I COMMENTS EDITORIAL PAGE opinions I ..EDITORIALS.. ~THE^OMAHA GUiDE Published Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska Phenes: WEbater 1517 or 1618 Entered aaSecondf last Matter March 16, 1027, at the Posteffice at Omaha. Neb., undorAct of Congress of March 8, 1879. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION *2.00 PER YEAR Race prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of God and the Brother hood of Man must prevail. These are the only principle! which will •tasd the acid test of good. All News Capy of Churches and all Organizations must be In our sffice not later than 6:00 p. m. Monday for current issue. All Adver ting Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, proceed ing date of issue, to insure publication. “GONE WITH THE WIND” WILL GO WITH THE WIND The Pulitzer Committee award* this year nr0 a sorry bus iness, headed as tlu*y arc wi,i\i tli(, laurels for ihnt. masterpiece of shallowness, ignorance and prejudice, “Gone with th<> Wind.” When tli<‘ Pulitzer committee honored .tjhis dishonorable ainl shoddy wodk they were giving no help to literature and a great deal of encouragement to the Negrophobia: which hahgs over the book like adismal smell. The book was wri.ten by a prim young lady, snobbish and sentiraentajl, whoseboaM, is that she comes of an “ unreeons. rueted family” still clutching to its bosom the faded glories of the Confederacy, She perpetuates all the vile mythology of the plantation fasters with its references to “^egno lust” and similar tripe used to verify the moral jus tification for lynching. raedsl enreie. The award is a confession of literary puerility a^nd a' tri bute to the worst prejudices of the Bourbons But if the committee was bold in honoring the political re action of the old South it carefully avoided the democrajSia polities of blue present day and ignored Carl Sandburgs splen did “The People, Yes” certainly the outstanding volume of poetry for the ye^r. -mv The Pulitzer a(ward, harmful as it is to American literature and American life in general, will not nave the bulky “Gone with the Wind" from quickly going witH the wind to the ob livion it deserves. Calvin’s Digest _ By Floyd J. Calvin New A. U- Proxy We wish to add our worl of congratulation to the chorus of praise going up on the selection of Dr. Rufus E: Clement ns the successor to the late and belov ed Dr: John Hope as head of Atlanta University. I j Dr: Clement, youthful, well trained, with fresh administra tive educational experience, a scion of a noted family which was brought to national prom inenre by the late Zion Bishop George E. Clement, should make good in this most strategic po sition in the higher education of the Negro, and of the coun try. Agajin Negro youth has a chance to prove its worth. Letter of Protest Advertising Age 100 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Til. Regard Collins, Miller & Hut chins advertisement, page 33, Mav 3. issue, an uncalled for ?p suit to Colored American Oiti xens Use of the term "Nigger" m-ervwbern taboo where sales sod urofits are conierncd. and oipfdo<5 Tf suitable annlngr is in libofil social and nrofe«siona] no‘ forthcoming at nno», strike r>”r name from vonr list, and vp’i -"iv Vppo fbe phnn^p. fnlvins Npwsnencr Service AMT! Ovrrfl.n ■•frATM "» fhe ^rvn*h' Afrieqn Christ inn Unnnivier rnfide its first on ■KAAvon^A nn Anril 1st T* is the A*fin{o1 m-inn of 4h« Afrienn '"»'-.4V,a^;c4. TVii«(m^pl Phnrrh ’Tt CAf.4t. Afoinfl Pichnn P. p. ''*>i** 1" ^or einpht ■•-ours *‘av «->* 4T,» Phristinn Peeerdor Jvi A man^r iq editor in oh?ef T4 l,qq oWt n*imc end sells for 4W00 nnnnn or civ nn-rttq J4 vlll appear first bimonthly, later monthly. It contains interest ing article on South Africa, the history of the AME Church in South Africa by Rev: J: M: Mokouc, son of the founder, and ‘Amerieta.ii Negro Women* by Mrs. Charlotte C. Wright1 A number of years ago the South African Christian Recor der flourished, but suspended publication about six years ago. Frank Marshal Davis We are pleased to see that one of our well known and very capable journalists, Mr: Frank Marshall Davis, has been inclu ded among those obtaining Ro senwahl aid for intellectual pur suits. Mr. Davis, feature editor of the Associated Negro Press, and author of one of the first books published this year by a colored writer, “I Am the Am erican Negro," is to do more active writing under his grant. Mr. Davis, a native of Kan sas and once editor of the At lanta Daily World, is yet young and knows what it means to he pigeon-holed as a “Negro in our American civilization. Banging at the bars of his racial prison. Mr. Davis ex claims: “Only my dollars know no color line.™.and sometimes even those are banned! We salute Frank Marshall lavis, a working journalist, wh° has won recognition for com ncoition superior to that of a copy-hack. In Pittsburgh At last through speciejl action of the Rtato legislature, an offi cial inquiry is being conducted into remand Bred Scott,hack to slavery; and the minority opinion was enter tained by those who upheld a strong central authority. Precisely the same line of cleavage is observed in the An (Trio Herndon cahe. The four conservative members of ,tlie bench, Van HeVater, McBey nolds. Southerland and Butler, who joined in the minority opin the attorney for the school board declared “no discrimi nation1 existed a colored woman testified, “I took the course for kindergarten teachers at the old Pittsbudgh Training School, was graduated in 1920 at the head of a class of eight. I was the only colored member of the kindergarten group: A1J1 my class members were given teach ing positions in the schools but I was not. Hon. A1 Tronzo, a member of the board of inquiry, said of the investigation, which is still in progress: “In spite of the high standards which are claimed by Pittsburgh schools, all of us ! have met colored men who are brilliant lawyers, brilliant doc tors and exceptional in many walks of life. And we know th|t right here in our city colored men are making superior rec ords in the \miversities and, be cause of the bar against them, are being forced to go into the Pullman service. We want to correct that condition as far as we ean.“ To Dean Kelly Miller Dean Kelly Miller of Wash ington, veteran writer of the Negro press, is suffering from cataracts on the eyes. His work has been curtailed for several months, and for periods, halted alogtether. We who still enjoy the physical blessings of youth, sympathize with the D'ean, as the body, which has long serv i ed him well, shows signs of weakening. ion, would return Angelo Hen don to the tender mercies of thi state of Georgia. The iMberal sentiment of thi nation made the Negro a citi zen and conferred upon him thi rights and privileges of citizen ship, a.nd made .these rights ir revocable by the states. The re aetionaries have constantly con batted the spirit and purpose of the 14th and 15th amend merits. The doctrine of states rights since the days of John C. Calhoun, has been chiefly concerned with preventing the Negro from enjoying the full status of an American citizen. President Roosevelt's propo sal to liberalize the supreme court would certainly tend to safeguard the rights of the Ne trro under the law. Every can did and fair minded citizen knows fully well that the rights and privileges of the Negro would be better preserved by five liberal judges than by four reactionaries who joined in the linsenting opinion in the Hern don easej , Justice McJReynolds in an ex tra judicial statement said he believed in equal justice for all men, even including the ‘darky1 but his reactionary attitude and states rights obsession, illustra ted by his vote in the Herndon case makes this statement ra uwr usconvmcing. Roosevelt's proposal to add six new members to the su preme court may appear rather daring to the timid conserva tive mind, but the praciical statement never imputes ideal istic perfection to fra^l human nature. Judges are men, subjest to like infirmities as other men Donning the judicial ermint does not change a judge's na ture: As long as judges are ap pointed by the president and confirmed by the senute, theii attitude on political and eco noraic questions will influence their decisions. Then why not have a bench imbued with a ba sic political and economic ph i' osophy which the nation has ap proved? In addition to this broad principle the Negro has his spe cial reason for supporting lioose velt's proposal. It squints in the direction of liberal federal control against the doctrine oi states rights which has beei the rock upon which t-lie N< pro's political hopes have fount ered from the days of * alhoui until now. I • • m » » » * 1 I , An Echo ; From My Den By S. M. GBlMrt _ As I sit here in my den, with pen in hand, meditating ah it were, there comes to my mind the question of “Juvenile De Sinquency'a community problem Recently I covered a Social Wei fare meeting at Zion Baptist Church: There I heard Dr. Lau rence H. Brown, head of the de partment of Sociology, Creigh ton University, stress upon the fact that there was a great need in Omaha for the cooperation of all groups in the securing of playgrounds and recreational centers in localities where the underprivileged child is to be found. With this thought in my , | mind, there comes from the out side, an echo, stating a very lamentable fact that the Recre ational projects which were be ing cJarried on in one of our lo cal centers had been discontin ued, and if you please in the very heart of that locality in which according to an author ity on the social condition of Omaha has the highest delin quency rating in the city: To my w ay of thinking it is time that all social workere, especially the heads of each in It is true that the main pur pose of liberalizing the Court is to secure a broader attitude up on economic interests rather than human rights: But, as far as the president has so distinct ly pointed ouh—the two are iu dissilubly joined, together Provincial southern senti ment is hidebound! in its advo cacy of states' rights is so far as the Negro is concerned, but strangely enough1 this section lias furnished the chief support ers in upholding the hand of the president and the New Deal on economic liberolism: The sec tion which unanimously oppos ed the Ga vagan Bill will almost solidly vote to uphold the eco nomic aspect of the New Deal program: Herein consists the anomaly of our complex politi cal situation: But however these things may be, the Negros hopes for equality before the law, rests now as it did in the days of the Dred Scott Decision, upon the i liberal and progressive spirit and purpose of the nation: BRONZE ^MndesutT \ } AMERICAN N°1 FEMALE ' *- PJANO SWING0LO6IST * (•JuHutuJlmtL ANDY KIUKS ORK 7*. CALVIN CHILDREN WILL NAAKE THEIR MtlSICAL DEfcUT LN A PIANO RECITAL JN.MEW Y0RJC JUNE 18 - 'BERNICE &'«*«/ QflL06.ES "9' ''daughters of FLOW CMVfN /NOTED MWMM I -*#«**> M-UM V'J - - i » "■ in. . t 'CmU LEE R)RMERN°I CONTENDED AS A WELTERWEIGHT &QXER * MARINE A SWELL COME MCK AS AN ACTOR PS. ONE ACTOR NO ONE 'PICKS ON' @ 1937 wmSMATieSAL KMKO PWS | Winners of Dr. Free] Palmer’s $575 Contesl to be Announced Through special arrangement with the Dr. Fred Palmer Labora tories of Atlanta, Georgia, we will bring news of the Dr. Fred Palmei contest winners each week to oui readers who are interested. As fast as the winning names are released they will be published in this ne»w» paper. Watch this newspaper foi these winnning names. Your name may be among the winners. A«k your druggist for a beauiful free Dr. Fred Palmer Fan. Hurry —as the supply is limited. •-o stitution, get together as was suggested by Dr. Brown and discuss this and subsequent acts of this kind which will follow if some concrete concern is not shown in this deplorable and uninvestigated act: Such a curtailment of recrea tional workers from the South side center to my way of think ing, based on the delinquency report of Dr: Sullinger of Oma ha University is a directdefAat of the purpose for which the re creational projects are created: As one who is interested in the welfare of our youth, brot on through years of experience in the social field, I beg leave to offer a suggestion that the executives of the three social organizaionst along with other social minded persons get to gether and map out a program for the good of all. The Musicians By Mrs. H. Making ; The first Negro singers to tour America were the Fisk Ju bilee Singesis in 1871. In three years this group raised $150,000 for Fisk Unversity which at the time was in dire need. This was the beginning of the spiritual vogue. Music critics compared two musics, the common, soulful N# gro music and the highly ola^sie of the Indians. It was proven thaj a folk song was a song of the people by the people. Most certainly the Indian lyric could not l^ sung by the uncultured peovle even of its own race. The white man was taken to the Negro musil so muvh so that many were made famous by its use. Although a famous trrang er of Negro music, John Powell (whitle) said the Negro race is a part from the rest of us and should be treated so both social ly and culturally, Henry F. Gil bert wrote “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” and William J. Red dick wrote “Standing in the Need of Prayer” and “Leaning on the Lord.” Others made famous by No gro music: John. J. Miles, Qav id Guion, although given cried it, it is genreally believed the white man did not compose these songs—onlyi copied them. Five famouh Negro composers leigh, Clarence Cameron White, were Nathaniel Dett, H. T: Bur J. Rosamond Johnson and Wm: G: Still: PETERSON’ COMMENT This column went to church the other Sunday On a dare and an invitation to hear one of our younger ministers; do his stuff. And on the knowledge that we shall be stepping on long forbidden ground, the Colored Church and its clergy are going to be the subject of thi^ week’s ramblings. All ye who disagree may personally give the works via P. 0‘ Bo(e 7823, Philadelphia, l’u: The legion who side with us will kindly meet in convention on Sunday at the first telephone booth at the comer drug store We folkis as a whole, are reaflly church conscious. We will go ,to church and thajik the Powers for what we have when really Wg have nothing to bq thankful for. And we are told by our ministers that the less we have here on earth the more we dhall have later on. We rejoice in1 that belief, go home entirely I satisfied with things as they are—thankful they are no worse— as if they could be. This particular young minister that your column heard bad better watch his step:He is liable to be thrown out of the min isters union or have his church picketed by members of that Union, because he actually advised his parishonem to expect something in this life. Of course, he didn’t stress that pointi only mentioned it in parsing. In fact we think the reason he brought it up was to console them with the promise that any thing they expected and wanted rqal bad in this life and fail ed to get, they could look forward to receiving in the next with greater glory and happiness for having done without it here. And this minister is classed as a liberal of the new school. W ^la^ must the Consevatives of the old preaching instincts have to advise their congregations. It is this column’s opinion that our churches as conducted by their ministers has been next to the greatest drawback the race has had since slavery. Of course, the greatest is lack of education in theSoufh. There is no other com mon banner under which so majiy of our people congreiate as in the church, and instead of being a force for advancement, it is just the opposite. There is an article in Readers’ Digest for May by a Catho lio priestr in particular, for not helping fheir people during this depression. For sending money out of the country in mis sionary work and expecting the government to take care af the needy here. Now it is a known fact that the Catholic Church takes care of their own better than any other church in Amer ica, and if they can be called to task by one of their own offi cers, how much lacking the other churches must be in this re spect. He rightly claimed that ministers were the one class tba,t felt’ the depression less, and as a result cannot visualize just what their communicants are going through. He even hint ed they didn t care so long as their offerings were coming in each and every week. And of all the benefits, teas and suppers given by the churches and their workeiis, the only ones thbjt .this column has had the fortune to run up against have been for the benefit of said churches. Of course, near Christmas time gaskets are made up for the very needy, but unlike the miracle jtf the fiNhes, these baskets give out in little or no time. What do these needy do the rest of the yeart » son to church goers, their reader^ are snowed under. And it is the unwritten law that churches are Sacrosanct, unattack able The Negro press can do a ~ world of good, but in compan and unassailable by one and all. Their individual ministers may stray out of bounds once in a while, but the church itself is Bo much a part of our race that you may well try to show \is the bad influence of gin as to 41t a lance against our church.