The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, October 21, 1933, Page 4, Image 4
GUIDE OMAHA _ The eye of a Master will M * ino Man vias ever do more work than his_• ._Glorious who was not -„ March ot Events Citv. ana Nm’t life _Laborous.” w ~—: 1 " - ■ 1 . Page 4 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY OCT. 21st., 1933 ___ _ —.- ■■ O _ _ __ _____ THE OMAHA GUIDE Published Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant Street by THE OMAHA GUIDE PUBL. CO., Incorporated All News Copy must be in our office not later than Monday at 5 p. m.,and all Advertising Copy, or Paid Articles, not later than Wednesday at Noon. Entered as Second class mail matter, March 15, 1927 at the Post office at Omaha, Nebraska, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUS&SJPTION RATES (Strictly in Advance) One Years . .$2.00 Six Months . $1.25 Three Months . $1.00 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION—The Omaha Guide is issued weekly and will be sent to any part of the Uni ted Sates for $2.00 per year in advance. Foreign subscriptions (including postage) $3.00 in advance. Trial six months’ subscriptions. $1.25. 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Harris o It eauses us to often ponder over the unequal status under which we are made to groan in our effort to adjust ourselves to the principles of democracy which by the constitution of our Govern ment Vouchsafes to all its Citizens equal privileges under the law and guarantees to them life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. We have for years cryed and prayed for relief to our Government from the curse of Jim Crowism, segre gation and lynching. Bills to that effect have beeii .introduced in the Congress and Senate, but for various reasons, chief among them was that the Govern ment could not give any aid on the ground that any law to that effect would be class legislation and would conflict with or run afowl of the doctrine of State Rights, whatever that may mean. Negroes have been burned at the stake, their homes have been desecrated and destroyed, innonce men have been the victims of mobs and gangs of hoodlums, crying and thirsting for blood. Petitions have been made to the Federal as well as the State Government in which these crimes were perpetrated. We were told that the Federal Government was power less to act. The countries in which these dastardly crimes were committed made futile gestures of bringing the culprits to justice, only in a very few isolated cases were conviction obtained with very light sentences imposed if any at all.ffl These results were so frequently the case that even the N. A. A. C. P. at times seeming ly dispared of ever succeeding in their efforts of placing them behind prison walls. Even in the face of the grave in justices practiced in the Scottsboro Case where-in the innocence of those boys was conclusively proven the persecution continued. Yet, not a voice was raised in the legislative halls of our Government. A Government guarantees to every citizen previous conditions of servetude. Not one bill presented calling for the Federal Government to step in and do that, which the States, either was power less to do, or for reasons best known to themselves they would not do. After thousands of Negroes had been lynched and burned to the stake, and hundreds of homes was destroyed, it remained for the Federal Government to awaken to the fact that she could reach out her long arm and stretch it from State to State, no to stop the wanton destruction of life and property of thousands of defenseless Negroes, but to stop the kidnaping of American citizens (white). No one de crys the fact that it was necessary that this should be done, but what the Negro want, if the Federal Government can alley her fears long enough without vio lating the policy of State rights to pass drastic laws to reach her arm from one State to another to punish the kidnapers and murderers of Lindberg baby and men and women of wealth and affluence why is she not able to use the same methods to pass drastic laws that will give to her the same power to reach out ehr arm to punish the (not the kidnap ers) by lynchers and burners to the stake of some innocent Negro man or woman— Yes, we wonder why. . March Events By REV. ALBERT KUHN Our national program of recovery has by no means easy sailing. One of the snags, which it hits are the conflicting ambitions of the leaders of labor on one side and of capitol on the other. Labor leaders like Green, head f the American Federation of Labor, and. Lewis, Head of the United Mine Workers, want to use the N. R. A., to become dictators to the industrial managers of the country makr ing it impossible for the latter to conduct the details of their business without daily consolation with and deference to a non resident Labor Bureaucracy. Any one who has had to deal with local labor unions and labor bosses knows how un reasonabie, arbitrary and overbearing they can be. Once in a while their con duct is not much different from that of regular racketeers. On the other hand, where labor cannot bargain with the employer collectively the individual em ployee is absolutely at the mercy of the latter who may regard labor as so much machinery, which he is buying as cheap ly as possible, which means in times in which there is a surplus of labor, at star vation wages. The only sensible method of insuilng fair treatment to everybody in our present complicated system is the setting up of boards of arbitration so constituted that they can impartial bal ance the interests of the employers, the employees and he consuming public. Such boards our President is trying to establish and to invest with power. In this undertaking he ought to have the backing of the whole nation. In Western Pennsylvania violent strikes have developed among the miners in which scores of men have been killed. Many of the mines have had to stand a regular siege. The government has been reluctant to show its strong arm in the matter, for fear that its action might be misinterpreted either by capital or by labor as a one-sided stand, depending up on what action the federal troops would feel constrained to take. Henry Ford also has had some serious strikes on his hands. On account of slow business he had to curtail the hours of labor at the plant at Chester, Pa. The men struck for a five-day week at a $25 minimum. When Ford retaliated by closing the plant, the strikers moved on his other plant at Edgewater, N. J., to induce its two thousand workers to engage in a sympathy strike. They boastingly talk ed of closing every Ford factory in the country. Methods like that of course confirm Ford more than ever in his re fusal to allow his plants to become union ized. In Cuba President Grau’s student supporters fired upon a crowd of Com munists, killing scores, while government troops forced the surrender of 500 offi cers who had entrenched themselves in a prominent hotel at Havanna in defiance of the new government. The position just been completed by the Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching, and the facts discovered will be given to the public at a nearly date, according to an announcement by George Fort Mil ton, editor of the Chattanooga News and chairman of the Commission. '•Trained investigators representing the Commission have been on the case for some time, according to Mr. Milton, and have gone as fully as possible into > every angle of the situation. Interesting revelations are promised relative to the probable guilt or innocence of the vic tims lynched, the part played by officers nnd courts, and the state of mind of the of the ew government is still very inse cure. So far it has not obtained "recog nition by the American government. Many people find fault with the slaughter of millions of young pigs by the government. Yet, when the market is glutted with hogs and the farmers do not get half of the cost of'feeding out of their shipment, who of these critics digs into his pockets and makes up the deficit? For over twelve years the rest of the public have let the fanner sink deeper and deeper into debt and by buy ing below his cost have robbed him of the fruit of his labor, simply because it was impossible for our farmers to organize for planned production like industries which are in the hands of a few huge corporations. It is pretty near time that the farmer have his turn. By assisting him to fit the amount of production to the actual demand the government is do ing a good thing. COMMISSIO NON LYNCHING STUDY IS BUSY AGAIN Careful Study Made of Tuscaloosa Situation — Report Promised Public at Early Date CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A care I ful study of the recent iynchings around Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and of attendant community conditions and attitudes has community. The request for the investigation, Mr. Miiton stated, was made by the Com mission on Interracial Cooperation, a Snuthern agency with headquarters in Atlanta, which felt that action in the case on the part of some responsible Southern group wras imperative, since the while South must share in the stigma attaching to such crimes and is respon sible for their correction. The facts revealed by the investiga tion will be given to the press and other wise made available to the public, said Mr. Milton, as soon as they can be form ulated, in the hope that they may sug gest immediate action in the Tuscaloosa r>asp<? also nrove ultimately helpful fo Alabama and to the South. The Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching was set up in 1930, made an exhaustive case study of the twenty-one Iynchings of that year, and published its findings in a volume of 500 pages. The membership of the Commis sion consists of George Fort Milton, Jul ian Harris, John Hope, Benjamin F. Hu bert, Charles S. Johnson, W. P. King, R. R. Moton, Howard W. Odum, Alex W. Spence, Monroe Work, W. W. Alexander, and W. C. Jackson. ICKES KEEPS EYE ON NEGRO EM PLOYMENT IN PUBLIC WORKS Washington, D. C.—Even though there are many problems facing the De nartment of the Interior and the Public Works Administration, Secretary Har old L. Ickes is keening a close watch on the employment of colored men on the various nublic works projects financed by loans from the federal government. This assurance was given personally bv Secretary Ickes in an interview here Wednesday to Walter White, secretary of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. Mr White commended Mr. Ickes for the instruct ions he issued under date of September 21 to all state engineers on public works that there must be no discrimination be tween applicants for work on account of “color or religious affiliation. Secretary Ickes agreed with the N. A. A. C. P. head that this was only the in st step and that undoubtedly many employers would seek to bar Negro work men by one trick or another. Mr. Ickes was watching to see that everyone got a square deal. Mr. White suggested a fol low up order with teeth in it and Secre tary Ickes expressed great interest in the new Indiana and New Jersey state laws prohibiting discrimination and placing a penalty upon violation. WHERE IS THE MONEY TO COME FROM. The nation is soon to call upon the public utilities to place huge ‘capital’ or ders for material and machinery in or der to revive the ‘heavy’ industries which are large employers,” says an editorial m the Riverside, California, Enterprise. “A glance at the present quotations of utility stocks, which drop with each new’ onslaught of the public ownership bri gade, makes one wonder how they will raise the money for an expansion pro gram.” Elsewhere, the Enterprise speaks of demagogic efforts to “harpoon” the utilities. That describes the situation aptly. They have been attacked, on the one hand, with tax-free, subsidized pub lic competition, and on the other by the assessment of many special taxes which have appreciably raised operating cots and in many instances imperiled the pay ing of dividends. They have been the vic tims of an insidious campaign of half truths and untruths. They have sub scribed to codes to lower working hours and raise wages—and in a number of the states commissions have said definitely that this increased expense made in the interest of national recovery, at the re quest of the President, would not be con sidered grounds for rate adjustments. That is the position the utilities are in now. They have always been among the first to expand and encourage pro gress, when community and national in tersts made it desirable. They have been, and stib are, one of the two or three greatest tax-paying and wage-paying industries. And it is doubtless true that utility managements are eager to do their part in buying materials and sup plies to invigorate other industries. If they are unable to earn or attract the capital wrhich would make this possible, demagogic political policies which have been undermining them, must take their full share of the blame. GLASS WILL BREAK Insurance men are celebrating the 66th anniversary of the fourth oldest casualty coverage in the United States —plate glass insurance. It was first written in Philadelphia, where the vanguard of modern shops, department stores and merchant estab lishments appeared. Plate glass was then an expensive property, even as now. In surance to protect the investment was demanded. Today, underwriters count this in surance as one of their best services in the public. However, numerous difficul ties beset them, especially racketeering. To a racketeer breaking plate glass seems an obvious means of expressing his displeasure, settling liabor disputes, wreaking vengeance, or intimidating merchants into phony, racket-run “pro tective societies.” Vandals destroy thou sands of plates annually with machine gun bullets, ice cubes, dornicks, stones, other missies and sprayed acid. Among the many non-racket haz ards which threaten the safety of plate glass, according to the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, are wind and hail storms, cold contract ion, heat expansion, jarring, failing on display, burglars, explosions, windowT dressing and cleaning, settling of build ings, street fights, riot and civil commo tion, stones thrown by children, stones or other objects thrown up by automobile tires, warped window frames, heat from radiators placed too near to glass, per sons leaning against windows or showr cases, articles dropped on show cases, black paint glass exposed to sun, etc. The insurer’s business is to replace this broken glass. Many municipalities have ordinances compelling its replace ment within a specified time for the safe ty of children. The insurance companies are to be conratulated on this anniver sary. BE YOUR OWN FIRE INSPECTOR An article in Safeguarding Amer ica Against Fire suggest^ that each person be his own fire inspector. It is not a difficult job. and requires only a little time plus a little know, ledge. A couple of hours spent in searching for fire hazards on one’s property, and planning a program to eliminate them, may save thousands of dollars—and something much more valuable still, human lives. A good place to begin the inspect ion tour is in the furnace room. Thou sands of disastrous fires result from defective or dirty heating equipment. Clean out the furnace before it is put to winter service. See that non burn able containers are provided for ash. es. Have the varous parts and con nections inspected for possible faults. J Protect any combustible material wh’ch must be near the furnace, with asbestos. Make certain that rubbish and papers and waste are not allowed to accumulate nearby. TTie electric wiring is worth look, ing at next. It’s safe—if it has been installed by a licensed electrican and has not been allowed to deterorate. Many householders, however, haven’t had it examined since the day it was put in—many others have committed the very dangerous practice of mak ing amateur extensions and additions. If you’re at all uncertain about it, call in an expert. Whatever his charge is, it will be cheap in view of the pro_ tection for person and property you will receive in exchange. Keep your eye out for oil or rain, soaked rags that have been dropped about in corners. Thousands of spon_ taneous combustion fires occur an nually because of them. They should be kept only in closed metal cans. Another ordinary household hazard is gasolne. It is often carelessly stored, in unsafe containers and close to flame. Its use as a household cleaner is simply an invitation to disaster with R S. V P written in the corner. Finally, turn your attention to the | house itself. Has it properly installed fire.stops ? Are fire extinguishers handy and in good working order? Is it really fire resistive, and up to un derwriters’ standards? Get going on that inspection tour!' - I BUILDING BOOM GETS STARTED Figures show that the long awaited j residential construction boom is beginning to make itself felt. During j the first half of August, construction of this type, as reported to F W Dodge Corporation, totaled $10,876, 000 as against $8,812,300 for the same period last year—a gain of 23 per cent. This marked the fourth consecu tive month in which advances were made over the comparable months in 1932. For a number of years there has been a definite home shortage in America—for at least three of those years building was virtually at a standstill, and existing structures were subjected to more than usua' depreciation, because of in attention to needed repairs. This wasn’t due to laclf of desire. It was due principally to lack of funds in thousands of fam ilies, and to a psychology of fear that prevented others, having ample funds, from spending. The first class is re. tunning to its jobs now, and regular pay envelopes are brought home on Saturday nights. The second is dis covering that rising prices will short ly make it impossible to obtain new buildings or to improve old ones at bargain prices. And both classes are going into the market for better living quarters. Still another beneficial in fluence is the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, which makes possible home financing that could not other wise be obtained. Yes, there’s every indication that we’re on the verge of a major building revival that will be particularly strik ing in ttrS"residential field. All who can should aid the relief program by taking advantage of low prices for land and material. BACK TO THE FARM! National interest has been aroused in a suggestion made a short time ago by Editor Walter P. McGuire of the Scuthside Virginia News, Peters burg, Virginia; the suggestion being that farm boys keep on the farm. It’s a simple suggestion, and a very NEGRO RECOVERY GROUP PLANS DETERMINED BAT TLE FOR NEGRO RIGHTo" j WASHINGTON - (CNS) - The ; battle cry of more than three million | Negroes was sounded Wednesday, i vvhen John P. Davis, executive seere-' j tary of the Joyrt Committee on Nat ior.al Recovery, declared at a banquet g:ven by the Committee at the White law Hotel that “the work of Negro organization., united in the effort to free black labor from economic, slav ery will not be done until real dollars T r-d their way into the pockets of black workes, and hungry Negro men and women no longer wander the | streets jobless.” Mr. Davis spoke at the banquet attended by officially designated re presentatives of fifteen major nation : 1 organizations who have joined in the work of the Joint Committee on National Recovery to secure a square deal for Negro labor. Outstanding leaders of both races were present at the banquet and ex pressed themselves as onthusastic over the formation of a united com mittee of leading racial and inter racial, church, civic and fraternal or ganizations. An unduplicated member ship of more than three million color ed citizens estimated to have repre sentation on the Joint Committee. The following organizations were reported by Dr. George E. Haynes, executive secretary of the Race Re lations Department of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ of America, and Chairman of the Joint Committee to have become members of the Joint Committee: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, African Methodist Epis copal Charch, African Methodist Epis copal Zion Church, Independent and Benevolent Order of Elks of the World, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Nat ional Baptist Convention, U S A ; Department of Race Relations—Fed eral Council of Churches of Christ in America, National Catholic Interracia Federation, National Negro Bar As sociation, Negro Industrial League, National Negro Bar Association, Ne gro Industrial League, National Ne gro Business League, National Tech nical Association, National Board of the Y W C A , Public Affairs Committee— and the Women’s Auxi liary, National Baptist Convention. Prominent Guests Present Important guests present at the banquet included: Miss Andersen, head of the Women’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, Mr. Lambert Heinger, Member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the N. R A; Miss Mary Va Kleeck, director of Idustrial studies of the Russell Sage Foundation, New York; Mr. Arthur Holden, president of the New York Urban League; Mr. C. C. Spaulding, president of North Caro lina Mutual Life Insurance Company; President Mordecai Johnsom of How ard University, Walter White of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, Dean Kelly Miller of Howrard Universiy, Mr. Chares E. Micthell, former United States Minister to Liberia, Dean Charles H. Houston of Howard Uni versity Law School, Mr. Garnet C Wilkinson, firs assistant superintend ent of Schools of this city, Miss France8 Williams of the staff of the National Board of the YWCA , Dr. Clark Foreman, advisor to Secretary of Interior Ickes on the Economic status of Negroes; Miss Mabel Byrd of the Bureau of Research and Plan ning of the National Recovery Ad ministration; Mr. Frank Coe of Brook ins Institute, Miss Elizabeth Eastman of the National Board of the YWCA.; A Phillip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; and Mr. Channing Tobias of the Nat ional YMCA. Other speakers at the banquet were: Miss Van Kleeck, Mr C C. Spauld ing, Mr. Walter White, Miss Ander son, Dr Mordecai Johnson, and Dr. Robert C Weaver, technical advisor ^ to the Joint Committee. Committee Sessions Held During Day Business sessions of the Joint Com mittee were held at the Whitelaw during the day and after the banquet. Complete plans for securing fair treatment of Negro workers and pro tecting the interests of Negro con suming groups were discussed and approved by the Committee. o Sound one. How much unemployment has been caused by the trek from farm to city is problematical—but it would make an impressive total. These young men, for the most part, are untrained and inerperienced and unfitted for factory work. They rare ly find jobs above the common labor level. They are the first to be dis missed when times get hard—and the last to be taken back when recovery starts. They know farming—and the farm is where they belong, for their own good and for that of the nation. It is on the farm that they have their chance to prosper and live happy and useful lives. It’s time the trend was reversed—with the farm boys turned city boys going home again.