestant churches of this country to ship clothing to the reich this winter. President of the Federal Council of Churches, Bishop Oxnam revealed that con gregations throughout the country had thousands of bales of wear packed and only awaited permission to send it. Having just returned from a tour of Europe with other church of ficials, Bishop Oxnam joined in a report commending the government decision to supply the reich with 500, 000 tons of food to help relieve an ill-balanced and inadequate diet. Be cause of the lack of heat and the wear of irreplaceable clothing, how ever. a serious need exists for ap parel, it was said. Forecast Drop in World Sugar Harvest A 400,000-ton decrease in world sugar production in 1945-46 com pared with the year before is fore cast by the USDA office of foreign agricultural relations, total output being estimated at 27.8 million short tons, 400,000 below the previous year. Though North America's beet sug ar production has been upward since 1943, Europe’s has been down J ! ward, and world output for 1945-46 at 7.3 million tons is expected to be the smallest since 1923. Increased harvests of sugar cane in the west ern hemisphere also have been off set by decreased production in the Far East, Africa, Australia and the Pacific, and an estimated crop of 20.5 million tons for 1945-46 would be 500,000 tons less than the yea before. VETS: ' Buck Outsiders Carrying banners proclaiming that "We Can't Live on Promises,” “We Fought for the U. S. A. and Now We're Discarded." and "Welcome Home for What?" World War II vets picketed every mine about Lansford. Pa., in a drive tor jobs held by out siders who accepted employment in the pits during the war years. While thousands of United Mine Workers in the area refused to cross the ex-G.I.'s picket lines, officials of the Edison Anthracite Coal com pany refused to discharge outsiders just because they were not born in the district, claiming that it would be liable to lawsuit. Many of the demonstrators had never been pre viously employed, Edison having re hired all old employees discharged from service. Despite UMW admonitions against acting against union members, vari ous locals in the area passed resolu tions that all outsiders who accept ed employment in the mines since January. 1940, or opened businesses in the district were to leave. In formulating their demands, miners declared that since the pits were the principal source of employment about Lansford, hiring of outsiders seriously crimped job opportunities for town residents. UNO: Faces Test No sooner had the United Nations organization to preserve postwar peace gotten underway than it ap peared headed for its first substan tial test over Iran's appeal for se curity against alleged Russian de signs on the middle-eastern state. At the same time, Indonesian na tives were to call on UNO for sup port in their fight against the re establishment of Dutch colonial rule in the East Indies, but since no member nation was expected to sponsor their plea, they could not hope for a hearing. Iran’s determination to push for a showdown, even against British persuasion to defer discussion at this time in the interests of unity, posed a delicate problem, since Iranian delegates could take the is sue before the general assembly 11 the security council which includes Russia vetoed action. Oil-rich and occupying a strategic gateway to southern Russia, Iran has been under heavy Red pressure U. S. Aid Needed Abroad In the U. S. for a vacation, blunt and rugged Winston Church ill told newspaper reporters that he hoped America would not pull out of Europe and leopardize the fruits of victory. Britain was not strong enough to handle the job alone, he said. Declaring that he favored the partition of Germany Churchill said that has never oc curred except through rough and ready military occupation. ever since the development of the movement of the northern province of Azerbaijan for self-rule with Moscow's support. Efforts to stem the uprising were crippled by the refusal of Russian troops occupying that section of the country to per mit Iranian forces to re-establiah governmental authority. Meanwhile, President Truman supported the position of this coun try’s military advisers to the UNO meeting in demanding U. S. con trol of strategic Pacific islands in stead of submitting them to an international trusteeship as favored by America's civilian delegates. Declaring that the islands should be kept under U. S. control, Mr. Truman disclosed that this country would ask UNO for sole trusteeship. Other islands captured by American forces during the Pacific campaign, but not needed for our security, will be turned over to UNO, he said. CHINA: Plot Development Work of China's national re sources commission, charged with developing the country’s key indus tries and administering other enter prises assigned to it, promises to be greatly enhanced with political uni fication ■ under discussion of party leaders in Chungking. With the commission presently operating about 30 mines, 30 pow er plants and 40 factories, Ameri can consultants have been called in to help with the improvement, rehabilitation and expansion of the country’s youthful oil industry in one phase of postwar development. Discovered in 1939 on the south ern edge of the Gobi desert, the Yumen field has been especially marked for extensive exploitation. Seepages were known in the area for 2,000 years before drilling oper ations were undertaken and oil struck at 500 feet. Developed to pro vide China with petroleum after the Japanese had blockaded the sea ports, the Yumen field currently is producing 4,000 barrels a day from 25 wells to supply a small refinery. AUTO INDUSTRY: Huge Expansion In preparing to capitalize on a tremendous backlog of five years, plus normal demand, the automo bile industry has laid plans for plant expansion and rehabilitation aggre gating 800 million dollars. Of the 800 million dollars. General Motors will spend 500 million. Hav ing originally planned a 150 mil lion dollar program, Ford has added another 50 million for a grand total of 200 million. Chrysler will lay out 100 million dollars. knows Mr. Newman. A few doors up the street you will find the Park Ave., owned and operated by a very nice man who carries a nice line of furni ture, rugs, carpets and anything for the house. You are always welcome in his place. ARE YOU IN TUNE WITH THE TIMES?? Phone Us Your Social* Local News • JA-3215 \ NEGRO DOLLS j liEvery home should have a Col- ;> i;ored Doll. We offer in this sale s ;|two flashy numbers. With hair, ^moving eyes, shoes, stockings,;, linicely dressed. Price $4.98 and;; ;>$6.59. If C. O. D. postage ex-1; ;;tra. Dealers— Agents wanted.;, ! Write National Co., 254 West ;, ;135th St., New York, 30.