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EDUCATION OF THE
PEOPLE
By Or. Horace M. Kallen
Professor of Philosophy New
School of Social Research
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of public education reaching from
kindergarten to university and be
yond, is today as much a part of
the American way of life as our
elections. Over the years there
has been a steady increase of
federal cooperation with the
States in the discharge of their
educational responsibilities. It
began with the land-grant col
leges. In 1890 it was extended by
separate grants-in-aid for the im
provement of teacher-training. In
1914 training in agriculture and
home economics was added. In
1917 Congress made vocational
education a federal concern.
When the great depression came
PWA, WPA, NY A saved educa
tional establishments in various
states from complete collapse by
building and repairing schools, by
employing disemployed teachers;
by making possible the part-time
employment of nearly half a mil
lion students of all ranks and con
ditions. Yet despite this aid. Se
lective Service found uring the
war that one million men had
never been to school and millions
more had never finished elemen
tary school. The armed forces
found functional illiteracy and
physical defects that no young
American should have suffered
from.
Why did states and local com
munities fail their youth? For the
most part they simply couldn’t
help it. They were mostly com
munities with the largest fami
lies and the smallest incomes.
They were mostly in the agricul
tural Southeast, with little indu
stry and few cities. Now. the
wealth of the nation concentrates
in the cities, and the population
follows the wealth. Our manufac
turing Northeast holds twenty-one
times the wealth of the Southeast
but only twice as many children
and is producing proportionally
fewer children each year. Our
Northeast spends three or four
times as mnrh ner rhilH fnr thpir
schools and teachers as our South
yet proportionally the South
spends a higher share of its in
come and gets far less for its
money. It handicaps itself, of
course, by its racism, which gives
so much thought and energy to
keeping the Negro down and se
gregated that little is left for
lifting the whites up.
Other parts of the country also
suffer in health and education
because of the centralizing trend
in the national economy. This
trend is total. It is a condition of
our prosperity but has dangerous
-consequences for democracy. It
creates differences in educational
opportunity which penalize health
and education in the very areas
where children are most numer
ous. Thus it turns free public ed
ucation into a force which makes
for caste and privilege.
In order to safeguard democra
tic ideals and to keep the demo
cratic process secure, the federal
Government must willy-nilly coop
erate more and more with States
and localities in providing equal
educational opportunities for all
the people, everywhere in the
land. Bills before Congress which
provide for federal cooperation in
education are joint offerings by
members of both major parties.
One, which proposes to create an
executive department to be known
as the Department of Health. Ed
ucation and Security, is offered
by Messrs. Fulbright and Taft
in the Senate. Another, which
proposes a national policy for
education and a ten-year program
of assistance to the States in
developing their education sy
stems, is offered by Messrs. Mur
ray, Morse and Pepper. Both bills
call for careful public scrutiny in
the light of the needs of demo
cracy.
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OF ELECTRICAL COUNCIL
At a meeting of the Nebraska
Iowa Electrical Council, A. V.
Sorenson was elected president to I
serve for the 1946-47 term. Other
officers elected were Jack R. Ward I
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PFC. COVEL H. SCOTT, 92nd
Engineer Corps, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Scott of 2103 Miami,
vho served more than three years
overseas. He was in four maior
battles with Fifth Army in Africa
and Italy.
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Student Advisor
GAITHA PEGG, former 1st. Lt.,
graduate of the University of Ne*
braska and a Postal Clerk before
entering the U. S. Army, is now
Student Advisor for the Veterans’
Admi listration in New York City
where he resides with his wife.
Wilma Pegg and their two chil
dren. Gaitha is the brother of for"
mer Omahan, Atty. John Pegg
and the Son of Mrs. Mary Pegg,
4308 Patrick Ave.
.first vice-president: Sam C. Dod
son, second vice-president; Frank
N. Wolf, secretary and C. R. Hel
gesen, treasurer.
The election of the following men i
was certified for service on the
Board of Directors for the new
term:
Claude Howell; George Carter;
M. L. Burgess; V. T. Beats; Ed
Bradley; Day L. Harper; M. C
Roy; John Kresl; John. J. Goebel;
F. E. Smith.
These men represent all branch
es of the electrical industry retail
ers. contractors, manufacturers,
distributors and utility.
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NEAR NORTH SIDE BRANCH
WAYNE HANSON
Around 25 persons heard Mr.
Wayne Hanson, world traveller,
speak at a dinner meeting held
at the Cozy Grille on Tuesday j
October 29th, at 6 pm. This meet- *
ing was SDonsored by the World
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C.B.I. Red Cross
Representative
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MISS BERNICE GRICE
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
i Grice of 1516 N. 28th St., Miss
Grice served with the Red Cross
in the CBI Theatre for many
months. Alfred Bernard Grice,
brother of Miss Grice, served in
the Pacific Theatre of War for
over two years with the Army
Medical Corp.
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SGT. CHRISTINE BOYD of
Omaha served more than 3 years
in the Womens’ Army Cohjis. She
received her basic training at Ft.
Des Moines; was stationed at Ft.
Devens, Mass., New York Port of
Embarkation and 106th WAC De
tachment at Camp Stoneman,
Service Committee of the Near
Northside Branch YMCA of which
Father S. J. Sanchez is chairman.
Mr. Hanson gave opportunity for
us to learn more about YMCA on
a National and International level.
BADMINTON
Each Tuesday evening a reserv
ed for adult programs at the “Y”
Craft classes conducted by Mrs.
Francis Porter are held on Tues
day eveninars as well as instruc
tions in badminton are given by
Wm. “Bus” King.
BASKETBALL
Two of the Y’ teams entered
in the Early Bird Tournament at
the Omaha ‘Y’ competed in the
final games. The ‘Y’ Big Five
winning second place and the Bob
cats winning third place.
SWIMMING
Saturday November 9 marks an
other swimming date for the
Northside ‘Y’ boys. Be at the ‘Y’
at 4 pm. if you are desirous of
going to the Omaha YMCA to
swim.
AWARDED DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE CROSS
CAPTAIN CHARLES L. THOMAS
v> no was commander of a Tank
Destroyer company in France
Awarded the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross on February 28th, 1945
by the War Dept, for “extraord
inary heroism in action”.
Captain Thomas won the Arrays’
second highest decoration by li
terally shooting his way through
the Siegfried Line December 1944.
in a blaze of fire from enemy
| rockets, artillery and machine
j guns.
PRIVATE GEORGE WATSON
of Alabama, was also awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross
posthumously after losing his life
herocially at Pordoch Harbor New
Guinea in March 1943.
(Hi-lite Photo, Detroit, released
by XJ. S. War Dept. Bureau of Pu
blic Relations)
Captain Shropshire, Jr.
BRUCE SHROPSHIRE, Jr., of
1314 W. 20th St., Little Rock, Ark
former Army Captain, shown with
his uncle Mr. Thomas B. Shrop
shire, well'known Omaha railroad
man. Captain Shropshire’s father,
recently deceased, was Passenger
Agent for the Missouri Pacific RR
for thirty-five years.
332nd Pilot
RALPH ORDUNA, 2326 Frank
lin St., former 1st Lt. in the AAF
who flew many missions in the |
European Theatre under Colonel
Benj. O. Davis, Jr. i
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j First In India
SGT. CSV/ILLIS HILL, first
Omaha boy to arrive in India.
Served more than 4 years in the
Army; was stationed in Egypt,
Brazil, Australia, French Morroc
co and British New Guinea.
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* §0 PROUDLY THEY WEAR THE HONOR—First Lieutenants
rClarenee D. Lester (left) of Chicago, and Jack D. Hoisclaw of Spokane,
, Wash., pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group in Italy, are pictured shortly
I after Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis presented them with the
Distinguished Flying Cross on behalf of the War Department. These
‘daring airmen “materially assisted” our successes in the Mediterra*
«ean Theater of Operations. (Photos by Army Air Forces.),
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NOTES
Mr. Leo Bohanon,
Executive Sec’y, Omaha
League Staff Members
Appointed To Gov't Post
Appointment of two National Ur
ban League Staff members to sig
nificant government and social
work posts was announced this
week by the interracial social work
agency. Julius A. Thomas, the Lea
gue’s director of Industrial Rela
tions, was selected as consultant
in the United States Department
of Labor, Retraining and Reem
ployment Administration; and Nel
son C, Jackson. Southern Field Di
rector of the League, was invited
to serve on the first Executive
Committee of the recently organi
zed Association for the Study of
Community Organization.
Mr. Thomas, who recently re
ceived a citation from the National
Selective Service System, will
serve as an advisor to Shane Mac
Carthy, assistant RRA Administr
ator in charge of the Reemploy
ment Branch. His services will
be used specifically in the areas
of employment and training of Ne
groes throughout the country, and
he will be able to draw upon ex
periences and reports of conditions
of Negro employment from 56 Ur
ban Leagues in 29 states and the
District of Columbia in interpre
ting employment trends and needs.
Mr. Jackson is one of the fourteen
persons from various parts of the
country selected for membership
on the executive committee of the
Association for the Study of Com
munity Organization. Organization
of the group was completed at the
1946 meeting of the National Con
ference of Social Work in Buffalo
New York, and is headed by Ar
thur Dunham, Professor of Com
munity Organization. Institute of
Social Work, University of Mich.
Survey of Rooms for Rent
The North Branch YMCA and
YWCA, Woodsen Center and the
Urban League are jointly spon
soring a survey of rooms available
to visitors to Omaha. Landlords
and rooming house operators who
are interested and who have not
registeref recently with either of
the four agencies listed above are
requested to do so at once. Each
agency will keep files on all avail
able rooms for rent. Registration
of rooms and the referral of vi
sitors for accomodations will be
a free service.
Elk’s Club Notes
By Dt. Marianna McFadden
Don’t forget the Bingo games
every Saturday night at the Elk’s
Hall at 2420 Lake St.
The members of the Booster
club wish to thank everyone for
helping them make their first af
fair a huge success.
Mr. George Drewson is none
I other than our own “Skeets”. Dt.
1 Amelia Allen and Mr. George
Drewson were united in bonds of
Holy matrimony, Oct. 25, 1946.
Congratulations “Skeets”.
Mrs. Rebecca Cox of Buffalo, N.
Y. was the house guest of Dt.
Lillian Stevens for several days
last week.
Dt. Angeleen Adams, who is Dt.
Ruler of the Temple in Lincoln,
Nebr., was the house gruest of Dt.
Millie Bones. Dt. Adams also at
tended the banquet Wednesday
October 30.
Units of Iroquois Lodge am
Temple 223 held a banquet Oct. 3i
entertaining many members o
these units and guests from ou
of the city. Visitors from out o
the city were Bro. Rev. Bamer
Quaker City Lodge 270, Philadel
phia. Pa; Dt. Helen Williams o:
Unity Temple No. 61, Harisburg,
Pa.; Bro. George Bell. Unity No.’
71, Harrisburg, Penn.; Mrs. Harris
of Bedford. Pa.; Bro. Luther Allen
of Cornhusker Lodge Lincoln; Bro
Felix Polk of Cornhusker Lodge,
Lincoln; and many others.
The Elk’s Ensemble is appear
ing in a concert for the first time
in their beautifully decorated Hall
at 2420 Lake St., Monday Novem
ber 18th. Presenting some very
fine artists in music; anyone that
cares to hear this group of forty
voices and vocalists under the di
rection of H. L. Preston, attend on
this date, Monday, Nov. 18th at
8:15 pm. No admittance will be
charged. A very fine program is
to be arranged for this occasion.
NAACP URGES BAR ASSN
CALL FOR ANTI-LYNCH LAW
NEW YORK, Oct. 31—Calling
upon the members of the Ameri
can Bar Association, at its 69th
Annual Convention in Atlantic
City, N. J., to pass a resolution for
a federtd anti-lynching bill, Wal
ter White, executive secretary,
NAACP, sent the following tele
gram to Willis Smith, president
of the Bar Association on Oct.
29th.
“We have read with deep inter
est accounts of your address to
the opening session of the 69th
annual Convention of American
Bar Association, in which you
4ft* us analogy between the Wo
rm berg trial and lynching* in Cthi
United State*, both crimes against
humanity.
“May we respectfully urge tha^
you Introduce a resolution calling
for enactment of federal anti-lyn
ching legislation, since it has been
clearly demonstrated that a few
of the American states either
cannot or will not prevent lynch
ings or punish lynchers. The rest
of the world does not differenti
ate between states which permit
lynchings and those which do not,
but considers them as American
lynchcings which does infinate
harm to American prestige during
this critical period of world hi
story.
"Competent Constitutional au
thorities are agreed that the Con
gress has authority to enact such
legislation. Recommendation by
the American Bar Association of
federal anti-lynching and adequate
civil rights will be enormously va
luable in assuring to all citizens
full equal protection.”
A CLASSIFIED AD WILL SELL IT!
Federal
Employment
Opportunities
1 Position—Training officer
(Vocational Rehabilitation and
Education
B. Salary—$3397 to $7102 per
annum
B. Place of Employment—Vet
erans Administration Regional
office, Lincoln, Nebr., Minne
apolis, Minn. Sioux, Falls, S.
D., Des Moines Iowa. Fargo
N. D.
C. Closing Date 11-19-46
D. Examination open to gen
eral public.
Aplication forms may be secured
at the Omaha Post Office, request
announcement No. 8-95 (1946).
Persons wishing more detailed in
formation on announcement are to
call in person at the Urban League
office.
2. Position — Labor (Custodial
Service)
A. Salary—$1700 a year
B. Place—Post Office Dept.,
Clarinda, Iowa; Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Omaha, Nebr.; Pierre,
South Dakota
C. Closing Date—Nov. 18, 1946
D. Examination open to per
sons entitled to veteran pre
. ference. Other applicants will
not be accepted unless quali
fied veteran applicants are not
available.
Application forms are obtainable
at any of the above named post
offices. Request announcement No.
8-113 (1946) Persons wishing gen
eral information on announcement
are to call in person at the Ur
ban League office, 2213 Lake St.
Signed—Leo Bohanon, executive
secy. Omaha Urban League
Miss Rena B. Smith, director,
Eighth U. S. Civil Service Region
announced today that applications
for probational (career) appoint
ments to the position of Laborer
(Custodial Service) at the Omaha,
Nebraska Post Office would be
accepted until the close of business
Novembe 18, 1946.
Custodial positions are restricted
by law to persons entitled to vet
eran preference. In the event that
preference eligibles are not avail
able, appointments may be made
of non-veterans.
The entrance salary is $1700 a
year with periodic increases of
$100 a year until the maximum
salary of $2300 a year is reached.
No written examination is requir
ed. In order to meet minimum qua
lifications applicant must have had
at least 6 months’ experience in
manual work above the grade of
mere common or unskilled labor,
or janitorial or cleaning duties.
Full information and application
forms are available from George
J. Storms secretary Civil Service
at the Omaha, Nebraska Post Of
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