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(Corrected and Re-Run)
“DON’T CRUSH MANHOOD; PAY THEM CASH
The above was the subject af a release given to the Am
erica by the Honorable Harland L. Mossman, candid
ate for County Attorney of Douglas County. Mr. Moss
man was the first man to say, “Stop insulting America s
manhood by giving him charity through a lot of red tape
Give him a job and pay him cash instead of grocery or
ders.” Mr. Mossman says that it is not the duty oC the
American Government to crush manhood. The .duty, of
the Government is to rostjore confidence in its citi
zen and it cannot restore that CONFIDENCE by giving
them grocery orders today and starving them tomoirow
The Government should make jobs folr the unemployed
citizens and pay them cash for their labor and let them
spend it where and with whom they please.
Shortly after this news was given to the press ol
the country, thousands of men began to receive cash for
their labor. Every man working on Governm^it pro
jects today should remember the stand Mr. Mossman
took when it was not popular for any man to speak
in their interest. Mr. Mossman is the kind of a fearless
leader that is needed in the County Attorneys office.
He has the courage of his convictions. The honesty of
his intentions of right cannot be questioned. He is
one df the three men in Douglas County who s^bd by his
v £Uns agains1 the Dennison Machine from 1907 till they
Kere put out of the City Hall. Mr. Mossman has never been |
known to bite his tongue on expressing a thought or laying ,
the filth and destruction df the human family at the door,
of the politician where it belongs. 1
This is thefirst time that Douglas County and the
jfcitv of Omaha has had an opportunity to pay this fearless
leader for the unselfish service he rendered as an Am
erican Citizen to this Community.
THE TAXPAYERS PAY
Communities which are considering “adventures in
Vj the municipal light and power business might find
facts concerning the Seattle, Wash, power plant of mter
Aicqording to a bulletin issued by the Associated
Industries of Oklahoma, the plant which is tax free-, did
a $5 000,000 business in 1932—and netter only $87,000.
It hi a bonded indebtness now of $32,000,000, and the pr»
sent rate <Jf income will require 368 years to become debt
About twenty per cent of the plant’s total income
must be dug up annually by Seattle taxpayers, paying,
from their city general fund around $1,000,000 for street
and public building lighting and similar municipal uses.
The plant cost $54,033,000-^and, according to en
gineering estimates, couldn’t be sold today for 20 per
cent of that. The city issued $42,339,000 in bonds against
the property—and has been abl© to redeem only $10,186
000 of them in thirty years.
There’s nothing unusual about this story. Hun
dreds of such enterprises, some smaller and some largei,
have had a similar experience. And that s the reason
why, in the face of strong political pressure in favor of
municipal ownership, scores of towns have recently de
feated proposals to go into the power business.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
That false economy is poor economy is proven.by two
, * Massachusetts, cities which had school fires rei
I cently. '' '
I pi In Fall Riv&r, the school which burned was insur
I ed. The amount of the loss, $99,000, will bei paid by the
I underwriters. In West Springs, however, no insurance
■ w as carried—in orde^r to “save” the premium. Taxpay
■ ers, instead of the underwriters, wTill pay for its replace
■ ment.
B y If a citizen carefully insures his private property,
imhe is entitled to the same protection for property that he
l lowns jointly with all the other citizens of his municipal
jjttty. City officials, resposible for the financial protec
tion of muncipal property, should not jeopardize that pro
tection without the knowledge and consent of all the tax
payers, who, if they were informed of the number and
extent of school fires, seldom wrould consent to dispens
ing with sound stock company fire insurance. Take,
for instance, these recent school fires: “They Farming
ton, Mo.high school, destroyed with a loss of $50,000;
the Longfellow' School at Rock Island, 111., burned dowm
with a loss of$60,000; the Bainbridge, Pa. high school,
burned with a loss of $50,000, and at Shamonin, Pa:, the
Washington Grade School, dam&ged to the extent of
$75,000.
The satisfaction felt by those in authority at Fall
River at having properly guarded the investment of
their fellow citizens, may now be contrasted with the
feeling of loss experienced by tlfose whose failure to
preside insurance protection for their- trust will cost the
taxpayers a sum sufficient, at the going rate, to insure
all of the local Sclfobls for a period of thirty years.
TIRES -
In reconditioning yo\jr car for the summer driving
1 campaign, it is to be hdpd/J that you did not stop
with the engine, the brakes, the lights. Of course, these
must be in perfect shape, but perhaps yc*u overlooked a
vital safety feature in every automobile—the tires.
While y^ur brakes stop the wheels, it is the tires
that stop the car. That fact is being emphasized in this
day of high speed and increased horsepower. If you go
fast, yu must stop quickly. And that is where a good
tire comes in.
Figures, obtained by the National Bureau of
Casaulty and Surety Underwriters, indicate that three
fourths of the cars inspected in a number of states last
year had dangerous defects. Nearly 48 per cent of these
defective^ cars were equipped with tires that were
(either poor or in fair condition. A poor, even a fair tire,
is liable toi a puncture of a blowout, and evejryone knows
i what that means at high speeds.
All drivers have noticed the abnormal number of
blowouts and punctures during the first warm daps. The
heat has raised the air pressure and a \\?orn tire has
blown c|ut or punctured an a sharp obstruction of a severe
bump. During the winter months the dampness has
seeped in through the cuts and burises producer by thou
sands of miles of driving. This dampnelss has decayed
the rubber and weakened the tire.
There we(re 7.120 accidents last year due to* punc
tures and blow outs. In 480 of these accidents persons
were nilled and thelre were 27,160 skidding accidents in
which 1,420 persons were killed and 30.200 injured.
Look yoiir tires over carefully and if they are not
up to standard replace them!
(Continued From Page One)
The automobile industry was first
to be hit, with the tool and die mak
ers strike which paralized production,
at a time when demand for cars was
highest in years. This strike was
finally settled, after a fashion, by
Federal mediators—but there are
plenty of rumblings beneath thi sur
face still, and it may break out again
Then shipping onthe Pacific Coast
was tied up solid by a longshoremen’s
strike, in which other labor organ
izations, including truck drivers and
rivfrboatmen, joined through sym
pathy. Main demands of the long
shoremen are a closed shop and short
er workng week.
Then truckmen struck in the twin
cities of St- Paul and Minneapois—
placed 6,200 sriking drivers in picket
lines—and caused a shortage of food,
gasoline and other necessities. Union
recognition, cloasd shop and wage
adjustment were demanded.
Great fear is that the srikes will
spread, will evmtually result in a
general indutrial strike which could
only be “arbitrated” through blood
shed and martial law. Most unbiased
observers believe that both workers
and employers have good points to
presents, but are frankly dubious as
to whether arbitration efforts will
get far- Local authorities are power
less, ar i looking to the Federal gov
ernment to solve the problem.
MILLS ARTISTS
(Continued From Page One)
j 12:30 (E. D. S. T-)
Lunceford and his boys compnenee
a long dance tour on Jupe 16, includ
[ ing the eastern, New England and
middle western states
Gloria Hilton and her Melodears
is the name finally select) vl for the
amazing all-.girl band which Irving
Mills will soon present to the public
under the sponsorship of Mills Artist
Inc- New summer costumi'is enhance
the piquant beauty of these attrac
tive girl musicians
Other orchestra leaders, who have
heard the band have been astonished
by its swinging rhythms, and by the
facility with which th-a girls play dif
ficult hot arrangements- All have
been glowing in their praise of the
team work in the rend and brass
seections
Contract with the Mills Artist Inc-,
has been signed by Joe Venuti, plac
ing himejlf, his hot fiddle and his
orchestra under the sponsorship of
Irving Mills- Venuti is the most
famous jazz violin player in the world
and he and his band hve been heard
on the radio all winter from Delmoni
co’s, where they have just closed an
engagement
Venuti’s first appearance under the
Mills banner will be at the Metropol
itan theatre in Brooklyn the wtaek be
ginning June 22- This will be follow
ed by a tour of theatres and ane night
dance stands.
Dotted Notus:-Cob Calloway and
Cotton Club orchestra will receive
guarantees which total $7,200, in ad
dition to perentage of all reo dpts for
seven one night dance stands during
the week starting Junp 15.Duke
Ellington and his famous orchestra
will Jmake another transcontinental
jump to open at the Capitol theatre
on Juhj 29.Mills Blue Rhythm
Band, conducted by Lucky Millinder
and faturing Edgar Hayes, will open
at the Cotton Club in Harlem, instead
of Flectcher Henderson, as previously
announced . Continued demands
from Europe make an early appear
annci there quite probable for Fletch
er Henderson and his orchestra-.
Teddy, volunteer errand boy with Cab
Calloway “bummed” his way back to
New York the 1,682 mil-js from Dallas,
Texas, to rejoin the band on its pre
sent tour.First date for Joe Ven
uti nd his orchestra undar Mills Ar
tist management will be at the Me
tropolitan heatre in Brooklyn on June
22.Gloria Hilton and her charming
band of girl musicians are thrilled
by gorgeous new summer costumees,
purchased for thAn by Irving Mills
.Duke Ellington’s second picture
for Paramount, “It Ain’t No Sin,”
starring Ms West, will be released in
a few days_Cab Calloway’s base
ball team, all members of the Cotton
Club orchestra, open the season in
two wMeks at Albany, playing a local
team for a benefit charity.Indica
tions are that the entire current floor
show from the Cotton Club in Harlem
will sail for the Palladium theatre in
London in six weeks, or about the
middle of July.Add Harlemese:
“I don’t cop your jive!”; explanation,
“cop” means to grasp or understand,
and “jive” is a line of talk, usually inj
the vernacular
TALKING THINGS OVER
By
Mildred J. Bronson
YOU AND LIFE
“Whether Your Life Is A Success
or a Failure, Depends on You, En
tirely.”
You are the Fellow, Who has to
decide
Whether you’ll do it, or toss it aside
You are the Fellow, who makes up
your mind
Whether you’ll lead, or linger behind
Whether you’ll try for the goal that’s
afar.
Ot be contented, to stay where you
are:
Take it, or leave it, here’s something
to do;
Just think it over, it’s all up to you
This little poem practically covers
my whole topic- It only leaves me the
chancj to enlarge a little on certain
parts af the above poem
Friends, I will ask you to look back
to my Subhead: "Whether Your Life
is a Success or a Failure, D. pends
Entirely On You”, Did you ever think
of That? There is no one that can
live your life,for you, but yours Jf.
People can tell you how to live, the
right way in which to live, what to
do to make your life happier, what
they would do if they were in ycur
shoes, but that is as far as they can
go- Whether you follow th.ir advise
or not is entirely up to you. You may
•have ever so much talent, but if your
mind is made up not to use that tai-'
dnt, there is no one that can make
you successful with it
Take the first two lines of my
opening poem
You are the one who has to decidi,
Whether you’ll do,it or toss it aside.
That is true to the very inch of
th.' line- If you really want to do a
thing, no matter what any one may
say or do, it is still up to you. No one
can make up your mind for you. or
make you change it once it is made
up, if it is against your will to do it
In the race of Life* its entirely up
to you whether you lead or linger be
hind- Whether you go on ever longing
and reaching for the goal thats afar,
i r wh ther you are contented in stay
ing wh-re you are- It may sound fool
ish. but this is a serious topic
You hear people say, “You make
your bed hard, and you’ll lay on it-”
Any one with a particle of brains
should realise that- If you do some
1 thing that wrecks your life and you
did it on your own hooks, you have
no right to expect sympathy of any
| kind
You must remember your mother
watched out for you, from babyhood,
till the time you are about 15 or 16,
; when you are supposed, if you are
! not crack brained or defected in any
way, to know right from wrong and
l to know your own mind- Your mother
is responsible for your “sins until you
are twelve years of age, at least that
is what the bible tells us, and after
that if you do anything wrong or
ruin your life, no one is responsible
but you, and no one will havo to
answer for it at the Judgment day
but you- So, youth, I am asking you
to beware, lest you do something
that will not look so nice on your re>- \
i cord, when you come before that
i Judgment seat, to answer the Roll
: Call- If you know what you want to
do, and have the courage to go with
it, go to it- Let no one sway your
mind, if what you are thinking of is
right, at least you feel that it is, be
cause it is all up to you. If it turns
out to be a success, you will not have
anyone to blame for stopping you,
and if it is a failure, there is still no
one to blame but yourself
You hoar people say, “Oh, if it had
not been for him, I wouldn’t have
done it.” Listen, that is just a lot of
nonsense. Why place your burden on
some one elses shoulder? There is no
one that has a lock and key to your
mind but yourself, and there is no
one that can force you to make up
your mind to do something, that you
know to be wrong, but yourself.
You hear people say, “Oh, if it had
not been for him, I wouldn’t have
done it.” Listen, that is just a lot of
nonsens9- Why place your burden on
some one elses shoulder? There is no
on that has a lock and key to your
mind but yoursolf, and there is no
one that can force you to make up
your mind to do something, that you
know to be wrong, but yourself.
I will close with this little plea to
thj young folks, to be careful. Re
member, no matter how much your
mother and father’s minds are set o i
your being a success, or holding a
cartain station in life, if your mind is
not set holdly on the idea, you will
never make a success at it. If you go
| on and make your life a success, you
have no one to thank but yourself
There may, you say, have been peo
ple such as your parents, who clothed
you, food you, etc., but if your mind
was not set on being a success, their
caring is we will say all in vain- Take
this little poem with you, as you
finish reading this topic, and combine ,
with my poem of last we k and see
if it does not help you along the
road of life, to carry your own bur
den, no matter how heavy or how
light it maybe
Whom have I to blame for my life,
Me, Myself, and I- So if my bed be
soft or hard,—I take the blame till I
die
LOLA STEWART’S COLUMN
(For The Literary Service Bureau)
DIVERSITIES AMONG NATIVE
AFRICANS
Although th? natives of Africa are
generally known as the black race,
because of climatic differences and
the blending in the many migrations,
they have developed divisions widely
different from one another- However
all Africans except these in the ex
| trem<j north were Negroes— persons
having a larger percentage of Negro
blood than of any other stock
Egypt, though commonly consider
! ed a country of Asiatic civilization,
was a land of mixed brifcds- History
would seem to indicate that this
country was first inhabited by a N&
gTo tribe that blended with the mi
grations of tfrj Mediterranean people ;
coming from the north- Some scient- j
ists even believe that the original ;
man evolved in Africa instead of in ,
Asia
All Africa was not settled by peo
ple of exactly the samj types Records
of archaeologists show that the prim
itive Airit «**; was not nercessarily j
black, but that he was of . an Asiatic
type with Negroid features- There
are indications that once they were
largely of the mulatto type- Today,
ra,ives of Africa- ;txhibit mapy of the
divergencies that are found in the
American Negro
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BOARD DIRECTORS OF NAACP.
HOLDS MEETINGS
At the May mciting of the Board,
the following action was taken:
On motion of Dr. Wright, duly sec
onded, it was VOTED, That The
Crisis is the organ of the Association
and no salaried offic.r of the Asso
ciation in the pages of The Crisis;
that any such criticism should be
Drought directly to the Board of Di- !
rectors and its publication approved j
or disapproved
I did not know of this action until j
a w-cvek after the June editorials had j
been written
I regret to say that I am unable to
comply with this vote- I do not for a
jnoment question the right of th.
Board to take this action or its duty
to do so whenever differences of
opinion among its officers become so j
wide as to threaten the organization
Naturally, I seriously question the
wisdom or right of any distinction
between th* opinions of salaried and
unsalaried officials
On the other hand, in thirty-five
years of public service, my contribu
tion to thj settlement of the Negro
problems has been mainly candid
criticism based on a careful effort to
know the facts- 1 have not always j
been right, but I havii been sincere, |
and I am unwilling at this late day j
to be limited in the expression of my |
honest opinions in the way in which |
the Board proposes- In fact, THE
CRISIS never was and never was in
tended to be an organ of the Asso- j
ciation in the sense of simpy reflect- j
ing its official opinion- I could point,
to a dozen actions of the Board con
firming this- My ideal for THE |
CRISIS has always been that any- 1
one’s opinion, no matter how anta
gonistic tc mine, or to that of the As- ,
sociation, could to a reasonable ex
tent, find there free and unejnsored
expression. I will not edit THE j
CRISIS unless this policy can be con- j
tinuod
I am, therefore, resigning from my
position as Director of Publications
and Research, Editor of THE
CRISIS, Member of the Board of Di
rectors of The Crisis Publishing Com
pany, Incorporated. Member of the
Board of Directors of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, and Member of the
Spingarn Medal Committee- This re
signation is to take effect June 11,
1934
I am dejply grateful for the oppor
tunity of service which this organiz
ation has given me for twenty-four
years, and for many and repeated
marks of its confkkmce
Very respectfully yours,
W- E- B- DuBOIS- j
SERMON FOR FATHERS DAY
By Dr. A- G- Bearer
(For The Literary Service Bureau)
Text: And Adam lived a hundred
and thirty years, and begat a son in
his own likeness, after his own image
—Genesis 5:3
There is no intenion to comment on
virility of this man who could beget
children after ha had passed the cen
tury mark. Rather, the stressed is
the matter of heredity, as set forth
in the terms “image” and “likeness”
—heredity in all of its phases.
1. Image- The term “image” may
be considered phsiologically- The son
was tha “flesh and blood” of his fa
ther and his body resembled that of
his father. This is in keeping with
the laws of anthropology and the more
retrictiva functions of biology and of
physiology- And he transmission of
physical appearance and physical
strenght or weakness is as pronounced
as ever
2. Likeness- may also be applied
to physical resemblance, but it runs
the whole gamut of intellectual, ethi
cal and spiritual characteristics, as
well- It includes mental capabilities,
ethical cast and spiritual endowments
3- Lessons Taught- Believing in
heredity men recognize the necessity
for giving to their offsprings the
basis for good health and longevity.
But many of them are not creful in
regard to the moral and spiritual
heritage they give to their children
Yet, the functions and operations of
nature in tha one respect are as cer
tain as in the other.
These are facts and sentimens
worthy of consideration in connection
with Fathers Day- Women* all of
whom are to be considered pros pec
Mecxie
Miller
Writes
♦For The Literary Service Bureau)
Girl Seventeen Has Married Sweetie
—Had Married Men Before—Chance
to Get Married But Married Sweetie
Threatens Murder and Suicide—Bet
ter take the Youngster and Get New
Start.
(For advice, wrte to Maxie Miller,
care of Literary Service Bureau, 516
Minnesota Ave-, Kansas City, Kansas
For p ersonal, rely, send elf-ddressed,
stamped envelope.)
Maxie Miller: I’m seventeen years
old and |my sweety is a maried man.
He says he loves me and would marry
me if he could- I have a boy friend
that loves me and wants to marry me
But the married sweetie raises
whenever I talk about getting mar
ried- He says he’ll kill and kill himr
sef too, if I jump him- I’ve had other
married m m, before, but this one
sticks like a leach- I wonder if I
ought to quit him and get married.
And I wonder if he’s bluffing about
the killing- What do you think I
ought to do? —Elsie.
Elsie: Whether you marry this
boy or not you ought to junk this
married sweetie—and right new! Had
other married !men, eh ? And only
only sevent een, too! Certainly, you
got a bad start- Shame on you, Elsie.
From what you say you hardly deserve
to get married, but men are so roft m
themselves, that I’m inclined to say
grab this young fellow and give your
self a new start in life—Maxie Miller
every child will have the image and
likeness of his father- R.»nembring
this, they should consider moet ser
iously their own responsibility to their
childr !n in the selection of fathers for
them.
PARABLES AND PROVERBS
By A- B- Mann
HAT BAND VS. BELLY-BAND
(For The Litxtrary Service Bureau)
It is not an elegant expression but
there is a world of truth in the de
claration that “The hat band and not
thu belly-band decides the worth of a
man”. This aphorism means that the
size of the brain and not the size of
stomach—the amount of avoirdupois
—decides a man’s worth.
The greatest conquests of the
world have been mental- We call this
a machine age but the machine are
products of men’s brains- In warfare
the strategy used behind the lin s, is
the principal feature- In the dev Jop
ment of science and the propagation
of philosophy, the brain has b;*n the
chief contributing agency- Many of
the great intellectual giants have
been (man small of stature- All these
are in harmony with the declaration
of Alexander Pope, “The mind’s the
standard of the man ”
LOOKING BACK
By Videtta Ish »
(ILLEGITIMACY)
(For The Literary S-Tvice Bureau)
The world has come to show more
tolerance and more justice toward
unfortunate illegitimate children- Ef
forts are made to give them the
names of their fathers and, in regard
to property rights equal privilege*
with legitimate children. This belated
justice is to be commended- But it is
carrying it entirely too far when il
llgitimacy is sanctioned by society
and in a great measure encouraged
In the other days the girl who gave
birth to a child out of wedlsck be
came an outcast- Though the double
standard placed on her too large a
share of the blame, the boy was con
demned, also- But, today wdmen de
liberately and defiantly “have child
ren” to whose fathers the mother?
are not married- In magazina articles
women have given de-tails and made
defense of such conduct
If virtue is worth the name, if
marriage is indispensable, and unless
our whole ethical system is to be re
volutionized, th<jre must be found a
way to lessen illegitimacy- I think
the old ways were the best ways
A<n Investment That Gained
in Value
Here is a true experience.
A man had $65,000 of investmjmts,
about half of which were equities in
life insurance policies- For the past
two years he hadn’t inventoried his
holdings, because, being human, he
didn't want to know how much more
they had depreciated.
Finally ha spent a few hours on
that doleful duty and found his in
vestments to be worth $2,000 more
than at the time of the preceding in