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- READ THE OMAHA GUIDE - * ** - - - — — — .^a^ ^ Housing Group Says Civil Riahts Goals Not Reached The National Committee A gainst Discrimination in Housing Tuesday warned President Eisen hower that the Administration’s announced civil rights goals “have not been realized nor even vigor ously approached” in federal hou sing programs. George L-P Weaver, acting chairman of the committee, in a letter to President Eisenhower at the siammer White House in Den ver, vigorously attacked the dis missal of Dr. Frank Home, the racial minorities expert of the Housing and Home Finance A gency. Mr. Weaver, who is also direct-j or of the CIO’s Committee on Civ il Rights, charged Dr. Horne’s dismissal for “transparent reasons can only be interpreted as a blow against the principle of non-dis crimination” in housing. Recalling earlier presidental statements on the subject, dating back tc Jannuary 25, 1954, Mr. Weaver noted that: “Segregation still remains in the housing pro grams supported and sponsored by the federal government.” Mr. Wtofer observed that elim ination of residential segregation has always been a major object in the struggle for equality.” To day, he said, it has “special im mediacy” in view of the Supreme Court non-segrefation eshool deci sion. “The greatest danger of suc cessful evasion of the Supreme i Court’s public school decisions is residential segregation,” Mr. Wea ver said. Mr. Weaver charged that during the past two years the “tremend ously important work of the Rac ial Relatione Service of the Hou . sing and Home Finance Agency has “experienced gradual demor alization and disintegration.” The Committee said: “The facts of the situation first manifested themselves in September 1953, when Dr. Frank S. Horne was notified that he was to be replaced as the director of the Racial Relations Service. On October 1, HHFA Administrator Albert M. Cole appointed Joseph R. Ray, a Louisville real estate man, director of the Service. But as a result of nationwide protest, Dr. Horne was re-assigned as As sistant to the Administrator to develop new approaches to the housing of minority families. Mr. Coe pledged at that time that the agency’s policy of giving active and strong support to improved housing opportunity for minorities will continue, and the integrity and professional quality of these j services will be fully maintained. “However, during these two t LADIES... Get this Wonderful, New G. E." Wake-Up” CLOCK RADIO i with METZ Coupons! Without spending one penny extra, you can own this beautiful G. E. “Wake-Up” Clock Radio. Com pletely automatic! Turns itself off at night... awakens you to music! Starts and stops appliances automa tically. Luminous clock dial. 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The posi tions of the ten field FHA Racial Relatins officers have been re moved from the classified Civil Service. The success of the new urban renewal program, so dra matically conceived by your Ad ministration, which would clear slums and rebuild cities, depends entirely upon the solution of thei housing needs of the families af-' fected — approximately 60% of whom are from racial minorities. “To this hour, no policies have been approved and no service has been established to deal with the racial problem in urban renewal. This can lead to but two results, either the creation of new racial ghettos with the implied sanction of your administration or the com plete failure of this entire pro gram. , “Through his own initiative, Dr. Horne has repeatedly pointed out these potential pitfalls. He has been rewarded by being excluded from high level policy conferen ces, his recommendations have been ignored, and he has been totally isolated from an opportun ity to bring his experiences and skills to bear on any policies or procedures.” Finally, Mr. Weaver said, Dr. Horne w7as removed from his post on July 25, on the grounds of “budgetary considerations.” Mr. Weaver charged these grounds were “admittedly an evasion” for the appropriation for the coming fiscal year was larger than ever and Dr. Horne w7as subsequently offered another newly created post. This, he said, “underscores the insincerity” of • Administrator Cole’s action. Mr. Weaver concluded: “For the past two years, we have urged Administrator Cole to take a firm stand to prohibit the use of federal housing aids to support patterns of residential segregation. Such a stand has not been taken. On the contrary, Mr. Cole in appearing before a (Con You’ll find no greGter f selection—no greater I values at any price— than these skillfully de- 1 signed £duiards Shoes! See our wide range of colors 1 and styles. Let our trained s#_ specialists give your child ■ an accurate fit. I DREXEL'S 1419 Farnam Street gressional committee, urged that we ‘go slow’ in eliminating se gregation- from the federal hou sing programs. The dismissal of Dr. Horne and his associates and the demoralization of the Racial Relations Service would thus1 seem to be part of a pattern to, do nothing with regard to the real problems of racial discrimination and segregation which remain in the federal housing programs. “Dr. Horne, with his associates, career civil servants through close to two decades of experience, has been the national symbol of the progress which had been made in this field. His dismissal at this time for these transparent reasons can only be interpreted as a blow against the principle of non-dis crimination. I urge you to look into this matter and to prevent this grave mistake from taking place.” i Omegas Meet In Los Angeles Los Angeles-The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity holding its 42nd annual Grand Conclave here,! August 18-23, voted to “Dedicate all of its resources” during the coming year towards implemen tation of the U. S. Supreme Court decision regarding segre gation in public schools. The organization called upon its nearly 18,000 members throughout the nation to seek out and deplore, at every oppor tunity, the attitudes of those who would disregard the Fatherhood j of God and the Brotherhood of man. The Fraternity accorded the NAACP overwhelming support jand commendation. Already holding life membership, the group voted a substantial con tribution to be Gnade during the next fiscal year and set in mo tion plans through which the nearly 150 graduate chapters would proceed to assume life memberships on a national ba sis. The local Lamba Omicron Chapter, one of the host groups, led the drive by taking the life membership on the final day of the five-day meet. Roy W. Wilkins, national Ex ecutive Secretary of the NAACP and a member of the fraternity, attended the sessions and partic ipated in a workshop on the fra NOTICE *V , TO: All Employees of School Districts of the State of Ne braska, and County School Officials, Who Are or May be Members of the School Retirement System of the State of Nebraska. Pursuant to the provisions of L. B. 330 of the Sixty-Seventh Session of the Legislature of Nebraska, notice is hereby given to each of you that you may vote at a referendum upon the following question: "Shall service in positions covered by the Nebraska School Retirement System be covered by the Socia~ Security Act?” To be eligible to vote in such referendum, you must be em ployed in a position covered by the School Retirement System and be a member of it, and you must have been employed in such position on the date of this notice. Ballots will be available to em ployees of Class I School Dis trict^ on December 17, 1955, at the offices of the county super intendents of the counties in which such districts are located. Ballots will be available to em ployees of Class II, Class III, Class IV, and Class VI School Districts on December 16, 1955, at the office of the superintend ent of schools in such districts. An absent or disabled voter will, upon application in advance to his county superintendent or superintendent of the school in which he is employed, as the case may be, be sent an absent voter’s ballot. Voters will mark ballots accord ing to specific instructions pro vided therewith and mail said ballots to the Supervisor of Social Security Referendum, Room 2311, State Capitol Build ing, Lincoln 9, Nebraska. Ballots to be counted must be post marked prior to midnight De cember 17, 1955. Dated this 6th day of September, 1955. F. A. Herrington Supervisor of Referendum — temity’s theme for the current year. Following the workshop, the group was brought up-to-date on recent developments in Mis sissippi following the court’s de cision by Dr. Theodore Howard, Mound Bayou, state president of the NAACP and a member of the Fraternity. Principle addresses were de livered at the Conclave by Dr. Matthew J. Whitehead, Washing ton, D. C. Dean, Graduate School, District of (Columbia Teachers College, and Thomas L. Griffith, Judge, Municipal Court of Los Angeles, both members of the Fraternity. Judge Griffith spoke at the annual Founders’ Banquet honoring the living founders; The Right Reverend Edgar A. Love, Baltimore, Md., Bishop of the Methodist Church; Dr. Oscar J. Cooper, Philadelphia physician and Dr. Frank Coeman, Profess ar, Howard University, Washing ton, D. iC. A highlight of the meet was WITH BLUE BLADE DISPENSER AND STYRENE CASE ■p m m the second annual Talent Dejnon stration which featured youn, musicians who had won out i I district Talent Hunts sponsored by the Fraternity throughou the country. It was the first time in the 4 year history of the Fraternit that its annual meeting had bee: held on the West Coast, bu nearly 1,000 visitors and dele gates were on hand for the evenl New officers elected for th coming year included: Herber E. Tucker, Boston, Mass., Gram Basileus; Earl E. 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