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The Omaha guide., 1945-04-14
Steps to take are:

/. Find a suitable lot. Let FILA
look at the lot to determine in ad-
vance whether it is in a suitable 10
cation to be approved for the FILA
loan.
2. See your architect or contractor
and get plans and specifications so
as to know the size and design and
number of board feet of lumber re-
quired.
3. Go to the FILA, 1915 w. o. W.
Building. and make application for
the priority.
4. When the priority is granted, go
to one Of the many lending institut-
ions making FILA loans and make
application for the loan.
5. If and when the loan is appro-
we'd. construction can proceed.
6. Remember FILA are offering
their assistance, counsel and ad-
vice on location and acceptance
plans.
Z. FILA makes inspections during
the construction period. to assure
you of good materials and a well
built house.
If you are interested in becoming
the owner of a new home designed
and built according to your own
idea that you in all probability have
dreamed of all your life. Here is
your golden opportunity and it don't
have to be a Sc. OOO.OO s 100000 or a
$40, OOG. 90 home. you can build one
in accordance with your ability to
pay, for instance if you own a lot
which will be worth 100000 when
completed. In other words the FILA
will become a partner with you and
secure the loan for the sum of
81, 10000 which is 80 percent of tie
value OF the house and lot would be
when completed. In other words il
your lot is worth $500 and so ad-
judged by the FILA, hat will serve
as your full down payment on your
new home a 81, 700. 90 loan which is
80 percent of a $4,000 90 proposit-
ion. Your payments will be approx
imately as follows: Principal, inter
est. Mortage and insurance $16.12,
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the girls were having opportunity to
witness the American way in pract-
ical operation.
Mr.. Klein's approach to the prob
lem of race relations no doubt has
gained much strength from the fact
that it is so thoroughly consistent
with his progressive policy in the
industrial field.
Music was marking the rhythm
for the whir of sewing machines
and the snip of scissors on a recent
sunny morning when I visited there.
The scene was suggestive of a stage
setting, with attractive workers
busy at pretty green sewing mach
ines and tables, and piles Of fabrics
and rows of dresses in rainbow
shades adding gay color. A recreat-
ion program is provided under a full
time recreation director. The
streamlining Of production has gone
hand-in-hand with other improve
ments which are inovations in the
industry.
After-hOur classes are held for
workers, in cooking canning and
handicraft; dances horseback rides
bowling contests. theatre and con
cert parties r arranged. In the
w~arkrooms there are long tables
where a hot beverage is served at
noon and where the workers may
eat their lunches brought from
home. Music is played during the
lunch hour. brief mid-morning and
mid-afternoon periods and at quit
ing time. 1t is the purpose of the
management to make the factory a
comfortable, pleasant and profit
able place for the employees to
spend their time. AS a result. the
company naturally is rewarded with
exact and efficient work from them
MI. Klein pointed out.
Mr.. Klein also LED the way in an
industrial experiment when he en-
ployed students from Washington
University School of Design in St.
Louis to do actual designing for his
firm. The Mary Muffet and Kerry
Cricket lines made there n now
nationally known. are the result,
and the st. Louis Junior market has
gained steady impetus from the
work of yong designers who are
now to be found in the workrooms
facturers in the city.
Of most of the other garment manu-
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one. MI. HoIger Holm. State Dir
ector made the following statement
Ito me in his office. He said he has a
quota az 50 new houses for Omaha
especially for colored citizens. He
has had this reserved every since
November IS. 1919. This I could not
understand and was forced to ask
3some very pointed questions. I ask
ed MI. Holm what had been done to
Get the colored people Of Omaha
know that he had this priority for
these SO new homes2 He said that
che had talked it oven with several
different people and some contract
ors and he was surprised to know
that ont Of so new homes only
three had been started l asked him
what he thought the trouble was, he
said he did not know. He said he
thought out Of 90 900 Negros which
represented about 5000 homes that
they ought to be so out Of these
5000 families that would and could
qualify for these homes. / asked Mr.
Holm what was the qualifications to
letter to read. After reading the let
ter / yet felt that there was more
information needed to get the aver
age person interested, so asked
him to write me a letter setting out
in detail certain information that 1
thought would be valuable TO the
home seeker. The following Is the
letter / received from Mr.. Holm.
National Housing Agency
Federal Housing Administration
office OF state Director
Omaha 2, Nebraska.
Omaha Guide
242a Grant Street
Att: Mr.. c. G. Galloway
Ny dear sir:
The FLA office is now authoriz-
ed to issue priorities assistance
which is and in effect, permission
to build a home or create an apart
ment IN the following cases:
TO a veteran, ho~norably discharg-
ed from service after December 80.
1910, upon receipt Of his application
and statement that no housing is
available for his family.
To families who are evicted. upon
receipt of their application, cop Of
eviction notice, and statement from
the City Mayor hat no housing is
available in their price range.
? To families who have consolidated
and are living under crowded con-
ditions. permission can be granted
by us TO add additional bedrooms.
G Applications for priorotier are OBJ
tanned at FLA office and priority
certificates issued there.
Very truly yours
Holger Holm
State Director
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home is now and has been under
a ceiling price every since the var
began. Can you get the material?
Yes. don't let tina bother you, the
FILA has secured you the priority on
all the material it win take to con-
struct this home at the ceiling price
of the pre-war days.
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What a golden opportunity there
is here for you to get rid of the rent
receipts and become an owner of a
home at the regular rental rates. Oh
if at any time you wish to pay your
home off in full from l to rs years
gain we say this is a golden oppor-
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A few days ago the Omaha Guide received a tele-
phone call from the Federal Housing Administra-
tons State Director, asking for an appointment
which was complied with. [ am going to try to give
the Just of our conversation about Omaha Housing
conditions for this area:
First, I want to state, that in the 43 years I have
lived in Omaha, / have never known at anytime,
where an opportunity presented itself to the Citiz-
ems of this area, to become home owners like this
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tunity for you if you want to bring
an end to that landlord showing you
around and turn the rental receipt
time to act. Yes sir, act today. Don't
put off for tomorrow what you can
think out and do today.
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hall is open night, where boys ana
girls come to play checkers, ping
pong n other games. On Wednes-
day evenings, there is a canteen for
a~dolescent youngsters. a Negro
History Club, and glee club, sum-
mer play groups, story hours hand
crafts and sculpture classe are a.
mong the other activities at the
House. An extensive program for
adults is also being developed.
The popularity Of the. House may
be judged by the fact that in the
past year attendance has doubled.
Last year the House served the
children of 1000 families, and the
list Of registered members Is still
increasing by leaps and bounds.
Miss Lillian Strauss, who has
been Director since 1880, says, We
want the people Of the neighbor-
hood to feel that Council House is
here to serve them, h a it is a
place where they are received with
affection and understanding, and
where they can have fun and whole
some recreation"
DR.. Claiming Tobias, secretary
of the National Council Of the YIN
CA, will accept Forest House for
the Negro people from Mrs. Norman
Goetz. president of the New York
Caa+for ~ +ha National Council nf
Jewish Women, at a public dinner
on Tuesday, March 81, at the Hotel
Commodore, New York. Mrs.
Franklin Roosevelt will be the
guest speaker.
The organizing committee for the
dinner consists of Mrs. Herbert II.
Lehman. Mrs. Felix M. Warburg,
Mrs. Paul Robson, Hon. Newbold
Morris, DR.. Charming Tobias. Mr..
Orson Wells, and Hon. James j.
Lyons.
The members Of the new Board Of
Managers are:
Mrs. William T. Andrews, Librar-
ian; Mrs. Adolph Baar. Chairman,
Council House Board Of Managers;
National Council of Jewish Women
Mrs. Allan Chalmers, Member Of the
Board and Executive Committee; Of
the City Wide Harlem Citizens
Committee; Mr.. Strickland r. Coch-
rane. Attorney; Mrs. Audrey Delan-
ey, Director. Foster Home Depart
ment Of Riverdale Children's ASS
ociation; Mrs. Henry G.. Eckstein,
Secretay to Board of Managers,
Council House,; Mrs. Sydney r.
Erlanger Vice-President, New York
Section, National Council of Jewish
Women; Mrs. Frank Goeller, Civil
ian Defense Executive; Mrs. Nor
man S. Goetz, President, New York
Section. National Council of Jewish
Women; Mr.. Harry Goodwin, Pub
Usher Bronx Home News; Rev
Elder Hawkins. Pastor Of st. Aug
ustine's Presbyterian Church.. Mrs
Arthur Mayer, Chairman of Price
Control for the Harlem District, Q.
P. A. Mr.. Benjamin f. McLauren.
Field Director, Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters; Hon. Newbold
Morris President of the City Coun-
Gil Of New York; Mrs. Albert Par
ker. Member Of the Executive Com
mittee and Board of Directors, New
York Section, National Council of
Jewish Women; Mrs. Reuben Pos
ner, active in community o%rganizat-
ions of the New York Section Of the
National Council of Jewish Women;
Mr.. Eugene Schulz, Secretary, Bo-
rough Of the Bronx; DR.. Claiming
NJ. Tobias, Senior Secretary. Natio-
nal Council of YMCA; Mr.. Francis
Turner. Supervisor. Junior High
School Students Activities, Board Of
Education; Mrs. Julius Wolff.
Corresponding Secretary of New
York Section. National Council of
Jewish Women.
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have fun together under the guild
ance of teachers and social work
ers.
The story of the Council House
Council Of Jewish Women recogniz-
ed hat the community center was
needed to serve the underprivileged
Jewish people of the east Bronx. "A
large modern building was erected
to provide extensive social. recreat-
ional and educational facilities, and
ed to keep children off the streets.
From the start, it was the policy of
the House to welcome people of all
races, colors and creeds.
Within the past few years, the
population surrounding Council
House has changed; the neighbor-
hood is now composed almost entire
ly Of Negro residents. Here was an
opportunity for a practical demon
stration of good will. Instead of
transferring it's activities to an
other area. the National Council Of
Jewish Women continued to operate
the House. feeling that the need for
a center Of this kind must be met.
After consultation with Negro and
white leaders. it was decided to
broaden the sponsorship and change
the name to Forrest House. An in
terracial committee was formed,
with Negro and white, Protestant,
Catholic and Jewish members. To
this Board of Managers, the Coun-
ell Of Jewish Women is turning over
the land, building and equipment
valued at a quarter million dollars.
The Council will also contribute to-
ward the financial support of the in
stitution for the next two years.
This move has been hailed by
Negro and white leaders as a nag
nificent example Of mutual under
standing at a time when the enemieS
of democracy are attempting to sow
prejudice and disunity among the
racial and religious groups.
The eager response of the COM
munity is evident to anyone who
visits the House. The building
huns with activity from early
morning through the evening; but
the big rush begins when school
lets out. When the after-school
crowd arrives, they have a snack,
perhaps a glass of milk and some
cookies, and then they're off to
their activities.
In the music room, for instance.
one finds a group of eight to ten
year old girls singing folk tunes.
Their teacher. a graduate Of the
Juilliard School of Music. is lead
ing them in a gay little song call
ed Way Down Yonder in the Paw
Paw Patch, and the girls are sing
ing with great gusto as they rOmp
through the steps of a folk dance.
The gymnasium is a bedlam Of
shouting boys, playing a fast game
of basketball. Council House turns
put teams of championship calibre.
Grouped around a table in a meet
ing hall, little girls with serious
faces are reciting the Girl Scout
pledge in unison. In the large
studio. barefoot children are pract-
icing the graceful rythms Of a mod
ern dance.
Eight rooms on the top floor. fur
nished with pint-sized tables, chairs
and cots, are devoted to the care Of
children between the ages of 2 to 6
The nursery school is open from Z
"A. M. to $50 p NJ, and fifty children
Of working mothers spend their
days under expert care, doing fin
ger painting, playing games and
learning to get along with one an
other.
For studious youngsters who pre-
fer to read, there is a well stocked
library where they Ear browse to
their hearts content. The social
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There is a house up in the east
Bronx, New York. which thousands
of Negro boys and girls think of as
a kind of second home. 1t is
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D You May Have Is Years to Pay for Your Home
at Only 4H% Interest or You May Pay The Full
Amount Out, Anytime You So Choose To

DISCUSSION HELD BETWEEN MIR. HOLGER
\ HOLM. FILA DIRECTOR, AND PUBLISHER.
. MIR. c.. C. GALLOWAY, REVEALS STARTL-
ING FACTS NEVER TAKEN ADVANTAGE
OF HERETOFORE ......
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Council House, a community center
operated by the New York section Of
the Council of Jewish Women,
where youngsters go every day to
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aColored People Never
Took Full Advantage
of Housing Priority
Offered

Prom Federal Housing Administ
ration
Omaha, Nebraska
March l. 1945
"A quDtoa Of so new houses for
Omaha especially for colored people
was made available some time ago
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Children Of working mothers eat their lunch in the
nursery School of Council House, a community CEN
ter in the East Bronx, New York, which was present
ed as a gift to the Negro people by the New York
Section of the National Council of Jewish Women at
a public dinner at the Hotel Commodore, New York,
on Tuesday, March 9th.
XXX
Jewish Women's Organization Turn Over Land,
Building, Equipment Valued at Million Dollars
To Underprivileged Negro Children in N. Y.
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TO SEND NEwSCASTER,
RAY CLARK TO PACIFIC AS
WAR CORRESPONDENT

Omaha, Nebraska, April 2. Station
WOW announced today on it's 22nd
Anniversary tina it expects to send
Newscaster Ray lark to the Pacific
Theater as a war correspondent.
Clark, will make a series of in
terview programs for his Noon
day Forum, heard ION WOW at
12:45 pm, weekdays.
WOW has asked generalization for
Clark to the command of Admiral
Nimitz in the Central Pacific. He
expects to leave Omaha April Is.
Enroute west he will interview mid
western boys in the army and navy
hospitals, among them Fitzsimons
General at Denver, and the Navy
rehabilitation center at Sun Valley.
Clark has been accredited as a
correspondent to the United Nations
Conference 1T San Francisco start
ing April rs and will proceed over
seas from there. He will use NBC
shortwave ,~transmitters and army
facilities in relaying his programs
and dispatches back to WOW.
President John j. Gillin, Jr., Of
WOW said Clark's trip was "a sort
of a birthday present to our listen
ers'. The station was established
on April 2. 1923.
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Still Available

only three or four applications for
these priorities have been made. but
a substantial amount for the quota
is still available. It Is not necessary
for these homes to be built by a
contractor for sale or for rent. Pri-
critics can be granted to the indiv-
idual to build his own home if he is
an Immigrant civilian war worker
or if he has an eviction notice.
1t should be remembered that the
Federal Housing Administration
does not actually loan the money.
Banks, trust companies, insurance
companies, and other lending insti-
tutions take the applications for
FILA approval and insurance or
guarantee of the loan.
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Holger Holm, Director of Federal
Housing administration. said. This
means hat priorities assistance can
be granted for that many houses to
be built in the Omaha Defense Area
for occupancy by Immigrant, civil
ian war workers, or by those war
workers who can show eviction no
tice and cannot find a suitable place
to live" Mr.. Holm said.
Evening star., 1945-10-29
.BowIes 10 Address
HomeBuiIders' Group;
Price Drive Planned

Price Administrator Chester
Bowles has accepted an invitation
to address a three-day series of
emergency meetings called by the
National Association of Home
Builders and opening at the Hotel
! Statler today.
/ For the last five weeks Mr.. Bowles
has been seeking administrator
support for a home price ceiling
plan
The home builders sessions were
called, Association President Joseph
E. Merrion said, to launch a ma
tional hold the home price line"
campaign in answer to Government
efforts for postwar price control.
Mr.. Bowles will address the group
| tomorrow. Others who will speak
are John B. Blandford, jr., Ma
tional Housing administrator, a pro-
ponent of price control; John D..
Small, chief of staff of the War Pro-
duction Board, and representatives
of Raymond M Foley, Federal Hous-
ing Authority chief, who will be out
of the city:
The association expects to for
mulate a plan by which committees
will be organized in communities
throughout the country to conduct
the "hold-the-li drive.
The committees would have two
functions, it was said: l. To advise
the public to buy only at reason
able prices" 2. To encourage build
ers to sell only at reasonable prices
and fair profit margins"
Chairman Wagner of the Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
announced hearings on a general
housing bill will open November 13
Senator Wagner said that while
the Wagner-Ellender bill will be
before the committee IAN improved
bill with additional features to en-
courage private enterprise, and with
broader sponsorship" may be intro
duced before the hearings open.
At his office today, it was said
there is a possibility the substitute
bill will be introduced this week.
Senator Wagner added he hoped
to have a committee report on a
general housing measure by Decem-
ber /.
Evening star., 1945-10-29
Actors Home Robbed

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. % (P.-
Burglars took $4,000 worth of jew
elry from the home of Film Actor
Edward Arnold while he was at his
San Bernardino ranch for the week
end.
War III who lost an arm or leg in
battle. These veterans will need to
learn new trades that your Victory
Bond purchases will help make pos
SihIe,
Evening star., 1945-10-29
Shepherd Regains
Paper Salvage Lead

Shepherd School has regained the
lead in The Evening Star-PTA
salvage program, forging ahead of
jefferson junior with a total of
47,196 pounds of Wastepaper COL
lected Jefferson, in second place
with 1883 pounds, is being closely
pressed by Alice Deal Junior with
41,597 pounds.
Others in the top 20 schools in
clude Takoma Park, 35,785; Bu-
chanan, 32,140; West, 27,568; Moves,
25, 1876: Beers. 25,224; Murch, 23,214;
Stoddert, 23,170; Mann, 22,720;
Hearst, 21,245; Mcfarland, 1884;
Lafayette. 1889; Kingsman, 1926;
Gage, 17,O8O; Bryan, l6,695; Powell,
1858; Barnard, 16,387; Orr, 1881.
Collections tomorrow in the sec
ond district together with the lead
ers will be as follows.
Evening star., 1945-11-01
Bethesda Republican Given
Planning Commission Post

Clarence C. Keiser, Republican
lawyer of Bethesda, yesterday was
appointed by Gov. O'Conor to fill
the vacancy on the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission caused by the death of
the late James B. Fitzgerald. The
term expires in 1949.
Mr.. Kaiser's appointment was rec
commended by both the Montgomery
County Democratic State Central
Committee and by the two Mont
gomery County members of the
commission-Vice Chairman 1t. Col.
E. Brooke Lee, park commissioner
and Richard F. Green.
Both recommendation to the
Governor pointed out that because
of the vital importance of the post
war and general planning projects
now under consideration, the Re-
publicans of suburban Montgomery
County should be represented on the
commission. Mr.. Kaiser was said to
be well versed in the background
and possibilities of the western
suburban area and well fitted for the
Office.
Mr.. Keiser, who is As, lives with
his wife and two children, Patricia
Ann, and Clarence C. Keiser, jr., at
6925 Arlington road, Edgemoor. He
received his law degree at George
Washington University.
Evening star., 1945-11-01
4D. {. Men Sentenced
On vagabond Charges

-Four Washington colored men re-
ceived two years each in the Mary
land Penitentiary yesterday on
rogue and vagabond charges in
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court at Upper Marlboro.
They are Worthorne CaSson, first
block of E street S.W.; Roosevelt
johnson, 900 block of Florida ave-
nue. NV; Raymond williams, HOO
block of Sumner road Sc, and
Robert w. Wright, first block of
Wonders court.
County Policeman Richard Pear
son told Judges Charles C. Mar
bury and John B. Gray, jr., that the
men were picked up April in
Mount Rainier shortly after an at
tempt was made to break into the
Mount Rainier post Office.
MIR. Pearson said that after the
men were taken to the Hyattsville
jail in a police car, a pinch bar,
flashlight, 6-inch dagger and screw
driver were found in the car. The
men denied any knowledge of the
tools or how they got in the police
car.
Under Maryland law, any person
found with a burglary tool under
circumstances from which t'intent
to break into a building may be
presumed" is deemed rouge and a
vagabond.
Evening star., 1945-11-01
Daily Milk Deliveries
Seen Distant Here as
War Controls End

Wartime controls on milk and re-
tail deliveries end today, but so far
as Washington businesses are con-
cerned, there will be no change for
the time being.
A check of dairies showed that no
one concern had any plans for going
back to milk deliveries every day
All cited lack of help, trucks and
tires as reasons for continuing milk
deliveries every other day.
The same is true with most stores
Edward D. Shaw, executive secretary
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, said he saw no immedi-
ate lifting of restrictions which
limited deliveries to twice a week
and banned most Sunday deliveries
Customers will still be asked to
carry home small bundles weighing
less than pounds, he said.
We hope the public will continue
to. CO.. operate for a while longer" ="
Mr.. Shaw added.
e. Dairymen generally agreed that a
return to daily milk deliveries would
have to be accompanied by a price
increase. One dairy official esti-
mated this might amount to 3 cents
a quart.
They point out that, while every
other-day deliveries effected some
savings in operations. other operat-
ing costs have increased during the
war, thus absorbing the original saw
ing.
One official predicted the wartime
custom of milk deliveries may con-
tinue indefinitely.
Others believe a change may be
made when trucks are available
tires are no longer rationed and for
mer employees return.