UOCAL& NAT’L NEWS-lOc per copy “AND WORTH IT” /JUSTICE/EQUALITY ITeW TQTHE LINE \ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY _ _ PHONE HA.0800 2420 GRANT ST ★--★ “Largest Accredited Negro Newspaper West of Chicago and North of KC” y y SATURDAY APRIL 20, 1946 Our 19th Year—No. 11 * 10c Per Copy ★ at Po9t-°ft’“’ Omaha. Nebr., Under Act ot r-Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street. Omaha. Nebr OT v * Griswold Hits ‘ ‘Isolationist Policy9 ’ of Senator Hugh Butler OUR • GUEST © Column Edited by Verna P. Harris The Negro Farmer (by James G. Patton, Pres. National Farmers Union) Note to Readers: activities to heading America's most progressive organization of small farm owners. He is also chairman of the American Coun cil on Race Relations which helps to coordinate the activities of numerous local interracial and maor’s committees. Through the armers Union he has stimulated the growth of the cooperative movement and, unlike the react ionary farm bloc leaders, he has fought consistently for stringent price control and the rights of in dustrial labor.) Most people do not realize the very important role the Negro farmer has played in the production of food and fibre, particularly cotton, in our agricultural economy. Negro farm families have never been able to enjoy ev en minimum standards of ed ucation, housing, health or nutrition. The mechanical cotton picker and the flame blocekr will soon bring a ma jor economic and social cris is to the South and all of A merica. Again, as always m the past, Negroes will prob ably be the citizens who will suffer most. It •« the resnone'hility of the American people to aid tm- soar ro' ^*er», tenant.-, and small farm owners of the South, a very large percent age of whom are Negroes, in the readjustment which they will be forced to make with the mechanization and tech n ngu-e* developments in. co:, ton. All of us must see that tnc smail i armer, Negro and ; white in the South, has an opportunity to become vocal in governmental matters. We! must repeal the poll tax. We must make it possible for small farmers to organize freely, without economic and social pressures being used to prevent action from being taken in their own best inter ests. New farming opportunities in the Middle West and in newly irrigated areas, must be provided for Negro farm ers of the South. An equality of opportunity in industry must be guaranteed. The re peal of the poll tax, the pas sage of a Permanent Fair Employment ractiee Act. and the elimination of restricted covenPant real estate ordin ances, are minimum Hecessit ies for economic and social freedom. Restrictive propei tv ownership laws such as have been unfairly enacted in California against the Jap anese and other nationalities must not be applied to the Negro farmer seeking new opportunities. All of us must work to see that full employment is main tained, that every man who is aide to work and wants to work has a job with suffic ient income to buy a high standard of living. The best single guarantee against un fair discrimination in all lin es and for equal opportunity is to have full employment for everyone. If this can be brought about, the adjust ments caused by technologic al advances in agriculture will be made easier not only for the Negro fawner, but for all farmers in the lower income brackets. If we are to be the great example for democracy in the world, we must begin to put democracy into practice in full fledged form here at home, by providing equality of opportunity to all, regard less of race or creed, in all things, economic, social and political. Protest Absence of Negroes On Columbia, Grand Jury NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Thurgood Marshall, Special Counsel for the NAACP, announced today that pleas of abatement had been filed in the infamous Columbia, Tenn. “riot” case on the grounds that Negroes are excluded from the j local Gran standing youths. Warren rcuiu more Youth at the head of dift erent organizations. He the Negro to be united, but iin« not approve of the Race reg»». gating themselves. Good though* Warren, keep up the lashing. I stopped by the Waiter’s Key Club for the first time sinre my return from overseas the other afternoon _ I was amazed by thr peaceful /atmosphere there 'll* music was playing softly and n> patrons seated at the tatkes W standing at the bar were enjoymj themselves in pleasant conven tions. I greeted many old tnw friends of Our Street. Before f realized it; the Street had up with me again—„ Neal Johnson and Leonar* Glynn, who were partners in their last business venture. The Sharp Inn, have dissolved their partner^ ship and are Opening separate cafes on Our Street. One will h* named the Sharp Inn Cafe aaf the other Neals’ Cafe. What tS*. solved the partnership? know, ana no one will tell. But both are remodeling their future establishments, wanting to opei up as soon as possible. Which one will open up first? I do not know but a race seems to be on an* Our Street is assured of two fi»w cafes ^ Spnng is here, invigorats** Spring! And already those sSak wart knights of the great cspex spaces are flocking to the g*# links. Manv of them meetmw or THE STREET. Mai Scott * a familar figure. William K* Nate Golstein and many other* can be seen in the early momruf" hours waiting for daybreak <« they can endeavor to break ok man par. Golf is getting to tec lot more popular every day. k. build3 the body and steadies nerves. ’Tis great for the lieu* too, Ladies. Friends and enemies, hate, prosperous and desftltute; you can just about judge a - character by his actions cr STREET. We may not be able to map tte world as we wish, but 24th JW is a part of us, its accomplM^ ments and failures, its goou art bad points are the productsi* *■ inhabitants, You and I. So long, good neighbors, n lm seeing you again next week*