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|Vote for and Re-elect| I If Knudsen ( I City Commissioner I PAID FOR BY COLORED FRIENDS OF HARRY KNUDSEN S' We, the undersigned Colored Business Men, Professional Men and Laymen, be- jgl ing legalized voters of the City of Omaha, affix our signatures to this petition, endor sing the candidacy of HARRY KNUDSEN as a City Commissioner. We are more ® than pleased to endorse HARRY KNUDSEN, in view of his outstanding ability, his p capable leadership and his sincerety towards his fellow man. We can affix our signat- p* ures without fear of contradiction to the statement that “he has ably and fearlessly S served the people of Omaha for the past fifteen (15) years.” !gj Thomas Wilson 2204 Ohio St. Fred English, 2513 Lake St. —l James C. Williams, 2215 Miami St. Robert H. Johnson, 2811 Caldwell St. w Brig. General Emrey Hickman, 2427 Maple Mrs. C. J. Williamson, 2233 Grant St. j fejr % E. Starks, 2890 Ohio St. Mr . C. J. Williamson, 2233 Grant St. ^ Mrs. Opal M. McAlister, 2427 Emmet St. H. Sherwood, 2870 Miami St. || James R. McAlister Sr., 2427 Emmet St. L. A. Watson, 527 So. 26th Ave. 2^ ^ Leonard Xorris, 2318 Xo. 22nd St. E. W. McCowan, 2805 Wirt St. Leonard V. Turner, 2604 Xo. 25th St. Herbert Mayberry, 2425 Ohio St. Sam’l Osborne, 2301 Jefferson St. | Cornelus Burnett, 2880 Maple St. §| Mrs. Bernice Mitchell, 2920 No. 26th St. P. L. Adkins, Brownell Hall, 55 &Undwd ^ Thomas W. Richardson, 2874 Miami St. eI Ernest Lee Turner, 2506 Franklin St. P Mrs. Beatrice McKinley, 2709 Blondo St. gl Shelton Hairl, 2621 Lake St. p Howard Cave, 2615 Wirt St. Eugene McGill, 5403 So. 24th St. p Bertha D. Jackson, 2530 Grant St. ^ Robert Britt, 2613 Grant St. ijS Otis Johnson, 2314 No. 27th St. g Elinor Booker, 2088 Ohio St. ^ Paul Hayes, 2524 No. 25th St. 3 Shelby Ward, 2422 Erskine St. § Mattie J. Walker, 2827 No. 27 St. 3 William D. People, 1811 Lake St. » Willie Alston, 2003 Maple St. P Herbert Stevens, 2114 Maple St. i Ed Barnes, 2803 No. 24th St. J. R. Bryon, 2636 Binney St. Harvey McXeal, 2414 Ohio St. Walter Murrell, 2412 Maple St. Alfred Allen, 2521 Blondo St. June A. Richardson, 2920 No. 25th St. Grover Ccott, 1624 Lake St. Alfred Webster, 2208 Maple St. Authur W. Jones, 2207 No. 25th St. Janies E. Kirtly, 2414 Grant St. C. Leffall, 2508 Binney St. Lornzo Williams, 2525 Erskine St. Helen English, 2513 Lake St. Clifford W. Kase, 3110 Corby St. Edward O. Martin, 2625 Wirt St. Raymond Gaines, 2310 No. 22nd St. John Burrnett, 1414 No. 23rd St. C. W. Owens, 2232 Lake St. Chas. H. Ferrell, 2408 Erskine St. N. E. Steel, 2514 Binney St. Orville Washington, 2232 Lake St. Alberta Brown, 2121 Lake St. ONE MAN’S OPINION \\ ho is Harry Knudsen. Ma ny of the citizens of Omaha and of the Mid-City section know him only as a city com missioner in charge of the pol ice department. Well, as a spectator at the City Commissioner’s Regular Tuesday Meetings and some times a peep-in on the commit .tee of the whole, I felt it my duty to tell you a few of the experiences I have; had and know about Harry Knudsen. During the W P A days, when the rolling was tough. Mr. Hall who was in charge of spending the WPA money in order to make new jobs for unemployed citizens called me at my office one morning. He said he had about ten thous and dollars that had been ap-1 propiated by the WPA to be spent in the Mid-City section to make some improvements in that section and to give some of the people in that sect ion something to do. He asked me my opinion in improving an old frame building for a playhouse that stood in front of the Grove M. E. Church at 22nd and Seward Streets, on the borders of the old circus grounds. Mr Hall asked me what I thought about this place and what service it would be to the community. I said to Mr. Hall, I want to thank you for trying to dev-elope something out here in this neighborhood that you think is needed and will also give the people out here something to do. Since you ask my opinion, I would like to make a suggestion to what is needed in this community ab ove all things. That is a hos pital, but ten thousand dollars won t begin to do the job. Do you think it would be possible for you to get a larger appro priation? Mr. Hall said he wo uld look into the matter and see and let me know. He cal led me back within a few days and asked if I could get a res olution through the City Cou ncil endorsing said hospital. If so, it would help him in get ting a large appropriation. I % i MUM MM* mmm mmm iui iui im; i'ili.lU. told him I did not know; I would try and see what could be done. Harry Knudson was the first Commissioner I approac hed with said resolution and asked him if he would give it serious consideration if it was presented before the City Cou ncil. Mr. Knudsen took the resolution and read the same over and without any further remarks from me te took his fountain pen out of his pock et and placed the resolution on a pad and wrote his name on it as the first endorser. I believe this was the first time I had ever approached or ever met Mr. Knudsen. After he had signed it, he asked me what the Mayor thought of it;* if I had talked with the Mayor. I told him I had not, but I ex pected to talk to all the City Commissioners. From him, I went to the Ma yor’s office. The Mayor stated the council could not afford to endorse the resolution 'because they had asked the WPA to help improve the old city hos pital at 9th and Douglas and he did not think they would approve two projects along the same line. He further stated that we had enough hospitals to take care of the sick. At this time, i went over with the Mayor the serious con ditions and services the hos pital was giving to the citiz ens of the Mid-City section. He was surprised to know that such conditions existed. He stated that if this is true, of course, the council will be will ing to do what they could to get this appropriation. When the resolution came up before the City Council, Harry Knudsen was the first man to vote “I” in favor of the resolution for the hospital in the Mid-City section. Maybe you wonder where the hospital is today. After getting t*h e resolution through, I turned the same ov er to the Government archite ct inspector of plans and in a few days the whole matter was given to Mr. Hall w’ho had ch arge of the appropriation. Mr. ‘ j nit idt) c vii vie wrt t wem \\=i Hall put the matter before the \Y PA Board and the appropr iation of 25 thousand dollars was allowed for a starter on the Mid-City section hospital. \\ hen Mr. Hall told me that the Board had approved this plan and that he had the 25 thousand dollars he could sp end for that purpose, I had a meeting with Dr. Terrell and Dr. Wiggins. I suggested that they give the building at 22nd and Lake, which was at that time a hospital but was about to be liquidated, serious consid eration. Through Dr. Terrell and Dr. \\ iggins, there wras a meeting called of the Negro Medical Society and, I was in vited to appear before that committee. 1 turned the copv of the resolution over to the medical society. That ended my job since I was not a doc tor. At another meeting of the Committee of the whole, (re member now Harry Knudsen is a residence of Benson) there was a discussion albout im proving some city recreation in Benson. Commissioner Har ry Knudsen took the floor and emphatically stated to the Committee of the Whole that he was not going to vote the aPPropnation of another pen ny for any recreation to any part of the city of Omaha un til they did something in the Mid-City section for the peo ple who live in the vicinity be tween Cuming and Sprague and 18th and 30th Streets. That is the largest area I know, where there isn’t any kind of recreation center therin. From this day on Harry Knudsen took the lead in figh ting for a park with a bathing pool and the results of his fi ghting for many years, to day we are now making pre parations to build W'hat is to be known as Burdette Park in the Mid-City section with a swimming pool and all other fascillities for a playground & recreation city park. When Carl Jensen became City Commissioner, he also became a worker with Mr. OUR GUEST COLUMN CAPITAL COMMENT Continued from Page One of which he disapproves. For example he held up funds for military aid for Greece for so long that the aid came too late to permit real action there un til winter. This caused more funds to be required. Taber’s slowdown on ERP brought from a leading nation al newspaper, The New York Times, this tart observation: These need (under ERP) have been studied for the past ten months by greater state men than Mr. Taber, and we elbieve that the country can well dispense with his particu lar brand of statemanship now. But despite Taber’s slowdo wn, the ERP was put into ef fect immediately with emerg ency funds from the RFC. And despite some disunity at home, the President's patient leadership on foreign policy had resulted in a great step forward on the road toward peace. And we had showed the wor ld that its greatest democracy could act promptly—and un would move us toward world peace. Traditionally it is not “good politics” to veto a tax reduct ion in an election year, regard less of the merits of the case for such reductions. But President Truman scor ned “politics as usual” consid erations in his tax reduction veto message sent to the Con gress on April 2nd. He was convinced that the sort of tax reduction passed by Congress was against the wel fare of the Nation and he so stated in plain firm language. President Truman’s tax veto message showed him clearly a President who puts the count ry’s first, so-called “political strategy” last, when he faces up to a national problem. Capital Comment believes you will have many occasions to cite the President’s tax mes sage in the days ahead and sug gests that you keep handy the following extracts from the message: “. . . If I could conscientiou sly approve tax reductions, I would gladly do so. But I am convinced that to reduce the income of the government by | $5 billion at this time would | exhibit a reckless disregard for the soundness of uor economy and the finances of opr govern ment. . . . “My fundamental objection to the bill is that it would not strengthen but instead would! weaken, the United States. ‘This is true for two reasons. “First, the bill would reduce Government revenues to such an extent as to make likely a deficit in Government finances, at a time when responsible con duct of the financial affairs of. this Nation requires a substan tial surplus in order to reduce our large public debt and be reasonablly prepared against contingencies. “Second, the bill would great ly increase the danger of fur ther inflation, by adding billi ons of dollars of purchasing power at atime when demand already exceeds supply at ma ny strategic points in the econ omy, when Goxernment expen ditures are necessarily rising. “The estimates of govern ment expenitures for the fiscal year 1949 which I submitted to the Congress in January to taled $39.7 billion Receipts were estimated at $44.5 billion leaving a surplus of $4.8 billion for debt retirement and contin gencies. “It has,since become appar ent that despite the Host strin gent efforts toward economy, there will be several important increases in expenditures a bove the January estimates. “Legislation has been enacted increasing payments to veter ans. Large amounts will be re quired for assistance to certain foreign countries. Legislation to increase the salaries of federal employees is being considered. It has been necessary to recommend sub stantial additional appropriat ions to the Congress to bring our armed forces to proper str ength. “Although these increases, after taking due account of appropriations actions by the Congress to date and of the additional tax refunds which would occur under this bill, involve additional expenditu res for the fiscal year 1949 of at least $3.5 billion above the January estimates. In the fis cal year 1950, these additional programs would increase ex penditures by another $2 bil lion, or by a total of $5.5 billion “It is clear that, if this bill which reduces taxes by $5 bil lion were to become law, there would iivfact be a deficit in the fiscal year 1949 even under the more optomistic estimates of revenue used by the Congres Elect These Forward-Thinking Men to Your City Commission! * Endorsed by the Good Government League ★ 0OBH HH1 Charles W. Leeman Mayor and leader In Omaha’s past 3. years of progress Glenn Cunningham Fire Commissioner Carl W. Jensen Finance Commissioner A. W. (Art) Olsen former Chief of fire Department Wm. (Bill) Milner former Manager, * Municipal Airport, and Past Commander, ■ Melting Pot Legion Post W. W: “Car” Carmichael Expert In Business and Government Administration Emmet A. Gardiner Business and Civic Leader, Member of Omaha School Board sional Committees. . . . "The public debt is $253 bil lion ... If we do not reduce the pu’blic debt by substantial amounts during a prosperous period such as the present, there is little prospect that it will ever be materially reduc ed ... . "If I endorse tax reduction now, knowing that to do so would in all likelihood mean increased taxes next year, I would not be dealing fairly with the American people. “This bill would also gam die with the dangers dr-clea4e “This bill would undermine the soundness of our govern ment finances at a time when world peace depends upon the strength of the United States. “It would also gamble with the dangers of further inflat ion. I have urged on many oc cassions that steps be taken to relieve the distressing effects of high prices. Since these have not been taken, the most im tion has been the Government surplus and the use of this sur plus to reduce the public debt. This bill would reduce or elim inate important weapon again st inflation. “It has been argued that tax reduction now would furnish incentives for more active in vestment and business enter prise at presentYctc mmm prise and, consequently, more production. The plain facts show that neither funds nor profit incentives are lacking for investment and business en terprise at present tax rates. “Industrial expenditures for new plant and equipment re ached the record level of more than $16 billion in 1947, con trasted with $12 billion in 1946 and for new plant and equip ment during the first quarter of 1948 ran much higher than the average for 1947. Corporate profits .were at extraordinary levels during 1947. reaching $17.3 billion in 1946. Preliminary estimates in dicate thht corporate profits during the first quarter of 1948 have substancially maintained the very high level of 1947. The national income is at a record level. Employment is at a record level. Production is at a record peacetime level. The resources and labor force of this country are fully employ ed. Under these circumstances, tax reduction could only result in higher prices—not in higher production. “The tax reduction provide by this bill is inequitable as well as ijntimely. “Ip case of the income tax, nearly forty per cent of the re duction would go to individu als with net incomes in excess of $5,000, who constitute less than 5 per cent of all taxpayers. “In the case of the estate and gift taxes, nearly all of the $250 million annual reduction wou ld go to only about 12,000 of the most wealthy families. . . It is bad policy to reduce taxes in a manner which would encourage inflation and bring greater hardship, not relief, to our people. It is bad policy to endanger the soundness of our national finances at a time when our responsibilities are great in an unsettled world. “I am confident that the men and women of our country pre national strength to a reduc tion in taxes under the present circumstances.” These are the words of an honest man taking an honest stand for the course he feels best for all the people. They are the words of a man who has a deep and strong fai th in the people, who believes that they want to do what is best for the Nation and not what might be merely the most pleasent thing to do at the mo ment. They are in the zest tradit ion of American democracy an American Democracy, The Census' Bureau estimat es that nearly 95 million Amer icans will be of voting age by November 2. That’s a new record. It’s our job to set a new re cord in the number of actual voters. That way ALL the people, not a minority as in 1946, will decide the future course of our government, REGISTER! VOTE! 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