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The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
PRESIDENTS FEPC. TO MEET
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 18th

The Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice will
meet Friday, December II, 1941 at
10 A. M, in the Social Security
Building, Washington, D. G. Mark
F. Ethridge, chairman of the COM
mittee, announced today.
The Committee will give consid-
Grafton to the dates for proposed
public hearings in Chicago and
New York City, and will further
deal with complaints received from
job seekers who allege they have
been barred from defense employ
ment because of their race, creed
color or national origin.
Mr.. Ethridge also announced
the appointment of Daniel r. Don
ovan, of Lakewood, Ohio, as field
representative of the Committee.
Mr.. Donovan has had long ex-
perience in the labor movement,
and was a railroad worker, a mac
hinist, an organizer and a labor
editor before he assumed several
public posts. He was the labor
member of the Compliance Council
of the MIRA; labor relations advis-
or in WPA, and more recently
was the labor information repres-
entative with the Social Security
Board in the Cleveland area
Once a resident of Massachu5-
sets. Mr.. Donovan was a membt-r
of the Massachusetts, Constit L
tional Convention of 1918. He
is a graduate of st. Joseph's AGA
denny, North Brookfield, Mass
Mr.. Donovan is married and Is
the father of two sons and a dau-
ghter. One of the sons is in the
U. S. Naval Reserve.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
ANDREW JACKSONS'
PRAISE FOR NEGRO
SOLDIERS RECALLED

Raleigh, N. c., Dec. 10 (ANP)
A historical reference in the radio
address delivered from this, the
capital city of North Carolina,
last week by President James E.
Shepard of the North Carolina
College for Negroes who is also
grand master Of the Masons of
the state, has attracted wide at
tention. President Shepard said:
There was a great Democrat
who thought well Of the Negro as
a soldier, and I use him now to
show what Andrew Jackson saw
so clearly, if in part, propheticaIly
Before the battle Of New Orleans,
he issued the following circular:
ITO the Men of Color: Soldiers
From the shores of Mobile, I call
ed you to arms. I invited you to
share in the perils and to divide
the glory with your white country
men. I expected much from you,
for I was not uniformed of those
qualities which must render you
so formidable to an invading foe.
I knew that you could endure
hunger, thirst and all the hard
| ships Of war. / knew that yoi
loved the land Of your activity,
and like ourselves you had to de-
fend all that is dear to man. But
you surpass my hopes. I have
found you united to these qualit-
les. that noble enthusiasm which
impels to great deeds. Soldiers,
the President of the United States
| shall be informed of your conduct
on the present occasion and the
voice of the representatives of the
American nation shall applaude
your ardor. The enemy is near.
His sails cover the lakes. But The
brave are united, and if he finds
us contending among ourselves, it
will be only for the prize Of valor
and fame, its noblest reward"
THAT was written on the Negro
and dated from Mobile, Sept q,
1914. 1t was signed Andrew Jack
son, Major Genral Commanding.
This was the superlative tribute
of a great American to the soldiers
of a race, most of whom were in
slavery. Look at the date, near
ly 127 years ago, when very much
the same sort of government try
amy was being resisted as we nov
meet in November, 1941. / ap-
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.SOUTHERNAIRES OFFERED
LEGAL AID IN JIM @
AT AIRPORT DINING ROOM

Washington, d. C.-The District
Of Columbia branch Of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People has pledg-
ed to aid the famed radio quarter,
The Southernaires, in any action
the group may take against the
Washington airport for it's refusal
to serve them with white patrons
in the dining room of the airport
last week. A | t h o u g h the
airport serves the District of Col
umbia, it is located within the
state boundary of Virginia.
The singers had just returned
from Williamsburg, Va, where
they were guests of John d. Rock
efeller, Jr., and were enroute to
Cincinnati, Ohio. According to
the manager, the airport is oper-
ated by the Air Terminal Servic-
es, Inc, of Virginia
The Southernaires e. served
at the Williamsburg, Va, Inn al
ong with other guests.
At the airport dining room, the
singers were told after an hours
wait, that arrangements had been
made for them to be served in the
main dining room upstairs. They
were to be waited on by colored
kitchen help and the DON was
not to be occupied by any other
person.
AS an alternative, they were adj
vised that they could eat down
stairs in the eating place for col
ored help. Pictures were taken
by a staff photographer of the
Baltimore Afro-American show
ing the basement dining room, the
entrance to which was Uttered
with debris and dirty scrub buck
cts.
A reporter from a local white
daily questioned the NAACP rep
resentative on his plans for legal
action and was told that further
investigation will have to be made
before a statement al be issued
There is a question as to whether
the dining room is under the jur-
isdiction of the District Of Column
bia or the state Of Virginia
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
clio CONVENTION BACKS
DRIVES IN SOUTHLAND

Baldanzi "As a result of u con-
slant push forward, he stated,
I'VE have raised the wages of
those workers considerably, but
there is a tremendous task to be
accomplished there, and it is go
ing to require a well coordinated
campaign by every international.
organization connected with the
CLIO.
Effect On Poll Tax
Noel Beddon, of the Steel Work
ers Organization Committee in
Birmingham, Ala, told the dele
gates that since many Of the Sou
thern workers were kept from vot-
ing by poll tax requirements,
there were a lot of representative
es from the South in Congress
that I'VE are not proud Of"
Among them he said, was Eu-
gene Cox, "a little nincompoop
down in Georgia elected from a
district in which there r very
few people who till the land or
work in the factories that have
the right to vote.
Delegate Fred G. Pieper from
the Louisiana Industrial Union
Council said that the South is a
frontier where hundreds of thou
sands of workers look to the CIN
for help.
Ask Aid To Strike
Lewis Merrill, president Of the
United Office and professional
Workers, describes some Of the
brutal vigilantes activity which
has taken place in southern reg
ions and Milton Murray, newly ell
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13

In his letter he points out that this
is a splendid contribution to a
very worthy cause.
In Omaha, 643 employees gave a
total of $72O.50 and the 65 EN-
ployes living in Council Bluffs
contributed a dollar each by an
appropriation from their joint civ
ic contributions fund. The Coun-
ell Bluffs employees handle all
their contributions to civic and pa
triotic activities through this fund
which is made up by voluntary
payroll deductions.
All of the Sc employees in the
smaller communities the company
serves, contributed an average of
a little more than a dollar each in
their local Red Cross roll calls.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
JERSEY POLICE
CHECK MOB
OF WHITE A IN
HOUSING PROJECT

Jersey City, N. Attempted
mob action to prevent the first
colored family from moving into
the Lafayette Gardens, low cost
housing project here, was stopped
last week by Jersey City police
and the local Housing Authority,
the Reverend S. E. Hardge, local
head of the NAACP announced
Friday.
In spite of pronouncements by
federal officials, Mayor Frank
Hague Of this city, and officials of
the Housing authority white ten
ants held a mass meeting in pro-
test against the moving in of the
colored family. The meeting was
broken up by the police, and a
petition to the Department of
Public Safety for permission to
0ldSC q D1dlO4 OA IAC Ol11OC VI
the Housing Authority was refus-
ed.
The J. c. H. A. also issued a
statement that it is a federal pol
icy that there shall be no discrim-
nation on account of race or color
in the u. S. public housing prog
ram and that it intends to follow
this policy.
A request to Mayor Hague and
the j. c. H. A. to evict any white
tenants who attempted to modest
or in anyway stop occupancy by
colored familys was considered at
an emergency meeting of NAAC-
P. executive committee, Friday
night, December 5.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
WORK IN SOUTH SEEN AS AN
OUTSTANDING TASK FOR CLIO
IN COMING YEAR

Detroit, Nov. Reorganization
of the South is one of the outstand
ing tasks facing the CLIO during
the coming year, CLIO President
Philip Murray told delegates to
the CLIO convention.
"I don't mind telling you" Muir
ray declared, that in so far as the
CIO is concerned, nothing is GO
ing to stand in our way of organ
izing the South during the current
year. We have to do it; we arc
going to do it. Let US pledge our
selves to see that this job is done
before your convention meets
next year.
In furtherance of this policy,
the convention adopted q resolu-
ton urging CLIO officials to form
ulate and put into affect plans in
conjunction with all interested pa-
tional and international Unions de-
signed to bring about organization
of all Southern workers into un-
ions of the Go.
Describe Problems
In the discssion on southern or
ganizing from the floor several de-
egates from Unions active in the
south spoke on the problems to b
| facel in this drive and the progress
made so far.
The work done by the Textile
Workers Union in the South dur
ing the last four or five years wa:
described by Delegates George
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
CAUSES LATEST DETROIT
GRAFT PROBE

Detroit, Dec. 10 (By Robert
Crump for AMP The taxpayers &c
this city are stu ca-' ying tn Ian
tern in search of an honest man in
the city government, for year at
ter year during the past several
years there comes s. sudden flare
lip of charges Of graft, corruption
e.nbezzlemnet of Iulis, brber.
and what not in n branch or,
aotker of the government here
Some years ago there were t"o
cases of embezzlement of thous-
IDS of dollars of welfare funds.
one following hard on tie heels of
|t:... oshe.. Then came the conspi.
acy to obstruct ju, &C and graft
to protect the poli;y< and clearing
ho-1se racket fnr VI oh some c..y
ind county ~off'cius are n : On
tr al. Later NEE councilm' n
we're convicted for accepting graf
cney for a t.l.aIn type of On
struction of 20 rnment housing
projects and INV Genes an inv ST
igs tion by the CCul ty prosecutor
in charges Of i~rregularity, padded
payrolls and the use of county
funds for political purposes which
flared forth 2 few days ago, which
involves several Negro men hold
ing prominent positions in Inc
Wayne county government setup-
This latest mess which grows
deeper day by day grew out of the
summary dismissal of six county
employees of the tract index depart
ment who were charged with
gross INSTRUMENTATION and unlin-
tied end unaccounted for absence
without leave.
Emmett S. Cunningham, prom
inent political leader who headed
10 political activities around the
county building and the only col
ored man among the six dismiss
ed employees, squealed loudest
| when informed of his discharge.
Cunningham claimed that his days
of AWOL were when he was out
campaigning for reelection or
some of the official heads of the
county government and that he
had been given that permission by
those in authority to go the limit.
He charged further that he used
county funds given him by his
bosses with which to pay camp
align expenses
These statements made, it is be-
heved. in a boastful manner to the
daily newspapers by Cunningham
caused a stir in county circles and
a search into the records is said
to have REVEALED irregularities, lax
ity in administration and padding
of payrolls. The money angle CT
the charges brought in the name
of Benjamin Pelham, 79, known as
the boss of the county government
and administrator of the $4,000
600 a year county business
No man alive knows more about
the Wayne county financial sta
tus, it's revenue, its operation than
does Pelham. While listed as 2
clerk in the auditors office, ne L
in truth. auditor himself. NO pur
chases could be made, no approp-
riations set aside, no appointments
made or money spent without Inc
consultation with the sanction OF
Mr.. Pelham. Yet no one believes
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
-ARIES MUST BE EQUALIZED
! Complete Equalization Through
out South viii Cost A 100000

out South viii Cost s43, 1000, 900
Richmond, Va.,-That the South
now realizes it can no longer a.
void paying equal salaries to coll
ored and white school teachers is
brought out in a recent editorial
in the widely-circulated daily, the
Richmond News Leader which
states that the local school board
will lose if it goes to court in the
equal pay action begun here, the
NAACP announced this week.
Richmond teachers have petit
toned the school board for immed-
late adjustment of their salaries
to the level of that of whites with
equal training and experience.
The News Leader says that pay
ought to be equalized" and places
the cost Of the increase at $22.OG0
per annum. The NAACP is IS
sisting Richmond teachers at their
request.
From the United States Office
of Education, the NAACP learned
this week that approximately SAB
100000 annually would be needed
to bring educational standards for
Negroes in the South into parity
with the standards for whites.
This figure includes SIG, 036,421
in additional funds needed to equal
ize colored and white teachers sal
aries; about $8,Oo0.0O0 70 bring
supplies to Negro schools into APP
proximately equality with whites,
and 9,OOO,O 900 for additional Ne
gro teachers to make the ratio Of
pupils per teacher equal with that
in white schools. The ratio as it
now stands is % pupils per white
teacher and SO pupils per Negro.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13

peal to the liberal-minded white
people of North Carolina and the
south to band themselves together
to see that the injustices done the
Negro in the army, in the navy
and in economic fields of endeavor
lie changed, so that all can stand
together in defense of a real de-
mocracy. The Negro has never
failed his country, and it would be
unconscionable wrong II his coun-
try failed him. The south Is pow
erful enough to lead in this, and
especially could our own great
state"
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
DUKE ENDOWMENT FUND
LISTS 13 HOSPITALS AIDED
DtIRING 1890

New York, Dec. 8 CAMP The
annual Duke Endowment fund
1889 report issued recently lists
10 hospitals and three special hos
pitfalls in North Carolina which re-
ceived assistance during 1880. A
total Of Ss2,479 was contributed t1
the Is institutions
Listed in the report as receiving
grants for disqualification Of pat
tents are Community hospital, Wi
migton, s7,724; Castor County
Negro hospital, Gastonia, S1,T93.
Good Samaritan hospital, Charl-
otte, S12,640; Good Shepherd hos.
pital, New Bern, S3,242; Jubilee
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
EDITORIALS OF THE WEEK
JAPANESE
ATTACK u. S.
POSSESSIONS

Last Sunday the Radio brought
the intelligence that Japan mad
made attacks by bombers upon
the Hawaiian Islands and the Phil
lipine Islands and that naval craft
and submarines had also begun
their sea war on American and
British shipping.
Thus, the "War of the Pacific
has begun, and thus too, the rea-
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13

hospital, Henderson, $5,77T0; Lin
coin hospital, Durham, $14,932;
Mercy Hospital, Wilson, $500;
Richardson hospital. Greensboro,
S6,794; St Agnes hospital, Raj
eigh, S16,458 and Susie Cheatham
Memorial hospital, Oxford, $2,072.
The three special hospitals in
cluded in the report are Juvenile
Research association, Winston =
Salem, s1.3O9; Roaring Gap hos
pital, Roaring Gap, $1,881; and
Spartanburg Baby hospital, Salu-
da, $2,714.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
YES, WE BELIEVE IN THE RED
CROSS BY GIVING S841.50 FOR
THIS WEEK

Employees Of the Nebraska Pc
wer Company set a new high re-
cord in the 1912 Red Cross mem
bership roll call by subscribing a
total of $841.50.
This is revealed in a letter post
ed on all company bulletin boards
in which Mr.. ]. E. Davidson, COM
pany president, thanks the en-
ployes for their generous support
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.

The present Pastor, Officers and
members of ST. John AME. church
wish to make it known that, the
former Pastor, Rev. T. A. Sears,
is no longer connected with st.
Johns AME. Church, nor the AME,
connection in anyway, and that
the Church, Officers and Members
shall not be responsible for any
bills contracted by Rev. Sears.
henceforward, nor any personal
bills contracted heretofore or
hereafter.
Signed
Rev. E. r. Ridley, Pastor,
Geo. Woods, Treas. Trustee
Board,
=. w. Starns, Sec.
Trustee Board
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
FIRE HOME

The home of Mrs. L. Bryant,
2125 North 18th St., was badly
burned by fire Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. Bryant and family are now
residing in South Omaha while
repairs are being made on their
home.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-13
NAACP ANNUAL ELECTION
nE nEEICERS

The Omaha Branch of the MAJ
CP will hold it's Annual Election
of Officers at the Urban League,
Sunday. December IA, at 3:15 p.
N.
All members are urged to be
present.
Arthur B. McCaw, Presiden-, }.
Westbrook Mcpherson, Program
Chairman.
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Saburo Kurusu, special en-
voy from Japan, who it is said
Japan had invested with great
power for amicably settling
any major differences between
America and Japan
son now arises to the surface as
to why we shall need ten million
soldiers, with ten men behind each
soldier in total war.
Regretable as this war is, all A.
mericans have but one course open
TO them,-UNiTY Of all the people
to prosecute this war with full
vigor to a speedy conclusion. And
in this effort, there must be but
one coIor-the OLIVE DRAB;
there must be but two parties, pa
triots and traitors.
The causes which have led to
war can no longer be debated;
war is here and all of US must sup
port the government to defend its
domain.
For this effort, millions of men
and women will be needed, and
loyal men and women alone will
be safe as soldiers and sailors and
workers in the war effort.
That Japan would make her
first attack in American waters
came as a great surprise; that she
would do so while her ENJOYS were
pretending to discuss ways to
aaintain the peace, if the ENJOYS
were informed of the policy of the
government, marks the worst ex-
ample of a nations conduct in the
story of the modern world.
8 She term which fully explains
the acts of Japan is TRIcKERY.
Let us speedily put ar end to Jap
anese prentensions.
90
LET US PROVE 1T
Let US prove that we can put q
stop to the marauding "World
bandits" while at the same time
we maintain our democratic insti-
buttons. For contructive criticism
of the government in war time
may be as fine a service as a be
rendered by soldiers on the battle
field. Let US prove we can surV-
i've and grow surrounded by enem-
les of our theory of government
Our faith is that we can and wii''
GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN
Christmas will oon be here. II
is the period of Good viii To-
ward Men,. How tragic it must
be to Him whose birthday it COM
memorates as He looks down up
on this troubled, mangled world
No wonder, the a~ncients had many
gods; their tragedies and sorrows
made them feel one was moi
enough.
And now we hope and pray for
GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.
THE SITUATION IN HARLEM
Harlem, New York City, is still
in the headlines. The charge i:
made that there is a crime wave
there. They had a few of then
during the early days Of the !irs'
world a but President Wilson
orderd all men of sound body aie
mind TO work or fight. And may
we suggest that it might be a gooc
plan to draft the energetic young
men of Harlem and permit them II
expend their energy on the lap.
anese or on work which will leaC
to their undoing, the japanese.
WATCH FOR SABOTAGE
Sabotage is a real danger il
this country. We have been S
busy cuItivating "sojourners" a
mono US who have no proper con
cept of our government and it
purposes as to expose ourselves {
ruin. In this respect we are tn
most careless government in n
world. And we may wisely US
our Negro population in man
ways for our safety; as workers !
defense plants, as guards on =
property which is being used !
any way for defense purposes, a
,u.II = IN nftr ,rred fnrcee
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the Cowling-Davlin Company, Jl

the Bowling -Davlin Company, Ju- neau agents.
 The highest single days attend ance recorded is 24590 persons in Denver, Colorado. Next comes Aus tin, Texas, with 19,734, followed by Jacksonville, Florida, with l9,345. In some cases, as high as 20 per- cent of the population of city or town turned out for the showing.
 These caravans were inaugurated last October, when Newport" was assigned to the Pacific Coast and a "Thunderbolt" to the eastern sec tion. A second "Thunderbolt" was put on Ill November and two more in March, one of these replacing the Newport in the Far West. The four caravans now operating will be continued through the summer until practically every Chrysler dealer point in the country has been cov- cred.
 In addition to the million-plus
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who have visited dealers places to see these cars, it is estimated that more than 1,600,000 have seen the cars in various parades and at bow" football games.
 These caravan cars represent the most modern application of aero dynamic principles, the result of years of study of the performances of racing cars and research in wind tunnels and elsewhere. Chrsyler Cor poration engineers believe that they are indicative of future trends in automobile designing and that they will have as great an influence on the industry as. did the original Chrysler "Airflow.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-17

Empire classiiieds PayI
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-17
Poppy Posters Will
 Be Judged at Dugout
 On Tuesday Morning

The annual poppy poster contest, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary in reminder of Flanders Field and Poppy Day, May "A, will be held here Tuesday morning at II o'clock The posters will be judged at the American Legion Dugout with Mrs. Florence Mutch, unit poppy chairman, in charge.
 Posters from Douglas and Juneau grade schools will be on display and the winning poster from each class will be sent to department head quarters to be. judged in competition with winners from throughout the Territory. These posters in turn will be sent to national headquarters at Indianapolis to be entered in. the. national contest. fAy ptl
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Gastineau Channel League
 Won Lost
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Gumber Winner
 ForCards
Traded by Giants, He Goes Into Box and Shuts Out
 Boston Braves
By ASSOCIATED PREss)

Harry Gumbert was the hero of the day Friday when pitching his first game after being traded, shut cut the Boston Braves. He allowed cn,y six hits and gave two walks The Giants traded Gumtert to the Cord vols last Wed@ "e.iay.
 Pittsburgh snapped Brooklyn's ceren game winning streak as Albie Fletcher made homer in the elev- erth inning yesterday to decide the gene.
 Mel Ott get his eighth hcmer of the year yesterday as the Giants tcok the second straight game from the Cubs.
 Cleveland added t, the margin of leadin gin the American League by getting IA his eff Boston.
 Mccarthy shook up the Yankees batting order yesterday. Be benched rockies Ri2zuto and Priddy. The Yankees breke the five same lcosing streak at the expense of the White Sox.
 Washington baat the Browns yes, terday getting F hits off Auke-..
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-17
Jenkins Is MauIed by
 Montgomery

NEW YORK, May 17.-Bob Mont gomery took Lew Jenkins punches a couple of rounds last nigh and then came on to outpoint the world lightweight champion III ten rounder.
 Montgomery sliced Jenkins nose in the fourth round, cut his right eye in the fifth round, gashed his left ear in the sixth and flOvied him in the ninth round.
 Montgomery entered tho ring at 1361a pounds and Jenkins tipl'ed the scales at 135 pounds.