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The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
Grisavold Hits '1solationist Policy of Senator Hugh Butler
US. Must
Take Part in Inter
national Affairs

Governor Dwight Griswold ur-
ged Nebraskans to point the ma
tons way to lasting peace by re-
jecting the isolation policy OF
Hugh Butler at the Republican
primary election June 18th
Griswold said his opponents re-
cent statement in Omaha that in
ternationalism must be sidetrack-
ed shows Butler proposes to re-
turn to pre-war isolation.
Griswold said he is convinced
that if we attempt to go back to
the isolation policy I'VE will be
plunging surely and rather quick
ly into another war.
Acceptance of Buffers policy,
Griswold said, would serve no.
tice on the German people that it
is none of our business whether
they are absorbed by Russia OF
whether they establish themselv-
es as an Independent and progress
sive nation"
Griswold said the US must take
an active part in International af-
fairs and added that two wars
have already come to this nation
because we tried to live apart
from the world.
The Governors statements were
contained in the first Series OF
weekly statewide radio address
ses to be carried on Sundays by
most Nebraska stations between
now and the June Primary.
r. E. Campbell, former Lincoln
mayor and head of Miller and
Paine department store, also said
on the first program. II want you
to know that l am for Dwight
Griswold all the way in this SEN
atorial campaign. He has given
Nebraska an excellent, common.
sense administration and 1 know
OF no man who can do more for
Nebraska in the United States
Senate. He has the ability, the
background, the youth and the
vigor. Griswold is the kind of lea
der we need in the Senate.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20

how on the night of the tragic
event she had been attending g
meeting of Columbia citizens who
were interested in building a high
school for Negro children in the
rabid Negro hating community
when her husband called for her
explaining that trouble was brew
ing, and that the towns white
citizens we're openly voicing lyn-
ching threats. Mr.. Morton sale
that a mob was forming and ad
vised the people at the meeting to
protect themselves and their ia.
miles against mob violence.
About midnight of that night, E
man, who described himself as a
United Press representative. came
into the Morton's home on the
pretext of seeking an interview.
5 minutes later, members of the
state patrol rushed in with ma
chine guns and ransacked the
place. driving several young boys
members of her family out of bed
and ordering them to line up be-
side the wall. The leader then said
IF you bat an eye. I'll blow your
d----heads Off. Mr.. Morton was
accused of being the ring leader
of an outlaw band and dragged
off to prison with other Negroes.
It was Mrs. Morton who put
through a call to the Nashville
Branch of the NAACP where she
was promised immediate assist
ance. Just as she completed her
call, a highway patrolman rushed
into her room, and leveling the
tommy gun at her head, ordered
her away from the phone. Mrs.
Morton also related how she bun
died up her children and spirited
them to a safer part of the city
while police and state troopers
smashed through her home ana
her husbands funeral parlor des-
troying all furnishings and leav-
ing a great xxx scrawled across
a smashed coffin.
In his remarks DR.. Tobias. after
praising Mrs. Morton for her bra
very, offeed her the following
consolation for the future, no
harm. can come, he said with SOL
emnity, because the forces of the
righteousness throughout Ameri-
ca are behind our cause. Remark
ing upon the two types of citizen
ship our so called democracy af-
fords, DR.. Tobias declared that
you can have democracy if you
want it, or you can have a double
standard of citizenship both at
the same time.
In introducing DR.. Tobias. JIG.
William H, HASTE, Governor Elect
of the Virgin Islands and vice
president of the d. c. Branch of
the NAACP, told of the fight be-
ing waged by the NAACP to free
the innocent persons who were
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20

lowing cancellation of the threa-
tened strike against the Virginia
Electric and Power Co., the utility
workers were demobilized. The
international Brotherhood of FL
ectrical Workers withdrew it's
strike when the giant utility com
pany agreed to arbitrate the issue
of back wages.
Generalization came within "A
hours of the governors unprece-
denied draft order, described by
Plunkett as unconstitutional and
tantamount to involuntary servi-
tude. Under the order, which drew
strong protests from AFL presi-
dent William Green, IBEW presi-
dent E. j. Brown and Rev. Don
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20

A far too small audience heard
one OF the most outstanding mu-
steal concerts of the seaso at the
st. Johns Church Monday night
April 18th. Mr.. Lester Corbin and
Mr.. Booker Washingtons excellent
rendltions were received by the
gracious audience with applause
after applause. One had to be pre-
Sent to appreciate the splendid
program these young artists OF
our own presented. 1t was truly
one of the rare treats that seldom
comes our way. Each number
rendered seemed to lift one high
er and higher in musical fairy
land.
These two young artists are
winning and will continue to win
a place in the musical world. A
few of the numbers rendered bv
Lester Corbin that touched the
inner most depths of the hearts
OF the entire audience present are
as follows: Deep River, BY an
By ,'Where'er You Walk, "Oh
No John and many others. Sew
eral piano renditions by Booker
Washington we're as follows:
Jesus Bleibet Meme Freude bv
Bach-Guenther, 'Ertoet' durch del
gutter, by Bach-G uenther and,
'Polonaise E flat minor by Chopin
Booker Washington composer.
pianist and Lester Corbin were
presented by Clubs No, 8, II and
"a. committee Mrs. E. B. Childress
lula Washington and Mrs. Hattie
Moore.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
UNCLE tom SUIT LET OUT
IN NY SUPREME COURT

NEW YORK-The $500, 600 sum
brought by Reed Lawton, presS-
dent of the American Civic Opera
Company, against the MACE.
Phillip Murray, president Cd Tne
CLIO, and William z. Foster, TnG
chairman of the Communisa PaE-
ty, was dismissed by Jusfiase
Charles B.. Mclaughlin in sup
RENE Court yesterday, April I0EnE
MI. Lawton instituted suit Four
damages when his adaptation oc
Harriet Beecher Stoves ceIehKz
ted slave novel Uncle TOMS Ca
bin" was banned in BridgrpGzE,
Conn, as a result Of protests Ox
the part of civic minded Urgans-
cations who resented the fafssGs
cation of the dynamic figure eg
Uncle Tom.
Mr.. Lawton figured in the nesuE
last year when police named hl1E
as a protege of Mrs. Albert Il
L~angford whose husband wzF
slain in the still unsolyed HuGsE
Marguery murder.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
A FABLE OF A
ROYAL FAMILY

In the year Of 1881, a royal ia
mily was proclaimed. King Bore
ais, Queen Aurora and their court
in a regal Coronation pageant.
E. w. Pryor, King Borealis, the
first in former years active in the
civic life of the community, and
a member of st. Phillips and Dor
othy Allen, now Mrs Charles Will
son a talented musician, now of
Chicago, H., was Queen Aurora.
Through the years the Kings
and Queens of the Royal Family
have reigned in triumph supreme.
Their princesses and countesses
more beautiful, their pageants
more Spectacular.
AS the time is near for the pro-
claiming of King Borealis and
Queen Aurora the XVI we the
subjects of this royal family
await expectantly the elimination
of this the sixteenth coronation
and pageant.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
Protest Absence Of Negroes
On Columbia, Grand jury

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Thurgooc
Marshall, Special Counsel for the
NAACP, announced today thai
pleas of abatement had been flee
in the infamous Columbia, Tenn
riot" case on the grounds thai
Negroes are excluded from the
local Grand Jury.
AS a result of the NAACP pro
tests the cases involving thirty.
n Negroes indicted on charge;
of attempted murder will be pas
sed over with the result that they
won't actually be heard until the
early part of May.
Both Stephensons, Mrs. Gladys
Stephenson and her son, Navy
vet James Stephenson, testified
before the Federal Grand Jury
now the affair which began in a
Columbia radio repair store when
James Stephenson protected his
mother who vas being slapped
and punched by a radio repair
man, and which eliminated in the
wanton destruction of Negro bu-
sinesses in Columbia. At the top
of the tragic events, homes were
vandalized and Negro citizens ter
rorized, with highway patrolmen
and state guardsmen participat.
ing in an orgy of shooting and
beatings of Negro victims during
which many were Seriously in
jured and two Negroes murdered
in the Jail during third degree
cross examinations. Several other
Negroes also testified as Well as
all white newsmen who covered
the riot" and Sheriff j. ]. I'm
derwood.
At the New York office of the
NAACP, Walter White announced
that the urgent appeal for funds
needed for the legal defense of
the Negro victims of Southern
terrorism had to date Melted $4,000
although it was pointed out that
the Association has already spent
$1,000 in the case. Mr.. White
again appealed for contributions
to this critically important fund.
1t was also announced that an
executive committee had been
formed from among the hundreds
of prominent Americans who are
supporting the NAACP Columbia
Legal Defense Fund. Mrs. Elean-
or Roosevelt and DR.. Charming
Tobias are serving as co-chairman
ex-officio, of the executive COM
mittee with Clark Foreman of
the Southern Conference for HUI
man Welfare; Mary Mcleod Be-
thune; Bishop OMAN; William L
Green, AFL head; Phillip Murray
CLIO head; Charles G.. Bolte of the
American Veterans Committee;
George Marshall of the National
Federation for Constitutional Lii
berties; John Hammond; Arthur
B. Springarn, chairman; Frank
Stanley, Louisville, Ky, publisher
Walter White.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20

will make n of Our Streets U1s
standing youths. Warren VANS
more Youth at the head of d7fx-
erent organizations. He warsx
the Negro to be united. but uosx
not approve of the Race regre-
eating themselves. Good Thoughts
Warren, keep up the lashing.
| stopped by the Walters Key
Club for the first time since INV
return from overseas the othrr
afternoon. l was amazed by IN
peaceful atmosphere there TSR
music was playing softly and ~
patrons seated at the tables ans
standing at the bar were enjoying
themselves in pleasant Converse
lions. 1 greeted many old tIHss
friends OF Our Street. Before r.
realized it; the Street had eaanghr
up with me again
Neal Johnson and LsorayE
Glynn, who Were partners in their
last business venture, The Sharv
Inn, have dissolved their PARTNER
ship and are opening separate
cafes on Our Street. One VIII be-
named the Sharp Inn Cafe am
the other Meals Cafe. What tkx
solved the partnership Few
know, and no one win tell Bra
both are remodeling their future
establishments, wanting to ones
up as soon as possible. Which our
Will open up first? I do not know
but a race seems to be on ana
Our Street is assured Of two flnp
cafes.
spring IS here, invigorzrnw
Spring! And already those sfas
wart knights of the great open
spaces r flocking to the EUF
INKS. MANY Of them meeting e.
THE STREET. Nal Scott Is =
familiar figure. William Krrz
Nate Golstein and many otnerT
can be seen in the early mornIr.-
hours waiting for daybreak ~.
they can endeavor to break ON;
man par. Golf is getting to o. e
~ more popular every daT-
builds the body and steadieS tbe
nerves. It's great for the fIgu1s
too, Ladies.
Friends and enemies, low AM
hate, prosperous and desfffux~-
you can just about judge a mmsFss
character by his actions On Cur
STREET.
We may not be able to map rssu
world as we wish, but 24tE -
is a part of US, its accompyMk-
ments and failures, its goaz 80,
pad points are the products or 80
inhabitants, You and I.
so long, good neighbors. I'm nm
! seeing you again next weeks
M~
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
TENN. VICTIMS WIFE
ADDRESSES ID. C.
AUDIENCE


WASHINGTON, d. C.-Mrs.
James Morton, wife of the Column
bia undertaken indicted for ate.
mpted murder in the Tenn, frame
up, shared the speakers platform
with DR.. Charming Tobias at AS
bury AME Church, Sunday April
18th, before an overlooking crowd
of more than 1000 citizens. The
meeting was sponsored by the
Washington Bureau of the NAA
CP. Mrs. Morton, an eye witness
to the so called Columbia riot on
February 25th described the out
rageous Southern police brutality
to a hushed and shocked audience
capturing the crowds admiration
and sympathy with her brave I'M
reinstatement.
The Columbia woman described
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
APPEALS FOR NECROES'
VOTING RIGHTS in ALA.
IND LOUISIANA

NEW a court
room filled to overlooking with
attentive Negroes, most of them
Students from the local high SCH
ools and billiard University, at
torneys for the NAACP argued
for the rights of Negroes to re-
gister and vote in State and ma
tional elections. The Jim Crow
voting appeals were argued in the
Circuit Court of Appeals before
Judges McCord of Alabama, Lee
of Louisians, and Holmes of Miss.
NAACP attorneys, A. P. Thread
of Louisiana, Arthur D. Shores of
Birmingham, and Thurgood Mar
shall, Special Counsel from the
national office, representing Ne
groes challenging the traditional
Southern Jim Crow exclusion. af-
ter reviewing the line of decisions
since the 18th and 18th Amend
ments and efforts of the Southern
states to prevent Negroes from
= despite the Federal Con-
%Stitution and laws, ARGUED that
the Federal Courts had a positive
duty to grant relief in such cases
and should not relegate Negroes
to the use of the state machinery.
Lawyers representing white su-
premicists of Louisiana and Ala,
one of whom ironically is a law
partner of self proclaimed Ala
bama liberal, Sen. Lister Hill. did
maintain that the appeals must
first go through the State courts
where, it should be ro4.,eo
there would be little if any chance
imocratic consideration.
Thurgood Marshall, in closing
the argument, cited the recent de-
cision or the US Supreme Court
which categorically makes the
duties of the Federal Courts clear
in cases where Federal rights are
violated.
The case is under advisement
with no Indication of how long
before a decision may be expected.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
RESURRECTION
{ By Myrtle CoodIow }

Though we shall sleep beneath
the sod,
Yet in u flesh shall we see God
When He shall stand upon the
earth
The latter day to judge our worth
For Christ has risen from the dead
And in His sacred word has said
On that great resurrection morn
Earth and Sea shall give up
their dead
If We His Holy Word received
And in Him lived and have
believed
Eternal life He shall award
Are the words of our blessed Lord
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20

ing legislation.
A non profit organization, the
catholic Committee is dedicated
to the application of Christian
principles to the economic, indus
trial. social and civic welfare of
an the peope of the Southern
States.
AT the invitation of Archbishop
Joseph F. Rumme, the Comm
lttee will hold its annual conven-
ton in May in New Orleans.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20

Most people do not realize
the very important role the
Negro farmer has played in
the production of food and
fibre, particularly cotton, in
our agricultural economy.
Negro farm families have
never been able to enjoy ev-
en- minimum standards of ed
ucatiOn, housing, health or
nutrition. The mechanical
cotton picker and the flame
blOcekr will soon bring a ma.
jOr economic and social cris-
is TO the South and all of A
merica. Again, as always III
the past, Negroes will prob
ably be the citizens who will
suffer most.
1t is the responsibility OF
the American people TO aid
the snar ~rO~.sers, tenants,
and small farm owners of the
South, a very large percent
age of whom are Negroes, in
the readjustment which they
will be forced to make with
the mechanization and tech
Y 'ngica' developments in co:
ton. All of us must see that
the snaail farmer, Negro and
white in the South, has an
opportunity to become vocal
in governmental matters. We
must repeal the poll tax. We
must make it possible for
small farmers TO organize
freely, without economic and
social pressures being used
10 prevent action from being
taken in their own best inter-
ests.
New farming opportunities
in the Middle West and in
newly irrigated areas, must
be provided for Negro farm
ri of the South. An equality
of opportunity in industry
must be guaranteed. The re-
peal of the poll tax, the pas
sage of a Permanent Fair
Employment ractice Act, and
the elimination of restricted
cOvenPant real estate Ordin>
ances, are minimum Hecessii-
les for economic and social
freedom. Restrictive proper
ty ownership laws such as
have been unfairly enacted
in California against the Jap
anese and other nationaIities
must moi be applied to the
Negro farmer seeking new
opportunities.
All of us must work to see
that full employment is main
tanned, that every man who is
able to work and wants tu
work has a job with suffic-
lent income TO buy a high
standard of living. The best
single guarantee against I'M
fair discrimination in all lin
es and for equal opportunity
is to have full employment
for everyone. lie this can be
brought about, the adjust
mems caused by technolOgic-
al advances i'm agriculture
will be made easier not only
for the Negro fasmer, bui
for all farmers in the lower
income brackets.
lie we are to be the great
example for democracy in
the world, we must begin to
put democracy into practice
in full Pledged form here at
home, by providing equality
of opportunity to all, regard.
less of race or creed, in all
things, economic, social and
political.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20

GROUP WANTS FEPC

BOLIxI, Miss.-Meeting in ex-
ecutive Session here, the Catholic
Committee of the South urged
Congress to pass the following
legislation: a permanent FEPC;
the full employment bill; contin-
ued Price and rent control beyond
June; the Pepper IS cent minim-
UNI wage bill, and adequate hous.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
| OUR
| GUEST |
| Column
Edited by Verna p. Harris
The Negro Farmer
Coy James G. Patton, Pres.
National Farmers UniOn)
Note to Readers:

Note to Readers:
activities to heading Americas
most progressive organization OF
small farm owners. He is also
chairman of the American Coun-
Gil on Race Relations which helps
to coordinate the activities of
numerous local interracial and
MAJORS committees. Through the
armers Union he has stimulated
the growth of the cooperative
movement and, unlike the react
ionary farm bloc leaders, he has
fought consistently for stringent
price control and the rights of in
dustrial labor.)
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
ODE STREET
and Whereabouts
by LAWRENCE p. LEWIS

This, My Dear Neighbor, is
about Our Street THE STREET.
lis the center of our activities;
the axis of our daily way of life.
All of us, in some way or another
are affected by the happenings
thereon.
The Street where the most OF
US promenade, shop, barter, trade
and Sell. Where We meet acquain-
tances and renew old friendships.
Our Street from Writ to Cum
ing, a throbbing, vibrating, living
Street.
The main theatre of diversified
forms of recreation.
Our Street, within its length
and breadth can be found the pro-
verbal Butcher, Baker and Can
dlestick Maker electric lites now,
Oldtimer) Rich man, Begger man
Theft (or a reasonable facsimile
thereof } Doctor, Lawyer and
Merchant Chef and others.
You are invited, Good Neighbor
to take a Tour with me each week
on this long, rambling, Trolling,
and historical STREET.
1t was a pleasure for me to
shake hands again with my good
friend, Mr.. Mosley. MI. Mosley
spends his many spare hours at
Taylor's Shoe Repair Shop on
Lake Street. In that shop, between
the pounding of the hammer and
whirring of the machinery. Much
debate goes on concerning the
general well being of our comm
unity. Words Of praise for the
good and criticism for the not so
good. Mr.. Mosley is an elderly
gentleman and speaks with know
ledge gained by years of expert
ence. Anytime you are looking for
an hour of intelligent conversation
seek out Mr.. Mosley. Mr.. Taylor
and Mr.. Ned Moore.
Just off Our Street at 2611 Pa
trick Ave-. on the night of April
Is, a party was given for Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Goodlow from Seat
tie by Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Farmer.
Mr.. Goodlow is a former resident
of Co. Bluffs and Mrs. Goodlow,
a lovely matron indeed, was form
erly from Salisbury, Nc. They
will leave shortly to spend a week
with Mrs. Goodlow's family in
Mo, and then journey back thru
Omaha for another gala time on
Our Street.
Warren Agee, just returned
from the South Pacific, gave me
a tongue flashing the other after
noon in the M & M about the con.
ditions ahead, an intelligent man
he certainly is, and with his feet
placed a little more on the ground
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20

aid Harrington, chairman or TIM
WDL national action commiffess
the 1880 utility workers coElnE
have been courtmartialled and
jailed for refusal to break their
own strike.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20
Cofbin-W~d shiington
Concert Acclaimed

arrested and charged with often
ses. He revealed that the Assn
has organized a nationwide COM
mittee to publicize the true facts
of the Columbia affair and to
raise necessary funds.
The Omaha guide., 1946-04-20

Warren Agee, just returned
from the South Pacific, gave me
a tongue flashing the other after
noon in the M & M about the con-
ditions ahead, an intelligent man,
he certainly is, and with his feet
placed a little more on the ground
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-27

al money crdeI or a check certified by a bank, or cashiers check is sued by a bank, for l0fe of the amount of the offer, payable to the Treasurer of the United States, for deposit as earnest money, except that Federal Government agencies and State and local governments and instrumentalities may make their offers without such deposit. All deposits of earnest money by unsuccessful bidders will be return ed. Bidders are warned against violating Section 59 of the U S. Criminal Code prohibiting unlawful combination or intimidation of bid ders. The right is reserved to waive technical defects and to reject any and all bids.
 tSignodD FRED w JOHNSON
 Acting Director
 Published Nov. 27, Dec IS, Jan, S. Jan. %.