Pilgrim Baptist Church. North 25th and Hamilton St*.. Rri. James H. Drtsaa, Pastor, Sunday was a beautiful day and the members of the Sunday School seem to have been thankful for they were very much on time. After a good song service and the regular opening exercise the classes marched to their respective rooms with the teachers in charge. Remarks and announce, menu were made by the assistant sopt Fred Dixon. 1 wo visitors were present. The choir inarched in at 10:45 o’clock. The pastor Rev. Dot. son preached from the subject, “We are Well Able’’ using as a text Num. ber* 13:30 and Caleb stilled the peo. pie before Moses, and *.aid, ‘let us go at once and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.’ In his remarks he said that, we should not question God, and that we as Christians should be willing to face life’s problems and not listen to evil reports and take a stand for right and righteousness. A very good at tendance with several visitors. Pil grim welcomes visitors, come again. Our evening srevices are very brief. The pastor filled the pulpit again. We are always out at nine o’clock. The f.naneial drive u still going on. The women registered one hundred miles and the men one hundred miles The women are still in the lead. Din_ nner will be served at the Church Thursday from twelve o’clock until ? The Church is havig a picnic at Mil ler park all day Friday. Hot dogs sandwiches, ice cream, pop and other refreshments will be sold. The public is invited to come out and enjoy your, aelf. Ball game, races, croquette and several other games will be played. The Ever Loyal Club will have a Trip Around the World August 17th. Cars will leave the Church at eight thirty for only 15 cents or two for a quar ter including the ride and refresh ments. Mrs. Clara Dacus. Pres. The pastor will preach at the St. John’s Baptist Church. Thursday evening of this week. St. Benedict Catholic Chufeh. 2423 Grant St.. Father Daily. Pastor, M. C. Arbuckle. Pastor Sunday being the 9th Sunday after Fenitcost, the Epistle is found in First Corinthians 10:6_13. Tjje Gos_ pel of St. Luke 41:47. Catechism is being taught every Sunday in the school building by Miss Mary Anne Founder and Miss Mary Schroeder and the children are learning the Christian doctrine very fast. Sunday August 13th there will be a dinner and exhibit held at the school in the afternoon. The St. Benedict’s Im_ provement Club’s lawn social was sure a success as was reported by Mrs. Mabel Fields. Pres. Keep an eye open for entertainments for this fall and winter. A bakery sale was sponsored July 9 by Mrs. Mary Scott and Sarah Lindsay for the benefit of St. Bene_ diet Church. The Ladies were very successful in their attempt. Those assisting with the baking are: Mrs. Sarah Lindsay*, Madeline Sterling, Mary Davis. Lulls Roundtree and Me Kim. The sales ladies were Mrs. Mary Scott. Lewis Carpenter and Mr*. Aron Glass. Those who donated to this worthy cause were Mr. Russel Lewis, Mrs. White. Mrs. Mary Davit, Mrs. V. Metayer, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. James, Mrs. Mrs. Vivian Carpenter, Mrs. Rath Williams and Mr. and Mrs Ward Morris. Mr. Sims did the de_ livering with and for the ladies. Father Daily donated the use of his ear. St. John A ME. Church, “The Friendly Church” 22nd and Willis Avenue, Rev. I, P. Bryant, Pastor, The servicc-s at St. John last Sun. day were well attended in spite of the hot weather. Rev Bryar.t preached a strong ser_ men on “The Holy Mount of Prayer” Some of the thoughts to be remem. be red are as follows: “We Need the True Teat of Discipleship; to Stand the Test we must often deny Our. selves, which is after all one of our best tests; prayer is the key to thing* invisible, and if one really prays sincerely, it will bring joy and peace out of sadness. If one takes hfs place in life and serves God, he will get his reward. The Mary Lee Circle, a club of the children of the Church, gave a Holly, wood wedding last Friday ni^ht, which was quite a success. It shows the results of hard work by the child, ren and those who trained them. The Booster Club and Usher Board report a successful evening out at the Park last Wcdnes-iay. As the Conference will open at St. John on Sept. 27. the t'-bs and board* have began making Plans to see that everything will be in readi. nes» when the time comes. Rev. Bryant started giving out “Dollar Money” envelopes last Sunday. He hopes that afi members and friends will get one of the envelopes and put at least a dollar in it. There is a chart on the envelope that shows just where every cent of the money is to be U3ed. As you read the Omaha Guide you will hear more about the conference and the noted people from all parts of the country who are to be in your city. Watch carefully for your close friends who may be coming. We hope you will fall in line and help put this conference over in fine shape as it will be a credit to your city as well as one of your churches. Visitors are always welcome to St.; John and are invited to make it their church home while in t*he city. Sun_ i day school at 9:30. Morning services! 10:45 a. m. Endeavor 6 p. m. and Evening services 7:45 p. m. .Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 24 th and Ohio Sts., Rev. F. P. Jones, Pastor Sunday was another great day at Mt Moriah. Sunday school opened at 9:30 with the usual enthusiastic at_ tendance. A vote of thanks was giv_ , en the Supt., Teachers and Church by the pupils, to express their apprec. iation for the enjoyable outing which was given them last Thursday at Elmwood Park. The Evangelistic period was conducted by Miss Alace Parks. Short Talks were made by Harold Biddeaux and Cola Mae Kemp. Since this was the day of our Flag Rally, pastor Jones preached a very unique and helpful sermon on the flag. The colorful display of flags of various sizes which bedecked tbs platform blended with inspirational attitudes‘of the worshippers, creat. ed an atmosphere of deep devotion and loyalty. The marked progress in the work of the church was comment, ed upon by the pastor, and the con. gregation shouted praises to God for answered prayer. The Junior de_ partment of the BYPU. under the direction of Miss Ethel Speese ren. dered a very excellent program at the B^ PU. hour. At 3:00 p. m. another spiritual feast was enjoyed. Rev. Can. non of the Paradise Baptist Church, and a large number of his members were present. Rev. Canon preached a wonderful sermon, subject “They Watched Him to Accuse Him”. At 8:00 p m. a very inspiring and ed ucational address was delivered by Dr. W. L. Straub Institute of English. The Men’s chorus sang at this serv ice. and led the audience to a high spiritual level by tl\e rendition of their numbers. Mr. Edward Beasley is director, and Deacon Miles Speese p:anist. At the close of this service the audience was given a most unus ual surprise. Rev. Anthony, pa*tor of Salem Baptist Church suddenly ap peared on the rostrum coming in through the robing room, and de manded all to pass down that he had come to take charge, at the same in stant his choir passed into the choir stand, and his members began com ing in at the front entrance. The entire congregation joined in singing Amazing Grace How Sweet It Sounds, after which Rev. Anthony de livered a sermonette on “The Service of Christ”. At this period all who had not taken down a flag were per mitted to do so according to the a_ : unt of money they gave. The Aux iliaries who made their monthly re ports, were also permitted to take down a flag, then all who had flags were called to the rostrum and while they sang the benediction waved thei^ flags in glorious adoration to God. ' old drink? were served to all by the' Courtesy committee after dismissal. A hearty welcome is extended to all who will accept our invitation to all of our services. Bethel Baptist Church, 21*1 h and T Sts.. Rev, J. H. Jackson, Pastor, s J. C. Collins, Reporter The Sunday school is steadily mov. ing forward. ()vr 11 o’clock worship services was well attended. The speaker of ' morning and evening services in ':;e absence of our pastor, Rev. J. II.j Jackson was Rev. S. D. Rhone of this city. His subject for the morn. | ing worship was “Jesus the Light and the Darkness”. This was a wonder, ful message. The ever ing worship began at 8 o’clock. Rev. Rhone had as his sub set “I am the Way.” Persons hear, ing this sermon were greatly benefit, ed as this message was applied to our every day lives. Rev, Rhone is connected with the Woodson Center. Visitors and friends are always welcome to worship with us at the Bethel Baptist Church. Zion Baptist Church 2215 Grant Street Rev, C. C. Harper, Pastor, Rev. J. R, Young, Ass’t Pastor Sunday school 9:30 a. m. H. L. Anderson, Supt. Morning service was preached by Rev. J R. Young, Senior Choir furnished music ,for the day. Mrs. Bessie Kirby, pres. Mrs. Anderson. Sec’y and Mrs. Ada Wood. ' son. director. The State Rally held Sunday af ternoon rendered a very inspiring program conducted by Mrs. C. C. Harper. At the close of the service all was served with lemonade and cake. The night service was preached by the Rev. J. S. Williams, of Hillside Presbyterian Church, who brought to us a very inspiring message on the doctrine of True Christianity. The BYPU. will meet next Sunday at 6 p. m. Sunday’s program will he rendered by Group No 1 with D. Crawford, captain. Paradise Baptist Church 23rd and Clark Sts., Rev. N. C. Cannon, D D. pastor We are happy to announce that our pastor was with us ail day last Sunday, after 90 days of Evangelistic touring. While away the pastor was called to the First Baptist Church, South Sioux City, Nebraska, but we are thankful to say that he has de_ dined this offer. Services were well attended Sun v \, and the spirit v/a>: high with’a the walls of Paradise. We enjoyed a powerful sermon delivered by cur pas. tor at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church at 3 p. m. Don’t forget that a great' revival is now going on at our Church, and is being conducted by the pastor and his son, Rev. Styrlan i J. Cannon. Come out and help save | a Soul. C. M. Maupin, reporter ___ ' I Cleaves Temple CME. Church, 25th and Decatur Streets, Rev. J, L. Glover( Acting Pastor Sunday School opened at 9:45 with Mrs. Sarah Stamps, Supt. presiding. 1 The school was largely attended and the lesson was very interesting. At eleven o’clock the service was quite inspirational. A very soul stir_ I ring sermon was delivered by the acting pastor. The discussion in the Epworth League is increasing in interest as more of the adults and young people are attending regularly. The evening service climaxed the day’s program with a lovely song ser“ vice rendered by the choir, and a short sermonette from Rev. Glover. The Forjvard Step Club invites ev ery one to the breakfast on Sunday August 13th at Cleaves Temple Church from 7 to 9 a. m. PARABLES OF OUR LORD By Dr. A. G. Bearer (For the Literary Service Bureau) Text: Father. I have sinned— Luke 15_21. The prodigal has gone wrong. He has disgraced himself and brought disgrace on his father's family. He has suffered for his folly. Returning penitent, he does not try to excuse his sin, but makes honest confession. And ; in his relationship to God, man must confess his sin in order ^to be forgiv_ 1 en. John’s declaration is. “If we can j fess our sins He is faithful and just1 to forgive us our sins and to cleanse ! us from all righteousness. In the Bible is found account of some great sinners, but in every case contrition and confession have brot forgiveness. The most prominent il_J lustration is the case of David whose j confession comprises the 51st Psalm, j called the penitential Psalm. Instead j of confessing, Adam charged his sin! to God and “the woman thou gavest me.” King Saul flaunted his sin in_ stead of confessing it. Instead of con fessing, Judas Iscariot rushed off and killed himself.' And always destruc. tion has followed failure to confess, as certainly as forgiveness has been the boon to those who have confessed. “Father, I have sinned,” will bring cleansing and peace. KOOKEN ORDERS PROBE WHERE 8 IN FAMILY ILL Four Persons Better and Others Re. covering After Meal. Don L. Kooken, superintendent of the welfare department, Friday morn, ing ordered a..probe of causes of food poisoning which Wednesday night made eight persons in the Ralph Scalzo family, 1016 South Twenty, fifth street, violently ill. All but four of the older children had nearly re. covered Friday morning. It was found that hamburger had been eaten at dinner. Mrs. Scalzo, the only one not eating it, w'as unaffect, ed. Kooken ordered an analysis of samples of the hamburger bought from the store. Two others, New Fa vara, 1038 So. Twenty.third street, friend of the Scalzo’s, and Mrs Tony Pane, motV er of Mrs Scalzo, ate at the home and were made ill Both are recovering. LOOKING BACK Disputing Parents By Videtta Ish “Us older ones remember, how* we wasn’t allowed to dispute our parents. We no more would do it than we would try to flv.” Now we hear from children, “I didn’t; you know I did. n’t.” “Yes. you did. Mom, and no use to deny it.” “You did say it and you know' you did.” And parents meekly say, “Well, I know I didn’t;” or “May be I’m misaken.” In olden days a child who would dispute his parents was considered a “pariah.” Even other children con. demned such actions. Now, such a child is called “rather impudent” by older persons and is hero or heroine, in the days of other children. Again it would be well to remember the Bible injunction “Inquire ye for the old path and walk therein.” Again, where children persist in this habit, better not “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” Have Your Notary Public Work Done at The OMAHA GUIDE Office Industrial Code for Negro Lumber Men STATEMENT OF THE NEGRO IN. DUSTRIAL LEAGUE CONCERN. ING THE CODE OF FAIR COM. PETITION FOR THE LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS IN. DUSTRY By Robert A. Pelham director The Capital News Service, Inc. The N^fro Industrial League re_ presents at this hearing Negro work, ers actually employed in the lumber and timber products industry, who are either members of the League or members of labor bodies affiliated with the League. Our interest in this code relates to Articles VI and VII and schedule A and B Testimony which I have to present on behalf of the League is support of the content, ions that the wages proposed for the Southern branch of the industry in these schedules are entirely made, quate to conform to the requirement of Presdient Roosevelt for a decent living wage; and that the hours of service there provide for this section are entirely too long to bring about substantial increases of employment. The Southern branch of the lumber and timber products industries is a most important part of that group of undertakings. In 1929 the states classified by the Census of Manu_ factures as southern produced lumber products (exclusive of planning mills and cooperage goods) valued at $401, 758,652 In addition the output of the North Carolina pine states (that is to say North Carolina South Carolina an Virginia) was valued at $108,586, 597 Thus in an aggregate national output valued at $1,100,637;193 the lumber and timber products of these Southern states accounted for $510,_ j 345,299 of the total valuation These ' two sections cut 41.9 per cent of all the lumber felled in the United States in 1929. Mississippi was the leading producer of yellow pine in that year. Within ffer borders 2,144,295 M board feet of soft wood were cut. The re_ maindr of the 11,629,689 M. board feet of yellow pine save 162,566 M. board feet, were cut in th Southern states. The eleven leading oak cutting as well as the twelve lading red gum producting states were also southern. The South also dominated cypress; production Thus it is apparent that the Southern region is the outstand. j ing factor in yellow pine, oak, red gum and cypress production. The Negro has always been an im_ portant element in the labor supply in the lumber industry of the South, ern region In the nation as a whole, out of 584,409 workers reported at. tached to the industry in 1930 by the United States Census Bureau, 144,. 865 were Negroes. This latter number represented 24.7 per cent of the total labor supply in this industry for the entire country Inasmuch as most Negro labor in the industry will be found in the Southern branch, the Negro percentage of the total labor supply in that region is considerably higher. Of the 162,233 lumbermen, raftsmen and woodchoppers in the country, 24,441 or 15 per cent of them were Negro. Among the class of workers Negroes were especially important as teamsters and haulers They comprised 20 per cent of the total number in this group. Eight and eight tenths per cent of the semi, skilled workers classified as oper. atives in the industry by the Bureau j of Census in 1930 were Negro In that same. year there were 292,073 workers in the lumber and timber prdoucts industry classified as labor, ers Of these 108,642 or 37 per cent were Negroes Thus in the industry as a whole the Negro represents an importar-t factor, in the Southern branch of this industry, where he is for the most part engaged as a lab. orer or semi.skilled operative, at wages in either class now below the minimum wage, his position calls for careful consideration at this hearing. In the Southern states lumbering engages more Negroes than any oth. er which is to be considered under the National Industrial Recovery Act with the exception of the building trade industry. In 1930 more than 98 per cent of all Negro lumbermen, raftsmen and woodchoppers were at. tached to the Southerns branch of the industry. Of the total number of Negro operatives in sa\y and planning mills, 5,186 or 32 per cent were from this region; while 96 per cent or 91,_ 816 of all Negro classified as labor, ers in saw and planning mills were concentrated below the Mason and Dixon line When the numbers of Negro workers in the Southern region are compared with the totals f white workers in this section we find that 44 9 per cent of the lumbermen, raftsmen and woodchoppers; 31.9 per cent of the woodchoppers and 60 per cent of the laborers in that section of the Industry were Negro While the figures and percentage relate tc the condition of the industry in 1930, it is fair to infor that these conditions obtain practically the same today It is strikingly apparent, therefore, that tbe hours of service provisions minimum wage rates es_ tablished in schedules A and B of the proposed code as they relate to the Southern region refer in a large de_ gree to Negro labor And the eco_ nomic well being of probably half a million Negro citizens is inescapably tied up in a final decison of the Nat_ ional Recovery Administration upon a j fair wage and an equitable period of; weekly service for labor in the South ern branch of this industry The position of the Negro Industrial League speaking for this group of Negro laborers, who are largely un_ organized, is in accord with the opin. ion expressed by General Johnson on July the 11th that “the hours of ser. vice and minimum wages in these regions are wholly unacceptable” and should in no case be approved It will require but little analysis to demon, strate the truth of General Johnson’s pronouncement Numbers of Negro workers in the semi.skilled branches of the industry will be grouped with common labor, ers in the matter of hours of service and minimum wages But even if these workers are disregarded and only those actually listed as laborers by the Bureau of Census for 1930 are taken as a fair index of present conditions the record of the applica. tion of the privisions of the proposed code to this smaller group is start, ling. The 91,816 Negro workers in the Southern saw and planning mills will under the code be required to work 40 hours a wek at 22 V6 cents per hour of $10.80 a week At the same time white laborers doing the same grade of work in mills in the Western Pine and West Coast Region^ will be required to work only 40 hours a week for which they will re. ceive 40 cents an hour of $16.00 a wee£ If these low paid Negro workers are compared with a like number of higher paid white workers of the West the following results is obtain, ed: The Negro laborers will be re. quired to work 4,407,168 man hour, weekly to receive a weekly pay of $991,612 80; while an equal number of white workers in the higher paid districts will be required to work only 3.672,640 man hours weekly to receive $1,469,056 00 weekly. The difference of yearly buying power of these two groups will be $24,827,046 40 in favor of the white group This is a variance for which no reliable statistics on costs of living in rural lumber camp communities can be offered in justi_: fication even when a most favorable interpretation is placed on statements made at this hearing concerning the Utopian existence of the Southern lumber mill laborer. The keystone to the arch of this national recovery program has been stated again and again to be the speedy increase of the buying power of the entire buying public of the nation. This is to be accompanied, and in actual fact has been anticipated, by a steady rise in prices. The rise in prices of the basic foodstuffs and other necessaries of life has known i no color line. Is it fair, therefore, to draw such a line between wages paid in a region dominated by black labor, ers and a region dominated by white laborers? Certainly such a (ftscrimin. ation in wage differentials—so point, ely directed at the Negro labor in the industry—can not be said to be in j keeping with an essential purpose of the Act. In addition it must be borne in mind that the minimum wages estab. lished in Southern lumber regions will in every case become the maxi, i mum wages for this group. This fact; in itself offers a cogent reason for. greatly increasing this minimum. The code establishes no minimum wages for semi.skilled and skilled operatives. Discrimination by race,; which has been characteristic of wage scale'g paid in all southern industries, is not only wholly possible under the code a proposed but is also highly probable. Thus insofar as the code affects the Negro the minimum wage propssed for the southern section will represent the maximum for Negro workers in all branches of mill work in this region, regardless of their degree of skill. There is grave reason to doubt if the $10,80 weekly minimum wage re. presents even a “bare subsistence wage” Certainly it cannot be label], ed a “decent living wage ” The pro. pose minimum is lower than the un_ satisfactory minimum established in the cotton textile code for an admit, tedly low pay industry. Like the cot. ton mill worker, the lumber mill worker, has be.en a victim of the nauseous paternalism of the mill vil. lage already repudiated in strong terms by the Administrator of this Act and the President of the United States. The cotton mills are like the lumber mills located in agricultural communities away from cities, he and a white man, not yet identi_ fied, took the alcohol. Police quoted him as saying that he and his accom_ plish peddled four gallons of it per_ sonally. James Witten, 29, and William Proud 28, were said to have admitted buying two five gallon cans and six one.quart bottles which they, ih turn, distributed. Charles Pryor police said admitted buying five gallons of the li_ quor selling it to Richard Rousey, one of the dead men. Four other youths were under arrest. Iftevievv WEST INDIAN ON THE CAM PUS, a brilliant study of the students from the Carribbean at Howard Uni_ versity by Alfred Edgar Smith, is one of the feature articles in OPPOR TUNITY for August. “Of Jimmy Harris,” the second story of Miss Marita Bonner's “A Possible Triad on Black Notes," which was awarded honorable mention in the OPPORTUNITY Literary Contest 1933 will arrest the attention even of the casual reader. “Mother Emma—The Oldest Amer. ican Resident in Russia”—is graph ically presented by I D Talmadge, long a newspaper correspondent in the land of the Soviets. The speech of Professor Broadus Mitchell of Johns Hopkins Univer_ sity, which provoked so much com ment at the recent conference on The Economic Status of the Negro, is printed in full for the first time in the current issue of OPPORTUNITY. And for those who wish a scienti_ fic appraisal of changes in population and occupations of Negroes there is an article, POPULATION AND OC CUPATIONAL TRENDS OF NE. GROES, by P’ K Whelpton of the Scripps Foundation for Research in Population Problems, Miami Univer sity, Oxford Ohio. HEROES UNSUNG Submerged Fathers By A. B. Mann They are everywhere. But they do not often come to the surface of the sea of toil, trouble, by which they are engulfed and in which they are sub_ merged. They toil incessantly. They work and earn while others spend and enjoy. They are poorly clad while others are well clothed. They deny themselves cultural and recreational advantages that these may be afford_ ed their loved ones. They do not “go out in society,” and when the guilds and- clubs meet at their homes, they are away, or they are submerged, at home. And the story of their sacrifices and self_effacement is pathetic as well as heroic. Who are they? Why, they are the toiling, self.denying fathers of the world who toil and suffer for their wives and their children, and who, like the stokers on a ship, sweat and toil below, that others might have pleasure and profit. The thousands of them are unsung. They are not even caricatured like “Fathar,” and “old fool Jiggs” but they are heroes/ nevertheless. Rah! rah! for the sub_ merged fathers! EINTSEIN’S FALSE PHILOSOPHY By R. A. Adams (For the Literary Sei*vice Bureau) I cannot judge the theory of “re. lativity”, for it is beyond my ken. I think there are few, if any, who can understand it. Even Mr Einstein^s explanations seem nebulous. But I can and do find fault with his theory of non_resistance as expressed in a recent interview. According to the press report Mr. Einstein's sta.e_ ment was: “Take Germany, for in. ■stance. When the World War was over and Germany was helpless she was not attacked.” Then he added, “So it is with other nations. If they will not defend themselves they will not be attacked,” * •. This is strange language for a philosopher. First, how coald they defend themselves unless first they had been attacked! If he means they known that they were defenseless and would not resist aggression, as Ka avers Germany was, he states a thing contrary to human experience and universal human behaviorism. It is the nature of beats, and ven And it is quite certain that ‘‘pacifism" to the extent of unpreparedness will invite attack rather than obviate it The contentions of Mr Einstein are the absolute negation of the the. ery of the late Theodore Roosevelt whose contention was that prepare. ne3s would deter those who might be inclined to attack. Never, until there shall come a complete revolution of human sentiment and a reformation in human conduct will defenselessness or non_resisance obviate attack’s. Strange philosophy, Mr Einstein!