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Vo I 38 No. 26 Friday, September 13, 1957__10c Per Copy
College Community Leads
The Way in Nashville.
Work to Register Negroes
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two
Knoxville College professors, a
former student, and an Unitar
ian Church worker started a
canvassing project in the North
West section of Knoxville to get
Negroes to gualify as voters bv
permanently registering at the
Court House.
Working in their spare time
they carried 70 persons down
town and returned them to their
homes during a two week period.
Already folk are talking about
the idea and it seems that the
movement will gain momentum.
Now that this experimental ef
fort has proved fruitful it is
hoped that Negro ministers, civic
and fraternal organizations will
continue the job of getting
Knoxville’s 9.000 potential Ne
gro voters qualified. Around
4,000 of the local 25,000 Negro
population are registered and
qualified voters.
In scarcely two months candi
dates in the City election will be
seeking three seats in the City
Council and three seats on the
School Board. The primary is
Thursday, November 7 'and the
Run-Off is set for Thursday, No
vember 21. Rev. Frank Gordon,
Knoxville College faculty mem
her and pastor of Shiloh Presby
terian Church lost by a very
small margin in the run-off for
the school board in the last elec
tion in 1955.
Dr. Charles E. Morion, lormcr
chairman, Department, of Philo
sophy and Religion at Knoxville
Collage, and the Unitarian
Church official (name witheld)
agreed during a chat at a Fi»k
University meeting that three
things had to be done in Knox
ville. These were:
1. Stop the trend toward a
pattern of segregation in the
University of Tennessess Re
search Hospital, a city-state
federal project.
2. Increase the number of
registered Negro voters to make
city officials act more respon
sibly toward Integration. ,
3. Get the City to set up pi
lot project on integration through
regular school sessions.
Dr. Norton, no'* heading the
Department of Phiu sophy and
Religion at Dillard University,
New Orleans, La., found many
eligible persons receptive and
eager to register after a brief and
plain explanation as to what it
means to them. A service sta
tion manager released his help
to register for one hour with pay.
Many persons did not receive
the workers appreciatively, large
ly because of apparent apathy,
ignorance and fear. For exam
ple, one woman said, "My moth
er never voted and I believe she
was right.” Her mother's phil
osophy was:
"Women shouidn t have noth
ing to do wid pollaticks. ‘Tis
evil and the world ia in the fix
it’s in now because of women...
messing aroun,.”
Yet the daughter of the woman
in question earned a M. A. de
gree from the University of Ten
nessee recently, but that fact
could not convince her that she
needs to vote to protect thes pri
vileges her child now enjoys.
"The psychology of fear still
exists even in a place like Knox
ville, although told it (voting)
would benefit their children/’
Professor Mortan observed.
"Fear, rather than indifference,
already conquered by the Negro
Press, was the main reason why
many responded negatively*
further concluded the professor
who sees education aa a commu
nity process.
Dock Bowens
Dock BowensTage 76 years, of
2535 Hamilton Street, expir.d
Sunday morning September 8.
1957 at his home.
A native of Pineapple. Alaba
ma. Mr. Bowens came to Omaha
about 1907 and has served on the
Deacon Board of Pilgrim Baptist
Church for the past 38 year*
Ha is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mener Bowena of Omaha; grand
daughter. Mrs. Aileen Cypress of
Hampton. Va.; stater, Mr*. Pickle
Caldwell of Omaha; and a boat of
niece*, nephews and other re la
Willie Murray
WUlle Murray, 59 years, 5213
South 25th Street, passed away
Monday September 2nd at a lo
cal hospital.
Mr. Murrray had been a resi
dent of Omaha twenty three
years and was a cook by trade.
There are no known survivors
The body is at the Thomas Fun
eral Home.
Vets Aim
To Make
City of Flags
The Disabled American Veter
ans Auxiliary, General MacArlh
ur Unit No. 2 has undertaken in
extensive campaign to make O
maha known as the "City of
' Flags.”
“Less than one home in twen
ty-five has an American Flag,”
says Mrs. William Villont, Aux«!-,
iary Commander. “Most people
believe there are only two or
three days a year on which io
display our colors. Actually thcic
are twenty two national holidays
and Flag Week when our Nj
tional Emblem should be flown,”
she said.
This will be the most exten
sive flag campaign ever con
ducted in, the city of Omaha. Per
sons obtaining flags - from the
Disabled American Veterans
Auxiliary will have their names
inscribed in the permanent mem
orial called “Omaha’s Friends of
the Flag."
Officers of the Auxiliary are
Mrs. Villont, Commander, 1307,
Hiett Avenue, Carter Lake; Mrs.
Paul Hartnett, Senior Vice Com
mander, 4837 Pierce Street; Mrs.
E d w a rd Gudmundson, Junior
Vice Commander, 2033 North
Sixty-fourth Street; Mrs. Ivan
Westergard, Adjutant, 2104 South
Forty-eighth Avenue; Mrs. Joseph
Mauro, Treasurer, 2214 Souili
Eleventh Street, and Mrs. Mer
cedes McGraw, Chaplain, 2203
Jones Street.
Ensemble With “Orion"1
IDEAL FOR FOOTBALL game*
and dinner afterward it this stun
ning jacket and skirt duo in easy
care jersey of “Orion" acrylic fiber
and wool. Jacket and skirt designed
by Joe Davidson launder with ease
and have excellent shape-retention,
because of the Du Pont fiber. The
jacket, cut in the easy Chanel look,
is in novelty-knit jerseagand pairs
effectively with a durably plented
akirt in solid color.
tives.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday September II, 1957
at 2:00 p.m. from the Pilgrim
Baptist Church with Rev. Char
les S Favors officiating assisted
by Revs. J. W Rogers, David Fa
vors, J. C. Crawford and Dr C
Adams. Interment was in the
family plot M Forest Lawn Cem
etery.
Pallbearers Messrs Jesse Frank
lin. Isaac Pharr, Leon Hill, Rich
ard Stewart, P. H. Norvell, A. B.
Young. W. Brye, a nd J. W Por
ter.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
Five cities In the world have
more than one million telephones
each—New York, London, Chica
go. Los Angeles and Detroit.
Ask Tulane
Army Game
Be Cancelled
New York, Sept. 5 — The
NAACP today renewed its re
quest of last October 1 that a
football game scheduled to take
place between the Army and
Tulane University in New Or
leans on November 16 be can
celled.
Rdy Wilkins, NAACP execu
tive secretary, asserted in a
telegram to Wilber M. Brueker.
Secretary of the Army:
“Even though there are no
Negro members on the Army
team, the Department of the
Army has no right to stultify
itself and embarrass the Negro
cadets at West Point, their rela
tives and friends, or the Negro
officers and enilsted men in all
the armed services, together
with millions of fair-minded A
merican citzens of all races and
colors, by bowing to Louisiana
bigotry."
The Army department, Mr
Wilkins emphasized, “cann o t
bow to the policy of a state
which insists on excluding Neg
ro athletics and humiliating
spectators at athletic events
through racially segregated seat
ing arrangements.”
The National Office of Vital Sta
tistics reports that there arc
more births in September than
in any other month of the year.
Suggest End
of Chicago
Race Clashes
Chicago, Sept. 5 — A program
to end this city’s racial distur
bances was proposed by the
president of the Chicago NAACF
branch at a public meeting
here last week.
The September 1 meeting wa«
called by the Coordinating Coun
cil for Civil Rights. A state
ment 8l Willoughby Abner,
Chicago NAACP president, read
for him in his absence, dealt
with AACP policy and action
regarding racial violence such
as thpt which occurred recently
at Calumet Park.
Calumet Park was the scene
of a racial clash on July 28
when some 75 Negro picnickers
were stoned by whites and the
windows of some of the Negroes'
automobiles smashed.
Mr. Abner’s statement held
the “fundamental problem” cT
racial disturbances here to be
that Chicago is “a segregated
city—segregated housing and
de facto segregated schools arc
the rule, not the exception.”
With this situation, the state
men coninued, “how can there
be racial friendships and amity
without racial understanding?
And how can there be racial
understanding without associa
tion?”
One part of Mr. Abner’s pro
gram dealt with several methods
of working toward open occu
pancy housing. These methods
included support by the city
administration of antl-dlscrim
ination housing legislaton at
both the city and state level
and instructions to the police
to protect citizens exercising
the right to live in other than
all-Negro neighborhoods.
Virginia Is
Registering
Negro Voters
Richmond. ' Vs.,-Sept. *~4ohn
M Brook, of thi. city assumed
the position of assistant to the
executive secretary of he Vir
ginia State NAACP on Septem
her 1, It was announced here
thia^week by W. Lester Banks
the ^executive secretary.
Mr. Banks said that Mr
Brooks will be in charge of the
Virginia NAACP’S political ac
lion program. “Under his dir
ection. "Mr. Banks stated, the
NAACP’s registration and vot
ing program will be accelerated
throughout Virginia.'
The employmcn t of Mr
Brooks by the Virginia NAACP
unit is in line wl'h the Associa
tion’s campaign to Increase re*
wt ration and voting among
Negroes throughout the South.
Mr Brook, has served for the
past year a. executive secretary
of th« Richmond Crusade for
Voters, a non-partiaan political
organisation.
The Long and Short of It
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
—Six feet four inches Van'.e
Watts, one of the nation’s better
professional golfers, and Alan
L. Hendrix, four feet four inches,
both of Washington, D. C., were
the tallest and shortest golfers
competing in 31st annual tourna
ment of United Golfers Associa
tion in Washington, August 26
30. Playing in the Junior Division,
young Kendrix posted a 108 for
27 holes. Youngster is son of
public relations man and Mrs.
Moss H. Kendrix, whose firm
represents The Coca-Cola Com
pany. Dad and brother, Moss,
Jr., also participated in the
tournament, giving the Kendrixes
the largest family representation
in the event.
T. B. Meet
J i
at Fontanelle
The Mississippi Valley Con
ference on Tuberculosis and
the Mississippi Valley Trudeau
Society will meet In a joint
three-day session October 1(M2
at the Sheraton-Fontenelle Hotel
in Omaha.
The Conference is made up
of twelve midwest states. Illin
ois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mich
Igan, Missouri, Nebraska North
i Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota
and Wisconsin.
"An attendance of seven
\ hundred delegates is expected
; from the twelve states for this
44th Mississippi Valley Confer
encce or. Tuberculosis^” an
! nounced Dr. William Spear,
j Oakdale, Iowa, conference presi
I dent.
Delegates include physicians,
| nurses, volunteers who serve as
' officers, board members, com
mittee members, employees of
; tuberculosis associations, and
public health workers.
"The public is invited to at
; tend these sessions where tub
erculosis programs will be di»
i cussed,” said Dr. Spear.
Physicians from many parts
of the country, outatanding in
their special fields, will be pres
ent to speak to the doctors eon
| cernlng the latest In diagnosis
j treatment, and research find
I Inga on tuberculosis and other
j chest diseases during the three
Gertrude H. Evans
Mrs. Gertrude H. Evans, age
65 years, 2014 North 25th Street,
expired Thursday September 5th
at a Council Bluffs, Iowa Hospi
tal. Mrs. Evans was fatally in
jured a few hours earlier in a
car, truck accident on a bridge
way 55. Also injured in the
near Mondamin, Iowa on High
same accident were, Mrs. Hattie
Agee and daughter, Miss Mary
Lou Agee, 1924 Happy Hollow
Boulevard, Mrs. Herman Har
vey, 3408 North 24th Street. M
Mrs. Evans is survived by her
husband, Mr. John G. Evans, of
Omaha.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ev
ans were held two a’clock Tues
day afternoon, September 10th
from St. John A.M.E. Church
with the Rev. McCoy Ransan of
ficiating, assisted by Rev. R. H.
Hearn. The pallbearers, Messrs
Womak, Robert Gray, Allen
Crumb, Charles Wiley. Inter
W H. Moore, Wm. Mitchell, Paul
ment was at Forest Lawn Ceme
tery with arrangements by the
Thomas Funeral Home.
day conference, he said.
Dr. John F. Gardiner of Omc
ha ia president of the Mississippi
Valley Trudeau Society and
Ralph Boatman of Chicago is
chairman of the program com
mittee of the Mississippi Valley
Conference in Tuberculosis
Hubert Burgess
Mr. Hubert Burgess, age 51
years, of 2430 Evans St., expired
Thursday August 22, 1957 at a lo
cal hospital.
A native of Chokas, Okla., Mr.
Burgess came to Omaha in 1925
and had been employed at Armour
and Co. since that time.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Vinita Burgess; daughter, Mra.
Lorene Williams both of Omaha.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday August 28, 1957 at
1:00 p.m. from the Bethel Baptist
Church with Rev. Curtis Brown
officiating assisted by Rev. W. A.
Wallis and Rev. M. J. Bradford.
Interment was at Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
Myers Brthers Funeral Ser
vice.
Ak-Sar-Ben
Is Ready
For '57 Rodeo
Omaha, Nebraska—Judges for j
the Ak-Sar-Ben National Quarter
Horse Show and the Ak Sar-Btn *
Horse Contest were announced,
today by Jess Thurmond, Chair-1
man of the thirtieth annual Ak
Sar-Ben World Championship
Rodeo and Live Stock Shew.
The events will be held from
September 20 through September
29, with Arthur Godfrey head
lining the Rodeo.
Waldo Haythorn of Ogallala,
Nebraska, was appointed to jud
ge the Quarter Horse Show and
he will team with Volney Hild
reth of Aledo, Texas, to judge
I he Cutting Horse competition.
New Postoffice Here Takes
On Encouraging Aspect. |
Civic, Federal Men Meet
SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL
INDUSTRIES TO EMPHASIZE
TECHNOLOGY
N«w Dean Appointed
In announcing the appointment
of Colonel John A. Welch, mem
ber of the Firm of Fry and Welch,
Architects, Washington, D. C., as
Dean of the Tuskegee Institute
School of Mechanical Industries, i
Dr. L. H. Foster outlined a pro-;
gram for developing the technolo-|
gy program at the Institute which
will serve the rapidiy industrializ
ing South.
The Cutting Horse contestant
will be conducted through the
entire period of the Rodeo, while
the Quarter Horse Show will be
held Septtmber 22 and 23. Elim
inations in the reining classes
will be held the morning of Sep
tember 20.
Entries for the Quarter Horse
contest will close Friday, Sep
tember 13, while Saturday, Sep
tember 14, is the deadline for
the Cutting Horse Show.
No admission is charged to the
Ak-Sar-Ben grounds for the jud
ging of live stock or to see the
exhibits. However, the regular
admission charges must be paid
by everyone attending Rodeo
performances.
CORNER
Congressman ■ _
GLENN CUNNINGHAM
DO-NOTHING CONGRESS? The charge has been made . Right
ar wrong depends on your point of view. Personally I don’t think
too much was accomplished except budget reductions. Including
such measures as control of fire ants, there were 39 major bills
enacted in eight months.
Only a few could really be considered major legislation: Civil
Rights, the President’s Middle East policy, Housing Act and legis
lation to protect FBI files.
DOMINANT ISSUE There is no question that inflation and
the cost of living arc the major concerns of people today. Congress
lid not face the problem. Some say it is due to a desire to keep
he issue alive for the 1958 political campaign. Hard to believe but
possible.
The basic problem is to find out what happens to the consumer
dollar. A complete study is needed, one that would include the ris
ng rates. The Administration cannot escape its responsibility
lither. It must reduce spending so that a tax cut can be enacted.
BUDGET Most significant action in Congress was the
budget fight. The Congress cut about $5Vi billion in ap
propriations and authorizations. Some of these cuts are
felt already. Others will show up next year and in two
years.
Deepest dollar cuts were in Defense Department and
foreign aid. Largest percentage reductions were in Com
merce and 14 executive agencies. Smallest cuts were in
Post Office and Public Works.
IKE BATTED .197 The President did not fare too well in this
Democrat-controlled Congress. One Washington paper gave Ike’s
197 batting averagee on 12 major issues. His most obvious set
jacks came on foreign aid, federal aid to schools and the US In
formation Agency appropriation. Other proposals never got out of
.'ommittees.
I don't know if the President considers budget cuts as a re
versal or not. He stood up for some parts of the budget, but on
the other hand has ordered executive agencies to hold down spend
ing. I think he has sensed the will of the people, just as Congress
lid.
POLITICS Since this is my first year here, I cannot compare
this session with those of the past. But old-timers say this has
been a bitterly-partisan Congress compared to many.
There is little doubt that the 1958 and 1960 national elections
ire in the minds of many here in the Capitol. The field is wide
jpen, and candidates are easy to find.
REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE There are two sides
to my work here. On the floor of the House, I have tried
to represent the people who elected me. We answered
nearly 6,000 letters during the eight-month session. Many
of them were about legislation. But a good share was from
people with problems involving the Federal Government.
I was happy to represent) my constituents in this way too
in their dealings with the many government agencies.
Here are a few cases:
A NEARLY-BLIND MAN applied for his first Social Security
sayments. He and his wife were entitled to $150 a month but had
lot received any payments for three months after he applied.
They needed the money desperately. By contacting the Social
iecurity office and explaining the urgency of the case, I was able
.o have their checks on the way in a few days.
AN OMAHA BUSINESSMAN wanted a Small Business Admin
istration loan for plant expansion. Due to the seasonal nature of
lis business, speed was important. I was able to expedite approval
if the loan in time for him to make the desired expansion.
A SERVICEMAN IN ALASKA was due back in the United
States. His wife has to stay in Omaha td assist with care of his
parents and her mother, all of them ill. I called this situation to
:ho attention of Air Force officials, and the man has been assign
id to Offutt AF Base upon his return, thus being reunited with his
irife. Fortunately there waa a need at Offutt for an airman with
his man’s qualification.
MORE THAN 100 CASES of these types came to my
attention this year. Often they required detailed investi
gation or consultations wih officials in other branches of
government. I believe this work is as important as my
votes on the floor of the House.
Omaha Postoffice planners re
ceived an optimistic, encouraging
report on its new proposed build
ing from Joe E. Moody, assistant
General Counsel, Real Property
Division, of the G< neral Service*
Administration, Washington D.
C. today.
Mr. Moody, at the invitation of
Chamber of Commerce President
Ralph E. Svoboda, came to Oma
ha to confer with a group of
Chamber and civic representa
tives, Mayor John Rosenblatt,
Senator Roman Ifyruska and Con
gressman Glenn Cunninghan
Tuesday (September iOi morning
The Counsel outlined several
paths the city could follow in the
planning of the downtown build
ing. Adding that the city could
not move too fast in its plans for
construction, he stated that the
responsibility and problem of fi
nancing the building would prob
ably fall upon Omaha citizens,
with the Federal Government to
make payment in full.
Dan jvlunen, Sr., named Chair
man of the Chamber's special
committee on Federal buildings
by Chamber President Svoboda,
pointed out that from an effici
ency standpoint the upkeep on
Omaha’s present. Postoffice build
ing is far greater than the up
keep on a new Federal building
would be.
Mr. Moody cited the enthusi
asm and spirit of cooperation and
interest by Omaha civic leaders
as well as the Nebraska Congres
sional delegation, for their action
in seeking the immediate con
struction of the Postoffice.
The group suggested that Mr.
Moody meet with local attorneys
during his stay in Omaha to dis
cuss the legal aspects necessary
in studying the possibility of a
special municipal electeion to
issue revenue bonds in the near
future.
During his discussion, Mr.
Moody explained that the origi
nal GSA cost estimate made on
the Omaha Postoffice in July,
1955, is still very close to pres
ent estimated construction costs.
Others attending ihe morning
meeing were City Council Presi
dent A. V. Sorensen, A. F. Ja
cobsen, chairman of the Mayor's
Planning Committee; Fred P.
Curtis, Chamber vice-president
and chairman of the Executive
Committee, Chamber members
Morris Jacobs, Edward F. Pettis
and Donald Pettis. Others also
attending wera O. W. Roberts,
Chamber General Manager, and
Charles Thone, assistant to Sen
ator Hruska.
S. Security
Amendments
Are Praised
A F L-CIO President George
Meany today hailed the comppre
hcnsive amendments to the So
cial Security Act introduced in
the House of Representatives by
Representative Aime J. Forand.
Meany said:
“The proposals of Mr. Forand
are necessary, sound and en
lightened. The plight of Amer
ica’s older citizens, caught be
tween rising prices and fixed
incomes, is one which most cer
tainly deserves prompt and sym
pathetic attention from Congress
when it convenes in January.
“The AFL-CIO has long urged
many of these proposals. We con
gratulate Mr. Forand, who has
once again demonstrated under
standing of the problem and has
proposed a sensible soultion.
"We are especially pleased
with his proposals for meeting
the often prohibitive costs of
hospitalization for those receiv
in social security benefits. We
are confident this proposal wii!
enlist widespread support.
“It is obvious these improve
ments will require an increase in
the contribution rates. Organized
labor is prepared to pay the ad
ditional costs. We believe the
new benefits are worth it."
Many persons with high blood
pressure have no symptoms,
therefore regular physical check
ups are important, advises No
braska Heart Association.