The Omaha guide., 1932-10-29
GOVERNOR BRYAN A FRIEND OF H MASSES

There are many reasons that members of our group
should work and vote for Governor Bryan, Governor Bry-
an has been very fair in his dealing with us.
~ When some members of the Republican Parity
launched a campaign of SEGREGATION against the
Colored People of this State, first, by decreeing that no
Negro should be permitted to engage in the manly art of
self defense (Boxing) with members Of other groups, two
committees, composed of prominent Colored Men armed
with letters signed b ymany prominent White Men (Mr
Baldrige refusing) made two trips to Lincoln protesting
to two different Republican Governors the unfairness Of
this ruling, these two Republican Governors refused point
blank to abolish this dastardly ruling of their boxing COM
missioner.
Bryan. When a committee composed of some Of the same
Gentlemen that had waited on the two former Republican
Governors, again gave their valuable time in the interest
of their People, waited on Governor Bryan, using the
same argument put forward to those former Republicans.
On completion of their argument, Governor Bryan
had his secretary bring the book Tin which this ruling was
written) to him, the Governor had the Secretary read it to
him, ne then requested the secretary to place the book be-
fore him. The Governor unhesitatingly took his pen and
crossed out the article, turning to his secretary he in
structed him to notify the then boxing commissioner that
there was no longer such a ruling on the books as it was
unconstitutional.
Friends, if for no other reason than this square deal
we should on Nov, 9th go to the polls and give this great
man a big vote of thanks.
~ There are many other reasons why. not only
the Colored people but all the people Of Nebraska, should
90 thls' one outstanding reason, is, his mastery handling
OF the drought problem, despite the clamoring of many
hepuolcan members of the Legislature and Senate. he
refused TO call a special session of the Legislature, (which
according to the present laws of Nebraska) could have
only appropriated on this occasion, 100000, the expense
OF the extra session would have been about SIS 900 out Of
this amount, it would have been from two to three weeks
before this amount would have become available. during
this interim the free contributions would have stopped,
and many hundred of horses and cattle would have
starved TO death, men, women and innocent children world
have suffered, and the cost Of the extra session would have
been saddled onto the already overburdened TAX
PAYERS.
Instead of being ~stampeded by these calamity
howlers, Governor Bryan went ahead in his mastery wav
and secured for those ~strickened people over Three Hun
dred thousand dollars worth of food stuff and feed, for
both man and beast, also raising money enough to buv
seed for these same people, and accomplished this with.
out one penny OF expense of cost to the already overbur-
dened TAX PAYERS of this fair commonwealth. For
your information, these taxes would have been charged
back to the property owners, a burden we could i'll afford
to carry, for God knows we are already over burdened
AXE
Governor Bryan, instead of increasing our TAXES
has reduced them, and this in the face of the fact that he