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★ SATURDAY OCTOBER 19 1946 Our 19th Year No 37 Entered as 2nd Claaa matter at Post Office. Omaha. Nebraska, Under Act of
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OUR
GUEST
Column
Edtlrd ky Vernm P. Harris
IT HAPPENED IN GEORGIA
By Aubrey Williams. Publisher.
SOUTHERN FARMER. Montgo
mery, Ala.; Former Administrator
National Youth Administration
>w<« U rr«drr»
Mr* Kkibvoc. rttwl ia this column.
kM been rl«M»rlj a»*oriabd with Mr.
WilluiM la lb# NY A »ud liberal cm
•aa.
The place and the occasion of
what happened was at the Atlanta.
Ga. airport during the last days
of the war Mrs. Mary McLeod
Bethune was sitting in the long
hallway that serves as an incom
modious waiting room for air pas
sengers awaiting departure of
their planes. She was waiting for
the planefor which she had duly
purchased a ticket. Other passen
gers were seated all about her in
peace and harmony. She was. as
she recalls, exchanging pleasan
tries with some of her neighbors
' You get out of here", boomed
a voice. "Get over there in that
oomer where you belong" The
voice with all of its harshness was
that of a policeman, standing over
her threateningly. Its effect was
as if someone had struck all in a
room a bruising blow in some ten
der. sensitive spot.
Mrs Bethune says that she said
to herself. 1 am an old woman
(I did not say that; Mrs Bethune i
says she ait' it i and I had just
a:- well die here as any place”. “I
dor.t want to move. T prefer to !
stay here" she replied to the offi
txl.
• Get up an i get over there in
the corner where you belong”.
"No Mr. Officer. I have a right
to ait where 1 am. I have a ticket
on a j ;ane which is due to depart
shortly and I do not wish to move’.
As i he officer moved toward
Mrs. Bethune. a young soldier,'
coining it seems from nowhere,
stepped up to her rhair. She says
he was Jewish, tall and strongly
built, a private. He spoke to Mrs.
Bethune in a quiet voice, 'Stay
where you are”. And then look
ing up half talking to the officer,
half to the people. 'They tell me
I am supposed to be fighting for
demncra y ; I guess this is as good
a place to begin as any”. .
*1 didn’t make the law”. grow-V
led the policeman. "1 am only sup
posed to enforce it. O. K.. Friend”
I have for many years held the
belief that the Negro had more
friends among members of the o
ther segments of societies than
enemies There have been times
when this belief grew very weak
and faint. But those times passed,
and better times followed. We are
at present in a period of evil days.
The war has done something to
people This is not to be wondered
at We should know, if we stop
to think, that you can’t teach a
whole generation to hate and kill
so that they car win a war. with
out doing something terrible to
them What we see now is in part
a carry-over from what we were
taught in the wssr That is not its
whole content but it is part of it.
That will pass. Time in that re
gard firhts on the side of decency,
brotherhood, and the finer traits
of human character.
There is hope in this And There
is sense in it too. Knowing it is
true will help those who act with
and counsel others to patience.
Another strong evidence that
vast numbers of all men are fun
damentally opposed to unfair and
discriminatory treatment of other
men no matter of what color or
nationality or religion is the up
surge of Southerners who in re
cent tests have stood up and been
counted in favor of such basic
rights as the right to vote, the
right to Join a union. In tbe mor
bid gloom of the lynching of those
four young Negro people, we must
U. P. Waiter Praised for
Bravery, and Quick Thinking
U. P. HERO
TRACY T. RAY, Union Pacific
D'ninn Car Waiter, who aided
passengers when train was de
railed Sept. 26, near Victorville,
California.
■•‘•member that over 200.000 white
Georgia people voted to give the
Negro the vote. That is a mighty
lot of people. We should not for
get that in aa election at .3 Geor
gia factory, where the issue was
whether to make the union which
refused to allow Negroes to join,
or the union which made a point
oi a ging Negroes to become mem
bers the bargaining agency for
the workers, the union which wan
ted Negroes to be members won
by three thousand votes, and had
a majority of the white votes. They
would have won if only white
workers had voted. And this hap
vrr surer of anything
than I am that if given a fai:
chance. . that is, given time and a j
continuation of our present way o ,
life, the Southern people will en
fianshise the Negro, they will do I
away with the silly jim-crow bar- j
ri rs that today affront all decent j
people, white or colored. They will j
: nally give substance and mean
ing to the Negro’s right and na- !
tural aspiration: to be included in .
our democracy._I
A Heroic dining car waiter. Tra
cy T. Hay, of 908 East Imperial
Blvd., Los Angeles, today was com
mended for heroism in aiding wo
men passengers in the Union Pa
cific derailment, Sept. 26, near Vic
to2-ville, Calif.
When the derailment occured,
Ray was calling breakfast in one
of the coaches. Swaying wildly, the
coach lurched across the ties, until
it came to a stop in an upright po
sition with both vestibule doors
jammed shut.
The women passengers, believ
ing themselves trapped and some
suffering from minor injuries be
came excited.
“Keep calm”, Ray told them.
“You are in no more danger. I’ll
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get you out in a minute”.
Seizing a fire axe, he broke win
dows, assisted all the passenger.
in escaping from the car and then
administered first aid to the in
jured.
Although Ray was inclined to
minimize his heroism, both pass
engers and J. L. Burns, superin
tendent of the Union Pacific Din-'
ing Car and Hotel Department,
praised his bravery and quick
thinking!
Ray has been in the employ of
the Union Pacific for about a year.
During the war. he worked as a
civilian employe for the navy. He
worked for the Union Pacific a
bout 20 years ago out of Portland,
Ore., as a dining car waiter, leav
ing to go into the hotel business.
Athlete of 1946 Meets Publisher
Jackie Robinson of the Montreal
Royals and the Brooklyn Dodgers
. ' ' -■■■TC'-wjy-nHi'ig |
being greeted by Mr. C. C. Gallo
way, publisher of the Omaha Guide
J H.KIfc ROBlMSOy AND
HIS ALL-STARS
VISIT OMAHA
Fresh from his victorious play
ing, in the Little World's Series in
which the Montreal Royals defeat
ed Loui ville 2-0 to win the J un
ior "itle. Jackie Robinson—most
publicized Negro Athlete of 1040
2nd baseman for Montreal, 1st
Negro in Organized Baseball and
property of Branch Rickey’s
Brooklyn Dodgers—arrived at the
Municipal Airport at 1:20 p. m..
Tuesday evening in a specially
chartered plane from Chicago. Rob
inson was accompanied by his Ail
Star Ball Team with whom he is
on a nine game barnstorming tour
scheduled to end in Jackie’s Home
Town of Los Angeles.
Tall, athletic and handsome, the
(Continued on page 4)
ROBINSON AND HIS ALL-STARS AT MUNY AIRPORT
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Jackie Robinson, bareheaded in
center, with his All-Star Baseball
Team including: Johnny Scott, K.
C. Monarchs; Harvey Peterson.
Brooklyn Brown Dodgers; Wesley
Dennis, Philadelphia Stars; Joseph
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Atkins, Pittsburg Crawfords: Wee
Willie Pope, Pittsburg Crawfords;
Earl Talborn, K. C. Monarchs; Jim
my Foster Secy.; Alonzo Boone,
Cleveland Buckeyes; Robert Scott
Boston Blues and Jessie Warren,
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Boston Blue*.
Mr. John R. Butler, of the North
Side *‘Y'' is shown at extreme left
Mr. Galloway of the Guide, stand
ing behind Robinson.
COLUMBIA DEFENDANTS
Must Stand
Trial Again
NEW YORK. Oct. 10_As con
gratulatory messages continued
pouring into NAACP offices in
New York's Freedom House over
the unprecedented and historic
Lawrenceburg, Tenn., trials which
acquitted 23 out of 25 Negroes in
dicted on charges of attempted
murder, defense counsel Looby,
Weaver and Ransom formulated
plans in preparation for further
court action growing out of the
infamous so called Columbia ‘riot’
of last February 25th.
Dr. Leon Ransom, former dean
of the Howard Law School, dis
cussing further NAACP plans in
connection with indictments still
rending against the Negro defen
dants stated. “I’m a bit concerned
over expressions of jubilation over
the Lawrenceburg Verdict. I’m
afraid that many people are of
the opinion that this case is fin
ished and nothing could be far
ther from the truth. There are
still two Negro defendants to be
Died under the same indictment.
They are William Pillow and Lloyd
Kennedy and they’re charged with
attempt to commit murder in the
first degree. They were separated
from the main body of defendants
Drough a technicality. In addi
tion to this pending action all of
the. .men acquitted in Lawrence
burg must stand trial again on
other indictments, one of them be
assaulted with attempt to kill.
The penalty for this is exactly the
■?nie as on the first indictment.
We also intend to appeal the con
victions of Gentry and McKiV’hon.
the two youths, both veterans,
who were found guilty in Lawrence
burg.’’
vaxxvci xiauuigLuii, iNAAtr r^u
blic Relations Counsel who sat as
an observer during the major part
of the trial in Lawrenceburg,
speaking in New York expressed
concern over some public and press
reaction to the Lawrenceburg de
cision. ‘‘Although the decision ac
quitting 23 of the 25 innocent Ne
groes was a momentous one there
is no cause for rejoicing over a
new and democratic South", de
clared Mr. Harrington. ‘‘Editor
ials in many fairly liberal news
papers express complete satisfac
tion over the trial and the deci
sion. They even imply that the
South can handle its own problems
if left alone. Nothing is farther
from the truth. These innocent
men were acquitted after the sou
thern court discovered that Am
ericans in other parts of the coun
try simnly demanded justice. The
appearance of a host of corres
pondents from both the Negro and
white press in the court room
drove this fact home to the court.
Furthermore, if the Columbia de
fendants were innocent of the
State's charges then the state is
guilty of having allowed Lynn Bo
mar's troopers to beat and even
kill innocent citizens thus depriv
ing them of their civil rights. There
has been no mention made of this
fact in the editorials I’ve read.
C. B. Baldwin, executive vice
chairman o fCIO-PAC in a letter
to the New York Times stated:
Those of us who have studied the
race tensions in the South realize
that real democracy will not come
to that section of the country over
night. Yet this does not mean that
we can let up one whit in our ef
forts to hasten that day, or in
the meanwhile condone decisions
such as this one and praise appro
ximate justice. Does Southern jus
tice meet its test' when it places
on trial the victims..the Negroes
and is unwilling to place in simi
lar jeopardy the aggressors, .in
this case members of the white
community?”
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WASHINGTON, D. C_Thirty
seven governors were asked to
support NAACP-sponsored anti
discrimination standards in State
Employment Services today.
The request was made by Clar
ence Mitchell, labor secretary of
the Association, because of what
he described as a ‘‘dismal failure
of the U. S. Department of Labor
to require adequate standards a
gainst discrimination”.
After November 15, Mitchell
said, the Department of Labor will
begin giving out $42,000,000 to the
states for operating employment
services but apparently is afraid
to give definite instructions to
keep discrimination at a minimum
in the local offices.
The standards proposed by the
NAACP would eliminate segrega
ted offices, forbid acceptance of
discriminatory orders, make it
mandatory that all referrals be on
the basis of qualifications rather
than race and require that all hi
ring for the agency’s own staff
be on a non-discriminatory basis.
rev^JTwTbeasle?
CONDUCTING
SOUL-SAVING
REVIVAL
AT MT. MORIAH
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. E. W. BEASLEY of Jackson
Tenn., who is conducting a Ten
Day Revival at the Mt. Moriah
Bapt. Church. 24th & Ohio Sts.
REV. DAVID ST. CLAIR. Host
Pastor of Mt. Moriah, who extends
a cordial welcome to all to attend
this great Revival.
Rev. E. W. Beasley, Pastor of
the Cumberland Street Baptist
Church of Jackson, Tenn., and well
known Evangelist is conducting a
Ten Day Revival at Mount Moriah
Baptist Church, of which Rev.
David St. Clair is Pastor. The Re
vival which started October 14th,
has had a very good attendance,
with ten new members being en
rolled during the first two nights.
Mrs. Viola Bradford, pianist, is
Director of Mt. Moriah's fine
Choir.
Rev. Beasley is a graduate of
Baptist Seminary. Nhshville, Tenn
where he received the Bachelor of
Theology Degree. He is also a mem
ber of the Alpha Phi Alpha Frat
ernity. During his pastorate in
Jackson. Tenn., Rev. Beasley has
constructed a beautiful Church
Auditorium, and has been active in
community and civic affairs.
Rev. David St. Clair, genial pas
tor of Mt. Moriah, under whose
leadership the Church’s building
program has been completed,
[ came to Omaha from Emporia.
Kansas, where he served the St!
Tsm.' -taotist Church for a per
iod of eight years. His wealth of
experience and adherence to the
Christian Philosophy of life has
made him a spiritual asset to the
community. The pastor extends a
hearty welcome to everyone to at
tend the Revival which closes Fri
day, October 25th.
JURY FINDS
JAMES LINCOLN
NOT GUILTY
James Lincoln, former 13th St.
resident and Taxi driver, who was
charged with being an accom
plice of James C. Taylor in the fa
tal shooting of Walter B. Cline
at 30th and Lake Sts. on August
1st, was acquited in Criminal
I Court Friday morning. The Jury
of three women and nine men 40ae
out nearly 24 hours before bring
ing in a verdict of Not Guilty, of
the 1st Degree Murder Charge.
Lincoln was defended by Attorney
William Jamieson.
‘Stant* Turner
To Speak
at Y.M.C.A.
To Speak
Over KOWH
Helen Kasona McMillan, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. McMillan, who
was born in Angola West Africa
will represent Howard Kennedy in
“The Youth-in-Person” Element
ary School radio presentation to be
heard over KOWH October 31st
She will tell of her experieces in
Africa.
FRATERNAL CONGRESS TO
MEET IN CHICAGO, OCT. 21
Nineteen Omaha fraternalist
will attend the 60th Annual meet
ing of the National Fraternal Con
to be held at the Morrison
hotel in Chicago, October 21 thru
22. Farrar Newberry, president of
the Woodmen of the World will
be one of the principal speakers,
with an address on “Then, Now
and Tomorrow.” W. C. Braden,
secretary of the Woodmen of the
World is president of the secre
tarier’ section. O. Stum Wells,
general attorney for the Woodmen
Circle is president of the law sec
i tion. The Woodmen of the World
delegation in addition to Newberry
and Braden, will include chair
| man of the board D. E. Bradshaw;
vice president R. E. Miller; gen
eral attorney William Mooney: Di
rector T. E. Newton; medical di
rector H. B. Kennedy; J. R. Sims;
George Ling; Vernon Woods;
“Blue’’ Howell: H. L. Rosenblum
and Emma Wood. The Woodmen
, Circle delegation will include, in
! addition to Wells, president Dora
i Alexander Talley; secretary Clara
: Cassidy; medical director Olga
Stastny; director Florence Jensen
and actuary Eugene Pakes.
The National Fraternal Con
gress is composed of 110 member
societies, whose total membership
is nine million members. These
members carry a total of eight
billion dollars of life protection.
Sixty-two and one half billion dol
lars in benefits have been paid by
the member societies since organi
zation 60 years ago. The Frater
nal Congress includes several la
bor groups and its membership
contains 26 different nationalities.
2ND WARD REPUBLICANS
SELECTS OFFICIALS
County Chairman Clyde Travis
addressed 35 members of the 2nd
Ward Republican Organization on
Tuesday night at the Masonic
Hall.
The following officials wer <
elected: Arthur B. McCaw, c’ .;r"
man; William Davis, vice-chi' r
man and Mrs. Clorna Scott, sec'y.
j Duff O'Shaunnesy secretary of
the County Central Committee
land Frank Best, candidate for
i County Commissioner were also
present at the meeting.
CIVIL SERVICE LABORERS,
MUNITIONS HANDLERS AND
CAR WASHERS WANTED!
An opportunity to file applica
tions for a Civil Service (career ■
I appointment in the Federal ser
I vice was announced today by the
j Secretary, Centra! War Dept.
| Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex
| miners, 804 Federal Building, Om
aha 2. Nebraska. Appointments
will be made to the positions of
Laborer, Munitions Handler. Scrap
Handler, and Car Washer, $0.76 to
$1.01 per hour, for duty in War
Department installations in the
Omaha, Nebraska area.
Applicants must be citizens of
or owe allegiance to the United
States. The age limits are 18 to
62 except for veterans and per
sons in the Federal service who
, are war service indefinite employ
ees.
Applications may be secured
from George J. Storms. Secretary
Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex
aminers. 404 Post Office Bldg.,
i Omaha 2. Nebraska, or at any
first or second class post office in
the states of Iowa and Nebraska,
from the Secretary, Central War
Department Board of U. S. Civil
Service Examiners, 804 Federal
Bldg., Omaha. Nebraska., or from
the Director. 8th U. S. Civil Ser
i vice Region Postoffice and Custom
“Stant Turner Comes To Omaha
YMCA Monday evening, Oct. 21»t
Omaha is the only city privile
ged to hear Mr. Turner on a fly
ing trip from the Philippines to
Grinnell College.
"The spirit of the Philippine peo
ple is the spirit of Bataan which
carried them through the period of
Japanese occupation and which re
presents the courage and resource
fulness with which they will meet
and answer the challenge of their
coming independence".
That's the opinion of E. S. ‘Stant’
Turner, Senior Secretary of the
International Committee of the
YMCA at present in the United
States after liberation from Man
ila’s ill-famed Santo Tomsa pri
son camp. Turner is in a position
to know Japanese policies since he
was permitted to live a year out
side the Santo Toma3 by Japan
ese authorities who hoped thus to
curry favor from the Filipino lead
ers.
A veteran of 25 years' pioneer
*Y* service in Manila, Turner gain
ed the friendship of the Filipinos
to a degree which is perhaps un
surpassed. He knows and has
worked with members of the Cab
inet, the National Assembly, the
Supreme Court and leading bus
iness and professional men. It was
at request of Filipino officials that
Turner and his wife, a member of
the board of directors of the YW
CA were temporarily released.
Prior to the fall of Manila, Tur
ner saw one of his most cherished
dreams come true. Following YM
CA World Service policy he had
worked to establish a truly indigen
ous movement, managed and staf
fed by Filipinos and supported by
their contributions. His task was
accomplished when, on January 16.
1910 Domingo C. Bascara became
general secretary and Turner mo
ved ir.to an advisory capacity as
j nonary general secretary.
He (Turner) has given the Phili
ppines a movement with a clean •
name and a worthy tradition, h
i beral and progressive in views, to
! lerant in attitude, flexible and re
sponsive to changing needs, effec
tive in methods, efficient in man
agement and dedicated t othe de
velopment of a commodity i*ore
precious than gold..the character
of youth. Turner was born in Tur
ner, la. He secured his BA from
Grinnell in 1911 anti MA from
Oberlin college in 1914. His other
activities in Manila included hon
orary membership in the Rotary
I club and officership in the Masons,
I Elks, Union church. Boy Scouts
I and other agencies. He has served
as chairman of the relief commit
tee of the Red Cross, on many
Government social welfare com
lissions, and has helped develop
j cooperation between the island’s
I welfare organizations._
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house, St. Paul 1, Minn.
Applications must be received by
the Secretary. Central War Dept.
Board of TT. S. Civil Service Bx
aminers, MM Federal Building.
Omaha 2, Nebraska, not later thax
be close of business on 28 Oet.
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DE LOACH TO
OPEN NEWSSTAND
AT 24th and LAKE
The City Council has granted a
permit to Buddy DeBoach, World
War II veteran to open a news
stand at 24th and Bake Sts. He
hopes to solicit the patronage of
the public as he will render the
very best service. Credit for this
project goea to Mr. McGill who is
always a help to veterans.
OMAIIAN FINED $10
AFTER SLASHING WIFE
Joshua Fo iter, '-32 of 2718
Charles Street, was fin^d $10 and
costs Thursday in Central Police
Court for disturbing the peace.
Police said Foster slashed his
former wife, Wllla Crawford, 21,
of 2617 Caldwell, and Bernard Hill
23, also of 2617 Caldwell Street,
after an argument Wednesday
I night.
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