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The Omaha Guide | A Weekly Newspaper Published Every Saturday at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska j Phone HArney 0800-0801 Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927 at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under Aot of Congress of March 3, 1879. C. C. GALLOWAY _ — — — — — — — — — Publisher ! MASON DBVEREAUX, JR. — — Gen. Manager - Acting Editor All News Copy of Churches and all Organizations must be in our office not later than 1:00 p. m. Monday for current issue. All advertising Copy, not later than Wednesday noon, preceding date of issue, to insure publication. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN OMAHA ONE YEAP. ____ *4;00 THREE MONTHS..—.. ONE MONTH . .... o0' SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUT-OF-TOWN ONE YEAR ....~ - *4 °° National Advertising Representatives: INTERS'! ATE UNITED NEWSPAPERS, INC 545 Fifth Aveaua, New Kork Cit: , Phone Murray Hill 2-54o2 Ray Peek, M enager Labor Looks At Free Enterprise In a recent editorial, the newspaper Labor said: If free enter prise” fails in the United States and Canada, it’s gone with the wind This newspaper would not like to see that. Labor believes in the American system, ‘t ree enterprise’ has been guilty of many crimes and Labor hasn’t hesitated to say so, but, after all, it’s better than any form of totalitarianism.” This is a very mild statement of the case. Free labor has never existed except where free enterprise lias existed. In every country * where total government has been established, the workers have been . among the first to be enslaved. Their unions have been destroyed, j The right to strike to make demands for higher wages and better con- j ditions, to organize, and to change jobs, has been brutally abrogated. Labor does what it is told. The newspaper Labor states lhatfree enterprise has been guilty of many crimes. So, of course, has organized labor. But in at demo cratic soqiety these crimes can be corrected without destroying our economic system, or nifringing on the basic liberties of the people, the crimes of dictatorship can be corrected only through revolution and war. The welfare of labor is inseparable from the welfare of indus- j try under the free enterprise system. Whatever the difference be- I lWCSn them, they should present a united front against the ruinous doctrines doctrines of statism. When Costs Outrun Earnings ■ The American railroads are handling a record-breaking volume i of peacetime traffic. Yet a number of major roads are operating at a j loss and earnings for the industry as a whole are far below what they' should be if the lines are to avoid financial disaster and are to con tinue to improve their plant and better their services to the public. That statement was recently filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission in support of the railroads’ petition for rate increases. Basically, the railroads’ problem is that costs have far outrun rate adjustments. Since 1939, freight rates have gone up 1’ per cent.' In the same period, wage rates have risen 52 per cetnt, the average j price of railroad materials has gone up 6T"per cent, and the rate of | payroll taxes has increased 52 per cent. The upshot of all this will be that in 1948, unless higher freight rates ar authorized, the rate of return on railroad invwtment will be less than two and one half per cent. And |that does not (take into ac count thehigher operating costs that may develop in the future. The United States Supreme Court, and many regulatory bodies, have re peatedly held that six per cent is a fair and reasonable return for regulated utilities Railroad operating costs must always reflect going prices, wages and taxes. The industry cannot be expected to provide the expanding, improving services the country requires at rates which are slightly above the prewar level. --— I , One Form of Monoply Sometimes one of the most obnoxious forms of monopoly and one of the least recognized can be found t in the single-store cross roads community. Retail stores fortunate enough to be the 3ole mer chandising outlets in their areas should lean over backward to meet •*eir responsibility to the townfolk depending Upon lljem. The bulk j of retail distributors in this position to db just that. But there is a shortsighted minority among merchandisers, as in all fields of hu man activity, from ^lch a minority1 outspoken proponents of legis lative restrictions of one kind or another on the* free market and free competition often appear, particularly if possible competition has shown up 03 the horizon. Take the case of these single-: tore situations. The proprietor opened his store many years ago. InJ all that time he did not make an improvement in the physical appearance of the establishment. The showcase with the broken pane of glass is etill in use. The vegetable rack is still an improvised affair half filled v/ith rotten vegetables. Merchandise is shelved or piled in a manner that defies self ser vice. The meat department is an antiquated cabinet. No apparent effort is made to keep prices in reasonable relationship with those of the searest shopping center. { These things continue in evidence in spite of undreamed of in creases in business resulting from expanding local activity. Under such circumstances no great (imagination is needed to picture the eventual enterance of a modem, efficient, retail store, h may possibly be a chain store. Wh/*i that time comes, the present operator will he handicapped. Hfi- record is not good and he wfll ( have n* one to blame but himself, yet het will bet bitter and can, be come an eithusiastic booster for any kind of a law penalizing the efficient merchant-and the consumer. This is an important1 problem which consumers and the distri bution industry must be actively aware of at all times. Situations j of this character, multiplied manyfold, have resulted in special chain store tax measures and other laws deliberately aimed at undermin ina modern mass distribution. __ A little girl overheard the doctor saying that her mother, who was ill, would not get really well until some warm weather come. That night she Cegan her prayers by saying: “Please, God, bless father and make it hot for mother.” A colored peacher at the close of his sermon, discoveded one •f prayer. Deacos Brown will lead.” , “Lead” said Deacon Brown, suddenly awakening. “I just dealt.” ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual National and International Pro blems Inseparable from Local Welfare The British experiment in soci alism is of unusual interest to the American people. Frist of all, v. • naturally feel a much closer kir: kip with England than with any other country except Canada. Thp bor.d of a common language and common institutions is a st.' ng one. So is the fact that we have been allies in two great ware, and millions of Americans havu visited and liked England in either a military Or a civilian cap. acity. England's trials and tribula tions under the Labor govern ment, therefore, |are continuing to occupy a top spot in theAmeri can press, and theyy have been the subject of millions of words of reporting and interpretation. And, of late, many of the inter preters have come to the somber conclusion that British socialism. just like European socialism, is putting ideology ahead of every thing else. Henry Hazlitt recently touched on this in one of his Newsweek columns, when he wrote: “Fana tics have been defined by Santa yana as people who redouble their efforts after they have for gotten their aim. So the heads of the Labor government are for. getting their ideals of liberty, for getting even the material purpose of their plan, and drive grimly ahead with a plan that has be come an end in itself. Meanwhile their planned economy is running out of coal, running out of dollars. And perhaps most serious of all, it is running out of alibis." This point of view is not con fined to the United States, nor even to Mr. Churchill’s conserva tive opposition in England. Some of the Labor officials have engag ed in sharp differences with Mr. Attlee, on the grounds that his program is unworkable. This led to a near crisis in the Cabinet a short time ago, but Mr. Attlee was sufficiently strong to ride out the strom. Even so, there is still some unrest in high Labor circles which may make its ap pearance again. The growing strength of com munism in England has been a cause of worry. This, does not mean that the communist party itself is of substantial size—it has only two members in Commons, and it is a sorry also—ran in most elections. But some avowed communists have risen to posi tions of considerable influence and authority. As an example, the leader of the coal miners is an olcLold tim communjist, and a faithful follower of the party line. Some writers have openly raised the question as to where his final loyalty might lie in the event of serious trouble between the Soviet Union on the one hand and an Anglo-American alliance on the other. In many circles, the Labor gov nernment’s recent action in levy ing a 75 per oent net profits tax on American movies—a step which was immediately followed by a ban on film exports to Eng land by the American producers is regarded as having been motiv ated more by ideology than by economics. American films are in high favor in England, and at tract about 70 per cent of the total movie attendance. A strong case can be made for preventing the further export of England's dwindling dollar supply for en tertainment. But the Labor gvo ernment, instead of slapping on a prohibitive tax, could have in England, as many of them have said they were willing to do. Life's London correspondent ex plains the tax by saying that Sir Stafford Cripps, its instigator. “Feels that U. S. films create a longing in British hearts for the fancy plumbing and conveniences and the shiny new gadgets and luxuries with which Hollywood crams its sets. He would like to dull this appetite.’’ If tllis view is correct, England has ‘banned American films because it doesn’t want the British people to see visualizations of comfort of the luxury The attitude of mind be hind that is uncomfortably close to the mentality of the high Sipviet officials. Many a study has been made as to what rank and file of the British people, now living under an austerity rf’im nfucjh more severe than that in effect during even the darkest days of war. feel about all this. It has been foundthat there is much dissatis faction, and the grumbling has naturally increased as food and other rations have bbeen reduced. Yet therv doesn't sCem any strong feeling that a change in govern ment would be of benefit. The j No Question About Them Fitting ^ Ifl jThe Veteran Asks... Q. If I apply for a G. I. loan, will I get a gratuity payment •f some kind? A. Yes. VA pays to the lender, for credit to the veteran’s loan, an amount equal to 4 per cent of the guaranteed portion of the loan.For example, if the guaran teed portion is $3,000, the lend er will receive $120 from VA to credit to the debt of the veteran Q. May the wife or child of a vetern be granted hospital or domiciliary care by the Vet erans Administration because of the relationship to the vet eran? A. No. Admission to a Veter ans Administration hospital or home is based on the service of a person in the armed forces and may be granted only to the persons who served. Q. I am receiving compensa tion for a service-connected disability has become more severe sinve the compensa tion was allowed? A. Probably. The rate of in crease of compensation depends upon the increase in disability, as shown by examination by a VA physician and evaluation under the VA rating schedule. Visit the nearest VA office if you feel you are entiled to in creased compensation. Q. Can a disabled veteran taking a course of instruction under Public Law continue his training for more than four years ? A. Training in excess of four years may be approved when the veteran’s disability is such that no course of training which does not exceed four years will restore him to employabflty. or when circumstances beyond the control of the veteran neces sitate the extension beyond the prescribed four-year period. Q. What is the latest date on which I can reinstate my lapsed National Service Life Insurance without a physical examination ? A. The dealine is December 31, 1947. If you reinstate your term insurance, you will be re quired to pay only two month j ly premiums—one for the month in which your policy lapsed and j one for the month in which it is reinstated. Instead of a physi cal examination, you will be re quired to sign a statement that your health is good now as it was when the policy lapsed. Q. My husband was killed in World War 11 and I re mar ried. I have divorced my sec ond husband, and now I would l/fxjf government has won a number of by-elections, since the last general election, by comfort, able majorities. The mass of Eng ; lish voters are apparently convin ced that Labor should be given every chance to make a go of !t. j This feeing, it is said. is in part i the Result of a fairly gfeneral | belief that the Conservatives, de- I spite Mr. Churchill's forensic brilliance, haven't offered any thing sufficiently specific to swing the popular sentiment. In conclusion, it should be point ed out that most observers of England, even those who are op posed to socialism. think that, black as Conditions are. she may win out yet. This is based in large part on the sturdy British charac ter and on England's historical habit of losing all the battles but the last. like to know if my widow's pension can be reinstated? A. Existing legislation provid es that compensation or pension shall not be allowed to a widow of a World Warll veteran who has remarried. Her status can not be changed if she later is divorced. LABOR DEPARTMENT URGED TRANSFER APPRENTICES WASHINGTON, D. C., — Sec. retary of Labor Schwellenbach was urged by the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People to transfer the Ap prenticeship Training Service from the Housing and Home Fin ance Agency to the U. S. Depart ment of Labor in order to fore stall the possible loss of the ser vice through revisions in the HHFA’s program. The transfer was firstsuggested by Clarence Mithcell, NAACP Labor Secretary during a recent conference with Mr. Schwellenbach. Mr. Mitchell, in suggesting the transfer, indi cated that under such a set-up there would be greater opportunl. ties for increasing the present number of apprentices in the vital building trades, where today, out out of approximately 100,000 per. sons taking this training, less than 2,000 are Negroes. The Labor Secretary was urged by Walter White today, to take some action on the proposed tran sfer. In a letter to Mr. Schwellen bcah, the NAACP head declared, “Knowing the importance of de veloping skilled craftsmen in the construction field, we are very an xious to see something done which will increase the participation of colored people in this program. With the current needs in the building trades, the construction industry is a good place to give emphasis at this time. I hope , that the Departmant of Labor will be able to include this phase of the program pn (Apprenticeship Training Service as was sug gested. i Primitive Ortgli The universality of man’s love of color was demonstrated early in ! antiquity. Hach region and sub-re ' (ion of the globe, developed its own dye sources. It is estimated that nearly 1,900 different pltmts,*vines, slfhibs “and trees at one tints or another, employed for extract inf dyes. However ;Uij a few of tt»« priniti.c ayes survived to an cient and medieval times. Lime Essential Lime ts essential on acid soils for proper growth of many crop and pasture pl^ntS.'To promote this de dred growth, sufficient lime should »e applied to change the aciiTcondi iion to a neai^^utral point. Under 31'ost conditions in the upland area Che addition of lime to .the sod also provides calcium for plant growth, "omihercial fertilizer. Incorporated with the soil management practices previously mentioned, is essential for continued high crop production. Every crop harvested for grain, forage or other use removes plant food from the vs oil. Soils under con tinuous cropping systems, coupled with erosion, lose their plant^i* trlents faster than they can be placed by nature? --——— Knockabout phalrs If you have knockabodt chairs In the spnroom or on "sabbatioal leave" from the summer parcfe and Jh*i» »Tpearance is not everythiifg j you desire, consider making simple sliiv.<vfe£s for ftiera? Use strong fab rics like ticking or oUclotfi in 'fast'1 cALnrs. so .tl^y cla be tossed regu lars’ into the washkig maohino. HOW CAN I ? By Anne A8hl*y Q. How can I drive a nail in to plaster without marring the . wall? A. This can be done without crumbling the plaster if the nail is placed in hot water for a few minutes, or dipped into melted paraffin. Q. How can I launder a man’s ties successfully ? A. Before washing the ties, baste them carefully to prevent the lining or padding from be coming lumpy. Remove the bast ing before ironing and the ties will look as when new. Q. How can I make a good toi. let perfume ? A. A good toilet perfume can be made by mixing two ounces or alcohol with ona|half ounce of orrisroot. Keep in bottle tightly corked, and shake well before using. Q. How can I test eggs for freshness ? I A. Place tile egg in a pen of water. If fresh, it will lie on its side. If a few days old, it wil' tilt upwards. If stale, it will :: and on end. If very old, it will Toat. Q. How can I separate a water glass that has become ‘ i tfr glass to contract it, and then immerse the lower glass into warm water to expand it, They can then be separated very easily, Q. How can I make good furni tuer polish ? A. furriituTe polish can be made of one part vinegar, with equal parts of linseed oil and tur pentine. Q. How can I remove a roken cork that has slipped down into the bottle? A. Pour in enough household ammonia to float the oork, let it stand for a few days, and the cork will break into fine pieces, which can bi^ (removed without diffi culty. ! Q. How can I tighten the Hand le of an umbrella that has be come loose ? A. Fill the hole in the handle with powdered resin, heat the rod, and then press firmly into the , hole. I Q. How can I remove a rusty j screw? \ A. Heat a poker or spike red hot and apply it to the head of the screw. When the screw has become hot. it can be removed very easily. Q. How can I relieve sunburn ? A. One of the very best re medies is to mix two parts of limewater with one part of lin. ■ seed oil, beat it to the consls ency of cream, and apply. Q. How can I remova thg soc ket of an electric light bulb, when the glass bulb has broken off? A. This can bg done by press ing a large cork firmly into the socket. This will enable you to un screw the metal part. Q. How can I mend a tear in a kid glo A Butl le around the edge of the tear before drawing to gether and the repair is substan ti'al. Handled Hm* — toss* ore to h ladled dbe - from tee k to rowed boa the eertb until it ua*r(« tram furnace* u Han id m«W. I Harneont 'tier* Only Miguenot church to Amer ica is m Qwrleafop, S. C. It wai 1 founded to MB7. I You Take^Yer Choice By GEORGE S.BENSON JYeeident of Hawlina College Searcy, Arkarvfc* „ ■ . B -- I AM an American worker. If I decide I’d* rather work and live in Schenectady, I can go there. Or Racine, or Spokane. If I want to, I can settle down and make the San Fernando Valley home. If I’ve been a machinist, but de cide that the radio industry is the place for me, there are ways I can train myself to get into radio. If 1 want to drive a Diesel locomo tive instead of a bus, I can go into railroading, j * ' Nobody tells me I can’t. I can try as many jobs as I like. If I don’t like the job, I can walkout' the door. When I find a job that suit3 me, I can work right up to be manager of the department or even president of the company, if I have the ability and the enter prise. If I want to start my own business and become an employ er, I can do that, too. Nobody IN AMERICA no Says “No” body tells me I can’t do all these things. | But if I lived in a totalitarian | j country, I would be told. A uni formed official would have the duty of telling me in what part of the country I could work. A i representative of the State would 1 inform me that I must train for I a certain job. I would have no choice in the kind of job. Being told to stay put, I would ■ have little chance for advance | ment. My wages would be regu I lated entirely by the State, and j there would be no redress of ; grievance. Leaving a job would < be impossible. There would be no 1 firing for unsatisfactory work. Instead, I could be thrown into a concentration camp or a slave labor battalion. There I would be taught Completely how to be come servant to the master, thal State. Swap With IS NOT THIS con-1 Europe? trasting picture ac-1 curate? Yes, you) agree. However, what you are" probably thinking is that Amerij ica can never become such a to talitarian state. Friend, we would have to ignore the history of the world to assume that such dang-1 ers do not confront America.! When a nation is prosperous is1 just the moment that you may, watch for decline to set in. We must be no less watchful because times are good. We cannot ig nore danger signs. No American worker would! want to swap places with the av-j erage Eurbpean worker. Yet so! many of us unhesitatingly accept' ideas and methods that come right from the very countries that we have outperformed a hundred ways to breakfast. Not every thing is bad simply because it originates in Russia or ^Europe,! but it is time to look around and see that what we have puts tota litarian countries out of the run ning. Yet, in a recent survey from a cross-section of 5,000 persons, 63 per cent of the college students and 43 per cent of the general population said they would get as much or more in America anderj government management and1 ownership of industries. In other ! words, a lot of folks apparently i believe that state socialism or to- ! talitarianism would be more eflft- 1 cient and more desirable than freedom of opportunity and free dom of the individual. How mis taken they are! } | The Common Defense THE PRINCIPLES OF UNITY Every so often we hear objec tions raised to the idea of Unity among the American people. It will lead to uniformity, the critics say. It will compel everyone to ac cep certain beliefs forcibly im posed by public opinion and the state. It will suppress religious freedom by preventing minorities ! from expressing their own parti cular views. It will relegate to a position of relative unimportance i those beliefs which distinguish one religion from another These objections arise, and i could only arise, from a misunder I standing of what is meant by Un ity and the principles unon which i it must rest. By Unity we simply I mean that there are some princi. I pies in American life so easily re cognized by all men of good will as to be accepted by them gladly, voluntarily, and reasonably—and that in acknowledging these princ. pies we all find a common ground on which to stand. There is the principle, stated by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, that every man bom into this world brings cer tain inalienable and inherent rights with him as the gift of God. The right to seak is one of them. The right to print is anoth er. The right to worship accord ing to the dictates of consicience is still another. This principle of equal rights applies to the Pro testant, the Jew, the Catholic, the Negro end the White man without any distinction between them whatsoever. And all Americans of good will are one in proclaiming, acclaim ing, and accepting this principle. ! We are united on this ground. I There is the principle of major ity rule and the security of min ority rights against both the state and the majority. Americans of good will are united on that principle—regardless of their re ligion, their race, their national origin, or their class. There is the principle, as Jeffer son again stated in the Declara tion of Independence, that the function of government is to se cure to men the rights they have from God—a principle which pro tects us forever from sta*e tyran ny and makes the Government man’s servant, not his master. W" are united—Catholics. Protestants and Jews—on that principle. When we speak of Unity in America it is Unity based upon and growing out of the accepu tance, in the main, of these prin ciples. We are not trying to en force any kind of uniformity in religion or politics. Indeed, the principles upon which we are un ited, teach us that we have an inalienable and inherent right to I be different. We are not seeking to force anyon^ into a mold—or to expel i any grcfup from our society. We ! are, instead, saying that everyone of every group has an inherent right to enjoy the fcfegrt opport unities America offers Shd to de velop his talents to the highest possible degree without discrim, ination against him because of his race, religion, national origin, or class. W*. are not endeavoring to de prive any religious group of its particular and precious beliefs. I We ar£. in accordance with our | | principles of Unity, maintaining the right of every religious group to teach and practice its tenets free of persecution or restriction. We are united on those princi. pies which guarantee our freedom to be free and to be different. The people to watch in Aerica are not those who seek Unity on this basis—but those who deny it—those who deny the right of a Protestant to be a Protestant and a good American, a Catholic to be a Catholic and a good Aeri can, a Jew to be a Jew and a good American, a Negro to be a Negro and a good American. The people to watch and to oppose are those who strive, by spearding preju dice, to make America a land for their class only—as the Com. munists do—or their kind only or their group only—as the Fas cists do—denying the rights of others to free participation in our life and using whatever means they can to drive them out of society. APROPRO OF NOTHING By James Alfred Williams Glad to meet you this morning. Hope you will like my musing. ♦ If you do, tell your editor. I am concerned now about America as we know it. Will it survive the pressure, or will we deceive ourselves by singing a song of peace when there Is none in sight. Thank you. Think of it. Whatever come of my leaders? The entire group is drifting around thinking of bread. If we don't eat we don’t live,, if we don’t live we don t eat. My earnings in 1932 was $26.®0 a week. I carried it all home. Your earnings today is $40.00. You carry $31.00 home and eac h * one of your dollars is worth only 19 cents. What have you gained by your folly? I The amount of dollars you are paid on paper does not make you rich nor does it give you a higli standard of living. It is what you have to spend for that living that gets you anywhere. Milk 52 per cent up, bsead 50 per cent. These are not luxuries they are necessities. What can you do about it? Look at the price of iron. Every- * thing you use is connected with Iron. The price of iron is the gag" for the cost of living. What do you think of Britian today? How would you like to be a citizen ovfer there? We are heading for th same flood if some one doesn’t do something about it What do you think of the Atom Bomb? Who’s afraid of the Atom Bomb. Nothing that man makes can ever destroy the work of One hundred and one in the shade today. No clouds in sight My advice is to find your storm * cellar. Goodby. This article is written by lames Alfred Williams who hereby ** sum* anyand ail responsibilities. it .. Congress eder its constitution,’ Chile'ha« 8 bi-cameral congress „i!T, , recti), by th, beof/e as iff.’’'1 *“!•i.tS?2S same power « Jcwnat the United States. Presld«*