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The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Walsh Is Doomed
For Attorney-G General


While not officially an
nounced, it is generally un-
derstood that Senator Walsh
of Montana is to be the
next Attorney-General. That
means business; it means
business for the public in
terest transacted with
keen intelligence no a rigid
sense of justice. Most of
us, who admire and trust
him, would regret his leav-
ing the arena wher, he has
made a memorable record
in the protection of the ma
tion and the people, were
he to become a mere ad-
ministrative officer in the
Department of Justice. But
he will not; in former times
the Acknowledgement has
seemed a cipher to most of
us; the Solicitor-General has
stood out instead, appear
inO for the natiOn in the
Supreme Court. When
John w. Davis and James
NJ. Beck were Solicitors
General, few heard of the
Attorney-General. 1t will
be different with Walsh at
the head of the department.
There is not a keener
legal mind in America than
his. 1t moves unerringly-lt
clicks. 1t penetrates through
the nonessentials to the
heart of a subject at a
glance. 1t is a cold mind,
without the fever of emo
tionalism. 1t is interested in
realities, it deals with reall-
ties in the manner Of a real
ist. And it is an aggressive
mind, a fighting mind.
Years ago at a national
convention which I attended
as a youth, one Of the ablest
men I have ever known, who
had a genius for judging
men, served on, the resolu-
tions committee. During the
convention he said to me:
"There is a little wiry
man from Montana on the
committee who has the
keenest mind of all-more
brains than all th.' rest COM
bined. Keep your eye on
him. His name is Tom
Walsh"
Two years later Walsh
appeared in the Senate.
| saw him soon afterward
in action on a Senate Com
mittee. Some measure in
volving technicalities and
fine points of law would be
under consideration. Sena-
tors would talk all around
the subject, loosely. Walsh
sat silent, and seemingly a
bit sour. The talk would
dribble on and on. Finally
Walsh would straighten j."
his chair, and, glancint
around the table with those
eyes that can be so cold
and devastating, he would,
in a few crisp sentences,
each word precise and cut
off crisply, so restate the
proposition that the ques-
tion seemed clarified. 1t
meant business. | have seen
this more than once. His
mind seemed to me then to
be a searchlight. 1t cut
through fog.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Would the French
Understand Even Then?

GA mad, mad world, my
masters, and also a puzzling
one. Thus we are informed
from Paris that the French
are astonished and hurt that
there should be any diminu-
tion in our friendship for the
war. "They can find no ex-
planation." With every de-
sire to serve, let us try to aid
them to understand in this
way:
Suppose France had loaned
us billions of money.
Suppose they had bor-
rowed this money from their
own people for the purpose.
Suppose the interest they
paid the people, from whom
they borrowed, was equal to
that they asked from us.
Suppose they had been
generous enough to reduce
our debt enormously at their
expense; to reduce the in
terest from us, while they
could not reduce the interest
they had to pay on the money
they borrowed to loan to us;
and after they had taken
over an enormous part Of the
burden Of our debt, suppose
we had called them "Shy-
locks !"
Then suppose, having the
money with which to pay,
we had refused to make the
payment, and had announced
that we did not have to pay,
and didn t intend to pay, and
that France would have to
tax her people to get the
money to pay back the loan
she got from her own people
to help us out.
Would France love us
dearly? Does that help her
to understand?
The Washington times., 1933-02-01

Beware of Castles in Spain
She can't understand why
she's always making blunders.
She doesn't want to make
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
World Drama:
AttOrney-General
= Blu Claude G.. BOUerS

Author Party Battles Of the Jackson Struggle
Democracy America" Jefferson and Hamilton The
and "Beveridge and the Progressive Era"
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Like It or Not
Reforms Will Come

Meanwhile, in America,
we have work to do, reforms
to make, for the salvation of
our social structure. Like it
or not, we are going to con-
centrate a bit on ways and
means to prevent the reduc-
tion of farmers to a state of
peasantry; like it or not, we
axe going to have reforms
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Mrs. Solomon Says

Mrs. Solomon Says
Verify, verify, the hunter
seeking wild game carrieth but
ONE weapon at a time
But she that hunteth the
wild bachelor must go forth
The Washington times., 1933-02-01

armed with a net, a gun, a
trap and a heart of steel.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
NAAACP. PROTESTS A. A. u.
MAN CALLING METCALFE
"COON"

New York, March-Letters protest
ing the reference to Ralph Metcalfe,
champion Splinter and Olympic gam
es star. as a "coon" by Gustave Kir-
by of the AAU. have been sent to
radio station WMCA. and the AAU.
BY the national office of the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People and by Alexander
F. Miller, president Of the Brooklyn
branch of the NAACP.
Saturday night in Madison Square
Garden. Immediately after the great
Marquette university sprinter had
beaten Emmett TOPPING of New Or
leans in the 60-yard dash in new
worlds record time. Kirby came to
the m|icrophone to say a few words
on the race. He blabbed out GLOW
that coon did rum" The regular sta
ton announcer Immediately apologize
ed over the air for Kirby's remark.
WMCA is a local New York station
and is not a member of the network.
The letters of protest pointed out
that Metcalfe helped his country win
the Olympic games and that probab-
" in no other country in the world
would a champion be insulted by such
a reference to his race and color.
AAU. officials were asked to instruct
their staff to refrain from using de-
grading and insulting racial epithets.
Persons who wish to protest should
write Daniel Ferris, secretary Amat-
eur Athletic Union, 233 Broadway,
New York City.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOY
MENT is BANNED BY INDIANA
HOUSE BILL

Indianapolis, Ind, Match- The
house of representatives on February
25 passed a bill which bars discrim-
ination because of race or color in
the giving Of employment on state
and municipal building projects. The
bill is to come up for a vote in the
senate today March 81 and is expect
ed to pass.
Representative Henry J. Richard
son, Jr., introduced and pushed the
bill through the house practically
Single handed. It is the same bill
suggested by the NAACP. last year
and introduced in the U. S. Congress
last year by Representative Joe Grail
Of California. Mr.. Grail drafted his
bill after consulting the NAACP.
California branch. Representative
Richardson took the Grail bill as a
model. 1t was sent to Indianapolis
January 80 by Walter White, secre-
tary Of the NAACP.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
ONLY 400 NEGROES ATTEND JIM
CROW GREEN PASTURES

Washington, D. C.-March-A slim
crowd Of only 400 colored people at
tended the special jim crow perform
ance Of "The Green Pastures" at the
National theatre here February 26.
The newspapers, the ministerial al
lance and the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie which all fought vigorously ag-
ainst the jim Growing were glad that
out Of the $4,000 Negroes in Wash
ington only 400 stopped to jim crow
themselves, but A. S. Pinkett, secre-
tary of the NAACP. branch said:
''Those were just 400 too many; the
theatre would have been empty if we
had proper race pride" Practically
no leading" Negroes were present
and observers said not a single Elk
was in attendance. The Elks can
celled a contract they had made and
Grand Exalted Ruler Finley Wilson
announced the Elks would sponsor no
jim row performance for Negroes.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
"The Nebraska
Legislature"
(by o. j. BURCKHARDT)

After four days Of rest on the part
of the Senate, during which time the
House continued to mill around them
selves. The Senate and House both
settled down to business Monday aft
ternoon.
Monday night, the leaders Of the
House modified their strength to-
gether for a decisive vote on the ad-
ministrative Stringfellow Bill to re-
duce motor vehicle license fees and
modify motor trucking restriction. l
said to you last week that I was post
i've this bill would become a law and
I vas not alone in my opinion. most
al the legislators thought so. I refer
now to the Road Committee Bill,
Houseroll Number 1876. The Demo
cratic leaders thought they had the
necessary two thirds margin to put
the reduced rate into immediate eff
feet, but this bill, like many others,
died before a volume Of fire in the
house this morning.
The Senate directed their attention
this morning to a resolution that had
been presented by Senator John
Boelts to appoint a regular spokes-
man through whom the wishes and
recommendations of the governor
would be made known to the Legis-
lature. After a brief discussion this
morning. the resolution was not only
rejected but it was voted to expunge
it from the records. The putting Of
the voting machine into service was
passed upon by the Senate Monday
afternoon following the Supreme
Courts decision in the case on the
legibility Of the machine.
The House and Road Committee
pulled a surprise Tuesday morning by
reporting out favorable House Roll
226. a gas tax exemption measure.
Action on this matter had not been
expected until the committee had de-
cided upon other gasoline tax bills
before it.
At the afternoon meeting Of the
Senate, Judiciary Committee O'Mal-
lery Bill. House Roll So, to re-organ-
lie the code department along the
line outlined by Governor Bryan and
put them under directors or other Of
fetal heads instead of secretaries.
This was voted out to general file.
Senate file 1913 to give beet labor
ers a prier lien on the crop as cur
ity for their payments. This bill
was defeated by Senator McCarter
who pleaded that it would seriously
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
PILGRIM WILL CELEBRATE
PASTORS THIRD ANNIVER-
sARY, MARCH 10Th, 1888

Members and friends Of the Pill
grim Baptist Church will celebrate
the Third Anniversary Of their Pas
tor. Rev. j. HI. Dotson and family,
Sunday afternoon March 18th at
three o'clock p. m. Rev. c. @. Har-
per, pastor Of Zion, mis- choir and
congregation will be present and de-
liver the sermon for the occasion. 1t
will be remembered that Rev. Dotson
came to Pilgrim from Indianapolis,
Ind, three years ago January LIST,
and his leadership has been felt not
only at Pilgrim but throughout the
city and state. He is also president
Of the Interdenominationa Minister
ial Alliance. A good program will be
rendered and the public is invited to
be present and show their apprecia-
ton to one who is worthy. y
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
OF is
FORMER PRESIDENT
OF NAACP. BRANCH
NEW SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
PROMISES SQUARE DEAL
TO ALL

New York, March-Harold L. Ickes
new secretary Of the Interior in Pres
ident Roosevelt's cabinet, has written
the NAACP. thanking it for the tele-
gram Of congratulations sent by Wal
ter White and promising a square
deal to all. The letter:
81 especially appreciate the cordial
and friendly telegram received from
you under date of February %. While
| am at the head Of the department of
the Interior | hope that every citizen,
regardless of race or creed, will feel
that he is getting a square deal. I
shall welcome help and suggestions
from you at any time"
Mr.. Ickes was president of the
Chicago branch of the NAACP. in
1922, 1923 and 1924. He and Mrs.
Ickes are both contributors to the
work.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
JAPANESE U PROFESSOR SAYS
NEGROES SHOULD FIGHT JIM
CROW

New York, March-Dr. G. Fukami,
professor Of commerce in the Univer-
sity Of Tokyo, who is making a study
of American and European ~univers-
tiles, told the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie this week that Negroes should
fight jim crow to the last ditch. He
related an incident where he had been
embarrassed, but not refused, when
h took a Negro friend to a New York
restaurant. He said 81 would have
fought the man for that insult to my
friend. The Negroes, they must
fight this all the time. I think may
be they are content with it, yes? The
japanese people will gladly fight and
give their lives to resent insults. The
Negro people must do the same"
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
A Beaconlight To Negro
Financial Progress
33 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE
Income Over 2 Million Dollars

Officials of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance company. fore
most financial organization Of its
kind in the world, issued a public
statement this week announcing that
the Durham company has passed the
four-million dollar asset mark. The
statement reads in part as follows:
1882 proved to be a trying year.
One OF the most striking features of
the year wa the decreased national
buying power, which came about pri-
marty because Of the decrease ma
tional earning power. The highest
purposes and noblest ambitions of the
institution of life insurance are to
u~nderwrite the national earning pow
er which, in turn, safeguards and
protects the equilibrium of our nation
al purchasing power. 1t is recognized
that in proportion as the national
earning and purchasing powers are
underwritten, Sc is the future of our
nation removed from the ravages of
depressions.
"The North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance company is carrying on a.
mong the Negro group with the same
high and noble purposes and ambit-
ions that permeate the institution Of
life insurance as practiced by other
American life insurance companies.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
DR.. Lennox On the Job

the few months which have passed
ancial system to get into full swing
sufficient time for any national fin
ancial system to get nto full swing
and that criticism and comment. with
out careful study Of the whole situa-
ton and problem, only impede the
rapid progress that, in our judgement
is being made at the present time.
The record indicates that both the
Federal Reserve System and the Fed
eral Land Bank System spent nearly
a year in organization work before
their first loans were made. Already
Home Loan Banks have made advanc-
es to member institutions on the def
mite understanding that these funds
be retailed to home owners by these
newly admitted member institutions.
Continued next week.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
RESORT MANAGER, TARGET OF
JIM CROW CHARGES, NOT RE-
HIRED

White Plains, NY, March-Frank
W. Darling, who has been manager
of Playland at a salary Of $4,000 a
year, had his contract held up here,
February 27, by the board of super
visors, of Westchester county. The
board voted not to renew Darling's
contract which expired March 1. I'M
til a committee investigating his con-
duct Of the county resort had made
its report. The committee has been
hearing charges of Encouragement
of Playland and has heard also many
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
TO HEAR PENNSYLVANIA JIM
CROW SCHOOL CASE

Harrisburg, PA hearing will be
held here Mar. 2, by Attorney Gener-
al William Schnader to decide whetb-
er he should join in a suit against the
school board Of Berwyn, Pa, over the
exclusion of more than 200 Negro pu-
pills from anewly built township
school, Attorney Raymond Pace AL
exander Of Philadelphia is acting on
behalf Of the parents. The suit has
Deer held up on various technicalities
one Of which was the requirement that
the attorney general of the state
joint them.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11


The Home Loan Bank law is sound
and in the main satisfactory and con-
structive legislation. The building and
loan associations of the United States
are u~nalterably opposed to any
change in the law until it has had a
chance to demonstrate its usefulness.
Over 1850 associations have commit
ted themselves to purchase over $12,-
10000 worth Of stock in the Home
Loan Bank System, upon the invita-
ton of Congress. A like number will
purchase stock as soon as State Leg
islatures convene and pass proper leg
islation. We respectfully suggest that
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
handicap the beet growers.

handicap the beet growers.
This afternoon, the House has re-
vived the Newbauer Bill and amended
it by making the auto licenses So. 90,
$500 on all cars under $500. This
bill has the favor Of the committee as
a whole. The vote stood 80 to II in
its favor. It will now be brought
back to the Senate for approval and
it is again conceded that it will be-
come a law with the emergency clause
which will make it effective at once.
The banking affair is claiming
much thought on the part Of the law
makers. I think by next weeks re-
port we can tell you that the autos
license has been permanently settled.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
NATIONAL BENEFIT PAY 1896. 27
CLAIM TO LOCAL MAN

On March 1st, Mr.. H. L. Anderson,
Omaha District agent for the Nation
al Benefit Life Insurance Co., of
Washington, received a check for
$896.27 as payment on a life policy
held by the beneficiaries Of John W.
Moore, 1919 Ave. c., Council Bluffs,
Ia.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
DIES OVER A S TUB

st. Louis, Mo.,-Mrs. Gertrude
Wells, 81 years old, 1928 Walnut
street, collapsed at laundry work a.
bout 9 a. m. Monday at 6123 Nc
Pherson avenue, where she had been
employed for 20 years. She was dead
when taken to City Hospital No. 2,
where death was attributed to heart
failure. Her employer said she ap-
peared to be in good health when she
started to work.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
WAR ACE AND NEGRO ROBBER
KILLED

Hollywood, Calif.-Glen Paul Rog-
ers, World War pilot, was shot to
death early Saturday morning, Feb.
rs, in a police chase here in which he
participated, resulting in the killing
Of Richard Wells, Negro, who was J.
Identified as the purple masked" rob-
Der who had been responsible for scor-
es Of ~robberies. Rogers and Wells
were killed in an exchange Of shots
between police and Wells.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
NEGRO APPOINTED TO MICHI-
GAN PARDON BOARD

Detroit, Mich.-Announcement has
been made of the appointment of
Charles A. Diggs, young undertaken
as a member of the State Parole
Board by Commissioner Of Pardons
and Parole Alfred Debo. 1t is said the
appointment came as recognition Of
Dlggs' activities on behalf of the Dem
ocratic Party in the last campaign.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
TO PRESENT A CANTATA

The Imperial Choir Of which Mr.
Scott is president and the S. A. Bolts
Club, whose president is Mrs. Ander-
son, will present "The Nazarene". a
cantata at Zion Baptist Church,
Thursday evening, March 18th at s
p. m.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
WELL KNOWN ORCHESTRA IN
NASHVILLE, TENN.

The well known orchestra of King
Oliver can be heard every Monday
and Saturday over WSM, Nashville,
Tenn, from five until ~five-thirty at
the Ridgeway Inn, Nashville, Tenn.
"De 30" Mills. sensational drum
mer. is one of King divers depend
able men. He is the nephew Of J. W.
Cotton of Oklahoma City. "De 30"
wishes his many friends to tune in
over WSM for good music and snap
by entertainment.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
DE PRIEST FETE NELL HUNTER

Washington-Mrs Nell Hunter of
Durham, a member Of "The Green
Pastures" cast, as a dinner guest, Of
Congressman and Mrs. Oscar De
Priest in their Z Street residence
here last week before the company
left city.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
PROMINENT COMMUNITY
LEADER BURIED


Mrs. Estelle Tribue Craig, promin-
ent club woman, died Monday evening
February 9th, at the Methodist Hos
pital after five weeks illness.
This community has suffered a
great loss in passing of Mrs. Craig.
She was much loved by all who know
her. Her life was spent in the wei
fare of others. She was also very
active in church and fraternal organ
izations.
Funeral services were held from
Zion Baptist Church. She is survived
by her husband, Walter Craig, a bro
Their. other relatives and a host of
friends.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
COMMUNITY CENTER ASSEMBLY
ROOM NEAR COMPLETION

A movable stage and chairs were
erected in the Assembly Room Of the
Community Center this week. This
room is expected to be completed in
a few days.
The equipment for the dental elm
ic was installed last Friday.
The Executive Committee intends
to get the building ready for the Gen.
ter activities by April 1st.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
TO HONOR NEW PASTOR AND
WIFE

On March 18th, the members Of
St. Johns CHURCH will give a recep-
ton and banquet in honor of their
new Pastor and wife, Rev. and Mrs.
l.. P. Bryant.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
THREE LEADERS OF SCOTS
BORO LEGAL DEFENSE CORPS

From left to right, Samuel S. Lei
bowitz, Of New York, General George
w. Chamlee, of Chattanooga, Tenn
essee, and Joseph Brodsky, I. L. D.
lawyer, who will appear in Scottsboro
court to demand a change Of venue
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11

Judging from the news and ad-
pertising columns Of the many Eek
change constantly reaching me the
people seem 70 have gone puzzle
made. Why. even locally, we are
forced 70 step and move cautiously
for fear Of upsetting the puzzle Of
some acquaintance.
Whether the cause Of this sudden
apu1zlc-crazer is one Of design Of
mere coincidence there is good psych-
oirvy in beck of ii What with the
chaotic state of the world, and u
oau nation I'm particular, 0ne needs
~ be p1zzle-m minded" FL order TO
maintain q normal mental balance.
But far an intensely complicated
puzzle ( invite any one 70 try and
assemble the many thousands Of no
tatious contained i'm my files on ev-
ery conceivable racial subject, and
make Ar orderly and consistent
whole out of tie many parts.
Either the puzzle parts news dis
patches contained IL the racial sex
chnuEesrD are ~woefully in error or
else our leaders. wi writers, our
propaganda publicists are super-ez-
celleut o-pportunists and their victory
lies not in consistency but in mere
headline splurges.
H. often wonder r u various lead
ers think that their activities, real
and announced. are carefully record
ed and tabulated from week to week,
and year 90 year? Surely, they can
not believe 40. or else they themsel-
YES az not keep any record Of their
own actions. hence their constant in
c~onsistencies which make them ex-
oeTlcut puzzle makers.
Instead Of writing in parallels It
may bc my good fortune. some day, to
find myself SO situated that in writ
ing I can give concrete examples,
with names. dates. and a complete
analysis W the inconsistencies Of
many % our puzzle makers. In the
mean time D close readers viii have
no difficulty il grasping my refer
ences.
These situations r national. We
d commence at the nations capital
where our leaders whose very exis-
tence Il derived from the activities Of
"~iim-crow" organizations and whose
81 e the loudest against all other
jim-crowr activities. and cite ex-
ample after example in every large
center where people exist in
large numbers.
We can 20 into the communities
where u people are clamoring for
opportunities and after they get them
the protests are long and loud be-
cause the opportunities were handed
to them on 2 brass tray instead Of a
golden one.
If some writer should actually de-
pict true conditions. giving specific
details. etc. he would go down in his
tory as one OF the greatest American
h~umorists. while readers would laugh
themselves TO sleep while ~decrying
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11

that such conditions couldn't possibly
be true. I'm almost tempted to hang
the puzzle makers in effigy.
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11

for the new trial of the Scottsboro
boys. March 6. General Chamlee is
chief defense attorney. Mr.. Leibo-
WITT. probably the best known Grim
inal attorney in the country, who has
volunteered his services to the LID.
on behalf of the Scottsboro boys, will
conduct the defense in the court room.
Mr.. Brodsky has been associated with
the case from the first, and will con-
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11
THIS

Is Issued to help you understand the
Federal Home Loan Bank System
The Act became a law July %, 1882
Twelve Banks are now in operation
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11

If some writer should actually de-
pict true conditions. giving specific
details. etc. he would 90 down in his
tory as M Of the greatest American
humorists. while readers would laugh
themselves TO sleep while decrying
The Omaha guide., 1933-03-11

We can 20 into the communities
where u people are clamoring for
opportunities and after they get them
the protests are long and loud be-
cause the opportunities were handed
to them on 2 brass tray instead Of a
golden one.