37 GOVERNORS* SUPPORT Asked for Naacp’s Proposal to USES LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS J ^ yc Per Copy AND WORTH IT— Sell It, ADVERTISE** /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEWTOTHE UNE\ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PHONE HA.0800 - — .— ' -- ■ ' "?■'-» ■. ... — , ■ 'L. — ■. -- » " - . . * ' J'L- ■' ■■ 1 - ■' I. 1 "L ■. • - . .. ★ SATURDAY OCTOBER 19 1946 Our 19th Year No 37 Entered as 2nd Claaa matter at Post Office. Omaha. Nebraska, Under Act of X BAItnUAI, 1 4-rur I xear .^o. Oi March 8, 1874. PUBLISHING OFFICES AT 2420 GRANT ST.. Omaha. Nebr 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 iiHiimdmmiiiiiiiiiiiuinimiiMiiinHiiiiiiirtiwinwniiimiMdHttMmtnnimtiiiimmutHiiiu 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 -i :- 'mmm: MEMr.’g'tr-r - i '' iiniimi 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 iimtiiMmmtmiiiitiuiiiHiiiHimnHmmiimuuiiuiiiiiie 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, .. 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?” • Quality Job Printing JUST CALL HA-0800 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._ * 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. ' 19M5' _____ 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. REA* The BEST OF WEEKLIES YOUR PAPER THE GUIDE! AMVIIS Cli I QUIP HiiMP Special Dispensation | POST No. 2 ¥ ftUL Sill rURBVL! $2.00 Yearly. [ “VETERANS! by H. L/ McraW,Con^’der«In erdcr to keep abreast of tlie times, The AMVETS are launching their 1st Fall Membership Drive. Do you know that the AMVETS’ Club is YOUR Club? Founded and \ ui*int.*ine« or your