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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21

Ipotbefem Ntobelldoen, giienparen
banollngen uno pieIen onoeren Mr-
ten bon @eibGften gum Gauf ouf-
liegen.
Sicler Elan muroe oeriuhspeiic
in Mitigan in araft eeiett am 10.
Slli nno bat iih oils gut ertpieien,
oaber sic Musoebnung oes YIancS
iiber oos ganse 2ono.
Gos Sd)abomt lmo sic Meaieruna
eanft ser &&inbanoelas sSsnoultrie
iiber oas gon5e 2ano fir oen eripie=
Iencn GntbuIiasmns fir Sen Ylan
uno fir sic periprohene oauernbe
slftiuitGt i'm Gerfoui uon Geienie
Sapings Stomps.
Gs tpuroe in elmer Geriummluna
bon Goritebern ser &leinbanoeIs Ssn.
oultrie Elm &omitee ,nterm Namen
III. g. Sreailrp Netailers Mbpiiorp
Committee" gcgriinoet @oriiser 1T
BENJAMIN 8. Namm, Gi5es@ @orlitcr
albert 6. Ssrit, SefretGr Mobert ".
Spons. 0as &pmitee miro als Ser.
binolmg 5niIhen ser Sd)abanlts- Slb-
tcilung uno Sen &leinbanbels. .Srga=
nilationen oienen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
Siee IN Scr &uit,6ire,.S
IN Norbranbaa am 30. unb
81. Nngnit.

Glepelano ,piro 8alteeber oes
v@ictorp in tie gir Circus" nit lei.
men ,peltberiibmten 8unltfliegern.
Tallibirmablprinecrn uno Srit.
Mfrobotcn am Samstag unb Conn.
tag, 30. uno 81. sliguit, 4 llbr nad).
mittaes iein, gum Benefit ser &C.
meiuiomen Silfe fir @empiniamr
l1niteb China Melei uno @ritiib
@or Helief Societp.
Sie 'sSlieser. sic bier nnftrete',,
li1o betannt untcrm Mamen rSotps
oro Sutton ans bis Sfp OepiIs"
5auieuoe bon Glepelanoern uno
aus m1lieaenben stdoten 1peroen
ooron tcilnebmen Ser olla,meiue
Gintritt bon SOC erlaubt ben Sell,
nehmern ihre slutos 81 parfen. &C.
ierpierte Site foitcn 500 uno
$500, erbGItlid) ourb Die Yoit, III.
Sem tie Sen S6et sublbar maheu ani
Gpurtnep Burton, 'Shabmeiiter bes
gemciniomen 3onlitees, 721 8udler
@uiloina Glepelanb, Ohio.
Inter Sen Sinunelsteufeln, oia
mitlpirfen, iinb: 2clt. 0onalo 5pfe.
9Iopo ssisfe, 2orrp @air0, Saupt.
mann Scmmp @opo, SRI. Slprence
&oaers uno Sri. &ntb Saoilanb,
YrGlioentin ser Jralen 5lieger in
slmerifn. Sutton ielbit iliegt sen
@oeina Naop ssi9hter. Sauptmann
@ono iteat sen vSbc @ab Man from
MorS" Dor uno touht aus elmer
Sohe bon 1000 @teilen berunter. -
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
Sootf oes GhineIen

Shang 81 tpar blino unb bodte
bon firth bis ipdt auf oen Stlfen
oes 1empels ser Simmliiden God,
ter. Gin europGiieber ar5t entoefte
Sen srmieligen, rno er erbarmte iih
ieiner. CT unteriuhte i'm in Dem
Spipital, in bem er titig mar, lnS
itelltc felt, oob ser 9ettler om grauen
Star litt Sier tpar ol,rb einen ppcs
rotipen Gineriff unihtuer cine Sci
lung 5l1 er5ielen. Der Nrst nabm oie
operation foitenlos Dor. Nad) einis
gen @ofen lpuroe oie id)tpor5e 8ir.
oe bon Sen Mlleen oes @ettlers ge=
loit. Ser Mann bate iein slusen=
liht lpieoer getponhen. Sb er Sem
Mr5t oanttc?
r0u mllbt mir iebt cine Stellune
geben," fano er iih zines Cages bci
Sem slr5t ein. rMiemano erbarmt
lid iett meiner nod, lrenn ib bettle,
neil ih nidt mebr blind bin. @enn
irh arbeite, peroiene id) nid)t 10 piel
mie friiber. llno nit geilmoen Mu.
gen fann ih meine Iamilic nibt
mebr erbalten. Oh mubt mir cine
Stellllrg belorgen, in ser id 10 piel
ipie friiber peroiene." Ser s(r5t lebns
te oieien 9anf oes 8ettlers ob, unc
ser @cttler perflugte i'm anf edo
beneriut."
"Sot er Sic gebctcn, oab Sic i'm
beilen ioaten?" lp,trbe ser Mrst bonn
Midter aeiraat. llno ser slr5t Der.
neinte. sd tat es ans 9armber5ig.
felt" Ser Nihter 5udte Die Mhieln
uno iagte: ~Gs 9ibt cine 0eisbeit: &:
0rGnge bid niemanoem meoer nit
Sicbe nod nit @osbeit aui!" ltuo ser
slr5t mlroe perllrteilt, an Sen gett-
Ter cine betrdhtlicbe Sllmme gu
5ablen. 'Seitoem ging ser s(rst oeu
bettelnoeu Gbiueien aus Dem @ege.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
Kmba ,peiit lcbtcn
Se,atjetc1, Kenial a,ts

Saoanna. Der leBte beutide Son
jul, Scr iih nod aui Scuba befunoer
lat, lpuroe bon ser Megierl,ng ange
luieien, Iein 9iiro 81 ihlieBen ulf
oas 2ano 81 perlalien. Gs meroen
ibm s(ftipitGten uorgemorien, nelht
voic Siherbeit bon Guba ,mb bes
reltlihen smcrifa" gciGbroen. Ma,
anoeren &oniuln muren ihon Dor
fer ausgemicIen uno befinben lid)
6ereits, ouf ser Nciie nab Seutih'
lano 5uriid.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
Il. >lIeSsrs furnace
11,erfitatt
Eicfsrt quite Mrbcit.

Ger CONNER lit balo poriibcr unN
@intcr. rijdt herou. IS lit lest sic
bette 3eit nod) &brcm sSnrnoce 81
lPbcn uuO ea in Stano 81 iesen fin
rie @inter5eit. ;Sou5 Sbr Surnocc
9tcpurotl,ren ben0tigt ooer Sic ouS,
ielbc iogar crIeBen moIlen Damn mer,
ben Sic iif qetroit an q. Weoer
Sbeet ano Mctal @orf5 uno Sie
per0en ieine 9lrbelt gelieiert erhoI.
ten. Sin &criuh miro Sic oefien
iiber5euaen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
,sentbe,,aneriii a,i Sas
0cbist pcu Suc;

Berlin. Tas amtlithe T9f@ mel
Octe, ooB oeutihe Bomber Saienon-
lagen uno &orratS5entreu am 8oli
bon Sues nit Grfols onge9rjiiel
hnben.
Hom. @ritii6e Sruppen in Itirfe,
rem sbteillngen griffen oie italie-
niideu StreitfrGite i'm 8ebiete Don
@Onour in 9Ibeiiinien on. 9Iud bei
Sobrllf lit oie aanpitGtigfeit lpieoer
allTgeilanmt, nahoPm lie iniolge Ser
groBen Sisc oarnieoerlag.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
9ic Qeiitnnaen Der inbetenSentidcu
Mailer.

@auleiter uno Neihsitattbalter
Gonroo Senlein batte IS &iinitler
oes SIergebiracs sur Scilnobme an
einem @ettbelpcrb 5llr better Car
Itclllng oes Siergcbir9es cineeluoen
l,no Erciic int 9etra9e bon 5000
Marf ausacid)riebcn. Gas Grgebnis
pllroe ali elmer s(usitellung in Hei.
denberg ge5cigt. Die orei &iinitler
3arl Gefer, Hihnro Teigenballer
uno s(lireo @artig plrben NIT ie
1910 Ntorf beoabt. Cine s(bitin1,
mllng lmter Sen 9eil,hern perrinig.
te 1900 Stimmen alf oas preisge.
fr0nnte 9ilb bon &arl 0eder uno
beltGtigte oas llrteil ser Yreisrih, J,
ter. 13 gilocr i'm @eiamtbetraac
bon 10000 Murf plroen perfalit.
- @eiien Sic bel Gintiilien BAR
auf bin, oaB Sic es i'm ,SolfSblatt"
seleien baben.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
Oiiencr 8rici
an Huliseidef George s. Nato,uib
Schr geehrter Serr EpliSeid)ef.

Schr geehrter Serr Eoll5eihef!
,Shre @emerfllngen uno Grfldrllu.
gen ilber Die 9lutoselete perfolge id)
nit Snterelie uuo boiie Bob tie bon
ieoem autofabrer bead)tet peroen.
Sd, nebme mir biermit sic isrei-
belt, Sic, merter Serr Epli5eihei
oui einige MibltGnoe olfmerfiam 81
MAIDEN.
I. 3miiden Dem Yublic SQlurc
uno Supcrior Npe. 6. Ctr. lit Elm
Saltcplab fir sic Strabenbabn ees
raoe gegeniiber Ser slrcabe. Sieier
oolteplot iollte abgeifaiit meroen.
sln ser onoeren Seite an ser giblio-
thef lit Elm Salteplab ebenialls, Sic
ier Ylab iollte ebenfuus abgeibafit
nerben.
2. 9ln GucIio s[pe. spiihen 6. Str
uno 4. Ctr. limo beioerieits Salte=
plibe fir oie StraBeububn. @lld)
nirie iollteu abgeI6afft iperoen.
0er niht bon oieIen Hluben gum
iideren Glas an 6. Strabe ODER am
Souare an beioeu StraBen laufen
fam, lit mebr in @efabr an oieien
Saltepunften als menn er iid Die
3eit nimmt nno pielleidt $50 mebl
Shritte tut
Milt Sod)n6tune,
@illp Weinbarot.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
IusrciispGiie ab
I. Scptentbcr ,tStia
9scnc &orid)riit gilt audi fir
Mmcrifancr

0albinaton sllle omerifnnildJcl
8iiraer uno 9lusldnoer, sic ned
1. September in sic Ser. Staaiel
eInsureiien ooer Oas 2ano 81 Der
laiicn ipiiniten, baben lih unite,
neuen, oer5eit nod in ser 9lusarbei
tung beiinoli6en Gorihriiteu Gin
reiie- ooer slusrciies Grlaubnisibeinl
ooer gleihnertige 0of,lmcntc 3u bc
ihaiien, luurOe iest befannteegebeu
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21

SefretGr Morgeu,
tbalt gab 'befonnt,
BOB bieie Stamps
IN iiber elmer Mil.
lion @eihdften,
lpie department.
ldoen, Speaerei-
tpnrcll= WeIChIften
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
Nniiiietes 6slS triiit s,.r
Siitmnas;atl,ti,a ein

8aibinaton. 9fliiiiGcs Bolo lit
bereits in Ser rcrgangenen @ofe
bier eingetroffc1l um ore bier 6eitea,
ten Niiitungsmotcriolien Su be5ab.
len. IS iino "a MiQionen Collars
in @olo eingetroiien.
-U--
- @eiien Sic bel GinfGlien oar.
aui bin, oaB Sic Die 9ln5eige I'M
yGolfsblatt" geleien baben.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
11e,,e Sc,,tiske 2sMther
iio ClepeloftNs
Ha,,ptbitltcttee

Inoerion-9as ariegsteitament.
9lml- -gersan. Die 8eidifte elmer
2ebenstpanberung. 2 9.
@rentano-Ebabra.
Gbiang-llnier China.
Columbus 8orbburh.
Gun5-llm uns berum.
Ge Statl-@ahsfielren.
0ifion-Ier 500 orebt einen Slim
goman-Gin Sd)immerlidbt i'm
9unfel.
sSeier-Wagoalena.
1iiber-sSsn Ser @iiite Elm &eid.
Garotte- ser Grobe.
Sapanf- Yolta Ma3urfa.
6ennines-9as fliiftige Spiel.
aanel-9er sobn Sobannes.
aolb-Jrans sdubert.
80nig-Niccola Mabiapelli.
aurenbers-Gas Sonnempeib.
Gunn-0ie Serge meiner Sugeno.
Mittihel, Warg.-@om @inoe pers
, lpebt.
Wiiller @eiBe StGote, ibpar3e
3elte.
Weue 3iiriher Nopellen.
Seioel-llnier 0rellno Yeregrin.
0ogelin-9ie politiiben Religionen.
Wielano-Iag fiebernoe Shiff.
= Weiien Sie BEL ginfdufen oars
'auf bin, bob Sic Ole In5eise i'm
n@olfsblatt" geleien baben.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
Defenie Saving STAMPS
&Gnnen in aettenlaben gefamft
werbcu

slus @aibington miro beriftet,
SoB Ceienie Sapinas Stamps balo
IN Observation-Disclosures mo Set
tenlG6cn gefuuft tperoen fonnen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21
Gr iueiR Stat.

"aannlt on mir 5ebn Collar pum.
pen?"
,Sut mir leib, i6 babe n,lr brei
Collar bel mir"
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-08-21

@itte leien Sic bic Mnseiecn
uno unteritiiben Sic oieie 8eihGite
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

work nearly 100000 pounds Of
aluminium, almost a third Of a mil
lion pounds of nickel, well over
three million pounds Of zinc and s.
800 pounds Of magnesium, Addi-
tional reductions are foreseen for
1912.
The Western Electric Company,
manufacturing company of the
system, now saves 65 tons of alum
inum annually by replacing alum
mum with steel in the finger
wheel on dial telephones. This IS
only one of many items of teleph-
one equipment in which aluminium
is being replaced by other mater
ials.
The use of zinc is being substan-
TALLY reduced by coating much of
the hardware used on telephone
pole lines with lead, instead of put
ting these products through a ga
vanizing process. Also, less zinc
is being used in the production Of
new telephones.
Immediately after the outbreak
of war in 1889, a survey was made
of critical materials particularly
used in the telephone system and
efforts to determine suitable sub
stitutes were initiated. Efforts to
vital materials reach to
all parts of the ystem. The tele-
phone companies ares using much
old equipment which might norm
ally be replaced, so that new e
quipment may be used at other lo-
cations where the need is greater.
Dial installations in some comm
unities r being deferred, used
switchboards are being reused and
cables are being resheathed and
reused.
Supplementing the Bell Systems
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

class of this season has been or
ganized, has held it first meeting
and is unusually large.
Thirty two women enrolled for
the home nursing course under
Red Cross nurse instructor Halce
Boyer and will meet each Monday
night from 1880 to $3.50 at the Red
Cross Chapter House.
Mrs. Baldridge explained that a
group Of members Of the Machin-
ISIS Ladies Auxiliary helped to
give this opening class its fine en-
rollment and that other groups or
individuals who wish to take the
curse in home nursing should call
the Red Cross Chapter House, AT
lantic 2723, if they wish to be En-
rolled in rne classes now forming.
Instructors are ready TOT take over
ntw classes and prepare more O.
maha women in this important
course.
"1n case of epidemics, with a
probable shortage of nurses in u
community, the Red Cross homa
nursing certificate will mean much
more than a piece Of paper to all
who have earned it,, Mrs. Bald
ridge emphasized in urging women
to enroll Immediately.
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

First H-frame structure of the
265 mile electric transmission line
between the Nebraska Power and
Kansas Gas and Electric company
systems was set in place Monday
by the Nebraka Power Company
fifty feet north of the Kansas-Ne-
braska line, twelve miles south of
Humboldt, Nebraska
This marks the start Of ~construc
ton northward Of "a miles of the
line to connect with the Nebraska
Power company plant in Omaha
Building Of the 181 miles south
ward to indian, Kansas, where it
will connect with its system, also
has been begun by the Kansas
Company. The entire line is ex-
pected to be completed by Deem
Der Is, G. w. Minard, chief engin-
eer Of the Nebraska Power Com
pany. said
With this 154 900 volt line inter
connecting the generating plants
Of tie two companies, their Gus
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

substitution and conservation pro-
gram are the reclamation activit-
les it has been carrying on since
1881, when the Nassau Smelling
and Refining Company was acquir-
ed for the purpose of retaining
junked material. Many Of the
materials used in telephone equip
ment are not expended, but can be
reclaimed and reused.
The assau Smelling and Rein
ing Company last year supplied
the System with more than A 1000
900 pounds of metal. This was
obtained chiefly from non ferrous
metals in outworn equipment,
structures and supplies junked by
the operating telephone compan-
les. The reclaimed metal includ-
ed about 100000 pounds of cop
per wire bar, more than $4,000, 900
pounds of lead alloy for cable
sheathing, some 100000 pounds
of lead sleeving for cable spices,
over 5,OOO,o0O pounds Of bronze
wire bar, some 100000 pounds Of
brass billets, over 100000 pounds
Of solder in various forms, and
more than $4,000 pounds of redis-
titled slab zinc. This years totals
are expected to mount considerably
higher.
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

toners in Nebraska and Kansas
will have available a total power
generating capacity of more than
2OO,0 kilowatts. This will in
sure ample capacity to meet any
additional power demands for
both national defense and peace
time purposes. It also will give
extra insurance against Interrupt
lions of service in emergencies
throughout the territories served
by the two companies.
In the "a mile span from the
Kansas line to Omaha, 750 H.
frame structures of IS to rs foot
poles will be required to carry the
three wire circuits of copper con-
ductors and two steel ground wir-
es. Each mile Of the line requires
about six tons of copper cable and
one and one half tons Of steel wire.
Three strings Of ten suspension
insulators are used on each of the
2,4OO H-frames between Omaha
and indian.
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
BLAME AFL UNIONS FOR
BLOCKING NEGROES IN
DEFENSE WORK

Continued from page -
blasts racial discrimination in
the second article, first paragraph
which states:
ITO bring about the effective
organization Of the W k i n .
men and women of America. re-
CARELESS Of race, creed, color, or
nationality, and unite them for
common action into labor unions
for their mutual aid and protec-
tion."
There are prejudices existing
among individuals in the CLIO but
we do not let them run the or
ganization nor prohibit the mem
bership of Negroes" said Mr..
Brophy.
'In fact, my union, the Mine
Workers Of America" he contin-
ued, has a large Negro mem
DerSnlp' ana Negroes are IN the
majority in such sections as Ala
bama, Kentucky, Tennessee,
West Virginia a ndthe western
part of Tennessee.
Negroes are in all Of our
originating unions, including the
ers, the International Ladies
Garment Workers, the steel indu-
stry and the meat packing un-
ions.
when discrimination exists in
the Go uniins it is in the maa-
cement of the industry and not
IN the union, on example being
re automobile workers.
I'm tire fight for social Justice
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
REED AND RELATIVES
RULED POLICE DEPT.

Chief Reeds resignation was
welcomed by Negro citizens who
have suffered continuous abuse
during his administration. AL
though Reed said in resigning that
he had planned to give up his POI
sition for some time and that the
current investigation had nothing
to do with his action, there is no
doubt in anybody's mind but that
Reed resigned because he "could-
not take" Investigation.
He has ruled tn police depart
ment with an iron hand, even
holding the police commissioners
in submission. Reed came here
from st. Louis where as head OF
the FBI. office he was indicted for
manslaughter in connection with
the Staying of a woman at her
home into which Reed and other
agents sought to enter without a
search warrant.
Reed filled key positions in the
department with his relatives and
friends from the south. To be per-
sonnet director, Reed chose his
brother in law, Darrell HI. Chiles,
who publicly made the statement
that Negroes r not qualified to
serve as policemen. Chiles came
here from Tampa, Fla, where he
had a reputation for mistreating
Negroes. Under his administrat-
ion, the number of Negro officers
was reduced from 80 to 10.
In the office of superintendent
Of records, Reed placed Thomas F.
Kearney who damaged Negroes by
stating in a public speech that
5000 Negroes in Kansas City were
Communists, an obviously false
statement but damaging in its inn
plications, Negroes challenged the
statement but the police Commiss-
toner's refused to retract it public
ly although admitting the state
ment was untrue and promising
to repudiate it.
The police commissioners who
are under fire" in the governors
Investigation are Edgar hook,
lawyer, president; Milton B. Schw-
eiger and F. P. Logan, Jr.
With the resignation Of Chief
Reed which becomes effective Sep
TENDER 80, however, Negro citiz-
ems e hope Of better relations
with the police department as the
chief himself, by condoning acts OF
force and brutality, was the prin-
cipal source Of friction.
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

every industrial citadel of race
prejudice must be captured to
insure permanent gains.
Public opiniin bears down on
workers and employees or any,
one else and whenever it may be
used, we are making progress.
1t will stimulate all bodies"
Throughout the entire fight the
Negro has waged against the
prejudices Of the ALL, the stri-
dent voice Of Philip Randolph
has rung out time and time
again protesting against the in
justices of the organization
which even now is Haunting an
executive order and BECAUSE if
its prejudice is withholding jobs
from deserving Negroes in all
parts of the country especially,
in those Industries which are Vi
tai to the conduct Of the defense
programs.
One company which has felt
the barrier created by the AFL
unions operating in its shops has
several hundred m lions Of doll
lars worth Of contracts for air
plane construction, which the
white union workers are deter
mined to keep out of the hand Of
Negroes.
Some system is beng dev sci
whereby the AFL and Mr.. Green,
who he's steadfastl refused an III
terview on the question, can
state their objections to Neg es
working in these unions, and Why
the recommendations made some
seven yc-rs ago were never adj
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

by the Kansas City NAACP
branch, has brought about a sweep
ing investigation by police
ing investigation Of police methods
and administration with Governor
Forrest G. Donnell conducting the
probe. In the midst Of the invest
igation, Chief of Polire Lear B.
Reed, former FIJI. agent from
Georgia, resigned rather than be
questioned on the conduct Of his
officers.
The governor, who is directly re-
sponsible for the actions of the
state controlled police department
ordered the investigation as the di-
rect result of a conference August
% with a delegation of % Negro
Kansas citians who motored to
the state capitol at Jefferson City,
to give him a report Of brutality,
oppression and mistreatment suf-
fered by Negro citizens at the
hands of police officers ever since
the present police administration
took control two years ago.
The delegation, headed by Attor-
ney Carl R. johnson, branch pres
ident, also acquainted the COVER
nor with the fact that the number
of Negro police officers in Kansas
City has been drastically reduced
during the Reed administration.
Alter studying the complaints
made by Negro citizens, Governor
Donnell, Republican, who has been
in office only a few months, ord
cred the Kansas City board of po-
lice commissioners TO make a ull
explanation of the charges Of
brutality and reduction of Negro
personnel.
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27

IL, light colored women, the Ma
ACF. said: FThe board report ac-
cepts guilt but implies that the Of
ficers had or have authority to
stop and investigate persons if
they appear to be white and Negro
We condemn this unwarranted
authority which is not sanctioned
by law, even if the person is
white. To concede a single inch
Of this abuse is to say that respect
able white women and Negro men
cannot be seen in each others
company without a police stigma.
White public stenographers, SOC
ial and interracial workers cannot
show each other simple decent
~courtesies. 1t is not only an in
suit to decent Negroes, but should
be an insult to white people as
WE'LL"
Answering the police boards
charge that Negroes have practic-
ed brutality toward police officers,
the NAACP. letter to the COVER
nor included this statement, eff
Negroes have suddenly become
enemies Of the police, and no hon
est, unbiased citizen believes it, it
would be fair to assume that it is
because they have been made the
open field of vicious persecution
and brutal treatment for which
there has been no relief or redress.
The governor has the power to
GUST the present members of the
board, three Of whom were appoint
ed by his predecessor, Lloyd C..
Stark, Democrat, and only one IF
whom, Harry Gambrel, is his own
appointee Of only a few weeks
membership on the board.
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
POLICE A WHITE
Washes OFFICERS

In response, the four man board
prepared a IA page report which
it sent to the governor August so
in an attempt to "white wash" the
charges made by the NAACP. and
to exonerate all police officers
who have been guilty of beating,
kicking, insulting and eve killing
Negroes, as in the case of Harris
on J. Ware, who was shot to death
July 26 by two police officers dur
ing a raid on an alleged gambl-
ing place, Ware was de~fenseless
and unarmed and stood numerous
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
FIVE MILLION POUNDS
SAVING FOR DEFENSE

Through a matrials substitution
program, the Bell Telephone Sys-
tenn, of which the Northwestern
Bell Telephone Company (The Tri-
State Telephone and Telegraph
Company Dakota Central Tele-
phone Company is a part, will eff
feet a saving this year Of more
than five million pounds of metals
vital to defense needs, including
enough aluminium to build more
than 275 fighter planes.
The substituting of materials in
1941 will divert for use in defense
The Omaha guide., 1941-09-27
MAC ASKS CUSTER
OF A

The report of the police comm
issioners was vigorously attacked
by the NAACP. in a letter sent
to the governor on Thursday, Sep
TENDER 4, urging him to GUST the
ertire board of commissioners and
replace it with Officials who can
end will command the respect of
all the citizens"
The NAACP. letter expressed
the view that the police board "has
failed completely in its efforts to
justify it's acts or those of its de-
partment. If we are to under
stand that it admits or comedies
no wrong and is willing to stand on
its past record of excessive and
aggravated abuses Of colored peo-
pie, it means that Negroes under
its administration will continue to
suffer persecution, brutality and
abuse"
On the issue Of police question