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__ __OMAHA, NEBRASKA, APRIL 21, 1934._ ~
TH E OMAHA GUIDE
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WHY THE NEGRO HAS NOT PROFITED FROM
THE NRA
THOUSANDS of gallons of Printer’s ink has been ex
pended by the Negro press ttlling their readers that the
NRA and the various Codes under it, has worked against
the interest of the Negro, instead of working to their ad
vantage, but little or no ink has been used in telling why
this condition obtains. When the news was first flashed
over the air and the telegraph wires, and printed in the
press that President Roosevelt, with the assistance of his
advisors and Cabinet Members, was at work divising
some means by which the millions of idle men, wbo were
walking the streets and going from place to place in
quest of employment, may, through that means find the
much needed jobs, in every hamlet, village, town and
city, men (white!) began to organize or revive the old or
ganizations wThich had been partly or completely de
stroyed by depression. So, finally, when the NRA be
came a law, if found those who had prepared for it, in a
much better position to profit by it, than those who failed
to take advantage of the injunction of the President to
organize.
The General Labor Provision, Article 4, Section 1,
of the Hotel and Restaurant Code says: “Employees
shall have the right to organize and BARGAIN COL
LECTIVELY through representatives of their own
choosing, and shall be free from interference, restraint
or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents in the
designation, of such representatives, or in self organiza
tion, in ohtre concerted activities for the purpose of col
lective bargaining, or other mutual aid or protection.’’
By this it can be readily seen that there is no excuse for
the timidity, which has so long kept the Negro from or-i
ganizing for the purpose of his industrial and economic,
betterment.
The President has told us that we have a right to
organize^; that we will be protected in that right; also the
right to organize and bargain collectively through repre
sentatives of your own choosing; and be free from re
straint, or coercion of employers of labor and their
ageSnts. As a group, for some reason, we have failed to
avail ourselves of these great priviliges, by organizing
the different and various crafts, in which we are employ
ed, that we may make proper representation through the
regular channels to the NRA Code Officers; that we may
receive due consideration the same as other citizens, we
must cease our “wailing and gaushing of teeth,” and cry
ing to the high heavens, and use the instrumemts at hand
to secure our temporal salvation.
Awake from your lethargy before it is too late.
Throw aside your slinky coat of selfishness, and put on the
coat of Courage, Racial Confidence and Sacrifice, that we
may use the only agency by which we can hope to get our
full measure of benefit from the NRA. To do this we
must organize.
M. L. Harris, President Omaha Hotel Waiters As
sociation. 18£9 1-2 N. 24th St. Phone Ja. 9904.
A NEGRO STATE
has reached our desk a bulletin of The National
^uuiicil for the establishment of a 49th state. The
bulletin sets forth the proposal of the council which is as
tion, and also tells of the suffering of the Negro in the
United States for morel than three hundred years. The
bulletin sets forth the proposal of the council whirh is as
follows:
We propose, therefore, the ultimate establishment of
a new state in the United States, where colored people in
he United Statts can have an opportunity to work out
their own destiny unbridled and unhampered by artifi
cial barriers; wherein they can have a chance to raise
the lot of their masses from exploitation, misery, wretch
ededness and insecurity; wherein they can become re
spected, industrious, thrifty citizens, self-governing, self
reliant and self sustaining, always to be counted upon us
as unfalteringly la|yal to their country and a credit to all
that is noblest and best in it. Thus we plan that the
Negro secure an actual physical, geographic area for the
establishment of a state like any other commonwealth in
the United States.
The proposal, to our mind;s, is the most worthy
Movement begun by the American Negro since slavery, ”
and should be endorsed by every thinking mepiber of theSi
race in the United States. The struggle under which the
Negro is now living in the United States today is bound i
to result in his ultimate defeat as a citizen. The straws |
plainly show7 which wray the wind is blowing, and it is only
a matter of time before the same thing that is happen
ing to the Jew' in Germany, or wrorse, is going to happen
to the Negro in America.
Members of the race who love their posterity will
be willing to make real the plans of the National Council
of the movement. Of course there are many Negroes in
the country who are goi V to disagree with the move
ment, and if there were not it would be a good sign that
the plans are no good. Then there are thousands of the
race who have never realized the plight of their group in
America who will assume a disinterested part.
There ought to be a branch of the Council in every
city of the United States with a Negro population of
3,000. Certainly there ought to be a branch in every
state. This publication is certainly in hearty accord with
the movement, and intends doing every thing it can to
acquaint the Negro public with its program.
BIG LITTLE BUSINESS MEN
A BOUT the most disgusting animal of the human speci
es is one of the sophisticated, self-sufficient little
fellows who attempts to make the impression that he is
so busy he does not have any time to spend with ordinary
people and ordinary things.
~~ We had occasion last w eek to hear a “big” business
m,an of this city tell one of his fellow beings, that he did
not have time to talk with him about small matters, be
cause his mind was concerned about a hundred thousand
dollars. The first time we listened to such blah-blah Irom |
this little fellow was about three months ago. At thatj
i jme. we paid little or no attention to his chatter, but last j
week’s experience is positive proof that the little fellow,
is really in earnest about his status as a “big” business j
man. , , ,
The influence of an institution may be measured by
;he bigness of the men who officers it; and no institution
•an grow and thrive so long as narrow-minded, soul
thriveled idiots are permitted to stunt its growth with
heir poisonous spleen of elgotism.
The largest life insurance company in the world that
! c owned and operated by Negroes is located in this city,
t has been our pleasure to visit the offices of this com
pany from time to time, on business or otherwise. We
>ave noted, with a degree of satisfaction, that the officers
>f this company go out of their way to bo courteous to
;he humblest citizen who may find it necessary to visit
heir offices. This company handles millions of dollars
» vear but its officer’s heads are not swelled.
I Hejre is the spirit upon which institutions may be
! permanently establshed. Here is a lesson that discourte-,
i dus and conceited little fellows need to le<am.
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INTRESTING DOCU
MENTS GIVEN TO
HAMPTON SCHOOL
Hampton Institute, Va-, April 16
Through the courtesy of the secretary
of Mrs- Cyrus McCormick of Chicago,
Illinois two copies of an extremely in
teresting document have come into
the possession of Hampton Institute.
Dated at Hampton Institute on Wash
ington’s birthday, 1896. they are du
plicate copies of a “Resolution on the
Subject of an Arbitration adopted by
the Officers. Teachers and Students
of Hampton Normal and Agricultur
al Institute.” One copy is addressed
“To Her Majesty The Queen of Eng- I
land;” the other. “To His Excellency,!
The President of hte United States.”:
The resolution reads
“Whereas it is our opinion that war,
as a me tod of deciding controversies
between nations, is like duelling of
individuals, a relic of savergy, and
should be resorted to, only in case
of an absolute and crying injustice,
that can be set right by no other
means.
“Therefore: Resolved, that we do
desire and entreat the Governments
of the United States and Great Bri
tain, to establish by formal treaty
some system of arbirtation for con
cluding* all differences which may
arise between the powers and which
may be of so grave a nature as to
fail of settkffruent by the usual di
plomatic agencies and metods-’’
The case in which these resolutions
are inclosed are excellent examples
of the woodworker’s craft, and were
made by students in the Carpenter
Shop of Hampton institute, i
panels are made from a piece of Koa
Wood, from beam taken from the
Church in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands
in which the father of General S. C.
Armstrong, founder of Hampton
Normal and Agricultural Institute
preached for many yeas, as a mission
ary. .
The border and monogram are 01
Oak. from the fn*ne of the U. S.
Ship Cumberland, sunk in Hampton
Roads. March 8, 1862, by the Confed
erate Batte Ship “Merrimac.”
The petitions are signed by the
following: Dr. Hollis Burke Fris
sell and the members of his admin
istrative staff; the Trustees, led by
Robert C- Ogden; the Industrial
Superintendents. Officers and Clerks,
Mtrons and Housekeepers, the fac
ulty and the entire student body, com
posed of both Negroes and Indians.
UTILITY INVESTORS
MUST DEMAND
A FAIR DEAL
If you happened to be one oi tne
illion or so investors in electric and
>wer companies in the United States
nilar to the following in the an
i nual statements of your company:
“In addition to the serious problems
confronting business in general there
are problecs peculia to the electric
light and power industry, the most
immediately serious of which are
the rapid rise in taxes and labor and
material costs on the one hand, and
the demand for rate reductions
throughout the country on the other
hand. Many utilities companies in
the. United States are faced with com
petition by the construction, through
the use of Federal funds, of unneces
sary and duplicating electric power
plants and distribution systems. It
is hoped, however, that the public
utility industry, in common with all
other industries, will be permitted
through the maintenance of just and
reasonable rates, to meet the added
cost of doing business and to share
fairy with others in the return of j
national prospeity.”
That is a nice polite way of telling
you that you savings invested in the
electric light industry are threatened
with destruction by competition of
tax-exempt publicly owned plants,
built with funds supplied o guaranteed
or supplied by the public treasuries.
Also that your company hopes that
public regulation asd legislation af
fecting it will not discnjninate a
gainst it in comparson with other in
dustries and that regulatory author
ities will permit it to earn a fair re
turn based upon present day cost of
operation which applies to it as well
as to any other industry.
Your company is asking for a fair
deal to protect your svings and in
vestment
FOUR TOWNS IN “DEEP
SOUTH” WOULD FORM
N. A. A. C. P. BRANCHES
New York, April 13—Five new
branches of the Association for the
■ Advancement of Colored People, four
of which are in the “deep South",
are in process of organization, the
national offices announces. Jennings,
La-, has secured 79 charter members
—p9 more than the required 50—and
has made formal application for a
its requred number of charter mem
bes- Coushatta, La- has secured 30
members and asks if it can divide
it branch because m|my residents
live on the other side of the river
and will have to go fifteen ^niles
each way to attend a meeting. Nat
chez, Muss- wishes to organize a
branch- Rahway,N- J. has secured
its full quota and asks a charter
The new branches in thelower Miss
issippi delta region are regarded as
the result of the successful fight
of the N- A. A- C- P- aganst exploit
ations of Negro workers in the levee
camps
FLODIDA INDIFFRENT
OR CRUEL TO NEGRO
SAYS MISS OVINGTON
AFTER HER TOUR
New York, April 13—Returning to
this city after a 60-day tour of the
South during which She addressed
two churches, one forum, seven com
mittees. fourte n colleges and junior
colleges, eleven hj?h school, e^ght
grammar schools, one school of social
service, ■ one library school and four
teen branches of the N- A- A- C- P-,
.Visa Mary W. Ovington, treasurer of
the association, declared that except
for St- Augustine, “Flordia is indif
ferent or cruel or both” to its Negro
citizens.
As evidence slie cited the fact that
“there were not enough people who
dared to jon” the Association at San
a. Florida; that she believed she
should haved “embarassed” the Ne
groes in Tampa. Miami, and West
Palm Beach if she had visited them,
and that the Negroes of Winter
Park are virtually in prison
“Everything that I enjoyed”, she
declared referring to the many at
tractions offered by Winter Park,
“was close to them- They could not
enter the library or the moving
picture house. They were not expect
ed to go to any Rollins college per
formance- They could not bathe in
any one of the 28 lakes, not even in
Kirzner when tne tourists were away- i
After 8:30, unless they were working
for the whites, they must be on their
sde of the railroad track- Their pay
was small- A laundry that cost me
$1-30 when given out at the hotel,
cost thirty cents when given to a
colored woman who called for it and
returned it in 24 hours- Few had
non y to go the larger town of Or
lando- Their neighborhood was dark
at night- There is ‘good feeling’ at
Winter Park, but the Negro who did
not ‘keep his place’ would destroy
the socal fabric.”
Negroes and New Deal in Dixie
Commenting on the workings of
the New Deal as she observed it
on her lengthy tour Miss Ovington
declared: “the politicians are in the
first row, the poor whites in the sec
ond, and the Negroes a bit back in
the third line- Naturally they get
what the others leave in many places,
where the whites are pretty hungry
and need work, the leavings are old
clothes, some food, little work- But
where the money is considerable, the
Negro may get a shovel and two
white men lounging by them as over
seers-”
CONTRIBUTORS TO N. A.
A. C. P. FUND
-New York. April 13—Further con
tributors to the 25th anniversary
Penny-A-Head fund of the N A- A
C- P. :
Aabama: Biringham branch,$96-44;
Trinity school, Athens, $3-83; Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorority, Talladega.
$1-25; Myrtle Knight, Ft- Davis, $1;
Oakwood Junior College, Huntsville,
$2-66- Arizona: Yuma branch, $7-85
Arkansas: Little Rock branch, $4-10
Califomia: Red cap porters, Southern
Pacific company, Oakland, $7; Alpha
Delta chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha fra
ternity, Los Angeles, $1-87; Mrs
Sarah I- Metcalf, Los Angeles, $1
Occidental Lodge No- 2484, G- U- O- 0
F-, Oaklanb, $1-05; Louisiana State
Club, Venice, $2- Colorado: M- W
Prince Hall Grand Lodge F- and A- M-,
Denver $3-60- Connecticut: Hartford
branch, $14-07- Florida: King Edward
j Lodge No- 114, K. of P-, West Palm
; Beach, $1; Charles SummerLodge No
; 24, K. of P-, Tallahassee, $1.60; J- D
Sumlin, Waldo, $102; Dayton Beach
campaign, $35-54; Peninsula City
Lodge, No-503, Elks, Dayton Beach,
$2; James Johnson Lodge No- 123,
K- of P-, Jacksonville, $1; Beta Alpha
chapter, A. K. A., sorority Tallahass
$25; Silver Leaf Charity club, Day
tona Beach, $2- Georgia: H- and I
School, Waynesboro, $5; 24th Infan
try, Ft- Benning, $18-38; Atlanta uni
versity, Atlanta, $2-13; First Congre
gational Church Sunday School, At
lanta, $5- Territory of Hawaii: John
Jefferson, Honolulu, $6-10
This list covers February 10 to
March 15 inclusive in the states men
tioned
THE TAX EXEMPTION
FALLACY
The surest way to achieve tax re
duction would be to spread the bur-j
den evenly, based on the capacity to
pay—without exemptions.
Tax exemption for parsons with in
comes in the lower brackets has long
foled a substantian part f the public
into believing it is not taxed at all.
It creates the idea that the cost of
government is being borne by weal
thy individuals and by big business.
,No idea, no belief could be less justi
fied. There aren’t that many weal
thy individuals—and there aren’t
that many big businesses. The great i
part of the cost of government—fed
eral, state county and municipal—is
said by the people who think they are
tax exepmt. Instaed of paying their
coney direct to the tax collector’s of
fice, they pay it indirectly in higher
rents, more expensive food, clothing
and entertainment and everything
else. That bii business which is so
highly taxed, for example, is the busi
ness which is o highly taxed, for
example, i the busines you patronizle
when you buy groeerie or shoes or in
surance or transportation or some
thing of the kind—and the cost of
the commodity or service includes
..he taxxes the business pays In other
words, the business imply act as the
middleman—it collects money from
you and passes it on to the govern
ment
Today the tax problem is an in
tensely personal issue to every
American. It stands in the way of
/ plovment, of wage increases, of in
dustrial expaivsion. of productive
investment. 1ft i-os a barrier tx> re
covvjry. It is #oin# to become a bi#
ger prblom every year until the mil
lions of wage earners realize how
vital its solution is t their well-being
and their future.
A STEP TOWARD
FIRE PREVENTION!
An announcement from the Na-j
tional Board of Fire Underwriters,
85 John Street New York Coty. con
tains an offer of great interest to
progressive communities
Experience has proven that the ex
tensive use of fire drill towers by
fir*' departments is extemely valua
ble in training the personel to com
bat actual blades- Many towns lack
towel's, because of the substantial ex
pense that must be undergone in
destaging and building them- Real
izing the need of protecting life and
property to the utmost, W- E- Mal
laHeu, General Manager of the Na
tional Board, has agreed to furnish
without charge to any city official
plans for either a model tower of
steel a 75- foot tower of heavy timb
er or a 54-foot tower of heavy timber
They may be built with CWA labor,
end their cost to the community is
thus the nienesft fraction of their
value
Fire chiefs and city officials in
a number of communities have re
ceived plans for towers, and they are
now under construction. Youngstown.
Ohio, for exairjple, has taken ad
vantage of CWA work to erect a
manumental drill tower out of local
ly quarried stone- The bulk of cities,
so far, are employing heavy timber
construction
Whatever the size or type of the
tower, it marks a definite step for
ward in the cause of fire control in
the town building it- The opportuni
ty should not be missed
SCHOOL HEAD KILLS
SELF AND SHOOTS 3
Charleston, W. Va—(CNS)—The
State School flor Negro Deaf and
! Blind, was the scene of a double kill
isg on Friday April 13, when the
superintendent, James L. Hill drew a
revolver and killed one of the faculty
members, wounded three others and
shot himself- The shooting occurred
at the close of a talk by Hill while
forty-two stud-m i and the school em
ployees were at breakfast
After the sh,;< tng in the dning room
Hill left the sc.ne and iater was j
found dead in a qrivate oifice across
from the dining room, he having shot
himself- The man he killed was W.
B. Ellison Jr., instructor in tailoring
“He just said a few words and
pulled out a gun and began to oshoot
Everybody began to run and hide ”
said Felix Warren, instructor in
barbering and one of the wounded
The shooting brought disclosure by
the State Board of Control that one
account of tailor and barber shops
operating by the school have been un
der investigation
Hill shot at Ellison, then fired down
the table, witnesses said. The wound
ed are Warren, Mrs- Fannie Herold,
an instructor in the school for the
deaf, and Helen Briggs, a cook- Wit
nesses said Hill referred in his talk to
the investigation of accounts and de
fend his honesty.
The deaf and blind school is on
State property adjoining the West
Virginia State College, at Institute,
West Virginia of which John W- Davis
ia president
N. A. A. C. P. LAWYERS
NOT TRYING TO GET
SCOTTSBORO CASE
New York, April 13—In a lettr to
Samuel S. Leibowitz, chief attorney
for the Scottsboro boys, WaltrWhite,
secretary of the National Association
for the Scottsboro boys Walter White,
People,denied a statement in the New
York Herald Tribune alleging that
the prison warden at Birmimgh*)m
Alabama is threatening certain Scoots
boro defendents “wth dire consequenc
es if they should not dispense with
the services of the International
Labor Defense, a Communist organ
ization, and accept counsel offered by
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People-”
“We sincerely trust.” wrote Mr
White, “That in this you are not being
made vidt^n. of propagande- We
wish to state unequivocally that the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People has of
fered no lawyers to the defendents
since our withdrawal from the case in
Janui-ary 1932, when the defendents
chose to be defended by counsel re
taned by the International Labor De
fense- Thsi Association has had no I
communication of any. nature what- j
ever with the defendents since that
date”
“The only connection which this
Asociation has had with the case,”
continued Mr. White, “has beoen that
of fulfilling to the letter a written
agreement with the I- L. D., made on
April2, 1933. This agreement pro
vided that those persons who prefer
contributing to the legal defense of
the defendents through the N A. A
C- P. could do so. Under this agree
ment the N A. A. C. P. could do so.
Under this agreement the N- A. A G.
P. has raise , and expended to date
through the I- L- D-, a total of $3,532
for investigations, traveling expenses
of lawyers and investigators, tran
script of record and the like ”
LIBERIAN TRIBES STILL
ENSLAVE AND PREY
OF MITILARY RAIDS
Vv ash:ng.i -n—(CfNS)—Development
following the protracted delays in
the negotiations between the American
Finance Corporation, which is the
fiscal concern of the Firestone rub
ber plantations, and the Liberian
Governm,:nt, reveal that Iaberian
tribes of Hie hinderiand are now being
attack by civilized Negroes ofMon
rovia
These tribes surrendered their arms
to a L ;ague of Nations Commission in
1932. and this is a blow to the League,
because Dr. Melvile D- MacKenzie,
Hv' Scotch physician who headed the
League commission in bhes ufmmerof
1932, persuaded the Kxoo tribes that
justice would be done if they abandon
ed revolution- Theirguns were sur
rendered, but the one year truce has
long expired and the tribesmen who
were treated with white man’s justice
are now helpless (before reprisals
Dr- MacKenzie is said to be near
heartbroken ov the betrayal of the
Kroo chief whose confdt-nce he won
Meanwhile, although the American
State Department has gained the
Firestone company’s ) accepts nee of
the League plan fotr the rehabilitation
of Liberia, Monrovia has posed a serie
of modifications which are considered
as completely undoing the plan
These reservations were iterated in
a formal document from the Liberian
' Government today, leaving the League
1 helpless either to solve the question
or return it to the United States,
! which deposited it on the League's
doorstep
League officials it is claimed are
hopeful that the three countries most
interested will lind a means to put
pressure on the Liberians. The dif
ficulty here, it is said frankly, is
that President Roosevelt recently de~
cared against crossing frontiers and
intervening, and that this would bar
the sending Of a \}arshi{p, which,
those who know Monrovia declare,
would alone le eloquent
In the meantime the unarmed sav
ages are the prey of a military mis
sion sent by the Monrovian Govern
ment, which, the League was inform
ed through diplomatic quarters, claims
the men forced labor as carriers and
scatters their defenseless women asd
children into the jungle
MISS ANTON HUFF EN
TERTAINS ROBINS’
Miss Anton Huff, president of the
Robins Club of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
Who entertained at Robin’s nest which
was the beautiful home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Leland,2824 No. 26th
Street, proved herself to be a de
lightful hostess. The most talked
of event was held last Satuday even
ing.
Her guests were: Usher board of
i abemacle Baptist Church of Coun
cil Bluffs, the Young Peoples Demo
cratic Club of Omaha, and Andy
Kirk’s 12 Clouds of Joy, who were
appearing at the beautiful Chermont
Ball room Saturday and Sunday.
They also played for the dance at the
Dreamland. Monday night.
It was a party long to be remebered
by all who were fortunate engough to
be present.
Bridge was enjoyed early in the
evening by those present; about 11 o’
, clock the card tables were removed
and dancing was enjoyed to its high
est. All kinds of music was to be
had for Kirk’s boys all play the piano
A delightful luncheon was served by
Miss Huff and her assistants. There
was not a doll moment at the party
until the last geust had departed from
the nest.
Those from the Bluffs who were
at the party : Miss Wilma Harrold.
Miss Bessie Reynolds, Mr. Harold
Reynolds, Mr. Henry Reynolds, Mr.
Manson L. James, Mr. Irving T.
j Clark. d£ Minneapolis- Mrs. Viola
Reynolds. Mrs. Ida Giles and those
from Omaha who attended the party
were: Mr. J. D. Lewis, Mr. Eldridfee
Cooper. Mr. W. Cooper Mrs. Lucille
Edwards, Mr. asd Mrs. Chas. Pick
ens, Mrs. Beatrice McRae. Mr. and
Mrs. Mabel Fields, Etta Butler, Miss
Lulu Green,BMiss Ruth Burleson. Mr.
Argustine Mac.k Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Bowden. Miss Stenola Williams, Mr.
Alvin Goodwin, Mr. Gearld Phillips,
Mr. Ernest Williams, Mr. Robert
Floyd, Mr. sam Barton- Mr. George
Barton, and Andy Kirk’s men were:
Mr. Earl A. Thcfnpson, trumpet- M»
Ted M- Brinson, banjo and guitar,
Mr. John Harrington, sax and clari
net. Mr. Henry Snodgrass, bus driver,
and Mr. Benjamin Thigsen, drummer.