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THE WEEKLY REVIEW Published Weekly and “Devoted to the Interests of the Colored Citizenry of Nebraska.” VOLUME ONE___ LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY Hi, 1988,_NUMBER SEVEN Legislature Approves Progressive Measures Reactionary Lineup Is Repulsed On The Moratorium BUI—Auto License Fees. By Geo. Kline. Lincoln. Nebr.—After definitely de feating the forces of reaction by or dering the Cone moratorium bill to third reading, leaders In the Nebras ka legislature sent word Wednesday to the vanguard of the Holiday Marchers that there could be a meet ing with the solons “at any time, any place". Speaker O'Malley last Monday de clared that the visitors would be ac corded every courtesy and that the leg islature would make prompt report of its activities. On Monday noon Governor Bryan issued the proclamation suggesting that foreclosure proceedings cease. On Tuesday the moratorium bills of Cone and Dugan came up on special order. During the morning the bills were debated at length with veiled op position from a number of sources. The opposition was strong from the of fice of Attorney-General Good He ad vised that the bills were unconstitu tional. He did not at any time tell the legislature that In matters of court procedure the legislators have the right, under the constitution, to ask by joint resolution for an interpreta tion of such bills as the one introduc ed by Cone. The Moratorium Bill Cone’s moratorium bill permits stays under the direction of the court for more than five years. However, the defendant may be required to make such payments as is possible. Dugan’s bill, H. R. 92, gives a stay of nineteen months. In committee of the whole, Cone’s bill was ordered to third reading. A motion to advance Dugan's bill failed to carry. This scheduled Cone’s bill for passage and left Dugan's plan alive and in reserve. During the debate Binfield declared that during the last campaign "every candidate either promised relief to the farmers or else held out hope for a moratorium by silence." Tremor Cone made ^ an extended argument for his bill. He'told of being laughed at six years ago when he first presented it to the legislature. Pour I years ago some paid attention. “Two years ago," he declared. ‘‘I was 1 in a wheel chair, but I almost put it over." Dugen presented an argument to prove that his bill had a show of be ing upheld by the courts, while he doubted the constitutionality of the Cone bill. After the vote was taken, which was without roll call, Cone retired to his seat, exhausted and worn out. The Party Circle electric voting machines and will now H. R. 7 by Cushing, abolishing the party circle, has been approved by the senate. Governor Bryan has signed the bar ber’s bill. It was passed by the use of the electric voting machine and will now be tested out in the supreme court to determine if the use of the machine is legal. The road bill, H. R. 195. has been rushed along in the house. It looks as if the license fees would be $3. $5. and $8 The Lancaster county members oi the conciliation board are: J. B. Moore. Bennet; E. B. Duling. Raymond; Ted Snyder. Waverly; Thomas Wallin, R 2 Lincoln, and Ned Brown of Arbor. The Railway Commission The senate has lifted up its hand against one of the four "sacred ele phants” of the state government. A joint resolution for a constitu tional amendment has been advanced to third reading, submitting to the people the question of abolishing the railway commission. When the bill first came up in the committee of the whole, a powerful lobby attempted to protect the com mission from the chance of being ta ken for a ride before the people. It was suggested that the commission be placed under the authority of the su preme court, thus mixing up the ex ecutive and Judicial departments. This proposition lost out. As originally drawn the proposal provided that the legislature of 1935 arrange for the taking over of the du ties of the railway commission by some agency of state. Senator O’F’urev made a motion to specify the state of ficials mentioned in the governor's message. In this way the railway com mission might get the benefit of any opposition aroused by the method of handling the work suggested by the governor In this form the proposal was advanced to third residing. The suggestion to let the people vote on the abolition of the railway commission is being fought under the hut from several quarters. Two Platform Pledges Governor Bryan, in an informal message last week, expressed his ap proval of the bill passed by the house to take the party circle from the bal lot. He also approved House Roll 10 by Cone, and H. R. 161 by Chase as meet ing the democratic platform pledge on the plank to do e\*ay with deficiency judgments. These two bills have been endorsed by the house. Uproar about Missouri River naviga tion continued for a time last Friday night. Ex-Oovemor Arthur J. Weaver made a defense against the charges of Crosier of Polk. Mark Woods also en tered the arena. There was little public interest man ifested. From Washington comes the information that the old Missouri River setup has been knocked into a cocked hat. Distribution of contracts to monkey with the old river will not hereafter be handed out as of yore. It is a new deal. Those who have been getting much of the gravy have a rude surprise in store for them after March 4th, it is reported from Washington. Within the next ten <iays the proposed items in the general appropriation bill, it is reported, will be entirely changed and rewritten in the United State senate. Those now waiting in fondest expectancy will later have naught to do but nurse shattered hopes and mourn over fat contracts of other day. When it comes to Nation al politics after March 4th the old re publican crowd does not function. And a river and harbors bill is politics. Nothing else but. Brain Trust Active One of the significant events of the week was the hot spotting of Senator McCarter by the alleged brain trust. Composed largely of professors, the membership of the brain trust is aug mented by representatives of corpora tions and attorneys for the special in terests. The brain trust functions through some civic clubs. The pro ceedings ace never reported. In Lincoln there are about 130 of these bodies, each club working under a pressure during a session of the leg islature. Senator McCarter went on the hot griddle for introducing a gross income tax bill. Coming prepared to riddle the inno cent little bill of the senator from Bayard, they were not ready for a half dozen questions McCarter shot at the trust. These questions had to do with the lack of constructive ideas in braintrustlend and why-the-dickens did all this depression happen and who let it happen. In the ensuing row over which group was most responsible, McCarter eluded the tentacles of the intellectual octo pus. He made his escape to the open air. income tax bill unpunctured. Dur ing the ordeal the senator was buoyed up and encouraged by some private information whispered by a reporter "That bunch," he was informed, have been consistently and uni formly wrong for the last twenty years." The Cone Opinion While attorneys general are seeking to get acquainted with their new du ties and have as yet no time for a quiet perusal of the Nebraska state constitution, it becomes the duty of this newspaper to suggest to Mr. Cone that the last opinion of the attorney general on the moratorium may be safely disregarded. Mr. Cone, without delaying his bill, which, as he claims Bliss, either in his transfer of the as sets of the Guaranty Fund or the De positors Final Statlement Fund or In his distribution of such assets to de positors of the defendant bank ac cording to the legislative mandate con tained in Senate File No. 3. It contains no allegations that Bliss as secretary deliberately and with knowledge of the unconstitutionality of Senate Pile No. 3. or with knowledge of pre-existing judgment liens against the assets of the Guarany Fund, trans ferred the assets of the Guaranty Fund to the Depositors Final Settle ment Fund and then distributed them to the depositors of the defunct bank. It contains no allegation that Bliss as secretary acted in violation of any injunction issued against him by any court at the suit of interested parties forbidding the transfer of assets of the Guaranty Fund to the Final Settle ment Fund and the distribution of as sets so transferred, to depositors of defendant bank according to the "step up-plan". II. Misjoinder of parties defendant in that: The intervener has failed to Include as parties defendant to this action the recipients of the $1321.90 In question and Clarence O. Bliss, the former sec retary of the Department of Trade and Commerce, who distributed the money to them. The receiver of the defunct is not a proper party defendant in this ac tion. Deficiency Judgment Bills The'house Monday afternoon passed Scottsboro Star Witness Repudiates Testimony By Federated Press NEW YORK (FP)—The state's star witness against the nine Scottsboro boys has repudiated her testimony charging them with rape. •‘Those po liceman made me tell a lie," she wrote a former sweetheart "Those Negroes , did not touch me.” The letter containing her denial of the lies she told cn the witness stand was intercepted and suppressed by Huntsville, Ala, police. The Inti. La j bor Defense, which has conducted an ; international fight for the release of the nine Negro youths framed on rape charges, forced the court to pro duce the letter. Written by Ruby Bates, whose testi mony was the basis for sentencing the boys to the chair, the letter knocks the props from under the state's case. When the letter was produced, how ever. the hearing was postponed eight days. Rumors that a lynching Is be ing planned, since the legal lynching may be stopped by this letter, have caused the I. L. D. to demand safe guards for the boys’ lives. "This is my statement because 1 want to make myself clear” the girl wrote to her sweetheart. "I hope you will believe me—the law don’t. I was drunk at the time and didn’t know what I was doing. I know it was wron $ to let those Negroes die on account of me. I hope you will believe my state ment because It is the God’s truth. I hope you tell the law. “P. 8.—This Is one time that I might tell a lie but It Is the truth so God help me.” One of the cases resulted in a mis trial. The Alabama State Supreme Court reversed the conviction of one of the boys, and the U. S. Supreme Court reversed the conviction of the remaining seven. All nine cases are set for retrial In March In (he Scotts boro court, by the same judge who pre - sided over their first trials in an at mosphere of mob rule. A change of venue has been demanded by the I. L. D. Sick List Mrs. Billie Ford McWilliams, who has been ill lor some time, is still im proving slowly. We are very glad to hear of this and hope that she contin ues to improve. Miss Orvilla Banks, one of our tal ented group, who is in the St. Eliza beth hospital, underwent an operation for "appendicitis. At the time of this report she had not regained con sciousness from the ether. We are in deed hoping she is up and around very soon. Rex Williams, 8 years old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Williams, was removed to the St. Elizabeth Hospital Monday afternoon, Feb. 13th. We are very sor ry to hear of this and also hope he will be out soon. -o Entertain Students Miss Charlotte Williams entertain ed a group of high school students on Tuesday evening, Feb. 14, 1933, at her home. 2211 R St. Those present were: Miss Charlotte Williams, Miss Ger trude Buckner, Miss Doris Jones, Miss Bernice Evans. Miss Marian Watkins, Mr. William Molden, Mr. Hershel Bur den, Mr. Sherwood Venerable, and Mr Monroe E. Williams, Jr. The evening was spent with cards and dancing, a most exclusive lunch eon was served—Strawberry jello with mixed fiuits and nuts mounted on let tuce, french sandwitches, sponge cake topped with whipped cream with chopped pineapple and cocoa. All en joyed themselves immensely. House Roil 10 by Cone, forbidding de ficiency judgments. Many lawyers de clared that this bill would not apply to contracts made before the law was passed, while others expressed an op posite view. The bill passed by a vote of 81 to 13. Those voting on the nega tive were: Burr. Chase. Comstock. S. B. Johnson. W R. Johnson. McBride, j O'Gara, Pattavina. Rohlff, Smallwood. Tesar. Turbyfill, and Williams. Next on the list came House Roll 161 by Chase, amending a different sec tion of the statutes and authorizing judges to order resales until the amount of the lien was bid and in this way avoiding a deficiency judg ment. This bill passed 73 to 16 Both H. R. 10 and H. R. 161 go to the sen ate with the emergency clause. The negative votes were: Anderson of Nuckolls. Buffington. Carman. Cone. Dowell, Freeouf. Draff, Havekost, Hawk. Larsen. McMahon. Mitchell, Peters, Warrington. Webber of Colfax, Woodruff Speaker O'Malley issued a state ment to the holiday group after the passage of House Rolls 10 and 161. He said the holiday organization was working for the same things that oc cupied the legislature. He assured them a hearty welcome when they came to Lincoln. A Social Chat With Loretta Mr. and Mrs Cicero Johnson were Omaha visitors over the week-end. Mr Harvey Washington, an old res ident of the city, shows a marked Im provement at th'x writing He has been seriously til for some time. Mr and Mrs. Ed Williamson was at home Sunday afternoon to a few friends. An enjoyable time was had and the hostess served dainty refresh ments. Mr and Mrs. E. Poster entertained a few friends at c-ards last Friday eve ning A buffet luncheon was served which was very appetizing, .uid those present praised Mrs. Foster very high ly as a wonderful hostess The Rev. Burbrldge and Dr. Win chester were Omaha visitors the past week. The Home Benevolent Charity club gave a Valentine party last Tuesday evening at the 1133 M Bt. Hall Mr. Harold Jones and hla red hot orches tra played to one of the largest crowds this winter. The Charity club utytys, enjoys a nice patronage and. through the president, we wish to sincerely thank the public. Making Good William (Bill) Nelson, man about town, has entered the business world and Is nicely established near the Rock Island Station on 19th street. A trip of inspection through Mr" Nelson's Bar-be-cue place shows one of the finest, most modem Bar-be-cue pits I have ever seen, and after eatlmi some of Mr. Nelson's Bar-be-cue I think you will agree with me, that it is the very best in Nebraska. This young man is an old citizen here and is running a clean respectable place, where the very best people cun go and feel free to enjoy a nice meal in peace. Let's help this young man to make good, let’s show him how much we ap preciate the start he has taken, and give him our patronage. After all, the right Vfay of living is the best way. Good luck "Bill". As a compliment to Mrs. Pres-, j Graves, the Review wishes to announce that Mrs. Graves is selling fresh eggs every day at her home, 2700 So. 9th St. F-3226. Quinn Chapel—ftth and C Sts. Sun day, Feb. 19th. The Rev. Mr. Bur hridge, Pastor. Sunday School—9:30 a. m. Mrs. Jas Shelby, Super. Dr. W. B. Brooks, presiding elder of the Omaha District, will fill the pul pit both morning and evening. Love Feast—Friday night. Please have your quarterly conference dues ready. Las. Sunday being Lincoln's birthday, the Revs. Burbridge and Winchester and their respected choirs were hon ored guests of Dr. B. F. Wyland and j members of the Plymoth Congregation- ] al church. 20th &. D Sts. Mr. Wilbur Chenoweth gave an organ recital that was a treat indeed. The choirs from i the Mt Zion Baptist and Quinn chap el sang three beautiful old spirituals I which were very much enjoyed. Ply moth church was packed. The Review takes this means of letting thoee min- j isters know just how much we appre- j ciate their efforts in being one of the | means cf bringing about this closer relation to the races. It’s just one of1 the steps planned for the year 1933 program. .. —■■ "--v - '■ - Sports Dear Sir — Your constant grumble for sport j news concerning Lincoln boy® can now | come to an end, I am only sorry that I don't have time to write more of them. But you may look for at least one article a week. In this particular article I will attempt to give you the “low down" on something that is more or less right here under our nose. A new comer to Nebraska University is Clyde Walton. He halls from Kan sas City. Mo., and is an all-round ath lete—may I add, and is a dam good one. At present Walton may be seen almost any evening working out very diligently on the indoor track at the stadium, and can he go? "Yowsah!” This boy makes the half mile rim look like a sprint. And I “kinda" think Coach Schulte realizes it. too. That is the reason why Walton is going to Wisconsin next year, (it is rumored). Aside from being a track man, Wal ton plays basket bail (his specialty* as hard and as well. Once I asked him why he played so hard when the other boys took it more or less for a joke. He replied. "I've got a goal in view " Well, anyway, if Walton runs the half mile at Wisconsin like he does at the stadium, and what is going to stop him, Lincoln wili have something to be proud of Attention! After this week The Review office will be located at 1031 N. Street. Signed, T. T. McWilliams. Editor and Publisher. Kadke Files Demurrer In Bank Guaranty Suit ('ounae! for the Receiver Interposes Objections to Suits fur $270,000. Attorney P. C. Radke of the receiv ership division of the department of trade and commerce Iras filed a de murrer to the suit to compell depos itors who have received $270,000 under the terms of the Depositors Settlement Fund to pay it bock Senate Pile 3, passed at the special session of the legislature, repealing the old bank guarantee act and creating this scheme of settlement, has been declared un constitutional. Under it was paid out $270,000 to the depositors of the fail ed banks. With the law declared unconstitu tional, the amount would go to the de positors of approximately eight of the banks. Attorney Radke has filed a de murrer In which he assails the theory ft>f preferred settlement on the follow ing grounds: 1. Said petition does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of ac tion against the defendant bank, its assets or receiver in that: It contains no allegation that the re ceiver of the Western State Bank ever come into the possession of the $1321 90 in question. It falls to allege that the sum of $1321.00 was ever Included among the assets of (he defendant bank or had been distributed as dividends from those assets to the depositors. It fails to allege any breach of good faith by the former secretary of the Department of Trade and Commerce, F. C. HADKE only reeks to modify court rules, mere- 1 ly an amendment to “practice and procedure," can easily get the "low down". Mr. Cone does not need to con duct a joint debate with attorneys general. He can smoke the supreme court itself out into the open. And he can do it now. For just notice the following quota tion from Art. V. Sec. 26. Nebraska Constitution: "To the same end. the court may. and when requested by the legislature by joint resolution, shall certify to the legislature, its conclusions as to desir able amendments or changes in the general laws governing such practice and proceedings." All the legislature has to do in this matter is to pass a resolution. Then it is up to the court to purt with some of its wisdom, which can be applied when the bill gets to the senate. The attorneys will now rush in to say that this section was intended for practic rules of attorneys in courts. True enough. But that is all Core’s bill Is for. he says. It amends the general laws and regulates the rules of pro cedure in mortgage cases. And what on earth is the foreclo sure of a mortgage on a good Nebras ka farm if it is not ' such practice and proceedings”? --o Race Cooperation What the colored man needs most as a race is a greater spirit of cooper ation He should entourage every worthy ambition of a membrr of his race, and should patronize and fos ter every laudable enterprise which is controlled b; his people. Tlie colored man can only become a formidable factor in this nation by uniting his forces. It is too common to hear him speak disparingly of his own race. Seine old fossils and fogies take a morbid delight in adverse criticism of themselves. No doubt a first class fu nearl occasionally, is of incalcuable benefit to the race -o Here And There Rex Williams, son of Mr and Mrs. M. E. Williams, was taken to the St. Elizabeth Hospital Monday. FVb. 13th Soma Henie of St. Moritz. Switzer land. is said to be the world’s ama teur skating champion. Why You All Should Take A Race Paper Bach home should have a race paper. Oet one In the columns of which the editors are seeking to build up tho race and not working to pull It down. When you subscribe to thp Review you get one In which the editors display, not pessimistic, but optimistic views of the race. It will be well to remember that It takes, or presumably should take, brains to edit a newspaper Men who have not been trained to think are hardly men to be entrusted with the precious task of giving direction to public opinion. The editorial chair re quires more than that culture received from reading news from other papers The editor who is sending out week by week his paper Into the world ought to be able to grapple with the problems of the day and think them through. There Is too much guessing on the social problems of the day 6y a few editors. Riots and mdbs are the results of false teachings, both on the part of hot-headed anarchists and In competent editors who are not anar chists. You will find that the editorial col umns of this paper show meditation, and is never squared away with a chip on its shoulder, daring someone to knock it off. The paper which spends its time fighting its contem poraries cannot be of much help to its readers. There are two outstanding reasons why you should take the Review. The first is a duty that you owe to your self to keep up with the movements among your own people. Second, you owe It to the race to support a laud able enterprise that looks to the bet terment of the race. Let us also re member, too, that the pulpit, the press and the platform have been the great liberators of the nation. In this land ol ours we need all to plead our cause up and uown the length of the land Put the Review in your home now. -o Obituary Wilson Augustus Hardin was bom on the 8th dny of March, 1864. at New London, Ind., and came west to Lincoln in the year 1882, where he found em ployment with some of Lincoln's first mercantile enterprises. f?oon after coming west. Mr Har din met Mrs. Aille Mason and they were united in marriage on the 16th day of Mny, 1895. As one of the early pioneers in th** restaurant business, Mr. Hardin and his wife conducted several eating es tablishments in Lincoln. In later years he was employed at Hardy, Rudge And Gunzel’s and spent ceveral years with the Hashengerber Store. Although in failing health for some time, It was only since December 28th that he was confined to his home. He had been seriously ill for some time, but lately, seemed well on the road to recovery. However on Feb. 11th, there was a relapse and Mr. Hardin died at 11.45 p. m.. Tuesday, February 14, 1933, of heart attack He Is survived by his wife, Alllc. a brother James B„ of Marrien, Kans, a sister. Lucy Marsh, of Kokomo. Ind . and a daughter. Mrs. Lennle Thomas, and a host of other relatives and friends Final arrangements pending, the body is at Brown's Mortuary. Smalls Injured In Auto Mishap Leaving Lincoln In sub-zero weather last Wednesday and encountering a blinding snow storm after crossing the Kansas line on his way to Kansas City. Mo., his home, W Robert Smalls hit a snow bank just after leaving Hia watha. Kars. He lost control of his car, with this unexpected compact and It turned upside down. Very little damage was done to the car. Mr Smalls received minor injur ies. including bruises and slight lacer ations. He was able to complete his drive home. Mi Smalls is the executive secre tary of the Kansas City Urban League. He had been in Lincoln t .e previous week in the interest of the branch of the Urban League that is to be estab lished here soon. ..--0-" ■■ Lincoln High School News .. . We are very sorry to hear of our fellow student. Miss Orvllla Banks, be ing summoned to the St. Elizabeth i Hospital We hope very much that she I will be able to return home very soon. i
