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^ ★ SATURDAY. JANUARY 11, 1947 Our 19th Year—No, 49 ^
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OUR 1
GUEST
Column
(Edited by VERNA P. HARRIS)
BEYOYD
THE COL UTS .
By BAYARD RUSTIN
Field Secretary, Fellowship
of Reconciliation
In August. following the Su
banning jimcrow in interstate tra
vel. the Fellowship of Reconcil
iation wrote the president of
Southeastern Greyhound Lines,
to discover the effect of the de
cision upon the company’s seat
ing policy His reply indicated
that the Southern bus companies
intend to ignore and frustrate the
court’s decision.
In part, the bus president wrote:
“The company reserves the right
to seat all passengers and to
change the seating arrangements
of passengers whenever in the
judgment of the eoach operator
it is to the best interest of all
passengers concerned that the pas
sengers be so seated . . . These
rules and regulations do not in
volve any state statute as in the
case of Morgan vs. Virginia.”
This letter and the consequent
maintenance of jimcrow made it
apparent a new that the legal ac
tion would need to be followed
by an educational campaign in
the busses to assist the general
public to face the issue. Such a
campaign will mean direct action
also. For the responsibiblity for
the change will fall upon disci
plined Negroes and whites who
can enter busses and. without re
sort to violence, resist by sitting
where they choose and refusing
to move, no matter the cost:
At present a group of us are
tryiyng to encourage southern in
terracial groups to actc this way.
There is a real need that mem
ebrs of racial and national groups
which are non-colored but them
selves minorities cooperate. Hit
ler’s ‘ jimcrowing’’ of Jew’s on
German trains and busses showed
that all minorities throughout the
civilized world are bound together
by common problefs.
we naa reason ro oeneve tnar
such disciplined, non-violent ac
tion would be widespreal. On Nov
ember 23. however, the New York
Times re orted a speech in which
Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP
“cautioned'’ Negroes in the South
to avoid non-violent resistance
tactics. Marshall added that a
f‘d„isobedienee movement on the
part of Negroes and their white
allies . . . would result in whole
sale slaughter with no good ach
ieved.”
Marshall went on to refer to
“well-meaning radical groups”
who were advocating non-violent
direct action. As one of that ilk I
am sure that * T'*-shall is either
ill info-mcd the principles and
techniques of non-violence or ig
norant of the processes of social
change.
Unjust socical laws and pat
terns do not char ge because sp- j
preme courts deliv r ■”rt cls -Vdons. j
One need merely observe the con
t’nued practice of jimcrow in
interstate ‘travel six months aftc
the Supreme Court’s decision to
see the necessity of resistance. So
cial progress comes from strug
gles: all freedom demands a price.
At times freedom will demand
that its folowers go into situa
tions where even death is to be
faced. Again it will merely mean
willingness to face physical incon
venience. Actually, non-violent di
rect action means picketing, strik
ing and boycotting as well as dis
obedience against unjust condi
tions, and all of these methods
have already been used with some
success by Negroes and sympa
thetic whites.
“I would not advocate merely
one approach to so vast a pro
blem. But we might employ the
boycott by selecting the Sunday
closest to Harriet Tubman’s birth
day. Such a day might become
a national ‘‘no ride Sunday,” when
all Negroes and their syhite allies
would be encouraged to stay off
all jim crow transportation.
Such a boycott if even parti
ally successful would have, I be
lieve. a profound effect upon the
thinking and conscience of the
South and would also raise the
inner dignity of participating Ne
groes. Boycott, then, is a form of
non-violent direct action. And I
cannot believe that Thurgood Mar
shall thinks that such a program
would lead to wholesale slaughter.
Certainly more drastic action
would be taken finally. Resist
ance on the busses would, for ex
ample. mean humiliation, mis
treatment by police, arrest and
some physical violence inflicted on
the participants.
But if any one at this date in
history believes that the “white
problem,” which is one of privi
lege. can be settled without some
violence, he is mistaken and fails
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1946 Was
CRUCIAL YEAR FOR
NEGRO EMPLO \ MEN!
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Lrban League Report
Shows Gains In Campaign
Against Job Discrimination
NEW YORK—While 400.000
Negro workers were unemployed
during 1946 and racial discrimin
ation in employment remains
widespread in America, signifi
cant advances have been made by
Negroes in a number of job fields,
according to a year-iend state
ment released this week by the Na
tional Urban League, America’s
only national interracial social
welfare agency.
“This was the year when we
feared Negro unemployment would
reach 1,000,000,” Julius A. Tho
mas, the League's Industrial Re
lations Director stated. “We an
ticipated finding many thousands
of displaced Negro war workers
without jobs but the employment
level has held remarkably well
during the first year of peace."
Not only the comparatively high
level of general post-war em
ployment. but the successful ex
perience of many large companies
which employed Negroes for the
first time during the war, the de
termined efforts of progressive
trade unions to outlaw discrimin
ation, and the enactment and im
plementation of fair employment
practices legislation in several
states have proved contributing
factors, Mr. Thomas pointed out.
Urban League Opened New Jobs.
In its efforts to open new and
better jobs for Negro workers,
the National Urban League met
with more success in 1946) than
in any previous year, Mr. Tho
mas reported. The League suc
ceeded. in placing “the first Ne
gro” in a wide range of new jobs
in 50 cities scattered throughout
t’ e count'w. Switchboard oper
ators, clerks, stenographers, in
stallers, coin collectors and tech
nicians were placed in jobs with
local telephone companies in De
troit Minneapolis. Boston, Provi
dence. Milwaukee. San Francisco
and Newark. In New York and
New Jersey 500 Negro switch
board operators and workers in
other classifications were added
to the telephone work force. The
companies had employed 152.000
persons since V-J Day. of whom
less than 1,500 were Negroes.
Despite the initial success in
breaking down unfair practices by
the telephone companies in these
areas, most telephone company
operating units still are guilty
of flagrant discrimination against
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YWCA. TO HOLD
CANDLELIGHT SERVICES
Beginning Saturday night. Jan.
18, there will be a Candlelight Sup
per at the Branch Building from
6-9 p. m. at which time special
] tables fpr individual persons and
[ families and their friends will be
provided. Persons are saked to
| make reservations for this din
ner by calling the office or con
tacting members of the staff. A
tasty meal will be served.
Women’s
Organizations
Pledge Support
NEW YORK—Major national
women's organizations have pledg
ed their support to the March of
| Wmes. annual fund-raising ap
peal of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, January
; 15-30. Mrs. Mary W. Blocker, for
mer president. National Congress
of Parents and Teachers; Mrs.
Mae Wright Downs, national pre
sident of Delta igma Theta Soror
ity; Mrs. Edna Over Gray, nation
al president of Alpha Kanpa Al
pha Sorority; Mrs. Fannye Ayer
Ponder, past president. Florida
State Federation of Colored Wo
men’s Clubs; and Mrs. Gertrude
Robinson, president. National Sor
ority of Phi Delta Kappa; are
among the many national leaders
endorsing the -work of the Na
tional Foundation and its chap
ters.
All over the ration women will
partiejrate ip fund-raising acti- i
- ^ties. " ■' i*o 1646
demir, worst in the history of the j
National Foundation, women gave !
volunteer service in the care of
the unfortunate victims of infan- j
tile naralysis.
The National Sorority of Phi
Delta Kappa has made the March 1
of r*imes one of its national acti
vities and chapters of the soror- j
ity are actively campaigning for !
funds to support the National
Foundation. The March of Dimes \
;s the sole means of supporting the j
work of the National Foundation.
Join the
MARCH
ENFANTH1 1WVVFS
PARALYSES iS
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Pictures To Be Take
In This Newspaper I
Pictures To Be Taken by W
Northsicle Branch \\\CA., ]
The OMAHA GUIDE wants a >o:<
this trade territory so it can have i
ed in the OMAHA GUIDE paper e:
erceive a late picture and a good o
youngster (age no limit) just as it
ments with a nationally known sti
to come to Omaha on Friday Janu
January 20 and Tuesday January 2
charge.
Randolph Warns Negroes
Against
Communist
Carpetbaggers
NEW YORK—Discussing the
crisis of Negro leadership. A. Phil
lip Randolph, International Pre
sident of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters and Co
Chairman of the National Court
ed for a Permanent FEPC. stat
ed before the St. Jame3 Forum
Sunday. January 5, 1947, that Ne
gro leaders are being honey fug
led, shanghaied and taken for an
idealogical ride in an adventure
of revolutionary power-polities by
master Machiavellian Communist
politicians, without the Negro
leaders either knowing the road
down which they are traveling or
their destination, or even the driv
ers or the nature of the vehicle
of transportation which holds them
captive.
Characterizing present day
Communists as carpetbaggers who
come to minorities, and especially
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MUSIC LOVERS of OMAHA
St. John Sr. Choir
To Present Rec* kal
St. John’s AME Senior Choir
has been rehearsing for some time
in preparation of their forthcom
ing recital. We are hoping to
make this a musical treat long to
be remembered in Omaha!
Our talented directress, Mrs.
Pearl Gibson, has spared none of
her musical ability in ;its pre
paration!
This recital is being sponsored
by the “Progressive Twenty-Four
Club” to be presented Monday
evening, February 17, 1947 at
8:15. Tickets are being sold by
the “Progressive Twenty-four
Club” and members of the Senior
Choir.
Do reserve this date for this
outstanding musical event.
I. S. McPherson, president; F.
L. Spencer, Choir Reporter.
ted!
n and Published
’REE of Charge
oltz Studios at
beginning f ri., Jan. 17th.
tare of every baby girl or boy in
i cut made and the picture publish
:ciusively. To be certain that we
tie. that will portray your babv or
i3 now, we have made arrange
idio, Woltz, of Desmoines. Iowa to
irv 17, Saturday January 18. Mon..
1 and take these pictures FREE of
The studio will be set up at the
Northside YWCA. 22nd and Grant
Streets, and open to take these
pictures from 10 a. m. until 6 p.m.
On these dates a representative
of the above • mentioned studio
will be here with all the necessary
! studlio equipment, ready for tak
| ing pictures of the youngsters.
There are no strings to the offer.
You don’t have to be a subscriber
of The Omaha Guide and i,t is not
compulsory that you buy any pic
tures of your baby or children af
ter they are taken.
We just want the pictures tak
en of all the youngsters that we
can get, and the more the better.
Parents of the children will be
given the opportunity to buy pic
tures if they wish—it is entirely
| up to them.
So fathers and mothers ot Oma
ha and surrounding communities
should remmeber the date and
place, Friday, January 17, at the
Northside YWCA. 22nd and Grant.
Bring your child in and have his
or her picture taken.
You'll be mighty glad after
wards if you did and mighty sorry
if you didn’t. For where is there
a father or mother of a little tike
who wouldn't be proud to see his
or her picture in the home town
paper ?
No Age Limit
There is no age limit. Clippings
of these pictures will become
treasured mementos of childhood,
so be sure to call on our photo
grapher during the time mention
ed in this article.. We do mt war t
a single local youngster to "be dis
appointed. Appointments are
NOT necessary, but one of your
parents or another adult must ac
company you.
.4 Suggestion
Here is a suggestion on how to
ffet your picture taken PROMPT
LY.
If your last name begins with
any of the letters between:
“A’’ AND “H” VISIT PHOTO’
. GRAPHER FRI. JAN. 17TH
“1 AND “M" SAT. JAN. 18TH
“N" AND “Z” MON.. JAN. 20TH
The above suggestion is not
! compulsory but your parents’ co
| operation will be appreciated.
I Don't forget the place—North
j side Branch YWCA., 22nd and
| Grant Streets, beginning Friday,
January 17th.
Alpha Phi Alpha Holds
32nd Annual Convention
to realize the ends to which men |
can be driven to hold on to what ;
they consider privileges.
This is why Negroes and whites
who participate in direct action
must pledge themselves to non- j
violence in word and deed. For in j
this way alone can the inevitable j
violence be reduced to a minimum.
The simple truth is this: unless
we find non-violent methods which
can be used by the rank-and-file
who more and more tend to re
sist, they will more and more re
sort to violence. And court-room ■
argumentation will not suffice for
the activation whicch the Negro j
masses are today demanding.
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Tulsa. Okla. Selected
For 1947 Meeting
By J. RUPERT PICOTT
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Lauding Al
pha Phi Alpha fraternity for its
unipue and pioneer program of In
ternationalism which has been and
is focusing attention on the pro
blems of minority peoples through
out the world, Paul Robeson, noted
stage, concert and screen star, de
clared at a public meeting held
here as a part of the organiza
tion’s thirty-second annual con
vention that “elimination of pre
judice and discrimination is the
job for all of our people not of
a few. Educated men can best
serve by providing the dynamic
and courageous leadership need
ed.”
Mr. Robeson, who was featured
speaker at the annual session of
America’s oldest Greek letter
group among Negroes drew sus
tained applause from an audience
of almost 5,000 when he exclaim
ed “I believe in human dignity
and the greatest insult to me as
member of my race is to be told
you can go this far and no fur
ther.” “The Negro,” he said, “must
join with people everywhere in the
cause of freedom.”
Other nationally and interna
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tionany Known participants at this
l convention included Melford Law
son Jr„ Washington, D. C. attor
ney; Dr. Channing Tobias, direc
tor, Phelps Stokes Fund, New
York City and former long-time
YMCA official; Dr. Rayford W.
Logan, Historian and World-Tra
veler and chairman of Alpha Phi
Alpha's powerful committee on
International Relations Among
j Minorities; Dr. Charles H. Wes
i ley, Wilberforce University pre
sident; Max Yergan, executive di
! rector. Council on African Affairs,
New York City; Robert P. Dan
iel, president of Shaw University,
Raleigh, N. C.; Albertus B. Conn.
Assistant Attorney General of
iOhio; James S. Rhodes Mayor of
Columbus, Ohio; H. H. Davis, vice
president, Ohio State University;
A Maceo Smith,, Dallas, Texas
business man and NAACP leader;
Wm. H. Gray president. Florida
A. and M. College: Louis H. Schu
ster. Virginia State College pro
fessor; Jaun Sandifer. New YorK
f ttorney'; H. Council Trenholm,
executive secreary, American
Teachers Association: Rev. Karl
Downs, Sam Houston College;
William N. Lovelace, Cincinnati
attorney; Burt A. Mayberry, Kan
sas City assistant school princi
pal; Albert Jones, University of
California student: Lewis O. Swin
gler, Memphis. Tennessee news
paper editor; and others.
Sparked by the General Presi
dent Lawson’s ’’Call for Action,”
the convention authorized expan
sion in the fraternity’s program
which has already aided in the
solution of legal programs facing
Negroes; directed that special
emphasis be placed on increas
ed participation by younger men
in the fraternity’s councils in or
der that they may have every op
portunity to develop their cap
acity for leadership; acknowledg
/
! ALONG
| MY WAY |
(BY LAWRENCE P LEWIS)
I
JAMES E. SEAY
It is with a sad heart that I i
write these few lines A young man
a fine young man and a very good
friend of mine, recently passed
away. It is lonesome here in the
office of the Omaha Guide with
out his presence, and it will con
tinue to be as long as I write this
column.
Working in the shop, setting
type, James became my personal
: adviser. He would discuss almost
every paragraph that I wrote.
Sometimes helping me with the
spelling of words, or inserting an
idea. Always full of joy and laugh
ter, never complaining, just
spreading happiness to the many
who knew him. ,
The article that was bis favorite
was “THE HOUSE THAT GOD
BUILT.” After spending most of
the morning writing it I took it
back to him in the shop.
He began reading it as I walk
ed over to speak to some of the
members of the staff. I had hardly
.began conversing before James
I yelled “Come here, Lewis.”
"What’s wrong?” I asked half
smiling, thinking I had misspell
ed another word.
"This is good, really good. I
think it is your best.” James said.
“I’m glad you like it,” I said.
“After all I spent three hours
writing it, and I'll bet you can't
find a misspelled word.”
James just laughed and went
back to his job. A smile was still
on his face as he touched the
keys that would soon have the
article ready for printing.
Getting to know James was
about as hard as spending money
these days. He has always been
friendly to me. Of course, we had
so much in common. We talked
of our war experiences, about our
families, and he was so enthused
about the little baby that will soon
his or her first breath on this
earth. r
He never would tell me wnetner
he wanted a boy or a girl. I guess
he didn’t have a preference, as
long as he was going to be a fa
ther again. Already being the fa
ther of one lovely little girl in his
heart he was probably wishing for
a boy.
James gave his life, in order to
save other misfortune as well as
injury. His first thought in dash
ing madly out of the building with
a flaming bucket of gasoline was
to insure the safety of the plant
as well as the safety of his asso
ciates who were with him at the
time.
Flames, burning into his flesh,
did not keep James from com
pleting this task. In doing this he
lost his life. So young, so energetic,
so full of joy and laughter. A
great loss to his employer as well
as to his family. Words cannot ex
press the tragic sorrow that sur
rounds his family as well as his
many friends.
We’ll miss you James, but the
■ time you were with us, and the
pleasure that you brought us,'we’ll
! always remember.
ed the special work, of its com
mittee on International Rela
tions among Minorities; and
pledged support to other groups
working for a better America,
such as Southern Conference for
Human Welfare. Council on Afri
can Affairs, and others.
Tulsa, Oklahoma was chosen as
site for the fraternity’s 1947 con
vention.
Re-elected to office were General
President; Belford V. Lawson Jr.;
First Vice President, William N.
Lovelace; Second Vice President,
Wm. H. Gray: Third Vice Presi
dent, Louis H. Schuster; Fourth
Vice President, A. Maceo Smith;
General Secretary, Burt A. May
berry; General Treasurer, M. G.
Ferguson; Editor of the Sphinx.
Lewis O. Swingler; Director of
Educational Activities, H. Councill
Trenholm, and General Counsel,
Charles Lane.
For Greater Coverage
Advertise in The GUIDE
Mr. James E. Seay, 25, 2203
Paul st., died Friday, January 3
at a local hospital. Mr. Seay was
a veteran of World War -II with
three and one half years of ser
vice with the Army Air Corps. He
is survived by his wife Mrs. Joy
Seay, daughter, Gwendolyn; father
'ind mother. Mr. Jimmie and Mrs.
Rosie Seay; seven sisters. Mrs.
Claudia Downing, Mrs. Corrine
White, Mrs. Veoia Dryver, Miss
Louise Seay'. Miss Ellen Jean Seay,
Miss Beverly Ann Seay, Sharon
Kay Seay, all of Omaha. Fimeral
.t. vices were held Tuesday after
noon from Pilgrim Baptist church
with Rev. Charles Favors officiat
ing. assisted by Rev. J. P. Mosley,
Rev. J. H. Reynolds and Rev. J. c!
Wade. Honorary pallbearers, Mr.
C. ,C. Galloway, Mr. Edward Lus
ter, Mr. Peter Meherns. Mr. Law
rence Lewis, Mr. H W Smith. Mr.
Paul Barnett. The active pallbear
ers were Mr. Arthur B. McCaw,
Mr. D. R. Crooms, Mr. Wilton
Ross, Mr. William Harper. Mr.
James Williams, Mr. Leroy Tho
mas. Burial was in Soldiers Circle
Forest Lawn cemetery.
TO JIM:
Vi ell Jim a week or so ago. while you were busy pounding
out type for the sheet ami telling us why that 1935 ear of
yours was the best in the town nobody not anyone
here on this earth could have told you or us that the irony
of fate on that second day in January 1947, would cause the
linotype matrices to speedily form into the assembling stick
writing in lead slugs as they were cast, life’s final earth
ly chapter for you telling those who knew and loved
you that this tragedy, which we cannot make ourselves be
lieve, has happened that the skilled typsetting fingers of
Jim Seay are forever stilled . . slowly dawning oil our be
numbed minds, that great truth, “That the Lord Giveth, and
the Lord Taketh Away”. .That the span between life and
death is within the reach of every man.
Our lips, Jim, cannot express the silent, deep, emotional
feelings of our hearts in the meaning of your death to your
wife, daughter, mother, father, sisters, and other relatives
and friends, and to the community in which you lived and
helped serve.
Jim. you were one of those printers who kept up tile spir
it, put a kick in the hard and arduous task of geting out a
sheet always had us fellow-workers, laughing at your
witty stories and jrtkes you were a printer through and
through the smell of ink and lead, and paper, were not
only on your face and hands, hut as printers say, “II was in
your blood.” You never knew what quit was you stayed
on the job until it was done night or day. Jim. you
were horn to a tradition “The Presses Must Roll On”
. and believe us Jim. whenever a sheet comes off the
press . all that we could or ever hope to embody into that
newspaper, in the great art of journalism and craftsmanship,
could never equal that great spirit and the supreme effort
in the sacrifice you made, when you gave your life in protec
tion of the material things of your ehos n craft so that
the Guide presses might roll on.
Yes Jim, we’ll miss your slow-walking step, the sound of
your merry voice . . even your silence, when all was not
going well. We’ll carry on Jim . . for you have thrown ns
a torch of supreme sacrifice, which we' shall endeavor to
hold high and to carry on to the greater light, which all men
SfV'keth So long Jim, until we meet again.
—Your Fellow Workers and Friends.
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From The W orld-Herald Public Pulse Comes
Fair bury Citizen Writes
About An Omaha Waiter
’ TO A WAITER
Fairbury, Nebraska: One of the most unusual uersonalities is
a Negro waiter in downtown Omaha. He has the same pleasing
way day after day, making the gloomies* 'turn to smiles. His
voice has a glowing melodious atmosphere along with a cheer
ful smile. He has an untiring way of giving good service. He
is a credit to his race. He is respected and mentioned bv people
from near and far. His name is a Mr. Thomas. It goes to show -
! you make yourself what you reallv are.-C. L.
(The full name of the waiter mentioned above is Mr. Theodore
A. Thomas, who resides with his wife Mrs. Mamie Thomas in
■' their happy home at 2713 Wirt Street. His friendlv and pleas
ing manners, are but a reflection of his home life. His neigh
bors and friends ail have the highest fondness arid respect for
him.
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WILLIAM GREEN URGES FIRM STAND
Against Efforts To Deny Minority
Groups Equal Pay, Right To Work
NEW ORLEANS—It was re
| vealed last week by Dr. George
| W. Snowden, professor of econ
omics at Dillard University and
counselor on minority problems
for the Southern Organizing Cam
paign of the American Feleration
of Labor in Louisiona, that Wil
liam Green, AFL national presi
dent, has urged a firm stand by
all international and national
unions, State Federations of La
bor, City Central Labor Unions
and Councils as well as directly
affifliated unions against every
effort to deny minority groups
their equal right to work and
right to equal pay for equal work.
Mr. Green, in a letter to all AFL
unions, has called attention again
to resolutions passed at the recent
AFL National Convention in Chi
cago, sharply condemning such
discriminatory practices, Dr.
Snowden informed.
Explains Green’s Speech
Dr. Snowden stated that, in the
memorable speech. Mr. Green con
demned “discrimination in our
trade unions on account of race,
creed, color, national origin or an
cestry as a disruptive and des
tructive evil and called upon in
ternational, local and Federal
bodies to set up anti-discrimina
tory committees for the purpose
of teaching the membership,
through discussion and dissemina
tion of literature, the dangers of
discrimination to our American
system and world peace.”
“The convention,” Mr. Snow
den also cited, “declared its op
position to the practice in effect
in certain Southern States de
signed to invaluate the con
stitutional rights of Negro ci
tizens by intimidating them at
the polls and by the employment
of other deceptive and terroristic
practices to prevent these citizens
from exercising their right to
vote as being un-American, un
democratic and unconstitutional; <
and to support the fight being
made byb civic, religious and labor
organizations to uphold the deci
sion of the nited States Supreme
Court against white primaries.”
Rapped Ku Klux Klan
Mr. Snowden stated that the
AFL president and the national
assemblage also condemned “the
Ku Klux Klan and called upon the
U. S. Department of Justice to
take necessary action toward out
lawing this nefarious movement
in the interest of justice and peace
for our country” and also called
upon "all unions affiliated with
the AFL to wage an unrelenting
struggle against the groups re
sponsible for the spreading of the
poisen of anti-Catholicism, anti
Protestantism. anti-Secitism, anti
Negroism and other forms of ra
cial prejudice.”
The convention also “urged that
all possiblbe support be accorded
y the Executive Council to affili
ated organizations in the AFL_
in the undertaking and carrying
out of an educational program cal
culated to promote tolerance, un
derstanding, and amity among the
various groups comprising the
family of the American Organized
Labor Movement,” the Dillard pro
fessor revealed.
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