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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-12
LAUS(HE MAKES BID
FOR SECOND Term

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 12-Gov.
Frank J. Lausche issued a two-sen-
tence statement today to declare he
would be candidate in 1916 for
second term in the governors Of
flee.
The governor took cognizance of
the fact most political observers
had predicted he would be candi-
date to succeed himself when he
said:
81 will submit my name to the
voters of Ohio for nomination, on
the Democratic ticket, for the office
which now hold. don't believe that
this announcement will take any
body by surprise"
In recent weeks, however, there
had been some vague rumors that
the governor might pass up the race
for a second term and seek the Dem
ocratic nomination for United
States senator.
That post now is held by James
w. Huffman, who was appointed by
Lausche when Harold H. Burton re-
signed to become member Of the
U. S. supreme court.
It had been expected Huffman
would seek the nomination for a full
term and he said soon after his ap-
pointment he would do so.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-12

Fair Employment Practice commit
tee, | cannot contravene an act of
congress in order to carry out the
present committees aims. Under
the circumstances it was felt the
issuance Of the proposed order
would prove injurious to the accom-
plishments desired by all of us who
are honestly interested in promot-
ing the welfare of minority groups.
'I regret that you were unwilling
to APPROACH the problem from this
viewpoint. AS suggested in your let
ter, your resignation is accepted to
be effective immediately"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-12
MARSHALL BOTTOMS dies;
WAS EIGHTY YEARS OLD

Marshall Bottoms, 80, of 400
South Williams street, died at his
home yesterday. Services will be
held tomorrow at the Loritts
funeral home at 10 am, with bur-
ial in Woodland cemetery. Surviv-
ing are two nieces, Mrs. Minnie B.
Davenport, Dayton, and Mrs. Han
nah Boyd of Harrodsburg, Ken
lucky. Friends may call at the
funeral home after 4 pm. today.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-12
Plea Made For Family Housing Here

Rental of family-size apartments
only to families, with preference for
war veterans, was in plea directed
at Dayton landlords last night by
the Chamber of Commerce housing
problems committee.
Members pointed out that many
such units are being absorbed by
single men and women, while fam
lily groups are without adequate
homes. The committee indicated
that such practice would intensity
the critical shortage of housing
here now.
Richard H. Smith, committee
chairman, emphasized the group
does not mean for landlords to evict
single persons, but to make ade-
quate apartments available only.
to families when vacated by single
persons.
Smith said the committee is MAX
ing study to determine how many
housing units could be made avail
able for families. Another phase of
the proposal to provide additional
housing, Smith said, is the at
tempted location of temporary hous-
ing, and authority to bring it to
Dayton.
Unused army barracks in this
vicinity are possibilities being dis
cussed with official groups in
Washington.
"Our housing problem" Smith
continued, resolves itself into two
phases-first, attempting to meet
the immediate situation, and, Sec
ond, long range planning for per-
manent houses.
members of our committee feel
that as many as 10000 houses or
housing units are needed in Day.
ton. This need can be met only by
getting the homes.
'The group may be able to assist
in the solution of the problem by
expediting the flow of construction
materials into this community and
aiding in the training of qualified
workmen."
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-12
Truman Tells Houston Ln,U Barred
FEPC Order Sei7ing Capital Transit

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL (ANP).
Wartime powers granted the
President by congress permitted
him to seize the Capital Transit
company for federal operation but
would not permit hi INTO invoke the
FEPC and force the hiring of Ne
groes, President Truman told Char
les H. Houston.
Truman's statement was in ans
wer to charges raised by Houston
who resigned from the FEPC in a
letter sent Dec. 3 to the White
House in which he charged that the
administration was following a per-
sistent policy of ''giving lip service
to the matter of eliminating dis
elimination in employment on ac-
count of race, creed, color or ma
tional origin while doing nothing
substantial to make the policy ef-
fective." The President accepted
Houston's resignation.
The action of the FEPC member
was taken after Truman, in crder-
ing seizure of the strike bound
Capital Transit facilities, refused
to enforce and FEPC order requir.
ing the employment of Negro oper.
ators on street cars and buses. It is
understood such an order was pre-.
pared months ago following a leng.
thy hearing but that no official
action has been permitted.
The Presidents letter to Houston
|-said:
"When it was found necessary
under the wartime powers confer
red upon the President by congress
to seize the Capital Transit prop
erty the conditions under which the
property was to be operated were
the same as any other property st
seized. The law requires that wher
the government seizes a property
under such circumstances it 'shal
be operated under the terms ano
conditions of employment which
were in effect at the time possession
of such plant, mine or facility was
so taken
''In view of this apparent contra
diction between the law and the or
der which the Fair Employment
Practice committee proposed to is
sue, it was thought best to sugges
that the order be temporarily post
poned.
'The property was not seized fol
the purpose Of enforcing the aims
of the Fair Employment Practice
committee, laudable as these aims
are, but to guarantee transporta
ton for the citizens of Washington
and vicinity.
"As anxious as am for congress
to pass legislation for a permanent
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

moved this week to hire additional
clerical workers as we'll as operators
it was learned.
1.-THE company has been preparing
to hire colored girls for sometime
Howard ID. Gould, director OF Indus
trial Relations for the Chicago Ur-
ban League, announced Thursday,
but official announcement has prob
ably been delayed until final plans
have been completed"
On the basis of past experiences
with the company, Gould added, It
is evident that company officials us
ually carefully map out their employ
ment policies and then proceed TO
hire people with little publicity
The Illinois Bell Telephone COM
PAWS decision to lower the color bar
to switchboard operator jobs follows
the precedent set by the New York
Telephone company, which hired 20
Negro girls recently. Recent adver-
tisements for operators in the daily
press, along with the company's re-
l~uctance to reveal its plans for hir-
ing Negro girls was pointed out IN
a recent issue Of the Chicago De-
fender.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

OF the stage and screen announced
thiS wetk that in the face OF unrelent
ing jim-crowism encountered on her
USO Army tout she felt it her duty
to call a halt to the itinerary.
Though personally suffering the
affects OF southern jim-crow laws
willie enroute to and from various
camps, tae determining action response
bic for the stars decision was an in
cident that occurred at Camp Robin
son III Little Rock, Ark. According
t. Miss Horne, the camp command
er not only steadfastly refused to
allow the fifty colored soldiers as
signed to the post to visit her shows,
but was rude and definitely un-
friendly" She further stated that
German prisoners Of war were adj
mitted to her shows, while FREE
Negroes in the uniforms of their
country were Stunned.
Miss Horne, wso certainly expect
ed some forms of jim crow, said,
however, that the exhibit of race
bias at Camp Robinson was more
giagrant than that prevalent at any
other of the southern camps. In
most cases, she stated, the rigid jim
crow rules were relaxed somewhat to
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
Department RMleS That Movements
Slogan is Controversial.

department NHleS mar O1cUfe1ftS
Slogan is Controversial.
New York-The Post Office Dept
has ruled that letters to which are
affixed the observation-disclosures
ployment stickers of the March on
Washington Movement will not be
accepted for mailing.
The Department says the brown
and white stickers, which bear on
their face a photograph of a Negro
locomotive fireman and the words /:
For Jobs and Justice" are controv-
ersial-
But the office of Ramsey S. Black
Third Assistant Postmaster General,
which took the action, added yester-
day III Washington that 1t objected
neither to the photograph Of the Ne,
gro or the quoted words. According
to a spokesman of the Department,
its fire was drawn by the phrase
March on Washington Movement"
which appears at the bottom of the 2
by 3-s inch stamp.
The Department bases its censor
ship on the 'controversality" of the
movement and a fear that the use of
the groups name on letters passing
through the mails would be construed
as an Endorsement of the organizat-
ions aims by the Government.
The March on Washington Move
ment, whose national director is A.
Philip Randolph, president Of the
Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Por-
tiers, AFL is chiefly known for its
picketing last year of the New York
offices Of the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company, in protest against
the company's policy Of segregation
in its housing development and its
alleged discriminatory employment
practices. The movement is now
busy organizing the estimated $500
Negro policy-holders in the USA.
1t has no present plans for an actual
march on the Capital.
The Post Office Departments ac-
ton provoked a sharp %rejoiner yester
day from Randolph who called it
''high-handed, undemocratic censor
ship" He charged that the ban was
an evidence Of discrimination against
the fight for far employment, race,
color, religions, or nationai origins.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
The Day
is Comm
BY ERIC HAAS
for Cdlgin'S Meas Service

It's an old argument. 1t isn't ev-
en- new to me- But my %counter-ar-
gument may be new to you. Some Of
my white friends argued the other
night that if Negroes are not segre-
gated by law, or by conditions which
practically prevent dispersal, they
will segregate themselves voluntar-
lily Thus, no matter what kind Of
a social system We have or how high
u living standards, there will al
ways be ail-colored communities. The
argument went something like this:
It's more comfortable and conven-
lent for a Negro to have fellow Ne
groes next door and across the street.
They won't look down their noses if
you go around in your cultural I'M
dershirt, whereas in a predominantly
white neighborhood you'd have to
be stiff and formal and ~eternally on
your Sunday behavior. Then too,
you're accustomed to the social pat
tern of the all-colored community
and suffer a national Discrimination
to face the host of problems you inn
agine would arise the you
left it. Finally, a lot Of people who
help to shape Negro opinion, such
as Negro civic officials, Negro prea'
chers, Negro politicians and Negro
businessmen, have vested interests in
segregation.
That's just the gist of the argu-
ment. | countered it this way: I'm
de1 III present capitalist society,
with its prejudices-breeding economic
strife and vested interests. there is
some merit in what you say. Many
Negroes feel that it is not only more
comfortable and convenient, but al
50 that it is safer, to live in an all
colored community. But let us as
STUNT that this society were to coli
lapse under the weight of insoluble
economic contradictions. and that a
new sohiety were built on the found
alton Of dollertive ownership Of the
mills, mines, fautories and work
shops. Under this setup, progress
could come only through collective
effort. And this would mean the
or prejudice-breeding economic
strire as well as the end Of vested
interests.
1t dould also mean a fundamental
in our individual attitude to-
card our fellowman. Instead Of see
ing them as exploiters and Compel
tors (Which they could no longer be
under the changed conditions), or as
Negroes or whites, or Jews or Cen
tiles, we would regard them as fell
humans collaborators in a great
and good joint enterprise.
IL the collectiveism toward which
is inexorably moving not on
" would all the legal and e~xtra-le-
forces of community race segre-
CATION relax and disappear, but ev-
cry reason for voluntary grouping
in ~all-colored neighborhoods would
also vanish Men Of all races would
BE- safe everywhere. They would be
comfortable eevrywher too, because
there would be no false attitude Of
race superiority, neither would there
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

be an equally false sense Of race in
feriority.
! pointed out, too, that while there
was religious aggregation in the Mid
die Ages, we did not have race seq
regation until the coming of the cap
italist era, and that this proved that
it was not a law of nature. But
there isn't space to develop that here.
Finally, in pointing out that while
flowers may not grow in the desert,
you can irrigate and change the des-
ert into a veritable garden, I emphas-
lied how prevailing social and eco
nomic conditions determine mems
outlook, and how the latter can be
changed by changing the former.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
NEW TRIAL ASKED FOR
NEGRO SAILORS

Chicago, Ill.,-President Roose-
welt and Secretary of the Navy For
restal Saturday were called upon to
correct "a shocking injustice per-
meated by racial prejudice by order
ing a new trial for so Negro seamen
recently convicted of mutiny.
The Seamen yer convicted by a
court martial for failing to load am
munition at Mare Island, Calf, last
August Sth.
Petitions circulated by the Nation
al Negro Council point out that the
convicted seamen were survivors of
the Port Chicago explosion last Nov
emDer II, in which 1922 men, most Of
them Negroes, we're kille.
The petition maintains that 10 of
the so were .hospitalized as a result
OF the explosion, others required
first aid treatment, that half of the
convicted men were assigned to de,
tails to pick up the remains of their
comrades, that none was granted
survivors furloughs and that all
were suffering from shock as a re-
suit of the explosion.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
THE LOVELY.

Lena Horne, exciting singer, joins
the stellar galaxy for MGM's "Zieg-
field Follies", technicolor musical
with the greatest array of stars yet
to reach the screen. Miss Horne
not only has a solo stellar spot with
her number Love" for the revue,
bur teams with Avon Long Of "Por-
gy and Bess'' fame for Liza. This
is the George Gershwin number
which won fame on Broadway and
comes to the screen for the first
time in "Ziegfeld Follies". Incident
ally, Miss Horne and Long started
their careers nine years ago as
youngsters at the famous Cotton
Club. (CNS).
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
GOOSE" TATUM, SPARKS
LINCOLN AIR BASE QUINT
SCHEDULED TO PLAY At
CREIGHTON u, FEBR. "a
FOR BENEFIT OF III
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

FOR BENEFII Or HE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Lincoln, Army Airbase Field, Neb.
January IA trio of Negro basket
ball stars headed by the famous
Goose" Tatum, of Chicago, have
spanked the Lincoln, Nebraska's Ar
my Airfield Wings to a prominent
spot among the nations leading SER
vice quints.
Tatum, former star with the Har-
lem Globe Trotters, recently paced
the Wings to a 41-39 victory over his
one time team mates and is at pres
ent leading the Wings scoring par
ade with $50 points, garnered on 76
field goals and % free throws. The
Goose" is a great crowd pleaser and
his presence in the Wings line up has
insured a capacity gathering when
even the Wings play.
Pairing with Tatum in the starting
lineup is Vic Kraft, another Chicago
an, whose college play was in the
| %spangles of the Wilson Junior Col
leeg and later as a member Of the
Wilson Junior College and later as a
member of the same Trotter team as
Goose. Vic has found the hooS
for 104 %tallies, marking them up on
A field goals and IS free losses.
Rounding out the trio is the very
able Ralph Brady, former Lite
All-America grid star with Wash
burn University Of Topeka. Ralph
stepped from a successful year with
the Wings football squad and while
filling a spot on the cage team has
proved of great value in defensive
roles.
As the air force quint levels its
drive toward national service honors,
these boys and their team mates must
wade through such competition as
Ottumwa Naval Station, Patterson
Field Air-Tecs. Phillips &c, and 9TH
er leading service and pro teams.
The Goose" and his team mates
are scheduled to perform at the Om-
aha Creighton University gym Sat-
urday, February "a, for the benefit
of the Children's Hospital.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
NEW YEARS. EVE
ON BROADWAY.....

New York Co Prices-moderate
thus year-aitho space was at a pre-
MUM Il. Cafe Society, $3.50; Ton
daleyos' S.; Club Down Beat S.; the
Onyx Three Dueces, Spotlight, 81
Club, Kelly's Stable open house with
S. to S. minimum.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

WOUNDED G. rs CLAIM HER {
London (PPNS) AT an army gen
eral hospital in England, several G..
is after returning from a complet-
ed mission in the sector of Nancy,
France chose lovely Jessye Scott as
their pinupper for the month Of Dec
ember. Miss Scott, said Cpl. a..
Jones of Roxie, Miss, is indeed the
choice OF ohr INIT because of her
shapely Chassis" as we'll as her mil
lion dollar smile. The attractive
heart-throb of the G. |. Joes is cur
rently the top star Of "Ziggy' John
sons new show at the beautiful E.
Grotto cabaret in Chicago
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

CHICAGO PHONE co. SET TO
HIRE NEGRO OPERATORS... .
The Illinois Bell Telephone Co.,
will Don begin hiring Negro girls as
switchboard operators.
Following closely the Chicago De.
fender expose Of the company's G.
vasive replies to direct queries and
intensified demands by various civic
organizations, the utility company
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

allow Negro soldiers to attend camp
theatres where she appeared.
AT a later date, Miss Horne re-
vealed to reporters, she will resume
he- Hollywood sponsored tour Of
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

CAPT. DABNEY GETS SILVER
Star FOR GALLdNTRY. ....
Washington, DC.,-Capt. Waite.
H. Dabney, commanding officer Of
Company B, 366th Infantry, is con-
valescing in a hospital in Italy. after
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
HORNE REFUSES TO

LENA HORNE REFUSES TO
ENTERTAIN IN I'M CROW
ARMY CAMPS. ...
Washington (PPNo) Continuing
her bitter opposition against the in
sisteEce Of prejudiced sources to adj
here TO jim crow policies during her
appearance, Lena Horne, first lady
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

seryicemen's camps and hopes that by
that time the Army viii have seen fit
to accord their Negro fighting men
more civil treatment.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

being wounded III battle. He has
received the Purple Heart medal and
has been recommended for the Silver
Star for g~allantry in action. Captain
Dabney an architectural engineer by
profession is a graduate of Howard
university, and lives at 2O33 18th st.
Northwest, in Washington, DC.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
DR.. MILES
Anti-Pain Pills

usually relieve not only Head
ache, but Simple Neuralgia, Mus
cular Pains and FUNCTIONAL
Monthly Pains.
Do you use DIR. Miles Anti-Pain
Pills? If not why not? You car
get DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills at
your drug store in the regular
package for only a penny apiece
and In the economy package even
cheaper. Why not get a package
today? Your druggist has them,
Read directions and use onIy Al
directed. Your money back if YOU
are not satisfied.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

A LII SET for a good full days
"A work when a nagging head
ache sneaks up on you. You suffer
and so does your work.
Ready for an evening Of relax
alton and enjoyment-a pesky
headache interferes with your fun,
rest, enjoyment or relaxation.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

BOWELS SLUGGISH?

. Feeling ike you lost your best frien1-
headachy-dull-all because of sluggish bow.
els' Why put Up with constipation misery1
Chew modern FEEN-A-MINT, the pleasant
tasting chewing-gum laxative. Chew FEM
A-MINT tonight at bedtime, taking only in
accordance with package directions. Next
morning-thorough, gentle relief, helping you
teel swell again. Millions rely on FEEN-A-
MINT. Chew like your favorite gum. Tastes
good. Try FEEN-A-MINT-a whole family
supply costs only 1Oe.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13

POST OFFICE BARS SUCKERS
OF MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Evening star., 1945-09-04
Private Wins Medal of Honor
For Wiping Out Jap Caves

and rifle grenade fire, he forced
the Japs to take cover.
He left the trail and. moving
down cliff that offered only pre-
carious footholds, dropped among
four Japs at the entrance to a
cave, fired his rife from his hip and
killed them all. Climbing back to
the trail, he advanced against heavy
machine gun, rife and mortar fire
to silence heavy machine gun by
killing its crew of four with rifle
fire and grenades.
He expended his remaining am
munition and grenades on a group
of approximately 20 Japs, scattering
them, and returned to his squad
for more ammunition and first aid
for his left hand, which had been
blistered by the heat from his rifle.
"Resupplied, he guided a fresh
platoon into a position from which
a concerted attack could be
launched, killing three hostile SOL
diers on the way. In all, he dis
patched 16 Japs that day. The
hill was taken and held against the
enemy's counterattacks, which con-
tinud for three days.
Evening star., 1945-09-04
Nurses Who Stayed
In Philippines Given
Army, Navy Medals

Eleven Navy nurses-three of
whom are stationed here-who con-
tinued their work during the first
rain of japanese bombs in the
Philippines and through 81 months
of imprisonment, were decorated
today by both the Army and Navy
They were awarded the Army's
Bronze Star Medal and Navy's Gold
Star in lieu of a second Bronze
Star for meritorious service.
The nurses stationed here who re-
ceived the awards are 1t. Eldene
E. Paige of Lomita, Calf; 1t. Dor
othy Still of Long Beach, Calf,
and 1t Mary M Nelson of Elk Point,
S. Oak. Its. Paige and Still are
stationed at the Naval Medical Cen
ter at Bethesda and 1t. Nelson at
the Naval Dispensary.
Other nurses honored were 1t
Comdr. Laura M. Cobb of Wichita
Kans: 1t. C. Edwina Todd of Po-
mono, Calf, and 1t. Goldia OHaver
Merrill, Kayheld, Mimi, all sta
toned at the naval hospital, Long
Beach, Calf; 1t. Mary c. Hays OF
Chicago of the naval air station
Alameda, Calf. 1t. Bertha r. Evans
OF Portland, Greg, stationed at the
naval hospital. Corvallis, Greg; 1t.
Helen C. Gorzelanski of Omaha,
Nebr., stationed at the naval hos
pital, Treasure Island, Calf; 1t
Margaret Nash of Wilkes Barre, Pa,
stationed at the naval hospital, ST
Adams, N. Y. and 1t. Susie Pitcher
Of Des Moines. Iowa, stationed at
the naval hospital, Great Lakes. Ill