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National Organizations Meet » Money and Protests of Lynchings n
TO PLAN ACTION AGAINST SO. TERROR-WAVEi Flood NAACP. Office
NEW' YORK. August 8th_At
a joint meeting called by the NA
A CP on August 6th at the Wen
dell Willkie Memorial Building, 40
national organisations looks steps
for unified action against the ri
sing tide of mob violence as evi
denced in South Carolina, Georgia
Mississippi and other states.
Arthur B. Springarn, chairman
of the NAAOP board presided over
the meeting Speakers .were Wal
ter White; Oliver Harrington, Pu
blic Relations Counsel and Isaac
Woodard, blinded Negro veteran.
Woodard described his horrible ex
periences in a South Carolina town
a few hours after his discharge
from the service.
The group drew up a tentative
program of procedure to stem re
currences of mob violence and vo
ted to send telegrams to the Pre
sident of the United States and to
Attorney General Tom Clark re
questing them to throw the full
force of the Federal Government
to bring the lynchers before the
bar of justice.
The organization representatives
all pledged the unqualified supp
ort of their organiations and voted
to form an executive committee to
plan direct action in a campaign
to publicize the dangers of race
friction cropping up everywhere
in the country tnd to take steps
in the various tates to confer with
governors and attorney genera’/i
to insure the cooperation of the
law in handling incidents if they
occur, with intelligence. A resolu
tion requesting Congress to re
convene and to enact Federal anti
mob violence legislation was con-:
sidered and joint labor manage
ment committees in each industr
ial area were proposed to work
actively to remove tension by pu
blicity. abolition of segregation and
discrimination in employment and
enactment of such municipal,
state or federal legislation as is
necessary.
Organizations p-irticipating in
the meeting were tne NAACP, the
Southern Regional Council, the
Southern Conference for Human
Welfare, the YWCA (National
Board., the YMCA (National
Council), the American ewish Con
gress, the American Jewish Com
mittee. the Anti-Defamation Lea
gue of B'nai B'rith, the Council
Against Intolerance in America,
the Council for democracy, CI#
PAC, A FL. National Negro Con
gress, National Citizens Political
Action Committee. Civil Rights
Congress, the National Council of
Churches of Christ in America,
the Independent Citizens Commit
tee. the National Council of Ne
gro Women, National Urban Lea
gue. the American Veterans Com
mittee. the IBPOE of W, National
Education Assn., and many, many
others of distinction.
WDL Gives Suggestions
On Apprehending Lynchers
WASHINGTON. D. C_(WDL
Methods for apprehending those
guilty of the brutal Monroe, Ga.,
lynchers were suggested on Aug.
6 to Turner Smith, head of the
civil rights section of the US De
partment ot Justice by Morris
Milgram. national secretary of j
the Workers Defense League. De
tails of these suggestions can, ob
viously, not be revealed at this!
time. The conference between ]
Smith and Milgram lasted almost]
two hours. *
On the same day in New York
City. Rowland Watts, associate
WDL secretary, represented the
League in a national conference
of abor and civic organizations
called by the Natl. Assn, for Ad
vancement of Colored People to
stop the rising tide of mob viol
ence and racial friction.
The conference made plans for
a broad educational program aim
ed at mobi'izing churches, busin
ess organizations, congressmen,
unions and the press against out
rages such as the Monroe lynch
ings. A drive will also be made
for enactment of Federal anti
lynching legislation.__
iJOE LOUIS DROPS ‘EBONY’ SUIT
[Republicans Name County Officers
The Committee of Sixteen nam
ed by the Republican County chair
man to elect the officers of the
County Organization, met Aug.
14 and re-elected Mr. Clyde Tra
vis. County Chairman; Mrs'. N.
Kibbee, Chairwoman and head of
the Women’s Division; Mr. Robert
| G. Frazier and Mr. Henry Meis
ner and Mr. W. E. Moore, Vice
! Chairman and Mr. Gail Burbridge
Secretary. The Committee will
meet August 20th to name the
Executive Committees of the Coun
ty Central Committee. Mrs. Cloma
Scott is a member of the Com
mittee of Sixteen.
It is reported that Atty. William
Temple representing Joe Louis re
quested that the $100,000 libel suit
against Ebony magazine be dis
missed. According to Atty. Tem
ple, the magazine has promised to
print a retraction of a previous
Joe Louis story in their Septem
ber issue.
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Capt. John Adams Jr.
Recalled To Service
Word was received _ in Omaha
\ that Capt. John Adams, Jr., has
been recalled to service, with but
two days of terminal leave to go,
Capt. Adams was ordered back to
his post at Oakland, Calif.
Attorney Adams was a member
of the State Legislature at the
time he joined the army.
Isaac Woodard
Inducted Into
Blinded Vets
Association
New York, August 8—- Isaac
Woodward, army veteran whose
eyes were brutally gouged out by
Aike,n, South Carolina troopers 3
hours after his discharge from the j
service, was inducted into the
blinded veterans association on
Thursday August 8th. This organi
zation is open only to those vets
who lost their sight in the service
of their country. Lloyd H. Green
wood, executive director of the
association, feeling Woodard had
earned his right to belong, made
him a member.
Meanwhile, from all over the
United States contributions for
the Isaac Woodard Trust Fund
have been sent in by citizens who
are shocked and enraged to dis
cover in America the kind of vi
cious cruelty usually associated
with only Nazis.
Contributions to date total $1,
386.89. Of this sum, the newspa
per PM has received $698.75 from
its readers. Other individuals and
organizations sent contributions
direct to the NAACP national of
fice. As evidence of the interest
aroused by the case, this is an en
couraging sum. It is however,
hardly enough to compensate him
for the needless torture inflicted
on him by lawless Southern ter
rorists. It is hoped that in time,
the Fund will be sufficient to bring
I to this blind victim of mob violence
I some peace and security in the
, future.
Word has been received that the
Texas Farmers Union protested
Woodard's beating before he was
j brought to trial to both the gov
1 ernor of South Carolina and to
Attorney-General Tom Clark.
SATCHEL PAIGE DRAWS
BIGGEST CROWD
NEW YORK.—(Calvins News
Service)—Hurler Satchel Paige,
on the mound for the Kansas City
Monarchs against the Bushwedes,
drew the largest crowd of the sea
! son at Dexter Park.
Master Elk
ROBERT H. JOHNSON, Grand
Commissioner of Transportation
for the Grand Lodge of Elks has
arranged unusual travel facilities
to the grand lodge at Buffalo Aug
ust 27, for the Antlered her. Bob
Johnson, pride of Philadelphia and
leader of O. V. Catto lodge No. 20
there is expected to be the new
Grand treasurer. (ANP)
Lawrencebairg Trial
Set ijor August 13th
NASHVILLE. Tenn., August 8—
In spite of the public outcry
against proceeding with the trial
of 25 Tennessee Negroes in Law
renceburg county where tension
and anti-Negro feeling is hibh, Z.
Alexander Looby, NAACP defense
counsel reports that motion for
change of venue has been denied.
Indicted last February in connec
tion with the famous disturban
ces in Colombia the men will
stand trial on August 13th.
A motion for postponement of
the trials which was requested in
view of chief defense counsel Thur |
good Marshall's illness, also was
denied. Mr aMrshall became ill
during the trials in Columbia and
although running a dangerous tern
perature continued cross-examin
ing witnesses up to the last day.
I He was rushed to the hospital in
New York soon after and it was
hoped that the trials could be post
poned until his recovery.
On Tuesday, August 13th. a mo
tion will be filed to quash the jury
panel, on the ground that Negroes
are excluded. It is expected that
this motion will be argued the
following day. j
Many Notables Attend
DISTRICT CONFERENCE ^
AT C L AIR CHAPEL M. E.
OMAHA, Aug. 14—The Topeka
District Conference of the Worn-"I
ens’ Society of Christian Service, I
the Youth Fellowship and the Mi
nisters’ Wives Council of the Me
thodist Church is being held this
week—August 13th to ISth at the
Clair Methodist church 22nd at
Miami Streets.
The district officers of the Con
ference are Bishop Edward W.!
Kelly, resident Bishop; Dr. G. D. j
Hancock, district superintendent j
Dr. C. C. Reynolds, host minister;
Miss Freda Woods, president, of
Youth Fellowship; Mrs. Inez Bal
lard, Dean of Worker's School;
Mrs C. C. Reynolds, president of
Ministers' Wives; Mrs. Eudora
Winters. District Lay-Leaders, and
Rev. Samuel Meadows, Confer
ence Song Leader.
Courses and faculty of Christian
Workers' School is headed by Mrs. I
Inez Williams Ballard of Wichita,
Kansas. Instructors and courses of
study are Dr. H. L. Overton who
teaches "The Stewardship of Life’
the class dealing with The Church
and Problem of Alcohol is taught
by Mrs. O. N. Morris; the last
class is taught by Dr. W. D. Lester
whose subject is "District and Sub
district Methodist Youth Fellow
ship".
This year's Conference marks
the end of Dr. Hancock's term of
office as District Superintendent
af the Topeka District.
Delegates are in attendance from
Denver, Scott Methodist church,
Rev. C. N. Richmond, paster: Miss
Billie Gant; Mrs. Mattie Morris;
Mr. Charles; Charles Gant; and
Mrs. C. N. Richmond.
Colorado Springs, Colorado: Rev
G. W. Hubbard; Mrs. Lucille Tor
rence; Miss Bernice Bragg, Rev.
L. C. Bassett.
Fort Scott, Kansas: Rev. S. W.
Jackson; Mrs. Edna Teamer.
Independence, Kansas: Rev. Sim
mons; Mrs. Luberta Cabbell.
Kansas City, Kansas: Rev. S. W.
Meadows; Mrs. Robeson; Rev. G.
G. Glaspie, Mason Memorial chur
ch: Rev. \V. K. Lester; Mrs. W. K.
Lester; Mr. W. K. Lester, Jr; Mr.
Julius B. Lester; Miss Dorothy
Greene, Miss Victoria Hancock;
Rev. and Mrs. Pettis; Mr. Theodore .
Givens. j
Manhattan, Kansas: Miss Freda
Woods.
Parsons, Kansas: Rev. S. W.i
Jackson.
Topeka, Kansas: Mt. Olive chur
ch: Rev. Herman Harvey; Mrs.
Iola Harvey; Miss Lena McRob
erts; Miss June McRoberts; Mr.
Joseph Harvey.
Asbury Church; Miss Hearoline
Washington.
Witchita, Kansas: Rev. John E.
Tunstall; Mrs. J. E. Tunstall; Mrs
Eudore Minters; Mrs. Inez Ballard
Chetopa, Kansas: Rev. O. A. Mit
chell; Mrs. Lillie Caldwell.
Hastings and Grand Island, Ne
braska: Rev. Greene; Mrs. Cath
erine Deas; Mrs. H_V. May; Mrs.
N. Greene.
Lincoln, Nebr.: Newman Meth
odist Church: Rev. G. W. Harper;
Miss Freddie Powell; Miss Ruby
Lee Harper.
Omaha: Clair Methodist church
Rev. C. C. Reynolds, Sr.; Mrs. C.
C. Reynolds; Miss Jewell Eva
Miller; Mrs. Ryland Melford; Mr.
C. C. Reynolds, Jr.
South Omaha: Union Memorial
Rev. A. L. Hook; Miss Loretta
Agee.
JACK DEMPSEY SAY'S
ALL IUCES SHOULD
WORK IN HARMONY
Jack Dempsey, chairman of the
Adam Hat Welfare Committee,
announced this week that the
Committee has increased to §1500
its contribution to the 1946 appeal
of the National Urban League.
In transmitting the gift Vt Elmo
Roper, chairman of the League’s
fund raising campaign, Mr. Demp
sey said “in tnaking this gift, let
me take this opportunity to say
we thoroughly appreciate the con
structive work in which your
splendid organization is engaged.
In these troubled times, it seems
extremely important that men of
good will ot all races and creeds
work harmoniously to build a bet
ter society. We heartily endorse
your contribution to this effort’’.
The goal of the Urban League is
§231,000.
The Adam Hat Welfare Com
SLEEPING CAR PORTERS
— »
Battle Discrimination
By R.R. Brotherhoods
NEW YORK, N. Y.t August 9—
In an action against the Rail-\
way Carmen and allied organiza-!
tions of the Railway Department
AFL, before the National Medi
tation Board because of efforts on
the part of the aforementioned or
ganizations to change the scope
of the bargaining unit of the Pull
man Company’s car cleaners and
yard forces and the expressed po
licy of the National Meditation
Board favoring the position of
these unions, the Brotherhood, in
a brief to the Board at a hearing
held in Washington, D. C. of re
cent date, contended that “Equal
protection is a guarantee of both
federal and state scope by virtue
of the Fifth and Fourteenth A
mendments to the Constitution mf;
the United States. The courtsj
have increasingly indicated a pur
pose to strike dt\vn discrimina
tory practices especially when re
lated to government action or in
volving the application of federal
statutes. The Railway Labor Act
sets up the National Meditation
Board as the agency of the United
States to act in determining the
appropriate units as well as the
'proper representative organiza
tions. For the National Meditation
Board to recognize and admit to
collective bargaining rights, an or
ganization, whose constituent mem
Iber ^unions discriminate against
colored workers, would in effect
constitute a flaunting of the con
stitutional guarantee of equal pro
tection of the laws by the govern
ment itself. The Board, as an a
gency of government, is bound
to administer the law equally and
is also under an implicit duty to
refuse recognition to a labor or
ganization in representation pro
ceeding, when such organization,
or those whom it represents, prac
tice such discrimination.”
A. Philip Randolph, says that
his organization is spending thou
sands of dollars developing injunc
tions to prevent the displacement
of Negro rail employees by the
railroad Brotherhood unions.
Alerted for Overseas Service
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Alerted for overseas post war i
service, Major John A. Welch,
right, commandant and professor
of military science and tactics at
Tuskegee institute, takes advan
tage of Brig. Gen. B. O. Davis'
recent visit to tho institute to get
a nreview of European conditions.
Gen. Davis was Tuskegee's com
mandant during the administration
of the late Dr. R. R. Moton, second
president of the institute. (ANP)
SLAUGHTER, FOE OF FEPC.
DEFEATED IN MO. ELECTION
NEW YORK—The defeat of Rep.
Roger C. Slaughter by Enos A.
Axtell, CIO-P AC-endorsed candi
date in Missouri’s fifth district
congressional primary race, was
mittee also recently established a
two-year fellowship to be admini
stered by the National Urban Lea
gue. The fellowship provides $2400
for two years graduate study for
an accredited school of social
work. Competitive examinations
for the first award have been held
and the successful candidates will
be announced shortly.
hailed by Jack Krool, director of
the CIO Political Action Commit
tee this week as a significant vic
tory for all Americans, .but most
particularly for the Negro and or
ganized labor.
If any person could be singled
out as having contributed the
most toward stymying of the per
manent Fair Employment Prac
tices bill, Mr. Kroll’s statement
continued, it would unquestionably
be Rep. Slaughter. It was his vote
which broke the powerful House
Rules Committee stalemate on the
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and
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Lawrence P. Lewis
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
AT ELMWOOD
The last time I attended a Sun
day School picnic at Elmwood
Park, I found myself more inter
ested in taking a walk through
lovers’ lane, down by the small
stream, where the trees will not
only shelter you from the night,
but from the day. But that was
many years ago. and when { found
myself again at the Sunday School
pisnic, I was more interested in
the smilling faces of the little
children as they devoured ice
cream and lemonae, after already
eating the picnic lunch most of
their families had prepared for
them.
I watched the youngsters as they
played, and although a few of them
have skinned knees and some nur
sing a sore nose, the greater part i
of them had no ill effects, and are
waiting for the next picnic, next
year.
Rev. Childress, minister of St.
John's, was a very busy man. jud
ging the winners of the many con
tests that the younger set enter
ed. After every contest clusters of
children would gather around the
minister, ready for the next con
test and asking the Reverend all
about it.
I talked with Mrs. Rosabelle Bol
den, 2803 R Street as we watched
her youngsters play. Mrs Bolden
seemed to be having almost as
much fun as her children, but
every once in awhile Lawrence,
Yvette, Loress, or Marshall, would
come up to her. panting and run
ning, telling their mother of some
thing that happened.
I was surprised to see Mrs. Bol
den looking as young and as at
tractive as ever. Five children
prove to be no problem to her.
Besides mothering her five child
ren, Mrs. Bolden is very active in
the social activities in South Om
aha.
I know that patrolmen Jones
and Foxall were glad when the
picnic was over. Keeping those
hungry youngsters in line while
they were getting their ice cream
was more than a job. But I notic
ed them laughing every once in
awhile so I assumed they were
enjoying the work, even though
their shirts were soaked with pre
speration.
There was not a happier group
of children than those that sur
rounded the table set by Mrs. Ella
Mae Haynes and Mrs. Vemetta
Mills. Geraldine Harvey, Emma
Lee Dolison, Willa Mills, Louise
Cameron, and Dorcas Mills were
having the time of their lives. Jo
Ella Haynes, the energetic daugh
ter of Mrs. and Mrs. Joseph Hay
nes dodged here and there so of
ten, that her mother had to use
the best of her detecting know
ledge to keep up with her.
Mrs. Roland Green, 2922 Frank
lin, was there handing tickets to
the children of her Sunday School
class. I mistook Mrs. Green for her
sister Gertrude, and if they were
standing side by side, I don’t be
lieve I couW tell them apart.
Mrs. Green was keeping an eye
out for her father, Rev. Rucker,
NEW YORK, August 8th—The
savage murder of two Negro far
mers and their wives in Georgia
has aroused the wrath of think
ing people everywhere. Local
branches of the NAACP have
daily sent assurances to the na
tional office that they are carry
ing forward the fight to end such
criminal violations of the Consti
tution. Several branches have sent
in more than the $10 each asked
for as it3 share of the $10,000
reward offered by the NAACP
for information leading to the ar
rest and conviction of the arro
gant Georgia lynchers.
From the Louisville, Ky., branch
of the NAACP a check for $500
was contributed toward the re
ward offered for the lynchers’
capture. The Los Angeles branch
has pledged from $100 to $1000
toward the fund.
In Houston, Texas, on the night
of August 5th, all Negro resid
ences and places of business were
closed and the doors draped with
blacl: crepe so that everyone could
attend a memorial services for the
mob victims at the Baptist Church
At the NAACP demonstration, the
first protest meeting in Texas
since the lynchings, a resolution
was passed asking for immediate
anti-lynching legislation. Texas
Negroes are well aware that the
Klan can operate against them as
in Georgia.
In Philadelphia, the local branch
of the NAACP declared August 2
a day of mourning in connection
with the lynchings. Many organi
zations in the city cooperated i
Their actions were publicized by I
closing all stores for an hour at
noon, wearing black arm bands,
silencing all radios for thirty se
conds and by requests that all
individuals pray silently in their
homes for the two slain couples.
Telegrams and letters were sent I
to President Truma nand to Atty
General Tom Clark asking the
Federal Government to bring the
culprits to justice.
A man in California mailed in
his check for $25 though he could
ill afford it to apprehend the foul
murderers.
The NAACP has received many
similar letters and telegrams ex
pressing sympathy and indigna
tion over the recent wave of lynch
terror sweeping the south. Typical
of the feelings expressed in many
of them is the one reproduced be
low from a white woman in Ore
gon. “Envlosed you will find my
check for five dollars to aid in the
work of hunting down and'puni
shing the lazv white savages that
rule our southern states.
“Either the United States shouid
declare martial law in those out
law states where no Negro is safe
from attacks by these white beasts
or else every Negro should be
armed by the government so that
he can defend himself and his
home.
"I lived in the south once and
listening to white loafers talk of
lazy n.gs’ used to nauseate
me. Never, all the time I was in
the south, didi I see a white man
work. He seemed to think his job
was to stand around and watch
the Negroes work, or else look
arcund for Negro women to at
tack. The Negro men are power
less to protect their women.
‘‘And never did I ever hear of
a white woman attacked by a
Negro. It was always the other
way around—white men raping
Negro women.
“And, in using the word loafe’
in connection with white southern
men I do not mean the under
privileged who mthe so-called sou
thern gentlemen scornfully calls
poor white trash bijt the soft spo
ken brute himself, who lives on
the labor of the Negro..
“I have traveled abroad and I
have always been ashamed of the
south, whose savagery I couldn’t
defend. If I were a southerner I'd
get rid of my accent so that no
one would know I was a native of
such a disgraceful part of the
Nnited States.
‘I am sending a copy of this
letter to the Governor of Georgia
so that the white governor can
know what an Oregonian thinks
of a Georgian.. the white kind
whose hands are never soiled with
honest work”.
RONALD L. HOLMES—
EXPERT WORKMAN
AT LIED MOTORS
Ronald L. Holmes 32, 1906 No.
28th St., is one of the crack mech
anics at the Lied Motor Co., 2507
Farnam Street.
Holmes learned his trade in his
father’s garage in Minneapolis,
Minn. He also took training in the
Buick factory. Mr. Holmes and his
wife, Helen, formerly of Witchita,
Kansas, are very pleased with
Omaha and enjoy living here.
and her brother and sisters, but
ifp until the time that I left the
picnic, I did not have the oppor
tunity to say hello to my old
friends.
There were so many ministers
there that I did not have the op
portunity to meet them and say i
hello. Almost every church in our
vicinity was represented by their j
minister. If the old saying about
ministers is true, they had their
fill of chicken and everything
that goes with it. All of the ta
bles were covered with inviting
food, and the people were more
than generous with it, because
many offered Yours Truly some.
The ladies of the churches that
served the youngsters should be
congratulated. Especially those
that offered me ice cream, know
ing by looking, that I am already
overweight. They had to work
hard and steady, and believe me,
it was a trying task, giving all
those children ice cream and le
monade.
Miss Mary Harris, office secy,
of the Northside YWCA was a
late arriver. She seemed to be in
a great hurry, and by the look on
her face, she seemed to be search
ing for her party where the food
was sure to be. Mary was quite
a picture, walking hurriedly a
Atty. Williams
Greets Visiting
AKA Sorors
Omahans Attend
AKA Boule
LOS ANGELES—Attorney Mar
tha Malone Williams, Boule gen
eral chairman and Basileus of Al
pha Gamma Omega, graduate
chapter of this city extends a
warm welcome to Southern Cali
fornia.
Atty. Williams stated that in
this momentuout time of history
it is indeed fitting that the Alpha
Kappa body should meet hehe. For
the very spirit of the West, seems
an advocate of the progressive
ideas and endeavors to which the
sorority stands dedicated and on
which many of the people are con
vinced, a just and peaceful so
ciety can only be built.
Here in this comparatively new
country, old traditions are alter
ing, she stated, and while sociol
ogists and historians see a new
cultural pattern emerging here,
we find in the Southland the har
binger and promise of new free
dom, a new tolerance, a new cap
acity of peoples to live together
amicably.
This beginning toward unity is
as ket a modest seed; but it is
well planted here. In the crisis of
man’s urgent need today, it would
not perhaps be bold to hope that
from this seed which can be cre
ated one world and one mankind
under God.
This—one world—challenges Al
pha Kappa Alpha. As sorors, we
rcce.nt the challenge.
Among Omahan's attending the
AKA Boule are: Mrs. Robbie
Turner Davis and Miss Florentine
Goodlett.
First Negro Named
To Such A Position
■■■■■■■MMSBaaHV
Charles Quick Named
Asst General Counsel
of The Agency OPA
Charles Quick, Division counsel
of the Sugar Rationing Division
of the Office of Price Administra
tion, has been named an assistant
general counsel of the agency,
OPA announced this week.
This is the first time a Negro
has been named to such a position
by any government agency. The
general counsel is the top legal
officer of the agency.
Mr. Quick came to OPA in De
cember 1942, from the law school
faculty of North Carolina State
Teachers College for Negroes in
Durham, North Carolina. He is a
graduate of Talledega College and
Harvard Law School.
While assistant general counsel
of OPA, he will continue his du
ties as division chief of the Sugar
Rationing Division of the agency,
OPA said.
Mr. Quick is married and has
two children.
Other Negro attorneys holding
responsible positions in OPA in
clude former Howard Law School
professors Bernard Jefferson and
W. Robert Ming. Mr. Jefferson is
associate division counsel of the
Food Branch of the Price Legal
Division and chief cousel of the
Meat Section.
GARVEYITES MEET IN
30 DAY CELEBRATION
NEW YORK—The Peoples of
African Blood and Decent opened
their 8th International Convention
this week at the Golden Gate Ball
room.
Sponsored by the Garvey Club
Inc., the Convention opened witn
much of the splendor and pomp
reminiscent of the olden days. \
parade was conducted on white
horses. There was a tyvnd and pa
raders were kowned in colorful
costumes. 3,000 persons were sup
posedly crowded in the Golden
Gate as a resolution was apopted
calling upon President Truman to
establish a special Federal Com
mittee to investigate the recent
lynchings in Monroe, Ga.
ROBERT SPELLMAN, JR.
Seeks Mother Here
Robert Spellman, Jr., of Brook
lyn, New York, arrived in Omaha
early Wednesday morning expec
ting to meet his mother here.
Spellman did not know his mo
ther’s address or exact name. Any
one knowing the whereabouts of
Mrs. Glen Spence or Wiila Mae
Spencer, kindly inform the Oma
ha Urban League, Webster 5020,
the Omaha Police Dept. Jackson
2345 or the Omaha Guide Harney
0800.
cross the wooded landscape, dres
sed in blafck slacks and white
blouse, nodding, but never stop
ping. Food must have been her
first thought.
Most of the children I did not
know. There were so many of
them. Thousands paraded and
olayed, dashing from area to erea
Every so often you could hear a
child crying, one that had stum
bled or fell. Tears would soon
vanish, and the youngster laugh
ing, would dash off to try it all
over again.
The picnic wae more than a suc
j cess. Just before the sun began
I setting in the west; slowly they
left the park. Mothers carrying
some of the youngsters, so tired
that they couldn't resist sleep.
Lunch baskets almost empty, but
children's stomachs full. Many tell
ing their mothers that they did
not want to go yet, but so tired
that they had to be helped up the
long steps.
Children sleepy, tired, and con
tented. Dreams tonight will be of
ice cream, chicken, salad; and the
many friends that are their play
mates. Days will come and go in
their livee, but until another Sun
day School picnic is held at Elm
wood Park, this day they will re
member.
