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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-19

was dependent on relief in some form.
The relief total is around 650,000, and
the city "has reached the bottom of
the TILL"
"W. P. A. is not perfect" he said,
"but it is far superior to work pro-
gram under local administration. Any
municipal administration that thinks
it can exist without federal assistance
is a victim of wishful thinking. 1t is
not question of how we can afford
relief, but of how we can afford not
to provide relief"
Kelly, Burton and Tobin all agreed
in preferring projects of street, sewer
and waterworks construction or re-
placement, rather than buildings, say
ing these projects absorbed more
workers at less cost.
Agency Held indispensable
Each of the mayors-and they rep
resent an association including the
mayors of practically all the impor-
tant cities of America-said w. P. A.
was being we'll administered, that it
compared favorably with all other
public works, and that if it were dis
continued, it was vital that an ade-
quate system be adopted to take its
place.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-19
ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES
IN BAKING INDUSTRY

Washington, D. c. - Speaking re-
Gently on the organizing activities of
the Bakery and Confectionery Work
ers' international Union of America,
Mr.. A. A. Myrup, international secre-
treasurer, said, "Our organiza-
tion attempts to secure decent work
ing conditions; it wants to provide
for the workers in the baking and
confectionery industry, male and fe-
male, the means needed to lead the
life of human being"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-19
Hearing Set On Retrial
OF Harlan Coal Cases

London, KY. (ILNS). - Federal
Judge H. Church Ford announced here
he had set June / for the opening of
a hearing to determine whether the
Harlan coal conspiracy cases will be
retired.
A mistrial was declared last sum-
mer when jury disagreed after
hearing evidence in the first trial of
55 companies, coal operators and Har-
Ian County law enforcement officers.
The defendants are charged with
conspiracy to violate the National La
Dor Relations Act.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-05-19
Victories Won By Labor In
Closing Sessions Of Assembly;
Surprise Victory For Labor

A bill prohibiting the employment
as bartenders was passed by the House
of Representatives last week by a
vote of 76 to 80, following debate on
CONTINUED on page tWol
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18

NEW YORK, Feb. 16-In almost
every southern question, the Negro IS
a long, black, shadow affecting south
ern thought, declares Maury Maver~
lex, former congressman from Texas,
in an article in the winter number Of
the Virginia Quarterly Review.
Writing under the title of Lets
Join the United States" the fiery Tex
an, who was the only southern Com
gresham to vote for a federal anti
lynching bill during the last session Of
Congress, lashes out at the phony tra-
dition of the South in these words:
"Sir, there r two Souths. The
South! The Glorious South! The
land of noble families, illustrious ira
ditions, of magnolia blossoms and beau
tiful poetry-of Old Black Joes bowling
and scraping to their cultured masters
who always treated their Negroes just
exactly as Nobody Else Knows How.
"Then there is the region of poor
whites and underprivileged Negroes;
of the worst labor conditions in the
United States of unstable business and
agriculture, of the lowest standard of
living; of lynching bees; of lowest pro-
duction in dairy products and green
vegetables, the worst housing and the
lowest wages anywhere in our coun-
try"
Maverick traces the historical back
ground of the type of thinking which
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
j FINLEY VIII
son ENDORSES
S1'50C : So cts. Minimum
Year and Hour Wage

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is tCJ -
Hon. J. Finley Wilson, Grand Err
allied Ruler of the Elks, indorse9
tho $500 minimum annual wage
for all district and federal workers
now being sponsored before Con-
gress by the United Governments
Employees, in a stirring speech -
Shiloh Baptist Church Sunday eg-
ening. The u. G. f. is also CALI
ing for an increase to SIS cents M
four for 5000 charwomen in the
post office service, higher classif-
ication for Bureau of Engraving
workers and disqualification for
employees, admittance of coIoreA
youth in the u. S. Army and Navy
Air Corps, and inclusion of DOM
este workers j nthe Social Secupl
ity Act for old age and unempfoy-
ment benefits. The u. G. E.. fae
secured wage increases for 3,d09
colored government workers since
its founding two years ago.
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
u. S. BRINGING
|SOUTHS SLUMS
LET CONTRACT FOR BIG
LOUISIANA NEGRO FARM
PROJECT

Tallulah, La, Feb. 16 amp
Regional officials of the Farm Sc
curity administration in Little
Rock, Ark, announced last Tues
day that the contract for the
erection of lat farmstead units on
the lands of LaDelta farms, FSA
Negro Resettlement project in Lou
siana's Madison and East Carroll
parishes, has been awarded to E
E. Rabalais of Bunkie, La, one OF
that states leading contractors.
Each of the lat units of the
farmstead project will consist of
a five-room house, a commondious
barn, an up-to-date poultry house.
The houses will vary somewhat in
design so that monotosy of appear
ance will be avoided, six different
plans in all being used.
Each dwelling will have three
bedrooms, a living room, modern
kitchen, screened back porches and
Continued on p. 81
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
NEGRO AP-
POINTEES
ASKED FOR
On Federal Wage and
Hour Committees

Chicago, Feb, 20 tANP)-Ap.
pointment of qualified Negroes tc
the various industrial committees
created by passage of the federal
wage and hour law was asked by
Ishmael P. F1ory, secretary-trea
surer of the Joint Council Of Din
ing Car Employees unions. in q
letter sent Wednesday to Elmer F.
Andrew, administrator Of the Wage
and Hour division of the U. S
Department of Labor.
After pointing out that no Ne
groes were appointed 10 the commi-
ttee for the apparel industry, in
which colored workers have a place,
Mr.. Flory declared:
at is our conviction that there
should be at least one represen-
tative on all industry committees
representative of the interest OF
the Negro workers and the Negro
people whose interests are fire.
quently ignored and not safeguard
ed. 1t is our hope that in the fu-
Continued on p. 81
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
Harlemite Named TO The
WORLDYWCA
COUNCIL

New York, Feb. 16 (ANp)-Mrs.
E. p. Roberts, prominent YWCA
leader in New York, was selected
by the national board of the YWCA
at it's first meeting of the year on
Jan. 4 to fill an unexpired term
in the group of American members
on the Worlds Council of the
YWCA in Geneva, Switzerland, il
was announced last week in New
Pork.
Mrs. Roberts will serve until
1910. She will be one of the twelve
members of the National Board
who officially represent the asso-
Citations of this country in the in
ternational group, now comprising
representatives from so countries
She has been a member of the
National Board since 1880 and ac-
tive in the Committee of Manage
ment in the 18th Street Branch
Of the New York ASSOCIATION.
Mrs. Roberts interest in the so.
cial welfare is extended to out
standing civic groups, including ths
Harlem Committee of the New
York tuberculosis and Health as
ISOLATION and the Citizens Com.
mittee Affiliated with Local Grad
uate Nurses. She is chairman o.
both groups.
She is a member Of a prominent
family. Her father, Warren Logan
for many years treasurer Of Tus
kegee institute, is now retired bu'
still a member Of the board o.
trustees. One Of the outstanding
pieces of work which she vii
be doing this year for the YWCi
will be as chairman of the VII
berforce conference for delegate
from branch associations which
will be held June 20-27.
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
Anti-Lynch Fight Must
Go On Says Radio Speaker

New York, Feb. 16-The fight
for a federal anti-lynching law
must go on despite any filibuster,
it was declared here over radio
station WNEW by Richard Brooks
news commentator, in his talk on
February 8.
After citing the fact that the
vast majority of senator's are in
favor of the bill, Commentator
Brooks takes up the question of a
filibuster, calling Senator Tom
Connally, of Texas, "chief fighter
IN the battle to prevent federal in
reference in lynchings." He
quotes Senator Connally as saying:
sit will not pass. Let me in
form the senator's (Wagner Capper
and VanNuys) that those opposed
20 this legislation are ready TO
carry on the fight as long as their
legs hold out and their mental fac
uities function"
Commentator Brooks cites the
brutal lynching of two colored men
IN Duck Hill, Miss, in April 1887.
The victims were tied to trees,
stripped and tortured with blow
torches before being killed.
The fact that no lynchings at
al occurred during the fliibuster
IN the Senate in January and Feb
1sfary, 1888, and that the first lyn-
ching of the year occurred after
the bill was safely off the Senate
calendar is also cited by the radio
news man.
The record of Texas in having
more than 480 lynchings since 1889
was referred to by Mr.. Brooks,
VINO asks:
~What has the state to fear
from a federal anti-lynching law?
What has any senator to fear from
a law which will put an end to this
shameful practice which is direct
ly contradictory to the United
States Constitution? How can
Tom Connally and his supporters
IN the Senate blandly say that the
states can take care of its own lyn-
chings when the facts have proved
otherwise ?"e
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
NAACP. Asks Dies Tt
INVESTIGATE
KHAN

New York. Feb. 16-A new re-
quest that Congressman Martin
Dies of Texas, chairman of the
Committee to Investigate IMAM
erican Activities, examine into the
workings Of the Ku Klux Khan, the
Black Legion, and lynching mobs,
was made by the NAACP. this
week.
The request, the third made by
the NAACP.. was sent 30 Congress
man Dies Immediately after the
House voted to continue his COM
mittee and gave It 100000 for ex-
penses.
The NAACP letter, signed by
Walter White, secretary. cited the
article In Ken Magazine for Febr-
uary 9 entitled THE Klan's Spring
Campaign, in which the writer In
dicated that the Khan was being
used by some powerful forces, who
rema' n in the background, to carry
on a campaign of hatred.
Cony of the letter was sent tc
Congressman Arthur D. Healy
John ]. Dempsey, Joe Starnes
Noah NJ. Mason. and ]. Parnel
Thomas. Mr.. Thomas replied tt
the NAACP.. stating that he woult
urge the Investigation of the Kr
KIux Khan and similar organic
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18

DR.. E. w. Taggart, Birmingham,
who is serving his second three
year term as chairman of the exc
cutive board Of the National Dem
tai association. DIR. Taggart's as
tute, military manner becomes his
slender six feet three inches of
height. Military service halted his
education. He served overseas
with the S49th Field artillery and
received both his A. B. and d. d.
S. degrees before locating in Birm-
ingham where he has remained Is
years. He edited a weekly col
umn on "Teeth and Health" for
The Birmingham World, 5eing one
of the first to so interest himself
in properly informing the public.
DR.. Taggart combines his relig-
ious and civic duties in such a way
that he has served as an officer
and teacher in the Sunday school
for year, is an active member of
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
Seagram's Distillery
Charged with Banning
of Negro Workers

indianapolis, Feb. % (ANP)-
The Joseph Seagram distillery 10
Gated at Lawrenceburg, Ind, max
ers of liquors popular in Negro
neighborhoods, has no place for
Negro workers, it Is stated in q
letter written to R. L. Bailey, pro-
minent local attorney, by Charles
Baker who has just been discharg-
ed because of a recently. instituted
ban against colored laborers.
Baker, a lakorer employed by the
owend Construction company of
Louisville, has been doing construc-
ton work for his company at the
Seagram plant. Last week he was
told by the foreman that he and
another colored laborer named
Sanders, could no longer use the
lavatory because the distillery en-
ployes. all white, objected. The
foreman promised to provide special
Accommodations for them, but before
this could be done, he was called
to the office and on returning told
Baker and Sanders they were be-
ing discharged, adding that he hat
ed to let them go He had no fault
to find with their work, he said,
but was forced to protect his con
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18

Inc weather
Weather outlook for the
Period Feb. IL to f3.
Upper Miss. and lower 10.
Valleys and Northern and
Central Great plains, tenn
peratnres about normal
northern and generally a..
bove normal southern por-
tons; one or two precipit-
atoms likely latter part 0fI
week.
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
"Negro Is Shadow Over All
Southern Thinking. There
Are Two Souths" Says
Maury Maverick. -.

makes American tories fight so hard
Tor Estates rights, focal self govern
ment," plant police, plantation po-
lice" the right to be 'let alone" in bust
ness. Back of it all is the Negro, he
says, either as a fact or a symbol.
GAS in almost every other southern
question:" he says, 'the Negro was a
long black shadow.
Not content with an exposition of
the problems affecting the South and
its relationship with the rest of the
country, the former Southern congress
man, who is now running for Mayor of
San Antonio, Texas, gives his inter-
probation of a way out.
eyes. The South may rise, but II
that is to be done, let US leave the mag
nolia blossoms on the trees, and use the
brains in our heads for thinking, rath-
err than for emotions and escape COM
plexes. Let us say the condition of the
South was forced upon US by the slave
shippers of New Englena, and that
New England stole the slaves away; let
us lay it on those who destroyed us in
the Civil War, and then kicked us down
under the heel of Eastern exploitation
But let us agree that this is merely his
tory, and solves nothing for the future.
Let us resolve that from here on out
we are determined to free ourselves.
If We do not, this time it will be our
own fault"
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
Homeless Missouri Share
Choppers Get Federal
Relief Cash

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 10
tANP)-Destitution among South
east Missouri's homeless share
choppers, tenants and farm work.
ers has been lessened, It was dis
closed here Wednesday by Farm
Security Administration officials.
FSA. officials told representa-
tives of the Southern Tenant Far
mer's Union, clio affiliate, they
were doing all in their power to
aid the jobless Missouri farm work.
ers, many of whom gathered rec
emily in roadside camps to protest
their eviction from farms by land
lords who insisted on changing
their ~sharecropper status to that
OF day workers.
DR.. w. w. Alexander, FSA. adj
m~inistrator told II. l.. Mitchell Of
Memphis (white) Stu secretary
treasurer and Rev. Owen White
field vice president that FSA had
made about 1000 relief grants
averaging about $40 each, to $500
families in the cotton-growing
counties Of Southeast Missouri in
recent weeks He said they would
DO unable to extend this relief in
definitely however, because of
shortage Of funds. He explained:
I'VE are robbing other parts of
tho country of funds they should
receive in order to make grants
to the Southeast Missouri fami-
fes.e DR.. Alexander Also said FSA
was Investigating an offer Of the
Great Northern Land company at
Popular Bluffs. Mo-, TO extend use
Of cut-over and u~ncleared land to
the homeless tenants and laborers.
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
Burlington Buys Fleet uf
New Air-C Conditioned
Buses

Chicago. Feb. f0-AirzEo1fflpzee
ed completely modern. and ineind~
ing every comfort for loigrdistadsce
travel, q fleet of new ~streamkne6
buses will be introduced this sprinu
bN the Burlington railways cp0s
system for service on its Chicssp
California lines, according TO an
nonncement today by w. 4 FulfeEs
vice-President of the Burlington
ing to MI. Fuller, the new flec1
Transportation Company. Accord
will be operated on daily limite0
schedules over the company1e
through routes between Chicago
and San Francisco and Los An
geles. For the past four years the
company, owned and operated by
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad, has operated over $685.
900 bus miles per month on these
California routes, in addition to Ito
extensive services throughout tho
Middle West and West.
While assuring ultra-modern and
safe long-distance bus schedules be-
tween the Great Lakes and Pacific
Coast, these amazing sew buses VIII
usher in new a~dvancements in air.
conditioning which will maintain o
perfectly comfortable balance be-
tween temperature and humidity az
all times, regardless of weather
conditions. Complete insulation and
/, wide-vision, sealed windows, togo
Their will render interiors dustiesss
odorless and practically n~oiseiess.
! Likewise interior design and accom-
F, modations will introduce new stan
dards of passenger luxury into the
field of economical bus travel.
Specifically designed for trans
continental service, the entire flea
is being built by General Motors
and will feature the fsmihAR
Greenland Crimson cofors Off
cially adopted by members Of the
National railways System, no
nationwide bus service. It is en-
pected that the new equipment, EN-
bodying many new features -
restfulness and convenience and
equipped with every known safety
device, will offer a type Of travss
accommodation unknown TO higE-
way transportation a few yeaEs
ago.
eve are already preparing fcr
a heavy volume of traffic on ouE
new buses this SUMNER" MI. Fullex
stated 1--WE are confident that Vi
sitors to the Golden Gate Expo
] si.ion at San Francisco and ths
Worlds Fair at New York City, as
well IS many other vacationists
bound for eastrn and western play
grounds. viii find this new air
cond toned fleet particularly adj
4 vantageous for swift, safe and
' courteous travel, eft no increase
over prevailing low bus fares"
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18

WASHINGTON. d. c. Indie
aang a broad national program
tho various committees and appoint
ed officers to serve during the rest
Uf 1899 were named here this week
By the Kappa ALPHA Psi Fratern-
~, through James E. Scott, law
yen and realtor who was recent
~ elected grand polemarch-
Carrying out a mandate TO con-
tinue close cooperation with civil
rights organizations such as the
NAACP., the National Problems
Advisory Committee was strength
ened and w. Robert Ming, Jr., pro-
fsssor of law at Howard Univex-
ssty, named chairman.
Aiming to keep an eye on all
parts of the country, other MEM
hers of the committee are: Att0r-
neys Theophilus M. Mann, Chica-
60; Louise R. Mehlenger of the u.
Continued on p. 3
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18

the Masonic lodge and a trustee of
the Boys Club. Long associated
with the NAACP. and its militant
president for five years, he is at
present a member of the national
board of directors of the NAACP.
He belongs % the Phi Beta Sigma
fraternity. His outdoor loves cen
ter around the cultivating of his
prize dehlias and nursing the flow
err garden and he gives his wife,
Essie Wilmer. full credit for her
affectionate care and attentiveness
to their spacious home. (ANP photo
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
No Greater Moral Force
In the World Than Love
Declares Bishop J. S.
Flipper

Columbia, S. C. Feb. Is (ANP)
Concluding a series of successful
conferences in South Carolina re-
Gently, Bishop J. S. Flipper who
presides over the "Iodone State
said, "there is no greater moral
force in the world than love-" With
this theme, as the basis of an ora
ton delivered by the senior prelate
of the AME church, presiding eld-
ers, ministers and lay
people gathered in spacious Trinity
church in Manning, were happily
informed of the great increase in
conference claims over the previous
years.
As chancellor of Allen university
the renowned rel:gionist spoke
briefly on the progress of the Col
umbia institution that has made
rapid progress. With many more
students enrolled at Allen this year
and the splendid spirit of coopera-
tion that is existent between pre-
sid'ng elders, ministers and others
interested in the educational pro-
gress of youth, Bishop Flipper sees
ahead "a bright future for Allen"
He acknowledged gratefully the
gift of a $4,000 organ from an
outstanding South Carolina citizen,
whose contribution is said to be
unequalled in recent months
H<zf-
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18
Republishing Calvin's
Article on Catholicism

Pittsburgh, Pa. (C)-The Catho-
lie Sunday Observer of January %,
John Joseph Gorrell, X. H. s., Edi-
.or. 2eS Third Avenut, republ'shed
IN full tire article, "Catholic Inter
racial Promotion" by Floyd ]. Cal
vim, which appeared originally in
Tho ~Tnterracial Review of New
York.
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-18

struction firm.
The plant now operated by Sea-
gram was formerly owned by the
James Walsh company which for
30 years employed up to % Ne
groes. According to Baker, the
Seagram company has refused to
employ Negroes, and any colored
person working there were hired
by construction firms, but now even
that has been stopped.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-10-26

tangled up and confused, there's too
much of it and you might think that
any single automobile or truck
would be lost in the shuttle. But
just remember that this gray car
that is passing us and that red de-
livery wagon that just turned the
corner, are very important to a GER
tain number of people in this city"
cts the same way with adver-
tisements. There seem to be so
many of them that they are confus-
ing. But each advertisement is i'm
portant to somebody. Today's pa
pers carry an advertisement of my
store featuring special purchase
of oranges and grapefruit, a Let of
new cheeses and a special offer on
ginger ale. To lot of people that
advertisement is lost in the traffic.
But experience has taught me that
this same advertisement will seek
out for me enough people to whom
the merchandise is highly important
to make it pay"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-10-26
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Biscuit Pans.-A shallow pan
about one inch deep is the best to
use in baking biscuits; otherwise
the biscuits will not brown evenly
on all sides.
Mending Pillow Slips. - Hem
stitched pillow slips that are too
badly torn to mend neatly can
have the hem cut away and a pi-
cot edge crocheted on.
Drowned POtatOes.-Before fry
ing cold potatoes slice them and
we'll dredge with flour. This not
only causes the potatoes to brown
more quickly but improves flavor.
Canape Hint.-Spread thin slices
of bologna with cream cheese
mixed with chopped pickles, olives
and onions. Roll the slices up and
stick a wooden pick through each.
Quickly dip the rolls into salad
dressing mixed with catsup and
broil them four minutes on toast
squares. Serve them.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-10-26

he would put his hand to his ear
and say I can't hear this one.'
ellis judgment was unerring and
I began to realize that advertise
ments for luxury articles such as
perfumes, foreign cars, diamond
necklaces should give forth a quiet
sound like that of a conversation
between cultured people. But other
advertisements addressed to people
who are in hurry and have only
second or two to give to you
have got to have more of the Hey
you'll appeal. By their very appear
ance, illustrations and headlines,
they have got to make enough noise
to stop the reader"
One of the most interesting and
profitable studies in advertising is
to study the sound producing power
of different arrangements of pic
lures and type on the page of a
newspaper.
BELL Syndicate-.WNU Service.)