comments EDITORIAL PAGE OPINIONS j ..EDITORIALS..! ... . . . i r r - - .. " theomaha guide “ Published Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska Phones: WEbster 1517 or 1518 Entered a- Ntcm.d Class Matter March r5, 1DJ7, at the loatoifice at Qluinj Neb,, umlet Act uf Congees* i»t March 3, 187J. IK It Ms OF sun.st UllTiON 42.00 PER Y-EAU K [irejudie mud The Fatherhood of God and the Brother hood «: Man must pnvml. These are the only principle* which will |t*t d 1b<> acid test of All New'* Cany of Chgrchc* and all Organizations must be in our iff ice pot hirer than 5:00 p. rn. Monday fr.r eurtent issue. All Adver tismy (t ,d r Paid \r tick's- not later than Wednesday noon, prececd tng date of issue, to Insure publication. _ SPRINGTIME IS CLEAN-UP TIME You ean see signs of spring fever almost everywhere. Farmers are plowing find sowing their fields. Suburbanites arP planting their gardens. Housewives are < leaning and revaimp ing homes, t’ommuni iex o,re starting improvement projects. Winter is apt to be a time of general neglect—partly be cause of severe weather and partly because of the press of other toot ers in that busy season Vacant lots, yards and even streets become unsightly. Now is the time for a thorough spring clean ing, extending through the community, in the interest of health, safety and civic progress. Such a clean-up campaign is a splendid activity for clubs, chambers of commerce. Boy Scouts, and similar groups to spon sor Every town should emulate those communities which by a spirit of fine cooperation, have succeeded in gaining the name of “Spot least own.** When a movement to paint up, clean up and beaMtiify sweeps a community, it leaves in its wake a healthier, happier town. WHAT IS TRAFFIC CONTROL? . A noted traffic authority recently discussed the traffic accident problem in icrms of .three kinds of safety. The first is personal safety, the necessity for protecting the limbs and the lives of us all. The second is moral safety, the necessity for building an appreciation of the values of proper regulation. Mo tor vehicle traffic inevitably involves the law and law observ ance. Disregard of the laws of the road, even the minor ones, breeds contempt and disregard for more serious rules of society, especially among the young, for in the early stages disrespect for la.w masquerades as adventure. The third is the need for protecting the economic benefits which accrue from thewide spread use of the automobile. Traffic accidents not only cost millions of dollars directly through lost earning power, lost time, hospital expense and repair hills—they push down property and rental values, slow up business turnover, reduce the value of investment portfolios, large and small. Our understanding of the traffic problem might he bet ter served if in thinking about it we substitute for the relative ly narrow term “traffic safety” the more accurate one of “traffic control” This means the application of eertani logical principles to motor vehicular movement which will at once ease congestion and reduce the hazard. An important step in .the direction of effective traffic control is the publication of the handbook, “Creating Safer Communities". Published by sta(te motor vehicle and safety au thorities in twenty-four states, the handbook tells how to set up a community traffic safety organization and presents a series of procedures for reducing accidents by removing the cause. It describes how essential accident information is secured. It gives instrue,8i|ons for developing enforcement, engineering and ed ucational programs in line with advanced, tested methods of making traffic safer and less congested. THE TOWN RAMBLER Tn every town and neighborhood yon meet the goosiipy and “nosey” people. They are always tailking about the short comings. disappointments, misdoings, failures of other folks. They tell stories of other people's troubles joyfully.But they never tell about themselves. They want everybody to fail and deep in their hearts carry the hope thaJ; nobody will succeed in anything they attempt. Now you just listen at this type when you run across one of them. When t,he tale of “Damn the other fellow” has ended, ask the wind-jammer, “What have you ao cumulated for yourself " “Where is the property you own “Where is the business you have established!” “Are there any spots on your character!” “What is your reputation among people who don't tell you but thlk about you in conversation with others!" If the BLAB MOUTH answers these questions, you'll know enough about the person who has been talking about others to you.—Pittsburgh Crusader. % *» KELLY MILLER _SAYS_ | CHARGE OF PILFERING AT TU8KEGEE HOSPITAL We learn from press dispat ches that the exsurgeon in chief and ten members of his staff have pleaded griil.y to a charge °f conspiracy to defraud the government, and have been pun ished by fine and dismissal. The management of the Tus kegee Veterans’ Hospital invol ves doctors of race wide and race deep significance. We all recall how a few years ago the question of Negro per souell a this institution raised an issue which reverberated throughout the nation. The lo cal bitterness and rancor en gendered were never exceeded even when political issues were involved. The Negro race was united m its demand for n Negro person ell for,the Veterans hospital as it had been on no other ques tion, Dr. R. R. Moton, recently promoted to the presidency of Tuskegee Institute, took his life in his hands in demanding a Negro personell in face of local opposition. Chief credit for the victory is due to President Hard ing. Dr. Moton and the late Senator Underwood. President Harding stood by the principle on behalf oC the government, Dr. Moton on behalf of .the Ne gro race, and Senator l nder wood on behalf of the South. After so significant a vic tory, the Negro was naturally concerned in .the outcome of the new experiment which in several respects has more than justified our expectations. The management of the A t*ferans Hospital at Tuskegee carries with it the largest governmen tal function entrusted to the in timate handling of Negro hands From all reports we learn that from the standpoint of profes sional efficiency the results are most satisfactory. The Tuskegee hospital ranks high in the scale of efficiency of management as compared to that of othre Veterans' hospi tals. hasr succeeded in the most difficult tc.sk ot keeping racial peace in the community and promoting racial coopera tion and good will, for ail of which* the race is most deepty gratified, still it cannot but help feel a deep tinge of humil iation ami regret at the out come of the charges and .trials for pilfering from the govern ment commissariat.. The judg nent of the court was no doubt empered by leniency on ac count of .the alleged tradition al weakness of the race in fail ing to observe sharp distinction between meuni and tunm. I remember when a student at Howard University, the presi dent took as his text the advice with which Apostle Paul ex hofted his congregation: “Let him that stole, steal no more.“ He also stated that every Ne gro bishop and eceleaiast should repeat .this exhortation through out thg Negro race. The stu dent body became incensed at l ie reflection implied. The tradition that the Negro > ill steal, was haned down from slavery days. The slave naturally felt an raseonscioos nrc^rfetorship %l the twealtli which his labor had helped to aeeumuhftl*. In ate aline from his master, he was merely re appropriating that which in a ' part belonged to himself. Calvin s Digest By Floyd J. Calvin An Editor Laments Editro J. Clarence Oolclough of tho Christian Index, official organ of the CME. Church, pub lished at Jackson, Tenn., writ ing of a personal experience in his own town, nays: “Walking east on Main street we stopped to slake our thirst from a pub lic water fount on the side of a Streep f° he told by a white by stander ‘White people drink here.'. We said ‘ Why see here where birds and dogs may drink.’ ‘Well,* said he, ‘white people drink here/ implying of course, that by all odds, race people of your group are not. allowed to stop and take n drink of water on the side of I he main street in Jackson. The CME. Church ‘harries iupward of one hundred h sand dollars in hanks of Jack son, we do more than two hun dred thousand dollars in busi ness; take our business away from Jackson, .the postoffice would have to discharge some of its employees, banker’s would lose their jobs, and possibly ot her features of business would have to reorganize, hut the edi tor of the official organ of the church that, d oes over a. two hundred thousand dollar busi ness, giving white hoys and girls employment in lieu of race peo pie, was not allowed to s op by a public street comer to slake Ihui thirst. “If the editor can he treated like that, why the financial sec j ret ary who banks our money in the banks of the city would he asked to move on too. Why not! Educated colored people in the South, generally have no more preference than ex-eonvicts. Fact seems, there is a deep si lent movement exercised hi the breast of the white south to emasculate the freedom of man hood which education presages ; u the heart of prominent and educate,! race people. These K. K.K.s are enveloping the North, and East and West too, with [their virus.” The depth of the editor's feel ings is clear; he is angry, and justly so. What to do- That is ; he question. Je33e Owens Learns Our national and racial hero, Jtis.se Owens, has learned tnat all that glitters is not gold, and that gold does not necessarily 1 ring happiness. Mr. Owens, in speakig to students at Knox Many people have the same sort of feeling in dealing wi. h the government. There is also involved th idea that since the master had plenty to spare, fil ching a li; tie here and .there would make little or no differ ence. But education and religion ire supposed to have effected a uew moral birth. “Thou shalt not steal" is a categorical and mperative commandment that admits of no variations which would justify the conduct or ease the conscience. The exsnrgeon in chief and members of his staff who were fined and discharged after pleading gniltv to the charge, ? ere a, select group of Negroes exposed to the best, educational and social opportrmi ies. Their seeming failure to observe the elemental moral law places a reproach upon the whole race which it will h(J difficult to roll nwar. » ville college, is reported as say ing: “Leading a band is all right financially, and it’s a lot of fun, but socially, i;‘s not so good. As for me 1 am going to try to go back to school nest year, finish my education, and try to do something worthwhile for my race.” Mr. Owens also added tha; while attending Oliifi Stale, he put athletics ahead of his classes: hut when lie returns iu September, he is going to get down to work and put athletics in its proper place, secondary. Well said, Mr. Owens! You were Me* ed by nature with re markable speed and agility of l ody; you have rendered dis 1 active service ,to your nation and race by your track and field f -ats: hut now you have noted ■(he real, pressing need of your group—1 lie long, hard fight of mvrial organization. "V on would 1 e welcome on this front, Mr. Owens. Ethiopia s ‘ Fine Flower The wanton massacre of the ‘‘Flower of Ethiopia11 hy the Italians in Addis Ababa lately has evoked little more than a pious regret throughout the world. But not only was the best brain and blood, but the hopes of a nation were ruthless ] r destroyed. The sons of Eth opia’s Elder Statesmen—the Ma.rtin brothers, and young He rouy—are no more. We join with the New Times nnd Ethiopian News of London in bidding a sad forewell to | these young heroes. who not; only fought, buj made the su preme sacrifice for their coun try. Mississippi Answers The South has a way of ans wering when consideration is being given to measures de signed to curb the lynching spirit. As she House debated the Gavagan bill, news of a double lynching Winona, Miss., was i flashed over the wires. The As [ soeiated Press brings the | South’s answer as follows: | “Townes and McDaniels were taken from Sheriff E. E. Wright and two deputies early this afternoon as they were be i iug led from the courthouse ,to be returned to jail. Motoring to a wooded spot about one mile from the small store whereGeo. I --T An Echo From My Den i ! Iiy S. E. Gilbert | 1 As I sit here in my den with pen in hand, meditating as it I were, there comes to my mind this fact; “For as ,tjic body is lone, so is the human family”, laud upon this subject Hie old Den Dweller writes: In order that you dear read ers may better understand the subject, I shall peruse the pages of anatomy and there T find the human body is composed of skin, flesh, bones, circulatory system, respiratory system, a Ivrnpha ic system, elimination and nervous systems, and al though each system has its spe Windham had been slain, the mob stopped. The Negroes were f ripped to the waist and chain ed to trees. A member of the mob brought forth a blow lorch Townes, it was said, died un der torture of the torch. Mc Daniels was shot .through the head.” This is the South's answer. It has been the South's answer for lo these many years. What will he the answer of the United States Congress? Will it con tinue to vacillate, play petty politics, and otherwise dishon or Itself by delay, when our na tion stands shamed before the world? Do We Want Equality In the April Crisis Magazine Mr. George S. Schuyler, well known writer, asks: ‘ Is there really any great ferment among Negroes for the full manhood righ's guaranteed them by the Constitution? Is the dark bro ther overly disturbed by the circumstances of living in what is virtually a vast jail where at best he is seldom more than a (rusty? Is there any external evidence that he is disposed to do anything much about it? Mr. Schuyler cone-1 udes that, “In the main, we do not really want ,t.o be free." We wish to eite, however, efforts being made by colored members of various s'ate legislatures, and ofCongessman Mitchell at Wash ington. to do something for the freedom of the group. We are not in position to do much for ourselves without ,the aid of the whites; but we can pro test injustice, and the Negro press proves w e are doing that. I BRONZE Standoufcr I /ohhwh x J)can THE OLD TIME VAUDEVILUANS WERE AMONG THE FEW TO EVER TRIUMPH ON RETURNING TO THE ‘THEATRE’ AFTER 38 YEARS ABSENCE. CAME SACK. LAST, SEASON AT CONNIES INN TO BE THE.... SENSATION OF THE GREAT WHITE WAV _' k* (Jck^ • f Tae JUVENILE DANCING SENSATION IN / "NEW FACES "ONCE RAN AWAY FROM ROME.... // after getting as far as cricago. re f WROTE HIS SISTER, WINNIE, THAT RE WAS / ROME-SICK.BUT BEFORE SMC" COULD ( URGE RER FATHER TO FORGIVJE HIM, *1 CAB CALLOWAY, WHO WAS PLAYING A \ , T ,EATR£ OATE IN CHICAGO, MAO BOUGHT \ BOBBY A TICKET AND STARTED HIM SACK ROME.! r11" —■ ■■ . i ~Ac. s* <^unlkine e enriched. It leads the strong er to deny a fair sharing of work with the weaker group in lays of unemployment. It fur ther restricts the awards of economic wealth in times of prosperity. Tt places harriers in ^ the way of participation in the political, educational and cul tural advantages, which should be available .to all. It excludes the so-e.illed inferior groups from full participation in the democratic processes with their assumed superiors. It prevents both minority and the majority races from making valuable con trihutions to a common cul ture. The sacredness of human per sonalities of whatever race or color, and their equality before 4 God and the law are flouted I when lynchers and mobs, asi was perpetrate,! recently at WiB nona. Miss., deny the majesti !of law and outrage Christia^B conscience and the spirit of th^J Gospel. Both industry and fovenflB mental recovery acts by maiB measures now promoted for th* advancement of their respect ive interests have either on«B ly or tacitly set np ba,¥ri«r* based on race or color. The churches of America, jj must face reality and recognise^ the friction, unfriendliness and^ race prejudice so evident 1 the relations between racial] groups. Our profession of ideal* of justice and goodwill must he made effective by positive acts. If we talk bro berbood. we must (Continued on Page 7)