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Vol. 29 No. 48 Friday, January 27, 1956 *" ——— ]qc per Copy
Civil Rights Program Of
Republicans Is Lauded
Unsolicited reports from non
political Negro leaders have been
pouring into the Republican Na
tional Committee's Minorities Di
vision in such volume that “it is
dear the Eisenhower Administra
tion is getting steadily mounting
support for its accomplishments in
the field of civil rights,” accord
ing to Val J. Washington, division
head.
"These reports,” Mr. Washing
ton said, “have been coming in
by mail, by phone and are brought
in personally by educators,
churchmen, workers and private
citizens who express deep appre
ciation for what President Eisen
hower has done. What's more,
they are eager to help us get our
story across.”
Mr. Washington recalled tliat in
1952 Republicans ran on a 14
point program which they said
the Negro could expect if the
G. O. P. won. “The results were
in on that program last July
when I announced that all 14
pledges had been fulfilled,” he
said “We have accomplished
more in three years than the
Democrats in 20 years.”
Mr Washington ripped into
what he termed "Democrat dupli
city” on the Negro issue. He
quoted Democrat National Chair
man Paul M. Butler's discussion
of civil rights on a February 13,
1955, national radio program in
which he said: “. . . I think there
are other issues of more urgency
and importance right now and 1
think we should strive first to
reach substantial accord on these
issues at present and then come
to the other issues as we can”
Mr. Washington said, “Evident
ly Mr Butler meant this because
eight months later he attended a
Democrat fund-raiaing dinner in
Birmingham, Alabama, which re
fused Jp sell tickets to Negro
Democrats who wished to attend.
When newspapermen questioned
him. he said, ‘I think that when
you play on somebody's home dia
mond, you play according to their
rules. I would have no comment
on a local situation.’
Sincerity Challenged
“This was the same dinner at
which Gov. G. Mennen Williams
(D., Mich ), had planned to be the
principal speaker until William
Brooks, a Republican leader in
Michigan sent him a telegram
challenging his sincerity if he at
tended
“Gov. Williams then cancelled
the speaking engagement with the
time-worn excuse that he did not
know ‘this situation existed in
Birmingham."
Mr. Washington pointed out
that when Democrat politicians go
before white audiences in the
South, they “blame” the ending of
segregation upon the Republicans.
But when these same Democrats
go before Negro audiences in the
North, they claim credit for the
ending of segregation.
“If they continue this kind it
double-talk—in these days of the
wire service, radio and television
— it is going to take some expert
handling, to say the least," Mr.
Washington remarked “Any lit
erature designed for Mobile, New
Orleans, Little Rock or Memphis
must not be allowed to fall into
the hands of Negroes in New
York, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
etc. It may be necessary for the
Democrats to maintain two na
tional headquarters—one down in
good old Dixie cottonland at eith
er Money or Belzoni, Miss., and
mother under the Statue of Lib
erty in New York City.”
Mr. Washington concluded:
"Tn spite of the atrocities heap
ed upon innocent Negroes who
try to vote in the Democrat Party
in the South, Mr. Butler, as head
of the Democrat National Com
mittee has not raised his voice
i against it”
WHEN THE WEATHER
SLOWS UP REMODELING
Ell Dailey of Dailey Painting
and Decorating Co. said today
that the weather was holding up
much of the actual work on
homes in the North Side area.
Although many home owners
contacted the Dailey Firm dur
ing the past week only estimating,
letting of contracts, and etc. was
being done clearing the way for
actual work as soon as weather
conditions permit.
The Dailey firm and his affilia
ted contractors, who have joined
together to hand'e any and all re
modeling from painting, wiring,
Mrs. LeRosa Smith
Leads Discussion
Mrs. LeRosa H. Smith will lead
a group discussion designed to as
sist interested persons in the or
ganization and administration oi
guidance services in secondary
| schools.
The organizations and structure
of the conference is designed to
answer some of the questions ask
ed by the conferees who attended
the 1955 conference. This ques
tionnaire was prepared by Mrs.
Minnie Fields, Specialist in Ele
mentary Education, Florida State
Department of Education, who
will also appear as a program par
ticipant.
Persons interested in housing
for the conference contact Mr. E.
H. DeBose, Mrs. A. L. Cooper, co
chairman of housing and registra
tion or Dr. B. L. Perry, Jr., confer
ence chairman.
Davis To
Head Youth
Guidance
Nashville . . . Dr. W. S. Davis,
president of Tennessee State Uni
versity, scored another first in
Tennessee as he becomes Gover
nor Frank G. Clement’s appointee
to the Commission on Youth
Guidance.
Established by the 1955 legisla
ture, the commission has a mem
bership of nine appointed by the
Governor replacing Morris Lang
ford of Johnson City, who resign
ed. Dr. Davis was appointed for
a term expiring in 1959. The new
appointee attended his first meet
,ing Wednesday.
Among other things, it is the
duty of the commission to collect
facts and statistics and make
special studies of conditions af
fecting the welfare, health, and
education of children and youth
in the state, to interpret its find
ings to the public, to the courts
concerned with juvenile problems,
and to all agencies, public and
private dealing with children and
youth; to keep abreast of recent
national developments in his field
of activity and to make recom
mendations for needed improve
ment and additional resources in
the field of child care, health
education, and recreation in the
state.
Dr. Davis, a graduate of Ten
nessee State, where he taugbi
: prior to his elevation to the presi
dency in 1943, for more than tw<
decades has been successfully en
gaged in activities embracing
youth of all ages.
For several years he was voca
tional agriculture teacher on th<
secondary level. Tennessee chap
ter NFA state adviser, NFA Na
tional Executive Secretary wa;
teacher-trainer and director o
the Tennessee State’s division o
agriculture, in addition to hi;
duties as football coach.
Twice a General Education
Board Fellow, Dr. Davis hold
both the master’s and doctorab
from Cornell. He is a Meharr
Medical college trustee, is a mem
ber of Chi Boule and Omega Ps
Phi and is a Mason and Elk.
plumbing, heating, and carpen
tering works says they expect tt
have some of the project undei
' way by the first of February.
Wife, addressing Christmas
cards, to husband: “We sent them
one last year and they didn’t send
us one so they probably won’1
send us one this year because
they’ll think we won’t send them
one because they didn’t send us
one last vear, don’t you think, oi
shall we?”
; She Teaches Engineering
Mrs. Yvonne Young Clark, na
tive of Louisville, Kentucky, on
leave from Radio Corporation of
I America, Harrison, New Jersey,
has accepted an interim appoint
ment as associate professor of
mechanical enginering at Ten
nessee State University for the
winter and spring quarters. A
graduate of Howard University’s
school of engineering who has
done work at Stevens Institute of
Technology, Newark (N. J.) Col
lege of Engineering, Mrs. Clark
was a mechanical engineer at
Frankford Arsenal in Phila
delphia before going to RCA. She
is being shown through her lab
by J. L. Harley, head of mechani
cal engineering at Tennessee
State. —Photo by Clanton III.
Robinson
Seeks Post At
Convention
George H. Robinson, 2812 Pratt
Street, Executive Secretary of the
Omaha Urban League, issued the
i following statement announcing
that he would file for election to
the Charter Convention:
“Modernizing our city govern
ment is of utmost importance to
! every Omaha Citizen. Persons \
elected to the Charter Convention
will have a grave responsibility
as well as a unique opportunity.
The responsibility is one of helping
to improve our city management
structure by analyzing the prob
lems of local government and mak
ing recommendations that will pro
vide efficient and democratically
responsive administration. The ap
portunity is one of rendering an
invaluable service to the communi
ty. I am filing for the Charter
Convention because I appreciate !
the responsibility involved and
I cherish the opportunity afforded.” j
Press Workshop
Consultant 1
Lt. Col. Daniel E. D'ay, profes
sor of military science and tac
tics at Florida A and M Univer
sity, will serve as a consultant at
the Sixth Annual Interscholastic
Press Workshop March 2-3. He is
a former assistant city editor of
the Chicago Defender and served
as chief of the Negro Interest
1 Section, Public Information Of
fice, Department of Army during
’ j World War II. A and M staff
photo by James Walden.
Packers Seek
Better City
Truck Routes
Omaha—The United Packing
( houseWorkers of America, AFL
. CIO, today released the contents
, of a Resolution sent to Omaha
\ Mayor Rosenblatt and to Gover
. nor Anderson of Nebraska calling
i for the City of Omaha to estab
lish improved and easily acces
sible truck routes within the City
to the Omaha Stockyards and for
the State of Nebraska to provide
necessary arterial highways link
ing into these City truck routes.
United spokesman stated “the
City of Omaha and the State of
Nebraska both must recognize
that the providing of these truck
routes are essential if Omaha is
to maintain its present position
as the Number One Livestock and
Meat Packing Center of the
World.”
Mary L. Gant
Mrs. Mary L. Gant, 58 years,
2220 Willis Avenue, passed away
Monday morning, January 23rd at
her home. Mrs. Gant had been a
life long resident of Omaha. She
was a member of St. John’s AME
Church and the Cheerful Builders.
She is survived by her hus
band, Mr. Elmer J. Gant, step
mother, Mrs. Winona Mims, of 0
maha, cousin, Mr. Dan Stra'*’
thers, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Funeral services have been set
for Thursday afternoon from St.
John’s AME Church with arrange
ments by Thomas Mortuary.
Magazine
Would Aid
Marriages
Union City, N. J.—Six factors
“that seem to be the most fre
quent causes of marital disrup
tion” are cited by a professional
marriage counselor in an article
in the February issue of The Sign,
national Catholic magazine pub
lished here.
The article, entitled “Six Ob
stacles to a Happy Marriage”, is
written by Alphonse Calabrese,
research fellow in marriage coun
seling at New York City’s Center
for Psychotherapy. He lists the
factors as: 1.) the sex block; 2.) a
stereotyped concept of the other
sex; 3.)refusal to share the fail
ures; 4.) religious differences;
5.) attachment to mother; 6.) re
fusal to share life.
“Contrary to a widely honored
old wives’ tale”, Calabrese as
serts, “marriages rarely come a
cropper over ‘little’ problems.
When they reach the point where
the partnership itself is threaten
ed, they cease to be little. They
become big—big in terms of the
anxiety they produce and the
havoc they can wreck on all con
cerned.
“Nor are the ‘little problems
of marriage simple”, Calabrese
continues. “More often than not,
they turn out to be mere symp
toms, pointing to deeper hidden
problems . . My thought is merely
to present samples of how big the
little problems of marriage can
be, of how they can often be sol
ved by good will and good sense,
and of how a few big little rules
of thumb can usually see a couple
through stormy difficulties.”
After describing case histories.
Calabrese offers four “pointers”:
1.) Enter marriage prepared to
share its failures without com
plaint: 2.) Don’t stand between
your spouse and his or her re
ligious convictions; 3.) Do re
member the little things; 4.) Call
on a marriage counselor only if
aspects of the problem are be
yond the competence of the priest
or when they require the kind of
p s ychological ‘detective work’
every qualified counselor has
been trained to perform.
Reciprocity
A romance of long standing
had gone on the rocks, and a
' friend was questioning the would
be bridegroom.
“Why after all these years,”
he inquired, “did you break your
engagement to Mary?”
“Well,” replied the other sad
ly, “I only did to the engagement
what she did to me.”
Y Member
Drive Is
Started
The 11th annual membership
round-up of the Near Northside
YMCA began last Sunday when
Mayor John Rosenblatt spoke at
a Kki. off breakfast.
Th*,, drive, guided by Dr. L. O.
Goodloe. Big Boss of the cam
paign, will continue until Monday,
February 6th. Goal is for 700
members and $3500 in cash.
Mayor Rosenblatt called the
YM one of the “facets” helping
to curb junvenile delinguency.
“Membership and participation in
the YM’s program is real cheap
even if dollars are scarce in our
pockets,” he added.
Boys Club Supervisor Booker T.
Washington pointed out that it
cost less than one cent a day to
give boys the “warmth of Chris
tian fellowship and association
at the YM” while it cost one dol
lar a day to maintain a boy in the
juvenile detention home.
“Younkers, Brandeis, nor Pen
ny’s can offer you a saving of 99c
a day like a membership in the
YM affords.” he explained.
Executive Secretary John R.
Butler fold of the various types
of memberships available. They
included:
Sustaining—$100.00, $75, $50, $25.
Physical—$7.50.
Social—$5.00.
Boys—$3.50.
Girls ard Women—$2.00.
Several clubs and organizations
indicated that they were going
to secure memberships for vari
ous needy boys. Mayor Rosen
blatt paid for ten boys member
ships.
Report meetings will be held
Tuesday, January 31st, Friday,
February 3rd, and Monday, Feb
ruary util, Meetings will be held
at the YM branch, 22nd and
Grant Streets, and will begin at
8 o’clock.
Morris Johnson
Mr. Morris Johnson, 54 years,
2514 North 22nd Street, passed
away Monday afternoon, January
23rd at a local hospital. Mr.
Johnson had been a resident of
Omaha thirty years and was an
electrician by trade. He was a
faithful member of Clair Method
ist Church where he served as
choir member, treasurer of the
church, member of the Method
ist men and various civic organ
izations.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Rosa Johnson, Omaha;
two brothers, Mr. Earl Johnson,
New York City and Mr. Murphy
Johnson, Franklin, La.; three sis
ters, Mrs. Elnora Davis, Algiers,
La., Mrs. Precener Cromedy, New
Orleans, La., Mrs. Mary Thomas,
Port Arthur, Texas; niece, Miss
Theresa Nedd, Omaha; nephew,
Mr. Rivers Davis, Harvey, La.;
cousin, Mr. Shedrick Matthews,
Flint, Michigan; sister-in-law, Mrs.
Flora Simon, Omaha, and other
relatives.
Funeral services have been set
for Friday afternoon from Clair
Methodist Church with the Rev.
E. T. Streeter officiating with ar
rangements by Thomas Mortuary.
Selna Jones
Mrs. Selna Jones, age 53 years,
of 1548 Nd. 19th St., expired Mon
day morning, January 23, 1956 at
a local hospital.
She was an Omaha resident six
years and was a member of Pil
grim Baptist Church.
She is survived by her daugh
ter, Shirley Jones; sister, Mrs.
Emma Patterson, both of Omaha;
brother, James Davis of Helena,
rk.; five nieces, three nephews
and a host of other relatives.
Funeral services are tentatively
arranged for Friday, January i.i,
1956 at 2:00 p.m. from the Pil
grim Baptist Church.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
Words—the coins minted by
the tongues of men with which
realization may be purchased.
| Four C's Credit Union j
Annual Meeting Notice!
f 4 P.M. Sunday, January 29, 1956 I
j Near Northside YMCA, 22nd and Grant j
Annual Elections — Annual Report — I
j Refreshments — Fellowship !
j ‘SPECIAL PROGRAM FEATURE: part of the program wiU be t
I devoted to providing you with answers to important questions |
about what you can get out of your Four C’s membership. For j
example, you will learn how you can borrow from the Four I
C’s to buy a car, or a frigidaire, or even finance a vacation. . «
You will learn, too, how you can save for the future and also j
how you can serve on the Board or a committee. . . A REMIN- j
DER: Be sure to bring your passbook to the meeting, so it
can be brought up to date.
!JIM COLE, PRESIDENT s
GEORGE ROBINSON, TREAS. I
Jaycees
Leaders In
Membership
The Junior Division of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
far outranks other major and
larger cities in paid memberships,
and now is listed officially as the
second largest such organization
in the world. *
Leroy H. Buzard, Jr., Omaha
Jaycee president, said the an
nouncement came from the
United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce, which listed total
paid memberships of the local
; group at 1,079.
The biggest Junior Chamber,
Buzard said, is Rockester, New
York, with 1,893 members.
Trailing Omaha, and in third
place, is Dallas, Texas, with 932
; members. Fourth and fifth places
are held, in that order, by Hous
ton, Texas (857) and Minneapolis,
Minnesota (854).
Others in the top ten are Lin
| coin, Nebraska ((788), Cedar
I Rapids, Iowa (750), Philadelphia.
Pa. (633), Oklahoma City, Okla.
I (630), and Kansas City, Mo. (609).
Can't He?
A quick-thinking sailor came
up with a new one when his chief
demanded, “How come you’re
! sleeping on the job?’’
“Goodness,” replied the sailor,
j “can’t a man close his eyes for a
! minute of prayer?”
Beauties To
Be Seen At
The Auto Show
Twenty-eight Eastern Nebraska
beauties will compete in the semi
finals of the Miss Auto Show
I
; Beauty Contest Saturday after
noon, show officials announced
[ today.
The judging will reduce the
field to 16, who will vie for the
i Miss Auto Show title on January
28th. The winner will receive
an expense paid trip to Las Vegas,
I Nevada or $250 cash and will
reign as Queen of the Omaha
Auto Show, February 4th through
12th.
Next summer, Miss Auto Show
j will compete with other Nebraska
' beauties for the right to represent
Nebraska in the Miss Universe
Beauty Pageant at Long Beach,
California.
Semi-finalists include g i r Is
; from Wakefield, Gretna, Linccoln,
I Ewing, Bellevue, Wahoo, and
Omaha.
Judges are Glenn Trump, World
i Herald columnist: Bettie Tolson,
KMTV homemaker; Bob Stitch,
i KOWH disc jockey; Joe Martin,
WOW, WOW-TV personality; and
Donald Jack, Omaha photograph
i er.
“Nobody ever pulled a rabbit
out of a hat without carefully
putting one there in the first
place.”
Credit Union Head Is
Licensed By State To
Enter Insurance Program
Farmers
Guests At
Dinner
A Town and Country Banquet,
to which local business men and
Douglas County formers are being
invited, will be held Thursday
evening, February 9, at 7:00 p.m.
in the main dining room at Boys
Town.
Roy Glandt, a member of the
Elkhorn V. E. Grange and chair
man of the event, said that spon
sors in addition to that organiza
tion, include the Duoglas County
Farm Bureau and the Douglas
County Farmers Union.
The Omaha Chamber of Com
merce, a participant, is urging
its own members to attend the
banquet. The invitations are be
ing extended by Merle E. Betts,
chairman of the Chamber’s Farm
City Relations Committee.
The sponsors said the banquet
is being arranged to provide bus
inessmen and their farm neigh
bors with an opportunity to get
even better acquainted and to
discuss mutual and related pro
blems.
As a highlight for the evening
meeting, Roy Battles, Washing
ton, D.C., assistant to the Master
of the National Grange, will ap
pear as guest speaker.
Mr. Battles’ active experience
witn the Grange dates back to
1926, when he joined the organ
ization as a high school student.
Over the years, his work in the
field of agriculture has included
service as a county agricultural
agent in Ohio, the position of
farm program director for radio
station WLW in Cincinnati, the
presidency of the National Asso
ciation of Radio Farm Directors,
an office (secretary) with the Ohio
National Resources Commission,
and since 1952, service with the
National Grange.
“With a lifetime of experience
in the field of agriculture,” Mr
Mr. James C. Cole president of
the Four C’S Credit Union an
nounced today that Mr. Harold A.
Mason, 27 N 27th Ave was licen
sed by the state of Nebraska as
resident agent for the Credit Un
ion Auto Insurance Program.
Mr. Mason as Insurance Ad
visor will handle the CUNA Auto
; mobile Insurance program for the
Four C’s Credit Union Members.
Mr. Cole stated that the Four
C’S Credit Union now offers all
of the services available to its
members, that similar credit un
ion offers throughout the United
States. This service includes
Savings, Personal Loans, Auto
mobile Financing, Life Insurance,
and Automobile Insurance.
The Credit Union is overjoyed
to add Automobile Insurance to
its members because of the fi
nancial difficulities experienced
by automobile owners in this com
munity who buy insurance for
their cars.
Under the new plan coverages
include Bodily Injury, Property
Damage, Medical Payment In
surance, Extended Medical Pay
ments, Comprehensive, Fire,
Theft, Tornado, Collision or Up
set, $50.00, $100.00 or $250.00 de
ductible.
Automobile owners interested
in obtaining more information
please call Credit Union Head
puarters 2001 Lake Street Jackson
2039.
Mr. Cole also extends to the
members of the Credit Union,
and their friends an invitation
| to attend the Annual Meeting of
the Union Sunday January 29th
at 4:00 P.M. at the Near North
Branch YMCA.
Glandt said, “Mr. Battles has
earned national prominence as
an extremely qualified spokes
man for agriculture. We can be
sure his appearance at the ban
quet will provide an outstanding
program.”
Wives also are invited to attend
the banquet,
You Can't Pay For Your
Funeral Before You Die
Lincoln—Funeral Directors and
undertakers cannot advertise and
sell contracts for funeral services
for a person before he dies, At
torney General Clarence Beck
ruled. ,
Mr. Beck said* the State Depart
ment of Health shall suspend or
revoke a license if the licensee
has a “pre-arranged funeral plan.
If an undertaker or funeral dir
ector engages generally in the
business of selling or issuing bur
ial contracts or burial certifi
cates in anticipation of the death
of a person, or if he shall enter
into any contract with another
whereby he agrees or undertakes
to furnish funeral supplies, he
shall have his license revoked,
Mr. Beck said.
Nigerian Commissioner
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