Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Guide
A Weekly Newspaper
Published Every Saturday at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Ncbaaska
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, 1879.
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And Some Want It Here
The believers in the totalitarion stale always argue that that form
of government does the most to advance the interests of the com
mon man.” They prate of production for u>e instead of producticn
for profit, and point to the achievements of dictatorship in advanc
ing the standard of living of the worker.
In the light of that, some figures concerning the Russian econ
omy are of interest. In less than a year, the price of black bread,
the staple item in the diet of the average Russian, has increased
240 per cent. Milk has gone up 220 per .c<snt, sugar 196 per cent,
butter 136 per cent and beef 114 per cent. The cost of clothing and
all manufactured goods have also advanced tremendously, and art
obtainaile at any price. But, in the same period, the wages of Rus
sian workers have gone up only 25 per cent.
The “fortunate” Russrans are not burdened with a free, com
petitive economy such as that in the United States. They don t have
to suffer along with such typically capitalistic monstrosities as
great factories producing a growing flood of consumer goods—nor do
they have chain stores and independent stores all competing with
each other for consumer favor. In Russia everything is owned and
controlled by the state, and the factories produce and* the stores sell
only what the masterminds at the top think fit and proper. The
result, according to a U. S. Department of Labor survey, is that the
living standards of American workers are about 1,000 per cent
above those of their Russian counterparts.
Keep that in mind when you hear the virtues of Communicm and
other ‘“isms” compared to the vices of the competitive enterprise sys
tem of production and distribution.
Tjhe European Road
It has been but two short years since the United States showed
its ability to produce the materials needed to win World War II. The
electrict utilities companies of th? nation rendered outstanding ser
vice in making this production possible. They were able to supply
electric power when and where needed to meet the exhorbitent de
mands of war. This is the record ot one of the nation’s outstand
ing industries during a national emergency.
President Truman is asking a quick start on a ten-year program
for Controlling floods and developing the water resources of the
Mississippi River basin. This is a sound, non-commercial function
of government. But it is a safe bet that the advocates of socialized
electric powcr_m the United States will use flood control as the ve
hicle to build power dams and proceed with such tax exempt pro
perties to force present private electric companies into government
ownership in the territory affected, thus establishing a government
monopoly of electric power in another vast area of the United States.
President Turnan makes no reference to existing electric com
panies in the flood control message, no invitation is given to private
industry to work with the government in the development and dis
tribution of electric power at the various dams. If allowed to do
so, private enterprise, publicly regulated, would undoubtedly be glad
to join with the government in financing electric development, thus
saving the hard-pressed taxpayers enormous sums. Investor owned
electric companies would thus be c reating vast new taxable assets to
help support government, in contrast with government-owned tax
exempt power plants which gradually put taxpaying plants out of
business.
This is something to think about unless the country is ready to
ready to go whole hog towards socialization of industry. Are we
going to follow the European road to the ultimate destruction ol
private enterprise and individual opportunity,
Wjhip of Progress
Most of us thing that the “boomtown” days of the oil industry
ended many years ago, and that the industry can now (take it easy
and supply the public’s needs with its present facilities.
The truth is that oil is engaged in a tremendous and dramatic
race to bring output up to the enormous civilian demand that came
after the war
The geologists and wild-catters are searching for new oil reserves
in every corner of this country—and in a long list of foreign coun
triesas well. As rapidly as the necessary materials can be brought
they are sinking new wells and enlarging refineries. The labor
atory technicians are seeking new methods of getting more oil pro
ducts out of each barrel of crude, and for producing oil from sour
ces which so far have been untouched. Never in history was so much
oil needed now—and never in history was so much knowledge, money
and sheer drive given to producing it.
Competition within the Industry is extremely keen, both in ob
taining supplies of crude and in seeking public favor with ready-to-use
oil p»v>Juct». That in itself is the best guarantee that demand will
be met with a minimum of shortages—and that the price* charged will
be as low as current costs allow. Oil isn’t standing still. The
Ivhiy of progress is keeping it on the run.
“There is only one way to lift our living standards—one way
to prot |?e every American with even more of the good things which
he already has in unique abundance—and that is to turn out more
and better goods.”—Emil Schram, President, New York Stock Ex
change.
UN Lowers M’s Dignity to Level of Ametica’s Jim Crow!
loF CO\.oStoC^|j
The Veteran Asks...
(This service is based on
questions most often asked at
Veterans Administration of
fiices in Nebraska. Offisial
answers are supplied by VA.)
Q. I. would like to attend
classes at a university on a
part-time basis. Is it necessary
for me to go to school on a full
time basis in order to take ad
vantage of the G.I. Bill edu
j cational benefits ?
A. No. Your can take a part
time course and it will be charged
proportionately against your ed
ucational entitlement. For exam
[ pie, if you take a half time course
I for a year, you wall have used up
only six months of your period of
educational entitlement.
Q. I am considering reinstat
ing my lapsed National Service
Life Insurance and converting
it to a permanent policy, but
I don't know how to go about
it. Where can I get informa
tion and assistance?
A. Go to any office of the Vet
erans Administration. In addition
to the regional office, there are
many VA conttct offices in Nebr
aska each serving veterans of sev
eral counties. VA reppresenta
tives at any of these offices can
provide you with full NSLI infor
mation and assistance in reinstat
ing and converting your policy.
I want to get a govern
ments guaranteed loan to buy
a home, where do I go to bor
row the money?
A. Money may be borrowed
under the G. I. plan where people
1 normally go to obtain loans:
Banks, building and loan associa
tions, insurance companies, public
and private lending agencies or
individuals who are in a position
to handle the loans properly. The
Veterans Administration does not
make loans.
Q. Under what circumstances
does the Veterans Adminis
tration consider a veteran's
parents dependent upon him?
A. Dependency will be held to
exist if the parents do not have
an income sufficient to provide
reasonable maintenance for them
selves and members of their fami.
ly under legal age, or otherwise
dependent by reason of mental or
physical incapacity.
Q. I have heard that veterans
may use their terminal leave
bonds now to pay National
Service Life Insurance pre
miums. Is this true?
A. Yes, you may endorse your j
bond and send it to the Veterans
Administration office to which i
you send your regular premium
paymens. Be sure to give full in
formation when you submit the
bond, so that it may be promptly
credited to your account. For fur
ther in formation, visit the near
est VA office.
Q. Does a discharge “under
conditions other than dishon
orable” mean any kind of dis
charge except a dishonorable
discharge ?
A. Yes. An honorable discharge
or discharge under honorable con
ditions qualifies a veteran for pro
vided by the G- I. Bill, and a dis- ,
honorable discharge disqualifies
him. A discharga that is neither
honorable nor dishonorable may
qualify or disqualify him, depend
ing on the “conditions” under
which he recevied it. The Veterans
Administration determines all
such cases.
Original Alloy
Prehistoric ornaments of plati
num hammered over gold were
found in the graves of the priests
and kings of the ancierft Indian in
habitants of Colombia. This was
probably the original idea of com
bining the two rare metals to obtain
the two-tone color effect for jewelry.
Alloy Is Strong
The green color of emeralds is
due to small quantities of chromium
in the jewels. When this same
chromium is added to steel along
with nickel, the resultant alloy is a
hard, strong, wear-resistant metal,
nickel-chrome steel, often used in
gears and axles.
Industrial Uses
Milk is used in a wide variety of
industrial products such as plastics,
textiles! paper coating, paint, glue,
films, pharmaceuticals, insulation,
fertilizer, insecticides, penicillin,
plaster, dyes, animal feed, preserva
tives. explosives, electroplates
Say you saw it advCrtised in The
Omaha Guide
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-that ALL men mail I'V
out tfV lives in freedom
frof Jsear anJuiant...
Courtesy Institute for American Democracy, fnc. %J
777,000,000 POUNDS
. USED FATS SAVED
BY AMERICAN HOUSEWIVES
IN PAST 4'A YEARS
IN ONE-POUND CANS
THEY WOUIP STRETCH 43,282 MIIESI;
JIM CROW TAKES
DIVE IN PA. POOL
YORK.Pa.. — Rev. Frank A.
Reed, president of the York bran
ch NAACP stated that througli
efforts of the York branch
NAACP. segregation in the Muni
cipal Swimming Pool has been
broken down. The City Council
removed the barriers against
Negroes after presentation of
the case of denial of accommoda
tions by two Negro youths at
the pool.
The City Council went on re
cord on July 18th against bar
ring Negroes from the Municipal
Swimming Pool after a session
with representatives of the York
branch NAACP was represented
by Counsel Attorney Judson E.
Ruch.
For a number of years, it was
understood that the policy of the
York Municipal swimming pool
was to discriminate against Neg
roes. On Sunday, July 13, two
Negroes youths presented them
selves for admission and was de
nied. On reporting their case to
the president of the local branch
Rev. Frank A. Reed. A com
mittee from the executive board
was formed and presented the
case Monday, Julyl4, to Council
man director of Parks and Play
grounds. He acknowledged issu
ing the order, but when confront
ed with the fact that the matter
would not rest there but would
be referred to the NAACP le
gal counsel he disavowed full re
sponsibility for the act. claim
ing that the responsibility rests
with the whole council.
The committee, the two young
men involved, and Attorney Jud
son Ruch, counsel for the branch
appeared on Julyl5th before the
City Council. The case was dis
cussed and the NAACP attorney
specifically pointed out that
the denial of admittance to the
city pool was a violation of the
Pennsylvania Civil right law.
beforewv hioc, xcO xvbzg vbmfg
Because of the absence of one
of the councilmen the discussion
was deferred until Friday July
18th. At this meeting the case
was thoroughly discussed, and the
council being again confronted
with the law, by motion unani -
mously voted to rescind the act,
and issued the following public
statement: “In a caucus this
morning of the City Council it
was unanimously agreed that the
law of Pennsylvania strictly pro
vides for the public admission of
any person to any public place
and that includes the recrationa!
facilities of the City of York.”
Hipn nre Ten _
For many years deaths in the
United States due to fire have been i
• uoroointi orannH 1 fl 000 a voa*
Fats and Oils Stocks
Stay Dangerously Low
Domestic industrial stocks of
fats and oils will be about the
same on November 1, 1947, as
on that date a year ago, when
they were the smallest in the
past 18 years, the Department
of Agriculture reports.
Domestic fats and oils crops
are expected to be larger this
year than last year, but indus
try's requirements have been
such a drain upon fats and oils >
s-ocks that household grease
salvaged by American women
1 as been a most important factor
j ia the production of goods that
Hied this raw material.
“Used cooking fats turned in
fy women.” says Secretary of
/ -rricuifire Clinton P. Andersen.
• ..ave been and continue to re
i - ■ . i an important part of our j
• -"i ’.'•cu?trial fats supply.’
ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION
hCENTENNIAL 100
St. Mo. — A special Centennial
message commemorating the one
hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the Evangelical Lu
theran Synod of Missouri. Ohio
and other States, was featured this
morning over Bringing Christ to
the Nations, the International Lu
theran Hour. The Rev. Dr. John
W. Behnken, President of the de
nomination, asserted: ‘‘A hundred
years ago, also in the city of
Chicago, the first convention of j
the so-called Missouri Synod as- I
sembled for the purpose of organ
izing our church body. At that
time Chicag was a sprawling town
of only 20.000 population. But even
that small town paid little or no
attention to the fact that about
thirty-six men representing about
4,000 communicants from small
.congregations in Missouri, Ohio
and other states were assembled
in Frist Saint Paul’s Lutheran
Church. Nor was the population
of town interested in the fact that
all the delegates to this first con
vention were so scrupulously con
scientious about adopting a con
stitution which would give precise
and adequate expression to the
important matters that weighed so
heavily uron their hearts. They
were so deeply concerned about
organizing a church body which
would stand foursquare upon Holy
Scripture as the divinely inspired
i Word of God.
Speaking over the Mutual
Broadcasting System and affilia
ted stations. Dr. Behnken asserted
“Today our Synod celebrates and
sounds forth anthems of praise 1
and gratitude to God besause we
realize and are fully convinced
that God's grace has preserved
for us pure Bible doctrine. After
one hundred years we stand upon
i the same platform of Holy Scrip
ture and the Lutheran confessions
upon which our fathers stood. We
know that it is something unique,
something very extraordinary
that a church body should continu;
for an entire century in sound
Biblical teaching Church history
shows that gradually and persis
tently all manner of human inter
pretations have crept in caused
deterioration and disintegration in
many church bodies. Even in
Christ’s day this was true. The
Savior in speaking of the Phari
| sees say: "In vain do they wor
! ship Me teaching for doctrines the
, commandments of men." Hence
we recognize it as something de
cidedly exceptional that a church
body established upon a platform
of soundly Biblical orthodoxy has
maintained its doctrinal position
for a hundred years.’’
Dr. Behnken concluded: “On the
! occasion of the many celebrations
! throughout our Synod as well as
our celebration today we pledge
ourselves anew to cling unserv
ingly to thg truths of God’s
Word and to adhere loyally to all
its doctrines. We dedicate our
selves anew to aggressive pro
clamation of the precious Gospel
of Christ, that many others might
i share the wonderful blessings with
us. We come with a fervent plea
before our people that they may
put forth ever greater efforts to
, carry on the work of Christ in
their local congregations, in their
district, in the church at large, as
well as over the radio.”
Say you saw it adv«rtised in The
Omaha Guide
What’s Wrong With Profit?
By GEORGE S BENSOH
President of Harding College V~
Searcy. Arkansas
--E3 _“
SOME FOLKS have the idea that
, profit is something business takes
unfairly and harmfully out of
buying and selling and manufac
turing. This idea is that what
ever a company earns, no matter
if it is a fraction of a percent
of the total sales, this money is
extracted underhandedly from the
public. If you have ever felt that
way, I dare you to take a good,
straight look at America’s econo
mic picture—and yourself.
You arc paid a salary or a
wage each week, are you not?
You have invested your time,
your energy, your brain-power,
your muscle-power, your special
skills, your training and experi
ence. Do you think, each time
you get your check, that you have
done something harmful to your
rommunity? Do you feel that
you have cheated America ?
Chances are that you do not feel
that way at all.
Taking YOU MAY BE able, af
Profits ter paying all your ex
penses, to put a little
into the bank or insurance. You
may be interested in investing a
part of your savings in stocks
or bonds. If you are like most
Americans, you find you can in
vest in some luxury goods. That
is, you put some money into a
car, an electric refrigerator, or
perhaps a good collection of fish
ing tackle. You find that these
and other things you can put
■ your profit into will help you
continue to live and to work.
Business corporations are pret
ty much like this picture of your
sedf. Whether General Motors,
the corner delicatessen, or your
self — profit is what is leftover
after all the bills are paid. Profit
results from good management,
thrift, imagination, and hard
work. The big corporation turns
some profits back into the com
pany for new plants and new
tools. The rest goes to the folks
whose buildings, tools, machinery,
and money the company has been
using.
A Way To THIS PROFIT is
More Wages usually none too
much. Compensa
tion of employees in 1945, as
estimated by the Department of
Commerce, would have gone up
only 7.9 per cent if the entire
corporation income of the country
had been turned into wages. Yet,
if this were done, it would mean
that millions of people, perhaps
including yourself, would fail to
receive dividends. Corporations
would soon become bankrupt.
Jobs would become scarce.
The important thing is that .
good profits and good wages go
along together. The success of an
enterprise, as well as the well
being of everyone who gets in
come, depends upon profits. When
corporations have to accept losses,
or even meager profits, wag’es for
everybody go down and jobs be
come hard to find. It is not just
chance that brings these two
things, small profits aqd low
wages, in the very same' years.
They belong together.
All of us want profits. Why
then, all the hullabaloo about
wanting business enterprise to
hand over any profit it makes to
employees? To do this would be
to cut our own threats. What we
really need is more folks with the
idea of going into business, mak
ing money, and employing peo
ple. The need is not more bank
rupt corporations, but more prof
it, more wages, and better living
for everybody.
I
PRESS LABOR INSTITUTE
—
NEW ORLEANS —“Tectniques
for Improving Relations between
the Press and Organized Labor” is
the general theme of the second
worker education institute, origin
ated by Dr. George Snowoen, liai
son officer of the Louisiana State
Federation of Labor, AFL.
The institute will be a Press
Labor luncheon and panel discus
sion. Friday. August 8, at 1:00
p. m. in the Dryades street YMCA.
Among the outstanding labor
leaders to attend will be Ernest
Delpit. president of the Carpent
ers’ Union, J. Harvey Nette-,
president of the Longshoremens
Union, E. H. ‘Lige'’ Williams,
president of the State Federation
of Labor. E. J. Bourg. secretary - j
treasurer of the Union and Mrs. j
Veronica B. Hill, president of the
League of Classroom Teachers.
The oress will participate in the
nanel through Carter Wesley, of
Informer Group of Papers,
Luc-'us Jones, the Pittsburgh
Courier. Clarence Laws, the Lou
isiana Weekly and Chester Sel
tzer of the Item.
NEGROES SUE CITY
FOR FACILITIES
LOUISVILLE.Ky., — On July
29. NAACP attorneys appeared
in behalf of Dr. P. O. Sweeney,
a Negro Louisville dentist in a
suit instituted by him against the
Board of Park Commissioners of
the City of Louisville.
The suit is designed to make
available to Negro citizens of
Louisville factilities of those
parks from which they are ex
cluded. In the petition for man
damus it was alleged that the
white citizens had facilities
which could not be found in those
parks restricted to Negroes.
Specifically, it requested that j
Negro citizens be admitted to the ]
golf courses and the amphi
theater in view of the fact that
no such facilities have been pro
vided for them.
Lengthy argument on pre
liminary rpotions of the de fen- i
dants was heard and briefs were i
requested by the court to be sub
mitted by August 15th. The case
will probably be set for trial the
latter part of August or early ■
part of September.
orae at weaning
The wearing of something blue at
the wedding was ancient Israelite
custom which suggested a blue rib
bon for the bride—blue being the col- I
or of puritv love and Sdelitv.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF. FATS AND OILS
I 400 MILLION IbfT6XPOHTS^^^z~r—~
_ > 5“ ifffft If* 4** 1“ rffHTl P
j (2,000 MILLION lb*. IMPORTS
y .. >'r(BiT ~
650 MILLION lb*. EXPORTS ,
j TODAY* w mm '
} s T_2miJ in i .
V > ‘ 850 MILLION lb*. IMPORTS^
Before the war the United States imported
five times as much fats and oils os were
exported. Today, becauta of the world-wide
1 shortage, exports almost balance imports.
JR. CHAMBER AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE GARDEN
PROJECT
Omaha school children will have
an opportunity to display results
from their summer gardens at
Joslyn Memorial August 21st and
22nd. Bob Butler, chairman of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Committee Garden
Project, announced today that the
Jaycees and the Metropolitan
Utilities District will act as co
sponsors of the 1947 Garden Show.
All children are eligible for com
petion with 6,039 registered in the
Yard and Garden Project. Twenty
five classes will be available so
youngsters can enter any type of
fresh vegetable they produced
this year.
In addition, there are fifteen class
ifications for canned goods, and
ten for flowers. Schools with out
standing group exhibits will be
honored.
Last year’s w-inner in group ex
hibits, Miller Park School, is ex
pected to defend its title.
Details of the show can be ob
tained from the Junior Chamber
of Commerce office in the W. O.
W. Building. Omaha public and
parochial schools, Parent Teach
er Associations and Douglas
County Extension Agents are co
operating with the Jaycees in the
Project.
JEWISH CONGRESS
The AmericanJewish Congress
today sharply criticized Justice
Benvenga's dismissal of motion
in the Supreme Court to grant a
temporary injunction preventing
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company from practicing racial
discrimination in its Stuyvesant
Town housing development and
announced that an appeal would
be taken against the decision.
In a statement issued by the
Chairman 0f its Executive Com
mittee. Rabbi Irving Miller, the
Am»r,C'i Jewish Congress declar
ed that Justice Benvenga’s decis
ion that the Metropolitan Life can
exercise "all the usual powers and
functions of the owners of a pri
vately owned and controlled a
partment house.” if upheld, will
mean that laws involving the civil
rights and liberties of Americans
are to be applied in a complete
vacuum where social, economic
and political facts are utterly
without relevance and meaning.
It is completely unrealistic to pre
tend that here is no difference be
tween the owner of a ten-family
tenement and the world s largest
private corporation, between a
two-stroy apartmen house and a
housing project with a population
larger than that of such Ameri
can cities as Cheyenne, Wyoming;
Stamford, Conn.; and Ithaca, N.Y.
declared Rabbi Miller
"Such thinking will set back by
at least fifty years the fight to
protect the democratic rights of
Americans against the power of
{ corporate enterprise,” Rabbi Mil.
ler’s statement emphasized.
Primitive Origin
The universality of man’s love of1"
color was demonstrated early in
antiquity. Each region and sub-re
gion of the globe developed its own
dye sources. It is estimated that
nearly 1,000 different plants, vines,
shrubs and trees were, at one time
or another, employed for extract
ing dyes. However -My a few ot
the primitive ayes survived to an
cient and medieval times.