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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1945-04-28
CITY NEWS

Don't forget April "a is the
date when the Lend A-Hand
Club presents the TWO Sis
TIERS, GEORGE L. BAILEY,
lyric soprano, and ADA BARCO,
dramatic reader, in recital at
Columbus Ave. A.M.E. Zion
Church, CORAL ALEXANDER,
accOmpanist. See you there.
There will be a public pres
entation of colors and installa-
ton Of officers, Patrick e Toy
Post, 653 VFW and Ladies Auxil-
iary, at Butler Hall, 1905 Ire
mont st Friday April n, 7:S0
p m. Robert M Taylor is COM
handkerchief; Alice Jackson,
President-elect.
Mr. and Mrs John H Wilkerson
of 81 Arlington st, West Med
ford, who were forced from their
home by fire the Gath of last
December are finally back in
their home after being with Mrs
Lee Harris Of Mystic River roao
one month and three months
with Mrs Vera Carney Of 81
Arlington st, and wish to thank
all neighbors for their kindness
during that time.
James w Ford, long national
figure in the fight for equal
rights and opportunities, will
speak on "NIinorities and the
san Francisco Conference" at a
reception in his honor Saturday
April %. at 8 p m at 532 Warren
st, Roxbury. A buffet supper and
musical entertainment will fea-
ture the program.
DEBATE: Resolved: THAT
World Peace will Bring Racial
Peace, by the Youth Council Of
the NAACP, negative, versus the
Music Academy students, affir-
NATIVE. Time and place win be
announced later and the public
win be cordially invited. Sill
yer offering at door
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1945-04-28

CHAPLAIN'S ASSISTANT -
Corporal Sara Bess Little, daugh-
ter of Mr.. James B. Little, of Mills
Springs, North Carolina, was
among 10 members Of the Women's
Army Corps in the recent gradual
ing class of chaplain's assistants at
the San Antonio (Texas) Aviation
Cadet Center. She is a graduate
Of West Virginia State College.
(AAF Training Command Photo
from BPR,)
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1945-04-28
Wanted

SN~SAA Ots
The Daughters OF Conference
Of Columbus Ave. Zion Church
met Tuesday April 2 at the home
Of the president Mrs. Mary c.
Johnson Following the business
session a delicious collation. was
served by the hostesses Mrs. An
tia Green and Mrs. Johnson, as
sisted by Mrs. Lottie Jones and
Mrs. Charlotte walker. All mem
bers are urged to attend the
next meeting, Tuesday, May l.
Charles Lewis, Jr., was the
winner Of the oratoricaI conest
conducted by the joint educa-
tional committee of Common
wealth Lodge IN d Phyllis
Wheatley Temple of Elks Sun
day afternoon April is in Met.
Bapt. Church. The date for the
State oratorical contest will be
announced soon Robert Taylor
is chairman, Lillian Kicker CO.
chairman.
Mrs. Mae Edwards of 18 Well
ington st is out ard about after
an illness Of two weeks.
Mrs. Alice Thurogood left Sun
day night for her home in Vir-
ginia after several weeks visit
to her Boston relatives, Mrs. Luz
la Tunstall, Mrs. Maud G.. john
son, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Spar
row and others.
Mrs. Grace wilkins Of Town
send st. was hostess to the Ca
bles Bridge Club at their open
ing meeting in February at her
beautiful home. She had as
guests Mrs. Grace Miller and
Mrs. Rebecca Jones.
S-Sgt. Rollins Ross is. expected
home for few days next
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl w. Phillips
of bingham, celebrated their
first wedding anniversary by en-
PERTAINING a group of their
friends at dinner on Sunday
April %. Among those present
were Seaman and Mrs. Ellis
Mosely of bingham and Boston,
Miss Ellen Bowser Of Cohasset,
Miss Gwendolyn Davis of Rox-
bury, Storekeeper Floyd Clement
of bingham, Miss Lillian Lea
Simpkins of Boston who has
been Mrs. Phillips's guets for the
weekend, Miss Lucy Walters Of
Boston, Eugene Roundtree OF
bingham, Mrs. John Purcell, Jr,
of Cambridge, william Reid OF
bingham, Seaman Eugene Mad
ison of bingham, Storekeeper
Charles Watson of bingham,
and Seaman Matthew Profit OF
bingham. Also present were Mr..
and Mrs. Purcell Senior, and
Mrs. Purcells mother and Mrs.
Joseph, all of Cambridge. Follow
ing dinner snapshots were TAX
en- Of the group and later mH-
sic and games were enjoyed by
all.
A son was born last week to
Rev. and Mrs. william johnson.
Mrs. Agnes Parnell was host
ess to the Gables Bridge Club on
Saturday afternoon at which a
delicious luncheon was served.
She had as guests Mrs Jenny
Lee, Mrs. Lulu Tarby ard Mrs.
Elliott. First prize vas won by
Mrs. Marion Washington; second
bv Mrs. Jenny Lee; and third by
Mrs. Lulu Tarby.
MusieoI Teu given by The
Housing Committee Of Court
of CoIonthe Sunday, April 70,
1915, $3.50 PM. Mrs. Virginia
HoII, chrm., Mrs. AthoIiO
Brown, Seey.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1945-04-28
Mass. State Union
In 31st Convention

The LIST annual convention
Of the Mass. State Union of Wo-
mems Clubs held April 10 at
Ebenezer Bapt. Church, was at
tended by representatives from
more than 20 clubs.
Presiding at tbs morning SEES
sion Executive Chairman Mrs
zylpha Mapp made the welcom-
ing address, with response by
Mrs. Bessie Bankett. The pastor,
Rev. w. H. Ravenell, praised the
work Of the Union.
The afternoon session was pre-.
sided over by the President, Mrs
Florence Heggie Taylor, assisted
by the two Vice Presidents, Mrs.
Bessie Bankett and Mrs. Frances
Hargrove
Reports were read by Mrs.
Satyra P. Bsnnett, of the Educa-
ton Department; Mrs. Rosalie
Smith. chairman of Race Rela-
tons; Mrs. Caroline Lynch,
Mothers Dept; Mrs. Louise
Banks, Temperance; Mrs. Rosa
Brown, Welfare; Mrs. Helen Ma.
son, Arts and Crafts; Mrs. Ches-
ter Canada, Supervisor of girls.
Mrs. Nancy Scott, Child welfare;
Mrs, Florine Woods, Sunshine
Committee. Mrs. M. Cravath
Simpson, i'll at home, sent in her
report on Race Uplift.
Miss Susie Jones, past pres'-
dent, spoke on current events
and stated that Mrs. Robert
Herzburg. President of the Jew
ish Women's Cornell desired to
present a scholarship to a col
ored girl.
The meeting adopted resolu-
lions asking the President and
the war Dept. to investigate
conditions at Freeman's Field,
Indiana, where colored officers
were arrested for alleged tres
passing Of an officers club and
a letter Of sympathy was ordered
to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The executive board meetings
were changed from monthly to
quarterly.
The following elected officers
were installed by Mrs. Bessie
Paine: President, Mrs. Mar
Trap; 1st Vice President, Mrs
Viola Mason; End Vice Presi-
dent, Mrs. Frances Hargrove; 3rd
Vice President, Miss Agnes Van
Derzee; Executive Secretary
Miss Ethel Lane: Financial Sec
rotary, Mrs. sa:yra Bennett
Treasurer. Mrs. Nellie Smith:
Chairman Of the Executive
Board, MRS. Gertrude Chandler;
Organizer. Mrs. Estelle Crosby:
Inspectress, Mrs. Martha War
ner; Par,iamentaIian, Mrs. Alice
Taylor; Historian, Mrs. Caroline
Lynch Chaplain. Mrs. Helen
High; Custodian. Mrs. Ross
Brown; Jr. Supervisor, Mrs Yer
ma Canada
Department Chairmen: Mu-
sic, Mrs. Florence Heggie Taylor:
Legislation, Mrs, Alice Wright;
Resolutions, Mrs. M. Cravath
Simpson: Temperance, Mrs. Lou
ise Banks; Arts and Crafts, Mrs.
Helen Mason: Education, Mrs.
Frances Cole Lee; Health ana
Hygiene, Mrs. Charlotte Walker;
Race Rotations, Mrs. Resale
smith. Child Welfare, Mrs.
wancv seoft PUBLICITY. Miss
Susie F. Jones. Committees:
Sunshine, Mrs. Florence woods;
Program. Mrs Olive Joseph.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-17
Legislators Honor
Lincoln's Birthday
WITH SPECIAL PROGRAM
FEB. L., I945 10 A. VI.

Tribute was paid to Abraham
Lincoln by members of the legislat-
ure Monday as his birthdate was
observed with a memorial service
presented by some talented colored
people from Omaha and Lincoln.
Not only did Lincoln free the
slaves-but he ushered in a great
new economy, asserted H. J. Pin
kett, Omaha attorney Before the
emancipation Of the saves we sub
sisted on an agricultural economy
after that action we developed as
a free industrial nation, a free lab
or nation and a free agricultural
nation"
Mrs. Opal Ray Moss, Lincoln, who
was accompanied by Mrs. Izetta
Malone, Lincoln. sang star Spangl
ed Banner, God Bless America,
and Ny Buddy.
Prayer was given by Rev. o. j.
Burckhardt. Of Lincoln and Rev.
TragO McWilliams. ST., of Omaha,
delivered L~incoln's Gettysburg
Address.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-17
Sen. Taft ''Tells Off"
Ohio Delegation
SEN. TAFT OF OHIO
DOUBLE-CROSSES
THE NEGRO AGAIN!
R~ENEGADES On STAND
FOR FEPC BILL

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Robert
A Taft, (R- OF Ohio) told a delega-
ton of civic, political, church and
labor leaders from his state last
Friday that ne opposed a permanent
FEPC based on voluntary
Expressing surprise and disagree
greement the delegation said that
they felt they had every reason to
believe, in light Of the Republican
party platform of a. year, that
they would have Sen. Tafts support
for a permanent FEPC with suffic-
lent authority to be effective;
They pointed out that Republican
in the House have obviously inter
preted the Republican party plat
form pledge to mean support for
the bill pending IN the House and
Senate at the time that pledge was
written.
Congressman Vorys and Bender
also of Ohio, and a number of Re
publicans from other states have
become sponsors OF the bill in the
House., companion bill to the one
sponsored in the Senate by three
Republicans and four Democrats.
The delegation indicated to Sen.
Taft that they consider it imperat-
i've that a permanent FEPC have
ENFORCEMENT powers In order TO
cope with the present manpower
shortages and postwar employ
ment problems.
Sen. Taft has -asreed to confer
further with representatives of the
delegation at such time as it is
convenient for them to discuss fur
Their the differences between his
present position and that of the
delegation.
In the delegation were Council
man Jesse Locker, Cincinnati; Har-
old Gassaway and William o. Wal
ker, Cleveland; Charles Francis and
Mrs Marian Smith Williams, Day
ton
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-17
Naacp. Sees COP
DOubIe-CroSSin
Taft Move on

. NEW YORK-In a letter Feb. Z
to Herbert E. Brownel1, Jr.. Chair
man, Republican National Commit
tee the NAACP charged that Negro
voters had been given the well known
double cross by Republicans and
Senator Taft's refusal to support a
bill for FEPC with teeth in If. The
letter stated that not only did the
COP not intend to support an FEPC
Dill, but IT intended also to sabotage
and defeat any legislation attacking
the problem of discrimination in en-
ployment.
Making the NAACP's stand clear
on Senator Taft's move to betrav
COP promises made at the national
convention last summer, Acting
Secretary Roy Wilkins told Brown
ell, Our attitude is that until the
Republican party chiefs and congress
sional eladers repudiate the policies,
national and local, must bear the re-
sponsibility for this about-face in
the minds of millions Of Negro vot-
ters."
In a letter also to Taft, pointing
out the trick in the Senator's recent
vancouver to set up an investigating
commission with no compulsory pow
ers, the NAACP said, You cannot
help but realize this proposal Of
yours for a commission to investi-
gate and find out whether there is
discrimination and its extent, is a
move that deceives no one. What
is needed is action to correct the dis
criminatory practices known to ex-
ist.
I'VE are convinced that your pro-
posal will be denounced by everyone
sincerely interested IN this question
as a political trick unworthy OF a
senator and party leader OF your
prominence
"As for this Association. our adj
vice to our members over the Gun
try and to other citizens. IS that I'M
til your action is repudiated by the
Republican party and its congress
ional leaders, the party must be held
responsible, and must be viewed as
being opposed to any effective meas
ures to guarantee Negro Americans
a chance at employment without dis
elimination. For, aside from stat
ing your views. the plain purpose Of
the bill you have introduced IS e
divide and ALLEVIATE support for the
effective legisltion (S1O1) now BE-
fore the Senate"
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-17

atory meeting relating to and, to-
gether with the other members of
n Committee, is currently part
lc1pating in the World Labor Con-
ference in London This has pre-
vented Chairman Hillman and the
Go Political Action Committee
from ~devoting their full attention
and energy to the political prob
lens outlined at our national con
vention.
However. as soon as Mr.. HilIman
and the members Of the Political
Action Committee who are also at
tending n World Labor Confer
ence return to this country, the
work of political education and
political action of the CIO will be
intensified.
In the meantime, it is essential
hat all local unions be advised to
continue their committees which
functioned during the recent nat
iOnal election campaign and where
they do not now exist to establish
them. These committees, together
with the state and city councils.
must organize at onie to exert their
full influence in the important 10
cal elections which will take place
this year as well as to prepar for
g-ressional elections of 1916.
They must organize more firmly
and work ever more effectively
than in the past in rider that we
may be in a position to achieve the
goals which We, together with all
progressive Americans, are dedic-
ated: winning the speediest possible
Victory in the war, the establish
ment of enduring peace, the plan
ming of a domestic which
will yield full production, full m
plOyment and real security for the
American people, the strengthen
ing OF the basis of our democracy
to assure full political and civil
equality and equal and
cultural opportunities for all men
and women of every race, creed and
color.
Sincerely yours.
PHILIP MURRAY.
President
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-17
MISSING PAGES OF
HISTORY
"a Reprint from The Ohio State News)

The unique genius of America as the melting
pot nation is that all kinds of people have contribut-
ed to the making of the great country that we all
know and love. When we look closely we see t hat
the swell and tide of events that constitute Americ-
an history is III reality composed Of the activities of
all the varied social and ethnic goups that have flow
ed into this amazing melting pot. A clear under
standing OF our history Includes the overall picture
OF the course of events that have brought this ma
ton to It's present position of world leadership. Such
a true understanding must also include a sound APP
probation of the particular accomplishment ard
contributions OF the various groups that make up
the American population.
For over a quarter of a century the Associat-
ion for the Study of Negro Life and History, under
the peerless leadership of DR.. Carter @. Woodson,
has been directing attention to the unique contribu-
ton of the Negro to American civilization. Negro
History week, which is now being observed the
country over, is the annual climax Of this year round
program, research and stimulation Of the study and
appreciation Of Negro history, is a welcome and
positive contribution to the relentless fight that
lovers of decency and justice must wage.
Seen in its proper perspective, Negro history
is simply a phase of total American history, an eff
fort to bring into focus those phases of the total pic
ture that for many reasons have been sOrely neglect
ed. Included are, naturally, accounts Of the accom-
plishments of the Negro great of yesteryear. Con-
sidered also are the profound contributions that the
4NS1O S1OOP. N11AlSly " u1NAAAAL5y, Aao 1lo0O 50
the total fabric Of American civilization.
Difficult as it is to recognize often, Negroes
are today writing new and brilliant pages Of current
American history.
The black men serving in every branch of
our armed forces on every battlefield are writing
new pages in American heroics, and ~enacting a new
episode in the American drama of brotherhood and
democracy. The Negro workers in war plants from
coast to coast are helping play out the great Amer
lean saga Of production and proving again that men
can work and live as well as fight and die as broth
erS.
Negro History week means that we recall al
this and much more when we demand for the Negro
his rightful place in the American civilization he
helped to build and is TODAY helping to unfold. In
its often thankless job of digging up the facts and
trying to secure for them a thoughtful end apprec
iative audience, the Association for the Study of Ne
gro Life and History is rendering the Negro PEOPLE
and the nation as a whole a great and significant
service.
The cause Of Negro history is the cause Of al
the people. Let us all give the Association and its
program our full support.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-17
Joseph D. Patton Dies

Mr.. Joseph D.. Patton, 81 years,
1904 p North oath street, died last
Thursday at a local hospital after
an extended Illness, MI. Patton
had been a resident of this comm
unity - years His wife. the for
mer Lille Belle Landham preceded
him in death having passed a num-
Der Of years ago.
The Rosary was recited Monday
at The Thomas Funeral
Home, 1922 Lake street Funeral
We're held at Sis Tuesday
from St.. Benedict-s Cath
ollc church with burial at Saint
Mary-'s cemetery.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-17
Cash Prizes for
High School
S d e n
Omaha Guide Sponsor
Contest for I'll i gh
School Boys and Girls
In Concentrating
118 Years Of Negro
Press
Watch Next Weeks
Issue for Time Of
Radio Broadcast

The National Newspaper Publish
ers' Association in connection with
the annual Negro Press Week OBJ
servance February 25 TO March 81
will ponsor a National High School
essay contest-Subject: The Negro
Newspaper, Crusader for Real De
mocracy". Coupled with this nation
al contest is a local essay confess
sponsored by THE OMAHA
GUIDE Local prizes are $1,000
IN CASH. FIRST PRIZE; $500
IN CASH, SECOND PRIZE; $3.50
IN CASH, THIRD PRIZE
The three prize winning essays Of
THE OMAHA GUIDE Contest
viii Be entered in the National Com
test.
National prizes are 500; SIS and
80, all War Bonds. This year marks
the 18th Anniversary of the Negro
Press. All essays must be mailed to
the Negro Press Essay Contest Edi-
tor of THE OMAHA GUIDE and
should be postmarked no later than
March 3, 1915.
RULES
] Manuscripts shall contain no
less than 500 and no more than 1000
words.
2. Manuscripts must be written
on theme paper using n side only.
3. The contestants name must not
appear on the manuscript. Attach
to the essay a separate sheet of pa
per on which should be written the
name and address of the contestant.
tse name of the school and OF the
principal.
f. Winners will be selected by five
udegs to be named BY this news
aper. Prizes listed above for the
cal contest will be awarded BY this
per according I 3 the decision Of
: judges.
5. The first three prize winning
avs in this coolest viii Be entered
he National Negro Newspaper
TX High School Contest.
A committee OF judges, no
than sever III number, shall
i three National prize winners
among the essays submitted to
/ by the various member papers.
The decision Of the judges IN
contests shall be final All
essays become the property Of the
NNPA and none will &c returned to
the contestants. Judges will base
their choice on the character of the
material originality, composition
an dneatness.
3. Only persons Of high school
age in the continental United States.
now attending high school, are elig-
ible TO enter this contest. No mem
Der or relative OF a member OF the
staff OF any newspaper will be elig-
ible to compete in this contest.
Omaha Guide Publishing Co.,
242O Grant Street.
Omaha. Nebraska
HA-08O0. HA-OsO1
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-17

red flannel on a pinhook?
You'd think from the
way that Old Daddy
Crawfish went after that
red rag that he was con-
Meeting with a porterhouse steak:
But nobody got fooled except the
crawfish-and he got caught.
Well. some of these old landlord
lawyers and some Of these planto-
GRAFT politcoes down here in Dixie
think that Negroes and poor white
folks have got no more sense thar
an old crawfish denned up IN a mud
hole. Maybe, they think they can
fool US into believing that a rag is
a steak and that a rag will taste
mighty good after a hundred years
OF chawing on fatback.
They are dumb enough. IN these
tese days when the forces of pro-
gress marshal from Virginia &c Tex
as, to believe that we'll swallow
something that they call a right 10
work amendment" as a substitute for
a permanent Fair Employment Prac-
tees Committee. Yes sir. they've
had US down in a mudole for a hun
dred years and they intend to keep
Us down in hat mudhole BY keeping
the whites living in the mud mad al
the Negroes living in the mud and
vice versa
Well, brothers, its time that the
South came up out OF the mudhole-
It's time that we wiped the mud out
OF our eyes and off our souls to
stand behind not only the FEPC but
the progressive labor unions and thu
progressive business men who know
that FEPC means a democracy of
Jobs here IN Dixie
For there can Be no democracy Of
color in Dixie without a democracy
OF jobs. Pappy O'Daniel's Christ
ian American storm troopers know
that, too, and it is for that reason
tey are trying to coke the FEPC By
giving US a right to work amend
ment". which has formed the basis
of anti-labor legislation in II diff
ferent states, which was adopted as
a constitutional amendment in Ark
ansas, and Florida. last winter, and
which is now pending in the legisla>
lures Of Texas and Georgia.
Now. the main purpose Of the
right to work amendment IS TO keep
the South and America IN the mud
hole BY outlawing the closed shop
and tereby forcing everybody, return
ing veterans included to work Tor
four bits a day. Before the coming
Of the Go, which declares that a
worker is a worker before he IS a
Negro or a Caucasian, Negroes hat
ed and feared the colsed shop be
cause the sign on the door read Fo,
Whites only. But that was yester-
day and the South must look with
America toward tomorrow.
Not long ago. | talked for NOR
than an hour with Vance Muse, o.
Daniels s~ub-feuhrer Of the Christ
ian Americans at his office IN Hous
ton You will remember Vance
Muse as the mar who tried to whip