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“Share Cro; pers The f forgotten EoonoirJc Highlights and this provision caused the most bitterness of all among financiers, inasm 'a. it w ,uld force the li quidation of thousands of existing accounts, including millions in bank loans- All corporations with listed - stocks must furnish to the exchange. and the Federal Trade Commission, voluminous data concerning salaries, bonuses, options income etc. To en force th bill drastie penalties are provided—i nthe case of violations on the part of exchanges a $500,000 fine may be levied* l/i iividuals can be hooked to the tune of $25,000 plus ten years in jail. Mainstay pi opposition to the bill is urban, cool-headed artistrocratic Richard Whitney great power of the New York Stock Exchange- He sum moned the heads o'f all the big brok erage houses—and'wires went out to ali their branch managers, instruct ing them to point out the dangers of the bill to friends and clients- Next Whitney step was a letter to the head of each of the 800 corporations whose issues are listed on the New York exchange/ Those corporations; include the bulk of the great busi nesses of the country, which furnish most of the jobs and investment op portunities- When Mr. Whi-tney went to them he was aiming not only at Big Business, but at the small stock owner and the worker. Biggest Whitney gun-'however, is; of a different .character- ‘than most would anticipate- It lies in; appealing to the small corporation man; owner of firms with small stock issues which never appear on a major ex the bill would ,make this stock irMfi-' change. According to Mr. Whitney gible for collateral -for-, loans either at banks or exchanges,.- would thus pinch the little fellow as hard as.itj would pinch his big brother, the sup-] er-capitalist Supporters of the bill, so far seem limited to the Senate and minor left wing New Dealers- • Mr- Roosevelt, who will have the final word in this as in so many matters, has said lit tle and the belief is that the Act is not a White House measure, that much of the sting will be taken out of it. He wants to put a bit on spe culation—'but he .doesn’t want to hob ble it entirely. And Lawyer Samuel Untermeyer, crusader extraordinary for many years for financial legisla tion of this nature, on reading the bill murmured sadly that it went to the opposite extreme from uncon trolled speculation, was impractical and impossible. Notes on business, taken principal ly from government reports follow: COMMODITY PRICES: Following the December recessions, an advance started which has been maintained without deviation RETAIL TRADE: January fi gures show less than seasonal de cline- Substantial gains in dollar volume are reported from all parts of the country, as compared with 1933. EMPLOYMENT: Is registering more than seasonal decline- The dis solution of the CWA will release 4, 000000 more people on the already glutted labor market- TRANSPOR TATION: Constant improvement is shown in car loadings- Complete fin ancial returns of railroads for 1933 show substantial improvement over 1932. Railroad expenditures however, remain low and the railway supply, business is dormant- AUTOMOBILES The only adequate word for this in dustry is “booming.” Employment and wage levels are very high- Un filled orders are the greatest in sev eral years- Allied industries are pros pering accordingly. AGRICULTURE: Better than might have been expected, in view of the disturbances of a few months ago- Markets are fair and prices stable- Buying power of the major agricultural districts is better than that of urban areas. LUMBER: In January production was a third higher than in the same month last year. STEEL: Railroad and public uti lity orders have been low and the in dustry has lagged on that account Rising automobile orders have done much to offset this- / Continued From Page one j _____ Urge Letters to Senate Judiciary Committee on Anti-Lynching Bill. Following the sensational hearing February 20 and 21 before the sub committee of the judiciary commit tee of the judiciary committee of which Senator Van Nuys is chairman Mr- Van Nuys announced that the subcommittee would come before the senate at this session of Congress it must be reported out soon by the whole committee. The N. A. A. C- P- which is behind the bill urge correspondent to be sure to write Senator Ashurst then to pick out the senators on the committee who happen to be from their, state and write them and if possible to writ* every member of the commit tee- . _• » “It Should be remembered" the N bill and letters should not be written them in r.a apt agonistic spirit- There A. A- C- P- statement said “that all these men are not ‘enemies’ oi this will be plenty of time for anta.gn ism an 1 pressure later after the in dividual si natcrs have taken a stand or failed to take a stand on this bill “For the present these letters to the judiciary committee should state (1) that lynchings increased 180 per cent in 1333 from 10 in 1932 to 28 in 1933; (2) that two lynching? took place in January 1931; and (3) that four white persons were lynched in 1933 indicating that lynching is more than a racial problem.; (4) that testi mony before the sub committee Feb ruary 20 and 21 showed a complete _• vakdown in state and local enforce ,n< nt of law and proved the states and counties helpless to prevent' or punish lynching; (5) that you (or your organization) believe the fed eral government must step in to halt lynchings and that you believe the Ccstigan Wagner bill S- 1978 is the best method for federal action-” A syndicated daily newspaper1 column reports that some southern senators are trying to get Senator Van Nuys not to report tfye biU even cbt of the sub committee but the In-1 diana senator is firmly convinced the t legislation is necessary. Continued From Page, one-;, Food Not Race Galled Gjrew to TubcTculosis ' - j ’• • “CdnsYdc-Ving .the .^egyv.v.c find bt»3 diet-' eb'hsists ipf . ttieatK. which ‘ is, ah most entirely etcealp, .sijhh 'as hominy maize, ij^ce'.^Tfhetel.; ba'r&and'; oleomargarine gliT/white. breacf-andJ potatoes. This }*$& v^hfbh has an in :ciden£fee,5f sik 'tfeat% -ftpmetubercu losis /-to-one white-'^^a'fh.it'om that disease, also, in the public hospitals and .clinics of our city has: an incid ence of approximately six children with rickets to one white child 'with that disease.” . ! The- average healthy person should profit from the foregoing, Dr. Gold-j berg said, by eating greater quanti-; ties of fats, liver, cod-liver oil milk and eggs Continued From Page one Frank Crosswaith—to Speak Here! Active Negro Trade Unionist During the war Frank Crosswaith was a special organizer for the Bro ' therhood of Sleeping Car Porters in j its figh tto rescue the Pullman port ’ ers and maids from terrible slave labor conditions- He has also been j associated with the Elevator Opera tors union the Elevator Ceastructors j the Mechanics; Barbers; Laundry : Workers and Motion Picture Opera j tors. In 1925 he founded the Trade Union Committee for Organizing Ne 1 grc Workers- For the past three i years he has edited the Negro Labor News Service. Part of Educational Drive Frank Crosswaith’s tour will take him from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back to the Atlantic- He will j come to Omaha from Minnesota and J from there will go to Denver before starting the far western part of his tour- His tour is part of a consistent educational drive of the Socialist Party to acquaint the working peo ple with the democratic ideals of So cialism including racial equality Doctor Berman of The Uni versity of Illinois in Re cent Survey of Wages of Pullman Porters States That Issuance of Pullman Stock in Last Six Years Sufficient to Pay Porters Wages of $160.00 For Forty Years. NEW YORK March 7 — With the rapid rise in the cost of living and the consequent progressive decrease in the purchasing power of the dol lar in addition to the recent legal de valuation of the gold content of the dollar the porters and maids being at the lowest scale of the industrial wage ladder through the Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters were able to enlist the interest and co operation of Dr. Edward Berman of the Department of Economics of the j University of Illinois tc make a study of wages and working condi tions of the porters and maids states A. Philip Randolph national presi dent of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and it is discovered in: this study that the Pullman Com pany issued in stock dividends alone ' in the last six depression years a sufficient amount of wealth to pay Pullman Porters a wage ONE HUN DRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS ($16000) a month for the next FORTY YEARS In order to pay the wage scale the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters demands for the porters which con sist of $140.00 minimum: $145-00 for two to five years service: $150-00 for five to ten years service: $155.00 for ten to fiften years service and $160 00 for over fifteen years service it would cest the Pullman Company approximately $4000000 additionally annually says Mr- Randolph. The SHARE THE WORK PULN which .the big .business interests develop with the advent of the de pression as the SCAPEGOAT for avoiding reducing hours of work i nd ’raying a living wage has been work ed overtime by the Pullman Com pany- which has resulted in porters being kept merely on the pay roll while receiving practically no work adued Randolph. The ciy by the Pullman Company that it is as POOR AS JOB’S TUR KEY and is unable to give porters a decent wage and reduce their work time to that of other railroad work ers namely ddO hours a month is not home out by the munificent luxury salaries paid the top officials and the cash and extra dividends apportioned among the stockholders Randolph maintains Ford And Ades Ousted From Anti-Lynch Hearing WASHINGTON March 7— (CNA) —James W- Ford former Nt Communist candidate for Vice presi dent in 1932 and Bernard Ades white Baltimore lawyer facing disbarment for his! militant defense of Euel Lee were last week’ at the hearing of the bill. „-... The Senate Judiciary sub commit- j tec listened “patiently” to the variety of professors “liberals.” writers pro fessional., womeit; and ‘others air- their legal social economic and political reasons for desiring the passage ojt'? U5&.' C.b&tig&n •^YaignrS^ranij'Llyhchmg. bill. flloWeVer i\^Jien.:.th6'i^Wo hiiliferit spok'fisnienof Itro^ilKegro: and- w'hite .workers sought-to' press their viewp Thcy wefiij accused , of'•••‘^making- a : : vpagan.da\ i;fsro ' out of the pro-' cfeedrhg and were ordered Lf£Om- the : •? f , tv , •* f* .j Witness chair.' -I-.- , - . .~-xv- - Lord Vice-President of the .League (1 Struggle for Negro Rights assort ed , that the' bRI would NOT stop lynching, unless it struck at the roots of lynching; jitirrcr&Wism arid all dis criminations against Negro peop-la Ade« the white International Labor Defense lawyer who. had been active in the fight against the Maryland lynehings declared that the lynchings spring from the efforts of the ruling class to “turn the anger of the work ing class inward upon itself instead of against these who deprive it of its rights.” Johnson Gets Told in Plain Language That N. R. A. Is A ‘Ghastly Farce/ WASHINGTON, March 4— (CNS) —The second day of the “First Round Up of NRA Critics” found two young Negro protestants sharing the glar ing spotlight with Mrs. Gifford Pin chot, the red-haired wife of the Gov ernor of Pennsylvania, who told N R. A. officials that enforcement of their labor program was a “ghastly farce-” She stated she still was for the NRA but “I can’t make the speeches that I used to and I will send in no more complaints until we have a different policy.” But for the strong ease presented by John P. Davis and Nelson H Nichols. Mrs- Pinehot would have “stole the entire show.” As it turned out Nichols, a young Negro lawyer, caused a flurry when he charged N R. A- officials,whom he named, with drawing the color line against him when he sought a job after having served the organization extensively as a speaker-without pay. He proved his entire case with do cumentary evidence- He introduced a letter addressed to him from General Johnson, which said, in part: “You know as well as I do that there are some situations in which the races can be mixed and some in which they cannot • • ■ The case in your leeter is one of the latter.” Assistant Administrator for Labor, Edward F. McGrady, recognizing the barefaced effrontery of Johnson and his assistants asked Nichols if he j would take some other job besides a legal one. When Nichols replied “I’ve j been to school 20 years and I don’t want to sweep floors but I want to J make a living, he got a “big hand” and cheers from the audience in the crowded “gold fish bowl-” Nichols charged that he had applied for a job and had been endorsed by prominent Democrats- In answer to a letter written to Congressman Ben Cravens i of Arkansas, by Lincoln Collins of the NRA, Nichols stated that he re-) ported to an NRA office and was j told to go and see J. C- SLnnigen, as sistant personnel director of the N R- A He did so and upon reaching! Mr- Sinnigen was bluntly told that! he could not get employed because he was colored. Mr. Nichols turned over to the I committee a stenographic report of I the conversation he had with Sinni gen, and a letter from General Hugh S- Johnson, administrator, upholding Sinnigen’s stand- The testimony of Nichols before the committee fol lows: “On August 31, 1933, I made ap plication for a position under the National Recovery Administration, outlining qualifications and with the proper references as to Character Requested to Report ., “On February 16, I waa requested to report to the office of J. C. Sinni gen, assistant personnel director of ttaa? N- R- A.^for personal inter- . view. Mr. Sianlgefi said to me. “ ‘I’ll just cut the Gorman lai - . with you and be frank- When I slat- j ed you for this position, I was a - j aware—I jjid not know that—er—you ; were a man of color- Your ability i. ; not in doubt, and your qualification i are all good and in order. You ar qualified for the position. But it is a : position which can be filled only by j a—er—white man. “ ‘That is the only reason why cannot put you in this position- Per sonally, I have no feeling in the mat ter and if I pray ever be able per- j sonally to do anything for you, you may rest assured that I shall keep first time you have run into this, ba you in mind. I guess this is not the I thought I might as well be frank with you and tell you-’ Writes to Director “Under letter dated February 16, 1 protested the policy of racial dis crimination made manifest by. the above statement directly to General Hugh S. Johnson, administrator ci -sm.i.mu Recovery program, and I received a letter signed by him which reads as follows: - 'Dear Mr Nichols: Replying to yours of Feb ruary 16, you know as weH as I da that there are sortie situation in your letter of February 16 was one of the latter. fe. O “ ‘I am gratified for,what you have dv.n^. I hope’ the change to use your fine services; here arise again- Sin ,c<;re}yf-^fiaVh»*S. Johnson. Adminis trator:’ :*£»" • 'V' t', j“This Jejtt'er enclosed a memorand um purpdi'jing to show the good re : stilts sTlegod. to be directly attribut . v ~ - - v _ r ,» able to the'effort of the National Re cover}? .Administration-. “My complaint goes far deeper than a saffsjpe code prepared for the direction and regulation of industry. It ' goes to the very fundamental basis and challenges the very nature ' of the; spirit of the Whole movement, and is, in my opinion far more im portant- ’ Was N. R. A- Speaker “I was a ‘four-minute speaker’ for the N. R- A-, appointed under Major George W. Beasley’s division of speakers, and I went before my peo ple and spoke to them from platform and pulpit, urging them to ‘fly to prosperity with the Blue Eagle.’ “I received no pay for making those speeches; I asked none- I did my bit with the firm conviction that the cause w-as worthy of my best ef forts, or the best efforts of any loyal American- But when a chance comes for me to take a job in the N- R. A., ■ and my qualifications are good and - sufficient, my character is good and { my loyalty to the cause is unques I tioned, what kind of perversion of human nature, what kind of subtle purpose could make you deny me an opportunity to support myself and I three dependents? Why should the authorized agents of the government affirmatively undertake to turn good citizens into bad ones? “No nation or cause can prosper which improperly denies recognition of the elementary civil rights of citi zenship to the humblest of its loyal citizens, who have laboured to sup port it, — the United States and the National Recovery Administration none the less so- If this proposition is wrong, then are nature, history and reason likewise so Dscrimination Illegal “I do now, and I will actively pro test with every resource at my com mand, this vicious, arbitrary and pre judiced policy of unlawful discrimin ation on the part of this administra tion, and I will do so from no other mtive than because I think I am in the right. If I am wrong, I stand to be corrected.” Negroes Injured Not Aided John P. Davis, representing the Joint Committee on National Re covery also made out a strong case against Johnson and the N. R- A. “Ten out of 13 Negroes in the cotton textile industry are just as badly off as if there had been no N. R. A.,” he i declared- He specifically criticized the hotel, textile, restaurant laundry and lumber codes because they es tablished wage differentials based on different costs of living- “It is a dif ference between standards not costs of living,” said Davis, who charged that Southern manufacturers raised a large fund to propagandize Negro es for a fight against high wages in the codes because with high wages they would be displaced by white workers. •Mr- Davis said that complaints of Negroes to the compliance machin ery had been ignored, despite the statements of General Jonson that all responsible organizations would be heard. The N- R. A- he asserted, has not a single Negro employe above the grade of clerk, “and the one that had been there above that grade was dismissed-” He requested a place for Negroes on the Labor Advisory Board and the Consumers’ Advisory Board. Wanted Anyone having knowledge or wit* nessing an accident occurring Octo ber 20 1933; 8:30 p- m. at 16th and Nicholas. Car involved traveling soutl} collided with pedestrnins at north cross walk of said intersection .Writ* Box 168 Qmaha Guide Office 2416-20 Grint Street. 11 * A, M. E. Bfsriop Bishop John A. Gregg ! .. \ Kerr Bishop John A. Gr; eg, Presiding Bishop of the Distryc of the .A. M. E. Church He will speak at St. John A.'M. E. Church at 22nd and Willis Ave. Thursday March oth at 8 p. m. Negro Sprinters And Broad j u m p£rs, Ca ptu re Seven Out of Eight Places in National NEW YORK -CITY, March t —<0 NS) — Seven young Negro athletes made a cleanup in the National Amateur Athletic Union meet in Madison ' Square Garden. Saturday night" February • 24,'. when they won seven out of the eight places in the 60-meter sprint and the running broad jump. V - ' - • — : Owen Sets Broad Jump Mark Jesse Owens, the 1938 Cleveland schoolboy phenomenon, now an Ohio State freshman, had the crowd cheer ing with his amazing leaps through the air- Successor to the Sol Butlers, New Gourdins and DeHart Hubbard among the Negro jumping champ ions, Owens eclipsed Hubbard’s eight year-old indoor record of 24 feet 7Vi inches on two successive leaps On his third effort Owens cleared 24 feet 10 inches, then he zoomed out 25 feet 3 V* inches—the first 25 foot: 1 leap in America in a couple of years Owens also eclipsed the champion ship record of 23 feet 11 inches, made : by Ted Smith The Negro jumpers swept all four I scoring places. Owens, who now holds, both national outdoor and indoor titles, was followed by Eulace Pea-, cock, New Jersey boy of Temple I • University, with 24 feet 3Vi inches; John Brooks, of Chicago University with 23 feet 11 and three quarters, all three beating the title standard, and Ted Smith, with 23 feet 6Vz inch es Another outstanding event of the; evening was the equalling of his own i record for the 60-meter dash by' Ralph Metcalfe, who won in 6-7 sec | onds closely pushed by Owens and Ben Johnson, the Columbia Univer sity freshman, who placed second and third respectively. Sam. Manici, white I also of Columbia, was fourth Calvin Baskett of Marquette; andj Fritz Pollard, Jr. and Deotis Taylor I were also-rans in the meeting NEGRO BUSINESS MAN SUC-! CUMBS AT MAYO CLINIC IN MINNESOTA ROCHESTER, Minn- March 4—(C NS)—Tollie J- Elliott, 59 years old, owner of a prosperous department store in Muskogee, Oklahoma, died her« at the Mayo Brothers’ Hospital, last week Three months ago Mr. Elliott came here for treatment and left after he thought he had fully recovered While on a trip East two weeks ago he again fell ill and came to the Mayo clinic February 19 Mr- Elliott, known as “T- J.” was the owner of a women’s ready wear to-wear shoppe as well as the depart ment store in Muskogee and called Open from 2 P. M. until 3 A. M Saturday and Sunday, , Close at 4:00 A. M Good Food Plus EFFICIENT SERVICE King Yuen Cafe Chop Suey and Retcamein our hobby American and Chinese Dishes Phone JA. 8578 2010% North 24th St Omaha. U. S. A. NEW HOME WASHING SERVICE 14 Its. 48c Sy^o. for each addition al pound SHIRTS finished out of the service 8c each Eviirs laundry Zone Dry Cleaners Phone - JA. 0243 :t,h? .town’s “first*citizen Caldwell‘s Books Banned in Columbia NEW YOI?K-?.farch’7 —*'(CNA) Erskine Caldwell's /• novels -“ToSa’cc o' Road” and “God’s Little Acre” were banned last week-- by tHe library “Of the Teachers College Columbia Uni versity although they are on the re quired readings list of'the school’s cfesses Tn American literature When an attempt was made to es tablish responsibility for the censor ship nobody could be found to assume the burden although one of the assist ant librarians Miss Eleanor Whitman ventured an opinion that certain members of the faculty had protested ■gainst the books’ tendency to cor rupt-” The university’s faculty was in complete disagreement with the ex pulsion order. Professor Van Doren authority on .American literature re marked “it seems silly to me I heart ily disagree with those who ordered it”. “Tobacco Road” a pay drawn from the Caldwell’s book is now showing on Broadway- It deals with the op pression of the Negro masses and their life in the South. Asks Probe of Race-Hate Quiz ALBANY, N. Y. March 4—Assem-' gyman Robert Bernstein of the 21st Assemby District has introduced in the Assemby a resolution calling for an investigation by the state Depart ment of Education of a “true-false” questionnaire given grade 9—B pup ils in the junior-senior high school of Nyack, N- Y., recently characterized as “grossly improper and revolting”, and an injustice to the Negro race The resolution asserts that the quiz creates prejudice and racial animos ity. The offensive questionnaire put such questions as: “No Negro should hold an office of trust honor or mer it.” “I place the Negro on the same j social basis as I do a mule.” “No Ne- i gro has the slightest right to resent or even to question the illegal killing of one of his race,” and pupils were j asked to indicate whether these statements were true or false. HELLO FRIENDS AND TOWNSMEN If You Want Auto Parts, We Have Them—also Wanted 1-000 Cars, Old, Wrecked or Burnt. PARTS FOR ALL CARS FOR SALE —Auto Parts for All Makes and Models Gerber Auto Parts Co. Consolidated -2501 CUMING ST.- Auto Parts Co ATIantic 5656 16th & Pierce JA. SJ00 HOME OF KANGAROO COURT For Your Parties, Order HARDING’S FRESH ICE CREAM No No No I Want (Harding’s Ice Cream) and Mamma Says: “They Make The Best Butter Too.” Butter CHICAGO* March 4— (CXS); — “I admire President Roosevelt, and re 1 him n - an : me n . !y a bit* man, but his r-r\hu~i cannot succeed- It is kccniiinj down everywhere,” says X 'man r homes, who has just re ' uj n d from a prolonged speaking Loevin the Middle West and South west. Hi describe1 i the relief situa'i-.n as serious and incapable of reit :dy by the President’s new plan. Ife drew a . y pjigure of the operation of the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis . 'ation among the share crop-pars of the South and as -others have, he few a gloomy portrait of the fu ture. Th-' color line divides the share croppers into two classes, differ entiated in ho "other way- The sLiua caiding to Mr-,, Thcupas, is no belter ticn of the' wuitjj..share .cropper, ac • mo l!y. - jc r'-edaejitioitailyT than chat rf J'ie •Ncgvo, yet thy two groups" -if. e difficult to-* combine. . < ’ A “Meanwhile--1 the -g.wernm. riit. pays money to til * landlord's. 'n t the‘crop pers, mind you” tcontinued 'Mr! Thb-* mas- “For it they take* shite?’of their land out of cultivation, thus leaving •a certain proportion of IFieir crop > r- -vi; 1, -it; *r.'.e::rs -Vf v;: p -| .and then-.'they usd'if to’ buy fertilizer. so that the rest of the land will produce, ns- much as all of it did lyefor. The. gc-wjsjment may limit producti&p it self, 3s .they plan "to do, bint in .will he the same thing'all over again. Boot lgggjng will be universal, just as bad price-fixing .is under NT JR. A The ■ answer is that, you can’t cohbe up our economy- Nothing can be done before .the basic means of product ion are socialized”' Mr. Thomas is reported to have found what he described as the “fee gotten man” in the cotton country in Arkansas- In Poinsett County, Ark ansas, a typical cotton county of the South, he entered cabin homes, shook hands with the occupants ami talked with them about their fate under the Federal crop reduction program. “Never have I laid eyes on such a deplorable state of affairs a-s that of the share croppers,” he said- “It is a feudal system, this system under which the share croppers live on cot ton farms.” he added “end the Fed eral agricultural relief program has overooked the little man, the man most in need. As cotton acreage is re duced, fewer share croppers are needed” Poinsett County has more than 1,000 of the State’s 75000 share croppers about equally divided be tween colored and white tenants and the AAA crop reduction program has further impoverished these hitherto poorly farm tenants “There is not the remotest chance, in Mr. Thomas’ view that industry' and agriculture will be able to absorb the workers let out by the termina tion of the CWA, and moreover dis content is more widespread among the masses than ever You can keep a dog hungry, but you can’t take a bone away from ham,” he said- “The CWA was not a very adequate bone but its taking eway is a bitter blow- Then, the workers are bearing the brunit of the N- R. A- There is not enforcement worth a whoop of the code provisions benefiting them, and any one ’an see that prices have gone up ” As the Socialist leader talked he stopped ever so often to shake hrs gray head and exclaim: “Deplorable!