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The Omaha guide., 1946-08-17
Clinic Seeks to Chick Deinquecy
and Crime Thou9 scientific treatment

soup. I'm afraid to eat anything. 1"
Married? Of course, I want
to get married. But he even shakes
hands with me I'm frightened. n"
This is Harold. doctor. He has
always been a good boy up until
a month ago. Then he started
playing hookey-yesterday the
man at the newsstand caught him
stealing \"
And so on, far into the night,
thousands of words uttered by
hopeful lips in search of peace of
mind.
When Negro friends would come
to Clarence barrow, the famous
liberal lawyer, and complain that
they could not get psychiatric
treatment, he would tell them
hrere's a bright young assistant
professor at Johns Hopkins. Go
and see him. He'll make you well
come.
1t was from these colored pa
tents that DR.. Frederic Wertham
first learned about medical dis
elimination against the Negro.
since those days at Johns Hopkins
Wertham, a tall athletically-built
man, has climed to one of the tor
positions in his profession. He is
Send,' Psychiatrist Of the De-
partment of Hospitals in New
York.
A newspaper reporter, search
ing for background material about
DR.. Wertham, recently brought tt
light several interesting facts. HI
learned, for instance, that the
' psychaistrist had invented the Mo.
sale Test, a novel method of de.
termining an individuals normal
cy. He would give the patient {
set Of colored blocks and ask hin
to put them together. The finished
pattern gave the Doctor tell-talt
evidence as to what was going or
in the patients mind.
On one occasion he gave the Mo.
sale test to a Martin LAWN, who
was being held by the police. Aftel
the test. Wertham stated bluntly
IF this man is set free he viii
commit murder The authorities
disagreed and LAWN was giver
his liberty. Three months later
when LAWN shot a policeman If
cold blood and then killed himself
the newspapers recalled Wertp.
ans prediction.
A few years later, DR.. Wertham
came back in the news when Gino
a 17-year-old boy who lived in ar
East Side tenement, stabbed Iii:
mother to death as she slept. The
sensational crime was soon for
' gotten-except by DR.. Werthan
who headed the institution tt
which Gino was committed.
For years he sought to under
stand the boy. 1t was my w de.
tective case he told friends. III,
finally cracked the mystery Of tn,
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this heartless discrimination gave
rise to a strong determination. He
would establish a clinic in the very
heart of Harlem, he promised him
self, where all troubled people
regardless of color, age. sex, or
political opinion-would be treated
without fear or favor. Money
would be ne consideration.
One Friday evening last March,
DR.. Wertham made good that pro-
mise. In spite of a number of set
backs the Lafargue Clinic opened
its doors in the basement of the
st. Phillips Episcopal church par
ish house, deep in the heart Of
Harlem.
1 visited the Lafargue Clinic re-
Gently.
The little waiting room was
crowded. A good looking exc 1
smoked a cigarette nervously. A
mother sat holding her 10 year
old daughters hand. Two men
sat together, talking quietly.
A young lady in a white smock
came in. Mr.. Carson next, please
she announced.
He followed her into a large
room and they both sat down at
a small circular table. She poised
her pen and asked him numerous
questions. When she was through.
she led him behind one of four
cubicles formed by implanted
wooden screens. Here, a psychia-
trist was waiting to hear his trou-
bles and start treatment.
1 asked the receptionist about
the box of coins on her table. That
is our cash register she told me
smllingly. The folks who can af-
ford it pay rs cents. If they can't
they pay nothing. Some of them
take money out for carfare. You
see, strictly speaking, we can OBJ
crate without money. We're all
volunteers here-nobody is paid a
single cent.
From the cubicles came the
drone Of steady talk as DR.. Wer-
tham's three co-workers consulted
with patients. They are DR.. Hide
Mosse, an attractive woma at
tached to a New York hospital:
trim, authenticated DR.. Jeanne
Smith; and DR.. Andre Tweed, a
colored psychiatrist recently dis
charged from the army. Some pa
tients remain for Is minutes, and
others are not through for an
hour.
Il got out of the navy three
months ago. I can't settle down
to my job at the airport. 1 always
worry about my family and about
losing my job"
Il don't know how it happened
but when 1 came to I was lying
on tho floor. NV tongue was bleed
ing. This is the second time. \"
They're out to get me I tell you
I feel sure he put poison in my
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-17
Warns Against Hasty
Conversion Of S

uary 1, 1916, may be continued
without change for eight years
from the date they were issued
and policies issued after Decem-
Der 81, 1915 may be kept in force
five years without the necessity
Of converting to one of the perm
ant types Of insurance.
Another outstanding provision
of the new bill permits former ser
vicemen who never before held
NSLI policies to take them out
now. and it also permits veterans
who r carrying policies Of less
than the maximum protection of
$4,000 to increase them to that
amount. Furthermore, the same
liberal reinstatement provisions,
for those who have allowed their
policies to lapse, remain in effect
until the time that their term in
surance would normally expire.
/, Meanwhile. Mr.. Benke said that
passage of the new bill will I'M
doubtedly increase the tremend-
Gus workload now facing the Vet
Grams Administration, and he urg-
es ex-servicemen to be patient if
answers to their queries are delay
ed. Mr.. Benke said there r now
approximately 100000 NSLI &C
counts in the Branch area of Min
nesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and the
DakotaS, and it is estimated that
the figure will increase under the
new regulations.
1.-THE problem is intensified, be-
cause the changes have occurred in
the midst of our decentralization
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-17

In response to hundreds of in
quiries made by ex-servicemen
regarding the new National Ser
vice Life Insurance Act which be-
came effective on August 1, E. r.
Benke, deputy administrator in
charge Of Branch s of the Veter-
ans Administration. warned veter-
ans against too hasty conversion
of their term policies.
The best advice VA can give
the average veteran right now"
Mr.. Benke said, lis to continue
paying, at least temporarily, the
same low premiums he paid while
in the service. BY doing this he
can be protected by insurance un-
til such time as he is in a position
to afford the kind of converted in
surance that will fit his needs. BY
no means should the veteran con-
vert until he has solicited advice
from a VA representative"
The new enactment, Mr. Benke
says, offers the standard provis-
ions to be found in commercial in
surance company policies; provid-
es for endowment types Of polio
les which were not included in the
original law; removes restrictions
on the choice of beneficiaries; Of
fers lump sum payments and total
disability benefits which not
previously included.
Mr.. Benke pointed out that
those veterans who are now hold
ing term insurance policies have
many years in which to convert.
Term insurance issued before Jan
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|, trogram. Furthermore many of
our present work forms are now
obsolete, and there will be an un-
der standable time lag until new
ones can be prepared, Mr.. Benke
said. THE Branch office at Fort
Smelling will not be geared to
fully handle the expected work
load until our insurance files are
sent here from New York of this
/ year. So again, 1 urge veterans to
! be patient in any delays they may
| encounter.
AS summarized by Mr.. Benke
the principal provisions of the In
surance Act of 1916 are:
1. Provides for three types OF
endowment policies; 20 year en-
dowment, endowment at the age of
so and endowment at the age OF
IS.
2. All restrictions on the choice
of beneficiaries have been removed
Any person or persons, a corpora
ton or the estate of the insured
may be named.
8. In addition to the present
method of payments, beneficiaries
may now receive their money in
a lump sum or in equal monthly
installments ranging from SO to
240 months
4. Payment of benefits to an
insured who is totally disabled for
six months or more. They are in
the amount of IS a month for
eacch $1,000 of insurance and are
payable for as long as the dist
bility feature may be added to any
form of NSLI, including term in
franc 1t is only necessary that
that the insured meet specified
health requirements and pay the
extra premium that is required for
this additional benefit.
5. All persons not now in the
armed services, but who served in
the armed forces between Octo-
Der s, 1910 and September 2, 1915
are entitled to apply for NSLI.
6. Applications for insurance
which were rejected solely for
health reasons between October 8,
1910, and eptember 2, 1945, are
validated by these amendments in
cases where the applicants were
killed or totally disabled in line
of duty while in service. This
amendment will provide income
for beneficiaries who receive no
insurance under the old law.
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boys behavior and, in SO doing,
found hidden facts that have long
puzzled psychiatrists. Gino IL now
fully recovered, and is holding
DOWN a SIS a week Job. The
whole experience is recorded in
Wertham's exciting book, DARK
LEGEND, which was recently dis
covered by the Book Find Club.
Many observers see Dr.. Wer-
tham's clinic as the ~forerunner Of
numerous psychiatric stations
throughout the country, manned
by qualified personnel. dedicated
to helping people before they get
into serious trouble.
This is not philanthropy, not
charity, not missionary work.,
was the way DR.. Wertham ex-
planned the Clinic to me. 1T is
merely the extension of psychia-
trv r give neln TO everyone. with
out discrimination. We have done
much without money. Who can
tell how much more could be
achieved with proper funds ?"
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-17
Nv Sidney M. katz

In Magazine Digest Sept. Issue)
Tears rolled down the 16-year-
old boys face when he heard the
Judge pass sentence. Three years
was a long. long, time. AS he stood
there crying, he looked like a pitt
full waif of ten.
Il don't enjoy sending you away
said the judge of the Harlem
court, but 1 can't overlook the
fact that you attacked an inno-
cent person with a knife.
The boys mother sobbed bitter
" as he was led away. Later, she
waited in the judges chamber to
have a talk with him.
MY Freddie has never been
Well'', she told him. Always act
in kinda funny. That boy needed
a special kind of a doctor. What
could I do with him?"
The Judge shrugged his should
r I'm sorry madam. I sympa-
thize with you, but there's nothing
1 can do about it at this stage
This boy was only m of a long
procession of Harlem young peo-
pie sentenced for crimes they were
doomed, by circumstances and en-
vironment, to commit. For years,
DR.. Frederic Wertham, an inter
nationally known New York psy-
chiatrist, had watched them.
What else could one expect?'
he asked. Harlem's people were
packed-16OO to the acre-intc
filthy, decaying tenements.
Boys and girls eager for better
homes and decent jobs and un-
able to attain them, became trust.
rated. They formed gangs to fine
excitement and to procure when
ever possible, a few dollars fol
spending money. they ended up il
the police station.
IF these youngsters could con
suit a psychiatrist while they are
unhappy but still not delinquent
thought DR.. Wertham, they coulC
be kept out of jail, families would
not be broken UP, and violence
would be reduced.
But where could a Negro find
psvchiatrist?
Those who did succeed in gain
ing access to the clinic of a large
public hospital were hurt anC
frightened by the GOODNESS witt
which they received. you're lazy
shiftless and you don't want tt
amount to anything was an al
too familiar diagnosis.
DR.. Wertham's deep disgust al
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-17

BOENOS AIRES, Argentina
Soundphoto-Not quite so famous
nor publicized as Canada's famous
Dionne quints, are the Diligenti
quintuplets Of Buenos Aires, three
girls and two boys who on July
Is. 1916 celebrated their third
birthday. Wearing sailor uniforms
they appear almost like a midget
ships crew and they register var
ious emotions as they look pretty
for the photographer. They r
the children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Franco Diligenti of the Argentine
capital.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12
Bronze Star Given
Major K. E. Campbell

PARIS. FTance-Major Kenneth
E. Campbell, of GOAL Michigan
Avenue. Chicago, Illinois. Iialson
Officer with the Information ana
Education, Division Of Theater Ser
vice Forces. european Theater was
awarded the Bronze Star Medal by
Colonel Herbert A. Hall, Public
Relations officer of Theater Ser
vice Forces European 1'heater here
recently.
The award was given for tneri-
torious service in connection with
Military operations during the pc
Rod october %, 1914 to May s, ls45
while he was with the Lialson sec
ton of TSFLT Public Relation Oh
flee.
The citation reads in part as fol-
lows: AS Field Liaison officer, Pu-
bile Relations Section, Headquart-
ers Communications Zone, Major
Campbell was responsible primari-
ly for the development OF steady
flow of public relations material
from Negro units and with the IN
vestigation of Public relations pro-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12

ship. and toilet, shower and wash
ing facilities were built on each
side Of the ship on the main deck
Outside
1.-THE cold salt water jumped dl-
rect FROM the ocean, said Sgt. jew
ell r. Cooper, 218 E. 9th street
Fulton. Mo-, as he continued, made
bathing possible only on warm
days"
During the entire voyage, there
was a complete absence of race dis
elimination.
SIDE BY SIDE
Negro and white soldiers slept in
hunks above, below and side by side
each other; washed up in the same
helmet, took baths in the same
showers, used the same toilet faclli-
ties, worked together on K. p, pre-
pairing and serving food, passed
through the same Chow formation"
and washed their mess kits in the
same can of water. No friction
occurred from this relationship dur
ing the trip.
Soldiers OF both races read the
same books, newspapers and maya
zines: exchanged "gripes" and dis
cussed home front" plans and were
found at all times during the day
scattered over the ship playing
cards.
Negro and white soldiers fought
and died together during the war,
said S-Sgt. Clarence Graves, 622 w.
Mount street, Baltimore, as he went
further to say, 1--WE should be able
to live and work together in time
of peace"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12
Tuskegee And Hampton Raise
Funds For Washington Bust

man by contributing TO the fund.
To make this possible each college
has appointed from its staff a sub
committee of three persons, ana
these together constitute the Booker
T. washington Memorial Fund
Committee. Those appointed from
Hampton Institute are Lorenzo 9.
White, Dean Walter r. Brown, and
Don A. Davis; while those appoint
ed from Tuskegee Institute are
Captain A j. Nicely, Mrs. Lottle
Harris, and l.. A. Potts.
Accordingly. all contributions
should be made payable to Hampton
Institute or Tuskegee institute, and
those wishing to contribute through
Hampton Institute should send their
contributions to Lorenzo c. White,
chairman of the Hampton Institute
subcommittee at Hampton, Viz
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12

At the request of President Fred
erick D. Patterson, Hampton 1nst1-
tute has become jointly and equally
responsible with Tuskegee Institute
for the raising of the $4,000 necces-
Sary for the erection of a bronze
bust of the late Booker T. Washing
ton to be placed in the Hall of Fame
New York University, New York
City.
Presidents Bridgman and Patter-
son announced that Hampton, as
the great educators alma mater,
and Tuskegee, which he founded
and built up, are happy TO resume
joint responsibility for this fund.
They urge. however, that alumni,
trustees, students and present and
former staff members of the two
colleges pay individual tribute of
respect to the memory Of this great
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12

The better part of the Signals
program centered around the work
of its two major committees, Big
ger and Better Negro business ana
Social Action committees. The lat
ter is pledged to integrate the Ell
forts and resources of several thouS-
and Sigma men throughout the
country into the Negroes total strug-
gle for full citizenship III America
,CONCLAyE RESOLUTIONS
Resolutions adopted by the con-
clave were:
1. The immediate enactment OF
permanent FEPC law.
2. Abolition of segregation III all
branches of the armed forces and
veteran facilities.
8. Passage of anti-poll tax legis-
latiOn.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12

Negro troopS-many redeployed
direct to the Pacific Theater of OPP
Grafton from the ETO-formed a
large contingent of the 800 return
ing Pacific veterans aboard the
vessel.
Thanks goodness! I'm home at
last" asserted the new "Stateside
arrival" It's Fred Waters, 1919 AL
bion street, Nashville, Tenn.
HIGH MORALE
The morale of the veterans ap-
peared to be extremely high. Christ
mas season, this year. was the first
observed in the United States by
some of the men in one, two and
three years.
Temporary sleeping quarters were
constructed in the holes of the ship,
make-Shift mess hall was erected on
the main deck in front Of the mid
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12
Bad Manners More Harmful
Than All Save Crime--vi!lafd
PAGE SEVEN
By r. MELVIN
BY TED SHEARER

them along the road to the goals
they rightly and determinedly pro-
pose to achieve and will achieve.
in the great fight the Negro is
making to obtain justice and the
civic rights to which he is entitled
under the Constitution of the Unit
ed States, there is a grave danger
of his overlooking the strategy
which would be of enormous value
in the battle he is waging. That is
the tactic of good manners in pub
lie conyeyances and public places"
Willard concludes.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12
John Young Heads
CAPITOL Press Club

Smith, founder of the organiza-
ton and chairman for three terms,
was not candidate for reelection,
William Clark OPA information
specialist was reelected treasurer.
After being organized eighteen
months the Club has roster of SO
news writer's representing four ma
tional weeklies, two national news
services. one local weekly, l daily
paper, six government agencies, one
weekly magazine and a weekly
newsletter.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-tNNPA
john H. Young I'll, Washington
correspondent for the Pittsburgh
Courier was unanimously elected
chairman of the Capitol Press Club
at its weekly luncheon here, We'd
nesday, succeeding Alfred Smith,
Chicago Defender columnist.
A graduate Of Morehouse College
where he was an all-American end
in 1885, Young is member OF the
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and
while at Morehouse edited the MA
room Tiger" college paper.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12
NEW Works. ANTI-B|AS
LAW DECLARED SUCCESS
In No Instance
Was Maximum
Penalty Enforced

NEW YORK-(NNPA)-Henry
C. Turner, chairman of the State
Commission Against Discrimination
declared last Tuesday that the anti
bias law was a success and is
achieving the purposes for which it
was designed.
Summing up the first six months
of it's operation since 1t became Ell
fectiye July /, he said that discrim-
nation in employment throughout
the state on the ground of race,
creed. color or national origin had
decreased appreciaEiy and that so
persuasive has been the mere pres
ence of the law on the books that
only 189 cases of alleged bias had
been brought to the attention of the
commission.
Compliance
Although the law provides max
imum $500 fine and a years i'm
prisonment for recalcitrant Offend
ers. in not one of these cases. said
Mr.. Turner had the commission Deen
compelled to resort to even formal
hearing to obtain correction of pro-
tested discriminatory practices. OF
the 18e cases, he said. 40 were set
tied by friendly conferences and
forty-seven are in process of set
Element. Two are under investiga-
ton.
The largest single block of COM
plants. roughly 40 per cent, the
chairman explained, were based on
discrimination because of color, with
the next largest group based on
creed and the third on national ORR
gin.
Without indicating what, if any,
weaknesses had been discovered in
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12

ginia: and those desiring to con-
tribute through T'uskegee Institute
to Captain A. j. Nicely, chair
man of the Tuskegee Institute
subcommittee, Tuskegee, Alabama.
In the hope of having the bust
ready for unwilling in May Of 1916,
the committee is asking that con-
tributions be sent in immediately If
possible, but by all means before
January 20.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12

4. A statement of government pol
lev against restrictive covenants.
5. Equal educational facilities
throughout America.
Officers elected for 1916 were
George A. Parker, dean OF Terrell
Law school of Washington, ID. ca
president; +. r. ClemmonS, Phila-
delphia, vice president, DR.. George
H. Hightower, Atlanta, secretary
treasurer: Atty. George A. Blakey,
Chicago, chairman of the Social
Action committee; James A. CBili-
boardD jackson, New York. chair
man of the Better Business COM
mittee.
The Sigmas will hold their 1916
conclave in New Orleans, Parker
said.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12
blems involving these units.
OUTSTANDING WORK

DIenlS UlVOIVIIIS UIIooC uf1RVo'
OUTSTANDING WORK
He displayed an Outstanding oe-
votion to duty. superior judgment
and at all times maintained
thoughtful approach to matters
referred to him. Also as result
of Majors Cempbell's efforts, good
relations were maintained between
this Headquarters and the repre-
sentativeS of the Negro press as
credited overseas. Major Campbells
accomplishments were OF great
value to his headquarters and re-
fleet high credit upon himself and
the Armed Forces Of the United
States.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12
IMPORTANT MESSAGE

The former editor and publisher
of the New York Post and Nation
in what he calls 1.-The most import
ant message" that he has ever sent
to Negroes declares:
Through fine manners Negro
Americans can pile Up national
bank account of good will to help
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-12
Ship Breaks Record While
Returning Mixed Soldiers
els Take Coming Home In
Stride> Share Facilities
BY SSGT. GEORGE WOODS, JR.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf-( ANP)-Three days were
clipped from 28day record set by the first converted lib
erty ship returning Pacific veterans to the United States
from Manila when the SIS Abraham Rosenberg sailing the
$50 mile Pacific voyage in record time of Is days. sailed
into the harbor here last Monday.