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Rc.Cc.iVE HONORARY DEGREES Honorary degrees of doctor of divinity were conferred on two prominent Baptist clergy men, Drs. Guy Bellamy, white, and E. W. Perry by the Okla homa School of religion, Lan gston, Okla., during its spring convocation recently. The de grees were bestowed upon the ministers for their work in fost reing goodwill and understand ing between white and Negro Baptists in the state, as well as leading the fight for unity a mong races throughout the sou th. Dr. Perry is pastor of the Tabernacle Church , of Okla homa City, formerly headed the Oklahoma State Baptist convention of the USA Inc., & Fraternal Council of Negro Churches of Christ in America. Dr. Bellamy is superintendent of mission board of the South ern Baptist convention. He is the first white person to recei ve an honorary degree from the school Mui>iC itACHER GETS SCHOLARSHIP TO A FRENCH SCHOOL Mrs. Marie Carter Hayes of Pittsburgh, flew to France last week where she will study for three and a half months at the Foundation school of mus ic. She received a scholarship to the famous institution from the International Piano Teach ers’ association. Governor Dewey Nominated at the Rep. Convention Gov. Thomas Dewey was no minated as the Republician can didate for the presidency of the United States at the Republic ian National Convention in Philadelphia. Dewey received 515 votes on the Second ballot and the vote was unamintous on the Third ballot. Gov. War ren of California was nominat ed as the candidate for the vice presidency as Dewey’s running mate. Just Like Home The group was going thro ugh an ancient castle in Scot land. “This castle,” the gui de told them, “has stood for seven hundred years. Not a stone has been touched noth ing altered, nothing replaced.” “Hm,” observed one wo man, “they must have the same landlord we have.” —Tina Drnidskul tuskegee staff take IBM SHORT COURSE d he International Business Machine corporation recently ottered a short course in oper ations of punch card machines to members of the staff and the graduating class of Tuskegee institute. The course was spon sored by the accounting divis ion of the treasurer’s office. Staff workers from nine of the departments of the institute were in attendance and also class at the Tuskegee Instit ute High School and Tuskegee institute. Pictured are: Back row: left to right, J. W. Maddox, Walt er Pitts, C. P. Lee, Miss Mat tie Johnson. H. D. C. Douglas, Andrea Toliver, Henry Toli ver, Claude George, Richard C. White; Middle row, left to right, Miss Edith O. Glenn, Miss Jacquelin Johnson, Miss Vonzella Peterson, Miss Ruth Pettaway, Miss Mary Reid, Miss Ulala Steele. Mrs. Mild red Smallwood. Mrs. Irene Me Coy, Miss Dollie McPherson, Mrs. Lolla M. Patterson, Miss Voncile Jones; Front row,seat ed, left to right, Thomas Bur nett, Miss Phoebe C. LeSesne, Miss Shirley Walton, J. W. Bryant, Cheif Accountant, Tu skegee institute, Miss Marie Sinclair, I. B. M. instructor, Allen Searcy, cashier, Tuskegi ee institute, Mrs. Mildred Gri ner and Mrs. Anona Bulls. H /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEW TO THE LIKEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY _ PHONE HA.0800 _~__2420 GRANT ST_ VOL. XXI—No. 22. OMAHA, NEBRASKA—THE OMAHA GUIDE—Saturday, Jutie 26th, 1948 ONLY TEN CENTS FER COPY CHURCH YOUTHS OF 18 NATIONS WORK TOGETHER By Religious Newsservice Geneva—More than 600 rep* resentatives church young peo ple from 18 nations will shovel dirt and pound nails together this summer. They will com prise the first international work camps to be sponsored by the youth department of the World Council of Churches here. The youngsters will combine their talents to erect youth centetrs, a refugee community, an international school, and a children’s village, according to the Rev. Raynold Pitsker, Di rector of work camps for the Youth Department. Mr. Pits ker was formerlv a Methodist pastor at Cornwallville, N. Y. Participants in the summer projects will come from the United States, Austria, Belgi um, Czechoslovakia, Canada, Holland, France, Germany, Britian, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary. Italy, Nor way, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland. In the Italian Alps the you ng people will help Walden sians construct a youth camp known as Agape. A work camp in Yibel near Frankfort, Ger many, will help refugees build homes from sunbaked bricks. In Stuttgart a youth center will be put up; in Mainz, a student center is planned. The international school is scheduled for erection at Le Chambon sur Lignon, France. A start will be made on the Village de l'Esperance—village of hope— French equivalent of a famous international child ren’s village at Trogen, Switz erland. Major financial support for the international work camp program has come from the Congregational Christian Ser vice Committee in the United States. . • PENNA. GOVERNOR IS GUEST OF LINCOLN U. Governor James H. Duff who with Mrs. Duff were gu ests of the Lincoln university trustees at a precommence ment luncheon which was held at the historic Red Rose Inn, 200 year old Chester county hostel, located near the Lin coln university. Two recently announced-candidates on the Wallace ticket in California and Kentucky are Arthur Towneend, 27, life insurance counselor (left)1 and Alfred M. Carroll, 35, attorney and civic leader. Carroll, running for Third District Congressman under auspices of the Wallace fort President Committee for Louisville and Jefferson county, became the. .first Negro candidate for Congress in Kentucky history. Townsend, a Navy veteran of two years action in the South Pacific, is candidate for. State Assembly in California's 72nd District on.the.Independent ProO gressive Party ticket.' STUDENT COUNCIL PREXY A BROTHER aqi si uospnjq pspg jaqjoijj new Student Council President of Howard LTniversity in the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Music. Bro. Hud son has been an active member of the Student Council since his sophomore year. He was president of the Freshman, class and has been an honor stu dent since enrollment in the University He is listed in the Who’s Who in American Col leges and Universities. Brother Hudson is Vice president of this chapter, was one of the nominees for the “Alpha Man of the Year,” He is national chairman of the Committee of Undergraduate activities, Alpha Phi Alpha Frat., In,c., and was one of our delegates to the ’47 Gen eral Convention of the Frater nity. L'nder' such leadership our campus community should become a very healthy and a democratic one. INGRAM FUND INCREASE New York, June—Contri butions totaling $902.61 were given to the Ingram Defense Fund this week, .bringing the grand total of money donated for the NAACP's defense of Mrs. Rosa Lee Ingram and her sons to $32,920.41. Of this money, $23,817.62 has come from NAACP branches; $1'( 504.98 has been donated by in dividuals; churches have giv en $1,225.43; and $6,036.78 has been contributed by orgamz- j ations. Those organizations which make contributions last week were the North Little Rock (Ark.) Club of the Com munist Party, Lake County (Ind.)) Industrial Union Cou ncil, Buckeye Chapter No. 46 (Lorain, 0.), East Side Ing ram Club (Detroit,) Queen Es ter Circle No. 1 of the Mission ary Society San Antonio, Tex) Boston (Mass) NAACP youth council, Women’s Auxiliary to the Afro - American Baptist State Convention of New Jer sey Belmar.N J) and the Us her Board of St. Matthew Bap tist Church (Wabasso, Fla.). AUTHOR RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED HONOR Los Angeles—(CNS)—De adrich F. Jenkins hai just been informed by his Londan publi shers, Fudge and Company, that his latest book, Letters to: My Son”, has been placed in, the British Museum and that! the book in fast becoming pop ular with the British. The British Museum, with its 8 departments, has over 4 million books as compared to its counterpart, the Library of Congress, which has over 9 million. Priceless rarities of every age and every country are on its shelves, constituting one of the most valuable collections in the world, representing ev ery noted personage of the arts I sciences, industries and discov eries both ancient and modern. It is said that the museum is | a porpetual momument of the i munificence, judgement and j liberal taste of its royal found i er, a splendid ornament to the throne and a perpetual bene fit to learning.” Mrs. K. A. Obayomi of Lag os, Nigeria. West Africa, member of the Lagos Munici pal council, the only woman holding an elective office in Nigeria, a British colony with 22 million inhabitants. Mrs. Obayomi heads “The Woman party,’’ a olitical organization which she initiated. Educated in England she is the wife of a rominent physician. Nebraska Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star Meets in 27th Annual Session The twenty seventh Annual session of Amaranthus Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, State of Nebraska and 1 Jurisdiction met June 15th 16, 17th, 18, at the Masonic Hall, Twenty sixth and Blondo Sts. The Grand Trustees with other Grand Lodge Officers met in a Board Meeting Tuesday af ternoon at the beautiful home of the Past Grand Matron Clo ma H. Scott where a most sum tous repast was served. A re ception was held Tuesday eve ning at the Masonic Hall which was attended by deleg ates through out the state and the public. The Grand Chapter opened Wednesday morning with all subordinate Chapters repress ented. In under the capable lea dership of Grand Worthy Mat ron Cloma Hastings Scott and Grand Worthy Patron Floyd Buckner the organization has ( shown substantial increase bo th numerically and financially, wdth peace and harmony pre vailing through out the juris diction. Most Worshipful Gra nd Master Clayton P. Lewis, Lincoln, brought greetings fr otn the Grand Lodge of Nebra ska. Past Grand Masters Wal ter L. Seals, Edward R. Flet cher and P. H. Jenkins were in attendance. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year, Worthy Grand Matron, May me Houchins, Lincoln, Worthy Grand Patron Floyd Buckner, Associate Grand Matron Edith Wheatly, Associate Grand Pat ron Orlando Beck, Worthy Gr and Treasurer Margaret Moore Wrorthy Grand Secretary Josie Moore, Grand Conductress Vin ney Wralker, Grand Associate Conductress Gussie McPher son, Grand W'arder Mattie Car ter, Grand Sentinel Bert John son, Grand Chaplin Louise Giles ,Grand Lecturer Sussie Jones, Grand Marshal Ethel Wade, Grand Trustees Maude Johnson, Lincoln, Venus Sta rms, Pearl Fletcher. On the Star, Grand Ada, Bessie Peo ples ; Grand Ruth Zeola Ham mond, Lincoln; Grand Ester. Frances Cloud; Grand Martha Yassie Harrold; Grand Electa Addie Morrow. Relief board members, P. G. M. Viola Cole, P. G. M. Cloma H. Scott, Ways and Means Chairman Louise Adams; * Chairman Foreign Corresp ondence, Beulah Henry, Youth Fraternity Chairman Vera Ha rris, Grand Organist ^ouise Crumbly. TRUMAN SEES MORE DEMOCRACY FORCES AGAINST COMMIES Chicago (NNPA) — Presi dent Truman, in the first major speech of his cross-country tour, last week renewed his plea for strengthening civil rights. Speaking at Chicago Stad ium. he called for adoption of legislation ‘that will provide our citizens with the homes they need, the opportunity for universal good health and uni versal free schooling, the ex tension of social security, the full rightts of citizenship, an equal chance for good jobs at fair wages and a brake on in flation that will hold the pur chasing power of these wages at a high level. i taking a slap at Congres sional proposals for stopping the spread of Communism, Truman declared that Com munism cannot be combatted by driving itt underground. “But you can preveent Com munitsm by more and better democracy,” he declared. The President’s speech was sponsored by the Swedish pioneer centennial commemor ating the Swedish-Americahs’ colonization of the midwest. After reaching Chicago, Tru man attended a reception and dinner given at the Palmer House by Mayor Kennedy. Among the guests at the re ception and dinner was Rep resentative William L. Daw son, expected to hold a major . portion of the vote in line for the election of Truman to suc I ceed himself as President. NO EXCUSE The absen-minded husband who forgets to mail the letters his wife gives him hasn't much excuse in Amsterdam, Holland. Trolley cars are equipped with mailboxes, and you can make your deposit whenever the trol ley stops. The mail is picked up at the trolley terminal. Press Association A meeting in Cardiff, Wales of Somali leaders and a group o their fellow countrymen to discuss ways and means of pre venting Italy from securing • trustship over her former Af rican colonies. On the wall are posters used in Cardiff May day paade. The SYL on the *fl-, ag refers to the Somali Youth league, an important political force in Somalila*d. Sated in front row, left to right are: Yusef Sharah, treas urer, United Somali party; Say ed Khan, Toualla Mahomed, president, USP St. Clair Dra ke, assistant professor, Roose s velt college, Chicago, Mahom ed Gulaid, member of the co mittee, USP. Standing at the right with the turban is Haji Ali Musa, International Moslem priest, head of Cardiff’s International Moslem society. -- .Ji REPUBLICAN CONVEN TION HEARS SPOKES MEN FOR 6 MILLION NEGROES Philadelphia, June 18—Spo kesmen for the twenty-one national Negro business, chu rch, professional labor and civ il rights organizations, with a total membership of 6, 084,000 appeared before the Republic an platform Committee today to voice the disappointment of Negro voters at the record of the 8$th Congress and to de mand action by the Republic an party on civil rights legis lation. The tatement prepared by the continuations committee of the Negro organizations de clared : “We would be less than honest with you and our selves if we did not say frank ly that the members of our organizations have been deep ly disappointed by the com plete failure of the Republic an controlled 80th Congress to enact any of the civil rights legislation pledged in the 1944 --—Individual Republican and Democratic senators and congressmen have sought in vain to secure action uon the fair employment practice com mittee, the anti-lynching and the anti-poll tax bills. But a combination of convervative Republicians and Democratic members of Congress have us ed every possible legislative device to ayoid enactment of this promised and sorely need ed legislation.” Galling the attention of the Republician Party to the fast that the Negro vote, which holds the potential balance of power in reasonably close el ections in seventeen states with 295 electorial votes, has become increasingly an inde pendent vote during the past thirty years, the Negro spoke smen demanded to know whe ther or not the Republician platform for 1948 is to be mea ningless. They urge the conven tion to take an unequivocal po sition on each of the issues outlined in the Declaration of Negro Voters, which was dra fted on March 27th by repres entatives of the twenty-one organizations. This declara tion was presented to the Re ublician Platform Committee. The members of the contin uations committee are Dr: Ch anning H. Tobias, Social Act ion Committee of the CME Church; George L-P Weaver, CIO Committee to Abolish Racial Discrimination; B. F. McLaurin, Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters; E. Al bert Norris, National Alliance Postal Employees; Miss Mab el Lewis, National Association of Negro Milliners, Hair Sty lists and Dress Designers of America; Mrs. C. G. Johnson, Beauty Culture League; and Walter White, NACCP; Dr. Rayford Logan, Alpha Phi Al (Continued on page 2) SECRETARY OF ARMY REBUKES OFFICERS FOR DISCRIMINATION New York, June 17—In an swer to the comlaint lodged by the NAACP concerning dis criminatory treatment of Neg ro officers at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, Secretary of the Army, Kepneth C. Koyall not ified NAACP secretary Wal ter White this week that the officers responsible for the dicrimination were informed of their violation of Army reg ulations. The NAACP complaint al leged that Army Negro officer participating at the camp mil itary maneuvers at Camp Cam pbell were excluded from the officer’s club. An investigate ion of the treatment of Negro officers at the camp made by the Inspector General reveal ed that Deportment of the Army policies regarding the non-discriminatory use of the recreational facilities located on a post did not receive the ull complainft of the Comman ding General of Camp Camp bell or the Commanding Gen eral of the Task Force “Lucky Thee officers were directed by the secretary of the Army to take necessary action to assure full compliance with Army regulations which authorize the use of any facility in any public building by all military personnel on the post. RETIRED Mrs. Zelia N. Breaux, who for 50 years has been actively engaged in music instruction in the Oklahoma school sys tem, was recently retired from her 30 year post as< director of music in Oklahoma City sch ools. The daughter o the late Dr. Inman E. Page, for many years president of Langston university and still later prin cipal of Douglas High school, Oklahoma City, Mrs. Breaux began her teaching career as an assistant instructor at Lan gston university, when she was 18 years of age. Last year she was named outstanding wom an by the Oklahoma City Neg ro Chamber of Commerce, and won the Zeta Phi Beta soror ity “Finer Womanhood” awa rd in 1941. SEE THE U. S. ARMY Recruiting Service Ad On Top of Page Two
