COMMENTS EDITORIAL PAGE_ OPINIONS I
THE OMAHA GUIDE
Published Every Saturday at 2414-20 Grant Street,
Omaha, Nebraska
Phones: WEbster 1617 or 1618
Entered as Second Class Matter March 16, 1927, at the Poetofflce at
Omaha, Neb., underAct of Congress of March 8, 1879.
TBGMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
Race prejadlce must go. The Fatherhood of God amd the Brother
hood of Man must prevail. These are the only principles which will
stand the acid test of good.
All News Copy of Churches and all Organisations must bo In our
office not later tnan 5:00 p. m. Monday for current issue. All Adver
tising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday aeon, proceed
ing date of issue, to Insure publication. _
..EDI!ORIALS.. |
EDITORIAL OF THE WEEK
By William Pickens for A. N. P.
I -
Somebody better take those war planes away from those
Chinese before they hurt each other. They aimed at a, Japanese
battleships in ihe river and hit inlthe heart of their own city,
killing Amci$ uns, Frenchmen and Englishmen. The Japanese
warships are in the Whangpoo and the great Yangtze. It aeemP
if the t’hiiiese missed the ships, Obey might at least land in
Abe river and not in the International Settlement or hotels far
inland. Ilut what i.s more interesting is the further evidence of
the bias of American newspapers and their anti-Japanese feel
ing, as shown in their blaming Japan because Americans were
killed by Chinese bombs which were badly aimed at the Japan
ese. Tlije papers reason i^ ik the fault of the Japanese because
they had no bipiness being thetarget fo ihe Cldjnese—and that
since the shots were meant for Japanese, tlw;y are to be blam
ed because those shots killed foreign wfliite people. Presum
ably, if the slims had only hit the JapaneS^, everything would
have been all right—in our newspaper#—and they would have
boon praising the Chinese for their courage and marksman
tjhlp. If the Chinese had been good, all the ’credit would have
gone to China, undoubtedly—but sine/e their aim was bad, the 1
blame goes to Japan. IIow logical,
The only logic, we know so far to match it count* out of
Arkansas: some years ago in the riots in Elaiiie county in that
state, the white mob was chasing some Negroes, and some of
thje Negroes ran and hid in tttio ^wanip. When the mob sur
rounded the swamp and began shooting, ft member of the mob
shot another member dead by mistake. There, when the six
Negroes, wet and wounded, were pulled out of the swamp, 1hey
were chraged wi|h first degree murder bemuse this white man
had been killed by bullets meant for them. They w|cre convict
ed and all headed for the (rlectrie chair. Tt took a five year
flight, the greatest fight of its kind before the Scottsboro cas^s,
Jo flet a reversal of the sentence. The mob evidently reasoned
this way: if it had not been for those Negroes, the white mob
|ter would not have been kflled by accident by his own fel
low-mobsters: therefore, the Negroes were to blame—ergo.
guUtv. See' if the Chinese had nst been trying to kill Japan
ese, they would not have killed Americans by mistake: there
fore the Japanese called the killing, and therefore the Japan
ese rather than the Chinese are guilty of th* slaughter.
Eeally, ijn these days’ logic is ju^t whaJt one wants it to be
like history, anthropology and pseudo-science. Wilful rationn
alization is substituted for reason, and tih« mob is stirred. To
test the thing out, you just let the Japanese alfct some bombs
at Chinese and hit a hotel ftli lof Americans instead,—can you
imagine you will hear anybody blaming the luoky Chinese for
©scaping the shellat No but you can ima,gine our jiagoes call
ing for war with Japan, for being so sinful as to hit Amer
icans! even by mistake. Vetfly, in this werld do our passions
lead us a race while our intellect leads us an insh. We have
built up an ant-i-Japanese! complex; therefor^ those Japanese—•
damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
I
Backbone of Credit
The stock fire insurance industry was established and
has been mantained on the principle that adequate profits must
be made in order to protect the policyholder—and that, at the
same time, the cost of insurance to the public must be progres
aively reduced. These two purposes may seem at odds, but the
industry has shown that they can be achieved. The financial
position of the companies has been strengthened and the cost
of stock fire insuraiice is today 40 per cent less on the 'aver
age than it was in 1900. In other words, the industry has found
ways and means of reducing the cost of doing business and it
has invariably shared the savings with policyholders. For three
quarters of a century, 4he industry has fought on behalf of
fire prevention and fire protection, and success has followed.
The entire country has been included m an elaborate system
whereby cities, towns and villages ar\e inspected and graded
in the light of hazards. The cumulative effect of these activ
ities has been to save the country billions of dollars—in reduc
ed insurance premiums, lower fire loss, and other indirect
costs that are an inescapable part of fire waste.
DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS—PLEASE NOTICE
The postoffice department does not permit the delivery
•f papers to delinquent subscribers, if yottr payments are not
«p to date, please mail or bring amount dde to The Quids offloe
tr call WBBUU.7 for representative: Yonr cooperation will be
Tcatlg appreciated* Ike Metkgument
Mammoth National Baptist Convention Chorus
When -,he National Baptist Convention, In* ., meets at Los Asgeles, Calif., Sept. 8 to 13, in what is expected to be the greatest gathering thebody
has ever held, it will be entertained by one of the largest and best trained musical groups ever to function at a convestion. The mammoth 400 voice choir
has as its director Mozellt Te Outley. Edna IlaTmmet Porter is organist. Dr. L. K. Williams is president of the convention, the lagest church body
among Negroes in the world. ___ _
I
Economic Review
Not since 1917 has a major na
:ion declared war. Yet in the in
;ervening years there have been a
lumber of far reaching senguinary
:onfllcts. What might be termed
Mars’ modem technique does not
require a formal declaration of
war—arm ids are mobilized', col
liers and civilians are slaughtered,
:ities are devasted and govem
nents change even while, officially
•peaking, actual war does not cx
st.
Italy’s Ethiopian campaign, for
example, war was not declared—
twt the result of the invasion ws:
:o eliminate the Ethiopian Mon
srchy and make the country into
in Italian colony governed by the
Italian Military. Russia and
France have not declared war on
the Spanish Insurgents, nor have
Germany and Italy broken off re
lations with the Spanish Govern
ment—yet it is no secret that
Franco's cause has been kept alive
with the aid of German and Italian
troops and equipment, while the
Government foroes would have col
lapsed long since had it not been
for Russian airplanes and arma
ments and French military experts,
roday in the Far East the world is
again witnessing a war without a
declaration of war that la of ut
most significance not only to the
nations involved, bat to the West
ern World as well.
Japan has gone to the limit in
reeemt years to build up her army
and navy. For a small country, she
has an amazing military machine,
far superior to that of the Chinese
—though China herself haz made
progress in unifying and strength
cniag the country. China’s greatest
weakness has always been the cor
ruption of her local governments—
as Oswald Garrison Villard has
written, “The purchasing of Chin
ese statesmen and generals Is Jap
an’s long suit; it has advanced her
and her policy of conquest far more
rapidly than have her rifles and
cannons.’’ The central, Nanking
government has usually proven un
able to control the superabundant
local war lords—each with his own
interest at heart and each suspici
ous of the others. The situation as
it exists in China, »s as if each
American stote governor had a
private army which he could use
for any purpose he wishes, even to
the extreme of fighting the armies
of neighboring governors.
As a consequqnce, plus Japan’s
far more efficient and modern war
machines, it is believed certain that
the Japanese will encounter rela
tively little trouble in conquering
the north provinces. She will take
over cities and accomplish destru
ction on a vast scale, and probably
replace present local governments
with puppet Chinese governments
controlled by the Japanese, as she
did in Manchuria. But in the long
run, Jhpon’s chances of succcess
are dubious. China is a tremendous
country, with the largest popula
tion in the world. Not since the
dawn of history has it been per
; mnntly conquered—over a period
of many years, the invaders inter
THE LOW DOWN
• - . from
Hickory grove
Sometimes I wish I had a
secretary or somebody to do
my figurin’ and maybe show
me how I can keep afloat, and
also spend more than I make,
like Uncje Sambo and other
geezers.
And the reason I am thinkin’
about such a thing is because T
see in the papers where they
are gonna hire another flock
of secretaries down there on
the Potomac. So I reckon the
figurin’ there, it must be get
tin’ heavier and more compli
cated, 'cause this new bunch of
secretaries are to be 10 thou
sand dollar a year babies. That
is 60 thousand for 6 secretar
ies. and any secretary who gets
10 thousand, he will need a cou
pla personal assistants and a
half a dozen stenographers. I
have a friend out in Berkeley,
j Calif., who runs a Secretaries’
I College, and if his politics hap
pen to be O.K., I tan see how
his business will pick up.
And if I ewned an acre or a
j lot down there within 100 miles
of Wash.,- D. C., I would hang
onto it for the time is comni,
when they will need more land
to build buildings for secretar
i t I
Yours, with the low down,
JO SERRA
marry with the Chinese and are
virtually swallowed by the immense
country. China has more than half
a billion people as against Japan’s
7." million.
Furthermore, it seems inconceiv
able that Japan will be- permitted
by other powers to advance un
hindered into China. Russia is
strongly anti-Japanese and will, if
matters go far enough, throw her
resources to the side of China. And
if it came down to a Russo-Japan
esc war, most military ^y^pertfc
think the, bear would win.
I
England will attempt to limit
1 Japan’s conquest in the interest of
h«r own rade, and so, in all pro
h-bility, will the United States and
France. And lastly, it is a question
whether Japan’s financial resour
ces are sufficient to stand a long
struggle—today more than fifty
per cent of her government’s bud
get is earmarked for the army and
navy, and she has a soaring nation
al debt. i I'"
So here is another grave threat
to worldpeace—the gravest, per
haps tihat has yet appeared. Whe
ther war is actually declared ie
only of theoretical importance—to
all intents and purposes oi a ma
jor war is now underway in the
Far East, and interest* directly af
fecting every nation in the worW
are involved.
Negroes Ordered to
Vote Against Unions
In Cafeteria Chain
New York, Aug. 26 (ANP) —
Negro employees of the Horn and
Hardart company, operator of a
chain of automats and cafeterias
against which a strike is new in
progress, were told to vote against
the unions in the poll conducted by
the State Labor Relations board on
July 16th, it was declared Tuesday
at the board’s hearing.
This evidence was submitted by
two American Federation of Labor
unions which asked that result of
the election be set aside. A major
ity vote was cast against the Cafe
eria Workers and the Bakery and
Confectionery Workers’ unions in
(the balloting.
I
Manning Johnson, business agent
fo the Cafeteria Workers’ union,
testified he attended a meeting of
the olored Relief association, a
company sick benilit organization,
; at which every ene was urged by a
Mr. Charlton, the president, to vote
against the union because (it was
controlled by racketeers.” Workers
were told “they would be kicked out
of the automata and replaced by
white workers” unless they votod
against the union and wers also
told that ''the Hart and Hardart
management was looking te colored
workers to remain loyal and not
bite the hand that fed them,” John
son said. 0
Peter Lucas, white automat em
ployee, said he helped distribute
identification cards to be used by
empoyees in tfhe election and two
company managers tried to intim
idate him and other workers
AnEcho j
From My Den j
By S. E. Gilbert j
_As 1 sit here in my den, with
pen in hand, meditating as it
were, there comes to my mind
a question that many have ask
ed me to write upon. “What
should be the relationship of
the church to the people T” In
writing upon such a question
I realize that all eyes will be
upon my comments, some to
praise and others to criticize
any view. Yet, I am desirous to
have all know and henceforth
that the old den dweller writes
his mind with regards only for
justice and right. In begin
ning, may I say that under Di
vine Leadership and through
the various activities of the
church, the Negro has received
his greatest inspiration snd as
sistance in his marvelous pro
gress and advancement.
The Negro should continue
to hold faith and confidence in
God and the church, as set out
in the life example and teach
ings of Jesus. j
The power of the gospel id
supremely needed in a time
like this. I, therefore, refcom
mend that the relationship of
the church and ministry to the
people should be of renewed
eourage, and uncomprising con
BRDUZE Standouts
*T*0MkOHl StCTtON
£UINGrtOH$tMK>
*TfcVCA.'y SAM HANTC*/
JOS't'VH '
N A Aft© N
L«SL$ TO Ml AT
VtOVAt AND \WV\TKTt
smti HO\St$
- \ m noumi
o>A.VJiHU»,ur
'CM,AVAN OH*
OS THt fVW
r/UflOAHSmTHf
mmosiiouo
THS OlO SASHlOlUD
i VMVS TVOMS.OKS*
I
LKWKNG^
fekOWN
Vfcl>OCATED AT
)k$K Otl^A
COU16E. ‘
WlU LISTED
lOHliOWN
UCO101M6S
\QK \10UW.
_ nan? tcpa
viction to preach an economical
and social gospel as well as a
spiritual gospel, for the salva
tion of the whole man. I fur
ther recommend the church
should engage themselves to
hold week day schools, and in
stituliltms to instruct church
members to'develop a conscious
ness of race conditions and the
best means of meeting them for
general welfare.
The churt'll#s should take the
lead in working out an ade
quate technique for compre
hending social or economic pro
blems affecting our group and
groups whose economic solution
working with non-christihn
of our problems dops not com
promise the fundamental prin
ciples of the Christian church.
As I pen my last paragraph,
I am hoping that every red
blooded mtinistcr will please no
tice and weigh my opinion. A
new imperative now faces the
church for greater considera
tion and challenging incentives
for saving the youth for the
church. The church must rear
range her program and maein
ery to be more youth centered
in her operations.
The boys and girls of today
will be the church of tomorrow
therefore, it is necessary that
the church build and carry cm
a program that will bring the
youth through its portals.
NOTH:—Each wreck 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 Edho From
My Den” Omaha Guide, 2418 Grant
Street, Omaha, Nebr.
--o
A Business Week survey shows
that business activity averaged 1#
per cent higher in the first six
months of 137 than in the same per
lod last year.
Steel production roso 35 per cent;
automobile pnl'tlion 12 per cent;
residential covirucGoo 51 per ceil;
lumber production 8 per cent; elec
tric power cutp it 13 per cent; fac
tory payrolls 20 per cert and fac
< inployment 13 per cent.
Farm pr'*. a rose 18 per cent;
construction cosfs zoomed 13 per
ent; and d'paitir.nr.t store price*
.pped 7 per ce”>: Stop' s average.!
1 ’ per cent aigher and bonds 2 per
ce higher.
-o
White, Negro Die
Together in Prison
Florence, Oriz-, Aug. 26 (PFS)
—The dawn of Friday the 13th
brought death to a white and a
colored man in the gas chamber of
Arizona State Prison, Bert Ander
son, 53, white slayer of a 28 year
old ranch hand in a Prescott pool
hall, and Ernust P's* ton, colored,
who killed his common law wrife,
ware strapped in adjourning chuirs
for the double execution.