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COMMENTS E DITORIAL PAGE OPINIONS THE OMAHA GUIDE Phbiished Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska Phones: WEbster 1617 or 1618 Cntered an Second Class Matter March 15. 1927. at the Postoffice at ptaiMha, Neb., underAct of Congress of March 3, 1879. * TIMIMS 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 principles which will «tand the acid test of good. All News Copy of Churches and all Organizations must be in our office not later tnan 6:00 p. m. Monday for current issue. All Adver ting Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, proceed iog date of issue, to insure publication. ..EDITORIALS., j k ]> I isnnas 11 F. long Journey firm Nazareth to Beth lehem ... a new Star in the sky . . • heavenly music nh^ve the hills of Judea . . . the Hutter ot angel wings . . . the swift journeying of the Sliejd erds . . • M ary and Joseph and the new-horn CllilJ • • • tl'C iommj of the Wise Men, with their gilts of gold, fiankiticcnse and myrrh , . • * From these inspiring things th J Song of Christmas •Van fashioned more than twenty centuries ago. I he years have added new notes of happiness. Carols and song vpon the air . . . candles gleami. g into the night . . . accrct whisperings and laughter in the home . . . greetings going from friend to friend . . . do ds of love and mercy done in the name of a Child. No great symphony or comp sltion can match <lie Song oi Christmas. It rises above the clatter ami roar of the city; it throbs through tl e scattered town and hamlet; it sings through the sunlit islands of the South; at permeates the frozen wastes of the Northland. In ♦ver-widening volume its strains e ho around the world. Before its magic the hosts of darkness take flight. It touches the slumbering chords of memory; it heals old hurts and scars; it hinds loved ones in a closer and deeper tic. Thcie are no friendless or forsaken within its found; under its influence the strong reach out to help the weak. Peace and Love and Joy, these are its loudest fiotcj, and they are for all men. lor the Song of Christinas is the greatest of all songs because it is under stood by every heart. * * C) Wcittm N***^a^¥* Utuofla National Youth Administration Students at $/ork . _ _ a pictured above are a few of the more than 55,000 co'ored li ft': school and railage students who are receiving financial aid in con'inu ing their studios from the National Youth AHminVration. Practcally rvery Negro college in the coun try is participating iti the program, which provides part time jobs for •early 7,000 undergraduates and •bout 500 graduate students. The i Natl. Bar Association Names Directors New York, Do.;. 23 —William L. Houston, president of the National Bar Association, announced today the organization of the National Bar Association into 19 reg'ons covering the entire United States nnd insular possessions. Regional directors have been appointed for each of the 19 regions in order that closer cooperation may be maintained in carrying out the pro gram of the Association. These di rectors are to serve until the next annual convention to be held in Durham, N. C.. in August, 19'S8. The following 19 regions have been designated and the following regional directors app> nted: Region: Massachusetts, Maine. New Hampshire, Conne. t ieut. Rhod 1 Island, and Vermont. Mathew W. Bullock, Boston. N w York State Albert C, Gil >ert, N. Y. City. Pennsylvania Robert L. Vann, Pittsburgh. Maryland, Delaware. New Jersey George W, Evans. Baltimore. Virginia nnd West Virginia Harry J'-. Capehart, Welech West Virginia. North Carolina and South Caro lina F. W, Williams. Winston-Sa lem, N. C. Georgia, Florida and Alabama T. J. Henry, Atlanta. Ga. Tennessee. Mursiss'ppi, I.oui iana and Arkansas Webster L. Porter, Knoxville, Tenn. Michigan and Indiana Pereival R. Liper. Detroit, C>hio and Kentucky Clarence G. Smith, Toledo, O. Illinois and Wisconsin Euclid Louis Taylor, Chicago, 111. I Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska S. Joseph, Dos Moines. Kansas and Missouri Sydney It. Redmond, St. Louis I Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado Thomas Campbell, Denver. Texas. Oklahoma, New Mexico Charles H. Chandler, Musko gee, Okla. Sourthern California and Arizona Thos. L. Griffith. Los Angeles North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. Wm. F. Redden, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Northern California. Nevada. Washington, Oregon. Walter Gordon. Berkley, Calif. District of Columbia and Tnsular Possessions. T. L, Dodson, Washington, D. C. Seals Winning: Fieht Against Tu. berculosis Thirty years ago nearly 200 peo ple out of every 100,000 in the United States were dying from Tuberculosis. During these years Sts million men, women and chil dren have died from this prevent able disease but had the mortality rate prevailed an additional 2’4 million would have died. Today the tuberculosis mcrtality rate is 55 per 100,000 in this country and there are more than 500.000 people sick with the disease. Leading scientists in the fight to control tuberculosis estimate that for every death tuberculosis caus es, it claims nine new cases. ! all having been exposed to the germ of the disease through actual contact. That is the tragedy of tuberculosis. The thief concern of th. Nebr aska Tuberculosis Association rnd the other state associations is to tnd tuberculosis n its early stage v hen cure may be more easily ef- I L ! t d. The grea'est number of deaths recur he1 ween 15 and 45 in which age group tuberculosis is still the leading cause of death. FaWy examination, skillful diag nosis and prompt treatment are the factors which make the disease cur able and preventable. All this means that the cooperation giy n in the past by Nebraskans to the annual campaigns for funds must continue if the Nebraska Tubercul osis Association succeeds in its t’J-ht to eradicate the diseas.? in this state. The annual Chris'mas Seal sale, which began Thanksgiving Day and closes during the Christmas holidays, finances the association’s health program throughout the year. Tuberculosis is everybody's problem for tub. rculosis undiscov ored endangers you as well as your neigbor. Buy Christmas Reals now! They are emblems of distin ction and show your interest in the fight against the white plague. —-o Nigfro Women Honor Mrs. Roosevelt New York, Dec. 23 (ANP)— Headed by Dr. Mary McLeod Be thune, founder and president, the National Council of Negro Women sposored a dinner December 18, at the 138th Street YWCA, honoring Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President. After the dinner Mrs. Roosevelt addressed the 300 men and women present. Mrs. Clara R. Bruce was chairman of the local committee in charge of arrangements. remaining 28,000 receiving student aid are enrolled in high schools. The NYA’s financial assistance has not only made it possible for these young men and women to remain in school, but the socially useful work to which they have been as signed has contributed to their job training and guidance. All of the student workers shown above are employed by the NY A to do part time jobs while attend ing Howard university. Their tasks include cleaning and repairing la boratory equipment (upper left), compiling statis teal material (cen | ter), repairing and cataloguing li brary books (upper right), mount ing and filing in the University I Art Gallery (lower left) conduct ing biological research (center, and operating on addressograph ma chine in the registrar's office (low er right). It is believed that through this program the NYA is serving as a spearhead of attack upon the problems of the masses of underprivileged Negro youths in all sections of the country who are economically unable to get training at a time when trained bunds and minds are most needed. The International Struggle For Raw Materials Bv Dr. Shepherd L. Witman, ~\ Associate Professor of Government, University of Omaha J Today Italy is consolidating its position in conquered Ethiopia, Japan is actively engaged in extending its influence over North China, Germany is expressing its desire for colon ial possessions and Great Britain is evaluating the idea of a general reconsideration of the colonial question. v,iiy ;ue two oi mein, ai leasi, willing to spend money and life and risk international war to ae.juhe outlying possession?? i ae a n s w e r is in terms of a threefold object ive: To Rain con i', ol of raw ma terials; to as sure access to markets; and to afford r c 1 i e from the press ure of popula Dr. Witmun ll0n witlim then jurisdiction. It is possible to con sider only one of these now—the raw material argument. Nature did not distribute raw materials in the earth according to existing political boundaries. Therefore, some few countries are abundantly supplied with strate gically important raw materials, whereas others are impoverished. It is as an effort to redress the bal ance thut nations seek colonies which can supply their home defi ciencies. But why are they so deeply concerned about these ma terials? Because they are neces sary for (1) the continued oper ation of their domestic industrial economy and (2) the waging of war. Essential For War If we grant, as we must, that certain raw materials—coal, iron ore, manganese and petroleum— are essential for the conduct of war, how will the colonial posses sion of those materials improve the home country’s position? They must be transported to the war area. The strategically significant fac tor is not the political possession of the goods but the maintenance of communications. It would appear, therefore, more economical to buy the goods during peace-time from anyone who would sell them than to assume the cost of colonial im perialism. Hut nations are afraid that these materials, if foreign owned, will not always he available even during times of peace. There is some basis for this fear. Nations restrict the output and sale of raw mateiials, particularly when they hold a prac tical monopoly over those goods. Production controls, international cartel limitations, export taxes and outright embargoes have been ap plied. Tariffs Inhibit Trade Protective tariffs stimulate the dempnd for political possession of raw materials by inhibiting the free flow of goods in international trade. Nations cannot buy unless they sell. World wide tariff walls have so sei-iously limited the ability of states to sell goods abroad that they cannot acquire sufficient for eign funds (“foreign exchange”) to buy the raw materials they want and need. But, of even greater significance, perhaps, is the fear held by these states that they will be unable to meet future needs. Since this fear is based upon a justifiable fact, is colonial expan sion the best solution ? By no means. It costs too much, it does not assure supplies in wartime, it aggravates international rivalries and becomes a cause of war. The only satisfactory solution lies in the universal adoption of collect ive security, the gradual elimina tion of trade barriers, and the es tablishment of an international code of fair practices. This is the only solution that can offer genuine domestic and international stability —a primary condition requisite for world peace. I As I sit here in my den with p a in hand, meditating as it were, I feel disposed to point out seme lit tle known and rarely considered facts anent the Negro purchasing power. This is a subject on which even the scientific exper's pi the great advertising agencies are wee fully ignorant; and for the most part the sales directors of nation ally advertised products hold stub bornly to ideas of the Negroes' buying power that are a mi.wtare of hearsay, prejudice and inaeenr ate estimates based on inferred social status. As result Negro news papers and magazines suffer and manufacturers lose millions of dol lar in sales which they might rea sonably hope to gain if a little more realistic intelligence was ap plied to consideration of this field. The fact that the Negro in Omaha and the surrounding territory spends over $15,000,000 annually would appear to be proof that the so-called Negro market is far from negligible. It is estimated that in ncrmai times the annual purchas ing power of the Negro in Omaha, amounts to $25,000,000. And what does the Negro buy ? He buys food and clothing, awto mobiles and radios, furniture and household articles, cosmetiqs and tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, and we suspet wines, beer and liquors but whether he buys a Ford in preference to a Chevrolet, or Dodge, and whether he buys Cam els rather than Chesterfields or I.ucky Strikes, and whether he buys Listerine or Lavoris, should be of some concern, so it seems to us, to those who seek to expand the market for these and simitar products and should endeavor to find the doorway to this Negro market through the columns and advertising space of the Negro newspapers. —-—.ft . Anti-Lynch Bill Given Definite Plaee On Senate Callendar Washington, Dee. 17—With, the debate on the farm bill dragging out daily and requiring night ses sions in order to dispose of more than one hundred amendments of fered to it, the sponsors of the anti lynching bill in the Senate today felt that the best strategy in the interest of passage of the bill was to agree to the anti-lynching bill being number one on the cal endar at the opening of the regu lar session of Congress in January. In a conference this weak at tended by Senator Robert F. Wag ner of New York, Senator Fred erick Van Nuys of Indiana, and Senator Alben W. Barkley sf Ken tucky. majority leader, it was pointed out that the farm biU de bate had proceeded far longer than any of the leaders had anti cipated. It was stated that in some respects, the farm bill debate had the appearance of a filibuster not only against the anti-lynching bill, but any concrete results for the special session called by President Roosevelt. Everyone concedes that the anti lynching bill cannot fail to paas, but all observers agree that it can not be passed in the remaining days of the special session. The sponsors of the measure, therefore, w<re faced with a pro posal to step aside for the time being and allow the President’s housing bill to go through. They agreed to do so. The agreement, however, was not reached until Senator Barkley ; stated that a special resolution [ would be put through the Senate | calling for action upon the anti j lynching bill on a day certain in the Jlanuary Session. There will be incorporated in this resolution a statement that no bill may be sub sisted for the anti-lynching bill on the day certain and no business may be engaged upon by the Sen ate until the anti-lynching bill is disposed of. Up On January 5 or C It is thought that the day cer j tain will be January 5 or I, allow | ing a day for the reception af the President’s message to Oaagraas, and a day for conference 11—rni* tee reports which are i»riTi<»ged matter.