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ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS _v Mr. Roosevelt has his Congressional * j difficulties. He wants t® get an ad journment by the middle of May, thus •bviating the difficulties that long1 congresses usually make for a Presi dent- But before the adjournment can ccme, in the administration view, it is vital* that a number of bills be passed. First among them is the teriff bill, which would give the Presi dent authority to execute reciprocal trade agreements with other nations, to lower U. S. duties on any article j up to 50 per cent. Opposition against , the bill is centralizing, and speedy action is essential if it is to pass Second is legislation to get rid of i income tax leaks, bringing in an ad- j ditional $258,000,000, according to j estimates. Third is the passage of the nine | appropriation bills now floundering about i none branch of congress or i the other. Seven of these have pass-! ed the House, five have gotten | through the Senate- All of them are essential to the President’s recovery: plans- If any more of them are al- ; lowed to bounce about until near the end of Congress, there is always the danger of a filibuster, by which one senator can kill them unaided- A more immediate danger lies in the Senate having added a $354,000,000 amednment to the Independent Offi ces Bill, that would go to veterans and to restoring the pay cuts taken by government employes last year. Mr. Roosevelt has definitely said he would veto this; is worried about what will- happen when he sends the bill back unsigned Much other legislation is wanted Among it is a bill regulating the Stock Exchanges, Federal regulation of communications, ratification of the St. Lawrence Treaty (which promis- j es a very close vote) Philippine In dependence, Congressional renewal of j the NRA license provisions. If the j President is able to get all of these ; through he will have accomplished a miracle, he will be satisfied with a j partial victory. — ‘DADDY’ GRACE CONVICTED AND SENTENCED NOW FACE ANOTHER CHARGE NEW YORK CITY, March 28—(C NS)—Bishop Charles Manuel Grace, founder and head of the House of Prayer for all People, who was con victed on a charge of violating the Mann Act and sentenced to one year and a day in a penitentiary, was re leased on bail of $7,500 on Wednes day when his attorneys gave notice of an appeal. As soon as he stepped out of the detention pen of the Brooklyn Fed eral Court, where he had been detain ed, he was rearrested- He was lodged i in jail on a paternity charge by Min- | nie Lee Campbell, the 21-year-old! girl, who caused his first arrest on the Mann Act complaint- The girl is now prosecuting him for non-support of the seven-months old baby she claims is his. Arraigned on the charge on Thurs day he was released on $750 bail Profit By Lessons Learned — The official observation of Fin ancial Independence Week, which oc cured from March 19 to 24, is over, | but the benefits resulting from the j Week should have just began During that week speakers and writers, through the mediums of the press, the platform, radio and adver- | tising, told us of life insurance. We learned about annuities, about busi ness reverse protection, about po licies guaranteeing education for j one’s children and security for our | own old age, about endowments,; straight life and a dozen other kinds of policies. Many of us doubtless were surprised to discover how com pletely life insurance meets the var ious financial and family problems each individual must face and solve We learned that it is an investment as well as a protection, that it can be used to build an estate as well as to protect dependents against the death of the provider- Such lessons are invaluable at a time when social prob lems and the art of buying are a ser ious matter. One must plan his own life today Being well insured isn’t entirely a matter of amount—it largely depends on whether we have the kind that best fits our own needs and problems Observance of Financial Independ ence Week should encourage a nat ional movement among individuals to protect themselves so far as possible against a repetition of the financial losses and hardships that are in so For Easter Shoes try Friedman Shoe Store, 1510 N- X4th St We Do Expert Repair Work. We Accept Relief Orders ring a depression. Speed Breeds Death One of the most serious aspeots the automobile accident problem is a constant increase in the number of ! fatalities per accident. In 1933, for example, the number iniired non fatally increased 2-2 per cent over 1932—while fatalities jump 2i 5 9 pe cent The reason for this is obvious: Ex cessive speed. It is an incontrovert ible maxim that the chance of an ac cident producing a fatality become greater as the speed of cars involve increases. A vivid example of this is ' provided by comparing last year wit!. 1927- Registrations in 1933 were less ! than 3 per cent above the 1927 level- i The total number of miles driven by passenger cars was little, if an;, greater. But there were 17 per cent more deaths. A recent exhaustive survey pro duced the fact that excessive speed was responsible for 33 per cent of all automobile deaths- And that term, “excessive speed,” needs a definition- j There are times when fifteen mi le an hour is dangerous and there are times over fifty miles and hour is over cautious. Road, weather condi tions the amount of traffic and the experience of the driver— the condition of the car—these fact ors, rather than a mere speedomeie; reading, are the tests of safe operat ing speeds. Any speed is unsafe if the drive; is unable to stop his car in the assur ed clear distance ahead- Road and weather vary the safety factor Study your car and your own cap abilities- Discover how soon you can j stop at varying speeds. This is indis-1 pensable in becoming a safe motor- j ist ---— ‘ Taxpayers Get A Break A bill has been introduced in Con gress authorizing payment of Fed eral and local taxes on government property utilized for purely comm ercial business purposes in competi tion with private interests of citizens of the United States. Exempted from assessment would be property used for the army and navy and other strictly governmental functions which benefit all the people instead of only privileged groups. Tax-exempt governmental business ventures have caused a tremendous drain on private taxpayers. This type of unfair competition with private citizens destroys highly taxed private business with the result that remain ing private property is forced to carry a heavier tax load to offset the deficits thus created Without a doubt supporters of tax exempt, socialized government com petition with private citizens, will strenuously oppose this bill- If it is passed, the tremendous subsides which political business enterprises now enjoy, will be wiped out and a foundation of tax equality and justice established, which will offer tremen dous encouragement to private initia tive and enterprise. Take a specific example to show the taxpayers’ interest in this bill: The Federal Government has new authorized initial appropriations of some 9,100,000,000 for two power projects on the Columbia River to build duplicate electric plants in a tei-ritory already oversupplied with power. Under the present laws, these business ventures which will cripple or destroy the earnings and tax-pay ing ability of private plants, will be entirely exempt from taxation. They perform no necessary function of government for all the people and will serve but a limited • number of privileged users from properties paid for by all the people of the United States SEEING WHITE — Continued By A. B- Mann ! (For The Literary Service Bureau) Within the whole gamut of seeing white perhaps nothing is more laugh able or more pathetically1 weak than this insistent contention that the Ne 1 gro’s highest ambition is social equality culminating inter marriage between the white and the colored races. A study of conditions observa tion of the natural tendency of col ored people to seek association with their own and avoid such with white peope ought to convince any one that the ground is untenable. It is now being very seriously questioned whether the white people who keep up this contention really believe it themselves. The colored man insists that mem bers of the different races have the right to marry if they choose; that the laws forbidding such are unjust and are a violation of the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution of the United States but in all probability if there were no such restrictions seldom would colored people seek such rela tions with white people. And this contention is based on the fact that in practically all instances of misce genation in wedlock or out of wed lock in slavery or freedom in the North o rin the South the black man has been only receptive white the white man has been aggressive. Worthy of consideration too is the fact that in the North where there are no such restrictive measures the m * First' Vessel to Founder in Panama Canal Dutch freighter Brion has the distinction of being the first vessel to founder in the Panama canal. She went I ^ down In Oaton lake about half a mile south of the lock after having developed a dangerous list that led her com j1 Blander to try to beach her. The crew was rescued by Panama canal launches. i . i colored man makes no effort in this direction. Then there is the other fac>. that the most pronounced and overt mixing of the races is in the South where the Negro is intimidated and trampled to the extent that any such must originate on the other side!-— To Be continued LC< K X BACK By Videtta Ish (For The U.tcr.iry Service Bureau) A little boy of nine will demand “Grandma give me a drink’’ “Grand ma corm f nd my overshoes!" And he will rush in from school and throw down his hat and his overcoat and often will say “Grandma hang up these.” From upstairs he will i squall ‘ Grandma I can’t find it. j You’ll have to come and get it." And I when his grandma requires that he | stop playing a few mmutes and get something for her he frowns and says “O shoot!” Looking back I remember when parents and grand parents wTere the favored ones and the children served them- Boys brought in fuel and made the fires but now that’s Dad’s work. Then little daughter tucked up Moth er’s apron and washed the dishes Then children would never protest when required to render any kind of service. And ih those days children were more self reliant and too they had more respect for their parents than is shown by children of today _ LIEUT. L. A. OILEY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER IN LABOR DE PARMENT WASHINGTON March 14—(CNS) —Lieutenant Lawrence A- Oxley the well known wefare worker of Ra leigh North Carolina has been ap pointed a commissioner of concilia tion in the Department of Labor to succeed Karl Phillips who has held the position for several years. Mr. Oxley came to Washington soon afer the present Democratic Administration came into power and was early slated for the position he now holds. Backed by many of the leading Democrats of North Carolina it was early conceded that he would land the job- For sometime however Dr. Joseph L. Johnson of Columbus Ohio one of the original “Big Four” is said to have told the Democratic patronage dispensers that they had “better look after Ohio Illinois Ind iana Michigan and other Northern States in appointing Negroes to of fices and that North Carolina Negro politicans could not help them in any way” Tuttle to Argue Costigan Wagner Bill’s Constitu tionality NEW YORK March 14 — Charles H- Tuttle noted New York attorney will appear before the Senate judi ciary sub committee at Washington to testify on the constitutionality of the Costigan Wagner anti lynching bill within the next ten days accord ing to a letter received here today by Walter White secretary of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People from Senator Van Nuys chairman of the sub committee. “We are also going t# fix a date’* writes Senator Van Nuys “within the next two weeks when the opposition to this bill may be heard.” The voluminous proceedings of the first hearing are being printed in two volumes. Illinois Voters Query Senator Dieterich on Bill i CHICAGO Illinois March 14—Ir ; vin C. Mollison president of the 111 ■ inois State Conference of NAACP ■ branches reports that letters urging ■ Senator William H- Dieterich to i support the Costigan Wagner anti t lynching bill have been sent from • each Illinois branch as well as from - Mr. Mollison’s office- Mr- Mollison » wrote: “The Illinois State Confer i ence . - and members deeply regret your position in this matter . . We do noo believe . that the position taken ' by you is a sound one and we re spectfully request that you give the ...atter further consideration and in i' otead of opposition to the anti lynch ! ng bill and one of its very vital ! sections that you give it your whole | nearted support”. Senator Dieterich continually raised the point at the hearings in i Washington February 20 21 that the section imposing a fine on the coun ty in which a lynching takes place would be “unfair” to the “good” peo ple of the county NEW YORK March 14—Dr- Carl Wehner of the Berliner Tageblatt one of the leading daily newspapers of Be»lin has written to the Nation al Association for the Advancement of Colored People here requesting data on the Negro in America espe cially on lynching. The National Office of the NAAC P- is sending Dr- Wehner all the in formation requested. side “Y” on Sunday March 18 at 4: 30. S: Tregor McWilliams E: A: C: chairman of Lincoln Nebraska will be the speaker- This is the first of a series of forums sponsored by the Education Committee. Mrs- C: B: Wilkes is chairman. MY FAVORITE COLUMNIST BACK ON THE JOB! The current issue of the Afro American carried a couple of columns by that ever clever and interesting columnist, Bernice Dutrieuille of Philadelphia. She has been sick for nearly a year and a half—or it seems that long—and her columns in the Courier and other eastern papers have been missed—terribly. I hope to follow her writings regularly now each week In Chicago, the head offices of the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, have seemed ^deserted Harry H. Pace, the president, being in the east; Dr. M- O- Bousfield, vice-president, in the hospital; T. K. Gibson, vice-president, in Ohio, and up to the last few days, Wilson Lov ett, vice-president and treasurer, has been in Michigan- And on the day May File Suit in Senate Cafe Jim Crow NEW YORK, March 19—Possibil ity that suit may be filed for dam ages for the manhandling of Miss Mabel Byrd by policemen in the Sen ate office building on February 20 was seen here today as the N. A. A. C- P. board of directors asked its legal committee to consider ways and means of taking some action in Miss Byrd’s behalf, if she gives her con sent for such legal action The board also voted to ask Sen ator Royal S- Copeland of New York, New York, March 16.—Four hun dred persona, making up a distingui shed audience of white and colored people, heard greetings from Mayor Fioreello H. LaGuardia here Sunday night March 13 at the 26th anniver sary dinner of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People held in Internatinal Huse, 600 Riverside drive The Mayor congratulated the N. A. C P. upon its fight against the hite primary system- its victory in the Judge Parker fight, and wished it well in its effort to seed re pas sage of a federal anti-lynching bill Governor Herbert H- Lehman and! Congressman Oscar DePriest made the principal address. Harry Leland, President of the Nebraska Negro Democratic Club and Merridith Lee of the Missouri Demo cratic Association spoke Tuesday rvigth March 13th to the Jeffersonial Democratic club of Council Bluffs, la Mr. Leland also addressed the Pat tawomie Democratic Club, a white organization in Council' Bluffs last week Rooms for Single Employed Per ""ocks from car line i wo Rooms Reasonable- Web. 4162. FOU RENT—One three room apart ment neatly furnished. Inqufte 1417 No. 24th St. WE. 4044, even ings. WILL PAY $15.00 per month for modern heated furnished apartment, garage. Christian’s home pre ferred- WE. 1750. Three Room Kitchenette Apt., Fur a month HArney 6887 Four Room Apt-, Unfurnished $10.00 a month HArney 6887 Four Room Apt., Unfurnished, $8-00 a month HArney 6887. Loves Kitchenette Appartment For Rent at 2518 Patric St- Call We. 5553 ______________________ # YOUR OWN—LAKE SHOE SERV ICE NONE BETTER; 2407 Lake St _ Furnished Rooms for rent. WEbser 2303. Big Rummage Sale on New Goods— j 1324 N 24th St- Come and Be Con vinced. Washington Judge Follows ‘Air Mail Justice’ in Sent encing Boy. WASHINGTON, March 28—(CNS )—Judge Isaac R. Hitt, of the Police Court recently sentenced a young Ne gro lad to serve 60 days in jail be cause a policeman testified he “sus pected him” of being an habitual thief Comment on the case likened the Judge’s action to the air mail de cision of the Roosevelt administra tion but before the lapse of 30 hours the judge revoked the jail sentence and placed the youth on probation for one year. Charged with the theft of a $2 jacket, Willis Fairfax, colored, stud ent at the Francis Junior High School, was arraigned before Judge Isaac R- Hitt in Police Court- He pleaded guilty to taking the jacket from a school locker. The youth had no previous record, it was testified, and finally returned the stolen property to its rightful owner- In view of his first offense. Judge Hitt announced he would place the boy on probation The judge was about so to rule when Policeman Edward Tucker of the Third Precinct, volunteered to testify. He said: “We have suspect ed this boy of numerous thefts, but have never been able to prove he was guilty. He has been questioned sev eral times regarding missing articles at the school.” After the policeman's testimony. Judge Hitt reversed his decision and sentenced the youth to 60 days in jail No attorney was assigned to defend the boy and he pleaded his own case. Questioned later, Judge Hitt de clared: “I sentenced him because of his record. If he had been convicted before I would have sentenced him to a year. His age has nothing to do with the case. From 17 to 21 is the criminal age now." Twenty-four hours after this pecu liar sentence went into effect, Judge Hitt had the boy brought back into court and said to him: “It was my intention to keep you in jail over night so that you might realize the seriousness of taking things that did not belong to you. I am doing to place you on probation for one year, but if you come back here again you will be sent to jail.” Guide Platform Local Race prejudiee must go. The Fatherhood of Go< and the Brotherhood of Man must prevail. These ar< the only principles which will stand the acid test of goo( citizenship te thne of peace, war and death. (1) We must have our pro-rata of employment ii businesses to which we give our patronage, such as groc ery stores, laundries, furniture stores, department stores and coal companies, in fact- every concern which we sup port. We must give our citizens the chance to live res pectably. We are tired of educating our children am permitting them to remain economic slaves and enter in to lives of shame. (2) Our pro-rata of employment for the patronage to our public corporations such as railroad companies the street car company, the Nebraska Power Company the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and othei establishments which we are forced to support by righl of franchise. Also our pro-rata of employment in re turn for the taxes we pay in our city, county state and federal government. (3) To encourage the establishment of a first class hospital that we may get the best that there IS in medical science from our doctors whom we know to be nearest us, also to encourage a high respect of them and encourag€ more of our girls to take nurse training. (5) A one hundred per cent membership in the Om aha branch of the NAACP. should be had to encourage j the efforts put forth by the founders of the organization and to assist the general office to establish a five million dollar endowment fund to maintain operating expenses and to further the principles of the NAACP. All peo ple of all races must be educated up to a higher principle and a more thorough understanding of interracial rela tionship that our country may in reality be a government of the people, for the people and by the people in whole and not in part. (6) The re-establishment of the Christian Religion as Christ taught it, for the uplifting of mankind, elimin ating financial and personal gam. A practical Christian Religion, week day as well as Sunday. An attitude to ward our fellowman as a brother in order to establish a principle which will guide the destiny of each other’s children; our neighbor’s children today are our children tomorrow. (7) Courteous treatment in all places of business and the enforcement of the State Civil Right Law. (8) To encourage and assist in the establishment of the following financial institutions near 24th and Lake Streets: A building and loan association, a state bank, and, also, a first-class trust company for the purpose of administering add and assistance to our widows and children. (9) To encourage the erection of a one hundred thousand dollar Young Men’s Christian Association Building near 24th and Lake Streets. (10) To enlarge the Young Women’s Christian As sociation that it may supply sufficient dormitory accom modations. (11) To teach our citizens to live economically with in their earning capacity by printing in each issue a bud get system for various salaries. (12) To make Omaha a better city in which to live by inaugurating a more cosmopolitan spirit among our American citizens. National j 5.!^ pif»ht for a passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynch I»ill and thus stop the shamful lynching of American citizi is ,11 2n? of ,our citizens in the president’s cabim t. Federal control of the educational system that every child must have a high school education. (4) Assist in the furtherance of research by our scientists and historians to prove that civilization was first founded in Africa. (5) Establish a political influence which will brine about our pro-rata of higher appointments made by our chief executives. («) Stop graft in politics by passing a Federal Law making election day a legal holiday and compelling every American citizen ef voting age to vote. (7i Prfvei!t further wars by teaching the so-called themselves about white supremacy with only three-tenths of the worldIs population. They must be taught that color is due to climatic conditions. They must be taught that seven-tenths of the world’s population is made up of r3CeS* Tbcy must be tau^ht the rays of sun iaZf S?°n the eqaator and fum the skin brown do not affect the power of the brain any more than the cold °f Hu*1?1?8 affect the brain of white race; and that the darker races will not continue to be crushed by a money mad few. If the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man are not welded into the hearts of thfc world s family now, by teaching the principles laid down byjmr Saviour, it will be welded into the hearts of our children some day soon, on the bloodiest battlefields this world has ever known. (8) Cut down congressional representation from the Southern States m proportion to the number of votes The OMAHA GUIDE will put forth its best efforts to bring about the above 22 points with the assistance of those who believe it is fot the best interest of good Amer ican citizenship. 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