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iSkiSSATE*!:M * ■.. I Mmmmt I -~-- • j I ;; This la Your Newspaper I J ■ What you are doing is news. :' j A <; Please Phone Your News To o \ _ j; HA 0800 ! HEW TO THE LINEN the°omaha guide ' ."" EQUAL OPPORTUNE J Vol. 30 No. 33 Friday, October 19, 1956 _10c Per Copy 6.O.P. Says Democrats Desperate P. Bernard Young, Jr. Director of Information Minorities Division Republican National Committee WASHINGTON—The absolute ly false statements made by Rep resentative William L. Dawson Democrat, of Illinois, shows the desperation to which Democrats are driven to defend their partv against the Eastland* and Davises are doing it Val J. Washington, director of minorities for the Republican National Committee, made that statement after he had been in formed of statements made by Mr. 'Dawson at a mass meeting ih St. Paul, Minnesota, Sunday night. Mr. Washington called "sheer nonsense" the statement made try Hr. Dawson that Senator James O. Eastland, Democrat, of Missis sippi, is handling patronage for the Eisenhower Administration. "Senator Eastland belongs to the Democrat party,” said Mr. Washington, "and the Republican Party would not have him on a silver platter. "If there was a shred of truth in Mr. Dawson’s statement, Sena tor Eastland never would have, as chairman, conducted a fiiibust er to bottle up in the Senate Ju diciary Committee the Adminis tration's civil rights bills. “The truth is that the most ini portant Job of any importance l anded out in Mississippi went to an appointee named by Perry W How ard. Republican National Committeeman for Mississippi_ the appointment of Ben Cameron as a Federal District judge in Mississippi. "Mr. Dawson's statement that the disgraceful hearings on inte gration of the District of Colum bia Committee which ordered the investigation by a vote of 11 to 0, with two absententions. "Mr. Dawson was either absent or did not vote. Nor did he at any time while the hearings wore in progress protest against their conduct or seek to halt them, al though the NAACP urged Demo crat party leaders, Speaker Sam Rayburn and Representative John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, the Democratic floor leader, to atop the hearings which were aim ed at discrediting integration of the public schools here. Nor did he attend a single session of th'1 hearings, although he was in Washington at the time and, as a member of the full committee he bad a right to do so. "On the other hand, two of the three Republican members, Rep. resentatives DeWitt S. Hyde' of Maryland and Joel T. Broyhil! of Virginia, tried unsuccessfully to get the hearings postponed until after the election. The other Re publican member, Representative A. L. Miller of Nebraska never attended a single session. "Mr. Dawson in no way busied himself about the hearings until the damgae became apparent to him that Representatives James C. Davis of Georgia and John Bell Williams, both Democrats, were doing the Democrat party among Wegro voters. On September 29, when there was only one witness remaining to be heard, Mr. Dawson issued his first statement, saying that Congressman Davis was ‘making the best case for integration 1 ever heard.’ "Then on Monday, October 1, after the committee had grillde Dr. Hobert M. Corning, Superin tendent of Schools, and had at least temporarily concluded the hearings, Mr. Dawson issued his second statement calling the hearings illegal. The question of legality or il legality of the hearings at that time had become moot or mean ingless The Congress was not in session and will not be in session until next January. "The Democrats are saddled with Eastland, Davis and Wil ilams. There is nothing they in tend to do about them and other Southerners who hold key cnxir manships of Congressional com mittces. They will again be chair men of the committees and oper ating from the same important stands if a Democrat Congress is reelected. Adam Powell, Negro Leader Support 'Ike'1 By Josephine Ripley Washington The first real break in Demo cratic ranks in the current-presi dential campaign has given Re publicans new hope of capturing more of the Negro vote. This came as Representative Adam C. Powell, New York Negro Democrat, bolted the Democratic national ticket, announcing that he would form a new group of "indepelident Democrats for Ei senhower" and stump the country in behalf of the President. The development came as a sur prise. Republicans appar e n 11 y have the Democrats to thank for it. For Representative Powell bolt ed bis party only after he was not Invited to a rally held in his own district where Adlai E. Ste venson spoke, nor to the reception that preceded it. This slight, together with Mr. Powell's claim that Mr. Stevenson has refused to see him and discuss the civil-rights issue, prompted the New York Negro to turn to President Eisenhower. He found the White House door open. The President had a half hour conference with the Negro political leader. Following this, Mr. Powell stuck an “Ike” button in his coat lapel, and made a tele vised announcement of his party bolt before he left the White House. He said that the President had promised to take action to have the so-called "fight to vote" bill, aimed at preventing discrimination against Negro voters, come up early in the next session of Con gress. Significance Pondered Having just returned from a trip abroad, Mr. PoweU said be was also impressed with the Presi dent's prestige there and is taking his stand on the basis of that, a long with what he feels is a sympathetic stand on the civil rights issue. It is not possible to judge at this point how politically influential this new party f>olt wUI be in Harlem, or elsewhere about the country. Mr. Powell has made it clear that he is not breaking from the Democratic Party and will sup port local and state Democratic candidates on the ticket. In campaigning for the Presi dent, he will appeal to “all dis illusioned liberal Democrats," as well as to “nonsegregated people of all races and religious faiths." Mr. Powell, in addition to being Democratic Switches To Campain a member of Congress, is pastor j of the AbyssiTiian Baptist Church j in New York City, said to be the largest Negro church in the world. He is author of the historic Powell amendment to federal-aid- ] to-education bills—an amendment requiring withholding of federal i funds from all segregated schools and generally spelling the defeat of all such legislation in the past. The President has opposed this move, but Mr. Powell indicated that he and the Chief Executive had discussed a compromise on this issue, one which the President “seemed to like.” Maryland Watched While the Negro vote is general Ly found in the Democratic column, there are some indications that the ending of racial segrega tion in the District of Columbia may prove helpful in turning Maryland voters to the GOP. This is attributed to the state’s proximity to the nation's capital, and to the fact that school de segregation has been accomplished there under Republican leadership. Republican Party leaders will follow the new Powell movement closely. It represents the first sign of any break in what has ap peared to bp a consistent trend of 1952 Democratic bolters back to their own political ranks. The way in which both parties have tiptoed around the civil rights issue so far has given it 'little persuasive prominence in the campaign. How much the Poweli bolt will do to persuade Negroes that the Republican Party will do 'more for them on that score than the Democrats is not yet clear, j Skepticism in Harlem There is said to be gome sleep-1 ticism on this score in Harlem, where it is expected that influ ential Democratic leaders will keep voters in line on the local level, and GOP antisegregation policies on the national level may make little impression, j The Negro congressman has not made up his mind whom to sup port for the Senate in New York, lie said Jacob K. Javits, State At torney General, the Republican candidate, and Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York City, the Democratic nominee, "both are excellent men." There is no question about the White House staff's delight with the Powell switch. They are con : fident it will mean many votes for the President. It also was evident that they had no advance notice of what Mr. Powell was go , ing to do. I NAACP Has 2 New Life Members New York, "oct~11 — Two life insurance companies, a civic club and a fraternity chapter are a-! niong the organizations and In dividuals who have become NAACP life members in recent weeks, it was announced here to day by Miss Marion Stewart. j Miss Stewart, who is in charge of the Association’s life member ship campaign, identified the new NAACP life members as fol lows: Peoples Life Insurance Com pany of Louisiana, New Orleans, La.; Universal Life Insurance Co. Memphis, Tenn.; Ladies of Valhalla Civic and Social Club, Berkeley, Calif.; and Nu Omi cron chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Jamaica, N. Y. Also: Clarence Mitchell, dir ector of the NAACP’s Washing ton bureau; Cari Weschcke, St. Paul, Minn.; Fred Hampton Cleveland, Ohio; and Robert Roy all, Richmond, Va. I Delorice Hare Delorice Hare, age 4 years, of 2416 Caldwell St., expired Thurs day, October 11, 1936 at a local hospital. . She is survived by her mother, | Mrs. Geneter Hare; 6 brothers, (Fred, Frank, James, Percy, Leroy and Jerry Hare, all of Omaha; aunt, Mrs. Lilly White of Omaha; 6 cousins and a host of other rela tives. Funeral services were held Monday, October 15, 1956 at 10.00 a m, from the Myers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev L. L. Bragg of ficiating. Interment was at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mysrs Brothers Funeral Home. Women To Support the New Charter “We will work in every way we can to support the new City Charter” That statement was made Fri day morning by Mrs. George F. Owens, President of the League of Women Voters, after a group of 65 League yomen heard both sidep of the City Charter story aired at the YWCA. The vote favored the new Charter 60-5. However, Mrs Owens pointed out that “once the League takes a stand on an issue as a body, we all work for that particular issue” She con tinued, “therefore, our job will be to get the people to vote ‘yes’ for the new Charter." Charter Convention Delegate Howard Drew presented the talk in favor of the new Charter. His opponent was John J. (Jack) Cavanaugh, the one member of the Charter Convention who is opposed to the new City Charter. Drew pointed out three basic problems in the present City Charter. They were: (1) Lack of proper checks and balances. (2) Administrative confusion. (3) Lack of proper leadership. To illustrate the confusion in the present form of government, Drew stated: "A city plumbing inspector worked for the City of Omaha for 22 years and still didn’t know under which depart ment he worked.” "The whole m.,.ter boils down to a need for pin-pointing re sponsibility," he said. Cavanaugh, on the other hand, admitted Omrha “needs a change in its city government." He QooduuiL QuildifiiCf GfutAade Booker T. Washington in his historically famous Atlanta Exposition Address delivered in Atlanta, Georgia a little more than 61 years ago, called the attention of the nation to the fact that “There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.” Our land in that day was faced by group problems^ similar in nature to those that are affecting us today as an outgrowth of the Supreme Court’s Decision of May 17, 1954. It is because of these problems that this the first in a series of messages from the Booker T. Washington Centennial Commission, is being issued. This Commission was brought into existence in April to pay tribute to the one-hundreth anniversary of the birth of Booker T. Washington (April 5, 1956), through a year long program designed to focus the attention of the nation upon the present day value of the sane fundamental teachings of this great American. Since Booker T. Washington was an Apostle of Goodwill and since portions of our land today are being tom asunder l>y mistrust, fear, and hate among Americans of different racial strains, the Booker T. Washington Centennial Commission humbly invites all Ameri cans to join its "Goodwill Building Crusade.” Our* is a land of many races and creeds. We have different origins, cultures, and backgrounds—but we are Americans ail! Ours is a nation of Washington and Jefferson, Lincoln and lee, and millions of ordinary men and women who toiled and sweated, sacri ficed and died to build their wonderful heritage. It was worth their lives to build it— surely it is worth ours to preserve its hopes and ideals by working together in peace and goodwill. Remember France’s Maginot Line—built so strong of steel and stone that Frenchmen felt secure behind it—but France fell. Not so much because of a lack of strength in its great wall but mainly because of the spirit of its |>eople. And remember too, Divine teachings get forth in these words in your Bible—no matter wnat your race or creed—“A house divided against itself shall not stand.” Hate and mistrust in your community might be wiped out if group representatives meet, discuss, and work together to find answers for the problems that are causing racial sores to fester. Communities that pull together unite our nation. We invite you to help to make yours such a community. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL COMMISSION Sidney J. PiiillJps, President SIDNEY J. PHILLIPS President FREE For • limited time copies of "Cents of Wisdom" Wtshington's most * famous quotations — years FREE. YOU TOO CAN HELP CELEBRATE! Hurry! Ju$t a few left CARVER—WASHINGTON «1 00 COMMEMORATIVE COINS VA‘ Autobiography “UP FROM SLAVERY” Pocket *ize — 50c ORDER TODAY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL COMMISSION BOOKER WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE, Virginia Sidney J. Phillip*, Pretident Catholics Give Nod To NAACP Washington, D. C. (CNS).. .The NAACP has not only a right to1 seek its Objectives but their ob-1 jectives arc not in question, de-j dared The Very Rev. Msgr. George j O. Higgins in a syndicated state ment to the Catholic press. He' urged, too, all law abiding citiaens' to come to the defense of the1 NAACP in those states where its j existence is under attack. I Msgr. Higgins declared that; those Southern state governments1 who are trying to outlaw the1 NAACP because of its activities j against segregation ‘are clearly ' violating one of the most funda mental principles of the natural j law. That principle is the free-1 dom of association which is given , to men not by government but by the very law of nature itself and which may not be legitimately taken away from them by govern ment.” Willie Chapman • | Willie Chapman, age 25 years, i formerly of Omaha, expired Thurs-1 day, October 11, 1956 at San Fran cisco, Calofirnia. He had been making his home in Los Angeles, California for the past five years. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Chapman of Omaha; seven sisters, Mrs. An nie Mae Linebarger, Mrs. Edna Floyd, Mrs. Pearline Johnson, Miss Shirley Chapman of Omaha, Mrs. Justine Woods, Mrs. Beatrice Sampson and Miss Dorothy Chap- i man, all of Los Angeles, Cali- I fornia; brother .Robert Chapman, Jr. of Chicago, Illinois; grand- ] mother, Mrs. Annie Chalk of Oma- ' ha, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives. said, "our present government is adequate." I He stated that he is “not op posed to the strong mayor plan as such, but the way the new Charter is written it takes away representation City govern ment." At this point, A. V. Sorensen, Chairman of the Charter Con vention, who waa in the audience, said: “The proposed City Charier clearly spells out tte reasons why the mayor will answer to the people for his administration, and any layman reading the Charter can readily detect that" Cavanaugh pointed out he "is not as good a salesman as my op ponents and It Is not easy for me to object to the combined op inion of such prominent and em inent people in our city." --w 1 1 ■ NAACP ANNOUNCES 13 STATE MEETINGS New York, Oct, 11 —, Thirteen state NAACP groups will hold annual meetings between now and the end of the year, it was announced today by Gloster B. Current, the Association’s dir ector of branches. The conference schedule is as follows: Oct 19-21—Rockford, 111.; Kan sas City, Kans.; Riverhead, N. Y.; Winston-Salem, N. C.; Jackson, Tenn.; Oct. 20-21—Beloit, Wis.; Oct. 26-27—Sarasota, Fla.; Oct 26-28—Little Rock, Ark.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Eria, Pa.; Oct. 27-28 —Des Moines, la.; Nov. 24— Jackson, Miss.; and Dec. 8-9— Columbus, Ga. Columbia U Stands Firm On Sports Bias New York, Oct. 11 — Columbia University never participates in any sporting event in which Negro members of its teams are discriminated against in any manner, Ralph Furey, Columbia director of intercollegiate athle tics, announced on Oct S. His announcement followed a meeting with representatives of the Columbia University NAACP chapter, requested by the latter. "Columbia never has and never will participate in any aporting event where a member of the team is not accorded all of the privileges, whether 01 the playing field or in eating, sleeping, tra veling, or social facilities, grant ed his teammates,” Mr. Furey asserted in spelling out the uni versity’s policy. The NAACP chapter had sought the meeting with the athletic director to define the university’s stand on racial dis crimination in light of an an nouncement that Harvard Uni versity was cancelling a schedul ed southern tour by its basketball team. The Harvard move was taken because of legislation re cently passed in Louisiana and 'Georgia banning interracial sports, although Harvard now has no Negroes on its basketball team. Mr. Furey emphasised that his statement was not to be inter preted as a change of policy by Coiumbia. "In the past,” ho related "whenever there seemed any In dication of a possible problem, we would explore the situation immediately, informing the ottyer school ol our position «n the mat ter." Columbia refused invitations if its conditions were not met, and as a result its policy never Meeting Is Switched To Cincinnati By Clarence T. R. Nelson Cincinnati, Ohio — The first na tional meeting of chairmen of An nual Conference Television, Radio and Film Commissions of The Methodist Church, which was held here at the Sheraton-Gibson Hotel, October 9-11, was changed from Nashville, Tenn., to provide equal and complete accommodations for all members of the group in accor dance with the General Conference ruling that national meetings con ducted by the denomination’s gen eral agencies should be held in cities where all delegates will re ceive equal accommodations re gardless of race. Special arrangements had been made in a Nashville hotel, where the meeting was to have been held, providing for interracial luncheons and dinners, and for in terracial meetings in ball room ■and committee rooms. Separate 'toilet facilities were to have been | provided for the Negro members of the group in the hotel, with the 1 use of a special elevator or stair I way to committee rooms. The Central (Negro) Jurisdic Itiona delegates were to have been housed at Fisk University with some of the white delegates. me cnange m tne meeting place I was effected within a few hours 'after a protest had been made by the Rev. C. Anderson Davis, pastor of the John Stewart Methodist Church, Bluefield, West Virginia, home of one of the delegates. The change of the meeting place from Nashville, the headquarters i of the Television, Radio and Film Commission, to Cincinnati cost the commission approximately $1,500 extra, and prevented the confer ence chairman from seeing the studio production facilities of the commission in Nashville. I Central Jurisdiction members of the group, which was attended by more than one hundred white representatives, were Paul E. X. Brown and the Rev. A. S. Dicker son, Atlanta, Ga.; Frank J. Ellis, Baltimore, Md.; the Rev. M. M. League, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; the I Rev. C. E. Strickland, Charlotte, N, Carolina; Mrs. Bernice Hughes Martin, Bluefield, W. Va.; Mrs. M. F. Strong, Little Rock, Ark.; Rev. and Mrs. Clarence T. R. Nelson. Columbus, Ohio, and Dr. G. D. Hancock, Denver, Colorado. I The Methodist Church .will spend more than one million dol lars next year in its TV, radio and has received publicity because “we have never had any Inci dents,” Mr. Furey added. GOP Edge Will Be Thinner In The November Voting 1 By Edgar M. Mills Augusta, Maine Maine voters still “like Ike” and will give him a big plhrality in November. However, up to one in 20 who backed him in 1952 may desert him this year. The majority of President Ei senhower’s Maine supporters are still highly enthusiastic about him, despite the failure of many of them to heed his urging to back him with an all-Republican con gressional delegation and a Re publican Governor. These are impressions gained from interviews with scores of Maine voters to determine the meaning of the heavily Democratic outcome of the Pine Tree state’s September 10 state election, first in the nation. Mayor's Aides Must Be Experienced The Mayor’s ‘cabinet’ as pro vided in the new Home Rule City Charter is patterned after the Fed eral and State government ‘cab nets’. This statement was brought out in a speech Monday night by Mrs. Kenneth Graham, a member of the Charter Convention, at a meeting of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sor ority. The meeting was held at 8:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ken neth Myers, 1803 John Creighton Blvd. Known as department heads, the mayor will have seven qualified persons to administer a depart ment assigned to him by the City Council, as Mrs. Graham said. “This is the sensible way of op erating city business, just as it has been proven by our federal and state constitutioas and all private businesses,” she said. To be eligible for appointment as a department head, a person must have had at least five years of experience in a responsible post in his field, she stated. As an example, she cited the public works director outlined in the new Charter. “He must be a registered engineer with five years of high level experience," she said. This means the new Charter provides “trained technicians to perform the highly technical work. Co-Weds Learn Issues of Election Notices have gone out to mem bers of various clubs for a meet ing on Election Issiws, being sponsored by the Co-Weds Club of the Branch. Co-presidents of the club are Mr. and Mrs. Glover Shearron. Members are young married couples, with an interest in their home, their community. On the agenda will be discussion on the Charter, the Ton-Mile tax, the proposed Constitutional amendments, and the issues in the National campaign. Speak ers will be Phil Allen, well-known Radio and Television commen tator, and Mrs. Homer P. Smith from the League of Women Vo ters. All interested persons are invited to come and take part. Meeting will be held on Saturday evening, October 20, at 8 p.m. Be an INTELLIGENT VOTER. The old couple had just cele brated their golden wedding an niversary. Now all the guests were gone, and they sat by the open fireplace, hand in hand, with her head on his shoulder, and reminisced. ‘‘Mary,” he said tenderly, "you’re still my sweetheart, in fact, I’ve never had another sweetheart because I never found anyone as sweet and beautiful as you.” “Henry,” she replied, “you’re as big a liar as ever, and I be lieve you just the same. film productions, according to Dr. Harry C. Spencer, general secre tary of the denomination's Tele vision, Radio and Film Commis sion. Dr. Spencer said at least 30 mil lion persons in the U. S. move each year, and many of them lose con tact with any church when they move. “Our plan is to follow them to their new homes via TV and radio.” he asserted. These interviews, cutting across Republican, Democratic, and inde pendent voting segments, indica ted that, on the average, not more than one in 20 of those voters wbo backed President Eisenhower four years ago, but who voted for Dem <;ratic state nominees this year, are now planning to vote for Adlai E. Stevenson. Another very small fraction of 1952 Eisenhower supporters are now on the fence, according to these interviews. Thus, if this 5 per cent shift proves correct, President Eisen hower will still carry Maine very heavily. But if the same percent age were to prevail in some key states, the election would be ex tremely close nationally. Although political observers are seeking to draw broad political implications for the nation from the Maine results, the Maine vo ters themselves generally regard the outcome as based almost wholly on the high caliber of the Democratic nominees and strictly Maine issues. JVhile they believe the Democra tic propaganda value inherent in those results is high, they consider the Maine election a strictly Maine affair, indicating n o national trend in the November presi dential and congressional elec tions. Those Eisenhower backers, Re publican, Democratic, and indepen dent alike, who in large number* helped reelect Democratic Gov. Edmund S. Muskie and give one of the three GOP-held congressional seats, and possibly another to the Democrats, do not believe they have handicapped the President, whom they may hope to reelect. Defections Explained Rather then feel their action* may lead to state and federal pro grams to boost Maine’ economic position. If the interviews are indicative of the general political temper of Maine's voting population, the President will suffer some Maine defections for a variety of reas ons, usually 'bccanse of those » round him rather than anti-Eisen hower feelings or pro-Stevensoo sentiments. Not a single Republican or Dem ocrat who voted a straight party ticket this year and supported his party’s presidential nominee four years ago, among the scores inter viewed in many communities, re ported that he would deviate in November. The interviews tooK place on main streets, in garages, shop*, and at factory gates in such com munities as Portland, Augusts, Lewiston, Auburn, Biddeford, and Saco. Among those voters who backed President Eisenhower in 1952 but plan to support Mr. Stevenson in November was a retired govern ment worker in Saco. j : He said: “Until this year I always voted a straight Republican ticket. This year I voted for Governor Muskie and for ‘Jim' Oliver for Congress. I am going to vote for Mr Steven son in November. 'For Little Man' “I still like Eisenhower but I don’t like the crowd around him. They are too much for big busi ness. I felt Muskie and Oliver are for the little man.” James C. Oliver of Cape Eliza beth, Democratic nominee for Rep resentative in Congress from the 1st Congressional District, came within 29 votes of defeating Rep resentative Robert Hale (R) of Maine, seeking his eighth consecu tive term. In Auburn, a housewife was typical of the few interviewed who said they are now “on the fence’* regarding the presidential elec tion. • She reported she voted for Governor Muskie and Frank 11. Coffin, chairman of the Democratic State Committee, who wrested tbs 2nd Congressional District seal from the GOP, but is more heat tant about President Eisenhowsr because of the health issue. The first District, many persons interviewed stressed that tkey voted for Mr. Oliver, the Demo cratic nominee, on the ground that Mr. Hale has been in office 14 years and “has done little for Maine,” despite the fact that Us • Washington Mr. Hale is regarded as an excellent congressman. Mr. Hale's stand against public power, in contrast to Mr. Oliver** constant demands that Maine’* five major rivers and Passamo quoddy be deveoped as public power projects, cost him vote*.
