LOCAL & NATL NEWS-lOc per copy “AND WORTH IT” I /JUSTICE/EQUALITYtip HEW TO THE UNE~\ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY _ PHONE HA.0800 2420 GRANT ST ★-^-Ac “Largest Accredited Negro Newspaper M est of Chicago and North of KC.” ^-Af.-y £1T, nn»v ,IlDru on ,nlt /. . n.L X- X o , n -rs rs . Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oft ice. Omaha. Nebr.. Lnder Act 01 SATLRDA\, MARCH 30. 1946 Our 19th ^ear—>o. 8 ★ 10c Per Copy ★ Ma-c, Publtshm* Offt^s at 2420 Grant Street. Omaha. Neb, OUR GUEST Column Edited by Verna P. Harris A NATION OF MINORITIES (by Elmo Roper) Research Director, Fortune Survey of Public Opinion The story of anti-minority sentiment today is the story of "Divide and Be Conquer ed." Any nation which in dulges itself in selecting min orities for ostracism or per secution in any form will be "conquered” from within; conquered in the sense that its capacity to be internaliy Tstrong. self reliant and prod uctive will be destroyed. Vi ith all of its well-known weaknesses, human nature is so constructed that no major ity group of people can elim inate a minority or deprive one of its normal rights with out serious impairment to the fibre of the MAJORITY'S character. Bad as are the effects of minority persecution in any form on the members of the minority, they are less ser ious to the long-term national good than are the effects of anti-minority sentiments on th ose who hold them. These ill effects on the majority would be serious even if we wer§ considering a hypothet ical case which involved bu: one majority and one minor ity. But in America we do not jq have so simple a situation as one majoritv and one min ority—WE ARE A N ATION OF MINORITIES. The coun tries of Europe. Asia ami Africa have furnished “•na tional" minorities— English. German. Polish. Scandinav ian. etc. Almost all of the re ligious philosophies which have come into being during the ages have furnished us with religious minorities — Catholics. Methodists. I nitar ians. Quakers, etc. Differenc es in material wealth have made minorities out of both the very rich and the v«*ry poor. Southern Baptists are a smaller minority than Cath olics. Jews are a larger min ority than Lutheranse. Epis copalians are a smaller min ority than are trade union members. Negroes are larger minority than Methodists. The Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution are a smaller minority than the American Legion. So ““anti-minority senti ment" in this country means the antipathy of one or more minorities for one or more different minorities. A dang- j erously combustible frame- j work in which to start a con-1 flagration of hatred! For we j now know that antipathy" to-1 wards minorities is contae ious within the INDIVIDUAL. Dislike for one minority breeds dislike for another. The largest of the hate or ganizations—the ku Klux klan— capitalized on this fact with its three-way cam paign against Catholics. Ne groes ami Jews. Truly tiie function, though not the purpose. of anti minority sentiment is “Divide and Be Conquered.' That minority which is today a part of a coalition of minorit ies which make up a tempor ary majority may well tomor row be the persecuted minor ity. w hat are the sources ot anti-this and anti-that senti ment 'i YY e must look deep for the causes and. regardless of how much or how little members of the minority may thefselves contribute te the dislike for it. we must look within the mind of the possessor of anti-minority sentiment for much of the answer. It is likely that we will find a tthe core of such sentiment some kind of fear, however vaguely defined: fear of the minority’s power or size or intentions or purposes or al legiances— or something! And it is likely that we will often find that this fear is produced hy misinformation Clearly then, one way to com bat anti-minority sentiment is to actively provide as much correct information about each minority" as possible. It's easy to hate someone yon don’t know or to fear some thing you don’t understand. It s hard to hate someone NAT’L NEGRO HEALTH WEEK, MARCH 31-APRIL7 Hits ‘Jim Crow’ Medical Care for Vets New York, NY—A sharp pro test against the edict of Dr. Paul ft. Hawley, medical director for j the Veterans' Administration that Negro units will be established in Veterans hospitals under the care ] of Negro doctors and nurses was voiced in a telegram March 16 by the NAACP Hawley also declar ed, according to newspaper re ports, that even in the North, the Veterans Administration would restrict Negro doctors and nurses to Negro patients—a strict Jim Crow arrangement. “The NAACP unqualifiedly pro tests such a plan as reported which would make for not only the continuance of racial segrega tion in veterans hospitals but its extension to areas where non-dis; crimination is against law and I public policy.. Dual basis of ad ministering hospital care to vet erans places undue burden on tax- j payers and demonstrates unAmer i ican attitude on part of Govern-1 ment hospitals urther urge de cision to use Negro doctors and nurses for care of all patients in Veterans Administration hospit als without regard to race, creed, or color.” • For Greater Coverage Union Services At St. John AME Church, 22nd and Willis Ave., Sunday night, March 31st. Devotional Services 7:30 pm. Sermon at 8:00 pm. Rev. F. S. Goodlett, and music by the Men’s Chorus of Zion Baptist Church. ADVERTISE in the Guide Surgeon of Democracy CORONET TELLS STORY OF DOCTOR LOUIS WRIGHT Louis Wright’s career is noti only a stirring chapter in the his-1 tory of modern medicine, but a striking example of democratic triumph over prejudice and bigo try The article SURGEON OF DE MOCRACY in the April Coronet, traces the life of this great doctor and of his fight to win recognit ion for himself and others. Today at his post in aHrlem Hopital, Dr I Wright continues to work and to train other young doctors, for most of New York's Negro sur geons have come up under his di rection. The story of Dr. Wright's in spiring achievements begins in 1917, continues Coronet, when the United States entered World War I. Then 26. Wright lef Ids p~ac tice in Atlanta to volunteer for the Army. At the time, it was the rule, to vaccinate against small pox by scratching vacine into the skin. The young Negro doctor observed that this technique in volved a large percentage of re peats and one day at Camp Up ton he made a revolutionarv ex periment; he injected vaccine by hypodermic needle under the skin. It worked. "No takes" were vir tually eliminated. Today Wrights .method is recognized as the best method of vaccination. His original work on the treat ment of skull fractures and brain injuries has made him a leading authority in that field. He in vented the brace used in the trans portation and handling of patients with neck injuries. His report on the treatment of rupture of the spleen, published in 1939, is a clas sic, and right now he is making a study of lymphogranuloma, an in fection of the glands which has been the subject of little original research in this country'. Wright was guided into medic ine by his stepfather, Dr. William Fletcher Penn, a graduate of Yale I Medical School, who paid Louis' I expenses through Harvard at a period when most Negro students worked as redcaps and Pullman porters to finance thems Ive." through other universities. From Dr. Penn, Wright learned to be in tolerant of mediocrity. Today, at 54, Dr. Wright is a youngish-looking man with a ready smile, easy poise and mod est assurance Some of the older Negro doctors on Harlem’s staff think he’s tough—tough and un reasonable. Perhaps it’s because Wright won't play "race' politics in staff promo/ons. “I insist on the best man for the job. whether he's white op black, Jew or Cath olic, and that’s all there is to it,’ he says. Like father, like—no. not son_ but daughters, for both of Dr. Wright’s daughters have decided | to take up medicine, concludes | Coronet. Jane, who was graduat ed from Smith College, started her intemeship at Bellevue last sum mer, and Barbara, a graduate of Mount Holyoke, enters in April whose problems you undei -! stand: it‘s not easv to be fear ful in the shining light of ad equate knowldge. | WHITE HIGH SCHOOL STl DENTS FACE LIFTING BAN ON NEGRO TEACHER Milwaukee, Wis.— (C) —White students of Shorewood High school with the support of local citizens forced its Superintendent of the Schools. Homer S. Hemenway to withdraw his policy of refusing to hire Negro teachers. Shorewood, a suburb of Mil waukee has a population of 15.000 all white. There is only one Ne gro family known to be living her° and there are no Negro students in the high school. Yet 90 percent of the student body voted in favor of a Negro teacher despite the obvious opposition of the preju iced school board Saint Philips Episcopal Church To Dedicate Memorial Windows On Sunday, March 31, at 11:00 a. m.. the Rev. S. G- Sanchez, Rec tor of Staint Phillip’s Episcopal Church, will dedicate seven stained glass windows. Five of these win dows are memorials to: Millard and Blanche Singleton, given by Dr. Clarence H. and Mrs. Singleton, spn and daughter-in law; J. Dillard Crawford, given by his wife. Charlotte; Elizabeth Bu ford. given by her son, Harry; Katherine and James Headly. gi ven by James Headley, Sr., hus band and father; Hyman and Ma rt- Thompson, g.ver. by Mrs. Mary Wiggins, daughter. The two other windows are gi ven by the Men’s Club of the par ish. All friends and relatives are urged to be present at the dedi cation. A heartv welcome awaits all. JSATIOML BAR ASS'IS W EEK APRIL 7—13th Whereas, in accordance with precedent, there has heretofore ir. previous years been set aside by proclamation of the President, a week known and designated as Naational Bar Association Week and Whereas, it is the declared pur pose of such a week through the members of the National Bar As sociation, to emphasize the im portance of the continuing, unre lenting fight of the Negro people to bring about the enforcement and procurement of the US Con stitution and particularly the 13, 14 and 15 Amendments thereof, through Court action an legisla tion: and Whereas, it is deemed appro priate to designate the week of April 7th to April 13, 1946, as National Bar Week because such week includes April 7th to April! 9th, 1946, as the anniversary of Appomattox—the surrender of Lee to Grant: and Whereas, since Appomattox led to the enactment of the 13, 14 and 15 Amendments to US Constitu tion, it is appropriate each year in its commemoration that the mem bers of the National Bar Associ ation, composed largely of the minority group most benefitted by Appomattox, rededicate themsel ves to the high purposes for which the Civil War was fought, particularly to establish equality and freedom for all citizens of our Country, without regard to race, creed or color; Now therefore, by virtue of the i power vested in me as President of the National Bar Association and in accordance with precedent long established, I hereby declare and proclaim the week of April 7 to 13, 1946, as National Bar Ass- , ociation Week, and I call upon the officers and members of the I National Bar Association acting j in the name of the Association to ■ hold public meetings, conduct ra dio programs, deliver speechhes. and lectures, write articles for the press, and engage in any other worthy activity that may promote the purposes of such week. The The theme of till such activities1 should be that America cannot j continue ‘half-free and half-slave' j and that to keep our faith with j Lincoln and Appomattox, the mem j bers of the National Bar Associa tion and implementation of the US Constitution and particularly the 13th, 14th and 15th Amend ments thereof Earl B. Dickerson, President 'POWER OF GOD' COMUSG TO ST. JOHy APRIL 8TH “The Power of God", a Christian j motion picture filmed in sound is coming to St. Johns on Monday, April 8 at 8:15 pm. “The Power of God” stresses personal evange* lism, demonstrating that the Gos pel of Christ is a power of God i unto salvation to everyone that believeth The Setting of the power of God in a little town called El lendale. It may be your town for it tells us a gripping modem story from what Christianity is and what it does to the individual. A forceful religious film; it does deal with the problems of modem life and shows how these can be1 GRISWOLD SIGNS EASTER SEAL PROCLAMATION Nebraskans were called upon Thursday by Gov. Dwight Griswold to support the Easter Seal Sale during the period from March 21st to April 21st. The Governor told of the work the Nebraska Society for Crippled Children in secur ing care and education for handicapped youngsters. The i Society derives its funds from the sale of the Seals. Pictured is the Governor signing the Seal Sale proclam ation as . O. Swanson, president of the Society looks on. solved by the Word of God spo ken at the right time in the right way by plain Christians. You will have to see “The Pow er of God” to really appreciate the story it has to tell. Everyone who has seen the power of God goes away with its true to life gripping drama imprinted in their minds. The Power of God is truly one of the great Christian films that has been produced in our day. It is being acclaimed where ever it is shown. If you fail to see it you will have missed one of the rarest treats in movies in many a moon. Prepare to see “The Power of God on Monday, April 8th at St. John AME Church and also prepare to enjoy one of the finest Christian pictures in sound you have seen for some time. ENTENTE OF INFLUENZA VACCINE Princeton, N. J.—Soundphoto— No military genius in all history has ever won a more noteworthy battle than this unassuming man. who has demonstrated that the test tube, too. is mightier than the sword. He is Dr. Wendell M. Stan ley, biochemist and member of thc Rockefeller Insstitute for Medical Research, Princeton, creator of the modem miracle that has ended the peril of flu epidemic forever Dr. Stanley is the discoverer of the Centrifuge type influenza vac cine that will provide immunity to the disease that has killed more people than all wars in history. In 1918 it afflicted one in every four of the world's 2.000.000.000 inhab itants and killed 15 million at the rate of one half of one percent' of the world population in a month. Dr. Stanley, although only 42, has been the recipient of many honors for his work. MUSICAL W OMAN GETS S700 FOUND YEAR AGO New York—(C)—A young wo man who scrubs the floors to earn money for singing admitted today she will sing the blues no more. She is Mrs. Ruth Sheron Smith who walked out of Police Head quarters this Week with seven $100 bills. Mrs. Smith found the bills last July 11th, while mopping the big floor of the Hotel Braddock. Af ter waiting the legal period for the righful owner, Police Proper ty Clerk Luci forthrightly awar ded the bills to her. She is plan ning to make the money stretch a long way. First, she says she and her five year old daughhter Betty Jane would visit Cleveland relatives- The rest she will use to continue her singing lessons. TWO LOCAL ARTISTS IV RECITAL Hillside Presbyterian Church will present Mr. Paul H. Briggs, baritone and Mr. Booker T. Wasn ington. pianist, in Recital at Rail road Men’s Benevolent Club, 24th and Miama, Sunday May 5, 1946 at 5 PM. FOR GREATER COVERAGE ADVERTISE IN THE OMAHA GUIDE DEFENSE PLANS DRAWN For Tennessee Riot Victims i Nashville, Term—Plans for the legal defense of the 100 Negroes arrested and charged with offen ses in connection with the Colum bia, Tenn. riot of February 26-28 "ere being perfected last week by attorneys of the NAACP headed i by Z. Alexander Looby, of this I city and Maurice Weaver of Chat tanooga. Meanwhile the NAACP office in New York moved to mobilize na tionwide support of the fiot vic tims through the formation of a national committee of colored and white citizens which will publicize the case, raise money for the ex pensive court fight, and press for the punishment of officials resp onsible for the shooting and van dalism and violation of civil rights I in Columbia. Mrs. Roosevelt Heads Committees Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Dr Channing H. Tobias will serve as co chairman of a national commit- ! tee. it was announced by Walter j White who is in personal charge of the case for the NAACP. Mrs. Roosevelt telegraphed her consent from Tucson, Ariz. There are two aspects to this case. White said, both of which are of the greatest importance One is the adequate legal defense of those who have been arrested and charged with crime. This is the first consideration. These in nocent persons, terrorized by a \ mob and the threat of a lynching merely retired to their section of Columbia to avoid any trouble. Their district was invaded, their homes and businesses were ran sacked and wrecked, and scores of them were threatened and beaten at the point of machine guns in the hands of raiding state troop ers. It is of the very first import ance that these innocent people be freed and that nothing take precedence over securing their liberty on these fantastic charges. The second important feature of this case is the arousing of public opinion through mass meetings and protests to bring the guilty parties to justice and to prevent the occurence at Columbia from becoming the pattern to be used by other communities throughout the nation. Wre expect, through the national committee now being formed, through the 1200 branches of the NAACP and through coop eration with other organizations to carry out this important task but without forgetting that the main issue to the colored people ; in Columbia is that those who have been arrested shall be free. Mass Meetings Arranged White said that series of mass meetings is being arranged in 15 key cities, with smaller gather ings scattered in a score of other cities where the case will be pub licized by speakers from the NAA CP National office and others. White spoke March 21 to an overflow mass meeting at Ebene zer AME Church in Detroit. Thur good Marshall, chief councel of the NAACP who will supervise i the entire legal defense, spoke on the Columbia case at a masss meet in Cleveland, Ohio. The case also was spread before delegates to a 5 state NAACP regional confer ence in Tulsa. Oklahoma, March 23, by Miss Ella J Baker, director of branches and Miss Lucille B. Black, of the NY office of the As sociation. Oliver Harrington, who was a war correspondent for the Pitts burgh Courier in Europe, has been engaged by the NAACP to head “A HEALTHY HOME IN A HEALTHY COMMUNITY” THEME OF THIS YEAR S OBSERVANCE; FOUNDED BY DR. BOOKER T. W ASHINGTON IN 1915 The thirty-second observance of National Negro Health Week set for March 31—April 7 will emphasize the theme, “A healthy home in a healthy community,” the l'. S. Pub lic Health Service announced. ‘Any movement to stimulate better health among Negroes is helpful not only to the group itself but to the entire na tion which is socking an adequate health and medical pro gram for all people.” Dr. Thomas Parran. Surgeon Gener al of the U. S. Public Health Service, declared. “National Negro Health Week as a period of emphasis anti demonstration of year-round efforts stresses the great need and opportunity for the average Negro family to im prove their home and share health benefits in tiic rommun itv.” Dr. Parran said. He pointed out that although Ne groes constitute 10 percent of our population, they bear from three to six times their proportional burden of ill health and premature death. “This disproportionate bur den of sickness and death upon the Negro race should lie removed.” Dr. arran declared. “Every American, what ever his race and economic status, should be assured the opportunity of health.” National Negro Health eek was founded in 1915 by Dr. Booker T. Washington, late principal of Tuskegee In-, stitute. and the time now is chosen during the week that includes April 5. his birthday. After his death T uskegee Institute and Howard University sponsored the National Negro Health Week Movement. The U. S. Public Health Service has carried on the observance since 1932 as a fea ture of a year-round program for improvement of health of the Negro population. up a special publicity project on' the Columbia case FBI to investigate White and Marshall conferred March 18 with Atty. Gen. Tom Clark in Washington ancj secured a promise from him that an ex haustive investigation would be made by the FBI A conference was requested with President*Tru man but his secretaries referred the request to the Department of Justice. Atty. Looby, who is a member of the NAACP national legal com mittee with offices here, empha sized that the NAACP is the only organization authorized by tne de fendents to represent them legally 1 and that funds collected by the N AACP will be used for their legal defense and for publicizing the case. Contributions to the defense fund should be sent to the NAa^. 20 West 40th St, New York 18, N. Y. Checks can be made paya ble to NAACP or to Mary White Ovington, Treasurer In the meantime, it has been learned that another organization i has been hurriedly formed in Wa- , shington, D. C., and is seeking a fund of $20,000 to cover the cost of field organization work and a money raising campaign. JV. N. I. A. LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE CONTEST Richmond, Va—(C)—National Negro Insurance Association has extended its nationwide building contest through May 11th, accor ding to C. L. Townes, director of 1 publicity Planned as a forerunner to the 1946 obverance of National Negro Insurance Week, the contest op ened to all except employees of any insurance company or agency too, it has been streamlined and simplified so that anyone can en ter 30 prizes totaling $1,000 in US Bonds are being offered just for completing this sentence in 25 additional words or less. “Peo ple should buy Life Insurance be cause..”. First prize will be a $500 bond. Second prize a $200 Roosevelt Bond and the third prize a $100 bond. A $25 bond is being awarded for the best entry submitted in each state. Member companies will give away a useful souvenir to every entry. JOE LOUIS ACCEPTS AS HONORARY CHAIRMAN Chicago (C) Joe Louis as an ex-1 pression of his personal interest1 and support of the NegTO veter- r ans' efforts to organize on a na- ] tionwide scale, has accepted the I honorary chairmanship of the Na-1 tional Veterans’ Conference For Organization and Action, in Chi cago, 111., April 6—7. He will appear as main speaker of the evening, April 6th at Du Sable High School, 49th and StaL Street. V. I. STATE ASSEMBLY UNIVERSITY STUDY BILE J BILL PROVIDING NO BIAS j Albany, NY—(C>—The Assem bly unanimous passed this week the Ives-Feinberg bill establishing a 16 man commission to study the • need of a state university Also, j voted on was the appropropria I tion of $100,000 after Assembly Leader Ives stated that there was . no question that the cammission' would recommend creation of the , new bias free institution. We have got to have a univer sity he added j WOLCOTT-BIVINS IN REPEAT BATTLE IN MAY Cleveland—OC)—The Wolcott Bivins match which drew over $50,000 here two weeks ako, is ex. pected to draw twice as much when it goes outdoor* in May, ac cording to promoter Larry Atkins “( HATTER-BOX'' ON THE MEND Mis* Doris Ann McGill, 2724 Lake Street, is up and able to be out again afteT undergoing an ap pectomy operation recently. She is well known as the writer of the popular ‘ Chatter-Box” column ap pearing weekly in the Omaha Guide. WHY AND W HEREFOR OF APPLIANCE SHORTAGES E X P L A I N E D To assist the public in under standing the why and wherefor of the appliance shortages. President H. G. Carlson of the Nebraska Iowa Electrical Council gives tbe following report: A spot check of 34 leading pro ducers of refrigerators, washers, radios, ranges, and (ironers. just completed by Civilian Production Administration, reveals no exces sive inventories being withheld from the market. Over half a mil lion units of all types were made by the firms checked since the war ended. Less than 50.000 were in inventory at the end of Decem ber. One large range manufact urer made 3,000 and had only 700 on hand. A leading ironer manu facturer had but 150 on hand out of 2.000 made. Nine firms made 187,000 washers and ha