^ ^ ^ ^ ★ *★* ★ *★* ★ ^ ^ ^ ^ LOCAL & NATL NEWS-lOc per copy “AND WORTH IT” i 1 /JUSTICE/EQUALITY I i HEW TO THE UNE\ FQIIAI OPPORTUNITY PHONE HA.0800 2420GRANT ST .. ^ ^ “Largest Accredited Negro Newspaper W est of Chicago and North of KC. -¥-'¥*-¥■_ ' “ " Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-of lice, Omaha, Nebr., Under Act of SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1946 OUR 19th YEAR—No. 6 ★ IOC Per Copy ★ March 8, 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebr. New Northside Branch Y. M. C. A. Sec’y Appointed nebr. state historical soceity LINCOLN. NCBR. nr OUR GUEST Column Edited by Verna V. Harris THE HATED VICTOR (by Luigi Creatore, Assoc. Director Servicement’s & Veterans’ Division, Natl. CIO Community Services Committee The fighting man has done with war. He has been thru the impartial fury of mech anized battle. He has met the f rres of fascism and con quered them. Now he Is home. Is there an American who wilt deny the homage we owe the soldier s there an Ameri can who will deny him the right to a job. the right to establish a home, to raise his family in reasonable secur ity? Is there a citizen of Amer ica who would hold back the freedoms from the soldier whose life was offered in the name of democracy? It seems an ahsurb ques tion. No voice w ill defame the soldier’s name or deny his rights—as long as he is a fig ment of editorial imagination But let him become a reality, let him face one hundred and thirty million people, and he will have enemies. If he is a Japanese-Amer ican who fought furiously a gainst the Germans in the hope he would chosen for the ' push against Japan, if ins] mind was troubled by more than the fear of personal] danger because mail from his family had an internment camp for a return address— he will have enemies. If he is a Negro whose la- j tent skills were developed a long with a sense of respon sibility and leadership, for the purpose of winning a war —he will have enemies. If he is a Jew, or a Catho lic, or a Protestant, or a des cendant of the Latin peoples, the Antlo-Saxon peoples, or the peoples—1'• will, have enemies. The enemy ahroad wore a uniform and said “Hell” or “Banzai.” He was a tough enemy but easily identified. ' The enemy at home wears civilian clothes and spits words of intolerance. He is not alwavs easilv identified. I * * He is sly enough to talk a gainst the Jew to the Italian, against the Italian to the Ne gro, against the Negro to the Catholic—and on and on in a vicious cycle. He is the soldier's enemy because he is the people's en emy and the soldier has fought a people's war. He is the soldier's enemv because he seeks to spread intolerance in the nation that has led the world’s search and the world's fight for free dom from intolerance. He is the soldier's enemy because he would ration the soldier’s share in freedom ac cording to the color of his skin, his creed and his race. We at CIO are ever aware that the soldier fought the peo pie's enemy abroad. We believe it is for the people to fight the soldeir’s enemy at home. We can do this by demand ing a permanent FEPC. We can do this by demand ing equal wages for equal work. We can do this by demand ing equal opportunities for all veterans seeking jobs, housing, medical attention, education, etc. We must ask that the Con stitution of the United Stales conceived in liberty an equal ity, become a reality. We must ask the man on the street to search his heart for justice and give us the answ er. -A FA JIM CROW TRAVEL CASE OFF TO MARCH 25 27 Washington D. C—The oral ar gument in the Irene Morgan case testing the segregation of pas sengers in intrdtate travel, has been postponed by the US Sup reme Court until the week of March 25, it was announied on March 7. The case will be argued by William H. Hastie and Thur good Marshall, of the NAACP legal staff. The case will ^ rea ched on March 27. ★ FOR THE PEACE Buy War Bonds ' NAACP RADIO PROGRAM ! ft . O. W. Sunday, March 17th—10:30 P. M. 1. Treble Clef Chorus. (a) Sylvia—Speaks (b) Balm in Gilead—Burleigh 2. Address—Mr. H. J. Pinkett 3. Appeal for Memberships—Miss Bernice Grice, (former Red Cros~ I. B. Theaier). 4. Piano Solo—Booker T. Washington. i TRUCKER DENIED LIABILITY INSUR. NAACP COISGRATI GATES YWCA OIS IYTERGRATIOM POLICY Atlantic City, N J.—A tele- j ;ram of congratulation on the idoption of a program calling for .he full integration of Negro wo !men and girls in the YWCA was received last week bv Mrs Hr-— a. ingia-icim, piealuelA, Iiom die NA^VCP. The wire, sig .ed by WaP ter White, NAACP sec’y said: “The National Association for Advancement cf Colored People extends its warmest congratula tions to the YWCA for its vision and -Courage in adoption of the 35 point program calling for the full integration of Netrro "Wfn e-n erMs in the YWCA program. You have thereby implemented more C , effectively uian any otner rengi [ ous organization the tenets of true Christianity.” --- • KNOW YOUR RACE A new feature of The Omaha Guide on page 5 of this issue. - t W. H. Mead, General Secretary ( of the Omaha YMCA together .vith Charles Davis, chairman of I .he Committee of Management of :he Near Noithside Branch of the YMCA are announcing the appoin ment of John R. Butler of Spring field, Ohio as Executive Secretary of the Branch YMCA with tem porary headquarters in the former USO Club 2221 No. 24th St- But ler arrived Friday from Wichita Falls, Texas where for the past two months he had been serving as Staff Assistant of the Redwood USO Club Serving approximately' 6500 soldiers. He brings to the Association 23 years of experience beginning his work in Springfield, Ohio in January 1923 as Boys and Physical Director, in 1929 moved to Columbus, Ohio a3 Boys Work Secretary later becoming Execu tive of tne YMCA there. In 1923 returned to Springfield as Exe cutive Secretary of the Center Street Branch YMCA and in 1941 transferred to the Army and Navy Department of the YMCA working with USO serving in Sa vanna, Illinois, Little Rock, Ark., Omaha, Lawton, Oklahoma and Wichita Falls, Texas. He has at tended Wilberforce University, Wittenberg College, Ohio State University and YMCA Summer Schools. He /feels highly) elated over his return to Omaha and sen ses the great challenge and need for a well rounded YMCA program in this community. He is a mem ber of the Methodist Church, NAA CP, Urban ^League. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Masonic Lodge and several other civic and fra ternal organizations. He is marr ied and has a daughter attending Ohio State University. NO HOPE FOR COLORED PEOPLE IN CHURCHILL SPEEECH—NAA CP New York—The speech by Winston Churchill, wartime pre mier of Great Britain, at West minster College in Missouri on March 5 "would virtually insure continuation of imperialism’’, it wag declared last week in a state ment by the NAACP. “Great Britain’s policies toward colonial peoples which have been continued by the present Labor govrenment”, said the -aCi’, "can only cause shudders of ap pehesion as far as Churchill's pro posal of an Anglo-American coa ' lition is concerned ” The complete statement: “Mr. Churchill’s address is be yond question one of the most dangerous and cynical made in contemporary history by a pre sumably responsible spokesman. It calls for an Anglo-American bloc which, if successful, may de stroy the United Nations Organi zation and plunge the world with in a short time into another war, with the splitting of the atom, it i would make the destruction of the! last war seem trivial by compar ison ‘ As far as colonial peoples are concerned, and particularly col ored peoples of the world, the pro posal would virtually insure con tinuation of imperialism. Great Britain’s imperialist record in In dia, Indonesia, South Africa and in other parts of the world, and its policies toward peoples which have been continued by the pre sent Labor government can cause only shudders of apprehension so far as Churchill’s proposal of an Anglo-American coalition is con cerned. This would have direct and immediate effect on all Americans in its underwriting of mpire. It would have particularly disastr ous effects upon the fate and the fortunes of colored peoples”. BRIGADIER GEN. BENJ. O. DAVIS PRAISES RED CROSS Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis (Special to the OMAHA GUIDE:—The personal endorse ment of those who have been assisted by the Red Cross, or those who have seen its work and services in aciion, are high their praise, and can well serve as the incentive to give by those in more fortunate circumstances. Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, highest ranking Negro in the United States Army, has this to say for the Red Cross: “The American Red Cross stands high with Army offieers and with the enlisted men. Its directives are fair and with out favoritism or discrimination, and because the veteran has formed the habit of looking to the American Red Cross for help in his problems, that organization promises to*be of great service now that peace has come.” And in the words of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, “Let us strive to finish the work we are In: to hind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall liaVe do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” Lincoln could see, as we do now, the stirrings of other in terests. Money ami jobs and the newest inventions de mand attention, once the fighting has stopped. But war doesnt leave an area we ean build a fence around and forget. This war left us with the atomic bomb. It left us, too, with the soldier who must spend weary months learning to get along with a paralyzed back ... tlie veteran who must catch up somehow with the years he lost while patrolling the Pacific the MP who must walk the streets of Berlin carrying a sub-machine gun. W e, as individuals, cannot stop the business of life to help all these men: but their happiness, anti ultiinatelv ours,—depends on making them available. A simple design, just a red cross on a field of white; yet such a mighty symbol of a friendly hand given by man to man. For whatever the race, for whatever the country, your Red Cross carries on. Yet it must have the support of the people who constitute the Red Cross so tliat its we ' in the interests of humanity can continue forever. The Red Cross appeals on a basis of continuing need for services to the armed forces, and the veterans, with added emphasis on the need of advancing its health, safety and disaster preparedness program. Tour contribution will be your way of standing by when the need is great. GIVE to the RED CROSS, and GIVE . generously for YOUR RED CROSS MUST CARRY ON. I HAT IN RING FOR I GOVERNORSHIP VAL PF-TF.RSON VAL PETERSON, ELGIN, NEBRASKA, REPUBLICAN FOR GOVERNOR, TRAINED FOR THE JOB. NATIVE NEBRASKAN Born at Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska, July 18, 19C3. Father was Henry C. Peterson, well known C. St. P. M. & O. Railroad agent and Northwestern traffic representative. He was mayor at Bloomfield and also Oakland Grandfather, Rev. F. N. Swan berg, .was an early day leader in the Augustana Lutheran Church serving at Lincoln, Mead, Swede, burg, Oakland and Holdredge. EDUCATION Wayne High School- A. B. Wayne State Teachers College and A. M., Universitv of Nebraska H30 done additional graduate work Specialized in government do ing research work in public adm inistration. Among other duties wrote a thesis on the Governor’s office. Worked his way through high school and college by carrying the hod, cooking on railroad bridge gangs, plowing corn and I ‘‘smashing baggage.” TEACHING EXPERIENCE Coached athletics and taught at Carroll, Madison and Kimball. Supt. of Public Schools at Elgin for six years. Instructor in gov ernment at the University of Ne braska. PUBLISHER- BUSINESSMAN Owner and publisher of the El gin Review since 1936. Operates a successful commercial printing i plant. Former district superintendent for a large oil company. Operat ed out of North Platte and Ogal lala. POLITICAL ACTIVITY Active in political affairs for many years. Campaign manager for Senator Hugh Butler in 1940. Secretary to Governor Dwight Griswold January 1941 to May 20, 1942 when he resigned to en ter the armed service Was administrative assistant to Governor Griswold for 18 months and is thoroughly familiar with all problems that a governor must meet. OVERSEAS VETERAN Served in ihe China-Burma-In dia theatre for twenty-four mon ths in World War II. Was in the service for forty-two months. Is one of five brothers, all of whom saw service during the war Time' /ere ovrseas and one was k;’ m the breakthrough at St , France. Their mother, Mrs H. C. Peterson, lives at Oakdale, Nebraska. Peterson was Chief of the Plans and Operations Division of the Northern Air Service Area Comm and and as such deployed troops and supplies to support the 10th Air Fores in Burma and partici pated in supervising the move ment of supplies over the Hump into China. Was in the first Civilian Milit ary Training Corps camp held i ★Awarded Hash Mark 3ARGEANT CHRISTINE BOYD Camp Stoneman, San Francisco Fort of Embarkation, Pittsburg, Calif, March 6—Sergeant Christ .ne Boyd of Omaha, Nebraska, ias recently been awarded a hash mark for three years’ service with .he Woman’s Army Corps, as of 18 January, 1946. Sgt. Boyd took hr basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and has since been stationed at Fort Devens, N- J.; Ft. Des Moines, la.; New York Port of Embarkation; and Camp Knight, San Francisco Port of Embarkation. She is now assigned to the 106th WAC Dt cac'nment of Camp Stoneman, where she is serving as clerk-typ ist in the Debarkee Personel Sec tion, processing recordg of Pacific veterans. Sgt. Boyd is the neice of Mrs. Hattie Riley of Century, Florida. the midwest at Jb t. Snelling, Minn in 1921. CIVIC ACTIVITIES Has been secretary and presi dent of the Elgin Commercial club and a director of the Nebraska Association of Commercial Organ ization Secretaries. He served as a director of the Northeast Nebr aska Press Association and as Sec retary of the Oakdale-Scribner Branch Organization to fight train service removal. He is a past president of District Three of the Nebraska State Teachers Association and is a member of numerous honorary and profess ional clubs and fraternities. WHAT OTHERS THINK— Val is just a common fellow with uncommonly fine intelli gence and high objectives. His feet are on the ground.—WAYNE HERALD Mr. Peterson ts expected by most observers to be one of the strongst candidates in the race.— OMAHA WORLD-HERALD.. At the age of 42 years, he is old enough to have had valuable experience and yet young enougt to bring virile effort into the of fice—LEIGH WORLD. Val is not only a “G. I.” but a “right Guy” and for our election vote would make Nebraska a top notch state executive_HOOPER SENTINEL. As manager of Senator Butler’s successful campaign and working with Ken Wherry, (now Senator Wherry) \tho was state chairman in the campaign of 1940, together they pulled the republican party out of the “doldrums” into which it had fallen. As a result, Nebr aska has been safely in the^epub lican line-up ever since. Pus ex perience therefore is sure to make it interesting for any candidate who may oppose him.—AINS WORTH STAR-JOURNAL. He has everything that would make a real governor of Nebras ka.we believe that Nebraska would profit greatly by his leader ship as chief excutive.—GENOA LEADER-TIMES. . TRAINED FOR THE JOB. 1_ — 1Former Omahan JOINS ISO STAFF AT LEIGH ST. GLI B MRS. A- C BURROUGHS It was announced this week by Wesley F Taylor, Director of the Leigh Street USO Club, that Mr3. A. Christine Burroughs of Omaha, mother of Mrs. Celestine Ransom, of 2922 North 2th St., has been added to the USO Staff as Staff1 Vssistant at the local club, 212 33. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. Mrs. Burroughs is an alumnus if Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. She has had consider able experience in education and also in the Social Work Field. Coming into USO work four years ago as a professional worker of the YMCA-USO, she has served USO in Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and now in Rich mond, Va. Mrs. Burroughs was honored last aMy by being certified as Sec retary of the YMCA of North A merica. She is a native of At lanta, Georgia, but for a number of years she has made her home in Omaha. Mrs. Burroughs' work at the Leigh St. Club will be largely that of organizing, train ing and supervising volunteer hostess groups in larger program services for men of the armed ser vices. FEDERAL COUNCIL PRAISED FOR ANTI-JIM CROW STAND New York—Praise for the ado ption of a resolution renouncing the pattern or segregation in race relations was se> t to the Federal Council of Churches in Christ in America by the NAACP in tile following telegram to Bishop C. Bromley Oxnam, president: “The NAACP on behalf of its branches, members and associates extends its warmest congratula tions to the Federal Council of Churches upon its adoption of re solution to renounce unequivacol ly the patter of segregation in race relations as unnecessary and undesirable. Passage of this reso lution and its subsequent implem entation will go far both in this country and throughout the world 1 in demonstrating that the Federal Council and many American Chri stians believe in practising prac tical Christianity without a color line. We trust that the 25 million Protestants represented by the Federal Council "ill follow your courageous lead. ELGIN VAL PETERSON for GOVERNOR CLUB Elgin, Nebraska Dear Fellow Republican: Judge Carroll Stauffer, promi nent Oakland citizen and former district judge, has known Val Pe terson since his birth and is thor oughly familiar with Val an,j his family. Speaking before a rally of our club he said: “By ancestry, nature, education, training, experience and charact ! er, Val Peterson is the best qual ified candidate for Governor that Nebraska has ever had in my ex pierence. “He is one of the common folks who has elevated himself entirely by his own efforts. “He is young enough for vision and mature enough for balanced judgement and his patriotism was amply proved during the recent war.” The people of this community, where Val has established himself as an outstanding citizen, endorse Judge Stauffer’s comment and wholeheartedly recommend Val ' to you and the people of your I community. We believe he will . make Nebraska an outstanding Chief Executive. Yourg very truly, Signed—Cleon Pratt, Sec’y Officers:—S- M Huffman, pre sident; H. C. Mignery, James Squire, vice-presidents; Cleon E. . Pratt, secretary; D. J. Sass, trea I turer; ,and George A. Wright, Act ivities chairman FOR THE | LATEST NEWS1 Subscribe to Omaha's Greatest Race Weekly *The Omaha Guide POLICY ISSUED AFTER INVESTIGATION BY URBAN LEAGUE DIRECTOR, DUWARD CROOMS Mr. Alonzo Crawford, 1911 Paul Street, trucker, reported to the Urban League that he had been denied the opportunity to purch ase liability insurance on his truck and as a result he could not license his truck for 1946, and was deprived of his means of mak ing a living. Crawford stated that the agency whom he had attempt ed to secure his liability insurance from could not find a company who would accept his policy. Mr. Duward K Crooms, execu tive Secretary of the Urban Lea gue called Mr. Stanley Matzke, State Insurance Commissioner at Lincoln and explained Mr Craw ford's predicament, Mr. Matzke told rM. Crooms that he had not notified the Insurance oCmpanies of hi3 recent order directly, but that all companies doing business in this state were subject to the order from the date that he had filed the order with the Secretary of State. Mr. Crooms then notified the companiea concerned, and inform ed them of their abridgement otr the rule. Mr. Crawford's p°licy is now in the process of issuance. WINS RIGHT TO VOTE IN GEORGIA PRIMARIES New Orleans, La—The right to vote of the Rev. Primus King in the Democratic primaries of Mu , scogee county, Georgia, was up held here March by the US Su prece Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. The case was argued Febiuary 19 and the NAACP le gal staff field filed a brief ami cus curiae, supporting Rev. King. JIM CROW NOT ENDED IN NEW ARMY POLICY New York—The new army po licy on the use of Negro troops is a step forward, but does not abolish segregation in the army, said the NAACP in an official statement March 7. “The new policy provides for Jim Crow platoons instead of divisions. It also stateg that even tually Negro officers are expec ted to command the Negro units Ther is some referer.ce to Ejpeci alist and