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/JUSTICE/.EQUALITY HEW TO THE UNEV EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PHONE HA.0800 VOlTxXI. NO.~9. THE "OMAHA GUIDE OMAHA, NEBR. Saturday, April 3rd, 194S ONLY TEN CENTS PER COPY Omaha Boy Conducts Orchestra in Europe To the left: Band leader, Dur ant. Right: conductor of the dance band, James P. Mosley. James P. Mosley Jr., gradu ate of Technical High School and son of Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Mosley. 2904 North 28 Avenue, is a member of the 427 Army Band and the Jazz Pirates Or chestra located in Frankfort, Germany. He is making a su ccess as an Alto Saxaphone player and flutist. MOSELEY JR. SUCCESS Ambassador and Mrs. Char les Ulrick Bay are giving a dinner ths evening in the Am erican Embassy for the Diplo matic Corps and representa tives of the Norwegian govern • ment and the Norwegian De fense. His majesty, the King, and His Royal Higness, the i Crown Prince, have indicated that' they will be present. On the occasion of this fes tivity a part of the U. S. Head • quarters Command Band in Frankfort, the “Jazz Pirates”, have come to Oslo to play for the dancing as well as for en tertainment. The band, 18 men, is a part of the big military band comprising 84 men, who I se leader is Benjamin Durant, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music ini New York. The conductor of the dance band, “Jazz Pirates”, is Sgt. James P. Mosely. The American Military Band, “Jazz Pirates” C.W.A. NORTHWESTERN DIVISION NO. 45 Negotiations began today between the Communications workers of America Division No. 45 and the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company on a new agreement covering wages and working Conditions for Telephone Workers in the five states involved. The Union is asking for a wage increase based on in creases in the cost of living and the lag in wage increases in the telephone industry when com pared, with wages increases in other major industres. Today’s discussions were of an exporatory nature and neg otiations will be resumed later in the week. FACT SHEET The Communications Work ers of America, Xorth western Division Xo. 45 represents a bout 18.000 telephone workers in the states of Iowa, Minne sota, Xebraska, Xorth and So. Dakota. It holds contracts cov ering 17.(i00 telephone workers of the Xorthwestern Bell Tel ephone Company and about 400 telephone workers of the Fort Dodge, Iowa elephone Co The Iowa Continental Teleph one Co. and Nebraska Contin ental Telephone Co. By states the number of workers repres ented is approximately as fol lows: Iowa-5,550, Minn.-7,125, Nebraska-2.750, North Dakota I, 000 and South Dakota-1,475. The top officers make up the eight member Divsion Board of Directors and they are: R. L. Rogers, president-Des Moin es, Iowa; J. R. Hill, 1st Vice President - Omaha, Nebraska; J. W. Boustead, 2nd Vice Pres ident-Des Moines. Iowa; M. C. V eir, 3rd Vice-President-Min. Minnesota; and Vice Presi dents Beatrice L. Smith-Dul uth, Minnesota, G. P. Hauge Minneapolis, Minnesota, H. J. Rairdon-Fargo, North Dakota, and C. E. Hines- Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In each of the five states, there is also a State Board of Directors consisting of a State President, State Vice Presidents, a State Sec retary, and a State Treasurer, or a tate Secretary-Treasurer. All officers are telephone workers and carry on their Union duties on an excused absence ba);is without pay from the Telephone Company except for such time as is spent in joint conference with Company Management. We feel that this is a distinct ad vantage to both the Union and the Company because our offi cers are better able to under stand and deal with the prob lems of the workers. CWA Northwestern Division No. 45 is the successor to the former Northwestern Union of Telephone Workers which aff iliated with the Natonal Fed eration of Telephone Workers (Independent) The Division’s general offic es are located at 536 Brandies Theatre Bldg., Omaha Nebr aska. Structurally, CWA North western Divison No. 45 is one of 33 divisions of the internat ional Union known as the Co ! mmuncations Workers of Am I erica and identified by the let I ers CWA. \ The CWA was formed in ; June of 1947 and is the largest labor organization in the tele phone field. It represents some 233.000 telephone workers in | contracts; held by its 33 divis | ions across the country. It is not affiliated wth either the A j F of L or CIO but is independ j ent. 1 CWA is the successor organ It’s Alleged — Man Shoots 3 Over Dice! i SHOT AND CUT Hilda eeder, 34, of 1204M- I North 24th St., Rov Carr, 48. of 1204Mi North 24th St. and! Willie Graham, 48, of 2411 | Caldwell were shooting craps ' and also Robert Jackson, g9, of 1284 North 24th St. In the course of the game an argue ment developed about chang ing the dice, and that in the course of this arguement Carr, allegelly took $2.00 of Jackson money. Jackson then left the apartment went downstairs to ! his own place and returned with a double-harried shotgun and 4 extra shells. He asked for his money and was refus ed. He then “blasted” with the shot gun (2 shots) and af ter doing so a fight insued be tween the other three. Jack son then fled, leaving his shot gun there at the scene. Hilda, Roy and Willie were taken to the county hospital and treat ed there by Dr. Dolittle, Hilda was treated for gunshot wou nd in right buttock, gunshot wound in left forearm and knife wound extending from the left ear to the left creek. Graham was treated for shot gun wounds in back, Carr gun shot wound in left hip and left wrist. Graham was released and booked for “Investigation Shotgun and extra shells and I green hat went into custody of the police station. They were the property of Jackson. Prominent Citizen is Slugged and Robbed JtS.tA 1 £,IN AINU KUmmU M r s. Maggie Me Gowan , 2719 % North 24 Street, and Mrs. Pearl Green, 2334 Maple, were on their way to Mission Circle at 7:50 p.m. Monday nght, March 29. A man came up oemna mem anu pusnea Mrs. Maggie McGowan down and then tusled with Mrs. Pearl Green, after snatching her purse, struck her. and fled. They have a clue to the fellow that it was. Mrs. Green stated uiat we neeci some gooa rsegro leaders as we do not have any. As Mrs. Green was a little dis-, turbed as to the delav of the officer who was to come out 1 Tuesday morning March 30, to interview her about the case. I Slugger Gets Only 9 Days Cecil Wright, 19 years old ization to .the National Feder ation of Telephone Workers which had represented tele phone workers for the preced- ! ing nine years. Members in CWA come from all over the country and | from all branches of the tele phone industry. The CWA con stitution provides also for the acceptance to membership of workers from all branches of the communications industry. At present its members nclude construction and maintenance men, cable splicers, linemen, installers, operators, office workers, salesmen, engineers, janitors and factory workers. The Union has set itself the objective, of bringing all tele phone workers into CWA and is opposing all attempts to de vide up the telephone indust ry’s workers among IBEW (A FL), TWOC (CIO) and the half-dozen other labor unions having conflicting ambitions to take over telephone work ers. CWA takes the that divid ing up telephone workers a mong several different Unions would weaken their effective ness in collective bargaining with the telephone industry which is organized into the Bell System and the United States Indepentent Telephone Association. When CWA was formed last June it consisted of 31 Divisions representing 220, 000 workers while today its 33 Divisions represent 233.000 workers and a number of other telephone unions are consid ering joining CWA at this time. Cvv A is getting ready to go into bargaining with the tele phone ndustry on renewal and modification of contracts wh ich expire this spring. About 200.000 of the 233,ooo workers represented by the Union are covered 'by contracts that ex pire in the six-week period be tween April 1st and mid-Mav. A great many of the Divisions have already filed their 60-day notices as required by the Taft-Hartley law and the ot her will file very shortly. (CW A Northwestern Division No. 45 filed their notce on March 15th calling for terminaton of their wage contract on May 15, 1948.) Demands of CWA this year include: 1. Increase in basic wages, the details to be worked out aroun’ the conference table. The Union contends that telephone workers must have some upward adjustment of their basic wages to meet in creased living costs and to off was senienceu 10 y uays in purse oi iurs. reari ureen. jail for the snatching of the -- UNDER PEACE BOND Jack Williams was asked to be put under a peace bond for bothering and beating his girl friend. Even when she met him on the street, he would beat her. He even hit her in the jaw and kicked her down the steps of her home. The Judge asked if she was staying with him at the time. She said. Yes, ever since I got out of jail. set the sma.ller wage adjust ments which telephone worker received in past years as com pared to workers in other maj or industries. Telephone work ers in the territory of the Nor thwestern Bell Telephone Co., for example, received an ager age wage increase of nine cents per hour as compared to the general pattern of fifteen cents per hour in other major ndus tries in 1947. 2. Improved Force Adjust ment and Termination Pay Contract Provisions. With the advent of increas ed dial conversions, toll dialing and the imminence of other tec hnological changes within the telephone industry, the Union will attempt to negociate clau ses protecting the seniority and employment rights of tele phone workers and improving the clauses covering terminat ion pay for such workers as may be displaced by such tec hnological changes within the industry. The Bell System’s program will displace an est imated 100.000 or more oper ators alone within the next five years, not to mention the effects on Plant. Accounting and other workers. The Union is not opposing these changes but is merely asking for proper treatment of telephone worker affected by such changes. 3. Improvement In the Pen sion Plan. At tne present time tne nen System Companies are deduct ing from the pensions of retir ed employees at age 65 one half of the amount of any pri mary social security benefits to which such retired employ ees may be entitled. The Union s asking for the elimination of ths practice. The Union is also asking for the Companies pro vide for pensons, at the worker option, for those workers wth 25 years of service who are dis placed because of technicolo gical changes wthin the in 1 dustry. 4. Other items to be bargained for include shortened wage progression schedules (now generally eight years in length narrowing of differences in the wage levels existng between PETITION, To CLOSE BAR MARCH 30 Mr. and Mrs. Silverman of Sanij Flax Bar were not issued their liquor licenses because of numerous complaints of disor derly conduct, and have been given the name as one of the most undesirable places. Rev. Charles Favors spoke in be half of the committee, that has a petition of 800 signatur es, asking that Sam Flax be closed. The hearing will take place April 13. small aim iaige iu\\ns 10 elim inate nequities, upgrading of jobs where inequities exist, and provision for arbitration in connection with grievances. CWA has its international offices at 917 “G” Place, Nor thwest, Washington 1, D. C. It is 13-member Executive Board is headed up by Joseph A. Beirne, President. Its Public Relations Director is A. B. He rrington. CWA Northwestern Divis on No. 45, Public Relations Director is J. R. Hill, 536 Bran deis Theatre Building, Omaha 2, Nebraska. Telephone: AT lantic 4999. The State Publicity Direct ors of the Division are: la., A. R. Toepfer, 217 Jewett Bldg., Des Moines, Iowa. Minn.,J. F. O’Reilly, 126 So.3rd Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nebr., R. W. Salisbury, 536 Brandeis Theatre Bldg., Oma ha Nebraska. No. Dakota, A. C. Nelson, 1806 No. 4th St. Grand Forks, N. Dakota. So. Dakota., Irene Prew, 1508 South Minn. Ave., Souix Falls, So. Dakota. 3)n-Ny,dsiht‘shlsNusd)Ds arr JOE LOUIS GIVES $5,000 TO SYDENHAM; HOSPIT AL SEEK HALF MILLION New York (CNS)—Long re cognized as a good friend of charities, J. Louis, together wi th his managing team, sent $5. 000 to the suffering Sydenham Hospital, the nations only int erracial voluntary institution. According to Sydenham’s Ch airman, Wijliam H. Baldwin, Louis’s check sent donations up to $182,000. Still Sydenham | is seeking a half million dollars in order to clear up outstand ing bills. PROMINENT CITIZEN PASSES Mr. L. *»L. McVav, passed | Thursday night. 9 :0 5 P. M. April 1st, 1948 at the local hos pital. High School Instructor Acquitted THE POLICE STATE By Russell Coppock The Amenican way is char acterized by some features not at all related to the Derjiocrat c Ideal. The phase Democrat ic Ideal js understood to cov er all phases of life, particular ly the political, social, econom ic, and intellectual. This sub ject would not merit di’scussion were it not true that one of its features is so prominent as to seriously theaten the attain-1 ment of the Democratic Ideal. More than that, it is seriously threatening the destruction of that democracy already attain ed. This prominent anti-demo cratic. un-American feature of the American way is the idea of racial superority. By it is justified the destruction of the lives and property of many cit izens of our country. B'- it is justified the denial of the right of citizenship to mant millions of citizens. This is done both in the case of whole sections of the population, and that of the individual citizens. It is as ser ious and forebading in the lat ter case as in the former. The Poll tax, restrictive covenants, and discrimination in employ ment illustrate the application of the superiority idea of whole seections of people. The superiority idea as ap plied to individuals will here be illustrated by a case just de cided in favor of the defendent in the District Court of Coun cil Bluffs, Iowa. This case ill ustrates two breaches of rights of citizens. First, the right of a citizen to move about the country and seek work freely and without molestation; and second, the right of citizens to defend the rights of other cit izens. The case is entitled the State of Iowa vers*s Russell Cop pock. On the day of October 13, 1947, Alfred Twitty (Negro) was in Pacific Junction, Iowa working and seeking work. He was a transient. On alleged or al complaint of some residents the mayor, John Lutter. in his work clothes, arrested Mr. Tw itty without warrent. without saying he) was an officer. Yes, this was after the mayor gave Mr. Twtty the ‘fair’ proposit ion of leaving town or going to jail. The mayor charged him orally with vagrancy. borne residents listened to the mayor’s conversation with Mr. Twitty and could not a gree that action was justified. Six of them (white), four vet erans and one (Mr. Coppock) a high school teacher, protest ed against this action by going to the home of the Justice of the Peace to witness against the mayor. These young men accused the mayor of prejudice in his action and called his attention to the fact that they just seem ed to be in Mississippi. Most other accustions of the mayor were challenged and shown to be >vithout foundation. The mayor said no one had filed a charge against Mr. Twitty, and he would not. In court he gave RUSSELL COPPOCK as reason for not filing, that he was afraid to; When the may or said he could arrest anyone on vagrancy charges for ‘mo oching’; for example, asking for a nickle for a cup of coffee. Lawrence Turner, one of the fellows, said, “By God, John you can't do that!” In saying this, he shook his finger at the mayor. This and the tact that at times two or three were talking at once, constitutes ‘un lawful assembly”, in a violent and tunultuous manner”, and obstructing the administration of justice.” Two days latter the six men were arrested. At the Justice of the Peace court they were found guilty. Coppock appeal ed,while the other five could j not at that time see their way clear to go ahead. Mr. Twitty remained in the town over night, in a depot. | He did his job the next day and left town without further mol estration. The officer who arrested i without a warrent, who falsely accused the Negro of vagrancy in order to ‘save face’ wishes to make criminals out of six other men. Could this be to cover-up his actions of gong beyond his duty? The defend ers/ wondered. There is much talk of police states’ these days. There used to be a saying about people who lived in glass houses. Not a few people in Mississippi. Georgia, and South Carolina could tell you what a police state is. Coppock and his five co-defendents understand, too, what is meant by police state. We can understand the peo ple who* ask that if the moral, political, economic and mili tary weight of our government can be used to prevent ‘police states’ abroad, why cannot it be used at home to dislodge ‘police state’ governments, and to remove law-enforcement of ficers who conduct themselves as if they were in a police state Just whom are the law-enforce ment officials elected to serve —those who use prejudice and the Fasciigt race superiority idea *to maintain their posit ions of privilege, or the people? Russell Coppock, Pacific Junction, Iowa nuL lOGETHER NOW-GIVE IT THE AXl it /HM * * mt/JJt W ^ 4 CevHHy tnahuta foe American Democracy, Inc. Discrimination Case A discrimination case aga inst Harket’s Cafe with the Greyhound bus station, was called before the court Friday. The defendent asked for con tinuance. Sweeter Than Sugar A new chemical compound which Is said to be 4,000 times as sweet as cane has been discovered by Nether land scientists. This new compound is a benzene derivative, to which the chemical name l-n-propoxy-2 amino-4-nitrobenzene has been given. OUR . Guest Column - SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Mr. Madison S. Jones, Jr., Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the National Association for the Advance ment for colored people to be Guest Speaker in Council Blu ffs, on Tuesday, April 6th at Bethel Church, 16th St. and Ave A at 8 :00 o’clock. Mr. Jon es was educated in the pubic and high schools of New York City. Graduated from St. John’ University in Brooklyn with the B. S. Degree and studied for the Master of Arts degree in the faculty of Political Sc i e n c e, Columbia University Graduate School. For many months he was Acting Exami ner in charge of the New Eng land region of the Fair Employ ment practices Committee wo rking in Boston. Oon’t fail to hear this speaker. Madison Jones to Speak at the N.A.A.C.P. Mass Meeting on April 5th, at St. John’s AME Church. WHAT THE WELL DRES SED WOMEN WEAR By Hazel Green Mrs. Ruth Gilliland was wearing a beautiful beige hat with very pale orchid colored flowers and deep orchid color ed veil. She was wearing a short length, white coat with a dark green velvet skirt, and a light orchid colored blouse, and green lizzard colored shoes and bag. Mrs. Helen St. Claire was wearing a beautiful black hat with ascalloped brim and a lar ge rose colored flower, and a pink flowered black dress with black shoes and bag. Mrs. Bryice Biagas wore a beautiful black dress with a large brimmed hat with pink flowers and a gray viel, a gray blue and white checked coat, gray scandel shoes, bag, and gloves. Around her neck were a pair of kojinskvs. Mrs. Ruth Bowers, 2515 Bi nney Street, was wearing a very fine lnen straw hat with a large green band and a white flower. A Burgundy colored short coat, and a Balenciaga colored stripped white dress and white gloves, and Balencia ga colored bag and sroes. Mrs. Viola Littlejohn was wearing a beautiful blaok 3 quarter length coat and a black dress with patent leather bag, shoes, and pink gloves. A lovely gray and pink flowered hat with gray viel. Mrs. Sally Thomas looked lovely in her new length bla ck coat of gabardine. Black straw hat, shoes and white gloves. A beautiful white strip ped black dress with a large black 'bow tied at the neck. Miss Stella Horton was wearing a beautiful navy blue calf skin ankle strapped shoes and bag. A small brim navy blue sailor hat with ismall gree n band of veiling and pnk flo wers. She was wearing the new look dress of light blue with open work at the neck line, a beautiful black niilan straw bonnet, with very del icate black criffled lace a round the brim. A black bag and gloves and a short length gray coat, and gun metal calf I skin shoes. Lenda Skinner looked char *ming in her white rolled brim med hat and black light wool coat of three-quarter length, with white blouse and a black ballarina skirt. Black calfskin bag and black calfskin plat form sole shoes.
