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The Omaha Guide
Published every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant St.,
Omaha, Neb.
Phone WEbster 1750
Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927
at the Post Office at Omaha, Neb., under five Act
of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Terms of Subscription $2.00 per year._
3p,cs prejudice murt go. The Father hood of
God and the Brotherhood c-f Man must pre
vail. These are the only principles v/hich will
stand the acid test of good citizenship in time
of peace, war and death. _
Omaha, Nebraska, January 5, 1835
Congressman Mitchell's Opportumy
Aiiv man from our race group elected to the
United States Congress can become more than
the representatives of the particular district
votes the honor and responsibiAty. lie can,
if big enough, became the symbol and expres
sion of the aspirations and hopes of the Negro
race. He can become the unofficial ambassa
dor and herald of voiceless and voteless million
of black people in various sections of this
proud and boastful Commonweahh. In order
to measuiy in that role and function in that
wider and deeper sense one must be able to
stand within the frame work of the particular
party organization that offers votes enough to
secure, certificate of election to the seat in Con
press and at the same time transcend the limits
fixed by geography, physiognomy, partisan
politics, social elans, dcnominal' bigo» ry and
become the servants of the people. Because
•such is both possible and imperative, due to
. t1-1' exigencies of cur race plight, makes it
easy for our people without regard to party
affiliation to rejoice and take courage whenever
any man is lifted from amongst us to that ped
' estal of infulence and power: Oscar Depriest,
. Congressman from the first Illinois dis net-, for
the last six years hns demonstrated that fact
• He perfonned his duties of the offiee immedi
ately affecting his district, and .entered into
that larger area where the race has felt the in
fluence of his vision and ability and the power
of the people of that dis riot in the last elec
actions. As a congressman DePriest served
his race and humanity in general, and will
leave a record as spokesman for human rights
that will keep the fires of arnhi ion and hope
burning for generations to come. But by vote
of the people of that dirs'riet in.the last elec'
tion DePriest is to retire and Arthur W. Mit
chell is 1 o take that seat of opportunity as a
Democratic* congressman. -
W ill Mr. Mitchell meet the challenge and mea
sure up to his opportunity as he may find it in
that wider field of service to the entire race
as has his predecessor? Some think and say
so. Millions hope so. His own words soon
after his election would point in that direction
Jlis interview promised “Constructive thought,
honest action and real statesmanship.” It
promised further to “always endeavor to be
on the alert and use all the povvler that resides
in me to protect the interest of my group.”
Then he said. “I shall welcome constructive
criticism from the people of the country.” That
sounds well and arresting. One cc^ild yell
out loud and even say “whoopee” to what
■Congressman-elect Mitchell said in that first
interview. Under the influence of that state
ment one could hardly expect to have news
papers giving account of a visit of the new
leader to Kansas City and reeport his refusal to
stop and allow a great State School to recogn
ize the new Congressman. Did Mr. Mitchell on
a visiting tour through Greater Kansas City
in charge of a committee go almost to the
entrance of the state Industrial Department at
Western University and refuse to pay a min
ute’s attention to the faculty and student body?
That Ls what was reported. Did he give as
his reason that it might offend some friend of
his? That was also reported. Could Sir.
Mitchell or those who had him in charge think
that such action would be expected of a new
race leader, a statesman, a man big enough to
succeed Oscar DePriest ? Hardly. One would
not need an over amount, of wisdom to under
stand that it is much easier to bring one’s in
telligence and adequate and merited concep
tion of tb condemnation than it is to snub a
stat school where young people are in training
- for service. And so Mr. Mitchell could hardly
j be put in that attitude even if that had been
designed by irresponsible adivee. He would
s certainly know “that constructive thought” of
j which he is to be an exponent, cuts across art
. ] ificial lines and operates in an area of funda
mental unity of the human race. He would be
aware that “honest action” may contravene
petty whims and personal prejudices where a
man has a chance to encourage education and
inspire a generation of young people to high
endeavor. He surely would know that “states
manship” is not bom of partisan pride nor
personal bias. Indeed statesmanship is concern
ed, not with parties and factions, but with
great principles and “honest actions”; not
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merely with elections, but with generations.
If v. hat has been reported concerning that
visit especially as it relates to the Shite In
dustrial School at Quindaro, has any basis in
fae , then somebody has blundered. It would
hardly be iair, even if tiue, 1o charge it wholly
to Mr. Mitchell. For while he could be allowed
to accept or ref me arrangements laid out by |
those in charge of the in, inary, he could also
have pointed out to him the level upon which
men ol brain, culture and sense of honor and
responsibility move. The entire- race will de- j
fire to honor Congressman Mitchell, lnr: the
Congrv-small will be expected to give a guar
ant-.-id, not in words, but deeds—“honest ac- I
tions —that he honor does not miss the maHc.
—“The Plaindealer
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I.Iitchcll In C 3 regress
Pv Atty. P. L. Harden, Jackson, Tennessee
T here is a wild speculation in political circles
as to v im Congressman Mitchell will do when
he gets to Congress. Some say one thing and
tome another; some say because he isaDemo
ci-at that he will be severely handicapped. Our
colored v/riteis say that. 1 wonder will he be
under a grea er handicap in Congress by his
political at filiation than any other Negro in
this country. We throw obstacles in our own
wr;iy, instead of waiting to give ilie Congress
man a chance. We are trying to handicap him
with newspaper articles, etc. The Commercial
Appeal, one of our Southern papers say: “The
election of Arthur Mitchell, a Democrat is a
step to progress in the colored race and that
he ought to be able to do more for his race than
Oscar DePries .” That is yet to be seen. We
all, who are fairminded, know that Oscar De
Priest made a good Congressman, and every
step he made was for the race, and fought for
those principles for the race which his convic
tion don landed. Congressman Mitchell, a Dem
ocra , is making a new era in the history of
politics in this country. That is an achieve
ment, and we should be proud of it, and wait ;
with patience to see the result. We do not
condemn his platform some say he is going up
to Congress too pious and conservative. They
say Oscar DePriest was too radical and brag
gadocio. Well what* do we want. Congress
man Mitchell says he will make friends with
the Southern White* Congressman. What is
——a- with that? Some times friendship is
better than war. That doesn't mean or under
stand that he will go around Congress with his
hat under his arm. He says he will fight for
the enaetfnent of an Anti-lynch law, and en
franchisement of our group in such Sow.hem
States where our people do not vote. I hope
he will encourage Negroes to vote where they
have the privilege to; that is giving more
trouble than disfranchisement. That is a fine
hplatform; we ought to lend encouragement to
this man. He ufas a Negro before he was a
politician. I never critize or question a man’s
religion or politics. Congressman Mitchell has
the privilege to come in direct and association
w'ith the section that has his people tied and
handicapped as a group, and it appears to me
from reasoning, that he would be occupying a
mighty good position to get some of these
things done.
Some raised a how] about Sylvester Harris
going to Chicago to speak for Mitchell. That
was a strategic political move of the Democrat
ic party up there to change sentiment. Did
you know that Henry Allen Boyd of Nashville
Tennessee went to Chicago to speak for Oscar
DePriest' on several occasions. Did you know
that a number of us Tennesseeans wrote hun
dreds of letters to our Tennessee friends in his
district urging te support of Oscar DePriest?
Now take this under consideration. Sylvester
Harris helped Mitchell, lived in the State of
Mississippi. We tried to help De Priest, lived
in Tennessee. What is the difference. Let’s
be fair and honest about these things. Our
group are too prejudice anyway. If we would
deal w*ith these problems with an open mind
and seek the best for our group; stop selling
tl^em out at the polls as is done right here in
Tennessee, seek representation in our own par
ty, and if we can’t get it there, go somewhere
else. In Tennessee our Republicans don’t care
anything for the colored vote. It is an office
seeking reconstruction, carpet, bag proposition.
M e are hoping to end that rule by organizing
our group over the state with the theory of
qualifying them to vote. We have the num
ber, if they are qualified sombody will want
them on election day, and if they want them
what they have to offer in the way of represent
ation. A policeman some time, a magistrate
this or hat or the other wen it is all a false"
education, some times medical officers where
our people are involved. Assistant attorneys
in some places. Not a few cankered dollars
and a drink of moonshine liquor for batched
votes. Our people must* aspire for office to
encourage our people to vote all over this
country. The south is not as bad as people
above the Mason and Dixon line think. We
sell our people out for personal gain and self
aggrandizement. We keep our people back.
"We tell them the white folks won’t let you do
this or that or the ohr when it is all a false
and deception.
' INDUSTRY -1 ' ~
More than 800,000 radio sets were
installed in cars during 1933.
Automobiles account for more than
83 per cent of all rubber consumed.
Hydroplanes are to cross the Medi
terranean in one day instead of two.
Buildings erected In Shanghai,
China, last year are estimated to have
cost over $40,000,000.
Driving on a flat tire will not be
so distressing an experience if tire
manufacturers have success with
tubes that resist destruction when run
flat
Thirteen carloads of steel and 15,
000 gallons of paint were used in mak
ing some 3,000,000 auto license plates
at the Illinois state prison at State
ville.
THIS AND THAT
The camel must be all right or na
ture wouldn’t have backed him up.
Some men ought to bn thankful that I
the world doesn’t understand them.
A girl hopes that the veil of tiie
future will prove to he a bridal veil.
It Is easier to acquire a reputation
for greatness than it is to keep it up.
Nothing pleases a woman more than ;
a compliment that she doesn’t deserve.
I/ots of men tei! the truth because It i
Is the easiest way to fool some people.
Although the rolling atone gathers
no moss the high-roller scatters a lot
of it.
A small boy’s Idea of playing safe
is to get his mother to promise not
to tell his father.
SOFT AND LOW
ft In easier to pose as an optimist
than It is to be.one.
Time Is money to the woman who
has • mania for shopping.
Somehow when a man gets Into ■
crowd he thinks that ha Is the only
oho In s hurry, -.
When It tome to scouring the aarth
t detectirs eften can give a tomb
woman • '• w ©*•'''«■»*
tie Jury system Is unreliable. When
Is there going to be a revolution In t
that?
Some of those who smile, smile,
pmlle the most, still remain suspicious
•aysterles.
Laws may not Interfere much with
If bat you want to do, but taxation gets
jou coming or going.
Tour character, you know what that
a; but your reputation you learn of,
little by little, here and there.
Our houses are perfectly contrived
lo live In in winter, but we have never
Hade them quite endurable In summer.
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When a bald man puts on a wig for
the first time, all those present shout
Approval. What If people do “knew
1 Is a wig?”
We don’t mind people “lifting" the
unes of their modern popular songs
from Beethoven and Mozart, but they
tught to identify each “appropria
tion.”
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SUNNY SAYINGS
The dyspeptic can eat his cake and
•till feel that he has it.
“Bacon should never be served half
tooked." It simply Isn't done.
Most of the songs sung on the stage
»y request are at the request of the
linger.
Two of the most comfortable things
n the world are old shoes and old
'r lends.
tf men had the gift of second sight ,
.here would be fewer cases ©f love
it first sight.
Why doesn’t some shrewd bourding
>oties keeper suddenly acquire a for
une b-y advertising her place as a
lonie for the cure of obesity?—An
--viiES M-igaidne.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
(Nor Woman)
an the style of Damon Runyon we
give you the life and death of Bozo,
i dog, but a friend of all.
One summer day in ’28 a man and
(log fell off a freight train in Omaha.
The dog looked at his master as if to
say, “so this is Omaha”, not knowing
that this was the place he was to live
and die. The dog’s name was Bozo.
The man’s doesn’t matter, for this is
Bozo’s tale.
In the course of time he became
Mrs- Lula Talbert’s dog. Her nephew
also adopted him. Bozo and he car
ried papers, or so Bozo thought he
was, for a year. During this time
Bozo and an Airdale named Buster,
owmed by Flossie Clarke, decided be
tween themselves that since gangsters
were in vogue, that the dog folk
should get in on some of it. So they
ruled Hamilton street. But as old
age crept upon both of them, they de
cided that retirement was a fine
thing. Buster going his way, and Bozo
his.
Bozo decided that friends, human
friends were fine to have, so friends
are what he got. As Jimmy Durante
would say, “He got millions of them”.
Pittsburgh Survey Tells Why Some
Firms Do Not Employ Negroes
Y.'aoKing! n—Administrator Harr:,'
L. Hopkins received this w ek some
clues as tc underlying causes back of
‘he disproportionate number of Ne
groes in the army of unemployed. The
Pittsburgh Urban League has report
ed to the FERA head the results of its
survey entitled, “Reasonsi Given by
Firms for not Employing Negroes”.
Man:* firms among the largest inter,
viewed in Pittsburgh gave “no special
reason”, for non-employment of Ne
groe ; others gave no reason. Many
stated it was just an accepted policy,
or that Negroes n ver applied. Some
volunteered to give Negroes a chance.
Thi.:. is the first comprehensive of.
fort made by a government agency to
ward a realistic approach to this
problem. College trained Negroes in
tha technical and professional division
of the FEIiA Work Division compiled
the information under the direction
of R Maurice Moss* executive secre
tary of the Pittsburgh Urban League.
Te summary was recently made avail
able in the “Informer.”
L'Co'* below are some of the rea
sons given by firms for not emplo. -
ing N groes.
I From, the Urban League Survey
“Negroes in Pittsburgh’9 Industries—
1934”—for the businesses which do
not employ N groes*.)
Nature of Business No. of Emp.
Telephones 4600
Rolling Mills 1100
Steel Pipes 1010
Br wing 504
Steel 500
Osket Manufacturing 420
Public Utilities 400
Brewing 317
Aluminum 300
Bakery 250
Meat Packers 250
Rolling Mills & Steel 225
Brewing 211
Oil Refining 177
Glass Manufacturing 175
Mirrors 165
Office Cleaning 158
Paper Products 125
Macaroni Manufacture 125
Oil Refining 125
Br wing 124
Commercial Papers 120
Steel Bandf 107
Motor Coaches ' 101
Confectionery 100
Conf.ctionery 75
Outdoor Advertising 100
Cleaning & Dyeing 95'
Boxes 99
Electrical apparatus 90
Newspapers 65
Bakery Products 64
Linen Supply 63
Adding Machines 62
Miscellaneous Products 60
Oil Well Supplies 68
Meat packing. 68
Baking 57
Printing & Lithographing 55
Furniture 55
Supply Company 55
Cleaners & Dyers 52
Chains and Bumper* 50
Meat Packing 50
Wholesale 140
Miscellaneous Products 50
Structural Iron 53
Hardware 54
Laundry 55
Rolling Mills 460
Electrical Apparatus 300
Candy 250
Hospital 155
Non-Ferrous Alloys 150
Bolts and Nuts 130
Mirrors 125
Oil Well Supplies 121
Creamery 120
Motor Cars 120
Coal 120
Paint 106
rce-Cream 102
Alloys 190
Steel 109
Steel and Iron 100
Railroad Supplies 99
Ste 1 work* 91
Sand and Gravel 80
Men’s clothes 80
Stoves 78
Rolling Mill Machinery 76
Paints and Varnishes 75
rhea ter 75
l'owell Supply 70
Laundry 70
Steel product* 70
Bolts »nd Nuts 65
Machinery 65
Electrical Apparatus 62
Gas and Water Meters 61
Lead and Oil 60
Gasoline 57
Why No Negroes
Nature of work carries into inti
mate r cesses of homes.
S’ ecialized work; no Negro appli
cants.
No more puddling; discharged Ne
groes.
Not favorable to Negro help; Union.
Negroes lazy; white labor better;
Northern N groe^ better.
No work that can be segregated.
Negroes never nter gas field.
Help hired through union
Work of too high type.
Help sent by Bak rs-’ Union
Meat cutters never applied.
Mill n xt door hires Negroes, there
fore they shouldn’t.
Not policy of company.
Work requires long period of train
ing.
Wouldn’t like to mix Negroes and
whito girls
Too many whitj girls.
Negroes not suited for our work.
Negroes never applied; sp:cialized
work.
Mostly experienced foreign, rsi.
Workers clannish; Negroes would
make trouble.
Help furnished by Union
Enough white men.
Skilled work.
Not customary to use N groes ns
bus drivers.
Will give Negroes a chance; Ne
groes capable
“Don't want them.”
Union would object.
Negroes not adaptable.
Department having N;gro girls was
abandoned after war.
“Just donh use Negroes".
Trains help from mi.ssenger boys
up; will hire Negroes.
No other bakers hire Negroes.
“Hat s Neffoes.”
Territory for Negro salesmen small.
Negroes used in South
Negro florist n ver applied.
No need for Negroes.
None have applied; May consider
competent Negroes.
Not policy of company
Preference for whites.
Would him Negroes if they would
apply and were experienced.
Not policy of compand
Plant a family affair; not enough
jobs for family.
N. ver contemplated mixing colored
and whites.
Negroes elft of own accord.
Negroes would not fit in.
No sp.cial reason.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No special reason
No reason given.
No reaso* given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No special reason
No special reason
No special reason
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No special reason
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No special reason; chances small.
No special reason; chances small.
No special reason; chances small.
No special reason
No reason given.
No reason given.
No reason given.
No special reason
No special reason
No special reason
No special reason
Bozo loved them all, those of the
social world and those of the under
world, but—'but Bozo is gone. Death
from an assassin’s ground glass and
I meat.
When Bozo’s friends heard of his
death, they all swallowed hard and
said, “That’s too bad,” but when they
heard he had been poisoned, they
swore vengeance on the assassin
should his identity ever be revealed.
But as the good book says, “The
reaper takes all sooner or later”.
Bozo, who was 11 years old, barked
welcome at two mayors of Omaha and
a presidential candidate, F. D. Roose
velt. ,
Bozo is in dog heaven now, and all
his frionds say, “Farewell, Bozo”.
Or What Have You?
Cattaro, the Jugoslavian village, has
>een In Its time, Roman, Venetian,
Turkish, Spanish, Serbian, Hungarian!
Bulgarian, Russian, French, English
ind Austrian.
No Dieticians The*
In the days of Columbus dinner
for anyone who really amounted to
(nythlng in Spanish society consisted
(f from 12 to 18 meat courses.
Must Ba Abla to Take It
"Leadership,” said Hi Ho, the sage
/f Chinatown, "requires a man strong
jnough Jo accept blame as well as
lattery.”
Mummies Yield Blood Tost
The blood of Egyptian mummies
>.000 years old can be classified by
be same blood tests used in living
arsons.
STATE SENATE AND
LEGISLATURE
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CONVENPS
Bolh Houses Predominantly Demo.
crsitic; Disappointment for Many
Job Hunters; Few Negroes
Given Consideration
Lincoln—1Tuesday, Jan. 1— Both
branche of the L> ',islature went in
! to action with a bang with the repub
lican members in no position as far
as their numerical strength is con
cerned to do any thing other th«n to
! v?ait on th side lines for something
;tn arise that w:!l disturb the equan.
imity of the strongly intrenched, well
oiled democratic machine, wlvch up
: t» the third day of the s ssion ha >
: been running as smoothly as a dem
| ocratic primary election in Texas. No
"ttemot was mad- to sh-w any mag
nanimity of sririts toward the minor.
it” which usually characterizes bodies
of this kind, especial!’ at the time
when they are going through th'
“warming up” process, in getting
acquainted with erch other nnd
getting accustomed to their sur
roundings. One is impressed
b ’ the attitude of the d mocratic
Repre entativcs and Senators, they
are heartily in aec -rd with the prin
ciples »f President Andrew Jackson,
that “to th victor belong the spoils”
Hero and there a few of the demo
cratic members can be overheard ex
changing friendly greetings with : inn
Republican Senator or Representative,
but, by their attitude one is reminded
of the “spider and th * fljf and the
snake who is intent on charming his
prey upon which he f eds.The Omaha
delegation with only a few excep
tion seems to have conv niently gone
blind or to have completely lost its
memory so far ns the promises made
to some of their “culled brers” of
Omaha are concern d. They absolute
ly demonstrate the statement that
“One can look without seeing”, and
can thinkwith out remembering”.
uun.i to oy *Dle to over
come the age old complex which has
for certturies associated the words.
Negro with mop. broom, scrub in
their minds as synonomous terms
meaning one and th> same thing.
They look with a shocked, pained ex
pression when and if our “cullud”
brother intimates that he could do
something at least where it requir d.
if not all brains, a combination or
an admixture of brains and brawn.
One hardly expects to find this con
dition existing in a State which for
years has stood on the broad plat
form, and supposed the policies of
equal opportunities to nil of its citi
zens- This observation carries our
minds into other channels, which in
the language of the immortal Lincoln,
You can fool some of the people some
of the time, you can fool some of th >
people all the time, but you can’t fool
all the people all the time". Wo are
still old fashioned enough to b Iieve
that honesty is the besft policy. We
also believe that to deceive a trusting,
unsophisticated Negro by a system of
veiled hopes and promises is as de
structive to him as it is to those of
any other group. The Negro has an
insatiable desire to be a Man; to act
as a Man; to feel as a Man; and to be
recognized as a Man. As Japan,
Russia and other powers of th* world
are fighting to be recognised by the
United States. England and the
others, jo is the Negro fighting for
recognition, not from a foreign power,
but from the country of his birth,
made glorious to him by the blood of
his fathers, freely given on the battle
fileld of every war in which this
country has been engaged. For it
has the Negro toiled, and for the
flag has he died. We have answered
every question «nd 3tood every test,
yes W2 have dared to look in the
Whito man’s face and live. We have
met the challenge of Science, Arts,
inventions. All the gamut of human
endeavors and achievement has been
successfully run. Do ynu wonder that
the Negro should strive for that for
which all nations fight and die?
At this stage of their development
with access to one of the gr atest
educational systems of the world, do
you wonder that they are not satisfied
with the mop, broom and brush ?
By M. L. Harris.
Contributing Editor.
Electrical Storms
The weather bureau says that, sd
far as is known, no part of the United
States Is entirely free from electrical
storms. However, they are much mord
frequently observed in the eastern an ^
central portions than in the Far Westj
Along the Immediate Pacific coast
thunder storms are comparatively
rare.
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Women Busy in Burma
All the women in Burma work. Thd
rich women are occupied with managJ
ing their estates, controlling their,
money; the poor women take up a!
trade. Almost all the shops In Burma
are owned and operated by women.
Eight Island* in Groap
The eight Hawaiian Islands constltut
Ing the group, which are, In order of
their size, Hawaii, Oa’in, where Hon
olulu Is situated; Kauai, Maul, Molo
kai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and Nllhau,
are unlike any other land.
The Feather River
The Feather river is in northern
California, rising In the 8i«wra N*.
»ada range and flowing in a sonihweet
direction through beautiful scenery
pntil It becomes part ef the Sacra
mento. '