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♦ EDITORIALS!# |
ARE YOU GAMBLING WITH YOUR RIGHTS
Under the present upset conditions that exist all
over this country, every phase of our National and local
life is at stake. It is the duty and privilege of ever*/ man
and woman of age to Register so they may be able to cast
tluir vote voicing their sentiment in the coming election.
W chance on not registering you are gam- j
i ii: . w ith the environment under which your children are
reared. How are you going to protect and perpetuatej
\ our ou n citizenship as well as others by not voting. When
> nu place your name on the registration records you show*
to the world your approval or disapproval of conditions
that exist. The power of any party, organization or per
son may be terminated by the ballot. Through this criti
cal ->cial and economic turmoil we have enough loud
speakers from the gallery, an idea or thought no matter
how gre esn’t have any weight, unless it materilizes
into a w ritten record. You are not at liberty to demand
the rights of American citizen unless you are a voting
citizen and you cannot be a voting citizen unless you are
registered. The Ballot is the only defense weapon that a
minority group can depend on for preservation of their
future. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, is the last dajy of Regis
tration at the Court House.
CAN HOOVER AND ROOSEVELT EVADE NEGRO
ASKS WORLD TOMORROW EDITORIAL
New York, Oct. 14.—Under the title “Can They
Evade The Issue”, the October 12 World Tomorrow7 edi
torially commends the questionnaire submitted to the
presidential candidates of the two leading political parties
h. the National Association for the Advancement of Col
w
ored People.
“The questions are of great interest to all those who
have b« t-n working for bettered race relations,” says the
t diturial and goes on to call them “pointed, but cruelly
guided shafts aimed directly at the gross hypocrisy of old
parr. pretensions about race relations. To answer them
aifinaativeh would mean, as the N. A. A. C. P. doubtless
know s, the complete reversal of Republican and Demo
cratic practices for years.
“No Democratic or Republican candidate for Pres
iiit-nt could satisfy the Negro on these queries without at
onct breaking up his party and revealing it for the sham I
it i.» . . . . As a journal which, year in and year out, has
ui ced social and civic equality between the races, and
which has eagerly hoped for a stouter militancy among
Negroes themselves in just such ways as that employed
b> the N. A. A. C. P. this fall, we congratulate the organ
ization on this forth-right stroke. It will bring clarity
out of confusion o nthe part of all save those professional
tixers in the old-party machines, whose confusion will, we
trust, be further demonstrated.”
The questions were designed to draw out a complete
stat.Mw-ut of the candidates attitude on all phases of race
relations, including the affairs of Haiti and Liberia.
KEEP GOOD TIMES COMING
Judging from reports “better times are on the way.
The job ahead is to keep them coming. Action is needed
to hasten the ultimate arrival. Many more men must be
put to work so they can buy the food and clothing their
families need. And it must be done with less than the
normal amount of money. Fortunately, the desired result
can be accomplished by adopting a policy of devoting the
pul lie funds to the most useful and most necessary affairs.
For instance, in the matter of roads and streets,
there is no question but that many more miles of useable
surfaces are e.-^sential. These will be most useful when
the type of surface chosen provides the greatest volume of
people with good roads. As one authority says, “We all
prefer plush-seated limousines to Fords, but we do not
prefer to ride nine miles on horseback through the mud
so as to be able to ride a mile in a limousine w hen we could
make it all the way over a cheap road in a Ford.”
Ten miles of “satisfactory” surface is much better
than nine miles of mud or dust and one mile of “excellent”
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road. Each improvement should be justifiable from the
standpoint of need and should be within the size of the
pocketbook.
In the road and street building the amount of the
expenditure, not the products used, governs the number
of men employed.
THE DANGEROUS DRIVING AGE
A serious responsibility rests on parents whose
sons and daughters, under the age of 20, drive automo
biles. It is their duty to impress upon budding men and
women the vital necessity for care, courtesy and obedience
to traffic rules at all times. Themost dangerous age for
drivers is under 20, according to E. E. Robinson, Secre
tary of the National Bureau of Casualty & Surety Under
writers. Out of every thousand drivers under the age of
20 last year, 39 were involved in accidents. From 20 to 29,
36 drivers out of one thousand had mishaps; there were
27 in the ages of 30 to 39; twenty in the ages of 40 to 49,
and 18 out of one thousand in the ages of 50 and over.
There were 26,410 drivers under the age of 18 in
volved in accidents,of which 1,270 were in fatal accidents
and 25,140 in non-fatal accidents. From 18 to 24 there
were 326,690 drivers in accidents which killed 13,000 per
sons and injured 313,690. If parents will constantly em
phasize to their children the necessity for safe driving and
obedience to traffic regulations, it will be reflected in a
diminishing toll of deaths, injury and property damage!
now exacted by the motor car on streets and highways.
THE RUBBISH PEDDLERS
In a recent article in the Atlantic Monthly, John
Maynard Keynse, one of the foremost economists of the
world, said that “in the United States it is almost incon
ceivable what rubbish a public man has to utter tod^y.”
The reason for that is that most public men, partic
ularly those in high office, minimize the intelligence of
the public. They have seen themselves and others swept
into office on platforms consisting mainly or solely of
ancient platitudes, sonorous evasions, polysyllabic mis
representations, and appeals to local prejudices. They
have then acted accordingly.
The public is largely to blame for this condition,
not because of lack of intelligence, not because of a laissez
faire attitude toward the business of government. If the
average well-informed citizen paid as little critical atten
tion to his own business as he does to the public business
he would be bankrupt. There are grounds for hope that
present conditions have awakened the voter. They have
tended to make us think—to look at government and gov
ernment officers with new eyes. If they have done that,
the depression has been worth its cost. And the result will
be that a good many office-holders whose stock in trade is
bunk, will be looking for new jobs in the near future.
Federal Home Loan
Bill
(Continued fro mLast Week)
HOME LOAN BILL
Making and filing of such organization certificate
with the board, such bank shall become, as of the date of
the execution of its organization certificate, a body cor
porate, and as such and in its name as designated by the
board it shall have power to adopt, alter, and use a corpor
ate seal;! to make contracts; to purchase or lease and hold
or dispose of such real estate as may be necessary or con
venient for the transaction of its business, but no bank
building shall be bought or erected to house any such bank,
nor shall any such bank make any lease for such purpose
which has a term of more than ten years; to sue and be
sued, to complain, and to defend, in any court of compe
tent jurisdiction, State or Federal; to select, employ, and
fix the compensation of such officers, employees, attor
neys, and agents as shall be necessary for the transaction
of its business, subject to the approval o fthe board; to de
fine their duties, require bonds of them and fix the penal
ties thereof, and to dismiss at pleasure such officers, em
ployees, attorneys, and agents; and, by its board of direc
tors, to prescribe, amend, and repeal by-law^, rules, and
regulations governing the manner in which its affairs may
be administered; and the powers granted to it by law may
be exercised and enjoyed subject to the approval of the
board. The president of a Federal Home Loan Bank may
also be a member of the board of directors thereof, but no
other officer, employee, attorney, or agent of such bank,
w’ho receives compension, may be a member of the board
of directors. Each such bank shall have all such incident
al pow'ers, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act,
as are customary and usual in corporations generally.
Exemption From Taxation
Sec. 13. Any and all notes, debentures, bonds, or
other such obligations issued by any bank shall be exempt
both as to principal and interest from all taxation (except
surtaxes, estate, inheritance, gift taxes) nowr or hereafter
imposed by the United States, by any Territory, depen
dency, or possession thereof, or by any State, county,
mu nicipality, or local taxing authority. The bank, in
cluding its franchise, its capital, reserves, and surplus,
(32) its advances to members, and its income shall be ex
empt from all taxation now’ or hereafter imposed by the
United States, by any Territory, dependency, or posses
sion thereof, or by any state, county, municipality, or local
taxing authority; except that any real property of the
bank shall be subject to State, Territorial, county, munici
pal, or local taxation to the same extent according to its
value as other real property is taxed. (33) The notes, de
bentures, and bonds issued by any bank shall be accepted
at par by such bank in payment °f or as a credit against
the obligation of any home-ow’ner debtor of such bank.
(Continued to Next Week)
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Contacting With Lennox
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August 12, 1932 the Colored citizens of Omaha; ob
Miller Cereal Mills, serving different firms; especially
26th and Center, those concerns where we spend our
Omaha, Nebraska. money, and little or no employment or
Dear Sir: consideration is given in return for
For some time an attempt has been same,
made to assist the unemployed among Year after year indirectly, this
HUTTEN AND CRAWFORD WIN
FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Jess Hutten and J. Dillard Craw
ford staged a real victory when they
won the final match play of the Swas
tika Golf Club, on the Dundee and
Elmwood Golf Courses last week.
Hutten and Crawford beat Galloway
and Marshall on the 35th hole a
scheduled 36 hole match. Putting was
the deciding factor of the match.
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KID CHOCOLATE RECOGNIZED
AS FEATHER CHAMP IN NEW
YORK STATE
Kid Chocolate stopped Lew Feld
man in the 12th round of their 15
round go, at Madison Square Garden,
last Thursday eve. This is the third
time that Chocolate had whpiped
Feldman. The crowd was small. The
promoter took it on the chin for a
few erbs. Chocolate started out
slowly> missing Feldman, taking one
and landing one every now and
then. Chocolate usually fights ag
gressively, right from the beginning
and seldom misses his rim. In the
7th round a spark of life came into
Chocolate and it was woe unto Feld
man. Chocolate ducked, sidestepped,
counter punch, and crossed in other!
words the Cuban was aggressive on
the offense and elusive on the de
fense. In the 12th round, the Kid’s
barrage, tore the flesh from above
Feldman’s eye, paralyzing his ability i
to fight back". Referee Haley rescu
ed Lew from his beating by award
ing Chocolate the fight, Tommy
Paul of Buffalo holds the National
Boxing Associaion Championship
crown. Since bat Battilino, gave up
the title to go into a heavier class,
Chocolate now has a right to stake
his claim against Paul for National
recognition as the feather champ. On
the eve before the fight the flashy Cu
ban was a 2 to 1 favorite over Feld
man.
AT THE GYMN
It’s the whole conversation up at
the A and dubyn, Walter Grimes has
given the terrible Pop Eye a black
eye. Grimes blames Pop Eye for
fighting instead of working out. Pop
Eye claims that Grimes had black
thoughts about him, deep down in
his heart, which composed a grudge
affair between the two. M. F. Gate.
ly the manager of these 2 palookas
is trying to get Promoter Mickey
Kane to bill them on next Monday’s
card at the Auditorium.
Johnny Connely is still using his
persistence in trying to place Kid
Chocolate in stable. Kid Chocolate
has a sprained finegr. His absence
from the Gymn will last for 2 weeks
Billy Love will fight up in Lincoln
Wednesday p. m.
Everybody’s going Where? To the
Calloway Cabaret Benefit Dance for
’he Unemployed Married Men’s Coun.
group spends a large sum for your
products, helping to fortify your in
dependence and making your business
stronger and more greatly fortified, to
the extent we believe some consider
ation is due us; and we were wonder
ing if possible, you would kindly con
sider taking on a few well recom
mended Colored employees.
We realize you could perhaps estab
lish an existence without our patron
age, and do not mean to be unfair,
but as we are also your customers, we
are appealing to your sympathy for a
group who are “the last to be hired
and the first to be fired;” the major
ity of businesses and concerns using
this body of people as a means to an
end.
Conditions of today are not favor
able we realize in regards to employ
ment, but if help is needed in your
Company, we are asking that you
kindly give this body consideration,
for regardless of how well qualified or
intelligent a member of this group
may be, when applying for a job, he
is given the least, or no consideration,
and this is not fair, as they have to
pay the same fee as others for every
thng obtained.
Representing Q% of the total popu
lation of Omaha; an equal sum is
spent for the different products man
ufactured in this city by the said
group, and we believe employment in
proportion should be given to us; or
the same chance and consideration
when seeking employment, as is given
to any other body of people.
In this group ar those who are as
appreciative, willing, dependable, and
trusty as are found in any other body
of people, for I am sure you realize the
same as I; the good, bad, and indiffer
ent are found in all regardless of
race.
Having been given promises that
never materialize by many different
firms, we are hoping to receive a fav
orable consideration in regards to this
matter from your Company, which
will be highly appreciated by the
masses of this group, and same will
not be forgotten.
Thanking you for whatever consid
eration you may give, I am
Respectfully yours,
DR. C. B. LENNOX
August 15, 1932
Dr. G. B. Lennox,
1502 North 24th Street,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Sir:
Your letter ^ugust 12th.
We do not discriminate against col
ored people when employing people to
work in our plant. We have two col
ored men now in our employ and will
certainly make no objections to em
ploying others when and if they can
be used.
Just at this time it is impossible to
take on any new help. In fact, it is
very difficult for us to keep our old
employees on the pay-roll.
We are in full sympathy with the
problem of the colored people. They
should be encouraged and helped in
every possible way. We shall always
endeavor to do our part in this work.
Thanking you kindly for your let
ter, we wish to remain
Yours truly,
MILLER CEREAL MILLS
By Ed S. Miller
August 17, 1932
Miller Cereal Mills,
26th and Center, .
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Mr. Miller:
I am in receipt of your kind letter
of August 15th, and appreciate the
information you gave concerning a
worthy body of people, who are seek
ing an honest consideration, in order
to properly provide for the loved
ones in their homes.
The majority of our men and wo
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serving, dislike to apply for positions,
due to having been turned away so
many different times unpleasantly and
indifferently; and we are indeed glad
to know your thoughts and opinion
concerning this group; appreciating
highly the information that you have
two Colored men on your pay roll.
We sincerely believe you will give
us future consideration if it is in any
way possible, and the same will be
greatly needed and appreciated.
Hoping each of the said employees
will prove worthy, and again thank
ing you fo ryour fair consideration,
and appreciative letter, I am
Very truly yours,
DR. G. B.’LENNOX
PRIVATE THEATER PARTY
JEAN CALLOWAY and her Red
Hot Recording Orchestra in town TO
DAY. A big Private Theater Party is
being arranged for JEAN’S Enter
tainment. EVERY BODY is going.
WHERE???? To the Dreamland
Hall, Monday, October 24th, 1932.
SAM BROWN and His 8 Tap Dancing
Girl’s Revue, will put on a dance that
won’t let you behave. The Committee
on Reservations, has reported 600
reservations made. You’ll have to
hurry. Just a few left, for the City
Ordinance will not permit an over
crowded Dance Hall. Call We. 5020.
After 5 P. M. call We. 0790.
The Vital Issue
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Wlashingotn (CNS) The Richmond
(Va.) Planet “America’s oldest Col
ored Weekly” in its leading editorial
October 15, says:
“It is the opinion of this newspa
per that a vote for Hoover and Curtis
offers the best way out for the em
battled business man, worker and
farmer, regardless of color or race.”
Discussing what it terms “The Vit
al Issue” the Planet says:
“The most impressive paragraph in
President Hoover’s Des Moines
speech and the one deserving of the
most thoughtful consideration was
uttered after a graphic and detailed
description of the perils which besets
this nation and reads as follows:
‘Let no man tell you that it could
not be worse.
It could be so much worse that
these days now, distressing as they
are, would look like veritable prosper
ity.’
“The vital issue of this campaign
revolves around this statement. If
Mr. Hoover has held the lines, resist
i ed the attack and is now successfully
counter-attacking a world-wide de
pression which destroyed our pros
perity, threw millions of men out of
work and threatened the very foun
dation of our government, he is en
titled to re-election, and all thought
! ful voters, Negroes included, should
contribute to this result.”
Habits*
(by A. B. Mann)
Boasting of Lineage
(The Literary Service Bureau)
In “Bringing Up Father” a man
| said to Jiggs, “I can trace my father
back to the Mayflower.” Jiggs’ re
' ply was, “I traced mine back to the
County jail, and then, I did not trace
; him any farther.”
There are skeletons in perhaps ev
ery family closet. There have been
moral errancies and divergencies a
mong the best families of the coun
try, and of the world. These things
doubtless are known to many of our
neighbors. We can never know j’ust
when some one wrho knows is listening
i to our boasting's anrl tmott \\r%
errancies and divergencies. So, it is
very unwise to boast.
Then, ths is an age of freedom, of
opportunity, and of personal respon
sibility and personal accountability.
In this age, one’s gains or losses, ad
vances or retreats, successes or fail
ures, are pendant upon and attribut
able to his own activities. Therefore,
while lineage has its effects and in
fluences, both for and aganst, it is
the individual effort that counts and
will be considered when life’s balance
sheet is examined. Yes, boasting of
lineage is both foolish and vain.
Pol"
In^H
New York. Oct. 18—P. B. Young,
editor of the Norfolk Journal and
Guide, the largest Negro paper in the
Tidewater section, has announced that
he is supporting Governor Roosevelt
for President and will make speeches
in his behalf.
Senator Swanson of Virginia in
commenting on Mr. Young’s state
ment said: “I always knew that as
soon as our Virginian Negroes dis
tinguished between their friends and
mere pretenders they would join rhe
Democratic ranks. Our problem; are
the same in the state and the sooner
we understand that and work together
for their solution the sooner both
races will fully come into their own.”
New York, Oct. 18—Mrs. Mamie
Williams, lormer iiepuDlican National
Committeewoman tor Georgia, has de
clined to serve as a member of the
Negro Planning Committee to seive
as a Board ot otrategy during the
campaign. She charges that her name
has been used without her consent.
Mrs. Williams, who has never been
recognized by Hoover Administra
tion as Republican National Commit
teewoman for Georgia although duly
elected at the Kansas City convention
in 1928, avows that she has no in
tention to support Hoover and Curtis
after the treatment she received from
the Administration in power at Wash
ington.
New York, Oct. 18—H. G. Mudgal,
editor of the Negro World, is in re
ceipt of a communication from Gover
nor Franklin D. Roosevelt in which
the Democratic standard-bearer for
the President commenting on the dis
integration of the Negro vote, said:
“I am glad to say that I have no
ticed the great swing among your
people to the Democratic Party. Be
lieving as I do ,that the under-lying
principles of the Democratic Party
stand for more representative govern
ment than those of any other, this
seems to me altogether logical and t?
be expected. We stand for a fair,
deal to the small obscure individual
rather than for the protection of pri
vate privileged interests. I would
urge you members, as I do ail voters,
to study these underlying principles
as well as the record and policies of
the various political leaders. When
our citizens vote by reason lather than
by emotion, we shall have a truly en
lightened electorate.”
New York, Oct. 18—Prominent white
and colored stars of the stage and
screen have volunteered to take part
in the pre-election victory entertain
ment to be given by the Roosevelt
for President Club of Harlem, at the
Renaissance Casino, Saturday evening,
October 8th. Among the colored art
ists to appear will be Cab Calloway,
George Dewey Washington, Edith
| Wilson, Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, the
Three Keys, Charles Johnson’s band,
j Small’s Paradise Blue Rythm Band,
j Eleanor Snowden’s Torch Club Or
| chestra, Ernest Whitman, Danny
Smalls, Mae Alix, Mabel Scott, Myra
Johnson, William Sellman, Meers and
; Norton, the Four Flash Devils, Pal
j mer Brothers, the Three Dancing De
mons, Paul Bass and his Syncopators
| and Irvin Miller.
The entertainment will be made
possible through the courtesy of the
Stage and Screen Division of the
Democratic National Campaign Com
mittee
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Douglas, Washington, and Burt j
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