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LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS j^Qf Per Copy AND WORTH IT— “To Sell It, ADVERTISE” /JUSTICE /EQUALITY HEW TO THE IINE\ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PHONE HA.0800 Z+ZO GRANT ST _ Entered as 2nd class matter at Post- oftice. Omaha. Nebr., Under Art ot SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1946 Our 19th Year—No. 21 * 10e Per Copy ★ March 8, 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebr. T)UR GUEST Column Edited by Verna P. Harris A CRACK /V THE WALL By Charles S. Johnson, Dir ector of Social Science Inst tute Fisk University. Some unfinished business left behind by Judge William Hastie when he went to the Virgin Is arids a few weeks ago to become the island's first Negro Governor was cleared up on June 3. The Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in the Morgan case, which Mr. Hastie argued before the Court, involving the constitutionality of a state law segregating Negro passengers on vehicles passing thru the state. Like so many de cisions of far-reaching importance the announcement came quietly and with the casualness of court routine. Miss Irene Morgan, a Negro, was fined $10 in the Virginia courts for refusing to move into a Jim Crow section when the bus on which she was riding crossed the state line from Maryland into Virginia. The requirement that she move was in accordance with a Virginia state law making man datory racial segregation on all public vehicles passing through the state. The decision of the Su preme Court was that Miss Mor gan should get her ten dollars back—the state law was unconsti tutional. In recent years, the Supreme Court has shown an increasing disposition to strengthen Federal [ protection of the rights of the Ne- | gro and other minorities under | the fourteenth amendment, which forbids a state to deny to any per son within its borders the “equal protection of its laws”. However, cases decided under this clause have never called segregation it self seriously into question. The insistence has been upon substan tial equality of treatment—a futile hope, as demonstrated by the well nigh universal and persistent pol icies of discriminatory segrega tion. The fact that in general Pull man passengers in interstate tra vel have not been segregated has been due rather to the expense and consequent unwillingness of the roads to provide separate Pullman cars for the small number of Ne gro Pullman passengers than to any prohibition against segrega tion. Thus, the Supreme Court’s decision in the Morgan case is the first of the Court’s decisions to question segregation itself. Interestingly enough, the decis-j ion i nthis case was not based up on the fourteenth amendment, nor was it based upon any hardships to Negro passengers resulting from the segregation requirement. The law was unconstitutional, the decision declared, because in the absence of any general Federal regulation on the subject, the lack of uniformity of state laws gov erning racial association placed an undue burden on interstate commerce. Said Justice Stanley F Reed in writing the majority opin ion, as no state law can reach its own border nor bar transportat ion of passengers across boundar ies, diverse seating requirements for the races in interstate journeys result (from state efforts at re gulation). It seems clear to us that seating arrangements for the different races in interstate mo tor travel require a single uniform dule to promote and protect na tional travel. Consequently we hold the Virc-inia statute in con troversy invalid”. The lone dissenting judge re marked that he could find no un due burden, since neither the Fed eral government nor any state had complained. Literally, he may have a point, but actually he fail ed in his interprepation of the role which the Supreme Court in creasingly is called upon to assu me This body, at one time thought of as the conservator and protect or of legal principles, has found itself often in recent years ahead of custom in many parts of the country, although not ahead of the facts of modern relationships. It has become, even more than the conservator, the interpreter of principles in the light of an active dynamic democracy, and of goo sound national policy. What the Court has done in this case has been to formulate in le gal terms relationships that, des pite custom and rationalizations of 6 Cities To Compete j In Cornhusker’s Golf Tournament/ July 4th Presentation To Be Made at AMVETS’ Club The Omaha Comhusker Golf Club will be host to Mid-West golf ers on July 4th when teams from Kansas City, St. Louis, Des Moin es, Minneapolis, Denver and Oma ha will vie for honors at the In dian Hills Golf Course, 74th and Dodge Streets. All lovers of out-door sports are invited to come out and meet the visiting golfers and have lunch with them. The golfers will stage their eve ning celebration at the AMVETS’ Club, 24th and Miami Sts., begin ning at 8:15 pm. at which time the winning trophies will be pre sented. Out-door sportsmen are urged to come to the AMVETS and join in welcoming the out-of-town vis itors. j custom, are already happening as a result of impersonal factors. As the number of travelers of all ra cial' groups, increases, as trips even across several state lines be come shorter in point of time, it has come about that the effort to enforce individual state segrega tion requirements has caused more annoyance and discomfort to every body than arises out of condition of no enforcement. This has been especially notable as war time con ditions brought so many travelers who were without fixed views on segregation into states with se gregation laws. The immediate result of the de cision has been to let loose floods of speculation as to ho wthis de cision in the case of motor buses will affect trains and planes. A more problematical question is to what extent intra-state segrega tion on carriers can be maintained in the face of this decision. Who can be sure, on a crowded bus which has crossed from Delaware into Virginia, who got on in Del ware and who is merely going from one place in Virginia to an ther ? Bus and train conductors have enough trouble already with out taking case histories of the passengers. Moreover, it will surely not be long before the ma-1 jority of people who do not regard segregation as a life work will be-1 gin to wonder why what is effici-l ent and praticable on an inter-! state vehicle becomes unthinkable ■ and dangerous to morals and man-1 ners on a local bus or train. It must already have occured to many that passengers go thru no fundamental change in their hu man nature when they are scram bled and unscrambled at Evans ville. All this is not to say that se gregation in transportation will be abolished in the near future. Tne oid customs will drag along both because of the insistence of whites and because of the long established habits of Negroes—as the elephant that has been tether ed to a stake will continue to re volve around it long after the chain has been parted. But the te ther has been removed, and will hardly put back. Moreover, ano ther significant step has been ta ken in humanizing our social laws even though the Supreme Court saved itself from the stigma of social reform by placing its em phasis on the requirements of in terstate commerqe, rather than the well being of the people. me STREET and thereabouts __by LAWRENCE P. LEWIS-' As the OPA slowly releases the prices on the commodities we must buy in order to live, it is vital that we still buy that which we need and no more. We of the minority know who will suffer the most be cause of the rise of prices. Buy only what you need and buy only quality goods. If we who are fort unate enough to have the money to buy, purchase everything and anything we will be the cause of thousands who do not receive suf ficient wages, to suffer because they are unable to buy at the higher prices. ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE FOOD SHORT ABE? Wed nesday night at the Waiter’s Key Club all you have to have is (Five in a Row) and yell GINGO! And you have in your possession a can of corn, a can of peas, or some thing in the food line. There is no charge for playing. It is free «.o the ladies, but only to the ladies, Free PamphletsForHomeBuyers Veterans ami other prospective home buyers may get a free check list which can be used as a guide in estimat ing the cost of home ownership, the National Housing 4gency announced last week. The check list is contained in a pamphlet entitled “Be fore you Buy a Home”, which warns of the dangers of inflation in housing prices. It is made available to Mavor’s Emergency Housing Committees throughout the country. More than 30 items are listed which should be check ed by a person buying or building a house to see if the property will “add up” as a sound, long term invest ment. Details of construction such as foundations, walls, insulation, wiring and heating equipment should be carefully examined as well as the neighborhood and location of the property with respect to the availability of schools, shopping centers and transportation, the pamphlet pointed out. Financing items to be consid ered include monthly mortgage payments, interest, tax es, insurance, upkeep and repairs, etc. The pamphlet also warns that paying an inflated price for a home represents more than just offering a premium for immediate occupancy—it involves runn ing the risk of losing an investment when supply and demand are more nearly in balance. because Wednesday night at the Waiter’s Key Club is Ladies’ nite. I watched the Bingo game for awhile last Wednesday, and al though all the ladies were dressed in their finery, looking fresh and cool, but some a little worried be cause they had not been able to yell “BINGO”, I watched the game Mr. Aljay Simms was in charge of the Bingo game and was calling out the numbers. He has his share of the trouble when some would yell back at him, "What was that i number you called before 36 un der N?”. Mr. Simms kept smiling but I know he had the time of his life satisfying all of these ladies. Mr. Aljay Simm’s wife was the hostess for the evening. She check ed the winning cards, gave away the prizes, as well as greeted the guests as they entered the club. Every Wednesday a new hostess is chosen, and soon for the big party the Waiter's Key Club will have in the near future, a grand hostess will be chosen. me Diggesi. rnrui oi me evening was when Mrs. Pearl Mitchell, of 2504 No. 24th St., won the grand prize. I know all the ladies wanted to win this one. It was a lovely compact, rich in color, delicately made, a gift any woman would cherish. So ladies, remember Wednesday night at the Waiter’s Key Club. You may drink if you like, sit if you like, talk if you like, but you are assured of a pleasant and ex citing evening. If you are 13 to 19 years of age and like to dance, play ping-pong, shuffle board and drink soft s then the place to go on Wednes day and Friday nights is the CA's Canteen. Clean, wholesome fun for all the boys and girls of these ages, can be enjoyed on these nights. Under Mr. Butler’s supervision, all the youngsters have the time of their lives. The YMCA has a music box and if you like to dance you can get your share of it here because the music doesn’t stop. I know a very few of the young sters, but I noticed some who were from my neighborhood, and it surprised me very much, watching them jitterbugging, laughing, play ing ping-pong, and in general hav ing a great time, because I thoughl they were only children, too young to go out dancing. I guess th< trouble Is I am growing old. I watched the young lady, wh< ■ edits the column "Chatter Box REDEDICATION - - JULY 4th By NATE COLLIER I_ -rl— ------- INDEPENDENCE DAY By H. W. Smith We are almost at the eve of the 4th of July which originated in Philadelphia in 1776. It has been the usual custom of the American people to celebrate as we at all times give a thought to what our forefathers gave honor and praise to a union that was for the good of all the well-thinking ones who shed blood and died that the com ing generations could live in peace ■CTffnillliHllilllLillliklllll;:. I and harmony with one another and lend their help in any way to help build and maintain what ' was for the material good for the law abiding citizens that contend ed for the upholding of the law. Little do we realize the large amount of good that was accom plished that we may enjoy and live together in harmony. We all I were created by the Almighty God I and not for one group to make | slaves of the other. We are all I born free and equal._ Improvement Club Asks Ban On Carnival Site for the Omaha Guide, jitterbug ging with one of those 16 year old hep cats, and I can see now where Miss Doris Ann McGill gets all of her news. Little do I know about jitterbugging, but it made my body tired just watching them. ! Oh! To Be Young Again! The YMCA is doing a great job ] in furnishing recreation for our j youngsters. More children should | seek this type of recreation, and j I feel sure after talking to Mr. j Butler, that all are welcome. Re i member, boys and girls, age 13 to 19, Wednesday and Friday nights at the YMCA, this is your night. Come on out. At the Standard Gasoline Sta tion, 24th and Grace Sts, courte ous and efficient service is given by the lessee, Linwood Hall. Mr. Hall used to be one of our out standing golfers, but now with the added work, he doesn’t have much time for the game. “Mr. Hall, how do you feel about being in this type of business?”, I asked. “I like it fine, and business is getting better, but I miss not be ing able to go out with my friends at night. I’m just too tired at the end of the day”, he said. “When have you played a round of golf?”, Mr. Hall asked. I tried to evade the question be cause I have not played any golf in three years, and I hurried on with “Oh I haven't been able to play much, although many of the fellows have asked me. Mai Scott keeps urging me out. I guess he wants to get a few of my hard earned dimes. They say Mai is pre tty tough to beat this year, but I’ll get him (smiling to myself) • before the season is over. J.U get 1 back into shape, and then watch”, 1 I said. ; He laughed, really laughed. ‘Yes ! you’ll get him alright”. Although Lnwood used to beat ' me playing snooker, I'd like to : get him out on a golf course, 1 t thought to myself as I walked away. Wishful thinking, wishful f thinking. t THEY’RE OFF. I intended tc ; write about one of my days at th« s races. It wasn't funny, but aftei thinking about it, I laughed about 9 it myself. How can a man bet oi ” so many horses and so many wayi _ \ A delegation from the Ideal Im provement Club appeared before the City Council Tuesday and pe titioned for a permanent ban on carnivals and circuses from the use of the 30th and Wirt St Show grounds. The petition stated: “We who are residents and property owners1 in this district do most strenously object to these nuisances. The lack of sanitary and toilet facilities on these grounds, the noise and the music which prevent us from sleeping until a late hour at night and after all night, rowdyism and destruction of property, the use of indecent and profane language by the riff-raff that always follows carnivals and circuses". Mr. Earl A. Wheeler, 3011 No. 28th St., spokesman for the dele gation said the City Council in formed them that one permit had been granted to a carnival to oper ate west of 30th St. but no more permits would be granted to car nivals and circuses to show in this area. Among the other officials of the Ideal Improvement Club are: A. R. Goodlet, 2815 Binney St, president; J. C. Harris, 2887 Cor by St., secretary; Sgt. P. H. Jen kins, 2506 Maple St., treasurer. -.- ■ ..— and still don’t pick a winner. I do not know for sure, but I can do it, and always have. Even in Cal cutta on my rest leave I bought the horses their oats. I am still doing the same. So keep reading the Guide, and one week you will read the funiest and most pitiful race story that I believe there ever was. I will be educational, 1 because you will learn, (What not to do at the races). I stopped by Johnson’s Liquor Store, 24th and Grant and I rein into the young lady who tutored yours truly through the play (The Whole Town’s Talking). Surround ed by all those beautiful bottles filled with bourbon, scotch, wine, cordials and every kind of liquor one can think of, was the charm ing Mrs. Willa Gordon. “I didn’t know that you worked here”, I said. "I haven’t worked here long. I 1 put the job off until we finished ; the play. How about a fifth ol j something.?", Mrs. Gordon asked, i ”1 don’t drink. At least that is RECEIVES CAA LICENSE Mr. Herbert Davrs Mr. Herbert Davis, a former Aviation Cadet, received his first CAA License this month. He has been flying light planes from the Municipal air port for the last four weeks. Mr. Davis received pilot training while in the service and now be lieves that there is a place in avi ation for the civilian Negro. GET RESTRAINING ORDER TO SAVE PORTER S JOBS KANSAS CITY—Judge Albert L. Reeves of the federal district court in Kansas City granted a temporary restraining order Mon day, June 24, to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters against the Missouri-Kansas-Texas rail road and the Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen. The order restrains the MKT and the Railroad Trainmen from re moving Negro porter-brakemen from the head ends of trains on the MKT lines. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen is restrain ed from interfering with the con tractual relations between the train porters and the railroad com pany. The MKT railroad had notified the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, bargaining agent for train porters, that its contract with the Brotherhood would be cancelled on June 30 because of intimidation and threats made by the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen. TEXAS JUDGE AGAINST JIM CROW RULE AT TEXAS UNIVERSITY TEXAS—(CNS)—The State of Texas has been given six months in which to establish a law school for Negroes or open the doors of the law school at the University of Texas, now restricted to white students. In one particular case, District Judge Roy C. Archer granted a writ of mandamus requiring uni versity officials to admit Herman Marion Sweatt, a college-educat ed mail carrier who wants to be come a lawyer. However, Judge Archer postda ted the order six months in order to give Texas an opportunity tc set up a law course at its voca tional school for Negroes. what I tell my wife when we go out. That saves money”, I said. ‘‘Mrs. Gordon, you were marve-1 lous as Mrs. Simmons in the play| and I want to thank you for all the help that you gave me. When I do start drinking I will come down and buy all of my liquor from you”. The one enjoyment I miss in Omaha are the many pinochle games that I have played with Bill Harrigan, Felix Metoyer, Jess Harding, Frank Moore, Cleo Mor timer, and George Dean. Mr. Bill Harrigan, who has been retired from the fire department almost as long as I have lived, is just as familiar a sight at the M & M as the letters on the plate glass win- j dow. In das gone by when I would j enter the H & M which is now the M & M, I would first see Mr. nar rigan, and then I would know that I was going to enjoy the after noon, because we would razz one of the rest of them until a pinochle game got started. Mr. Harrigan is still a familiar sight around our community and during these many years, has for med lasting friendships. I know that all of Mr. Harrigan’s friends wish him a long and happy life, and I wish for him to let me beat him in just one game of pinochle. Our community has almays enjoy ed your presence Mr. Harrigan, but if you are still able to defeat me at playing pinochle, then I am afraid I will have to let the com munity speak for themselves. To Appear At SL John AME. William Kj-as, cr. William Kyles. Jr., National Goodwill Singer and Director of the Gospel Chorus of Convent Ave. Baptist Church of New York City will appear in a Mid-Summer song festival at St. John’s AME Church July 10th. The event is being spon sored by the St. John’s Usher Board. Mr. Klyes, who was in at tendance at the 13th Anniversary of Mt. Cavalry Community Church will be assisted in the song festi val by five outstanding choirs of the city. ELECTED DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION FROM THE FIFTH DISTRICT! By Wm. B. Davis Delegates elected from the 5th District were as follows: Robert Smith, Clerk of Dist. Court, 1,283 votes; Atty. Ross Shotwell. 1,1.83; Frank Sears, 947; John L. Barber. 909; Ray L. Williams, 889; Wil liam B. Davis, 804; Roy Wohte, 839 George L. Berger, 797; Carl Sam son, 777; Paul Holliday, 762; Atty. Chris Tracy, 724; Mrs. Geo. Alt house, 710. NEGRO ATHLETES TO ENTER SAN ANTONIO TRACK MEET SAN ANTONIO— Two major precedents will be set here thi3 week-end when the city of San Antonio shells out a cool $15,000 for the privilege of being the first city in the ‘Lone Star’ state to play host to the AAU track and field carnival and to permit Negroes to compete in the track and field meet below the Mason and Dixon line since 1910 in New Orleans. Along with fourteen defending champions wilf come more than six hundred of the greatest sports men in the history of the cinders and circle and the pit. Such pow er packed teams as Illinois, who, walked off with the National Col legiate Athletic association honors and the Trojans of Southern Cal ifornia, runners up, the New York university squad, all are loaded with first class trackmen who are out to show the Texas braggarts a thing or two about running, jumping and throwing. Chief of those to be watched is record smashing Herb McKenley who heads the Illinois crew. BOWLES FLAYS OP A EXTENSION BILLS WASHINGTON, D. C.-Sound photo—Economic Stabilizer Ches ter Bowles told a news conference last week that the nation faces the greatest of all crises in its battle against inflation. He also stated that the House and Senate approved OPA extension bills were riddled with booby trap amend ments which would inevitably blow up in our faces 2 or 3 months from now. Takes National Spotlight Walter White Heard on WOW Highlights of the 27th Annua! Conference of the National Ass n for the Advancement of Colored People was broadcast over WOW at 11:15 a. m. on Friday, June 28. Walter White, secretary of the association spoke on “Race and the Hope of Peace”. NEW YORK, June 20th—Plans for the 37th Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple to be held in Cincinnati. Ohio, from Wednesday, June 2Gth, to Sunday, June 30th, have been com pleted, it was announced toda\. With more than 2,000 delegates representing branches in more than 35 states expected to fill Cin cinnati’s Emery Hall, this year’s Conference is expected to be the most important in the Associat ion’s history. The program of the NAACP meeting reveals an impressive group of nationally famous spea kers. Included in the group sched uled to address sessionse are Ches ter Bowles, Stabilization Director; Robert W. Kenny, Jr., Attorney General for California; Walter Reuther. UAW-CIO chieftan; Fi orello LaGuardie, UNRRA head. Governor William Hastie of the Vergin Isles; Charles H. Houston; Earl B. Dickerson, and Walter White, Secretary of the NAACP. The nation press and radio will provide full coverage to the add resses delivered by the speakers appearing on the convention plat form, with several coast-to-coast network outlets scheduled as well as local radio coverage. Network officials were waiting to clear the schedules for broadcasts by La Guardia, Governor Hastie, and Chester Bowles. One of the most interesting radio features will be the broadcast interview with Wal ter White on the ABC “Headline Editions”, Wednesday, June 26th from 7:00-7:15 pm., EST. ABC’s New York outlet is WJZ. Local programs scheduled will be a WKRC interview with Wal ter Reuther and Charles Houston time to be announced; WLW, June 30th. with Governor Hastie to talk over the program ‘Let’s Be Vi gilant”. WCPO plans to meet Chester Bowles at the airport with a portable microphone when he arrives in Cincinnati. Presentation of the Springarn Medal to Thur good Marshall, NAACP Chief Counsel, for hi3 brilliant achieve ments in Supreme Court victor ies in civil rights cases will be made by Attorney General Kenny and broadcast over WCPO outlet. The four-day Conference which will deal with problems affecting Negroes, especially in the fields of voting, housing, employment, and veterans’ affairs, will be con cluded Sunday, June 30th, with a gigantic outdoor rallv in the Un iversity of Cleveland's*Nippert Sta dium. Chester Bowles will speak at this meeting. One of the guests on the platform will be Colonel B. O. Davis, Jr., World War II flying hero, commander of the famed 332nd Red Devils overseas. Colonel Davis’ new command, tire 477th Composite Group at Lock burn Airfield, will launch several squadrons of the fast B-25 light bombers to stage an impressive air show and salute over the Sta dium. Later a chorus of 1,000 voi ces will be heard by the delegates and visitors to the huge arena. NAACP officials attach more than usual significance to this this year’s Conference and consi der the post war years the most crucial in the long struggle of Ne groes for full citizenship. It was pointed out that the Conference comes at a time when the Asso ciation is engaged in one of its bitterest battles, the fight to free 31 Negro victims of Tennessee fascism and race hatred. Delegates to the Conference will hear the entire story from an eye-witness and investigators, among them Mrs. Gladys Stephenson, mother of navy vet James Stephenson. Mrs. Stephenson and her son were J involved in the altercation which exploded into the so-called riots ! in Columbia, Tenn. last February, THE CHAMP NEW YORK-Soundphoto—Louis playfully uses his KO right on trainer Manny Seaman in dress ing room after right. • Quality Job Printing Phone HA. #800
