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The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

ed that 9 of every 30 brieklayers
now working, are eolored. and that
nearly half Of the common laborers
are colored. With the latter quota
maintained and the eolored brick
layers quota increased to the lin
3 ratio, as agreed to at the meeting
many more of the Brotherhood's
40 unemployed members will find
employment.
A. L. Foster, as head of the local
Union League and an official of
the Chicago Council of Negro Or
CARNATIONS, aided the Brotherhood
members in presenting their case
to the housing officials and the sub
contractors representatives. At
the meetings. close, all present ap-
peared satisfied with the new work
ing arrangement.
Housing officials declared that
when the sun "hits both sides of the
street." upwards of 1900 men will
be working as employees of the gen
eral contractors, Thompson-Ster-
rett Co., or of the 80 or more sub
contractors who have construction
contracts. II was also pointed out
that there are about 20 subcontrae-
tors, in addition to Thompson-Ster-
rett, now working on the site, and
that colored workers, skilled and
unskilled, are paid nearly $1,000 a
day in wages on the big project.
Located at 18th and South Park
way, in the heart of the neal South
side district, the Ida B. Wells HON.
es is being constructed for the low
income families by the Chicago
Housing Authority. 1t will have
about 1850 family units and cost
about $4,000, 900.
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given, a railway commissioner
should know the problems of the
farmer, trucker, railroader, ship
per. business man and the citizen
generally. IA
The service l rendered as a
bank EXAMINER is a guarantee
of the work that I will do as Rail-
way Commissioner.
| can truly present myself as a
CITIZEN OF NEBRASKA"
l shall give everyone, every
business every town and every sec
tion of the state a SQUARE
DEAL.
Sincerely,
RICHARD H. LARSON.
of Lincoln, Nebraska
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to lynching and burning human beings by mobs.
Yes, Senator Burke was a power in u. S. Senate,
and a leaders of a group of rebelicious Senator from
the Lynching South. Now what is the whole thing
about Burkes record from the NAACP in N. Y. City
these were registered to secure an additional pledge
from Senator Ed. R.. Burke. The following is a
statement made to the NAACP, May 18, 1887 from
Sen. Ed. R. Burke, quote: 81 have always been
heartily in favor of legislation of this kind. When
the matters was before the Senate last year. I assure
Sen. Van Mugs, Sen. Costigan that l would help them
in every way possible. I believe if you will check the
votes that were made while the matter was under
discussion you will find that / lived up fully to that
agreement. Nothing has happened since then to
change my views in any respect. 1t would therefore
by my present attention to support the bill actively.
1t would requqlre some very compelling arguments
on the other side to cause me to change my views.
Mr.. Negro Voter, above is the exact words wrote
and signed by Sen. Edward R. Burke. That letter
today is in the NAACP office in N. Y. City. Now
can you Mr.. Negro Voter imagine a man making a
pledge in his home town and a similar pledge to the
NAACP office and then when his vote was needed
to cinch the bill we were denied the privilege of his
vote, yet you will think all through the procedure.
(Yet what did he do) The NAACP executive secre-
tary, Mr.. Walter White and Senator Wagner of N.
Y. the Senator Van Mugs, had been successful in
getting enought Senators to pledge to vote for the
Bill. And the President had agreed to
sign the bill if the Senate passed it, and what hap
pened. The Southern Senators proceeded to bring
them out a %filibuster against the bill. And they
81 WCCho' L USIlCNCu, WHICH Was THE
same trick they pulled to the Senate after it passed
the house for the last rs years. This was expected
by everyone who knew about the record of this bill.
The interested parties in this bill to secure sigma
lures of Senators to a petition to stop the filibus-
ers by voting to invote the Cloture rule. Now here
is the part your Honorable Sen. Edward R. Burke
played to defeat this bill after making his definite
pledge to support it. When the vote was taken on
Cloture rule the rule to stop the ~filibuster, AZ Sen
ators voted for the Cloture rule, AZ voted against
the Cloture rule, that was 2 more votes against the
rule that there was for the Cloture rules. That was
a shock to every Negro that voted Sen. Burke in
the State OF Nebraska. Now Mr.. Negro Voter how
can you afford to put your trust in Sen. Edward R
Burke and let me tell you Mr.. Negro Voter, the
place to stop Sen. Edward R. Burke is at the polls
on Tuesday, April 9th, at the Primary Election. 1t
commonly said, that if the Democratic nominate
Burke at the polls in Primary Election, Anri
he will be elected on November 4th. So if vol
are a Democrat, it is you duty to register votes
against Sen. Edward R. Burke, Tuesday.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06


political ADVERTISEMENT
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
MR.. wHERRY is RIGHT

Mr.. Wherry is right in assur-
ing you that | believe that your
should share in patronage.
I appreciate your concern for the
future of your youngmen and wom-
en-. A reasonable hope of employ
ment is the greatest incentive for
good citizenship. If I am elected
| will use what influence l may
be able to exert at your request.
Yours, Edna Basten Donald.
MRS. EDNA BASTEN DON
AID CANDIDATE FOR MA
TIONAL COMMITTEE WOMAN
B E LIEVES THAT YOU
SHOULD HAVE A JOB AND IF
ELECTED WILL SEE THAT
THE YOUNG MEN AND WON
EN- OF OUR GROUP WHO ARE
QUALIFIED WILL GET THEIR
PRO RATA OF EMPLOYMENT.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

Judge Arthur C. Thomson who
is now on the District Court Bench
of the 4th Judicial District is up
for reelection. In fact the whole
of the present of District Judges,
is up for reelection with excep-
lance of Judge Yeager. Judge
Yeager is a candidate for the SUI
preme Court Bench. No Judicial
District can claim to have a more
fair and impartial Judicial Ad-
ministrations, regardless to race,
creed, or color in the State of Ne
braska than we here in the 4th
District have at the present. Let
us hope for their nominations and
elections.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

Action follows protest of brick
LAYERS Masons' Brotherhood Club
R. r. Taylor. CHA Vice Chair
man, Calls Three-Way Farley TO
Air Controversy at Ida b. Wells
Homes-Colored Workers, Skilled
and Unskilled, Now Earn Nearly
$4,000 a Day on Big Federally-
Sponsored Project.
CHICAGO, April a (ANP) Last
Wednesday, following a protest by
members of the Brick Masons' Bro
therhood Club that they were being
given the run around" and that
more Negro bricklayers should be
given work on the Ida B. Wells
Homes, representatives of the var
ious groups concerned met at the
site office of the supervising ar
chitects in an effort to settle the
controversy.
The meeting was called by Rob
crt r. Taylor, vice chairman of tht
Chicago Housing Authority ant
sole colored member of that body
Among those attending the confer
ence were: j. William Wade, rep
resentative of the South Park Houi
ing Architects and general super.
intendent of the project; II. l.
Small, u. S. Housing Authority
Construction Adviser; Lemuel M
Dougall, widely known colored ar.
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Hamilton Republican Natl.
Chairman May Request
A Negro Conference

chitect and assistant superintend-
ent of the project; VIM. Covington,
Joseph F. Hicks and Duke Hodges,
representing the Brotherhood; A.
l.. Foster, executive secretary of
the Chicago Urban League who re-
presented a citizens committee and
several others.
The Hon. B. Kelly Co., is the
brick masonry subcontraetors in
charge of that work on the project
and the firm was represented at the
meeting by John Walsh, superin-
tendent and T. F. Costello, assist
ant superintendent.
After an hours discussion, in
which all angles of the labor ques-
t~ion--both skilled and unskilled-
were considered, it al agreed that
in future, of every three bricklay-
ers employed, one will be a Negro.
Officials of the Kelly firm pointed
out that at present they are employ
ing 20 percent Negro skilled labor
(bricklayers) and az percent un.
skilled or common labor.
The colored bricklayers, all I'm
ion men, earn $4,000 for a five da,
40 hour week, the prevailing wage
scale for that trade. Unskilled, o.
common laborers also Union men
are paid at the rate of SLOPPY al
hour, or S41.00 for a 40-hour week
Kelly Company officials explain
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THE ABOVE is AN INNOCENT MAN THAI
WAS DENIED THE RIGHT OF A TRIAL BY A
JURY OF IT'S PEERERS AND WAS BURNED
TO STAKE BY A NOR

Yes by American citizens without any DISGUISE
on their faces who stood abreast for their pictures
to be taken and broadcast throughout the world. Mr..
Negro Voter, if you believe in this kind of Justice,
for yourself and your fellow countryman then you
should vote for Senator Edward R. Burke. Last
week we printed in our paper Sen. Edward Burke's
record of the Anti-Lynch Bill in Washington, D. C.
in the Senators Chamber for the NAACP SO 5th
Ave. N. Y. City, N. Y. We hope you read it and un-
derstood it if you did not you should take it to your
neighbors and you both should talk abut it until you
have a thorough understanding about it. And then
go the poll, April 9th and vote according to victims
of your own heart if you are a Democrat. If you are
a Republican, take this record to a Democratic
%neighbor. For this is not a Partison it is a thing that
5000, 900 American citizens has spent their money
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TO YOU. A VOTER:

A Railway Commissioner, like a
bank EXAMINER, should be an
expert in fact finding, familiar
with accounting and investigation
and should understand the law.
If his decisions are to be wisely
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

Washington, April 4 (ANP) :
Sources close to Chairman John
Hamilton of the Republican Nat
ional Committee, intimidated today
that a conference of Negro republ-
leans may be called to meet in
Washington at some time in the
near future, to discuss plans and
issues of the forthcoming campaign
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, Chairman of the Cen
the progressive Republican, who left the party and
the Standpatters who had almost given up hope, back
together and put them to work in harmony with
lots of pep. The Sen. has been successful in getting
every Candidate to hue along the line and all of the
cies that they stand for and how they believe the
office they should be run. Not a single Republican
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
$4,000, 900 JOB INCREASE
QUOTA FOR NEGRO BRICK
LAYERS

Increase Quota of Negro Bricklay'
ers on Chicago Housing Project
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
End Unemployment
Day To Be Marked
This Saturday y;

WASHINGTON-( P)- Thru
out the country, March % is being
designated as End Unemployment"
day according to an announcement
from the headquarte of the
Workers Alliance Of America.
Already several cities have COM
piled with the request of the Or
ganization and Baltinp ores Mayor
Howard Jackson has is sued an Of
ficial proclamation to that effect.
In Washington, Sen. Claude
Pepper of Florida wi Ii address the
county over a nation wide network
of the Columbia Br' iadcasting sys-
tenn at 2:30 p. M, n commemora-
ton of the day. Dul !uth, Minneapo-
lis. Chicago and ISew York all
have indicated tn cir intention of
joining in the de monstration with
either mass NEE rings or parades
and in some insf ances, both.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
Walker Agents
Plan Regional
For Chicago

CHICAGO-(ANP)- With Mrs
Mae Walker Perry, granddaughter
OF the famed Nine. Walker, as
special guest, the Nine C. j.
Walker agents ana beauticians OF
Illinois and Northern Indiana will
hold their regional convention here
March 81 and April /.
Meeting at the Walker Beauty
college in the heart of Chicago's
southside, a revolutionary trend,
permanent waving ON pressed hair.
will be demonstrated to the group
attending.
Attorney F. B. Ransom, man.
ager Of the Walker company, will
deliver an address before the con-
vention when they convene at the
Cosmopolitan Independent Churca
on Sunday night.
A mammoth coiffure revue and
dance at Racon's Casino on Mon
day night will climax the convet'-
ton. Mrs. Majorie Stewart Jcyner.
manager Of the Walker Beauty
college here, is in charge of plans
for the meet.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
READ THIS BEFORE YOU
BUY THAT EASTER HAT

rounder.
7. A RECEDING CHIN can
be corrected in appearance by
a hats brim which projects be-
yond the face.
8. A LARGE, PROMINENT
NOSE requires the heaviness
of the hat in front so that the
nose does not seem so impor-
tant.
g. IF THE CHIN PROJECTS
the back of the hat should be
trimmed to balance it.
Yes! Hats are a problem,
aren't they? Particularly when
Springs in the air, and such
cantankerous colors as DUSTY
PINK, TEALS, Cyclemans,
Binges, ETC., ETC., have to be
thought of in terms of BROWN
SKIN! Are you having trouble
finding the right Spring-pastel
to 90 with your particular
shade brown complexion?
If so the Sepia Charm
Analysis form was created by
cosmeticians, beauticians, ana
stylists who have studied ALL
YOUR PROBLEMS: Short
Hair, Dark Skin, Flat Nose,
Large Mouths and all, and
know the answers!
Say there you, wouldn't you
like to know what type you
are? Which colors to wear?
Where to get the proper make
up for your complexion? What
to do about heavy lips and too
dark skin?
The SEPIA CHARM ANALY-
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The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23

from the use of lather. That's one
way to fool complexion that is
bent on having tantru1ns. No cold
water ever if the skin is chapped.
USE. TEPID WATER
in the morning, tepid water
should be used for freshening, then
a cold cream to be wiped away
before makeup is removed. Don't
forget that foundation cosmetic
and powder form a barrier against
the devastating effects of cold
winds. If the skin flakes, find a
powder with an oily base. Astrin-
gents are not suitable for such a
condition.
Before having a not bath, cream
the face and neck. When the skin
is extremely dry, cream should
remain on overnight; the epidermal
coat will lap it up and be glad.
Keep the air moist in your home.
Hot, dry air is not only tough on
the skin but it makes the hair
crisp and lusterless. 1t is largely
responsible for what is known as
winter dermatitis. When the skin
sheds excessively, an unbearaole
itching may result. Drives one
crazy.
To keep the skin fabricated Is TO
take out an insurance against
wrinkles. Oily compilations don't
take on crinkles as early in life as
dry ones. The act OF applying the
oils and creams stimulates the
blood streams, and that's all to the
good,
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And there is something else, my
hearties, working the wrong way
all these goodies you have been
gobbling at parties. And not get
ting any exercise to speak OF; in
fact, you can't speak Of it because
there wasn't any. When will you
understand that good eating habits,
getting to bed at decent hour,
will help your beautifying prof.
eCts?
AIR DRY IN HOUSE
In the house the air is dry and
over-heated: outdoors turks the
North Wind to nip you. Sudden
atmospheric changes are anything
but beneficial to the complexion.
1t gets temperamental. The sur
face is rough-shod, tries to make
way with itself, fluffing up in lit
tie flakes that defy the powder pad
to conceal them.
Fare We into the buy-ways and
get yourself a nourishing cream
and a cleansing oil. Also change
your brand OF soap. Many a skin
lcses its appetite for the same
soap. Find one that is bland. II
your skin is rumpled and sensitive,
have a preliminary cleansing with
oil
Begin your bedtime half hour OF
beautifying with an oily cleansing,
removing makeup carefully, wip-
ing the skin dry with tissues. Put
on fresh application of oil, then
90 full steam ahead with your
soapy securing. With the oil base,
there will be no starchy feeling
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23

Members Of the committee sub
mitting the report at the Com
missions 21st annual conference
held at University of Virginia.
were Tenant Bryan, Williams
Stands Meachem, Dr. Belle Boone
Beard and William M Cooper.
Omar Carmichael, Lynchburg
superintendent of schools, declar-
ed that while the elementary
school enrolment among Negroes
was high, the daily attendance
was low, as saw the high school
enrolment. He said that while in
many school divisions no distinc-
ton was made in facilities for
white and colcred children, in
some other districts money pro-
Mded by the State for Negro edu-
cation was used for white chill
dren. Other significant points
adopted by the InteTacial Com
mission were the following:
ITO increase employment cp-
portunitieis for Negroes.
ITO work for an increase in the
number of beds available for Ne
gro patients in Virginia; whether
those patients be durable or in
durable.
''To provide more adequate vo-
cational training for Negro STU
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
Easter Parade Should Be
Fashion Rainbo1u---HazeL

the dominant tone in the. plaid.
Stripes, also, will streak bril-
liantly and gayly along the ave-
nues. Blue stripes on rose back
grounds, cinnamon slashing gray,
and yellow highlighting brown are
favored cambinations. Pin-striped
materials in dress coats, two-piece
and three-piece suits also are at
tractive now that their lines are
softer and more ON the feminine
side. Monotone coats of navy and
black have white pique details OF
frilly ruchingS showing at the
neck to enhance their feminine
trend. Eyelet embroidery is used
fer trimming of dresses, suits and
coats. ..,.[,
If the budget won't stretch for a
new coat or suit, don't feel too,
badly. You still can have your
hat, gloves and a heart" and it's
automatic to repeat that new, ac-
cessories will perk up last years
styles to an amazing degree. Every
season the accessory picture seems,
improved over the previous year,
and 1910 costume compliments
certainly are holding their own in -
the fashion world Accessories in
Kelly green give zest. to navy, life
red compliments certainly are
holding their own in the fashion
world Accessories III Kelly green
give zest to navy, life red compile.
ments navy or black, and Yippee,
yellow makes the spiciest and
most intriguing costume of a gray
or almost any background shade
ensemble. ...-...,.,-,, ~,
Polka-dots, too, have swept
through the accessory picture.
making up saucy turbans, ascots.
lapel bows, and hankies which sup
ply slick and dashing details for
an Eastery appearance. A bright
and shining face is the most. inn
portant Easter picture, Of course,
and spots Of color somewhere in
the costume aid that cheerful. ap-
pearance. .....ot ..nG 5al e1-
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with skirt fullneSs concentrated
below. An unusual and daShing
combination with the plain front!
Consider making a decorative,
squared front buttoned flap. There
are tiny half-cuffs and your choice
of a pointed collar or rounded
bow. Use self-fabric or contrast
wouldn't eyelet embroidery OF
sheer lawn be gay-and add a
feminine touch with frilled lace
edging. One of the new rayon
sheers would be enchanting for
this stunning date-frock; so would
a cool dotted swiss Or colorfully
printed silk. And whether you're
a needle amateur or an expert,
you'll find the step-by step Sewing
Guide very helpful indeed.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS Q5c) in
coins for this pattern. WRITE
CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, AD-
DRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to Atlanta Daily
World (Pattern Department. 210
Auburn Avenue, N. e., Atlanta,
Ga.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23

vest in an Easter bonnet, and
be governed by the following
rules-You1l "corne on like
"solid-sender'' then!
/. Crown and width should
never be equa' if FACE is
BROAD.
2. ROUND FACE woman de-
mands extra breadth i'm crown.
8. A SQUARE FACE needs
an irregular outline.
4. ROUND FACE wear a
straight brim, sailor, Russian
or off -the-face hat.
S. AN OVAL FACE should be
surmounted with a hat that
has a downward but, to be sure,
irregular, but gracefully curv-
ing line.
6. LONG, THIN FACE, a
shallow hat with cuIvej, no
angles and a close fit to the
hair will make the face seem
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
Hannv Women Secure
Help From "BuiId-Up

resistance for many users by IN
creasing appetite and flow Oh
gastric juice; thus aiding dlges-
ton: helping to build energy,
strength, nerve-force. 1t also helps
ease periodic distress for many
women who take it for a Jew
davs before and all during "the
time" Over SO years of use ana
popularity invite confidence in
CARDUI!
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
B|ustry And Very Dusty Winds Of March
Give Your Complexion A Hard Way To Go
Wins Prize In
Essay Contest

ST. LOUIS, LAMP Miss
OpheIia Cobb, student at Wash
ington Vocational School here,
last week was notified that she
was ono of the winners in a
national essay contest, conduct
cd by International Printing
Ink of New York.
Miss Cobb was one of about
7,40O students in 300 schools all
over the country who wrote
essays on the subject: "ColOr
versus Black and White in Ad-
vertisine." Her award was SIS,
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23

Periodical headaches, nervous
ness, irritability, cramp-like pains
of women may come from func-
tional dysmenorrhea due to NAL
nutrition!
That's why these discomforts
are so often relieved when a wom-
ans physical resistance is in
creased.
CARDUI helps build physical
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
Weather-Proofinq
Method Suggested
Bv HELEN JAMESON

distributed by King Features Sydcate Inc.)
year. Winds blowing six for Sunday faying your
tace skinnig you alive If there is time when
pexion be coddled is 1t has been weather.
beaten for months, needs comforting.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
Seek Negroes On
School Boards

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-(ANP)-State education
history here last week, when the Virginia
mission nte1racia Cooperation went record fav
orng the appointment of Negro members to local school
boards and PARITY of compensation between Negro and
white teachers in the state public school system.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
BY HAZEL L. GRIGGS, FOR AMP

By HAZEL L. GRIGGS, FOR AMP
If the weather man smiles. the
Easter parade promises to be a
fashion rainbow next Sunday with
soft and vivid color headiighting
main thoroughfares throughout the
country Color, flowers and frills
will be the order of the day.
Prominent and pretty in the
Easter parade will be the new pas
tel plaid coats if their winning and
appealing qualities are any indi-
cation of their popularity. ard very
lovely they in their muted COM
binations of blue, rose, green, yel-
low, and other spring shades. Full
length coats in fitted and boxy
styles, and jackets lead in the PLAID
fashion picture. For sheer attrac-
tiveness, they are the darlings OF
the fashion world. The jackets top
monotone skirts, which catch up
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23

By DEZBE HILLIARD-KNIGHT
Can people tell whether or
not you're going or coming in
your hats?
If not, be wise before you in
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
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dents in the State educational
system.
ITO establish a dynamic inter-
est in the interracial movement
among these groups, whether re-
ligious or secular, which influence
public opinion and direct social
forces in Virginia .
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
Fk44NCESS STYLE HAS
BACK NOVELTY
BACK NOVELTY

The yourg set demands lines
that hre soaring and clean-cut,
and Claire Tilden's Pattern ITO
more THAI fills the bill! Seen from
the front, it's princess style
simple, becoming. But glance
round to the back, and you'll find
an exciting surprise! The basque
lines of the bodice extend smooth
ly down to a pointed waist-seam.