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The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26
~SERMONETTES
BY Arthur B. RhinOw
(FOr the Literary Service Bureau
Deep Principles

Deep Principles
eff a man who had attended the
cTty schools, even those of higher
learning, were forced by circum-
stance to live in the country, and
he Would still be able to use his
education, [ would call him an ed
ucated man."
So said a neighbor of mine in
the woods, and as l weighed his
words | found his idea arresting.
I suppose he meant to say that if
the student had learned by prin-
ciple instead and not by rote, prin-
ciples that could be applied under
any circumstances, he could claim
to be an educated man.
True. And if a man if not a man
of culture anywhere. He may have
polish, but not culture. At the fun
eral of a certain minister who had
retired and lived in humble cir
cumstances in the country, one of
the speakers said of the deceased,
"He was a gentleman even in over
ais" Culture is deep, and some
brands are generations deep.
And religion. If we cannot live
our religion everywhere, we can
not live it anywhere. Religion must
be deep to be true. The precepts
that were instilled into us when
we were children, become pools of
stagnant sentiment in later life,
unless we try to direct them into
the deeper channels of our being
where the soul prays more without
words than with words; direct al
so into the channels of daily life,
SO that we become more religious
the more we live and wherever we
live.
The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26
Another Taxpayers Nightmare

Y An echo from the old NonPartsan days of South Dakota
recently appeared in the press. The state sold its coal mine at
Haynes, No. Oak, which was one of the few remaining relics
Of the greatest and most disastrous state ownership programs
ever instigated by an American commonwealth.
Since 1919 the state had put nearly $4,000 into the mine in
Legislative appropriations. The property, including equipment
and some coal, was sold for $500 cash.
The superintendent of the mine said that the propertys out
standing debts would absorb the $500 and leave a deficit of
about $4,000. No part of the Legislative appropriations for the
mine were ever paid.
No comment on this is necessary, II is just one more example
of the fact that the dream of state socialism usually becomes a
taxpayers nightmare
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ripe for a test. II you can succeed,
this year, then your dream Of political
and social equality is IN the way!
Stake everything, this year, on the
issue of-LYNCHING!
There are two reasons for that
two reasons of political strategy.
First: There will be no opportunity
upon the part of p%rejudiced people to
hide behind the excuse of misunder-
standing. There will be no oppor-
tunity for candidates for national of
fice-Congressmen, Senators, Presi-
dents, or Vice-P residents-to lead you
out on false trails, and fail to discuss
with you-and to promise to do for
you-the things that are nearest your
heart.
The second strategic reason for not
dividing the issue is that it seems to
me, judging from the activities of the
past few years of all organized asso-
cations of the Colored Group, that
that issue of lynehing has doomed up
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a chairman Of the Senator q. D.
Smith of South Carolina type. De-
MAND a chairman of the Senator
Nye of North Dakota type, or Of the
| Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island
type.
If my guess is supported by the
findings of such a COMMITTEES, then,
the "Cause of the disease" lin doc
tors l~anguage) will have been estab-
lished. After that-natural and sem
sible and constructive solutions will
instantly present themselves. 1 know
the answer right now-but there is no
good purpose to be served in attempt
ing to set up the remedy until after
zoe have established the truth about
aohGt zoe must remedy. This national
disgrace of Lynching can then be
washed out. A real constructive step
towards the settlement Of the racial
problem of America will have been
taken.
Go at this thing right-and you'll
get what you want!
The average sentiment of American
citizenship is fair. 1t is not preju-
diced. Destroy the false reputation
of degeneracy against your race as a
whole and an answer and a constitu-
tional answer to the problem will be
found.
Follow the example of the medical
doctors. Seek the cause of the dis
ease. Cut that out. Then you can
throw away the medicine of superb
cial cure.
We have spent hundreds of thou
sands of dollars since the war in Con-
gressional investigations. We have
tried to find out who stole the
money!" in a hundred different Ian
guages. The money" however, for
the most part has stayed stolen.
If it were all recoverable, though,
all the war wastes, all the Tea Pot
Dome wastes, all the crooked banking
wastes, all the mortgage cheating
wastes, all the wastes and stealings
of all fields put together, it would not
be as important as the duty of estab-
fishing FAITH in the hearts and souls
of ID million Americans who are being
forced to bring up their children in
the belief that this great land of free
dom and justice, of which we crate
so ~eloquently, has freedom and justice
solely for the members of "OAr Set"
My friends of the CoIored Group Of
Ameried-use your Balance Of Po1oerI
Study the issues and the promises OF
this campaign as though the very lives
of your loved ones depended On it.
Burn your bridges behind you-your
bridges of hope of p%referment in poll
tics. There is no reward open in the
gift of the bosses Il almost said peo-
ple) so valuable as the right to the
honest influence of the vote which is
a part of your patent of citizenship.
From now on, until Oetober-fol-
low a program of "Watchful Watt
ing" Study carefully the statements
and promises of the candidates-then
get together you've got a good ma
tional press) and agree. If you can
agree, substantially, then vote, as
nearly all together as possible.
Don't cry, and beg for EqWGlit0l
Organize, and aim for-LeGderskipl
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Unite on One Outstanding Issue
Unite to Abolish the Curse of Lynching
Font Beg for EquaIity-Aim for Leadership
THE FOURTH OF FOUR LETTERS

We have never taken the trouble
or exercised the fairness of spirit to
get that point well established in the
public mind.
Until we do get that point estab-
lished, the Colored Group will have
to bear the burden of disgraceful
reputation for racial degeneracy-and
suffer the contempt and distrust of
the civilized world.
Now, l do not believe that the
crime of rape has anything to do with
racial weaknesses. 1t is nothing but
an individual weakness or sinfulness /;
and this racial reputation has been
set up for selfish purposes by preju-
diced people.
1 served about two years during the
war in daily close official contact with
a total of about 5000 colored men.
Suppose we try to establish a picture
of units of temptation and opper-
tunity by assuming that if the racial
standard of ~degeneracy were as some
would have us believe, then there
would be at least one unit of tempta-
ton and opportunity per day for each
day of those two years, and for each
one of those 5000 men.
Such a calculation may well be said
to be in the field of Reductio Gd Ab-
SHrdWm. Nevertheless, we who have
studied Geometry, have been taught
the value of Reductio dd A~bsHrdHm
as a means of establishing something
as utterly ridiculous. So, let us use
it now for an instant and we shall
find approximately foul million units
of temptation and opportunity as hav-
ing been open to our men during our
war service.
NOT A SINGLE CASE OF
RAPE WAS EVER REPORTED,
OR EVEN INFORMALLY COM
planned OF, IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY MEMBER OF OUR
REGIMENT DURING THE EN-
TIRE PERIOD OF THE WAR!
l suggest that you demand of each
and every candidate for national Office
in the coming election a pledge to
work to the full limit of his power for
a real, searching Congressional In
NcSliSdllOH NWltu All lue luuuS 0eeueu
to conduct it, to determine officially
all there is to know about rape in this
country during the past five years.
Let US find out by states how much
rape comes to the notice of police and
hospital authorities. Let us find out
who does it-that is, what races and
what social strata. Let us find out
as to the proportions of eontributory
negligence-the proportions of statu.
tory rape. Let us find out about the
legal punishments infieted-and this
illegal punishments. Let US find out
about blackmail accomplishments tC
c~harges-and the outcomes thereof.
If my guess is supported by tht
f~ndings-and if the findings are fail
the world will be informed that tn,
crime of rape not only is not a crime
of speciality of the colored race bu.
that, in proportion to population, thu
colored race, rs offenders in rape, hai
one of the lowest percentages.
Demand a fair and courageous com
mittee for the Investigation.
For example: DON'T STAND FOF
The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26
How To MANAGE OUR Political LIVES
Col. ARTHUR W.. LITTLE
@1936

You have no party allegiance from
which TO bolt.
Insulted in convention by the Dem
ocrats and cheated in convention by
the Republicans, you are as much a
political party of nomads IS is Al
Smith.
You are completely outside the
breastworks of party afhliation. You
are completely free from party obli-
cation and allegiance.
Your Bdldnce of Potoer, however,
is not free from obligation to your
country.
Use that power with conscience ;
but do not fail to use that power.
Never again lower the dignity of
your great race-neyer again belittle
the majesty of the claims to consid-
Grafton of those comrades of ours who
made supreme sacrifice in war-'To
Make the World Safe For Democ-
racy"-by begging the Congress of
Our Republic-begging almost with
means in this Land of the Free and
Home Of the Brdpe"-to protect indi-
yidual citizens of your group from
being murdered or, even officially exc
cuted without trial, and, fair trial.
Ask no fayors in such a field!
DEMANDi
And back your demands, with the
Balance Of Poioer that is yours-baeb
your demands the very day that you
can make up your minds to become
Group Conscious AND GROUP
FAITHFUL.
What is it to you.whether Thomp-
kins or Nann heads the Colored
Bureau in the coming campaign?
What is it to you whether Cobb OF
Scott sits on the bench in Washing
toni
What is it to you whether d,
Priest or Mitchell represents Cool
County of Illinois in Congress?
What is it to you whether lyon
Moore, or Charles Mitchell as Re
publicans or Lester Walton as Demo
crat, serves as Minister to Liberia
What are any such worldly issues
of merely personal importance-wha'
are they to you-as compared to civil
lization's disgrace in this continued
persecution known as the Scots
borough Case?
What are any of these petty politi
cal tricks, set-up and kept alive b.
schemers who graft-to keep you
Group divided-compared to tn.
nightmares Of writing bodies Of hu
man beings with black skins-writh
ing in agony at the torture stake?
What information and assurance
do you feel that you must have thi
year from the candidates seeking you
yotes-in order to make you feel just
fed either not to bolt" as the Re
publieans like to put it-or to remaii
"bolted' as the Democrats nigh
prefer2
Well-there are issues a-plenty
The more issues we discuss, how
ever, the greater the danger against
successful development and maintC
nance of Balance Of PoiDer.
Sol suggest-to make a test cas-
this year. Center on just n issu,
Conditions have never before been s
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To the Colored Group Of America,
Greetings
My friends: The CoIored Balance
OF PoOer Party of America has a
great opportunity to serve its country
this year, and a grave responsibility.
Suppose we call upon the wisdom
Of Bismarck-to show us the way.
Bismarck told us that: politics is
the science of the attainable." Y
All right-the days of miracles are
not with us just now-Aladdin's lamp
is not working this season-let us try
out our strength by seeking something
that IS attdinable.
No little speculation has been going
on over the question "Will the Col
ored Voters Bolt Again." l have re-
ceived quite n mail upon the question
as to whether or not l would help to
organize a bolt of the colored voters
(as l did in 1892 or whether l
would make an effort to bring the
Colored Voters back to the COP.
The general public, or a part of it,
appears to have an entirely erroneous
impression of my political relation
ship TO the Colored Group.
l am no boss of the Colored Voter
Group.
l couldn't be If I wanted to be.
/ wouldn't be if 1 could be.
The convulsion of Colored Voters
going over to Roosevelt in 1882, fol
lowing my speech on the subject of
the case of the appointment of a Mr.,
Montgomery, of Mississippi, to be
United States Marshal-and the pub
licity in the Colored Press following
that speech-together with the record
Of defeat of the appointment for con
firmation in the United State Senate,
That didn't mark me as a Boss, OF
even as a leader. That merely marked
the Colored Voters of the Nation as q
right-hearted people.
l carried the news to them of the
affront to their womanhood.
l was but little more than a re
porter.
The case of the New York Mayor.
atty election Of 1021-where John F.
Hylan Ga Democracy carried every
election district in the 10Th and 21sI
Assembly Districts against n record
of no election district ever having
gone Democratic in hat community
before, in the entire history of New
York pOlitics-that didn't mark m,
as a boss.
Our regiment needed an armory
We were drilling in the streets. w
had returned from France with 4
CroiS dc Gaerre on our Flag, but W,
had no roof over our head. 1 merel!
led in the worthwhile crusade. Tht
Colored Voters themselyes-did tn
job.
We have had other political sue
cesses, too-neyer just for the feel o
political strength; but as a demon
S%tration, in a way, of t0hat could b
done with proper, intelligent an,
moral use Of "BaEance Of Potoer," /
and when the March Of Time shoul
ever point the undisputed duty 0
using that power to-SAVH TEL
REPUBLIC.
The managers Of bothzof all-pal
ties want to know II you win boltf
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Success. AS Defined
by DR.. {. c. Spaulding.

Durham, Y. G, Sept. &c
DR.. G. {. Spaulding, head of
the largest Negro business in
America, in a special statement
to his co-workers, defined eSuc-
cess" as follows: When the
history of North Carolina Nut
ual Life Insurance Company is
written, one Of the main rea-
sons for its success will be
found to be plain, old-fashion-
cooperation throughout its
field, home office, and official
personnel. Thirty-seyen years
age, when the company had on
ly three directors and one clerk.
it decided to operate the com
pany on a basis of each under
standing the others viewpoint,
and, further, to understand
what each was doing. Today we
have a staff of nearly one
thousand, all thinking and
working as comparatively as
you will find in any organiza-
ton, regardless of race.
We started out with the I'M
derstanding that cooperation
brings about organization, or
ganization brings about success,
and success bring about conf
denee. In this North Carolina
Mutual has set a standard that
might well be emulated. Too
often corporations have failed
for the lack of an understand
ing, based on honest intentions
on the part of every person
concerned.
There can be no lasting CO.
operation without mutual con
fidence, and there can be no
lasting confidence unless all are
agreed on honest, unselfish
principles. If We will continue
to cultivate the spirit of coop
Grafton, there will be no limit
to the amount of business we
can acquire and the genuine
service We can render an UNI
der privileged group
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as the fundamental issue that must
be cured and cured permanently, in
serving the rights Of citizenship of the
group which were supposed to have
been served in the adoption of the
18th, 18th and 10Th Amendments.
Choose the battle ground yourselves
and get this horrible picture of in
justice Strengthened out.
Doctors tell us that they can't do
much of real eure for disease until
they find the cause of the disease.
Good! Let US insist upon a search
for the cause of Lynehing of colored
citizens.
The people of prejudice of our
| country, and the people who don't
know or who don't think, will make
prompt answer to that question when
asked-by saying: "LYNCHING is
the unwritten law Of punishment for
RAPE"
Well, people who do know or who
do think, have a very firm impression
that. LAUNCHING is the unwritten
law Of punishment for RAPE of a
WHITE WOMAN BY a C0LORED
| NAN"
The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26

Goodness VS. Greatness
The saying at is better to be
good than great" is commendable
Blu. it is fallacious. The fallacy lies
in the misinterpretation of great
ness. The meaning intended TO be
conveyed is that it is better to be
good than to be accounted great,
or than to be great according 30
the worlds standard of greatness
which includes wealth, high posi-
ton, fame, popularity and ap-
plause.
Though the thing in the cata-
CORY above do not constitute great
ness, nevertheless it is better to
be good than to be able to boast
such distinction. But the fact is no
n who is not good can be really
great; there can be no real great
ness without innate goodness. And
it is better far to be good than to
have amy Of these. 1t is better for
the individual and better for the
world which he influences by his
attitudes and by his actions.
The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26

"Tired of life" and want to die?
"Tired of life?" Pray answer why,
When there's so much to be done,
Ere the time of setting?
"Tired of life? ?" Perish the thought
When each passing day Is fraught
With great opportunity
To advance humanity!
'"Tired of life?" Never again
To such thought give utt'rance,
when
Duty loudly calls to you,
And there's so much you can do!
"Tired of life?" Answer, "Nay,
nayl"
But go forth and, day by day
AS may Duty thus impel,
Act your part; and do it well!
The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26

With Italy's proclamation of sovereignty over Ethiopia
the last Independent kingdom in Africa seems to have passed
into the limbo of history. 1t long ago became apparent that the
European powers which threatened Italy with strong reprisaS
if she went ahead in Ethiopia, were bluffing.
The big question is, What effect will this have on the Lea
que of NationsH The League wants to keep Italy as a member
because of the German prOblem-it needs the hip of al tn old
Allies if Hitler is to be held down. And Mussolini isn't at all
backward about saying he viii quit the League cold if it at
tempts to hamper him in Ethiopia.
On the other hand, League prestige is going to suffer ter
rificially if it accepts the status quo, and lets a big power swallow
a little one. Little nations are the backbone of the League-but
they won't be enthusiastic for it long under these circumstances
The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26
Catholics Have
Howard Scholarship

Washington, Sept. 26-(C)-
Archie T. Lecesne of New Orleans
and Vincent R. Malveax of Gal
weston, Tex, classmates at Xavier
university, are at Howard Law
School this year on a scholarship
provided by the Knights of Peter
CkaYer.
The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26
SERMONETTE

By Arthur B. RhinOw
(For The Literary Service Bureau
The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26
PROVERBS
AND
PARALLELS
Goodness VS. Greatness

A. B. MANN

For the Literary Service Bureau)
The Omaha guide., 1936-09-26
TTRED OF LIFE
By K. A. Adams

(For the Literary Service Bureau)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06

The subject of Waterbury infants cannot be thoroughly discussed without some reference to the ac- tual decline in the birth rate here
 and the effect this has had or, school registration. For the past five years, according to recent records on the matter, the birth rate in Waterbury has shown an alarming d ,rease. The actual decline in the birth rate started during the years 1920 and 1922. Prom that time there has been Q steady lowering of the r mber of babies born in the city and though the depression has been frequently blamed for this. the blame is misplaced. The years be- tween 1920 and 1929 are certainly not considered years of depression.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06
School Registration
 Seriously Affected
Decline in Birth Rate Reduces Number of Pupils in
 Lower Grades of City's Schools

The reason then, for this decrease, has not been definitely established, though there have been some ai- lusions to the fact that the prac- tice of birth control has been em- ployed for more than economic reasons.
 The recent report of the board of education on the number of pu- pills less in local schools is not Q cure sign that this lowering of the registration can be solely attributed to the decline in the birth rate but is no doubt that 1t has had great deal to do with 1t. If, for instance, IS babies are born for every 1000 persons in the year 1881 and only 12 for every 1000 in the year 1895, about or 4 less in- fants per thousand or 400 less in- fants arc registered here in the local schools when they are old enough to enter. Tn city with a popula- ton of 100000 then, that would mean there will be about 300 less pupils, now infants, who will be registered in the next few years. The children born in 1930 and who arc now starting in to go to school number about 1500. In five years time, using the same population as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06

a basis, there will be but 1000.
 This decline of only 300 or there abouts over period of five years does not appear to be very extra ordinary at first glance, but when one considers the fact that in 1920 there were 10 born for each 1000 population, 1t can easily be seen that there has been Q noticeable
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06

on the birth rate, however, that shows a fluctuation in the decline. Tn the list for 1884 there was an increase in Waterbury from l3.2 10 13.5 and the state report of that year showed Q rate of but l2.9 Tor every thousand. Waterbury, in iact. has always been little ahead oi the state report on the decline
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-06

and alarming decline. As a matter of fact, if one were to act on the supposition that the birth rate will slowly decrease with the passing of each year, in about five years there will be very few pupils registered at all in the lower grades.
 Comparisons
 There Is one factor In the reports