THE REVIEW Published Weekly At 330 No. 11th 8t TRACK) McWILUAMii Publisher St Editor Jennie Edwards Associate Editor Millard Woods Associate Editor lon-tla Swanegan Associate Editor Ouy Wiley Circulation Manager Subscription Price 50c Per Annum Advertising Rates Display, per inch 35c Contract, per inch 35c locals, per line 5c Published Every Thursday Phone BO 190 Subscription Contest Circulation Manager Wiley is plan ning a contest to increase the circula tion of this paper. Commissions will be paid (or nil subscriptions obtained and beautiful prices will be ;iven the win ners. Watch this paper* /or further de tails. -o The New Technocracy There are many people who have been notoriously anti-socialistic and radica'ly ardent in their advocacy of our present form of government, but who are now loudly declaring them selves in favor of Technocracy, the supposedly new and fashionable polit ical Idea. It Is quite understandable that a perplexed people, groping around in the mire of bankruptcy and uncertain ty, should turn to almost anything that offers the slightest ray of hope, even though that something is noth ing more than a hashed-over theory, once rejected. We may detest the bitterness of cer tain medicines but »c may like the sweetness of "candy" that might con tain them. It might be said then that the' simplest definition for Techno cracy is: Sugar Coated Socialism. We might all agree that the chief objection to socialism is that it falls short of application, although it ts a very delightful theory. Somehow so cialism has never seemed to fit Into our gear of living. There is still the question of the possibilities or won ders it might work If the people only would accept it. Technocracy, then, may be a tonic properly prepared for our present ills. The question is—will the people accept it? Primarily this program reflects an earnest desire to meet our economic difficulties Too, the heart of the pro gram is to increase the number of these loftier hours for all instead of a few. But when put into practice it may kill initiative or it may be too divine-like for human selfishness. How ever these latter objections might be overcome since it seems tliat Techno cracy provides for a period of tran sition in which we may be made to fit the ultimate application of its prin ciples. Certainly it is yet too soon for en thusiastic pronouncements or bitter denouncements of the idea. It is always dangerous to criticise or support pro grams and institutions that we do not fully understand. -o The Lone Eagle At the conclusion of the campaign of 1930, Edgar Howerd bestowed on Charles Wayland Bryan the title of "The Lone Eagle of Democracy.” Then, as in the last campaign. Mr Bryan PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS ; CORYELL 70 Better, Cleaner, Cheaper made hi* fight for the people, single handed and alone. He did this, not from vanity or egotism, but because his attack on graft and extravagance and special privilege transcended party lines. During the last two year* the ruthless campaign against the governor redoubled in Its ferocity. Mr. Bryan has kept his faith His work on state issues is done. Cast week he outlined forty changes In state gov ernment. Although he had fifteen days to prepare a budget he presented it j last Friday. This document is unique in the annals of history and Is sum marized on another page. The govern or slashed $11,000,000 38.7% from the tax burden of the people Mr. Howard must add to his pic turesque title. The Lone Eagle has soared to a height hitherto attained by no other in the world. With na tions faltering and defaulting, Mr. Bryan lias written in cold, unrelenting figures definite plans for human re lief All battles are terribly expensive. This contest exacted an awful toll. Mr. Bryan expended on the battle field every ounce of his wonderful en ergy; for his people did not hesitate to jeopardize his life. In Scandinavian mythology there Is a legend that the Valkyrs rode forth on invisible horses from the abode of the Immortals to the battles of men on earth and with their spears pointed the heroes who should fall These they caught In their arms and bore away to Valhalla there to dwell forever with the Intrepid of all ages It remains for the members of the 49th session of the Nebraska legisla ture to mould fable into fact for the building of the New Nebraska. Let them go forth as the Valkyrs with spears, not pointing at heroes, but di rected against special privileges and cease not tn the battle until the prin ciples outlined by the Oreatest Gov ernor In the Nation are enacted into the law of the land. Any Dark Town Is Welcomed By Thieves In a recent issue of the Kenesaw, Nebr., Progress, tt was told how the village board decided that to turn out the street lamps at an early hour was false economy. The board voted to re sume the former schedule of street lighting There is always danger of robber ies when a town is dark. A well lighted town or city is not a welcome sign for burglars. Following is the story published in the Kenesaw Progress, December 15th: “We are informed that Kenesaw will again have all night street lighting. Prior to this time there has been con siderable adverse comment on our local village board, in their trying to follow their economy program, to such an extent that it was really false econ omy. “Citizens have begged us to do what we could to show the city dads their mistake. We did not wish to say too much about this neglect, as we though it would only be advertising the fact | that Kenesaw was plunged in darkness in the early morning hours. And this might have led to the breaking and entering of some of our stores. “It is gratifying that the members of the town board have seen their mis take, and are doing tire right thing by rectifying it, before we have become victims of prowlers or worse. "We are strong for our village board and believe that they are doing every thing that is possible to keep the run ning expenses of Kenesaw as low as possible. Sometimes a program of this kind can be over done, but we still feel that our city council will study out their moves to the best of the tax payers' advantage," Side? Glances We notice some white news reporters just cannot refrain from using south ern dialect in quoting Negroes. After taking at least a foot of the DRINK CITY CLUB WITH YOUR MEALS CITY CLUB SALES CO. Distributor R. H. HUDSON. Mgr. 900 No. lttth St. Phone B-7063 LINCOLN. NEBR. Station L-R-S-C Broadcasting : TO RADIO OWNERS OF Lincoln! We have equipped our studio with the best and most up to-date equipment that can be found. All of our Radiotri cians are certified and our work is guaranteed. Save This Ad—It Is W'orth $5.00 In Discounts. for the Next 60 Days! We will call at your Home or Business, check your Tubes and Set FREE of CHARGE and you are under no obliga tion to purchase merchandise, but if your Radio needs re pairing we will give you 10' <> discount on Tubes, parts and labor. ALL WORK GUARANTEED When in trouble call M 2870 Day, Night or Sunday. Lincoln Radio Service Club 1016 No. 66th St. Phone M 2870 precious space In the Sunday papers to tell us the well known fact that Negro fighters last longer than white, the wriver ruins it all by trying to dis illusion the reading public by saying this physical preservation Is accom plished by improper training. It Is too bad the colored race must ever be judged by the exception rather than the rule. Maybe Nebraska would have better success in her attempts to gain no tional recognition In the realm of sports if they would get Into a con ference that did not tolerate “Jim Crow" rulings with its athletes. There are at least three colored youths at tending the university who we believe could bring as much glory to the Insti tution and themselves as did, Tolen, Metcalph. Bell, Slater, Pollard, Gordon, iSdwards. Beatty. Ward. Brooks and a host of other Nebroes. Wilbur Wood. Clinton R06S. "Bill" Johnson und Knoll Smith, all of whom starred for Nebraska before the south ern conference rulings went Into ef fect are reported doing very well In their respective fields of endeavor de spite the depression. They certainly must still have same of the stuff that It took to make them stand out In their respective fields of athletics while students here. We wonder If It would not be more correct to call the Y. M C. A. league teams—Y. W. M A. (Young White Men's Association) league? An 18 year old high school boy, John Henry Lewis of Phoenix, Arizo na. Is rated as the best lightheavy weight among Negro fighters by Max ie Rosenbloom, the recognized cham pion of the world. Rosenbloom fought Lewis, champion of Arizona and Cal ifornia about two months ago and ad mits he was lucky to get by the sev enth round. What a boy! Let Us All Push the Review-It’s Ours By M. T. Woods The shock given the republicans has now all but spent itself and all hands are getting back to normal. Likewise the exhlleration and exuberance at tendant upon such a mighty and glo rious victory for the democratic party has subsided. The victors have march ed in and the vanquished have marched out and this completes the political debacle. Now it is up to the plain, common every day people, who after all pay the bills, to get right down to business and realize, depression or no depression, they must carry' on. With special ref erence to the group we represent we adjure a more determined effort along businss lines. We now have a formida ble Instrument with which to carry on —it is the Review—the voice of 1300 of Lincoln’s very best citizens. Of course there are other publications, but do they voice your sentiments as does the Review. In what other way can our problems be voiced? Surely, if we are to keep pace with the things as they are, it is up to us to make the best of every opportunity in our realm. Every human being has the right to earn a living, either by labor, skilled work, profession, or business marts of the world. The Review is a bold busi ness adventure during these days of economic grief, and it is to this end we ask for a united front. You can best cooperate with one or more subscrip tions which are at a minimum price At the same time you will be helping the man, woman, boy or girl who comes to your door to get your subscription, as he or she will be paid on a commis sion basis. We are asking that the zest and en thusiasm of our group, put into the po litical campaign, be put in a campaign to boost the Review. The earnestness with which political workers strive to enlist their support for their favorite candidate, if only transferred to en courage Negro business would make the business thrive and prosper not unlike the proverbial "green bay tree." Anyway, since this is the beginning of the new year, let us start out right and help ourselves and the Race by taking a subscription to the Review, at only 50 cents a year, or 25 cents for six months. Opinions Should Differ It Is characteristic of most persons who have decided opinions on any sub ject that they endeavor to bring ev eryone else to their way of thinking. In cases where the issue is a clear cut one. involving right and wrong, it may be that an uncomprimlsin ; atti tude is justified But who shall say just what is right and what is wrong? Ideas concerning right and wrong change with the times. Not so many decades ago some of the most cultured and enlightened peo ple of this country believed that human slavery was legitimate and proper George Washington was one of them; at least, he was a large slave-owner as long as he lived We think it wrong today. The Puritans thought it wrong for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday, and they passed a law prohibiting him from doing so We think it all right today. If everyone had agreed with such old ideas and no one had ever mus tered up the courage to combat them, we should have made little progress. We would still be hanging witches. What is needed in the world is not that wc should all think alike, but that we should have a greater feeling of tolernace and respect for the opinions of others, when honestly held, no mat ter how much they may differ from our own The average normal person is real ly seeking for the truth—but the truth Is often elusive, and each must find it In his own way. Why Call It Sport An interesting phenomenon In Amer ican life Is the amazing seriousness with which we take our so-called sport*. This seriousness Is reflected in the sporting sections of the daily news papers. which play up the activities of athletics to an extent bordering on | the ridiculous. Originated as friendly games for the exercise and recreation they afforded, baseball football and other pastimes have degenerated into grim struggles for notoriety and gate receipts. A recent writed and a sport wrtted at that, has deplored the methods •’hereby college football teams are strengthened through fake enrollments, and he relates that one Eastern uni versity snent (390.000 in three months on a .using team. Fortunately, In most ot the smaller communities and in the lesser schools there is still to be found wholesome athletic activity, in which friendly ri valry and real sportsmanship are the rule. But the events which draw the crowds and fill the sport pages are marked by bitterness and frequently result In long-standing feuds. So long as the public demands this sort of thing it will no doubt be sup plied. But why call that sport? __A_ Objects of Education In a series of newspaper articles Dr Glenn Frank, president of the Univer sity of Wisconsin, discussed some of the laws which he believes underlie n thoroughly modem education. Coming from such a distinguished source they are worthy of serious consideration. Among the principles set forth are these: We learn by action rather than absorption; teaming is specific rather than general; the best things we learn are those which are important in our life and work; we should study the things that will most directly contrib ute to our efficiency and happiness. Like many other progressive educa tors of today. Dr. Frank does not be lieve that a college education is eith er necessary or desirable for everyone. The four years spent in college might often be better employed in gaining practical experience in a workshop or business. It depends largely on the natural talents and inclinations of a young person whether he should go to college. For (Hie who is of a studious disposi tion and aspires to enter one of the learned professions, a college education is indispensable of course. For those who go to college merely to be able to say that they have gone to college, it is a waste of valuable time. As Dr. Frank very truthfully says: “We cannot prove that a college edu cation guarantees a big income, or that it makes us happier men and wo men. Most of the old argument for college education is in the ashcan". **_ On Liking People Jesus loved to be in the crowd. Ap parently he attended all the feasts of Jerusalem, not merely ar religious fes tivals, but because all the folks were here, and he had an all-embracing fondness for folks. We err if we think of him as a social outsider. To be sure it was the ''poor” who ‘ heard him gladly," and most of his close disciple*-, were men and women of the lower i classes. But there was a time when he [ was quite the favorite in Jerusalem. The story of his days are dotted with these phrases. ... ‘‘A certain ruler de sired that he should eat with him.” . .. “They desired him greatly to remain and he abode two days.” . . . Even aft er he had denounced the Pharisees as. ■'hypocrites” and "children of the dev il,” even when the clouds of disap proval were gathering for the final storm, they still could not resist the charm of his presence, nor the stimu lation of his talk. No other public character ever had a more interesting list of friends. It ran from the top of the social ladder to the bottom. Nlcodemus, the mem ber of the supreme court, had too big a stake in the social order to dare to be a disciple, but he was friendly all the way through, and notably at the end. Some unknown rich man. the owner of an. estate on the Mount of Olives, threw it open to Jesus gladly as a place of retirement and rest. When he needed a room for the last supper with his friends, he had only to send a messenger ahead and ask for it. The request was enough. And in the last sad hours, when the hatred of his en emies had completed its work and his body hung lifeless from the cross, it was a rich man named Joseph—a rich man who would have sunk into obliv ion like the other rich men of the ages except for this one great act of friend ship—who begged the authorities for his body, and having prepared it for burial laid it in a private tomb. Such was his associates among the socially elect. What sort of people made up the rest of his circle? All sorts. Pharisees, fishermen; merchants and tax collectors; cultivated women and outcast women; soldiers, lawyers, beg gars. lepers, publicans and sinners. What a spectacle they must have pre sented trailing after him through the streets But Jesus loved it all—the pres sure of the crow’d, the clash of wits, the eating and the after-dinner talk. When he was criticised because he enjoyed it so much and because his disciples did not fast and go about with gloomy looks, he gave an answer that throws a wonderful light upon his own con ception of his mission. "Do the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is stlU wtth Capitol Markets 137 So. 9th 1845 So. 11th 137 So. 11th 2215 No. 14th Lincoln, Nebraska 4 lbs Hamburger or Sausage _25c 5 lbs Pecans_25c 1 lb Liver _ 5c 1 lb Bacon_8c 48 lbs Flour___65c VINE STREET PHARMACY We carry a full line of Drugs, also Cigars, Cigarettes, Sodas and Candy. An up to date prescription department by a Registered Pharmacist. Your patronage appreciated W. F. WILKINS 2146 Vine St. B-1958 them?" he demanded. "Not a bit of it; they enjoy every moment of his stay. I am the bridegroom; these are my hours of celebration. Let my friends be happy wtth me for the little while that we are together. There will be plenty of time for solemn thoughts after I am gone.’’ -o Cut _Jiose Taxes The demand for lower taxes has be come well nigh universal. Governments, national, state, county, and local, went wild in the fat years before the crash of 1929, in creating new jobs and find ing new ways to spend public funds. We grant that many of the objects from which taxes have been steadily increased are desirable—if we had the money. But in these days, when indi viduals and their families have to count every penny and get along with out most of the things they would like to have, public officials who persist in extravagance should be summarily re moved The difficulty in the way of getting taxes reduced is that the tax-eaters are organized and the taxpayers are not. We think it was Mr. Cleveland who coined the phrase "The cchesjve power of public plunder.” It is natur al for those who are feeding at the public crib to desire to keep their jobs, and to put every possible obstacle in the way of those who would oust them. But this is, in theory at least, a "gov ernment of the people by the people and for the people,” to quote another famous president. And the indignation of the people at the impudent defience of public opinion by the tax-eater is already beginning, in some communi ties and sections, to approach the boiling point. The process of reducing taxes is simple enough. Lop off the unneces sary frills and fads with which we have bedizened our governmental functions. Reduce the administration of public affairs to the bare essentials and see that honest men administer them. We do not think we are exaggerating when we say that the nation would be better off if half of the bureaus and depart ments at Washington were abolished. We think most states are in the sanv fix, and we are sure that there is un necessary waste in the operation o' most county and town governments. We hope that the new administration at Washington will set an example for the states to follow'. - ■ About Women Mrs. Charles B. Parker, who ha* been mounting fish in the Catalina Islands for the last forty years, is said to be the only fish curator in the country. A London society woman. Lady Brid gett. won first place in a contest in window dressing for florists’ shops. Mrs. Gertrude Banker McEvoy of Bayside, L. I„ is winner of the first women’s national amateur pocket bil liord championship Here are the names of a few post of fices which suggest methods of trans portation: Wagon Mound, N. M ; Wa gon! ire, Ore.: Wagon town. Pa.; Wa gonwheel Gap, Colo.; Trucksville, Pa ; Train. W Va.; Bicycle. N. D.; Auto, W. Va. Kathryne Clark of Council Bluffs, la., who is only 14. has been awarded marksmanship. 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