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THE OMAHA GUIDE Pubiiatied tvery Saturday at 241d-20 Giant St. Omaha, Nebraska Phone WEbster 1517 _ Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927, at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebr., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879._ TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR All News Copy of Chrurches and add Organi zations must be in our office not later than 5:00 p m. Monday for curren issue. All Adver tising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, proceeding date of issue, to insure publication. ~ prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man must prevail. These are the only principles whll will stand the acid test of good. James H. Williams & James E. Seay—Linotype operators and Pressmen. Paul Barnett—Foreman. EDITORIALS WHO IS THE ROBBER? When public power projects reduce the rates below those charged by pri vate companies operating under the same conditions, ther’s a reason, pub lic proj<Jctjs pay little or nothing in taxes, are allowed to charge off a por tion of their expenditures to other activities, such as navigation and flood control, and, with all the credit of the government behind them, are able to get money at extremely low interest rates. Director Lilienthal of TV A ad mitted this at the congressional inves tigating last summer. Some recent figures concerning a specific case cast a bright light on this situation. The Consolidated Edison Company, the largest private utility in the nation, pays in taxes 211/** cents out of every dollar it receives. If it were taxed on the same basis as the TV A, (which, with the municipalities distri buting its power sets aside a maximum of 8l/j per cent—a far greater reduc tion than any government project has yet put into effect. Another glaring example of public ownership short-change is the Ontario Hydro Electric Commission. It pays but ono mill in taxes out of each dollar of revenue. If Consolidated Edison were given the same tax freedom, it could cut its domestic rate by 66-t-i per cent. -UUU “How is your son getting along at the Ford factory, Joe?” Fine, Ed—he’s been promoted.” Promoted? You don’t say!” “Yess! He used to put on chassis nut number 34, and they jumped him right up to nut number 37.” -0O0--— HE WHO DOES THE SLAPPING It was an act of typical Southern bourbonism the other day when Kep. Cox, unti-New Deal Democrat of Geor gia arrogantly slapped the face of a constituent who had come to Washing ton to protest Cox’s opposition to the President’s WPA request The man slapped was a progressive white Southerner—and there are thou sands of them coming up to plague the Coxes today!— who made the trip to Washington with his fellow constituent a Negro. Their very presence bespoke the growing Negro and white unity in the South. Their trip showed they have common sense, common need—and Cox showed they have a common enemy* When the white worker asked the high and mighty Cox to listen to the Negro, Cox replied with a slap—which was a blow against the most vital in terests of the South and the nation. In Negro and white unity arising in the South, Cox and the other reac tionaries see the handwriting on the wall. And the calm words of the white % worker, dooms Cox even more: “If that is the way you feel, wre will remember this at the election.” PLUGGING THiu H^LJ Lower wage scales in the South have long been a drag upon the econo mic development that section of the country and, at tire same time, a men ace to the wage structure up here in the North. The recommendation of the Textile Committee of the VVages-Hours Board for a 32U, cent minimum for the textile industry both in the Not’th and the South—eliminating the differential— is, therefore, a notable one and may well prove to be a precedent of great importance. The new minimum, if enacted would not only tend to bring Southern wages up to the Northern level,, but wroukl help put an end to the practice of put ting the Negro textile worker in a special category even. below that of the Southern white worker. It is hoped that- despite the pres sure now being exerted by Southern mill owners, Wages-Hours Administra tor Andrews will give his official ap proval to the proposed minimum. Plug ging the hole made by Southern em ployers in the wage structure, would be a boom to the entire country. -0O0 I Page Joe Owen First Amateur Golfer: Hey, wait a minute! How do you address the ball? Second Amateur Golfer: Do you mean before I hit it or after I lose it? -0O0-— . END OF SEASON WARNING H<jfw safe from fire hazards will your home be for the balance of the time you run your heating plant? Fire losses take a decided spurt at the end of the cold weather season. It isn’t necessary to look far to find the cause of this, Householdes have been running their heating plants steadily since the first cold snap in the fall. De fects are apt to develop in stoves, fur naces or chimneys. Chimney flues may become clogged with soot. A fire prevention engineer gives suggestions for avoiding fires from de fective heating easterns at this time of year. He warns against forcing furna ces or stoves and says that if you can’t get enough warmth from them, it will pay you to call in a heating expert. He suggests that householders check over their heating systems to look for such defects as broken parts, holes in the smoke pipe, burnable material near the smoke pipe or any very hot part of the heating plant that becomes charred from the radiated heat. Look for dirty or defective chimneys. If you don’t feel entirely sure that your heating system is safe, it is best not to wait until you have let the fire go out in the spring. In fact it may be deci dedly dangerous in blustery weather. Heating plant fires, particularly, are a menace to life, because they are so apt to occur in the early morning hours or at night. Act on this suggestion for safety’s sake! -0O0 “I’ve come to INew York to make an honest living.” Well, there’re not much competi tion.” -0O0 HOPKINS FACES FACTS Secretary of Commerce Hopkins’ re cent Iowa speech pointed directly and uneeringly to the heart of our present domestic difficulties. There can’t be stability in this coun try so long as labor warfare disrupts industry and the ranks of labor alike. There can be no prosperity so long as great industries exist in a vaccuum, be cause of fear of governmental compe tition and "crack-down” legislation. There can be no recovery worthy of the name so long as our relief rolls stay at record levels and private business stag nates, unable to absorb the unemploy ed. There can be no confidence to re vive business so long as investors are in constant fear of some legislative bombshell being exploded in Washing ton. Mr. Hopkins did well to recognize these conditions ,and not attempt to dodge facts. Business does not want to remain in a state of paralysis. Invest ors don’t want to hoard their money. Most of the unemployed don’t want to stay on relief. To the contrary, busin ess wants to expand and go ahead- in vestors want to put their money to work building up the country, the un employed want real jobs. This is a great country. Its capaci ties to produce and consume are close to limitless, there is no available ceil ing to the extent to which it should be possible to raise the standard of living of everyone. But—and there is a big "but” indeed—private business, which makes all material progress possible must have confidence. It must have faith. It must not be taxed to death. It must not be legislated to death. It must be encouraged to take the risks that are an inescapable part of economic growth and social development If this government actually puts into effect a constructive policy such as described by Mr. Hokins, there will be a resurgence of industrial expansion that will really bring recovery. He has pointed to the sound way out of the doldrums, it remains to be seen now whether other men in high position will take a similarly constructive stand. -0O0 Here’s one about a dumb stenog rapher who didn’t mail the circular letters because she couldn’t find any round envelopes. -OUo SPORTS ANJ) ART The material progress Negroes have made in the South in the past 75 years is often contrasted with that made by the same group in the North, and the conclusion is generally reached that we have not made the most of our opportunities north of the Mason and Dixon Line. There is, however a type of pro gress found largely in the large urban centers of the North not generally found in the South. We refer to the achievements in sports and the arts, especially in recent years, and when we consider the advertising value of these achievements to the race we can not but feel that the North has contri buted its share to the advancement of the Negro in America. The stage has done much to gain greater respect for the Negro, and the present season has been an outstanding one for the colored thespian. The con cert stage, through the efforts of Mar ion Anderson, Roland Hayes, Haul Ro beson and numerous choral groups have also contributed its share. Then there are composers such as William Grant Still- R. Nathaniel Dett, Will Vodery, Duke Ellington, etc., who have done remarkably well. Mr. Still's theme music for the New York World's Hair Dr. Dett's oratorio, “The Ordering of Moses,” are signal achievements in the music world without regard to race or color. In the sport world the Negro has fared equally well in the North. No one can doubt that Joe Louis would ever have have been given opportunity to become the world’s heavyweight cham pion had he remained in Alabama, nor wrould Henry Armstrong have gotten tho chance to win three world’s titles in St. Louis. The Negro track stars have bten given the opportunity to compete wit/i all other races in the North and have been consistent win ners over a long period oi years, so that they now reign supreme m track in basketball and football, they have been outstanding stars in many of the leading college teams. True, there are occasional show ings of poor sportsmanship like the ex ample ot Johnny McHugh in the case - of John Borican, but these have become the exception rather than the rule, it is our opinion that as many whites de plore these incidents as Negroes and we have faith that eventually the weight of public opinion will put a stop to them. On the whole, we believe that while the North has not accorded the Negro full economic opptrunity, it has given him much more freedom in the arts*, sports and politics than have any other sections of the country. And the use the Northern Negro has made of these op portunities has reflected general credit to the race throughout the country. —N. Y. Age— -0O0 BUYER'S GUIDE By Clarence H. Peacock Last year Colored people spent ap proximately two million dollars for hair preparations, in the same yea* manufacturers of hair uressings and pomades spent over $100,000 for adver tising their products in the Colored press. An additional $25,000 was spent in this market for miscellaneous adver tising in the Colored sections. The Nelson Manufacturing Com pany, manufacturers ot Nelson’s Hair Dressing, one of the oldest nair dress ings on the market, appreciates the loyal support that Colored people have given their advertisements in the Col ored papers throughout the country. This company shows its apprecia tion of Colored patronage through the continued emplqyment of Negroes in their manufacturing, sales and adver tising departments and through their consistent advertising in the Negro press. The Nelson Manufacturing Com pany was established thirty seven years ago and has been sucessfully operated ever since without interruption. Only through manufacturing a quality pro duct and through consistent advertis ing has this company been able to sur vive this length of time- This company does not use objectionable and offen sive advertising copy as their adver tisements are made up with the Color ed consumer solely in mind. For greater economic security read our papers and patronize their adver tised products. - - w - — -0O0 BROKE AT SIXTY-FIVE The majority of men who have mon ey at 35 are stone broke at 65! Busin ess failures, bad investments, illness and other unexpected cataclysms tell the story. The majority of these men could have enjoyed financially independant old age, instead of having to depend on charity or the bounty of relatives— had they put aside money at the time when earning power was at its height* in some plan such as those offered by life insurance. Only charity can help the indigent old whose savings have disappeared! We can witness these pitiful examples and guide our own course according ly. -0O0 We know' a man who speculates in airmail stamps—because they’re to go up. 3