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o m a n.
They couldn't tell me exactly
what a conscience was, or how
it worked. Nobody knew--not
exactly-but it was something
deep inside me that would al
ways tell me what was good and
what was bad.
Always? Yes, always.
Wouldn't it ever, ever make
mistakes?
No, conscience never made
mistakes. If I would just lis
ten to my conscience and do
what it told me, I would always
be good.
Hazardous Hunt.
And so. with this extremely
rudimentary infor m a tion, I
started on the hazardous pur-
suit of righteousness. My con-
ception of conscience was still
vague. Something in the ma
tuRe Of an alarm clock, I gath
cred; though why I should be
born with alarm clocks ticking
in my small inSides was rather
bewildering. Neverthe ! eSs, I
had no doubt that the Older
Generation knew what it was
talking about, and that my
conscience would act up accord
ing to specifications.
But, Of course, I was speedily
disillusioned; almost immedi-
ately was doing things which
I considered to be entirely right
but which proved to be COM
pletely wrong!
And, just as often, my con-
science advised me to shrink
from doing things which seemed
absolutely wrong. but which
proved to be most bravely and
beautifully right!
How come? Wasn't my con-
science on the job? I listened
attentively; but the more I
listened, the more bewildered
I grew.
Sometimes my conscience
whispered, as 1 had been told
it would. In fact. to be quite
accurate. it fairly yelled its
admonition. But was that any
guarantee that the admonition
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LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

was correct? Anything but!
Often it was the worst steer
could possibly have received.
Needed Guidance
Again, when I was desper-
ately confused and in urgent
need of immediate guidance,
the darned thing didn't even
yeep!
Worst of all, I soon found
that, by even the slightest ca
joling, I could make my con-
science take either side I
wished. In fact. it would obllg-
ingly TAKE BOTH SIDES AT
ONCE!
And so, with much shock and
surprise, much secret trembling
and open rebellion, I came to
the sad but sensible realization
that CONSCIENCES AREN'T
INFALLIBLE,
There is, indeed, something
in every spirit that cries out for
truth and courage. Kindness and
decency-but it has to do its
crying through so many layers
of coWardice, stupidity, selfish
ness and greed that the orlgl-
nal message is always distorted
often lost.
That doesn't mean that we
shouldn't "try to be good" But
IT. does mean that we must
struggle for a knowledge OF
goodness, instead of sitting
back and letting conscience
hand us the low-down on a silver
platter. We must discover what
is good and determine what
is bad by ourselves-and pay
the price. Which is usually
In short, a real conscience
isn't born and can't be bor-
rowed. It must be built by our
own efforts-our own painful
experiments and perilous decis-
ions.
YOUR CONSCIENCE IS AS
GOOD AS YOU ARE-AND AS
BAD. 1T IS AS SILLY AS
YOU ARE-AND AS WISE.
IT'S DIMENSIONS ARE Elk.
ACTLY THE DIMENSIONS OF
YOUR OWN CHARACTER.
YOU SHARE YOUR OWN
HEAVEN, STRANGER - AND
YOU PICK YOUR OWN HELL.
Copyright. 1882. King Features
syndicate. Inc.)
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THE short session Of Con-
= gress, with its multitude
Of ''lame ducks,' is one of
the utmost Importance be-
cause Of the problems it
must solve. The campaign
over, the popular verdict
rendered, there is no sound
reason why party politics
should be conspicuous in the
next three months. If poll
tics be brushed aside, and
the problems pressing for
solution are approached with
a disposition to solve them,
progress can be made; and
the vital interests Of the ma
tion demand that progress
shall be made.
A great body Of veterans
in Congress have been re-
tired by their constituents.
Some of these will come
back, perhaps; the majority
have reached the end of
their furrow. Much will de-
pend upon the mental atti-
tude of these. If moved by
spite and a spirit of revenge,
they have it in their power
to prevent progress Of any
sort. But it would be unfair
to assume in advance that
they will adopt that sorry
attitude.
The big problems involve
the debts-and little will be
done about these in the
next three months. IF the
payments due us are re-
fused, defaulted, it means
that Immediately we must
increase our own taxes to
the extent of the loss.
We face an enormous def
cit without this loss; and if
the payments are made, still
there must be an enormous
increase in revenue to be
found.
Tied up with the matter
of tax increases, will come
the beer bill to permit the
manufaGEura and sale of beer
with q Ea1 Sa it that will
greatly reduce the amount
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The Government
Debt Today

Apropos of the SNUG in
sistence of the debtor ma
tions that America shall as
sumo all their debt or more
than the enormous proper
tion we already have as
sumed, it is interesting to
note that the Government
debt today is about $20,0O0,-
100000.
More interesting to note
that this has been increased
by more than $4,000, ,0OO,O
during the year-because Of
the loss of revenue.
And quite as illuminating
to know that we are run
ming half a million behind
governmental costs every
day.
Anyone, surely, can un-
derstand at a glance that
we have an unlimited ca
pacity to pay all or more
of the debts of other ma
tfons
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Would Mean No
Tax Relief

A tax on beer will mean a
great relief, and it is taken
for granted that the present
session will act on that meas
ure. Mark Sullivan, who is
very close to President
Hoover, says Of this:
lone new source to be
taxed is beer. The Demo-
cratic party in its platform
promised beer. The Demo-
cratic party was elected
overwhelmingly. The as
sumption is universal that
beer will be legalized, and,
if legalized, of course
taxed"
There is no doubt about
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Proposed Pay Cut New Blow at American Standards

President Hoover has discharged another torpedo at
the already crippled and listing working
The recommendations of the Executive in his budget
and his annual message Congress for png II per
cent wage cut upon the inequtable urlough constitute
vicious attack on the whole structure of American
labor.
Those recommendations embody an evil which would
seep into every home in the country; evil which
would depress even Destroy the standards to which
America has sought to adhere during it's whole exist
ence
They would place the Government, representative Of
all the people, in the vanguard of that small but active
force which strives to reduce the American worker to
the level of his unfortunate brothers in other lands
It is an ignominous banner that the President would
have the National Government wave
In his recommendations for this assault upon the
wage structure of the country President Hoover does
not attempt to minimize the worth of the services rem
dered by Government employees.
He does not attempt to say that those employees are
not earning every cent which is now paid them.
He admits frankly that he is sacrificing" them
Sacrificing them to what?
He would sacrifice them to msnterpretatlon OF the
demand for economy in government.
The taxpayers of the country make the demand Tor
economy in good faith They insist, and properly tnat
Government expenditures are too high.
But they do not assert that Government salaries are
too high In fact every scientific investigation which
has been made has shown that Government salaries are
not commensurate with salaries for the same type o1
work in private employ.
The taxpayers want substantial economies IN zoVelA
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should do most to protect his workers is welding the
knife again
The confidence" of which the President prates be-
comes hollow mockery when contrasted with his
concentrations
The fight against this niqutous proposal for pyra-
midng wage cuts is not the fight only of the Govern
ment employe who is directly affected.
It is the fight of all working men and women.
It is the fight Of all decent citizens who believe in
giving the working man fair deal.
It is fight which should enlist the active support of
all who believe in protecting the American standard of
wages and the standard of living which those wages
have created.
There is no question of white collar" or overall"
worker in the battle which must be waged against the
Presidents proposal It is the fight of all.
That labor recognizes the close inter relation between
Government salaries and private wages is evident from
the deliberations of the recent convention OF the Amer
can Federation of Labor in Cincinnati.
At that convention the representatives OF organized
labor unanimously adopted as statement OF policy the
following
"It is important that the Government in its
cupucitu o. an employer establish and maintain
high lUGge and employment standards as an
exunupLe for private ind ustry, and it is p1rticU-
IarIy essential that this policy be nOW fOLtOWed
in order to help build up the mass purchasing
pOlUer of Wdge-eGrners so necessary for economic
stability"
It almost inconcevable that the American Congress
should accept the in regard to salaries
contained in the Presidents messages.
But is essential that the American people let their
Senators and Representatives know that they do not
want this blow at decent living written upon the statute
books
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beer bill on the ground that
it must not pass until after
the slow process of repeal
ing the Eighteenth Amend
ment. That would mean no
tax relief for at least four
years. And that is unthink-
able.
Should President Hoover
actually take this position,
which generally would be
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being G 90 d
and W h a t
wasn't?
My conSci-
ence, they as
S ure d m e,
would tell me.
Just what
was my con-
science? Was
it likely my
S { o m a c n?
Did it ache
when I was
bad?
No, it was
not like my
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By T. E. Powers

resented, he will go out of
power with a pout. That is
not a pretty way to go out.
It would mean an extra ses-
sion; and business does not
want it, and Mr.. Roosevelt
would be denied the oppor-
tunity for the formulation
of measures to put in opera
ton the policies on which
the people passed.
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this being the universal as
sumption. It is assumed
that this will come in the
short session; but the Demo-
cratic party, elected over
whelmingly, will not enter
upon its m andate until
March 4. Sophistry among
Democrats, and mere OBJ
struction among Republi-
cans, may insist that moth
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WISE WORDS

He who obeys with modesty.
appears worthy of some day or
other being allowed to- com.
mand. Cicero.
Business dispatched is bust
ness we'll done, but business
hurried is business i'll done.
-Lytton.
The object of punishment Is
prevention from evil; it never
can be made impulsive to good.
Mann.
Change lays not her hand
upon truth.-Swinburne,
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ment operation They want overlapping and waste and
extravaganza eliminated.
They do not want those who work honoraby to serve
them deprived of reasonable recompense for their
services.
"The laborer is worthy of his hire" and the American
taxpayer knows it. He knows that this sacred principle
extends to public employees as well as to private en-
ployes.
President Hoover, in his annual message preceding
the presentation of his budget outlines forciby potent
argument against the very recommendations which he
makes.
He says:
"COntinued constructive policies promoting the
economic recovery of the country must be the
paramount duty of the Government. The result
have pursued has been to buttress our WhOIe
domestic financial structure and greatly to re-
store credit facilities. ut progress in recovery
requires another element as lDeU-thGt is, fully
restored confidence In the FUTURE Institutions
and men may haze resources and ere dit but Un-
less they haze confidence progress is hGIting and
insecure."
The President points out indications which have been
apparent since last July of the progress toward restora
tion of confidence and normal business conditions
Those indications have been obvious to all and have
served to renew the hope of the American people in
new dawn.
If there were anything which could counteract those
optimistic indications is the attitude salaries which
President Hoover now reveals.
From the highest source in the land there goes out
now to every man who labors, regardless of where
at what warning that the skies not clearing; that
his condition is not secure; that the employer who
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ing be done until that time;
but public indignation will
flame as a result, for the
people have spoken in no
uncertain tones.
Not a Pretty Way
To Go Out
Meanwhile the Christian
Century tells us that Presi-
dent Hoover will veto a
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Problems and Spirit of
The Short Session
Bu Claude G.. BOUers

Battles Of the Jackson Period The Struggle
For Democracy Jefferson and Hamilton The
Tragic Era" "Beveridge and the Progressive Era
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of taxes otherwise to be
raised.
And something should be
attempted during the short
session to meet the very
grave threat to agriculture
which is literally on the
rocks.
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Your Conscience Is Only as
Good as You Are

When I was little they told
me that I should always be a
good girl.
But how, I demanded, would
I know how to be a good girl?
How would I know what was
The Omaha guide., 1932-07-16
Second Negro Admitted To West Point
COL DAVIS SON gNvgRs
WEST POINT

New York City (CNS) lien.
lamin G. Davis, Junior son oi
Solonel Benjamin Davis. ranking
Negro officer in the United States
army, was admitted 70 West
Point Friday July L.
The young cadet was named Al
a candidate 70 the military acaa.
envy BY Representative Oscar DE,
Priest, Republican Of Illinois Az
that time Davis was studying a,
Northwestern University. where
he had been attending school FOR
the past two years, following his
graduation from 4 Cleveland high
school.
Davis is the second colored
youth 20 enter West Point in
thirty years, The other Alonxo
Parham, who was admitted in
June 90, failed in mathematics az
the end Of the spring mid-term ia
1880
The last colored officer to be
graduated from West Point was
Colonel Charles Young. Colonel
Davis, who IL now in France, cen.
Quoting the 1882 contingent Of
Gold Star mothers, rose 70 his
present position from the ranks,
and did not attend West Point,
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Synopsis ef the Final CHAPTER
Taken hvm The KU American

Y WAS brought cut ia the reANts
tAl ny Mr. Hall Mrs tMCourN ~,
torneN that Mr. tAVoNr had hern
IN company Of the "one certain
woman IA UhMago On Labor nay
4 Mrs Galloway, who was AZ tAat
TIME or IL employed AZ the Kansas
City Cali office where Mr. fACnnr
IL eJpresident AS the ease
80 states Mr. laCour took Mrs.
Galloway 20 dinner and 70 n cab.
aret IN company with Mr. Homer
Roberts while they were both III
Chicago Mr., LACour states
that he spent the dinner hour
with Mrs Galloway and three
hours that night Mrs. LaCour
stated that her husband receives
5000 per week and holds ten
common and ten ~perferred stock
ia the Kansas City Cali. Mrs,
laCour received $500 alimony
AID her name restored. Mr. Ia.
Cour also paid the court cost and
attorney fees.
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ONE CONVICTION SCORED
IN LYNCHING OF NEGRO

lronton, 0, (CNS( A youth, one
of the six accused Of taking Luke
Murray, eolored from the South
Point Jail, near here the night of
June 7, and lynehing him, was
sentenced On a charge Of delin-
Queney to an indeterminate term
Zone to ten yearsO The youth
was Louie Mckee, 10, Murray y
badly battered nody was recover
cd FROM the Ohio river June 40
First degree murder charges
have been filed against the six
men whom the State charges xiii,
ed Murray and threw his body in,
20 the river Murray had been
Jailed following an alteration
with a white man IN which he il
alleged 20 have threatened the
man with a pea-kntfe,
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Woman Murdered


While the 0rvheStrA plAveA Tor
dAcerN dowNStAtew the assistant
chef W the Rack Cat elNhthrvp
tNNrthSN y mile south ~ che clty
limits oh SaNtA TWENTY fourth
street, wax shot ana fatally
wounded A she lay M he'd ms
stairs NJ 9EN A M. krAaN
The woman, Mrs Clara NlenN
wv, Negro said hereyv She died
her ASsAilant WAS \ "sANrt, dark
shabby man" she had hover Seen
before hut whose face she would
nccwnige Airs Glenn died cn
the way 70 80 Joseph hospital,
Her husband, Ray the chef,
told police NJ heard His wife
scream when the orchestra Stopr
cd playing shortly after $40 liz
ran up one stairway and A II,
Spencer, owner ran up another
They found Mrs, Glenn standing
near the door
Police said thc slayer evidently
climbed 20 Mrs. Glcnn'S room
over a sloping roof sheriff liar.
ry Mundcll and County Attorney
Ralph Dickcrson az Sarpy Comfy
are Investigating
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Duke Ellington and his Famous
Orchestra have swung into a
highly successful engagement al
the Lincoln Tavern in Chicago,
where he threatens 10 eclipse the
record which he established at
that same spot last season.
In addition to an augmented
orchestra of fourteen musicians,
Harlem's Aristocrat Of Jazz, has
with him in the floor show at the
popular rendezvous, a group of
such well known entertainers as
Louise Cook, Fredi Washington,
and Al Moiret, Ivie Anderson and
Kid Charleston,
Duke and his boys are being
heard twice a week on the radio
over the Columbia network, We'd
nesday and Friday nights,
AT the conclusion at their en-
easement at the Tavern on July
2fth, they viii play a week or ten
DAYS az one night dances in the
vicinity Of Chicago and viii open
at the Castle Farms in Cincinnati
on August Sth, fer an ndefinite
engagement There they win a.
gam be picked up hy the Colnmh,
Ia hr0adeaStlag and in addition
viii he heard nightly over WLW,
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KILLS SELF AFTER WRITING
CRYPTIC FAREWELL NOTE

Memphis, Tenn tCNS) A14red
and gone TO Jupiter for A rest--
Fooled by FOOLS -think Of it.
BE back III a couple thousand
years" After writing chose cry.
ptic words az a farewell DR. Char
les H. CondelL 50 year old pro.
feSsor at LeNroyne Junior College
committed suicide. His body was
found by Dean Boris Alexander.
slumped down IN a bed AZ his
home, with two self-inflicted bull
let wounds in the heart Born in
the West Indies, educated at Cam
bridge, Oxford and the University
Of Chicago, DR., Condell was re
garded as one Of the leading Ne.
gro educators il the South.
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Exactly one week after Rutgers
DIVERSITY has conferred upon Paul
Robson the honorary degree Of
Master Of Arts a statement was
made public by his wife, Mrs, Ellis
anda Goode Robson, who is living
IN London, England, that she had
instituted proceedings for divorce,
naming a white Englishwoman az
correspondent, Word that there
had been an eStrangement be-
tween the noted singer and his
hiographer did not come al a dis,
tnet shock 10 the couples friends
and aeQualntanees on this side at
the Atlantic, for rumora have per-
sisted for more than a year that
their marital relations were badly
strained,
Mrs, Rohes0n attributes their
domestic troubles "a an unnamed
principal IN the triangle whe IA
expected 10 marry the defendant
when he Is free, She h quoted
Az saying "a representatives az
the press,
Paul and | always have been
happy, His snfidelity shocked
me AZ first but then I realized
n was A normal tendency and 1
did not allow it 90 interfere
with eur love, New things are
different because Paul has 9TH
er plans"
When interviewed at The Cas-.
mo Theatre where he IN making
a big hit singing "Ol Man Riv-
err and is the most popular mem-
Der ~ the Show Boat Company,
Robson IN quoted AZ having init
mated his intention of marrying
an English society woman in the
event Mrs. Robson gets a divorce,
saying:
1T has not been much Of a Sc.
cret abroad. When I was in
London last we were seen TO-
gether much of the time and
made no bones of our attach
ment. I can't mention her
name now as / don't know If
she still wants me, ! have been
expecting this, I am sorry but
I guess II had TO be. / have
made my plans we'll in advance,
I desire above all things to
maintain my personal dignity,
If this stirs up race prejudice
/ am prepared to leave the
country forever. I am study
ing Russian, German, and
French and will soon be quail
fled 10 act in Europe, I am as
sured OF a following in England.
! had TO 60 there to find out
whether ! was really an artist
or not"
N would seem that Mr. Rohes0n
had ~ 40 abroad also To find
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Swimming Becomes Popular As
san Continues To Torture

Since the resopeaing OF the mum.
scinal swimming pools, last Satar.
day. July 9th, hundreds Of Ne.
gro hatherS hsve taken to the wa.
ter to avoid the Scorehing rays 81
old "SolN For a while Il Slem.
eli that Omaha Negroes would
have no place for swimming Re.
creation on account Of the effect
Of the depression upon the city y
Golfers, but the city has seen fit
to get the pools into condition.
for which many are grateful, as
was indicated BY the splashing
crowds at Riverview and Muny
last Sunday, enjoying the refresh.
ing waters.
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.Robesons Says, I'm Sorry,
But Guess 1t Had To Be"

whether he was really in love
with his wife or not. But an he
says, philosophically, CT guess II
had 10 be- Until her husband
obvious desertion Mrs. Robson
also assumed the role Of a philos-
opher, "~realizing his mfidelity
was 4 normal tendency and refuS
Ing 20 allow II 10 interfere with
their love" So while profund-
~ regreting the whole affair with
its sensational aspects the public
might an well view il philoaophic-
ally and chalk Il up a. "another
one az thoSe things"
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Presbyterian Minister Going
Abroad

The Rev. John $. Williams,
PatSor Of Hillside Presbyterian
Church, 30th and Ohio Sts., will
leave on Saturday night for New
York City from which he win sail
on the $. $. "Yoro" for Kingston
Jamaeai, on a vacation trip to see
his mother and other relatives,
He win return the first week in
September, The Hillside Church
win be supplied by DR., L, Denise
President Of the Omaha Theolog-
zeal Seminary.
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JESS HUTTEN CONCEDED
GOOD CHANCE IN CITY GOLF
TOURNAMENT

Out Of the three Negroes start
my ia the city golf tournament.
Ulysses Watson, Malcomb Scott.
and Jess Hutton, Hutton N The
only one remaining. lie won his
first match ny default and NY
second match by superior playing.
liis consistency and accuracy are
expected 20 carry him a long WAYS
toward the crown.