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COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING The unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court in upholding the University of Cali fornia’s right Vo force military training upon its students ha far reaching significance. The eouiv’s decision, upholding the suspension of Albert W. Hamil ton, a member of the National Ex* eeutive Commitee of the Youth Section, of the Ainrican League A gainst War and Fascism, and Al onzo Reynolds, jr., who refued to submit to military training, will undoubtedly he used by schools with compulory military units and the courts as a precedents for reont and future actions. Tfhc principle upon which the opinion is based is revealed by the following quotation from the decision of the Supreme Court on December 3, “No other conclu sion is compatible with the well nigh limitless extent of the war powers • . . which include by ne* cessnary implication, the power, in the latst extremity, to compel the armed service of-every citizen in the land, without regard to his views in respect to the justice or morality on the particular war or war in general.” While the courts uphold com pulsory military training, the growing oppositon of students is shown, by the number of suspen sions for refusal to undergo mil itrny training during the past four years. Three students of the Thomas Jefferson High school were suspended in 1931 : the Uni versity of Maryland suspended two in 1932: Hamilton and Rey nolds wore suspended by the Uni* versify of California in 1933; eight students were suspended by Ohio Slate university, one by the Uni versity rtf Missouri, and Kansas State College unsuccessfully at- j tempted to suspend one, in 1934. Although students are actively, opposing war and military train-1 ig, in April 1934, 25,000 students went on strike against war anw military trading, during the school year 1932-1933, 160 colleges and unversities and 282 Secondary ohools had 147,999 students errolh ed in military training and for rifle practice. Military training in many off these schools is com pulsory. MUST PREACHERS FLATTER | AND DECEIVE? By R. A. Adams {For Th ■ Literary Service Bureau) “I know it was not exactly right,, but I just had to do it.” “I know it was not altogether true, but I just bad to say it ” “I haite like every thing to do it, but «T am forced by circumstances.” These are some of the excus s ministers make for flat tery and downright deception. These practices relate to fellow ministers, especially those of superior offic? and of dominant influence. Often when a minister has made a miserable failure of his attempt at a sermon, other ministers shake hands and say, “That was a wonderful ser mon you gave us ” At times, even educated ministers will address un lettered ones as “doctor” when the “doctor” cannot even read the Script ures or use decent English. In Negro ehurches bishops and others of domi nant place are flattered by sycho phants who compromise their man hood and. cringe and fawn This matter of flattery is extended to “prominent laymen”, lit is nothns unusual to hear, “This man is the pillar of the church; the church could not move without him; and he is the most loyal soul I know.” Even bish ops resort to this matter of flattering laymen who have influence, and who make material contributions to the support of th? church. A bishop ad vised a pastor. “Get along with the people; pat them on the back, wheth er you mean it or not.” Under these circumstances it should not seem strange that ministers should have so little faith in one another; and it is but the natural thing that lay men should question the honesty and the sincerity of ministers who make extravagant expressions which these laymen know 'to be false. These flat terers may fool themselves; and they may think they are absolved when they say. “I just had to do it to get by,” but right thinking people will always condemn this sin committed by those who are supposed to be. and intended to be, examples in truthful ness—as in all things which pertain to righteousness I. L. D. WOMAN LAWYER ARRESTED IN HAVANA Havana, Cuba—Ofelia Dominquez, hwver of the Cuban International Labor Defense, and secretary of the Union of Radical Women, was arrest ed here last week and imprisoned in the women’s jail at Guanabacoa. She had been followed by the police since November 27, when she addressed a Scottsboro protest meeting at which ■one worker was murdered and many wounded by the Mendiota police. Ofelia Dominquez has taken an act ive and leading part in the Cuban workers’ movement both in organiz ing and providing defense for work ing-class victims of the Mendi«ta regime- , A Tr uly Great Picture “Imitation of Life’’ Greatest Melo drama of Decade ' - j COMING TO THE SCREEN j OF THE RITZ, FEB. 5,6.7 Orpheum Theatre, Scene of Intmse Interest In Inter-Racial Under standing. Louise Beavers and FreddU Washington Play Great Negro Roles. Claudette Colbert Stars — MOVIE FANS WEEP AT DARIN SPECTACLE (Reviewed by John Benj. Horton. Jr., For “The Omaha Chronicle”) * This writer was invited by the management of the Orpheum Thea tre to review John M. Stahl's dar ing and spectacular filmnization of the great Fannie Hurst's sensa tional novel, “imitation Of Lfe”, when it showed in Omaha several days ago. The star roles were marv.lous. and the curperb acting of Louise Beavers, leading Negro participant, and Claudette Colb rt, white lead ing star, ?.t the fire of extra-ordi nary acclaim of all Orpheeum thea i -e-goers .who aaw this master piece. From casual ob servatien, this writer would say: That the film ning of this picture must have been p. delicate ta^k, because the plot involv s the Economic and Social problems of the Negroes of Ameri ca. The broad-minded and sympa thetic Stahl was indeed a cour hgeous p rson to produce this daring, stirring, and in most scenes super-sensational melodrama which envoived in the making f it every pr caution not to offend either race. To Mr. Stahl this film rep re. ented the unprecedented finesse of that sup r-genius- This play forces the Negro, I hope, to be true enough to himself to accept the truth; also, the Negro has the chance to learn that only patience, time, faith in himself, education, efficiency and the proper financial gains are the nearest approach to wards his salvation from, race prejudice. It follows, as a perfectly human trait, that there are sequences in the film that tendq to sadden my race, but how-cver great the bur den has been, we implore them to be big-hearted and tolerant, for it is only with such instrumentalities as the modem and broad-minded productions of screen versions that will help more than anything else to destroy the unholy vulture of race prejudice, and will assist to erase the “Color-line”. To be in tolerant by way* of screen criticism makes for greater financial ad vances- Negroes of Omaha and America must realize that “Imita torm Of Life” gives to them their first real star, lucrative Economic gains for our race, and opens great, er opportunities for other race actors in filmland. This writer thinks that the a Dove epic really serves its purpose inas much as it shows, conclusively, the unjust, unkind and inhuman treat ment that has been accordeed the Negro peoples by the opposite race for hundreds of years, to the end that the inter-races of our land mighft scale the p:ak of a more human understanding, affection and love for each other «nd a finer spirit of brotherly love of the White race toward its. Black brothers From that review, I have sensed “a new high” in terms of humani tarians m which will ebb first, from the great thinkers of the white rao°, I feel better days are ahead for the Negro. The Drama or Opus confines it sefl about the lives of two hum ble widowed American mothers, one black and the other white. They both had the same desire in mind of rearing their little daughters into fine womanhood- And, having ho same outlook and common in terest. those two mothers effect an inseparable friendship throughout life. They hold the greate.\t love imaginable for their daughters. So, they start their lust for suc cess in the home of Beatrice “Bea” Pullman—played by Claudette Col bert who is a Caucasian; Louise Beavers is the Negro mother who plays the part of “Delilah.” At this stage, you picture, quite vivid ly, the strong inter-racial ties that cause the two small families to live 'together under the same roof. It follows that the two daugh ters live together Ike sisters; final ly, the hour comes when “Jesse Pullman,” played by Marilyn Knowlden, calls “Peola,” played by Dorothy Black—BLACK! There cornea a breech of friendship which grew with the years-; this prompt ed “Peola Johnson” (the colored girl), to desert hsr race to “pass” for white- This situation brings sorrow and many aches into the hearts of both mothers, but they continued to remam upon “terra firma!” The tirel.ss efforts of both mothers continued their suc ce. s to wirld-wide fame by the se cret recipe of Aunt Delilah's pan cake flour of which Ned Sparks, comedian, played the part of “Elmer”—the subtle and sarcastic but very funny agent who b.comes the General Manager of the future “AuntDe lilah Pancake Flour Co ” which grew into a yearly produc tion of 32,000.000 bags. After th3 little girlj grew into their “teens,” film fans will know them as Freddy Washington and Rochelle Hudson; Freddy is of African extraction, and Rochelle, a Caucasian “Peola” is s nt to a high-class Negro college down South to ad just herself to her race, but she soon runs away, never being able to und ratand just why it is that she cannot do the normal things, cannot go about as white girls do without being subjected to preju dice, in-as-much as her skin was as fair as that of any white person. A storm looms about in the hori zon of the four principals; Jetse returns from boarding school and falls in love with her mother’s beau, which caused neither of the two to marry the er. twhile and d bonair “Stephen Archer”, played by Warren William. In the meantime. “Peola” has again run aw^y, vowing she’d nev er return, and petitioned her moth er “D. lilah” that should she ever meet her (“Peola”) again to never speak to her for she was “White” from that day on- “Aunt Delilah” finally dies of h art failure, be cause she had lost her child—the thing that she loved the mo.t in the world; and everything had be come path tic and over-bearing for the disheartened little families who by this juncture had become ex tremely w.althy. But the money which the two “rpomies” had made meant nothing to them for their very souls r.eemed to be torn apart, th ir hearts broken; and life to Miss “Bea” meant little; death, the csult for “Delilah.” But to climax the story. “Peola” comes upon the scene just in tim? to glimpse the corpife of her dead mother as it was r lowly being placed into the hearse for burial. “Peola” scream :d loudly to the saddened throng gathered around the church—“It’s mother; it’s mother,” she nubcs to the corpse—falls body-forward upon her mother’s casket—she re pents, saying that she killed h.r mother with worry. She finally makes her exit with “Miss Bea” to their home; “Peala” decides that she’d paid the price of her folly; she returns back to school. Finis! (Editor’s Note):—Thus, one can envision material things as the “Imitation of Life”; the Negro young raanhood and young woman hood so.s th* picture in the tru* light of its worth that it’s better that we cling together, go up or go down with the race which God in tended should have our present handicaps, temporarily; be a high class “somebody” of y*ur own race rather than “pass” for something Which you’re really not — the ‘trash” of the Caucasian family; Also. “Imitation of Life” will bring about that finer spirit of under standing, and that degree of hu AMAZE A MINUTE SCIENTIFACTS BY ARNOLD ■ _i 1',—» ..., ■■: . - -t—r-:. .=^j ^ Mighty rivers - OF THE WORLD - I Every year the rivers dis charge INTO THE OCEANS 6524 I CUBIC MILES OF WATER AND 160 MILLION TONS OF SAcT. I: Rubber worms Certain marine wora-s (Phylum nemertina) only Itwo feet long, can expand into a ribbon-like animal 9o feet in length. The earth to the sun - The earth is only i/3000 OF 1% OF THE sun's Substance. ^ . — / ' l~ ~ 73""'iCopmyln. - bj Tht Btl ~ ^ ^ manitarianism among the white race:] of America which has sadly5 been missing—and “the mind of man runneth not to the contrary!” “Imitation of Life” will be shown at th Ritz Theatre for three days, February 5, 6, 7. j RULING OF U. S. COURT STAYS THE EXECUTION OF NORRIS, PATTERSON (Continued from Page 1) . forward now with the greatest speed, setting the sum of $6,000 as immed iately necessary. The victory won today in the U. S. Supreme Court was hailed by Anna Damon, acting national secretary of the International Labor Defense, with an appeal to all friends of the Scotts fcoro boys and the struggle for libera tion f the Negro people to intensify the fight, to force reversal of the 1 (nth-verdicts and complete freedom for the nine boys. “This partial victory is one step i further on the road to freedom of the ! Scottsboro boys who have been in :t- does not n(?an that our fight is over. The big fight is only beginning now. That is the struggle to force the U. S. Supreme Court to reverse the lynch-verdicts in these cases, and to force the freedom of all nine Scottsboro boys who have been ic prisoned nearly four years on framed charges. Victory Demonstrations “We must have no illusions in this case. The lives of these boys are in hands of the Negro and white toilers of America and the world. They alone can save their lives and force their freedom.” Anna Damon called for the broadest organization of united front action to intensify the struggle to save the Scottsboro boys. Victory demonstra tions in every .part of the country to raise the fight for complete victory to a higher level were called for by the J. L. D. Thig will be the second time that the U. S. Supreme Court hears an ap peal in the Patterson case. In a decision handed down by the U. S- Supreme Court on Nov. 7, 1932, in the first appeal in the Patterson qase, that “court of last illusions" ig nored the fundamental issues of de privation of civil rights in the exclu sion of Negroes from grand and petil juries in the case, as well as the ques tion of the mob atmosphere in which the trial was held, and handed dowr a decision on a technicality which was in effect, an instruction tp southerr courts on how to conduct legal lynch ings without interference from high er courts. This first appeal -was also handled by Walter H. Poliak, who is associated with Osmond K. Fraenkel in the pres ent Supreme Court adtion. Funds should be sent to the I. L. D. at 80 East Eleventh Street, New York City, Room 610. NAMES OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS I Mrs. E. M. Forrest, 2531 Decatur St.—7 in family. G. D. Benson, 2607 Decatur St.—No family (2) Mrs. Louise Whidby, 2615 Decatur St.—No family (7) Lisunia Brown, 2617 Decatur St.—7 in family. Mrs. Charlotte Robinson, 2619 Decatur St.—5 in family. Mrs. Mildred Glover, 2619 Decatur St.—3 in family. Minnie Franklin, 2625 Decatur St.—7 in family. Mrs. Roy Davis, 2 in family. E. G. Scoll, - 2633 Decatur St.—1 in family. Ameda Hogan, 1 in family. F. H. Hunlevf, 2223 Clark St.—1 in family. Mrs. Elizabeth Kinney, 1728 No. 27th St.—2 in family. Mr. Edward Wallace, 1712 No. 27th St.—4 in family. Mrs. Hill, 1706 No. 27th St.—1 in family. Mrs- C. W. Blive, 2635 Franklin St.—1 in family. Ernest Pres tor, 2712 Franklin St—1 in family. Addie Watron, 1609 No. 27th St.—2 in family. Mrs. A. D. Gumer, 1605 No. 27th St.—2 in family. Eugene Harrison, 1516 No. 27th St.—1 in family. Mrs. W. C. Edson, 2708 Charles St.—4 in family. Helen Thomas, 2708 Charles St-—1 in family. Mrs. A. L. Read, " 2317 No. 29th St—6 in family. Mrs. A. Webster, 2317 No. 29th St-—3 in family. Charlie David, ■* 1818 No. 26th St—1 in family. Loma Taylor, 1402 No. 27th St—4 in family. Wm. King, 2726 Charles St—6 in family. Lylse Lawson, 928 No. 25th St.—3 in family. Mrs. George Litmor, 2215 Clark St.—-2 in family. fc-COtt, 2502 Decatur St.—5 in family. Mrs. Ella Powell, 1720 No. 25th St-—7 in family. Mrs. Grace Speese, 2513 Decatur St.—7 in family. | Lulu Woods, 1716 No. 25th St.—3 in family. Mrs. Anna 5. Tubbs, 1712 No. 25th St.—1 in family. Mrs. Roberts Hall, 1711 No. 25th. St.—3 in family. Y. W. Logan, 1711 No. 25th St.—2 in family. O. A. Calhoun, 1713 No- 515th St.—2 in family. Mrs. Georgia Allen, 2436 Franklin St.—3 in family. Mrs. Riggs, 2436 Franklin St.—5 in family. Nellie Brown, 2433 Franklin St.—1 in family. Mary Williams, Apt. 2, 2433 Franklin—2 in family Edna Davis, 2433 Franklin St.—1 in family. Odessa White, 2433 Franklin St., apt- 3—3 in fam. Mrs. Smith, Apt. 4, 2433 Franklin—2 ia family. Mrs. Greenfield, 2115 No. 25th St.—1 in family. CONTINUED AID TO POLITICAL PRISONERS URGED New York-—Hundreds of contribu tions from twenty-six states, poured into the office of the Prisoners Relief Department of the .Tntemational La bor Defense in r sponse to the Christ mas Drive for political prisoners and their families. Rose Baron, secretary of the department, reported last week. Most of the contributions w re ac companied by letters expressing the wish that the sums enclosed could be much higher- Groups of unemployed workers in Texas collected th ir pen nies and sent in over ?10. Farmers from the drought stricken areas of the middle west participated in the drive Those who w.re unable to send cash sent bundles of clothes. Many of the families have already received their bundles of clothing and letters filled with gratitude are com ing into tha Prisoners Relief office “We wish it were possible,’' Miss Baron said, “for all those who con tributed to our drive to see the letters that come from the families of politi cal prisoners in response, to the money and clothes we were able to send them, for Christmas- We are sure that these letters would convince th m of the necessity of continuing this work of relief to the political prisoners and their families all year round with the same intensity and ink rest. Monthly relief must be sent to these people and this will be possible only, if those who responded to our Christmas call pledge monthly contributions, do all they can to g .t their friends involved in this work and send these- vitally needed funds to the Prisoners Relief Department, I. L’ D. Room 610, 80 East 11th Street- The Prisoners Re. li.f Department is not a charitable organization or one tha% functions only during Christmas time- It is an organic part of the Intematernal La bor Defense and its task of aid and solidarity to the victims of ruling class justice continues all year round-” HI-Lits of the Week (Continued from page one) Stores Corp-, Dr. Ritholz Optical Co., and Dr. Ritholz and Sons. Ine., also consented to issuance off a permanent injunction restraining it from any vio laUons of he labor and trade jkactice provisions of the retail trade, dental laboratory and optical manufactring codes. One of the practces restrained is the use of misleading advertising— oa-called “bait" advertising and such phrases as "$15 values at $2.98.’’ MINIMUM LUMBER PRICES SUSPENDED The NIRB has Issued an order suspending former Administrative Or | ders establishing minimum prices in the * Lumber and Timber Prod. Ind. The e * .» uuaiu iuuiiu, »mtT a iincvi v»*w.v - - was not practicable either to enforce prices in major divisions of the In dustry which are not willing to operate under fixed prices, or to hold prices In cases of major dovisions of the Indus try while other divisions are held to the maintenance of prices. The Board emphasized the fact hat tho order does not establish precedent for action on any other code. , —■ ■ W MRB ESTIBLISHES NEW WAY Beginning January9, the N1RB will itself conduct a series of open hearings at which evidence will be collected on the operator of mayor code provisions and tho advisability of amendment or continuation. Price control and price fixing will be the subject of the first hearing. Announcement of the topics and dates of other hearings will be made in the near future. i NINE COMPLIANCE REGIONS FOR NR A For purposes of attaining a greater degree of code compliance tho entire country will be divided into nine re gions, each of which will have a repre sentative director; an administrative assistant and a regional compliance concil composed of a represenative for employers, one for labor, an ompartial chairman, an attorney assigned by the the NRA Litigation Division, and what ever special personnel is necessary. The officers will have jurisdiction •over the area covered by the states in which they are located and nearby states. They w»ill be in he following cities: Boston, New York, Washington, Atlanta, Cleveland, Chicago, Omaah, Dallas and San Francisco. SIX REGIONAL COMPLIANCE I) I It E C T O R S N A M E D Sol A Rosenblatt. Compliance and En forcement Director, has announced the appointment of direcorts for six of the nine regions into which the contrp han been divided for purposes of attaining a greater degree of code compliance. They are: William D. Mitchell (Atlanta), Brig. Gen. Benedict Crowell (Cleveland), Cornelius F. Romiey( Chicago). Ernest L. Tutt (Dallas, Donald Renshavv (San Francisco), and Merton Emerson (Bos ton). (Continued Next Week) “MEN ARE DECEIVERS EVER”(?) By R. A. Adams (For The Literary Service Bureau) “Men are deceivers ever,” saith the bard. Within itself a saying V-ry hard. For must be some, e’en though they be but few, Who worthy are to be accounted true. “Men are deceiv es ever!” Can it be This bard was false himself, so reck oned he All must be so ? If this be true or not. He should not judge all men a faitb i.ss lot! “Men «re deceivers ever!” 'Tis a shame That one who title of a man doth claim. Because a few may into error fall. Should insincerity impute to all. Soma men deceivers are must b* con. I fessed. And yet, In this, they all have not transgressed | E’en now, as ever through the ages long, Are many who are honest, brave, and strong. %. READ THE GUIDE ■■ m MUTf AMD JEFF—Ali Jett Meeus Mow is A Couple Of Spark Plugs ttUD FlSFiCK DO YOU KNOW WHY — A Baseball Flaw Has Such A Hart Time Of It ?'«*•" "L im'*>tSm t»"Rfi'1>s*C .. • . . . ■-■ — . "" ■ i- 1 .i.-r ■-1 —■i— % r oowKNizeo B*se bai_!_ POPUUNP. CONCEPTION OF THE SiTUf\T ION »H eftSEBftLL 0OWM Ttteoe«M Oia-imi ■ n, ■
