LAUNCHING THE ONE WORLD BOOK CLUB Alphonse Heningburg, Executive Director, signs the prospectus which completes the organization of THE ONE W ORLD BOOK CLUB. K. Altlci, famous Greek actress, and Mbonu Ojike, author of "My Africa." (both standing) join Rolph Sues, author of ‘‘Shark’s Fins and Millet” in studying the program of the Club. THE ONE ^ ORLD BOOK CLL B, which promotes and distributes books about minority groups, is located at 227 West 13th Street, New \ ork City. The prospectus was signed in the studio of E. Segredakis, art dealer. NEW YORK — Announcement was made here last week by Al phonse H ningborg, Executive Di rector. cf the organization of The One World Book Club, for the pro motion and distribution of books touching the life and activities of minority groups in this country* The major purpose of the organi zation is to encourage the reading of fiction and non-fiction which promotes the basic philosophy of One World of friendliness and un derstanding. The Club is chartered under the laws of the State of New York, and is incorporated at one hundred thousand dollars. The first offering of the Club, which is located at 227 West 13th Street, is George Wylie Hender son's new novel JULE. to be pub lished in September. This second novel of Mr. Henderson, which tells the story of a deep-country Negro boy who wanted to attic unt to something in this world, and ■who never forgets the teachings of “Oliie Miss", his mother, even when facing the temptations of Harlem, has already received en thusiatstic advance notices. In commenting on bis new book Henderson said: ‘ I have been con scious of Jule for a number of years, for I have seen many Jules His is the story* of every Negri, in America. It springs from the soil, from simple realities. But the story of Jule couldn t be told In a vacuum. It had to be a per sonal story—a story with feeling and human dignity, sometimes shot through with ruthless bru-1 tality. But inevitably, it had to be1 the story of a boy who wanted to be somebody. “In putting Jule on paper. I merely tried to be the medium through which his story could be told. It wasn't for me to determine Its substance and character, nor its causes and effects. It was for me to give it direction and a cer tain vitality. Beyond that. I did not choose to" go. If. then. Jule il luminates some of the basic ele ments in the character of the Ne gro in America—his longings, his aspirations, his will to echieve— the purpose for writing Jule has been served." Girt books of The One World Book Club for the fall include: “One Nation”, a text anJ picture study of eight minorities in this country, and Buel G. Gallagher's ••Color and Conscience". Galla gher's study is a challenge to the Christian church to re-examine and to change its attitude on the question of color. Included among the Club's Ad visory Board of twenty persons are: Louis Adamic; Pearl Buck; Henrietta Buck master; Edwin R. Eipbree: l>»*ter B. Granger; Rab bi Stephen S. Wise; Charles S. Johnson; Mbonu Ojike: Charles H Wesley; and Roy Wilkins. Jos ef Riwkin. president of The One World Book Club, and Abram Ka gan. Secretary-Treasurer, repre sent a combined experience of 45 years in the publishing field. As owners of" the International Uni versities Press, they have establi shed an enviable reputation in the trade and with the reading public. Alphonse Heninburg. lecturer in the School of Education of New York University, and widely know n for his iectures in the field of in terracial understanding, is vie e . president of the corporation and executive Director of the Club. Veterans’ Disibilty During July the Nebraska Re gional office of the Veterans' Ad ministration reduced its backlog . of veterans' disability and compen sation cases by 30 percent and cut the number of pending cases to the lowest point in more than six months. Ashley Westmoreland, manager, reported today. “At the close of the month there were 2.236 veterans within our jur isdiction awaiting processing of their pension or compensation claims. This number compares to 3,159 at the close of June, and 6,885 at the close of February' The figures, he said, include both World War i and World War II veterans, but added that the over whelming number are of World War B. There are now 14,068 vet erans of both wars receiving pen sions or compensation in Nebraska an increase of 274 over a month .ago. Despite college summer reces ses 12 208 veterans, the highest number of the year, were in VA training and education programs in Nebraska at the close of July. The total. Westmoreland explained, includes veterans recieving on-the job trianing and compares with 11,808 for a month ago. Vocation al -ehabilitation cases are not in cluded. During July, the VA processed 576 loans for Nebraska veterans under the so called G I bill. The loans averaged $3,907 of which $1,947 is guaranteed by the fed eral government. Loans cleared during the month brought to $11. 882.753 the total borrowed by Ne braska veterans under the G I bill. Of this amount $5,842,195 is guar anteed said Westmoreland. i OUR ' GUEST Column i Edited by Verna P. Harris TODAY THEM. TOMORROW US By Gloster B. Current newly appointed Director of Branches, NAACP; Executive Secretary, Detroit Branch, NAACP When the Army evacuated the entire 115,000 people of Japanese blood from the Pacific Coast and herded them into concentration camps, many a Negro throughout the country felt a sense of appre hension always experienced in the face of oppression: Today THEM, tomorrow US. For once the pre cedent had been established of dealing with persons on the basis of race or creed, none of us could consider ourselves safe from fu ture security’ measures. I suppose that a similar spirit and feeling of one-ness motivated two Jewish high school girls in New York who recently rejected scholastic medals offered to them by the Daughters of the American Revolution. According to the daily papers, Betty Goldberg and Flor ence Kaufman of Seward Park High School declared they could not accept medals from an organ ization that discriminated against Negroes. A courageous act. It was on a higher plane of courage than the physical bravery displayed by a lifeguard or a fireman or a stret | cher-bearer in battle. It was the kind of pioneering courage which is going to change the race rela tions picture in America. The DAR is in a morally vulnerable posi tion and knows it. A few more of these blows will leave it reeling and gasping for breath. It isn't hard to figure out why other minorities are standing up and fighting for Negroes more and more. Refugee Jews, as well as those born in this country, have , realized in the past ten years how fascists throughout the world think alike, act alike, persecute alike. I When Hitler decreed that Jews must ride in segregated trains and trolleys, he wasn't concocting an original idea. He borrowed it from his brothers in Mississippi. When Catholics found themselves in Ger man concentration camps, they must have felt a kinship for Ne groes who are railroaded into Dixie chain gangs, lynched in southern states When a west coast oriental encounters signs forbidding him to enter certain parks and other pu blic facilities, he cant help but grasp the mutual plight of jim crowed Negroes. Despite what human oeings know in their hearts and minds, how ever, it is another thing to follow through in day-to-day behavior. The easy way out is to circumvent and detour around the harrassing problems of other minorities. Our job and bread ar.d butter may be at stake. A scolarship might be jeopardized. Our parents or wives or husbands may be unwilling to buck the popular tide. All sorts of pressures and ties are at work to make us conform. I salute Betty Goldberg and Florence Kaufman for disregard casting aside a medal which the haughty DAR awarded them as the two students with highest in grades. Their sense of integrity World Peace To Be Theme of Community Night Program The Peace Caravan, which is stationed in Omaha this summer under the National sponsorship of the American Friends Service, will participate on the Community Night Program on the east lawn of Hillside Presbyterian Church, Thursday August 15th. This program which is sponsor ed weekly by the Near Northside Branch of the Omaha Young Mens' Christian Association and the Com munitv Service Committee of Hill side Church, will include a short skit by the young ladies of the caravan, the singing ol' songs of international origin or theme, and the showing of the motion picture “Suffer Little Children”. The mo tion picture referred to is the most recent production dealing with some of the problems of World Peace. It represents the problem as it affects children. Pictured above is part of group j attending one of the Community Night Programs. Mr. John Butler Executive Secretary of the Near Northside Branch YMCA is pic tured operating the motion pic ture projector as Mr. Booker T. Washington leads the crowd in community singing. The programs are held in the church sanctuary in case of bad weather. meant more to them than did the scolastic honors. I hope all of us remember this incident. -APA MORE THAN 1.000 ATTEND AAF DAY AT LOCKBOURNE More than 1000 persons attended AAF Day as Lockbourne saluted the, thirty-ninth anniversary of the Army Air Forces August 1st. Highlighting the day’s affair, the base held Open House’ and mas sed all troops in a colorful formal retreat parade. Visitors, friends and relatives lined the parade grounds as Col. B. O. Davis Jr., and his staff re newed the troops. Overhead a group of administrative aircraft based on the field roared back and forth. Leading the loose formation was a C-47, Douglas Skytrain, flanked on either side by a small j twin-engine Beechcraft C-45 and j tiny AT-6 Texans—The Army’s; famed single-engine training plane i The group was joined by a P-47 j Thunderbolt, largest single-engine fighter in the Army, the seven j ton aircraft throttled back to near stalling speed, dropped its ’ending flaps to further reduce its speed as it crawled along with its lum bering sister ships. Earlier in the day P-47’s and B 25's in mass formation flew a j round-robin flight over the prin-; cipal cities in Ohio, and bordering] states. They covered Columbus, i Louisville, and Dayton, and landed at Scott Field, 111., where .the air- j craft were' on exhibition at the Scott Field ‘Open House’. I NAACP PRESSES FOR PASSAGE OF ANTI LYNCHING BILL NEW YORK, August 1st—In a telegram to 263 members of the House of Representatives, the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People through its secretary, Walter White, ur ged Congressment to sign Dis charge Petition No. 3 which would bring the anti-lynching bill, HR 1698, to the floor of the House for consideration. The telegram: read as follows. "Cold-blooded lynching of four Negroes, one a veteran and two others women, in Monroe, Georgia July 26th, coupled with public by Major W. E. Spence, chief of Ga. bureau of investigation, that he cannot cope with the situation’, makes imperative Congress im mediately enact anti-lynching bill.’ HR 1698 was introduced early in this session of Congress but has been stymied in the Rules Com mittee of the House which pre vented it from being brought to the floor for consideration and debate. In order to get it out of the Rules Committee, it is neces sary to have signatures of 218 re presentatives on the Discharge Petition. Up to July 29th the pe tition lacked 100 signatures. TABLE *°DELRayou make certain that the wiring system is designed so it can be made to provide for future addi tions at little or no cost. To help you determine wiring needs with a minimum of effort, the engineers recommend a simple, non-technical booklet, ‘‘The Hand book of Residential Wiring De sign”, containing diagrams for every room, with suggestions for outlet locations and types of cir cuits. It is suggested, too, as a guide when you explain to the builder or electrical contractor what you want in electrical service. A copy may be obtained at cost by sending 25 cents to Industry Committee on Interior Wiring Design, Room 2650, 420 Lexington Ave., N. Y. 17, N. Y.j stance, the Halo Hat would cer tnf-ilv g0 well with some’ of the lively plaids, bright green, red and yellow suits that are being feat ured for the fall an'’ it irn't too outlandish to think that the Halo Hat will be developed for the double breasted box jacket and circular skirt cod gray corduroy suits that are being developed for fall luncheons and sporting af fairs. Incidentally, there are gay colored stockings of yellow and fireman's red to go with these corduroy suits. One of the stunners for the fall will be the black strapless even ing gown—and every woman must own one of these gowns because no woman’s life can be completed without having worn one strapless sown—n"d featured with this gown will be solid v-hite Halo Hats to set off and soften the lines of the face and the snugness of the skirt. Rubv Hill, the charming ‘Della Green’ of the recently closed show “St. Louis Woman” models one of the mod popular kinds of Halo Hats. 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