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The Omaha Guide A Weekly Newspaper Published Every Saturday at 2120 Grant Street, Omaha, Ncbaaska j Phone HArney 0800-0801 Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927 at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under Act of Congress of March 3, 18 <9. C. C. GALLOWAY — Publisher MASON DEVEREAUX, JR. — — Gen. Manager - Acting Editor All News Copy of Churches and all Organizations must he in our office not later than 1:00 p. m. Monday for Advertising Copy, not later than Wednesday noon, precedmg ci-e of issue, to insure publication. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN OMAHA ON3 YEAR ..s^2° THREE MONTHS . S3-^ ONE MONTH .....-.50c SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUT-OF-TOWN ONE YEAR___—. 54 a0 National Advertising Representatives; r._.^ T>jr, INTERSTATE UNITED NEWSPAPER - INC 545 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Fhone Murray Hill 2-54~>2 Ray Peck, Manager ___ Blame It On the Heat ,It iseasv to blame unfortunate incidtnts that in the Mid-City ■Community, for that matteT, on or hide behind. There arefartoo many arguments, nfringments on ur fellow man’s God-given rights, and general disorderl conduct that leads to: such unfortunate ir\cfdjentsv, similar to the shooting of the Grif fins. There is to much trying to setle an argument with a gun, ktnfe or brikbats by members of the comunity. This type of thing hurts the community from whence it occurs and places those good qualities that |go to make us a healthful safe happy, and peaceful community, where children may go back and forth in freedom to the hurch, school, and commencal places of business. It tends to bring fear into mothers’ and fathers hearts as to whether to let their children go into certain areas of the community. We, that are swayed by the heat when we get into a friendly argu ment, losing control of our temple and doing something that we shall tegret the rest of our natural life, must get ahold of ourselves; less we become a menace to our community and to the citizens that reside within that community. Cutting, shooting, loud talking, and cursing on street comes are discredits to any community and it must cdme not only to a halt in this community, but in any other community m the city of Omaha. Man must learn today to live in peace and harmony with hisnext door neighbor. Mr. Handcock, a feature writer with the Kansas City Call, said in his article dated May 5, “There is still too mucl.| indifferent as to jobs, lay-offs after pay day, drunk sprees, that lead to guriplay etc., and too much energy going into fighting our brother and not enough energy going with lifting and encourageing' our feilowman to corttn bule to the welfare of mankind everywhere. He further deplores the following conditions: "Our communities have become like slaughter pens where we viciously stab and kill one another with brutal abandons and he says, "that with o0,000 or more now in college. Yes, we the citizens in this community as well a:< similar comm unities mustt make ourselves a committee of one and see that the^e incidents ar# cut to a minimum, if not entirely eliminated. Let us resolve today that we are going to make our community for ourselves and our children a more safe, beautiful and pleasing communiity to live in. Stretching the Dollar The trend in retailing has been toward lower distribution costs and smaller margins of profit. As an example, it was recently report ported that overall mark-up in one city for grocery, meat and produce dealers was as low as 10% per cent, while operating cbsts ccon? ed 8 per cent. I ‘ > l -Jp* All kinds of retailers have been studying ways and means of cut ting expenses and putting economies into effect. The chains have been leaders in the undertaking, and independents have followed the tend. This is etailings way of meeting the tough cost of living problem. It has no control over wholesales prices. What it can > and is doing is to reduce the spread between t]»e price paid the manufacturer and the price charged the consumer. As a result, price increases have been less than would otherwise have been the case. That may not seem much of a service td consum ers who have been struggling to make shrinking dollais buy more. But it has undoubtedly resulted in savinga great many bjllidnsof dollars for the American people. Retailing alone can’t stop inflation but it does help restrain it. It is any man’s guess when and if prices wtill come down. Recent developments indicate that there is little immediate hope for reversing the wage price spiral. But, regardless of what may happen, retailing will giv£ the consumer the best possible return for his money. The Fruits of Statism One thing distinguishes AAmerican economic doctnne from all others. That is freedom of opportunity under the competitive system. In both Europe and South America competition is rigidly restrict ed by government, by cartels and by other monopolistic forces. As Russell orter writes in the New York Timess “In contrast to the relat ive freedom with which an American ean find work or start a business move from ond place to another or introduce a new line of good* ?io such opportunities exist abroad. Foreign trade associations of produo ers wholesalers and retailers guard their vested interests jealously keeping out new members and keeping non-membexs out of business in order to prevent ’destructive’ competition. Trade unions join with trade associations to restrict competition.’ This kind of monopoly, whether exerted by government or by pri vate interests, inevitably paves way for socialism. The state regulates more and more. Its fingers reach into every pie. Little by little it be* gins to expropriate businesses. It becomes the dominant iinfluence in the economic life of the people. It becomes a major employer. The only possible end result is some form of dictatorship. Furthermore, the American economic system is the only one which has distributed its benefits to the masses, of the people., In the sup state whether it be of the Russian, German or Spanish pattern the men at the top possess ftiormous powers, and profit accordingly. All the rest of the nation struggles alon£ on a subsistence besis. There is no opportunity to improve, to save! to start an enterprise. Punishment for dissenters is swift and brutal. That is the danger when government goes into business when gov ernment tampers with free enterprise and the free market when bur eaucracy reaches for more and more power. We have only to look .abroad to see the fruits of statism. Helping To Police Negro Ameriea LIBERIAN CENTENNIAL By BLANCHE ALICE RICH One of the greatet events in Ne. gro history will be the Centennial Exposition in Liberia, beginning July 26. Liberia will celebrate its 100th birthday as a free, inde pendent nation. Liberia is located on the Guin ea Coast of Africa, between Sier ra Leone and the Ivory Coast, and runs 350 miles along the Atlantic Coast. Liberia is about the size of New York State, covering an area of 43.000 sguare miles, with an estimated 1.500,000 population but no census has ever been taken Liberia is the only Negro Re public in Africa and with the ex ception of Haiti the only one in the world. Both its establishment an inand its continued existence as an independent nation are ow ed to the United States. In 1819, when the American Col. onization Society proposed to establish settlements along the coast of Liberia—the home of the free—for freed Negro slaves. The congress of the United States passed an act authorizing Presi dent Monroe to send armed vess als off the coast of Africa to re ceive and resettle recaptured Africans. The slaves were taken from America and the British West Indies. They were of mixed blood, and were sent back to AM. ca in the beginning of the 19 cen tury. None of them knew what part of Africa their forefathers had come nor the language they spoke, neither did any of them remember the ways of Africa, and because of these things, they, found themselves in a strange world. For a long time they relied on the hips stores and supplies from aboard, wwhile they were building their homesteds. On the streets of Monrovia, which is the capitol, anmed after President Monroe, they built houses which are still standing today. They are large two and three story red brick buildings with white pillars and high pitched roofs. They laid out plantations of sugar cane, fruits and vegetables. Upon entering the harbor, an | American gets a thrill of surprise from the first glimpse of the flag flying at the stern of the Custom 1 boat, because the flag of Liberia is in red and white stripes with a blue field in the upper comer on which is a single white star, and from a distance it looks very much like an American flag. Darkness comes quickly in Li. beria. It is so near the equator, the days vary but little in length throughout the year. On the beaches he surf pounds high, and all day and all night, comes the rbar and heavy boom of the waves. Usually one gets ac custom ed to it, most people find it restful and refreshing at the end of a hot day to sit and look out over the sea, and enjoy the coolness of the night. The tropics are alwayys best in the evening or very early in the morning; and if one gets up eraly enuogh, the glory of the sunrise will repay one so much for the trouble. The ‘ Pepper” birds gather in the trees very eraly and chatter and make so much noise no alarm clock is ever needed. They awaken ever, one. The mor the history of Liberia is studied the more one is im pressed with the fortitude of the Liberian Colonist. He knew noth ing of the problem before him and as misguided and misled, but through it all he courageously faced the dangers of fever, sun, wild beasts and war with antag onistic tribesman. The largest share of credit for what is happening in Liberia to day and in the last few yeyars, belongs President W. V. S. Tub man, who is fast becoming one of \ Africa’s outstanding statesman. He is leading, coaxing and push ing his feudal country along the royad of revolution—by reform with astonishing spyeed. The measures he has already spon sored—such as votes for women and income tax under which the wealthy Liberians will have to help pay for their country’s de velopment—are nothing in com parison with his further goal. In 1944 President Tubman start ed a term which will run until 1952. He greatly admired the late President Roosevelt and resem bles him in many ways. He has a great goal in view. He has spent many months away from his capital, walking, or hiding in hammocks all through the hinter. lands with the government offici als. He has held council with all his people. He-Wants to wipe out lass differences, giving all of the people equal rights, opportunities and soial stats. He is trying to get better education, medical help greater enconomic opportunity and more jutice. How far Liberia will travel on the momentum of the past two exciting years is un predicable, It is certain that Tub. mans progressive polies have un leashed the powerful forces that cannot stuffed back into the bottle. The hisory of Liberia for the last twenty years has been in timately tied up with Firestone | rubber interests, which claims to I operate the world's largest rubber ! plantation. To day Liberia is important to the United States in many ways. Liberia contributed to the war ef fort by suppling great qquantities of rubber and granting of air bases for the bomber, and ferry plane services. Liberia takes an active part in the United Nations, and maintains a diploma mission in London,Paris and Washington. I wonder how anyone canimage that European countries, which have failed to control themselves or live in peace to another coun try. Nobody can give what he doesnot possess, Europe has no peace. Europe is the scene of greater chaos than is found in all of the other continents. How, then can we entrust millions of people in Africa to the hands of those unable to manage their own af I faires. The entire continent is awake. Like over-ripe fruits, the old leaders are falling off the tree of African national life, bewildered. New tyypes of leaders, who un derstand themselves, such as Preident Tubman, are rising up. These new leaders are impatient of cowardice, indifferent to fear and unfriendly deceit. They hate imperalism, dictatorship and in equalities in the social order. They love thruth and brotherliness, and they cherish the spirit of inde pendence. There is hope for the future. Africa has a great zest for living. The road may be dreary,but they are marching to ward a new. Present day Uberian life pre serves the tradition and custom of open hospitality. Liberias future is not that of a nation of dominant and depend ent races.lt is a future of econ omic opportunity and justice—a land where a Negro nation shall demonstrate to other nations the capacity for self government, liberty and meritorious action. President Tubman has invited both prominent white and Negro Americans to attend the ceremon ies. The Working of Democracy By RUTH TAYLOR Impatient souls are apt to grumble at the slow workings of democracy. They say it cannot , function properly and are all for taking it apart and putting it together again according to some plan of their own. They speak of j it as though it were but the blue piint of some intricate machine which, w£th clocklike precision, should turn out articles alike to the shading of a hair. Democracy is not a blueprint or overcome the slavery of want, the a machine—not even a machine in the political sense. Democracy is the way of revolution by evoluution.lt is the only way to slavery of ignorance, the slavery of discrimination—whether it be of class, creed or color. In it lies the solution to all of our problems for democracy depends upon the will of the people—which is but the will and the courage of many individuals banded together. Democracy is the way of action It is not static. Its growth is slow but never ceasing. It is not based upon tradition alone. Demcracy is the way to do the things that must be done. It must always move ahead. Democracy is the traffic rule of life. It adapts itself to the exigencies of the road. Its green and red lights are spaced on the traffic changes of the time. Democracy is the way of justice Racial or religious discrimination class hatreds, group pressure are all breaches of democracy, are flaws in the road that must and will be corrected in the course of time. The way may be long and hard but the democratic way will prevail in the end! Democracy being a way nad not an arbitrary law has flaws— many of them. But those mistake* are man made and can be correct ed by the will of the majority. What right the majority. Because the majority wants free speech, they must allow it to the minority The right of argument and con version is open to the minority and majority alike. Democracy like Christianity is I a way that must be followed to . be proven.Democracy is a way of life which stems f)rom the in- | dividual. It is the method by ____ I Bill S. 1041 Favorable For the Virgin Islands Senator Hugh Butler, (R.-Neb.), I announced today that the Senate j Finance Committee had reported 1 favorably his bill, S, 1014, to pro- j vide for additional revenue for the i Government of the Virgin Islands. The bill as reported by the Com mittee would turn over to the Vir gin Islands receipts from Federal excise taxes on mm and other pro ducts up to $500,000 a year, on a basis similar to that enjoyed by Puerto Rico. Senator Butler pointed out that the Virgin Islands’ Government had been receiving financial as sitance from the Federal Govern- j ment for many years, but ona very | restricted basis. “Such assistance as the Federal Government has given, has not been sufficient to maintain essential services at even minimum levels. The new bill, if enacted, should permit a great ex pansion of the health, welfare, and educational programs on the is lands,’’ he said. Pointing out that President Hoo ver once referred to the islands as an “effective poorhouse,” Senator Butler said that it had been very difficult to develop industries ■ there which would provide employ- 1 ment and a reasonable standard : of living for the people. “Since I j became chairman of the Senate | Public Lands Committee,” Sen- ; ator Butler sated, “we have been trying to find Additional sources of income and employment for ; the people of the islands. One ' possibility is an expansion of the , tourist trade. The islands have a wonderful climate and low costs, and should attract vacationists from the inland if facilities can be developed. Some additional j agricultural crops have also been receiving consderation.” Last winter Senator Butler took, a party of Sentors and Congress men to the islands for a brief in spection tour. The Eighth Person By GEORGE S.BENSON Pr*iid«n( of Harding Colltgt Starry, Arkanta* z:..,.:_b _ DID YOU know that you’re work ing 10 days out of every month for the government? Well, you are. That is the extent to which we have allowed activities of the government to grow. Perhaps, as a nation, we can see that the busi ness of government has expand ed. But when we get to looking at the books, the chances are we find a good deal more mushroom ing than we imagined. Look at this another way. If you may be considered an aver age person, you pay taxes at the same rate as if your employer paid you no wages ten days out of each month, but instead paid the check over to the government. This comes from the fact that right now federal, state, and local taxes consume about one-third of all the dollars earned in the United States. That’s a burden on our necks that merits atten tion. 'You Are N © W , DON’T think Sharing you can get out of this by pleading innocent. You’re just a wage earner, you say? Not a high-bracket man who turns over three-fourths of his net income to the govern ' ment? Sure, you know the take is high, but you say he’s the man who does the squawking? Listen. While you may not be paying directly your ten days of wages to the government, you’re paying just the same. -The bill is made out every fiscal year, and you are helping pay it. You are sharing the burden of the costs of gov ernment. Where does all this money go, you ask? Of course, we have a lot of expenditures in govern ment, besides paying salaries and other kinds of allowances to in which he learns to live amicably with his neighbor. It is the form ula which civilized and free people have found most useful in working out the great problem of human relations. Knockabout Chairs If you have knockabout chairs in the sOnroom or on “sabbatical leave” from the summer porch and ihei* appearance is not everything you desire, consider making simple slipcovers fer them. Use strong fab rics like ticking or oilcloth in fast •olors, so they can be tossed regu larly into the washing machine. dividuals. Yet, one out of every eight workers in America in 1939 drew his salary from the govern ment. Leaving the city and state governments out of this picture, it is estimated that one out of every eight persons in the coun try is on the federal payroll right now in one form or another. Need A STAND EIGHT aver Policy age people together—• one of them gets a check regularly from Uncle Sami1 Amazing isn’t it? And remem ber, you are footing the bill. This includes civilian employees, those receiving old age assistance, vet erans, dependents of veterans, those in the army, navy and coast guard. This is a total of more than 16 million people re-, ceiving monthly checks from the United States government. This means that every seven persons must supply a check for the eighth each month. • It is in-, deed a difficult task to decide-' where to start cutting.. But we; must, for our nation is in danger.i If we do not, we shall be in the1 position of the Roman Empire, which lasted only little more than 400 years. Rome had too many folks on her payrpll. She was soon dust. It is not easy to say: “Whoa!’r It is difficult to get out from un~, der tax burdens once they're' yoked upon us. But we must adopt a definite policy of reduc ing government expenditures. We mast free our industry, and in vestment capital as well, from the over-burden of taxes. We niuat have genuine prosperity. Audi when we keep asking the govern-f ment to spend, let us remember that power-out-of-purse is soon; p^wer-out-of-hand. It's an easy but sure way to national ruin. < Handle Logs Promptly Timber cut during the growing season requires prompt handling to avoid deterioration from decay, in sect attacks or sap stains, exten sion foresters report. Gives A Lift To give a lift to canned or cooked dried fruit, squeeze orange or grapefruit juice over the top just be fore serving. Farm Production From the top third of the nation’s farms comes 80 per cent of the total production; from the other two thirds. '20 per cent. TIME TO REDUCE! By/MACKENZIE ' 2 GOVT What Workers Should Know About Workers Here a^e some beliefs about workers which have been definite ly proved false: Workers have more prejudice than other groups. Even students of the problem have long made the mistake of believing that race prejudice is highest among the working pop ulation. A Fortune survey of 1939 which was undertaken at the re_ quest of the Carnegie Corporat, ion, blasted this popular miscept. ion. It found that people with low incomes had much less prejudice ' than people with high incomes. A much greater precentage of the poor were opposed to segregat ion than were the wealthy. And the lower income groups had did the higher income groups. The noted American criminalst, Dr. Edwin H. Sutherland, has shown that there are thousands of crimes committed daily which are not punished. In many sections of the business and financial world such crimes as bribes, tax evas ion, misrepresentation of mer, chandise and unethical profession, al practices are considered “part of the game.’’ Since people who commit these crimes are seldom - brought to court and receive little notice in the papers, the public does not think of them as crim. inals. Working men who are accused I of crimes do not have the Saeans i with which to get around the law | They are more often punished and their crimes more widely reported by the newspaprs. As a rsults, the public links crime with the worker. Workers are naturally lazy. Workers may occasionally show little ambition on the job, but not because they are “naturally” lazy or indifferent. Experts in indust trial relations have learned that fear of unemployment and gen ral insecurity are largely repon. sible for whatever laziness being fired, a worker very often may have to loaf in oredr to keep his job. '‘Undoubtedly in times of stress, workers do see in restict, ion (deliberately loafing) a method of postponing the layoff” (Dr. Stanley B. Mathewson. ‘‘Restriction of Out Among Unor. ganized Workers”). Another reason why the worker may appear indifferent to his job is that he feels he has no way of being promoted or improving his working conditions. Here the un ion worker is much better off. He has spokesmen who will take hi3 grievances to the employers. Also union contracts often include pro visions for promotion and pay in_ crease. The non-union worker, on the other hand, with no one to speak up for him more readily becomes indifferent and ineffici ent. The findings of psychologists indicate that workers are in no way “naturally inferior to other gToups of the population. It is not lack of ability'that has pre vented working people from con tinuing their education, but the lack of opportunity plus severe financial hardships. Here are some facts about the owrker’s strong interest in edu cation: Thousands of workers have attended the adult education programs offered by labor unions and night schools. Labor organi zations have always been among the strongest advocates of com pulsory free education. A Fortune survey (Feb. ’40) found that most workers wanted to send their children to college. And the fact thousands of workers who are yveterans are going to school un der the G. I. Bill is another proof of the workers real interest in learning. Workers are bad parents. An investigation by Dr. Allison Davis and Dr. Robert J. Havig_ hurst of the University of Chicago indicates that during early child, hood, children of working class families are allowed more free and healthy expression of their basic needs. “Middle class praents place their children under a stricter dis Cipline with more frustration of their impulses than do lower class parents.” The less strict discipline which workers’ children receive is due to neglcet, for they also receive, for | the most part, more warmth, af fection and emotional security than do children of other classes. As a results, they tend to be hap pier and less tense.-Unfortunately sometimes the good emotional base which workers’ children re ceive may be counterbalanced by economic difficulties which they and their families meet later in life. Despite these false beliefs’ many workrs have remained act ive and confident. But other workers have some times had their self-respect badly weakened. These are two ways in which these incorrect ideas weaken the labor movemnt: (1) They tend to make many workers feel inferior and weak. This lack of confidence stops them from participating actively in labor’s fight (A person who thinks he is weak fears that he does not have the stuff to succeed in doing things. Often, therefore, he does not even try.) (2) Since these false beliefs paint the worker as a stupid nar row man, he does not want to be lieve that he is a worker. There fore he dos not like to join and be active with other working people. Exploding these misconceptions and emphasizing the worker's many good features will improve his morale and feeling of strength Developing a better regard for himself and for other working people will help in unionizing the unorganized. Unions should remove these false beliefs and should demand that the press, radio and the movies give a real picture of the American working man. Building his faith in himself develops the worker as an individual and as a union member.