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Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, i^/, at tne rus Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879, C. C. Galloway — — — — President Mrs. Flurna Cooper — — — Vice-President C. C. Galloway - — — — Acting Editor V. V. Merrill — — — Secretary and Treasurer SUBSCRIPTION RATE IN OMAHA One Year — — — — — — $4.00 Six Months — — — — " Three Months — — — — __ SUBSCRIPTION KATE OUT OF TOWN One Year ------ ^“ Six Months — — — Three Months —— — — — Z.OU All News Copy of Churches and all Organizations must be in our office not later than 4:00 p.m. Monday for current issue. All Advertising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, preceeding the issue, to insure publication. National Advertising Representative: INTERSTATE UwITED NEWSPAPERS, INC. 545 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Phone MUrray Hill 2-5452. RAY, PECK, Manager. _ WASTEFUL FUEL A fuel which has some 20,000 uses, and which is capable of substantially relieving the strain on our fuel oil facilities, is largely going to waste. That little- known fact is the sub ‘ ject of a recent article by Japmes E. Pew of the Sun Oil Company. . The fuel i natural gas. Due to economic and political factors~which are beyond the control of producers, Mr. Pew states, about 41 per cent of all the gas that is produced w ith crude oil in this country is now wasted. The reasons for this are various. Most important has been the attitude of the Federal Power Commission. It has followed a policy of such rigid control that time after time there have been interminable and costly delays in approving agreements for the sale of the gas, even though both buyer and sellor were willing. Further, the FPC has insisted on such low prices for gas at the well-head that in many instances it has discouraged the production of gas for market, and has made it economically impossible for drillers to search for new sourses. save in time of war, hould any government agency have the authority to block the transportation and use of natural gas for any legitimate purpose? And why should not the owmers of natural gas reserves be permitted to have their gas trans ported to market where it may compete on a fair basis with other fuels? A wider use of natural gas in industry, according to Mr. Pew, would save hundreds of millions of barrels of fuel oil for conversion into other products. In this day, when there is a ready and expanding market for every form of energy, all should be utilized to the limit. MOST FOR YOUR MONEY In periods of high business activity, such as the present, the profit statements of large industries often create a mis leading impression. The casual observer sees only that this or that company has made millions. What he doesn't understand ia many instances is that profit is almost always a very small part of the money taken in by any industry—and that the maj ority of our industries provide us with goods and services at an almost unbelievably low “profit” cost to the individual con sumer. The meat packing industry is a good example. Cattle hogs and sheep orginate on the farms and' ranges of the coun try. But it’s a far cry from meat on the hoof to steaks and chops for the dinner table. The animals must be transported, processed and redistributed before they are ready for local retailers. It is the responsibility of the packing industtry to see that this complex and vital service functions smoothly for American consumers. In 1947, 67 leading meat packing companies, which do more than 70 per cent of the country’s commercial meat bus iness, made an average profit of about an average rofit of about iy3 cents on each dollar of sales. That was around 3/5ths of a cent less than they made in 1946. The figure covers the sale not only of pieat, but also a long list of by-products such as hdise, soaps, oils, glands for medicine, etc. Translated into profit per pound of meat, the packer’s profit averaged but a fraction of a cent on all meat sold. Thus does free enterfrise combine peak economy with peak efficiency and servie. Its objective is to give us the most value for the least cost, in order to do the greatest vol umn of business. This is the secret of the great growth of American industry and our high standard of living. What we consider necessities a large part of the world looks on as lux uries. i ARMING THE ARABS America is discovering that giving away or lending money is a very complicated business. An example of this complica tion was presented last week when Senator Bridges, New Hampshire Republican and Chairman of the Senate Appro priations Committee, questioned whether ERP aid earmarked for Britain, is enabling the British to carry out their military commitments to the Arab States. . These commitments, Bridges pointed out, include an S million dollar annual payment to King Abdullah of Trans Jordon for his Arab Legion—a .Legion which has been in the forefront of the sanguinary fighting against the new Jervish State of Israel for possession of Jerusalem. ERP Administrator Paul G. Hoffman quickly agreed to investigate and submit a report to Congree. Both the investi gation and the report will be welcomed by the American people. ' 1 Obviously, it would be the height of irony for America, which is pumping billions of dollars into Europe to maintain peace, to discover that part of that money may be going into Arab pockets to support a fledgeling war against the newest member of the family of Nations. The immediate question raised by Bridges, of course, is part of the larger question whether the United States should use recovery funds to force political concessions from receiv ing countries. Congressional opinion apparently is strongly di vided on this point. But on another point—whether American dollars should be used by any receiving Nation, either directly or indirectly, to aid the military fortunes of another—Washington’s answer will certainly be an unadorned negative. ERP aid is intended to bolster world peace, not undermine it. Friendshhip Banquet Intro duces Interracial Work Bethlehem. Pa., June 30— More than 300 guests attended' the “Friendship Banquet” at. Bethlehem Catholic h>gh,t school here last Sunday which marked the begining of a mew interracial movement in the Lehigh Valley. Conducted un der Catholic auspices, the work will promote educational, char itable and recreational facilit ies for all persons in this vicin ity. Fr. Aloyolu B. Conway, former pastor, Holy Infancv church here, was the principal speaker. Other speakers were: Mr. Martin Fields, of the Cath olic Interracial Council of Phil adelphia; Mrs. Estelle Will iams, Catholic lavwoman; Miss Mabel Knight, director of Friendship House, New York City; and Fr. Paul van Maid Congress Vetoes Housing Over 3,800,000 families are living doubled up. More than 13,600,000 dwellings have ei ther no running water or no pri vate flush toilet. All in all it is estimated that over 13,500,000 new housing units are needed to house the people adequately. Less than 13 per cent of the new housing needs have been started by private builders. The prices of these new houses have risen approximately 130 per cent since 1939 and only 9 per cent of veterans could afford to buy them. Rents in new houses are far above tl\’! average worker’s means. In order to keep the prices of existing houses and rentals as high as possible the real es tate lobby has fought against new now-cost housing. And the 80th Congress,—the good fr iend of big property interests —has cooperated by killing a housing legislation which wou Id provide Federal subsidies for low-cost housing. Sources: Housing figures except prices from Congregat ional Joint Committee on Ho using, “Statistics on Housing,” Part 2, 1948: prices of houses from United Industrial Assoc iates. VFW Petition With a total of over 34,000 Nebraska signers, the Veter ans of Foreign Wars on Thur. July 1st, formally filed with Secretary of State Frank Mar sh, in initiative petition to place a World War II state bonus bill before the voters on .he Novembber 2nd ballot. R. A. Lowe department ad jutant of the VFW, signed the affidavit accompanyihg the signed petitions. “We feel that an issue of this much import once can be most democratic ally decided by the people themselves in the election in Nbve^ber. That is our pur pose in placing the issue on the ballot through the petit ion.” Meanwhile, Larry J. Gau ghen, 35 year old newlv elect ed department VFW com mander at North Bend, stated this monring that “In placing this issue on the ballot for the Nebraska voters, the Veterans of Foreign Wars is carrying out a mandate of its Encamp ment held June 4 of 1947 at Hastings. At that time, the veterans voted to get issue be fore the public. That job is done and now the people all by themselves must decide the question. William T. Gleeson, dep uty to the Secretary of State, disclosed that the VFW affici avit reported a total expend iture of $324 in obtaining the 34,000 signatures. Lowe reported that “No paid petition circulators were employed. The entire job was done by volunteer workers in our 160 VFW posts through out the state. 27,000 signers were requir ed according to Gleeson. He said that the law requires 7 per cent of the qualified vot ers in the state who voted at the last general election. Lowe explained that in Dec. and January of this year, the V FW conducted polls among World War II ex-servicemen in VFWr posts throughout Ne braska, “and the record indic ated that these veterans favor the adjusted pay by a % per cent majority.” . Deadline for filing the pet itions was fixed at 5:00 p. m., July 1st, four months 'before the election date, November 2. It was estimated that five or six hundred more signers wo uld be delivered before that time. The VFW bonus bill propo sed that the State of Nebraska give adjusted pay to veterans based on $10.00 per month for domestic service and $15.00 per month for foreign service during World War II. How ever, Lowe pointed out, “a maximum of $150.00 per vet eran for stateside service a m $350.00 per veteran for forei gn service, has been written into our proposed bill.” To finance the program, a five year period from 1949 to 1953 is proposed. During this time to- raise the funds for the payment to the 130,000 Nebr. World War II veterans, a 3 and a half mill tax on real pro perty would be levied Veter ans would receive their adj uted service pay in 1953. A Veteran’s Compensaton Fund to be created by the bill would be administered by the existing Department of Vet erans’ Affairs, and this office would be in charge of the pro gram, he explained. _' eren, I.H.M. Vocal selections were pre sented by the Colored Chorus of Bethlehem and the Bethle hem Catholic high school gleei club. KENTUCKEY MJJSEUM .. HOLDS ONE-MAN SHOW A group of paintings by El lis Wilson, gifted colored Am erican artist, will be exhibit ed in a one-man show at the J. B. Speed Museum in Louis rriday, July 2 for the period of a month. Many ot these paintings come' straight from a highly successful exhi'bit given Mr. Wilson at a 57 th Street art gallery, center of New York City’s art activity, last month. Wilson a graduate of the Art Institute in Chicago, is a two time Guggenheim award winner, having received the award in 1944 and, again in 1946, for his powerful and his understanding portrayal of the Negro people. His work are in oil and combine a dynamic use of color with a simplicity of line. The New York Times worte of his work: “His in Iines invest his figures with almost heroic prooortions and great simple dignity. . . ”, Said Carlyle Burrows of the New York Herald Tribune: “His coloring combines sen suousness with taste and it at tains a high ointin the fore ground of his Dying Nets’ . . The elemental strength ini his bold and simple forms is readily felt. . . ”, This artist had held several one-man shows—at the Bar net-Aden Galley in Washing ton, D. C.., at the South Side Community Art Center in Chi cago and in other cities throu ghout the country. But this is not his( first show in the State of Kentucky. An earlier exhib ition ever held in Mayfield, Kentucky. Southern Catholic Weekly Praises Court Decision Raleigh, N.C., June 30— j Commenting on the Supreme I Court’s recent decision regard | ing restrictive covenants, The North Carolina Catholic, pub lished here, asserts editorially: “We Thank God”. The North Carolina Catholic is the offic ial publication of the North Carohna Catholic laymen’s as sociation. “Restrictive covenants in our land have had a long in glorious history,” the editorial states. “They have protected the covetousness of a privileg ed few, and they have restric ed millions who happened to have the wrong religion, or national bockground or color Our great land offers all of us the opportunity to improve, for these United States are dedi cated to improvement under a Christian democracy. Further er these United States are great because of the contribu tions made to their culture bv mmmmmmrn ■ - w1 —■, tv ■ .> v -■ ■■— -—-- ~~>v llhlCOMMON SENSE ON THE WATER) halp promota common sanso afloat, writs, OUTBOARD BOATING CLUB OF AMERICA, 307 N. Michigan A vs. Chicago 1, Illinois. LINCOLN U., (MO) STU DENT TO SING IN CHI CAGO AT TAN. MUSIC FESTIVAL Barbara Grio-^s, graduating senior of Lincoln University (Mo..) of St. Louis, who pla ced first in the recent annual Search for Talent contest at the University is being con gratulated by Dr. O. Anderson Fuller, head of the department and professor of music. Miss Grings will srng in the nation al finals in Chicago, July 11. The event is sponsored by the American Musical Festival, In* corp. of Chicago. The second place winner (who reversed positions with Miss Griggs as of last year). Mai Olive Prather, looks on. the many races and religions who have sought haven here. Our Nation could have been less great had any of the group not contributed to its develop ment. This land belongs to every American citizen. Every American citizen and his fore fathers have had a part in mak ing it great. “The United States, being what it is, the Supreme Court could have given but one de* cision. Legalized restriction of improvement had to go. An undemocratic and unholy prac tice has met its end. We thank God.” 1 tV\e-Pfeat/_ I sS v 1 — #!EIEE» fe ®53 IJ1JNIJ R«': m WHHH | ®>M f (*S«-s Travel m (jo°£ comfort A business trip is a pleasure and a pleas ure trip even more enjoyable when you go by train — by Union Pacific. 3 * ■ The air conditioned comfort of Pullman or Coach ... the tasty dining car meals ... and many homelike conveniences make your trip by train a vacation in itself. • • • m City Ticket Offices !614 Farnam Street, and Corner of 15th and Dodge Streets. |cn — or see any local travel agent n ** • • • \ ' 1 li For $ale at a BARGAIN 2 Apartment Residence Good Accomodations Ph. HA 4572 Evenings LAB0WL^^B""B^ | Open 1:00 p. m. til 11:30 p. m. —Visit our Snack Bar— 2410 Lake St, PL. 9851 ' ....■""' ■■—— —.■■'■ l.ll■..l..l■■■ i .. I -y.,^1 WARTIME EXPERIENCE PATS OFF! If you are a Veteran of any of the Armed Forces, and were classified as a specialist in one of the job fields shown below, you can enlist in the Army right now in a non-commis sioned grade which corresponds to1 your training and experience. w Construction Technician • Crane Operator • Carpenter • Cook • Baker c Electrician • Auto Mechanic •• Diesel Mechanic in other words, if you were a Cook, First Class, for 6 months or more in the Navy or Coast Guard — chances are > you can qualify now as a Sergeant In the Army I Your nearest Army and Air Force Recruiting Officer can let you know for sure. Remember that Army pay is now much higher than in war time. And so many of your liv ing expenses are paid for by the Army—a single man can sock away almos^t every dollar he earns! Lots more of interest is yours for the asking at any U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force Recruiting Station. II. S. ARMY AND U. S. 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