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The Omaha guide., 1946-02-16
About the Common Man
Coy JUDAH DROB)
Qrom The Detroit Tribune, Sat. Febr. 2. lo46)

What's your formula for ending race prejudice? Most
people who have thought about the problem, who believe
that it can be solved, have some notion of what ought to be
done to end this special curse of America.
My formula goes by the nam of ''association.'7 Simply
stated. it means that when the average prejudiced white
person has had to work alongside a Negro in some enter
prise o r other. ~prejudices soon disappear i'm the startling
revelation thta all human peings are pretty much the same.
after all.
The difficult Of this formula, as you can see, is produc-
ing the association. For, by and large the results Of the
association are automatic. But getting the iVhite person to
agree to cork alongside the Negro, or to lire NEXT door to
him, or to belong to the same organization, if often next
to impossible.
During the war a special factor operated to force the as
ISOLATION. This was the necessity of production. The
government officials in charge of manpower we're often
able to force reluctant white persons to accept Negroes as
co-wOrkers. In many cases the union involved had an
anti-disrimination policy and helped provide the needed
push. 4~A,
In almost every case, where union, War Manpower Com
mission, or FEPC succeeded in forcing workers of both
races together, the automatic cutting down OF prejudice
began.
From here on out it looks very much as though Tie gov
eminent will not be playing a major role in this process
Tor some time. This is written as the Senate filibuster a.
gains' FEPC gathers Steam. and the prospects for passage
of S. 10I look dim.
WHO WILL GIVE THE PUSH?
The filibuster comes a; a time when the powers of the
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February is the month in which we celebrate the birth
days of two of our national heroes. But this year while
we pay honor TO them, We also pay honor to niany new
heroes who on land, sea, and in The air gave their lives for
that nation which George Washington helped to found and
Abraham Lincoln helped to preserve.
What makes a hero? Not his background. Our heroes
come from every rank of life, class and creed. ii Is not a
question of birth-we believe more in nobility of ascent,
than in nobility of descent.
There is a comOn yardstick for heroes, one by which we
judge these new heroes, one TO which Washington and
Lincoln measured up in full. 1t is the willingness to put
others first, TO give unstiniingly of themselves in the cause
of right, and for the protection Of the country they loved
and of their fellow Americans.
That their memory endured throughout the years is no:
just because of what they did for the nation but becausc
they clearly foresaw the course of events.
Washington said: 'My politics are plain and simple. ]
think every nation has a Right to establish that form of
Government under which 1t conceives 1t shall live most
happy, provided it infracts no Right or is not dangerous to
Others"
Lincoln said: 'Our reliance is in the love of liberty which
God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which
priced liberty as the inheritance of all men in all lands"
These are the things for which we fought. Unless we
realize the ideals of freedom for all men, unless we see to
1t thai no basic Right is infracied we will have betrayed ALL
our heroes. Our honor Of them will be a mockery.
The Lakewood Citizen has an excellent line which it
runs in the center Of a page containing the names of hon
Ored dead of that community.
"They ask no more enduring monument than final vic
tory"
Final victory is not merely the victory of war. 1t is the
victory of peace a IS well. The achievement of that victory
is our task. Don't let us fail any of our heroes-they did
not fail us!
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ing consciousness that the struggle against prejudice and
discrimination is related intimately with the struggle Of
workers against wage-slavery exploitation, and 4 las a
significance that goes beyond the present wave Of strikes.
This is what l mean: Not only in America, but through
out the world, things ire shaping themselvea for a show
down fight between those who live without working and
those who work without living. If yoA hold your ear to
the ground, you can hear the mufflcd roar Of this rtvnlu-
tionary force. 1t is the demand of the workers that Soc
iey put an end to the insane; paradox of plenty. IL is a
protest against a system which destroys what ii calls 'sur-
pluses' while men are il-clad, ill-fed, and iLEhoused. II is
a new awareness Of the unmitigated evil Of a society which
allows the socially operated instruments of toll to be owned
privately, and which, through private ownership, vests
despotic power over .he many in the hands of a few.
The minority of Negroes who possess wealth have an in
terest, a CLASS interest, in preserving the evii-sPawning
capitalist system. On the other hand, while they possess
wealth they are denied many Of, the privileges which Ordin-
arly accompanies il. For, while the Negro community
also is di-ided along class lines, the white world doesn't
recognize the division. sF"r white only is an Injunction
that excludes the Negro who is welto-dO as effectively as
the plantation field hand. Money may buy luxuries, af-
ford idlcncss, pay the wages of servants, but it can't pur-
chase the favor Of jim Grow, and this fact rangles in none
SO bitterly al those who have the money to offer. For
good or Ill, their escape from the indigniteis and humiii-
tations of race and color prejudice hinges on the escape OF
all who share them. M
This brings us back to the movement of working class
emancipation to which the struggle against race discrim-
nation and prejudice is inseparably linked. Practically,
the few Negroes who may be described as capitalists-busi
nessmen, publishers, bankers, etc-have ultimately TO
choose between a society which gives them status within
the circumscribed sphere of the Negro community and u
social system wherein affluence is general, hence no dis
tinction, but wherein also men Of all races and color
mingle freely and live in harmony. To choose the latter
implies that the Negro capitalist rises above his immediate
class interests-as the Negro press is doing in a sense in
supporting the strikers today-and stands with the useful
producers, the workers. :
In all great social upheavals there are men who rise in
tellectualIy and morally above the material interests of
their class. Some of the most devoted supporters of the
bourgeois revolution were mobiles for whom the revolu-
ton meant the end Of special privileges. And we may ex-
pect that in the revolutionary struggle that is shaping, a
few enlightened men will detach themselves from the camp
Of property and join the embattled workers. If the views
currently expressed in the Negro press mean what they
seem to mean, the enlightened men of wealth who cham
pion In proEetarian cause will include many Negroes.
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M0NAAA 80 ~ ERIC HASS
I'll cA~s SA~ WEEKLY PEOPLE
Released BY Calv1n's News Service

My survey is far from compleie-its just a sampling-
but I'll go out on the limb Go say that the striking workers
of this nation have the solid support of the Negro press.
This support varies in degrees. A few Negro papers are
unbecOmingIy timOrOus. But most of those | have read
evince a warm appreciation of the strikers point Of view
and are correspondingly hostile to the workers pIutOcrai-
ic exploiters.
This attitude contrasts sharply with that of capitalist
newspapers generally. Where the metropolitan Iailies are
not Historically demanding dascistic laws to outlaw strikes,
and arguing the corporations case while posing as cham
piOns of the public, they are slyiy disparaging. A few,
a very few, affect mild sympathy for the strikers out water
it down with large tears for the suffering public
Why this contrast? The Negro press is commercial. 1t
is owned y capitalists and operated for profit. Compared
with publishers of the big dailies, its capitalistowners are
to be sure, s'smal potatoes But that doesn't explain
anything. Some of the most vicious traducers of the strik
es are smalitOwn capitalist sheets.
Actually, the pro-siriker sympathies Of Negro newsps-
pers is a phenomenon which grows out of the larger part
icipaton of Negro workers in industry. 1t reflects a grow
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OV
BROTHERHOOD III
-(by Al H~eningburg

BROTHERHOOD WEEK:
The annual celebration of brotherhood Week helps
even the most unCllristian among us realize the great need
for friend!iness which always comes upon a nation after a
war. Men tend to lose moral and spiritual ground as they
try TO overcome The effects that our boys too went out 10
kill or be killed. While we rejoice that the war would ap-
pear 10 be over, we sill remember that at Nagasaki was To-
Gated the most important Christian center in japan. Yes.
you read correctly. We said WA located at Nagasaki.
A tireless ard effective worker on the American scene is
DIR. George E. Haynes, of the Federal Council of Churches
OF Christ in America. SOftspOken, patient, anG persuas-
i've, formerly of Fisk University and one-time of the Ma
tiOnal Urban League, DR.. Haynes knows that the churches
OF this country have not furnished enough greatly needed
leadership. But he believes as do most other thinking
people that if there is a way out, the Church will come near
er finding that way than any other single institution.
BEVM VERSUS TLSHINSKY:
Thousands of Americans sitting in comfortable living
rooms, reading their evening papers, or listening with half
their consciousness TO newscasts, have failed to realize how
important to THEM are the sharp words which pass be-
tween Messrs. Bevin and Vishnisky. Many of the Negroes
who Gid the spade work in World War III. and their older
brothers who also did the dirty work in World War /, fail
10 understand how significant is the power struggle reflect
ed IN the discussion between these two men. l,ul Tnsaor.
lans kno" that diplomats make wars. while common men
like you and me fight them. There is none 100 .ood feel.
ing between the Soviet Union and the British Empire. II
was neither the elevator operators nor the owners of build.
mss VINO suffered during the recent operators strike in
New York, it was the fooi-weary men and women VINO work
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in those baildings.
THE CASE APPROACH:

Representative Francis Case, of South Dakota, comes
from one of the most sparsely settled sections Of the Unite.
States. He runs a close second TO Mr.. Bilbo when you
consider how few votes are necessary to send either to Con
gress. He has always voted antilabor, perhaps because he
comes from a neck of the woods where industry is practic-
ally non-exisient. This man whose hometown number
fewer than 1000 persons presents a bill which, if it becon,
es law, will set the cause Of organized labor in this country
back twenty years. The House Rules Committee, domin-
ated by die-hard Republicans and southern Democrats, has
already given the Case formula its blessing. All of which
shows the new low level to which our present Congress has
sunk.
MR.. TRUMAN NEEDS:
The Honorable Harry S. Truman has discovered that
being President Of these United States is certainly no bed
of roses. TIE post probably looked attractive from the
dignified and isolated office of the Vice President, for
with a man like Franklin ID. Roosevelt in the White House,
a Vice President was about as unnecessary and unheard as
anything you can imagine. His recent clashes with Con-
gress have made the President aware that he needs a new
alignment, and he is beginning to seek that support among
the same men who advised his predecessor. MIR. Truman
too, needs to draw about him brilliant men with "a passion
for anonymity" Whether he has the personal magnetism
to attract such men is another question.
LEARN FROM CIO:
It's no simple matter to go on strike in the dead of win
ter, and to find yourself in a picket line at five below,
with the wind whipping through you and past you all day
long. The kids get hungry. and the rent man comes a,
round just as regularly as if Dad we're working every day.
When you think of things like this, you realize that JAW
CO, and United Steelworkers of America, and other strik-
ers are fighting a new kind of war for the rights of ALL
working people. One lesson that Negroes everywhere
should learn from this, is the fact that CLIO leaders have
discovered that not enough men were registered voters.
Not enough in Cincinnati or i'm Detroit. Watch PAC 90 to
work, watch registration Increase and watch congressman
begin to take heed.
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YMCA EMPHASIS on YOUNG MEN,
IND RETURNING VETERANS

All SorensOn is heading the 1916 YMCA Enrolment
Week, according to an announcement by c. w. Mead,
President, and Winslow Van Brunt, Chairman of the
Membership Committee. Sorenson was the unanimous
choice of the "Y'' officials.
He has been active on the Youth Program Committee
Of the "Y'' and while Chairman of the Rotary Bows Com
mittee, he helped extend the YMCA Boys Communit Work
through the assistance Of the Rotary Club.
Sorenson has picked the following men as his Generals
and Aides and met with them Monday to plan the strategy
of this campaign. The Generals and Aides are Roy Pratt.
Henry Windheinl, Harry Trustin, Ed Carvey, Albert SteII-
ing, Cletus Haney, c. W. Minard, Wilson Walters and Jim
Ainscow. Advising these leaders will be Bob Hall, Murray
Champine, and Kermit Hansen.
"One thing we know for sure,' said Sorensen. "our en-
phasis will be on the young men and returning veterans
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NEBRASKA SAFETY PATROL
SAYS

With the number of auto glides
or scooter bikes" on our streets
and highways rapidly growing, it
is imperative that these riders
assume more responsibility for
their own safety.
In any competition between auto
glides and automobiles, the auto
glide is obviously at a disadvan-
tage. In power, size, weight, and
speed, the automobile excels.
The Nebraska Motor Vehicle
Laws require that the driver Of an
auto glide or scooter with less than
two horse power. must be 16 yrs.
old. If the auto glide or scooter
bike is two horse power or over,
the driver must be 16 yrs. old and
have a Nebraska operators per-
nit or license.
All auto glades or scooter bikes
regardless of horsepower, must be
titled and registered.
c. ]. Sanders, Capt.
The Omaha guide., 1946-07-06

News
MT. MORlAH BAPT. CHURCH
Rev. David ST. Clair, Pastor

The church school hour was
filled with many good things. At
tendance was excellent. Echoes
from the SIS and BTU CONGRESS
were given by the delegates. Miss
~F1orentine Goodlette favored us
with a review of the lesson. Miss
Villa Mae McCreary gave us
some thoughts on prayer.
The morning worship was spi-
rit filled. The Pastor seemed as
if he were preaching from out his
soul. Luke 24:48.
The city BTU held it's session
at 5 o'clock. Much enthusiasm was
displayed by those who attended.
The, program consisted of short
talks or echoes from the delegates
of the various unions who attend
ed, the Congress. Miss Martha
Bass a gospel singer, accompanied
by Prof. Holland gave several
selections which were enjoyed by
all.
Attendance for the evening wor-
ship was good. A splendid sermon
from Heb. 2:20 was delivered.
we are glad indeed to have
pastor and wife and other dele
gates back home again from the
SIS and BTU Congress which con-
vened in Chicago. Each SEEM
ed inspired and eager to put into
practice some of the many things
they learned.
Those who are i'll are Sis. Ellen
Butler and Bro James Lindsay.
~SVisitors are always welcome to
Mt. Moriah the friendly church.
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Holy Communion will be admin
1stered by our pastor Sunday, Jul
ly 4. All members are urged to
come prepared for this service.
The message will be delivered by
cur pastor at IL o'clock.
There will be an announcement
relative to our Annual Conference
all members are urged by the Of
flcers and the pastor to govern
themselves accordingly when this
announcement is made.
At 4 pm. Sunday. July z, Mr..
Thomas Rucker will give his
daughter Miss Evelyn Rucker in
marriage to MI. Appolo Faison.
He extends and invitation to the
membership Of St Johns and
friends to be present at the we'd
ding at st. Johns.
The Youth Guild will present. on
Sunday, July IA at the Church
The Challenge of the Cross. The
members and friends of st. Johns
r urged to prepare to attend
this service.
There is still a need for addi-
tional volunteers to teach in our
growing Sunday School. Let us
not have to turn our children
away from the Church Of Jesus
Christ because Jul staff is unable
to handle this increase.
Let us meet this challenge by
giving u children and our friends
children that come to st. Johns
Sunday School a sufficient staff.
Come give your service now!
Class Meetings each Tuesday
night at s pm.
Prayer Meetings each Wednes-
day night at 8 pm.
Senior Choir rehearsals each
Thursday night at 8 pm.
Junior Choir rehearsals each We'd
nesday night at 8 pm.
Youth Choir rehearsals each
Saturday afternoon at 2 pm.
Allen Christian Endeavor meets
each Sunday afternoon at 6 pm.
Mothers send your children to
Sunday School every Sunday at
$50 am. Attend our regular SER
vices at II o'clock and u even
ing services at 7:3O pm. Visitors
and friends are always welcome
at st. Johns the friendly church
at 22nd and Willis Avenue. Come
and worship with us won't you?
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HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
3Oth and Corby SITS.
n. n. SchauIand. pastor

A year after the Civil War a
farmer was found kneeling at a
soldiers grave at the head of
which he had just erected a hand
some stone. A stranger passing
by asked him: WAS the soldier
lying there your SOM" mo" re-
piled the farmer. "A relative per-
haps?" mo, not a relative either.
This man was my neighbor and
friend. During the war nv family
were all sick. 1 was drafted and
I had no money to buy a substi-
tute. In my perplexity a young
man came to me and said: "Sir. I
know your distress, you shall not
60. 7 will go for you. L have no
family to care for. With great
full heart I accepted his offer. He
was wounded in battle and died.
I have come a great many miles
to erect this stone and write over
his grave these words, He died
for me-.
Holy Scripture tells a story 81
milar to this. Christ died for the
ungodly. While we were vet sim
ners, Christ died for us. Again.
when we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God by the death of
his son. The purpose of Christ's
entire life and work is contained
in these three sentences. If we
know and believe that, we are
scholar enough to go to heaven.
No natter how much knowledge
we may have, unless we know
know ourselves as sinners and
Jesus as our Savior we cannot
enter heaven.
Hope Lutheran invites you to
its services held every Sunday at
IL am. to help you know yourself
and your Savior. On July z the
pastor will speak on the story OF
the Prodigal Son as recorded in
Luke Is. 1882. After the service
all members and friends of the
congregation are invited to attend
the annual church picnic at Ri
uerview Park.
With July z begins a new quar-
ter in the Sunday School lesson
series Enroll your children next
Sunday and help them to attend
regularly. Sunday SeAod begins
at 10 am.
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gene R Bertermann, Director of Radio for the Interna-
honal Lutheran Hour on this program, heard over the
Mutual Broadcasting System and affiliated stations. DIR.
Bertermann asserted: 'Cod will, i'm heavens own truth,
hear and answer the true prayers of His people. 1t
means more than the tongue can tell, more than the pen
can describe, to show that we can humble
our hearts and bow our knees unto the Lord
whom we serve and secure an audience with Him. The
Christians greatest consolation comes when he reverentIy
and obediehtly enters into Gods presence, regardless of the
circumstances about him, and ponrs out his soul to the
Almighty, knowing that He is capable Of and willing to take
His burdens and grant the desire of his heart. Honor Christ
as Lord of Lords and King of Kings, and He will open His
ear to your prayers! Make Him the Commander of YOUR
lie, and He will steadily pilot you against every storm and
peril that surgest against you!'
Dr. Bertermann continues: 1.-The power of Christian
prayer has nightly blessed the nations in the past crises Of
history. In 1923 the Plymouth Colony seemed doomed,
when a severe drought burned the grass brown and threat.
enea to destroy the crops. The food supply was exhausted
and no help could be expected from England. However.
The Pilgrim fathers set aside an entire day for PRAYER and
Penitence, beseeching God Almighty for Jesus sake to for.
give their sins and grant relief. Before nightfall the rain
uescehded' the vegetation = wed and the colony was saw
ed" -
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CLEAVES TEMPLE c. M. {.
CHURCH
Rev. &. Wade, Pastor
Notes and Personals:

Notes and Personals:
The Sunday School, was well at
tended last Sunday all depart
ments wer represented. The Sun
day School is doing fine work.
Our leaders r doing their best
to help your childRn to become
followers of Christ, $50 see that
they come to Sunday School on
every Sunday. H. L. Cribs. Supt.
Rev. G.. Givens, Dept. Supt.
The morning services opened on
the hour at IL am. The Choir,
Stewardesses, Ushers and Usher
cites were at their appointed pla-
ces. The pastor was at his best,
giving MS the message from Kings
18:21-36. 1 am sure everyone en-
joyed this wonderful message. If
you want a spiritual feast, come
to Cleaves Temple and hear our
wonderful speaker. On Sunday
afternoon we worshipped with
Zion Baptist Church. Our souls
were filled with another great mes
sage from God. I am sure every
one enjoyed the inspirational ser
mon Sunday night at 7:3O. If you
don't go to church Sunday morn
ing come out at night. We don't
want you to miss this spiritual
feast we are being delighted with.
We need the Holy Spirit in the
Church and we need it now Don't
Stay at home on Sunday night;
come out and let your souls feast
on the Word of God. The Church
needs you and you need the church
SO give yourself to God for a day
of praising.
Send your children to the church
for training in the Youth Move
ment on Friday evening. Also Jr.
Choir rehearsal on Wednesday
evening.
Don't forget Mems Day on the
3rd Sunday in July. They are pre-
pairing a great day and will be in
charge for the day SO help them
make a success Of it.
Marie Hudgens, reporter