CORRESPONDENCE WHICH WILL PROVE OF INTEREST The omission of John Dillard Crawford’s picture from a recent is sue of The Bee has caused wide spread comment The following let ters will, we believe, throw light upon the incident. Council Bluffs. la., March 24. 1920. Mr. Nels Updike. Omaha. Neb.—Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find a slip which was cut from a recent issue of the Daily News. This, as you will see is in relation to the graduation of the Commercial High students. I was pleased to note the names and pictures of the entire class in the World-Herald and Daily News. Did the World-Herald and the News pro hibit the Bee from putting all the graduates in? There were twenty one in the first two papers I men tion above, but I could count but twenty in your paper. 1 didn t know there were lily white republicans in Omaha The only place I knew of any was in Texas, anti I believe they are doing away with them, even there, as there is not enough of them. What there are I guess must have come from tiiere to Nebraska. We believe we a right to expect a high-grade republican paper in this section, but you know that i~ what we haven't had. but we had enter tained high hopes of a decided step forward when this paper recently went into your hands. Are we to be disappointed? Is the Bee to still continue to inflame race prejudice? Is it going to fill the minds of our young folks with hatred and resent ment over manifest injustice There are a lot of us that read these pa pers. Is the Bee going to give ns a square deal? Respectfully yours. W. H. GRAY'. 1522 Avenue A. Council Bluffs, la. Omaha. March 23. 1920 Mr. W. H. Gray, 1322 Avenue A, Council Bluffs, la.—Dear Sir: Tour letter to Mr. Nelson B. Updike with reference to the omission of a colored boy s pic ture from our group of Commercial High school graduates last Sunday has been referred to me. I wish to assure you that this omission was not due to the fact that Dillard Crawford was the only col ored boy In the class. YVe obtained his picture with the others and sent them on to the engraving depart ment. When the "cuts'’ came down ' for use this particular one did not ! print sufficiently well to make the - features discernible. If we had 1 printed it the features would have j been nothing but a black smudge, and there was no time to get a new "cut." It frequently happens that there is a certain iiercentage of cuts that do not turn out well, but we realize that’ it was very unfortunate that the one in this case should be that of the only colored boy in the group. In order to make up for the omission we gave separate attention to Dillard Crawford in a story appearing on page IO-C of the same issue of The Bee. This was all that we could do under the circumstances. 1 wish to assure you that The Bee draws no distinctions of color, i be lieve that 1 have made this clear in a personal interview with Reverend John Albert Williams whom you doubtless know. The policy will be to accord equally fair treatment to both while and colored. If at any time you have reason to doubt that this intention is carried out in prac tise i will appreciate it if you will let me know. Tours very truly. VICTOR B. SMITH, Managing Editor. ( t NADI AN “DBAS" sEEh ABMILt’TE PROHIBITION Vancouver. B. C., March 30—Pro hibition party leaders of British Co lumbia are to ask the provincial gov ernment for a referendum on the ■question of bone dry prohibition. At present liquor can be obtained here on prescriptions and under the permit system. SCARF WAY SUPPLANT CAPE New Dress Accessory Promises to Gain Popularity as Sporting Garment for Spring. 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