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The Omaha Guide
Published every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant St.,
j Omaha, Neb.
Phone WEbster 1750
Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927
at the Post Office at Omaha, Neb., under the Act
of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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Race prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of
God and the Brotherhood of Man must pre
vail. These are the only principles which will
stand the acid test of good citizenship in time
of peace, war and death.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1934.
WHY NEGRO DEMOCRATS?
The question is often aslced, “How can a Negro
“be a democrat.” This query comes oftenest from
the whites. Also one hears the statement, “I don’t
see how a Negro can be a democrat.” The thought
naturally arises in the minds of those who have
given some sMudy to the development of the Negro
and the progress made by him in all fields of eir
deavor, “What is so peeular about him that he
should not, in a democratic form of government
such as ours, be controlled by the ratine impulses
as members of other races?” Why is he supposed
to follow the beaten path of his father? When is
he expected to doff his swaddling clothes. What
is meant by the intelligent use of the ballot? Why
is it necessary that one should be intelligent to
► “vote ’er straight.” All these questions and more
suggest themselves to one s mind "who considers
the first two questions in the light of reason and
not fj'ani the light of prejudice and ignorance.
The intelligent Negro is sick and tired of hear
ing the “SPEUL, BINDERS" OF THE REPUBLI
CAN PARTY preach the doctrine of fear and hate
against the democratic party; tired of "hearing
them “wail and gnash" their teeth and pull their
hair, in telling how Abraham Lincoln and the “G.
O. P." struck the shackles of slavery from his an
cestors; tired of hearing how they left children,
wives, mothers and father and sallied forth with
“sword and buckler" to free the Negro slave. All
of this in the face of the fact that every thinking
and intelligent Negro knows that the 'Call for
tf oops was for the purpose of putting down a re
bellion started in Charleston, S. C., by firing on
Fort Sumpter; that the most pessimistic individual
in the North believed that the uprising would be
crushed in three months; and that the sole urpose
Of calling for troops was for that purpose only and
not to free the slaves. Had the president known
or had he anticipated that the South was as form
idable as they afterwards proved to be, he would
have called for 300,000 troops for a period of three
or five years instead of having called for 75,000
for three months, as was the case. For three long
years the North and South were flying at each
other’s throats. It was soon seen that it was a
vain boast tlhat three months would be all the time
required to put down the rebellious South. Fresh
troops, called by the President, were placed on the
line, and yet no mention of freeing the slaves was
made by any one, other than a few abolitionists;
Fredrick Douglass, Garrison, Lovejoy, Phillips,
Mrs. Stowe and others. Not until an economic con
dition arose was there any mention made of the
Negro, and even then his freedom was not discuss
ed. The problem at issue was, that he was supply*
ing the rebels relief by raising crops and food
stuff while they fought. For this and for thia
alone were the slaves allowed to join the Federal
forces as laborers, more to keep them from fur
ther assisting the rebels, than for what real bene
fit they would be to the union in that capacity.
In the meantime the Northern force® continue*!
to meet with crushing defeat. President Lincoln
was importuned by the Secretary of War to arm
the slaves, but to no avail, he said, as has since
been said by another war President, that “this is
a white man’s war,” but after suffering other de
feats at the hands of the rebels, the Secretary of
War with other members of is cabinet persuaded
the president to arm the slaves and issue the pro
clamation whieh declared all slaves, in the states
which had seceded from the union, free, if those
states did not lay down their arms and come back
into the Union within one hundred days. At the
expiration of the one hundred days 200,000 Ne
groes were equipped and armed and placed on the
field, not to free themselves, mark you, but to save
the Union. The President had already declared
that if the South would lay down their arms and
come back into the Union, they could have their
slaves, or he would buy their slaves. It is obvious,
by the statement, that had the South acquiesced,
so far as the president was concerned, the Negroes
would still be in the bonds of slavery. Had the
P credit for the freedom of the Negro been placed
where it rightfully belonged—TO GOD, AND THE
STRONG ARM AND BRAVE HEARTS OP THE
200,000 black men, who gave their lives on the bat
tle field fighting for and defending ‘‘OLD
GLORY,” a greater love for God and a higher
regard themselves and their achievment would have
been engendered, and they wouldn’t have^ for
years, been exploited and sacrificed on the altar
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ANO LEGISLATOR WHO HAS LOYALLY
Supported T+te presidents new deal
Program,backed The agRiculTurAi.
RtLlEF PLAN,VOTED FOR THE fAftM
Mortgage bill helped Nebraska
AND TtfS NATION ON TO RECOVERY
ECONOMIC
HIGHLIGHTS
Happenings That Affect The Dinner
Pails, Dividend Cheeks and Tax Bills
Of Every Individual. National And
International Problems Inseparable
From Local Welfare
A few weeks ago eight black rob
bed figures walked slowly iato an
ancient chamber in Washington, D
C. They sank down in ag-polfkhed
leather chairs, while a chier rapped
hi» gavel and announced: “Oyez, oyez,
dyez! Ail persons having business
before the Honorable, the Supreme
Court of the United States, are ad
monished to draw near and give their
attention. . . God save he United
States and this Honorable Court.”
These eight men — the ninth was
absent for opening drfy, due to ill
ness—represent the highest power in
the land- Theirs is the court of last
resort—’theirs is the power to settle,
finally and for all time, arguments
concerning the constitutionality of
laws and judgments. Their combin
ed age comes close to 600 years—yet
according to observers, all of them,
including 88 year old Mr- Justice
Brandeis, patriarch of the Court
since the retirement of the venerated
Mr. Justice Holmes, appeared to be
in excellent health- Observers also
said that, normally, two or three of
the oldest Justices would voluntarily
retire—'but none, apparently, will do
that; for the present session of the
Court promises to be one of the most
—and perhaps the most—important
in living memory. On Its docket are
some 400 cases, of which about 300
will probably be eliminated on juris
uicuuoai ground^. Among tne nun
ci red remaining are three cases which
will destroy or revitalize some of the
most extraordinary legislative—judi
cial acts in American history. Two
of these cases involve the power of
the Recovery Act to restrict produc
tion- The third will test the consi
tutionality of the law abrogating pay
ment of contracts in gold- In addi
tion, it is possible that other cases,
now in lower courts, which invoive
New Deal legislation, will come before
the Justices before the session closes.
It seems that every Washington
correspondent is speculating on what
the attitude of he Court will be. No
one knows—but there are grounds
for* nviking guesses. The Supreme
Court does not deal with ordinary evi
dence, as do courts of inferior juris
diction—It deals only with whether
or not a law or ruling is constitution
al. Four members of the court have,
in the past, shown themselves to be
instinctively Conservative: Justices
Sutherland, Butler, Roberts, McRey
nolds, Van Da venter- Four lean to
the Liberal side; Justices Brandies,
Stone, Roberts, Cardozo. The more
or les* unknown quantity is Mr
Chief Justice Hughes, who has some
time been with one group, sometimes
with the other- Many believe, how
ever that he is more liberal than Con
servative—and H that is true, New
Deal laws are likely to stand the acid
test During recent year* more and
more Supreme Court decisions have
presented five justices on ©me side,
with the ether four dissenting—a shift
bet a single meeim asaid revels
tionize the general trend of decisions. !
Whatever the results,, decisions of
the Court will be final—and they will
not be questioned- Senators, Cong
ressmen and Governors are damned
and reviled; even Presidents are sub
ject to strong criticism- But the Su
preme Court—whose members, in the
words of Mr- Justice Holmes, “Take
the veil,” is above such mundane mat
ters. No other institution possesses
! the almost unqualified admiration, re
spect and faith of the American peo
pie
Shortly after opening, the Court
made a decision which while it will not
affirm or deny constitutionality of
any major Administration measure,
is of wide interest- Jt threw out the
case of an air-line which held that
the government had illegally abrogat
ed air mail contracts, and refused to
review the decisions of lower tribun
als.
So far as business is concerned the
year 1934 has been disappointing—
the great hopes that were held for
recovery haven’t materialized. How
ever, by comparison with last year,
our commercial affairs are in much
better order
Duing the first six months of 1933
according to § survey made by the
National City Bank, representative
business earned an average of but 1.7
per cent on their nvestment. Dur
ing the same period this year, return
was 5.7 per cent. In the year 1827,
which is considered normally pros
perous, industry's profit* were at the
rate of 8-7 per cent
All businesses, of course, are not up
to the average—the 5-7 figure is large
ly made half year, for example, au
tomobile manufacturers earned 12-2
per cent. Auts parte and accessories
makers received 12-8 per cent; house
hold equipment, 10-1 per cerffc; chemi
cles 10 per cent- By way of contrast,
iron and steel makers earned only
0 4 per cent; coal producers 2-3 per
cent, and buildiRg material makers,
0-8 per cent. Even in these cases
however, the businesses are doing bet
ter than last year, when they took
losses.
June 20, 1934
Mr. John Gamer
Vice President of the United States
Dear Vice President Gamer:
It gives me a great deal of pleasure
to add a bouquet to the many others
you have received, and to know that
we are capable of having a United
States \ i^c President bom in our
little town- I know you are more
than doing your part with the assis
tance of Mrs. Gamer, who looks af
ter you and yours with everlasting
devotion.
I know of no administration that I
can appreciate as well as I do this
one because it seems that the presi
dent, with your assistance, has done
more than ai^” other before in his
tory for the benefit hiimanity.
During your campaign a number of
people I knew said that because you
were from Texas, you would be pre
judice and would not manifest fair
play to all- Being an offspring from
the same town, knowing there never
was & fairer, better people than the
Gamer®, I spot* at many meetings,
stating that the experience you had
received as Speaker of the Houee to
gether with the strain of justice and
fairness iastOled freaq fcdrtfc
yon better yrijnwi them np ether
man we knew for the office you were
seeking- That community and others
voted for Roosevelt and Garner.
•I am asking a favor of you, hoping
you will go to the front for me as I
did for you in helping you to attain
the position you now hold, placing
you in a condition to help those who
cannot help themselves, knowing that
all questions that came before the
cabinet would be acted on by your
suggestions. In the last few years,
damnable crimes have been commit
ted everywhere- I do not think citi
zens should take the law in their own
hands, but rather let the law handle
each individual as it sees fit
A few days ago it seemed that the
Costigan and Wagner Bill had been
checked. The Tennesee Senator, Mc
Keller, objected anomaloasiy. Sena
tor Robinson turned a deaf ear each
time it was brought up. If there ever
was a question I have asked you to
put over for me it is this one ia re
gards to the Anti-Lynch Bill. It would
help ma prove to the public that this
cabinet wants justice for all. It wauld
be one of the biggest stars ever plac
ed in your crown and would be more
than appreciated by men and women
who are humanitarians. it would be
history that will last forever.
I believe you will take this into
your heartiest consideration and work
in behalf of the American citizens
that have been taken advantage of
in m4y respects. Thanking you for
whatever consideration you can give,
Dr- G. B- Lennox
212214 No. 24th Street
Omaha, Nebraska
_ - June 29, 1934
Dr G. B. Lennox
2122*4 No- 24th Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Dear Dr. Lennox
In the absence of the Vice President,
I am taking the privilege of acknow
ledging receipt of your letter of June
26th.
Mr- Garner will, 4 am sure, be very
glad to have the benefit of your views
and suggestions. Although, as Vice
President, he has limited legislative
functions, he is glad to have the ex
pressions of those who have the we I
fare of the country at heart.
With kind wihes, I am
Yours very truly,
Josephine Sterling,
Clerk of Vice President
AFTER ME - WHAT?
I am the public treasury.
I must be kept under constant
guard against looters and despoilers
As never before I have been con
verted into a ponderous feed trough
A veritable deluge is being poured
into me, onily to be seized upon and
snatched up by a growing army of
jostling, grasping, contending humani
ty.
The more I give, the louder they cry
for MORE
The FAT as well as the LEAN have
deserted their own boards to come to
feed their fill out of my generous hold
There seems to be no end to their
capacity.
Thei* hunger is never appeased.
They give no thought that there might
corns a day when the food stream that
feeds them may dwindle to a
trickls.
Bxpsrimas has taught m* that that
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Guide Platform
Local
Race prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of God
and the Brotherhood of Man must prevail. These are
the only principles whioh will stand the acid test of good
citizenship in time of peace, war and death.
(1) We must have our pro-rata of employment in
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 and
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 other
establishments which we are forced to support by right
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 encourage
(5) A one hundred per cent membership in the Om
the efforts put forth by the founders of the organization
aha branch of the NAACP. should be had to encourage
dollar endowment fund to maintain operating expenses
and to assist the general office to establish a five million
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 gain. A practical Christian
Religion, week day as well as Sunday. An attitude to
ward onr fellowman as a brother in onder 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
more of our girls to take nurse training,
administering aid and assistance to cur widows and
children.
(?) 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 eur,
American citizens. . .. .
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(1) Fight for a passage of the Dyer Anti-Lynch Bill
and thus stop the shamful lynching of American citizens.
(2) One of our citizens in the president’s cabinet.
(3) 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 bring
about our pro-rata of lug her appointments made by our
making election day a legal holiday and compelling everv
American citizen of voting age to vote.
(6) Stop graft in politics by passing a Federal Law
chief snecutives.
(7) Prevent further wars by teaching the so-caned
themselves about white supremacy with only three-tenths
of the worlds population. They mnst 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
darker races. They must be taught that the rays of sun
that blaze updn the equator and turn the skin brown do
not affect the power of the brain any more than the cold
ness of icy gladers affect the brain of the white race;
and that the darker races wfll not continue to be crushed
hy a monej mad few. If the Fatherhood of God and the
BrotteAood of Man are not welded into the hearts of this
world s family now, by teaching the principles laid down
by our Saviour, it wiD be welded into the hearts of our
children some day soon, on the bloodiest battlefields this
world has ever known.
4k J8LCutc*°r .conSre**imiaI representation from
the Southern States m proportion to the number of votes
J?e GEro® win prt ikeTCMS
te bring abort the above 22 point* with the ametaace of
flw* w*e halter* it fc Im the ha* tetetaat of cood Amer