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The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
Pullman Company.

Pullman Company.
Yours truly,
(Signed) a PHILIP RANDOLPH.
National Observation-Disclosures of
Sleeping Car Porters
Because Of the fact that the hours
Of work and scale of wages for Pail
man porters and maids are out Of all
harmony with the standards now be-
ing set by President Roosevelt's ad-
ministration for the purpose of eff
fecting industrial recovery, the Bro
therhood Of Sleeping Car Porters
seeks the resdjustment Of the work
ing conditions and wages of Pullman
porters and maid, in accordance with
the declaration Of Honorable Joseph
B. Eastman. Coordinator Of Federal
Transportation under the Railway
Emergency Act, who, in q press re
lease under date of September End,
said: Where any hourly, daily on
monthly employee, whether in a
supervisory capacity or otherwise, is
now required or permitted to work
more than eight hours per day as a
regular assignment, this situation
should be changed" Continuing he
says, Railroad management and raj,
road labor should give immediate con
slderation to the problem Of keeping
railroad wages in line with othe,
Industrial pay. It appears" says Co.
o~rdlnator Eastman, shat there arr
some employees in the railway ser.
vice whose wage rates are not estab.
lished CIV agreements with labor or
carnations and that in som few
instances these r receiving hourl,
n daily compensation below The
hourly, daily and weekly minimum:
established for analogous work b,
the codes of fair competition an
proved by the President for other in
dustries."
According to A. Philip Randolph
National President of the Brother
hood Of Sleeping Car Porters. tn.
Pullman Company comes within tn,
category of railway carriers who's,
wage scale and hours Of work fol
porters and maids are nor consistent
4 "
with the principles of Federal legis.
lation governing this class Of worl
and the spirit of the National Re.
covery Act.
There are porters" continues Mr.
Randolph, "who are working foul
hundreds hours and more a month
which IS one hundred sixty hours
above the eight hour day standard
AS a result of these long hours, some
four thousand porters are furloughed
and hundreds put on the extra list
where they only work a few days a
month Despite the fact" says Ran
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
DIR. LUCY MOTEN FORMER
MINER NORMAL SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL DIES

WASHINGTON4(CNS) 49, Victim
Of a chit and run" automobile driver
in New York City last week, Miss
Lucy K. Moten, former principal Of
Miner Normal School, was inferred
here Monday, August, %.
A native Of Virginia, DR.. Moteu
came to Washington with her parents
at an early age. She attended How
ard University before a college de-
partment was developed, went North
from which she graduated in 1876
to the Salem, Mass Normal School,
She served as principal Of Miner
Normal for 35 years and was counted
a genius in her profession by the
most prominent educators n the
country
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dolph, that a number Of porters have
been called back to work during the
summer period, unless the basic work
month Of these men is materially
shortened, many Of them will be in
the ranks Of the unemployed when the
summer period of work terminates"
Federal Coordiaator Eastman
urges the railway carriers to enter
into a conference with their en-
ployees with a view of ~effecting
agreements to reduce hours Of work
and increase wages, according to his
aforementioned statement is the ma
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
PAUL robson NEVER TO SING IN ITALIAN.
FRENCH OR GERMAN AGAIN

realize that he of a great an
cestry linked with the great races of
the Orient What he should do is
try for black greatness and not an
imitation of white greatness I am
more than ever convinced that the
African civilization dates back to the
times when Oriental culture, including
that from China, began to influence
the Western world. / believe where
the Afro American made his mistake
was when he began trying to mimic
the West instead of developing the
really great tendencies he inherited
from the East. i believe the Negro
can achieve his former greatness only
if he learns to follow his natural
tendencies, and ceases trying to mas
ter the greatness of the West. NY
own instincts are Asiatic."
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING A PORTERS-
Chicago Division Headquarters, 1921 Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Pullman Porters' Union Calls Upon Pullman Company
for Conference to Negotiate Agreement on Wages
and Working Hours.

The following letter was addressed
to tho President Of the Pullman Com
pany for the purpose Of bringing
about a settlement Of the dispute
between Pullman porters and maids,
and the management Of the Pullman
Company on the question Of repre-
s~entation, wages, hours of work and
rules governing working conditions.
September 8, 1888.
Ar d. A. Crawford, President,
The Pullman Company, an Illinois
Corporation,
Pullman Building.
70 East Adams Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
A the duly authorized representa-
tives Of the majority of the porters
and maids now employed by the Pull
mar Company. the Brotherhood OF
Sleeping Car Porters, q labor organ.
ization affiliated with the American
Federation Of Labor, hereby request:
q conference with the manaegmen
OF the Pullman Company to negotiats
an agreement on wages and rule'
governing working conditions 70.
Pullman porters and maids, in con.
formally with the principles pro
mulgated by the Railway Labor Act
the Railway Emergency Act, and tn
general program for the readjust
ment Of wages and hours Of work a
outlined under the National Recover,
Act.
The duly authorized representa-
tiveS Of the porters and maids nov
In the employ of the Pullman Com
pany, viii be pleased to arrange thi
conference at the earliest sonven
ience TO the management of tn
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

augment consumptive power by in
creasing wages, shortening hours and
controlling the labor and commodity
markets. AS a consumer the Negro
has always had a low purchasing
power as a result of his low wages
coming from his inferior and restrict
ed position in the labor market If
the government program fails to
make full and equal provision for the
Negro, it cannot be effective in rel
storing economic stability
In the past there has been d great
er exploitation of Negro labor than
of any other section Of the working
class, manifesting itself particularly
in lower wages, longer hours. exces-
sive use Of child labor and a higher
proportion of women at work Furth.
ermore, there has been slight recogni-
ton by Negro labor or Negro leaders
of the significance Of this exploitation
in the economic order. No technique
or philosophy has been developed 10
change the historic status of Negro
labor. Hence in the present govern
mental set up there is grave danger
that this historic status will be per-
petuated. As a result the lower wages
on the one hand will reduce the pur-
chasing power Of Negro labor and on
the other be a constant threat to the
standards and security Of white labor.
The question then arises how far
existing agencies working among
and for Negroes are theoretically
and structurally prepared to cope
with this situation. 1t is the opinion
of the conference that the welfare
of white and black labor are one and
inseparable and that the existing
agencies working among and for Ne
groes have conspicuously failed in
facing a necessary alignment Of black
and white labor.
1t is impossible to make any per
manent Improvement in the status
and the security of white labor with
out making an identical Improvement
in the status and the security of Ne
gro labor. The Negro worker must be
made conscious of his relation to
white labor and the white worker
must be made conscious that the pur-
poses of labor, immediate or ultimate
cannot be achieved, without full
participation by the Negro worker.
The traditional labor movement,
based upon craft autonomy and
s~eparatism, which is non political in
outlook and which centers its atten-
ton upon the control of jobs and
wages for the minority of skilled
white workers, is an Ineffective agen-
cy for aligning white and black labor
for the larger labor detectives.
These detectives car only be at
tanned through a new labor move
ment. This movement must direct its
immediate attention to the organic
ing OF the great mass Of workers both
skilled and unskilfed, white and black.
Its activities must be political as well
as economic for the purpose of effect
ing such social legislation as old age
pensions, unemployment insurance,
the regulation of child and female
labor etc. These social reforms may
go to the extent of change in the
form Of governments itself. The con-
ference sees three possibilities:
% Fascism.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
OF 92nd N 3rd. DIVISIONS. WORLDS
WAR TO CELEBRATE AT AMERICAN LEGION CON.

Chicago-(CNS) - The Fifteenth
Reunion of the American Legion will
be made the occasion of a Get To
gether of the Negro troops who SER
we'd in the World War. particularly
those of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions.
George L. Giles, Post No. 81, Ameri-
car Legion, Chicago, is to be host to
Colored Veterans.
An elaborate program, covering
these reunion activities has been pre-
pared by Chairma Michael Browning,
Commander of George L. Giles Post.
Adjutant Fred r. Fielding has
notified DR.. Emmett j. Scott of
Washington, D. c., Special Assistant
to the Secretary of War during the
World conflict, that he, as guest of
honor, will be expected to deliver the
chief address at the Stag reunion of
the 92nd and 95rd Divisions. Tuesday
evening, October 3rd., at the Eighth
Regiment Armory, and, also. one of
the guest addresses at the Grand
banuet to be given at the Roseland
Club, All South Parkway, the follow
ing evening, October 4th.
Colonel ]. H. Ward, of the Negro
Veterans Hospital at Tuskegee, Ala
bama, is also to be a guest Of honor,
with Congressman Oscar DePriest
presiding at the Grand banquet.
Doctor Scott is to be accompanied
from Washington by Colonel West A.
HaRilton Of the 93rd Division, 372nd
Infantry during the World War, and
now Commander of the 428th Reserve
Infantry; and DR.. T. Edward Jones,
Assistant Surgeon in chief, Freed
mems Hospital, at Washington, d.
c., who served during the World Wa
as Captain and Surgeon, 368th In
fantry, 92nd Division, and other dele
gates from James E. Walker and
James Reese, Europe Posts, American
Legion, located at the National Cap
al.
Colonel Otis B. Duncan, second in
6mmand Of the Eighth Illinois
egiment during the war known as
ne famous 37Oth Infantry, is chair
ian of the reception committee. The
events for Negro visitors to
e convention will begin Sunday
October l, with final registration and
five great community religious and
memorial services. These will be held
IN Berean, Olivet and Eebenezer Bap
list churches; in the Metropolitan
Community church and Quinn Chape.
A M. E. church under the direction
OF Benjamin Dye, former chaplain d
the Illinois Third District, of thu
Legion.
On Monday night, October 2. vii
be held the Grand Military Ball, will
an orchestra Of 100 pieces 70 be hel,
m the Savoy ballroom, on South Parl
way at Forty seventh street. On Tue
day, October 3rd., day Of the grea
parade of the American Legion whicI
IS expected to continue from 10 a. m
to 8 p. m, will be the day Of uni
reunions, c~entering around those q
the Ninety second and Ninety thirI
divisions.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
FINDINGS
Second Armenia IN. W Con.
ference, Aug. 1921, 1888

This conference was called to make
a critical appraisal Of the Negroes
existing situation in American So
ciety and to consider underlying prin-
ciples for future action. Such critic
ism at this stage does not involve
the offering of concrete for
any organization for administrative
guidance.
There has been no attempt to dis.
parage the older type of leadership
We appreciate its Importance and
contributions, but we feel that in .
period in which economic, political
and social values are rapidly shifting
and the very structure of organized
society Is being revamped, the leader.
ship which is necessary is that which
will intergrate the special problems
of the Negro within she larger issues
facing the nation.
The primary problem is economic.
Individual ownership expressing it.
self through the control and exploita-
ton OF natural and indus
trial machinery has failed in the past
TO equalize consumption with pro-
duction.
AS a result Of this failure the
whole system Of private property and
private profit is being called into
question The government is being
forced to attempt an economic
ganzation based upon a eco partaer-
ship between capital, labor and gov
eminent itself is attempting to
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

tion's press" states Randolph
President Randolph, is in Chicago
comforting with NJ. P. Webster,
chairman Of the General Executive
Board, and mapping out plans Of act
ion to follow whatever action the
Pullman Company takes in reference
to the above request for conference.
Many porters who could not be ap-
preached heretofore on the question
Of organization are now manifesting
strong interest in the program of the
Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Port
ers.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
~"REVEALlNG'
YOUR
PAST
PRESENT B
FUTURE Z
hv Ahhn' WoIIaco
Observation-Disclosures
by Able Wallace

l. D-Will l have good luck and
will | come out all right?
Ans:-lndeed you will. The NEW
CCMER will GLADDEN. YOUR
HEART and you have NOTHING TO
WORRY ABOUT in connection with
your OWN physical condition
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
PIT SBURGH HAS NEW PAPER
sHE PITTSBURGH CRITERION

PITTSBURGH. Pa (CNs)-
Timely EeEsy Lively i. the slogan
~ Pttsburgh's new ten page tabloid
weekly newspaper. Iv0rey Cahb, IS
editsr. james r. Simmons, msnsging
edtsr ard Chsries Esalls, business
manager
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

W W--How much longer will ]
nave 10 20 thrJuga so much trouble ?
Is there any good luck for me?
Ans:-In the future years your
PLEASURES will far exceed your
TROUBLES. There comes to me NO
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

NOTE:-Your question printed free in this column.
For Private reply send 25c and (sef addressed
stamped enevelope for my New Astrological Read
ing and reeve by return mail my advice on three
questions free. Sign your full name birthdate, and
correct address. Address Able Wallace,
p. 0. Box-11, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

l.. F.-Why doesn't my mother
come to see me?
Ans:-One of the servants in the
home where your mother works is in
the hospital, making in necessary for
your mother to do two peoples work.
A LETTER containing this informa-
ton viii be received by youA within
ten days.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

R. 7 S.-What vocation am | best
suited for in life?
Ans:-A career awaits you in the
MINISTRY Your whole heart and
your whole soul will be wrapped up
in the WORK OF GOD. I advise you
to make a study of ORATORY as this
subject viii prove of untold value in
your RISE to THE TOP.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

W. A. C.-Do you think that ]
have any talents?
--Ans:-The most outstanding tai
ent you have is the ABILITY TO
MAKE A PIANO TALK. Profitable
years are ahead for you with one of
the LEADING ORCHESTRA'S in the
country.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

Miss l. P-When will | be able
TO find a boy friend that I can hold?
Ans:-You will remain a MAID A
FEW YEARS LONGER. II is just as
well as none of the men in your life
ct the present time mean anything to
you.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

d. G--I have been sick for the
past six months can you tell me how
can overcome this sickness?
Ans:-0nly b y undergoing an
OPERATION. 1t will be the means
OF combating your present sickness.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

j. M.-Please tell me when will be
the happiest moment of nay life?
Ans:-YOUR WEDDING DAY.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

L M J.-Will l marry a light OF
dark man?
Ans:-Neither dark nor light. You
will marry a youth Of medium com.
plexion with long curly hair. This
party's initials are T. F. and at the
present time he is married to one of
your closest friends.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
VISION of serious TROUBLE.

VISION of serious TROUBLE.
E l. P.-Help me, I believe that
you ear Tell me which boy friend
means the most to me?
Ans:-The HOMELIEST o +
YOUR PRESENT ADMIRERS. He
is sincere.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

O. M--Do you think my little
daughter wants to come home?
Ans:-NOT JUST YET. She is
INDEPENDENT and has OWN plans
for the FUTURE She appears to be
ENJOYING LIFE although S h G
SOMETIMES gets LONESOME for
her MOMMER.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

Modern one block from car line.
Rent very low. Webster 1929.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

Strictly Modern House fer ReEt-
10 Rooms, AT 8533-2aS N 2Sth
st. Furnished or Unfinished.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-09
MITCHELL GOT
PAY RISE WHILE
MARKET CRASHED
Evade Income Tax on
100000 Income

NEW YORK, June 8.-During the
trial of Charles Mitchell, former
chairman of the National City Bank,
for evading income tax payments on
an income of 100000, it was re-
vealed that in the midst of the crisis
Mitchell received salary increase of
100000.
He also received a loan of $685. 900
from National City Company, an in
vestment subsidiary of the National
City Bank. In spite of his large in
come, Mitchell never made any at
tempt to repay this loan"
Mitchell, whose management Of the
National City Bank resulted in the
loss of millions Of dollars to the
banks small depositors and custom
ers, is being tried for evading federal
income taxes by the simple process Of
selling" his securities to his
wife at "loss," and then buying
them back.
1t was brought out that Mitchell,
together with the other officers of
the bank, made handsome profits in
stock dealings, in addition to the large
bonuses which they paid out to them
selves.
It has been previously shown that
the books in which Mitchelrs trans
actions were recorded contained an
error in which the number "3'' was
omitted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-09
BARRED STUDENTS
DENIED HEARING

NEW YORK. Following the strike
at City College yesterday involving
1900 students against the suspension
of 81 for taking part in an a1ti-war
demonstration, Dean Gottschall an
nounced an open hearing on the sus-
pensions for this Saturday noon in
room 1875 at City College, 18th st.
and st. Nicholas Avenue.
That the Dean intends to white
wash the administration is seen from
the fact that all the suspended stud
ents are to be excluded from the
hearing TO prevent them from pro-
testing and presenting their case.
The National Student League,
which has played leading part in
the fight for students rights calls
on all students to be at the hearing
and to demand the immediate re-
instatement of those suspended.
The students also demand the i'm
mediate removal of President Rob-
inson, directly responsible for the sus-
pension Robinson led police at
tack on the anti-war demonstration
last week, welding an umbrella on
the students.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-09

and could not find any more. I
therefore suggest that at any time
you have such an article, no matter
Of what union, have a special man
go around, and am positive sure
that every man will be more than
glad to read the real truth about his
organization, the same as you wrote
about mine.
About myself. I felt that as long
as I paid already for the paper I
might as we'll look it all over, and
after finishing reading it, I feel my
self different, just like a new born,
and little more broadminded. Then
I felt disappointed that your paper
was only four pages, and I assure
you that besides my daily paper that
l read for years, will try every
morning to buy your paper and hope
to be always so enthusiastic as now.
Kindly excuse my spelling and
composing this letter, as 1 am only
laynlan, left school early in order
to help my family, and, if you think
it is not fit to be printed in your
paper, do not print it, and, if it is
fit, please print it, and, in concIu-
sion, I hope that our present local
leaders will go the right way. If
they win the battle, the victory is
ours. We will be able to breathe
freely and express our thoughts freely
without fear. If they lose the battle,
then I am sure that we are going
to have the most despotic self-made
rulers, and tyrants, guided by yell
low-Gog contract, a man-made In
ternational Constitution.
I know, Mr.. Editor, how you will
feel by reading this long letter, that
in this goth Century things like this
shall occur.
Very truly yours,
An Iron Worker Of
Local Union No. 81.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-09
JIINGO SEAMEN'S
UNION" FIGHTS
FOREIGN BORN

NEW YORK.-The National As
ISOLATION Of American Seamen," $50
W. 23rd St, is the latest instrument
Of the shipping bosses to drive down
the conditions of the seamen.
This outfit states its program as
Ito advance the American Merchant
Marine for Americans and 100 per
cent Americans on all American
ships"
A former steward on board the
Leviathan, one Joseph Smith, report
ed to be an Englshman, is presi-
dent. The organization is for the
purpose of turning the growing mill
liant struggles of the seamen against
the sllip-owners into fascist attacks
on the foreign-born seamen.
Fish and White Guard Russians
The organization is sponsored by
the American Coalition of Patriotic,
Civic and Fraternal Societies. It is
composed Of leading open shop adj
vocates and white guard Russians
and is pet project Of Congressman
Hamilton Fish.
H. A. Jung, head of the National
Clay Products Industries Association,
is on its board. The outfit employs
thugs and professional labor spies to
break unions in its member COM
panies.
John Thomas Taylor, legislative
agent of the American Legion, anti
bonus advocate, is another board
member. Matthew Vol, Helen Gould
are among its leading members.
Fascist Program
Their program is to outlaw the
Communist Party, bigger army and
navy, deportation of foreign-born
militant workers, against recognition
of Soviet Russia and no cancellation
of war debts.
With this support, Smith is try
ing to pose as a leader Of the sea-
men and fighter for their rights.
Smith doesn't raise any issue of I'M
dermanning on ships, with American
crews already, wage cuts, etc. but
hammers at 100 per cent American
ism"
Eight Of the charter members of
this organization have already be-
come disguised with this obvious at
tempt to weaken the fighting front
of the seaInen against the shipown-
ers and have come over to the
Marine Workers Industrial Union. A
meeting Of these members and others
is being called to organize and edu-
cational committee to expose this
racket of Smiths for what it is.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-09
mo MANHJJNT" IS
MAYORS LYING
REPLY TO |. |. D.
Negro Sought; Jackson
Politician Wires,
GO to Hell"

JACKSON, Miss, June 8,-"You
and your organization go to hell with
my compliments"
This was the contemptuous answer
which Mayor Walter A. Scott of this
city telegraphed to the International
Labor Defense in response to that
workers defense organization de-
mand he safeguard James Slack from
mob violence or legal lynching after
Stacks wife was perhaps fatally
wounded when she threw herself in
front of him when plantation
owner made brutal, unprovoked at
tack with a revolver on Stacks life.
Your telegram received" the mes
sage which it was learned Scott sent
the 1. L. D. headquarters in New York
read
Slack not being hunted by mob in
Jackson stop note you and Inter
national Labor Defense with 10000
members hold me personally reSpon-
sible stop You and your organization
90 to hell with my compliments"
Slack, a Woodville farm hand dis
appeared a few hours after his wife
received a bullet in the neck when
Joseph Redhead, Wilkinson County
landowner, fired at Slack. Later,
Redhead was wounded slightly by
rifle bullet and posses with blood
hounds from Jackson, started hunt
ing him