The Omaha guide., 1945-03-24
'NNPA Thanns All Who
Made Negro Newspaper
Week A Great Success

Every successful program re
fleets the cooperation of many peo-
pie. The recent Negro Press week
radio programs were no exception.
! Naturally the Press Week Comm
ittee conceived, arranged and i'm
plemented the programs but the
committee would have been help
less without the cooperation of
others.
The order to have a radio pro-
gram, you need theme, script ma
terial, principals, and certainly ra-
dio time. The Negro Press FORUM
ately has been able to secure all of
these during the past three years.
Such was possible however, only
through organization of the Negro
Press, it's supporters, the Radio
Networks, various artists and writ
ers.
Programs, usually are revised
many times before Broadcast time.
Conflicts and difficulties often play
havoc with original plans. At
first the NBC program of February
oath included Lena Horne and Paul
Robson, who were willing to APP
pear Moreover, War Correspond
ent Enoch Waters was to be picked
up from Pearl Harbor. At Broad
cast time Lena Horne found herself
enroute to New York to fill an en-
gagement. Paul Robson found the
/ program physically impossible due
to a matinee performance. Waters
alton center awaiting transporta-
ton to Pearl Harbor had to broad
cast from San Francisco.
Lionel Hampton, heard from Chi
cage found it necessary to broad
cast from the Downtown Theatre
because program time conflicted
with how time. Most artists are
extremely cooperative and will of
ten inconvenience themselves to
appear. Such spirit was lemon
strated by Edward Matthews, who
consented to appear on short not
ice.
The Columbia program of March
End, originally planned to pick up
Randy Dixon from London and
Max johnson from rance. On the
day of the broadcast, plans were
necessarily reversed due to locat-
ion. Dixie popped up in France and
Johnson in Italy. Result: last min
ute circuit scheduling and script
revision.
Radio is doing a magnificent job
of public service. Worthwhile pro
grams receive complete cooperat-
ion, often costing the radio people
themselves thousands of dollars in
radio time and production expens-
es.
The Negro Press by virtue of its
many reportorial services at home
and abroad is ideally suited TO the
sponsorship of radio programs.
Such would not be possible how
ever with out the complete cooper
alton of people like William SIo-
cum, director of Special Events
CBS., and Mrs. Doris Corwith, assist
ant Public Service manager of MO
and the staff script, ~roductio
traffic and press representatives Of
each network. These people spent
many days working with the Press
Week Committee planning, revising
scheduling, clearing, r~ehearsing
and producing the respective pro
grams. In addition the Negro
Artists, Major General A d. Sur
les, Major Roberts, Colonel Edward
Kirby, Truman K. Gibson, Jr.. Car
Teton Moss, who wrote the
ization on Sgt. Waverly B. Woodsor
The American Federation of Music
ians, American Federation of Radio
Press is indebted to VIM. B. Crab
am, personal artists tive,
Jr, OWL, and the Navy Public Re
lations department, Artists, Edw-
ard Matthews, Maurice Ellis, Ralph
Cooper, Lionel Hampton, Jack Ben
ny, Eddie Rochester Anderson,
and h Jack Benny script writers.
To all Of these. the Negro Newspa-
per Publishers Association and its
Press Week Committee. namely.