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CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM (Continued from page 1) to criticize, conveys one's regrets that a mistake was made and he is hopeful it won’t occur again. jt means in one sense, to oppose; and oft-times opposition is healthy. In discussing "Religion and Lab or”, Father Fitzpatrick illustrated the advantages of criticisms. In commenting at length on Mr. Web ster’s address, a portion of which could be interpreted as criticism. Father Fitzpatrick stated that Web ser’s talk was a "tonic to him". Prof. Witman, in his masterly handling of this “Global War” e.n <7tU/l£A. M.7ill m Those with tanned-dark skin, externally caused, who want It lighter, smoother, softer, should try Dr. FRED Palmer'a Skin B Whither. Use 7 days as directed- M If not satisfied MONEY BACK. 26c at druggists. FMIMsjile. V Send 8c postage to GALEN OL. R Dept. CSTBox 264. Atlanta. Ga. 1 Dr.FredPatanr'sSHaWMteaer ’ - 1_ _ phasized that we were present to, among other things, determine what problems confronted the nation and world and the only way to do so was • to talk about them, which in a sense was inviting criticisms. And upon close analysis, I think one could find a vein of criticisms running through every one’s speech, whether it was an address or merely com ments. And that was in fact the purpose of the Institute. Thus one can understand why criticisms are almost always helpful, although they some times reflect on the one making them. Out of the approach t othe solv ing of some of our problems there poses one question: “Are the mass j es ready for action?” The Institute j revealed that sacrifices are neces ! sary; are we willing to make them? We learned that opportunities await us if we are prepared or will pre pare ourselves; are we prepared or j will we prepare ourselves? We j learned that there exists within our Are YOU the thoughtful type? If you’re the thoughtful type, who considers carefully before buying, your own good sense will single out Cream of Kentucky. It’s made with the unexcelled limestone water of Cove Spring—made by the dean of Kentucky distillers. Try it and en joy the “cream” of Kentucky’* finest Bourbons. *6PROOF. STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY.SCHENLEY DISTILLERS CORP .N.T.C. We Offer for Your Approval A Complete Curtain Service and Another thing,— Have Your •: Dry Geaning Done Now! —Gish and Carry Discounts— EDHOLM &SHERMAN 2401 North 24th Street WE. 6055 Freedom of the Press! (One of the Essentials of a Democracy) One of the strongest guarantees of Amer ican freedom is a Free Press. A dictator’s , first act is to enslave the Press. The Free Press, like freedom of speech, religious tolerance, property rights, and their protection, and the free ballot, is a sacred American heritage that permits no compromise. These precious rights were not easily attained. They have been held by war, work, and hardships, and America will not permit them to be lost at any cost. The same tireless spirit of sacrifice, indi vidual initiative, courage and foresight that built America’s mighty industries will not fail in this great struggle for freedom. Nebraska Power Company ■ 9 race, strife, jealousy and an attitude of indifference; we learn that while many o fus have not had advantag es of a university training, many of those who have had education should not be confined to the un learned man, but to the university trained man-in fact the univers ities themselves; an dwe also learn ed, that the ministry should jk>t be excluded; we learned that we invite prejudice and keep it alive by vol untary self segregation and being too timid: that there is much pre judice within our own race as well as elsewhere That can be fairly well explained by saying that some of us are too much endowed with that superiority complex. We have too many self Btyled elites writh too little to sup port that feeling. And that takes me back to Prof. Witman’s remarks and makes me appreciate them all the more, that in order to properly understand and correct our prob lems we need to enter into a frank straight forward discusion of them. That is another brief illustration of why I consider all criticism con structive. i Some of our white brothers were greatly disappointed at the response of their people to the Institute. The Negroes were generous enough in their criticisms, to which I might add of some of those who were ab sent, the charge of being interested only to the extent of satisfy) ng^ their curiosity_namely, they had heard so much of some of our na tional characters they were curious to see and hear them. And when It was learned those national char acters, white and colored, would not be present, they lost interest. That applies alike to many of our own group. For some members of some Of the co-sponsor organizations, while they had ample time to at tend the Institute, lolled around elsewhere for amusement. There was nothing commendable of the re action of some of our people to the request f appearing in the group picture at the University. That should have been considered a rare privilege and opportunity, .some thing to be proud of.... and a pic ture that should grace every hall in Omaha. Thus one can see that we need more of these educational Institutes to reach white and black alike. We need them if for no Other reason than to learn that there are many men like Roy Brewer who not only are tolerant but desirous of, inter ested and active in removing what CROWN Liquor Market 1512 North 24th St. speciai Beer €165 case w WHISKEY, 90 PROOF qt. $1.93 WHISKEY, 80 PROOF J/2pt. 40c WHISKEY, 80 PROOF pt. ..8#e GIN, 90 PROOF, /2 pt.50c WINE, FIFTH QT.40c WINE, pt.30c BEER, CASE .1.85 may be termed the bottleneck that the Negroes elaborate on: we need them in order to impress upon the Whites that Negroes love this, their country, and are struggling to ac hieve a victory for it, but mean while their all out aid can be great ly enhanced when they are satisfied that our victory at home, within our own borders, will accompany or pre cede a victory abroad. That, in sub stance, are some of the objectives in dealing out criticisms-to im prove all Of those who are not whole heartedly supporting the drive fcr the achievement of total victory. I repeat that the Institute was a grand success... .in that we made a start to solving some Of our prob lems. And the credit of making that start should go to organized labor. The fact that Government employes participated evidences that the Government not only indorses that start, but is cooperating with labor and civic groups as well. And when an Institute of that nature ca nbe held and so much progress made with such little expense to the Negroes, the least we should do is to show our appreciation by sup porting it with our presence I am confidentth at should Omaha be favored with another Institute our people wil lhave, by that time, realized the advantages and oppor tunities t obe gained by attending in greater numbers. Yours in service to our people, I am S. W. Towles, President, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Dmaha Division. A MESSAGE TO —GALLOWAY (continued from page 1) but if we don’t encourage our young people to be qualified for these good paying jobs, we will be sorry in the long run. I remain, Virgil Bailey.” Do you know what he is writing about, C. C? If so, you can under stand his letter. I’m glad to quote it anyway. Or anyone else s for that matter, who takes enough in terest in this message to write in. —CCM— Writing of these government jobs, reminds me that only today someone —let’s see who was it—oh, yes, Mrs. Clara May Wilson, 1512 North 25th Street, was telling me that her ;ius band, J. B. Wilson, and his friend, William Brown, have accepted gov ernment work at Alliance. Nebras ka,an d are now drawing down “good pay.” —CCM— One of your subscribers, C. C.— Arthur Webster—was talking to me about his work. You know, that is I presume you do, that for sixteen years he has been the custodian at the Neighborhood House of the City Mission, and that his wife has been the housekeeper. For the past six years, or mor.i, the Mission has been at 2201 Cass Street, but I believe that prior to that it was down near the vicinity of 13th and Pacific. Mr. Webster was kind enough to introduce me to the executive of ficers. Mrs. Verna Snell is the sup erintendent; W. G. Sullenger, is the Boy’s Worker for the summer; Mrs. Lora Edwards is the Methodist Dea coness. (You know that the Meth odists, and I believe, the Community Shop with this Ad thru Wednesday, July 1. (PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGES, UP OR DOWN) AD i \Tr,r'C SUNKIST, VALENCIA, QC UKAlNVjIiO MEDIUM SIZE.LB. Cl I PM/WrC CALIFORNIA, SUNKIST ¥ -J C Ll/ItIU1 NU MEDIUM SIZE.LB. PARRAPF jy2c \j/VL)UAVjE/ new crop, firm heads, lb. ^ PORK CHOPS.,™.,.,™ .29' BEEF ROAST.™,.™,™ .24 GROUND BEEF™*.., .19 PORK ROAST.,™,™ . 22 ROBERT'S MILK . 12' ^¥¥1^17 OVA KRAFT AMERICAN, Mb. r A C BRICK or VELVEETA.LOAF * TOMATO JUICE ""Nr 19l SHREDDIES “HEAT 2^23c I!?! T WFf I GELATINE - 3^4 oz. PC JLLL^ T ▼ LLL DESSERT PKG ^ SOAP FLAKES 39 IVORY SNOW™, 22' USE SUGAR-RATIONING STAMP No. 4 THIS WEEK Chest, finance this Mission.) Miss ■ Almira Hess is the Craft’s Teacher, and Girl’s Worker. Mrs. Katherine Mimick, is the office secretary, and Mrs. Johanna Anderson is the Mus ical Director. Through the courtesy of these of ficials I was shown through the plant. The Mission, apparently, is operated for the benefit of juvenil es, ranging in age from three up to the high 'teens. These children are taught all sorts of handicraft work; Bible les sons, and special musical studies A large yard, filled with swings, a musement devices, etc., is always available, as well as a complete gymnasium in which every form of amusement and recreation is afford When I didn’t see any colored children taking advantage of these opportunities I, naturally, inquired, and learned that about a year ago there were quite a few but for some reason or other the colored children Just don’t take enough interest in the facilities afforded to form class es and partake of the privileges. Is that the way it really is. C. C? —CCM— What night, last week, was it, we had the awful storm, C. C? Oh, yes, I remember. It was Fri day night. That was the night the Mt. Calvary Community Spiritual Church held their mammoth candle light parade and open-air services at the Ball Park, 22nd and Burdette. I needn’t tell you about this par ade. I couldn’t anyway. It was colorful. That is there were more different kinds of variegated colored robes, uniforms, and whatnot, than is possible for anyone outside of an artiste to describe. Besides, how could I describe the various costum es. I presume some were costumed as Angels. Some as Saints. Some as Lords. And goodness knows what all. At any rate it was color ful. And the Lord was with them, too, I for it didn’t start to rain until the services were nearly over. At the first drop of rain I headed for home. And, once at home, it only took me five minutes to get to sleep and I slept soundly until morn ing. The next morning, in making my rounds, I observed trees blown down, and uprooted. Telegraph and telephone wires strewn all about. And debris of one sort or another piled here and there. Really, there had been a storm! And the towns folk were talking about it every where I went. It was really some thing to talk about hereabouts. But I slept through it all. —CCM— Perhaps, C. C. you ask how could I have slept through it. That’s easy to answer. A little storm that lasts for only a few hours is a mere tickling experience to me. You should read some of my book man uscripts, C. C. and read of the real storms I’ve been in down in the tropics. Hurricanes that lasted, not for a few hours, but for a few days, and one incident on a boat in which we were running in and out of hur ricanes for an entire week. I swore that if I ever got off that boat alive that I never would get on another. I got off alive. At Port-au-Spain, Trinidad, I hadn’t been there long enough to get dried out good wh<m another hurricane came along, last ing three days, that made my boat experience seem quite tame. —COM.— I must tell you about a portion of this particular storm. I, with others, had gathered in a central community house, where, it was presumed, we were cloistered in a hurricane-proof building. The crowd was a motley one. There were preachers, church members, sinners, gamblers, prostitutes, moth-' ers, fathers, children, widows and strangers. I was one of the latter. For the first six or eight hours we didn’t seem inconvenienced. True the winds were howling; the rain was coming down in torrents; and the building was lighted only by oil-light, the electric power having long since been shut off. And, of course, the skies were pitch dark, and the middle of the day seemed like the blackness of night. Every once i na while some strag gler would make his way to the back-door, which was sort of shel tered in a lee of two buildings, and he would be admitted. Each stran ger, he or she, would tell a tale of destruction that the storm ha I wrought. This, naturally, brought on shaky nerves, especially among those natives who had loved ones scattered thereabouts. The storm raged! The preachers and church mem bers started praying and singing. 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He actually cussed thos’ praying and singing people out and told them that if they wanted their lives saved that they had better stop their foolishness and get up from there and go to work and save their own lives. In the eyes of the church people that old “Captain” was a sinner. He was everything that the church people despise but when he got through cussing them out they were like babes. He put everybody to work. He ordered the ablest-bodied men to rush up, in the face of the wind, and force the doors closed. To holl them until other men would push heavy articles of furniture against the doors to hold them in place. (During all this time the rain had been coming in the building in tor rents. The place was nearly flood ed.) He ordered other men to take axes and chop holes in the floor. And he ordered the women to take brooms and sweep the water to wards these holes. I had a job, too. He ordered me to cut down all the electric wiring. This wiring he had others to use in binding cleats a gainst and across the barricaded doors So that we would be protected from the winds. And, in a relative ly short time, the place was safe a gain for a while. But for three days and for three nights we remained huddled in that building and the “Captain” was real ly the captain. What a man he was! I shall never forget him. No doubt, when he dies he will go to hell, or purgatory, or wherever sinners go, but that night he saved many a life. That’s just one story of a storm, C. C. You’ll have to read my book manuscripts to get many others. So, why wouldn't I sleep through a little storm that lasted only two 0r three hours? —CCM— And, writing of sleeping, I must record that last Sunday I was very religious indeed. At least I thought I was. You know, C. C. every since I’ve been in Omaha I have been go ing to one, two, and sometimes three ehurchesi on Sunday. Last Sunday, or rather Saturday night, I decided that I was going to rest cn the Sabbath Day. And I did rest, too. I really got acquainted with my room, and my bed. I never really appreciated my room and my bed before. I actually learned the bed language. You know, when you turn over, sometimes the bed springs will actually speak to you, Before Sunday I thought it just a hideous noise, but not ar.y more. The bed was saying to me, "I’m so glad that at last you are getting acquainted with me. We can be such pals if only you’ll pay me a little atten tion.” Well, I paid it plenty of at tention, Sunday. I wouldn’t have gotten out of bed all day except for the fact that some feminine character had sold me an other ticket during the week. The ticket was for a chicken dinner. I don’t need to tell you that I love eating, and I love chicken. Along about the middle of the af ternoon I got up and went to the chicken dinner. 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There are Only Four Authorized Men in Local 1140. They are Pete Bell, Walter McClelland and Kelly Gates at the Omaha office, and Henry Schaefer at the Mead office. es, 1915 Charles Street, and the din ner was given by the Women's Group of the Morning Star Baptist Church, 2608 Franklin Street. I learned much at this dinner. One of the things I learned is that one should eat a hearty meal before attending one of these dinners. That is if he wants to appear refine and stylish. At least that is my opin ion. The dinner they brought me appeared to be just like the first •ourse in a several-course dinner. Of course, they brought a chicken dinner all right, but to me it tast ed just like a sample. It was good all right. Plenty good! Too good, in fact, for the quantity, or rather the lack of quantity. For dessert they had home-made apple pie. When they brought me my piece it looked so slender and lean that I had to use my magnifying glass to determ ine whether it was a pickle or a piece of celery. When I discovered that it was actually a piece of pie I made up my mind then and there that I had to have more. And the only way I could think of getting more was to order another dinner. I did. And the people around me, at the table, looked at me, shaking their heads, and no doubt muttering to themselves, “Poor Man, ha’s starved, he’s had nothing to eat for days.” But did I let that worry me? 1 Not at all! The second dinner went even faster than the first one and I was about to order a third one when I recalled that one of the younglad ies serving had told me privately, just a few days before, that it was a sin to eat the way I do, and because I didn’t want to sin any more before all those good church people I deferred the third dinner, and went back home and to bed again. I stayed in bed, too, until Mon day morning. And do you know, C. C. that Mon day morning, for the first time since I’ve been in Omaha, I really came to work all freshened out and ready for a good hard day’s grind. I tried to justify my absence from Church all day Sunday by thinking in conformed to biblical tradition but one of the local ministers (Rev. L. W. Anderson) took the Bible and quoted me passages t oprove that I was wrong. He proved to me con clusively that it was the Lord who rested on the Sabbath Day after toiling for six days. That all oth ers were told not to work on the Sabbath Day. But I couldn't get the Reverend t oagree that we' should all rest On the Sabbath Day. i so I suppose, starting next Sunday, I I shall spend the day in churches a gain. 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