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THE OMAHA GUIDE
Published Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant Street,
Omaha, Nebraska
Phones: WEbster 1617 or 1618
Entered aa Second Class Matter March 16, 1927. at the Postoffice at
Omaha, Neb., underAct of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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of tin* hoys who have made application with us for work.
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daughter. We only hope that our readers can understand just
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0. C. GAIjLOWAY, Acting Editor
EDITORIAL OF THE WEEK
By E. HOFER
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One of the strangest controversies tb_ nation ha* witness
One of the strangest oontroversaHes the natios has wither
ed over eleetrie ratea has been taking place regarding power
to be generated at the government-owned Bonneville hydro
electric project near Pottlasd, Oregon.
If a privae company had built the dam, the state public
aervice commission would have seen that rates charged were
the lowest possible commensurate with cost of production.
In the! present instance, a fight is being waged by public
officials of neighboring states to halve the Bosneville power
sold at a rate set arbitrarily higher than is necessary, in or
der thatpower from Bonneville may not undersell power from
other government or municipal projects.
Here is a perfect illustration of what to expeefc in con
nection with government-owned business, Which is dominated
largely by political groups.
In the case of a private power company, a power user can
take any controversy with the company to the state public
service commission and get a hearing. Let him try to take a
grievance or suggestion regarding a public-owned plant, to a
state commissionind he will find that it has no authority over
Federal activities. Then if he wants fun let him present his
ease to the proper bureau in Washington—he will begin to re
alize what lawyers’ fees, hotel bills and railroad fare amount
to in such a hearring. State regulation will probably look pret
ty good to him after that.
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The Girls Can Help
“Two young men and a girl, aged 17 to 19, were killed
instantly last night returning from a dance when their ear
traveling at a high rate of speed, crashed into a tree. The
fourth member 0f the party is is a critical condition in a local
hospital.’’This news item, differing only in minor details, has
appeared a thousand times, and $n papers in every state in
the Union. It reflects one of the most tragic phases of our
autoinobil* traffib accident problem—4he'reckless drivers is
their teens and early twenties. Out for a good time, speeding
otter the highways and by-ways—and at regular intervals death
follows in their tracks. Immature minds regard it as as act of
enviable bravado toy‘see what the old bus will do. In many
leases thb cars they drive sould have been sent to the junk
idle long ago—brakes are gone, lights are bad, steering mech
anisms are faulty and tines are down to the fabric, ready for
blowouts. The larger part of the blame for accidents which
kill and maim young people must be put squarely on their
parents. The parents who permit childres to endanger lives
by reckless driving, or are too lazy to find out the realcircum
stanees, are, to put it kindly, derelict. Even worse are par
ents, who, when their children are arrested for reckless and
dangerous driving practices, move heaven and earth to have
them freed without punishment-in effect ertenuragmg them
to go out and do it again. But youth » self, is the form o
young girls who go riding wi h Hty fsiends, (fcn be of great;
Help in reducing this toll by bestowing a bit of praise and
showing admiration for file safe driver asd simply refusing to
ride with the reckless oHe-.make safe driving the prwe ot a
date and watch said boy friend slow down.
Chicago Free Vacation Camp; One of Finest
In The Land
Chicago, Aug 12 (AND Hun
dreds of underprivileged mothers
,ind children of nil races and creeds
enve enjoyed a welcome rel ef from
the oppressive heat of tho city at
Chicago’s famous Camp Rcnberg,
where for ten days, as the guests
Lvf Cook County, they indulged in
hiking, boating, fishing, nnd de^
rived full benfits from the fresh
lie and sunlight.
Camp licinbcrg is conducted an
nually and approximately lea T»er
cent o the kiddies who go there
are colored. While, on the basis of
actual need, more colored children
might he accomodated, still the
camp stands out as one of the finest
municipal ventures any local gov
ernment can provide for the health
comfort, and happiness of needy
children.
The camp is under the auprvrvi
sion of Clayton F. Smith, president
of the Board of County Commis
sioners of Cook County, and 1-. lo
cated in Deer Grove forest preserve
3b miles northwest of Chicago*.,
loop. It is under the immediate di
rection of Stanley O’Carroll and a
staff of trained nurses and social
workers. Guests are selected by
the Cook County Bureau of Pu
blic Welfare. They are transported
by train from Chicago freo of
charge.
Camp Steinberg is open from
J'uly 1st to September 1st, with
new greupa of about 600 each sup
planting greupa whose vara to i
period is completed. Talent of each
group in selected, and an enter
tainment is held each evening. Rod,
play and bathing in a newly creat
ed lake surrounded by a nandbeach
whets appetites for an abundance
of wholesome food. Mothers parti
in the same routine, and find time
nb.o for sewing, knitting and em
broidering.
Co-mingling of races, President
Smith reasons, teaches the young
to have a better understanding of
each other. Protestant and Catholic
services are held eah Sunday.
Camp Reinberg ommemorates the
life of Peter Reinberg, one time
President of the Board of Cook
County Commissioners, and of tho
Hoard of Forest Preserve Com
missioners. He founded the camp
20 years ago. During his life he was
a benefactor of the under privileg
ed. President Smith believes that
the proper maintenance and con
duct of Camp Rinberg is one of
Dm major duties of the County
Board.
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Washington, D. C., Aug. 12
(ANP)—The U. S. Senate last
Tuesday held a twilight session to
1 pass on the Senator McCarran
I Bill which seeks to limit freight
j trains to 70 cars, on the ground
| it will tend to preserve both life
! and property. The body approved
| the bill, but there was no record of
. the vote, and the measure now goes
;t# tho House. Opponents declared
| that enactment of the bill would
cost the railroads about $150,000,
000 a year, and that the cost will
be passed oa to the public.
Earlier in the session, the Sen
ate refused to consider the Wag
ncr-Van Nuys anti-lyching bill as
an amendment to the train length
bill. On Senator McCarran’s mo
tion, it 41 to 34 to table the anti
lyndbing bilk
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Economic Review
—
‘Business as usual” describes the
commercial picture today. During
recent weeks, there have been no
marked changes either upward or
downward. The high level attained
during tihe spring has been main
tained this summer, when seasonal
adjustments are made.
To quote Business Week, ‘‘Busi
ness sentiment is obviously improv
ed now. The President’s court bill
has taken a trimming. Though all
is not exactly quiet on tlhe labor
front, it is definitely better than
it was." Another encouraging fac
tor, in the view of business men,
is Congress’ apparent reluctancce
to okay major “experimental” le
gislation. It now seems probable
that adjournment will take place
within two weeks.
As this column has remarked be
fore, the noticeable upturn in op
timism on the part of business men
is one of the most important of re
lent developments. Last year, for
nstnnce, and early this year, many
eaders were frankly skeptical of
:he basic soundness of the recovery
movement—they regarded it as a
500m bubble that might burst at
iny time. They still don’t feel that
he underlying structure is as solid
is it might be—but they are de
’initely more hopeful that needed
jorrections will take place.
Here are some business briefs of
nterest:
Agriculture: Big crops are being
tarvested and prices are good.
Hiero is an acute shortage of farm
abor in many states, even though
vages have risen materially. On
ruly 1st, the farm labor supply de*
nand ratio was the lowest since
1053
Automobiles: This June passen
ger car registrations'totaled 336,
100, as against 369,000 in June,’
1036, and 280,000 in June, 1935
rhus sales are tending to slacken.
This is to be expected, in the light
yf the remarkable demand for new
:ars the public has shown for two
years. It s possible that a tempor
ary “saturation point” is be’ng
reached. However, sales of higher
priced cars are going up.
Railroads: Will benefit from in
creased farm production this fall.
The industry is now carrying on
wage negotions with its unions and
is expectetd that compromise will
be reached, with wage somewhat
increased. Management-union re
lations have reached"a high stand
ard in this industry and no one an
ticipates strikes or other disturb
ances.
Advertising: Is up in all branch
es, with biggest gains registered
by magazines, whose linage is now
at its highest point since June,
1930. Farm papers ran second in
percentage increases, and newspa
pers third.
Utilities: It is forecast that tele
phones in service will reach re
cord proportions early next year—
first-half installations totaled
629,000. Light and power compan
ies are doing well so far as pro
duction and sales are concerned—
their big problem is still legisla
tive. The Supreme Court’s decision
on the bolding company act will be
of vital importance to this industry.
The decision wMl probably be hand
ed down in the early fall.
Construction: Two well known
economists, writing in Fortune,
forecast a home buiking boom that
will start soon and oontinuc until
about 1943. Builders are working
on the problem of furnishing at
tractive, efficient, low-cost houses
for families in tha $25 $30 a week
income group. Not much is ex
pected from government efforts in
this field.
Foreign Trade: Is getting bet
ter slowly great hapes are held for
tb.p new gold agreement just ef
fected with Brazil, wftiich is sup
posed to greatly widen our market
there. European and Oriental trade
prospects are unpredictable in view
of wars and war scares.
Stocks and Bonds: Are stable,
with tSie general tendency upward
Practically everyone anticipates
higher values for securities this
fall and winter.
Steel: With labor difficulties
over for the time being, steel mills
have recently been operating at
more than SO per Cent of capacity
—a very high summer rate.
Retail Prices: Continues upward.
There is said to be definite con
sumer resistance to higher prices
in some lines, notably meats, which
is reflected in declining consump
tion.
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Every ffolitical party includes,
almost as a matter of formality, an
"economy plank” in ita platform
Piactically all aspirants for office
THE LOW DOWN
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HICKORY GROVE
BY
JO
SERRA
A feller says to me the other
day, Jo, he says, what do you
think this country needs the
most! He sorta puffed me up,
this guy, askin’ me, so I says,
“Well, if this cuntry does real
ly need something, T reckon the
fitlst thing on the docket might
be to start, maybe, ge,+:*’’ >- '
of our suckers.
’Course if we elimina e all of
the suckers, they couldn’t have
any mcjrfe circus sideshows, and
that would be bad, but to r"
that, we wouldn’t have so mtny
nice lookin’ gals doin’ all kinds
of comical things to get pret
tier when they are already as
pretty as a picture, and havin’
themselves packed in mud to
get thei,t stomach as flat as a
pancake—it is bein’ a sucker.
Suckers is what this country
has more of ’em maybe, than
Kansas used to have grasshop
pers, and writin’ about, ’em, is
bein’ even the biggest sucker,
unless maybe it is the way we
vote for every new <=*”.'
comes along with some fancy
plan where we neyer more need
to work and sweat, hut live on
milk and honey, and then v'»’
ue after the election, and there
Is the old alarm' clock r;”-: ’’
Yours with the low A-—
Jo Scrra.
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Foil U. of Maryland
Plan to Oust Students
Baltimore, Aug. 12 (ANP)—In
reply to a query from Dr. H. C.
Byrd, president of tihe University
of Maryland law school, Attorney
General O’Conor ruled Monday
that the two colored students who
had applied for admission to the
school could not be ousted. The at
torney general explained that two
years ago the State Legislature
adopted a scholarship program to
provide for the higher education
of Maryland colored students out
side the state and repealed it in
1037 with new provisions.
The new section, he said, pro
vides ‘’scholarships for Negroes
who cannot obtain the desired
courses in existing Negro institu
tions in this state.” The two col
ored students applied for admis
sion to he law school before the ef
fective date of the new statute, and
were admitted by court decisions.
The attorney general's conclu
sion: ‘*The question, therefore, is
whether the new scholarship sta
titue confer* authority upon the uni
versity to oust students whether
it shall be applied only to new ap
plicants. In our judgment, this
statute may be given no retractive
effect.”
likewise pay lip service to the ideal
of cheaper and morefficient gov
ernment.
•Economy plerges by Republicans
and Democrats have been generally
enthusiastically voted for spending
measures.
Now, however, it is beginning to
be believed that a large number of
officeholders mean it when they
talk about economy. Where the Fed
eral government spent less than
$4,000,000,000 in 1930, estimates
place 1938 spending at 7, 725, 000,
000—about dauble. State and local
spendings have likewise risen. Total
cost of government now is said to
be around $17,000,000,000 a year
Taxes take one quarter of our in
comes.
These facts are worring officials
—were reflected in this session
in the mounting revolt against big
appropriation bills. There will be
more revolt next session.
AnEcho
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From ' My Den '
By S. E. Gilbert
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~~As I sit here in my den, med
itating as it were; it i8 with
pleasure that I relinquish my
space to an article written by
a southern editor by the r,ame
tf Hedding Carter. An article
that proves that the southern
gentleman is a true American.
One who believes in giving jus
tice according to the American
standard.
Mr. Carter has taken as the
subject for his masterpiece ed
itorial" Jesse Owen’s Picture."
“By indirct channels the report
has come to us that tihis newspa
per has recently received unfavor
able comment because (1), it print
ed Negro Sprinter Jesse Owens’
picture: (2), it carried a feature
story of Nelson street, which is
Greenville’s Beale street, and (3),
it has on occasion given promi
nence to stories in wfoich Negroes
appeared in a commendable light.
Such ccriticism has been lumped in
to the general charge of “nigger
lovin’.Vicious gossip, like any
other rank weed, flourishes in the
heat Maybe \th<^,e tecen torrid
days are blaeable.However,
the weather affects us too, so here
goes:
‘‘Jesse Owens is a remarkable
athlete, the wnner of more Olym
pic first than any other American
This week, Mound Mayou, all
Negro village in Mississippi, which
has done a pretty good job of run
ning itself for 50 years, had as its
guest of honor, this Negro athlete.
And so we printed the picture.
We’ll prnt it again when we feel
like doing so.Nelson street
as we have said, is Greenville’s
Beale street. It is a miniature and
that Memphis thoroughfare and
Harlem’s Lenox avenue.Have
we white people shut our eyes to
Beale street and Harlem? We have
not.Their crooning slang is
repeated everytime Southerners get
together for anything, from a game
which we call African dominoes to
a discussion of the cotton outlook
.-We admit the crime of print
ing in this newspaper, stories about
Negroes other than of their mis
demeanors and brutalities. Dr. Car
ver, that fine old Tuskegee scien
tist, who has done as much for
Southern agriculture as any other
man, recently was honored by the
State of Mississippi..We printed
the story and editorialzed upon it.
Would you have us publish only
crime and police court news of
Negroes—and omit the white of
fendert to boot?
“Get this straight, everyone of
you Here in the Delta we
make ear living, in the ultimate
analysis, from the Negro. He tills
our fields. His ready spending of
his scant funds has built up bosk
ntm sections, and maintained our
economic balance. All of ns have
net always been fair te him m
our dealings. Is it more degrading
to be honest with him than to
cheat him? Is it more revolting bo
try to instill in him a pride in his
worthwhile actions than to —hush,
hush—make him think that his
race is only fit for mockery by day
and concubinage by night?
"We’re not apologizing. We're
pitying. The object of our pity is
the hypocrisy expressed by what
we know is an indefensible minori
ty of a loveable town which we have
made our home.”
NOTE:—Each week your corres
pondent takes his pen in hand and
writes on local issues as he sees it.
Written comments on these Echos
will be welcomed. Just address
your letters to ‘‘An Echo From
My Den” Omaha Guide, 2418 Grant
Street, Omaha, Nebr.
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County Schools Near
Memphis Are Opened
Memphis, Aug. 12 (ANP)—Va
st ion ended for between 8,000 and
10,000 students Monday as Shelby
county colored schools opened for
a new semester that will recess
in the fall for the harvesting sea
son.
Meanwhile students of white
schools will register on Aug. 30th
and start classes Sept. 1st, said
Dr. Su Powers, superintendent.