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The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
Davenport, la.
Man Wins First
Civil Rights
c

Davenport, Iowa Charles W..
Toney. president Of the Davenport
branch Of the NAACP. has announc
ed hat on August s. 1915, the bran
CHI won the first civil rights case
ever to be tried in that city.
Mr.. Toney and his wife were the
compliments in the prosecution of
a local ice cream parlor proprietor
who had arbitrarily refused to
serve them. The Assistant County
attorney prosecuted the case. but as
a precautionary measure a Negro
attorney, s. oe Brown of Desmoines
was brought in to assist in the pros
ecution of the defendant.
The case was won before an all
white jury which deliberated only
ten minutes.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
Negro Worker
Needs Full Job Bill

while there has been a decided
increase" he said, "in the number
of Negro workers employed in
what we consider continuing indus
tries. the majority Of Negro work.
ers have been employed in strictly
war production. According to the
War Manpower Commissions most
recent reports. the Negro labor
force in essential employment is
distributed in the following cate
gories: Shipbiulding 1872. 900; Air
craft production. 116, 900; Ordnance
and communication equipment 1921
zoo; Basic metals and rubber 1872
900; other munitions. 100, 900. From
these estimates it will be observed
hat SOC, 900 Negro workers are con
centrated in the industries hat now
suffer most severe cutbacks with
the coming Of peace
with reference to the post war
prospects of the Negro worker it
may be noted. on the basis Of a
comparison of the 1910 and 1914
figures on the occupational and in
dustrial distribution of the Negro
labor force that (1) the Negro has
made his greatest employment
gains in those occupations (espec-
tally semi-skilled factory jobs)
which will suffer the severest cut
backs during the post war period:
(2) further, he has made his biggest
advances in those industries (es-
pecially the metals. chemicals and
rubber group which may exper-
fence the greatest proportionate
post war declines.
FINALLY" testified the NAACP.
secretary, lit also should be noted
that in those occupations and in
dustries in which the Negro has
made his greatest employment ad-
vances. he vas generally among the
last hired. Therefore. under senior
ity rules he is more likely to be
laid off than the average worker in
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
Final Appeal for Natl War Fnnd
wiH be Made This Coming Fall

The final appeal for the National
War Fund will be made this fall
with the budget set at $~1l5,OO),OOO
in order to nance member agenc-
les to liquidation or the end OF
1916. according to advices to " j.
Skutt general chairman or Cmahas
Victory Fund and Community Chest
Campaign, which raises the funds
fol National War Fund in Omaha.
Skutt stated that the National
Var Fund a advised him that
~ Day does not signify immediate
end to the work of member agenc-
les Of the Fund. with the exception
# American Field Service.
USO- n USO-Camp Shows must
carry on their programs for our
service men until rehabilitation is
~ actually. Skutt said.
While it is expected there will be
shifts and reductions in the .USO
Nidget. the work in the Pacific
will have TO be maintained at a
high level and USO-Camp Shows
will face expanded programs. for
men who are in forces Of occupa-
ton.
United Seamen's Service will al
so have to continue its work while
the merchant fleets are engaged II
bringing men and materials home
No immediate change is in sight
for the budgets of the foreign re-
lief agencies which are members OF
the National War Fund, Skutt con
tinued. He pointed out that Presl-
dent truman, in his report to the
peoF after his return from Pots
dar lad made it clear that tn
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
LOUIS JORDAN PROVES GREAT
AS FILM ACTOR; CALEDONIA"
DEBUTS IN NEW YORK CITY

tB6
New York City (CNS) "Caldonia'
has arrived. The film featurett' Y,
stuffed with four new tunes and
adorned with the Bobby Soxer's
King. Louis Jordan. as it's star,
makes it's initial bow in New York
this week at the New Amsterdam
Theatre in Times Square. 1t will
be the first time the celebrated
bandleader has appeared on the
screen in a film acted in and at the
same time produced by Negroes.
The 2 minute featurette, costing
approximately SO. 900 to produce.
gives its Negro east a chance to
prove its talents, besides introduc-
ing four hit tunes, including. Of
course. the sorg Jordan made fam
Gus. "C1ldonia."
The film story IS simple but car
ries a direct appeal. There is no
Uncle Tomism The actors act their
parts. not saunter through them laz
lily as Caledonia" starts off stepping
lively.
Caldonia. IN tan's film sweetheart
is really Nicki OtDaniel whose
whole purpose in the picture is to
keep Louie in New York to be near
her. Mixing a Hollywood contract,
Louie stays. Richard Huey, $50 lb
Broadway star of "Bloomer Girl
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
Forum Announce Appointment of Teachers in Public School System
IL On Payrolls Now;
Seek More Openings

The Young Citizens Forum com
posed Of aggressive, young men
and women, public spirited. unbias-
ed and politically non-partisan com
munity leaders several months a.
go developed the project Of placing
Negro school teachers in the ON
aha Public Schools system.
Ryland f. Melford, assistant dir
ector. Division of venereal Disease
Control, State Health Dept. Of Ne
braska, was named Chairman.
Mr.. Melford Immediately laid
plans that have been successful in
placing today, Negro teachers in
the Omaha Public school system.
Working with Mr.. Melford were
Mr.. Onward r. Crooms. Executive
Secretary Omaha Urban League,
Mr.. Arthur B. McCaw. assistant to
the Executive Secretary. Omaha
Urban League. Mr.. Robert Myers.
young business man and Mr.. Ralph
Adams, OPA Rent attorney.
The Young Citizens Forum work.
ing closely with the Omaha Urban
League. were successful in provld-
ing the administrative staff Of the
school system. headed by the Super
intendent of schools. DR.. Corning,
with many applications, both from
local applicants and applicants
from every section of the United
States, many holding advance de-
grees from the leading educational
institutions of the country, with
many years of teaching experience.
Speaking before the school board
at one Of its meetings for more
than an hour and one half. at tim
es, delivering masterpieces Of
rhetoric seldom heard in the oak
panelled former music conservatory
Of the Josyln castle. now the office
Of the Board Of Education. Messrs.
McCaw, Melford, Adams, Crooms,
and Myers urged a reversal of poll
icy toward hiring of Negro teach
ers. Speaking pointedly. almost
m%ilitantly Mr.. Melford urged on be-
half Of the Young Citizens Forum,
that Negro teachers be placed in
any and every school, teaching any
and every subject OF the same basis
as all teachers are appointed, irres-
pective Of race, creed or color.
Said MI. Melford, Il am privileg-
ed to report, after having talked
with an assistant to DR.. Hobart
Corning, that there are now eleven,
Negro teachers in the public school
system and that negotiations are
still underway to place more teach
ers. thu giving the Negro citizens
of Omaha. the representative num-
Der of teachers that Is rightfully
due them in every respect. "
The Young Citizens Forum believ
es this marks a milestone along the
highway of in~ter-cultural and in
terracial progress.
Let US pray. God above, that
those who SO gallantly met the
challenge, those now lying beside
rows of white crosses in military
cemeteries stretching across the
wide expanse Of Africa. Europe and
Asia. died not in vain, but that we
at home, free men, might have a de
mocracy which is a reality n not
a farce. The Young Citizens For
UNI will help Omaha to meet that
challenge.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
bib0 Denounced
By Fellow Mississippians
Southern White Editors
Anti Negro Statements
OF EastIand, Bi|bo

NEW YORK, NY-New and COM
elusive PROOF tnat the nate inspired
Southern Congressional bloc mis-
represents Southern opinion in it's
outbursts Of racial prejudice is CON
tanned in a poll of PSI Southern
white newspaper editors by the
Southern Conference for Human
Welfare.
The editors. representing public
ations from all Is southern states,
Overwhelmingly opposed the anti
Negro statement of Mississippi's
Senator James Eastland 'The Negro
soldier was an utter and abysmal
failure in combat in Europe. He
has ~disgraced the flag of his coun-
try which created such & wave Of
protest from progressive groups
throughout the nation.
Seventy-five and one-hait percent
stated that this view did not reflect
thern people" Only 10 percent
voted yes on this question, with
49, percent undecided. Eighty
three percent scored Sen. Eastlands
canard as a hazard to the nations
war effort" Only five percent up
held his views.
This -denunciatfon of Sen East
land and the philosophy of his col
league. Sen. Bilbo, is expected to
provide one of the most forceful
arguments when proponents of
a permanent FEPC and anti-poll
tax legislation press for Congress
ional action after Congress recon-
venes. DR.. Clark Forman. president
stated at the Conferences New
York headquarters in releasing the
results of the poll. Both these bills
will receive full support from the
CIO-PAC which has marked them
as 'musts" in it's legislative pro-
gram.
In discussing the survey DR.. Fore
man stated: 'Such polls as these
prove conclusively that the south
ern representation in Congress. in
reality, represents only an infin-
itesimal fraction of the south's
population. The opinions of these
editors indicates further a growing
realization of the vast economic and
social problems hat face the south
in the reconversion period. These
problems can only be solved when
the representatives direct their at
tention to specific issues instead of
creating racial friction in order to
maintain their political power"
DR.. Foreman supported his con-
tention by reminding that less than
IS percent of the adult population
of Mississippi voted in the last
presidential election and that Con-
gresham Rankin was elected by
only six percent of the voters in his
district.
The Southern Conference is work
ing in close cooperation with CIO
unions in the south to elevate that
section of the country to it's proper
place in the national economy as an
area of great inaustrialization and
production. The Conference was
officially endorsed by the National
CLIO last November and received an
added vote of approval at a recent
meeting of the southernsClO cffic-
ials.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08

people of this nation have a respon-
sibility to aid the var victims of
those nations which fought with US
President Truman said:
IF we let Europe go cold and
hungry. we may los some of h
foundations of order on which the
hopes for world peace must rest"
Skutt also pointed out that peace
in the Pacific also now makes it
possible to render increased aid to
the Philippines and to give all pos
sible aid to China. both in great
need.
In its appeal this fall, the Victory
Fund and Community Chest VIII
urge Omahans to BE Generous IN
Victory-We still have a Job to Do!
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
Sleeping Car Porters Win Mediation
Board Election on Union Pacific System

Mr.. Lawrence Farmer. MediatorC
from the National Mediation Board,
conducted a system election on the
Union Pacific Railroad among
chair car attendants on that system
The votes were counted in Saint
Paul on the 29th day of August in
the presence Of NJ. P. Webster, In
ternational First Vice President of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08

clear majority and the question Of
certification as the duly authorized
representative of this group is just
d matter of form.
This adds the last class-ore rail
road to the long list of railroads
where the porters are represented
by the brotherhood Of Sleeping Car
FOrterS.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
To Subscribe for
Omaha Greater
Negro Weekly
CALL HA-0800

Porfters, and B. L. Morris. Twin
Cities representative Of the same
Organization
The count for the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, AT. of L.,
was IT'S; for Go, 1. There were
237 men on the system eligible to
vote so that the vote gives the Bro
therhood of Sleeping Car Porters a
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08

JOE MUM ON DISCHARGE New
(CNS) Looking fit and taut, as he
lie when he fought Abe Simon in
March, 1912, Sgt oe Louis appeared
in town this week weighing an edge
over 200 pounds. He was mum as
to whether he might soon be out Of
lie army. Too ne was silent as to
whether he has been secretly train
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
WHITE TELLS SENATE GROUP q

Washington. DC.-Negro workers
who got employment largely Il e.
mergency war time plants and III
temporary civil service JOBS. need
the Full Employment Bill PASSED
Ly Congress, Walter White NAA-
CP secretary, told the Senate Bank
ing and Currency committee Aug
ust G9th.
Not only does the Negro nee9 the
bill. but his fortunes as a wage
Garner will form an inlpor ant as
rect of the whole problem of post
war employment" Mr.. Wh:ts said.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08
NOT CONNECTED WITH RAIL-
ROAD MEMS BENEVOLENT CLUB

The OMAHA DINING CAR WAIT
ERS KEY CLUB wishes to convey
to the public that we haven con-
nections with the Railroad Mems
Benevolent Club located at oath q
Miami streets. We remain as al
ways at 24O9 Burdette Street.
Alexander Smith, President, Alton
B. Goode. Secretary.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08

these occupations.
Mr.. White pointed out that wide
spread unemployment and suffering
influence of organizations like the
Ku Klux Khan. The NAACP lead
also urged the enactment Of the bill
for a permanent FEPC, the nation
al housing bill, S. 1912, the Kilgore
the Pepper amendment to the Wage
Hour act, the Wagner-Murray-
Dingell social security bill, and a
federal anti-lynching law.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08

her years Of work with the Negro
minori y grorp and her understand
ing of its problems in this country.
As Miss Lewis puts it, work with
minorities requires not only under
standing of the minority and it's
problems. but also complete under
standing of the entire social and
government setting in which they
live
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08

the leadership, that no such speech
es should be made, although it is
granted that a senator may not be
denied the right to speak"
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-08

ing hard for months.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-09-06

Admiral Raymond A. spru-
ance. commander of the Fifth
Fleet. thinks that the ~Japanese
pui up a bell Of q fight. oonxid-
ering what they started with. and
adTs that IL womld have been IN
possihle 60 take OkinaMFa had not
the japanese fleet been knocked
out
The admiral doubts the wlsdon
81 permanently occupying Okin-
ava. although admitting inst the
island was worth al i cost in
blood and ships. because II the
danger that American occupation
would b. . snFe point with the
japanese in future years, the IS
land being 40 cioso 30 the heart
~ japan.
The hlgh-Fanking naval officer,
who played an important part in
the war In the Pacific, points out
that part "a our Navy can be
Strapped because there are now
no navies lefl except the Asnefi-
can and the British and there Is
no pruspcct ~ war hetween as F"
he thinks that We should keep
= navy sufficiently large 60 pro-
tect us. with the Americans con-
trolling the Pacific and tire Brit
izh the Atlantic"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-09-06
Looking At Washington


Recent developments n Wash
ington Indicate that President
Harry :. Tgusn1n h veerinw rap.
idly toward she New Deaf posi-
ton.
IRE mew President. wiao CO. 81
q 3 fine start WITH rss1st people
rather hopeful that ~ woufi e.
loy an era Of good fe~iinw. II roU
beginning 20 srappie wish donses-
itc Issues. tosA.a NJ TIRE puwkst-
booAs - TIE - pie. asd rsspnfa-
ts0ns and this always starts \ ma
lof roW.
~ Truman secfninxiy accepts
the thesis that the goeernmens
must Provide everybody with
iobs. Il private enterprise fails 20
d. 50 Having acreptei tire obh-
sation. ne vii ~ I'D into many
paths If the nation has a serious
depression.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-09-06
THE WEATHER


Key West and vicinity: Partly
ei0udy this aftefnoon. tonight
ard Friday with scattered shun-
dsfshowers In afternoons. Modes-
ate winds. mostly southeast and
south.
Florida. Partly clundy this
afternoon. tonight and Friday
with widely scattered showers
and a few thunderxho~eFs oe-
curing mostly during the after
noons
Jaeksonville trAu Florida
Straits. Moderate winds. noush-
eazieriy over ss1uth portion and
southeast 60 soulhsrly over north
portion this afternon tonight AMI
Friday except winds occasionally
fnesh thru Florida Straits and
KEYS this afternoon. Pnrtly
cloudy with widely scattered
showers and q few shundershow-
er&
East Gull: Southeast 10 south
Winds moderate % fresh this
Afternoon decreasing and becom.
inc moderate tonight and Fri
day; partly cloudy with widely
scattered showers and few
thunderzh0werx.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-09-06

A n&&. TAFT 0FNMns Price centres
zna ratlonlnx. while neeezxary dur.
ms var involve q eomplex aftemps
b regulate niliinns a daily trana-
srtions. Il n augmentation pia2 IN
tiualng everything and everyday. !
thin&. ssrh contrul Is hound 81 Eakl
Ia peareiine in q eesaniry loving tree
dem a. we Do u would Inevitably
suffer the tate q pgoAibltionL u %
possible IN wartime because q pa
triufism ard : reaiixntinn Il e neces-
tary n properly handled u eonld -
enlorced baeauee e0M oE TIE peopla
would prevail ever TO- of ehlssierA
BIT q large proportion q Ire peepie
cooperailan~Wof craekdoarM. In the
isst waF food rontrol Vas based on
appeal 10 me fooa trades and the
peaple. There was q club in ths closet
Ter real cflmlnaiH but seldom used.
THIS time OpA has written rs Own
rules without consulting anybody.
aud fAea thfeatened criminal prose-
ton. To be enfoFceabie ne rexa.
iaiions must be reaaanabls and ap-
psaF - b ne people. More fool IDEAS
kafw eena oui 81 OPA than any
char aepartment heasllasions must
- iua 10 businessmen. FARMERS
pr0vessara. wholesalers and relailefxL
'uPA has refused - listen 90 the fair
81 complaints and forced many mnaIl
businessmen uui % bssziness. Prices
mslsi - aEed IN line wlfh costs and
reasonable demand and supply. The
Black Market Ia meat Il 50 hsd I
dsnt think Il cnn BE- beaten without
removing al price cuntrol Cor Q
reasonable period ii's betseF b. have
nest 81 any price than no meat al
All
SEN. THOMAS CHALLENGES
San rsff and I agree that OpA IL
q failure. I dont fellow bis reasoning
the Black Market In nest can -
aeaiea b. renewing al price c1utrals
Sex q Reasonable period That would
only aEgTavaie the @taem thaG has
SITS situation nv point IL fhia-
most 81 the actions 81 ne aasantane-
taxing elements In Cur social and pc
htcai life are based upon thouxhf-
lrEsness and Q LACK % conversion 10
TIRE notion that all Of the peopls hare
sg1e riuAfs. ThuE ] Do not beliave
the Black Market can ha overcoma
~ iaN. TIE way % overcome BIaek
Market tendencies Is 10 aepeiop social
responsibility ana0ng al of tha peopaa
- nat only few remain a8vanaaes.
takers. That h a big l0b-bus il ID
ear taski
SAN. TAFT REPLEEss Today one
hlack Msrket Il rapidly iaereansnE
particularly In toe large cites wtsA
respect 70 many food proanxss ana
clothing prodncts. u Il not spreading
bscaase af any tendency IL tha
American people towards oriEinAl
ain. u - EpFe@d4ns becau4e lhe OPA
= ineompetens both la pricing and
enforcement beeansa ID IL aafninai@a
BY theorists and brain trlsgars-he-
cause Z relies on Fafclst meshoas ana
has ne faith In the eoopermton u
the free eitLzcns q the Repahlle. TIE
oaly way % beai the Bisck Maxkel
g % rsosKanixs ths 0PA fran aup 10
ogtiaEa- We Reed rsasnnmble price
eoaiEol Ia the rec aversion n@rtod 10
arsvenl inasiion. bit &c ahall never
ssa 10 froza OpA
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-09-06

Oar caiculstors figure that the
United States has Pct up a M.
hon collars fer hna -lease. Il a
Questionablt whether ne invest
ments will turn out any betieF
than toe leans rrpshiiqted rs
European nations in World war !
The British Government acted
surprised. anA criticized the
American Governmcnt Cor ending
TIE wartime measure ~ atlrupl.
~. OtheF European countrire
seemed stunned ~ the idea That
uncle Sara wanted 20 retire from
the lending ard leasing game.
As a matter uf tact pofh pfesi-
dents Roosevelt and Truman stat
81 verE definitely monihs awo
that lend lease vas q plan II aid
az q wartime measure
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-09-06

Designation at Attendance
Areas Without Regard 90
Dtstftct Boundaries IN De
termination u Schools %
Dc Attended by Pupils
II Is she duty of the County su-
rerintendent 90 recommend the
location of schools end the areas
from which the children should
attend each school TIE County
Board Is % determine the area
from whirh children should a.
tend each school. Neither the
Principal a . school nor the
Trustees Of . district have author
i'y g. accept children from at
tendance areas IN the county 9th
or than those designated b. the
County Board for various schools
except a. special adjustments are
authorized b. the County Board
The New poincians Elementary
IChool 81 Monroc County. located
AZ Fourteenth Street and Duck
Avenue. Key West. Florida. Is in
readiness for opening September
20. lssS. under the principalship
of Albcrt n Carey All parents
in thls area are requested 10 have
their children registered al once
with the Principal. as tire County
Board has ruled the children in
this area attend this school. COM
prising grades one through sax.
as the facilities needed by the
children are readily accessible
and viii involve the least cost a.
the families.
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUC-
TON or MONROE COUNTY.
FLORIDA.
b J CARLYLE ROBERTS.
sept6-7 l945 Chairman