Omaha Elk Order
Seek To Make
Lodge Largest
In The Midwest
TO RENEW MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE INTERRUPTED
BY THE WAR
The Officers and Members of
Iroouois Lodge are glad that for
tne first time since the beginning
of the great conflict, that we are
again able to renew our policy of a
drive for membership to our order.
Through this Membership Drive
which will last Sixty days, we are
planning to make Iroquois Lodge
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I the largest Negro lodge of this or
der in the midwest.
The onth of February has been
an ill-fated one for our order. We
I have suffered the loss of two bro
thers who ewre very dear to us. ..
Brother Booker McKenzie, who for
years had been a constant builder,
and benefactor of this order. Bro.
James Monday, who had joined
this order on his return from serv
ing in the armed forces of our
country, and believing that the
unity of this order was one way,
for him to express himself, and to
offer us the knowledge of his ex
periences.for his experiences,
and his knowledge was what we
believe the bases for the better
ing of the conditions of the young
Negro of today. The loss af these
two Brothers is a great loss to our
Order, and a great loss to our soc
iety. Each and every officer and
Member of this Order wishes to of
fer his deepest of sympathy to the
families of our departed brothers.
It is a proud factor that Iroquois
Lodge has to offer to this commun
ity, and this factor is the two Units
of this Lodge which are at this
time laboring to better the ability
and the morality of the most out
standing factor in any one comm
unity; the building up of the young
people. The ones who will some
day take our places, and carry on
for the completion of the tasks
which we are working to accom
plish today. The Units which we
are referring to are: The Elks
Band, which is doing great things
by the consistent cooperation of
each and every young man who is
a member of this unit. The Iro
quois Jr. Herd Drum-Bugle Corps,
the boys and girls who take pride
in being a part of a unit that is
outstanding as being the only Ne
gro unit of this field in the state of
Nebraska. These are the factors
for which we the body of this order
are proud of, these are the factors
for which we the body of this order
are working for.the factors for
which we hope that the commun
ity will appreciate.the factors
for which we all must support.
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Negroes Rally To Support
1947 Red Cross Campaign
WASHINGTON, D. C_Enthus
iastic endorsement by Negroes in
every walk of life has been given
to the 1947 American Red Cross
Fund campaign for $60,000,000
which began March 1. Of this a
mount approximately 75 percent
is needed directly and indirectly
for the armed forces and veterans
and their families, while disaster
relief and health and educational
services absorb the remainder.
College presidents, church lead
ers, and organizations such as the
Urban League have sent letters to
Red Cross national headquarters
expressing approval of Red Cross
activities. From GI to general,
the military has voiced its apprec
iation of Red Cross morale-build
ing work for homesick occupation
troops as well as hospitalized men.
Writing from the Negro-staffed
Pasay Club in Manail, Cpl. Wen
dell L. Thompson, Jr., of Hampton,
Virginia, who has been overseas a
year with the 810th Engineering
Aviation Battalion said the -club is
a “swell place for a GI thousands
of miles from the United States. It
makes him feel as if home Is just
around the comer ”
And from his office at the War
Department in Washington, Brig.
Gen. Benamin O. Davis penned
this tribute: “The American Red
Cross has rendered inestimable as
sistance in keeping up the morale
of the Army personnel. For years
to come, it is my opinion that
many servicemen and ex-service
men will look to the Red Cross for
assistance.”
Eugene Kinckle Jones, general
secretary of the Urban League,
wrote: “These annual campaigns. ..
afford the public the chance to
sense participation in the good
work done through gifts it makes
in supporting this organization,”
while Claude A. Barnett, director,
the Associated Negro Press, stat
ed: “The American Red Cross,
greatest humanitarian organiz
ation in the world, deserves the
support of every man. woman and
child in our land.”
This tribute from T. M. Camp
bell, Tuskegee Institute field agent
for the U. S. Department of Agri
culture Extension Service, was
typical of many:
"The annual drive for the Amer
ican National Red Cross.is an
opportunity for all able-bodied A
mericans who have jobs to join in
and give of their means, no matter
how small.
“I have witnessed this great or
ganization working at national
headquarters; I have seen it in ac
tion in the metropolitan centers,
on transportation lines (land, sea
and air); in the backwoods sec
tions of the rural south, including
the Mississippi flood areas; in
Army camps of this country.
South America, Africa and Europe.
I know of no other single agency
that comes more nearly meeting
the urgent needs of all peoples in
times of stress and disaster, irre
spective of race, creed, or color,
than the American Red Cross.”
Similarly, James E. Shepard,
president, North Carolina College
for Negroes, in endorsing the cam
paign, stated: “In the wake of
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Licenses will soon be issued to
the tavern-keepers who will
operate in your town next year.
The law covering the selection
of these operators provides
ample safeguards against the
licensing of the unworthy.
The law specifies that the local
governing bodies of cities and
villages have the right to ex
amine, under oath, any appli
cant for a retail license or re
newal. The board may au
thorize its agent or attorney to
act in obtaining any desired in
formation.
Further, the law provides that
the local governing body must
consider any signed complaint
from any citizen of a violation
of the law or any objectionable
conduct on the part of an ap
plicant. A license may be re
voked, or a new license refused
if there is cause.
This Committee urges the co
operation of every citizen in
bringing law violations to the
attention of licensing bodies.
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OMAHA AND DOUGLAS
COUNTY GOAL IS $153,000
The Douglas County Chapter of
the American Red Cross, through
nearly 1000 volunteer workers,
will ask the people of Omaha and
Douglas County to subscribe $153
000 to carry on its far-reaching
program for 1947.
In making the goal announce
ment, Red Cross fund chairman,
E. C. Schmidt, pointed out the con
tinuing need for Red Cross services
to veterans and servicemen.
"Never in time of peace", said
Mr. Schmidt, “has the American
Red Cross been called upon to ren
der such extensive services to the
military forces at home and tu
broad and to veterans as are now
required. Approximately 75 per
cent of Red Cross funds are stil
spent in war related services at
home and overseas.
“The 1047 goal of $153,000 was
set after a careful survey which
reduced the 1947-48 budget to the
minimum consistent with the res
ponsibilities of the organization.”
At the present time the chairman
emphasized that the local organiz
ation must continue all of their
usual Red Cross activities plus
their services to men in the serv
ices, veterans and their families.
Mr. Schmidt said the 1947 fund
campaign will continue through
March, proclaimed by President
Truman as Red Cross month.
earthquakes, floods, fires, torna
does, or any other catastrophe
which might befall mankind, the
Amercan Red Cross can be found
on the scene of action as soon as
the calamity ocurs- This great or
ganization deserves the support of
all people everywhere, for it truly
serves.”
Summing up the general attitude
toward the appeal for funds, Ben
jamin E. Mays, president, More
house College ( Atlanta, Ga„ declar
ed:
“In war and in peace the Ameri
can Red Cross extends the helping
hand to those in dire need and dis
tress. This country would not be
true to its highest ideals of con
structive helpfulness without the
work of the Red Cross. And this
means that the forthcoming cam
paign needs the support of every
loyal American in order that this
organization may be able to con
tinue its service to veterans and
their families and meet the unfore
seen emergencies of the future.
iOUR 1
GUEST
Column
(Edited by VERNA P. HARRIS)
MILITARISM AND
MINORITIES
(BY GRIGADIER GENERAL,
H. C. HOLDRIDGE, USA.,
Retired)
o o o
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Militarism has followed much
the same pattern throughout his
tory Resentment against the Brit
ish "Red Coats" was one of the
causes of our Revolutionary War,
and fear of the military was so
strong after the war that safe
guards against military dominat
ion were written into our Consti
tution. And now, in our time, a
new military power is beginning
to emerge in the United States
which may well lead to the domin
ation of the civilian population by
the military. Let us look at the
pattern of American militarism
which is beginning to take form.
1- Money is Power, and the mil
itary gains power through spend
ing billions of dollars each year.
It has a hand in every taxpayer’s
pocket.
2. The military machine is a tot
alitarian agency which submits to
little control by representatives of
the people. It would be a brave
congressman who would dare chal
lenge the military machine single
handed, knowing that the military
could accuse him of being unpatri
otic in destroying national secur
ity.
3. The military is under the con
trol of an aristocratic leadership
which works in complete harmony
with the most reactionary elements
of the population. This leadership
is separated by barriers of caste
from the broad base of the enlist
ed personnel who are in sympathy
with the people as a whole.
4. The system of justice within
the armed forces is ideally design
ed to maintain its power. In the
BROTHERLY
BEHAVIOR
-BY
CAPT. EARLE CONOVER
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The story is tild about Charles Lamb, English essayist
(1775-1834) that, in walking with a close friend along a
street one day, he indicated a man on the other side of! the
stret and said, “You see that man. I don't like him.”
The friend, who was in the same circle of acquaintances as
was. Lamb, replied, “Why, 1 shouldn't have thought you even
knew him.” To which came the answer, “I don't. That’s
why I don’t like him.”
It had been said about “Al” Smith, former Governo*" of
New York State and Presidential candidate in 1928, “If you
don't want to like him, don't meet him ”
‘Tis strange, isn't it, what meeting a man will do for him—
and ub. The reaction is usually in the proper direction: we
will have a normal appreciation of him as a person. Gone
then (usually) will be the fear and distrust of him as an ut
ter stranger, which is probably a relic of the days of the cave
men when such was perfectly normal and good. These cave
men passed the “first law of nature”, that of self-preserva
tion!
Instinctively all of us are “afraid” of those things and those
things and those persons which are not part of our normal
life. The “fear” frequently is not a conscious thing, but it
shows itself in the aversion of many to meet strangers, to pur
I posely widen our friendships.
Other people act exactly opposite; they are quick to make
new acquaintances. An invitation to go into a strange group
causes no shudders. Indeed, it is welcomed.
We can live expectantly. Every person we meet can bring
to our eyes and to our care a now vista of life, because of his
wealth of expxeriences. Much can be learned from every
stranger, for after all we learn more from those who differ
from us than we fan ever learn from our “own kind”. Con
versation is still one of the fine arts.
Meeting a man enables us to get at least a partial glimpse
of that real person. A little tiime in his company may re
veal a person who is, after all, very much like ourselves. He
has no dagger hidden at his waist; he has not swung at us
with his fist.
Indeed, he looks harmless and peaceable enough. His
face and voice are reassuring. He smiles pleasantly—per
haps we laugh together. Casual conservation becomes per
sonal.
After a little while if we learn that his background is quite
different from our own, that he worships God in a little dif
ferent way, or that his people were immigrants more recently
than our own, what difference does it make? We knew him
first, didn’t we? ___
final show-down decisions are
made by the Pentagon bureau
cracy, and not by the courts of the
land. Negro GI’s will not soon for
get the star-chamber proceedings
of Army courts martial.
6. The system of conscription
and compulsion now in effect, and
proposed even for times of peace,
dominates every home, influences
the educational system of the coun
try, and affects the social and mor
al life of the people.
6. Our executive department
places greater and greater reli
ance on the military—so much so
that it can hardly be considered
as accidental. Military personnel
have infiltrated into positions for
merly held by civilians—in the
State Department, as ambassadors
as rulers of defeated foreign nsu
tions, as administrators of nation
alized industries which places
them in a position to put down
strikes by force of arms because
they are strikes against the State.
We must now ask ourselves how
military power might be used in
the United States. From this an
gle the actions of the military as
sume a special significance. Our
military leaders are conceded by
all to be among the most reaction
ary groups in the country. During
the depression of the 30’s the army
dusted off its mobilization plans
covering domestic disorders and
street fighting It would do so a
gain *f we drifted into another de
pression. From this point of view
its program of compulsory milit
ary training can be understood.
You cant use a .30 caliber rifle a
gainst an atom bomb, but you can.
use it in street fighting or in put
ting down strikes, or racial dis
turbances.
Herein lies the danger of Amer
ican militarism to minority groups.
In all great world crises, when in
telligence and good-will fail and
we find ourselves up a blind alley,
instead of trying to think things
through we often start trying to
shoot our way out, and end bv com
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mitting suicide. A reactionary
military leadership, controlled
through totalitarian techniques
from the top down, and having an
abiding faith in the use of force,
might lend itself willingly as the
weapon with which we try to shoot
our way out of our next impasse.
And when the shooting starts, the
minorities suffer.
So we Americans must do * two
things, First, we must be on our
guard against the military even as
our liberty-minded forefathers
were. Second, we must THINK
our way through the difficult pro
blems which lie ahead and not wait
until we come to the end of our
blind alley, and then try to shoot
our way out. Our way must be the
way of unity and cooperation.
Popular With
People Evr’ywhere
JESSE OWENS, Lecturer
Wilmington, Ohio—Facts were re
vealed today by Kroger Babb,
head of Hygienic Productions,
whose world offices are located
here in the ‘hygiene capital’ of the
universe, establshing beyond any
doubt the great popularity of Jesse
Owens with people everywhere
Owens, America’s outstanding
young colored athlete and a hy
giene lecturer, under contract now
to speak to theatre audiences on
health and hygiene subjects in con
junction with the special Holly
wood motion picture "Mom and
Dad ", is in the greatest demand of
any of the company’s ‘‘Mom and
Dad”, units of the show.
Babb said since his company ac
quired Owens’ contract last year,
Hygienic has received over 1,800
requests for his personal appear
ance from theatres, auditoriums,
colleges, high schools, churches
and civic and fraternal groups.
Owens’ personal appearance tour
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in advance and the firm is already
accepting 1948 dates for the world
Olympic champion and "fastest
human”.
The Hygienic boss displayed a
recent request from the track
coaches of America requesting
Owens speak at their spring clin
ic at Ohio State University in
April. Previous bokings for
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and His Orchestra in a timely “jump"
recording wmcn
is taking the
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The ace tunes
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Owens made acceptance of the
invitation impossible, however.
I Owens and his all-colored unit of
“Mom and Dad” will open its met
ropolitan city route Monday Mar.
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: ment at the new Esquire theatre in
Memphis, Tenn. Out of Memphis
the unit goes to Providence and
Bossier City, La, then to Ft Worth
and Houston, Texas and will then
possibly do a month’s engagement
at New Orleans before heading
northward up the East coast to
New York and a big engagement in
Harlem.
The Owens unit of “Mom and
Dad” is establishing attendance
records everywhere, Hygienic Pro
ductions admitted flatly stating the
drawing power of the colored ath
letic star is superior to any and all
white lecturers the company has
with its "Mom and Dad” units,
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