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The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
CRITICIsING ROOSEVELT POLICIES
Reprint from World-Herald)

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The Hon. Ogden l.. Miller, former Secretary Of the
Treasury and before that a Representative in Congress
from New York, is undoubtedly one of the leaders of pres
ent Gay Republicanism. This tact gives added Importance
to the address made by him recently at Topeka, Kansas,
in which he pointed out the dangers he declared to be in
herent in the politics of the Roosevelt administration. Mr..
Mills holds no political office now, although he is looked
upon as a maker of Republican policies and perhaps q
likely candidate for the Presidency.
Declaring that there has been no popular mandate
for the revolutionary changes made in the governmental
and economic life Of the nation, Mr.. Mills demanded open
discussion and honest criticism, as essentials to the func-I
tlonlng OF democratic institutions. Some political COM
i~nentators might assure Mr.. Mills that the popular man.
date he fails to perceive was furnished in the popular vote
for President and Congressman in the fall Of 1892. And
he Congress then elected has delegated most of it's powers
TO the President which he has exercised through his var
iouS commissions.
1t may be true, as Mr.. Mills says, that the whole con
ception of a planned and directed national economy is de-
structive of the fundamental principles upon which the
American system rests, but the people and their represen-
5ativeS appear to have accepted that idea as the only prac-
a measure as the bill devaluating the gold dollar and seiz-
ing all the gold IN the country was adopted by Congress
with but few dissenting votes. Nine out of ten members
in the House, including two out of every 3 Republicans
voted to support the Presidents policies.
At present there is but little o~utspoken opposition to
the Presidents policies among either Republicans or
Democrats, who are dependent upon the popular vote for.
office. The most intense opposition to his financial meas
ures has come from such Democrats as Senators Glass and
Gore, who have no fear of consequences. Mr.. Mills can
afford to critcise the administration because he holds no
Office at present, but there are not many Republicans in
Congress who dare to take that risk, because they feel
that the President still has the backing and confidence Of
the people.
Should the President lose this backing through fail
ure of his plans for economic recovery and readjustment,
such critics as Mr.. Mills will doubtless receive a more fav-
orable hearing. In the meantime it is well that the open
discussion and honest criticism advocated by Mr.. Mills
should be given its proper place in the program.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
H~ITLER-AMERICAN STYLE

In a recent number of the American Hebrew and
Jewish Tribune, Walter Hart Blumenthal, in an article
unfolding the right of Congress to protest against Hit
lars treatment of the Jewish people in Germany, said: 1T
|denounce Hitlerism with the full import OF governmental
craftsmanship; it is not only a right, but a manifest
duty"
Right on the heels Of this came the action Of Repre-
sentative Lindsay 9. Warren of North Carolina in his
effort to out Hitler his German %prOtatype by raising a
racial issue in the public eating room of the House res
taurant at the Capital. AS chairman Of the Accounts
Committee, he ordered that Negroes should not be served
in the House restaurant, claiming that the practice had
never come to his attention until recently.
Representative DePriest Of Illinois, the only member
Of the Negro race in Congress, took issue with this ruling
and disputed the authority Of the Accounts Committee to
make rules for the conduct of the restaurant, claiming
that such authority ceased with the sixty seventh Con
Dress. when II was specifically conferred and since which
time no committee has been authorized to conduct the.
restaurant. A committee of five members was asked to-
investigate why such authority was exercised by the Ac-
counts committee and also why discrimination is permit
ted against Negro citizens.
Now. that Representative Warren has started his
pitiful imitation Of Hitherto methods in order to demon
strate The superiority OF the so-called Aryan race, it
remains to be seen how far his colleagues will go with him.
Mr.. DePriest insists that he Is going to fight to bring up
his resolution for a vote and debate on the floor, after it
has gone to the Committee on Rules for a hearing. The
committee can report it favorably or unfavorably, or even
it. The ultimate disposition Of the matter will
show more clearly the caliber Of the average American
Congressman.
Unless Congress rules decisiyely against racial dis
elimination In it's own precincts, it would truly be a farce
for # to denounce any act Of Hitlerism abroad. 1t is the
performances of such little Americans as this
North Carolina Congressman, VIII Rogers and General
Smedley Butler that bring discredlt on the whole country
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ASSISTANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DEAD
GIVE AWAY

according to newspaper reports, Assistant At
torney General w. O.. Sawyers, who as.supposed to be
prosecuting Walter Carton, charged with participating
IN Ghe Iynchlng OF Lloyd Warner at st. Joseph, Mo-. Nov
ennoef %, undoubtedly gave away his case in his argu-
nents 70 the jury. SaWyers is quoted as saying. "The vic
I'm o. TINS lynchlng should have been hanged" but he
added that ne should have been hanged in a legal manner
This statement coming from the prosecutor. appears
to US to be a dead give away" of his case. He has told the
jury, before whom he was arguing for conviction, that the
victim was guilty Of the crime for which he was lvnched.
30 Tar as we can see there was no reason for SaWyers to
make such q statement unless he was ignorant of the
way and manner IN which to prosecute a case, or unless
he deliberately gave away his case for fear that the Jury
might give in a verdict Of guilty" Thur, it may be prop
efly stated that the idle gesture made at prosecution when
SaWyers referred to the President Of the United States
was what we might properly call g raockery o. the words
of President Roosevelt. In other words, those high sound
ing phrases were like unto a pillow ht-lo sounding,
but no one meant to be hurt. It will be remembered that
Lloyd Warner was innocent Of the charge Of rape for
which he was lynched, that is, every man is presumed to be
innocent until ne has been proven guilty. Already there
are reports from st. Joseph saying that persons, who are
in a position to know, doubt that Lloyd Warner made an
attack upon a white girl. The alleged confession which
Wassupposed to have been wrest from Warner by the p-
lice is just like hundreds of other alleged confessions
which prove to be false.
Recently three striking cases Of alleged confessions
have come to our attention, one Of which was a Negro
youth who was lynched in Tennessee after a grand jury
had failed to find sufficient evidence to sustain an alleged
attack charge. Following close upon this case was that
of another Negro who was lynched in Florida charged
with an attack on a white woman. After a grand jury in
yestigation the prosecutor stated there was not one scin-
tilla of evidence" to show that the lynched man was guilty
of an attack on a white woman. More recently there has
been a statement from the high sheriff Of jefferson Coun-
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
STABILITY


In the February issue of Harper's
Magazine Paul Tomlinson writes on
life insurance safety. And the record
he describes is possibly unequaled by
any other industry.
During depression extraordinary
drains have been made upor life in
surance assets at a time when the
writing Of new business was at the
lowest point in years. Yet at the end
Of 1888 the industry's assets totaled
more than $21OOOO0O00O.
The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration was setup by the government
to aid major businesses in weather
ing hard times. Life insurance is the
type Of industry for which the r. +.
C. was primarily. intended. Yet loans
made by it to the companies amount
ed to only n seventh Of | per cent
Of their total assets as 1888 closed.
The achievements Of ife insurance
so far as it's investment portfolio is
concerned is equally impressive.
Bonds in default represented well I'M
der one per cent Of assets and during
1888 there was no substantial rise in
defaulted securities held $780, even
though a great many concerns Of var
ious kinds went under during the
year. It will probably be discovered
that in the long run depression act
ually caused a strengthening rather
than a weakening in the financial
position of the legal reserve life COM
panies as a group.
The achievement of life insurance
long list. But they serve to Indicate
the safety the stability and the per-
manence of an industry whose great
work is to serve ordinary citizen and
make it possible for him to protect
himself his family and similar inter
ests. They r especially interesting
at this time in connection with Fin
ancial independence Week which be-
gins March 10.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
THROUGH MY SPECTACLES
By We're E. Johns
FINDING A WAY OUT

Despite Several Opinions to the contrary, | am firm
" convinced that, never SO much as at the present time,
there is every need for all Negroes to unite for their COM
mon good. / can agree with those who think that we can
never be a separate and complete race in the United
States, because we are too divided and too Independent on
others for our very existence. 1t is and should be the Ne
groes aim to take full advantage Of the benefits and adj
vantages that the land Of his birth or Of his adoption Of
fers-the same as others have done, even those who have
come from remote quarters Of the globe.
The Negro seems like a giant army that has sped
swiftly across open country, then struck mountainous
country which caused it to divide up into numerous lsolat-
ed groups, al of which have now come to a u massive wall
that bars their way to the promised land beyond. So far,
whit a select few have, here and there, found a crev1ce IN
the wall where they could creep through, the great mass
remains still divided into small groups, some futilely bat
tering their heads against the unkind wall, and others sit
ting idly by, hoping for nothing, expecting nothing, and
con cent 10 exist on the scraps that are occasionally thrown
over the wall to them.
The advancement of this people IS at q ~standstlll.
There is not enough substance on their side OF the wall TO
enable them to make any appreciable progress, amount
to anything, and il they are not able to pry an opening IN
that wall, they must eventually be forced back into barren
lands they just traversed, where they will perish.
Only two courses are open to them-e1ther TO unite
and make a concerted and continuous attack on the wall
until they do break through or else to give up all ideas OF
getting through and start a long trek back to where they
originally came from. There, with all the knowledge and
experience gained, they would be able to rise into some
thing substantial.
Unity Is Strength
The Negro, today, is that giant army camped on the
wrong side Of the hard and cruel wall of white prejudice
and injustice. The first course to pursue is to unite. At
present in this country we find hundreds OF little organl-
cations. all supposedly interested to advance the cause
and status Of colored people. But, either they arise, last
for a while and fade out, or those that remain are at a
standstill and keep going around in circles without anyl
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
DEPEND
ENT ON v


Roger Babson has been long re-
spected for his statements on eco
nomic trends when he believes that
facts and statistics justify an opin-
ion. In a copyright article from Bah
son Park Florida he now points out
the dangers Of our menacing tax bilI.
He shows that the rapidity w cir-
culation Of money is the key to pro
sperity and that the velocity of cir
culation depends upon the confidence
and willingness Of those who have
capital and courage to start new en-
terprises and take risks.
He lists basic industries that are
still in deep depression because those
who understand such industries re-
fuse to risk money for development
unless they have confidence that
their income will not be taxed away
from them.
ut is therefore vitality important
says Mr.. Babson "for every citizen
in restoring employment
to fight against new and increased
taxes"
Mr.. Babson praises the President
for his endeavor to raise commodity
to The 1926 level but he points
out that he should realize that tn do
this he must have "the same confid-
ence enthusiasm and willingness to
take risks among business people as
in 1926
Instead Of holding back recovery
by discouraging private initiative the
government should offer those with
some incentive to risk IL in
new enterprises and new buildings.
Every citizen can help by appealing
10 his senator's and congressman as
follows:
Il. Protest against increases I'LL
Corporate taxes income taxes and
urtaxes.
~. Urge that a certain percent
.ge Of funds spent BY individuals for
lew building or new business be de-
.ucted from income surtax pay
nents.
"8- Protest against increases in
axes Of all types"
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24

1OTWdTQ pTOgTESS. IH6TF ISL { a S1IIgIE JIG OF IH6IH JIdI
is big enough, strong enough or with enough numerical
following to warrant their being taken any serious notice
of, either by city, state or national governments.
Each one is respondent with executive officers with
high-sounding titles that look very nice on paper, but as
far as their power to help their brethren to advance is
concerned, they are not worth the paper their names are
printed on. Besides all this, they are all intensely jealous
of one another, each treats the rest as cOntemptible and
beneath their notice and point-blank refuse to cooperate
with each other even when they profess to be fighting for
the same cause. At times one wonders whether these peo-I
pie are really sane or are they just damnably and cruelty
selfish. 1t they could only be brought to the point OF pool
ing all their interests in one grand and concerted organi-
cation with everything they possess behind it.
Sink personal feelings and desires of self aggrandize-
ment and have the voice Of the majority select and elect
the proper men and women to be their leaders. Such an
organization should and would sweep into it's ranks all the
millions of Negroes scattered over the United States and
could SO control, by popular consent, their economic and
political movements that a ready ear would be bent at all
times to their calls by the rest of the nation. There is only
one word for it-UNITE.
Back To Whence
Failing the above, the only other alternative is to
start back to where we really belong-Africa. This is no
stunt a la Marcus Garvey. The American Negro has
planted his foot in ~Africa-Liberia, and il is Liberia that
he must look to. To allow such a fine country to be taken
over by some white nation and made a dependency or col
ony, and put into the position of other parts of Africa
where the white man rules and lords it over Negroes who
slave to develop the country for the enrichment Of some
big white nation, would be a disgrace the American Negro
would never survive or live down. Liberia wants youth
with brain or Drawn or both-colored America has mil.
lions Of young men and women with no future before.
them. College diplomas hang on the wall while their own
ers wash dishes, scrub floors, shovel snow, and the great
majority starve and steal.
What would these people lose by striking out for a
new land with new and immense opportunities. What a
grand adventure for red blooded youth! Tens of thous-
ands Of them went readily into the great war-to die for
nothing-how much better now to 60 to live for some
thing To build up a great African nation that will stand
on all tours with the nations Of the world and will lead the
to the reclamation Of that great continent, that's our
b%rthright.
Liberia is our hope and refuge, not only for the col
cred peoples of America but also of the West Indies, Cen
trail and South America as well. Think it over.
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the forming Of black ghettoes all
owe the country into which the Ne
groes would have been forced and
from which they could not have es-
capped.
But segregation exists just the
same. There is both social and eco
monte discrimination practiced by the
majority group upon the minority.
The keynote Of the Race Relations
Sunday message this year Is: "The
spiritual and moral values SO essent-
ial to national recovery cannot be
realized when the material advan-
tages are offered to members Of one
race and denied to those Of another"
At a recent interracial gathering
to consider this question of segrega-
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
.Fage s

ton. one Negro said: what the
white people do to US is bad enough
but what they do to their own souls
by their shutting US out from the
privileges Of decent living. is infinite
ly worse" These determinations are
soul-searing on both sides, and as is
stated in "The Greed and Christian
Convictions" in the Teachers Man
ual. Whatever n may believe
about heaven or hell as places. the
main question remains not of a soul
in heaven or hell. but of heaven or
hell in a SOUL" III.
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
EDITORIAL OF THE
WEEK
Segregation

From the Friends Intelligence,
February 10, 1934)
One of the accomplishments Of the
National Association for the Adj
vancement Of Colored People, which
Is this year celebrating the 25th year
of its organization, was the carrying
through to the Supreme Court, in
1914, of the Louisville, Kentucky; or
dinance segregating Negroes. The
decision in this case that such ordi-
nances are unconstitutional prevented
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
TRIBUTE TO RECOVERY AIDES

An unexpected and probably unintentional tribute
was paid to good faith and freedom from partisan bias
shown by some Of President Roosevelt's Recovery aides,
in their distribution Of funds and jobs to bring about a re
sumption Of prosperity. AS reported by the Associated
Press, one day last week Representative Blanton Of Tex
as, during a discussion Of Recovery plans, rose to make
the inquiry, Who's in charge Of the spending?"
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, FEB. "a, 1884

ty, Alabama, following the conviction of a Negro charged
with the attack on and murder of a white girl, in which he
said, i do not believe that Willie Peterson was guilty of
the charge against him." This belief is shared in by many
other citizens of this county including the chief of police.
We cite these cases
The Omaha guide., 1934-02-24
ANTI-LYNCH

STUDENTS o. *. ANTI-LYNCH
BILL
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 22-
Calling upon President Roosevelt to
remember the twelve millions Of
colored American citizens by giving
them legal protection like the rest Of
the population, the Anti-Lynching
League Of Ohio State University here
has urged the President to back the
Costigan-Wagner bill.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-21
LEGION LEADER
AT MILFORD
Mrs. w. Henry Biester, Jr.,
Auxiliary President at Ban
quet and Ball Also
FINE ADDRESSES MADE

Attacking the Veterans Admin
istration and the National Econ
omy League for what he contend
ed was their effort to misrepresent
the American Legion's plan for
CONDENSATION of disabled veterans,
National Commander Edward A..
Hayes of the Legion spoke at Mil
ford Wednesday night at ban
quet attended by 400 persons. Fol-
lowing the banquet ball was held.
Commander Hayes said that the
Veterans Administration has at
tempted to discredit the American
Legion's $50, 100000 a year plan
for compensation of disabled vet
Grams and tried to create an err
roneous impression as to its cost
IN the public mind. Mrs. William
Henry Biester, Jr., national presi-
dent of the Legion Auxiliary, a
guest praised the work of the Leg
ion Auxiliary and said that it
would be auxiliary to the Legion
naires in every sense of the word.
Commander Hayes attacked the
Economy League, with its $15,,-
Smyrna times., 1934-03-21
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
Approximately $4,000 Per-
sons Lost Life During Year
by Accidents in Homes
TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS

The Delaware Safety Council
asks the pertinent question Are
you safe when you are at home?
Many people think of home as
place of safety. a place where we
take refuge from the outside
world. The truth is, however, that
home is not without it's dangers.
Approximately $4,000 persons lost
their lives during the last year
through accidents occurring in
their homes. That is almost as
many as were killed by automo-
biles. Among school children, more
accidents occurred in the home
than ON the street, in the school, or
on the school grounds. Most Of
the fatal accidents that happen in
the home could be prevented. So
could thousands of accidents that
are less serious, but are, neverthe-
less, painful and disabling. Falls
cause more than one-third of the
home accidents in the United
Smyrna times., 1934-03-21

States, and more than half the
falls are met with by elderly pers-
ons. A large number of falls come
about for want of a good steady
stepladder. A chair or a box Is
a dangerous substitute for a good
ladder. The number of falls is in
creased, too, by poorly lighted
stairs and Railways, by stair car
peting that is not securely fasten-
ed down, and by slippery floors
with skidding rugs. A child's
building block or toy engine seems
an innocent thing, but toys or
other small articles left on the
floor or stairs where one may
stumble over them, often cause
serious injuries. About one-third
of all home falls occur on stairs or
steps. You can prevent painful
and perhaps fatal falls in your own
home by taking the following sim
pie precautions:
1. Do not stand on chairs, boxes
or window stills to reach high plac-
es. Use only strong and carefully
placed stepladders.
2. Provide good lighting on
stairs and in halls, and keep toys
and other small objects off stairs
and floors.
8. Place handholds on the wall
above the bathtub or put rubber
mat on the bottom of the tub
Keep the soap in the soapholder;
if you lay it in the tub, you may
step on it and slip.
4. Do not leave articles lying in
any place where people might trip
or fall over them.