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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-04-21

church expressed appreciation
10 The pastor ler his effective
leadership during the past Two
years 81 cr,ioe. one al the
highlighi. oi the anni,er>ar,
was H.. mock trial staged y,
the sh,r hoard in which the
pastor and tamil, wcrr charged
with stealing The hearts al the
members Of the church. They
were tried. ionnd guilty and
sentenced to lie Imprisonment
in the hearts ol the members.
The celebration ended with q
banquet ri which time the
famil, was presented with 80.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-04-21

Toast huarf>man waller Gil.
more. >on Of Nr. and Nr,. Wal
irr Gilm"re. of l5lo PARK NJ.
! linz. Nieh. j. serving aboard
= 'oa>i tuard-manprd Isl. de-
h''ring troop. aud supplies To-
lighting fronts in the Pacific.
'ilmorct wife. Marjorie. lives
a. 600 Josephine We. petron.
Mich. I veteran 81 The initial
assault 81 the efeaf Marine hai-
~ 81 Two lima. hi. ship l. IN.
Gagged IN anrhihiou> Warfare
against Iap.held Pacific Dc.
lenses.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-04-21

A. tm second anni'er>ar,'
tel,hraip % lhe hnrch ~
6od on ten' aud ia, streets.
yanr wilson chairman Of The
Trustee hrf IL shown pre-
pniing Rf raymond JncA>on.
nIor rlih u check. Mr..
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
e
INSTEAD
OF UNDESIRABLE"

Washington, DC.-The National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People has been re-
quested by Daniel Joseph Hardy,
former seaman first class, United
States Navy Reserve Of Brooklyn,
New York, who was discharged
from the Navy as undesirable"
on February 9, 1914, to represent
him before the Secretary of Nays
Discharge Review Board.
Mr. Hardy, having served in the
Navy for one year, five months
and 26 dayn, was requested by 1t.
CLANCY, his commanding officer.
to offer suggestions for the bet
terment Of the men in his outfit.
Mr.. Hardy suggested to 1t. Chan
ey that more attention should be
paid to the discriminatory prac-
tees exhibited against Negro sea
men stationed at Vallejo, Califor-
MIA. On the following day, while
On liberty in Vallejo, Mr.. Hardy
was summoned back to the camp
and thrown in the brig and sum-
marily dismissed from the service
as being undesirable, first be-
cause the officer stated that he
had a threatening attitude toward
those who are his immediate su-
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
NEBRASKA T-B ASSN.
CHRISTMAS SEAL GOAL
FOR OMAHA is $40,O 900

The Nebraska tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION announced that the 1345
Christmas Seal Sale goal for the
state Of Nebraska is SIPS, 900. and
the goal for the city of Omaha,
$4,000. This represents a Slight
increase over the 1922, 800, and the
$4,000 raised in the state and
city respectively in 1914. The AS
ISOLATION announces that the ad-
ditional sum is needed this year
for increased efforts to rid Nebras
ka of a disease which last year
took the life Of 1873 Nebraskans.
Association officials report that
returns have been coming in nice
ly since the Seal Sale opened on
November 10. Today's figure Of
S9,092.54, from Omaha, represents
an increase of 1888 over the So
08e.21 received at this point in the
sale last year. Since Seal Sales
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
NAACP POLLS AIRLINES
ON JOBS FOR PILOTS

New York-Jobs for Negro pill
OTIS and ground crew members
now being released by the Army
Air Force are being sought by the
NAACP which is conducting a poll
of all domestic airlines on their
employment policies, it was ann
ounced here last week.
I'VE are making inquiry" said
the letter, whether you have for
mulated any plans, or contemp-
lated doing so, regarding the use
of trained Negro aviation person
mel. While most Negro filters were
fighter pilots, a good number were
trained in the operation of multi
engined aircraft, including navi-
cation and radio"
Pointing out that many colored
men had served in aircraft main
tenance units and had serviced
four-engined bombers in some ar
cas-, Walter White, who signed the
letter, wrote:
"One of the questions most fire.
quently and anxiously asked me
by Negro filters and ground crew
members on my trips as a wal
correspondent to Europe and the
Pacific was whether an opportun-
lty to use their training and ex-
perience would be given them by
commercial airlines after the war
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

Ted Metcalfe, Nebraska Chair
man Of the Sister Kenny Cam
paign, announced that a three
story addition and modernization
of the world famous Kenny Insti-
tute is planned to start early in
1916.
Metcalfe made the announce
ment as the campaign swings in
to high gear in Nebraska with the
hope that citizens of Nebraska
give it's share in the $500 900 ma
tionwide goal. Half of the money
raised in Nebraska will remain in
the local fight against polio and
eventually establish local Sister
Kenny Clinics.
Already the Kenny institute is
the largest hospital in the world
devoted exclusively to the treat
ment of infantile paralysis victims
and the only institution where the
complete Kenny concept and treat
ment is taught.
Metcalfe urged various service
and civic clubs, such as Lions,
Kiwanis, Rotary, Cosmopolitan,
Commercial Club, Junior Cham
Der Of Commerce, American Lee
gion or other organizations get
behind the campaign and solicit
funds in the fight against the Grip
ping disease, Polio.
TITS chance to 10 something
in the fight against this dreaded
disease, and remember that our
giving makes it possible fer some
child to walk" Continued Metcalfe.
All contributions should be
mailed to the state office, Sister
Kenny Foundation, 423 Omaha
Loan & Building Assn, Bldg, 18th
and Dodge Sts., Omaha, Nebraska
or to this paper.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
NAVY WILL o
MARYLAND JIM CROW

New York-An investigation :
the reported segregation Of Negro
personnel and their visitors On
listing days at the Naval Train
ing Center at cambridge, Md,
will be made by the Navy Depart
ment and appropriate action TAX
en-, according to John L. Sulli-
van. Acting Secretary of the
Navy.
In a letter to the NAACP Mr..
Sullivan said: THE Department is
anxious to prevent discrimination
gainst any of it's personnel"
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
CAPITAL TRANSIT JOB BIAS
SQUARELY UP TO WHITE
HOUSE .NAACP

Washington, DC-Authority to
enforce a policy of non-discrimin-
alton in jobs in the Capital Tran
sit company here rests directly
and exclusively in your hands dur
ing the period of government
seizure" President Truman was
told last week by the NAACP. The
telegram of Nov. %, backing mp
one of Nov. %, follows:
On November % we telegraph
ed you urging that pursuant to
your authority incident to seizure
Of the Capital Transit Company
you make provision for removal
discriminatory policy Capital
Transit Company in refusing to
employ qualified Negroes. We
r advised that the operation of
Capital Transit Company is to be
returned to owners without any
action by you toward enforcement
your Executive Order prohibiting
discrimination in employment be-
cause of race or color. Authority
to enforce your Executive Order
rests directly and exclusively in
your hands during period of gov
eminent seizure. 1t is clear that
opportunity is present for you TO
demonstrate to United States and
world at large your intention and
the determination Of our govern
ment to project rights Of all min
ority groups in keeping with Con-
stitution, laws and Executive Or
ders wi country as well as prin-
cipleS eStohT----- -7ited Nat
;ons Charter
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
NAACP YOUTH WILL HEAT
WILBERFoRcE PRESIDENT

Wilberforce, o. President Char
les H. Wesley of Wilberforce will
deliver the keynote address of the
7th annual youth conference of
the NAACP here December 27.
The conference will run through
December 80, and it is expected to
attract more than 200 delegates.
William T. Mcknight, I'd, will be
among the other speakers, outlin-
ing to young people the picture in
the employment field. Mr.. Nc
knight was formerly regional dir
ectional of the FEPC with head
quarters in Cleveland.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
VIRGINIA JIM CROW TRAVEL
LAW TO US. SUPREME COURT

Washington, DC-At last a
clear case to test the Jim Crow
travel laws of southern states
which segregate Interstate pas
sengers on interstate carriers is
before the United States Supreme
Court.
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone
on November 10 signed an order
allowing the appeal of Irene Nor
gan from the judgment of the Su-
preme Court of Virginia affirm
ing her conviction of violation Of
the Jim Crow transportation sta
tute of Virginia. The case came
up or direct appeal instead of pc
tition for writ of certiorari be-
cause the appeal challenged the
constitutionality of the statute in
Virginia.
Irene Morgan, on July 16, 1914,
was a passenger on a Greyhound
bus from Closter county, Virginia
to Baltimore, Maryland. When the
bus arrived in Saluda, Virginia,
defendant was requested to move
back to the rear of the bus. She
was arrested and charged with
violation of the Virginia statute
requiring segregation of passen-
gers, and on October 1S, 1914, was
convicted and fined $40.
Her case was promptly appealed
to the Supreme Court of Virginia
on a writ of error, and on June 6,
1915, her conviction was affirmed
by that court which held that the
Virginia statute was constitution
al and applied to interstate as well
as local passengers. A motion for
rehearing was promptly filed and
was denied by the Supreme Court
in September, 1945.
The United States Supreme
Court, in the case of Hall VS.. De-
CUR. in 1877, held that the local
statute in Louisiana prohibiting
segregation of passengers did not
apply to Interstate passengers.
The only other cases to reach the
highest court since that time have
been cases on the question of the
equality of provisions for segrega
ton of passengers. The Irene
Morgan case is the first which
clearly challenges the validity of
segregation statutes as applied to
passengers in interstate commerce
and on interstate carriers.
NAACP lawyers representing
Miss Morgan are Judge William
H. HASTE, chairman of the Nat
ional legal committee, Leon A.
Ransom and Spotswood w. Robin
son, III, members of the national
legal committee, and Thurgood
Marshal, NAACP Special Counsel.
The case has the full cooperation
of both the State Conference of
Branches of Virginia and the ma
tional office of the NAACP.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

The USO at oath and Grant SITS.
has closed permanently.
The YMCA. has purchased all
fixtures, which we're located in the
building.
The Omaha Guide called MI.
Mead who is secretary of the down
town YMCA. AT the time he ans
wered the phone he was in confer
ence with a group Of citizens who
were interested in improving re-
ligious environment in this section
of the city, trying to devise means
to open a Northside Branch YM-
CA.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

BEDFORD, Or. Tam, of Indianapolis,
has become the newest life rem
Der Of the NAACP by paying the
final installment on its 5000 life
membership.
Another new life member is Ike
Smalls of Des Moincs, Iowa, presi-
dent of the Iowa Branches Of the
NAACP, who sent his check for
$500 for the balance due.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
Gaines I. Bradford Appointed Secretary
FOR New yMCA Setup for Northside Area
NTH USO Closing, Building
Sought for Northside YMCA

Gaines T. Bradford, former newspaperman and employee OF The
Omaha Guide, and a World War Ii veteran, has been appointed YMCA
Secretary for the near North Side and has begun work, w. Il. Mead,
YMCA general secretary announced Wednesday.
This. Mr.. Mead said, is another step toward the completion OF the
YMCA program for complete City coverage by areas. MIR. Bradford
will be responsible for the area from Cunning Street to Bedford Aven-
lie and from Both street to the river.
If the North Side USO building can be obtained for community ue
it is possible headquarters may be placed there.
The committee under which Mr.. Bradford will work includes J. T..
Berner, chairman; Lothardt Jensen, Ralph Adams, Charles Adams, the
Rev. E. B. Childress and AL Kennedy.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
COMPENSATION ASKED
FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS

New York-Governor Thomas
e. Dewey, of New York, was urg-
ed last week to recommend to the
1916 legislature passage Of a bill
which would give domestic work.
ers the benefit of workmen's COM
pensation.
Stating that it is imperative
that domestic workers be protec-
ted, Walter White, NAACP sec
rotary asked the Governor to
make a strong appeal in his an
nual message to the 1916 legisla-
ture.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
HONOLULU CLUB SENDS
500 FOR WILlkIE BLDG.

New York-The ~Interracial club
of Pearl Harbor in Honolulu has
sent a contribution of S1OO to the
NAACP toward the Wendell Will
kie Memorial building. The club
was organized three months ago
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

periors and that he exhibited a
bad influence on the morale of his
associates because he was spread
ing propaganda prejudicial to the
Naval Service and stirring up
racial prejudices."
Mr.. Hardy was represented be-
fore the Secretary of Nays Dis
charge Review Board by Jesse o.
Dedmon, Jr., Secretary of Veter-
ans Affairs of the NAACP. in an
attempt to get this discharge
changed from undesirable" to
honorable"
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

ment must accurately define eco
nomic and political inequalities
and bitterly fight them. We must
overlook none of the enemy. For
example, we have had much de-
n~unciation of Senator Bilbo, every
word of it justified. Meanwhile,
other opponents of economic and
political equality have been deep
ening their foxhoIes. They must
be routed out. It is a hard fight
but progress is being made. Let's
get on with the job.
'*Note to readers: Let our guest
contributors tell you about this
progress. Watch for Pearl S.
Buck, A. Philip Randolph, Lester
B. Granger, Rep. Charles La Fol
lette, Elmo Roper and other out
standing leaders in this space ev-
cry week.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

Mr.. Mead said to the Omaha
Guide that he had no definite in
formation as to what was going to
be done to this date. But that the
committee was working hard on
what was going to be done.
But that as soon as they had
completed their job he would be
glad to give us a call.
1t looks as if we will have a
Northside YMCA. after all.
LET US HOPE. and get behind
any effort to further along this
hope.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

Il have heard people sigh at
word of the Victory Loan Camp
aign, and say, I suppose I have to
buy another bond. But I don't see
how 1 can afford it,
This is just like saying, I sup
pose 1 really ought TO start saw
ing honey, but it's an awful expen-
sive thing to dop
THE fact is, of course, that you
don't buy bonds. AS w. B. Bach
man, a Detroit writer, forcefully
pointed out the other day, the
speakers on the radio and the pos
ter artists and the advertising
writer's have been using the wrong
word for four long years. They
have been asking the public to do
something that is impossible. You
can't spend money on bonds. You
simply take them. They cost you
nothing. My e bonds are nothing
but certificates showing that the
Barton family has made a deposit
in the u. S. Treasury instead of in
a bank or a cookie jar. When we
take an E bond, we transfer a
bank deposit to the safest deposit
DRY in the world-the U. S. Treas
ury. We put in non-interest notes
and we get an interest bearing
note as our deposit slip!
ITO take a bond-note that word
"take"-is still a patriotic act.
That alone is inducement enough
for any American. Just as your
money in the bank pays for loans
and investments and all the banks
manifold activities, so your money
in the U. S. Treasury helps to care
for the wounded, to end war con-
tracts, to maintain armies of oc-
cupation, to bring home returning
fighters, to prevent initiation. Your
bonds brought about the mighty a.
tonic blasts that put a period to
this war. Your bonds today are
returning flesh to the bones of
those who survived wounds or
pri soncamp torture-of VAIN
wright, of Boyington, of unknown
thousands of our men who played
their own gallant parts in the tot
al defeat of our enemies.
Il remember reading the typic-
al experience of George Lott,
whose arms shredded by a
mortar on the Lorraine front.
From his battalion aid station,
Lott was transported $500 miles
in easy stages, by ambulance,
train and plane. He passed thru
three field dressing stations and
five hospitals in France and Eng
land before being returned to the
United States for final treatment
and recovery. Your bonds PAID
for the care of all the George
Lofts of this war.
And yet you can count on get
ting back 81 for every So you put
in
$50 get bonds today-get them
regularly-and hold on to them.
that is about as close as you are
likely to come in this life to hay
ing your cake and eating it too"
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
900 1000 NAACP CHRISTMAS
SEALS OUT

New York-Up to November 80
900, 900 NAACP Christmas Seals
had beer distributed for sale thru
out the country, it was announced
by Madison S. Jones, Jr., in charge
Of the nationwide sale from MA
ACP headquarters. Largest ord
ers have been placed by the West
Coast Regional office of the MA
ACP in San Francisco QOO,O0O);
Detroit, Mich. 200, 900 y; and Bal
timore, Md. 100000.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

over the state are conducted by
County committees, no figures on
state receipts are yet available.
The association also announces
that Mr.. James L. Paxton, Jr., is
Special Gifts Chairman again this
year. Serving in this capacity
last year, Mr.. Paxton raised the
special gifts total well above that
Of previous years.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

with the avowed purpose of fight
ing discrimination, segregation an
their attendant evils. Fleming r.
waller, is president; Frank l..
Binns, Jr., secretary; and Charles
T. Mackey, treasurer.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

e "Any time after 20 years l
y a retire at half pay increas-
ing year by year to three-quarters
retirement pay after 30 years of
service. And the time I've already
served in active military or naval
service counts toward my retire
ment time. added up-reenlist-
ment seems pretty sound to mel"
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
OUR
Column
edited by Erna p. Harris)
THE INCONSISTENCY
OF
Edited by Erna p. Harris)

THE INCONSISTENCY
OF PREJUDICE
by JAMES 3. CAREY,
Secretary-Treasurer, Congress
of Industrial Organizations;
Chairman, National CIO Com
mittee to Abolish Racial Discrim
nation.
The first count in any indict-
ment Of prejudice must be a
charge of inconsistency. That is
why prejudice is absurd. The
prejudiced man setups a two-way
stream Of hatred. The prejudice
he sends out comes back against
him, often with compound inter-
est. The very discrimination he
inspires leaves him with no de-
Tense when it is applied against
himself.
That is why we in the CIO in
sist at every level that no mem
Der or group of members will be
permitted to employ against 9TH
er members economic and .polit-
ical sanctions that deny a major
union principle. Unions, in the
first and last analysis, are organ
lied to fight discrimination; for
it is from discriminatory practic-
es that injustices of all sorts and
descriptions stem, whether or not
the specific instance concerns
wages or hours or other working
conditions. If a union tolerates
discrimination between and am
ong members, it weakens its own
case in it's dealings with the en-
ployer and the community as well.
There is, unfortunately, a tend
ency on the part Of some enthus-
iastic opponents of prejudice to
weaken their own cas- by dragg-
ing the vague concept of social
equality" into the discussions.
Their error lays them open to
criticism which in many ase has
some Justification. To inject SOC
ial equality into a vigorous CAM
paign for economic and political
equality weakens the whole struc-
ture. The elements are entirely
unlike. Economic and political
questions are decided by groups;
only the individual is cloaked
with the right to pick and choose
his social acquaintance.
Persons who come together in
economic, political, religious and
ethnic groups do so because of
interests common to all in the
group with them. Common sense
and common decency require that
they must not resolve a group in
terest in a particular field by their
interests arising in another field.
Least of all can they resolve a
group interest in terms Of social
relationships which, as l have said
before, are a purely individual
matter.
All human beings have among
their rights the right to choose
their friends on the social scene.
None can be required, for instance
TO receive into or bar from his
home any other individual. But
the exercise of that right is ex-
tremely limited. Any attempt by
any individual to apply his indiv-
idual social rights to the comm
unity, to a public conveyance, to a
place of business, or to any group
to which he may belong or be eli
gible, cannot be justified. His re
course is self-isolation; he cannot
isolate others. Z
We in the organized labor move
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

"First, | keep my present grade.
! That means a lot.
2 by reenlisting for 8 years |
. can pick my own branch Of
service in the Air, Ground or
Service Forces, and can go to any
overseas theater | wish.
z Il get my mustering-out pay,
v even though I'm reenlisting.
Also, | get $50 a year reenlistment
bonus for each year I've been in
the Army. My dependents receive
family allowances for the full term
of my enlistment. And Ill be
eligible for CT Bill Of Rights bene-
fits when / get out of the Army.
A my food, clothes, quarters,
= medical and dental care are all
supplied to me. And | can learn
any Of 200 skills or trades in the
Army schools.
+ "Al OF us who are reenlisting
y are going to have from 80 to
90 days furlough at home with
full pay and our travel paid both
ways. And well have 30 days fur
Tough every year with pay.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
NO 1T is NOT L. A?
1T is S. =. c.!

DR.. Craig Morris who left our
city for Los Angeles, Calf, says
that he is not remaining in LA.
but a week. From there he will
go to San Francisco where he
will establish his home and bust
ness.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

Washington, DC. Soundphoto --
Joseph G. Grew, Under Secretary
of State, and U. S Ambassador to
Tokyo from 1892 until after Pearl
Harbor attack, took the stand last
week before the joint congression-
al hearing on Jap sneak attack.
He told the Committee he had no
knowledge that secret Japanese
diplomatic messages were being
intercepted and decided in Wash
ington. Photo shows Mr.. Grew on
the stand.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
JANUARY 81, 1916

AN IMPORTANT DATE
FOR MEN IN THE ARMY
MEN now in Army who reenliss
before February ! will be reen-
listed in present grade. Men hon.
orabIy discharged con reenIi.s
within 20 days affer discharge
in grode held Of time OF dis
Charge, provided they reeniiss
before February 7, 1916.
You may enlist AT ANY rlME
for IA, 2 or 3 year periods.
(one-year enIistmenfs for men
now in the Army with al least
6 months of serviee.)
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08
SORORITY BECOMES LIFE
MEMBER OF NAACP.

New York-Sigma Gamma Rho
sorority through Mrs. Hattie NJ.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

u Week ms shall resent our M Columns nmpnms service Of the Americana Pres Asocned devoted trnnng
R@P Harris noted Journalistic w new weekly cmn will te prominent guest contributors who will review current
ION the mmyg group 'front.' and aggh n@im and nationwide action Coming soon as guest @mmnsua are Pearls Buck
George s. Schuyler Dr. Ira De Reid Rev wdK r Elmo Rwrn and other k@wm the fight for quality
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Nebr.
4 Il q q q q q q z = q
BRUCE BARTON TELLS
AMERICANS WHY THEY
SHOULD INVEST IN BONDS

Il have heard people sigh at
word of the Victory Loan Camp
aign, and say, I suppose I have to
buy another bond. But 1 don't see
how I can afford it.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-08

(a)-Plus 20% Increase for
Service Overseas. (b)-Plus
500 if Member of Flying
Crews, Parachutist, etc. (c)
Plus SO Increase in Pay
for Each 3 Years of Service.