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/JUSTICE/EQUAUTYjlj JjgjjfA[LTHE NEWS WHILE IT ISNEWS (Jj m|]HEWTOTHE LINEN EQUAL OPPORTU ~~24^0GRflWTg~ PHONE HA.Q8Q0 VOL. XXI—No. 24. OMAHA. NEBRASKA—THE OMAHA GUIDE—Saturday July 10th, 1948 ONLY TEN CENTS PER COPY Negro Women Spend $1,358, 400,000 ANNUALLY Current statistics show that the average American woman buys approximately twelve out fits a year. The accessories for these outfits may run into hun dreds of pieces and cost thou sands of dollars. Hags, blouses ten cost more than the individ belts, dickies, and hats very of ual suit or dress. Up in New York our photographer gat hered a group of young Negro women who model regularly for the giant Spool Cotton Co mpany in New York and Neil Scott and Asociates, a public relations firm. They are the fir t and onlsy Negro women to model regularly for a major textile company, the Spool Cot ton Company, which makes i Clark’s ONT and J. & P. Coat thread. These models discovered ! that if each of the 5 million Negro women in America spe nt only $10.98 for a dress a year, they would spend the amazing figure of $84,900,000 However, the 5 million Negro women buy an average of twei ve dresses a year and spend the grand total of $1,018,800,000 For accessories, they are est» imated to spend $333,500,000. Makes a total of $1,358,400,000 that Negro women spend an nually on suits, dresses and ac cessories. This is a staggering sum of money for Negro wo men to spend on clothes—a price that many of them can not well afford. The charming young beauties that model for Spool Cotton have found that by learning to chochet, knit, embroider, sew, and how to choose material, they can save themselves thousands of dol lars, and if the average Negro woman followed their example she could save herself and her family annually a,bout one third of what they spend on clothing and accessories. None of the girls possesses a college degree in sewingf crocheting, or knitting. Each of them gat hered their knowledge from book on sale in almost every department or five and ten cent store. You now know how those New York models keep glamorous, and how you too, can inexpensively be glam orous yourself. WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY Father of Black Race Please inform Charlie Chero kee that Canaar was not the father of the Black Race. “Cush” the son of Ham was. Canaan’s children’s land was is, and shall be Palestine, where they now live and are fighting the European Jew. For Cana an's land was promised to Ab raham for his faith in God and Canaan’s curse was that he would lose his land to Israel’s children, and be servants to the sons of Jacob, not Cuch’s children. Africa is the land of Ham. None of Ham’s children are white, but the Swedes of Sweden.—James Fitzpatrick, Chicago, 111. A Missourian’s Opinion It has been interestin indeed to observe the attitude of our leaders (and would be leaders) toward the announced attitude ©f A. Philip Randolph: that Negroes should not fight for this country if another war should come if he (the Negro) is denied civil rights. These gentlemen (Mr. Randolph and Mr. Reynolds) certainly dis played couraee to face the enemy and evpress what so tnaney of us believe should be done. Certainly, those who are in positions of leadership could afford to withold their unfav orable public utteraances against a fellow leader until a conference could be held or exchange of communications. (This should show to be public (and especially our enemies) the much needed unity among us that is now conspicuous be cause of its absence. Some of us followers believe that should we not fight we will be shot. I should like to ask which is orse to be shot t mm ---- - —.. fighting for a cause worth los ing or to be shot fighting for a cause worth winning? Shoot ing is a part of war and being shot is a part of the price we must pay” for libertty. We shrink from being shot at home fighting for a principle yet we are shot and die bravely fight ing in distant lands for a prom ise which is never kept. It is the height of folly to call it disloyal or unpatriotic for us to refuse to fight for a coun try that recognizes our worth • during armed conflict. Aren’t we willing to die thac I our children may live honor ably and be respected as hu man kind or are we? I join with Mr. Randolph and Mr. Reynolds without reservation and disown such of our leaders as publicly deny that there is an upsurge of their brand of thinking among us. While I write I am keenly civil aware of the many white people who work tirelessly for civil rights for all and to them we must be eternally grateful, however, we must be mindful of the fact that thoe who have the understanding do not have the power and those who, have the power do not have suffic ient understanding to institute a Civil Right Program. If this brand of thinking brands me as a communist, I am sorry. William L. White, Rock Hill, Mo. - i Likes Randolph Plan I am entirely and actively in accord with the mass civil dis obedience movement among Negroes if segregation is not abolished in the armed services of our nation, as proposed by A. Philip Randolph and Grant Reynolds.—Che ter Hines, New 1 York, N. Y. ■ in ■■ ■ i ■■ i -- i—« .t MAKE IT STICK tfrn— . jgk* ■G3BBC3 •» •'' National Labor Service MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CANDIDATE SUPPORTS FAIR EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION _ DLrt 1 XL IN I IN /\IN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY Mr. Robert Jackson who re sided at the Calhoun Hotel was found in a dazed condition at 3:00 a. m. July 7th. in an Omaha park. An unknown per son placed him >'n a taxi and sent him to a hospital at 26th and Dewey. Mrs. Jackson was called by hospital attendants and upon her arrival had found ner husband in an incoherent state but was able to get from him that someone had attack ed and attempted to rob him. The would-be robber failed to find his money contained in a belt around his waist. Mrs. Jackson called Dr. A. M. Me Millan who had him removed to the Methodist Hospital to take X-rays to determine his injuries. And at 4:00 a. m. his condition was uncertain. STATE OF THE NATION When Congress Falters By Roscoe Drummond, Chief, Washington Bureau, The Christian Science Monitor ..Washington— Temporarily, at least, Congress is giving the country and the world a dan gerous demonstration of demo cratic confusion. The Communist propagan dists, in Europe and in Amer ica, are turning to theinr pur poses every sign that the Uni ted States cannot keep its hand firmly on the helm of world leadership and carry on a pres idential polotical campaign at the same time. At the moment the political forces which dominate the Ho use of Representatives are he edlessly and recklessly playing into the hands of the Soviet Communists. They could not be serving the Communists better if Henry Wallace had already been elected—and ob viously it is not their real int ention to do so. * * And what is it that is mak ing the European-American Communists so gleeful—and so hopeful? It is this: Two months ago’, with the manifest support of the nation Congress decisively enacted the European Recovery Pro gram, the 16 Marshal Plan cou ntries organized to do their part, and the shadow of the “ir on curtain’’ began to lift in western Europe. The congress mittees examined detailed evi dence on how much money should be utilized for this pur pose, and both the House and the Senate authorized and ap propriation of $6 billion, 800 million for the first 12 months. The House vote was 329 to 74; the Senate vote, 69 to 17. After this action, after this congressional assurance that Europe was not to be left to be Communist pray, last week the House of Representatives, at the initiative of the isolat ionist Chairman of its Approp nations Committee, Represent ative John Taber (R) of New York, abruptly reversed its de cision, repudiated its assur ance, and casually lopped $1, billion 800 million from ERP. It is a careful statement of fact to say that such a reduc tion of funds transforms the Marshall Plan from an instru ment of recovery to a method of dole destined to fail before it is begun. The second divisive action of the house of Representative was to emasculate the Recipro cal Trade Agreements Act and then to renew it for a year in stead of the customary three years—a renewal which, if the House attitude prevails, has every earmark of being not a renewal of life but a one-vear reprieve before burial. With one hand the Ameri can Government is urging the nations of western Europe— and, indeed, of all the world— to find ways of opening wider the channels of world trade, and now with the other, that of the House of Representati' es, it is warning the world that it is getting ready to weaken greatly, if not abandon alto gether, one of the principal means of widening the channel of world trade. Finally, in its haste and eag erness to adjourn before the Philidelphia conventions, Con gress is turning the cold eye upon important social welfare legislation to which both part ies have been paying lip serv ice at every expedient moment | for the past eight years. Rep (Continued on Page 3) ] NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY-—President Truman signing the bill proclaiming February 1, tb* I date on which Abraham Lincoln signed the 13tb Amendment banning slavery, as National Free don i Day. Watching the signing are, left to right, Mrs. Harriet W. Lemon, treasurer of the Citizens ane Southern Bank & Trust Company of Philadelphia; J. E. Mitchell, editor of the St. Louis, Mo. Argus; Mrs. Mary McLeod Betbune, president of the National Council of Negro Women of Amer ica; E. C. Wright, president of the Citizens and Southern Bank S Trust Company of Philadelphia I Dr. W. H. Jernagm, president of the Natkmal Sunday School, and Elder L. Micbaux, president O] the Natkmal Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race of America. President Truman has des ignated February 1 as Nation* al Freedom Day, In' a White House ceremony on the last day of June, the President signed a Congress ional resolution, which was in troduced by Senator Francis J Myers, (D. Pa) to set aside the day to commemorate the signing by President Abraham Lincoln of a joint resolution proposing the Thirteenth Am endment to the Constitution. The document signed by Lin coln led to the abolishment of slavery on February 1, 1865. Present in President Tru signing of the joint resolution proclaimed National Freedom Day wre a group of Negro leaders headed ’by E. C. Wri ght, president of the Citizens and Southern Bank & Trust Company of Philadelphia and president of the Negro Free dom Day Association. Mr W* ight, is the son of the late Ma jor Richard * R. Wriht, orgin ator of the Freedom Day ide .. who was born a slave but end ed up as president of the Phil adelphia bank. He founded the Negro Freedom Day As Eachhh year the '■-oup meets in Independence Hall in Phil adelphia. His other son, Bis hop R. R. Wright, was delay ed, arriving at the White Hou se just after the ceremonv was completed. However, he was in time to receive one of the pens with which the President signed WRITERS ORGANIZE INTERRACIAL GUILD New York, June 30—The In terracial Writer’s Group, a newly-organized unit of writ ers of both races, held its first meeting here last week at Friendship House, 34 W. 135th St., New York City. The dis cussion was lead by John Gil land Brunini, outstanding Catholic layman and editor of SPIRIT. Members of the group in tend to promote interracial un derstandingg by working to gether, and to give writers an opportunity to improve their work by discussion and criti cism. 'WORKING WOMAN ROBBED OF $100 i Mrs. Shelton of 26th and Grant Streets was reportedly robbed of one hundred dollars in her home. She thinks she knows who is guilty since she was not harmed, if the money is returned she is willing to call it a deal. the bill. Elder L. Micheaux, of; Washington, president of the National Memorial to the Pro gress of the Colored Race of America, presented a gold fou ntain pen to President Tru man. The President signed the bill with that pen and six others. He gave the gold pen to the National Freedom Day Association which will accept it officially at the National* Freedom Day convention in Philadelphia, next February 1. The remaining pens were pre sented to the other Negro-lead ers present including Mrs'. Mary McLeod Betthune, pres ident of the National Council of Negro Women of America Mrs. Harriet W. Lemon, trea urer of the Citizens and South ern Bank and Trust Companv; The Reverand D. W. H. Jerna gin, president of the National Sunday School, and J. E. Mit chell, editor of the St. Louis, Missouri, Argus. JrlAV hw : Muriel Rahn, soprano, and Edward Matthews, baritone, scored heavily in the Yale Un iversity Bowl “Pop” Concerts here last Tuesday night. The artists were soloists with the phony Orchestra, under the direction of Conductor Harry Berman. * ( Thousands upon thousands of Connecticut music dovers and Summer School students of Yale jammed the Ivy Cov ered Bowl of Old Eh under a brilliant moon to hear the not ed concert stars in their solo and duet selections from the works of the old Masters. The audience also called for many ncores trom Broadway Oper as with which the two singers ire identified; Carmen Jones in which Miss Rahn starred, and Porgy and Bess in which Mr. Matthews s,ang the lead ing role. The two soloists, who were the first Negroes to appear in the traditional old Yale Bowu Summer Concerts, were so successful that a return engag ement for next season was im medatelv requested. Above, Conductor Harry Berman has just presented Miss Rahn with a bouquet of red Roses from the New Haven Chamber of Commerce as Matthews looko on approvingly. 300 MINISTERS ADVO CATE REFUSAL TO REG ISTER Tln'ee hundred Christian ministers, and leaders, includ. ing one who wrote, “You may list me as an Honor Graduate U. S. Naval cadefny, 1933, “have signed “A Letter to Am erican Christians of Draft Age’ advocating that on Christian grounds they should break with was and stating, “We be lieve breaking with war means refusal to enlist in the armed forces; withdrawal from arm ed forces for those in then; re fusal to register or render any service under a conscription act.” This information was given to the press jointly by Allan Knight Chalmers, D. D. until recently minister of the Bitoadway Tabernacle, New York, and now professor in the Boston University School of Theology, and A. J. Muste, the Presbyterian minister and the national Secretary of the Fel lowship of Reconciliation. The Letter furthehr advoc ated that “the girl friends, sis ters, mothers, fathers, Christ ian ministers and fellow-chur ch members of these young men should support them op enly and so far as possible id entify themselves with them.” It asserts that “political and military leaders will not have the incentive to abandon war as a last resort so long as they know that in the show down they can depend upon the you th of the nation to subscribe to conscription again. The effect is that war (now camouflaged as cold) remains the first and only resort of national policy.” It is anticipated that a con ference to promote the non registration movement will be held in the very near future. The signers of the Letter in elude: Allan Knight Chalmers, until recently minister of Broadway tabernacle, New York and now professor in the Boston Uni versity School of Theology. Edwin McNeil Poteat, Presi dent Colgate- Rochester Div inity School, Rochester, N. Y. Avenue Baptist Church, Cleve land Ohio. Fredrick K. Stamm, First Con gregational Church, Chicago. Shelton Hale Bishop, St. Phil ip’s Episcopal Church, New York City. A. D. Beittel, President Talla ega College, Alabama Howard H. Brinton, C.-direct or of Pendle Hill, Wallingford, Pa. Charles Bell, Jr., First Baptist Church, Madison Wisconsin. Allen D. Miller, Eden Theolog ical Seminary, Webster Grov es, Mo. J. Paul Stevens, Fist Presby terian Church, Taos, N. M. and Honor Graduate U. S. Naval Academy, 1933. Henry Hitt Crane, Central Me thodist Church, Detroit, Mich. Allan A. Hunter, Mt. Holly wood Congregational Church, Los Angeles, Calif. A. J. Muste, National Secret ary of the Fellowship of Re counciliation, New York City John Oliver Nelson, Secretary ot tne reace rellowshnp or Presbyterians, New York City George Lyman Paine, Episco pal minister and Board of Dir ectors, NAACP, Boston, Mass. Ralph Templin, formerly Pres byterian missionary to India, on faculty of Wilmington Col lege, Wilmington, Ohio. Theodore D. Walser, formerly Presbyteifan missionary to Japan, secretary of the fellow ship of Recounciliation for *. Greater New York. Wendell L. Miller, University Methodist Church, Los Angle es, California. Paul B. Studebacker, Church of the Brethern Modesto, Cal. Walter W. Sikes, Board of Ed ucation, Disciples Church, In dianappolis, Ind. John W. Brush, Prof. Ah dover-Newton Theological Se minary. Newton Centre, Mass. Carl Fjellman, Upsala College, East Orange, N. J. A. Burns Chalmers, Secv. Stu dent Work, American Friends Service Commission. .Phila delphia. George Hinshaw, President William Penn College, Oska loosa, Iowa. Daisuke Kitagawa, Director Japanese-American ministry, Minneapolis Church Federat ion C. P. Dame, Second Reformed Church, Kalamazoo, Mich. John H. Lavely, Albion Coll ege. Albion Mich. Robert H. Eads, University Baptisct Church, State College Pa. NEBR. TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION Forty-four Omaha and Dou gla County underpriviledged youngsters this week began having the time of their lives at the Lion’s Clu'b Children’s Health Camp. 78th and Cen ter, on the outskirts of Omaha These are youngsters selected by the Visiting nurses Assoc iation, and sent to the 7-week camp period through the co operation of the Omaha Wor ld-Herald Goodtellows, the Lion’s Club of Omaha and the Nebbraska Tuberculosis As sociation. The camp is being directed again this year by Airs. Alalv el Plummer, who is assisted by Airs. Bessie Shoup. Airs. Laura Heacock and Aliss El len Paterson, school teachers. The cook is Airs. Helen D. Schutlz. The youngsters rec eived special physical examin ations before going to camp and will go through the spec ial routine throughout the . camp season. Ihe youngsters round the grounds in tip-top shape, and besides other things, new play ground equipment, the gift of the Goolfellow’s; and a new huge 32 cubic foot electric re frigerator. This refrigerator, given by the Lion’s Club of Omaha, will hold 50 quarts of milk, and still leave room for other es sential food items that must be kept refrigerated. SEEKS $25,000 FOR HEART HALM Mrs. Annie L. Buser, 9330 S Forest ave., filed suit in Su perior Court of Cook County. 111., recently for $25,000 against Estelle Bivins Smith, a West ern Electric Company enploye. residing at 5953 Wabash ave., for alienation of affections of her husbands Lawrence P. Buser, a postal employee. Mrs. Buser charged that Mrs. Smith knew that Buser as a married man when she be gan going with him in 1945 and has persistently pursued him since that time when it was duty to leave him alone. Based upon the charges in in the complaint an injunction against both husband and cor respondent Estelle Bivins Smith, restraining them from living witth, or visiting each other. Despite Judge Robson’s ord er, it is alleged, they’re still meeting each otfter in her home with the full knowledge of Mrs. Smith’s relatives and friends. Mrs. Buser charges her husband with extreme cruelty and infidelity, and is seeking a voice. Attorney John T. Jones filed the complaint for Mrs. Buser. Firot Labor Organization America’s first national labor or ganization, the Knights of Labor, was founded after the Civil war by tyro Pennsylvanians, Uriah S. Ste vens and Terrence V. Powderly.
