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' Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927, at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. _ C. C. Galloway - - - - Eres^n; Mrs. Flurna Cooper — — — \ice.'1 re®ld5 C. C. Galloway - - - “ Acj‘"g Edltor V V Merrill _ — — Secretary and Treasure SUBSCRIPTION RATE IN OMAHA One Year — — — . — “ “ Six Months — — — .'X Three Months_— — _ SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUT OF TOWN One Year Six Months _ _ — — - Three Month — — — ~ ~ Z All News Copy of Churches and all Organizations must be in our office not later than 4:00 p.m. Monday for current issue. All Advertising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon preceedmg the issue, to insure publication. National Advertising Representative: INTERSTATE UNITED NEWSPAPERS, INC. 545 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Phone MUrray Hill 2-5452. RAY, PECK, Manager. A SHAMEFUL SITUATION According to a study recently completed by the National Education Association, between one million and a mill on, two hundred and fifty thousand of the nation s children hot white and Negro, are dropping out of school before completing a high school education. , , . .... • The group of states ranking in the lowest one-third in pupil-holding power and also in per child expenditure the report reveals are: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, West Virginia, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizbona, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, and Vermont. ‘ u a * While the Research Division made no attempt to make a population breakdown in the states reported in the lowes one-third, it is to be noted that the Negro population of the United States is greatest in some of the states in the list. This leads to the conclusion that large numbers of Negro children are among the total “dropouts per year. _ _ Figures noted in the beginning mean that 12 million to 15 million children discontinue their formal training some time before the final year of high school. About 547 of every 1,000. the report reveals, thus leave shcool prematurely, failing to acquire the secondary school training, which should be considered a minimum essential. The level of school financial support, it is pointed out, clearly exerts a powerful influence on the rate of survival in school, and support the need of a federal aid to education in order to assure a minimum educational opportunity for all American youth. Thus the states lowest in survival in pu pil attendance are states urgently in need of federal financial assistance for public education. __ Under the federal ..aid bill, passed by the Senate, April 1, 300 million dollars w'ould be appropriated or apportionment among the states on the basis of their need, ability and effort in school support in an attempt to equalize basic educational opportunity. The bill corresponding to S.472 in the House must be reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor before it can be acted upon by the entire House, where jLe legislation also has strong bipartisan support. Under the federal aid program the funds are to be spent under the constituttion and statutes of each state, guaranteeing continued state control of the schools and enabling each state to give a minimum educational opportunity to every public school child. - The NEA says that “the federal aid program therefore is urgently needed in reducing effectively the number of pipils dropping out of school in all states, and particularly in those ranking low in income and in school support.” * ^ . THREE ROUSING CHEERS Most commendable was the action o the House of Dele gates of the Medical Society of New York voted unanimously last week to change the constitution of the American Medical Association to prohibit county medical societies from exclud ing Negroes. This group is the policy-making body of the state and its action was taken at its 142nd annual convention at the l’ennsylvaia Hotel. It voted on the resolution introduced by Dr. Samuel Bennett Burk on behalf of the Medical Society of the Countty of New York. The resolution was passed following adoption of a similar one by the Bronx County Medical Society, which stated in part: “No component society o the American Medical Associ ation shall exclude any qualified physicia fnrom its member ship by reason of race, creed or color.” '.r ' BLACK NO MORE Eight months ago the Rev. Kenneth L. Patton, a Unitarian minister of Madison, Wisconsin, crossed the color line and obtained natinonwide publicity when he announced that he had to become a Negro. The Rev. Patton's theory was that many whites considered themselves interested in the problems of the Negro, but that they could not honestly or adequately appreciate such pro blems until they had found it possible to live as a Negro and suffer all the pains of race discrimination and prejulice. Now Rev. Patton announces the publication of a book. ■“Come On Over.” which chronicles his experiences as a “color ed man.” “I have no regrets whatsoever,” he has been quoted as saying. “Some 300 persons, about two-thirds of them white wrote me and they approved my action about thhree to one. Rev. Patton’s family, church superiors and fellow-clergy men all supported his action. Recently, he attempted unsuccessfully to interest the NAACP in sponsoring a plan for an organization of white people who were willing to become “colored” as he had. Of the fight against racial discrimination, Rev. Patton has this to say. The people who need the message are not the ones who get it. Sometimes it seems I’m only preaching to the con verted.” We admire Rev. Patton as a sincere man who is willing and has been willing to go to great lengths in order to ac complish a worthy purpose. We still state, as we did when bis decision was first announced, that he still will never truly know what it is to be a Negro and we are a little uncertain as to whether he will do more good in the method he has chosen than he would if he remained a white person and fought among the bigotred members of his race to achieve a more reasonable outlook on the part of those who are not “con verted.” : H w*. Editor’s Nots:- Submit your problems for publication to ABBE' WALLACE, In cars of this newspaper. Give your full name, ad dress and blrthdate. For a "private reply" send Abbe’s stamped envelope and twenty-five cents for one of his new and Inspiring •LESSONS FOR HAPPIER LIVING.* Your letter will be treated sonfldenttally. Send 25 cents in coin, stamps or money order. Address your letter to: The i’«BE’ WALLACE Servios. in cars of R.L.T.—I have a very nice girl friend. She gave ine an ex pensive gift on my birthday ind at Christmas time. She tells me she is going to stick with me. I am nice to her too. I am eleven years older tha i she is but I love her. Recently she did. What do you think? Ans.—The young lady is she has stopped calling me like very fond of you but she isn’t the type to play “second fid dle” to any other girl. The only way you can hold her in terest is to sever your relation ship with this other girl friend with whom you have been run ning around with here of late. You’re not too old or her. fBut she has no intentions of wait ing indefinitely for you to make up your mind. C. M.B.—I have a cafe busi ness. I have been thinking of selling out and making a if this would be advisable? I have several prospects. Ans.—Let your business go while you have the opportun ity. All of your prospects are eager to own this business— you won’t have any difficulty getting your price. The change you contemplate will net you a lot of happiness. D. S.—I love a fellow who I believe loves me too. Because I elt I had nothing to lose, I asked him a vital question. He did just the opposite. I need him an awful lot but de cided I should stay away and give him all the time he needs He says I’m his inspiration in life. Ans.—You inspire him per haps, but not enough, as he is seeing another girl also. He .s playing the field right now and is not goig tno settle down with any one girl friend in par ticular. Don’t build your hopes up aroqnd him. P.R.—I received your Guide and I have been greatly up lifted by it. I have read it from cover to cover, and when I am low in spirit or have had my feelings hurt, I go back and read it over and over and over again and it really makes me feel better and gives me more courage. I wish to know if my attitude toward my riend was the reason for us failing to get along and was I unfair? Ans.—I am glad that you have found inspiration from my Guide. You were not at all unfair in the decision you made in regards to your friend. He showed a decided selfish in terest in you and you were wise to take the stand that you Jitk There will be a new ro mance for you this summer— of a more serious nature. J.B.J.—I am planning to change jobs in a few weeks. I do not want to make my pres ent employer mad and yet I do not know what to do about it as the new job ofers me a much better salary. Advise me pleace. Ans.—Inform your present employer of your plan to change jobs. Give at least two weeks notice. Let her know ijthat you are leaving her em I ploy for a job paying a better [salary. That will give her an ) opportunity to match your po [ tential salary or get someone else to do her work. Let The Children Make These Toothsome Taster Tarty Treats WHEN you give an Easter vaca tion party for the children, give them a large share of the respon sibility of planning refreshments and games. Even first graders can manage to produce a luscious cake frosting and cute fondant bunnies and eggs with a new instant frost ing in vanilla, chocolate and straw berry flavors that just needs the addition of hot tap water and a few stirs. This q-t trick is a thrifty treat, too, because one 4% ounce package of this failure proof frost ing will frost the top and sides of an 8-inch cake layer or 12 large cup cakes or produce a whole parade of toothsome fondant bunnies. If you don’t Lave bu.ny cookie cutters, It’s easy to make card board cutouts ana outline the fon dant shape* with a knife. A few drops of vegetable coloring will pro vide rainbow hued fondant eggs. School age children will enjoy easy card games like Touring or Pit. For the kindergartners, you might try a Magic Doll set and let each child cut out and fit a dress; a specially prepared texture will make each dress adhere mysteriously to the doll’s figure and achieve a perfect fit. Of course, hunting for Easter eggs will appeal to all ages; and you can always use the eggs for a supper dish later on. Processed Used Fats Serve Millions During 1947, American women 1 salvaged 115 million pounds of used kitchen fats. On the as sumption that six-tenths of a j pound of fat makes a pound of soap, if the entire 1947 fat sal vage yield were used exclusively . for soap, on this basis it would { produce 69 million pounds of '( soap. In other words, kitchen fat salvaged in 1947 could have sup- < plied approximately three and a half million people with soap for a full year at an average of '20 pounds per person. Fats end Oils Still Below Prewar Level The U. S. Department of Com- 1 merce 1947 fats and oils indus- | trial report for the U. S. shows supplies of fats and oils were in creased by net imports of 475 million pounds, but net receipts *were still more than 1 billion pounds below the prewar aver age. w Homemakers can help our do 'mestic . output by saving used kitchen grease and selling it to their meat dealers. These used fats are processed and reused for indtstrial purposes. HE SHOULD LEAVE Walter Winchell, who has cast some pretty important atomically-worded bombs into the hideous camp of bigotery, says of the Governor of Mississippi: “Mississippi’s Governor Wright yammers that those who oppose racial segregation should leave that state. It’d be better if that upholder of bigotry would would leave the United States.” We are in complete agreement with Mr. Winchell, only we are wondering what country would have Mr. Wright. DR. C. H. TOBIAS NAMED 33RD SPINGARN MED ALIST New York, May 20th—Sel ection of Dr. Channing H. Tobias, director o the Phelps Stokes Fund as the 33rd Spin garn Medalist was announced here today by Walter White, XAACP secretary. The medal established in 1915 by the late president of the XAACP, Joel E. Spingarn, is awarded annu ally to a Negro American for distinguished achievementsv Presentation will be made at the June 27th session of the Association’s 39 th annual con ference in Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Tobias was named by the nine-member Spingarn Metal | Award Committee. ‘In recognition of his con sistent role as a defender of fundamental American libert ies this metal is being awarded to Channing H. Tobias,” the citation reads “He brought to the President’s Committee on Civil Rights intellectual vital ity, courage and richness of his long experience in the field of race relations. Largely due to his persistance and clear in sight the committee produced a report of historical signif icence in man’s unending stru ggle or justice. Selflessly he has served his race, his church and his country in varied cap acities, motivated at all times by a consuming passion for social justice.” • • Dr. Tobias has also been a member of such bodies as the National Selective Service boa rd, the joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation and the Mayor’s Committee on Unity in New York City. In 1944 he resign ed from the New York State Committee on Discrimination and Employment following re fusal of the governor to im plement the committee’s re commendations. For many years he was a senior secretary for the nation al YMCA, which position he left in 1946 to become the 1st Negro director of the Phelps Stokes Fund. He is a chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hampton Institute, Hampton Howard University board. AUTO CLUB ACTION HAILED BY NAACP New York, May 20th—The strong stand against racial dis crimination taken by the Auto mobile Club of New York was commended this week by Mrs. Ruby Hurley, NAACP youth secretary, in a letter to the clu bs president. William J. Gotli eb. The Automobile Club cancel led the trip to Washington, D. C. which it had planned for 51 School Safety Patrol Boys, when it discovered that the boys would not be able to vis it the city together, owning to Washington’s segregation re gulations. The group included five colored lads. In her letter to Mr. Gotlieb, Mrs. Hurley stated: “You have focused at tention once more on a situat ion which should be the con cern of every American. On be half of the youth division of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, representing hundreds o young people in New York City and thousands more in ot her parts o the country. I com mend you and offer you they expressions ,0! appreciation.” World’s Heavyweight Cha mpion Joe Louis says Army service gave him cofidence he never did have before. Wonder what stuff was he did have— atomic energy-1? Whatever it was, we’ll take a dram of it to hold us until we can get a bushel of confidence. . . The sum of $11.20 ain't hay, bro ther, but that is what it costs to produce a ton of alfalfa. We mean the kind of alfalfa you feed to c&ttle and not that you scrape off your chin with a razor blade the Junior used yesterday to sharpen pencils. TYIjj. VlstiqhbffiA \ By Box Paulson ■ “Tryin* to get more pay fer the , same amount of production is like * ; tyin’ yer pocket book to a kite. It ! I might look pretty up there but it : | won’t bay any more.” POLITICAL ACTION TO SECURE CIVIL RIGHTS THEME OF NAACP MEET New York, May 20th—Pol itical action to secure civil rights guaranteed by the Con stitution will be one of the ma in themes at the 39th annual conference of the NAACP to meet June 22-27 in Kansas City Mo., it was announced' here today by Walter White. Coupled with political act ion will be a continuation of the legal attacks which the NAACP attorneys have spear headed in successive victories before the U. S. Supreme Cou rt, and in other courts of the country. More than 1,UUU delegates from forty states are expected to attend the meeting. Most of the sessions will be held in the conference headquarters, St. Stephen Baptist Church, 15th Street and the Paseo, but the closing mass meeting Sunday afternoon, June 27th, will be in the Municiple Auditorium, which seats 11,500. The conference will open on Tuesday morning, June 22, with registration, following by election o committees and general organization. A report on last year’s work will feat ure the opening night session, along with the greetings from city and state representatives. Among speakers who will be heard during the week are WiJHard S. Townsenl, inter national president of the Unit ed Transport Service .Work ers, CIO: Oscar Ewing, Ad ministrator of the Federal Sec urity Agency; Walter White, NAACP secr’etafy: and Dr. Charming H. Tobias. Dr. Job ias will receive the Spingarn Metal for distinguished ach ievements at the meeting on June 27th. New York, May 20—Follow ing protest by the NAACP to Defense Secretary James For restal, the Department of the Army assigned a colonel from the inspector—general’s office to make an investigation of the charges that Negro officers were excluded from the Offi cer’s Club at Camp Cambell, Near Nashville Tenn. Walter White, NAACP sec retary, last week asked for an investigation of these charges following reports that Major General S. Leroy Irvin, com mander of the Task Force Lu cky, Major General Clarkson, post commander, and Brigadier General Keifer had forbidden use of the club to Negro of ficers participating in military maneuvers at Camp Campbell. “We ask immediate invest igation and disciplinary action, Mr. White said in his wire to Secretary Forrestal. The Def ense Secretary referred the ch arges to Kenneth Royall, Sec retary of the Army, with instr uctions to make an investigat ion. Plants That Swim Despite the fact they are plants, and not animals, many species of water alga-e are able to move about by swimming. Brown algae range in size from forms that can be seen only under the microscope to others 200 feet long. Algae differ from fungi in that they ean extract and build up their food from inorganic substances. Seaweeds are the most familiar representatives of the al gae family. 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