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v Istoricfci ULARENCE DARROW DENIES JO CHURCH —O 0 0 0— —0 0 0 0— —O 0 0 0— 0 0 O 0-0 0 — 0 0 SO,000 People Read The Only Paper of fis 9 The Omaha Guide Kind West of the Every Week Missouri River HEW TO THELINE\ _VOL. VI._Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, October 1, 1932_ _Number Thirty-Two. «-1 I I II II ITune In | "DI6ESTIK6 [he DEWS"! BROADCASTED i Every Week from this Column J By CLIFFORD C. MITCHELL i THREE MICHIGAN CANDIDATES— • * • Ordinarily the race would have cause for rejoicing over the winning of three .-uch major nominations as two republican candidates for the state senate and one republican candi date for congress, but not so this year, especially when the recent pri mary vote is thoroughly analayzed. * * * In the newly reapportioned first congre.--iiona! district, Charles H. Ma honey, lawyer and insurance executive of Detroit, won the nomination with a plurality of about two thousand votes but securing only a third of the total party votes. Add to this fact that the democrats polled twice as many votes as the republicans and over fifteen times as many demo crats votes were cast than in the pre vious primaries and you are forced to picture a gloomy outlook for our race candidate. • • • In the second senatorial district, Dr. 0. H. Sweet, Detroit, won the plurality vote but securing less than half of the party votes, while the democrats polled twice as many votes as the republicans and over twenty times as many democratic votes cast than in the last primaries, so, again, our candidate's possibilities are dimmed. • • • Senator Charles A. Roxborough, of the third senatorial district, and a leading Lawyer of Detroit, won his re nomination with a more favorable showing than the two other candidat es. The Senator not only won the republican plurality but be also re ceived about sixty-five per cent of the total republican votes cast. Even ■o, however, the democratic threat in his district is quite apparent, for the democrats polled more votes than the republicans whereas in the pre vious primaries the democrats showed less than one tenth of their present strength. • • * Two other colored candidates fin ished as “runner-ups”. H. Percival Thompson, ran second to Dr. Sweet, and J ulian W. Perry ran second to Senator Roxborough. Dr. James W. Ames did not fare so well in the congressional race and ran fourth , being defeated by Lawyer Mahoney and two white candidates. In the fifteenth congressional district, our two candidates, William T. Pat rick. Sr., and Henry H. Tarrant, fin ished eighth and twenty-sixth, res pectively. None of the ten race can didates for state representative fin ished among the first seventeen nom inees. • • • Therefore, on the basis of what has already transpired. Senator Roxbor pugh appears to be the only candi date with a probability of winning in the November elections. The other two candidates, like the Senator, must not only garner all the race votes but they must fight for their own party votes and also combat the even greater threat of the democrats who, particularly in Detroit, are rap idly gaining in power and influence. We must look these facts in the face and fight to overcome them, if such is possible, not withstanding that the democrats are in the ascendency even in Michigan. • NOTICE! Have you registered yet? If you have changed your address since the April Primaries, you must register to vote. November 8th, 1932. DO IT NOW! For your convenience the Election Commissioner will provide for you to register at the Office of the The OMAHA GUIDE, 2418-20 Grant St., Thursday and Friday, October 13th, and 14th from 1 p. m. to 9 p. m. REGISTER NOW!! --- 0; Political Paragraphs (By Capitan) (A Capital News Service Feature) 0 --0 You Must Register I If you want to be treated like a | citizen, you must act like one. If you are discontent with the way things are being handled in local, State or Federal Government, there is no use complaining unless you intend to back up that complaint with your actual vote. For the business of politics is one of “put up or shut up.” And, one of the reasons why the Negro electorate in many large centers is not given its fair share of patronage, is not considered in matters of civic improvement, is because the men and women who carries that electorate don’t care enough about their fran chise to exercise it. There is today hardly a city north or South where Negroes may not vote. In the South intimidation s.till per sists, it is true. But there is little question that in the larger cities of the South the Negro can vote in general elections. In the North and West there is not even a question of this right. But you cannot vote unless you reg ister. Above all things the Negro bal lot holder should register and conform to the necessary requirements of his State election law. It is all very well to decide which candidate you will support and to be able to give pro- ! found reason for your choice. But that mental effort will be fruitless, if on election day you find that you have neglected to register. Not only is it your duty to do this, but you ought to see to it that your family and friends are also registered. It doesn’t matter so much how a man votes as that he does vote. Once you get people in the habit of voting, they will learn soon enough not to waste their ballots by voting foolishly. Election day comes in November. We all know that. But how many know when the period for registration be gins and ends. This is the more im portant date to find out, to remember and to act upon. The campaign slo gan all Negroes can agree upon is, “Let us cast every vote we can in the November election.” It is useless to grumble about not being treated like a citizen, unless you act like one. Police Summoned to Legion Meeting Police officers Jenkins and Ma thews were called to American Legion Meeting last Friday night to quell an argument over the refusal of the Com mander and his staff of officers to audit the books of the Post, and show how the shortage alleged to exist came about. The Officers came on complaint of the Commander, that there was a gun in the room. How ever, no such weapon was in evidence as they could not find it when officers arrived. Neither could they find out who placed the call, until the Sgt. at Arms was pressed for a statement. He finally, Chris Cochran, admitted that Coleman had transmitted him the order from the Commander of the Post. It was generally admitted to be one of the most collossal blunders of the season. John T. Fields made a I strong plea for an audit of books for the protection of the Post Charter and its members. A motion was passed upon to apoint an auditing Commit tee but the Commander refused to ap point the committee. The meeting was adjourned. Next meeting night nomination of officers. — 1 ———— ——.-""I—11 I - Omahans Welcome Roosevelt Camp Investigator Testifies Before War Dept. Brutality and Peonage in Mississippi Area Washington—(CU^S) — Determined to stamp out evil and prejudiced con ditions among Negro contract labor engaged on Federal construction pro jects, representatives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held a conference here last week with Brigadier General C. B. Pillsbury, Assistant Chief of Army Engineers, and laid before him factual evidence to substantiate their recent charges that a condition of “virtual peonage existed on the Miss issippi Riveqj Flood Control project.” Walter White, executive secretary of association, and Miss Helen Board man, white, who was the association’s special investigator in the Mississippi area, were present at the conference. Newspapermen were excluded from the meeting by General Pillsbury, \vho said that the meeting was not in the nature of a hearing, since none of the contractors accused of brutality and peonage were to be present. However, an advance statement giving an abstract of Miss Boardman’s testimony before the War Department official was released by the National Association. Miss Boardman was for merly an investigator for the Ameri can Red Cross. An article written by her in the Crisis revealing unfair treatment of Negroes by Red Cross units is said to have led to her dis missal. According to the N. A. A. C. P. statement Miss Boardman visited 22 contractor’s camps along the Mississ ippi River and in all of them she found “unspeakable conditions, with brutality the rule." The admissions of white contractors and foremen, Miss Boardman said, corroborated the charges made by the Negroes, whom she described as terri fied and afraid to talk. “They would talk to me only if no white people other than myself were in sight, and then only if introduced by some one whom they knew,” Miss Boardman said. “Brutality in the camps is the rule. In one place the contractor, a man of particularly violent temper, was re ported as having picked up a club and knocked a worker down simply be cause he did not like the way he looked at him. Women were beaten for not having meals ready on time. Two men were beaten and discharged for refusing night work after having worked all day. “Some of the contractors and fore men were armed with rifles. I saw them myself. The heat was terrific. The men were driven in a temperature of 120 degrees in swamps filled with mosquitoes. Sanitary Conditions Scored “I saw Negroes living in ragged, miserable and over-crowded tents, unscreened (from mosquitoes and flies, surrounded in some cases by piles of INTRODUCED ROOSEVELT O ■■ 1 - ■' —— ■ - n EDWARD R. BURKE Candidate for CongTess from the 2nd District, who introduced Frank lin D. Roosevelt in front of the Court House, Wednesday at 1 p. m. Husband Killed When He Attacks wife with Vase Ballard Hawkins, 2513 M St., was shot and killed by his common-law wife; Marie Fellows, during a quarrel at their home Thursday night. She said she fired five times in self de fense when he attacked her with a vase. She is being held. j “Has the Leopard Changed Its Spots or is it the effect of Hawaii? ! New York City (ONS)—Clarence Darrow, America’s foremost agnostic was reported last week as having | joined a church. The church men tioned was the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, of which Dr. John Dietrich, one of the leading disciples | of Charles Francis Potter, founder of th» First Humanist Society of New York, Inc. is pastor. Announcement oi the alliance of Darrow with the Hu manist Society was made last week to members of the society in New York by Howard G. Kraus of the Humanist extension Bureau. Clarence Darrow in a statement to the press denied hav ing joined the church, but admitted that he was to lecture for them. With the announcement that Darrow had joined a church, his friends re ceived no less a shock than they re ceived when Darrow, 4fho had always been a foe of mob violence decided to defend the Massie lynchers in that celebrated “travesty on justice” of a few months ago, about which startling disclosures may soon be made. Dar row who is on the board of directors of the N. A. A. C. P. has not fully ex plained this action to the satisfaction of the colored people who looked upon him as their friend and champion. garbage. The men worked from 12 to 16 hours a day. On the outskirts of some of the camps there were groups of hungry unemployed men waiting for any vacancy, a condition of which the foreman took full ad vantage. Wages amounted from $1 to $2.50 a day, but by the use of a I trick commissary system even that amount was seldom paid. “The workers were forced to pay a weekly fee of $4 or $5 whether they traded at the commissary or not. In addition they were charged, according to the whim of the commissary agent for all sorts of necessities, such as 50 cents a week for drinking water, $1 a week for tent rent, which was sup posed to be free; $1 a week for cook’s ! fee. 25 cents for 15 cent cigarettes and other prices in proportion. “One man told me he got $1.50 for three week’s work.” Miss Boardman blamed the contract ] system used by the War Department for the worst abuses, saying that at one government camp conditions were much better, both as to living and wages, and there was no commissary there, although the men there, too, were worked twelve hours a day. MOB DRAGS YOUTH FROM JAIL AND HANGS HIM Crossett, Ark.—(CNS)—While wo men and children looked on as interest ed spectators, the men of Crossett dragged a young Negro from jail here and hung him to a light pole immed iately in front of the jail in the busi- j ness district of the town. He had slashed the throat of a deputy in a ' futile attempt to escape a few min utes before. The youth, Frank Tucker, 24, had been arrested on a charge of trying to steal from a bank teller’s window. He did not get the $10 which he is Here’s how Gov. and Mrs. Roosevelt lookel in their car as it left the Burlington Depot Thursday morning for the parade through the business district and out through Douglas County to the Sumnick Home near Waterloo. alleged to have attempted to snatch from the banl^ official. Tucker was awaiting a hearing in the jail under guard of Sheriff’s Dep uty Reed. He is alleged to have whip ped out a razor and demanded that the deputy give up his gun. The deputy claims that Tucker then sprang upon him, cut his throat and ran from the building. After a short chase by bystanders, Tucker was recaptured and returned to a cell in the jail. A few minutes later he was dragged threefrom by an angry mob which quickly gathered and hung to the electric ligiht pole in front of the jail in the heart of the city’s business district. WHITE REDS TARRED AND FEATHERED IN FLORIDA Tampa, Fla. — (CNS) — Two men, who had been arrested and held for several hours in connection with a Federal Investigation of communistic activities, here Monday, were kid napped shortly after their release, when they were but a few Bteps from the police station, driven to a lonely spot, severely beaten and tarred and feathered. They were found early the follow ing morning seriously wounded. At the hospital their condition is believed to be serious, for in addition to their wounds they are suffering from expos ure from the night spent in the woods with tar infecting their cuts and bruises. Both men are white. Officials claim that they doubt if the men will be able to identify the members of the mob who attacked them. We extend a heartfelt welcome to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, candidate to the presidency of the United States on his visit to Omaha this week. Our people express sincere regard for the Governor of the State of New York who is being popularly carried for ward to the greatest honor of our na tion. To John Nance Garner, his running mate and other officials members of the entourage here with Governor Roosevelt, on his campaign tour throughout the nation, we are pleas ed to have you with us. We sincerely hope that this visit will leave a lasting impression of the greatness of our enterprise in the Middle West and a comprehensive understanding of its varied problems. Roosevelt was officially welcomed by our Efficient Governor Charles W Bryan, in behalf of the people of Ne braska, Addresses of welcome were also made by Edwin P Burke, prom inent local attorney and candidate for Congress, and Francis P. Matthews, chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. They lauded the splen did work and activity of Roosevelt and Garner and expressed the well wishes and appreciation of our local citizens on their visit here and of the success of their campaign. The Presidential candidate and his party were the guests of Governor Bryan, Mr. Burke and Mr. Matthews while on their stay here. They head ed" a huge parade through the down Uwn area and were then taken on a tour through the city and the Stoc k yards district. They also visited several farms in this territory. Roosevelt praised the progress and loyalty of the Nebraskans and ex pressed his views on the agricultural situation of which he has made a thorough practical study. Governor Bryan told of the needs of Nebraska, of our farms and other enterprises. Contract Bridge Knows No Colorline Washington—(CNS)—Negroes are not allowed to take part in national tennis or golf matches, but contract bridge will know no color iine if the plans of the Musolit Club here to enter a team in the National Bridge Association tournament mature. Al ready Mr. Ely Culbertson, president of the association, has invited the Musolit Club to hold its local tourna 'ment as a part <fo the American Bridge Olympic to be held all over the coun try on October 19 and the club has accepted. Dr. R. B. Pearson, a mem ber of the club, has been made game captain and will be in charge of the arrangements. Some 40 or more players, who took part in the Musolit Club Round Robin Bridge tournament last spring, will compete in the Olympic and winners of the club competition will then com pete with white teams for State and national honors. It is likely also that there will be colored players in the first annual Contract Bridge Cham pionship tournament to be held in Chicago during the World’s. Fair. A number of colored persons throughout the country have qualified as teachers of the Culbertson con tract system. An interesting story has recently been told with regard to one such qualified teacher in Lynch burg, Virginia. The report is that a white woman in that city wrote to Mr. Culbertson, who is a Russian Jew, and asked that he recommend a teach er of his system. A colored lady, who had qualified under the rigid Culbert son rules, was recommended; and the white lady sought her out only to dis cover that she was colored. Then she wrote a bitter letter to Mr. Culbert son complaining in fine Southern style. His reply .according to the re port, was short and sweet. It simply said: “Dear Madam, Contract Bridge knows no color line.” The Emotions & Marriage The Y. W, C. A, is offering a six weeks course on MARRIAGE. Are you happily married? Are you going to be married ? This discussion course will start in October with Mrs. Saidee 0. Harris, leader. The following sub jects will be discussed beginning, October 3, 1932. Registration fee 26c. Monday, 7:30 p. m.—“The Emotions and Marriage.” A six week's dis cussion course, with the following subjects. Oct. 3—What controls my behavior? Oct. 10—What is morality? Oct. 17—Should we educate for marriage? Oct. 24—What is the influence of emotional habits on marriage? Oct. 31—Is married life more diffi cult today? If so, why? Nov. 7—What is a successful mar riage? “Yoo MUST Register To VOTE”
