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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16

Now the people have no ex-
cuse to remain unaware and II
they continue 10 submit, they
have only themselves 10 blame.
Possibly they want it that way.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-16

the role Of Tristan 200
times. the role Of Siegfried
2l2 times?
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07

tory Will mean nothing if We are infected by the
germs Of race hatred and group dis
elimination let loose by the enemy.
L wish it were as fashionable to practice tolerance
as 1t is to talk it. The subject will be brought up at
some social gathering, or at a luncheon meeting,
Everyone will say the proper thing. Everyone will
agree that tolerance is a noble virtue.
Then the meeting breaks up and some good lad
les proceed to discuss "that awful foreign family
that just moved into the neighborhood. Were you
to tell the muddled ladies that they are being intol-
eran and bigOted-that they are, indeed. a threat to
American freedOms-they would deny it indign-
antly.
Unfortunately the fact that they are not aware of
their intolerance does not improve the picture. On
the contrary, it means that they have unconsciously
become victims of the race and group propaganda
to which all Of us are exposed in a period like the
present. The only safety lies in conscious oppos-
ition to every preachment Of intolerance, whether it
is garden-variety prejudice or disguised as super
patriotism.
Christ was a "a foreigner and His people were
Jews. Except for the Indians, all Of us are immi-
grants or the children of immigrants. No country
and no people have a monopoly on virtue or culture
or decency. These are truisms -but today, more
than ever, it is well to keep simple truths alive in
our minds and hearts.
Tolerance is a way of life. It is the American
way. We cannot violate it without insulting Am
erica's past and poisoning it's future.
If you think you're entitled to more than your
neighbOr you are intOlerant.
If you have ever said of other human beings,
"They're all right in their place." you are i%ntoler-
ant.
IF you will not permit another human being to
find a home in your community, you are intOlerant.
IF you will not permit other people to live their
lives in their own way, SO long as they do not inter
fere with your rights, you are intolerant. I can go
further than that. / say if you are content to re-
main passive and indifferent when others around
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
published Weekly for IS Consecutive Years

you are intolerant, then you share their guilt. In
tolerance like smallpox, has a way of spreading
Unless you act to quarantine the evil, 1T Will soon
Overtake you.
Ask yourself, in the still Of the night: Am I con
t~ributing to the fight against intoleranceY" Ii the
answer is in the negative, if you are one OF the SYM
pathetic, but passive o%nloOkers, the blood and the
suffering that result from intolerance will be on
your conscience as much as on those OF the aclVely
guilty.
[ think I understand the heart of America. l
know it to be good and generous. That is evident
in the songs American love. Lit is evident 10 the
way they respond to every tug to their heartstrlngs.
If they allow intolerance to make Roadway notw1th-
standing, it is largely through neglect and lndl1fer-
ence.
Let's be intolerant- of intolerance. Apply your
self to a better understanding of your n%eighbor.
Teach your children to respect other human beings,
whatever their race or religion or national origin.
IF they repeat the cliches Of intolerance, set them
right at once, before prejudice takes root IN another
young mind.
All Of US who have our eyes open know that mtol-
erance is rife now in these United States. The hard
ships of wartime, the sacrifices and losses and dis
comforts, are always helpful to the salesman OF div
live ideas. The more reason, therefore, for raising
your sales resistance to propaganda OF group hatred.
I don't call intolerance "unAmerican" because
that is not a strong enough term. [ call it inhuman-
1t cannot be fought with laws. 1t cannot be dealt
with at conference tables. The place in which to
combat intolerance is your own home, your own
club, your own church, your wn mind.
It's a challenge to you and to me, to every father
and mother, to every teacher, to every community
leader.
If we are to have lasting peace in the world, if we
are to conserve those traditional freedoms we proud
" call American, tolerance must prevail.
Of what lse will it be for the lights to go on again
all over the world if they do not go on In our
hearts?
Watch for the April issue Of Pageant Magazine).
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07

car Porters will also proceed to set
tie the question of representation of
this class Of employees with the
Santa Fe Railroad with a view of
negotiating a contract governing
wages and working conditions for
these workers.
The train porters on most of the
been affiliated with the Brotherhood
Of Sleeping Car Porters for the last
five or six years and the addition Of
the Santa Fe group greatly strength
ems the Brotherhood's activities in
that field.
The men who attende the confer
ence representing the various divis-
ions were: James d. Burton Kansas
City, Kansas. Gerald B. Garner,
Kansas City, Mo-, Alfred S. Peters
Denver. Col, L. ]. Manley Denver
Col, w. G. Berry Albuquerque,
N. M, j. w. Anderson Albuquerque.
N. NJ, Sherwood Moore. Amarillo,
Texas, James Cerile, Amarillo. Texas
Clarence Paige, Newton, Kan. DON
aid Kern. Newton. Kan, c. G. Smith,
Cleburne. Texas.
Mr.. A. Philip Randolph. Internal
ional President, and Mr.. NJ. P. Web
ster, International Vice President,
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
representated the Organization at
his conference.
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07

home is now and has been under
a ceiling price every since the war
began. Can you get the material?
Yes. don't let hat bother you, the
FILA has secured you the priority on
all the material it will take to con-
struct this home at the ceiling price
Of the pre-war days.
What a golden opportunity there
is here for you to get rid of the rent
receipts and become an owner of a
home at the regular rental rates. Oh
if al any time you wish to a our
home off in full from ! to rs years
you will be at liberty to do so. A
gain we say this is a golden oppor-
tunity for you if you want to bring
an end to that landlord showing you
around and turn the rental RECEIPT
into a home owners deed. Now is the
time to act. Yes sir, act today. Don't
put off for tomorrow what you can
think out and do today.
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
Refuses To Be
Jim-CroWed;
Put In JAIL.
TT TT Patterson I

IL. Il. Patterson, East
ern Zone Supervisor Of
the Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters, was tax
en- off the train at Chyul-
ottesville, Va, and put III
jail because he refused
to give up his parlor car sea and
go into the jim-crow car, announc-
ed A. Philip Randolph, Information
al President of the Brotherhood Of
Sleeping Car Porters. at the mid
western headquarters at Chicago,
Illinois.
Mr.. Patterson had purchased a
ticket in New York to Atlanta. Ca.
with parlor car seat accommoda-
tions. and that when he got into
Virginia. the conductor demanded
that he move his seat and go into
the jim crow car in compliance
with Virginia law. Mr.. Patterson
refused to move.
Upon arriving at Charlottesville.
Virginia, the conductor had Mr.
Patterson removed from train by
the police, after offering him an
opportunity to proceed on his trip,
if he would consent to go into the
Jim crow car. Upon Mr.. Patter-
sons refusal. he was put into the
city jail and arraigned before court
March 20, 9 am. He was fined
800 for ~disorderly conduct and the
judge upon hearing Mr.. Paterson's
statement reduced the fine to IS.
Mr.. Patterson paid his fine and
upon being released, resumed his
trip to Atlanta, Georgia. from
which point he called Mr.. Rand
olph and reported the case to him
Mr.. Randolph has indicated that the
Brotherhood will take the necessary
legal actions to redress this infam-
Gus outrage on one of their offic-
ials
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
Come to The Omaha
Guide Office, 1920
Grant Street

Now if you have any trouble find
ing someone to loan you the cash to
build this home after the Govern
ment has agreed to sign this note
with you. and your contractor can
not find any financial company to
make the loan, then you come to the
Omaha Guide Office, 2420 Grant St
and we will see that you get the
cash to build with and if you are
unable to find ar Architect and a
contractor to give you the service
wanted, you are privileged to call at
my office and l will be pleased to
find the men that will be glad to
serve you.
We want to prove our claim to the
Government that there is a housing
shortage in the area and hat there
il more than so families that can
qualify for the Federal assistance in
securing a new home.
After you have read the above and
if there is any doubt in your mind
as to your understanding the mat
ter to your satisfaction, we will be
glad to have you call at 2420 Grant
ST., the Omaha Guide, and let c. C.
Galloway give you the benifit of his
S5 years of Real Estate dealing.
Remember if you W a lot you
don't have to buy one and also re-
member if you are eligable for the
loan and the value of the lot that
you w is 10 percent of the I'M
cunt that you want to invest in a
home, you don't need a penny in
cash. the FILA will sign your not for
the 80 percent loan to build your
home and the banks, Building and
Loan and Mortgage concerns are
bullying with cash to loan to you
Architects and contractors are cry
ing for the opportunity to serve you
Oh yes, one other bit of information
that you need to know thai l was a.
bout to forget. So many people com
plain about the prices on hnildinf
material, now don't let that bother
you your Uncle Sam has taken care
of that in Al. All of the building
material needed to construct this
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
Santa Fe Train Porters
! and Chair Car Attendants
Join Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car PorTers

Formal action turning over to the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
the lawsuit instituted for and in be-
half Of the Santa Fe Train Porters
by Attorney Richard E. Westbrooks
Of the firm Of Ellis and Westbrooks
in which a temporary injunction
was issued in the United States
District Court of Chicago, Illinois
restraining the Santa Fe Railroad
the National Railroad Adjustment
Board. First Division, and the
brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
from earring out Award 6640, was
executed at a conference held at the
Chicago Division Headquarters Of
the Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car
Porters. 3456 South State Street 5th
Floor. March 81 and22, 1915. Repre-
s~entatives ofthe porters from all di-
visions of the Santa Fe Railroad
were present atthe conference and
took the formal action wherein the
Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Porters
will take over all the activities in
this controversy lncluOlnS the law
suit now pending in the United
States District Court.
The train porters on the Santa Fe
Railroad have for many years OPP
Grated the headend of the trains
throughout the system, doing the
same work as is done by the brake
men. Under the date Of April20, 1912
Award $40 was issued as a result Of
an action brought before the First
D~ivisionof the National Railroad
Adjustment Board by the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen. one of
the s~o-called big Brotherhood un-
ions which bars Negroes from its
membership.
Negotiations for the organization
IF this class of men who have af-
filiated with the Brotherhood have
been going on for several months at
the present time the majority of the
train p~orters and chair car attend
ants working on the system are paid
up members of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters.
In addition to prosecuting the law
suit, the Brotherhood of Sleeping
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07

kie; on April 10. youths responsible
ity to the community Changing
Ideas in a Changing World; on APP
ril IL youth in the schools. -Edu-
cation for Understanding; OF April
10, the mass meeting theme will be
Back EN- Up For a Just Peace at
Home and Abroad.
Mrs. Ruby Hurley. NAACP youth
secretary will be presented by the
New Haven, Connecticut, Youth
council AprilS, $3.50 P. NJ. at the Dix
we'll Congregational Church as part
of the special program planned for
the occasion. Ernest Williams il
president and Lenore Mason secre-
tary.
The Camden, New Jersey. Youth
council will feature among special
activities an oratorical contest, Fri
day April 10, $40 p. M. at Kaighn
Avenue Baptist Church. Earlief in
the week a broadcast is scheduled.
April 8, over Station WCAM, 4:3O
P. Nj. George Lawrence is president
and Gloria Mears. chairman Of the
program committee. Branches will
also hold a WiIlkie Memorial Tag
Day, April 8.
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
w. l.. Patterson TO be
Guest Speaker at
Buffet S %

William L. Patterson, will be the
guest speaker at a buffet supper
and musical evening to be held at
the Hotel Rome. 18th and Jackson,
on Friday, April 18th at Z p. m.
Mr. Patterson is Assistant Direct
or of the Abraham Lincoln School
l.. L. B.. Hastings College Of Law,
University of California. He spent
seven "a travelling in Europe.
Latin America and Cuba. He stud
led and travelled several years in
the Soviet Union, including the Far
Eastern Republics. He was the main
speaker at the Paris International
Conference on Racism and Anti
Semitism.
Mr.. Patterson participated in the
defense of Sacco and Venzitti and
for four years directed the SCOTS
boro Boys defense. He spent eight
years in the field of workers edu-
cation, and is a director of the Nat.
ional Negro Congress.
Tickets for the affair are still av
ailable at Braumabugh Bookstore
100 No. 18th Street.
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
"HOW YOU CAN OWN YOUR OWN HOME" --He1e,s A Plan

approximate taxes $3.50, approx
mate Hazard Insurance SIS cents
, Total monthly payments S22.47 on a
SO. 5000 20 home cheaper than rent.
Now of course if you want a Sc, 10000
home it would be just double that
amount. $44.9 but the beautiful part
Of this story is you get a loan of 90
percent of what yer the expense of
building the kind of home you want
small sum of 4 and one half percent
What do your qualifications have
to be to get this loan? You must be
industry or you must show that you
have been evicted by the Officials of
your City and that you are unable to
find a place to live. You must have a
good credit rating and your job
must show that it pays a salary that
will justify the Indebtedness of the
new home hat you are about to as
sumo. Then if you are eligible for
this new home you don't have to buy
the lot if you don't own one, locate
the lot and secure option there for a
80 day period, be in a position to pay
for same, if all goes well with you
after you have located your lot then
get an architect and have him draft
a pencil sketch of the kind of home
you want to build, then find a con
tractor Of your choice who can quail
ify to do the job, then go to the
National Housing Agency, known as
he Federal Housing Administration
-lr or W. o. W. bldg. and ask
A: Mr.. Holm, State Director, tell
~ the Omaha Guide Publisher c.
Galloway directed you there to
- MIN and we assure you that he
10 give YOU every consideration
and that the Government will be-
come a partner with you to build a
new home. The FILA does not fur
nish the money to build this home
but they do sign your note and the
Architect will make three inspect
ions during the process of building
to see that you get the material and
the structure in accordance to your
specifications with your contractor.
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07

A few days ago the Omaha Guide received a tele-
phone call from the Federal Housing Administra-
TONS State Director, asking for an appointment
which was complied with. [ am going to try to give
the Just Of our conversation about Omaha Housing
conditions for this area:
First, [ want to state, that in the 43 years [ have
lived in Omaha, / have never known at anytime,
where an opportunity presented itself to the Citiz-
ems of this area, to become home owners like this
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
Naacp to Observe
Youth Week, April 8-14

New York-More than $50 Youth
councils and % College chapters will
observe NAACP Youth Week April
STA with uniform programs high
lighting the various phases of youth
work for nationwide emphasis. On
Sunday, April s, youth and religion
will be observed in all churches I'M
der the heading of True Christianity
is Ur:.y; on April 9. Peace and One
We'd. in memory of Wendell WILL
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07

one. Mr.. Holger Holm, State Dir
ector made the following statement
tt me in his office. He said he has a
quota of SO new houses for Omaha
especially for colored citizens. He
has had this reserved every since
November Is. 1943. This I could not
understand and was forced to ask
some very pointed questions. l ask
ed Mr.. Holm what nae been done to
let the colored people of Omaha
know hat he had this priority for
these so new homes? He said tina
he had talked it over with several
different people and some contract
, ors and he was surprised to know
that out of so new homes only
three had been started. | asked him
what he thought the trouble was, he
said he did not know. He said he
thought out of 20. 900 Negroes which
represented about 5000 homes that
they ought to be so out of these
QUIZ ldIlllltS IHdl WOulu wv COdlo
qualify for these homes. l asked Mr.
Holm what was the qualifications to
build a home and he handed me a
letter to read. After reading the let
ter / yet felt that there was more
information needed to get the aver
age person interested, so 1 asked
HI, e. D~-ft& 49, a 1nffnr CAfffrn nNtk
in detail certain information hat !
thought would be valuable to the
home seeker. The following is the
letter l received from Mr.. Holm.
National Housing Agency
Federal Housing Administration
office of State Director
Omaha 2, Nebraska.
Omaha Guide
2420 Grant Street
Att: Mr.. C. c. Galloway
My dear sir:
The FILA office is now authoriz-
which is and in effect, permission
to build a home or create an apart
ment in the following cases:
To a veteran, honorably discharg-
ed from service after December 80
1910, upon receipt of his application
and statement hat no housing is
available for his family.
To families who are evicted. upon
receipt of their application, copy Of
4 eviction notice, and statement from
the City Mayor that no housing is
available in their price range.
To families who have consolidated
and are living under crowded con-
ditions, permission can be granted
by us to add additional bedrooms.
Applications for priorotier are OBJ
tanned at FILA office and priority
certificates issued there.
Very truly yours
Holger Holm
State Director
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
Steps to take are
Still Available

/. Find a suitable lot. Let FILA
look at the lot to determine in ad-
vance whether it is in a suitable To-
cation to be approved for the FILA
loan.
2. See your architect or contractor
and get plans n specifications SO
as to know the size and design and
number of board feet of lumber re
quired.
3. Go to the FILA, 1915 W. o. w.
Building. and make application for
the priority.
4. When the priority is granted, &c
to one Of the many lending institut-
ions making FILA loans and make
application for the loan.
5. If and when the loan is appro-
we'd. construction a proceed.
6. Remember FILA are offering
their assistance, counsel and ad-
vice on location and acceptance
plans.
T.. FILA makes inspections during
the construction period. t. assure
you of good materials and a well
built house.
If you are interested in becoming
the owner of a new home designed
and built according to your own
idea hat you in all probability have
dreamed Of all your life. Here is
your golden opportunity and it don't
have to be a Sc, OOO.O 100000 or a
$4,000. 90 home. you can build one
in accordance with our ability to
pay. for instance if you own a LOT
which will be worth 100000 when
completed. In other words the FILA
will become a partner with you and
secure the loan for the sum OF
81, 100000 which is 90 percent OF tie
value Of the house and lot would be
when completed. In other words il
your lot is worth $500 and so ad-
judged by the FILA, that will serve
as you full down payment on your
new home a 50. 7OO.O 90 loan which is
80 percent of a $4,000. 90 proposit-
ion. Your payments will be approx
imately as follows: Principal, inter
! est, Mortage and insurance S16.12
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07

DISCUSSION HELD BETWEEN MIR. HOLGER
HOLM. FILA DIRECTOR, AND PUBLISHER.
MR.. &C: GALLOWAY, START
ING FACTS NEVER TAKEN ADVANTAGE
OF HERETOFORE. .....
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
a Time for Tolerance
(By KATE SMITH)

It's easy to be calm and
collected when all goes
w%ell--quite another matter
to remain calm in the
midst Of general panic. By
the same token, it's easy
to be tolerant in a quiet
easygoing period quite
another matter to remain
tolerant in a time like the
present, when storms Of
hatred and prejudices are
sweeping through the
world.
Butt it is precisely now
that the challenge to our
human decency is great
est. This is the time Of
the supreme test. If there
is to be a future for civiliz
ed people on earth, we
must remain immune to
those storms. We must re-
member that they blow
from the blood-mad land
Of the Nazis. We must
remind ourselves that vic
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07

Holger Holm, Director of Federal
Housing administration, said. This
means that priorities assistance can
be granted for that many houses to
be built in the Omaha Defense Area
for occupancy by Immigrant, civil
ian war workers, or by those war
workers who can show eviction no
tice and cannot find a suitable place
to live" Mr.. Holm said.
Still Available
Only three or four applications for
these priorities have been made. but
a substantial amount for the quote
is still available. It is not necessary
for these homes to be built by a
contractor for sale or for rent. Pri-
critics can be granted to the indiv-
idual to build his own home if he is
an Immigrant civilian wal worker
or if he has an eviction notice.
1t should be remembered hat the
Federal Housing Administration
does not actually loan the money
Banks. trust companies, insurance
companies, and other lending insti-
buttons take the applications for
FILA approval and insurance or
guarantee of the loan.
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07

. You May Have 25 Years to Pay for Your Home
at Only 412% Interest or You May Pay The Full
Amount Out, Anytime You So Choose To
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-07
Colored People Never
Took Full Advantage
Of Housing Priority
Gfferedl

From Federal Housing Administ.
ration
omaha, Nebraska
March 1, 1916
"A quotoa of so new houses for
Omaha especially for colored people
was made available some time &
Evening star., 1945-10-28
Ry the Associated Press.


NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 81
Allen Dekdebrun, who virtually is
one-man football team tried to take
on the entire Yale outfit today and
naturally he didn't make it.
While Dekdebrun's Cornell mates
were playing one period of hot foot
ball, the Ellis went all out for tour
quarters and posted an rs to vic
tory over the Big Red in one Of the
days minor surprises before some
10000.
Yale played heads up ball all the
way to end two-game losing
streak, piling up 16 first downs to 10,
intercepting two passes and recov-
ering three Cornell fumbles.
This occurred mainly in the first
half, when the Ellis banged over
their first two tallies. One marker
came on a 60-yard march, with
Dakos' passing providing the fire.
works.
Cornell came back at the start
of the second half as If it was going
to run Yale right out of the park
In this ninth renewal of 56-year