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The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
BROTHERHOOD BACKS
MEMPHIS PREACHER WHOM
CPVAfP PERSECUTES

CRUMP PERSECUTES
New York, April 80 Following
Hasr upon the free speech meet.rg il
the First Baptist Church on Beale St
IN Memphis. Tennessee al which A
Philip Randolph, George Googe, Sou
thern Organizer Tor the American
Federation OF Labor Milton P. Web
ster, 1st International Vice President
OF the Brotherhood OF Sleeping Car
P0rters and Jim Barrett. a. F. OF l.
Organizer OF the South, spoke, Boss
b Crump's machine had the Fire De
partnent Of Memphis to inspect Rev.
Longs Church and place 4 fire haz-
ard penalty upon il The repairs nee
essary TO lift this penalty will CON
stitute 2 considerable expense to the
Church Mr.. Randolph has comm
unicated with the Rev. Long and
Cornelius Maiden, Negro A. F. oil
L Organizer N the South, who i
leading the campaign to raise tn
funds to make repairs on the church
that the Brotherhood OF Sleeping Ca,
Porers viii see TO It that the fund
are raised to lift the fire hazard pen
atty.
Mr.. Randolph indicated that Presl
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06

we all conservatives we would
dry I'D, and If we were all radicals,
we would bust up. Between the pull
back of the conservatives and the pull
ahead Of the radicals we make pro-
gress in a middle direction.
Il hope that Texas will assert her
good sense and accept the fact that IN
= democracy every law-abiding, de-
cent citizen has a right to vote re
gardless of religion, sex, or the color
OF his skin If we cannot accept that
fact, then the only thing to do IS to
end the hypocrisy and cease to cal
our country a democracy"
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06

FALARIA LEE McC6W. 2s0t
Ohf7 Street, q student H the fine art!
department at the University of ON
1hGs u1s among those h0Hored at tht
University Thursday, Aprd %. al
students 1cah Oh average of IS %
berier 1gere h0Hored at The CoE5ora.
ton
hrs. McCG1g is the 1Vife Of Arthn'
B MrCGJg. Deputy IN the County
assessors office and the mother u
usec children. Janis, Jan and Mel
zsH ErthRr McCG1r.
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06

City, May 3rd on a cross country
trip on which he will visit Chicago.
St. Paul, Minnesota, Portland, Ore
gon, Oakland, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, California; Salt Lake City,
Utah, Denver, Colorado, Omaha, Ne
braska, and Kansas City, Missouri.
He will speak at public meetings as
well as organizatiOnal conferences on
this tour.
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06

MIN WHO SOUGHT TO SELL
STRANGE FRUIT ON TRIAL;
FINED 5000
Cambridge, Mass, (CNS) A Cam
bridge book dealer was fined 5000
this week for selling a copy Of
Strange Fruit" IN 4 tesr case BY
District Judge Arthur P. Stone
Judge Stone, after reading Lillian
Smiths controversial novel about a
Negro girls love affair with a
white doctors son, says. 4 wouldnt
say that a book was impure because
OF one word, but l believe that Ger
tain incidents have been fugged IN 70
make this book dirty. 1 believe that
the author brought in the filth with
an eye to increasing the sales"
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
RANDOLPH TO MAKE CROSS
COUNTRY TRIP
WILL SPEAK HERE

WILL SPEAK HERE
New York, n. ", April 80 Ac-
ccrding to information received at the
international headquarters OF the
Brotherhood OF Sleeping Car Por-
tiers, A. Philip Randolph, Internal
ional President, will leave New York
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
SUGGEST NAMING LIBERTY
SHIP FOR z. z. JUST

New York=It has been suggested
10 the Ship Naming Committee OF
VI. S. Maritime Commission BY the
NAACP that a Liberty ship Be nam
ed for the late DR.. Ernest Everett
Just. Dr. Just was a world famous
biologist and ~zoologist, professor OF
physiology at Howard University
College OF Medicine and the first
recipient OF the Spingarn Medal II
1918.
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06

sent: -
Omaha, Nebraska, May /, 1914
Mr.. c. c. Galloway, Editor Omaha Guiae,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Sir: l am taking this opportunity to write
you relative to an incident | experienced a few days
ago as | applied for work.
On Monday, April 18th. 1914, l registered with
the Veterans Placement Bureau, 10th and Farnam
streets and was sent to the Alcohol Processing plant
at IL a. m, 18th and Jones streets by Mr.. Seigel Berg
In charge of the Veterans office to see Mr.. Charles
Diffendal about work In Chemical Laboratory.
Guards on duty at the plant stated "MR. DIFFEN-
DALI DID o WANT TO SEE OR HIRE ANY
NEGROES"
This is a Government Financed Plant. Seeker of
Employment is a Veteran of World War III, HON
ORABLY DISCHARGED.
| went back to the Veterans Bureau, 10th and
Farnam streets, Monday, April oath. 1914 and Mr..
Siegel Berg was unable to do anything about it as
per his statement. He was asked to call Mr.. Diff
fendaIl. He refused to do 50.
a Mr.. Strauss Of the q. S. Employment Service,
30 South 18th street, also was told of the incident.
His Special Job lis to place Veterans he said. 1T
wasn't his duty to see that the Alcohol plant hired
me" Very truly yours,
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
MRS. OUNCE H, CARTER TO
SPEARHEAD LOCAL DRIVE
B'ORKED UNDER THOMAS
e DEWEY WHEN HE WAS
n y. DISTRICT ATTORNEY

AIRS. Eunice H Carter, who at
tanned national prominence as an as
sistant District Attorney under Dis.
trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey oil
New York County. New York. is tc
BE- Guest Speaker al a meeting at The
Zion Baptist Church, 22nd and Gran
streets, at 8 pm Friday, May 18th
L Is part OF the membership effort
on behalf Of the Omaha Branch 81
the NAACP. Tickets are being
sOl1 for S12O each and each purch-
6 p~rovIdeder Of a ticket will be given
an annual membership in the NAACP
If he signs his name and address on
the lace Of the ticket on lines provid-
ed therefor.
Mrs. Carter is a graduate Of Smith
College Of Northampton, Mass. and
holds three degrees from the school
an A. B. and A NJ. and an LID.
She also holds aH LIB. degree from
Fordham University, New York City.
The number of tickets is limited to
1000 and they are being sold very
rapidly. and the public IS urged to
make purchases Immediately. Tick
cts may be had at the Johnson Drug
Store, 23O6 North oath St. The
Northside YWCA. 22nd and Grant
SIS The Community Center, 2Oth
and Dodge streets. Matthews Book
Store, 1920 Harvey street. and at the
Workmans Club. 5219 South 10Th St.
Mrs, Carter viii arrive III Omaha
May 18th, and VIII be interviewed on
WOW Friday afternoon at y .45 D.
M May 10Th. AT 5 p. m. she viii
deliver her address at Zion Baptist
Church on the subject. "TODAYS
CHALLENGE TO AMERICA"
No one can afford to miss hearing
and seeing Mrs Carter and no on
a afford to be without a member
ship n the NAACP- Rev. ]. E
Blackmore s president OF the Omaha
BrsaSh OF tE NAAEP
Eunice H. Carter, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney New York County
400 Edgecomb Avenue. New York
City. y. Y.
Education; Public Schools. Brook
lyn, n Y. Smith Colle< A B. and
A. NJ, 1921; Fordhza University.
LIB 1882; Honorary Degree, LIB
Smith College, 1886.
Experience Professional 1922
Field Worker Community Service
Society 19sS-2ATeacher New York
Public Schools 192s-31-Senior
Field Worker. Newark Institute fam
lily Service; 1e21-32-Supervisor Of
Relief for Harlem Area under Glib
son Fund; 1928. Asst. Supervisor
Home Relief Bureau 1934-3-Priv-
ate practice law 1~g35-37-Member
Special Rackets investigation Staff
under Thomas E. Dewey: 1888 to
date Staff District Attorney Office.
New York Co.
Related professional activities 1924
-2@ASsOciated Won1en's Prison AS
sociation; Study on Neglected and
Delinquent Negro Children: 192e-31
Consultant TO Judge Keigler. Judge
81 Juvenile Court. New Jersey; 1886
36-SeGeary Mayors Commission
on Conditions in Harlem; 194O-42-
Assistant District Attorney in charge
OF Social Research and Adolesent
Offenders. 194142-Member Citiz-
ems Committee to cooperate with the
JOINT Legislature Committee on You
Ihful Offenders Note: Active IT
Civic and Political Life Tor the past
20 years. At present Legal Adviser
and chairman OF Board Of Trustees
OF National Council OF Negro Won
en-
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
BISHOP HAMLET, MOTHERS DAY SPEAKER
TO PREACH At CLEAYES
TEMPLE MOTHERS DAY

TEMPLE MOTHERS Day
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlet OF Kan
sas City, Kansas will be the guest
speaker at Cleaves Temple CME.
Church on Mothers Day, Sunday,
May the 18th
Bishop Hamlet IS one of the lead
ing thinkers Of America. 4 great
scholar and pulpiteer. He is the pre-
siding Bishop of the Third Episcopal
District of the Colored Methodist
Church. comprising the states Of Ne
braska. Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee
and Louisiana
The friends Of Cleaves are cord
tally invited to come out and hear CIR
Bishop.
Rev. T. J. Douglass, is pastor.
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
N. Y. MEDICAL SOCIETY CALI
FOR ADMITTANCE OF MORE

NEGROES TO SCHOOLS
Washington. DC, (CNS)- The
Medical Society Of New York has a
dopted a resolution calling for more
qualified Negro students to Be ad-
mitted L medical schools OF New
York County" stated IN the resolution
the best interests OF the public will
be served BY acceptance Of qualified
Negroes as i~nternes, resident and
staff members IN the city's hospitals"
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
LEAVES NAACP s1.5oO

New York-Miss Irene Lewisotn.
who died April 4. LETT $500 in her
viii to the NAACP and a similar a
mount TO the National Urban Lea
que Miss Lewisohn had been 4 con
tributor to the work OF the NAACP
for 10 years
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
HonOrabIy Discharged
Omaha COIOred Soldier
Gets Prejudice D0o1
Slammed i'm His
Face

Yes, it happened right here in Omaha, Nebr. with
one of your own who was raised and educated in O.
maha schools-A graduate of South High and a grad
uate of Creighton University. The following IS a
letter that every red blooded American should re-
sent: -
Omaha, Nebraska. Nav /. 1914
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Joseph M. Owen.
The Omaha guide., 1944-05-06
BEGINNING MAY 8, HR. 7
WILL BE ON SENATE FLOOR
SEE THAT YOUR
SENATOR Is THERE

Dear Friend:
Evening star., 1944-12-25
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

ter only for themselves. Thus Charlie
magne, in the name of Christ, having
conquered the Saxons (who believed in
Wotan), executed them wholesale in
bath of their own blood. And there
seemed no end of all this.
Yet the philosopher dared to speak
of common nature in all men.
=
Peace has It's laws no less than war.
No lasting peace can be made on the
concepts of war. There is no peace as
long as an enemy Is an enemy. 1t only
exists when he becomes a friend. He
can only become friend, when new
integration can be formed around a
superior social and political concept, In
the framework Of which persons and
nations can find oneness not through
elimination of any but of the proper
movement" of all.
Our war continues because that
superior integration in which all per-
sons and nations can find peace and
proper movement is not before the eyes
of the people.
Peace Is consent. Peace is agree
ment. Peace is the recognition of a
common nature, In which all find lib
erty under equal law.
The presumption of peace is that
what Is good for me, and for my ma
tion, is good for you and for all nations
And until we find that concept under
which victorious nations and defeated
nations can live by consent, in recogni-
ton of justice, this war will not end,
though 1t may manifest itself in other
than the present ways.
- =
Peace Is not something to be nego-
tiated. 1t Is not of the market place.
1t Is not to be bought or sold, for a
haggled price.
Peace is not security to be grabbed
by expansions of power, each expansion
of one necessitating an expansion of
the others until they clash.
Peace is not something to be imposed
by force
Peace is organic harmony, growing
out Of the factors that unite men-their
common needs. rights. loves, yearnings,
ideals. despairs.
Craftsmanship is the art of discerning
and promoting the indivisible factors
it lifts a banner to which all men and
nations can, without prejudice to their
just aspirations, freely repair; 1t articu-
lates maxims that are of universal
validity, and promises impartial appli-
cation of them.
Only thus is harmony possible, only
harmony Is social happiness, and only
social happiness is peace
tReleased By The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1944-12-25
No FriIIs Needed

Some time ago, in advocating that
Congress enact law providing for
universal compulsory military train
Ing on a permanent basis, President
Roosevelt suggested that such a pro-
gram would not necessarily have
to be confined strictly to teaching
young men how to be soldiers, but
might also include educational and
social projects applicable chiefly to
civilian endeavor. The War Depart
ment, however, apparently does not
share the Presidents view, for in
circular recently distributed to Off
GERS it makes clear that it is opposed
to any furbelows likely to complicate
the task of keeping American youth
prepared in order to keep the Nation
secure.
The primary business of the War
Department is to worry about war.
According to its circular, it wants
compulsory military training-a year
of 1t for every able bodied young
man-"for the one and only reason
that without such program the
continued security of our national
life and institutions can no longer
be assured" 1t wants it because
America will probably be the initial
objective of the aggressors in any
next war" and because it "is abso-
lutely essential in any practicable
plan that can be considered ade-
Quate" to insure the future safety of
our Nation. But it wants it without
frlllS; it wants it to be strictly a
soldier making business unencum-
bered by any activities that are non
essential to preparation for combat.
Whatever may be the virtue of the
broader program vaguely outlined by
the President, the War Departments
position seems to be very sensible
one. For no year of compulsory
training can be fully effective if it is
devoted part of the time to non
military pursuits and part of the
time to military ones Modern war
fare is such that young men require
fully twelve months to become ade-
quatedly educated in its techniques,
so that If we are to have what our
foremost Army leaders say we must
have, II we are to have compulsory
training, 1t ought not to be cluttered
up with nonessentials. After all. the
best way to learn about soldering is
to learn wholly about it, and not half
about 1t and half about something
else. In itself, moreover, this kind of
thoroughness involves the learning
OF so many things useful in civilian
life that it is hard to see why any
special educational or social projects
should be necessary.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
Christmas

Christmas this year is being cele-
brated under circumstances which
are conducive to close examination
of the meaning and significance of
the occasion. AS President Roosevelt
suggested last night, the observance
of 1914 is not altogether happy. But
for that very reason, perhaps, The
annual commemoration of today has
an Importance far beyond that OF
any other year within the experience
of living men and women.
People know now. as possibly they
never knew before, that the divine
ton to be had merely for the casual
taking. The story of the Nativity as
told in the second chapter of the
gospel according to Saint Luke con-
.tains in the fourteenth verse a
thought which is interpreted vari-
ously, 1t represents in one form the
heavenly host praising God and say
ing: GLORY to God in the highest
and on earth, peace good will toward
men" and in another, more recent
version: Peace on earth to men of
good will"
Whichever text be accepted, the
conception involved is certain to
appeal profoundly to thoughtful per-
sons. Those individuals who now
are at the middle station of life have
lived to witness the tragedies, the
sorrows of two great universal con-
f1icts. Neither of the world-devas-
tating disasters had it's origins
in issues of vast or all inclusive
impact. In each instance. the cause
and motivation of the strife have
been discovered in some relatively
minor difference between states.
There has been no truly funda-
mental contention. Both the First
World War and the Second have
developed out of disagreements
which were at best matters of sec
ondary character When historians
of the distant, philosophic future
look back upon the three decades be-
tween the assaSsinat ton of the Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand and the pre-
vailing struggle in France, Belgium
and Holland. they we'll may be
amazed that no cure, no corrective,
no solution was available to man.
kind.
But the answer to the obvious
question has been available for gen.
eratlons to even the unlettered
masses of the human race. 1t lies
in the personal integrity of the aver
age individual. Righteousness and
peace are not to be had in this world
without honesty and fair dealing
among the generality of men. Christ
mas is the occasion for the reaffir-
nation not merely of fellowship and
brotherhood but, most particularly,
of the essential merit of ordinary
citizens as beneficiaries of the ex-
ample of Bethlehem. Christmas in
1914 provides an opportunity for the
reaff1rmation of the angels message
OF serenity and harmony on earth in
terms Of a 1oill to good among all
classes, all conditions, all nations,
all races of people.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
8urmu Front

Although military events in Burma
are overshadoWed in popular interest
by news from other war theaters, it
is gratifying to know that the course
OF operations there is proceeding
satisfactorily. The end of the mon
soon season last October makes cam
paigning relatively easy until next
May or June, and the favorable posi-
tions attained by the various Allied
forces in Burma before and even
during the monsoon rains make it
possible to progress more rapidly
than ever before.
The chief military objective con-
tinues to be a junction between the
new Ledo highway constructed from
Assam through Northern Burma and
the old Burma road leading into
China. The last japanese strongholds
barring that junction seem about to
fall, and it is probable that, before
spring, hookup at some point will
have been made. To be sure. such
an event will not have the strategic
Importance it would have had a wear
or two ago, because China's position
has greatly Worsened and even the
full use of the new communications
line could hardly suffice to redress
the unfavorable balance. Also, it is
by no means unlikely that the Japa-
nese will succeed in cutting the old
Burma road at some point we'll inside
China, thereby neutralizing the re-
opening of the Burma end.
The overrunnlng of South Central
CHINA by japanese armies and the
impending completion of an over
land route by them all the way from
Manchuria and Korea to Indo-China
and Malaga profoundly alter the
general strategic picture. including
Burma. incidentally, the japanese
have built link between the railway
systems of Thailand and Burma,
thus rendering their garrisons in the
latter country partly independent of
Seaborne communications This is
important, since sea supremacy in
the Bay OF Bengal is passing into
British hands, thus making possible
landing at Rangoon, Burma's water
gateway, In conjunction with drives
by Allied troops from Northern
Burma and the Indian border.
Indeed, 1t is by no means incon-
ceivable that the Japanese high
command, faced with pressing COM
mitments elsewhere, might decide to,
give up Burma without too costly a
resistance. Strategically speaking,
the japanese occupation OF Burma
Evening star., 1944-12-25

Teheran would be delivered on the Ger
mans this year.
The Russians have never eased the
fighting with their usual courage and
skill. But since last summer their
military operations have had political
character and have not helped the
Americans fighting in the West.
Washington has addressed number
of queries to Moscow in an endeavor
to learn the operational plars of the
Russian armies. But nothing positive
could be exacted from their commander
in-chlef Indirectly, however, we have
been given to understand that we could
expect something to our advantage in
the latter part of December. Some OBJ
servers have drawn the conclusion from
the available information that the Rus
slams might place in our Christmas
stocking a real offensive which would
roll the Germans from the Polish plains
west of Warsaw to far behind the Reich's
frontiers.
- In recent days 1t was hoped that the
Russians would not fail to hit the enemy
between December Is and JANUARY l
with all their might. While such an
offensive may not have an immediate
effect on the actions OF the Germans
on the western front, it would Offset
the effect of the "shot in the arm"
Marshal Won Rundstedt has given the
German people, who were facing their
bleakest Christmas in history.
High-ranking American military men
are particular about the Christmas
package they expect from Premier Stain.
They maintain that neither the capture
of Budapest, Russian march toward
the 1strian peninsula on the Adriatic,
nor an offensive with a considerable
force of say 20 divisions in East Prussia
will be the answer to Uncle Sans prayer.
Only major offensive with the 200
divisions which the Russians are report
ed to have available in Poland would be
really satisfactory and telling on the
enemy
Uncle Joe" has the means with which
to give this gift to Uncle Sam And if
the offensive west Of Warsaw does not
materialize between Christmas and New
Year, some observers may suspect the
intentions of the Russian high command.
This would force us to revise the plans
carefully laid at Teheran and afterward.
Evening star., 1944-12-25
AS Others Should See Us

The United States faces a chal-
longing task in making itSelf-its
war effort, its fidelity to democratic
ideals. it's peace aims s-understood
by the peoples of other countries.
This is especially true as regards the
liberated nations of Europe, long
"blacked out" from factual world
news and fed on German propa-
ganda.
It is not from vanity that we want
other peoples to know about and
understand America. We want and
need cooperation from them, and
we hardly can expect cooperation
from an uninformed or misinformed
people. With normal, peacetime IA
cilities for flow of information to
the continent through regular news
agencies, books, periodicals, movies
and other non-Government media
largely disrupted by the war, the Of
flee of War Information has the
main responsibility for the proiec-
ton of America into the minds of
the people in liberated Europe.
The owl has faced severe handi-
caps. Until recent months, the only
facilities available were short-wave
broadcasts from the United States
and leaflets dropped over Europe.
Naturally, these gave priority to
psychological warfare" against the
enemy. Now, with France and 9TH
er parts of Europe liberated from
the NaziS, there are many practical
difficulties in the way of disSeminat-
ing basic information. On the con-
tinent, electric power generally is so
scarce that few radio stations can
operate there effectively. The peo-
pies radio sets,are wearing out. Sin
gle-sheet newspapers have little
space left. after satisfying their read
ers' appetites for information of the
battle fronts and domestic politics,
to publish the extensive news file
radioed from this country by owl.
Military requirements leave little
shipping space for sending maga-
zines and books directly to the lib
Grated countries from the United
States.
On the positive side. ABSIE, the
Owls American broadcasting sta
ton in Europe, is devoting consider
able time on its broadcasts from
England to information for the lib
Grated peoples. An exhibit entitled
Since 1885," telling the story of
world happenings since that date
and Americas part in the war effort,
Is reported drawing crowds averag-
ing 5000 daily in Paris. Travelling
exhibits are being arranged by Owl