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“THE SIN OF PREJUDICE”
The Rev. Harry Emerson
Fosdick, pastor of Parke Ave
nue, New York, Baptist
church, recently preached a
notable sermon on “The Sin
of Prejudice.” This is a rather
unusual topic for a sermon,
but admittedly a good and
timely one. It was an unusual
sermon but then Dr. Fosdick
is an unusual man. He has
been criticized by many of his
brethren for his “modernism.”
Well, if “modernism” has this
effect, Jet us pray for more
“modernism” among all classes
of American clergymen.
Among other things, this is
what Dr. Fosdick said:
“It is a sin whose conse
quences on its victims are not
so obvious as lusts of the flesh
and yet whose devastations of
the human race are written
large in every war, in every
outbreak of racial hatred, in
a million oppressions and os
tracisms.
“Its record of heartbreaks
surpasses all other sins of men.
Its results in bloodshed have
made history an orgy of car
nage and make civilization to
day a brief interval between
catastrophes.
“Many of us have no con
cern with the temptation to
drunkeness and adultery but
we all have temptation to prej
udice. People who say that
they hate the Japanese or the
Italians or the Negroes or the
Roman Catholics or Jews, may
walk in respectable society,
but for all that they are lepers.
They are breeding places for
the world’s most deadly moral
pestilence.
“Our racial, religious and
national prejudices represent
a belated attitude. They are
leftovers from the conditions
of life which surrounded prim
itive man when every stranger
was an enemy. That is the ori
gin of prejudice, and when to
day you hear people who hate
Jews, hate Roman Catholics,
hate Protestants, hate other
races, you are witnessing a re
turn to the primitive mind.”
BENIGHTED MISSISSIPPI
Are there no white men and
women of brain and vision in
Mississippi? Are they all hope
lessly insane on the race ques
tion? It would seem that the
first question must be answer
ed in the negative and the sec
ond in the affirmative when
one considers the mental cali
ber of the governor of that be
nighted state as disclosed in
his recent telegram to Secre
tary Hoover, protesting
against the appointment of a
well-educated, competent and
wealthy Negro lawyer as a
member of the flood rehabili
tation commission. S. D. Red
mond, one of the outstanding
citizens of the state, is the ap
pointee and Governor Dennis
Murphree is the protestant.
Since nearly 90 per cent of the
flood sufferers are Negroes,
and the work of rehabilitation
is going to be a gigantic task,
it would seem fitting that a
man like Mr. Redmond should
have a place upon the commis
sion and would undoubtedly be
able to render good service. If
Murphree’s mentality is repre
sentative of that of Mississippi
then that commonwealth is al
most hopelessly benighted.
NOT OFFICIAL
The National Church Con
gress of the Episcopal Church
in session at San Francisco, is
a forum which meets periodic
ally for the discussion of vari
ous subjects. All sorts of views
are expressed and while in the
main the discussions are help
ful and constructive, occasion
ally, as is to be expected in
such gatherings, some individ
ual or individuals say rash and
foolish things. Their state
ments are their own individual
opinions and are by no means
representative of the teaching
or position of the Episcopal
Church or of any considerable
part of either her clergy or
laity. Such blowing off of
steam makes lots of noise but
turns no wheels. Individual
“views” and “opinions,” as ex
pressed at the church congress,
whether profoundly wise, or
inanely foolish, are purely in
dividual and not official.
CONGRATULATIONS
The Monitor extends sincere
congratulations to the pupils
who have earned their pro
motions in the grades, high
schools and colleges. We com
mend parents for seeing that
their children are taking ad
vantage of educational oppor
tunities of which they them
selves were denied. We hope
that the children who have
finished the eighth grade will
go on to high school and that
those who have graduated
from high school may go on to
college, wherever it is possible,
or failing this, may have op
portunities of learning trades.
There are no substitutes for in
telligence, industry and thrift.
The day is coming even in
America, where brains, char
acter and ability will win, de
spite the handicap of race.
IS AMERICA CIVILIZED?
^^Pour boasted, progressive
Christian country human be
ings are still burned at the
stake by those who lay claim
to superior intelligence and
morality. If such a display of
savagery be indicative of race
superiority then happy and
blessed indeed are they who
are called the inferior race.
While deeds of this kind pre
vail can the United States lay
claim to be a civilized nation?
WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY
PULLMAN PORTERS AND TIPS
One organization of Pullman por
ters is demanding a decent living
wage and the cessation of tipping.
We can heartily sympathize with
the porters in this demand. There
is something humiliating and even
degrading to a full grown healthy
man who has to accept a tip from
another man, whose equal he is and
oftentimes whose superior he is.
On Pullman cars, dining cars, din
ing rooms and on bellhop benches
there can be found some of the keen
est intellects and brilliant minds, not
only in the Negro race but in Amer
ica.
Because of economic reasons; Be
cause of the strenuous fight for
bread and butter; because of race
prejudice, and because the door of
1 opportunity is often closed to him be
cause of his color, the Negro man,
who has gone through the best
schools has often to let down his
bucket where he is and accept so
called menial positions or jobs far
removed from the lines of his train
ing and education.
Thus it is that in the ranks of the
Pullman porters are to be found fine,
intelligent, upstanding, manly men.
It must be gall and wormwood to
many of these men to have to accept
tips from men who do not measure
up in the scale nearly as high as
themselves.
We hope the porters win the point.
All labor is honorable and dignified
if we make it so. But most men
would be able to add more dignity to
their jobs and get more pleasure out
of living if they were paid a living,
decent wage, and whose living did
not hinge on their fawning, squat
ting and Uncle Toming to some other
individual whose tip is often accom
panied with an insult and whose
bounty depends on whether or not
he has a grouch or indigestion.
The Pullman company ought to
jump at the opportunity to clear it
self of the charge that it expects
the public to pay its employees in
addition to paying for accommoda
tions.—Louisville (Ky.) News.
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A PLEA FOR RESPECT
Dr. George E. Haynes, of New
York City, secretary of the Federal
Council of Churches’ race relations
committee, addressed the National
Council of the Congregational
Church in session in Omaha, Neb.,
on ‘‘Race Relations.”
Dr. Haynes declared that the Ne
gro demands respect. He concluded
his remarks with the assertion that
“he wants nothing more; he can be
content with nothing less.” We en
dorse heartily the plea of Dr. Haynes.
It has been made before, and doubt
less will be made again.
Dr. Haynes was the spokesman of
that portion of our group who, by
precept, example, contact and edu
cation or environment, have fitted
themselves to qualify as men and
women worthy of respect. They are
numerous.
Still, there are countless thou
sands, street corner loafers, idlers,
indecorous loud and vulgar peoples
who disgrace neighborhoods, are nui
sances in public carriers ,on the high
ways and in public places, whose un
seemly conduct serves to give an un
favorable impression to a too critical
public. It is this class of-illbreeds
who prevent us from coming into our
birthright of respect.
Sooner or later the leading citizens
of our group will of necessity be
forced to take imperative measures
to demand of the indecorous group
respect for themselves. Slowly but
surely ti'.c forces for moral, religious
and civic imprdvement are reducing
this number, but there are yet thou
sands beyond their influence or
reach.
If on the whole we are to have
respect we must first respect our
selves. If we do not know how, we
should be taught. If we wont) w»
should be made to. We cannot rise
without lifting the masses with us.
—The Chicago Bee.
H. J. PINKETT, Attorney
Patterson BniMing
PROBATE NOTICE
IN THE MATTER of the estate of
Nebraska, at the county court room,
in said county, on the 21st day of
July, 1927, and on the 21st day of
Henry 0. Wood, deceased:
Notice is Hereby Given: That the
creditors of said deceased will meet
the executrix of said estate, before
me, county judge of Douglas county,
September, 1927, at 9 o’clock, a. m..
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each day, for the purpose of pre
senting their claims for examination,
adjustment and allowance. Three
months are allowed for the creditors
to present their claims, from the 18th
day of June, 1927.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
4T—6-20-27 County Judge.
JOHN ADAMS, Atty.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF HENRIETTA WATTS CAR
RALL, DECEASED.
All persons interested in said es
tate are hereby notified that a peti
tion has been filed in said court
alleging that said deceased died leav
ing no last will and praying for
administration upon her estate, and
that a hearing will be had on said
petition before said court on the 2nd
day of July, 1927, and that if they
fail to appear at said court on the
said 2nd day of July, 1927, at 9
o’clock A. M. to contest said peti
tion, the court may grant the same
and grant administration of said es
tate to Sherman Yost or some other
suitable person and proceed to a set
tlement thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
3T-6-10-27 County Judge.
JOHN ADAMS, Atty.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF WASHINGTON PRIDGETT,
DECEASED.
All persons interested in said es
tate are hereby notified that a peti
tion has been filed in said court
alleging that said deceased died leav
ing no last will and praying for
administration upon his estate, and
that a hearing will be had on said
petition before said court on the 2nd
day of July, 1927, and that if they
fail to appear at said court on the
said 2nd day of July, 1927, at 9
o’clock A. M. to contest said peti
tion, the court may grant the same
and grant administration of said es
tate to Mattie Pridgett or some other
suitable person and proceed to a set
tlement thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
3T-6-10-27 County Judge.
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