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this world. Well, it didn't work
out that way.
As l recall it, it was a bit hard
to get any definite statement Of
kinship between the Ethiopian and
the American Negro out of Adds
Ababa.
Instead. the Ethiopians pro-
nouneed most firmly that they were
not Negroes, had little interest in
Negro Problems" and let it be
known that they regard themselv-
es as Semitic in thought. in ideal
and by descent.
This was contrary to the preach
ings Of the homegrown disciples of
Negro Ethiopian kinship. But ~
damage had been already done.
Every Negro who thought about
it considered himself an Ethiopian,
if not in appearance. at least at
heart.
A possible explanation was the
coarseness of the Ethiopians hair
and the blackness of his skin al
though Halle SelasSie looks more
white than Negro.
You know the story; the Italians
were the first to quit World War IL
and Ethiopia reverted back to Halle
Selassie At he same time, you
may have overlooked the fact that
in the queer politics they play II
the world arena. Halle Selassie is
Off y
placed Belgians who. further South
in Africa. have the worlds worst
record for exploiting most ruthless
ly and inhumanly the defenseless
native millions of the Belgian Con-
go.
He is also offering the facilities
of his country to the homeless
Dutch who are right now using all
the weapons and methods Of mod
ern warfare to kill Indonesians who
are only asking them to give them
the freedom of their own home
land. He is throwing open the
doors of Ethiopia to other exploit
ers of Negro and colored pAooles.
He is offering them what he has
yet to offer the American Nesroas
who rallied to the Ethiopian cause
although it was against the laws
Of the land of their birth. Indeed.
the Ethiopian viewpoint seems de-
cidedly in favor of whites as a.
gainst Negroes.
That is why we here should do
some sober thinking on the whole
question Of international relation
ships with colored peoples of India.
Ethiopia, China. the Philippines
. etc. Until they come out Of their
shells and acknowledge blood kin
| ship with US and a common aim
/ with no holds baredr we are frank
ly bunch of damned fools to scat
ter the little we have in material
wealth and political strength to
those who do not wholeheartedly
| solicit it.
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STATEWIDE FIGHT FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS IN VIRGINIA

Richmond, Wa statewide
fight for full citizenship rights on
all fronts was continued here by
vote of the delegates to the 10th
annual Virginia State Conference Of
Branches Of the NAACP November
"a.
The resolutions adopted by the
conference provide for legal action
in criminal cases. equalizing educ
ational opportunities. and public
transportation; housing; employ
ment and other matters.
The conference heard a report of
its legal committee on the concen-
trated effort made last year to a.
bolish segregation and discrimin-
alton in interstate travel. a total
Of ia delegates was present from
So branches of 68 in the state. DIR.
J. M. Tinsley was reelected presi-
dent.
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MISS BETTE DAVIS
Screen Star Joins Urban L 'ge

Brothers Film I'm This Our Life"
was being planned a young Negro
actor came 10 meet Miss Davis to
seek her help in getting the most
important, dignified Negro role in
the picture. Miss Davis. who was
starred. encouraged him and he
finally got the part. This role
written into the original novel
much as it appeared on the screen
by the gifted southern white writ
er, Ellen Glasgow, has long been
IN outstanding II. dmark in Holly
woods treatment of the Negro in
Iilms.
Later, along with John Garfield,
Miss Davis founded the Hollywood
Canteen, modelled after New Yorks
famed Stage Door Canteen. Be
cause Scrvicemen and women of all
races, fIocF ed to its doors. the foun
ders in.S:ed Florence Cadrez. Ba-
ron Morenead (who has lately been
made one of the seven trustees for
Continued on page ID
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BY VERNA AVERY

Hollywood. Calf (CNS) Add to
in genuine democracy Con which
we already find the names of Ell
eanor Roosevelt. Pearl Buck. and
Lullian Smith, among others). the
name of Bette Davis. one of our
leading dramatic actresses. For
Miss Davis has not been content
just to have convictions about the
American way of life. She has
made up her mind to give real sub
stance to those convictions by act
ing as well as thinking. AS proof
she has just this year become a
Angeles branch of the Urban Lea
que. She intends to take her res
possibilities seriously. by attending
board meetings and thus entering
into the discussion and the work of
the League. This is the more re
markable, because she has not al
lowed her name to be identified
with many groups.
When she was asked her reasons
for joining the Urban League
board, Miss Davis said frankly that
she believes that evryone Should be
interested in the problems Of the
day, and that today. the difficulties
confronting minorities form one of
our maor problems. Everyone, she
added, should have a right to a de-
cent job and decent housing condi-
lions regardless of race. creed or
color and these considerations form
a large part of the Urban Leagues
work.
Perhaps because she has more
or less conventional background
(she was born Ruth Elizabeth Da-
Wis in Boston on April 5. 1908. ed
ucated at Newton High School and
Cushing Academy and later appear
ed in serious plays in the East)
Miss Davis spent many years Of her
life thinking more or less what the
/ average American thinks about
minorities-of course. not thinking
| about them a great deal 1T all.
Then, some time after American
film fans had become so enthused
ever her acting that they forced
her own studio to make her a star
Bette Davis engaged a color ed
maid. 1t happened that this maid
was the well-known "Kempy"
Edyth Kemp, former Wherefore
can. ardent admirer of Miss Davis
ability. and an outspoken person
when it comes to racial matters.
From time to time, Mrs. Kemp
would tell Miss Davis that certain
beliefs regarding colored people
were or We're not so. that the time
had passed when people could be-
lieve the worst white person is bet
ter than the best colored person.
and 50 on. Miss Davis listened and
| learned over the period of seven
years that she employed Mrs. Kemp
This writer first saw Bette Davis
at a concert where colored per-
formers were featured. She had
forgotten her natural shyness and
was enjoying their artistry tra-
nendously When the Warner
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-17
Cd Executive District Otarmen Hold Meetinq In Omaha
OMAHA, DENVER, OGDEN, LOi
ANGELES, PORTLAND, OAK
LAND DISTRICTS PRESENT


The Execut toard of the Pro-
tective Order shy lining Car Wait
ers. Local Nuns 4e5 held its
meetings from Mover. Der 18th
through November IA, 1875.
Members Of the Board present at
II. these meetings were: Mr.. r. C..
Long, General Chairman; Mr.. Arth-
ur II. Reed, Secretary Treasurer;
Mr.. Alton B. Goode. District Chair
man of Omaha District; Mr.. John
N. Harper. District Chairman Of the
Denver District; Mr.. Chester A.
Foote. District Chairman of Ogden
District; Mr.. Lovic E. Howell. Dis
trict Chairman of Los Angeles Dis
trict; Mr.. John A. Minor. District
Chairman of Portland District;
Mr.. Hudson l.. Moore. District
Chairman of Oakland District and
Mr.. Harry w. Reed. Secretary
Treasurer of Los Angeles District.
The Board followed its agenda
an education program to train
their men in the labor movement
and for the service they render the
public with the Carrier. The board
went on record of holding a System
Conference in the city of Portland
Oregon in 1916. They also discuss
ed the post war program as per-
training to the men and their fam
lilies.
This Board has the power to leg
islate and form policies for the
guidance of the entire organization
which covers the Union Pacific
Railroad system and the Southern
Pacific and Spokane, Portland &
Seattle Railroad systemss-,4. ----,.--
Reports from the various Board
members showed a marked improve
ment in their districts. Members
of the Board stressed the thought
of unity and have followed this ali
through their deliberations to such
an extent that the meetings have
been very harmonious and construc
tive.
The Board was entertained on
November IS by the Ladies Auxil-
larry Of Omaha District and on Nov
ember IA by the Omaha Dining Car
Walters Key lub. The program
for the latter entertainment con-
sisted of addresses by the various
Board members, Mr.. Harry w.
Reed. and Mr.. John H. Hargrove Of
the OPA.. who was former mem
ber of the Board.
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okLAHoMANs WILL SUE TO ENTER University :=:5;
Will Follow Pattern
of Now Famous
Gaines Case in Mo.

equality for 200, 600 Oklahoma Ne
groes is to be sought Immediately
in court action which, If successful
will open tne states institutions of
higher learning to the Negro.
More than 200 delegates to the
annual state convention of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People cheered
this announcement November 3 as
the session wound up its affairs
here.
The move will involve an attempt
to enroll in the University of Okla
homa and Oklahmoa Ann college
Negro students who want courses
on graduate and professional levels
not offered by the state at the
Langston university. The plan Of
attack will be similar to that used
by Misousir Negroes in the now
celebrated Lloyd Gaines case.
The conference was addressed by
Thurgood Marshall chief counsel
OF the NAACP from New York, who
declared admist applause: This is
the easiest case TO beat that ever
entered the courts Of oklahoma
Roscoe Dunjee. Oklahoma City
editor and president of the state
conference, of the NAACP said shat
Immediate steps viii be taken to
implement the program adopted by
the convention.
IF a white boy is able to study
medicine or law at a state school,
that same state must make medic
inc and law schools available to
black boy" Dunjee said.
He said the action will go farth-
er than higher education. however.
He predicted that it will be carried
into secondary and elementary
schools in an effort to secure better
educational opportunities for all
Negro youth.
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9PRES. TRUMAN ASKED TO END
JIM CROW In FEDERAL PRISONS

Washington, DC.-President Har-
ry S. Truman was urged this week
by the NAACP to issue a directive
forthwith to the Bureau Of Pris-
ons to be TRANSMITTED to he war
dens in all Federal prisons direct
ing them to discontinue all rules
regulations and policies with re-
spect to all prison activity and en-
deavor based upon race"
Describing conditions Ir Federal
prisons as Shocking" Walter
Whioe of the NAACP requested i'm
mediate action by the President
His letter declared: the policy of
arbitrary segregation ana discrinl-
nation in Ashland Federal Prison
Ashland. Kentucky has led to dis
ciplinary measures such as solitary
confinement by the prison authors
tiles against conscientious object
ors, Jehovah's Witnesses and Negro
inmates who have gone on food
strikes rather than submit to these
unconscionable policies. Similar
were imposed
on the inmates at Milan Federal
Prison. Milan, Michigan, for the
same reasons"
The letter asserted that for three
years the NAACP has been act:vo
in Investigating and protesting dis
crlmination and segregation III
Federal prisons and that the matter
had been brought repeatedly to the
attention of James v. Bennett Di-
rector of Prisons.
"All of our efforts to obtain a di-
rective from the Bureau of Prisons
to abolish segregation during these
three years have been unsuccess-
full the letter said.
Pinning the segregation policy on
Director Bennett, the NAA('P uuot-
ed from a letter he wrote August
22, 1912: 1T is. however fact
that for administrative reasons we
usually house the Negroes separat-
ely"
NAACP action was taken follow
ing severe disciplinary measures
used against persons in the Ashland
Federal Prison. who protested a.
gainst dining hall segregation Of
Negroes and whites.
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Plain 7 a|k...
BY DAN GARDNER
ON ETHIOPIA'S INVITATION
TO HOMELESS WHITE
EUROPEANS

Getaheun Tesomma, the first sec
retary to the Ethiopian Legation at
Washington, came up with a cork
er the other night at the Herald
Tribune Forum on current prob
lens. He read a message from En-
peror Halle Selassie in which the
ancient African kingdom has gone
on record as being willing to pro-
vide 7slaven for the homeless and
displaced families of white Europes
The problem of yesterday was
the prosecution of the war" the
Emperor's message read. "Ethiop-
ia has contributed countless lives as
well as territory and materials to
that end. One of the most serious
problems of today is that of the
homeless and displaced families.
Ethiopia afforded refuge to many
homeless from southern Europe,
particularly from Greece and is
prepared to continue her contribu-
ton. She anxiously seeks, within
the measure of their capacities. to
broaden the scope of her collabor-
alton and assistance in the attain
ment of the objectives of collective
security and a peace founded upon
Justice"
1t is significant that the ruler Of
an African nation should offer his
country to the alienation of Eur
opean suffering. 1t is significant
3 1.
the victim of fascist terrorism and
exploitation should now be turning
the other cheek to prove by exam
IL tnat after all, there are some
people in this crazy world of ours
who believe in right and in justice
But somehow it doesn't quite jell
Il column
[ remember vivid circumstances
of 1935-37 in Ethiopia's resumption
of the world spotlight in which A
merican Negroes at long last be-
lieved in the "fatherland" of all
Negro people. Then, if it will be
recalled. Ras Tafari as Halle Selas-
sic was known before he took over
the throne Of the Lion of Judah
organizations, clubs. societies ald
movements were begun by enthus-
iastic American Negroes based on
the assumption that the Ethiopians
regarded themselves as Negroes and
were finally, after all these centur-
les stretching forth their hands
to their black brothers, wherever
they were. They made Ras Tafari
Emperor of the North African en-
pire and then in rapid succession
came the incidents involving Ethi-
opia and Italian Somaliland. Mus
solinrs mouthings and finally the
aston of Ethiopia which
opened the way for World War III.
Thousands of dollars were collect
I'd from American Negroes to aid
the Ethiopian cause. Minor riots
took place between Negroes and
Italians here in the States over the
issue. But deeped than that was
the conviction we all had that in
Ethiopia. the American Negro had
finally been given his own Zion, a
black Zion in which, some day., we
would all reunite to at last estab-
lish the kinship of black peoples in
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-17
VICTORY HOLDING CORP,
HOLDS OFFICERS ELECTION

Members of the Victory Holding
Company held their annaul meeting
and election Of Officers November
s, 1945.
The following were unanimously
voted in as Officers Of the Victory
Holding Company to serve beginn-
ing November s. I945 for the term
Of one year:
James Cole, President; Larry n.
Peoples, 1st Vice Pres; John A.
Gardner. Secy.; Isom Zeffers Treas.
Board members are James Cole.
Larry N. Peobles A. X. Hines. JOHN
A. Gardner, J. c. Carey and Isom
Zeffers.
Mr.. James Cole and Mr. ]. c..
Carey We're voted a vote of thanks
for the outstanding interest they
have manifested during the year Of
1945.
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Recognition Program
at USO. Sunday

Sunday, November Is, 1945 the
24th Street USO Club will hold it's
final recognition program. At
this program all hostesses and 9TH
er persons who have contributed to
the success Of the club will be hon
ored. Pins will be awarded to
those who have earned them.
This program is a closing pro-
gram for the club. Present will be
officials from the Regional USO.
office in Kansas City and Omaha.
representatives of the armed forces
and outstanding members of the
community. All friends and well
wishers Of the club are urged to be
present and take part in this pro
gram.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-17
CIVILIAN REVIEW OF ARMY
COURTS BACKED BY NAACP

New York-The proposal of SEN
ator Wayne Morse, of Oregon. for a
civilian investigation of military
courts-martial received the immed-
late endorsement Of the NAACP
which declared that there is very
considerable feeling among Negro
soldiers about the manner in which
they were treated in courts-mart-
ial."
The telegram to Senator Morse
said: National Association for Ad-
vancement of Colored People heart
lily endorses and supports your pro-
posal for civilian investigation Of
military courts-martial. Scores of
complaints to this office substant-
late your belief that military courts
martial have been Guilty of the
grossest types of miscarriage Of
Justice
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-17
MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE
CHOOSES BROOKS HEAD

The Rev. j. B. Brooks was unan-
imously elected president of the In
erdenominational Ministerial AL
lance of Omaha and Council Bluff
at a meeting at the Zion Baptist
Church Friday This is his second
term.
Other officers: The Rev. o. A.
AskerneeSe. vifce president; the
Rev F. E. Fort. secretary; the Rev.
F. Childress, assistant secy.; the
Rev. J. H. Reynolds, treasurer and
the Rev. B. H. Hunter, parliament
tartan.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-17
FEPC WILL CLOSE SEVEN
FIELD OFFICES DUE TO
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS

Washington-Th Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee ANNOUNCE
ed Wednesday that shortage Of
funds will force closing of seven
field offices on December Is.
Chairman Malcolm Ross said
FEPC offices in New York Phila-
delphia, Atlanta, San Francisco,
ington will close. Those in De-
troit. Chicago and St. Louis will
continue operating.
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-17
WHITE DOCTORS PROTEST BAN
on NEGRO COLLEAGUES

Cincinnati Protests by three
white Cincinnati doctors over the
exclusion of Negro physicians from
a meeting here of the Southern
Medical Association were made
public Tresdav night by an officer
of the association.
I'VE would like to point out /"
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-17

the physicians said. that in this
community Negro physicians enjoy
full parity with white physicians.
Ito show racial discrimination is
in our opinion contrary to the prin-
ciples of democracy for which this
war was fought and won"
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-17
Europe Looking For u. S. A.
Sincerity In New World,

merican delegates and exchange
opinions. A group of the delegat-
es spoke to 800 American soldiers
at the American university and a
mixed group Of delegates from In
The Omaha guide., 1945-11-17

dia- South America, Africa and tn
United States met with Negro sol
diers at the Liberty Red Cross club
for a discussion Of American and
world problems
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Mass, began his duties at that time
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1945 MARCH OF Dimes
OPENS THROUGHOUT
NATION JANUARY IA

NEW YORK, Jan. IL (ANP)
The 1945 Embarrassing appeal of
the National Foundation for Infan-
tile Paralysis in celebration of the
Presidents birthday will be opened
officially throughout the nation
Sunday night, Jan. IA, by Basil
O'Connor, president Of the National
Foundation, in coast-to-coast
broadcast over a national network.
The appeal will continue through
Jan. 81 and is the 18th annual cam
paign in the war against infantile
paralysis. Throughout the Nation
Negro volunteer workers are plan
ming for an intensive campaign.
Last year, America sustained the
second largest epidemic of infantile
paralysis ever to hit the nation in
the history of the disease. More than
$4,000 people were stricken and
many of 1944's victims will require
medical care and treatment for a
long period of time.
Negro theatres throughout the
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nation are preparing for participa-
ton in the 1945 March of Dimes of
the National Motion Picture COM
mittee. Eddie Anderson, of the Jack
Benny troupe, will participate in
series of three benefits to be held
in New York, Philadelphia, and
Boston. Famous celebrities will
participate in a full hour radio
broadcast to originate from Rookie
feller center in New York City on
Monday, Jan. Is. Negro servicemen
and women in military establish
ments all over the world will par
ticipate in the March of Dimes in
celebration of the Presidents birth
day. Tuskegee Army Air force has
made preparations for participation
and reports that an intensive cam
paign will be made. Negro leaders
have endorsed heartily the aid
given to polio victims by the Ma
tional Foundation without regard to
age, race, creed or color.
Infantile paralysis strikes with
out warning. 1t is not known where
the crippler will strike in 1945. Last
year North Carolina, New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Ken
lucky and Michigan had epidemics
of infantile paralysis. Louisiana,
New Jersey, District of Columbia,
Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois, Mary
land, and Tennessee were severely
affected by polio. No one knows
what is in store for 1945, but the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis is making preparations
now for any emergency
Dimes and dollars contributed by
the people to previous appeals Of
the National Foundation prevented
thousands of victims from going
without care and treatment. But fol
the generous response to the ap
peals many children now recovered
from infantile paralysis might still
be disabled. Treatment of infantil.
paralysis is expensive and require.
the united gifts of all insuring ever,
aid for the afflicted.
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PIANO LESSONS given at Marie's
Studio, 1912 w. Fifth ST., AID 1858.