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Race prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of God and the Brother
hood of Man must prevail. These are the only principles which will
stand the acid test of good.
All News Oapy of Churches and all Organizations must be in our
office not later than 5i00 p. m. Monday for current issue. All Adver
tising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, proceed
ing date of issue, to Insure publication.
ELECTION PROMISES TO BE CLOSE
At the time this is written, the election is hut less than a
month away. The issues, such as they are are sharply drawn.
The rattle of political musketry grows constantly louder.
The average citizen has neither th,> time nor the inclination
to keep up with the presidential campaign in its hectic cdoging
period. To do that, lie would have to read a dozen speeches each
week ; peruse a score of columns authored by observers rang
ing all the way from OOI’-stalwart Mark Sullivan to New Deal
er .lay Franklin, and keep up with hundreds of thousands of
words of new-inatter sent out by the big press associations.
In the week ending September 27th, a number of highly
dramatic and potentially important incidents occurred. Both
the President and Governor Landon took to the radio to ex
pend their view’s on the various issues. And on a lower political
level; scores of party followers carried on for their chiefs.
Most dramatic event was William Randolph Ilenrst’s at"
tack un the President, in which he said that Mr. Roosevelt had
the support of “enemies of the American system of government'1
— that is the Gommunists. This was promptly denied by Earl
Browder, official Gommuist presidential nominee.
Of more practical importance in the vital matter of vote
getting was the attention paid to the long-debated subject of
farm crop insurance by both contenders. Mr. Roosevelt announ
ced in a press conference that lie had appointed a committee to
formulate plans, said that “crop insurance and a system of
storage reserves should operate so that surpluses of fat yearg
could be carried over for lean yenns.” A day or two later Gov.
Landon made public part of an vet-unspoken speech, in which
he too endorsed crop insurance. Inasmuch as crop insurance is
mentioned in neither partyplatform, unprejudiced commenta"
tors think that both candidates were out to get the jump on the
other with something new and compelling that a stalemate re
Bulled .
Unusually aggressive was Governor Landon’s speech on
social security, in which he assailed the administration methods, I
though lie approves of such a plan in principle, lie said the New
Deal vva a “cruel hoax ’, that it. endangered “the whole cause
of social security.” and pledged his party to the enactment of a
“pay-as-you-go” old age pension system which would provide
for every American citizen over 65, the supplementary payment
suecssary to give a minimum income sufficient to protect him
•or her from want.
On the radio the President continued his policy of making
well-phrased, calm speeches, in which ho criticizes his opponents
only by inference, llis big drive is yet to come—lie apparently
feels it is more or less a waste of motion to make major speeches
this early and will wait until mid’October.
In 'the meantime, the endless speculation as to who will
win continues. The Litrary Digest poll, on the basis of early re
turns, gives Landon a big lead—most other polls give Roosevelt
a smnll but seemingly safe margin. State primaries so far have
shown little. The Maine election is said by Republicans to make
a GOP victory certain, while Democrats pooh-pooh it. As a ma
ter offaet, in the past when Democrats have carried elections
in Maine a Democratic president has always beeneleetcd. When
Republicans have won by tremenduous majorities, a Republican
president has always been elected. But when an election was
relatively close, as it was this year, the following national elec
tion has always been close as well. In that, the Maine results
echo the views of most political experts—the next president
will win bis office by a very slim margin.
LYNCH PROPAGANDA
.From the New Orleans, La., ITEM, Sept. 14, 1936
The Nationa lAssociation for the Advancement of Colored
People flies a flag over Fifth Avenue, New York. It is inscribed
*‘A Man Was Lynched Yesterday.” It will be flown after every
Tnehing no matter where it occurs.
This kind of thing may be resented on some grounds, but
It is not to be ignored. It may needlessly arouse sectional pre
judices. Some Northern communities don’t need telling that
lynch-law is deplorable. They have long been convinced on that
point, and are rather vain about it. Some of the others are no
better in this respect than the South.
Campaigning against lynching in other parts of the coun
try strengthens the advocates of Federal lynch-legislation. A
good case against such legiisltion can’t be made unless it can
be shown that individual states are able and determined to stop
lynching without federal authority to do so.
SUPREMECOURT NOT AN ISSUE
*
The Supreme Court hasn’t been an issue in the campaign—
those who thought the President would speak in favor of meas
ures limiting the tribunal’s powers w’ere mistaken. Likewise, the
Court has been on a vacation and out of the headlines. But
when it convenes again it will pass on a number of vital raeas'
ures. On the docket is the new Frazier-Lemke Farm Mortgage
Moratorium law. The first law was declared unconstitutional—
the new law was designed to overcome the legal objections.
Opinion is that it too will be thrown out.
1 i lend money to a local government for the purpose of build
jig electric systems in comptition with private systems.
Another power ease involving the constitutionality of TV A
is based on different legal grounds than the ease which the
Court decided last term in favor of TVA,
The National Labor Relations Act is also up for judgment,
along with the Commodity Exchange Act, the Railroad Retire
ment Tax Act, and others.
A TYPICAL LYNCHING STORY
(From the Tuttle Hock, Ark., DEMOCRAT, Sept. 9, 1934)
Here is a dispatch from Dalton, Ca., telling of the lynching
f a young Negro accused of an attempted nttaek on white wo
j ian, a typical chapter in the history of mohs in the South:
“A mob lynched a 21-year old Negro accused of an at
tempted attack on a white woman near here early today after
Hustling the prisoner away from the Whitefield county jail in
jl'ie North Georgia community.
“Sheriff J. T. Bryan said the crowd of about 150 men had
tormed the jail at 1:30 a.m., forced Jailer John Pitt to hand
ji er the keys at the point of pistols and seized the prisoner.
“The Sheriff found the body on a roadside four hours later
eneath a tree from which the Negro had been hanged.
The woman screamed when the Negro touched her and he
broke and ran from the house,' Bryan said. ‘Tw'o men who met
im as he ran recognized him. We got the bloodhounds and
caught him in a short time.’”
‘“I planned to question him today but they got him first,’
he sheriff said, adding that the Negro had made no statement
oncoming the reported attack attempt.”
It is to such incidents that Virginius Dabney referred in
ast Sunday’s Democrat in which he declared the South is lead"
ng the nation in denying rights of fair trial to its citizens. “The
lost flagrant of all the South’s infringements of civil rights,”
e said, “continues undiminished from year to year. Apparent
y there will be no appreciable change until more drastic action
s taken to stamp out the evil.”
And that drastic action is certain to come in the form of
federal legislation. While there arc sound objections to such a
law, it appears that such “Southerners” as the Dalton rabble
will force it upon us.
MRS. SCHULYER SAYS
THE WOMAN PAYS
Quack nostrum venders have ev
e y reason to believe women to be
t-.-vn greater fools than men That
is why they direct their most in
sinuating guns at the feminine
front and reap a ha vest of gold
v. i-,f Read “Fact and Frauds”
in Wonions Hygiene’ by Rachel Ful
mer and Sarah (,r'vnl« g, M- !>-,
ffiblished by Vanguard Press
(price $2 00), you can see fo- your
self that women are (he greatest
suckers on earth for they pay with
ihoi i health and lives for a stu
pendous ignorance of themselves
Until very recently, we Ameri
cans have been puritanical in mat
ters of sex- The 'e is, in consequ
ence, widespread ignorance of the
simplest facts of nature- You
would think that a woman would
know that daily douching is un
rn'cessary and, if done with an an
tiseptic, actually danger!/ Did
women in the past eve < take a
douche? Yet they remained heal
thy and dean or we wouldn’t b*'
here now But suddenly, the manu
facturers have discovered that wo
men must douche to be “really
nice ” So women all over America
spend their money to buy an 'anti
septic which, if it has any potency
at all, will permanently inju v their
organs and encourage tumors and
worse- Read “Facts and Fauds”
and lea *n how many douche pow
ders and liquids are sold yearly to
foolish females- And learn how le
mon juice, vinegar or plain wa in,
soapy water is far more of a germ
killer and far less injurious than
a high priced drug- If your doctor
hasn’t told you this, then he has
neglected you woefully
i False Pregnancy
Most women are i rregular in
their periods and delays usually
mean nothing But fear at such
limes plays directly into the pock
et* of the big drug men- The.ie is
no known drug which you can take
which will actually cause abortion
Yet dozens are bootlegged or sold
outright fo_’ this purpose. You take
them, ruin your digestion, poison
yolir kidneys or rot you' iver and,
because you later /ind yourself
menstruating, you credit it to the
drug But experiment® have shown
that drugs will not help any wo
man at such times unless she is
the type that naturally aborts—
in which case any st'Wious exer
tion would have done the thing bet
ter
Can t*uch Things Be?
You think, doubtless, that the
government would not let big drug
men steal your money and ruin
you; health this way. But that is
because you are naive and don’t
know that the United States has
no adequate food and drug laws
All laws pertaining to these items
were wri® n for the benefit of the
nranut'actu le.rs and not to protect
consumers The more you investi
gate the subject the more scandal
ous it appears
The most that the gove nmont
can do, unde our present setup, is
tp fine the n.'ai.ufacturer a paltry
$25.00 o * $60-00 and confiscate
that particular shipment The man
ufacturer goes merrily on selling
the same d ug 'as was or under a
new name
You thought, too, that it was
against the law to traffic in abor
tions. It is for surgeons and ac
credited physicians, but not for
msuHif'aetu ors! All they have to do
is to work their advertising in some
indirect manner, as for instance:
“Do you suffe.4 delayed menstrua
tion?”; or “Don’t he alarmed be
cause nature has failed you,” and
ono clever firm even admonishes
the sucker “not to buy this pro
duct if she is pregnant for it will
cause a miscarriage!” Now, mind
you, the drags don’t cause abo r
tion at all but you buy them think
ing they will- You get lead poison
ing and they get your money
Should you need definite personal
information on this subject write
the Amman Bi th Control Lea
gue, 689 Madison avenue, New
York City It is a free clinic If yo<u
want to know the relative value of
the countless suppositories, mech
anical contrivances and jellies sold
ns p eventives in every drug store
and (in the south) at almost every
filling station, and almost every
soda fountain, lunch counter and
grocery, don’t miss this book
What Russia Discovered
Abo Aions in America cause
about eight thousand deaths and
thousands of cases of invalidism
yearly. This has been thought due
to the unsanitary conditions under
which unlawful abortions are per
formed here. In Soviet Russia, un
til recently, such operations were
legal There, they performed under
the most favorable conditions, in
hospitals established solely for this
Women were given two weeks vaca
: tion from work and in no ease over
1 two months and a half was admit
ted- What were the results?
Abortions, they found, were de
finitely bad for women- Unless
i ideal circumstances prevail and a
long rest of weeks assured, the
woman invariably suffers disturb
ances and even stirlity- Abortions
are no longer legal in Russia, al
though birth control information
is, as it should be here
Fertility
Childlessness used to bo Warned
entirely on the woman Many an
ancient dame got the gate or the
ax because she didn’t produce re
sults on time. Now, they know that
except in case where disease or ac
cident has caused sterility, lack of
fertility is the fault of both hus
band and wife- Mate with someone
else of more positive vitality 'and
there will be offspring. Two people
of low vitality can become parents
by building up their general health
with diet and sunshine. More meat
and milk will bring a little fairy
into your home
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By A- B- Mann
(For the Literary Service Bureau)
Manners and Money
In this age of materialism one
might be inclined to doubt the old
adage “Manners wll take you far
j t,her than money ” Many would say
sceptically, “Give me the money
and you take the manners.” But
manners secure for us what money
cannot
, Manners will inspire and win for
j one, respect in cases and under
circumstances where money would
bo valueless- Manners will afford
ent ranee into valuable and profit
aba associations when money would
be utterly helpless in such situa
j tions- Manners will win favors
which money could not tpossibly
buy. So, into the confidence, the
inspect, the faith and the good will
of one’s fellows, in thousands of
cases manners will take him far
ther than money
COURAGE VS COWARDICE
I5y R. A- Adams
(For the Literary Service Bureau)
The world abhors a whining quit
ter,
Who fails, then turns harsh,
and bitter,
When easily it could be shown
The cause of failure was his own
There is due no consideration,
But the severest condemnation,
Laggards who, failing in life’s
game,
Would place on others all the
blame.
I
But praise is due the valiant
hearted,
Who, in life’s contest having
started,
Courageously will make advance,
Against opposing circumstances.
t
To such intrepid spirits, ever—
Their courage, faith, and firm en
deavor—
The world, life’s balance sheets will
show,
A debt of gratitude will owe
SERMONETTE
By Arthur B- Rhinow
; (For the Literary Service Bureau)
Throe men were recently taken
; to the hospital after a furious
i fight all thee wre bleeding, an I
i one was carried into the ambul
I ance with a knife in his hand- They
were given expert attention, and
probably none of them wll die.
But what was the fight about?
Some questions of religious fan
aticism, such as has agitated hu
manity for cenuries, or 'a family
(*ut'd existing through generations,
or a deeply Injured personal pride?
No, kind reader We are reliably
informed that the battle was caus
ed by a dispute over which one of
the three was to pay for a five
cent bottle of soda water. We have
a suspicion that something strong
er than soda water entered into
the argument, but whether that
was so o - not, we know the bone of
contention was 'a financial obliga
tion amounting to a nickel.
Men like that live a small life
| They have little sense of relative
values Justice and injustice may
| be involved in the payment of five
j cents, but they that have learned
to appreciate the higher values of
life are not easily disturbed by lit
tle* losses- They know they may
be rich though circumstances or
the dishonest dealing of others
render them poor in purse. They
have wealth that cannot be taken
from them- Their life is the more
abundant life- They do not merely
seo the green sprouts of spring;
they see the mi 'ade
A WORD FROM A READER
Sept 19, 1936
Mr. C- C. Galloway
Omaha, Nebraska
My dear Sir and Friend:
I am writing to say a word for
The Guide ihat came to our desk
for the first time l*ast week
Your valuable publication is
highly represenative of modem
ideals- It is newsy, artictically
“put up,” and well edited- Yes, it
can be read with interest, and I
am very sure if readers follow
closely, can bo greatly enlighten
ed on present issues, as well as
historical facts
I am assured that your very val
uable publication is filling a great
place in the program of that com-!
munity, as well as the entire west.1
I bespeak for you, and company
the best possible success
Will you please tender our best
wishes and regards to friends?
Yours very truly
J- R- Garrett
Science Wars On Highway Foe;
New Tests Cut Motor Accidents
Every year the deadly traffic toll reaches new figures for highway
deaths. This is the third of a series of articles to combat a new com
mon enemy, carbon monoxide gas, more deadly and insidious than any
“poison gas" employed In warfare.
By L. T. WHITE
Highway Safety Expert
AN automobile is proceeding
smoothly down a wide, per
fectly paved highway. Suddenly
the car swerves, crosses the other
side of the road, runs Into another
car or ends up against a telegraph
pole with both machine and driver
badly smashed. The answer—car
bon monoxide!
You are driving along In similar
fashion, but you may be more for
tunate. You may get only a head
ache or dizziness which forces you
to pull up on the roadside and try
vainly to figure out your sudden
nauseau. Again the answer Is car
bon monoxide!
And because few motorists re
alize the deadly dangers of this
gas, a widespread safety campaign
utilizing science’s answer to this
menace is now sweeping the coun
try. From coast to coast insurance
companies and safety committees
are cooperating to fight the gas
which Is believed to be the cause
of most of the “unexplainable" dis
asters.
The absence of known faults In
steering, braking, signalling and
dsion equipment, and the fact that
79 percent of drivers In accidents
have no mental or physical derects,
leads directly to the conclusion
that carbon monoxide is present in
sufficient quantities to affect the
driver's perception and his mental
alertness.
Osing the Power Prover, a sci
entific method of ascertaining the
percentage of dangerous gas pres
ent when your motor Is running,
engineers are fighting this menace
with the finest equipment ever de
vised.
The arrival of winter Is a dou
ble warning to have automobiles
tested by the Power Prover, foi
closed windows decrease the
amount of fresh air which might
fight carbon monoxide. The In
crease of motor accidents and
deaths from asphyxiation In winter
time should serve as warning that
automobiles may become death
traps unless functioning perfectly.
In addition to the repeated warn
ing never to start a car in a closed
garage, motorists are urged to
drive with one window partially
open at all times. On long trips
it is advisable to stop every hour i
for a breathing spell of a few mo
ments.
ALTA VESTA
A GIRL'S PROBLEMS
By Videlta Ish
Dear Alta Vesta: I am deeply in
terested in the things you memtion
ed in your letter which I have read
several times. There is the probab
ility that you are about to enter
into a new experience, at least, to
come face to face with a new pro
blem- It was inevitable that this
should come to your attention, so
perhaps it is as well that it comes
now
in the study of what is variously
germed “Religious Economy” and
“Religious Philosophy” there are
so many difficult opinions to be
Considered, and often an individual
becomes puzzled, finding it dffi
cult to choose a given tenet or a
given course Then, there are many
different denominations resulting
from different interpetations of the
truths of the Bible Chiefly among
these we have the doctrines known
as “Calvinism” and the one design
ated as “Arminianism.” Both of
these belief are founded on the
Scriptures yet they are opposed to
each other
But I suppose I have gone too
far with this, just now, -and shall
wait to hear from you and the
“meeting.” I give my permission
for you to attend the sessions of
this campaign, but do not allow it
to interfere with your lessons.
Love to you both
Your Father
MAXIE MILLER
WRITES |
(For the Literary Service Bureau)
Maxie Miller: I am married and
22- My husband does not make en
ough to take care of me like he
should and like he wants to do
Now I have offered to me a job in
an office, and my husband objects
The man is a settled man and while
the girls who worked for him say
he gets fresh with them, I think I
can take the job I am thinking of
to take the job- I am thinking of
taking it anyhow, but my husband
says it will mean a snvash-up- What
do you think I ought to do? Should
I let the smash come and go on and
make my own living? Tell me —
Sylvia.
Sylvia: To do what you think of
doing would be very foolish and
I am sure you would regret it,
perhaps when it would be too late
to undo what had been done. You
owe it to your husband to make
out with the best he c*an do until
circumstances improve- If this man
is tho kind you intimate, and if
you should give up your husband
to work for him, perhaps he would
use you, tire of you, and drop you
with no means of support No Syl
via, better hold to what you have.
—Maxie Miller
more courage needed
By R. A- Adams
(For the Literary Service Bureau)
Perhaps no age has been more
conspicuous for moral cowardice
'and lack of moral courage than
is the age in which we live. And
this woeful lack is found n the ex
orcise of all human relations—in
all walks of life.
We have been wont to charge
Pontius Pilate with being the great
est moral coward of all time- But,
contrasting his day 'and ours, his
enlightenment and ours, his cir
cumstances and ours, perhaps un
biased judgment would accord to
him 'a better rating than we have
been inclined to concede.
In civic affairs we find example
in spineless congressmen who sur
render their rights to the presi
dent, in order to have favor and to
remain in office. We find also,
governors, sheriffs and ohers who
permit mob murder and condone
such other than incur the displea
sure of mobsters and their sym
pathizers- In religious life there
are ministers who fail to speak
against current wrong for fear of
giving offense to unchristian par
ishioners, and who also make ab
ject surrender to wrong in order
to have the good will of religious
crooks in high places
In home life, thousands of home®
represent “a house divided,” be
cause one parent or the other would
make surrender to reckless, world
ly spirit of the age raher than of
fend their children. In personal af
fairs, many individuals act con- -
trary to their honest convictions, ®
in order to avoid censure and ridi
cule. And so the record runs. There
is great need fo? the revival of the
spirit of the martyre that will in
spire individuals to contend for
what is right- Using the tern in the
generic sense it would be well to
adopt the plea of J. G- Holland,
“God give us men for such the j
cause demands ”
