Nebraska Newspapers

    /JUSIlCE/EQUAOTY^I^^felLTHE NEWS WHILE IT ISNEWS^IHiThEWTOTHE LINTS
_LQPPORTVJNirr * ^2420GRAKrr~5 PHONEHA.Q800
VOL. XXI—No. 29. OMAHA. NEBRASKA—THE OM AHA GUIDE—Saturday, August 14th, 1948 ONLY TEN CENTS PER COPY
POSTAL ALLIANCE HOLD
INSTITUTE AT OHIO
STATE UNIVERSITY
Thirty-three members of the
National Alliance of Postal
Employees from nine states
and including three national of
ficers, three district presidents
and Mrs. Alberta J. Braxton,
National Vice President of the
Ladies Auxiliary, were in at
tendance on July 30, 31', and
August 1st at a week-end in
stitute on worker education
held at Ohio State University
by the Alliance’s Education
Committee in co-operation with
the Summer School for Office
Workers, a branch of the Am
erican Labor Education Ser
vice. NAPE President Ashby
B. Carter of Chicago, Welfare
Director William C. Jason, Jr.
of Philadelphia, Editor Snow
F. Grigsby of Dfetroit, Legis
lative Committee chairman,
John C. Lymas of Philadel
phia, and Education committee
chairman James J. S. Keys of
Chicago acted as resource lead
ers for the panel discussions.
Professor Joel Seidman of Chi
cago University, Professor
George Catlin and Alma Her
bst of Ohio State, and Iistruc*
tor Margaret E. Smith of Rad
cliffe College, assisted Miss
Eleanor G. Coit, Director of
the American Labor Educa
tion Service, as discussion
leaders.
The Alliance delegates
roomed at Neil Hall with the
fifty-seven other people from
ten states and three foreign
countries who were in atten
dance at the Summer school
for Office Workers. These
eighty people roomed together
ate together, attended classes,
dances, and had a picnic to
gether during the three day in
stitute. Heman Sweatt of,
Houston, Texas, hero of the
legal fight to enter the Texas
La\v School, travelled the long
est dsist noecat’Aancyelani 1
est distance of any Alliance
delegate present at the Ohio
State meeting.
On Saturday night, NAPE
President Ashby B. Carter de
livered a stirring address in
which he stressed the devel
opment of intelligent militancy
in handling Alliance problems
the changing of verbal pleae
into written briefs, and the
Risher investigation of dis
crimination in the postal ser
vice which saw Welfare Direc
tor Jason play the star part.
He pointed out that the Al
liance Convention of 1943, af
ter a speech by Attorney Jas.
B. Cobb of Washington, D.C.,
had set up a worker education
program and that this week
end institute w*s another mile
stone toward eliminating sec
ond class citizenship. Presi
dent Carter stated that the Al
liance had opened up jobs in
the South and secured promo
tions in the North by using
“tradition as a rudder, not as
an anchor.”
\ ai j. w asnmgiun ^ieit; im.
fers with Herbert Brownell,’
Jr. Campaign Manager for the
Dewey-Warren Ticket during
a meeting in Washington at
which Mr. Washington accept
ed an appointment as Assist
ant Campaign Manager.
VAL WASHINGTON
Washington, D C.—Herbert
Brownell, Jr. last week annou
nced that Val J. Washington,
of Chicago, Director of Negro
Activities for the Republician
National Committee, will serve
as Assistant Campaign Mana
ger during the 1948 campaign.1
Mr. Washington, who is serv
ing his fourth term as a mem
ber of the Illinois Commerce
Commission, has taken a leave
of absence for the duration of
the Presidential campaign. He
is a graduate of Indiana Un
is d newspaper man,
and at various times has served
as general manager, business
manager and advertising man
ager of the Chicago Defender.
He is also active in church and
fraternal affairs.
“The Republican Party is
the unswerving enemy of any
form of discrimination based
upon race, creed or color,” Mr.
Brawnell said, commenting up
on the appointment. “The Re-,
publician Party’s position is
stated forthrightly in its Plat
form, and the sincerity of its
declaration is attested by the
records of its candidates for the
president and the vice-presi
dent. I am confident that Com
missioner Washington will ef
fectively carry that message
to the American people in this
campaign.”
AFRICAN MISSIONARIES
AFRICAN MISSIONARIES
Archdeacon and Mrs. L. A.
Lennon of Ikare. Nigeria.
West Africa, where for thirty
years they have been engaged
in religious and educational
work among the natives. One
! of the few colored missionaries
not of African birth, the Len
nons are from Jamaics, West
Indies. They have built scores
of churches and schools. Mrs.
Lennon has conducted a clinic
and maternal health center.
They are now on vacation in
their home town of Kingston,
Jamaica.—ANP
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Scholarship awards totalling
$600 went to these three 17
3'earK)ld misses \\ho made the
highest grades in the national
competitive examination spon
sored by Phi Delta Kappa sor
ority recently. Winner of the
national nward of $500 was
Miss Beulah Mae Kibble of
Cincinnati (center photo), a
honor graduate of Walnut
Hills Classical High school.
She plans to use the scholar.
ship at the University of Cin
cinnati Teachers’ college.
At left is Miss Lillian An
derson of Atlantic City, who
won the $50 scholarship for
the highest grade in the north
eastern region. A graduate of
Atlantic City Hig school, she
has won the sixth, seventh and
eighth grade American Legion
history medals. She will at
| tend Howard university to
! study psychology.
Miss Jacquelyne M. John-i
son took the southern regional
award of S50 for being an hon
or student at Tuskegee Insti*
tute High school. She plans
to teach law and has chosen
Howard to pursue her career.
Phi Delta Kappa annually
awards scholarships to female
high school seniors in the
country who plan to pursue
teaching as a vocation and
who make the highest grade
in the sorority’s competitive
examination.—AN P
OMAHA GIRLS ARE NOW
GREETING CARD
ARTISTS
Mrs. Winona Cleary, 25. the
former Winona Marsh, of Om
aha and Miss Lorraine Gore
lick, 19, graduate of Central
high school here, are now mem
bers of one of the world’s lar
gest art organizations. Mrs.
Cleary is a design artist and
Miss Gorelick a production art-i
ist at Hall Brothers, Kansas'
City greetingcard publishers.
Mrs. Cleary graduated from
BUILDING~WOrTd
PEACE THEME
OF INSTITUTE
“Building a Peaceful World
in a Changing World is the
theme of the second annual
Kansas City Institute on In
ternational Relations at the
University of Kansas City,
June 10-13.
Two world travelers and
lecturers are being featured on
a panel of 33 speakers and dis
cussion leaders. They are Am
iya Chakravarty, native of In
dia and counsellor to the late
Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin
Hall, European born and ed
ucated news correspondent.
Chakravarty, now visiting
professor of English at How
ard university, is active in lit
erary, political and ’internat
ional fields. In April of 1947
he represented the Calcutta
university at the Asian Rela
tions conference held in Del
hi, India.
Hall, an American citizen by
naturalization, was forced to
flee Germany in 1936 because
of his opposition to the Nazi
regime. He is a nationally rec
ognized authoritv on Europ-:
ean Civilization at the Pacific
School of Religion in Berkley,
California.
Other nationally known
speakers .and discussion lead*'
ers include : Vernon Nash, vice
president of the United States
Federalists; Edgar Fisher, con*
sultant of the Institute of In
ternational Education; Henry
Holmes, Dean Emeritus of the
Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University; Paul L.
Dengler, founder and director
of the Austrian-American In
stitute of Education and Ste-|
phen . Labunski, veteran dnd I
lecturer on European affairs, j
Local speakers included Rev. j
Philip T. Bohi, pastor Grand J
Avenue Methodist church;
Miss Elizabeth Jones, execu
tive of Sociology at the Uni
versity of Kansas City; Rob
ert M. Murray, president of
the Council on World Affairs;
Richard Bolling, former ex
ecutive vice president of the
American Veterans Commu
te; Samuel S. White, manager
of Kansas City International
Ladies Garment Workers un
ion; Perrin D. McElroy, man
ager of the Building Trade
Council, A.F.L.; Rev. John J.
Higgins, dean of Rockhurst
college; Irvin Levitas, director
of adult education, Jewish
Community Center; Dowdal
H. Davis, general manager of
THE CALL; Harry B. Kies,
professor of sociology at Rock
hurst college; Mrs. Maria Cas
tellani, professor of maathe
matics at the University of
Kansas City; Sidney Lawrence
director of the Jewish Com
munity Relations bureau; Mer
lin Miller, director of the Con
sumers Cooperative assicia
tion; Mrs. Frances Hayden,
executive secretary of the Pa
seo branch YWCA; Norman
Sun, professor at Park College;
and John Henry Harris, direc
tor of Carver Neighborhood
Center.
The institute will open
Thursday evening, June 10,
with an address, “A Changing
World”, by Martin Hall. Dr.
Clarence R. Decker, president
of the University of Kansas
City, will spe^k on “A Chang
ing Orient”, at Friday morn
ing’s session.
Friday noon luncheon will
be held with the university
workshop groups which are
holding classes June 7 to 18 on
the subject “Educating World
Citizens”. Vernon Nash jvill
be the luncheon speaker. The
afternoon sessions will be
chaired by Mrs. James R.
Gavlor, chairman of the Inter
national Relations committee
(Continued on page 4)
Arlington Hall, Washington,
D. C. high school and prepared
for her career by studying at
Omaha University and North
western University at Evan
ston, 111. Miss Gorlick, after
her graduation from high sch
ool, studied at the Art Insti
tute at Kansas City.
The talents, of Mrs. Cleary
and Miss Gorelick contribute
to the creation of designes on
the company’s Hallmark greet
ing cards and are reproduced
on seasonal and everyday cards
Friends of the Handicap
ped are Ready to Re
ceive Requests
The Friends of the Handi
capped, an on-profit corpora
i tion incorporated March 1947
announces that in accordance
with the aims of the Corpor
ation, that they are ready to
receive requests for artifical
legs, arms, wheelchairs, seeing
eye dogs, etc., from those han
dicapped people in this country
who cannot afford such app
liances themselves.
The corporation object is to
purchase needed appliances
for the handicapped who are un
able financially to obtain them
through regular credit chan
nels for reasons of un-employ
ment. The organization pro
poses to eventually operate on
a national basis and will seek
funds through donations and
other fund raising activities. A
Number One Song Stylist is
shown above with Count Basie
famous orchestra leader, who
co-stars the bill with her at the
Broadway Strand Theatre.
new all-time attendance re
cord was set the first week of
■ —I i i iH I, I III—t j,|
their engagement. Fans lined
up for blocks along Broadway,
and many waited for,' hours
trying to get into the famous
playhouse.
—Photo by Leo Fuchs
..Arrives aboard the Twentie
ty Century Limited, Billie Hol
iday, America’s Famous Song
stylist, and her personal mana
ger, John Levy, arriving from
Chicago, where she rolled up
long established attendance
records, during her engage
ments.
This is the, first photograph
of the Nation’s Number One
Song stylist and her new man
ager.
—Photo by Leo Fuchs
BILLIE HOLIDAY INKS
NEW PERSONAL MAN
AGER
By Floyd Snelson
New York, August 10 —
Much to the surprise of Broad
way theatrical agents and man
agers comes the announcement
made via Billboard, bible of the
Show World, of the news that
Billie Holiday, Numflfcr One
Song Stylist of the nation, has
signed contract with John Le
vy, co-owner of Club Ebony as
her personal manager. She will
continue to be booked under
the banner of Joe Glaser and
the Associated Booking Cor
poration.
John Levy, who has long be
en identified with the show
business and night-life may be
remembered having produced
the musical “Black Rhythm”
on Broadway more than a de
cade ago. At one time he also
was personal manager of Herb
Jeffries, Tondaleyo, Dickie
Wells a*d others. His most re
cent success was marked by
the opening of the beautiful
Club Ebony cif Broadway. One
of the considerations of the
new contract, guarantees the
reappearance of Miss Holiday
at Club Ebony.
Incidentally, this marks the
first time a major attraction
is managed by a Negro.
recent ruling bl the Internation
al Revenue Department in Wa
shington, interprets such don
ations to the organization as
tax exempt.
(Continued on page 4)
News
from
NAACP
WILL MAP PLANS FOR
DEFENSE OF INGRAMS
New York, ug. 5—Plans for
the continued defense of Mrs.
Rosa Lee Ingram and her two
teen-age sons will be develop
ed at a conference of lawyers
called by Thurgood Marshall,
special counsel for the NAACP
which has charge of the case.
The decision to call the con
ference followed denial last
week by the Georgia State i
Supreme Court of a petition
for a rehearing of an appeal
from a ruling of the trial court
denying a motion for a new
trial. The lawyers will explore
federal grounds on which an
appeal to the United States
Supreme Court may be based.
Mrs. Ingram and her sons
were convicted last winter of
the self-defense slaying of a
white farmer near Ellaville in
southwest Georgia. They were
sentenced to death—a sentence
which was cummuted to life
imprisonment after the NAA
CP sought a new trial for the
three. The case was taken to
the State Supreme Court
which affirmed the decision of
the lower court.
Meanwhile the Ingram De
fense Fund passed the $40
thousand mark as NAACP
branches, churches, other or
ganizations and individuals
continued to send in contri
butions. Receipts last week
amounted to $666.05 bringing
the total to $40,965.76. Con
tributions included the Golden
Gate Mutual Life Insurance
Co. of Los Angeles, $50; Stan
dard Industrial Life Insur
ance Co. of New Orleans $35;
Gertrude Geddes Willis Life
and Burial Insurance Co. of
New Orleans $25; an<J the
Committee for Civil Rights,
Brooklyn $15.
NEW ORLEANS TEACHER!
WINS EQUAL PAY SUIT
New Orleans, Aug. 5—The
NAACP’S five-year fight for
equalization of teacher’s sal
aries in Louisiana was re
warded with victory when
Federal District Judge" Herbert
W. Christenberry ruled un-1
constitutional the prevailing
salary differentials based on
race.
In a decision handed down
on July 30, Judge Christenber
ry signed a consent decree
equalizing the salaries of white
and Negro teachers in Jeffer
son Parish, La. The judge held
that the official policy of the
school board which paid lesser
salaries to colored teachers
than to white instructors with
the same qualification was un
constitutional “insofar as such
discriminations are predicted
on race, creed, or color.’’
The case originated in
March 1943, when Miss Eula(
Mae Lee. through NAACP at
torneys Thurgood Marshall of
New York and A. P. Tureaud
of New Orleans, filed a com
plaint against the Jefferson
Parish school board on her
own behalf and on behalf of
other teachers similarly situ
ated. Miss Lee was discharg
ed. A petition for a writ of
mandamus to compel her re
instatement was filed in the
District Court of Jefferson
Parish.
SUPPORT CIVIL
RIGHTS SOUTHERN
NEGROES URGE
Washington, Aug. 5 — Dis
iecrat politicians that south
proving the contention of Dix
ern Negroes are satisfied with
existing conditions, NAACP
branches in Alabama and Flor
ida have sent communications
to their fespective senators
asking for passage of the anti
poll tax bill and other civil
rights measures.
In identical telegrams D. S.
Stephens, president of the Bir
mingham branch, called upon
Senators Lister Hill and John
J. Sparkman “to support Pres
ident Truman’s program in
eluding civil rights bills. Civil
rights are needed now to bol
ster and enrich our democracy.
Urge that you uphold the spir
it ot democracy by insisting
and working for the Senate to
have opportunity to vote on
civil rights measures.”
Congressman Laurie C. Bat
tle, who represents the Birmin
gham district, was informed
that more than “170,000 Neg
roes with a substantial num
ber of decent white people in
Jefferson County desire to see
democracy protected by such
basic measurers recommended
by our President.”
Urging support of civil.righ
ts legislation, Harry T. Moore,
executive secretary of the Flo
rida State Conference, NAACP
wrote to Senators Claude Pep
per and Spessard L. Holland:
"Florida Negroes are heartily
in favor of the legislation re
commended by th President’s
Committee on Civil Rights,
and we rspectfullv urge you
to support such bills in this
session of Congress. We also
urge that you actively oppose
any attempt to defeat those
bills by filibuster. The way
Negro citizens vote elections
will be determined largely by
the action taken on civil rights
legislation.”
WHITE DENOUNCES THE
FAILURE TO PASS THE
RIGHTS MEASURERS
New York, Aug. 5.—Failure
of the Special Session of Con
gress to pass the anti poll tax
bill or enact any civil rights
legislation inthe face of the
southrn filibuster was charact
erized by Walter White, the
NAACP secretary as an “ab
ject and unnecessary surrend
er to reaction and defeatism.”
On his return to New York
after spending the major part
of his time in Washington dur
ing the special session, Mr.
White denounced the “scuttl
ing of the civil rights program
by Dixiecrats with the aid of
the Republicans who refused
to accept their responsibilities,
as the majority party, of keep
ing the Senate in continuous
sessions in a genuine effort to
break down the southern block
ade.”
Mr. White warned that the
proposal to amend the Senate
rules to permit cloture on all
business before the Senate
would be ineffective unless ac
companied by the provision
that cloture may be invoked
by a majority vote rather than
the two-thirds now required.
He urged all NAACP branch
es and other organized groups
to obtain written commitments
from all senatorial candidates
that they will vote for amend
ment of the Senate rules to per
mit cloture on all matters be
fore the Senate on majority
vote. Similar commitments, he
said, should be demanded also
of all incumbent senators.
HUMPHREY HAILS THE
NAACP ROLE IN RIGHT
FIGHT
New York, Aug. 5.—Mayor
Hubert Humphrey of Minne
apolis, who led the fight for
an inclusive and specific eivil
rights plank at the NAACP
Demacratic Convention in Phi
ladelphia, credits the NAACP
with preparing “the moral clijp
mate which made my speech
and its acceptance possible.”
In a letter to Walter White,
NAACP secretary, Mayor Hu
mphrey said: “I think that w.e
are on the threshold of a great
victory on this issue of our
times. No one can ever adequ
atelr say how much people do
like you who have labored val
iantly in this field for years
were responsible for our great
victory in Philadelphia. You
heated the volcano which final
ly erupted; you prepared the
moral climate tvhich may my
speech and its acceptance pos
sible.” _ _