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1 • ;; liiii, kb luiu Newspaper *', j What you are doing is news. <I ♦♦♦♦♦♦**♦♦**#♦****♦#♦*****♦+++♦-; ; 'Please Phone Your News To <! f This Is Your Newspaper ! HA 0800 f What you are doing is news. ! I* or send it to J :: Please Phone Your News To o THE OMAHA GUIDE It , _ ;; HA 0800 !! .2420Grant st j; /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEW TO THE UNE\ i! THE°OMAHA GUIDE I ;; 2420 Grant St _ _ _. _ .. _ Vol. 30 No. 21 Fridayr July 27/1956 10c Per Copy Harriman Would Push South to De-Segregate Candidate For President Would ‘Push Firmly’ New York — Gov. Averell Har riman as President would “firm ly” use the top office to push southern states toward de-segre gation. The Democratic presidential hopeful expressed his civil rights views in a letter to P. L. Prattis, executive editor of a Pittsburgh newspaper. In a direct reference to Presi dent Eisenhower, Harriman said the tragedy of our times is that the Chief Executive “has not lived up to' his obligations or seized the great opportunities” possible on civil rights. Harriman said many tensions over the color problem in the South could be eliminated if Mr. Eisenhower asked persons of good will “to work together un der the inspiration and leader ship of his high office.” Harriinan in his letter answer ed “yes” to the all-important election year question: “Would you use the power ... to induce the leadership in so-called recal citrant states to steady and pro gressive program of compliance (with de-segregation) rather than defiance?” He went on to answer that "the leadership in all our states should take action to comply” with the recent Supreme court decision outlawing segregation in school along color lines. The general assembly in Ashe b<ro, N. C., where Harriman will make on Saturday his first of ficial bid for southern support in his campaign, is planning to act on a series of bills July 23 de signed to prevent the mixing of colors in public schools. Four C's Club Has An Outing An old fashioned basket picnic was held by the Four C’s Club Sunday afternoon, July 22nd, at Carter Lake. Mrs. Rowena Moore. President . was in charge of ar rangements. Games were held for the children. Officers of the Club and of the Four C’s Credit Union, which is sponsored by the Club, addressed the gathering. These included Amos Pearl - Pres ident of the Credit Union; George Robinson - Treasurer; Ted Cobb - Credit Committee Chairman; James Cole - Credit Union Board Members; and Lawrence King Andy Wright, John Davis, and - Club Secretary. All speakers stressed the value Mrs. Mary Nickson Mrs. Mary Nickson, age 89 years, of 2520 Ohio Street Monday July 23rd at home. She was an Omaha resident for 12 years add is survived by 2 sons, Sam and Buddy Daniels of Omaha; sister, Mrs. Alice Morrow of Los Ange les, California; 6 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren. Her re mains were forwarded to the Rowes Funeral Home at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vices. Investigate Death of Man, 34 Police are investigating the death of Otther Austin Russell, 34 years, of 2211 Ohio Street. He was found in an alley Sunday noon near 2013 Grace Street by Harry Lewis and Edward Ellis. They said he ask that they take him to his home and put him on his lawn. They did so and then left. Residents of the apartment building where Mr. Russell lived carried him to his room. When they discovered he was dead they called police. Mr. Russell is survived by his wfe, Mrs. Eliza beth Russell. Alderson, Va., one son, Delbert, two daughters, Sandra, Allie Rose Russell. Oma ha; father, Mr. Walter B. Russell, Nash, Oklahoma; six brothers, Walter,. Nash Okla.; Willis, Wich ita, Kansas; Harold and Delbert, Omaha; Cash, Los Angeles, Cali fornia; Brownie Russell, Chicago, Illinois and other relatives. The body is at the Thomas Funeral Home. of the Credit Union in raising the economic standards of the com munity. Serving as a medium for both saving and obtaining low interest loans, the Credit Union performs a vitally important service. Members present were challenged to help the community and themselves by stimulating new members to join and by en couraging members to save regu larly through the purchase of shares. Membership headquart ers are Cole’s Sundries - 2001 Lake Street; and James Cole, Pro prietor, serves as Club Member ship Secretary. The group expressed apprecia tion for the community service I rendered by Ted Cobb who is | leaving for Chicago to take the i Civil Rights Stand Hurts Harriman New York, July 23 — Gover nor Averell Harriman’s strong vote if he runs for President, a stand on civil rights will c st him the great middle-of-the-road poll of Republican leaders in six key states indicated today.. Though the New York governor is conceded the vote of minority groups, he is pictured in the new issue of Look Magazine as the Democratic figure Republicans are most confident of defeating. Harriman’s refusal to be moderate on civil rights as well as other key issues sets him apart from all other serious Democratic can didates, and could possibly cause a party-splitting rift with South ern Democrats, the Look article reported. Nevertheless, Harriman is de picted as firmly committed to the application of the Supreme Court’s decisions. His position the article said, is that the North ern liberal wing is the party and that Southerners can fall in step or leave. Always at his best when deal ing with small groups, Harriman is seen making a major effort to win converts when he encount ers convention delegates at Chi cago. To rig for diving in a modern submarine, the crew must conduct 225 individual operational and equipment checks. If you want to beat your neigh bors with beans anr corn, make a small planting of each a week or 10 days ahead of the usual “safe” date for your area. Make deep furrows with hoe or wheel plow, sow seeds in bottom and cover only a half inch with soil from the south or east side of the fur row, leaving the other side as a protecting bank. If frost threatens after the plants are up, cover them with oil; they’ll grow through it. Fill in the furrows completely when the plants are tall enough. Refresh with milk. Milk pro vides the protein, calcium and other essential food elements that restore the body to peak perfor mance in a hurry. position of Community Relations Director for the Chicago Urban League. Mrs. Rowena Moore announced I that the Four C’s Club will be co j sponsor with Local Labor Unions | in presenting a musical fiesta this fall. A voluntary collection was ’aken for Maggie King, youthful I high jumper, to start a fund for her expenses in the Olympic try outs. Additional contributions are 1 welcome and may be made at j Cole’s Sundries- 2001 Lake Street. Set "Equal Job Opportunity" Week ■_ - - __ _ - • Mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner (seated) of Columbus, Ohio, is sued a proclamation setting the week of April 22-28 aside as Equal Job Opportunity Week. ^ With the mayor are, left to right, Charles MacLennan, Re gional Director of the American Friends Service Committee; L. M. Shaw, Director of Industrial Re lations for the Columbus Urban League; and Seymour Gorchoff, Regional Director of the Anti j Def ablation League of Bt,al' B’rith. Job Bias Can Be Ended, Committees Agree Washington, D. C. — The two Presidential Committees charged with carrying out the Gov ernment's policy that there shall be no discrimina tion because of race, religion or national origin on work paid for by Federal tax funds agreed in recent joint meeting that “there is continuing overall progress in the elimination of discrimina tion,” and that “with continued vigor and deter mined efforts, discrimination in employment can be eliminated from the American scene.” The President’s Committee on Government Contracts and the President’s Committee on Gov ernment Employment Policy issued the joint statement. The Committee on Government Con tracts is concerned with elimination of discrim ination in work done under Government contract and the Committee on Government Employment Policy seeks the end of racial and religious dis crimination in Federal employment. Vice President Nixon is Chairman of the Con tract Committee and Mr. Maxwell Abbell is Chair man of the Employment Policy Committee. They acted as co-chairmen of the joint meeting. The Committees’ statement pointed out that “more and better jobs are being opened to quali fied members of minority groups. The increase in opportunity for apprenticeship training and on the-job training which has been made available for qualified candidates is noteworthy. Leaders of industry, Government and organized labor have cooperated in achieving this objective.” The Committees also agreed to hold additional joint meetings, both in Washington and in other areas throughout the country, in the future. Ak-Sar-Ben Premium List Out The premium list covering 4-H entries in the twenty-ninth an nual Ak-Sar-Ben Live Stock Show, to be held in Omaha Sep tember 21 to 30, 1956, is being released this week to county ag ricultural agents and 4-H Club leaders in Nebraska, Iowa, and surrounding states, according to Harry B. Coffee, a Governor of Ak-Sar-Ben, and chairman of the big stock show. More than $15,000 in premiums will be awarded the youthful ex hibitors in all divisions of the show As in former years, the Extension Services of the Ne braska College of Agriculture and Iowa State College, will as sist in supervising the many ac tivities of the exposition. More than 1,000 exhibitors are ex pected to participate in the week long show, Mr. Coffee estimates. Ak-Sar-Ben will again be host to the Nebraska State Hereford Show. Nearly 200 head of Ne braska’s finest Hereford breed ing cattle are expected to be on display in the livestock pavilion during the final week in Sep tember. Many of the state’s top Hereford breeders will compete for the $4,000 in prize money to be offered. The Ak-Sar-Ben World Cham pionship Rodeo will be held nightly from September 21 to 30, and many of the most talented cowboys in the nation will be in the scramble for a major share of the $15,000 in prize money to be offered. Highlight of each performance will be the famous movie cowboy, Gene Autry, with Annie Oakley and the Cass Coun ty Boys. Bike Tests Last Saturday Knowledge of Safety rules and skill in riding a bicycle will pay off for two youngsters . . . and their parents . . . Saturday morn ing, July 21. The final contests in the Oma ha Kiwanis Bike Safety Rodeo will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Municial Stadium, 10th street and Bert Murphy Drive. The winners of the current contests in the city’s parks will compete for a variety of prizes in three age groups. The top prizes include a round trip to Kansas City and a major league base ball game for two children and two parents. All participants the final contest, along their parents will set * p^yland, ner and an evening a among other Prl“ Pledge gained “The rodeo is of more in **£ than the prizes,” em Walt Morgan, chairman of the Bike Safety Rodeo, “but Kiwanis is glad that Laurence TO GERMANY—Mrs. Joan Curl Elliot, an assistant professor of German at Florida A and M Uni versity, sailed last month from Montreal for Munich, Germany, where she is studying for a six [ week period at the University of Munich. While in Europe she will visit England, France, and Switzerland. (A and M staff photo by H. Jones, Jr.) Grand Lodge 38th Annual Open Session Was July 18 Entertain At Picnic The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Nebraska Ma sons were entertained at Carter Lake with a picnic by Nat Hunt er’s Lodge No. 12, of which B. A, Austin is Worshipful Master. Dallas Phillips was chairman ofj the arrangements. Id The final session "off;. July 19th and tb***“£* Wor. cers were e^^ster, Robert shipful Gran a Adkins Deputy! Hams, J#aater; Henry Washing ®”n^rand Sr. Warden (re-elect ed/; Kenneth Moore, Grand Jr. Warden (re-elected); I. S. Mc Pherson, Grand Treasurer; Jim my Jewell, Grand Secretary; Hughie Embrey and Robert Hill, Grand Trustees. —-1 Youngman and Sid Starnaman saw the need for such awards as the trip to Kansas City.” The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Nebraska F. & A.M. P.H.A. opened the 38th Annual Communication at the Masonic Temple, 26th and Blondo Street-'. Omaha, Nebraska Telegrams •'nd letters of congratulatio”-' were received from the dictions as H r.** a tvira ohl° and Georgia. Visits "ere: Mrs- Gussie Mc P^erfon. G.W.M. O.E.S., Viney I waiter. Associate G.W.M., J. Henry, Grand W. Patron; J. R. Kelly, Associate G.W.P. M. W.G.M. Clayton P. Lewis, presided over the session and in the Grand Master’s address he emphasized the Youth Movement and a closer relation with the civic body. More than six million tennis balls are sold every year in this country, and today, the newest of these are made with oilbased nylon or “Dacron” in their covers. Judging the new ball by its “mir acle” fiber cover, it promises to be one of the best yet manufac tured, giving longer and more uniform wear. I Race Problem Seen More * «... ^ ■" j Important Than A-Bomb Or Juvenile Delinquency -— I David A. Brown Mr. David A. Brown age 74 years, of 2418 Ohio Street expired Friday July 20, 1956 at home. He was an Omaha resident for over 40 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie Brown of Oma ha; brother, Johnny Brown of Muskogee, Okla. Mr. Brown had been employed with the Crane Plumbing Co for 48 years. Funeral services were held Tuesday July 24, 1956 at 2 P.M. from the Zion Baptist Church with Rev. F. C. Williams officiat ing. Interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vices. Monarchs vs Memphis At Omaha The Kansas City Monarchs and the Memphis Red Sox of the Ne gro American League will show their class at Omaha in Muny stadium August 4th at 8:15 p.m. This will be the first Negro Amer ican league game to be played in Omaha this season. A good turn out is expected to witness these two teams perform. The teams in the Negro American league have all been able to sign up some very promising young players at the start of the season. This means that there will be real lively bat tles between all the teams in the league. Every team in the league has been blessed with some fine recruits, so the result is their _games are played with intense rivalry. The Monarchs and Mem phis Red Sox will be playing a few games in the middlewest area, their league scheduled games. The new owner of the Monarchs, Ted Rasberry has whip ped up a fine club, and Ted says that the Monarch tradition will continue to be a continued super team. On the monarch roster is Moroto, Pride and Floyd on the hurling staff, along with the sen sational youngster, Hal Jones. Jones is only 18 years old, but he is considered a top star with the team already. It is hoped that the fans will turn out for the Mon arch-Memphis game, as it will be a red hot battle, and also see if Omaha wants more Negro Amer ican league games in the future. There will be no advance sale. Adm. will be adults $1.00 and children 50c. The two teams have August 7th and 8th open for league games yet, any towns interested in having these two teams play can contact Mat. Pascale at 5615 No. 29th St. Omaha, Nebraska. Phone Kenwood 2802. Taylor and Walker In Baseball Chicago, 111.—(Special) —- Je^y Taylor, of the famed **nsas city Monarchs, and JesS,e Walker, of the Birmin^''"' Black Barons, have added to the staffs which will lead the two squads in ,he 24th annual East vs West Ne gro Baseball Classic on Sunday afternoon August 12, here in Comiskey Park. Both Taylor and Walker will serve as assistant managers and j coaches at the Classic, which will see players from the Kansas City Monarchs and Memphis Red Sox form the West and the Detroit Stars and the Birmingham Black Barons the East. Taylor will aid Homer Curry, the Memphis manager, who’ll lead the West, while Walker will do likewise for Ed Steele, of the De troit Stars. With the exception of big Steele, a former outfielder in his regular playing days, Curry and Taylor and Walker are making their first All-Star starts as either managers or coaches. Steele pi loted the East last year when they dropped a 2-0 decision to the West for the latter’s 15th triumph as The race problem, a recently completed national survey dis closes, is considered more im portant by the American public than the atom bomb, interna tional hostility, juvenile delin quency, or any other problem. It is the most frequently men tioned problem in the U. S. to day. * In the second of a series of articles based on the first na tional race problem survey, the July Catholic Digest reveals that North and South, negroes and whites combined, the Negro White problem is viewed as most important by 45% of those inter viewed. Juvenile delinquency trails far behind with only 36% considering it most important, while 32% regard the atom bomb as the big problem. While more than half of the northern whites and negroes of both sections think of the prob lem in terms of white prejudice, fear, and hatred, (and the re sulting discrimination and in equality), only about one-fourth of southern whites would accept a definition along these lines. Nearly half the southern whites think that the real prob lem is desegregation. In re sponse to the query “What would you say seems to be standing most in the way of solving the Negro-White problem today?”, prejudice is the obstacle named by most people, even among southern whites. But, in the opinion of negroes and northern whites, the southern whites themselves are the second most serious obstacle. Among southern whites, si thought 24%. see “prejudice” as the major difficulty, 14%. think desegregation blocks a solution, and 10%. say it is “agitation and publicity.” Most people also, the Catholic Digest survey shows, think the race problem a difficult one to solve. The definition “hard problem” was given by 86% of northern whites; 88% of south ern whites; 81% of the northern negroes, and 72% of southern negroes. Negroes, however, are much more inclined than whites to think that progress is being made towards a solution. About ! one-third of the whites inter viewed think the problem will never be solved. But only one tenth of the negroes take so 'sombre a view. j Asked how long they thought 'it would take to solve the prob lem, northern whites estimated t27 years as compared with the southern white estimate of 16 years. Northern negroes esti mate a solution may be arrived at in 23 years while southern negroes believe solution will come in 10. Additional material gathered in this first nation-wide survey of attitudes towards the Negro White problem will appear \n subsequent issues of the O'^olic Digest. The survey ™ade for the Digest by -n independent opinion-research nrm j affgi„st only eight defeats. j Dr. J. B. Martin, pres;dent of the four-team Negro American Baseball League which sponsors the Classic, and chairman of the player screening board, announ ces that the rosters of the two squads will be revealed shortly. Club owners, managers and coach es, who help nominate the All Stars, however, have until August 3, deadline day, to file the names of their playing personnel. Tickets for the Classic, scaled at $2 for box seats and $1.50 for grandstand, are now on sale at two offices in Chicago. Out-of town fans can obtain them at the league office, 100 E. Erie St., Chi cago, Room 204. Those seeking tickets by mail are requested to send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and also enclose a check or money order for the amount of tickets wanted. Use two pails when wall-wash mg time arrives. Fill one with soapy wash water and the other with clear rinse water, to save steps for extra water. When wash ing walls, work from the bottom up. Water which trickles down over a soiled surface leaves streaks of concentrated dirt that are difficult to remove.