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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.
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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.
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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
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] 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.
