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opinions March of Events comments THE OMAHA GUIDE Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, June 7,1941 • Page Seven” THE OMAHA GUIDE A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Published Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant St OMAHA, NEBRASKA PHONE WEbster 1517 Entered as Second Class Matter Ma^ch 15. 1927, at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. H. J. Ford” — — — Pres. Mrs. Flurna Coope^, — — Vice Pres. C. C. Galloway, — Publisher and Acting Editor Boyd V, Galloway. — Sec’v and Treas. SUSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly in Advance) One Year — — — $2.00 Six Months — — — 1.25 Three Months — — — .75 Single Copy — — — 5c Ali News Copy of Churches and all organizat ions must be in ou-’ office not later than 1:00 p. m. Monday for current issue. All Advertising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, pre ceeding date of issue, to insure publication CHARLES EVANS HUGHES Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States, has re tired from the Supreme Court. His tory will record him a place beside Marshall. In the cases decided by the court involving human rights Chief Justice Hughes was always on their side, even when Negroes were involved. And that i3 a “far cry” from the days when Chief Justice Taney declared: Negro « es have no rights which white men are bound to respect’” Taney was a slave holder as were other members of the court and they yielded “to a touch of interest”. Chief Justice Hughes labored un der no such handicaps. Before he be came Chief Justice, he had served a bout six years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, had been a mem ber of the World Court, Secretary of State of the United States, Governor of the State of New York and a leader of the American Bar. Our sincere wish is that the re tiring Chief Justice will live for many years and enjoy them in the conscious ness that he has served w7ell the high est interests of his fellowmen. And we hope his successor will be able and worthy to wear the mantle the retir ing Chief Justice has worn with such honor to his country and his country men. COURTS, NOT POLICE IMPOSE PUNISHMENT The beating administered some time ago to Herman Lewis, a city fire man, by the Vice Detail of the Omaha Police Department, while placing him under arrest for an alleged offense, a gain brings to the fore the question of the rights of the citizen. According to our reporter, Mr. Lewis was in his home when officers called at his home and told him they wished to question his housekeeper,— Mr. Lewis’ wife being ill in the hospit al. Under this pretext, they gained entrance to his home. They then stat ed they desired to take the woman to jail for medical examination. To this Mr. Lewis objected, stating they had no warrant. An argument ensued. Ac cording to the officers, Lewis struck at one of them and they had to “crack down” on him in order to subdue him. Mr. Lewis suffered several cuts about the head He was taken to jail and charged with Vagrancy, Disturbing the Peace and Resisting Arrest, Dur ing the trial, the prosecutors filed an other charge of Assault and Battery. Judge John W. Battin fined Mr. Lewis $25.00 on the charge of resisting ar rest and $25.00 on the charge of as sault and battery. Mr. Lewis, howev er, was the only person who showed any signs of having been struck dur ing the encounter. The Guide again reminds the Pol ice Commissioner that IT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE COURTS TO ADMINISTER PUNISHMENT.. THE NEGRO NEWSPAPER In the United States of America where racial separateness is a Nation al creed and shame, periodicals and pa pers published by white Americans, re gard Negroes as objects of ridicule. And nine-tenths of the stories publish ed about them fall within this class. Their readers form their opinions a bout Negroes from the things they read in such publications. In recent years, the radio has added its great o pinion-forming power to the “educat ion” of the public about the Negro. The general public, therefore, of all races in the country have but one medium through which to get depend able information concerning the- Neg ro, The Negro Newspaper. In every community where such papers are pub lished, they are read widely by colored people. And more and more white peo pie are reading them. The number of the latter readers should be increased an hundred times over. White people need to know what colored people are thinking, in which direction they are growing and movirig, and in what way the majority group can aid them and, therefore, their country, towards a lar ger liberty and opportunity for them and for all. Through the weeks and months and years the Negro Newspaper is fighting the battles of the disadvant aged, publishing the only good and en couraging things from week to week, that are said about the groups, church es and agencies and individuals which serve so fully the Negro people. It tells the story of their marriages, the birth of their children,, their graduat ion from the public schools and colleg es and universities; the achievements of their after life, the marvelous sac rifices of fathers and mothers for their children; in all the arts of peace; their heroism in war and peace. It is fighting the battle for economic oppor tunity for the Negro on every front; it is urging justice in the courts; equality of treatment in travel and public plac es ; equal school facilities and equal pay for colored teachers of the children of the race. No other number of colored men and women of the race have equalled newspaper workers in the extent of their helpful labors and heroic and sub lime sacrifices. Negro Newspapers have grown in quality and strength through the pass ing years. They must grow even stronger. And in that growth will be found the answer to many of our prob lems, both within and without the Ne gro race. In this evolution there must come the Negro Daily New spaper to serve the wiiole Nation and the various weeklies in their respective communit ies. The Negro Press Assiciation, of which this paper is a member, has helped the cause of the Negro News paper. The future is bright with pro mise of better things to come. THE VALUE OF THE NEGRO PRESS TO ITS COMMUNITY We are forced to accept the truth that the Negro as one of the racial minority groups of our great Americ an commonwealth, has been placed up on the defensive battle lines of econo mic and social security. In such a pos ition the Negro alone as a racial group stands with so much of racial animos ities and economic and industrial and civic injustices rampant against him. Even in these days of national defense and world threat of war, it is no less so, of our plight in the riational recog nition. In view of this truth, there must come to the Negro comunities, a voice potent and intelligent to speak to, and for, and out from the hearts and souls of every Negro community. The pul pit of the churches has done a marvel ous job in the past and even today, but there cometh a new day, and with it the urgency for the recruiting of agen cies which will speak further and to a larger number of our every day world. I know of no other way in position to speak with such a voice, than our Ne gro Community Press. May I dare to say, the Community Negro Press to a large measure, should be so organized that as it speaks through its pages, it speaks as the Official Organ of its Ne gro Community Life. Of course I have in mind a Negro Community Press that prints News that is news. News of vital interest to Negro Community Life, that ties in with the national life of which we are an integral part. Again, a Negro Community Press whose editorial col umns are expressive and interpretative of vital issues of our civic, economic, industrial and social well being, is the greatest source of community educat ion available to our group. I also think of the Negro Community Press as a militant prosecutor of the rights of our group, before the total community life of the city. Such a Negro Press deserves the faithful support of its entire constitu ency. M/e shall build a race conscious ness only as we follow race leadership, and as we support and maintain to the highest efficiency those instruments of Negro expression whose ideology is, Every man sharing alike under the bill of Civil Rights, regardless of race, col or, or creed. by Dr. Clarence C. Reynolds, Clair Methodist Church. DEMOCRACY In the southern states where sent iment is strongest for aid to Britain and the preservation of democracy, in justice toward the Colored minority is most pronounced. Treatment of this minority is not as good as the treat ment of the Jews in Italy and slightly better than the treatment of them in Germany. Indeed, down in that section of the country, being Colored is a badge of degradation. Nazis and Facists are welcome workers in defense plants; they can vote and be voted for; they have the same public accommodations as loyal Americans. From all these the Colored People are generally ex cluded. Democracy down there is a mock ery. Down there they have laws a gainst intermarriage of the races so that white men may wrong Colored girls without responsibility. They de fend lynching and prevent the passage of National Laws to suppress it. But they want England saved. They must preserve “The American Way of Life” We want to attain the American and English ideal of liberty, but deliv er us from “The American Way of Life “down yonder”. ANOTHER RETREAT Great Britain has retreated from Crete. And we predict she will retreat from the Mediterranian area. And then will come the battle of the British Isles and the Atlantic. And when that stage is reached, America will go in. MARK THIS DOWN IN YOUR BOOK. LINDBURGH Charles Lindburgh is a great na tural flyer. In that occupation he waa a success. His flight across the At lantic fifteen years ago made him an international figure, universally ad mired. But as a statesman, he is out of his element. And what he says a bout international problems have little value, because supported neither by knowledge nor experience. He ia quite as much of a Nordic as Hitler and not one whit less prejudiced to people of color than he. We suggest that Lindburgh HlC the old shoemaker, “stick to his last1 THE PITTSBURGH COURIER The Pittsburgh Courier is carry ing on with intelligence and vigor for the rights of the Negro People on a National scale. And the Negro news papers in their respective communit ies are making the same fight for Ne groes and human rights. We urge our dynamic contempor ary to “carry the battle to the gates” of American race proscription and help us blow them off their rusty hing es. THEY STRUT THEIR STUFF Did you ever see a person of lim ited information and education try to be impressive by the use of “BIG” words, which neither he nor his hear ers or readers understood? We have and we have heard them say in child ish glee “ain’t I strutting my stuff? Do not let him discourage you. Hi will grow up someday and be useful ii his community. Coronation Ball, Monday June 9, at Dreamland • Crowning at 10 p. m. to Our Expected Subscribers My Dear Reader of The Omaha Guide: We are happy to anounce to you that we, the Omaha Guide are ready to give you a full newspaper service a gain. No doubt you remember we had a disastrous fire on December 23, 1939 which destroyed our building inside and put our machinery out of working order. We have remodelled our build ing and have put our machinery back in good condition/ On May 31, 1941 we began serving you again with an 8 page paper, full of local and national up to the minute news, properly edited. We most certainly want to thank you for your kind consideration, given us during our remodeling period. We are indeed thankful to you for your patience. We do hereby now extend to you an invitation to stop by and see our new $60,000 newspaper plant. It is without a doubt the showplace of 0 maha. When you have visitors in our city, we will be glad for you to bring them in and show them through our plant. I am sure that they will leave Omaha with an expression of apprec iation to you. We are indeed anxious to give you the kind of service you want a newspaper to give. Therefore, we ask you to fill out the printed coupon herein at the end of this letter. We will be thankful to you indeed if you will fill out the same and deposit it in the mail. Remember, we want to give you the kirtd of a paper you want. Unless we knowT the service you want, we cannot do this. So, please do us this small favor by filling out the print ed coupon herein, and mailing same, and thanks a million. In a few days a representative of our firm will call on you for a friendly chat and for some local news. We will appreciate it very much if you will give them a few moments of your val uable time. Maybe you would like to write us a letter and tell us more about the service you want your paper to give this community—more than you can get on the coupon. If so, please feel free to do so and we will appreciate the same. If you would like for someone to call on you to go over this matter with you, please give us a ring WE. 1517. We are now entering into our 15th year Scholarship Campaign for 6,000 new and renewed subscribers in this area. May we be favored by your fill ing out the printed Subscription cou pon and sending it to us by return mail. Let us get together on the past at some future date. Let us start to day on the new subscription account. Ihe following tew lines are some thing for you to give your serious con sideration. Your community newspa per is the ortly medium you have to call on when an error has been made or when you have been mistreated civical ly, economically, or criminally. No group of people or organization can correct these community evils as your community newspaper can. So, my friend, let us start today on the new subscription account^ so you will be informed) of the various activities of your community up-to-date. Remem her our representative will be perfect ly agreeable when he calls in adjust ing our past relationship. Again we wish to thank you for your loyal support in the efforts we are now putting forth for the benefit of the community as a whole and in dividually. Do you want new avenues of employment opened up to your family? We have the medium which you should be willing to support to do the job. Do you want justice in the law department of your city, county, ' and state governments ? Again, we say, we have the medium by which to get justice. Do you want your civic organizations to function properly ;n the interest of the whole and not for the individual? If you do we have the medium to help get it through. Did you know you are entitled to $367,000 in new jobs in the city, count)) and state and from the various politic al positions that you are taxed to pay, and from the corporators which, b) right of their franchise, receive youi enforced support. We know how tc promote an educational program tc bring about the desired results to von and yours to get your share of this $367,000 that is now going into the poc kets of other groups, and which right fully belong to you. All we need is your loyal support as a subscriber, and your moral sup port in heping us to educate the rest of the above mentioned concerns— What you are entitled to and what yon expect to do about it. The Omaha Guide’s Service Coupon What service do you want your papei to give? Please write in plainly. Name Address City• State Phone Number (Please fill out, clip and mail to The Omaha Guide Publishing Co., Inc., 2420 Grant St., Omaha, Nebraska