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About The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1939)
The possibility of aiding small business with government loans hae long been an active though quiet, political issue. Back in Hoover’s day tlhe RFC began provi ling cer tain kinds of laige business w th help when needed— principally those in which the pul'l.c’s finan cial intere-t was widespread. A ve. ry largo part of these loans hive been repaid, and :e probability is that all but a microscopic percen tage of loans still outstanding will eventually be met. Making safe loans to small bus iness without suffici nt credit to obtain bank loans is on the ragged edge of failure, due to poor man agement, competitive conditions or some other bad cause, and to lend to it would simply amount Cu/tile ly pouring good money after bad. Inasmuch as the loans in each case would necessarily be confined to relativity small amounts, the cos of overhead and supervi ion might be outrageously high. And, once the principle of governmen.. loins to small business was established, it is highly probable that a verita ble flood of applications, reasona ble and unreasonable, henest and dishonest, would flow in. Five years ago Congress au' ho vized the FPC to make loans to little business under certain c'r cumstances, and last year th:s bo dy’s lending powers were further broadened. But 1 ittle happened. Bulk of the business men applying for money reperted that in their view, the RFC’s standards were to# high, and that any concern which could qualify could get mon ey from banks with less red tape. Upshot of all this is a new act, the Mead Bill, which proposes f at the government shoot the work in prcyiding money for little bus iness. The Mead Bill is more or lose similar to the FHA plan. It would authorize the RFC to insure banks against loss to the extent of 90 per cent;, of any business loan. Max imum individual lean would to $1,000,000. Maximum time of pay ment would be 10 years. Maximum annual interest would be 4 per cent. I payment for the insur ance, tihe RFC would receive a por tion of the interest, ranging from one fourth of one per cent to a maximum of 1 percent, as condi tions warrant. The RFC is giv en authority to decide whether a “IT PAYS TO LOOK WELL” MAYO’S BARBER SHOP Ladies and Children’s Work A Specialty —2122 l ake Street— Bill'S Loan B ank AND MlRCHANDISE STORE Confidential Loans at Reasonable Rates Unredeemed Quality Merchan dise at a Great Reduction. Up to-Date Gothing, Dry Goods, Ladies Ready to Wear MHlinery Hosiery, Blankets, Shoes f«r the Entire Family. 1804 N. 24th St. Tel. WE. 1369 LAKE SHOE SERVICE The Services that •Pleases. A Complete Shoe Service J. L. Taylor, Prop. 2407 Lake St. f loan can or cannot be classified for j | a commercial purpose, nnd so come j within the intent of the law. Ap parently it would be up t^> th banks in each ca e to decide whet | her or not the loan was safe. | To many economists, the Mend j Bill seem* a nightmare. They fee ! it would encourage an avalanche j erf unsound loans, nnd inevitacly resul; in terrific losses to the gov. ernmcr.t. And on the other hand, 1 | they soy, if this po er.t al disas- j ter were prevented by stiff. RFC j and bank requirements, little bus iness men in search cf capital would be no better off than tl.'.ej are at present. Best friends of the bill are the spending advicates, who would like see more money put :nto circula tion, irrespective of method. Some Federal Re erve Board mein bers, among other government of ficials (who, under Mr. Morgen thau’s leadership, seem to be be coming constantly mere conser vative in fiscal ma -ter-s) but it i not expected that they will mak. strenuous efforts in opposition. Most banks are against the M a.. Bill, on Ulie grounds that is woui unnecessarily ex .end government authority over the nation’s store capital, and that legitimate cred it needs of small business can be easily met now Chance of the bill’s passing, according to Wash ington experts who have been sounding the views of Congress men, is about 50-50. I Certainly present conditions in Europe carant ''be 6?d?ribed as tranquil. But many think that the posibility of war in tlhe near fu ture has materially lessened. A report that Hitler plans ti ':rake a definite offer of peaci • France, Britain and the U. S. in return f<% sweeping colonial territorial concessions, has gair.cu credence in high quarters I / re and abroad. And recent news from London indicates that the Cham berlain government my be seeking pacific ways and 'means of provid ing Hitler vvitJ.i the “living space” lhe asks for. The enigma of Russia grows wxiro complex. The refusal of the j Sovie„ to join France and England in a mutual security pact, unless the latter countries would take Ru ssia's stringent terms to the let ter, came with a shock to the Eu ropean democracies, which had looked to the early completion of an entente. But Moscow still turns a willing, if skepiical ear, to London and Paris, and the hope of alliance remain^ strong. In this country, sentiment in favor of isolation seems to have grown ,now that the first emotion of Ihorroc at Hitler’s aggressions has abated. And there is a fair chance that Congress will eventu- I ally enact neutrality legislation j with teeth in it. In the meantime, the army rolls j increase and the navy lays new • keels, as we build the greatest peace-time defensive war machine in our history. -0O0— FEDERAL ART EXHIBIT OF CHILD WORK STARTS Washington, July 19 (ANP) An exhibit of work of colored chil dren of Oklahoma, New York, Vir ginia, Florida and the District of Columbia, pupils of federal art classes, was opened last week at the Children’s Federal Art Galler y, displaying the best work from children in these areas. Sponsors of tho exhibition are 1 Dr. Doxey A. Wilkerson, Dr. Dor othy U. Ferrebee, Henry P. Slau ghter, Mrs. V. D. Johnston, James M. Herring and ttie faculty of the - . - — ; We Pay Gash For 03d & Antique Guns WE 2869 521 No. 16th St. llr-H Or-q Ur-1) Udl U*—*! UrrU IW-H Ut-H ic^J Ur-H licU Ucr'J Ur—J ucu ucr-j ui-j ur-i u. i*- . —— — - | MRS. MATTIE LEE CALLAWAY —Announces— Hair Oil and Grower for Sale —AT— Harriet's Vanity Beauty Shop CLEOA KING PARKER HATTIE MOORE PROPRIETORS 1408 North 24th St. Across from Fontenelk Homes, WE. 2846 WE: 0156 -—-—--- -— — —— ■■■■ — ——— ■ -ki e-w ■—M r m r federal art prcjec s. i Matured in the exhibit arc pain fugs and sculptures. -n() i LABOR CONFAB CALLED IN CHICAGO Wa hingten July ID (C)—Edgar G. Brown president of the United Government Employes, 1717 Eu clid street, N. W. called a n»t on al meeting of prominent person to discuss the Negro and the WPA in Chicago on Thursday, July 13. Prominent persons from many dif ferent parts of the country were invited to attend the meeting to discuss the crisi fae ng the Negro over the WPA trouble. Catholic Magazine Praises The Chicago Defender New' York (C) The Gom'-non vealth weekly Catholic review of tho prts and public affairs, 386 Fourth avenue, last week carried \ 1 ”ig editorial in which it said ‘The Chicago Defender, one of the uor.t powerful of the Negro pap ers, recently paid a moving tribute to Pope Pius XII.” -oOo——— EUROPE BOUND ■*2"*- 1 DR. n. THOMAS PRIMM Pastor of the famous Visitors’ Chapel, AMP] church in Hot Springs, Ark., sailed Saturday on tho S. S. B: i annica for England. While abroad Dr. Prinvm who has served widely as an educator as well as a minister w 11 inspect Educational and Soeiai institutions in Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, and Franco. He will attend the World Conference of Christian You.h in Rotterdam, Holland, also. MAGAZINE HITS JIM GROW BAR a GOVT. RESTAURANT New York, July—(CNA) The July ssue of “Equality” features t® outstanding incidents, appraised by its editors as “one adding a nother page to America's shameful record »f racial discrimination, the other a heartening step towards the abolition v>f University dis crimination against Negroes.” For tis ‘ Hall of Fame” “Equal ity” nominates Harvard Univer sity which has admitted Lucaen J. Alexis, Jr., Negro freshman, to Adams House, “she first time such a privilege has been extended to one of his race.” For its “Hall of Shame” the magazine nominates the restau rants of the Senate and the House for “the recent discriminations practiced in these restaurants.” The monthly magazine lists sev eral instances ®f such discrimina tion against Negroes and call its readers to help eliminate these, evils by writing to their Congress men and Senators immediately. -nflo AFRICANS STRIKE FOR INCREASE IN PA/ Ac«ra, Gold Coast, July 19 CNA A country-wide strike involving hundreds of railway workers has just begun here. The strike af fects practically every branch of industry, such as drivers, fitters, firemen, shunters, plate layers and ether artisans. The work shops hare been closed tight and. train service greatly curtailed. The strikers demand an increase in pay a*d eligibility for pensions. Attempts of the Railway offi cial* to break the strike through hired strike breakers were defeat ed when the strikers chased the strike breakers, besting a number •f them. d<>2r _ PR. W. N IS SON BRENNER What Ought to Re Done in an Emergency of Kin’s Serious Illness Requiring Costly Medicines When Only Trust Funds Are Handy? By Dr. W. Nisson Brenner, Soted^Criminologist (Actual lif • problem* which in various wavj have fared parson* at different time*, calling for decisions of vital importance. Readers art invited to write their opinion* of alternatives given in these ca*e* effecting the h.ippines*, the liberty and sometimes the live* of people. Names will be omitted, if de sired If you have a personal problem about which you seek advice writ# to Dr. Brenner ir care of this newspaper. For an answer by mail enclose a self-oddressed envelope. Com munications treated in confidence.) Case of the Scrupulous Janitor— Mr. R. was the Janitor of a small apartment house for many years. Included In his duties was the col lection of rent from the tenants to be held for the owner of tbs prop erty. Mr. R. was very scrupulous about this duty. When bs had tne money he put It away safely and would not borrow from It, ;Hurd les* of bis Hs felt strongly on the question of fconosiy and t' at be must keep the rent Intact for the owner One night his child became bo.t* o\isly ill amt he sutnmonded a doc tor who Informed him that It was necessary to purchase some very expensive medicines. Mr. R. did not have the money. In his strong box, however, he had more than enough In the rents he had collect ed. The owner would ^all for the money In the morning and he would be unable to replace It If he helped himself, but he realized that his child was very 111 and would become much worse If he did not obtain the medicine for her. HIS PROBLEM: To use the landlord's money to save his child he would become a thief and be branded as such. Not to touch It, he would keep his reputation Intact but would jeopardize h's child’s life. WHAT WOULD YOU DO If phed. In a similar predicament? COPS THREATEN WITNESSES TO FORCE CONVICTION OF 2 SOUTH CAROLINA MEN One of the Waist Cases in Re cent Years Be'ng Fuught by NA ACP; One Convicted Man Was on Chaingwng at Time of Murder Yet Is Sentenced to 2.'» Years McCormick, C. C. July 19—Tes timony which wa- framed by of ficers of the law anf forced from .Negro witnesses who had been I threatened with violence and bri 1 bed, convicted Ar hur Patterson j Jnd John Baker here last week of ; complicity in the murder of Lewis ; I oslie, white storekeeper. Baker was serving a term on ! the chain gang, miles from t)he i scone of the crime, yet witnesses were forced to testify th t he was present and helped kill Leslie. Pat erson was shown to have been in . hou-e at a song fe<t, at least a mile from the crime, yet witnesses placed him at the sc^ne. Not the least extraordinary fea ture of this fantastic case of rail roading men to conviction is the fact that Patterson was found guil ty of murder with a recommen dation of mercy, whereas Baker ■ was found guilty of man-laughter. Patterson got life and Baker got I 25 years. j The moet amazing: part of the 1 whole performance, however, is the fact the Megro witnesses who testified and placed Baker an Pat terson at the «cene of the crime, admitted later in the courtreom j that they had lied en the stand. | For changing t/heir testimony they were sent to the chain gang. Two men who had been taken from the fields in which they were working and forced to go into Court and testify that they had seen one of the Defendants at a certain place on the night of the homicide when in truth they had not seen such Defendant there anti when they changed their testimony so as to say that they had lied in their former testimony and that they had net seen such Defendant at such place they were then in dicted. They also testified that the Of ficers, Deputy Sheriff and State Costablee had threatened to beat them if they did n"t testify .that they had seen such Defendant at the place in question on th night of the homicide. A large majority of the white people here have and aro condemning the Officers for hei, action in .treating these young men in this manner an there is con siderable feeling about it One or more of these men testifying and later being convicted of per jury pointed out in the Court Room he Officers \\l>o threatened to beat them and who offered them money to testify falsely. In sp'te of this, however, no action was taken against the Officers who of course denied making any threats or inducements. Fiona the very beginning of the case there was an attempt to rail road Negroes to death for the mur der of Leslie. The latter was k'll ed October 12, 1938 and seven col ored men were held in January, If!39, all charged with his mur der. Examination of the evidence hewed there was very little a gainst any except one man, but the family of the murdered man employed private counsel to assist the county prosecutor and the stage was set far a speedy conviction of all seven men The NAACP stepped into the case and employed Joseph Mur ray as defense counsel. This ac tion served notice that a vigorous defense would be made and the '.tate, therefore, withdrew the joint indictment against the seven men. Four went free and three were in dicted. Pres Bibs, one of the three, was tried first, convicted and sentenced, to death. He made a statement that he was the only one responsi ble for the crime. Attorney Mur ray (sought .to have an early trial for Patterson and Baker se Bibbs could testify for them, but this was denied and Bibbs was sentenced to die on March 31. With his main witness about to be executed Murray appealed the Bibbs con victon and thus saved his life at' least long enough for him to ap pear in the trial of Baker and Pat Calvin’s Newspaper Service TESTED RtCiPE —By Frances Lee Barion Breakfast is more to become a routine meal than either lunch or dinner. In tho __ r. well • ordered f Home tins 13 noi true. Now break fast dishes con (stnntly appear to please and de light — some thing like this ~ • iron 1 I 11 q q Fruit Filled Breakfast Fling 2Vi cups sifted cake flour; 21! teaspoons double - acting baking po-.vder; 1 teaspoon salt; 4 table spoons sugar; 6 tablespoons butter or other shortening; 1 egg, slightly bonten; 7 tablespoons milk; mcltcl batter; },j cup brown sugar, Army packed; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; cup chopped walnut meats; »,i cvp seedless ra' dns; 1 teaspoon grated orange rind. Sift flour once, measure, a Id bak ing powder, salt, and sugar, an! sift again. Cut In shortening. Com bine egg and milk; add all at once to flour mixture and stir until all flour is dampenod. Then stir vig orously until mixture forms a soft dough ami follows Bpoon around bowl. Turn out on slightly floured board and knead 30 seconds. Roll into oblong sheet, *4 Inch thick; brush with melted butter and sprinkle with mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon, nuts, rai3ins, and orange rind. Roll as for jolly roll; bring edges together to form ring and place on ungreased baking sheet. With scissors, cut 1-inch slices, almost through ring, turning each slice cut-side up and pointing outer edges. Bake in hot oven (400“ F.) 25 minutes, or until done. Remove to cake rack and while hot spread with glaze made by comblulng 1 cup sifted confectiOn ors’ sugar and 2 tablespoons milk (about). Serve warm or cold. terson. Attorney Murray !has filed no tice of apeal in the Patterson and Baker cases. The N.A.A.C.P. of fice in New York has announced a finish fight on the cages saying that they were the most disgrace ful violations of civil eights in re cent years, eomlparable <*n!.y to the Brown, Elington and Shields case* in Miasdasipi whi l'i were reversed by the United States su premo count in a stinging rebuke to Mississippi ccwirta. -0O0-— Annapols, Md„ July IS (CNA State prisons are largely “failurer in rehabilitating offenders,” and American judges are too frequent ly swayed by bias and hit-or-miss WEINER SHOP 25(M> North 24th Street ♦Best Chili and Best Hot Hogs in the West All Kinds of Sandwiches HOME MAI* ICE CREAM ---- ' ‘hunches” handing out sentences, the American Bar Association Committee on Pr bation, Parole • and Prisons asserted th s week. -0O0 •.■.V.'.V.'.V.V.V.V.V.V.VA .juii.v riiarmacv We 0009 24 th uiri LA Kb. .STREETS PRESCIMITIOMS f1 a* Tr.1il.Ofv WAV.V.V.V.V .• ✓ AV.V •AV.V.VAV.WAV.V.V.W Call Us for~ MODERNIZATI0N Attics, Kit hens, P.asements, Re roef'n'j, In-ulaion. 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