GUIDE OMAHA - do more work than his hand. _'_ March ot Events ■■■■III, mi ■ — m—— Omaha, Nebraska Saturday March 10th, 1934 Page 6 -- - ----—-------- ------------- °_ TH E OMAHA GUIDE Published Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant Street by THE OMAHA GUIDE PL’BL. CO.. Incorporated All News Copy mu=.t be in our office not later than Monday a. u p. m.,and all Advertising Copy, or Paid Articles, not later than Wednesday at Noon. Entered as Second class mail matter, March 15, 192' at the P:*t office at Omaha, Nebraska, under the aM of Congress of March 3, 1879. Jl J' PTicN HATES (Strictly in Advance) Oar Years ..$2.00 Six Months .. $1.2b Three Months.. $1.00 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION—The Omaha Guid,- is .ssu »* label unless it be incorrect, in which case p'ease call our attention to the mistake; and al ways give the full address to which your paper has CIIAN'O-P" OF ADDRESS—In ordering a change of address, always give both old and new addresses. If the paper does not reach you regularly, please notify us at once. ADVERTISING RATES—Given upon application. REMITTANCES- -Send payment by postal or express mon* y order, cash in registered letter, bank check or stamps OUK ADDRESS—Send all communications to The Omaha Guide Punishing Company. Incorporated, >418.2(1 Grant St.. Omaha, Nebr. l) 1 ^aMEMBgRi —I ( fc’Yl ' Thia paper ia rrnreapntad tar (tawal Cm! a Ij ttfw advertiamp by thr Npbraaka Fraaa I / A«K,ieiat>OB. V | EDITORIAL I PRAISES . If praises you would relate Why? Wait until too late, To commend some one For worthy deeds well done. All the praises held in store Would have meant far more, If spoken to some one For achievements they and won, Than the choicest flowers you send When their stay on earth must end, Too late then—To commend The good deeds of a Friend. —Myrtle M. Goodlow. THE BACKLOG OF FAMILY SAYINGS A wise purchaser, buying shoes, an automobile, jewelry or anything else, considers two prime factors. One is the price of thv desired commodity. The other is its quality. Price counts—but it isn't everything. That principle of buying, as a pamphlet issued by the National Board of Fire Underwriters points out, should govern the buying of fire insurance, as well as less necessary commodities and services. Stock fire insurance is sold at a definite, fixed price. The cost is known, and as long as a policy is in effect it will not vary. There's no chance of year being assessed to make up losses. If the company issuing the policy has a bad year the stockhold ers bear the burden, not the policyholders. As the pamphlet says, it is easy to buy "bargain' fire insurance. It costs you slightly less than that issued b|y a responsible stock company—if all goes well. If the concern issuing it sustains tremendous losses there's an other story to be told. The policy you believe is standing between you and ruin may prove a liability — like those bargain suits you've probably bought, which you wore a few times an dthen gave to the moths. As a matter of fact, stock fire insurance is remark ably cheap. Before the war it cost about $1.10 for each $100 of insurance written. In 1932 it cost about 70 cents— a reduction of 30 per cent. How many other industries can show such a saving to customers, while at the same time rendering a greater service ? The rate charged today is less than three-fourths of one per cent per year. You can't afford to gamble with your solvency and your savings for your family. COOPERATION MUST BE COMPLETE “A cooperative succeeds,” says a publcation of the! Washington Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association, “when members can talk as intelligently about the plan and purpose of their organization as they can aboct the productive operations of their own farms.” That neatly phrases a fundamental truth. The farmer who thinks he is doing enough when he joins a cooperative and pays his dues, is grievously in error. There must be cooperation all along the line, from the of ficers and employes of the co-op to eveny producer. There must be unswerving loyalty, interest and support. The cooperatives which have made progress du ring the last few trying years are those whose members have been most enthusiastic, and have been undeterred by prejudiced criticism and attempts to destroy the plans and work of the organization. They are those whose members have worked hardest in enlisting new members. In brief, they are the cooperatives whose members have a vision of the future, and work patiently to bring it real ization. There can be no half way measures about coopera tion. It must go all the way or fail. That’s something for farmers to keep in their minds. - - GIVE PAYROLL BUILDERS FAIR DEAL Whom does the railroad problem, affect? In addition to railway investors, employes and the traveling and shipping public, depression among the rail roads adversely affects one of our greatest industries— railroad equipment an dsupplies—made up of 3,500 com panies. This industry has plants in 650 cities and towns in 38 states, which in normal times employ more than 1,000, 000 persons. They are heavy taxpayers, and are among the best customers of other great industries. Where between 1925 and 1929, railroad purchases averaged $1,700,000,000 a year, they were less than $450,-: 000,000 in 1933—a drop of 75 per cent. Making loco motives and cars practically disappeared, the decline be ing approximately 99 per cent. The railroads’ plight consists of various diverse factors—largely over-regulation and extreme taxation, at a time when unregulated, government subsidized com petitors were taking their business. That situation has cost the nation hundreds of thousands of jobs—deprived industries of one of their best markets — and made bad times worse. Thinking persons are solidly behind legislation that wrill give railroads a fair break. WHO FILLS THE PUBLIC TREASURIES? Some day lawmakers and tax spenders will wake up to the fact that it is the private citizen, private invest or and private employer on whom they must depend to fill the public treasuries. Instead of hamstringing him at every turn they will find it necessary to encourage him in order that they may be able to collect the money to pay the terrific tax bills they ran up against the people. Throughout the nation, security owners are banding together to demand protection of their savings from tax and legislative confiscation. World's Toilers Swing Into Action For Scottsboro Boys; Link with Demands For Freedom of German — NEW YORK March 7—The work Leaders. j ers of the world swung into action I last week around the issues of the ; immediate unconditional safe release | of Ernest Thaelman leader of the German workers now facing a trial ' as provocative as the Reichstag fire ; trial and Ernest Torgler other ac quitted Reichstag fire trial defend ant and of the Scrttsoro boys. Linking together the struggle a gainst fascist terror in Europe and growing fascist lynch terror in Am erica under the leadership of the In ternational Labor Defense in seventy countries of the world already in action in defense of the victims of German and Austrian fascism the workers are preparing monster pro tests and demonstations to demand the release of these prisoners In response to the cable of the In ternational Labor Defense here Scottsboro is being put on the order of the day in every central demon stration in Europe. In the United States the I. L. D. reported preparations are under way on a nation-wide scale to raise the level of protest against the lynch plans of the Southern bosses to a higher level than it has ever reached before-' The I. L. D- has called on all its districts sections and branches for the most intensified activity around the demand for the unconditional safe release of the Scottsboro boys reversal of the lynch verdicts against Heywood Patterson and Clarence Norris and removal of Judge Calla han and Attorney General Knight Linking of these actions to all those against the fascist terror in Germany and Austria and intensi-] iication of these campaigns as well! is called for The huge legal task of preparing the narrative bill of exceptions for filing with the state supreme court which by Callahan’s decision was to be completed and filed by next March 3 would be carried through the I. L D. announced. Special 3500 pages of evidence to narrative form At the same time legal steps are , being taken to appeal against the rul- : ing of Judge Callahan outlawing the I- L- D- motion for reversal of the verdicts in his court oh the basis of his deliberate deception of the law yers in granting extensions of time then ruling he had no right to do so. The I- L. D- has charged that this action was the result of a plot by the industrialists and agrarians of Ala bama carried out by Knight and Cal lahan to rob the boys of their appeal rights altogether. It was pointed out that if the defense had asked for a postponement of the hearing until a date later than February 24 Cal lahan’s ruling would have nullified entirely the right of appeal and he would under the statue he quotes have been able to call in the boys for re-sentencing on the day the appeal was defaulted and ordered them to die the next day. Callahan’s ruling in which he re fused to listen to the I. L. D- motion set the final day for filing of the ap peal at March 3 90 days after the sentencing of Heywood Patterson instead 90 days following hearing of the motion. NEW YORK—The Scottsboro case is ever more clearly bringing out who are the enemies of the Negro people and the white masses. Within the ranks of the Negf> people it is ly it employs as many more in the | ' clarifying the class lines it is expos ! ing those who among the Negro j leadership behind smooth lying j phrases are betraying the interest of the Negro masses to the lynchers and their state and federal govern ments. Scottsboro thus serves a his toric mission. I Judge Callahan Klan leader and spokesman for the big Southern landlords; Thomas E- Knight Jr chief mouthpiece for the lynchers at Scottsboro plotted the latest attempt to murder the Scottsboro boys. They sought to catch the masses in the vanguard of the struggle for the rights of these innocent NegTo boys off guard- They aimed a body blow i at the I. L. D- and the liberation ; movement of the Negro masses. They j planned to destroy the faith of the i white and Negro masses in the I- L ! D- and the liberation movement of the Negro masses. They planned to I uestroy the faith of the white and Negro masses in the I. L- D. to dis credit it by legally lynching the two I condemned boys and having the mur j ier charged to the “carelessness of j the I. L. D- But the I. L. D was not caught napping. The court stenographer who took the minutes Tailed to get them ready tor the defense attorneys within the time allowed by the law to file the motion for a new trial for the con demned boys- Nevertheless the de fense lawyers sent down the motion papers in incompleted form but suf ficient to comply with the law. TVu'y asked Caliahan for an extension of time until they had received the min utes. These were the telegrams that passed between Attorney Brodsky and Callahan: MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL MAILED TONIGHT AIRMAIL STOP ARRIVE FRIDAY A T REQUEST CONTINUANCE PEND DECATUR SiOP RESPECTFULLY ING FILING OF AMENDED MO TION ON RECEIPT OF TRAN SCRIPT O F RECORD STOP! PLEASE REPLY COLLECT. JOSEPH R. BRODSKY. A similar wire was sent January 2 on the Clarence Norris case- On Dec ember 29 the following wire was re ceived by Mr- Brodsky: MOTION WILL BE CONTINUED TO JANUAY 27. W. W. CALLAHAN. On January 4 the following tele gram was received by Brodsky: ON YOUR REQUEST NOR RIS MOTION CONTINUED JAN UARY 26. W- w. CALLAHAN. Later Judge Callahan informed Osmond K. Fraenkel another attorn ey. for the I. L. D- in Scottsboro that the hearing for a new trial for the condemned boys would take place February 24 On February 24 in Decatur the lynchers played their trump card in the murderous deal- Callahan at the request of Knight refused to hear the argument for a new trial for Patterson and Norris- He had no right he said to send such telegrams, j He had made a mistake- He could not j grant an extension of time. He had done so he said ecause he did not: think Mr. Knight would object and if Mr. Knight had not objected he \ would have been quite willing to have listened to the defendant’s arugment '■ for a new trial. Help Bring Recovery In normal times the construction industry is one of the greatest direct employers of skilled and unskilled labor — carpenters, plumbers brick layers metalsmiths and a dozen other categories of workers. And. indirect industries making construction pro ducts In 1929. these industries furnished over a million jobs- They include the manufacture of shingles pipe cement wire paints papers lime linoleum lumber and so on- The total value of their products was over five billion dollars- Forty-nine thousand plants were involved with payrolls of close to $16000000000 a year. Those figures show why stimulat ed construction is essential to recov ery- Home building is the most im portant branch of construction, con stituting about fifty per cent of the total- It isn’t the million dollar sky scrapers that make the bulk of the jobs — it’s the small homes costing three or four thousand dollars- By the same token home repairing in the aggregate is of equal importance. Spring is almost here. In the aver age home much can be done to make it more comfortable and etffident Prices are still low with sharp rises in prospect- Build now repair now— save yourself money and do your bit toward regaining good times Municipal Ownership—And The Farmer In an article in the Los Angeles Times, Leon 0. Whitsell of the Cali fornia State Railroad Commission, analyze sthe potential effect of the municipal power movement upon the farmers of the state. In California, as in most other states agriculture is the basic indus try. It has the greatest collective purchasing power. Directly and indi rectly according to Mr- Whitsell, it gives employment to over one-half of the city workers- It pays one fifth of the cost of government and repre sents a third of the state’s tangible wealth. The utilities now serving Califor nia were developed with a view to providing the best possible service at the lowest cost to all classes of con sumers—urban and rural- All classes help all other classes to keep rates down- The peak demands of the var ious classes are not simultaneous— making it possible to serve more consumers with less investment fa cilities- For example greatest use of power in cities is reached during the winter. Rural use at that time is comparatively small. And when sum im r comes and city use dwindles, ir rigation demands increase the farm need thus stabilizing the year-round load carried by the companies. The municipal ownership move ment, tax subsidized and tax exempt extended far enough will deprive the private utilities of their city market-1 And this, in Mr- Whitsell’s belief must result in one of three alterna tives: First, an increase in rural rates to farmers. Second service by power companies at as uneconomical ly low figure, resulting in loss of savings invested in power securities making it impossible to attract new capital for expansion. Third, rever sion by farmers to small individual j power plants which are inefficient, expensive and inconvenient. Either alternative would junk private elec trical equipment, give service no bet ter if as good destroy taxes and wipe out hundreds of millions of savings now invested in private property. The private power companies of the nation have developed cheap farm service of a high quality. The municipal ownership movement im perils all that has been achieved _ l Congressional Limited Loses Its Veteran Head Waiter by Retirement. WASHINGTON, March 4— (CNS) —Born here February 22 18G4— Washington's birthday seventy years ago—Francis A. West, the Pennsy lvania Railroad’s primier waiter re- j tired Tuesday, February 27 as head waiter aboard the Pennsyvania Rail road’s New York-Washington ex press, the Congressional Limited West at the age of 30 began serv ice as a dining-car waiter in 1894 aboard the Nelly Bly, between New York and Pittsburgh—which train, named for the famous woman jour nalist, was the first on which the Pennsylvania Railroad added a din- j ing car- In 1879, West came to The1 Congressiona Limited where for three decades, he filled the gastron omical wants of Presidents and oth er such notables as Admiral Togo of Japan, Prince Henry of Germany Marshal Foch Marshal Petain Gen eral John J. Pershing Dr- C. C- Wu and Admiral Dewey. For the past nineteen years West has made his home at 44—A Jewett Avenue, Jersey City where he has lived with his wife- The veteran head waiter made his last run on Tuesday night and on Wednesday he was hon ored at a reception given in the of fice of J. J Finnegan, general super intendent of the railroad in Jersey City. It is claimed for West that at any and Washington one glance out of pcirt on the road between New York and Yrsr.!”r"t n -ne g!ar?e oat of the window oi Lie cuning oar anu train was on time- Thirty years of could tell where they were and if the; observation into the gustatory habits ( of the great has revealed to the re tired head waiter aboard the Con gressional Limited, that princes j presidents and potentates prefer roast beef. “Yes, sir'’ said he seems tike Presi- ] | dent Harding President Hoover and j Franklin D- Roosevelt always took ' roast beef when they sort of had their doubts about the menu. The big bugs ! from abroad used to do the same thing.” During the World War, when Her bert Hoover was Food Administrator, the Hoovers, West recalled, used to eat on his car two or three times a week but President Coolidge, he said, never appeared in the dining car du ring all his years m Washington "Perhaps,” West mused “Cal brought a box lunch-” Editorials Hail Fight For Anti-Lynching Bill NEW YORK, March White and colored editors commented on the hearings before the senate sob-com . I mittee on the Costigao Wagner anti lynching bill, with the Scripps-How ard newspapers leading off in their editorial, “The Anti-Lynching Bill." It declared in part: “Let the states do it, is the cry of opponents to the federal anti-lynch ing bill now under congressional hearings- The answer is that the states either cannot or wll not pro tect citizens from lynch mobs. “This is not a matter of argument or opinion- It is a fact—a brutal fact established by unhindeied lynchings in every year of our national his tory." The Afro-American, of Baltimore, declares: “The senate judiciary committee, hearing testimony in favor of the Costigan Wagner anti lynching bill last week got first hand evidence how state courts break down in the efforts to bring lynchers to justice. “There is room all around for con gratulation that this much has been done by Senator Costigan and his committee. We take off our hat to the NAACP. leaders and their friends who hatched the idea; and to William Preston Lane Maryland’s I courageous attorney-general who did his duty with no half-heartedness.” The Woman’s Press, official organ of the National Board of the Y. W C- A., says: “The national public affairs com mittee (of the Y- W. C. A.) on Feb ruary 8 voted to support the Costi gan-Wagner anti lynching bill. The decision was taken after thorough preparation. Letters were sent to all state members of the public affairs committee . . Of the 37 replies re ceived from 32 states, many of which represented board, committee or group action, 27 were in favor of supporting federal legislation, 6 were decidedy against it, and four, while not wishing to oppose, were inclined to believe that federal legislation would not accomplish the purpose sought • • The 16 letters which came fi'om those states frequently called “the southern states”, including Missouri and Texas, were grouped as follows: eight for federal legislation; four against, and four not wishing to oppose, but inclined to doubt . . ” MRS. MARY BETHUNE AIDS FLORIDA WORK OF N. A. A. C- P DAYTONA BEACH, Fla- March 4 —A recent tour of Florida for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by Miss Mary White Ovington of New York has been aided materially by Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, presi dent of Bethune-Cookman Institute here. Mrs- Bethune had Miss Oving ton as her guest and it was from this city as a gase that Miss Ovington carried on much of her worfc in the state. Miss Ovington is returning to New York visitng branches of the association in eastern Georgia and parts of North Carolina •FOUR SAINTS’ TO CONTINUE ON BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY, March 7— (')} NS)—The good news that “Four Saints in Three Acts’’ the Stein Themson opera announced for a two weeks engagement at the Forty fourth Street Theatre, wil continue there indefinitely comes from its producer Harry Moses. Beatrice Robinson Wayne one of the principal singers in the opera has made a hit and the response of more than the sophisticated public which greeted its appearance, has enabled the management to prolong the work’s run Arrangements are also being made to take the opera on tour. JULES BLEDSOE TO SING IN ‘EMPEROR JONES’ ABROAD NEW YORK CITY, March 4—(C NS) — Jules Bledsoe is sch eduled to sing the title role in “The Emperor Jones when the Louis vEutiioerg opera based on Eugene O’Neill play has its European premier soon in Amsterdam DENY RELIEF TO AUTOMOBILE OWNERS WHO USE THEIR CARS RICHMOND, Va- March 7—(CNS) —Down in Lancaster County, relief workers say “No more relief funds will be given to families who con tinue to operate their automobiles, receive any further help must sur rective any further hep must sur render their automobile license tags to relief workers. Persons refusing to do so will be dropped from the re lief list Many recipients of relief funds who own automobiles are using part of such funds to purchase gasoline, oil accessories and other automotive “luxuries” it is said. BISHOP RAMSEY OP UNION A. M. B. CHURCH DEES PHILADELPHIA, March 4— (CN S)—Bishop J. E- Ramsey, senior bis hop of the Union A, M- E- Church | died here hut week. He was buried at Camden, New Jersey. He leaves a wife three daughter* and two eoew NATIONAL HOUSING DIRECTOR Washington D- C. .Attention Mr- J. M. Hamilton: RESOLimON Whereas; The Citizen*’ Housing Committee; of the Mid City has made a thorough investigation and survey of the living conditions in the Mid City District. The District which the government is contemplating at this time to put into effect a Housing plan. And; Whereas; the Committee has found the following conditions exist ing at the present time; in the above district: cirst; that there are at least 600 homes in this district occupied by one to three families in one home: said homes being unfit and unsanitary for human-beings to live in Second; that the people occupying these socalled homes are paying un reasonable and excessive rents for houses that ought to be condemned and wrecked. Third; that there are no apart ments in the city of Omaha to house this group of people; whose popula tion is approximately fourteen thou sand (14000). And; whereas; the Citizens’ Com mittee is informed that the govern ment is interested in improving hous ing conditions for all people and particularly of the kind heretofore mentioned; for the purpose of creat ing employment for the unemployed; as well as bettering the living condi* tions of its citizens. And; Whereas; this Committee has discovered as a result of this survey that the families above mentioned are living under conditions unbear able for human beings and these conditions are causing the spreading of diseases and undermining the morals to the deterimental of all the people in our community; and that these conditions ought to be remed ied by the government at this time; that these people are too poor to own homes and therefore will not be helped by the government Housing Plan; but can be assisted by the fol lowing recommendation. THEREFORE; be it resolved by the Citizens’ Committee of the Mid City District that the Government Housing Committee be urged and re quested that they seriously consider in the furtherance of their plans that they aid in whatever manner possible this committee to construct the build ing of an apartment; home of at (96) apartments: each unit taccord least three (3) units of ninety six ing to the plans attached and sub mitted herewith. Mr- Herman Frielander; chairman Mr. C- C- Galloway 1st Vice chair man Attorney John Adams; secretary and Legal Adviser. Mr. Charles Solomon; 2nd Vice ;hairman Dr. J- B. Lennox; Health and Sani ation chairman. HOME BURNS The home of Rev. F. C. Williams; 2513 North 30th Street was partly burned last week destroying most of the upstairs and practically all of their clothing. The Tire was caused by defective wiring BULLETIN! An afternoon meeting for Mr. Crosswaith of New York City has been arranged at the Mid City Com munity Center 2213 Lake Street; at 3 p. m. Frank Crosswaith'* subject will be “THE NEGRO AT THE CROSSROADS.” Everyone is wel come- Bring your friends!