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THE GREATER OMAHA GLIDE coy tinuous public a tion FOR NINETEEN YEARS— "OUR 1 GUEST Column Edited by Verna P. Harris INDIAN CLAIMS By Felix S. Cohen, Associate Solictor V. S. Dept, of Interior Congressional enactment of the Indian Claims Commission Act on July 29 reminded many Americans of unfinished business in a widely misunderstood field of national policy. Race relations constitute a field in which superstition and misinformation flourish mightily, but there are few subjects even in this field on which misconceptions are as widespread as that of our first Americans and their statuts. According to common belief the Indian is the vanishing American; his eyes fixed on a past that is gone with the wind, robbed of his lands and deprived of the rights of citizenship, confined to a reser vation. he is a standing monument to the evils of bureaucracy and pa ternalism. Fortunately the facts of the case are very different Indi ans today arc the most rapidly in creasing group in our population. They are entitled to all rights of citizenship; and in the three stat es where their voting rights have not yet been completely recogni zed North Carolina. New Mexico, and Arizona, legislation is now un der way to vindicate these rights. Indian reservations are simply the lands that still belong to the In dians; no Indian is compelled to live on his own land. During the past decade th elndians' land hol dings have increased their econo mic status has improved, their contributions to American life in arts and crafts, agriculture, gov ernment and military enterprise have reached new heights. Even in Alaska, where thenatives have al ways contributed as large a pop ulation as do the Negroes in Miss issippi and have occupied a gener ally similar social status, the tra ditional pattern is rapidly breaking up. Jim Crow practices have been outlawed and after waiting for 60 years the natives are finally se curing recognition of their owner ship rights in at least a part of their aboriginal land holdings. Of course our Indian record has BOWEN Appliance Co. NOW OPEN AT OUR NEW LOCATION • New Units, •New and Rebuilt Refrigerators & Sweepers. ••Guarantee^ Repair Service— Quality workmanship—We Solicit Tour Trade 3024 LEAVENWORTH Phone AT-2003 ‘ - LOANS 910 TO 91,000 You can obtain a loan from us for almost any purpose and repay in •mail monthly payments. Salary loans as your signature only. Wt ales make auto and furniture loans. We will gladly make you a small loan or a large one. Phone AT-2306. tell us what you used, then come in and pick up the money. Prompt Sendee COMMERCE LOAN COMPANY 1901 Farnam St. Ground Floor Comes. Larry Nuin, Manager TTsrr=rRadios available for immediate delivery HEAVY DUTY MOP STICKS _ RAVITZ Tire & Supply Co 1624 Capitol Ave. its dark pages. Had there been no dark pages of massacre, robbery, graft and corruption there would be no occasion for Congress in the year 1946 to set up an Indian Claims Commission to pass finally upon the claims of all our Indian tribes based on broken treaties and lost lands. On the other hand there would be no occasion for hearing Indian claims today if our record had been as dark as it is commonly pictured Wrongs do not create rights. In dian claims exist because the rights of the American aborigines to their aboriginal land holdings were written into the basic doc trines of international law, thanks largely to the genius and courage of a great Spanish theologian of the sixteenth cer' p-v, co Vittoria, whose treaties on the In dians is the first great classic of international law and the first book to maintain that rights of liberty and property belong to men as men regardless of race, creed, or nationality. And so it came to pass that in hundreds of treaties, agreements and acts of Congress, we have pledged res pect for Indian land holdings, for the right of the Indian to decide when and how their aboriginal possessions should be sold to the United States, and generally for the fight of the Indians to main tain their own tribal laws, cust oms, and local governments so long as they see fit to do so. This expression of the national conscience represents an indestr uctible aspiration of the American people. It establishes the highest standard that any conquering race has ever set up to govern its re lations with a native population. The Federal Government has spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $800,000,000 in purchasing from the Indians lands which other go vernments might have confiscated. It has spent perhaps as much asjain in gratuitously providing educational, sanitary and other ser vices of civilization to Indian com munities. The norm and the pat tern fixed by Congress in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 has been one of fair and honorable dealings. We have fallen at times from the high standard which we set ourselves as a nation. It would be miraculous if the process of buy ing 2’; million square miles of land, the largest real estate deal in history, did not develop a cer tain number of misunderstandings difficulties and mistakes, in trac ing boundaries, in determining which of several Indian tribes had 1 the best claim to a given area, in seeing that promised payments were faithfully delivered to those entitled to receive the payments. These are the errors which Con gress has from time to time in the past striven to rectify through special jurisdictional acts allowing particular tribes to bring suit in the Court of Claims; and it is er rors of this type which Congress has now authorized a special In dians Claims Commission to ex amine and adjudicate. The action of Congress is one that will be ap plauded throughout the United States and throughout the world by all who know that the rights of each of us in a democracy can be no stronger than the rights of our weakest minority—by all who have understood the golden words spoken 2,000 years ago by a re presentative of all oppressed peo ples, "Even as ye do unto the least of these so ye do unto me.” ^ GUIDE, 3t—W. B. Bryant, Atty. PROBATE NOTICE Bk. 66, P. 410, IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Caroline Maupin, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the credi tors of said deceased will meet the Executor of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 23rd day of October, 1946 and on the 23rd day of December, 1946, at 9 o'clock A. M., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment anrj allowance. 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Army photo from Public Rela tions Division.) INDUSTRIAL -— NEWS REVIEW j A._' JOBS AND WAGES Labor has received enormous gains in the form of wage inchea ses, reduced hours of work, wel fare funds, and so on. Even so, there are rumors of new labor drives to obtain still greater bene fits. There is talk of more strikes in basic industry, which would sti fle production and thus contribute to greater inflation. What labor should realize is that destruction of industry, .and policies which unreasonably in crease the operating of industry.. will destroy labor's gains. An ex cellent example of this is the coal industry. To auote Coal Age, "coal will have to be mined because th« country cannot do without it. Thai alone should assure good business although not encessarily profita ble prices..for at least a year or two more. But the increased co-t^ imposed on the industry, .plus the production interruptions that have kept the users of coal In a lather sinre the war started, favor a com petitive upsurge that can cost coa' a great deal of business and min ers a great deal of earnings unless prompt steps are taken in the dir ection of less interference with management, rewer proautaioii stoppages and higher efficiency. Coal now is definitely on the dan ger line—if not over it..” If coal costs eventuallv go too high, industrial users will find a cheaper power substitute. And then the tens of thousands of jobs coal mining provides will disappear. Labor wants good pay. And la bor also wants an abundance of jobs. These are legitimate goals. But when labor demands too much it starts a process which can de stroy the very source of its live lihood. This is simplv one more ex ample of the fact that you can't have your cake and eat it too. NOTHING IT “GOOD ENOUGH' So far as the consumer is con cerned, the main job of the oil in dustry is to provide him with a constant, reasonabbly priced sup ply of gasoline, fuel oil and other petroleum products when and where he wants them and in the grades desired. Looking at the oil industry from the point of view of the long pull, however, some activities which few consumers ever see at first hand are of even greater impor tance. First, it isn’t enough just to have sufficient oil in sight for this year or next year. The industry must think five, ten, even twenty years ahead. Its spends enormous sums in prospec ting new potential oil-bearing areas It sinks deeper wells, in order to get the most out of every field. It carries on elaborate conservation activities to safeguard oil reserves As a result of this, vast new re serves are constantly being disco vered. Second, it carries on unceasing laboratory work to develop better oils and lubricants. The many spe cial fuels used for military pur poses during the war, such as gas oline of extremely high octane con tent. are an example of this. The great progress made is now being adapted to civilian needs. So, lit tle by little, you get better gas for your car. Great producing industries must also be great research industries. Nothing must ever be considered good enough—instead, a constant search must be made for some thing better. Oil typifies that in dustrial philosophy. INDEPENDENT STORES ORGANIZE The independent retail stores of the country are getting set to meet whatever competition the chains have to offer in this postwar per iod. That is the gist of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. As the Journal says, “significant of the determination to keep the pace is the fact that more and more independent merchants are Eczema Itching, -Burning-Distress Gets Quick Ease and Comfort g>u c°mfo.rt fn g* relief* and ffTw^hort intense itching' and dis InT . 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No one need worry about the chains driving the independents out of business. The intelligent in dependent gives the chains plenty of competition. It gets its fair share of the business. And the pu blic benefits all along the line. * * * Mother: “I hope your roomate at the training school is a nice bov Robert". Robert: "Judge for yourself, Ma The other night he “barked his shins on a chair in the dark and I heard him say, -Oh, the perver sity of inanimate objects!”’ To Serve As Omaha Community Chest Drive Chairman HAROLD D. LEMAR Harold D. LeMar, who will serve as Chairman of the Omaha Com munity Chest’s annual drive for 30 local agencies this fall, has been active in Chest work since 1927. Mr. LeMar, who is vice-president of the P. F. Petersen Baking Co., headed the industrial division in the 1940 chest campaign and was a captain for the national firms' committee in Chest drives from 1935 to 1939 inclusive. “Mr. LeMar's first hand exper ience with several phases of the Chest campaign as well as his un derstanding of the safeguards in herent in the Chest campaign for meeting community needs quali fy him as an able chairman to present these needs to the public-', Morris E. Jacobs, president of the Community Chest, said in announc ing Mr. Le Mar’s selection. Mr. LeMar is an overseas vet eran of both world wars I and H. As a pilot in the air corps, he served nearly two years overseas in world war I. He entered world war II as a major in 1942 was in three invasions and served in It aly; Morocco, France and Ger many. He was discharged on Jan. 5 of this year as a colonel, hav ing served in judge advocate duty. A graduate of the University of Tennessee Law College in 1913. LeMar practiced in South Dakota and served as a county judge for two terms at Rapid City. He re signed the judgship to come to Omaha in 1926 as secy-treas. of the P. F. Petersen Baking Co. Mr. LeMar is married and has three children, a son, William B. LeMar, is on terminal leave as a first lieutenant in the army. He will enter Yale University this fall for graduate work in engineering. A daughter, Lorraine, will enroll for her junior year at Vassar College, and his younger daughter Joan, will enter Stephens College this fall. The LeMars live at 101 So. 38th Avenue. Anti Mob Violence Committee Meeting NEW YORK August 22—Ex pressions of indignation and” deep concern over the alarming increase in lynchings and anti-Negro in cident were transformed yester day into a militant plan of action at a meeting, called by Arthur B. Springarn, of the executive com mittee of the newly-formed com mittee against mob violence. Key individuals, who dominate the social forces of the country, will be mobilized to commit them selves openly against mob violence in an attempt to curb the rising tide of prejudice and terrorism. National, state and county offic ials, with an enlightened public opinion pressing for peacable and constitutional law enforcement me thods will, it is expected, hesitate to ride lawlessly over the rights of minority groups, as has been the pattern set in some sections of the United States in the past few months. Some of the members of the ex ecutive committee are Philip Mur ray. President CIO; Charles G. Bolte, chairman. American Vet erans' Committee; Edward L. Ber neys, public relations consultant; Clyde Miller of Teachers College. Columbia University: Max Yer gan of the National Negro Con gress; Mrs. Alfred E. Mudge of the National Board of the Nation al Board of the YWCA; Dr. Al lan Knight Chalmers of the Broad way Tabernacle; and Walter White executive secy of NAACP. Phone Us Your Social. Local News BIRTHDAY GIFT LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Sound photo—Happiness for Carrie Ja cobs on her 84th birthday comes when Dr. Hubert Eator (right), Chairman of Forest Lawn Council of Regents, presents her with a bronze statuette of Moses by Mich elangelo as Dr. Rufus B. Von Kleinsmid. Chancellor of the Uni versity of Southern California, looks on. The composer of ‘T Love You Truly” learned that a four year scholarship in music has been established in her name at the University of California. Some of her other songs that have become world-famous are: “Just A-Weary m For You”, “A Perfect Day” and some 200 others. ?5he STREET and thereabouts ---—by LAWREISCE P. LEWIS__ (Continued from page 1) was many years ago. "In all the years that I have known you, and the many times you have served me, I have never seen you when you were cross. Waiting tables has been my busin ess for many years, I just can't understand how you do it. You must leave all of your worries and troubles at home before you come to work?” I asked. “Yes, that is about it. You almost have to leave them at home”. “You haven’t changed much in the past ten years. What is your formula for staying as attractive as you are?” I asked. Mrs. Blackburn smiled, she hac the nicest smile. A smile that put you at ease, makes you fell wel comed. and said, “the only answer I could give to that ?s work( go home, and go to bed.” “Do you ever find it hard to be pleasant to people?”, I asked. “No, Lawrence, I really don’t. I have been around people so long that it comes naturally, I guess.” Mrs. Marvel Blackburn has made thousands of friends during her years of work on 24th St. She just about measures up to perfection in her line of work. Quiet, intelli gent, and friendly, Marvel increa ses your pleasure when spending an evening at the M & M. “COZY GRILL, where good friends meet, and there are good things to eat. That is mv motto, Mrs. Geraldine Craig informed me! “How long have you been in bus iness, Mrs. Craig?”, I asked. Over two years. I have many ot the same customers that began eating at the Cozy Grill when we opened.” I have noticed by the news in the paper that many of the social clubs entertain here. Many of their parties and dinners are held here at the Cozy Grill. Do you special ize in perparing meals for groups entertaining^” I asked. “Yes, we do. We take reserva tions for all parties. We have a large selection of fine foods to | choose from, and next month we will have a complete supply of sea -sous to offer”. 10U nave a successful busin ess establishment here, and I do know it keeps you busy. Why did you decide to go in this business-'” I asked. ‘‘I have done this kind of work for many years, so I decided to go into business for myself. I have al ways enjoyed doing this work, so : x put every effort in it to make | it the place where people will want i to come to eat. Good tasty food is j our specialty and the Cozy Grill | is a place where one can enjoy a delicious meal in pleasant surround mgs. Cleanliness is one of my vir I -ues and you will always find the Cozy Grill that way”. Nothing I could say could add to what Mrs. Geraldine Craig, 2615 Th' r-4th «t-: has a,ready said. The Cozy Grill has been a popular eating establishment for over two years. The amount of customers that walk in and out of its doers is proof enough in itself. lirotlierhood of Man” ARTICLE STIRS DEBATE j The following is the text of a '^ter sent to Louis Mason Jr., as-! sistant Industrial secretary of tfie j J ban League of Pittsburgh, Pa.,! to A. F. Whitnev, president, Bro therhood of Railroad Trainmen. Mason wrote to Whitney after the appearance of the union presi dent’s article 'Brotherhood of Man j in a recent issue of Labor Re | Ports. Brotherhood. Mason believ | es, also means Negro membership I in the Railroad Trainmen’s un ions. Mr. A. F. Whitney, President Brotherhood of Railroad Train’n Standard Building Cleveland, Ohio Dear Mr. Whitney: On behalf of the Industrial Com mittee of the Urban League of l Pittsburgh, I am writing you con cerning your very fine article en titled. “Brotherhood of Man.” 1 which appeared in a recent issue of LABOR REPORTS. Meedless to say we enjoyed the complete presentation of the t ’erne, especially the simple and d --ect wording that you used. Most important of all, we agree with your formula which would imple ment the attainment and perse cution of these ideas which up un til today have made and kept America great. Mowever, Mr. Whitney, the com mittee has a few ideas that it would like for you to give some consideration. The Industrial Com mittee feels that the first step that should be taken in achieving na tional brotherhood is that one step which will insure to EACH and EVERY person within our na tional boundaries equal opportun ities to develop to the limit of his capatities. We feel that this cannot be done if unsurmountable barriers based on race, creed, co lor, or national origin are inter posed during the development of the individual. Therefore, we be lieve that the initiation of a sound program of cooperation on local levels is the order of the day to wards the achievement of the spi rit of world brotherhood of which you speak. It is our assumption that your use of the word “we"’ in your theme was intended to include exactly everyone. That being true, Mr. Whitney, then we agree whole heartedly with your statement, “we must complete the destruction of fascism wherever we find it.” We suggest that you use every; influence of your position as pre sident of the Brotherhood of R. R. Trainmen, to extricate and destroy the very seeds of fascism, racial | intolerance, wdthin the ranks of j your local unions. It is in these local unions where i Negro trainmen have been limi ted in membership or have not been permitted to join. It is dur ing contract negotiations that neat, but powerful phrases, have been conceived and used jn efforts most of the successfully, to eli minate Negro trainmen. The real truth is, Mr. Whitney, that Negro mm,-., tmmmmammm men have lost their lives fighting for an equal opportunity and the retention of their jobs in that phase of the railroad industry that your union represents. A simple analysis of the Nation al situation finds you in the par adoxical position of advocating sound measures to implement na tional brotherhood on the one hand and on the other hand the organi zation, of which you are president denies the opportunity of brother hood to Negroes. Since your article said, “We must insure the freedom of col onial peoples,” may we suggest < that your organization take some immediate steps to remove some of the “colonial” aspects that char acterize it as an "imperialist” in some of its activities. It is the firm opinion of this committee that America's great ness and her unlimited opportun ities in world leadership rest firm ly and are almost entirely depen dent upon what kir,1s of freedom are available to its own people. For it is fro mfreedom that “Bro therhood of Man” evolves. It will be that kind of human brother hood that gives opportunity to all and denies it to none. Very Truly yours, Signed.. Louis Mason, Jr. Asst. Industrial Secretary Urban League of Pittsburgh TWO MORE VETERANS LYNCHED JN TEXAS NEW —YORK, August 22nd— Lynch terror continued unabated in several Southern States today, flaring up in Marshall, Texas, where two Negro veterans met death at the hands of “unknown persons”. Although Texas police attempted to characterize the lyn chings as isolated murders, Ne groes in Marshall live under the pall of lynch law. NAACP investigators have re ported what they believe to be two new lynchings to the National Office in New York and are con tinuing their investigation in spite of an ominous lack of cooperation by the town’s police. The two new victims of the terror, borth form er GI's, were Richard F. Gordon, 31. and Alonza Brooks, 25. Gordon's death, according to the police was at the hands of a hit and-run driver. But one of the people who saw his body lying on the road before it was taken to the morgue stated his throat had been slashed from ear to ear, by a knife; that his head and his body were horribly cut and bruis ed and that prints on the road leading to where the vet lay, had evidence that he had been drag ged through the streets tied to the rear of an automobile. Negro re sidents in the vicinity of the kill ing said they were awakened ear ly in the day by two automobiles containing groups of white men, who were making a great deal of noise, and who remained on the scene of the killing until the po lice arrived, leading to the belief that the lynchers and police were 24 Hour Service on Bar-B-Q Chicken and Meaty Ribs Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Walker of 2042 North 21st St., wishes to an nounce to their many friends and acquaintances and public at large, that they are serving Barbecue Chicken and Barbecued Ribs with lots of meat on them. Mr. Walker says, “We do not trim meat off our ribs. We want satisfied cus tomers.” They are giving 24 Hr. service. Barbecued chicken, small pig spare ribs, juicy, tender barbe cued beef and barbecued mutton a waits to appease your appetites. Special attention given to private arties. The Cleo Night and Day Barbecue, just four doors south of the Burdette field on the west side of the street at 2042 No. 21st St. in a conspiracy together. Several days before his death, Gordon had been questioned by the police on a charge of stealing his wealthy employer’s whiskey. Although he had no knowledge of the theft and vehemently told the police so, he was fired. Two days later, he was rehired, by his form er employer, and was killed at dawn the next morning. There is even more mystery about the death of Alonza Brooks who was found dead in the woods near Marshall, three days after he had left home in his car to visit friends after driving his fa mily to church. He had no known enemies, yet his autopsy revealed death from blows on the nape of his neck and stranglind. The mo tive was obviously not robery, as his wallet and wrist watch were still on his person when his ho ly was discovered. Folks in Marshall are w’onder ing whether there is any connec tion in the deaths of these vets with the possible responsibility for the presence of MPs at the polling places in Marshall during the July 27th primary. Perhaps the local fascists objected to Negro ex-GIs taking steps to en sure those voting rights t.hey thought they were fighting a war to protect. ItchingSkiii? Stop Scratching! Here Is Quick Ease and Comfort Now that stainless, powerful, pen etrating Moone’s Emerald Oil is available at drug stores thousands have found helpful relief from the distressing itching and torture of rashes, eczema, poison ivy and other externally caused skin troubles. Not only does the Intense itching, burning or stinging quickly subside, but healing is more quickly pro moted. Get an original bottle of Emerald Oil—Greaseless—Stainless. Money re funded, if not satisfied. Omahans Urged To Recondition Furnaces These diagrams of furnaces in operation were prepared by the I Omaha Smoke Commission, to1 show how a dirty, unrepaired furnace is likely to be a wasteful, smoke producer, while a clean furnace in good repair can burn fuel economically and smokeless ly The Omaha Smoke Commission this week is requesting every home owner to have his heating equipment cleaned and repaired for the approaching heating sea son. “If we are to reduce smoke, v/c must take this necessary action first,” chairman Frank B. Boi court said. Mr. Boicourt said there are 56 thousand residential furnaces m Omaha that use solid fuels. If they are to be made ready for smokeless, economical use this winter, arrangements should be made now for cleaning and repair he declared. Improper Operation I his is a dirty furnace that needs repair. It operates inefficient -ty and produces quantities of smoke. A—Excessive ashes in ash pit. B—Clinkers and excessive ashes on grate. C—Too much fresh coal in the firepot. A, B and C prevent sufficient air from passing through the fire bed. This prevents proper burning of fuel and of the gases \.that a nse from the fuel, creates smoke. B Thick soot on interior of firepot prevents heat passing through. The heat has to go up the chimney. i. E—Soot and ash accmulation in the upper part of the furnace prevents heal transfer, reduces air circulation. B A loose or broken cleanout door permits air to by-pass the firepox, permits gas to escape into room. G—Cracks in the firepot permit air to by-pass the firebed. per mit furnace gas to enter room and can start a fir\ in trash A \U> that may have accumulated through the cold air pipe. II Holes tusted in smoke pipe permit air to by-pass the firebed allow jire and gas to escape in basement. A serious fire hazard. I ^ smoke pipe that does not fit tightly in the chimney per mits air to by-pass the firebed. It may fall out and causei a fire. i. F Boot and ash in the bottom of the himney reduce draft. K—Cracks in chimney permit air to by-pass the firebed, allow gas and fire to escape in the house. A serious fire hazard. L A thick layer of soot in the chimney reduces draft, causes serious chimney fires. ^ Trash, lint and refuse in the cold air duct prevent circula ion, create a serious fire hazard. , The Proper Operation This furnace is clean, is operating efficiently and invith little smoke. L Fresh air enters ashpit at a.4q goes through grate and coal bed ABq. Air helps burn coal and releases heat aCq which goes through firepot wall and is picked up by cold air current entering lat aDq. Air is heated in jacket aEq and goes through hot air register aFq. Heat is released in room and cold air returns to cld air register aGq.