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The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23

vessels and tankers are under dir
ect Governmental control and sub
ject to ALLEGATION by the War Ship
ping Administration, it is apparent
that all lines are or soon will be en-
gagged in the transportation of war
materials and are, therefore. defense
industries within the meaning Of
Executive Order SSO2."
Mr.. Cramer also announced the ad-
dition Of two senior field represen-
tatives to the Committees staff
Maceo ". Hubbard. Philadelphia. pa
and Ernest Green Trimble. Lexirz-
ton, Ky, both lawyers.
Mr.. Hubbard is a gaduate Of Lin
coin University and Harvard Law
School. For several years he has
Continued on pageE2)
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23
THE GRAHAM CASE

The Ease against Sergeant Ora
ham has been patiently heard by
the Omaha City Council. 1t has
been taken under advisement by that
body.
We have heard the case through
several times and we are satisfied
Sergeant Graham is wrong and
lacks the judgement requisite to
control his great physical strength.
One fact has come to light in this
case which Should receive immed-
late attention by the City Council.
According TO the evidence adducei
IN the Graham Eldridge case, Mrs.
Eldridge was taken to the emery
ency operating room where e police
surgeon took several stitches in her
cut arm. She tainted, apparently
from loss Of blood. And while in
this condition, instead of being TAX
en- TO the hospital ward in the city
jail she was placed in a eel. Even
a dumb brute. suffering from a sim
liar injury would have been placed
in a hospital provided for such ere
atures, even though its wounds had
been received in a fight with az
other dumb animal.
Furthermore, it also appears from
the evidence that Mrs. Eldridge was
injured sometime before 3 D. m. ana
bled profusely from her wounds Tor
over an hour before the flow %
blood was staunched by a nurse or a
doctor.
What il she had died from loss Of
blood? If as in the present case
she had died after being placed in
the cell on the orders Of a police
surgeon, the city would have De,
o8me liable in civil damages. And
If the city were TO have many such
cases, it would soon be bankrupt.
Win the police commissioner in.
vestgate and report some remedial
steps to the City Council.
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23
Death Claims
Mrs. Madeline Roberts Gibson
Charlie Mcintosh
John ". Crawford

Ipressive ceremony, at the ST. Phil
lips Episcopal Church, Wednesday.
Burial was at Forest Lawn
Two sons, Lovejoy and billiard
Crawford, both of Omaha, survive.
One daughter, Mrs. Flora Pinks-
ton, and a granddaughter, Floren-
tine Crawford, both Of Omaha, also
survive.
Mr. Crawford was a Royal Arch
Mason, and a charter member Of
the Grand Lodge Of Nebraska
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23
ORGANIZE NOW! OR
after AFFECTS
By GEORGE T. EDWARDs

On May % and "a there is going
to be a Negro Labor Institute held
in Omaha This is a very import
ant occasion for our race since il
will be the first affair of its kind
to be held by the Negro people IN
the country. It is our immediate
task to see that this Institute j. =
great success
The committee in charge has ar
ranged a very interesting program
for both days Of the meeting.
Labor Institutes have been held
before and have carried on certain
educational work among members Of
organized labor, but more import
ance shuld be attached to this in
stitute because for the first time t
is dealing directly with the problems
that are confronting the Negro PEG
pie In all walks of life.
We are confronted with a huge
task in our efforts to organize our
people into trade unions, but it is
a job that MUST be done as rapidly
as possible. That the Negro has
been unfairly treated and discrim-
iniaed against in many Of the trade
snions Is q fact no honest person
can deny, and it is for that very
reason that it is SO difficult to get
them into unions today. If these
Lariers are to be torn down and die
elimination stopped, it must be done
from within the unions, for we can
do very little so long as we remain
on the outside, and today over The
entire nation there is a great organ
izing drive in progress not only to
get workers into trade unions Int
also to create greater unity in our
war effort
IN Omaha both the Go and the
AT OF l.. are making an organizing
drive, and now is abe time for orr
people, wherever possible. to become
a part Of this great movement
1t we were to make a survey, we
would find that our living conditions
have rapidly grown worse during
the past year. Why? Because we
have failed to organize. In many
cases our rent has gone up, the cost
of food and clothing has gone VI,
while our wages have remained at
the same level. And the reason our
wages have not gone up has been
because We were unorganized.
In the peace that is to follow his
war. only the organized are going
to have any voice-so il we are to
have any voice THEN, we must Or
ganize now.
Many Of our people in Omaha are
eligible to become members Of trade
unions, but not understanding the
real principles Of trade unionism
have neglected to join. So 1 seeI
that with the coming of the first
Negro Labor Institute to Omaha we
should launch a real organizing
campaign among our people. Or
ganize them we can. Organize
them we must. So let's make a
good start by making May % and
"a " red letter days in the history
OF the Negro people in the city Of
Omaha And as we leave the final
meeting Of the Institute, let us re-
Give not to rest until we have really
organized the Negro people.
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During the past six years more
than 5000. 900 persons have enrolled
in the popular "3 cents a day" plan
Of disqualification, which pays hos
pital bills for individuals and fam
lies Americas annual bill for hos
pitaI care runs into several billions
of dollars and hrify heads OF famil-
les have been so quick to recognize
the advantages Of insurance against
such expenses that this new idea
has broken all records. Already the
various hospital plans have pail
more than 500, 900. 0O0.O in bene-
fits to policy-holders.
disqualification insurance has
been endorsed by public officials ami
employers as a needed protection to
workers as it obviates the necessity
Of borrowing money to meet hospit-
al bills.
The medical profession has not
been slow TO recommend hospitaIiz-
alton. Doctors are else to human
prblems and they know that too Oft
Ell a surgical peration or hospital
treatment is deferred for lack OF
funds. with disastrous results to the
patient.
Hospitals favor the idea and IL
many communities have Joined in
setting I'D local plans. Their reason
for doing this i two-fold. because i
assures them Of adequate payment
for room and board and other serv-
ices. as well as protecting abe insu--
ed. For. after all, hospitals are
business Institutions and must have
cash in settlement of their bills.
The purely local plan of hospital
iZation, however, is practicable only
in large cities where local hospitals
and thousands Of members can con
tribute to its support People liv.
ing in smaller cities, towns and
country districts must have a plan
that does not depend on the support
OF any particular group Of persons
or associated hospitals. They must
be able to use it at any hospital Ia
which illness or injury may confine
them and this need can be met besi
b yam Independent company which
permits people to make application
and pay their dues by mail. thus Sc.
curing protection no matter where
ahey may live.
The principal officers of the FED
ERAL LIFE AND BENEFIT AS
ISOLATION are among the pionee-s
IN the field Of disqualification insu-
ance and they have policy-holders il
practically every State in the Union
The FEDERAL disqualification poi
icy provides HOSPITAL ROOM
AND BOARD-OPERATING ROOM
l-X-RAY EXAMINATIONS AN
ESTHESIA- LABORATORY FIX
AMINAT1ONS MATERNITY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FEES =
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23
TIME Is FLFFTISG

IN an earlier day in the old south.
the so-called white blue looIs-
were required to learn a little about
the Latin language. A phrase or
two often sufficed. One phrase in
Continued On page ~ y
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Insurance
PROTECTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

g cents a Day" Pays Bill for
Hospital Confinement in Illness
Accidental Injuries or Maternity
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NEBRAsK APIONEER PASSES

John n. Crawford, Y. resident Of
Nebraska since 1890, passed away
early Sunady morning. after having
suffered from high blood pressure
and heart trouble since last Octob-
er.
He had been living with his soz,
Lovejoy Crawford. 27O1 North 25tn
Street.
Father STAINS officiated, in an i'm
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from
Ctlft0-a c III &c hcH

Well G. G you have been 81 busy all week preparing for the massive
program of the Omaha Labor Institute. this weekend. that 1 haven't
had time to talk to you much. I understand you have som Of the ma
ional leaders booked to speak here in Omaha And that there will be
much dining and banqueting. Your GUIDE of last week gave the full
program but I presume there will be some last minute changes and
look for them.
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Just got a letter from the British
West Indies. You know. c. c. when
I was down there. a few years ago,
1 got terribly sick. Spent months
on a tropical hospital bed. Every
one thought I would die. Ny weight
went down to 135 lbs. nmagina
that and then look at me todayD
While there. a little West Indtrn
boy attended me as best he could.
I tried to teach him to read and
write. That foreign letter received
today was from him. Little ANDY
Jolly Of the British West Indies.
III never forget him as I can't .nr-
get those who helped me when ]
needed help.
Continued on page Es1
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23
JUDGE HASTE No Ih! Admission aa

subject, The Negro. Labor and the
War" starting 1000 A. N. Saturday
May 20, and Sunday, May Gath 1t the
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23

In the pleasure field, Of course.
the big event Of the week, in my
opinion, was the Earl Hines dance
1 mentioned something about him
last week. And, undoubtedly, the
little girl reprter, Miss???, Of the
Girls On The Streets" column viii
have much to say about the local
jitterbugs, and whatnots. who at
tended the dance.
You know c. C. the torch singer,
Miss Madaline Green, stayed around
at the same house I am staying IN.
The one owned by the hospitable
Mrs. Ashby Simmons. 1928 Willis
Avenue. So did William Randall,
the Road Secretary Of the Earl Hin
es Orchestra, and the permanent
secretary Of the Earl Hines Music
Corporation.
NY landlady tells me that all the
big theatrical people stop at her
house. when in town, including such
international personages as Duke
Ellington; Ethel Waters; Noble Sis
sic, etc.
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23

Omaha University.
There vii be many outstanding
speakers among whom will be Assist
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ant Secretary Of War, Judge HASTE.
and A. Philip Randolph.
A Big Banquet is planned for
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23

FLASH, I forgot to tell you, CT
did 1? that Mrs. c. W. Jewell, 1923
Grant Street phoned Up and told me
TO tell you that your God-chiId Mrs.
Madeline Roberts Gibson Of Tacoma.
Washington. just passed away. Y9u
know, @. G. Mrs. Jewell is the moth
er OF Omaha's popular Jimmie Jew
ell 1t was he that brought Earl
Hines here.
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23

Under the auspices Of the Omaha
Labor Institute, Omaha will have
two bigs days Of conference on the
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-23

Saturday evening, May Gard ut 6 p.
NJ. at the Rome Hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-12
eTEST QUESTIONS

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn to Page 10
for the answers.
l. Name the prominent figure in
the presidential campaign of 1910
who has been making tour of
near-Eastern countries.
2. The Commonwealth Of Aus
tralia consists of SIX states, name
them.
;. The leader Of the WAACs is
the wife of a former governor OF
Texas.
4 Name the senator who IS
chairman Of the special senate de-
Tense investigating committee.
5. HRH. The Duke Of Windsor
is governor and commander-in-
chief Of which group Of islands?
9. Tanansrive i the name Of the
capital city Of which large ISLAND
off the east coast OF Africa
:. Where are the Grozny oil
fields
S. Chungking. the capital Of
Free China, is on which large
river2
g. II is customary for the Brit
ish Prime Minister 10 be q mem
Der OF which house Of parliament
10. Calcutta, Bombay and Ma
drss are large cities in which
country
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people that we are losing the war
and must prepare for heavier
hardships.
The director Of the Office of
War Information was the FIRST 10
strike q solemn and critical note
in his review OF production. For
. while Donald NJ. Nelson and
army and navy officials COM
planned about this pessimistlc at
tituae. Subsequently Mr.. Davis
convinced them that folks wanted
the truth and would work more
vigorously IL they obtained IL. He
urged correspondents to play up
these addresses and to lay pfin-
cipsl stress on the gloomy side
Of the picture. He thought. Of
course. that he was pursuing THE
party line" since he had not been
criticized for his first utterance.
Now II appears he was all
wrong. How long the famous ex-
radio commentator and newspa-
permsn win continue to serve Is
pnzziing his friends. He took the
Job on the presidential promise
that he would not be hamstrung
by political or pallysnna consider
atoms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-12
. Cooperation

The presidents secret two-week tour
Of the country now il a matter Of history
the secret which, as one commentator re-
marked. loo. 0O0, 900 Americans wouldn't
tell 10 the other 80. 900 600.
The secret" was preserved" because
newspapers and radio. leaning far over
backward. deferred their best judgment
to that Of the president. who overruled
many II not most Of his advisers and asked
that no word be published about the trip
until he himself gave permission.
In view of the unfavorable remarks
made by Mr.. Roosevelt about the press
and the radio. at the very conference in
which he permitted publication Of his
trip We feel justified in saying that this
suppression by the pews media was an
extreme example OF wartime cooperation
By both of those agencies.
Ii should be borne in mind that this vol
untary censorship went beyond the limits
of anything ever before asked or conceded.
Obviously. in wartime, there should be
no mention of the itinerary of president
en- route, either in advance or while he is
in any fixed spot Such publicity might
either invite sabotage By advance action,
or permit enemy agents to reach the scene
IN time TO get in their dirty work.
But this went further. This went so
far that. after the president had addressed
gatherings OF thousands of persons-in
one instance the estimate was 10000
and had moved on to some other city, the
local newspapers did not print so much
rs the fact that he had been in town.
This voluntary censorship went so far
that Washington news agencies dssemin-
ated pre-prepared presidential material.
creating the Implication that it had just
been worked up. so as not even negatively
to create curiosity whether Mr.. Roosevelt
was at his desk on Pennsylvania Avenue.
In one moment We are proud of this
about cooperation. In another we are be-
wildered and worried
Virtually without exception profession
al newsmen, who have devoted their lives
10 gauging popular psychology in relation
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He Knows or Finds
The Answers

Mr.. FIxit: DO YOU or any Of
your readers know where forms
for hollow cement blocks with imi-
tation stone face can he obtained
J. W. X.
There seems TO be no place
around town where those would be
available. The companies which
were making such blocks have
stopped for the time because the
combination Of labor and price
ceiling made ii a losing venture.
Even IL you had the forms. you
probably would not be able to
make satisfactory blocks. Such
cement must be put into the forms
with vibrating machinery to re-
move all water and air bubbles,
something extremely difficult. if
not impossible, with hand work.
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. Our Opinion So

TO news events. believe that the presidents
request went beyond the bounds OF reason.
These dissenters include not merely the
working reporters. who might be influ-
enced By their desire TO write not stories,
but also the best publicity brains Of the
presidents own administration
They include not merely the repre-
sentatiyes of anti-Roosevelt publications,
or the anti-Roosevelt representatives Of
other papers, but such ardently pro-
Roosevelt writers as Raymond Clspper
and Ernest Lindley.
Tossing their own informed convictions
into the waste basket, these all Needed the
presidents request and refrained from
giving to the people some Of that infOrma-
ton which is the cornerstone Of enlight-
ened democracy.
They had done this before when there
was difference of opinion among eompe-
tent experts. They have done it now. when
there Was no substantial difference OF opin-
ion.
II is easy to see the dangers We are fac
ing. Ii il is true that democracy cannot
function unless it is supported by an en-
lightened public opinion, then there has to
be some point az which those media
charged with public enlightenment insist
upon functioning democratically.
IL anyone can stop that process cold
and one man has in this instance-then
perhaps il is time TO reassess the situa-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-12
, Fortunate Failure

Tests suggest that the suggestion made
by one oil company. to cut out half the
cylinders of an automobile in order to save
gasoline, is not very practicable. The saw
ing in no instance was large. and in some
tests there was an actual increased use of
fuel. Operating results, not Unexpectedly,
were far from smooth.
Probably this is fortunate. Throughout
most of the country gasoline is rationed to
save rubber rather than fuel Any device
permitting greater mileage from rationed
gas would serve to defeat the prime pur-
pose OF saving rubber.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-12
18TH NAVAL DISTRICT
CHIEF COMPLIMENTS PRESS

Editor. The Times. note with
pleasure that this has been desig-
mated as Newspaper Week" an
opportunity for all OF US To con-
template the advantages Of a free
and critical press.
A free and critical press means
an informed public. A free press
il. therefore. one.of the important
things for which the war is being
fought. Every American life lost
in the Aleutisns. in the South Pa
cific. on all the fronts Of all the
world. Is dedicated TO the free
peoples OF the world. and no peo-
pie can be free unless their press
Is free.
Like you. I am mindful that in
the stress Of war there occurs a
paradox The paradox is this; the
very forces which are fighting for
free press army. the navy.
the marine corps. the coast guard
must sometimes AK that. for 4
fleeing edition. you give up your
freedom. Whenever this has been
asked in the Thirteenth Naval
District IL has been in the sincere
belief that by requesting silence OF
modification we have been protect
ing the men on the firing line. A
newspaperman has stated IL best
Ray Daniels Of the New YORK
Times: There is no story on earth
good enough 10 risk the life Of
single soldier. sailor. or marine"
You have always sgreed with
thst-and your consistent agree
ment. even in those instances
where you believed that we were
oyercautious. has been a source Of
qualification to me. On those oe-
casions when our requests were
proved valid there viii be no way
TO determine how much your CO.
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DEf'LORES SPREADING
USE OF PROFANITY

Editor. The Times: The first
casualties in war seem 10 be de-
cency and self respect. / refer 10
the senseless wave Of profanity
that is sweeping the country. We
seem TO be working ourselves into
silly lather Of swearing and in
stead Of harming the enemy we
merely beslohber ourselves and
thus look inane and foolish.
Why must newspapers and
magazines suddenly sprinkle their
sheets with "hells.| 'damns" and
"g-dd---s" Have we lost our
sbility to understand good speech
since Dec. Tthg Why trail obnox-
ious human frailties and base
habits through the public press
War is tragic and shocking enough
without trying to add any touch
OF realism and emphasis.
An Otherwise excellent article
in a recent digest magazine deal
ing with the Batssn epic was 50
replete with these phrases that
sn otherwise thrilling story be-
comes monotonous and ridiculous
And now. the noblest Roman OF
them ali. once approved by twenty
three million ballots. ousses his
way around the world proclaim
ing the virtues" Of his nation In
manner that makes many OF Us
ashamed.
object 10 the profanity in
your paper. Mr.. Editor. II Is
foolish. II suggests poverty Of
thought and psueity Of words. 1t
ssvors 81 the low and sseriligious.
II proelaims fuuhty. As a reader
! object to the low and base and
have every right to expect the
fine and noble
REV. JOHN II. SOLTMAN.
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uon VIII become a major concern
m business as certain shortages
develop largely on account Of
transportation difficulties. Farm
ers are 10 profit greatly after they
hFe united On important prinriples
Tor the benefit OF agriculture
starving thousands in Europe and
Asa VIII cause movements for
American families TO oontub,,.
Systematically from their plenty
Inventors q new concentrates vii
profit.
PERSONS whose birthdzie II Is
WI benefit in the coming wear
me stars seem 70 promise happi-
ness IN domestic life and increased
pFesuEe- social and professional
Children bora on tbs day nroh-
AMY Nil b talented in The ats
Ihey should he Of equabls dispose
uon and sturdy AealtA
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. Your Opinions

operation has meant in saving
lives. or insuring the success of
our military ventures. That sue
cess. as you well know. has not
yet been nearly fun enough. II
must be made complete. and II will
be made complete If the army and
the navy receive from everyone the
identical support they have had
from the press.
Yours is . difficult way to make
in such times as these. I congraf-
ulate you and your staff on how
well you have made II. join with
fellow citizens in the celebration Of
Newspaper Week. and I take the
occasion 10 thank you on behalf Of
Navy personnel in the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska for your
very real help against grim and
determined foe.
c. 5. FREEMAN.
Vice Admiral. L. S. Navy.
Commandment, 18th Naval Dist
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. SO THEY SAY

me political sniper today is Just
a dangerous as the Jap sniper in
a palm tree. The man who stlrs
Up differences between racial and
rengious groups is as dangerous as
me stlSa. - Secretary Of Navy
Frank Knox.
We shall have to wufk out
system BY which the world Il s.fs
ana at peace II We are Ia be safe
and Al peace. The reaous are
nsrdooiied military facts.-Louis
A johnson. presidential secretary.
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Do not Use the word providing
when you mean provided Right;
4 VIII lend HIM NY car. provided
he is careful in is use The
army is providing all soldiers with
gas masks"